Random Music News for Monday, September 4, 2023
Labour Day. *Sigh* Do I have to say anything more? Other than running through music news for September 4, 2023, that is… More music news? Look here. BONUS: Steel Panther is now on
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Albums
Ongoing History Daily: Why are vinyl albums 12 inches across?
If you’re into vinyl, you may have asked yourself “Why is this album I’m holding twelve inches in diameter?” Valid question. When inventors were experimenting with flat discs for recording sound, they tried
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Why albums still matter in the age of streaming
[Something from contributor Adam Morrison. -AC] It’s easier than its ever been to listen strictly to songs you already know you like. You can create your own playlist, or just pick any track
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 972: The history of remixes
When humans first started making audio recordings of music, we were limited to how long those recordings could be. An original Edison cylinder–the first recorded music format–could hold maybe two minutes of music.
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Ongoing History Daily: The first LP, part 2
When the 12-inch long-playing album was first introduced in the summer of 1948, it was a scientific breakthrough. But why did anyone choose 12 inches when the format of choice at the time
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Ongoing History Daily: The first LP, part 1
With more people getting into (or back into) vinyl these days, I thought I’d offer up a little history, beginning with this: The 12-inch vinyl album is called an “LP.” “LP” stands for
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Confused about the difference between British and American Beatles albums? This will help.
How many albums did the Beatles release? Well, that depends if you’re in North America or the UK. Fans have long struggled with trying to figure out the difference between the albums put
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Ongoing History Daily: Music has never been cheaper
Once upon a time, buying music was VERY expensive. If you go back to the 1950s, the average price of an album was about $5.50–and that’s in 1950s dollars, which means if you
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Weekly survey: Do you listen to songs on an album in the prescribed order or do you shuffle them up?
When an artist finishes recording an album, they go through the agonizing progress of sequencing the songs. Do the songs need to be in a specific order to tell a story? If it’s
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Ongoing History Daily: Album excesses
When it comes to releasing an album, most artists are fine with something of a standard length, something that can fill a single CD. However, there are those who believe they need to
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Random music news for Saturday, September 25, 2021
Gawd. Tiger King 2 is coming. This is not a drill. Neither is music news for September 25, 2021. Captain Kirk is finally going to space! For real, too! Elon Musk and Grimes
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