Re: (idm) CDS & EP time limits

From clockwise
Sent Mon, Nov 24th 1997, 00:51

I believe the time limits are so as to be able to chart them (what gets
charted as a single, what as an album, etc). Unless you CARE on which chart
your release is going to appear, i imagine you can do whatever you like
(the Tosca "Fuck Dub" 'single' is actually longer than most full-length
albums....and more enjoyable, but thats a whole other story).


clockwise

np: Portishead "Humming" (live from the Roseland Ballroom, NYC show).




At 09:46 PM 11/23/97 +0200, you wrote:
>(from previous mail)
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>> > Actually, it's 40 minutes. The Orb track was 39:58 [...]
>
>Wonder how many versions of Blue Room there are?  I've got it here 
>(at 14.58) on Orb Live 93.
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>But what I really would love to know is WHY there are limitations as
>regards running time?  Surely it limits creativity and, erm 'artistic
>integrity' to be thus bound by time?  Isn't there also a 4- track
>limit to EP's which causes so many "hidden tracks" that are on the CD
>but simply not listed on the sleeve? 
>
>Who makes these rulings?  What is the point?  Who scores?
>
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