There are quite a few albums that clock in over 25 minutes a side.
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
XTC - Skylarking
Todd Rundgren - Wizard a True Star and Initiation
to name a few.
The more you time/music that try to fit on one side the more the sound quality will diminish as you reach the inner groove.
Contact Paul Gold at:http://www.saltmastering.com/
He'll be able to answer any technical questions and advise.
Thick as a Brick is incredible, btw.
when you guys master an album is it cheaper to have both cd an LP mastering done at the same time or is it to massivly different jobs?
Todd Rundgren's "Initiation" LP was one of the longest single albums ever pressed back in the 70's. Side One was 33:00 Side 2 was 36:00. the mastering engineer not only had to cut alot of the low end, but for Side 2 he also had to speed the tape up half a step. Since Side 2 was nothing but instrumental music, the change in speed really wasn't noticeable. When the album was released for CD in the late 80's the second side never was slowed to it's original speed but the CD sounded awesome having it's full dynamic range.
Not trying to hijack, but is it any cheaper to press LP's than CD's? I would guess not but was just curious.
So, I'm kind of curious why you are thinking of pressing vinyl. For the sake of nostalgia?? Perhaps your target audience are Jethro Tull listeners and they still use turntables. The die-hard audiophiles.
Nothing wrong with it, just wondering why.
peace,
Does this mean that RIAA EQing is no longer used?
Does it have no impact on the mastering process for vinyl?
Does this mean that RIAA EQing is no longer used?
Does it have no impact on the mastering process for vinyl?