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Title:	Welcome to the CD Notes Conference
Notice:	Welcome to COOKIE
Moderator:	COOKIE::ROLLOW

Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

1340.0. "Shortchanged on CD release..." by JACOB::FAZIO () Mon Oct 03 1988 20:03

    I just purchased the Roy Orbison CD 'For the loney:18 Greatest Hits'.
    My CD player reads the total time as 46.31.  The album and cassette
    of the same title include 24 songs.  I knew this when I bought the
    CD but wanted the better quality...I also assumed that the CD would
    only handle 18 songs due to limited capacity.  I think I read that
    a CD can easily handle up to 70+ minutes...so my question is why
    wouldn't the CD be identical to the album and cassette release?
    Am I missing something here?
    
    -Paul

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1340.1		QUARK::LIONEL	Ad Astra	`Mon Oct 03 1988 21:29`	4
	Do I understand you correctly that an LP titled "18 Greatest Hits" actually contains 24 songs? Amazing... Steve
1340.2	It's hex!	CSC32::J_PARSONS	Like Lesser Birds on the 4 Winds...	`Tue Oct 04 1988 07:30`	4
	> Do I understand you correctly that an LP titled "18 Greatest Hits" > actually contains 24 songs? Amazing... I'm sure they just forgot to convert their hexidecimal to decimal....
1340.3	LP tile?	JACOB::FAZIO		`Tue Oct 04 1988 11:20`	4
	The CD title is '18 Greatest hits'. To tell the truth I don't know how the title appears on the LP's. A mail order house I sometimes use had fine print that said the CD only contained 18 song but the LP and cassette had 24. I assumed it was due to limited CD capacity.
1340.4		ANT::JLUDGATE	it's only life....	`Tue Oct 11 1988 12:48`	9
	write the company selling the disc, is the only thing i can think of. maybe you should also point out to them that RykoDisc has put over 80 minutes of music on one CD, and see how they squirm out of that. (is true, _Mission Of Burma_ compilation is 80+ minutes, and sounds great) IMO, this is all just due to greed, having fewer on CD so you have to either buy both LP and CD, or multiple CD's as they get re-packaged.
1340.5		FSHQA2::SBEAUPRE	Duck and Cover	`Tue Oct 11 1988 14:59`	2
	I have the "Mission of Burma" c.d, it's over 80 minutes and it sounds fantastic.
1340.6	Rhino compiler screws up !?!	VEEJAY::ECTOR	Bush/Dukakis??? Give us a choice !!	`Tue Oct 11 1988 15:52`	12
	The release company is Rhino records, and I have no idea why they only put 18 songs on the CD, but 24 on the record. Most of Orbison's songs barely topped 3:30. How long is the CD ?? If Rhino had dropped the readily available Sun sessions from the disc & just put the Monument label sessions on it, there would've been plenty of room. By the way, the lp is titled "the 24 greatest hits of Roy Orbison." The Cruiser