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- From: philo@orion.IntelliCorp.COM (Philip R. Obermarck)
- Subject: Re: CD Legends
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.113751@orion.IntelliCorp.COM>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 19:37:51 GMT
- Reply-To: pobermarck@intellicorp.com
- References: <1992Dec25.122232.21686@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec26.201931.21261@netcom.com> <1992Dec29.190128.19955@yenta.alb.nm.us>
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- dt@yenta.alb.nm.us (David B. Thomas) writes:
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- |> I believe that I have one of the few CD's of Gerry Rafferty's
- |> "City To City" album that has the songs recorded at the correct speed.
- |> [...]
- |> Whenever I hear "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line" on the radio,
- |> they are a half step sharp, as compared to my CD. When I have called
- |> the radio stations, they swear they are not messing with the pitch
- |> control on the CD player and I believe them because I listen to these
- |> stations all the time and everything else is at the correct speed.
- |> [...]
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- |> David "..." Thomas
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- My guess is that the songs in question were just a hair too long, so in
- order to ensure radio play, the record company pressed some albums with
- a slightly faster speed. Most people would never notice.
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- Many radio stations have a policy that they will not play any song longer
- than <a certain length> (3.5 minutes?). This is, of course, because we, the
- listening public, have such short attention spans that if they play anything
- longer, we will change the station. ;-)
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- Philip R."Just play the first 30 seconds-- I'm in a hurry." Obermarck
- PObermarck@IntelliCorp.COM
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