22-05-2012, 07:39
ok...as far as singles go....
Corey says most entries in the singles chart these days are generally itunes purchases which is why when say Eminem releases an album that several tracks make the lower reaches of the charts...
cd-singles are still available though, as are 7"/12" singles by some artists, but generally only those who have a large enough fanbase and have been around for a long time....
cd singles usually contain three or four extra tracks unlike the old 7" singles which had a track on the "a" and "b" sides,with the 12" versions containing up to four or five tracks...
the problem i have with cd singles is that they tend to contain different mixes of the main track instead of so-called bonus tracks...
Paul Weller still releases his albums and singles in all formats as he still believes music sounds better on vinyl than on cd...his cd singles do contain three or four tracks,sometimes releasing two different versions of a cd single,each containing the main 'single' but different tracks on both cd's....which makes it bloody expensive when you are a purist like i am so when he releases an album i need to get the vinyl,cd, singles on whatever vinyl format(7 or 12"), plus whatever cd singles he releases, the problem with this is that it inflates his sales figures three or four fold...
and Jerome....
i believe you are correct that the full dynamic range has been destroyed with the advent of digital music...and most systems i have seen over the last decade or so only have a "treble", "bass" and "mid range" equaliser instead of the old ones with numerous equalising adjusters...!!!!
Corey says most entries in the singles chart these days are generally itunes purchases which is why when say Eminem releases an album that several tracks make the lower reaches of the charts...
cd-singles are still available though, as are 7"/12" singles by some artists, but generally only those who have a large enough fanbase and have been around for a long time....
cd singles usually contain three or four extra tracks unlike the old 7" singles which had a track on the "a" and "b" sides,with the 12" versions containing up to four or five tracks...
the problem i have with cd singles is that they tend to contain different mixes of the main track instead of so-called bonus tracks...
Paul Weller still releases his albums and singles in all formats as he still believes music sounds better on vinyl than on cd...his cd singles do contain three or four tracks,sometimes releasing two different versions of a cd single,each containing the main 'single' but different tracks on both cd's....which makes it bloody expensive when you are a purist like i am so when he releases an album i need to get the vinyl,cd, singles on whatever vinyl format(7 or 12"), plus whatever cd singles he releases, the problem with this is that it inflates his sales figures three or four fold...
and Jerome....
i believe you are correct that the full dynamic range has been destroyed with the advent of digital music...and most systems i have seen over the last decade or so only have a "treble", "bass" and "mid range" equaliser instead of the old ones with numerous equalising adjusters...!!!!
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.