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Why are they paired up with 1 & 3 on one disc and 2 & 4 on the other in so many case? Is there any reason or is it just mentalism?

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

So on autochanger turntables, you could stack sides one and two to follow, then turn both over together and get three/four.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

My Electric Ladyland has got 1&4 and 2&3. I guess on the record players of yore, you could just stack discs on the spindle and have two sides in the right sequence before having to get up and turn 'em over.

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― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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more often i see it as 1 & 4 on one disc and 2 & 3 on the other.

but either way, they did it so that back in the days when everyone had record-changers, where you could stack several LPs on top of one another and have 'em drop one at a time onto the turntable, you could throw both discs on the changer and hear sides 1 and 2 in succession.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Famously, Electric LadyLand on CD have sides 1 and 4 followed by 2 and 3.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Really? That's fucked!

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Another side question.. what does "b/w" stand for on 45's?

― maypang (maypang), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Backed with?

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess that would make the most sense.

― maypang (maypang), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

That is correct. Also, c/w as Coupled with.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

OK THIS IS TOTALLY, UTTERLY FREAKING ME OUT.

I read this thread and was like 'oh, is this the one from a few weeks ago?'

But I can't find any trace of it. It was just the same! Someone asking what's the deal with those weird double albums where sides 1 & 4 are on one disc, and then others calming explaining about autochanger turntables. The only thing is I thought people talked about 'Songs in the Key of Life' rather than 'Electric Ladyland'. No? Anyone? Am I from the future?

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

ask me yesterday...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw it too, but maybe it was part of a diff. topic thread

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

My copy of Escalator Over the Hill has it divided into: 1/6, 2/5, and 3/4. Without an auto-changer turntable it's actually a bit more of a pain, because instead of just flipping the thing over, you have to put it back in its sleeve, and get out the next record each time.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The UK cd version of Electric Ladyland was the first version of the record I ever owned. I'm pretty sure I bought it before there was a US CD issue. So I went a few years thinking that was the proper running order of the songs. WHen I found out the correct order, it was like "Wow! OK, so the point is it's raining, then he has the dream about living underwater, then he wakes up and it is still raining, and he's still dreaming!!" (Because "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" was on CD1, and the "merman" thing was on CD2)

I was pretty angry about having been misled like that.

― Broheems (diamond), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

The 1994 single-CD reissue of Sir Lord Baltimore's two albums presents 'em both with Side One (of the original LP) following Side Two - in other words, both LPs in reverse order. Liner notes explicitly say this is done to match the producers' "original intentions", but I'm suspicious - how likely is it that the exact same mistake was made twice on two separate LPs, as opposed to only once on a single CD?

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, I never knew that. That is kind of strange. I can't imagine Kingdom Come opening without "Master Heartache"; that's one of the most kick-ass beginnings to a record ever!

Sir Lord Baltimore opening with "Man From Manhattan" always felt kinda weird though. DEfinitely more of a "side 2" kind of cut.

― Broheems (diamond), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

seven years pass...

Why are the two sides of a single "A" and "B", but the two sides of an album "1" and "2"?

I must get to the bottom of this mystery!

― Lee626, Monday, 20 February 2012 02:45 (fourteen years ago)

Because 'b' suggests the 'inferior' side, whereas albums are meant to be consistent

― Mark G, Monday, 20 February 2012 06:50 (fourteen years ago)

The real question is why so many dance singles REFUSE to indicate which side is A and which is B so that you have to hold the run-out groove up to the light and see if the etching ends in "A" or "B"

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 February 2012 10:58 (fourteen years ago)

The real question is why so many dance singles REFUSE to indicate which side is A and which is B so that you have to hold the run-out groove up to the light and see if the etching ends in "A" or "B"

or even the rpm speed ...

which when you have one of those project decks that you have to dismantle to change speeds makes 12" singles a f*cking pain in the arse.

― mark e, Monday, 20 February 2012 11:01 (fourteen years ago)

True dat.

― my opinionation (Hamildan), Monday, 20 February 2012 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

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