The 'old skool' way of cutting vinyl was to get as muchon the outside of therecord as possible to avoid 'crosstalk' (i think its called) as there is less of a curve on the outside of a vinyl.  Also, most decks dont have the needle pointing slightly 'out' from straight.. so when the arm gets nearest the centre- the needle is at more of an angle across the groove... so they cut thing towards the outside of the record.

Later on record companies thought they were being ripped off and some started to insist on using the whole vinyl.  Also, louder cuts take up more space on the vinyl and other companies wanted them LOUD.- Arista may have insisted on quality not volume, or at least their cutting engineer (not thatthis explains a silly run off groove).

Jon

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Message Received: Jan 11 2007, 08:53 AM
From: "John Milne"
To: "micah stupak" , "All bound for Mu-Mu Land."
Cc:
Subject: Re: [KLF] RE: KLF Digest, Vol 47, Issue 12


> LTTT has "the iron horse" on one side...by itself...at 33rpm. it takes
> up maybe 1/3 of the side, with the longest run-out groove i've ever
> seen. it just keeps on going around and around, building up speed,
> until it hits the label and jumps off from momentum. it's the most
> ridiculous thing i've ever seen.

Did Arista do this on purpose, do you think? Maybe Clive Davis thought "hey, these guys are a bit of a joke/comedy band - let's make the b-side of the single look silly with a long run-out groove"?



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