i kind of dislike the word "album"

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-27 01:19:45

which is why I tend to say "record" or "tape" instead even when not referring to those physical mediums

Klinotaxis · 2016-01-27 01:23:46

eight track

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-27 01:24:18

no, no one uses, or has ever used, those.

Tachyon · 2016-01-27 01:26:19

opportunity for Cadpig reference

@Anonus

Tre · 2016-01-27 01:27:02

Fascinating how our views are wildly different on both this and our release schedules.

I like 'album' and 'EP' in reference to my work so all of my releases thus far can be classified as one or the other.

I also make my releases a slow(er) burn type of thing; this is only partially by choice (school's a bit of a limiter). There was one time (April-November 2014) where I tried to keep putting stuff out but I realized it wasn't sustainable so I took more time with the last two things I released (especially Elsewise, which took the better part of 2015 to make).

Tachyon · 2016-01-27 01:27:49

i say record sometimes now but for the longest time i thought "record" meant it had to be vinyl

i also thought "LP" meant vinyl

Princess Alice · 2016-01-27 01:36:25

check out this photo record, it's got pictures of me when i was a baby

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-27 01:36:47

:slam dunks the princess:

Princess Alice · 2016-01-27 01:37:35

*maintains princess composure, which is a shame because Jane really deserves to be tripped on her way out of the room*

Anonus · 2016-01-27 01:39:39

Jane said:
no, no one uses, or has ever used, those.

Why wouldn't they? There's been worse ideas!

Tachyon · 2016-01-27 01:52:35

weirdly enough "album" arguably was meant to refer only to vinyl since the term comes from the sleeves supposedly resembling a photo album

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-27 01:55:04

When tagging classical works, I put things like "Sonata in C major, Op. 2 #3" in the Album field, with the individual movements being the "songs".

Klinotaxis · 2016-01-27 02:15:24

Jane said:
no, no one uses, or has ever used, those.

Odradek · 2016-01-27 02:24:53

DAE remember laserdisk

Imipolex G · 2016-01-27 02:45:47

digital compact cassette

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-27 05:44:25

Baldanders said:
DAE remember laserdisk

If you are at all familiar with anime of a certain vintage, you will know what a LaserDisc is.

sunn wolf · 2016-01-27 05:46:09

minidisc

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-27 05:51:47

Formats I have seen albums in: CD/CDr (5", 3"; single-sided double-sided); vinyl (6", 7", 8", 10", 12", 13"; factory-pressed, lathe-cut); shellac; acetate/dubplate; cassette (20, 30, 46, 60, 74, 90, 120); eight-track tape; DAT; minidisc; repurposed CD to be played like a vinyl record.

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-27 05:52:21

Oh, and DVD and USB, naturally.

And flexi-disc. How did I forget that? Also, I think picture discs fall under "vinyl" as well.

Imipolex G · 2016-01-27 06:01:37

but what about wax cylinders? huh?

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-27 06:04:50

True.

Funny, I've heard of DCC, but no albums released in that format. I have definitely seen a few specific records in DAT and MD, baffling as that is, but DCC is fairly rare.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-27 06:41:56

> repurposed CD to be played like a vinyl record

this must be the most win one

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-27 06:51:06

glennmagusharvey said:
> repurposed CD to be played like a vinyl record

this must be the most win one

There's a website where you can send them CDs to make into singles, but I would have to look it up again. One of Nautical Almanac's singles was done this way.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-27 07:04:45

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-27 07:05:28

Fuck yes.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-27 13:43:37

to me that seems like a waste of a perfectly good CD

I like all album formats equally though.

Tre · 2016-01-27 15:41:53

Tiny and Big has made me curious about cassettes, though I neither own any nor a means of playing them so it's something I'll have to check out later.

I don't think Black Pants ever put the soundtrack in such a form but if it did exist I'd hunt down a Walkman for it alone.

sunn wolf · 2016-01-27 15:57:59

guys the best audio format is pieces of tree.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-27 16:02:04

I have a tape player but the thing that holds in the batteries is missing so I have to turn it upside-down to use it.

it's also clunky as fuck.

Yarrun XIX · 2016-01-27 16:21:10

The Cheat's got something on a laserdisc

Sredni Vashtar · 2016-01-29 06:11:53

sunn wolf said:
guys the best audio format is pieces of tree.

I forgot about that. Thank you.

Klinotaxis · 2016-01-29 06:17:07

I bet recording's a bitch.

glennmagusharvey · 2016-01-29 06:22:57

Pretty sure most people would just leave that idea be.

Salix Babylonika · 2016-01-29 18:16:51

man imagine an alternate universe where that somehow became the dominant form of analog recording. Even shellac has to be easier to work with than that garbage.

tho it'd be a good idea for like a D&D setting or something.

i kind of dislike the word "album"

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