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Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be



In <AC9999149668141A31@slip12.cs2.electriciti.com> mrosenberg@macconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) writes:

>In article <miller.812763916@aries>,
>miller@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Kelly Miller) wrote:
>
>> >> In article <43ogf7$7tr@guysmiley.blarg.net>, warrl@blarg.net wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > The Japanese learned... the *first* format they came out with for CD's
>> >> > has the rather odd-sounding length of 70 minutes.  This is how long it
>> >> > *has* to be, to put Beethoven's 9th Symphony on one CD.
>> 
>> For what it's worth, Beethoven's 9th Symphony is about 60 - 63 minutes
>> long, depending upon the pace the conductor sets.
>
>For what it's worth, my copy of Beethoven's 9th (Haitink, Concertgebouw
>Orchestra, Philips #410 036-2) is 69.5 minutes long, rather longer than
>60-63 minutes.  I recall reading back when CDs were first introduced that
>the length chosen by Sony/Philips was, in fact, to accomodate a particular
>recording of the 9th.

Must have been a pretty slow one :-)  
I have a couple of CD's which are 79 minutes each.

Dan
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