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29th Mar 2015, 12:51 PM
	Neil Forbes Rock, Country or R. & B. - Classic Hits for me! Member since Dec 2014 252 Points	And what of the CD itself? Too often I hear the term *CD-single* bandied about when the disc had three, four or even five "tracks" on it. To me the term "single" is firmly rooted in the vinyl era(thankfully continuing in some parts of the world, but regrettably not Australia/NZ), describing a 45rpm disc with one track on each side, an EP being a 45rpm disc with two(or three if squeezed hard enough) tracks per side. CDs with less than at least 30 minutes playing time or less than 10 tracks should be called either "short-play" CDs or "CD-samplers" The only term that successfully makes the transition from vinyl to CD is the term "album", a collection of songs.

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