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   "thomas"  wrote in message   
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   > > Am I correct in assuming that Smile could not have been released in 1967   
   > > (i.e., on vinyl) at its current length?   
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   > Ummm, the maximum ideal length of an LP is 42 minutes (21 minutes each   
   > side), which   
   > SMiLE exceeds (can't confirm length right now), but it's not far off.   
   > Don't know of any 60's (single) albums that exceed it, lots shorter.   
   > Usually the shorter the LP, the better the sound.   
      
   I think the maximum possible length is longer, though I don't know what it   
   was in 1967. Smile is about 48 minutes long and at least one minute wouldn't   
   have been on Smile in 67, since they would have used the then-current   
   version of Good Vibrations, rather than the longer version on Smile.   
      
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