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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?   
   > >   
   > > 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.   
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   > 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.   
   >   
   Probably no real limit to maximum possible length.  I said ideal maximum   
   length was 42 minutes.   
   Not sure where I saw it, references would add authority to my assertion, but   
   I've known   
   for a long time.    I think I've found albums close to 42 minutes long.   
      
   Only budget collection albums that lack consideration of the issues are   
   longer than 42 minutes, except   
   for one Elvis Costello album, Get Happy, which includes a disclaimer on the   
   back about it's length.   
      
   tj   
      
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