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Posted: Aug. 10 2001, 23:00

This has always been such a puzzling concept for me. When i look at CDs, one of the main things i look at is how long the CD tracks are. And ever since i first listened to TB, i wondered why in the world the time was rounded to a flat 25:00 minutes. Would it have been that difficult to put down 25:33 (or whatever number your CD player closely ends at). And the time for part two is wrong as well: it's not 23:50.

Every other CD that i have the times are extrememly accurate. Did the remaster version put the right time on it?

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Posted: Aug. 11 2001, 18:23

Yeah, that's weird. I don't understand it either. Part 1 is 30 seconds longer than what the cover (and disc) says, Part 2 is 30 seconds shorter... I don't know what times the remastered releases give, but I'd guess they are the same.
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Posted: Sep. 09 2001, 11:42

The times on the Remastered HDCD read 25:00 and 23:50 respectively.
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Posted: July 21 2002, 17:39

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Posted: Sep. 22 2003, 07:13

I think this may be a pattern on the early MO cd's, as it is the same on OTB, the first part says it is 26.10, but it's more like 26.30
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Posted: Sep. 22 2003, 09:17

Would be interesting to compare those to the times on the vinyl labels.
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Posted: Sep. 24 2003, 15:56

This is something that I have notice in some CDs (not only MO CDs) from the 70s and 80s (and not so common but in most modern records sometimes too). I suppose is something related with the way in which they measure this time on those times, but since I don't know the process (if there is one specific process) I can't confirm anything. Surely if we compare these timings with the ones on the vinyls probably are the same, there must be simply and error that nobody has check in other editions (in the same way the FMO editions continue naming Mount Teide as Mount Teidi ;))
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