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 Post subject: LPs,EPs,Albums..What's the difference?Really.I want to know.Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:02 am 
You might think this is a stupid question.Or you might be haunted by this question too,(Ok, that was just exagerating.Haunted?Please!) 
What's the difference between an LP,an Ep and an Album? |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:06 am
album = LP = 2 EPs _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:11 am
LP/album are the same thing. LP stands for *long play and is a full-length release. EP stands for extended play and is a release that is too short to qualify as an album/LP. *edited. put the wrong L word for LP. woopsies. _________________ |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:58 am
LP stands for long play. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:02 am
Saellys wrote: LP stands for long play. woops - you're correct. long play + extended play. thanks. sorry.  _________________ |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:03 am
And an EP is the middle ground between a single and an album. Just enough music to get you through... _________________ Thistledown |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:51 am
LP could also stand for Laundered Polyester or Loosening Premise. _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:58 am
Let's not have another one of those threads, please. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:00 am
I should also mention that this was tackled in this thread: http://www.eisley.com/laughingcity/viewtopic.php?p=737442 _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:10 am
EPs are often also synonymous with Maxi-Singles Which are releases that feature 1 song or several songs from an album, along with one or two bonuses you might not find on the album. The term Maxi-Single isn't used as much as it was in the days of music not being online, and EP has taken over. That is why EP stands for extended play, often EP's would simply be longer versions of songs edited down to be single (2:30-3:30 was standard back in the day) length on an album. So you could get the long version of a song along with songs cut from the album, or live versions etc. In some cases EPs still feature songs from an album, plus extra material, in some form. In other cases some artists EP's are used to release all new material that won't be featured on an album. There was a time where doing that would be called a Mini-Album. That term faded out too, cause EP is just easier to type and say. The value of Mini-Album version of the EP has always been you wouldn't be getting the songs any other way in the near future. But... often EPs and bonus material are put together on B-Sides and Rarities compilations and in box sets somewhere down the road. _________________ yup, that's my name. FOR YOUR RATING PLEASURE: 4 LIKE Buttons, 1 NEUTRAL, 1 VEXED, 5 DISLIKE buttons. LC > FB          
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:50 pm
TheAntrider wrote: LP could also stand for Laundered Polyester or Loosening Premise. or lateral pectoral nerve _________________ dave or a reasonable facsimile thereof |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:55 pm
TheAntrider wrote: LP could also stand for Laundered Polyester or Loosening Premise. LP = Liquid Propane... just ask Hank Hill... _________________ Dan and daughter, Samantha - We Love Eisley! |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:10 pm
TheAntrider wrote: I should also mention that this was tackled in this thread:
http://www.eisley.com/laughingcity/viewtopic.php?p=737442 And in this thread _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:06 am
Dan and Sam wrote: TheAntrider wrote: LP could also stand for Laundered Polyester or Loosening Premise. LP = Liquid Propane... just ask Hank Hill... Lost Plot. _________________ Thistledown |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:01 pm
I kinda figured out that an EP was shorter than an LP a long time ago, but I never really knew what they stood for hehe...and no! Haunting is not an exaggeration as that's what my question did to me lol _________________ Kneel before your god Babylon! "I don't wanna touch you and feel so helpless; I don't wanna smell you and lose my senses" Rufus Wainwright, Foolish Love |
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