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pez
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They might Be Giants
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Oct 3 19:47 UTC 1998 |
This band gets a new fan almost every time someone hears one
of their songs for the first time. This item is for the Johns.
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tpryan
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response 1 of 38:
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Oct 4 21:32 UTC 1998 |
When They Might Be Giants put out a three inch CD, I had to
buy my first TMBG CD. Something about giants putting out a tiny
CD.
The 3" CD format failed. Thought to be good for singles or
small albums (held about 20 minutes of music). All mounting post
players where immediately compatible, but tray type players required
some additional engineering.
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mcnally
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response 2 of 38:
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Oct 5 20:52 UTC 1998 |
Or an adaptor that clipped onto the disc
In retrospect, it's hard to see why anyone thought that 3" CDs
might be a good idea. I've still got a couple, mostly novelties
(especially the XTC album that was also released as 3 3" CDs in
addition to the normal 5" CD)
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tpryan
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response 3 of 38:
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Oct 7 02:18 UTC 1998 |
I have TMBG, a Frank Zappa and a Harry Chapin all in 3" CD
format.
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eeyore
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response 4 of 38:
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Oct 15 14:44 UTC 1998 |
Mike: What XTC album, and is it still available?
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mcnally
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response 5 of 38:
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Oct 15 16:55 UTC 1998 |
"Oranges and Lemons" I haven't noticed the 3" version around anywhere
in years. Possibly there's still a warehouse of them out there somewhere,
even as a novelty I don't think they went over all that well -- I'm pretty
sure I got mine as a low-priced cut-out..
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krj
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response 6 of 38:
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Oct 15 20:10 UTC 1998 |
The 3" single was felt to be needed as a counterpart to the 45 rpm
single. After all, in vinyl, the single was smaller than the album,
right? I think the labels felt they had to give the consumer a
smaller package for a smaller price, lest the consumer ask why
album-length CDs cost so much.
In America, the format died in maybe a year. The 3" singles required
clunky adaptors to play in most machines. And they were priced at
about $4, vs. $1.50 for vinyl singles, and unless they were from the
A&M label they almost never contained bonus "B-side" tracks.
I must have a dozen of the 3" cds buried somewhere. Mostly they are
the A&M releases. We also have at least one by They Might Be Giants.
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bruin
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response 7 of 38:
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Oct 15 23:08 UTC 1998 |
Would the 3" single CD be known as a "subcompact disk"?
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goose
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response 8 of 38:
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Oct 16 18:05 UTC 1998 |
Heh.
Funny thing about CD3, since they were never produced in gargantuan
quantities like the plain old CD-DA (DA=Digital Audio) they
actually cost more for the labels to mfgr.
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mcnally
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response 9 of 38:
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Oct 16 21:28 UTC 1998 |
Can anyone confirm my recollection that at one time Sony (I think)
designed and sold a very small portable CD player (for the time,
anyway) that *only* played the 3" discs?
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tpryan
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response 10 of 38:
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Oct 18 23:28 UTC 1998 |
You are correct sir. The CD3 player had the center hub at
one of it's edges, such that the majority of the disk was outside
the player during playback.
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mcnally
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response 11 of 38:
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Oct 20 02:06 UTC 1998 |
Someone's still making CD3s, at least in England.. I was browsing
through Wherehouse Records today and came across a single by Garbage
that had been pressed in the 3" format..
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goose
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response 12 of 38:
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Oct 20 14:45 UTC 1998 |
Mike, can you look around the hole and see if there's a name on it?
M guess if it's really coming from the UK is the PDO plant.
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mcnally
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response 13 of 38:
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Oct 20 15:23 UTC 1998 |
Well, I didn't buy it so looking around the hole would entail
another trip to the record store.. The packaging had a "made
in the UK" label on it and it was priced as an import but I
couldn't tell you more than that..
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goose
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response 14 of 38:
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Oct 20 21:05 UTC 1998 |
Oh yeah, you never said you *bought it*. Sorry. ;-)
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pez
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response 15 of 38:
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Jun 11 02:04 UTC 2000 |
wow. None of that was about Thay Might Be Giants specifically :P
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jules
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response 16 of 38:
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Jun 12 02:33 UTC 2000 |
please pass the milk please
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pez
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response 17 of 38:
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Jun 13 00:28 UTC 2000 |
leave me alone. leave me alone.
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orinoco
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response 18 of 38:
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Jun 13 05:17 UTC 2000 |
something grabbed ahold of my hand.
I didn't know what had my hand,
but that's when all by troubles began.
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pez
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response 19 of 38:
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Jun 13 17:45 UTC 2000 |
I don't understand you, etc, etc. I cannot understand you.
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jules
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response 20 of 38:
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Jun 14 01:36 UTC 2000 |
come ooonnn and wreck my car
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pez
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response 21 of 38:
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Jun 14 17:14 UTC 2000 |
aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye? :||
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jules
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response 22 of 38:
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Jun 14 22:15 UTC 2000 |
whats that blue thing....doing here
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orinoco
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response 23 of 38:
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Jun 14 23:17 UTC 2000 |
hey, you skipped "please pass the milk please"!
that one was always my favorite......
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pez
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response 24 of 38:
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Jun 15 08:03 UTC 2000 |
we skipped it? i thought it was first.
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