Why aren't all modern vinyl releases 45s?


I have purchased a handful of brand-new records released post CDs, and all of them are 33s, except for Baroness' Blue album, which is two LPs of 45s. The audio quality is far superior to the 33s, and there is plenty of room left on the other records (usually 2x LP) to fit the groove density required of the higher rpm. All of this makes me wonder if these bands want to go through the effort of releasing vinyl in the digital age, why not maximize quality?

Thoughts?

ricksgiving

Showing 1 response by etnier

Another practical point for 33 releases is that any given album takes half the space in your shelving, leaving more room for your collection*.

Prioritizing the 'ultimate' sound quality against the experience of playing a record and record storage space gets things seriously backwards for me.

 

*a benefit that is often negated by labels like Acoustic Sounds who double the space taken with the addition of a bunch of poorly reproduced, alternate session photographs: making a double LP package out of what should be a single.