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Extended play
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An extended play is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. EPs generally do not contain as many tracks as albums, and are considered less expensive, an EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well. Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post said, EPs—originally extended-play single releases that are shorter than traditional albums—have long been popular with punk, in the United Kingdom, the Official Chart Company defines a boundary between EP and album classification at 25 minutes of length or four tracks. EPs were released in various sizes in different eras, the earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were vertically cut 78 rpm discs known as 2-in-1 records. These had finer than usual grooves, like Edison Disc Records, by 1949, when the 45 rpm single and 33 1⁄3 rpm LP were competing formats, seven-inch 45 rpm singles had a maximum playing time of only about four minutes per side. Partly as an attempt to compete with the LP introduced in 1948 by rival Columbia, RCA Victor introduced Extended Play 45s during 1952. Their narrower grooves, achieved by lowering the levels and sound compression optionally. These were usually 10-inch LPs split onto two seven-inch EPs or 12-inch LPs split onto three seven-inch EPs, either separately or together in gatefold covers. This practice became less common with the advent of triple-speed-available phonographs. Some classical music albums released at the beginning of the LP era were distributed as EP albums—notably the seven operas that Arturo Toscanini conducted on radio between 1944 and 1954. These opera EPs, originally broadcast on the NBC Radio network and manufactured by RCA, in the 1990s, they began appearing on compact discs. During the 1950s, RCA published several EP albums of Walt Disney movies and these usually featured the original casts of actors and actresses. Each album contained two seven-inch records, plus an illustrated booklet containing the text of the recording, so that children could follow along by reading. Some of the titles included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and what was then a recent release, because of the popularity of 7 and other formats, SP records became less popular and the production of SPs in Japan was suspended in 1963. In the 1950s and 1960s, EPs were usually compilations of singles or album samplers and were played at 45 rpm on seven-inch discs. Record Retailer printed the first EP chart in 1960, the New Musical Express, Melody Maker, Disc and Music Echo and the Record Mirror continued to list EPs on their respective singles charts. The Beatles Twist and Shout outsold most singles for some weeks in 1963, when the BBC and Record Retailer commissioned the British Market Research Bureau to compile a chart it was restricted to singles and EPs disappeared from the listings. In the Philippines, seven-inch EPs marketed as mini-LPs were introduced in 1970, with tracks selected from an album and this mini-LP format also became popular in America in the early 1970s for promotional releases, and also for use in jukeboxes
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Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
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Suburban Kids with Biblical Names is a Swedish twee pop band consisting of Johan Hedberg and Peter Gunnarson. The band was formed in December 2003, in Haninge and their name comes from a lyric in the song People by the Silver Jews. In the beginning of 2004, the band put two songs on the internet and received warm listener response, after this, Sonic magazine interviewed them and included one of their songs on a compilation CD. They were signed to Labrador Records and released their first EP, in 2005, they released their second EP, #2. Their debut album #3 was released in October 2005 in Sweden and has subsequently released by Minty Fresh in the US and by Yesboyicecream Records in the UK. Their song Rent a Wreck from #3 is featured in the Prius Yes commercial, on 4 February 2009, the band released their third EP, #4. #3 #1 #2 #4 Loop Duplicate My Heart Official website Labrador Records yesboyicecream records
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3 (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names album)
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#3 is the debut studio album by Swedish indie pop band Suburban Kids with Biblical Names. It is their third overall, following the #1 and #2 EP releases. The album has been described as indie pop, compared the albums sound to the work of Jens Lekman and the Acid House Kings. The release was their only in the United States and United Kingdom, the song Rent a Wreck from #3 is featured in the Toyota Prius Yes commercial. The album was well received. Seldom do debut albums come as truly wonderful as this one, dont let the spectacles and the wit fool you. Seldom do debut albums come as truly wonderful as this one, fortunately they manage to stay just on the right side of the line this time and #3 is yet another great Swedish indie pop record. PopMatters particularly noted that the lyrics of Rent a Wreck made for a tour song
