Saw the thread and have a bunch of things to say but I'm really preoccupied with other stuff at the minute. Just want to add there were technical considerations with lps - inner groove distortion on full sides, etc. I always spent hours and hours programming lps. Cds are a different animal. I always thonght long cds should be programmed as one would plan 2 sets. I have spent about 6 months worrying about the programming of my cd reissue of Roscoe Mitchell's Nonaah. More to follow.