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Re: New Sub-Categories and Adjectives for Jewish Music
- From: Owen Davidson <owend...>
- Subject: Re: New Sub-Categories and Adjectives for Jewish Music
- Date: Tue 06 Jan 1998 16.55 (GMT)
(and do
>we still call them albums or should I switch to "CD" even if I heard a
>casette?)
Why should we not call them albums? The last time an album literally *was*
an album was back in the days of shellac. It was an extension of the term
to apply it to a collection of pieces on a single disc. That same extension
can apply as well to CDs and cassettes.
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