Longest CD in your collection

[Bluerein]

Hello all,

just wondering what's the longest factory made CD out there. I've several of 81 minutes + but maybe there's a 82 minute somewhere........

[Late]

The Ken Burns' Dizzy Gillespie disc is 83 minutes. Has the great early track "Pickin' the Cabbage" on it ...

[Bluerein]

Wow......so now's the question is there a 84 minute cd out there.

[Late]

Out of curiosity, I tried burning that Gillespie disc onto a standard (79:59) CD-R. It gave me one extra second (80:00), and then cut the last tune short ... :rsly:

[ghost of miles]

The Ken Burns' Dizzy Gillespie disc is 83 minutes. Has the great early track "Pickin' the Cabbage" on it ...

Wow... I thought the max was 80. I think the longest CD I have is Disc 1 of THE COMPLETE BUD POWELL ON VERVE, which clocks in at exactly 80:00.

[tonym]

Longest 'proper' album in my collection is, I think, Soundgarden's Superunknown.

[RDK]

Out of curiosity, I tried burning that Gillespie disc onto a standard (79:59) CD-R. It gave me one extra second (80:00), and then cut the last tune short ... :rsly:

If your burner and software support it, you can extend the time a few minutes past 80 min. I think it's called "overburning" or something like that. Few commercial releases go beyond the 80 min standard, though, because some players can't handle reading them.

[BbM7]

Long? All my CDs are round. I do have a couple of long-boxed CDs, however.

[Jazz Kat]

HOw about the shortest? Some Miles Davis Quintet albums clock in at a tiny bit, 35 minutes, but the shortest one I have is Vince Guaraldi's Oh Good Grief, at 28 minutes.

[Swinging Swede]

There was a thread about this recently. My shortest CD is Fresh Sound’s Sonny Criss Quartet 1949-1957 which clocks in at 20:09!

The longest I have is one or two seconds short of 80 minutes (don't remember what CD). I have not encountered any CD over 80 minutes. As mentioned not all players can play them.

[mikeweil]

Steve Nelson, Full Nelson, on Sunnyside: 79:31

I have several more in that range, but would have to search ...

[Swinging Swede]

I think the longest CD I have is Disc 1 of THE COMPLETE BUD POWELL ON VERVE, which clocks in at exactly 80:00.

Really? My Disc 1 of that set is only 78:27.

[Jazz Kat]

OK, who made the longest song?

I'd say either Ornett Coleman who had one full record, that consisted of one song, or JOhn Handy who had a 30 minute song, I forget the title.

[Swinging Swede]

Well, John Coltrane made some long ones in Japan. My Favorite Things is 57:19 and Crescent 54:33, according to AMG. Leo is a mere 44:49.

[Bluerein]

Late: can you please check that Gillespie CD again? A copy I saw in the store I work for was only 76 minutes long.....Strange thing don't you think!

[Bill B]

Five Longest:

1)Chick Corea-ECM Sampler- 79:40

2)Gustav Mahler-Symphony # 8 79:36

3)MJQ-Eupopean Concerts-Label M 79:34

4)Shostakovitch-"Hamlet/Gadfly" 79:29

5)Coltrane-"Ascension-Impulse 79:29

Shortest: Milt Jackson-"Jacksonsville-Savoy 30:34

[neveronfriday]

Out of curiosity, I tried burning that Gillespie disc onto a standard (79:59) CD-R. It gave me one extra second (80:00), and then cut the last tune short ...  :rsly:

If your burner and software support it, you can extend the time a few minutes past 80 min. I think it's called "overburning" or something like that. Few commercial releases go beyond the 80 min standard, though, because some players can't handle reading them.

You can push a burnable way up there. Theoretically, you can squeeze 99 minutes (NERO) on there if overburning is enabled and the burnable supports it. It doesn't adhere to any standards though and can only be played back on suitable players, none of which are PC-independent, I think. So you have to use your PC exclusively for these.

I've used 800 MB TDKs for some serious overburning and they run fine ... but I still have my doubts regarding the longevity of these discs.

Cheers!