Billboard has a really excellent feature story about the history and context of the album Thriller. I found it quite interesting. One particular tidbit was that Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones had to re-edit the album a bit after it was recorded to make sure it wasn't too long, since shorter albums sounded better on vinyl (because they could have wider grooves--who knew?). I wish there were features like this about other classic pop albums.
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This is why you should become a music journalist and write those stories!
Wouldn't that be cool?! I'd love that. It would make a nice book too.
There is a series of pocket books called 33 1/3 (I think), and they go through the history of classic albums. I have one for "Sign O' The Times", but it's packed away at the moment.
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