Cutting Double Albums in Half for Own Good

Once upon a time, big ideas and big budgets produced big music. From 1967-2002, a rock n' roll arms race saw pop stars attempting to cram more and more music into four sides of vinyl records. This was the era of the double album: The most expensive and over-wrought manifestation of the bloated rock star ego.

Now that the double album has become a cute anachronism in the modern digital landscape, it’s time to revisit this obsolete format. Who has the patience anymore to listen to 90-minute plus rock epic about wizards and flying saucers? With digital scissors, one can trim the fat from these records and reintroduce them to iTunes generation.