Talk:Maxi single

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Contents 1 History 2 Corrections to history 3 Points 4 Merger with 12 Inch Page Discussion

[edit] History

As I understand things, maxi singles first came out in the mid-1970's at the request of house disc jockeys for dance clubs; they therefore are known in the trade as dance maxi singles. Atlantic Recording Corporation, as one example, issued their maxi singles initially with a DM-series catalog number; the practice continues to this day with company-retained maxi singles, which bear a DMD-series number (short for Dance Maxi-single, Demo). - B.C.Schmerker 02:25, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Corrections to history

Actually, cassette maxi-singles were tried on the retail market from 1987 to 1991. One of Atlantic Records' first was 2-86651 "Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love," directly coordinated with the 0-86651 12" vinyl; if memory serves me correctly, the last from the same company was for "Jewel - Pieces of You" (I don't have the catalog number). CD maxi-singles were introduced in 1988 and are still with us. - B.C.Schmerker 03:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Points

Points and chart usage is not well explained. Reading the paragraph, one wonders what those "points" are about.

[edit] Merger with 12 Inch Page Discussion

Maxi-single is really just another name for a 12 Inch record. That article also contains a section on Maxi Single. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigar (talk • contribs) 02:26, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

there is a problem with this because 12 inches is essentially a vinyl disc format, but the "single" concept spans any format

user: misteror —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.254.69.149 (talk) 20:51, 17 October 2007 (UTC)