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Originally Posted by Villavic
The market niche of compilations, Greatest Hits, etc. are those casual fans who usually don't buy albums just for 2 or 3 singles, even if they loved those songs when they were played on the radio. I assume their sales forecast is always achieved, obviously if it is not very ambitious. I've been within that segment during the 90s when I bought several GH CDs. I was excited about the new digital format, but the downside was that many songs were edited and shorter than the album version.
I remember I was outraged because in Queen's GH, at the end of Under Pressure they cut one "This is our last dance"; in the original version they sing it twice.
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Songs being shortened wouldn't have been due to the "digital format" as CDs can hold close to 80 minutes of audio, much more than a vinyl LP.