What does EP stand for?

**sadloserkid** · 14/11/2006, 11:16 AM

This came up in converstion last night and stumped the lot of us... any help out there?

Extra player? Edge player was suggested too..

**Sheridan** · 14/11/2006, 11:18 AM

Extended Play, I think.

**sadloserkid** · 14/11/2006, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

Extended Play, I think.

Danke Sheridan.

**Peadar** · 14/11/2006, 11:23 AM

Fairly certain it's Extended Play or else someone has been lying to me all these years.
LP obviously stands for Long Play.

**sadloserkid** · 14/11/2006, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Peadar

Fairly certain it's Extended Play or else someone has been lying to me all these years.
LP obviously stands for Long Play.

Yeah we managed LP fairly easily. Bizarrely quite a few people got stumped on DVD... made me think I needed some new friends briefly!

**WeAreRovers** · 14/11/2006, 11:54 AM

Jaysus SLK how young are you? Sheridan is correct it's Extended Play. Originally 7" EPs were played at 33rpm, hence the extended play.

When I was a kid the two that used to get me were B/W and C/W ie. Madness' new single One Step Beyond C/W Mistakes. Took me a long time to figure out they stood for Couple With and Backed With. Tells you more about my dimness than anything else though.....

KOH

**Dr.Nightdub** · 14/11/2006, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by WeAreRovers

Originally 7" EPs were played at 33rpm, hence the extended play.

Then they brought out 12" singles that were played at 45rpm.

Thus in this golden age, you had 7"s that played at 45rpm, 7" EPs that played at 33rpm, 12"s that played at 45rpm and LPs that played at 33rpm. A few brave souls even released 10" EPs (The Clash - "Black Market Clash" being one of them) but I can't for the life of me remember what speed they played at.

Then they brought out CDs and DJs stopped having to think any more.

Then DJs stopped being capable of thought and the way was clear for Norman Cook (who, in fairness, had made contributions to some mighty 7" singles) to become Fatboy Slim and take over the world. Superstar DJs indeed.

**Schumi** · 14/11/2006, 1:01 PM

Ancient members of my family tell me of 12" singles that were played at 78rpm too.

**WeAreRovers** · 14/11/2006, 1:39 PM

Doc - I had a feeling you'd be on this thread sooner or later.

KOH

**Drumcondra Red** · 14/11/2006, 1:44 PM

EP is Extended Play and DVD is Digital Versatile Disc

**sadloserkid** · 14/11/2006, 5:01 PM

Originally Posted by WeAreRovers

Jaysus SLK how young are you?

A babyish 25. It all started for me with Michael Jackson's 'Bad' on cassette...

And if you think that's bad I should tell you that my second purchase was about as far removed as can be from 'Candy Apple Grey', shocking stuff, even for an 8 year old!

**BohsPartisan** · 15/11/2006, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Ancient members of my family tell me of 12" singles that were played at 78rpm too.

My Dad used to have a load of old 78's but they all got broke one way or another. Shame.

**Dr.Nightdub** · 15/11/2006, 7:09 PM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

I should tell you that my second purchase was about as far removed as can be from 'Candy Apple Grey'

Pity, you'd have been better off. That and "New Day Rising" should be required listening for anyone still under the illusion that Nirvana ever had an original thought in their lives.

**onceahoop** · 15/11/2006, 7:14 PM

EP'S were singles that had two songs on the one side rather than the conventional single, if that makes sense.

**sadloserkid** · 16/11/2006, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub

Pity, you'd have been better off. That and "New Day Rising" should be required listening for anyone still under the illusion that Nirvana ever had an original thought in their lives.

I know, I know, all those wasted years. About the only good thing to have come out of time in university was a love for all things Bob Mould that has persevered to this day.

**WeAreRovers** · 16/11/2006, 1:45 PM

Originally Posted by sadloserkid

I know, I know, all those wasted years. About the only good thing to have come out of time in university was a love for all things Bob Mould that has persevered to this day.

Ooer missus.

Speaking of Nirvana never having an original thought, Husker Du, Pixies and the Replacements, all influenced them. Kris Novawhatsit once claimed than none of them had ever heard the Replacements.

Nevermind is still a bona fide classic though.

KOH

**Soper** · 16/11/2006, 1:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub

Pity, you'd have been better off. That and "New Day Rising" should be required listening for anyone still under the illusion that Nirvana ever had an original thought in their lives.

Zen Arcade is awesome too though

**sadloserkid** · 16/11/2006, 8:33 PM

Originally Posted by Soper

Zen Arcade is awesome too though

Ditto for Bob's solo album last year. And indeed pretty much anything Sugar ever did. Hell even some of Grant Hart's solo stuff wasn't bad!

Originally Posted by WeAreRovers

Ooer missus.

Speaking of Nirvana never having an original thought, Husker Du, Pixies and the Replacements, all influenced them. Kris Novawhatsit once claimed than none of them had ever heard the Replacements.

Nevermind is still a bona fide classic though.

Oh yeah, I kinda hadn't seen exactly what I was implying there!

And ah The Replacements, another amazing band. Paul Westerburg still writes great stuff too.

And Nevermind is a bona fida classic for sure but nobody will ever convince me that anything else in the Nirvana file is anything more than decent.