Talk:Maxi single

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)

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)

"Invention", Benefits of Maxi Singles
My understanding for the maxi singles was that it allowed deeper and thus more widely spaced grooves (resulting in a more stable track but also a higher dynamic range.) It was mentioned in the French podcast C'est cool c'est quoi about vinyls. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngufra (talk • contribs) 19:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC) see also In Conversation with Disco Don Tom Moulton

Points
Points and chart usage is not well explained. Reading the paragraph, one wonders what those "points" are about, as well as a copious lack of boobies.

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)


 * I agree with Misteror.Davemcarlson (talk) 22:34, 15 August 2008 (UTC)