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I mean any album had to be cut quieter than an EP which generally contains less material.
However there are lots of exceptions. So my comparison was coloured EP's (12" records) especially dance genres are cut loud enough to overwhelm any surface noise where albums pressed in the amp or similar coloured vinyl are possibly trying to squeeze a bit more onto the disc because they are longer.
Caveat is that EP's can be nearly as long each side as the ideal maximum length per side which I think is around 24 minutes. You could cut very quiet passages longer than this because the grooves need less space.
Also bear in mind that 45rpm reduces surface noise vs 33rpm
Airhead
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..interesting!
Can you recommend some further reading on this?
I googled around a bit but haven't found some serious info on the subject.
Ta!