Talk:Stars on 45

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"The '45' in the title refers to the playback speed of a vinyl record single - 45 rpm. Such singles were often simply called "45s". (information provided for the benefit of anyone born after 1984)." Removed the bit in parentheses because it strikes me as somewhat patronising. Bonalaw 10:26, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Patronising but perhaps somewhat neccessary, i'd sympathise with the comment - i doubt many people younger than my brother (a 1984 baby) could tell you straight up what the number represented. I'm a couple of years older and the vinyl single was pretty much a goner by the time I was in a music buying position at about 11 or 12 years old. PS I like weird al's polka mixes, but the only example I have of the 'real' stars on 45 type medley (oddly enough a CD, the first i ever bought at around 11 years old) is a pretty dire record.. two 30-minute mixes (so really more like stars on LP) by Chartbusta and the Megamixers. It's got all the familiar hits of the time, but my word, does it sound nasty. Hope most of the SO45s are better quality than this... 82.36.132.148 02:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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This section needs significant trimming -- it's largely an indiscriminate collection of medleys, many of which are irrelevant. While Stars On 45 can undoubtedly be credited with kicking off the early 1980s medley craze, it doesn't follow that every single medley recording released since that date should be mentioned. The relevant ones would seem to be those that use the "On 45" structure in their name. I'm going to have a crack at cutting it down. Gusworld (talk) 08:16, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is important to state that Stars on 45 didn't invent the concept, wich don't hurt the fact that they were the most successful, bringing it to a #1 position in charts while Cafe Creme was "only" #17 in Netherlands in 1977 (Netherlands is Stars on 45 country). Later, I think it is linked that the Beach Boys and the Beatles companies released their own medley. Of course the article really needed a clarification, I just think you cut a bit too much.--JackAttackFR (talk) 08:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]