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I just got an LP of the classic 70's album "Chase" by the late Bill
Chase, and find that as often seems to be the case, they put the hit
single "Get It On" on the last track of side one. The inner tracks of
course always have the most distortion. Surely the record companies
knew this, is there a reason they so frequently put the hits on the
inner tracks? At least this is my observation.

Record companies can't always tell which songs are gong to be hits and
which are going to be duds.
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Alex