Double albums question

[Mjukis]

I've always wondered why certain double albums, instead of pressing side 1 & 2 on one record and 3 & 4 on the other, use the 1 & 4, 2 & 3 formula. Here my Dear and Doing what comes naturally by Charles Wright, for example. What's the deelio? I fail to see the practical value.

 

[waxjunky]

If anything, they should be 1 & 3 and 2 & 4. Then, if you had two turntables, you could cue the next side and have it ready each time.

 

[funky16corners]

Quote:<b, 21<b, 21<b, 21Back in the day, when people had automatic record changers, you'd stack the records to play sequentially, thus you'd have a disc with side one stacked under a disc with side two, so that they would play in order. You could then flip them over and play three and four.

 

[jazzercism]

Edit: beaten to the punch