Most home stereos had a drop spindle, and most double albums has sides 1 and 4 on one platter and 2 and 3 on the other. Double albums were sure-as-heck an art f

Most home stereos had a drop spindle, and most double albums has sides 1 and 4 on one platter and 2 and 3 on the other. Double albums were sure-as-heck an art form and not just a collection of singles. Between the 80 minutes of coherent music and the gatefold album cover art you could waste many an evening listening and looking at just what the artist(s) intended.