Original Vinyl Release
The original release of the album was on 12-inch vinyl and cassette. It was unusual for a single vinyl record to contain as many as twenty songs because it was thought that what was known in the industry as “groove cramming” would result in a loss of sound quality. Get Happy's producer, Nick Lowe, mentions this issue on the album’s back cover:
| “ | 'You’ll have noticed that there are ten (?) tracks on each side of this, Elvis’ new LP, making it a real “long player".
Elvis and I talked long and hard about the wisdom of taking this unusual step and are proud that we can now reassure hi-fi enthusiasts and/or people who never bought a record before 1967 that with the inclusion of this extra music time they will find no loss of sound quality due to “groove cramming” as the record nears the end of each face (i.e. the hole in the middle). Now get happy. Your friend, Producer, Nick Lowe' |
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