EPs

French translation: maxi 45 tours / maxi single

21:22 Feb 27, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / type de support
English term or phrase: EPs
The Singles traces the thread that runs through their EPs, from Sweet Children to Wake Me Up
Odette Grille (X)
Canada
Local time: 05:50
French translation:maxi 45 tours / maxi single
Explanation:
An EP (for extended play), is the name given to vinyl records which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. Typically an album has eight or more tracks (anywhere between 40-60 minutes), a single only one or two (5-15 minutes), and an EP five to eight (or around 15-35 minutes.) Some artists, especially in the days of vinyl, have released full-length albums that could fit the definition of a modern-day EP. (See Yes's Close to the Edge and Prince's Dirty Mind as examples.) A remix single is not considered an EP unless it also has other songs on it (an EP/single hybrid). The name "extended play" has become something of a misnomer, for though it originally was used for singles that were extended beyond the standard length, it is now more often synonymous with an album that is shorter than usual; indeed EPs are sometimes referred to as "mini-albums" (see below). For this reason, among others, they are referred to as "EPs", the full name being used much more rarely.

http://www.upto11.net/albumprofile.php?al=112174

GDT:
quarante-cinq tours grande plage n. m.

Équivalent(s)
English twelve inches plate
.
.

Sous-entrée(s) : .


synonyme(s)
grande-plage n. f.
maxi quarante-cinq tours n. m.

terme(s) à éviter
plate
douze pouces
quarante-cinq tours longue durée


"Vinyleticketomania Disques Vinyls Maxi 45 tours Remix version ...
Tous les disques vinyles maxi 45 tours à bas prix chez price Minister ... Voici les images des pochettes de Disque vinyles Maxi 45 tours : ...
vinyleticketomania.free.fr/vinylsmaxi45tours.htm -

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"C'est en 1989, quand il intègre le batteur Al Sobrante que le groupe prend son nom définitif. La même année XXX réalise de façon indépendante son premier maxi single, '1000 Hours'. "
http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/green-day-19841.php
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Summary of answers provided
4disques 45 tours prolongés
Francis MARC
445 tours / singles
Tony M
4Ep
Sylvia Rochonnat
3maxi 45 tours / maxi single
jemo


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
eps
disques 45 tours prolongés


Explanation:
Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Audio Technology
  – Audiovisual Techniques and
Equipment
  – Various Industries
Domaine(s)
  – Électro-acoustique
  – Audiovisuel (techniques et
équipement)
  – Industries diverses
 
extended-play record
Source CORRECT

  EP Source CORRECT

extended-play phonograph
record Source CORRECT

extended play Source CORRECT,
MOINS FRÉQ

45 tours prolongé Source
CORRECT

DEF – A 7-inch, 45-rpm record
having closely spaced grooves
giving up to eight minutes of
playing time per side, as
compared to three to five
minutes per side with
conventional 45-rpm microgroove
records. Source

EX – Après l'ajout du 45
tours/minute en petit format (17
cm) par R.C.A. Victor (...) en
1949, le disque stéréophonique
combine, quelques années plus
tard, les gravures latérale et
verticale. (...) Et, en vingt ans,
se précisent les préférences du
public: d'abord pour le 45 tours,
imple ou prolongé, puis pour le
33 tours de 30 cm. Source


TERME(S) CLÉ(S)
– disque 45 tours prolongé
– quarante-cinq tours prolongé
– disque quarante-cinq tours
prolongé


Francis MARC
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45 tours / singles


Explanation:
Although the literal meaning is indeed 'extended play', in actual fact, in the UK at least, the term 'EP' has for as long as I can remember been used loosely to mean ANY 7" single — the fact that they were double-length was forgotten long ago!

So unless there is anything specifially relevant about the playing time, I would just treat these as being any ordinary 'single'; it's really just EP = 45 rpm instead of LP = 33 rpm (the fact that they were microgroove / microsillon was likewise forgotten very early on)

Tony M
France
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eps
maxi 45 tours / maxi single


Explanation:
An EP (for extended play), is the name given to vinyl records which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. Typically an album has eight or more tracks (anywhere between 40-60 minutes), a single only one or two (5-15 minutes), and an EP five to eight (or around 15-35 minutes.) Some artists, especially in the days of vinyl, have released full-length albums that could fit the definition of a modern-day EP. (See Yes's Close to the Edge and Prince's Dirty Mind as examples.) A remix single is not considered an EP unless it also has other songs on it (an EP/single hybrid). The name "extended play" has become something of a misnomer, for though it originally was used for singles that were extended beyond the standard length, it is now more often synonymous with an album that is shorter than usual; indeed EPs are sometimes referred to as "mini-albums" (see below). For this reason, among others, they are referred to as "EPs", the full name being used much more rarely.

http://www.upto11.net/albumprofile.php?al=112174

GDT:
quarante-cinq tours grande plage n. m.

Équivalent(s)
English twelve inches plate
.
.

Sous-entrée(s) : .


synonyme(s)
grande-plage n. f.
maxi quarante-cinq tours n. m.

terme(s) à éviter
plate
douze pouces
quarante-cinq tours longue durée


"Vinyleticketomania Disques Vinyls Maxi 45 tours Remix version ...
Tous les disques vinyles maxi 45 tours à bas prix chez price Minister ... Voici les images des pochettes de Disque vinyles Maxi 45 tours : ...
vinyleticketomania.free.fr/vinylsmaxi45tours.htm -

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Note added at 58 mins (2007-02-27 22:21:00 GMT)
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"C'est en 1989, quand il intègre le batteur Al Sobrante que le groupe prend son nom définitif. La même année XXX réalise de façon indépendante son premier maxi single, '1000 Hours'. "
http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/green-day-19841.php

jemo
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eps
Ep


Explanation:
Un EP (de l'anglais Extended Play), est le nom donné aux disques vinyles, et aux disques compacts qui sont trop longs pour être qualifiés de simple CD ou single mais trop courts pour être qualifiés d'album. En général, un album contient au moins huit plages (ou dure environ une heure) et un single contient deux ou trois plages, un EP contient environ quatre à huit plages.

Dans le milieu, on parle de EP, tout simplement, éventuellement "maxi", tout court...


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_play
Sylvia Rochonnat
France
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