Maxi Singles

By the mid-1970s, it was used to refer to 12″ vinyl singles with three or four tracks (or an extended or remixed version of the lead single/song) on the A-side, with an additional two or three tracks on the B-side; the B-side was initially used by DJs. Later, in the 1980s, a typical practice was to release a two-song single on 7″ vinyl and cassette, and a maxi-single on 12″ vinyl.

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