'A Glittering Career In Music'

[12stringbassist]

I've released an album this week on vinyl and CD using ElasticStage.

 

 

Sound clips can be heard on their website. Available now at https://elasticstage.com/ianedmundson/releases/a-glittering-career-in-music-album

Edited Thursday at 23:41 by 12stringbassist

[12stringbassist]

 

[BigRedX]

My band is looking at this for our debut album, so can I please pick your brains on the process as the website is very light on actual production specifications?

 

1. Since this appears to be essentially print on demand I assume the CD version is CDR rather than glass-mastered. Can you confirm this?

 

2. Did Elastic Stage offer any advice for the running order and side length for the vinyl version?

 

3. Can the vinyl version have a different track order to the CD? I see that your CD version has additional tracks on the end but what I'm interested in is having a different running order for the tracks that are common to both formats to make the most of the strengths and weakness of each format.

 

4. Can I have different artwork for the CD and Vinyl versions? Or are they just scaled versions of each other? I don't want completely different designs but I would like the "small print" to be at an appropriate size for each size of cover.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[12stringbassist]

On 13/02/2026 at 09:13, BigRedX said:

My band is looking at this for our debut album, so can I please pick your brains on the process as the website is very light on actual production specifications?

 

1. Since this appears to be essentially print on demand I assume the CD version is CDR rather than glass-mastered. Can you confirm this?

 

2. Did Elastic Stage offer any advice for the running order and side length for the vinyl version?

 

3. Can the vinyl version have a different track order to the CD? I see that your CD version has additional tracks on the end but what I'm interested in is having a different running order for the tracks that are common to both formats to make the most of the strengths and weakness of each format.

 

4. Can I have different artwork for the CD and Vinyl versions? Or are they just scaled versions of each other? I don't want completely different designs but I would like the "small print" to be at an appropriate size for each size of cover.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

I haven't had my CD / vinyl back yet, so I can't confirm the format of the CD.

As you upload .wav files for your tracks it will tell you how you are doing for space on each side of the vinyl album. I recall mine having a minute or so plus some seconds left on each side.
Guidance: https://elasticstage.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/29846764606097-My-album-is-slightly-longer-than-your-23-minutes-limit-per-side-Is-there-anything-you-can-do

You can have different running orders on vinyl and CD. You click and drag in a menu whenyou've finished uploading. My CD has two bonus tracks.

You need to use their templates (and Adobe Illustrator) or upload separate .jpgs for the front and rear covers and the vinyl inner sleeve (which equates to the gatefold on the CD. You do get a preview of the final artwork. Don't put any text near the egdes.

Not my video: 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by 12stringbassist