[weegee]

78s could run well over 2:15 and in fact an early "rock and roll" song (circa 1951) was Roy Brown's Butcher Pete. It got around the length problem by issuing the song with PT1 and PT2 on the record (even telling the listener "I ain't done yet" at the end of side 1).

[JellyJam]

here's a statement from Marky Ramone

[justshutupandtakeit]

I have never heard that one but that was a fairly common expedient to get around the time problem.