The CD-length-because-of-the-9th is also an Urban Legend

Dang, Tony, you're too quick for me. I added some snips from urbanlegends.com to my earlier post. It made me think that, rather than a confirmed UL, it's still up in the air (and may remain so). Even with the quote from the Sony exec, though, who needs a 74-minute disc spec for a 63 minute symphony?

[edit: Looking at that Toi quote I'm wondering, what would be the time capacity of a disk if they went with the 10cm diameter he refers to? Would it be under 63 minutes? If so, that makes the rationale a little more credible, Beethoven-wise.]