Diana Krall - New Vinyl - Good sound - Poor Vinyl

Here in the UK I'm on my third copy of Diana Krall's "Turn up the Quiet" Played it tonight and the surfaces are terrible. Sides A&B have an intermittent scratchy crackle on the right hand Channel (visually it looks okay) Side C has silvery marks and a scratch which sounds. Both records are packed in heavy cardboard inner sleeves which offer very little protection to the record surface, and this causes chaffing to the record during the packing and transport process. However, the crackle on the first disc is common to all the copies I've had so far, so Verve have some serious issues with this release.     

There was lot of skill and machinery involved in back in the day LP production
that no longer exists . Same with most firms on labels, someone just owns the name .

"Anyway I feel it should have been on 2 discs instead of just one for the best possibly quality. The sound quality is great but the vinyl for me is problematic."

clarock- is there an article to reference regarding the number of tracks put on a record side affecting sonic quality?
Is squeezing as many tunes on a side really detrimental to sonic quality?

I generally don't purchase new music and spend my time in the used record bins with music pre 80's.
I have many albums with practically no dead wax because there are so many songs! 
The sonic quality seemingly isn't different than an album with less songs and 4" of dead wax.

Next week I will take a couple of records to the LA show. Included will be some with "too many cuts" One in particular always gets comments from listeners/exhibit guy as being a WOW! record.

I also don't hear the big deal with 180gm discs. My floppy, limp  noodle dynaflex Bowie albums sound great. Maybe I'm just more concerned with ticks/stitches. A clean, noise free record with great music is all that matters.

Anyway I feel it should have been on 2 discs instead of just one for the best possibly quality

I’m confused -- assuming we are talking about "Turn up the quiet", her current release? My copy is on two discs (3 sides, side D is blank) and 17’ or so per side.

While packed in card sleeves it cleaned up nicely. There’s a fairly high level of groove rush, typical of current pressings, but not noisy. It is cut very hot however which may cause problems with some setups. In particular I got some intermittent (3-4 times on a side) distortion on left channel peaks, but nothing too objectionable

Recording wise the best thing about it is the acoustic bass which is reference quality. The vocals are overly close miked which is fine albeit a bit too breathy for my tastes. All the other instruments are in band mode which sounds fine, although the recessed piano is a bit of a surprise for a DK disc!

All in all a nice record and my copy (from Acoustic Sounds) had no issues.

With regard to maximum length on a side it also depends on the material. Lots of very dynamic passages will take up more real estate, while a disc of quieter music can easily sound fine at up to 30’ So all in all it’s very hard to have a hard and fast rule I’m afraid

Think I'll opt for CD on this one then!