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Random music news for Saturday, February 5, 2022

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bored Ape, CDs, Compact Disc, Dave Grohl, Elton John, INXS, Joni Mitchell, Kenny G, Mumford & Sons, Snapchat, Spotify, Super Bowl, Tim Farris, Winston Marshall

Ad time for the Super Bowl is sold out. NBC got US$7 million per spot. And now, some free music

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The REAL inventor of the CD

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments CD, Compact Disc, Inventors, Jim Russell, Philips, Sony

Have you ever heard the name Jim Russell?  He’s an American scientist. The name doesn’t ring a bell?  Russell is

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Weekly survey: When was the last time you bought an actual compact disc?

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Alan Cross 6 Comments CDs, Compact Disc, Survey

The future of the company disc became a little more wobbly last week when it was announced that Lorde’s Solar

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Music Industry 

Lorde is doing her best to kill the compact disc

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments CD, Compact Disc, Lorde, Solar Power

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. -AC] When the skews appeared for Lorde’s Solar Power album, her first record in

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 856: The rise and fall of the compact disc

May 10, 2019June 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan Cross, Compact Disc, Ongoing History

On the afternoon of October 1, 1982, Sony introduced a new home stereo gizmo: the world’s first compact disc player.

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Music Industry 

Here’s an analysis of the future of the CD

September 27, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments CDs, Compact Disc

CD sales are down over 20% from this time year. Yes, it looks like a death spiral, but at some

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, February 15, 2018

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Amazon, Apple Watch, CDs, Compact Disc, Crickets, Echo, Gene Simmons, Hedley, KISS, Mike McCready, Nelly, Pearl Jam, Spotify

February is more than half over. Only about five more weeks until spring, too. Contemplate that as you skim through

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Music Industry 

How the Music Industry is Trying to Save the CD

January 5, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Compact Disc

The music industry is of two minds when it comes to the CD. Some want it just to go away,

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Music History 

Come with Me Back to 1982 for a Report on the Introduction of a New Thing Called the Compact Disc

April 9, 2017April 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Compact Disc

In 1981, ABC ran a program ran a program called Towards 2000. One of their early reports was about the

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Music Industry 

CDs: Still Not Dead.

March 14, 2015March 13, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments CDs, Compact Disc

Okay, so sales have been healthier. But even after an assault by digital sales and continuing rise in the adoption

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Podcast 

Geeks & Beats Episode 93: The Rivet Disambiguation

February 11, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments BlogTO.com, Compact Disc, Donkey Kong, Drive-In, Justin Bieber, novelty song, Pac Man, Radio Shack, Rivet, Samsung, Spotify, Star Trek, Star Wars, tricycle, William Shatner

As we slowly creep up on episode 100–who would have thought?–we’ve been nominated for Toronto’s Best Podcast. And yes, we

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