Weekly survey: When was the last time you bought a CD of a new release?
When Swifties overwhelmed Spotify at midnight Friday morning, the site crashed. That was a clear indication that Taylor Swift was
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Compact Discs
Random music news for Monday, June 27, 2022
This could be the biggest leap in beer technology since we dispensed with can openers. Think about how much that
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Something weird is happening with compact discs. They’re selling like crazy again!
When I opened the weekly report from Luminate, the company that keeps track of the recorded music industry, I thought
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Ongoing History Daily: The first live Tragically Hip album
The live Tragically Hip album is called Live Between Us and there’s a great story about the origin of the
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Ongoing History Daily: SHM CDs
A lot of people have no idea that the technology behind compact discs dates back to the 1970s. Other than
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Random music news for Saturday, March 12, 2022
Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any
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I might just have to rekindle my love affair with CDs. Here’s why.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I first saw my first compact disc in March 1983 when
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Weekly survey: Is it time for a CD revival?
Sales of vinyl have been going up for 15 straight years. There are, however, rumblings in certain quarters that it’s
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Random music news for Friday, January 21, 2022
The science is in: Farts can make you go blind. Now that you’ve got that in your head, here’s some
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Ongoing History Daily: The environmentally friendly CD
With all their plastic and glue and aluminum, CD and DVDs aren’t exactly environmentally friendly. This has been recognized as
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Weekly survey: Are you still buying CDs?
The compact disc had a great run, from its introduction in December 1982 until sales started to plummet in the
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