Compact Discs Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: The birth of the compact disc

Let’s take a look at the birth of the compact disc, which first appeared for sale in February 1983. It

Thanks the rise of streaming, CD sales have been dropping like an extinction-level asteroid for years. Most new cars don’t

While filing some vinyl over the weekend, I realized that I hadn’t had to file any new CDs for a

I often get emails from people asking about mispressed CDs and records. Occasionally, there are mixups at the pressing plant

Look around your place. How many CDs do you have? How many of them still spark joy? How many have

I think the last time I bought a CD was in the UK about 18 months ago. I’d stumbled on

The sales of compact discs have been in a death spiral for almost twenty years and no amount of pulling

Even though I wrote the above headline, I still can’t quite believe it. But according to the Recording Industry Association

Item 1: Earlier this month, Samsung announced it was going to stop investing in new Blu-ray technology. While the company

Rewind to 1999. Vinyl is all but dead. Predictions are that this might be the last year to buy a

It’s fascinating to watch how quickly sales of physical music are cratering in the age of streaming. Looking at the

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver