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Compact Discs

Music History 

Here’s the one thing I miss most about CDs

June 29, 2018 Alan Cross 4 Comments CDs, Compact Discs, Hidden Tracks

The first time I ran into a hidden track on a CD was with an early edition of Nirvana’s Nevermind.

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Tech 

A well-constructed defense of the compact disc

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment CDs, Compact Discs

I have a room off my office I call the CD Vault. It’s crammed with maybe 10,000 compact discs dating

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Tech 

Is the CD dead? Let’s take a look.

April 4, 2018April 3, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment CD, Compact Discs

If you go back to today’s Random Music News, you’ll see that CD sales have taken another huge dump, dropping

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Music News 

If you’re a music collector, read this and be horrified at what the CBC is doing

February 25, 2018February 24, 2018 Alan Cross 19 Comments CBC, CDs, Compact Discs, RCI, Vinyl

Over the decades, the CBC has become one of the biggest repositories of recorded music in the known world. Its

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Apps, Arkells, Bernie Sanders, CDs, Compact Discs, Concerts, Discman, Olympics, Pink Floyd, Radio, SHINee, Smashing Pumpkins, Soft Cell, SXSW

If Dolly the Cloned Sheep were still alive, she’d be 21 today. In music news for February 22, 2018… The

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Music News 

For the second time in history, music sales have collapsed by 90%

February 17, 2018February 16, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment CDs, Compact Discs, Music sales

From the end of the Great War until the Crash of ’29, record sales increased year after year after year.

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Gadgets 

Yet another eulogy for the compact disc (but there’s some good history here)

February 14, 2018February 13, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Compact Discs

So far this year, Canadian compact disc sales are down 38% vs. this time last year. At best, 9 million

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Music Industry 

Before we declare the CD dead, let’s consider a few things

February 13, 2018February 12, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment CDs, Compact Discs

There’s been a lot of talk about how the CD is dead, killed by the relentless uptick in streaming. Yes,

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Music History 

Remembering the 90s: “What was it like to buy CDs, Daddy?”

February 11, 2018February 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Compact Discs

Back in the 90s, the strip of Toronto’s Yonge Street between Queen and Gerrard was record store heaven. Starting with

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Music Industry 

Weekly Survey: How worried are you about the disappearance of the CD?

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Alan Cross 6 Comments CD, Compact Discs, Survey

Over the weekend, we heard that Best Buy was going to phase out selling CDs in all remaining stores that

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Music Industry 

Another blow to physical music media: All Best Buy stores will stop selling CDs later this year

February 4, 2018February 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Best Buy, CDs, Compact Discs, Target

If trends in consumer behaviour continue, fewer than 10 million CDs will be sold in Canada in 2018 as streaming

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