Ongoing History Daily: The longbox, part 2
A major complaint of record stores in the early 80s was the cost of installing new shelving to display this new thing called the “compact disc.” After investing in displays for LPs, 45s,
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Longbox
Ongoing History Daily: The longbox, part 1
Back in the early 80s, the recorded music industry was suffering. The disco bubble had burst. Record sales were in free-fall for the first time since the 1930s. Plus there was a terrible
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Random Music News for Friday, April 24, 2015
Twenty-five years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle Discovery. Indie music festivals are worth £1 billion to the UK economy. Attention, childhood: Lois of Sharon, Lois & Bram
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Geek & Beats Podcast Episode 68: Show Notes, Links and My Parents’ Basement
I was on the road for this week’s recording of the G&B podcast. Hunkered down in my parents’ basement in rural Manitoba, I was still recovering from having to explain the jokes on
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Remembering the Longbox, One of the Music Industry’s Biggest Environmental Crimes
When Sony and Philips unveiled the compact disc in 1982, the music industry was, well, underwhelmed. Even though it was going through a brutal post-disco recession with very worrisome declining sales, labels and
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