Music Monday: 30 Years of The CD
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Happy 30th Birthday to the CD
Happy Birthday to the Compact Disc, which turned 30 years old today.
The first CD I purchased in April 1988
I delayed my purchase of CDs for over 5 years – only because I was still mostly consumed with cassettes, which were inferior quality to the CD, but less expensive. But it was U2’s “The Unforgettable Fire” that became my first CD purchase.
In the 25 years that followed, I still buy some albums on CD [I’ve purchased at least 10 CDs this year]. I’ve moved most of my album purchases to digital the last 4 years and am ok with the modern format, but it was the CD that made it’s way as a durable format for music. And one that’s obviously stood the test of time [I maintain a collection well over 300 ].
As fewer CDs get sold and made these days, I wonder how the 40th anniversary of it’s founding will read. Guess we’ll find out in 10 years.
holy shit, i am old!
I was gonna say that! 🙂
Which makes me that much older, too.
The first CD I ever bought was the same as the first vinyl album and first tape cassette I ever bought. The Who’s Quadrophenia. I haven’t purchased anything but digital music (iTunes) for about 4 years now and the only CD player I currently own is in the car (which we don’t use). So it’s pretty much dead technology for me now. Kinda sad when I think about it.
Nice album for your first CD, and keeping it in the previous formats path of migration is way cool, too. Digital is where it’s at now, but I still love the physical disc in many ways.
Ok, now this post has made me feel old. And to think the humble CD is almost a relic these days. I was talking to my seven year old nephew about CDs and he was like “why would you buy that? can’t you just buy the songs on the internet and download them?”. I then took him into our storage room to show him my vinyl collection and he just looked at me with an odd look and said “so these came before those other shiny discs?”. Mind blowing. Just mind blowing.
What a great story about your nephew. And to know that you have a big vinyl collection still is awesome.
I cannot believe CDs are that old! I just saw some in the store the other day and was wondering if people still pruchase them 😉
Yep, we do still buy them. But instead of Target or Best Buy, we go to record stores that are local, mostly because the chain stores have reduced their selection.
30 years? Are you kidding me?
Yeah, hard to believe. Of course it’s been 24 years for me since I started buying them and that seems like a long time, too.