Happy 28th birthday, Compact Disc!!

Danny Tse

On March 2, 1983, CD and CD players was officially introduced in the US.

Oh, it was Jon Bon Jovi's birthday too.

stuwee

:frown:

The end of the world of sound as we knew it Happy Day anyway :rolleyes:

steveinaz

I still have my first CD, vintage 1984, Christine McVie (from Fleetwood Mac) first solo album--the title escapes me. That CD is THICK and heavy. Many of my CD's were purchased on the German economy, as I was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany from 1983-1989. The mark rate was much better then.

CD's have one failing---poor recording engineering. They have all the potential to be the "perfect sound forever" if studio's would learn how to do their job.

sda2mike

my 1st cd's i still have from 1985........jeff beck - blow by blow and wired...dire straits - debut and communique....pink floyd - animals and WYWH

all are still getting played...animals is the only one i wish they would redo

steveinaz

The Christie McVie CD is recorded pretty darn well, a little forward in the treble but an otherwise good recording, with lots of dynamics.

vc69

My first CD was George Harrison's "Cloud Nine". I made the move to CD even before I had a player because the CD was on sale for less than the vinyl.

bobman1235

I'm surprsied there aren't at least a few blind "HBD!" posts in this thread by people who weren't quite paying attention.

Joe08867

Still have my first CD and CD Player. Bought in 1986 Guns & Roses Appetite for Destruction. And my Sharp DX something or other. The player still sounds decent and a lot warmer than some of the newer ones I have had.

heiney9

Yep, my first cd cost me $17.99 back in the early 80's and while there are a lot more outlets to get discount pricing if you walk into your local Borders of Barnes and Noble the price isn't that much cheaper.

Way too go, 28 years of production............increased capacity, economies of scale, cheaper raw materials, better production process and still very little price decrease.

H9

bobman1235

heiney9 wrote: »

Way too go, 28 years of production............increased capacity, economies of scale, cheaper raw materials, better production process and still very little price decrease.

H9

The assertion by record companies has ALWAYS been that the cost of the CD is almost entirely the cost of the license. The fact that MP3s have ZERO physical media attached and thus zero "production process" and cost roughly the same amount kind of lend at least some credence to that.


I'm not sure what my "first" CD was... I think I got like one of those 8 CDs for a penny things from Columbia House as my first set of CDs. One was Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, another was the "Demolition Man" Soundtrack by Sting. No idea what the rest could have been

heiney9

bobman1235 wrote: »

The assertion by record companies has ALWAYS been that the cost of the CD is almost entirely the cost of the license. The fact that MP3s have ZERO physical media attached and thus zero "production process" and cost roughly the same amount kind of lend at least some credence to that.


I'm not sure what my "first" CD was... I think I got like one of those 8 CDs for a penny things from Columbia House as my first set of CDs. One was Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, another was the "Demolition Man" Soundtrack by Sting. No idea what the rest could have been

Well I understand that to a degree..........but back when cd's came out in the 80's they (the record companies) stated the price would go down by about 1/2 once production ramped up and economies of scale came into the picture. The prices were high back then because of the "new" pressing process and the severe lack of pressing plants according to the powers that be.

It never happened, that was my only point. CD prices have remained failry constant since day one.

MP3's cost what they do because people are willing to pay for it. They think the convenience is worth it, when in reality they should be cheaper because there isn't as much distribution cost involved.

I really don't want to get into a big thread about the music industry and the raping of the consumer..........I was just pointing out cd's haven't ever really come down in price even though early on that was a pretty much a promise.

H9

PolkClyde

Robert Plant,(forgot the title),was my First CD.. Hey, Cd's didn't sound too good back then. That's why,I got into Sony's super bit mapping,Mobil for, what ever,you know what I'm trying to say.The gold CD's.Now, HDCD.

flason

Donald Fagen "The Nightfly" was my 1st CD. I think it was around $25 back then. I would say happy birthday but that was the beginning of the end for "legal" music.

Theheadsn

Would you believe my first experience with cd's was finding a huge box in the bushes by my old apartment when I was a little kid? lol totally random, had lots of classical and new (at the time), but over 100+ cds. And to a kid whos 9 that was pretty cool.