October 1st, 2009
Celebrating 27 years of the Compact Disc: Does anyone really care?
Today is the 27th birthday of the Compact Disc, and I hate to say it, but I think this medium is getting a little old. Perhaps 27 years in CD time is actually like turning 87 in human time: it had a good go in the beginning, but then a newer medium came along, and now ol’ CD is just around when you need it — to tell you old stories, or to transfer files when you don’t have a jump drive.
You might think it’s a little early to be talking this way, what with vinyl and cassettes being the “old” medium, but CDs are on their way to joining their outdated friends. Don’t get me wrong, I think vinyl is timeless, and I’ve already ranted about it, but with digital music so readily available, and it costing less than CDs, for the most part, what’s the point of buying a shiny disc that’s just going to get scratched and then skip while you’re trying to enjoy it?
For the most part, you’re burning that CD into your computer anyways, right? How else will you add it to your cool iTunes playlists?
I’d like to know who of you out there really like CDs and think they’ll be going strong for years to come? Are you a die-hard CD lover, or are you more “meh” about them?
Also, just for fun, check out the list of the first 50 CDs that were issued by Sony on October 1, 1982. And to answer the question of: What’s up with that Billy Joel picture?, it was the first CD to be made by Sony. Check out the other 49 after the jump.
Via Idolator::
Pop Music by CBS/Sony
35DP-1 Billy Joel, 52nd Street
35DP-2 Billy Joel, The Stranger
35DP-3 Boz Scaggs, Middle Man
35DP-4 Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
35DP-5 Toto, Turn Back
35DP-6 Journey, Escape
35DP-7 Barbra Streisand, Guilty
35DP-8 Weather Report, Night Passage
35DP-9 Al DiMeola / Paco De Lucia / John McLaughlin, Super Guitar Trio Live (One Night In San Francisco
35DP-10 Bob James & Earl Klugh, One On One
35DP-11 Boz Scaggs, Hits!
35DP-12 Toto, Toto IV
35DP-13 Simon & Garfunkel, The Simon & Garfunkel Collection
35DP-14 Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water
35DP-15 Earth, Wind, & Fire, Raise!
35DP-16 Miles Davis, The Man With The Horn
35DP-17 Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter & Tony Williams
Japanese Pop Releases by CBS/Sony
35DH-1 Eiichi Otaki, A Long Vacation
35DH-2 Motoharu Sano, Masamichi Sugi, Eiichi Otaki, Niagara Triangle Vol. 2
35DH-3 Seiko Matsuda, Pineapple
35DH-4 Mayumi Itsuka, Koibitoyo
35DH-5 Momoe Yamaguchi, Again Momoe Anato No Komori No Uta
35DH-6 The Candies, The Best
35DH-7 Sadao Watanabe, Orange Express
35DH-8 Kimiko Kasai, Kimiko
35DH-9 Various Artists, New Music Best Hit
38DG-1 The SL, SL Sound In Digital
Pop Music by Epic/Sony
358P-1 Julio Iglesias, De Nina A Mujer
358P-2 Michael Jackson, Off The Wall
358P-3 The Nolans, Don’t Love Me Too Hard
358P-4 REO Speedwagon, Hi Infidelity
358P-5 Jeff Beck, There And Back
Japanese Domestic Releases by Epic/Sony
358H-1 Channels, Soul Shadows
358H-2 Motoharu Sano, Someday
358H-3 Ippu-Do, Lunatic Menu
Classical by CBS/Sony
38DC-1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic
38DC-2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Mehta / New York Philharmonic
38DC-3 Mozart: Haffner, Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC-4 Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC-5 Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC-6 Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC-7 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Maazel / Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
38DC-8 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
38DC-9 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overturre, Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic
38DC-10 Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Mehta / New York Philharmonic
38DC-11 Stravinsky: Ballet Music, Mehta / New York Philharmonic
38DC-12 Holst: The Planets, Maazel / French National Orchestra
38DC-13 Dvorak: Concerto For Cello, Tsoyoshi Tsutsumi (cello) with Kosler / Czech Philharmonic
38DC-14 Grieg: Piano Concerto, Hiroko Nakamura (piano) with Yuichiro Ohmachi / Tokyo Philharmonic
38DC-15 New Famous Pieces By Chopin, Hiroko Nakamura (piano)
Jennifer R. Bergen is a journalist and blogger living in New York City. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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