Comments on: Happy 25th, Compact Disc! http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Anonymous Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:13:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/#comment-330 First CD purchased in 1985 "An Evning with Windham Hill Live." Didn't have a player, so had to go over to my friends house to listen. First CD purchased in 1985 “An Evning with Windham Hill Live.” Didn’t have a player, so had to go over to my friends house to listen.

]]> By: Superstarchivist http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Superstarchivist Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:44:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/#comment-313 First CD player - Christmas 1988. I was a senior in high school. The player is part of an all-in-one stereo system that includes a turntable on top. Sweet!<br/><br/>First CD to go with said player was Paul McCartney's "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack. First CD player – Christmas 1988. I was a senior in high school. The player is part of an all-in-one stereo system that includes a turntable on top. Sweet!

First CD to go with said player was Paul McCartney’s “Give My Regards to Broad Street” soundtrack.

]]> By: Chris http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Chris Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:48:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/#comment-310 Not mine, but the first "household" CD was Tubular Bells. Which IIRC was one of Richard Branson's early success stories. Two modern phenomena in one hit, there.<br/><br/>Floppy bonus? I have one in my drawer right here. Along with a couple of Zip disks (and good riddance to them, too, they cost $30 each and hold 1/7th of what a CD holds). I've got a 5.25 inch floppy drive too, if I ever see another one of those... yeah, I'm obsolescence man. Why do you think I read your blog :) Not mine, but the first “household” CD was Tubular Bells. Which IIRC was one of Richard Branson’s early success stories. Two modern phenomena in one hit, there.

Floppy bonus? I have one in my drawer right here. Along with a couple of Zip disks (and good riddance to them, too, they cost $30 each and hold 1/7th of what a CD holds). I’ve got a 5.25 inch floppy drive too, if I ever see another one of those… yeah, I’m obsolescence man. Why do you think I read your blog :)

]]> By: Nikki-ann http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Nikki-ann Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:15:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/#comment-309 The first CD I bought was Take That's Back For Good, so that would be early 1995 (March, I think). I also bought it before buying a CD player a few weeks later. The first CD I bought was Take That’s Back For Good, so that would be early 1995 (March, I think). I also bought it before buying a CD player a few weeks later.

]]> By: Anonymous http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Anonymous Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:42:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/happy-25th-compact-disc/#comment-308 Like the Practical Archivist I am not an early adopter either.<br/><br/>I got my first CD player (which I still use!) as a birthday gift at some point in the early 1990s (when I was in my early 20s). Alas, I don't remember the specific year.<br/><br/>My very first CD was selections from the opera Aida. (Also a gift from my Parents.) I shortly thereafter bought some rather more entertaining CDs. Like the Practical Archivist I am not an early adopter either.

I got my first CD player (which I still use!) as a birthday gift at some point in the early 1990s (when I was in my early 20s). Alas, I don’t remember the specific year.

My very first CD was selections from the opera Aida. (Also a gift from my Parents.) I shortly thereafter bought some rather more entertaining CDs.

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