Mike Stephen talks with Chicago Reader staff writer Leor Galil about the resurgence of the compact disc, then delves into the history of Chicago before the Great Fire of 1871 with Northwestern ...

Although the price of compact disc players has declined to as little as $99, the cost of the recorded discs has remained relatively high. An album that would sell for $8.98 costs between $12.98 ...

The Compact Disc is Dead! Long Live the Compact Disc. We worked really closely with the manufacturer during this process, and we learned a lot. We really discovered that we didn't know ...

Looking back, a key reason for CD’s growth came in 1985 when Dire Straits released their album Brothers In Arms. It was the ...

To most people, it's a foregone conclusion that the day of the compact disc has passed, with the music format having gone the way of the 8-track tape - to the great compost pile in the sky ...

It’s a little-known fact that a Battelle scientist’s love of classical music led to the development of the compact disc. In the mid-1960s, Jim Russell began looking for a way to improve the ...

The compact disc promised major labels higher, and more predictable, profit margins, which is one reason why the digital reproduction system had the full backing of the industry.

David Bowie`s entire 1969-80 output, from ”Space Oddity” to ”Scary Monsters,” formerly on RCA Records, is being digitally remastered and issued chronologically by Rykodisc on compact disc.

Compact discs weren’t always impromptu drink coasters. Once, in the not-so-distant past, they played music, contained pictures, and let people play video games with tacked-on FMV sequences. And ...

“The Compact Disc has proven its significance in bringing the highest quality of music to consumers who wish to enjoy scratch free music. The enormous success of the CD over the last twenty-five years ...

Editors' Note: This facility has closed temporarily becuase of the pandemic. Superdups launched The Compact Disc Recycling Center of America on April 15 in Salem, N.H. The center is accepting unwanted ...

With a working width of 60 in., the disc mulcher is purpose-built for 75- to 132-hp skid steers and compact track loaders that operate with as little as 30-50 gallons per minute (gpm) of auxiliary ...