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 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.

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

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 ...

Daniel Gross writes in Moneybox about the surprising resilience and profitability of compact disc makers, given the creeping obsolescence of this audio format in an age of downloadable music. 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 ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...

SiliconUser has a great piece on the history of the Compact Disc. The most popular music medium to date, the CD actually has quite a complex history that makes for a great read. Turns out the idea ...

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 ...

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped ...