Compact Disc Turns 25
Today is the 25th birthday of the compact disc! It’s been a quarter-century since Philips rolled the first CD off its production lines on August 17th, 1982, which history will forever remember - perhaps unfortunately - as a copy of ABBA’s The Visitors. Some 200 billion discs have been sold worldwide since its birth and the original shiny little platter is looking at its golden years as increasingly more convenient formats look to replace it.
To celebrate the event, I thought I would share the first track from that historic ABBA CD and ask Hypeful readers about the first CD you ever purchased. Feel free to leave your confessions in the comments!
MP3: ABBA - “The Visitors (Crackin’ Up)”
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My first CD purchase was Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid.” Not a bad first purchase, but I must admit I bought it for ‘Iron Man.’
Audiophiles unite!
[I love digital music, but it's a LONG way from replacing CDs. I hope.]
lucas, i mean this in a nice way, but when was the last time you held a cd in your hand?
HA HA HA. Chris, the only CDs he ever holds are those he has burned - and you know what you have done, Lucas!
As for my first CD purchases…Metallica, Metallica (the black one) - Yep, I was hard core by the age of 12!
hahaha…Kari called Lucas out. Speaking of Out…my first CD I ever bought was Melissa Etheridge, Yes I Am. I was 13 and thought a Lesbian was a person from the Eastern European country of Lesbonia. I was SHOCKED that she didn’t have an accent!
@christopher: i’ve got some great cds in my possession right now. but, really - how good is an audio format that doesn’t carry “fiddle fever”?