The Compact Disc Turns 25!
Happy 25th to the CD
Thursday, August 16, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
On August 17th it will be the 25th "birthday" of the compact disc. Yes,
you heard that right. It's been 25 years since the first CD was
manufactured by Philips in a factory in Germany. Philips estimates that
since then more than 200 billion CD's have been sold throughout the world.
Some of you might be asking what super fantastic band had the honor of being the first on disc, and that title would go to ABBA. I'm trying to think back through the years of how many CD's I have collected and I can't possibly come up with a number, but I know it's well over a thousand.
My question to you is, do you remember what was on the first CD you acquired?
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Reply #22 Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:24 PM
Lot of time on your hands starkers?.... I've never counted my CDs
Reply #22 Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:24 PM
I currently have 977 CD's
Lot of time on your hands starkers?.... I've never counted my CDs
BerserkerPup
Reply #23 Saturday, August 18, 2007 11:38 PM
Reply #23 Saturday, August 18, 2007 11:38 PM
Don't remember which CD it was, but the Technics CD player that I bought in 1986 is still going strong! 
starkers
Reply #25 Sunday, August 19, 2007 12:56 AM
After being robbed and losing so many before, taking hours to determine which ones were missing, etc, I now keep all my CD's catalogued on my PC and disc, and each is marked for police identification with a micro dot.
Reply #25 Sunday, August 19, 2007 12:56 AM
Lot of time on your hands starkers?.... I've never counted my CDs
After being robbed and losing so many before, taking hours to determine which ones were missing, etc, I now keep all my CD's catalogued on my PC and disc, and each is marked for police identification with a micro dot.
TheD2JBug
Reply #27 Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:57 PM
Reply #27 Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:57 PM
ABBA-The Visitors ( incidentally the first ever album released on CD)
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work CD single
Kate Bush - This Woman's Work CD single
Mordalo
Reply #29 Monday, August 20, 2007 9:37 AM
Reply #29 Monday, August 20, 2007 9:37 AM
The Unforgettable Glenn Miller.
What can I say? I've got a thing for Big Band...
What can I say? I've got a thing for Big Band...
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Reply #21 Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:11 PM
Brother in Arms....Dire Straits
Love Over Gold.....Dire Straits
The Wall.....Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here....Pink floyd
Dark Side of the Moon...Pink Floyd
Caress of Steel....Rush
2112...Rush
6 CD Box Set (every studio recording).... Led Zeppelin
Machine Head...Deep purple
One More From the Road...Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hot Wires ....Roy Buchanan
When a Guitar Plays the Blues...Roy Buchanan.
Bought that lot in the one hit the day I got my first CD player....I currently have 977 CD's, though it would be closer to 1700 had I not been robbed while I was in hospital once.