Today marks 43 years since the first commercial Compact Disc (CD) pressing. Polygram in Germany is credited with pressing the first copies of Abba's The Visitors on this date, back in 1982. The CD ...

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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Cue the music and celebrate good times! Remember CDs? Well, they are turning 40 years old in the United States. The first commercial compact disc was released in Japan back on ...

It has been 41 years since the very first Compact Disc (CD) was produced in the world, paving the way for the future of commercialized music. In Germany, a factory run by Royal Philips Electronics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dire Straits in 1985 - Deborah Feingold/Getty Forty years ago this week, the British rock band Dire Straits released their fifth ...

This summer marks 40 years since the arrival of Bruce Springsteen's seminal Born in the U.S.A. album, but the milestone is just a tip of the iceberg for music lovers across the country. It's now 40 ...

It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

In 1982, when the BBC's prime-time technology show – Tomorrow's World – did a segment on a new musical format called the "Compact Disc" the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for ...

InterTrust Technologies, a maker of digital rights management software, said Monday it has partnered with start-up DataPlay to provide secure digital media in a move to thwart music piracy by ...

Much like how Millennials brought back a love of vinyl over a decade ago to record shops, Gen-Z seems to be obsessed with bringing back CDs in a big way. Call it nostalgia, call it frustration with ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Right around the turn of the millennium, compact discs ...

It’s not something you think about most days. In fact, it’s almost taken for granted: The compact disc’s days as a viable medium for music are nearly over. Oh, I’m not telling you anything you don’t ...