Music digital - the history of the CD
Twelve centimeters in diameter, 1.1 mm thick, and six kilometres of tread - these are the dimensions of a Compact Disc, or CD.
- In 1982, the Philips subsidiary PolyGram and Sony introduced the first CD for digital storage of music. First of all, the discs in Japan came on the market, and a year later also in Europe and the USA.
- The first pieces of music that were by Polygram on CD, were also the last Songs of the world-famous Swedish Pop-group ABBA. Sony started with the Album "52nd Street" by Billy Joel. The classic was from the beginning: Herbert von Karajan played the "Alpine Symphony" a.
- The CD should be the successor of the usual vinyl records and promised, music is not only in better quality of play, but also long-lasting to be.
- The discs were then a Revolution. The digital sound quality, noise - and the crackling of freedom were the advantages to the records. Also, you had to turn the plates now.
- Nevertheless, the music publishers were the new Medium initially sceptical - wrongly, as it soon turned out: Already, eight years after the introduction of the small disks have dominated the music market.
- In the meantime, the CD technology has been supplanted by other formats, such as MP3, but still an integral part of many music lovers.
- Die-hard Vinyl Fans was able to convince the CD but never a CD is noise and crackle free, and your sound volume is missing. What the experts to the question, say, whether vinyl or CD sounds better, can you in another article to read.
The CD was a milestone in the history of music (image: Pixabay)
In the meantime, CDs are more likely to be a discontinued model and have been replaced by other media. no reason for the discs to dispose of: The best tips and ideas for Crafting with CDs you will find in the next post.
