The following story ran in the first-ever issue of SPIN in May 1985. Compact discs and compact disc players are the hottest things to hit the audio market since cassette tapes and players. However, ...

In the world of recorded music, the CD--introduced in 1982--has virtually replaced LPs. CDs are smaller than LPs, hold more music and don't wear out during play, but detractors criticize the "cold" ...

Memorializing the Compact Disc. Once upon a time, the CD was the ubiquitous music platform. Our story outlines how the disc-based music technology was adopted, loved and eventually abandoned by a ...