Articles tagged "cds"

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Brick-and-Mortar Record Stores Are Trying to Get Their Groove Back

by Timothy Finn [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[23.Feb.09] :. Like so many industries caught between two seismic sea changes -- the Internet revolution and the great recession -- stores that sell new music are in a fight for their lives.

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Vinyl versus the rest: Which is best?

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[13.Oct.08] :. Does vinyl really sound better? The short answer is, “It depends.” That’s not a cop-out, because sound quality depends on how the music was originally recorded and mixed, not just...

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EarthTalk: CDs, DVDs hard to recycle

by E/The Environmental Magazine [Emagazine.com (MCT)]

[8.Aug.08] :. Dear EarthTalk: What’s going on in the music industry with all the CDs and plastic CD holders undoubtedly generating a lot of plastic waste? —John S., via e-mail According to the U.S....

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The vinyl musical experience is fading in a digital world

by Mario Tarradell [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[13.Jun.08] :. I have a basement room full of CDs. I’ve never counted them, but I’d say there are at least 10,000. I have five fat crates stuffed with vinyl LPs and about 50 cassettes. I even have an...

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The compact disc finally goes the way of the cassette and 8-track

by Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[29.Jan.08] :. Once praised for its clear, crisp audio quality but panned for its susceptibility to scratches and smudges, the compact disc passed away in 2007 after a quick but painful illness. It was 25 years...

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Record companies get aggressive to sell old-fashioned CDs

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[28.Jun.07] :. CHICAGO - When The New Pornographers’ fourth album goes on sale in August, ardent fans will have already streamed the songs on their computers and received extra tracks that won’t be on...

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Retail CDs get personal

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[3.May.07] :. CHICAGO - Executives from the world’s leading record companies and the owners of the nation’s struggling music sellers have been huddled in a Chicago hotel since Sunday, trying to figure...