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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 ...

In 2021, CD sales increased for the first time in 17 years. That’s mostly because of Adele, whose new album sold 898,000 of those shiny little discs. The last time CDs were this hot, Usher, Ashlee ...

Rhino's remasters are always good, so I checked out a recent batch from Ry Cooder, Frank Sinatra, The Smiths, and Warren Zevon CDs. They're good, really good. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

"In the heyday of George Szell's tenure as its chief conductor," declared Gramophone, "The Cleveland Orchestra had few if any peers among the world's great orchestras." Coinciding with the orchestra's ...

A five-disc archival collection traces the beginnings of one of the most daring trajectories in popular music. By Lindsay Zoladz The story of why Joni Mitchell quit piano lessons is also the story of ...