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Earlier today, travel agent discounts we shared word that today was the 30th anniversary of the opening of Epcot in Disney World. travel agent discounts Epcot's not alone in turning 30 today. Three decades ago on October travel agent discounts 1st, the first CD player was announced, though it would be at least a few years before most of us had one in our households.
WhatHifi.com noted the date today, stating that the world's first CD (Compact Disc) players were announced in Japan on October travel agent discounts 1, 1982. That's when Sony launched its first player. The first album available on the new format? Billy Joel's 52nd Street ("Big Shot," "Honesty," "My Life"). Not his best album, sure, but Billy Joel isn't a bad place to start a new medium.
I was a kid in the 80's, so records were around but a bit before my time. I grew up in the age of cassettes, when getting to the song you wanted required a lot of fast-forwarding (then rewinding a little, then fast-forwarding�). But, growing up under the influence and authority of a tech-savvy father, my household did get its first CD player around the late 80s/early 90s. It was a Sony and among the first CDs we owned was Cher's Heart of Stone . My appreciation of Cher (and the fact that I know every word of every song off that album) can likely be attributed - at least in part - to the fact that we didn't own a lot of CDs for a while. I also recall there being a Traveling Wilburys album among my family's early CD collection.
CDs became much more common in the 90s, going on to replace cassettes before eventually being replaced themselves by mp3s. While many of us prefer to go digital for our music these days, CDs aren't exactly obsolete. Albums are still sold that way today, and I'm thinking they'll continue to be for as long as there's a demand for music in non-digital form.