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Canadian Wolf
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Originally Posted by jimbuna
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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet
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Originally Posted by STEED
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Slump in album sales could see end of CD
The record industry suffered a double whammy at the beginning of 2008, as album sales were hit by a catastrophic decline, according to new figures, and experts predicted that plans to legalise the copying of music between formats could soon render the CD redundant.
The BPI, which represents the UK music industry, has revealed that sales of albums had plunged by a remarkable 10.8 per cent in 2007. When compilations and soundtracks were stripped out of the figures the fall was an even more dramatic 14.3 per cent on the previous year, which in turn was nearly 3 per cent down on 2005 sales.
http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/news/article3321395.ece
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They should not charge the earth for them, bring the price down more and people may buy more CD's. I can not speak for the rest of the world but here in the UK they cost to much, true to say if you hang on for a couple of years the price will fall but not by much. |
In Canada they are fairly cheap now, even new ones and especially older CDs. It is not surprising they are on their way out, they have been for awhile. They have survived for 20 + years, what was the life of a cassette, 8-Track and the 45', not as long, especially the first two. Vinyl still endures.
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Only because they have a secondary use as....... drinks coasters  |
he, he, good one 
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