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1983: The COMPACT DISC and EMI | Newsnight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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Ian Smith reports on the new compact disc format, which manufacturers are hoping will revolutionise the music industry and become the next audio standard. EMI - Britain's largest record company - have decided against jumping on the CD bandwagon, in a move that echoes the company's reticence to adopt the LP format some 30 years ago.
Their decision means that the music of major EMI artists like Olivia Newton-John, John Lennon, Queen, Pink Floyd, Cliff Richard, Duran Duran, Andre Previn and Simon Rattle will not be available on the Compact Disc format.
Is this a short-sighted move by EMI? Or does the Compact Disc need them more than they need it? Mike Juett of Phillips, audio engineer Tony Faulkner, investment analyst Keith Sykes and EMI executive Brian Southall give their opinions.
This clip is from Newsnight, originally broadcast 2 February, 1983.
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@hansbambach4854 Жыл бұрын

“Doesn’t matter if you finger it, bend it or scratch it” that turned out to be the ultimate lie....

@Clavinovaman Жыл бұрын

I still enjoy compact discs. Remove the plastic, pop the cd on, take out the sleeve notes, press ‘Play’ and while listening to the album in the track order it is presented, read the sleeve notes. The Perfect hour.

@bodhid Жыл бұрын

Funny postscript to this video: the EMI exec Brian Southwell ended up writing a book about EMI collapsing years later called ‘The Rise and Fall of EMI Records’.

@BennieWilll Жыл бұрын

It's amazing to realize these older executives talking about digital computers and sound were born in the 20s and 30s. They grew up on Edison phonographs and by the end of their lives, they saw the birth of digital music. That to me is really mind blowing.

@jacknasty6940 Жыл бұрын

Very english teeth

@NoName-jq7tj Жыл бұрын

This is really fascinating. When people today talk about music from this period it is often talk about how great the music was & how we would all love to go back. But the part when EMI says that record sales are falling and people don’t have money to buy new music is really interesting. It places things into perspective.

@DenD Жыл бұрын

It can not be understated how important these Mini documentaries will become in the future.

@Synthematix Жыл бұрын

Vinyl was horrendous to begin with and it never improved simply because its a terrible way of storing music, CD's are still awesome, more so on a good hifi

@Foebane72 Жыл бұрын

Vinyl LPs suffer from wow, flutter and above all, dust, so why they're making a comeback is absolutely baffling to me.

@nickpapagiorgio8832 Жыл бұрын

I was the first person I knew who had a CD player. My brother worked for a retailer and was able to purchase one at a discount. So my parents bought me a Phillips model for Christmas 1985 for about $140. My first 2 discs were Rush/Moving Pictures and U2/War, and they cost $17-18 each. That was about double the price of an LP. I can still remember being astonished at hearing Rush and Neil Peart's drums in incredible clarity through headphones. And those discs, still in kept in a CD folio, sound just as incredible today as they did 37 years ago.

@estusflask982 Жыл бұрын

All my CDs from the early 1990's still work. Try owning music on a cloud service for 30+ years.

@livingthroughtv Жыл бұрын

Can't believe how timeless the design is on that Sony CD player!

@fidelcatsro6948 Жыл бұрын

its been almost 40yrs since this article, im still waiting for banana leaf player to come into the market

@Nephilim-81 Жыл бұрын

What a way to celebrate 40 years of this iconic medium by watching this video. So cool. Great history lesson as well. :)

@sugreev2001 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 90’s, but my parents had bought two expensive CD players in the late 80’s and I grew up as one of the children incredibly fascinated by them and physical media, in general. Our old CD’s are still almost all playable, but none of the players work, for obvious reasons. I saved all their remote controls and their incredibly large size still amuses me. But I miss collecting CD’s, as they were still a big thing by the time I was in my final years of school.

@tonyhancock3912 Жыл бұрын

Probably one of my most prized possessions is a signed banana leaf edition of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells

@normandothegreat Жыл бұрын

I remember sitting in front of a pair of Bose 901s listening to Boston rather loud being played by a CD back in 1983, unreal!

@lowket Жыл бұрын

Loved the vinyl era, loved the tape era. Still love (and buy) cd's and dvd's in 2022, and will do so for eternity, or as long as available. MP3's are the most compact and digital format, but a physical cd (and dvd) are still with us, and here to stay. My fist audio cd from early 80's still sounds are great as on the first day. That, combined with the revolutions in audio sound technology makes them even sound better in 2022.

@affalaffaa Жыл бұрын

Started buying CD's over 30 years ago and all still play as good as the first time. I still buy CD's now, for this reason but also the cover artwork and the booklet inside. Can't see me changing until the stop producing them. Didn't realise they appeared very nearly 40 years ago though.