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The Compact Disc turns 25. What was your first long box buy?

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Zero_Hour:
There was another purpose to the longbox - It allowed retailers to use their existing fixtures for LPs to merchandise cds. One of the reasons the longbox lasted as long as it did is because retailers didn't want to have to spend money for new fixtures. When the longbox finally started being eliminated, retailers replaced it with a reusable plastic harness, similar to ones used for cassette tapes.

And then I see DaveMMR has posted the wiki link. ::) Well, at least you know wiki isn't pulling your leg.  ;D

My first 3 CD's (I wasn't an early adopter)
The Cure -  Kiss me, Kiss Me, Kiss me
Metallica - Kill Em All
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album

patrickl:

--- Quote from: somunny on August 19, 2007, 12:49:20 am ---My family was the "wait and see" type so we didn't get our first cd player until 1985.  My first purchase was Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party".  Still have it.



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Actually the birthday was a few days ago. When Danny started a thread on the birthday of the CD

somunny:

--- Quote from: patrickl on August 19, 2007, 02:00:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: somunny on August 19, 2007, 12:49:20 am ---My family was the "wait and see" type so we didn't get our first cd player until 1985.  My first purchase was Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party".  Still have it.



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Actually the birthday was a few days ago. When Danny started a thread on the birthday of the CD

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Right!  But this is the EXCLUSIVE cd birthday thread.  I wasn't implying that the 19th was the birthday of the cd.  I simply saw a blurb about it on another website and thought I'd pose a question to the board.   

koolmoecraig:

--- Quote from: Justin Z on August 19, 2007, 10:52:35 am ---CDs used to come in boxes taller than they were wide, instead of jewel cases.



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It was actually in addition to the jewel cases.  The CD's were still packed in jewel cases inside of the long box.

CheffoJeffo:
I got my first CD player in 1986 (family had one previously, but it's not the same).

First gift CD was Heart - Heart (my Dad had a thing for the Wilson sisters, but then who didn't) and my first purchase (same day) was Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms and The Cure - Staring At The Sea.

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