RIP CD

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The future of physical music isn't looking good. According to Billboard, consumer electronics company Best Buy will no longer carry physical CDs and Target may be following suit in the near future.

Best Buy notified music suppliers that they will cease selling CDs at stores beginning July 1. The move is sure to hurt the already declining sales of CDs as consumers are switching to streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal in large numbers. CD sales have already dropped by a sizable 18.5 percent in the past year, Billboard reports.

There has been reports Target is next in line to stop selliing CD's. Who would have thought it end like this?

Yeah it suxs, Target pisses me off too.

I'm not sure about Target. Macy Gray told me Target acts like a record company, which is why so many artists have special editions of their albums at Target. They ask for extra tracks or special covers, etc to make it exclusive to them. I have purposely gone to Target to get a Target-only edition of an album (most recently the CD & vinyl of Man of the Woods by the Org favorite Justin Timberlake). The earliest I remember is an EP from Tina Turner (which included a "Baby I'm A Star" cover).

All that said, I'm curious to see if they really get rid of CDs totally. It does seem odd to buy a CD sometimes, but I still love a box set or a special edition (eg: Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 by GM). But - they could.

TrivialPursuit said:

I'm not sure about Target. Macy Gray told me Target acts like a record company, which is why so many artists have special editions of their albums at Target. They ask for extra tracks or special covers, etc to make it exclusive to them. I have purposely gone to Target to get a Target-only edition of an album (most recently the CD & vinyl of Man of the Woods by the Org favorite Justin Timberlake). The earliest I remember is an EP from Tina Turner (which included a "Baby I'm A Star" cover).

All that said, I'm curious to see if they really get rid of CDs totally. It does seem odd to buy a CD sometimes, but I still love a box set or a special edition (eg: Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 by GM). But - they could.

I read today where Target was wanting to only pay for the CD when the CD was bought...pay as you kinda thing.

PennyPurple said:

I read today where Target was wanting to only pay for the CD when the CD was bought...pay as you kinda thing.

These days, I would not be surprised if that was a thing. It makes me wonder if that was a rule in 2009 if/how Prince got paid. Because I constantly saw a lot of Lotusflow3r CDs piled up for a couple of years.

Sorry, that should've been, pay as you go sort of thing.

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Memba the wrecka stow?

SoulAlive said:

I buy all of my CDs online anyway.Stores like Best Buy and Target never have a huge selection of CDs...mostly just new titles and ‘best of’ compilations. [Edited 2/7/18 18:04pm]

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I feel bad because I got rid of most of my CD collection, which was huge. Everything is going digital now. I guess I'm kinda old-fashioned.

cloveringold85 said:

SoulAlive said:

I buy all of my CDs online anyway.Stores like Best Buy and Target never have a huge selection of CDs...mostly just new titles and ‘best of’ compilations. [Edited 2/7/18 18:04pm]

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I feel bad because I got rid of most of my CD collection, which was huge. Everything is going digital now. I guess I'm kinda old-fashioned.

Heck I've still got cassettes by the 100's, albums buy the 100's and at least 20 8-track tapes.

PennyPurple said:

cloveringold85 said:

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I feel bad because I got rid of most of my CD collection, which was huge. Everything is going digital now. I guess I'm kinda old-fashioned.

Heck I've still got cassettes by the 100's, albums buy the 100's and at least 20 8-track tapes.

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OMG!! Serious??

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I have a few cassettes around and records because they are rare, but no 8-tracks, LOL

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I only kept a few of my CDs.

SoulAlive said:

I buy all of my CDs online anyway.Stores like Best Buy and Target never have a huge selection of CDs...mostly just new titles and ‘best of’ compilations.

I thought about you for a mintue... I recall every CD or complitation set Soul' has ever mentioned was via the Internet.

Hey Best Buy surplus may end up at Big Lots, Dollar Store, or eBay.

cloveringold85 said:

PennyPurple said:

Heck I've still got cassettes by the 100's, albums buy the 100's and at least 20 8-track tapes.

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OMG!! Serious??

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I have a few cassettes around and records because they are rare, but no 8-tracks, LOL

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I only kept a few of my CDs.

Yep, serious. Hubby and I combined our collections when we got married, I was a George Michael, Prince, Baby's, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna kinda girl, 38 Special, REO, Kansas, he was ZZ Top, Lynard Skynard, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Plant, kinda guy. When we were 1st married one of our 1st purchases was a stereo system that played, albums, cassettes and 8 tracks. Now we have about 100 CD's probably more, with all the CD's our kids left behind when they moved (anybody need a Hansen CD?)

I hardly ever buy CD's from Best Buy. On the rare occassion I do buy new releases, it's always nice to check Target for the bonus tracks. I hope the bonus tracks don't go away.

The last time I went to Best Buy, I could literally count the CD's there. I wouldn't so much say that it's a sign of the times but on the cool... I see more and more people buying vinyl.

thesoulbrother said:

cloveringold85 said:

cloveringold85 said:

I feel bad because I got rid of most of my CD collection, which was huge. Everything is going digital now. I guess I'm kinda old-fashioned.

Yeah, nothing wrong with that. I still buy vinyl (or CD, depending on the edition, etc). I have a little setup to record my vinyl to lossless audio. I store it on a cloud drive in my house, sync the music I want to my phone to have on-the-go, and I'm good. It's not so different from the old days where you would buy an LP, then immediately record it to cassette to have in the car or on your walkman and boom box.

I don't buy CDs or LPs much, though. Nothing thrills me in music these days, at least not as much as say 20 years ago, or even a decade ago. But I do support the artists that I love and want to collect. The same sorta goes for DVDs. I think the only DVDs I've purchased in the last two years have been Family Guy seasons or a Star Wars bluray. And maybe a concert DVD from folks like Madonna or George Michael (further back). Maybe it comes with age that I just don't need a bunch of stuff to be happy. But vinyl does a body good.

What's a compact disc? I went completely digital last year, lock, stock and barrel for previously released and new music.

I still have all of my CDs,viny records (8 milkcrates full of records),and I even have a few 8-track tapes I don't plan to get rid of anything.I'm completely "old school",lol

PennyPurple said:

cloveringold85 said:

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OMG!! Serious??

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I have a few cassettes around and records because they are rare, but no 8-tracks, LOL

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I only kept a few of my CDs.

Yep, serious. Hubby and I combined our collections when we got married, I was a George Michael, Prince, Baby's, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna kinda girl, 38 Special, REO, Kansas, he was ZZ Top, Lynard Skynard, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Plant, kinda guy. When we were 1st married one of our 1st purchases was a stereo system that played, albums, cassettes and 8 tracks. Now we have about 100 CD's probably more, with all the CD's our kids left behind when they moved (anybody need a Hansen CD?)

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OMG, Penny!!

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My husband used to have an extensive CD collection. It just got to the point where it was just taking up space and nowhere to put anything. We gave our CDs away to charity/thrift stores, so someone is listening to some real good music!

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I remember the days where you could walk into record shops and they would buy/trade your music--that seems to be a thing of the past now.

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Hansen!! Mmmm, Bop!!

Identity said:

What's a compact disc? I went completely digital last year, lock, stock and barrel for previously released and new music.

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LOL

cloveringold85 said:

Identity said:

What's a compact disc? I went completely digital last year, lock, stock and barrel for previously released and new music.

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LOL

Fool! You have a lot of puns. I got one of those thangs somewhere in my junk box, now I gotta go find it. That was the shit back in the day.

SoulAlive said:

I still have all of my CDs,viny records (8 milkcrates full of records),and I even have a few 8-track tapes I don't plan to get rid of anything.I'm completely "old school",lol

OK, your new name is going to be the gripper. In other words you are holding on, they'll have to cut your cold hands off your stuff, uh

TD3 said:

TD3 said:

cloveringold85 said:

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LOL

Fool! You have a lot of puns. I got one of those thangs somewhere in my junk box, now I gotta go find it. That was the shit back in the day.

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I had one just like it. I actually hooked it up to my stereo at the time, because it wasn't the latest and greatest -- I had to make do!

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Memba when we had our CD changers in the trunk of our cars? Ahhh, those were the days!

cloveringold85 said: