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  2. Compact disc - Wikipedia

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    The logical format of an audio CD (officially Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA) is described in a document produced in 1980 by the format's joint creators, Sony and Philips. [91] The document is known colloquially as the Red Book CD-DA after the color of its cover.

  3. Compact Disc Digital Audio - Wikipedia

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    Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs. The standard is defined in the Red Book technical specifications , which is why the format is also dubbed "Redbook audio" in some contexts. [ 1 ]

  4. Album - Wikipedia

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    The ten-track compact disc studio album Led Zeppelin III. The compact disc format replaced both the vinyl record and the cassette as the standard for the commercial mass-market distribution of physical music albums. [34] After the introduction of music downloading and MP3 players such as the iPod, US album sales dropped 54.6% from 2001 to 2009 ...

  5. Album (Public Image Ltd album) - Wikipedia

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    Album (also known as Compact Disc, Cassette, or mp3 depending on the format) is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Public Image Ltd, released on 27 January 1986 by Virgin and Elektra Records.

  6. A look back at what the world was like when AOL began

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    The first compact discs were stamped off the production line on August 17, 1982. ... Although the CD had been around, the unofficial arrival to the mainstream came in 1985 when the rock band Dire ...

  7. Comparison of recording media - Wikipedia

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    around 8.5 hours per layer (4.7 GB), with a maximum of two layers per side, which roughly equals 35 hours on a dual layered, two sided disc (can change due to compression). SACD: Digital Hybrid: A "Red Book" layer compatible with most legacy Compact Disc players, dubbed the "CD layer," and a 4.7 GB SACD layer, dubbed the "HD layer."

  8. CDDB - Wikipedia

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    CDDB, short for Compact Disc Database, is a database for software applications to look up audio CD (compact disc) information over the Internet. This is performed by a client which calculates a (nearly) unique disc ID and then queries the database. As a result, the client is able to display the artist name, CD title, track list and some ...

  9. Cut-out (recording industry) - Wikipedia

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    Recording artists also typically do not get full royalties from cut-outs, since they are sold at a "promotional" cost, far less than the retail price. [1] Except for the physical damage to the liner notes and/or outer case, the actual disc (LP or CD) is generally unharmed by the cut-out process, and sounds exactly the same as the originally ...