Casey Kasem's Report On CD's

Ahh yes, new technology. Well, Casey had a special report back in April of 1983 about a new, cutting edge technology-THE COMPACT AUDIO DISC.

"What may or may not be the wave of the future..." Heh. Kinda funny to hear nowadays, eh?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Casey
• Kasem
• CD
• Compact
• Audio
• Disc
• American
• Top
• 40
• 1983

[bURRkEEF]

Where did you find this? Interesting. Was this from old skool way we used to pirate music...by recording from the radio to a cassette...:-)

[MACGYVERKICKYOURASS]

Interesting story actually. See, my father used to work for the local radio station way back when, and when he left he was allowed to take several albums as well as a couple of complete editions of American Top 40.

So basically, this is recorded right off the vinyl, which the radio station would have broadcasted off of.

Neat, eh?

[FriedToast]

No grooves? Laser-read? It'll never catch on.

[WildBill6942]

Casey rocks!

[FreeRhuna]

Awesome !

[gedaman]

@JJ9715 I think Sony still sells CD Walkmans. I haven't really been looking out for them in retail stores lately, but I remember seeing some CD Walkmans/Discmans for sale at a pharmacy chain not too long ago for around $30-$50 which had MP3/WMA playback capability. I don't think that CD players will ever be completely obsolete. There will always be some demand for actual physical recorded media such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs no matter how fast consumer internet connections become.

[Xclibur2001]

...........and then the Apple ipod with a tiny hard disk drive came along (kicking the hell out of Sony's Walkmans and Discmans as a portable audio player), along with flash drives; capable of storing thousands of songs on a small RAM chip read by computers, car stereo receivers and home audio / video systems. No need to flip down the head unit anymore, or reach for a cassette in the car. Just connect the Ipod or Flashdrive, and browse your music file inventory with a remote.

[shaithis80]

and later there were state of the art computer systems with the latest in CD burning software. The industry would never be the same again.

[phin12710]

The $17.00 list price will eventually come down, eh? When? I grew up listening to AT 40 in the 70's and have several of Casey's shows on lp.

[dexfx69]

lasers hurt. my ears.

[dykeritz9]

The Nostradamus of DJ's....

[Southernman74]

cds are gay

[msdemos]

As 'ahead of it's time' as this report may have been, I think it's interesting that he states that "in the field of recording they may have come up with the last link in the chain of evolution.......the compact audio disc".

Last link? What, they REALLY thought technology would never evolve beyond this point?

One day ALL entertainment (movies, music, etc.) will be digitally stored and streamed in some way, doing COMPLETELY away with all physical formats like records, tapes, cds, dvds, etc.

[MSFproductionsMAIN]

To think Cd's are almost a thing of the past now to. Thanks to MP3's and etc...