Even older than that, Ray ... I have a CDR of W. E. Gladstone speaking on an Edison wax cylinder, recorded  at Harwarden Castle in the late 1880s.

I wonder what the Grand Old Man had on his Ipod?

John " http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/glads.mp3 " Milne

> Message Received: Oct 11 2005, 10:18 AM
> From: "Raymond Baal"
> To: "All bound for Mu-Mu Land."
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> Subject: Re: [KLF] KLF Not so FAQ No 1 (of 2)
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It was even earlier than that actually.

In my uncle's house he has a number of Beatles CD singles.

Since the Fab Four split in 1970, that surely means that the CD single was invented in the late sixties, if not earlier.

 

Ray 'Logical' Baal
>
> Andrew Robinson wrote:

CDs were around for quite a while before CD *singles*, which is what we
> are talking about here. It took a while before the pressing capacity and
> cost got to the point where it made financial sense to sell a magical
> silver thing for the price of a single.
>
> My earliest is also FGTH's "Rage Hard", from Sept 1985. I bought a CD
> player just to hear it! The 'Moments in Love' CD single from germany is
> a bit misleading, the copyright date on it refers to the time it came
> out on vinyl, the CD was (if I recall correctly) actually released about
> a year later.
>
> - Andy_R
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> > */
> > ah but cds were used in 1985 by the Hit TV show Airwolf.... You often
> > saw dominic santini pop in the old cd.... not sure if it was for the
> > music tho... LOL
> >
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