- music industry was much slower in terms of production and technology development
- gave birth to the LP vinyl
- invented by Thomas Eddison
- retro and collectable
Cassette 1963
- Produced by Philips
- became format free as a result of pressure from Sony
- alternative to LPs in 1970s
- Walkman and Boombox came from assettes
- pop became more popular because of its portability
- cassette players in cars
- decline in the early 1990s due to CDs
Compact Disk - 1982
- devloped by Sony and Philips
- first album created onto CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street album which reached the market along side Sony's CD player [vertical intergration]
- CD developed to become a data storage
- better playback quality
- sharp decline in 2000s with MP3 format introduced
- CDs represent physical sales of music now
Change in technology is due to portable music players.
1954 Transistor Radio - portable and good for marketing
1970s Boombox - very popular in 1980s
1980s Walkman - Sony, take music with you
1986 Diskman - Sony, cassettes with you
1998 MP3 players -first: Saehan MPMan F10, only held 10 songs
2001 Apple iPod - several audio formats, 13 different variations
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