# Compact Discs: The next big thing (1984 TV news story) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224 "2012-01-03T03:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/41 "2012-01-04T16:01:10Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Anyone remember **Monty Python’s** \* Matching Tie and Handkerchief\*? > It had \*\*\*three sides \*\*\*(!) There was a Johnny winter album “Second Winter” in 1969 that had music on only three sides.[Second Winter - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Winter) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/42 "2012-01-04T16:19:30Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > There was a Johnny winter album “Second Winter” in 1969 that had music on only three sides.[Second Winter - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Winter) Yeah, but that was on two discs. The Monty Python album had three sides on one disc! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/43 "2012-01-04T16:46:47Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > The Monty Python album had three sides on one disc! And they were all labelled Side B. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/44 "2012-01-04T22:29:48Z")
I like how they show the CD player in the Toyota 4x4 bajaing around the desert to show how durable the players were. From what I remember, those old in-dash CD players skipped if you just looked at them funny never mind going over a bump. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/45 "2012-01-04T22:41:58Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I can’t believe I’ve reached the age where it’s necessary to explain how LPs work. :smack: > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’ve never felt so goddamned old in my life. > mmm No kidding. Should I get us all reservations at the same nursing home? ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/46 "2012-01-04T22:58:07Z")
That report had to be from late '85–how else to explain the mulletted Kate Bush fan having a copy of _Hounds of Love_? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/47 "2012-01-05T00:12:00Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yeah, but that was on two discs. > The Monty Python album had three sides on one disc! That’s nothing. I had the record from MAD Magazine where, each time you played it, the song had one of six or eight different endings. “It’s a great big beautiful, wonderful incredible, super-spectacular day…” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/48 "2012-01-05T00:24:46Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > That’s nothing. I had the record from MAD Magazine where, each time you played it, the song had one of six or eight different endings. I remember that - early eighties. C. 1975, we had a novelty horse racing album with a similar gimmick. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/49 "2012-01-05T00:32:20Z")
I felt old years ago when a youngish kid asked what a 45 was – and I was in my mid-late 20’s at the time!! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/50 "2012-01-05T01:34:33Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > C. 1975, we had a novelty horse racing album with a similar gimmick. I had that album! Well, I still do, I guess–it’s likely with my LPs, all packed away. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/51 "2012-01-05T08:19:05Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Anyone remember **Monty Python’s** \* Matching Tie and Handkerchief\*? > It had \*\*\*three sides \*\*\*(!) Yes, I still have it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224/52 "2012-01-05T08:28:47Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Well then you had to settle for plain old stereo instead of quadrophenic sound. Of course, it also depend on who’s next on your play list. 😉 I’m old enough to remember when “plain old stereo” was the newest thing. Most LPs were released in both Mono and Stereo back then, and it was a big deal, years later, when the last Mono LP was released. A friend of mine had a stereo recording of a ping-pong match. It was awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-the-next-big-thing-1984-tv-news-story/608224.md?page=2)