I remember how big a deal it was when Sgt. Pepper first came out on CD. It was released on the 20th anniversary of the original LP's release, and I remember being excited to rush to the store and buy it. I think that was my first CD, so that would have been 1987. I would have bought 90125 soon after.
For years I limited my CD purchases to a few favorite bands and still bought everything else on cassette, since cassettes were cheaper and (at that time) more portable -- I remember having a cassette deck in my car, but if I wanted to listen to a CD on the go, I'd have to bring along my boom box and sit it on the seat. I probably didn't fully make the switch to CD till around 1996 or '97.
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