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Records vs. CDs - When did conversion take place?

Hello everyone! I am just now getting into building a music collection, and have for the past couple years tried to get some albums autographed by the bands that I would go and see at our Summer Concert Series in Woodstock, GA. So far, I have gotten autographs by Steve Boone and Joe Butler of The Lovin' Spoonful and Doug Gray of The Marshall Tucker Band, who each both put on one heck of a show. But what I run into when trying to find albums for some of the bands that I plan on going to see is that I can never find an album, but can find CDs. I was a child of the 1980s, and remember playing records, cassette tapes, and when CDs were first coming out. Problem is, I can't exactly remember the time frames when all the conversion started taking place. Would someone respond to this blog and shed some light on this? I don't want to be looking for something that I think is on an album when it actually came out on a CD. Thanks guys and gals.

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Comment by Jeffery Kite on May 3, 2014 at 9:41am: Cudos, Winky! I totally agree with you about the CD booklets. Hadn't thought about printing out a picture of the artist / group I am going to see and would like to have an autograph of. I'll probably do that with Joe Diffie since I have not been able to secure one of his albums and the concert is next weekend. Yeah, when I go on a hunt for albums, I have no trouble finding those big names that everybody knows. It's the artist that had platinum albums, were Grammy award winners, and had #1 hits for a short period of time that I have difficulty finding. Everybody who follows music knows about KISS, The Beach Boys, and those folks you mentioned. Not everybody easily remembers The Jets, even though they rocked the place out with some of the best music ever from the 1980s. Thanks for the insight.

Comment by Chicklet McTushy on May 3, 2014 at 1:17pm: Jeff - I posted some photos that I printed out at CVS from the Internet that I had signed. A nice alternative in a pinch. They should be on my home page photos. I don't know how to add photos here from an ipad