The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ?

Hi,

My 2 cents. I have a few commercial CD's from 1985 that developed spots/deterioration in their inner layer(s). I cannot feel then on the outside layer.

The were manufactured in USA by WEA Manufacturing Inc. record label is Elektra/Asylum. 

I keep all my CD's in binders. So far it is a real minority that are damaged like this. My opinion is that it all depends in the quality of the manufacturing.

With CD-R's (mixes), I have several that have gone really bad with time; to the point that I have to throw them away. It probably was the qualityof the CD-R materials back then.   

I had only two of my CD collection "loose" parts of a few tracks. Yup some music disappeared. All the rest are fine.

I have around 300 CDs.  They are stored indoors, in sleeves, not in the car. Truthfully, I don’t listen to them very often any longer. But I do have a few that have deteriorated. When I’ve played them, they sound sort of like an album with something sticky on them. Like a "fuzzy" sound in the playback. It’s a few... less than ten... but it’s still there, for sure. Someone above commented that you can just rip them onto a new CD/R, but that doesn’t work. It just records the "fuzzy" sound.

So, I think that like anything else, they aren’t truly a "forever" medium.

This is not the truth its a big lie!!!

ebm, calm down, nobody said that CDs weren'tt a viable medium for music and if I have a preference for LPs, it is of little consequence. My original question on this thread was a concern for the longevity of CDs because of an email I received from Paul McGowan, I wanted input from other members to see if there was any truth to his statement. Keep in mind I too own a lot of CDs.