In the summer of 1985, a watershed moment occurred simultaneously for the music and digital media industries, the release of Dire Straits ground breaking Brothers in Arms compact disk. Not only was the album one of thefirst to be fully digitally recorded, mastered and made available on compact disk, but it was the release that compelled mainstream listeners everywhere to switch from analog vinyl records, invest in CD players, and forever change the way the world experienced recorded music.

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