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Star-gazing students were welcomed into Science Center B last Wednesday to the strains of Gustav Holst's "The Planets." Okay, a pretty conservative choice as these things go. The sound came out of a compact disc player recently purchased by the Science Center. But then things got really weird...
...shoppers alike were able to leave a lecture hall to the music of David Bowie. If listening to his "Space Oddity" was itself a Harvard oddity, hearing Pink Floyd the Friday afterwards was even more unexpected. "Gotta have some Floyd," Latham was heard saying as he inserted the compact disc...
...Compact disc sales have seriously cut into the record market, although many record listeners still remain faithful to their black vinyl...
Students are far and away the largest purchasers of tapes at Strawberries 11, at 38 JFK St., where compact discs make up 15 percent of sales, albums make up 35 percent, and tapes comprise the balance of sales. "Mostly it's just kids buying tapes," says store manager Rob M. Nadeau. "Real audiophiles buy strictly albums...
...developments may also drastically change the cassette market. Manufacturers may soon introduce a digital cassette tape which would utilize technology similar to a compact disc. Introduction of the new tapes--which fit inside a different size tape player, of course--would further complicate students' choices of music players...