A ghost track, also called a hidden track, is a song on a CD that is unlisted. These tracks are preceded by minutes of silence after the final listed song of an album.  I first learned about hidden...

(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License Information) I got inspired to write this article when I found a box in the back of my mom’s closet full of minidiscs, a minidisc recorder...

A CD Sampler is a kind of compilation album that combines tracks from many different artists, usually from the same label. Labels would put out these CDs so people could be introduced to an artist without...

When I was 16, my parents bought me my first record player (at my request). They couldn't seem to wrap their heads around it. "Nobody listens to records anymore," they said. "You won't even be able...