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Rob Laing

Blur and Smiths producer Stephen Street champions the CD format – and says bands might need them with the cost and time of pressing vinyl going up

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Blur and Smiths producer Stephen Street recently stopped by as a guest on Cambridge Audio's Made By Music podcast, but despite his landmark work with indie artists coming in the heyday of the compact disc format in the '80s and '90s, we weren't expecting him to come out championing CDs in 2023.

"I still love CDs and I still buy CDs," said Street. "I think CDs are going to be a format that a lot of the indie bands are going to have to go back to because they can't afford to get their records put on vinyl anymore."

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