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Columbia House was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records' mail-order music clubs, the primary iteration of which was the Columbia Record Club, established in 1955. The Columbia House brand was introduced in the early 1970s by Columbia Records (a division of CBS, Inc.), and had a significant market presence in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
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Sep 26, 2023 · These old mail-order record clubs like Columbia House and the Capitol Record Club offered super-cheap albums to the masses — originally on vinyl, later adding 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, and, finally, CDs.
Jun 11, 2015 · Five reasons Columbia House was able to give away records so cheaply. Degraded audio quality. In 1994, Stereophile magazine published a feature analyzing whether the quality of the Columbia House or BMG CDs was actually much lower than one could find in a traditional record store.
Dec 11, 2022 · Columbia House began as Columbia Record Club in 1955, and it was an experiment to get a feel for how the public would respond to marketing music through direct mail (via Funding Universe). The idea was to give away one record to anyone who chose to become a member of the club, and they then committed to buying a certain amount of records in the ...
Nov 18, 2011 · On June 29, 2011, the last remnant of what was once Columbia House — the mightiest mail-order record club company that ever existed — quietly shuttered for good. Other defunct facets of the 20th-century music business have been properly eulogized, but it seems that nary a tear was shed for the record club.
Jun 21, 2011 · Read More. If you grew up in the pre-MP3 era, chances are you had at least one go-round as a member of Columbia House’s mail-order music club. Who could turn down the allure of eight compact...
