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(Gray News) – It’s the end of a music era.
Columbia House, a mail-order club that offered a dozen CDs for a penny each (if you committed to buying more at full price later) is closing for good.
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The club was famous for its ads promising “10 CDs for a penny” and its nostalgic “One Person at a Time” jingle.
The club started in 1955 as a branch of Columbia House Records and sold vinyl albums.
It became a household name in the 1980s after expanding to cassette and 8-track tapes but reached its peak in the 1990s selling CDs.
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At one point, the company brought in more than $1 billion a year as Gen Xers built their CD libraries.
Columbia House closed its CD business in 2008 and pivoted to DVDs.
According to a notice posted on the company’s website earlier this week, the company will no longer accept new orders after Sept. 15, 2026.
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