IT shouldn't come as any surprise that the culture of downloading music (and online shopping) has all but seen off the high street sale of CDs.
I could see it coming two years ago, which is why I off-loaded my collection of around 2,000 albums through eBay and car boot sales.
Of course, HMV (and Fopp) may survive if someone buys the chain, but it's only a matter of time before the city centre is a CD-free zone.
Well, nearly.
It is ironic that the few shops still selling music in the city centre have survived because they're vinyl specialists.
You know, vinyl, the memorial for which was written in the 90s as the CD began to dominate how we bought music.
Only DJs and music purists – aka middle-aged men who didn't want to let go of the past – kept the format alive, as everyone else sold off their collections at the car boot or local charity shop.
But with the HMV chain – which owns Fopp – going into administration, it may well mean that the last two major CD retailers in the city centre will disappear.
As the CD took over from vinyl, now downloads are seeing off the CD.
Will there be the same nostalgia for the compact disc as we have seen for vinyl? Probably.
And that's good news for those independent shops that started out selling vinyl but can now also become a Mecca for CD lovers.