Volume was a magazine in the form of a series of compact disc compilation albums that were published in the UK in the early to mid 1990s.
[3] They were based in a "tiny basement flat" in Edith Grove, Kensington; a grant from the Prince's Trust paid for an Apple computer on which the first edition was written.
[1] The booklet contained interviews and bios of the bands and musical artists, with discographies and "favorite tracks" lists.
[3] In December 1992, Volume Five was selling for £9.99 each; the Sunday Times noted that it offered "otherwise unavailable tracks by obscure "indie" rock bands inside a smart CD-sized paperback book" and the magazine was making a modest profit.
Other artists and trip hop band Massive Attack, electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb, and hip-hop act Cypress Hill.
[2] However, the increased number of magazines with free CDs eventually made the Volume compilations unsustainable and the company closed in 1997.