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The first commercial compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982, a 1979 recording of Chopin waltzes performed by Claudio Arrau. [34] The first 50 titles were released in Japan on 1 October 1982, [35] the first of which was a re-release of the Billy Joel album 52nd Street. [36] The first CD played on BBC Radio was in October 1982. [citation needed]
The first commercial compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982, a 1979 recording of Chopin waltzes performed by Claudio Arrau. [37] The first 50 titles were released in Japan on 1 October 1982, [38] the first of which was a re-release of the Billy Joel album 52nd Street. [39] The first CD played on BBC Radio was in October 1982. [citation needed]
The Sony CDP-101 was the world's first commercially released compact disc player. [1] The system was launched in Japan on October 1, 1982 at a list price of 168,000 yen (approx US$730). [2] The Japan-only launch was partially because Philips, Sony's partner in the development of the CD format, was unable to meet the original agreed launch date.
The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits, with their 1985 album Brothers in Arms. [30] The first major artist to have his entire catalog converted to CD was David Bowie , whose 15 studio albums were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four greatest hits albums. [ 31 ]
Early record albums from the first half of the 20th century resembled photo albums, being packaged in book form on multiple 78 rpm records. An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
Burned CD-Rs suffer from material degradation, just like most writable media. CD-R media have an internal layer of dye used to store data. In a CD-RW disc, the recording layer is made of an alloy of silver and other metals—indium, antimony, and tellurium. [20] In CD-R media, the dye itself can degrade, causing data to become unreadable.
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The CD-i player 100 series, which consisted of the three-unit 180/181/182 professional system, first demonstrated at the CD-ROM Conference in March 1988. The CD-i player 200 series, which includes the 205, 210, and 220 models. Models in the 200 series were designed for general consumption, and were available at major home electronics outlets ...