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Old 08-04-2013, 16:17
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The Visitors by Abba

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52nd street by Billy joel

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Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen

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Living Eyes by The Bee Gees
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Old 08-04-2013, 17:51
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I always thought it was ABBA. Johnny Walker also said as much on his R2 show the other week whilst talking about the CD invention.
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Old 08-04-2013, 17:54
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As far as I'm aware, The Visitors was the first album to be released on CD, but after first being released on other formations. 52nd Street was the first album to be released directly onto CD (and other formats)
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Old 08-04-2013, 18:04
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The first CD release was, I think, Herbert von Karajans take on Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie
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Old 08-04-2013, 18:06
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I always thought it was the Bee Gees album

From Wiki.

Living Eyes was chosen to be the first ever album to be manufactured on CD for demonstration purposes, as seen on the BBC TV program Tomorrow's World in 1981, and was featured on the inaugural issue of the Compact Disc trade magazine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_...t_Disc_release
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Old 08-04-2013, 19:43
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Definitely 52nd Street.
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Old 08-04-2013, 21:24
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CD players first arrived on the market in about 1983. A typical player was the same size as a video recorded and cost £ 600 as a seperate. Sales didn't really take off until about 2 years later when integrated systems became popular and the first album to go gold was Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits.
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Old 08-04-2013, 22:00
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I thought it was Dire Straits Brothers In Arms album in about 83.
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Old 08-04-2013, 22:33
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I thought it was Dire Straits Brothers In Arms album in about 83.
I was miles out.
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Old 09-04-2013, 01:57
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So it wasn't anything worth listening to, of that at least we can be sure.
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Old 09-04-2013, 13:57
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I looked it up and a Bee Gees album - Living Eyes was demonstrated on Tomorrows world in 1981.
Closely followed by Abba - The Vistors in pressed in Germany and Billy Joel -52nd Street in Japan in 1982.

I also noticed Brothers in Arms first.
I didn't start buying CD's till about 1990.

Maybe I should have read the rest of the thread, repeating.
So the Bee Gees album had Tomato sauce spread on it then. ?
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Old 09-04-2013, 16:56
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Easy mistake to make. Brothers in Arms was the first ubiquitous CD and the first million seller.
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Old 09-04-2013, 17:01
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So it wasn't anything worth listening to, of that at least we can be sure.
I've heard a theory that a lot of people bought Brothers in Arms simply to test whether their new CD player actually worked, and that's the principal explanation as to why this album became one of the biggest selling albums in UK history. It's not often referred to as a classic album today. Even a lot of Dire Straits fans prefer their earlier work.
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