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First ever CD Album produced...?
The Visitors by Abba
or 52nd street by Billy joel or Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen or Living Eyes by The Bee Gees |
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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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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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The first CD release was, I think, Herbert von Karajans take on Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie
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I always thought it was the Bee Gees album From Wiki. Quote:
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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Definitely 52nd Street.
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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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I thought it was Dire Straits Brothers In Arms album in about 83.
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I thought it was Dire Straits Brothers In Arms album in about 83.
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So it wasn't anything worth listening to, of that at least we can be sure.
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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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So it wasn't anything worth listening to, of that at least we can be sure.
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