I found this CD recently, seems somewhat early... Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 23 - Richard Goode/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Elektra/Nonesuch 79042-2) P & C 1982 by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Made In USA by WEA Manufacturing Inc. matrix: 2 79042-2 SRC##02 Of interest, apparently it's a digital recording from 1981. From the liner notes: Produced and Engineered by Max Wilcox and Judith Sherman "This recording was made at RCA Studio 'A' in New York in December, 1981. Six omni-directional MK-2 Schoeps transformerless microphones were fed through six Valley People Trans-Amps (transformerless microphone Pre-Amps) to the JVC Digital Audio System (DAS-90). On this recording Mr. Goode plays an American Steinway."
That is an early CD title, but your disc is not the earliest pressing. The original pressing is a West German target. It looks like this (picture courtesy of www.targetcd.com): More on the disc can be found here: http://www.targetcd.com/mozartpc.html
A March 1, 2014 article in the UK newspaper The Independent celebrated the introduction of the CD in Europe.... http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...as-determined-by-a-beethoven-fan-9155238.html
In connection with something else, I was sent this link today: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Recording-Engineer/80s/Recording-1984-06.pdf It is a 162 page PDF, but should be of interest to those who have been following this thread, since it contains a few pages about the then new Sony CD plant in Terre Haute! Happy reading!
I was told from a Radio station music director that the first Promotional CD was "Belly of the Whale" EP by Burning Sensations in 1982.
"Jimmy Page was so unhappy with the condition of several of the Led Zeppelin CD's released by Atlantic Records he went back to the studio and helped produce a box set." Don't you be dissin' the Diaments, Jimmy !!!!
I do not know. But, it's obvious that the person who wrote the article liked the hyped sound, as *most* people do.
That was great Although, I was hoping to discover whether the reflective metal layer is gold on those original HIStory discs or is it perhaps copper? I read recently that along with aluminium and gold, copper was an ideal metal for the compact disc reflective layer. Anyone seen a copper CD? Might HIStory be one? Might that explain why SONY didn't draw attention to it in promo (unless I missed it). Same with The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come (original Rough Trade) - a gold looking CD for no apparent reason, marketing wise. The earliest Japanese CDs too. Coppers?
Thank you, that was entertaining and I learned a bunch of new stuff about the production. I'm surprised the liners and disks were inserted by hand...
1983, le CD arrive en France http://www.ina.fr/video/CAB8301066601/disque-numerique-video.html Some footage from Polygram plant began at 3:13
Pinholes that have developed into bigger holes. If your disc isn't affected, then it's probably going to be ok. Bronzing is another artifact (the ebay listing was a bit strange - couldn't work out whther or the seller knew they had a bronzed, and therefore potentially defected disc, or whether they thought it was a rarity).
Not an information though, but a nice picture taken from the old magazine. PS. Notice the date on the calendar hanging on the wall.
If anybody on this forum own "High Fidelity" magazine issue from June, 1983 I would appreciate a scan of "Warner's first CDs" article. In return I can post anything from one of these:
This thread has prompt me to check out some vintage CD Players (yes - that's a thing now!). MCINTOSH MCD 7005 CD Player with wood grain cover!!! Philips CD-303 Sony CDP-111 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5FgDt_eEk (a video of the 2nd model the CDP-501)
