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* Europe's first public presentation of the CD format, made by Sony, Philips and PolyGram at the Salzburg Festival, at the invitation of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation<ref>{{citation|magazine=Billboard|title=Karajan honored with CD"|date=10 July 1982}}</ref>. | * Europe's first public presentation of the CD format, made by Sony, Philips and PolyGram at the Salzburg Festival, at the invitation of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation<ref>{{citation|magazine=Billboard|title=Karajan honored with CD"|date=10 July 1982}}</ref>. | ||
* Sony/Philips "Red Book" format approved as standard in Japan<ref>{{citation|magazine=Billboard|date=29 Aug 1981|title=High tech poised for digital replay}}</ref>. | |||
=== Late Spring/Early Summer 1982 === | === Late Spring/Early Summer 1982 === | ||
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April 1981
- Europe's first public presentation of the CD format, made by Sony, Philips and PolyGram at the Salzburg Festival, at the invitation of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation[1].
- Sony/Philips "Red Book" format approved as standard in Japan[2].
Late Spring/Early Summer 1982
- PolyGram presents Herbert von Karajan with a copy of the first "industrially produced" CD[3], presumably manufactured at PolyGram's Hanover plant. The recording, Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker with Karajan conducting, was publicly released as Deutsche Grammophon 400 039-2[4] in the initial European launch of the format.
1 October 1982
- First fifty CD titles released in Japan.
References
- ^ "Karajan honored with CD"", Billboard, 10 July 1982
- ^ "High tech poised for digital replay", Billboard, 29 Aug 1981
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ "Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie. H. v Karajan, 1982 DG original?" (Steve Hoffman Forums thread)