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== Key Releases == | == Key Releases == | ||
* '''First | * '''First Promo CD Single''': Ruby Turner feat. Jonathan Butler, "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", released 3 Feb 1986 by Jive Records (UK). Followed the next week by Island (UK) with a John Martyn promo single<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=LCQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA9&dq=%22cd%20single%22&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=%22cd%20single%22&f=false Billboard, 26-Apr-1986]</ref>. | ||
* '''First US Promo CD Single''': Two-track promo for Don Dorsey's ''Bachbusters'', shipped Feb 1986 by Telarc (US)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53&dq=%22cd+single%22&hl=en&ei=L0XUTq27KvLYiAKfxNCHDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CFMQ6AEwAQ Billboard, 22-Feb-1986]</ref>. | |||
* '''First One-Track US Promo CD Single''': .38 Special, "Like No Other Night", shipped 15 April 1986 by A&M (US)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1iQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA12&dq=%22cd%20single%22&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=%22cd%20single%22&f=false Billboard, May 3 1986]</ref>. | |||
* '''First Commercially-Released CD Single:''' Genesis: "Land of Confusion" ([http://www.discogs.com/Genesis-Land-Of-Confusion/release/373555 Virgin SNEG 3-12]), UK 1986<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=9SQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA92&dq=3%22%20CD%20single%22&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q=3%22%20CD%20single%22&f=false Billboard, Nov 22 1986].</ref>. | |||
* '''The First Two US CD3 Promos''' were issued in late 1987 for Squeeze (A&M) and a compilation featuring Echo & The Bunnymen (Warner Bros.)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=RA1-PA97&dq=3%22%20CD%20single%22&pg=RA1-PA97#v=onepage&q=3%22%20CD%20single%22&f=false Billboard, Dec 26, 1987].</ref>. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 19:49, 28 November 2011
Key Releases
- First Promo CD Single: Ruby Turner feat. Jonathan Butler, "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", released 3 Feb 1986 by Jive Records (UK). Followed the next week by Island (UK) with a John Martyn promo single[1].
- First US Promo CD Single: Two-track promo for Don Dorsey's Bachbusters, shipped Feb 1986 by Telarc (US)[2].
- First One-Track US Promo CD Single: .38 Special, "Like No Other Night", shipped 15 April 1986 by A&M (US)[3].
- First Commercially-Released CD Single: Genesis: "Land of Confusion" (Virgin SNEG 3-12), UK 1986[4].
- The First Two US CD3 Promos were issued in late 1987 for Squeeze (A&M) and a compilation featuring Echo & The Bunnymen (Warner Bros.)[5].