First commercial CD releases in the UK
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Initial nonclassical CD releases in the UK, March 1983. Taken from this thread.
Note that many CBS releases were apparently imports of existing non-UK releases, with new catalog numbers stickered over them.
Artist | Title | Label | Cat.# |
---|---|---|---|
Abba | The Visitors | CBS | CD10032 |
Asia | Asia | CBS | CDGEF85577 |
Caravelli | Best Of | CBS | CDCBS85244 |
Miles Davis | Man With A Horn | CBS | CDCBS84708 |
Earth Wind & Fire | Raise | CBS | CDCBS85272 |
Electric Light Orchestra | Discovery | CBS | CDJETLP500 |
Julio Iglesias | Momentos | CBS | CDCBS25002 |
Michael Jackson | Off The Wall | CBS | CDEPC83468 |
Billy Joel | The Nylon Curtain | CBS | CDCBS85959 |
Quarterflash | Quarterflash | CBS | CDGEF85438 |
Santana | Shango | CBS | CDCBS85914 |
Simon & Garfunkel | Collection | CBS | CDCBS10029 |
Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run | CBS | CDCBS69170 |
Barbra Streisand | Guilty | CBS | CDCBS86122 |
Toto | IV | CBS | CDCBS85529 |
Weather Report | Night Passage | CBS | CDCBS84597 |
Phil Collins | Face Value | Virgin | CDV2185 |
Culture Club | Kissing To Be Clever | Virgin | CDV2232 |
Human League | Dare | Virgin | CDV2192 |
Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | Virgin | CDV2001 |
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Architecture & Morality | Virgin | CDV12 |
Four Tops | Tonight | Casablanca | 800 049-2 |
Kiss | Unmasked | Casablanca | 800 041-2 |
Donna Summer | Walk Away | Casablanca | 810 011-2 |
Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (Security) | Charisma | 800 091-2 |
Genesis | And Then There Were Three | Charisma | 800 059-2 |
David Bowie | David Bowie | Decca | 800 087-2 |
Camel | The Snow Goose | Decca | 800 080-2 |
Camel | The Single Factor | Decca | 800 081-2 |
Mantovani | Mantovani's Golden Hits | Decca | 800 085-2 |
John Mayall with Eric Clapton | Blues Breakers | Decca | 800 086-2 |
Stanley Black | Digital Magic | London | 800 089-2 |
ABC | The Lexicon Of Love | Mercury | 810 003-2 |
Boomtown Rats | V Deep | Mercury | 800 042-2 |
Lindsey Buckingham | Law And Order | Mercury | 800 045-2 |
J.J. Cale | Troubadour | Mercury | 810 001-2 |
J.J. Cale | Grasshopper | Mercury | 800 938-2 |
J.J. Cale | Shades | Mercury | 800 105-2 |
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Ay | Mercury | 810 054-2 |
Dr. Hook | Players In The Dark | Mercury | 800 054-2 |
Steve Miller Band | Circle Of Love | Mercury | 800 043-2 |
Steve Miller Band | Greatest Hits | Mercury | 800 058-2 |
Steve Miller Band | Abracadabra | Mercury | 800 090-2 |
Van Morrison | Beautiful Vision | Mercury | 800 036-2 |
Van Morrison | Into The Music | Mercury | 800 057-2 |
Eddie Rabbitt | Step By Step | Mercury | 800 046-2 |
Demis Roussos | Demis | Mercury | 800 040-2 |
Rush | Signals | Mercury | 810 002-2 |
Rush | Moving Pictures | Mercury | 800 048-2 |
10cc | Ten Out Of Ten | Mercury | 800 039-2 |
10cc | Greatest Hits | Mercury | 800 056-2 |
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers | Night In Tunisia | Philips | 800 064-2 |
Paco DeLucia | Solo Quiero Caminar | Philips | 800 009-2 |
Dutch Swing College Band | Digital Dixie | Philips | 800 065-2 |
Various | Fame (soundtrack) | Polydor | 800 034-2 |
Barclay James Harvest | Berlin: A Concert For The People | Polydor | 800 026-2 |
Barclay James Harvest | Turn Of The Tide | Polydor | 800 013-2 |
Barclay James Harvest | Gone To Earth | Polydor | 800 092-2 |
Jean Michel Jarre | Magnetic Fields | Polydor | 800 024-2 |
Jean Michel Jarre | Oxygene | Polydor | 800 015-2 |
Jean Michel Jarre | Equinoxe | Polydor | 800 025-2 |
Jon & Vangelis | Short Stories | Polydor | 800 027-2 |
Jon & Vangelis | The Friends Of Mr. Cairo | Polydor | 800 021-2 |
Bert Kaempfert | Spanish Eyes | Polydor | 800 107-2 |
King Crimson | In The Court Of The Crimson King | Polydor | 800 030-2 |
James Last | Romantic Dreams | Polydor | 800 033-2 |
James Last | Tango | Polydor | 800 016-2 |
James Last | Classics | Polydor | 800 017-2 |
Rainbow | Straight Between The Eyes | Polydor | 800 028-2 |
Roxy Music | Manifesto | Polydor | 800 031-2 |
Roxy Music | Flesh And Blood | Polydor | 800 019-2 |
Roxy Music | Avalon | Polydor | 800 032-2 |
Vangelis | Chariots Of Fire | Polydor | 800 020-2 |
Visage | Visage | Polydor | 800 029-2 |
Visage | The Anvil | Polydor | 800 022-2 |
Elton John | Jump Up | Rocket | 800 037-2 |
Elton John | 21 At 33 | Rocket | 800 055-2 |
Elton John | The Fox | Rocket | 800 063-2 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Porgy & Bess | Verve | 810 049-2 |
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | Desafinado | Verve | 810 161-2 |
Wes Montgomery | Movin' Wes | Verve | 810 045-2 |
Oscar Peterson | We Get Requests | Verve | 810 047-2 |
Jimmy Smith | The Cat | Verve | 810 046-2 |
Dire Straits | Love Over Gold | Vertigo | 800 088-2 |
Dire Straits | Making Movies | Vertigo | 800 050-2 |
Dire Straits | Dire Straits | Vertigo | 800 051-2 |
Dire Straits | Communique | Vertigo | 800 052-2 |
Genesis | Abacab | Vertigo | 800 044-2 |
Status Quo | 1+9+8+2 | Vertigo | 800 035-2 |
Status Quo | 12 Gold Bars | Vertigo | 800 062-2 |
Status Quo | Never Too Late | Vertigo | 800 053-2 |
Thin Lizzy | Lizzy Killers | Vertigo | 800 060-2 |