First commercial CD releases in the UK

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Initial nonclassical CD releases in the UK, March 1983[1].

Note that many CBS releases were apparently imports of existing non-UK releases, with new catalog numbers stickered over them.

Artist Title Label Cat.#
&ABBAAbba The Visitors CBS CD10032
&AsiaAsia Asia CBS CDGEF85577
&CaravelliCaravelli Best Of CBS CDCBS85244
&DavisMiles Davis Man With A Horn CBS CDCBS84708
&EarthEarth Wind & Fire Raise CBS CDCBS85272
&ElectricElectric Light Orchestra Discovery CBS CDJETLP500
&IglesiasJulio Iglesias Momentos CBS CDCBS25002
&JacksonMichael Jackson Off The Wall CBS CDEPC83468
&JoelBilly Joel The Nylon Curtain CBS CDCBS85959
&QuarterflashQuarterflash Quarterflash CBS CDGEF85438
&SantanaSantana Shango CBS CDCBS85914
&SimonSimon & Garfunkel Collection CBS CDCBS10029
&SpringsteenBruce Springsteen Born To Run CBS CDCBS69170
&StreisandBarbra Streisand Guilty CBS CDCBS86122
&TotoToto IV CBS CDCBS85529
&WeatherWeather Report Night Passage CBS CDCBS84597
&CollinsPhil Collins Face Value Virgin CDV2185
&CultureCulture Club Kissing To Be Clever Virgin CDV2232
&HumanHuman League Dare Virgin CDV2192
&OldfieldMike Oldfield Tubular Bells Virgin CDV2001
&OrchestralOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Architecture & Morality Virgin CDV12
&FourFour Tops Tonight Casablanca 800 049-2
&KissKiss Unmasked Casablanca 800 041-2
&SummerDonna Summer Walk Away Casablanca 810 011-2
&GabrielPeter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (Security) Charisma 800 091-2
&GenesisGenesis And Then There Were Three Charisma 800 059-2
&BowieDavid Bowie David Bowie Decca 800 087-2
&CamelCamel The Snow Goose Decca 800 080-2
&CamelCamel The Single Factor Decca 800 081-2
&MantovaniMantovani Mantovani's Golden Hits Decca 800 085-2
&MayallJohn Mayall with Eric Clapton Blues Breakers Decca 800 086-2
&BlackStanley Black Digital Magic London 800 089-2
&ABCABC The Lexicon Of Love Mercury 810 003-2
&BoomtownBoomtown Rats V Deep Mercury 800 042-2
&BuckinghamLindsey Buckingham Law And Order Mercury 800 045-2
&CaleJ.J. Cale Troubadour Mercury 810 001-2
&CaleJ.J. Cale Grasshopper Mercury 800 938-2
&CaleJ.J. Cale Shades Mercury 800 105-2
&Dexy'sDexy's Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay Mercury 810 054-2
&Dr.Dr. Hook Players In The Dark Mercury 800 054-2
&MillerSteve Miller Band Circle Of Love Mercury 800 043-2
&MillerSteve Miller Band Greatest Hits Mercury 800 058-2
&MillerSteve Miller Band Abracadabra Mercury 800 090-2
&MorrisonVan Morrison Beautiful Vision Mercury 800 036-2
&MorrisonVan Morrison Into The Music Mercury 800 057-2
&RabbittEddie Rabbitt Step By Step Mercury 800 046-2
&RoussosDemis Roussos Demis Mercury 800 040-2
&RushRush Signals Mercury 810 002-2
&RushRush Moving Pictures Mercury 800 048-2
&10cc10cc Ten Out Of Ten Mercury 800 039-2
&10cc10cc Greatest Hits Mercury 800 056-2
&BlakeyArt Blakey & Jazz Messengers Night In Tunisia Philips 800 064-2
&DeLuciaPaco DeLucia Solo Quiero Caminar Philips 800 009-2
&DutchDutch Swing College Band Digital Dixie Philips 800 065-2
&Various Various Fame (soundtrack) Polydor 800 034-2
&BarclayBarclay James Harvest Berlin: A Concert For The People Polydor 800 026-2
&BarclayBarclay James Harvest Turn Of The Tide Polydor 800 013-2
&BarclayBarclay James Harvest Gone To Earth Polydor 800 092-2
&JarreJean Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields Polydor 800 024-2
&JarreJean Michel Jarre Oxygene Polydor 800 015-2
&JarreJean Michel Jarre Equinoxe Polydor 800 025-2
&JonJon & Vangelis Short Stories Polydor 800 027-2
&JonJon & Vangelis The Friends Of Mr. Cairo Polydor 800 021-2
&KaempfertBert Kaempfert Spanish Eyes Polydor 800 107-2
&KingKing Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King Polydor 800 030-2
&LastJames Last Romantic Dreams Polydor 800 033-2
&LastJames Last Tango Polydor 800 016-2
&LastJames Last Classics Polydor 800 017-2
&RainbowRainbow Straight Between The Eyes Polydor 800 028-2
&RoxyRoxy Music Manifesto Polydor 800 031-2
&RoxyRoxy Music Flesh And Blood Polydor 800 019-2
&RoxyRoxy Music Avalon Polydor 800 032-2
&VangelisVangelis Chariots Of Fire Polydor 800 020-2
&VisageVisage Visage Polydor 800 029-2
&VisageVisage The Anvil Polydor 800 022-2
&JohnElton John Jump Up Rocket 800 037-2
&JohnElton John 21 At 33 Rocket 800 055-2
&JohnElton John The Fox Rocket 800 063-2
&FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Porgy & Bess Verve 810 049-2
&GetzStan Getz & Charlie Byrd Desafinado Verve 810 161-2
&MontgomeryWes Montgomery Movin' Wes Verve 810 045-2
&PetersonOscar Peterson We Get Requests Verve 810 047-2
&SmithJimmy Smith The Cat Verve 810 046-2
&DireDire Straits Love Over Gold Vertigo 800 088-2
&DireDire Straits Making Movies Vertigo 800 050-2
&DireDire Straits Dire Straits Vertigo 800 051-2
&DireDire Straits Communique Vertigo 800 052-2
&GenesisGenesis Abacab Vertigo 800 044-2
&StatusStatus Quo 1+9+8+2 Vertigo 800 035-2
&StatusStatus Quo 12 Gold Bars Vertigo 800 062-2
&StatusStatus Quo Never Too Late Vertigo 800 053-2
&ThinThin Lizzy Lizzy Killers Vertigo 800 060-2

References

  1. ^ "First CD releases 1982-83?" (Steve Hoffman Forums thread)
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