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	* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{~~cite news~~		* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{Citation\|magazine = Gramophone\|title = European press hear Compact Disc\|issue = June 1981\|url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc\|accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.
	\| magazine = Gramophone
	\| title = European press hear Compact Disc
	\| issue = June 1981
	\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
	\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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>.

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	* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{~~Citation~~		* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{cite news
	\| ~~periodical~~ = Gramophone		\| magazine = Gramophone
	\| title = European press hear Compact Disc		\| title = European press hear Compact Disc
	\| ~~date~~ = June 1981		\| issue = June 1981
	\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc		\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
	\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.		\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.

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	\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc		\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
	\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.		\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</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~~\|url=http://www.google.com/~~}}</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>.

	=== October 1981 ===		=== October 1981 ===

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	\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc		\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
	\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.		\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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\|url=http://www.google.com/}}</ref>.

	=== October 1981 ===		=== October 1981 ===

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	\| title = European press hear Compact Disc		\| title = European press hear Compact Disc
	\| date = June 1981		\| date = June 1981
	\| ~~OriginalURL~~ = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc		\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
	\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.		\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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>.

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	\| title = European press hear Compact Disc		\| title = European press hear Compact Disc
	\| date = June 1981		\| date = June 1981
	\| ~~url~~ = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc		\| OriginalURL = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
	\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</ref>.		\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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>.

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	* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{~~citation~~\|periodical=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc\|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>.		* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{Citation
			\| periodical = Gramophone
			\| title = European press hear Compact Disc
			\| date = June 1981
			\| url = http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc
			\| accessdate = 26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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>.

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	* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{citation\|~~magazine~~=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc\|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>.		* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{citation\|periodical=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc\|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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>.

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	* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{citation\|magazine=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc}}</ref>.		* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{citation\|magazine=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc\|accessdate=26 April 2012}}</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>.		* 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>.

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	* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{citation\|magazine=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|~~archiveurl~~=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc}}</ref>.		* '''4/15:''' 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. Early prototype players from Sony and Philips were demonstrated using the performance of Wagner's ''Parsifal'' from the previous year's festival, as well as Karajan-conducted performances of ''Die Zauberflöte'' and ''Falstaff'', and an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition''<ref>{{citation\|magazine=Gramophone\|title=European press hear Compact Disc\|date=June 1981\|url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201981/32/761806/European+Press+hear+Compact+Disc}}</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>.		* 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>.