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= About The "First Fifty" =
The titles below are generally considered the first fifty compact discs ever released commercially.  They were released in Japan on October 1st, 1982. (Second round, Nov. 21 1982?)
The titles below are generally considered the first fifty compact discs ever released commercially.  They were released in Japan on October 1st, 1982. (Second round, Nov. 21 1982?)


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While Billy Joel's ''52nd Street'' is often called "the first compact disc", in fact it just has the lowest catalog number of CBS/Sony's pop titles in the "First Fifty" titles.
While Billy Joel's ''52nd Street'' is often called "the first compact disc", in fact it just has the lowest catalog number of CBS/Sony's pop titles in the "First Fifty" titles.


<p>&nbsp;</p>
= Titles on CBS/Sony =
<table class="proper" border="0">
== "DC" Series: Classical ==
<tbody>
 
<tr>
{| class="wikitable"
<td><strong>Label</strong></td>
|-
<td><strong>Genre</strong></td>
! Cat.# !! Work !! Performed By
<td><strong>Titles</strong></td>
|- style="align: top;"
<td><strong>Catalog Series</strong></td>
| 38DC 1
</tr>
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ("Fate");<br/>Franz Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished")
<tr>
| Lorin Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic
<td>CBS/Sony</td>
|-
<td>Japanese artists</td>
| 38DC 2
<td>3</td>
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica")
<td>&nbsp;</td>
| Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 38DC 3
<td>CBS/Sony</td>
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 ("Haffner")
<td>Classical</td>
| Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
<td>15</td>
|-
<td>38DC1 - 38DC15</td>
| 38DC 4
</tr>
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 ("Prague")
<tr>
| Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
<td>CBS/Sony</td>
|-
<td>Popular</td>
| 38DC 5
<td>17</td>
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 ("Jupiter")
<td>&nbsp;</td>
| Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 38DC 6
<td>Epic/Sony</td>
| Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 ("Romantic")
<td>Japanese artists</td>
| Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
<td>10</td>
|-
<td>&nbsp;</td>
| 38DC 7
</tr>
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
<tr>
| Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
<td>Epic/Sony</td>
|-
<td>Popular</td>
| 38DC 8
<td>5</td>
| Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 ("Revolution")
<td>&nbsp;</td>
| Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
</tr>
|-
</tbody>
| 38DC 9
</table>
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E flat major, Op. 49
<p>&nbsp;</p>
| Lorin Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic
<h1>The "First Fifty"</h1>
|-
<p>&nbsp;</p>
| 38DC 10
== Titles on CBS/Sony ==
| Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
=== "DC" Series: Classical ===
| Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic
<table class="proper" border="0">
|-
<tbody>
| 38DC 11
<tr>
| Igor Stravinsky: Ballet Music (Petrushka)
<td><strong>Catalog #</strong></td>
| Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic
<td><strong>Work</strong></td>
|-
<td><strong>Performed By</strong></td>
| 38DC 12
</tr>
| Gustav Holst: The Planets (Op. 32)
<tr>
| Lorin Maazel / French National Orchestra
<td>38DC 1</td>
|-
<td>Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ("Fate"); Franz Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished")</td>
| 38DC 13
<td>Lorin Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic</td>
| Anton&iacute;n Dvoř&aacute;k: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
</tr>
| Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi; Zdenec Kosler / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
<tr>
|-
<td>38DC 2</td>
| 38DC 14
<td>Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica")</td>
| Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
<td>Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic</td>
| Hiroko Nakamura (中村紘子); Yuichirou Ohmachi (大町陽一郎) / Tokyo Philharmonic
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 38DC 15
<td>38DC 3</td>
| Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin: Prelude, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Polonaises
<td>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 ("Haffner")</td>
| Hiroko Nakamura (中村紘子)
<td>Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra</td>
|}
</tr>
 
<tr>
== "DG" Series: Field Recordings ==
<td>38DC 4</td>
 
<td>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 ("Prague")</td>
{| class="wikitable"
<td>Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra</td>
|-
</tr>
! Cat.# !! Artist !! Title
<tr>
|-
<td>38DC 5</td>
| 38DG 1
<td>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 ("Jupiter")</td>
| The SL
<td>Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra</td>
| SL Sound in Digital ''(Recordings of steam locomotives!)''
</tr>
|}
<tr>
 
<td>38DC 6</td>
== "DH" Series: Japanese Popular Music ==
<td>Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 ("Romantic")</td>
 
<td>Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra</td>
{| class="wikitable"
</tr>
|-
<tr>
! Cat.# !! Artist !! Title
<td>38DC 7</td>
|-
<td>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64</td>
| 35DH 1
<td>Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Symphony Orchestra</td>
| Eiichi Ohtaki (大滝詠一)
</tr>
| A Long Vacation
<tr>
|-
<td>38DC 8</td>
| 35DH 2
<td>Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 ("Revolution")</td>
| 佐野元春 (Motoharu Sano), 杉真理 (Masamichi Sugi), 大滝詠一 (Eiichi Otaki)
<td>Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic</td>
| Niagara Triangle Vol.2
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 35DH 3
<td>38DC 9</td>
| Seiko Matsuda (松田聖子)
<td>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E flat major, Op. 49</td>
| Pineapple
<td>Lorin Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic</td>
|-
</tr>
| 35DH 4
<tr>
| 五輪真弓 (Mayumi Itsuwa)
<td>38DC 10</td>
| 恋人よ (<em>Koibitoyo</em>)
<td>Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra</td>
|-
<td>Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic</td>
| 35DH 5
</tr>
| 山口百恵 (Momoe Yamaguchi)
<tr>
| Again 百恵 あなたへの子守歌 (<em>Momoe Anato No Komori No Uta</em>)
<td>38DC 11</td>
|-
<td>Igor Stravinsky: Ballet Music (Petrushka)</td>
| 35DH 6
<td>Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic</td>
| Again Candies (Again キャンディーズ)
</tr>
| The Best (キャンディーズ)
<tr>
|-
<td>38DC 12</td>
| 35DH 7
<td>Gustav Holst: The Planets (Op. 32)</td>
| 渡辺貞夫 (Sadao Watanabe)
<td>Lorin Maazel / French National Orchestra</td>
| オレンジ・エクスプレス (Orange Express)
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 35DH 8
<td>38DC 13</td>
| 笠井紀美子 (Kimiko Kasai)
<td>Anton&iacute;n Dvoř&aacute;k: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104</td>
| Kimiko
<td>Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi; Zdenec Kosler / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra</td>
|-
</tr>
| 35DH 9
<tr>
| オムニバス (Various Artists)
<td>38DC 14</td>
| ニューミュージック・ベスト・ヒット(New Music Best Hits)
<td>Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16</td>
|}
<td>Hiroko Nakamura (中村紘子); Yuichirou Ohmachi (大町陽一郎) / Tokyo Philharmonic</td>
 
</tr>
== "DP" Series: International Popular Music ==
<tr>
{| class="wikitable"
<td>38DC 15</td>
|-
<td>Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin: Prelude, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Polonaises</td>
! Cat.# !! Artist !! Title
<td>Hiroko Nakamura (中村紘子)</td>
|-
</tr>
| 35DP 1
</tbody>
| Billy Joel
</table>
| 52nd Street
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|-
=== "DG" Series: Field Recordings ===
| 35DP 2
<table class="proper" border="0">
| Billy Joel
<tbody>
| The Stranger
<tr>
|-
<td><strong>Catalog #</strong></td>
| 35DP 3
<td><strong>Artist</strong></td>
| Boz Scaggs
<td><strong>Title</strong></td>
| Middle Man
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 35DP 4
<td>38DG 1</td>
| Pink Floyd
<td>The SL</td>
| Wish You Were Here
<td>SL Sound in Digital <em>(Recordings of steam locomotives!)</em></td>
|-
</tr>
| 35DP 5
</tbody>
| Toto
</table>
| Turn Back
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|-
=== "DH" Series: Japanese Popular Music ===
| 35DP 6
<table class="proper" border="0">
| Journey
<tbody>
| Escape
<tr>
|-
<td><strong>Catalog #</strong></td>
| 35DP 7
<td><strong>Artist</strong></td>
| Barbara Streisand
<td><strong>Title</strong></td>
| Guilty
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 35DP 8
<td>35DH 1</td>
| Weather Report
<td>Eiichi Ohtaki (大滝詠一)</td>
| Night Passage
<td>A Long Vacation</td>
|-
</tr>
| 35DP 9
<tr>
| Al Di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Luc&iacute;a
<td>35DH 2</td>
| Friday Night in San Francisco
<td>佐野元春 (Motoharu Sano), 杉真理 (Masamichi Sugi), 大滝詠一 (Eiichi Otaki)</td>
|-
<td>Niagara Triangle Vol.2</td>
| 35DP 10
</tr>
| Bob James/Earl Klugh
<tr>
| One On One
<td>35DH 3</td>
|-
<td>Seiko Matsuda (松田聖子)</td>
| 35DP 11
<td>Pineapple</td>
| Boz Scaggs
</tr>
| Hits!
<tr>
|-
<td>35DH 4</td>
| 35DP 12
<td>五輪真弓 (Mayumi Itsuwa)</td>
| Toto
<td>恋人よ (<em>Koibitoyo</em>)</td>
| Toto IV
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| 35DP 13
<td>35DH 5</td>
| Simon and Garfunkel
<td>山口百恵 (Momoe Yamaguchi)</td>
| Best (The Simon and Garfunkel Collection)
<td>Again 百恵 あなたへの子守歌 (<em>Momoe Anato No Komori No Uta</em>)</td>
|-
</tr>
| 35DP 14
<tr>
| Simon and Garfunkel
<td>35DH 6</td>
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters
<td>Again Candies (Again キャンディーズ)</td>
|-
<td>The Best (キャンディーズ)</td>
| 35DP 15
</tr>
| Earth Wind &amp; Fire
<tr>
| Raise!
<td>35DH 7</td>
|-
<td>渡辺貞夫 (Sadao Watanabe)</td>
| 35DP 16
<td>オレンジ・エクスプレス (Orange Express)</td>
| Miles Davis
</tr>
| The Man With The Horn
<tr>
|-
<td>35DH 8</td>
| 35DP 17
<td>笠井紀美子 (Kimiko Kasai)</td>
| Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter and Tony Williams
<td>Kimiko</td>
| s/t
</tr>
|}
<tr>
 
<td>35DH 9</td>
= Titles released on Epic/Sony =
<td>オムニバス (Various Artists)</td>
== "8H" Series: Japanese Popular Music ==
<td>ニューミュージック・ベスト・ヒット(New Music Best Hits)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
=== "DP" Series: International Popular Music ===
<table class="proper" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Catalog #</strong></td>
<td><strong>Artist</strong></td>
<td><strong>Title</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 1</td>
<td>Billy Joel</td>
<td>52nd Street</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 2</td>
<td>Billy Joel</td>
<td>The Stranger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 3</td>
<td>Boz Scaggs</td>
<td>Middle Man</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 4</td>
<td>Pink Floyd</td>
<td>Wish You Were Here</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 5</td>
<td>Toto</td>
<td>Turn Back</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 6</td>
<td>Journey</td>
<td>Escape</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 7</td>
<td>Barbara Streisand</td>
<td>Guilty</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 8</td>
<td>Weather Report</td>
<td>Night Passage</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 9</td>
<td>Al Di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Luc&iacute;a</td>
<td>Friday Night in San Francisco</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 10</td>
<td>Bob James/Earl Klugh</td>
<td>One On One</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 11</td>
<td>Boz Scaggs</td>
<td>Hits!</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 12</td>
<td>Toto</td>
<td>Toto IV</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 13</td>
<td>Simon and Garfunkel</td>
<td>Best (The Simon and Garfunkel Collection)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 14</td>
<td>Simon and Garfunkel</td>
<td>Bridge Over Troubled Waters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 15</td>
<td>Earth Wind &amp; Fire</td>
<td>Raise!</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 16</td>
<td>Miles Davis</td>
<td>The Man With The Horn</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35DP 17</td>
<td>Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter and Tony Williams</td>
<td>s/t</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
== Titles released on Epic/Sony ==
=== "8H" Series: Japanese Popular Music ===
<table class="proper" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Catalog #</strong></td>
<td><strong>Artist</strong></td>
<td><strong>Title</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35･8H-1</td>
<td>The Shanels (シャネルズ)</td>
<td>Soul Shadows</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35･8H-2</td>
<td>Motoharu Sano (佐野元春)</td>
<td>Someday</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>35･8H-3</td>
<td>Ippu-Do</td>
<td>Lunatic Menu</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
=== "8P" Series: International Popular Music ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Catalog # !! Artist !! Title
! Cat.# !! Artist !! Title
|-
| 35･8H-1
| The Shanels (シャネルズ)
| Soul Shadows
|-
| 35･8H-2
| Motoharu Sano (佐野元春)
| Someday
|-
| 35･8H-3
| Ippu-Do
| Lunatic Menu
|}
 
== "8P" Series: International Popular Music ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Cat.# !! Artist !! Title
|-
|-
| 35･8P-1 || Julio Iglesias || De Ni&ntilde;a a Mujer (From a Child to a Woman)
| 35･8P-1 || Julio Iglesias || De Ni&ntilde;a a Mujer (From a Child to a Woman)
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|-
|-
|}
|}
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Revision as of 20:48, 6 June 2010

The titles below are generally considered the first fifty compact discs ever released commercially. They were released in Japan on October 1st, 1982. (Second round, Nov. 21 1982?)

Initial releases of these CDs included a "box"-style obi wrapped around the left-hand side of the jewel case. The CDs themselves had a black label design with a clear space on the left for the record company's logo.

The price of each release is indicated by the catalog number: "35" indicates a list price of 3,500 yen; "38" indicates a list price of 3,800 yen.

While Billy Joel's 52nd Street is often called "the first compact disc", in fact it just has the lowest catalog number of CBS/Sony's pop titles in the "First Fifty" titles.

Titles on CBS/Sony

"DC" Series: Classical

Cat.# Work Performed By
38DC 1 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ("Fate");
Franz Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished") 		Lorin Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic
38DC 2 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica") Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic
38DC 3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 ("Haffner") Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 ("Prague") Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 ("Jupiter") Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC 6 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 ("Romantic") Rafael Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
38DC 7 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
38DC 8 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 ("Revolution") Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
38DC 9 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E flat major, Op. 49 Lorin Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic
38DC 10 Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic
38DC 11 Igor Stravinsky: Ballet Music (Petrushka) Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic
38DC 12 Gustav Holst: The Planets (Op. 32) Lorin Maazel / French National Orchestra
38DC 13 Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi; Zdenec Kosler / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
38DC 14 Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Hiroko Nakamura (中村紘子); Yuichirou Ohmachi (大町陽一郎) / Tokyo Philharmonic
38DC 15 Frédéric Chopin: Prelude, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Polonaises Hiroko Nakamura (中村紘子)

"DG" Series: Field Recordings

Cat.# Artist Title
38DG 1 The SL SL Sound in Digital (Recordings of steam locomotives!)

"DH" Series: Japanese Popular Music

Cat.# Artist Title
35DH 1 Eiichi Ohtaki (大滝詠一) A Long Vacation
35DH 2 佐野元春 (Motoharu Sano), 杉真理 (Masamichi Sugi), 大滝詠一 (Eiichi Otaki) Niagara Triangle Vol.2
35DH 3 Seiko Matsuda (松田聖子) Pineapple
35DH 4 五輪真弓 (Mayumi Itsuwa) 恋人よ (Koibitoyo)
35DH 5 山口百恵 (Momoe Yamaguchi) Again 百恵 あなたへの子守歌 (Momoe Anato No Komori No Uta)
35DH 6 Again Candies (Again キャンディーズ) The Best (キャンディーズ)
35DH 7 渡辺貞夫 (Sadao Watanabe) オレンジ・エクスプレス (Orange Express)
35DH 8 笠井紀美子 (Kimiko Kasai) Kimiko
35DH 9 オムニバス (Various Artists) ニューミュージック・ベスト・ヒット(New Music Best Hits)

"DP" Series: International Popular Music

Cat.# Artist Title
35DP 1 Billy Joel 52nd Street
35DP 2 Billy Joel The Stranger
35DP 3 Boz Scaggs Middle Man
35DP 4 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
35DP 5 Toto Turn Back
35DP 6 Journey Escape
35DP 7 Barbara Streisand Guilty
35DP 8 Weather Report Night Passage
35DP 9 Al Di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucía Friday Night in San Francisco
35DP 10 Bob James/Earl Klugh One On One
35DP 11 Boz Scaggs Hits!
35DP 12 Toto Toto IV
35DP 13 Simon and Garfunkel Best (The Simon and Garfunkel Collection)
35DP 14 Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Waters
35DP 15 Earth Wind & Fire Raise!
35DP 16 Miles Davis The Man With The Horn
35DP 17 Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter and Tony Williams s/t

Titles released on Epic/Sony

"8H" Series: Japanese Popular Music

Cat.# Artist Title
35･8H-1 The Shanels (シャネルズ) Soul Shadows
35･8H-2 Motoharu Sano (佐野元春) Someday
35･8H-3 Ippu-Do Lunatic Menu

"8P" Series: International Popular Music

Cat.# Artist Title
35･8P-1 Julio Iglesias De Niña a Mujer (From a Child to a Woman)
35･8P-2 Michael Jackson Off The Wall
35･8P-3 The Nolans Don't Love Me Too Hard
35･8P-4 REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity
35･8P-5 Jeff Beck There & Back
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