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.# |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |