Editing Compact Disc Digital Audio (section)

=== Initial launch and adoption ===
Early milestones in the launch and adoption of the format included:
* The first ''test pressing'' was of a recording of [[Richard Strauss]]'s ''[[An Alpine Symphony]]'', recorded December 1–3, 1980 and played by the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] and conducted by [[Herbert von Karajan]], who had been enlisted as an ambassador for the format in 1979.<ref name="Karajan">{{cite web | url= https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/tech/innovation/compact-disc-turns-30 | title= Rock on! The compact disc turns 30 | date= 29 September 2012 | first= Heather | last= Kelly | publisher= CNN | access-date= 30 September 2012 | quote= The first test CD was Richard Strauss's ''Eine Alpensinfonie'', and the first CD actually pressed at a factory was ABBA's ''[[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]]'', but that disc wasn't released commercially until later. | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180828171847/https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/tech/innovation/compact-disc-turns-30/ | archive-date= 28 August 2018 | url-status= live }}</ref>
* The world presentation took place during the [[Salzburg Easter Festival]] on 15 April 1981, at a press conference of [[Akio Morita]] and Norio Ohga (Sony), Joop van Tilburg (Philips), and Richard Busch (PolyGram), in the presence of Karajan who praised the new format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weltpräsentation des "Compact Disc Digital Audio System" (Audio-CD)|url=https://salzburg-geschichte-kultur.at/weltpraesentation-des-compact-disc-digital-audio-system-audio-cd/|access-date=11 January 2023|website=Salzburg. Geschichte. Kultur.|publisher=Archiv der Erzdiözese Salzburg|location=Salzburg|language=de|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827104049/https://salzburg-geschichte-kultur.at/weltpraesentation-des-compact-disc-digital-audio-system-audio-cd/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The first ''public demonstration'' was on the [[BBC]] television programme ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'' in 1981, when the [[Bee Gees]]' album ''[[Living Eyes (Bee Gees album)|Living Eyes]]'' (1981) was played.<ref name="AutoMR-4">{{cite book| last = Bilyeu|first = Melinda|author2=Hector Cook |author3=Andrew Môn Hughes |publisher = Omnibus Press|year = 2004| isbn = 978-1-84449-057-8| title = The Bee Gees:tales of the brothers Gibb| page = 519 }}</ref>
* The first ''commercial'' compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982, a 1979 recording of [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] waltzes performed by [[Claudio Arrau]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |date=20 July 2010 |title=1985 News Story on Debut of the Compact Disc (CD) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrU8s-M-gc |access-date=25 June 2022 |publisher=acmestreamingDOTcom |via=YouTube |language=en-US |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625184512/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrU8s-M-gc |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The first 50 titles were ''released'' in Japan on 1 October 1982,<ref name="AutoMR-6">{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-20/h5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802133849/https://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-20/h5.html|archive-date=2 August 2008|title=Sony History: A Great Invention 100 Years On|publisher=[[Sony]]|access-date=28 February 2012 }}</ref> the first of which was a re-release of [[Billy Joel]]'s 1978 album ''[[52nd Street (album)|52nd Street]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-first-compact-disc-released/|title=How Billy Joel's '52nd Street' Became the First Compact Disc released|first=Jeff|last=Giles|work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|publisher=[[Townsquare Media]], LLC|date=1 October 2012|access-date=13 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706021629/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-first-compact-disc-released/|archive-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>
* The first CD played on BBC Radio was in October 1982.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*The Japanese launch was followed on 14 March 1983 by the introduction of CD players and discs to Europe<ref>[https://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/press/20070816_25th_anniversary_cd.wpd "Philips celebrates 25th anniversary of the Compact Disc"]{{webarchive|url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150817154431/https://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/press/20070816_25th_anniversary_cd.wpd |date=17 August 2015 }}, Philips Media Release, 16 August 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2013.</ref> and North America where CBS Records released sixteen titles.<ref name="G&M 1983-03-05">{{cite news
 | last      = Kaptainis
 | first     = Arthur
 | title     = Sampling the latest sound: should last a lifetime
 | newspaper = The Globe and Mail
 | date      = 5 March 1983
| location  = Toronto
 | page      = E11
}}</ref>

The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was [[Dire Straits]], with their 1985 album ''[[Brothers in Arms (album)|Brothers in Arms]]''.<ref name="AutoMR-7">''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', 2004</ref> One of the first CD markets was devoted to reissuing popular music whose commercial potential was already proven. The first major artist to have their entire catalog converted to CD was [[David Bowie]], whose first fourteen studio albums (up to ''[[Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)]]'') of (then) sixteen were made available by [[RCA Records]] in February 1985, along with four greatest hits albums; his fifteenth and sixteenth albums (''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'' and ''[[Tonight (David Bowie album)|Tonight]]'', respectively) had already been issued on CD by [[EMI Records]] in 1983 and 1984, respectively.<ref name="AutoMR-8">The New Schwann Record & Tape Guide Volume 37 No. 2 February 1985</ref> On 26 February 1987, the first four UK albums by [[the Beatles]] were released in mono on compact disc.<ref name="BeatlesCD">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/25/arts/now-on-cd-s-first-4-beatles-albums.html |title=NOW ON CD'S, FIRST 4 BEATLES ALBUMS |author=JON PARELES |date=25 February 1987 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310202959/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/25/arts/now-on-cd-s-first-4-beatles-albums.html |archive-date=10 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The growing acceptance of the CD in 1983 marked the beginning of the popular digital audio revolution.<ref>{{cite book |last=Canale |first=Larry |date=1986 |title=Digital Audio's Guide to Compact Discs |page=4 |publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=978-0-553-34356-4}}</ref> It was enthusiastically received, especially in the early-adopting [[classical music]] and [[audiophile]] communities, and its handling quality received particular praise. As the price of players gradually came down, and with the introduction of the portable [[Discman]], the CD began to gain popularity in the larger popular and rock music markets. With the rise in CD sales, pre-recorded [[cassette tape]] sales began to decline in the late 1980s; CD sales overtook cassette sales in the early 1990s.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harlow |first1=Oliva |title=When Did the CD Replace the Cassette Tape? |url=https://southtree.com/blogs/artifact/when-did-the-cd-replace-the-cassette-tape |website=artifact |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013073112/https://southtree.com/blogs/artifact/when-did-the-cd-replace-the-cassette-tape |archive-date=13 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1988, 400 million CDs were manufactured by 50 pressing plants around the world.<ref name="AutoMR-9">MAC Audio News. No. 178, November 1989. pp 19–21 Glenn Baddeley. ''November 1989 News Update''. Melbourne Audio Club Inc.</ref>