First CD

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• The inventor of the CD is often disputed
• Most attributted inventor is james russel
• In 1965, he was inspired to create a more ideal recording system to replace vinyl records

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• In 1979, phillips joined in collaboration with sony after a prototype was demonstrated
• the cd surfaced to the public eye 15 years after its invention when phillips made an announcment on may 17, 1978

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• CDS were extremely expensive at first-$30 each
• First cd title was 52nd street by Billy joel
• New technology was introduced in us in the spring of 1983

the invention of cds led to the invention of:

• Portable cd players
• CD-rom

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