The first edition of the "Red Book" was released in 1980 by Philips and Sony; it was adopted by the Digital Audio Disc Committee and ratified as IEC 60908 (published in 1987).
Первая редакция стандарта издана в июне 1980 года компаниями Philips и Sony, затем доработана организацией Digital Audio Disc Committee и ратифицирована как стандарт IEC 908.