when was the first compact disc released
1981: First test CD created in Hannover, Germany by the Polydor Pressing Operations plant. 1982: Manufacturing of CDs began on a large scale in a factory. 1982: First ever album on a CD released by Sony, which was Billy Joel's 52nd Street. 1983: CD players and discs hit the market in the US and the rest of the world. 1984: Advanced technology to store and retrieve data from CD-ROM introduced. 1985: CD-ROM drives introduced in the US and world markets.