ON 1 MARCH 1983, Dutch newspapers carried an advertisement introducing a new and apparently miraculous recording medium with a bold claim: ‘This will be a memorable day in the history of sound. For the first time music will sound in the living room as pure as in the concert hall: without the extra noise of the needle in the groove, without dust particles, scratches or dents.’
The ‘Compact Disc’ was a joint development by Dutch company Philips and Japanese giant Sony,
