25th Anniversary of the Compact Disc

It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, today they are instantly recognizable as Compact Discs, a product that turns 25 years old today.

ny sold the first player in Japan on Oct. 1, with the CBS label supplying Billy Joel's "52nd Street" as its first album.

AOL of course shipped more and wasted more than anyone in history ever will, see them HERE.

The picture above is 4000 of the gems as a chair.