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Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years ago
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Author:  admin [ 01 Oct 2021, 07:31 ]
Post subject:  Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years ago
40 years in Japan!

Just remembered yesterday (when I sold my Elton John: In Central Park (1980) (Uncut) [MP026-25DO]) that the first round of commercial Pioneer LD releases in Japan happened on October 9th, 1981.

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Even Pioneer acknowledged this:

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One week to go but, amazingly, except for an an Analog-CX soundtrack a little harsh when the microphones saturate, it is still playing fine with no laser rot!!

Good luck playing VHS tapes or even DVDs 40 years after their relesases.
I'm not even mentioning HD DVD (for obvious reasons).
If we have the birth date, we also know the retirement date: January 14th, 2009

お誕生日おめでとう、レーザーディスク！

Julien
Author:  laserdisc.ws [ 01 Oct 2021, 19:04 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
Happy birthday Japanese laserdiscs, and arigato! ;)
Author:  xtempo [ 01 Oct 2021, 20:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
Well that is really close. My birth was on Julie Robert's fithteen birthday. Weird only missed a year no wonder I love this format :D
Author:  admin [ 26 Nov 2021, 12:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
admin wrote:
Even Pioneer acknowledged this


Turns out they used REAL LD Single to do the clocks!

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It looks like a Karaoke disc, similar to TOEI Karaoke Video Disc: vol.E7 (1985) [TE-W307].

Julien
Author:  mimylovesjapan [ 30 Nov 2021, 04:49 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
It would be interresting to play the clock LD to see the content !
Author:  therussian [ 01 Dec 2021, 03:27 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
And probably still rot free.
Author:  happycube [ 01 Dec 2021, 15:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
therussian wrote:
And probably still rot free.

'fraid not. Pioneer Japan disks up until 1984-1985 are a crapshoot, they were great when new but the glues weren't stable long-term.
Author:  admin [ 01 Dec 2021, 15:54 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
happycube wrote:
'fraid not. Pioneer Japan disks up until 1984-1985 are a crapshoot, they were great when new but the glues weren't stable long-term.


My Elton John Central Park played just fine after 40 years.

But maybe not all pressings were that lucky.

Julien
Author:  rein-o [ 01 Dec 2021, 16:18 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
happycube wrote:
therussian wrote:
And probably still rot free.

'fraid not. Pioneer Japan disks up until 1984-1985 are a crapshoot, they were great when new but the glues weren't stable long-term.

Really? I've got about 12 or so from that time period made by Pioneer Japan and all play fine, one I know back in the day I picked up
a copy and side 2 was bad but the second copy I bought sealed was fine.

Other about 11 pieces I have never needed any replacements and I still own them.
Author:  elahrairrah [ 01 Dec 2021, 21:14 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
I remember reading the articles on Blam's Discovision site that Pioneer Japan had much better manufacturing standards than MCA did back in the day and featured far less defective discs. Then again, those same articles say that MCA's defect rate was 90%! So "far less" than 90% could still be like 20% defect rate. And that's still a good chunk of discs.
Author:  confederate [ 02 Dec 2021, 22:54 ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy birthday to the 1st Japanese LD releases, 40 years
I have a single Pioneer Japan manufactured disc from 1982 and it plays perfect to this day!
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