Most Expensive Compact Disc
Universal Music has unveiled the worlds most expensive compact disc at a Japanese department store. The disc, entitled Woman: Sweet 10 Diamond, features eighteen songs by female recording artists including Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige and Nelly Furtado.
The discs real draw, though, is its case. Designed in Tokyo by Japanese jeweler Nagahori, the platinum case is studded with ten 2-carat diamonds arranged in a circle around the discs title.
The disc is on display at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo and has a retail price of ￥10 millionjust over US $100,000.
That certainly beats the glass CDs created by Japanese engineer Suenori Fukui by a long shot. Made to take advantage of the materials transparency and scratch resistance, glass compact discs promised audio quality unattainable by plastic.
The first glass CD made available to the public was Johann Sebastian Bachs Air on G String, sold by N & F Label for around $883. Judging by the lack of media attention in the years since it was released, though, you shouldnt hold your breath waiting for your favorite bands entire discography to be released on glass.
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