miscellaneous
The Digital Domain - A Demonstration Disc
Elektra 9 60303
CD originally issued 1983
made in West Germany for US & international markets
color scheme: reddish orange background with silver paint reticle and lettering
genre: Miscellaneous / spoken word

MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM, with an outer mirror band.
Known matrix numbers: 7599 60303-2 2893 273 02, 7599 60303-2 2893 273 05


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM, no outer mirror band.
Known matrix numbers: 60303-2 2893 273 07 *, 60303-2 2893 273 08 *
Known suffixes: (07 *) EC [UF], FD; (08 *) EV [ZK], FZ, GP, HA X
The 08 * version can also be found with MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO HANOVER (1 mm font) or
MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO (1/16" font) etched around the center hole.
Known suffixes: (PDO) HD ; (HANOVER) HH


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY on the front, no outer mirror band.
MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO is etched around the center hole.
This notation is larger than normal as the characters are approximately 1/16" tall.
"Normal" is approximately 1 mm.
Matrix number: 60303-2 2893 273 08 *
Known suffixes: HG
This variation may have only been distributed in Europe.


This round paper warning insert can be found with many copies of this disc.
I don't know whether or not it was inserted in all copies when new, but
it seems to turn up in less than half of used copies. Perhaps some owners
discarded or misplaced them. This side shows the warning in English and German.
The other side has the same warning in French and Italian.


Front cover of the twelve-page booklet
Page ten reads "Manufactured by PolyGram in Hanover, West Germany
Printed in West Germany"
For US-printed booklets, page ten states "Printed in U.S.A."


Rear tray insert, "Printed in West Germany" with barcode.
On the reverse is printed "9 60303-2"


Rear tray insert "Printed in U.S.A." with barcode.
Nothing is printed on the reverse.
Some later pressings were issued with USA inserts, though usually a USA or Japan (non-target)
pressing will be found within.


Rear tray insert, "Printed in West Germany" with barcode.
Note the spines bear the European catalog number, and the back states "Manufactured in Germany."
The PDO disc variation is found with this inlay.

Notes: While certainly not plentiful, this disc is by no means rare, and you should
be able to find one at a reasonable price. An eBay seller was, at one time, hawking this disc
as "The World's Rarest CD" and asking up to $100 for it. Don't fall for this nonsense.
It is not that rare!

This target CD (07 * disc with no outer mirror band, and maybe others) was issued in Japan
as 38XP-100 with the addition of a gold sticker obi and a Japanese foldout insert.

Jewel case info: (05 matrix) smooth frosted two-dimple, nothing is embossed on the back,
"22" is embossed on one tab and "52" is embossed on the back portion, inside bottom center.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 4.1"

(05 matrix) smooth frosted two-dimple, "T1" is embossed on the back, and on one tab.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 34"

(05 matrix) Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 21" or "Patents pending 4.3"

(07 * matrix) heavy ridged-top six-tab two-dimple, "43" is embossed on one tab and "11" is embossed on the back portion, inside bottom center.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 8.2"

(08* matrix) ridged six-tab two-dimple, "83" is embossed on one tab and "12" is embossed on the back portion, inside bottom center.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 4.2"

11/19/19