Black Triangle
~ Release series
Annotation
“Black Triangles” (referred to as such due to their label design) are first generation CDs manufactured by Toshiba‐EMI Ltd in Japan during the initial launch of the CD format in 1983. Most stayed in print for less than a couple of years (some, like Abbey Road, much less), and are highly sought after by collectors.
Catalog numbers of most Black Triangle CDs follow the form of CP35-3XXX, CP32-5XXX, or 32VD-1XXX.
Annotation last modified on 2021-12-25 19:08 UTC.
Releases
| # | Release | Artist | Format | Tracks | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# | Barcode |
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| Live from Earth | Pat Benatar | CD | 10 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5070 | [none] | |
| Tattoo You | The Rolling Stones | CD | 11 |
| Rolling Stones Records | CP35-3032, CUNS-39114-A * B(CD) | ||
| The Kick Inside | Kate Bush | CD | 13 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3045 | [none] | |
| Take My Time | Sheena Easton | CD | 14 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3058 | ||
| Rio | Duran Duran | CD | 9 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3067 | ||
| Ross (Black Triangle) | Diana Ross | CD | 8 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP35-3068 | ||
| The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | CD | 5 |
| Blue Note | CP35-3069 | [none] | |
| Somethin’ Else | Cannonball Adderley | CD | 5 |
| Blue Note | CP35-3070 | [none] | |
| Seven and the Ragged Tiger | Duran Duran | CD | 9 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3082 | [none] | |
| The Distance | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | CD | 9 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP35-3083 | ||
| Pipes of Peace | Paul McCartney | CD | 11 |
| EMI-Odeon (imprint), MPL (Paul McCartney-related) | CP35-3084 | [none] | |
| The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | CD | 9 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA) | CP35-3017, SHVL-804-A•B | [none] | |
| Abbey Road | The Beatles | CD | 17 |
| EMI-Odeon (imprint) | CP35‐3016 | [none] | |
| Let’s Dance | David Bowie | CD | 8 |
| EMI America | CP35-3034 | [none] | |
| Olivia’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | Olivia Newton‐John | CD | 14 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3046, EMC-3422-AB(CD) | ||
| Physical (black triangle) | Olivia Newton‐John | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3065 | [none] | |
| Tug of War | Paul McCartney | CD | 12 |
| EMI-Odeon (imprint), MPL (Paul McCartney-related) | CP35-3001 | [none] | |
| Sixteen Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers | CD | 16 |
| LIBERTY (Japanese label) | CP35-3086 | [none] | |
| Moanin' | Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers | CD | 6 |
| Blue Note | CP35-3090 | ||
| Wings Greatest | Wings | CD | 12 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Odeon | CP35-3114 | [none] | |
| Olivia Newton‐John’s Greatest Hits | Olivia Newton‐John | CD | 14 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-3115 | [none] | |
| Blue Train | John Coltrane | CD | 5 |
| Blue Note | CP35-3088 | [none] | |
| Arena | Duran Duran | CD | 10 |
| EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | CP35-5009, EX-2603081(CD) | [none] | |
| A Private Heaven | Sheena Easton | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP35-5024 | ||
| Duran Duran | Duran Duran | CD | 9 |
| EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | CP32-5020 | [none] | |
| Tropico | Pat Benatar | CD | 10 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5030 | ||
| Powerslave | Iron Maiden | CD | 8 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5043 | [none] | |
| James Bond Greatest Hits: 007 / 13 Original Themes | Various Artists | CD | 13 |
| Liberty (a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | CP32-5046 | [none] | |
| Crimes of Passion (Japan 1st pressing. Black triangle.) | Pat Benatar | CD | 10 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5067 | ||
| Meddle | Pink Floyd | CD | 6 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5032 | [none] | |
| The Distance | Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | CD | 9 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP35-3083 | ||
| You Could Have Been With Me | Sheena Easton | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5039, EMC-3378 | ||
| Lionheart | Kate Bush | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5040 | [none] | |
| Heart Like a Wheel | Linda Ronstadt | CD | 10 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP32-5068 | ||
| Precious Time (Japanese Black Triangle) | Pat Benatar | CD | 9 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5069 | ||
| JUNKTION | オフコース | CD | 9 |
| EXPRESS | CA32-1160 | ||
| Heart | Heart | CD | 10 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP32-5078 | [none] | |
| Hounds of Love | Kate Bush | CD | 12 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5086 | [none] | |
| Venus and Mars | Wings | CD | 13 |
| MPL (Paul McCartney-related), Odeon RECORDS (Japan, Toshiba/EMI-Odeon, 1963-) | CP32-5087, SMAS-11419(CD) | [none] | |
| Rock a Little | Stevie Nicks | CD | 11 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Modern Records (Subsidiary of Atlantic, LA, CA, USA) | CP32-5098 | ||
| Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | CD | 2 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1010 | [none] | |
| Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden | CD | 8 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5106 | [none] | |
| Killers | Iron Maiden | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5107 | [none] | |
| The Number of the Beast | Iron Maiden | CD | 8 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5108 | [none] | |
| Piece of Mind | Iron Maiden | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5109 | [none] | |
| Live After Death | Iron Maiden | CD | 12 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5110 | [none] | |
| Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel | CD | 8 |
| Charisma, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1014 | ||
| From Luxury to Heartache | Culture Club | CD | 12 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1019 | 4988006601543 | |
| Please | Pet Shop Boys | CD | 10 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5131 | 4988006603189 | |
| So | Peter Gabriel | CD | 9 |
| Charisma, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1021 | 4988006602830 | |
| Invisible Touch | Genesis | CD | 8 |
| Charisma, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD 1023 | 4988006603707 | |
| Picture This | Huey Lewis and the News | CD | 10 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5133 | 4988006603998 | |
| We Want Moore! | Gary Moore | CD | 9 |
| 10 Records | 32VD-1024 | 4988006604698 | |
| A Kind of Magic | Queen | CD | 12 |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | CP32-5152 | 4988006604803 | |
| Foxtrot (Japanese reissue; “Black Triangle”) | Genesis | CD | 6 |
| Charisma | 32VD-1027 | 4988006605268 | |
| Fields of Fire | Corey Hart | CD | 11 |
| EMI America | CP32-5137 | 4988006604254 | |
| Skylarking | XTC | CD | 14 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1054 | 4988006607347 | |
| Notorious | Duran Duran | CD | 10 |
| EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | CP32-5172 | 4988006607385 | |
| Birth of the Cool | Miles Davis | CD | 12 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP32-5181 | 4988006608207 | |
| Blue Serge | Serge Chaloff | CD | 8 |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CP32-5185 | 4988006608245 | |
| Undercurrent | Bill Evans & Jim Hall | CD | 6 |
| LIBERTY (Japanese label) | CP32-5187 | 4988006608269 | |
| Tin Drum (black triangle CD) | Japan | CD | 8 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1016 | [none] | |
| In the Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson | CD | 5 |
| E’G (British label), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1063 | 4988006610149 | |
| Electric Cafe | Kraftwerk | CD | 6 |
| EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | CP32-5175 | 4988006608146 | |
| Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols | CD | 12 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 25VB-1068(CD), 32VD-1011 | [none] | |
| Broadcast | Cutting Crew | CD | 10 |
| Siren Records (80s/90s UK, distributed by Virgin), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1074 | 4988006611788 | |
| 黒船 | サディスティック・ミカ・バンド | CD | 12 |
| EXPRESS | CA30-1410 | 4988006012530 | |
| Never Let Me Down | David Bowie | CD | 12 |
| EMI America | CP32-5398 | 4988006612396 | |
| Red | King Crimson | CD | 5 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1086 | 4988006612440 | |
| Three of a Perfect Pair | King Crimson | CD | 9 |
| E’G (British label), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1089 | 4988006612471 | |
| Crises | Mike Oldfield | CD | 6 |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1111 | 4988006614406 | |
| Another Green World | Brian Eno | CD | 14 |
| E’G (British label) | 32VD-1114 | 4988006614437 | |
| Roxy Music | Roxy Music | CD | 9 |
| E’G (British label), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 32VD-1103 | 4988006614239 | |
| Seven the Hard Way | Pat Benatar | CD | 9 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5097 | [none] | |
| Wide Awake in Dreamland | Pat Benatar | CD | 10 |
| Chrysalis | CP32-5623 | 4988006622999 |
Relationships
| publishing label: | 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label - check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007-06-29) |
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| Wikidata: | Q110219889 [info] |
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