The CD+G Museum
The CD+G Museum
About CD+Graphics
During the late 1980's Warner Brothers (as Warner New Media) experimented with a method of embedding graphics information on music CDs. One of the few players to actually support it was the failed Philips CD-Interactive player, which I owned. It came with the CD+G sampler pictured above and led to me collecting a few of the CDs from which this collection had pulled songs. Notably by Fleetwood Mac, and Talking Heads. I recently started a project to collect all of the CD+G titles released at that time and have acquired all but a few. Eventually got in touch with Orlando who has all but a few. This site will document what we've learned about how to identify them (many have been reissued several times since without the CD+G data).
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Comprehensive data on each release and how to identify the versions of each disc that have graphics are available in the CD+G Discography.
Information on computer software that can be used to view/extract CD+G information is on the Software page.
Other Info: Wikipedia
All Cover Art and example CD+G images are copyrighted by their respective copyright holders and are used here for illustrative purposes only.
Data compiled by Steve Martin and Orlando Arroyo
The following individual titles are detailed here:
Various - Psychedelia - Preview of an Album
Various - The Home Video Album
Various - CD+G A New Dimension
Various - A Tribute To Woody Guthrie
Information Society - Information Society
Honeymoon Suite - Racing After Midnight
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits
Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky
Gentlemen Without Weapons - Transmissions
Frozen Ghost - “Nice Place To Visit...”
Fleetwood Mac - Behind The Mask
Flamin Groovies - Groovies Greatest Grooves
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella/Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Firesign Theatre - Eat Or Be Eaten
Placido Domingo - Bel Canto Domingo
Crosby Stills Nash - Live It Up
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Laura Branigan - Laura Branigan
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14
Beethoven - Diabelli Variations
Alphaville - The Breathtaking Blue
Mozart - The Abduction From The Seraglio
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 - Italian
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 - Scottish
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 2 - Hymn Of Praise
Little Feat - Representing The Mambo
10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man’s Zoo
Donna Summer - Another Place And Time
Prokofiev - Peter And The Wolf
More video examples: Laura Branigan, Crosby, Stills & Nash