Hi Premiumverum,

Great idea, I was lucky enough to get some B&O demo/promo CDs when a dealer closed down, so I can help you with some informations on Vol. I and Vol. X.

- Vol. I is called "Bang&Olufsen Classics", was issued 1988 and distributed by Polygram DK. I have the CD, sadly without cover/booklet and tracklist.

- Vol. X is the "Demonstration CD - Beolab 1" , a CD espacially made to demonstrate the Beolab 1 speaker. It has tracks pop/jazz/classic tracks and each track contains extracts/parts from different songs. No year indicated, back says "This CD has been developped in kind cooperation with CMC Records". I have the complete CD with cover and booklet but as far as I know this CD was made only for B&O shops and was not on intended as a goodie/give away.

There are a few other B&O Promo CDs that I have  in my collection):

- Natural Sound from 2003 (cooperation with Deutsche Grammophon), CD/Book in CD Format black/wihite photo on front/silver back

- The Duets from 1999, Mulgrew Miller & Nils Henning Orsted Pedersern (known as NHOP) playing Duke Ellington pieces

- Promo CD for Audi A8 Advanced Sound System (same CD as Vol. XIII)

- "Open Mind Volume 2" (2003) Compiled by Kipper

- "Opend Mind Volume 3" (2005) Compiled by Kipper

- "This is Different" by Kipper (2006)

- 6 CD Set "Jazz" "Soul" "Pop" "Rock" "Electronic" "Classical" for BS 9000, comes in silver/greyish Box

I hope this helps a little bit. I don't have photos/scans of the CDs or the booklets at hand, but if needed I could make them.

Cheers

Foxtrott

Premiumverum wrote:

maybe someone has these in their collection and can help me make a discogs page for the missing CD's.

Hi,

First of all, thank you for making those discogs pages, they helped me A LOT when trying to DIY-recreate the "new view on music" set for my newly acquired Beosound 9000. (may sounds like a little bit odd but it's very rare and searched). Anyway thank you. Thousand times…

Then, i was ready advise you to contact a certain member of the forum who owns an AMAZING collection of demo-CD's.
But he did chime in before that, it's Foxtrott above, who I warmly salute. 

Agan thanks and good hunt !

Premiumverum wrote:

Vol. XIII (13) - The sound of perfection.

@Foxtrott:

great, thanks! That is a nice collection! The open mind series are very nice too. Volume one seems hard to find though! Have you ever seen the 6CD set art of seduction, this is also a very classy one :) Super that you want to help!

Could you send a picture of the Bang&Olufsen classics CD? I'll put it on discogs and maybe some other members there will chime in with extra info. That also happened when I made the page for vol. VI.

Can you make a picture of the beolab 1 demonstration CD where it says Vol. X? There is already a page for it on discogs but vol X is not mentioned nor visible on the scans. I will update it!

I cannot find the audi A8 promo CD on discogs nor anywhere else on the internet. If you can shoot some pictures of the booklet and CD I will also add it to discogs.

@matador:

Thank you! However most work was done by other collectors and discogs members, I merely streamlined and corrected some things. THe 6CD box set is also on my wantlist, prices are high however, seems very sought after!

@CB:

Thank you! Will update to discogs! Such a beautiful aluminium package :)

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