leader, Glenn Miller, which was a high end production recorded in January 1983 for two important reasons. The first was to produce an album that would suit the format's sonic capabilities and the second was that the first people who would buy the first CD players would be audiophile fanatics that would be in the range of enjoying this type of music. Grusin and Rosen's intuitions were proven right as the album went on to Gold Record status within 10 years of its release and had sold over a million copies. The label's original releases were albums that Grusin and Rosen bought or licensed from Arista Records as well as other label's such as Polydor, JVC Japan and Elektra from artists such as Dave Valentin (who was the label's first signing), Lee Ritenour, Tom Browne, Jay Hoggard, Scott Jarrett and Grusin himself. There were plenty of new and fresh album releases by jazz legends Gerry Mulligan and jazz's ambassador Dizzy Gillespie in new sonic, digital settings along with new talent being displayed by the likes of Diane Schuur, Kevin Eubanks, and Special EFX along with veteran drummer Billy Cobham, who would be joined later on by Ritenour, Chick Corea, Eddie Daniels, David Benoit, Gary Burton and Tom Scott to add more diversity to label's roster. The label would sign a distribution deal with MCA in 1987 and it was the final year that the label would have their CD titles pressed by JVC Japan for the US. All titles would be pressed in the US starting in 1988. GRD-9501 Dave Grusin: Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band GRD-9502 Glenn Miller: In the Digital Mood (The first official album produced, recorded and released by the label independently. Recorded live and digitally with former members of the late bandleaders band as well as New York NY musicians.) GRD-9503 Gerry Mulligan: Little Big Horn GRD-9504 Dave Grusin: Night-Lines GRD-9505 Special EFX: Special EFX GRD-9506 Kevin Eubanks: Sundance GRD-9507 Dave Grusin: Mountain Dance (Originally released on Arista/GRP Records) GRD-9508 Dave Valentin: Kalahari GRD-9509 GRP Sampler Vol. 1 Limited Edition (The label's first official CD sampler featuring works from the first few CDs they released for the many of the first buyers of a CD player system after 1983. These would feature artists such as Gerry Mulligan, Dave Grusin, Kevin Eubanks, Dizzy Gillespie, Diane Schuur, Special EFX, Lee Ritenour and others and a second