Various Artists - Jeep Grand Cherokee Infinity Gold Audio System (1993)

A box of used CDs recently arrived here at blog headquarters, the generous gift from a long-time reader. (With apologies to Emma Lazarus: "Give me your used, your unplayed, your discarded masses yearning to be heard.") Of those CDs, this disc caught my eye almost immediately. For you young 'uns, when CD players were initially released, they were so new and different they often came with demo discs such as these. I remember my friend Richard buying a home CD component in 1988 and it came with a demo disc that opened with Strauss' Thus Spake Zarathustra. A predictable choice, but it was my first CD experience and I'll never forget the sound pouring out from his Advent speakers.

Seems hard to believe now, but there was a time when it was rare for a CD player to come standard in a new vehicle. This disc is copyrighted 1993 by Sony, so I'm guessing it was for inclusion with the 1994 model Jeep. You didn't ask, but my first car CD player was a Sony aftermarket unit I had installed in my 1992 Ford Explorer. Coincidentally, that would have happened in late 93, around the time this disc was "released."

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks: Imagine sitting down in the fine, supple leather interior of a new Jeep Grand Cherokee (MPG: Up to 16 city / 20 highway), and listening to the following variety of tracks on your way home from the dealership:

1. Introduction to Chrysler/Jeep Infinity Gold Audio System (2:07)
2. Advantages of Infinity Gold Audio System (3:03)
3. How to Set Digital Clock (1:02)
4. System Features: Radio/EQ Controls (3:43)
5. Compact Disc Player Operation (3:32)
6. The Raiders' March from Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Boston Pops Orchestra , John Williams, Cond. (5:09). Also on John Williams - By Request (1987)
7. Recipe for Love - Harry Connick, Jr. (3:33). Also on We Are In Love (1990)
8. Friends in Love - Johnny Mathis & Dionne Warwick (4:02). Also on Friends In Love (1982)
9. Mozart Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 365, Mvt. III Rondeau: Allegro - Rudolf Serkin, Peter Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, Cond. (6:45)
10. Memory - Barbra Streisand (3:52)
11. Copperline - James Taylor (4:19). Also on Greatest Hits 2 (2000)
12. I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter (3:30)
13. Celebrate Me Home - Kenny Loggins (3:45). Also on The Essential Kenny Loggins (2002)
14. Two Princes - Spin Doctors (3:53)
15. Heaven in the Back Seat - Eddie Money (3:25)
16. I Go to Extremes - Billy Joel (3:55). Also on Storm Front (1989)
17. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (3:30). Also on The Essential Kenny Loggins (2002)

Total time: 62:37

A little something for everybody there, unless you like jazz. Sony had access to the Miles Davis Columbia catalog and they couldn't throw on Straight, No Chaser or something like that? Shame.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None