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This is an obscure issue.
On the very first CDs every issued by Sony, they had the ingenious idea that they would only have two tracks, one for side 1 and one for side 2, and a proprietary indexing scheme that could only be read by Sony CD players to detect the additional track breaks. They dropped this scheme very quickly.
The only desirable collector's item I know of that has this feature is the original Sony issue of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. The original "made in Japan" issue in the United States is identical to the Japanese issue, and can be obtained for significantly less money. Given the limited applicability of this issue and the difficulty in addressing it, I understand if the Sony indexing scheme is never addressed.
On the very first CDs every issued by Sony, they had the ingenious idea that they would only have two tracks, one for side 1 and one for side 2, and a proprietary indexing scheme that could only be read by Sony CD players to detect the additional track breaks. They dropped this scheme very quickly.
The only desirable collector's item I know of that has this feature is the original Sony issue of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. The original "made in Japan" issue in the United States is identical to the Japanese issue, and can be obtained for significantly less money. Given the limited applicability of this issue and the difficulty in addressing it, I understand if the Sony indexing scheme is never addressed.
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