Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium Diepeveen built an error-correcting coder-decoder that was delivered in the summer of 1978. The decoder was included in the CD prototype player that was presented to the international press. To commemorate this breakthrough, Philips received an IEEE Milestone Award on March 6, 2009. This breakthrough was also appreciated by Sony and they started a cooperation with Philips that resulted in June 1980 in a common CD system standard. Philips as a whole took a turn for the worse and by the end of the 1980s bankruptcy seemed a very real possibility. Under research director Kees Bulthuis the position of long-term
This Is the Story: The '70s Albums, Vol. 1 – 1970–1973: The Jean Terrell Years period are the three duet albums recorded with Four Tops; these were issued in full in 2009 on the 2-CD compilation "Magnificent - The Complete Studio Duets," which included 13 previously unreleased recordings. A follow-up box set, entitled "" was released in May 2011. It features Scherrie Payne (who replaced Jean Terrell) alongside Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, and Susaye Greene (who replaced Birdsong on the group's final two albums.) CD 1 CD 2 CD 3 This Is the Story: The '70s Albums, Vol. 1 – 1970–1973: The Jean Terrell Years This Is The Story is a box set, released in