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
The '70s Anthology "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Walk With Me, Talk With Me Darling", which are all from the shelved "Promises Kept" album (recorded in mid-1971, to be released after the album "Touch"). Instead the "Floy Joy" sessions, supervised by Smokey Robinson were recorded and released in 1972. The 1970s Supremes featured several different lineups. One asterisk (*) designates a previously unreleased recording. Two asterisks (**) designate a previously released recording in a previously unreleased (or, in many cases, new) mix The '70s Anthology The '70s Anthology is a 2002 two compact disc set of many of the songs recorded by the 1970s