Philips Consumer Lifestyle created for Laserdisc would later be used again for the Compact Disc. Although Philips' and MCA's Laserdisc project never reached the VHS mass market level, Philips still thought the format should be able to succeed, and, in collaboration with Sony, launched the smaller CD in 1982. The DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc), the eventual successor of the CD (Compact Disc), met a long road of setbacks. Philips wanted to continue with the CD in a new format called "MultiMedia Compact Disc" (MMCD), while another group (led by Toshiba) was developing a competing format, then named "Super Density"
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