The compact disc was invented by Philips and Sony in a cooperation. Many tests were carried out in the Philips labs in the Netherlands (the country of origin for Philips). The first cd for the commercial market was printed in (West-)Germany, by Philips. It was The Visitors by ABBA, meant for the Japanese market.

Press release on the 25th anniversary: http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/press/20070816_25th_anniversary_CD.wpd

Newspaper article (in Dutch): http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1135495/2009/03/06/Philips-geeerd-voor-uitvinding-compact-disc.dhtml