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The music played at startup on the early RCA VideoDiscs from 1981 sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?

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The music played at startup on the early RCA VideoDiscs from 1981 sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?

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This music is from the Promenade of Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The electronic version heard on the 1981-released VideoDiscs is Isao Tomita’s rendition of this work, recorded in 1974. The Tomita rendition was once available in stereo LP, quadradisc, and 8-Track (stereo and quadraphonic), and is still available on an RCA Victor Dolby Surround CD, stock no. 60576-2-RG. The Mussorgsky music was replaced on VideoDiscs released in 1982.