* 1982 – The first Compact Discs ( CDs ) are released to the public in Germany.

The software is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc., first released in December 1982 by Autodesk in the year following the purchase of the first form of the software by Autodesk founder, John Walker.

The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony's CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan.

From this trip, Marker first published the photo-essay Le Dépays in 1982, as well as using the experience for his next film Sans Soleil, released in 1982.

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982.

** Commodore 64 ( or C64 or C = 64 ), an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August 1982, the single best-selling personal computer model of all-time

In 1982, they released their second studio album, Plastic Surgery Disasters.

A 1993 compilation called Lucky Thirteen was released, but it only covered Young's 1982 – 1988 output.

In March 1982, the month before Paul Schrader's film Cat People came out, Bowie's title song, " Cat People ( Putting Out Fire )", was released as a single, becoming a minor US hit and entering the UK top 30.

An Ethernet adapter card for the IBM PC was released in 1982 and by 1985, 3Com had sold 100, 000.

Although Coppola was not credited for his effort, according to one source, " by the time the final version was released in 1982, only 30 percent of Wenders ' footage remained, and the rest was completely reshot by Coppola, whose mere ' executive producer ' credit is just a technicality.

Charlie Ahearn's independently released fiction film Wild Style ( Wild Style, 1983 ), the early PBS documentary Style Wars ( 1983 ), hit songs such as " The Message " and " Planet Rock " and their accompanying music videos ( both 1982 ) contributed to a growing interest outside New York in all aspects of hip hop.

The closest successor to the Torana was the Camira, released in 1982 as Australia's version of GM's medium-sized " J-car ".

When released in 1982, the Camira initially generated good sales, which later declined because buyers considered the 1. 6-litre engine underpowered, and the car's build and ride quality below-average.

Previously unreleased studio and live material were added to these albums tracklistings and also released on the compilation Farewell Song in 1982.

The film was released in 1982, along with his television adaptation of the acclaimed play The Rainmaker.

Pop vocalist Dan Fogelberg composed the song " Run for the Roses " which was released in time for the 1982 running of the race.

Carducci suggested they sign with the label, and the Meat Puppets released their first album Meat Puppets in 1982, which among several new originals and a pair of heavily skewed Doc Watson and Bob Nolan covers, featured the songs " The Gold Mine " and " Melons Rising ", two tunes Derrick and Cris originally had written and performed as Atomic Bomb Club previously.

The third movie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, was released in 1982.

* 1982 – Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released.

After viewing the first 20 minutes of landmark cyberpunk film Blade Runner ( 1982 ), which was released when Gibson had written a third of the novel, he " figured was sunk, done for.

* 1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

The Odyssey² was released in Japan in December 1982 by Kōton Trading Toitarii Enterprise ( コートン ・ トレーディング ・ トイタリー ・ エンタープライズ, a division of DINGU company ) under the name オデッセイ２ ( odessei2 ).

In 1982, a comic book adaptation of the film called A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner was released by Marvel Comics.

Key influences include Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force's " Planet Rock " ( 1982 ) and Shannon's " Let the Music Play ," the latter of which was a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit as early as 1984.

* 1982: Best Actress in a Play – The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs ( Won )

* 1982: A Soldier's Play – Charles Fuller

Plummer in 1982 was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for A Taste of Honey and Best Featured Actress in a Play for Agnes of God, for which she won.

Jonathan Miller has twice directed Michael Hordern in the title role for English television, the first for the BBC's Play of the Month in 1975 and the second for the BBC Television Shakespeare in 1982.

He played himself in the Archie Bunker's Place episode " Reggie-3 Archie-0 " in 1982, a 1990 MacGyver episode, " Squeeze Play ," and the Malcolm in the Middle episode " Polly in the Middle ," from 2004.

In 1982, Gainsbourg wrote an album for French rocker Alain Bashung, Play blessures.

Washington shared a 1982 Distinguished Ensemble Performance Obie Award for playing Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the Off-Broadway Negro Ensemble Company production A Soldier's Play which premiered November 20, 1981.

Branagh achieved some early measure of success in his native Northern Ireland for his role as the title character in the BBC's Play for Today trilogy known as the Billy Plays ( 1982 – 84 ), written by Graham Reid and set in Belfast.

The play was nominated for the 1982 Tony Award for Best Play, Best Actor in a Play ( Tom Courtenay ) and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play ( Paul Rogers ).

* 1982 John Williams and Peter Hurford Play Bach ( CBS )

* Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together ( 1982 ) – award-winning 76-minute documentary film featuring Professor Longhair, Tuts Washington, and Allen Toussaint

" Ultimate Play The Game " was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. ( ACG ), a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper.

On November 24, 1982, three days after the November 20th Big Game ( now known for The Play ), early morning readers of the Daily Cal were chagrined to find in the headline of the front page: " NCAA Awards Big Game to Stanford.

The 1982 Broadway production won him two Tony Awards, for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Actor in a Play, and the Theatre World Award, and the film adaptation earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Male Lead.

* 1982 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

* 1982 Tony Award for Best Play

* 1982 Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Play