Goldtone

This was the first major CDR company out there starting in 1996, they used real artwork & then the original gold top & dark green bottom CDR's & were numbered to 1000 (I've seen many un-numbered ones with knock off discs over the years also, originals do stick out.
Here's an early article on them from Live Music review....
The first batch of releases is put out by a new label, Goldtone. All discs carry the Goldtone label but a few of the pieces carry different label names indicating that a few of these releases may have been planned as regular CD (silver) releases. We've already seen them circulating at several record shows, so distribution seems to be pretty good. All copies that we obtained tracked correctly without any drop-outs. Computer jockeys tell me that they are possibly even more durable than standard CDs because the metals (gold in the case of Goldtone releases) are less corrosive. It also remains to be seen if the bootleggers are using proper ink for their CD-R graphics. Some types of ink can attack the integrity of the CD-R coating which could cause pinholes in the future. But I'm sure that any problems will be worked out as they have been with standard CDs. I enjoyed most of these releases tremendously and, after a couple of weeks of depression, can look to the future of bootlegs with enthusiasm. Live CDs are apparently here forever. Yippee!!