I don't think anyone was burning CDs in 1984, unless you mean literally burning pits and lands into the master CD to make the inverted submasters (jargon here i

I don't think anyone was burning CDs in 1984, unless you mean literally burning pits and lands into the master CD to make the inverted submasters (jargon here is probably wrong) that then go on to press/mass produce the actual CDs that ended up on shelves.