The manufacturer of Crystal Disc - Memory-Tech, the largest CD factory in Japan, licensed quite a few titles from the record companies such as Denon, Pony Canyon and Avex Trax, etc. and released by themselves in Crystal Disc in a budget price in order to attract more audiophiles.
When you look at the normal market, most of the other record companies in Japan will tend to mark the price at JPY200,000 (about US$2050); those in Hong Kong will normally mark at US$1650.