The 1st story, and probably the one that is most vague in my mind as it is on any other Laurant.
I will try to give the best to gave as much as I can recover from my memory.


As the first work sold under the name "Sound Horizon". Chronicle was release on December 30, 2001. It was a CD of pure instrumental music with some harmony, chanting and sound effects, but no lyrics. But it came with an HTML appendix containing poems, testimonials, hidden repertoires, videos, and a questionnaire.


The first time the world saw Chronicle was on the 61th edition of Comiket. The story says that Revo tried to apply to get a booth but was rejected. So his friend Yokoyan (the cover artist) shared with him his booth that he won on the lottery.
Since it was the first self-production, only about 200~300 copies were produced (that's why is so hard to get).

Benefits:
  • In the web after you filled the questionnaire about your thoughts on the CD you would get a track  "SH 電波" (SH Radio wave) 
  • There was a benefit for people who purchased by mail order: A copy of the "manga" of "The Tragedy of Ballad the Poet" by よちきん (Yochikin)
    It was like a picture book containing illustrations of each scene of the song. It had 10 pages.

    (Here you can see all that's available online.)
Actually there are two versions of this, a version without screen-tones that was made a few hours before Comiket and a revised version that was the bonus for mail order later.

HTML Extras:
The HTML bring you to this menu.

And going to the "lyrics" for the first track "[Introduction] Sound Horizon" you meet Cookie (the green hair character)

Cookie presents themselves as the "Navigator/Guide", they welcome you to the page and thanks you for purchasing the CD. Then tell you what the CD contains.

Hello everyone ♪Are you familiar with the "Sound Horizon" homepage? 

It's Cookie, the navigator.It seems that some people are new to us,please, nice to meet you!  
This time...
Thank you for purchasing the 1st Concept Story (plus) CD "Chronicle"!
This CD includes this song (Sound Horizon), 9 songs of CD-DA [Story], 2 songs of AVI movie [Vision] and 3 songs of WAV sound [Audio]
There are also messages from the staff in charge and the questionnaire for this CD.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Let’s start with the main story of [Story]...8 stories behind the unknown history.Living in their respective eras. Powerful ideas and truths.The world is in the dying new dawn.What horizon do you witness?  
Then, please enjoy it until the end! 


Message from staff:
The HTML content also had a special thanks to the buyers from each member of the staff and a special thanks from each member of the Staff to Revo.
Members: Revo, Yokoyan, ＴＥＭ, 葉芹 and 宮坂紀伊 .
(Needs translation)

The questionnaire was:
  • Select your favourite 3 tracks
  • What do you think of the CD pricing itself (1,500 yen)?  (Very expensive, Expensive, General, Cheap, Very cheap)
  • How would you rate the content relative to this price?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the music part?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the content of Story?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the content of Vision?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the cover design?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the design of [Vision]?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the singing (chanting) part?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the human voice (pronounced) part?  (Very good, It's good, General, Not good, Very bad)
  • What do you think of the content of the reservation bonus?  (Very good, It's good, Normal (Or don't know), Not good, Very bad)
  • What if the next one is released?  (Will buy, May but, General, May not buy, Will not buy)
  • Other opinions etc...   (Text box to complete)

Extra notes:
  • According to Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007 translated by Moko-chan. Revo got a professional to burn the CD's since he considered it was a waste of his time when he should be making music. And because of that the price for it was higher (￥1,500) from what normally people who burn the discs themselves used to sell their own CD's (￥300~500).

    Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007.

  • Revo felt that the CD and songs were too short. And said it was pathetic selling such a short release.

Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007.

  • The CD wasn't even promoted on the Comiket, was just displayed on Yokoyan's table. Revo had to continue selling them personally. Which imply putting them in envelopes, making sure they wouldn't break and sending them by mail.
    Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007.

  • According to Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007 translated by Moko-chan. Revo considers this work his own starting point and is a very important piece.

    Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007.

  • Revo’s comments on individual albums from 'QuickJapan' Vol.93 release in 2010.

    Revo's interview with 'Quick Japan' No.93 in 2010