What was the first CD you ever bought?

[Epilespaul]

First CD I ever bought

Dream Theatre Images and Words, I was Hooked on Vinyl for years and decided to take the plunge about ten years ago

 

[Engine Joe]

The four-disc Led Zeppelin boxed set (the original version that came in that huge box).

 

[BMXTRIX]

At least I can hold my head up when I say this:
Van Halen - 5150

I was remember going into the CD store, because there were no CDs being sold at Tower or other music shops, they were still vinyl and cassette. I bought CDs almost as soon as they came out and used my Dad's CD player to copy them to tape.

It was about 5 years before I actually owned a CD player, but I only bought CDs from 85 or 86 on.

My first CASSETTE (first music ever purchased): Air Supply - Greatest Hits... that one is still great.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

I honestly can't remember the first CD I ever bought. Seems like a rather insignificant event considered I'd already been purchasing music in general for 20 years.

I do recall the first vinyl album I ever bought, besides The Archies, hehe, it was Black Sabbath Vol. 4 and it just blew me away because it was so different from anything else that was happening at the time.

 

[Rob Babcock]

Really? It was a watershed moment for me. I could sense somehow that the future of music was going to be changed by those shiny discs. I'd been buying music for ages, too, but I felt there was magic in the CDs- you could tell must by watching it glisten with it's beautiful rainbow shimmer.

 

[rschleicher]

My first LP purchases (not counting 45's) were (all at one time):
- Sly and the Family Stones Greatest Hits (still great)
- Led Zeppelin III (not one of their best, but still very good)
- James Gang - Rides Again (not bad - highlight is "Funk 49")

I think I didn't convert over to CD until 1987. I'm not sure what the first CD purchase was, but it might have been the Beatles "Help!", since the CD was the 14-song UK version. Actually, although critics seem to view the best Beatles albums as Sgt. Pepper, or sometimes Revolver, the White Album, or even Abbey Road, over time I have come to like the UK version of Help! the best. Sure its pretty "poppy", but uniformly excellent.

Actually, this reminds me that the first 45 I bought was the Beatles - "Nowhere Man" as the A side, and "What Goes On" as the B-side. "What Goes On" is actually a great little Rockabilly song, with Ringo fully exercising his half-octave vocal range, and great little 2 or 3-note trebly guitar fills from George, in a Carl Perkins style. I must have been about 10 years old at the time.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Rob,
I actually actively resisted purchasing CDs. I was a die-hard vinyl fan. My main argument was, and still is, that vinyl more accurately presents the music than CDs. CDs "sample" music. It is digital, therefore it is on or off and I still believe you cannot recreate the warmth, breadth and depth of music by having something go on and off.

CDs may be "cleaner" without the pops and clicks that sometimes come with vinyl (not a problem if you know how to take care of the records and have a quality needle), but I'd still take a vinyl record over a CD any day.

I don't believe I bought a CD until the early 90s and then only because they weren't producing vinyl any more and even cassettes were being pushed aside.

And to start my collection I probably joined Columbia House and bought several, so I don't really recall what would have been the "first."

Funny, but I'm currently looking to buy a "home theater" a/v receiver and my first priority is getting one with a phono input. hehe

 

[Rob Babcock]

It was just the opposite for me. I found even early CD superior to vinyl, which I'd never been very satisfied with. LPs just sound "mechanical" to me- which of course makes sense since they are mechanical!

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Hehe. I'd actually be curious to try a blindfold test using a pristine vinyl record and a CD to see if there actually are any noticeable differences between the two. But theoretically, you are probably correct since the needle actually is dragged through the channels of a record, there must be some sort of resonance created by that where as only light touches the CD.

I'm just old school and can't let go.

 

[Rob Babcock]

I did always like that the big jacket had room for more art.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Collecting LP artwork is an end unto itself. CDs killed album art and I think the world is worse off for it.

Oh, and could you check something out for me? I cannot start my own posts. It says that feature is disabled. I tried to send the admin a PM, but unfortunately, that feature is disabled, too. Nor can I email anyone through this forum.

 

[Rob Babcock]

Have you tried clicking on the "User CP" button towards the upper left hand side of the page? Something might be set wrong. Otherwise, have you tried today? No matter, I'll check with Admin & see what's up.

 

[hopjohn]

My first ever cd ever was Van Halen's Title Album

 

[Nomo]

Oh, and could you check something out for me? I cannot start my own posts. It says that feature is disabled. I tried to send the admin a PM, but unfortunately, that feature is disabled, too. Nor can I email anyone through this forum.

Are you behind a firewall?

 

[markw]

Ron Dorsey's Bachbusters

...from a garage sale before I even had a CD player.

 

[sjdgpt]

Christopher Cross's debut album.

Second CD was Alan Parson's Greatest Hits.

Third? I have no clue.

All the CD's were remasters of older albums.


The first CD that I remember being introduced at the same time as the vinyl album that I bought was Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms".


PS: the Alan Parson's CD was lost in a jammed up car CD player in 2004. My copy of the CD was only 19 years old.

 

[MDS]

PS: the Alan Parson's CD was lost in a jammed up car CD player in 2004. My copy of the CD was only 19 years old.

Fortunately, it is still in print. Run, don't walk, to the store and get another copy.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Are you behind a firewall?

I have a software firewall. All these features work at other sites I post at, and as you can see, I can REPLY to topics. I just can't START any or send PMs.

This is the exact message I get when I try to start a new post:

Shadow_Ferret, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1) Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?

2) If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Didn't mean to distrupt this thread, but since I can't reach the admin because of this problem, I had to do it somewhere.

 

[Hawkeye]

Fortunately, it is still in print. Run, don't walk, to the store and get another copy.

Or better yet, pick up all the individual releases, or you'll be missing out on way too much. Most of the Project's albums are theme-oriented, getting only a song or two from each album takes away from the experience. Also, be sure to check out Parsons' newest solo effort, "A Valid Path." This cd is Parsons' foray into electronica, and actually features Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on the opening track. BTW, the DVD-A 5.1 surround version should be out sometime soon.

 

[sjdgpt]

Fortunately, it is still in print. Run, don't walk, to the store and get another copy.

I have been checking the sales bins at WallyWorld. Those clerks have no idea what a jewel they have. But alas, not in the sale bins at Wallyworld, nor on the full price shelves at the dedicated music stores. Might have to order it.