To celebrate the CDs 25th birthday - What was the first CD you ever bought?

sonicl · 08.17.2007, 06:49 AM

This probably applies mostly to those of us who were already buying music in the mid-1980s when the CD format really started to make an impact.

Mine: The Cure - Pornography, in 1987.

jon boy · 08.17.2007, 06:55 AM

best of the blues.

jon boy · 08.17.2007, 06:56 AM

for a bonus point, what was the first official cd album release?

pbradley · 08.17.2007, 06:58 AM

My first purchase was In The Court Of The Crimson King but this was in the early/mid 90's so it doesn't count and I suck.

I was buying tapes before this, though.

sonicl · 08.17.2007, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jon boy

for a bonus point, what was the first official cd album release?

Abba - "The Visitors", and a classical recording of Herbert von Karajan conducting "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss.

screamingskull · 08.17.2007, 07:01 AM

I remember buying spice girls cassettes and borrowing Cd's from the southampton library, but i think the first CD i ever bought was a Backstreet Boys one.

this one

it was 1997, so i was 9.

Torn Curtain · 08.17.2007, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

Mine: The Cure - Pornography, in 1987.

Funny 'cause mine is Desintegration (around 1991-1992). It's still one of my favorite albums ever.

Glice · 08.17.2007, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

Abba - "The Visitors", and a classical recording of Herbert von Karajan conducting "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss.

I've heard a re-issue of that Karajan recording. He's a great conductor if you ignore the whole rabid anti-semitism thing.

My first CD was Menwe@r's Nuisance. I still quite like it.

08.17.2007, 07:31 AM

David Bowie's Tha Man Who Sold The World. It was from the first wave of re-issues of his back catalogue that came with the bonus tracks/outtakes. The next day I got The Jesus And Mary Chain's Psychocandy and I still listen to it, cd technology explanation writing and all.

Savage Clone · 08.17.2007, 07:36 AM

It was either "Heaven Up Here" by Echo and the Bunnymen or "Garlands" by Cocteau Twins. Not sure which.
1988.

_slavo_ · 08.17.2007, 07:42 AM

Radiohead - "My Iron Lung e.p."

for me, an unspeakable cult.

Pookie · 08.17.2007, 08:23 AM

I don't remember what my first CD was. I remember there being very little choice at the time, and so I bought things like The Cult's Love album, just to have another CD. I think my first was either The Best of The Damned, or Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill.

jon boy · 08.17.2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

Abba - "The Visitors", and a classical recording of Herbert von Karajan conducting "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss.

wrong wrong wrong, it was brothers in arms by dire straights i believe.

08.17.2007, 08:32 AM

It was Brothers In Arms.

floatingslowly · 08.17.2007, 08:38 AM

I got on the cd bandwagon really really late. I think it was '90 before I bought a player (I have a large vinyl collection and would only play that and tapes).

I got a spacemen 3 cd (LOSING TOUCH WITH YOUR MIND) because I couldn't find a copy on vinyl. I had to use my friends cd player in order to listen to it and that got old fast....so I broke down and went digital.

these days, my records sit wasted and even playing tapes can be a chore.

sonicl · 08.17.2007, 08:42 AM

The beginnings were indeed humble: the first CDs to be pressed were "The Visitors" by Swedish pop group ABBA, the top-selling artists of Philips record label Polygram, and a classical recording by Herbert von Karajan conducting "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss.

"The CD Turns 25" - Yahoo! story

jon boy · 08.17.2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

The beginnings were indeed humble: the first CDs to be pressed were "The Visitors" by Swedish pop group ABBA, the top-selling artists of Philips record label Polygram, and a classical recording by Herbert von Karajan conducting "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss.

"The CD Turns 25" - Yahoo! story

up yer bum.

sonicl · 08.17.2007, 08:46 AM

There's no way I'm shoving a CD up my bum. An ipod, maybe, but not a CD.

floatingslowly · 08.17.2007, 08:47 AM

wow....a 40gig ipod is kinda big.

kudos.

Pookie · 08.17.2007, 08:53 AM

"The first Compact Discs pressed were The Visitors by ABBA and a recording of the Eine Alpensinfonie by Richard Strauss conducted by Herbert von Karajan. They rolled off the assembly line on August 17, 1982, reaching the market in late 1982 in Asia, and early the following year in the United States and other markets."

Which is what sonicl said, but worded differently.

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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	My first purchase was In The Court Of The Crimson King but this was in the early/mid 90's so it doesn't count and I suck. I was buying tapes before this, though.
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	I remember buying spice girls cassettes and borrowing Cd's from the southampton library, but i think the first CD i ever bought was a Backstreet Boys one. this one it was 1997, so i was 9.
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08.17.2007, 07:31 AM	#9
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	David Bowie's Tha Man Who Sold The World. It was from the first wave of re-issues of his back catalogue that came with the bonus tracks/outtakes. The next day I got The Jesus And Mary Chain's Psychocandy and I still listen to it, cd technology explanation writing and all.
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	It was either "Heaven Up Here" by Echo and the Bunnymen or "Garlands" by Cocteau Twins. Not sure which. 1988.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,909	Radiohead - "My Iron Lung e.p." for me, an unspeakable cult. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	I don't remember what my first CD was. I remember there being very little choice at the time, and so I bought things like The Cult's Love album, just to have another CD. I think my first was either The Best of The Damned, or Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill.
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08.17.2007, 08:32 AM	#14
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	It was Brothers In Arms.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	I got on the cd bandwagon really really late. I think it was '90 before I bought a player (I have a large vinyl collection and would only play that and tapes). I got a spacemen 3 cd (LOSING TOUCH WITH YOUR MIND) because I couldn't find a copy on vinyl. I had to use my friends cd player in order to listen to it and that got old fast....so I broke down and went digital. these days, my records sit wasted and even playing tapes can be a chore.
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08.17.2007, 08:42 AM	#16
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	The beginnings were indeed humble: the first CDs to be pressed were "The Visitors" by Swedish pop group ABBA, the top-selling artists of Philips record label Polygram, and a classical recording by Herbert von Karajan conducting "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss. "The CD Turns 25" - Yahoo! story
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08.17.2007, 08:46 AM	#18
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	There's no way I'm shoving a CD up my bum. An ipod, maybe, but not a CD.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	wow....a 40gig ipod is kinda big. kudos.
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08.17.2007, 08:53 AM	#20
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	"The first Compact Discs pressed were The Visitors by ABBA and a recording of the Eine Alpensinfonie by Richard Strauss conducted by Herbert von Karajan. They rolled off the assembly line on August 17, 1982, reaching the market in late 1982 in Asia, and early the following year in the United States and other markets." Which is what sonicl said, but worded differently.
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