Rick N. Backer Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 This came up at Christmas because I noted that no one I know gets CDs, or cassettes, or LPs as gifts anymore. A college roommate was the first person I knew who had a CD player (he was sort of an audiophile). The only CD we had in the room at one time was David Lee Roth's Eat 'Em and Smile. The first CD I bought was Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet, which was just starting to break when I got my own CD player. I think the second one I bought was The Who's Greatest Hits because I loved the song My Wife. If you're old enough to remember the transition from cassettes or LPs to CDs, what was the first one you bought? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 my first that was bought for me was Rubber Soul. the first i bought with my own money.........Abbey Road. But man i played the Rubber Soul CD to death, lol Mick 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 I was still buying cassettes up until quite late, as my first cars didn`t have CD players. Neil Young`s double live CD "Weld", late 1991, I think that was the first. I always felt short-changed by the art and size of the LP - CDs gave a little bit more in that aspect compared with tapes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 First one bought for me was The Digital Domain, a demonstration CD edited by Eliot Mazer.. Not sure which one was first I actually bought; either The Bob Seger System's Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, or the MC 5's Kick Out The Jams. Both were bought to replace worn out vinyl LP's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Im pretty certain that the first 10 CDs I bought were all Rush. No clue what the first ones were. But would guess they were all in the COS-MP range. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1985: I bought my first three CD's at the local Musicland: Moving Pictures Led Zeppelin IV The Dark Side of the Moon Cost me over 50 bucks. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Principled Man said: 1985: I bought my first three CD's at the local Musicland: Moving Pictures Led Zeppelin IV The Dark Side of the Moon Cost me over 50 bucks. And left you with about 5 pound of cardboard with those foot long boxes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) Ben Folds Five self titled in July 97 when I was 16 going on 17. First I heard on format was Ooh Yeah! by Hall and Oates since my late ex stepdad had that album when it came out. Remember Everything Your Heart Desires? Edited December 27, 2022 by invisible airwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said: And left you with about 5 pound of cardboard with those foot long boxes. AH i forgot all about longboxes, lol. Looked cool in tthe store. just more junk when you got em home. lol. Mick Edited December 27, 2022 by bluefox4000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Erm... .... 2001, my first CD I bought (not the first CD/vinyl/cassette I owned) was...Kylie Minogue- Fever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 The first CD that was bought for me was A Farewell To Kings. My dad ordered it off Amazon and it came in a rare day that he picked me up from school, so we listened to it together on the way home. He hadn’t heard it in years and years. It was my first time. The first CD I bought for myself is less certain, but my first memory of buying CDs for myself was the next summer when I bought these at a Walmart on vacation: Mumford And Sons - Babel Styx - Paradise Theater Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto I think there was another one I bought at the same time, probably something more classic rock, like Aerosmith or ZZ Top, but I don’t think it actually was either of those. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Segue Myles said: Erm... .... 2001, my first CD I bought (not the first CD/vinyl/cassette I owned) was...Kylie Minogue- Fever. If that was the first CD I bought, it would also be the first one I ever threw in the trash 🤣 My family was a little bit late on getting into CDs. My parents bought a 4 CD changer some time around 1994/95. The first CDs I ever bought was this Led Zeppelin box set. I don't remember the name of it but it had the crop circles on the cover. I can't remember if it was four or six discs. I just remember wanting to get something I could rotate around in the CD changer right away. Edited December 27, 2022 by J2112YYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, J2112YYZ said: If that was the first CD I bought, it would also be the first one I ever threw in the trash 🤣 My family was a little bit late on getting into CDs. My parents bought a 4 CD changer some time in the early 90s. The first CDs I ever bought was this Led Zeppelin box set. I don't remember the name of it but it had the crop circles on the cover. I can't remember if it was four or six discs. I just remember wanting to get something I could rotate around in the CD changer right away. LOOK I WAS A WEIRD LITTLE KID WHO LOVED KYLIE ANS ABBA AND... ...soon really heavy music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Here's the Zeppelin boxed set I was talking about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_Boxed_Set 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, bluefox4000 said: my first that was bought for me was Rubber Soul. the first i bought with my own money.........Abbey Road. But man i played the Rubber Soul CD to death, lol Mick I'm so old that I remember when it was a big deal that the Beatles' albums were being released on CD. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 After the initial excitement of buying CD's died down, the next Big Thing was the BOX SET. I remember the awe and glory of buying The Allman Brothers Dreams box set. FOUR discs in that majestic bronze box..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said: I'm so old that I remember when it was a big deal that the Beatles' albums were being released on CD. I should add that the release of Sgt. Pepper on June 1, 1987 was, to quote Joe Biden, "a big f*ckin' deal." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Bought two CDs to go with my first CD player -- Moving Pictures and Boston's Third Stage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 I didn't want to buy a CD player, I was a holdout. Around 1988 I thought I was going to get one so I bought a bunch of CDs, including Ozzy's No Rest For the Wicked. I didn't get a CD player though until 1991. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 hour ago, J2112YYZ said: If that was the first CD I bought, it would also be the first one I ever threw in the trash 🤣 My family was a little bit late on getting into CDs. My parents bought a 4 CD changer some time around 1994/95. The first CDs I ever bought was this Led Zeppelin box set. I don't remember the name of it but it had the crop circles on the cover. I can't remember if it was four or six discs. I just remember wanting to get something I could rotate around in the CD changer right away. I have the same set, in four cassette format. The booklet is really good if I remember rightly, good photos and Zep stories. I`m rather hoping it`ll be worth something one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 I would get CDs as gifts starting around 2000, started buying them myself around 2005/6, stopped around 2011 and was big in the vinyl hipster thing, vinyl got too expensive and impractical, got a CD-only car in 2016 and have bought CDs regularly since then. I've got 600-700 at smaller shows (1000 capacity or less venues) CDs still sell like hot cakes. saw an edgy misanthropic metal band back in february who were selling a longbox of their new CD for $25 and saw a lot of people at the show lugging it around. vinyl has gotten so expensive a lot of collectors are going back to CD, and newer collectors are starting to get into CDs as kind of a retro throwback thing (in addition to CDs being cheaper than LPs now), although it's not on the level of vinyl. the kids born in 2004 who might have vague memories of the last CDs their parents bought will start to get nostalgic for this type of shit. tons of out-of-print metal CDs already go for hundreds on ebay, and I kinda feel like we're gonna end up with what we see with today's vinyl situation, where teenagers in the year 2030 are dropping like $30 for a 1987 sgt pepper that cost 5 bucks just a few years before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 also you people spent like $18 on third stage and slippery when wet? those CDs cost a quarter now. my local goodwill has had OU812 since I moved to ringgold in 2016. the guy who dropped it off there probably paid 20 bucks for it the day it came out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taurus Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) like Treeduck, I was a holdout, loved my records. Then Zappa released his You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore series and it was not going to get a vinyl release - so the decision was made for me. So about May/June of 1988 was my first cd purchase But even after I finally bought a cd, I still bought vinyl for another 2 years before I went entirely cd in my purchases. As far as I can ascertain my last vinyl purchase before I gave up on vinyl was didn't really buy vinyl again until 1996 Edited December 28, 2022 by taurus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 My first CD, The Who - Live at Leeds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyz305 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 U2 - War. Replaced a worn out vinyl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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