First album you ever bought? First CD?
 

My first album was dual purchase in 1979: Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes, and Kiss - Rock & Roll Over. Oh well, one for two.

First CD purchase was Rush - Permanent Waves in 1981. I don't even like Rush, but it was the only DVD that "Musicland" (the now defunct chain in my crappy small town mall) had and my father had purchased a player so I had to try it out.

Beach Boys - All Summer Long(Vinyl) in the late 60's

first tape i ever purchased was debbie gibson's "electric youth", while the first CD i ever purchased was silverchair's "frogstomp"

yeah, i know. that makes me feel pretty young.

First CD - I don't know. Either Faith No More's "The Real Thing" or Anthrax's "Persistance of Time"

First album (1975) ==> YES - Fragile

First CD (1986) ==> Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters

First CD was the soundtrack to the first Batman film. Danny Elfman. Epic.

First tape was probably Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil.
First cd was The Black Crowes debut.

First tape - I think it was a Run DMC tape
First CD(s) - Use Your Illusion I & II

Album (c. 1973) - don't remember. It might have been a Jim Croce album, or maybe a Beatles album. Or maybe <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>.

CD (c. 1988) - a collection of Mozart string quartets.

First LP: Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
First Cassette: Quiet Riot - Metal Health
First CD: Led Zep II and Metallica - And Justice For All

Interesting. So far I think the winners for best debut CD purchases are ken_572002 with the Allman Brothers, and EdTheRipper with one of the most solid CDs of all time: The Black Crowes -Shake Your Money Maker.

First Tapes:
Rush - Signals
Triumph - Never Surrender
Saga - World's Apart

First CD:
Danny Elfman - Music For A Darkened Theater

first LP:
Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974)

first CDs (bought at the same time):
The Cure - The Top, King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984, about two weeks before I bought a CD player)

I think my first cassette was "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D.

I know my first CD was DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper.

First LP I bought with my own money = KISS - Destroyer

First CD = Got my first CD player for my birthday in 1987, went out and bought these three for it at the same time... AC/DC - Highway To Hell, Paul McCartney & Wings - Greatest Hits, and Charlie Sexton - Pictures For Pleasure

..and for the curious to know...

First 45 = The Monkees - "Last Train To Clarksville"

First 8-Track = Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

First Cassette Tape = Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show Live

First LP I bought: KISS (Self-titled debut) (bought it in 1977)

First CD I bought: Black Sabbath (Featuring Tony Iommi) - Seventh Star (bought that one in 1987)

I still have both. I still listen to both (well, I listen to both on CD). Love 'em. Great stuff!

First album, I think, was Billy Joel — Storm Front.

First CD was Breeders — Pod.

First album - Police - Synchronicity

First tape - Def Leppard - Pyromania

First CDs - Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue / Electric Youth

All of them were gifts from my parents along with a record player, tape player and CD player respectively. I've got no clue what the first albums were that I personally bought, though.

My first CD was Metallica - Black album

First CD: Boyz II Men: II

I don't recall ever buying a tape. I know I bought a few dozen blank tapes to make mix tapes.

I've never bought a record or 8-track.

First Album: Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (received as a gift, I can't remember the first album I actually bought but I never bought that many)

First 8-Track: Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell

First CD: Freedom Rock (compilation CDs from the TV commercial - "is that Freedom Rock?" "Yeah man". "Well, turn it up!")

First CD: Jurassic Park score

Oddly, I was very cheap and never bought any albums until we got our first CD player...

So my first album/CD is: R.E.M. - Out of Time

you all suck, why must you all have your first albums/cd's be good?
first tape Ace of Base "The Sign"
first cd The batman forever soundtrack.