First CD you ever bought?
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First CD you ever bought?
I remember when CDs were the hot new thing after cassette tapes. I actually bought my first CD before I even had a player, though I knew I was getting as a present.
So, I remember when watching the movie, how good the music was and how important to the movie. First time I ever noticed, it was ear opening.
And, I have collected and now gave up almost 1,000 CDs.
But, my first was the Backdraft soundtrack. I just loved the entirety of it. The Bruce Hornsby songs and Hans Zimmer’s amazing score. I have since got it digitally of course.
So, I remember when watching the movie, how good the music was and how important to the movie. First time I ever noticed, it was ear opening.
And, I have collected and now gave up almost 1,000 CDs.
But, my first was the Backdraft soundtrack. I just loved the entirety of it. The Bruce Hornsby songs and Hans Zimmer’s amazing score. I have since got it digitally of course.
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I don’t remember the first one I bought, but I remember the first few I received. I got my CD player for Christmas and got the below releases.
Kind of an odd assortment but those were my first ones. Still have them all.
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From my grandparents.
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From my parents.
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From my Aunt and Uncle.
Kind of an odd assortment but those were my first ones. Still have them all.
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From my grandparents.
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From my parents.
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From my Aunt and Uncle.
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Re: First CD you ever bought?
Shriekback: The Infinite - 'best of' collection
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Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin, which I bought back in 1986. CDs cost $25 in Canada back then, plus there weren't a lot of hard rock/metal CDs available at the time, so I wasn't buying them very often until the prices came down and there were more choices.
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I'm pretty sure the next few I bought were Alice Cooper - Constrictor, KISS Destroyer, Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet, Anthrax - Among the Living and Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy. Lost track after that.
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I'm pretty sure the next few I bought were Alice Cooper - Constrictor, KISS Destroyer, Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet, Anthrax - Among the Living and Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy. Lost track after that.
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I got my first job during the summer for a week working at a shitty telemarketing firm just long enough to buy a Sony boombox at Best Buy that had a CD player. I pick up the RHCP at the same time. Then I went on a CD buying frenzy replacing all of my cassette tapes with CDs.
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King Tee's Tha Triflin' Album? I think that could be it. I stuck with cassettes longer than I should have and had amassed something like 300 when someone stole them from the trunk of my car. That ended my cassette purchases cold turkey and I instantly switched to CDs. I hope those cassettes found a good home.
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Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin, which I bought back in 1986. CDs cost $25 in Canada back then, plus there weren't a lot of hard rock/metal CDs available at the time, so I wasn't buying them very often until the prices came down and there were more choices.
I'm pretty sure the next few I bought were Alice Cooper - Constrictor, KISS Destroyer, Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet, Anthrax - Among the Living and Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy. Lost track after that.
I'm pretty sure the next few I bought were Alice Cooper - Constrictor, KISS Destroyer, Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet, Anthrax - Among the Living and Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy. Lost track after that.
I don't remember my absolute first.
In the first batch of cds, I was willing to pay $25 for a japan import of Anthrax "Spreading the Disease" which I purchased as an impulse buy. I was somewhat surprised that a then-local record store would even stock something like this at the time circa late-1986 / early-1987.
Prior to that, I already knew that Japanese imported vinyl records were quite expensive and might have had higher quality. So I was willing to pay slightly more for that japanese Anthrax cd at the time.
Another title in that first batch, was an original Megaforce/Important pressing of Metallica "Kill Em All". Though the mastering was kinda crappy, compared to the later Elektra remasterings.
During that same time period, I wanted to also get the "Ride The Lighting" cd but was never able to find it at the time. If discogs.com is accurate, Megaforce/Important never released "Ride The Lighting" on cd in 1986/1987. It was only released in america on cd by Elektra in 1987. At the time, I was never able to find the 1986 (or 1987) british Music For Nations release of the "Ride The Lightning" cd.
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Another one I now remember from that first batch circa 1987, was Slayer "Reign In Blood".
According to discogs.com, the cd copy I purchased was likely a first pressing where the song "raining blood" fades out at the end. In contrast for later pressings / remasterings, the same "raining blood" track did not fade out at all and was 30+ seconds longer.
https://www.discogs.com/release/2474...Reign-In-Blood
According to discogs.com, the cd copy I purchased was likely a first pressing where the song "raining blood" fades out at the end. In contrast for later pressings / remasterings, the same "raining blood" track did not fade out at all and was 30+ seconds longer.
https://www.discogs.com/release/2474...Reign-In-Blood
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The first Reign In Blood CD also has the last couple of minutes of Postmortom start at the beginning of Raining Blood.
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Got 2 to start my collection:
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast
It must have been 1985. I remember my first CD player was a Sony and it cost $300. Wish I knew how many CDs I have now, probably at least 1000-2000. I need to get one of those bar code scanners to catalog them, I guess.
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast
It must have been 1985. I remember my first CD player was a Sony and it cost $300. Wish I knew how many CDs I have now, probably at least 1000-2000. I need to get one of those bar code scanners to catalog them, I guess.
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I don't recall the first one I bought, but the first ones I received with my cd player were:
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Soundgarden - Superunknown
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My roommate was a CD enthusiast and we had nearly the same taste in music. He would buy them 30 or 40 at at time. I only had to buy CDs that he didn't want. Here are a couple of possibilities:
Marianne Faithful - Broken English
Flash and the Pan - Flash and the Pan
Marianne Faithful - Broken English
Flash and the Pan - Flash and the Pan
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I believe it was the album Blue by Double, it had the Captain of Her Heart song on it. It would have been used, and I listened to that CD a lot. I sold it during a purge several years back and always regretted. I never see it in the used stores, it must be rare or something.
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Another title in that first batch, was an original Megaforce/Important pressing of Metallica "Kill Em All". Though the mastering was kinda crappy, compared to the later Elektra remasterings.
During that same time period, I wanted to also get the "Ride The Lighting" cd but was never able to find it at the time. If discogs.com is accurate, Megaforce/Important never released "Ride The Lighting" on cd in 1986/1987. It was only released in america on cd by Elektra in 1987. At the time, I was never able to find the 1986 (or 1987) british Music For Nations release of the "Ride The Lightning" cd.
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I started buying LPs in 1971. Can't remember what came first. The very first few I had were
Every Picture Tells A Story
Fragile
School's Out
Layla
Thick As Brick
A Nod Is as Good As A Wink
Never switched to CD until 1998. Bought new car that had CD player. Went into Best Buy to pick up a couple just to try it out. Both were titles I already had on LP. One was Trick of The Tail. Can't remember other. Have since replaced everything with CD and then some.
Every Picture Tells A Story
Fragile
School's Out
Layla
Thick As Brick
A Nod Is as Good As A Wink
Never switched to CD until 1998. Bought new car that had CD player. Went into Best Buy to pick up a couple just to try it out. Both were titles I already had on LP. One was Trick of The Tail. Can't remember other. Have since replaced everything with CD and then some.
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Dig That Groove Baby, the debut record of Britain's The Toy Dolls, 91 or 92. Hard to find (at the time) in any format, finally saw it at a used record store but on CD only. I told the clerk I was hesitant since I didn't own a player, he said, "You can go into any Circuit City and buy a CD player. You'll have a hard time finding this album anywhere."
His logic made perfect sense so I bought the disc.
(I now also have two copies on vinyl)
His logic made perfect sense so I bought the disc.
(I now also have two copies on vinyl)
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I was working in the Sears electronics department evenings during HS, probably 1987. Got a good deal on a reconditioned player - wanna say it was like $140 or so. Grabbed a couple of CDs at the same time.
Pretty certain they were Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Pink Floyd - The Wall. And in longboxes.
Pretty certain they were Metallica - Kill 'Em All and Pink Floyd - The Wall. And in longboxes.