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Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Dec. 12 2008, 13:22 This should stretch everyone's memory banks. Mine:  "Street Life-20 Great Hits" (Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music).  July 11, 1986. (My apologies in advance if this topic was done before.  I really didn't want to sift through 79 pages of topics!) Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Dec. 12 2008, 14:08 Eric Claptons Rainbow Concert and Cream Disraeli Gears.Didn't get cd's till i was about 14.Had plenty of vinyl and cassettes by then though. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Dec. 12 2008, 14:26 Oh yes when i bought it.Thinking about it i guess i was probably about 13 and i got them for my birthday so it would have been 20th January 1988.My god that makes me feel old! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Dec. 12 2008, 16:08 I'm old. Which means CD's came out after I was all growed up. Put off buying a player for years since I had 300 LP's to replace. So one day in 1997 or 98 I bought my first player. I figured I better get something new that I'd never heard. I found a good one that day, Steve Hackett Guitar Noir. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Dec. 12 2008, 19:14 I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday. No, not Meat Loaf , but Bon Jovi. Slippery when Wet. I bought it in 1986 - the year it was released. I was sixteen. The store owner used it to test the CD player I was buying - a very unreliable Philips radio + cassette recoder + CD player, the sort of pieces of equipment that were fashionable in the 1980s. I got caught by the music [it was the Eighties!] and bought the CD as well. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Dec. 12 2008, 21:14 I think mainly because I owned so many records(vinyl).I held off for quite a while buying a CD player until I walked into a record  store one day and I`d been shoved into a darkened basement corner.Anyway it was 1990 which would have made me 24 back then.I actualy ordered my "new hi-fi" out the catalogue,which then took around 6-8 weeks to arrive I seem to remember.During which time I think I bought about 10-12 albums on cd in anticipation if you like.Some of which I can still recall...David Sylvian`s Brilliant Trees & Gone To Earth...Harold Budd:The Serpent In Quicksilver..All About Eve..The Wonderstuff..and most importantly Mike Oldfield`s Amarok...I can`t remember which one went into the player first,but I know once Amarok went into that sliding drawer it rarely came back out again for the next six months or so. @Ugo mine was also a phillips,and the same kind of crappy combination thing as well heh heh.That said I still use the amp/tuner part of it today,I`ve got my TV and DVD player rigged through it.It was also used in my last job for about five years as the factory radio,as it was the only one we could hear above all the din.I`ve certainly had more than my money`s worth out of it anyway. Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Dec. 13 2008, 02:36 Flashback: I have a vague recollection, now, of seeing the Amarok CD in Tower Records and giving it a trial listen on one of the playing stations they had for new releases. I think I lasted about twenty seconds. At that time, I was only really familiar with Ommadawn - which I loved - and that would explain why I was curious when I saw Amarok. But now I'm wondering if that brief exposure to Amarok may have scared me off from further exploration? I think my first CD player was a Pioneer single drawer component. What I remember most, though, was carrying the thing home because I didn't have a car back then. It wasn't too bad. It was lugging home a set of speakers that was a nightmare. I don't recall my very first CD, but some of my firsts were Danielle Dax's Dark Adapted Eye (1988), Aztec Camera's Stray (1990), Debbie Harry's Def, Dumb, and Blonde (1989), Annie Haslam's eponymous solo album (1989), and Prefab Sprout's Jordan: The Comeback (1990). I'm positive that I'd gotten Prefab Sprout's previous album - From Langley Park to Memphis (1988) - on LP, so my switch to CDs must have occured between 1988 and 1990. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Dec. 13 2008, 03:15 That's funny. I had the same experience. I went into Waterloo records around 2000 with my recently relocated girlfriend/common-law-wife(but I got Eddy!!. Anyway, I found a MO album I never knew existed(Amarok, I never knew it existed then, or Heaven's Open) and had the Waterloo folks cue it up for me in a private room. Once I heard the acoustic guitar opening and the footsteps running then huffing and puffing, I wanted to buy it. Paid $33 for this import CD, most others were $10-$15. A few hours later, well into the night, besides a few shiny moments, I thought it was an hour of meaningless meandering by a hero of mine exploring new technology, samplers in particular(which he mastered excellently on TB2). I still don't like it for the same reason. Annie Haslam's 1989 solo album: Celestine is a classic. The Angels Cry, although kinda corny, is good too. I still get spam from her, selling her paintings. I would not mind having the one "Portal to Love". My, my.... -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Dec. 13 2008, 05:27 Quote (Scatterplot @ Dec. 13 2008, 03:15) the footsteps running then huffing and puffing.... "the footsteps running then huffing and puffing" - yeh, I get where you're at ....I like the next moment ... driiieennngg.... I bought 4 CDS first off : Breakfast in America - Supertramp The Unforgettable Fire - U2 Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution The Smiths - Meat is Murder -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Dec. 13 2008, 15:26 Syd Barrett's "The Madcap Laughs", which I bought in the summer of 1990. The reason I bought a CD instead of a LP was that the LP has just been deleted. Actually I sold many CDs prior to owning one myself because I worked in a record shop 1989-90. I thought CDs were overpriced and didn't sound too good. And the artwork was ridiculous. Still valid points! -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Guest Unregistered Posted: Dec. 14 2008, 05:21 ooh that takes me down the memorylane..I think it was in 1983.. The cd was a new gadget and I  - who has always been a tech-freak - just had to have it but I delayed buying it because it was ALOT of money for me.. The weird thing was, that shortly before, I didn´t even know who Oldfield was and were visiting my sisters apartment...Crises was playing in the background and I fell in love with the music right away..  - in fact, I loved the music so much that I decided to buy the best equipment to play it on and I wanted the album with the best quality, so I was "forced" to buy a cd-player   It wasn´t available in Denmark at the time so I took the long journey to Germany and bought it there. It costed me over a half month pay and I bought (of course ) Mike Oldfield "Crises".. To this day - in spite of many great release from MO - Crises (especially the 2nd half from 09.58 min in) is my absolute favourite..   Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Dec. 14 2008, 12:25 Right now I don't remember exactly which was the first CD I bought, but I do remember the first two. I just don't recall which one came first, but I THINK I know. You see, I was a child when my sisters owned a cassette copy of an album by a very emblematic and very short lives 80's band from my country, and I had very fond memories associated with it, even long after the tape got erased or something. I bought that CD because I bumped into it on the supermarket right next to my house and it was VERY cheap, and for the nostalgia effect, I bought it. I remember the other CD I bought, from the very same supermarket, was Queen's A Night at the Opera - but that one was because it's an awesome album, not because it was cheap or because of nostalgia. Now, the first CDs I bought with MY OWN money, were Vapor Trails by Rush and Hail to the Thief by Radiohead. Yup - that only happened in 2004 or so, when I got my first internship. I was 19, and my life was still meaningless. Not-so-fond memories! -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Dec. 14 2008, 13:40 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Dec. 14 2008, 12:25) Right now I don't remember exactly which was the first CD I bought, but I do remember the first two. I just don't recall which one came first, but I THINK I know. You see, I was a child when my sisters owned a cassette copy of an album by a very emblematic and very short lives 80's band from my country, and I had very fond memories associated with it, even long after the tape got erased or something. I bought that CD because I bumped into it on the supermarket right next to my house and it was VERY cheap, and for the nostalgia effect, I bought it. I remember the other CD I bought, from the very same supermarket, was Queen's A Night at the Opera - but that one was because it's an awesome album, not because it was cheap or because of nostalgia. Now, the first CDs I bought with MY OWN money, were Vapor Trails by Rush and Hail to the Thief by Radiohead. Yup - that only happened in 2004 or so, when I got my first internship. I was 19, and my life was still meaningless. Not-so-fond memories! That means that you were born in 1985? OMG!   I mean, you write whole sentences and everything! It can't be so... -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Dec. 14 2008, 17:23 Quote (larstangmark @ Dec. 15 2008, 02:40) That means that you were born in 1985? OMG!   I mean, you write whole sentences and everything! It can't be so... Well I was born in 1987!!   Most of the CDs I listened to when I was young were from my parents' collection, which explains why I'm a Mike Oldfield, Beatles, Yes and Pink Floyd fan I guess. I'm pretty sure the first CD I got with my own money was Who's Next, by the Who. It's still one of my favourites. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

bob Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: Dec. 17 2008, 08:29 The first CD I brought was The Complete Mike Oldfield in 1985 I delayed buying a CD player as I already had about 500 lps. Bob Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Dec. 17 2008, 13:09 The obvious pattern that's emerging is that most older listeners already had a substantial amount of LP's and put off investing in a new technology until it had proven itself in the marketplace.  Like many of you, I had a fair amount of vinyl as well.  When I got my first CD player I had this goofy notion of buying only compilation CD's and box sets, while still continuing to get LP's of regular stuff.  When the companies started to smarten up and master CD's properly (ie. not just making digital dubs off of the LP production master tapes that had already been EQ'd specifically for vinyl) I realized that I would soon succumb (happily) to the intoxication of the superior sound quality for EVERYTHING that was available.  Of course, that sonic aspect itself is sometimes hit-and-miss, but there was never any doubt about the CD's other convenient qualities. Younger listeners never really had to make a choice because CD's were already entrenched into their daily lives.  Not to mention the fact that, for most of them, LP production had pretty much ceased by then.  It made their options much simpler. Further to what Lars was saying, CD's are STILL atrociously overpriced.  Simple corporate greed.  That's all it is. Anyway, continue.  There's tons of folks we haven't heard from yet.  I'm enjoying this. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Dec. 17 2008, 19:36 Abacab by Genesis in 1991,aged 10. Daddy had bought a new stereo with a CD player,and I was a Genesis fan then(and I'm still be). Since I was addicted to Keep it Dark, I really wanted to buy that CD.Went to the local supermarket and bought it...I still do have the CD here. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Major Gowen Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: June 2008 Posted: Dec. 18 2008, 01:15 Me and a friend bought the CD of Propaganda's A Secret Wish between us in about 1986. Neither of us had a CD player at the time so we'd take into a local hi-fi shop and they'd let us play it in there. The CD version was very different from the LP, and we were quite excited by it all at the time. The first CD I ever bought myself was probably New Order's Low Life. This must have been 1987 as that was the year I took my A-levels and my parents bought me a CD player for passing them. I bought most of the New Order and Joy Division albums on CD and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me by The Cure but that was it until the mid-90s when I started buying CDs regularly. Can anyone clarify when CDs first became available? I'm pretty sure albums were first released on CD in 1985 and CD singles didn't come out until 86/87. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Dec. 18 2008, 07:41 "James Russell invented the compact disk in 1965. James Russell was granted a total of 22 patents for various elements of his compact disk system. However, the compact disk came into popularity when it was mass manufactured by Philips in 1980."       Googling found that......then there seems to be speculation on the first popular music cd....1982,Billy Joel 52nd Street or the same year Abba The Visitors, in America Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA(1984)......or Dire Straits Brothers in Arms, any one of which works for me. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Dec. 18 2008, 07:53 If I recall correctly, it's Sony's website that informs the very first manufactured CD was The Visitors, by ABBA. I'm quite willing to believe that, though of course, I'm not unbiased. An amazing thing is that the first time I was ever able to play a CD was when we acquired a PC with a CD-ROM drive. That was in the mid-90's... about 1996 or so! And I discovered it by accident, by running some .EXE program on MS-DOS and figuring out what it was by myself. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

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