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An unusual question maybe, but strangely enough it's one I can answer with extreme accuracy.
For me it was Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms.
Bought on the 11th September 1985 @ 14:58 from Parrot Records in the Harvey Centre, Harlow.
It cost £8.99. I know all this because the receipt is in the case with the disc!
And I didn't own a CD player (but my brother did).
So what was the first CD you bought?
Briggykins
27-03-2009, 21:46
Now that's a classy first CD :) I had the misfortune to be born later, and therefore my first CD was Scatman's World by Scatman John. Ba bo bay.
Lost in the mists of time I'm afraid, but I can't fault your choice (I have that CD, though I think I got mine second hand).
Gong - Angels Egg, from a record shop with grey bags on the High street in Liverpool. The actual name of the place escapes me.
AboveTheSalt
28-03-2009, 00:19
Gong - Angels Egg ...A most excellent choice :thumbsup:
The 1st CD I ever bought was "Back in the high life" by Stevie Winwood - a gift because I didn't have a CD player either.
Flibster
28-03-2009, 00:44
Mine could have been the same as Feek's - although it could also have been Michael Jackson's Thriller
Brothers in Arms was my 3rd CD :) Although later than that.
First was Queen Greatest Hits 1&2 box set, and second was Police Greatest Hits :cool:
Was circa 1992
Babylon Zoo "The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes".:o
Didn't get into Dire Straits until several years ago when I realised the album "On Every Street" which I'd had for years was actually damn good. I still rank it higher than Brothers In Arms.
Stan_Lite
28-03-2009, 10:33
Buggered if I know :confused:
I think it "might" have been Inflammable Material by Stiff Little Fingers but I can't be sure. I had the vinyl LP but when I wanted to move up to CDs, I bought the CD version. If I bought any other CDs before that, I can't remember.
I got my first "wog box" with a CD for one of my birthdays and with some other birthday money I bought my first CD....Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet :cool:
Psymonkee
28-03-2009, 12:22
I have a strange feeling it was a gift for my sister in the form of 1977 by Ash :)
My sisters tastes in music have changed and I've been hooked ever since :D
Greenlizard0
28-03-2009, 20:19
First CD I had was Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell...errr, I think the first CD I bought was, *coughs* something by Gloria Estefan:o
Single: Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie to You
Album: Genesis - Live - The Way We Walk Volume One: 'The Shorts' & Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours bought both at the same time when I received my first CD player for Christmas. I still have and love both albums :cool::o
Flibster
28-03-2009, 21:44
Single: Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie to You
Album: Genesis - Live - The Way We Walk Volume One: 'The Shorts' & Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours bought both at the same time when I received my first CD player for Christmas. I still have and love both albums :cool::o
Genesis - Live - The Way We Walk Volume One: 'The Shorts' is a great album! :D
Recently bought the 3 box sets they have produced - not cheap, but well worth it for the albums in 5.1
Genesis - Live - The Way We Walk Volume One: 'The Shorts' is a great album! :D
So true. I never bought 'The Longs', dunno why.
For me it was Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms.
Ditto. I can't quite remember the name of the store, but I could drop a google earth placemark right on it.
Bought the CD the day it came out.
NokkonWud
30-03-2009, 02:27
I have a horrible feeling it was the Smurfs album.
First single I bought was Ace of Base - All That She Wants, for my dad.
Well, I'm going to REALLY prove how old I am when I tell what the first MUSIC was that I bought...
"Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers on 45RPM single...
I can remember the first tapes I bought, not the first CD... Erm, probably an Eric Clapton one, or some classical music.
Babylon Zoo "The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes".:o
Mine was the single, Babylon Zoo - Spaceman :D
First CD I bought was Suzanne Vega 99.9F° from the imaginitively named 'CD Centre' on the day I bought my first CD player in early '93
I've even still got that CD player wired up in the living room although it never gets used.
Well, I'm going to REALLY prove how old I am when I tell what the first MUSIC was that I bought...
"Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers on 45RPM single...
Mid 70's? I've just been thinking as to the first vinyl I bought. I'm ashamed to say it was probably Little Jimmy Osmond "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" in 1972. I was six!
Kaiowas, I retired my first CD player after a trip to the Science Museum a few years ago when they had the same model on display. I decided I didn't want to be using a museum piece any more!
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Philips CD101
I decided I didn't want to be using a museum piece any more!
http://ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/cd101-20090330-212350.png
Philips CD101
I'm sure that's the one Raymond Baxter played a jam and coffee smeared CD in on Tomorrows World, back in 18-canteen
Mid 70's?
Yup, it was either that or Pink Floyd The Wall. Can't remember which. But it was in 1974. You've got me beat by 2 years, BTW. I was 6 in 1974..
First CD was the same as Feek... Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
First Album I bought was the sound track to Star Wars....Was released in 1977 still I was only 6 :)
First cassette tape album I bought was Bat Out Of Hell II, closely followed by What's The Story... and Expecting To Fly by The Bluetones.
First CD... not sure. The first singles CDs I bought were Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise and I'll Be There For You by The Rembrandts. First album might have been Smash Hits '94. Check it!:
Disc 1:
1. Sure - Take That
2. Sweetness [Radio Mix] - Michelle Gayle
3. She's Got That Vibe [Radio Edit] - R. Kelly
4. Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) - Cyndi Lauper
5. Swamp Thing [Radio Mix] - The Grid
6. Rhythm of the Night [Rapino Brothers Radio Version] - Corona
7. Let's Get Ready to Rhumble [100% Radio Mix] - PJ & Duncan
8. Renaissance [Radio Mix] - M People
9. Confide in Me [Radio Mix] - Kylie Minogue
10. Searching - China Black
Disc 2:
1. Baby, I Love Your Way - Big Mountain
2. Don't Turn Around - Ace of Base
3. Compliments on Your Kiss - Brian & Tony Gold, Tony Gold, Red Dragon
4. You Don't Love Me (No No No) [Original Radio] - Dawn Penn
5. Sweets for My Sweet - C.J. Lewis
6. Dedicated to the One I Love - Bitty McLean
7. Shine [Beatmasters 7" Mix] - Aswad
8. Incredible - General Levy, M Beat
9. Whiggle in Line [Peking Krispy Klub Edit] - Black Duck
10. 3 Fingers in a Box [7" Radio Edit] - Twangling
Nice!
Edit: Christ, 'Bitty McLean' is not a toothpaste I'd ever choose to use.
Can't remember the first CD I bought but I can remember the first vinyl.
Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants (first album and first single)
Paid 75p for the single and £5.50 for the album I think it was. :)
LeperousDust
03-04-2009, 02:32
Michael Jackson, HIStory: Past, Present and Future. ****ing good stuff. Worryingly i think the next thing i bought with my own money, since i never really got pocket money as a kid, my parents just bought me the odd thing now and then and i can't count that, was probably Spice Girls - Wannabe ;D. After that pretty much i downloaded everything from there on, hit napster pretty hard as a young-un and as everyone who knows me well knows i've never really looked back!
Pumpkinstew
03-04-2009, 07:29
Um, I think the first CD I bought was the single of Stardust by Menswear and the first album was probably Garbage by Garbage.
NokkonWud
03-04-2009, 09:51
9. Confide in Me [Radio Mix] - Kylie Minogue
LOVE that song!
I think the first 12" I bought was either White Lines by Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash or the theme from Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. (I may even have bought them together).
The first album I bought was Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden. :rock:
I think the first 12" I bought was either White Lines by Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash or the theme from Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. (I may even have bought them together).
The first album I bought was Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden. :rock:
Ooh, 1984. The year of my first "mix tape". In other words a tape of the top 100 of the year copied off the radio :evil:
Mind you, I never figured out what white lines was going on about until about 5 years ago... :o
hmmm, i think it could of been Oasis, whats the story. picked it up in a closing down sale at what became Morrisons... don't remember what it was. Jesus that was a long time ago
Ooh, 1984. The year of my first "mix tape". In other words a tape of the top 100 of the year copied off the radio :evil:
Oh the days of taping off the Radio. TDK AR90s were my tape of choice. Scrabbling to turn it over so you don't miss anything. ;D
Streeteh
05-04-2009, 20:10
The Offspring - Americana
Looking back, not the worst start to music a kid could have, however my music taste has changed drastically since those days.
I do believe that it was the single "heaven is a halfpipe" by OPM. Which I bought in ASDA when I was with my mum.
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Bargan basement buy
Bought with birthday money :)
Matblack
09-04-2009, 16:56
I've been wracking my brains and I really can't remember certainly Art of Noise's album was quite an early buy, but I just can't remember at all :(
MB
Chuckles
09-04-2009, 18:04
I think the first CD I owned (was given it) was Automatic for the People, but the first one I bought was Levelling the Land.
NokkonWud
09-04-2009, 21:34
The Offspring - Americana
Looking back, not the worst start to music a kid could have, however my music taste has changed drastically since those days.
Still some totally top tracks on there though!
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