Do You Recall Your First Ever CD Purchase?

2

Comments

  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2013
    Brothers In Arms was my 1st cd ever I think was 85 or 1986.
    Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited January 2013
    I even still have my copy of - Bop Til You Drop-by Ry Cooder Reportedly, it's the first digitally recorded album of popular music, made back in 1979 ! :wink:
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited January 2013
    Was working at Exxon USA downtown Houston maintaining the SL-100 phone switch in 1985. The operators wanted CHristmas music on hold and callers in queue.

    Walked down to Radio Shack and bought a CDP and a couple of CHristmas CDs and a impedence matching transformer.

    It was years later before I owned a CDP and no idea what my first CDs were.

    LPs, that is another story.
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited January 2013
    Stayed true to my turntables until 1990 when I broke down and purchased my first CD player. I was living in Germany no longer in the military had a army buddy go on post and buy me a Technics Cd player. I had just seen the Black Crowes a couple of nights before in Ludwigsburg at a place called Das Rock Fabric. I bought The Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker as my first CD, still own it to this very day.
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited January 2013
    sda2mike wrote: »
    bought these together...late 1985....jeff beck: wired & blow by blow...dire straits: S/T & communique...pink floyd: wish you were here & animals
    I wonder if that Communique is the one I bought of of you when you sold me some of your cd's?
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited January 2013
    Stevie Nicks Rock a Little 1985 believe it was one the first CD made. Pulled it out and made in Germany.

    rockalittlelarge.jpg

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2013
    Emlyn wrote: »
    Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms and a Magnavox cd player in 1985.

    Ironically, this is exactely what I did. Brothers in Arms and a Magnavox CD player...in 1985. I bought the CD from the local Hi Fi store in the area at the time, Stansbury Stereo, as they were all giddy to have gotten one of the first all digitally ( DDD ) recorded CD's in stock. So, I said WTF and made the purchase. Grabbed the Magnavox CD player from another retailer at the time, Luskins (you local boys should remember them).
    No excuses!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited January 2013
    Van Halen 5150 with a brand new sony discman
    Sean
    XboxLive--->avelanchefan
    PSN---->Floppa
    http://card.mygamercard.net/avelanchefan.png
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited January 2013
    Eric Clapton Time Pieces - 1983. My first CDP was a Yamaha. Paid around $600.
    [
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited January 2013
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    I wonder if that Communique is the one I bought of of you when you sold me some of your cd's?

    the very one!:cool:
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • simm
    simm Posts: 570
    edited January 2013
    My first CD was the Best of Kansas and I believe the second was Stereotomy by Alan Parsons. There was not much of a selection at the time in my area. I still have both. In fact I have never had a CD go bad in the b
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    edited January 2013
    Got a JVC CD boombox for Christmas 1988. Received Dire Straits Greatest Hits and Best of Kansas as gifts that day. A few days later, my first self-purchase: REM Green.
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • PolkGTI
    PolkGTI Posts: 23
    edited January 2013
    Adam Sandler What the Hell Happened to Me
    Mitch

    TV: Panasonic 50'' Plasma S30
    Receiver: Harmon Kardon AVR1700
    Fronts: Polk TSi400
    Center Channel: Polk CS10
    Subwoofer: Polk PSW111

    MISC: Xbox 360, PS3, Pansonic Blu Ray Player
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2013
    Eagles, The Long Run. Soon followed by Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms, and Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight (the cd that convinced my to buy my M10b's in 85 that I still have)
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • GospelTruth
    GospelTruth Posts: 403
    edited January 2013
    Syndil wrote: »
    I do remember, and I still have the long cardboard boxes they came in. Remember those? I think I did pretty well for my first purchase. It was Nirvana - Nevermind, Pearl Jam - Ten, and the Metallica black album. 1991 was a great year for music.
    My mom had those long cardboard boxes packed in some storage box and brought over two boxes of stuff that had been in their basement for decades. Opened them up and there they were. This post reminded me about them. Here's a picture of the boxes of some of the first CDs that I bought back in the late 80s. I think the first one I got though was Journey Raised on Radio and REO Speedwagon The Hits.

    photo2.jpg
    Speakers
    Energy RC-70 Mains, Energy RC-LRC Center, Energy RC-R (x4) Rear Channels, Energy RC-R (x2) Front Effects
    Polk 5jr+
    Polk SDA 2B
    Polk SDS 3.1TL
    Equipment
    Panamax 5510 Re-generator Power Conditioner
    Yamaha RX-V3800 Receiver
    Digital Sources: Sony CDP-X339ES CD Player, HHB CDR830 BurnIt Professional CD Recorder, Sony PS3, Oppo DV-983H DVD Player
    Analog Sources: Sony TC-K890ES Cassette, Nakamichi DR-1 Cassette, Technics SL-7 Turntable
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited January 2013
    Oh man...it was '93 (If I remember clearly through all the fog) it was bass boy-I got the Bass.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,646
    edited January 2013
    Boston- Third Stage back in 87 - I believe.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited January 2013
    I think it was Talking Heads "Little Creatures" 1985.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited January 2013
    Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, "Beethoven: The None Symphonies"
    Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.

    Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2013
    They Might Be Giants - Flood
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,903
    edited January 2013
    my first cd was grover washington's mister magic (which i still have today). i bought this before i bought my first cd player back in the day when cdp's first came out. i purchased the least expensive cd player at the time, a yamaha for $500.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • twochannel
    twochannel Posts: 171
    edited January 2013
    The Cars-Heartbeat City. I purchased a Kenwood DP1100 and had to go 30 miles to an audio store that just started carrying CD's. The CD section only had about 20 artists.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited January 2013
    1986... Bought one of the first Tecniques cd players, copies of RY Cooder,Grover Washington ,Miles Davis,and a pair of 10b's! Still have all of em too!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • KellyMic
    KellyMic Posts: 166
    edited January 2013
    I just can't remember my first CD but do remember my first Vinyl!
    ---
    Polk Studio Monitor 4.6 Series 2's, Polk RT1000p's, Polk LSi25's, Boston Acoustic VR-975's
    Crown D-75, Crown CE1000, Crown CE2000
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,654
    edited January 2013
    Bob Marley - The London Studio Sessions...think it was like 1989 or 1990...doesn't show up anywhere in his discography and it has songs I have never heard on another BM album.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tbone289
    Tbone289 Posts: 661
    edited January 2013
    Like some others, I can't remember the first CD I bought either, but clearly remember the first vinyl album I bought. The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984). I suppose my first CD wasn't as important to me as my first album, or I would remember it.
    2.1: PC>Schiit Gungnir MB>Schiit Freya Noval>NAD C-270>Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1, HSU STF-2 5.1: HDMI Bitstream>Denon AVR-1910>polkaudio RTE55, CS350-LS, RT3, HSU STF-2, Visio M55-F0
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • KellyMic
    KellyMic Posts: 166
    edited January 2013
    My first vinyl I ever got was Rush - A farewell to Kings, was a present on my 5th birthday and I still have it.
    ---
    Polk Studio Monitor 4.6 Series 2's, Polk RT1000p's, Polk LSi25's, Boston Acoustic VR-975's
    Crown D-75, Crown CE1000, Crown CE2000
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tankman
    Tankman Posts: 419
    edited January 2013
    1984 it was a test CD from Radio Shack alone with my first CD player.Drive 20 miles to buy a Little River Band CD in Lafayette.My first LP was 1973 Stixs first Album.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited January 2013
    First CD ever purchased was:

    71OgaoyX6jL._SL500_.jpg


    Fist vinyl LP was Alice Cooper's "School's Out" in 1972.
    Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support
    group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.
    -Drew Carey

    There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
    -Unknown

    My DVD Collection
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,807
    edited January 2013
    Was 1985 and we just purchased a Sony rack system from the Audio Photo Club on Patch Barracks in Germany. I grabbed the Mr. Mister "Welcome to the Real World" CD which was my first.

    Next week we went back and bought Phil Collins Face Value.

    Wow, talk about a time warp.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter