[Derek]

My first CD was Alien Ant Farm's album. Haha.

I think I was about 8 or 9 when I bought it.

[TheDom]

 

that was really the only CD I had when I was little & the only reason I had it was because my mom thought I might like it..

the first CD I bought on my own was Queen - Greatest Hits I

[screamingskull]

i had that one too!, i still do actually.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Derek

My first CD was Alien Ant Farm's album. Haha.

I think I was about 8 or 9 when I bought it.

In my head this was either last year or the year before. Where does the time go etc.

Edit: the AAA album was last year or so. Not Derek buying it. Obviously, that could've been so recently as today.

[TheDom]

they are both classic. my cousin had the backstreet's back tape I thoght he was the coolest guy in the world.

[tesla69]

I think my first CD was an Elliott Sharp Carbon CD circa 1990.

Originally Posted by Pookie

"The first Compact Discs pressed were The Visitors by ABBA and a recording of the Eine Alpensinfonie by Richard Strauss conducted by Herbert von Karajan. They rolled off the assembly line on August 17, 1982, reaching the market in late 1982 in Asia, and early the following year in the United States and other markets."

Which is what sonicl said, but worded differently.

You're right. Brothers In Arms is the first album to sell 1 million copies on cd, and Dire Straits the first band to use its longer time format so that Mark Knobfler could stretch the solos for the masses. Apologies.

[Moshe]

pixies-bossanova. it was 1990.

[mangajunky]

1985 - Led Zeppelin IV:

 

I considered it a christening.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Glice

In my head this was either last year or the year before. Where does the time go etc.

Edit: the AAA album was last year or so. Not Derek buying it. Obviously, that could've been so recently as today.

Wut?

The Alien Ant Farm album was released in 2001.

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by pbradley

My first purchase was In The Court Of The Crimson King but this was in the early/mid 90's so it doesn't count and I suck...

what do you mean? that album rules!!!

my first cd, my cousin gave me a scratched up copy of pearl jam ten but the first one i bought was:

 

still my favorite pantera album.

i have to add, though, that the only reason i started buying cds was because tapes were getting scarce and manufacturers were cutting artwork from tapes but leaving them and expanding them on cd, so i bit the bullet.

[atari 2600]

Legacy Recordings, 1990

 

2-cd boxed set

This was back when people where being overtly fibbed to that cds would preserve quality for years and years. Nowadays, we know you gotta buy the ultra-expensive archival quality gold-plated ones for them to really have a chance of lasting.

http://www.physorg.com/news2297.html

[the ikara cult]

 

I am one ashamed character for this. However, i bought OK Computer a few weeks later and it still plays fine. I think i only had one or two tape singles before i got my trusty old manually opening CD player in 1996 *sighs of nostalgia*

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Derek

Wut?

The Alien Ant Farm album was released in 2001.

Precisely. If someone asked me when that album was released, I would say 'recently' rather than 6 years ago. It's the memory, see, it starts going with 'old age'.

I'm off to start a thread.

[Toilet & Bowels]

nirvana - nevermind, i already had it on tape but i bought the CD for endless, nameless

[LifeDistortion]

 

I guess its cool to own this album once again.

[luckynumber9]

Nirvana's Nevermind sometime in 1992, when cd's were still packaged in the long box.

[toxic johnny]

I was late to jump on the CD bandwagon because it was very hard for me to leave vinyl behind. I have since jumped off the sinking ship and am now safe and comfy in vinyl heaven once more.

1992

 

[afterthefact]

All you old people who had a chance to develop good taste before CD's came out! Although that's not really an excuse, RdTv I think told me he bought a Jimi 3-disc rare comp when he was 6. For me, it was this:

 

I know, I know, don't judge. And the funny thing is, even now when I hear it, I don't hate it. I guess it just takes me back

[gmku]

Originally Posted by toxic johnny

I was late to jump on the CD bandwagon because it was very hard for me to leave vinyl behind. I have since jumped off the sinking ship and am now safe and comfy in vinyl heaven once more.

1992

 

Word.

I was about to post something to the effect of "if you only knew how much I hate CDs, you'd understand how loathe I am to respond to a post that celebrates the CD" when I saw this post.

CDs suck! They always have. I only bought them when I began to find I couldn't get the music I wanted on vinyl. That was in the early 1990s. That didn't last long, thank God. Since the mid-1990s there's been a resurgence of interest in vinyl, and I hope vinyl stomps the ugly bug of CD to death.