What is the first album/cd/ tape you ever purchased?

Shiney wrote:

Alice Cooper- 'Welcome To My Nightmare" on cassette....

...and its been all downhill from there.

Vanhalen - S/T on cassette around 1981 or 1982.

tohostudios wrote:

Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood on vinyl

I bought this one on 8-track

First album was KISS rock n Roll Over
First CD - Dark Side Of The Moon
First cassette- Led Zep Zoso (4) and Molly Hatchet Beatin' The Odds

I bought Hendrix "Smash Hits" on cassete. It was in one of those black Warner Brothers "slide out" cases with the paper label, if anyone remembers those?
First vinyl was either Osmond Brothers "Crazy Horses" (I still enjoy it!), or Nilsson "Son of Schmillson", which I bought just for the cussing on it.

Cassette: If I remember correctly the first one I bought was Pink Floyd The Wall.

CD: I bought 2 when I got my first player for Christmas, Dokken - Back For The Attack and Metallica - The $9.98 CD.

The first CD I bought was also Songs From The Wood.

I fought against CDs as long as I could. I didn't buy my first one until about 1986 or so. I still maintain that clean vinyl sounds better.

Now I fight just as vehemently against the download trend. Probably to equal futility.

tohostudios wrote:

The first CD I bought was also Songs From The Wood.

I fought against CDs as long as I could. I didn't buy my first one until about 1986 or so. I still maintain that clean vinyl sounds better.

Now I fight just as vehemently against the download trend. Probably to equal futility.

don't worry you have brothers in the fight, I was the only guy at my high school who still bought cds.

Kiss - Love Gun

sam wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

The first CD I bought was also Songs From The Wood.

I fought against CDs as long as I could. I didn't buy my first one until about 1986 or so. I still maintain that clean vinyl sounds better.

Now I fight just as vehemently against the download trend. Probably to equal futility.

don't worry you have brothers in the fight, I was the only guy at my high school who still bought cds.

It's even harder to maintain that stance when all your peers are downloading. Kudos!

Queen - A Night At The Opera

xyz wrote:

Queen - A Night At The Opera

LOL, nice sig!

That's always been one of my favorite Far Side cartoons! "Cat Fud"; classic!

Master of Puppets-Metallica

First one I ever bought with my own money was the Original GhostBusters Soundtrack in 1984 I think it was. First recorded music I ever owned was Michael Jacksons Thriller. I think that was 1982.....

I remember getting my first stereo (with a cassette player) my junior year in high school and purchasing Survivor "Eye of the Tiger" with it. The real album, not the Rocky soundtrack. My favorite purchase, sneaky though it was, was my junior year in high school. Mom had given me $100 for school clothes (this was 1981, BTW) and I came home with a couple of pair of jeans and...Back in Black on vinyl!

First tape-Garth Brooks-S/T (what was I thinking!?)
CD-RHCP-Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Wow, I can't remember some of my firsts, but the first one I *bought*?

Um... I think it may have been Open Up and Say Ahh on cassette.

My first CDs were the Twister soundtrack (pretty decent) and Independence Day soundtrack.

tohostudios wrote:

I fought against CDs as long as I could. I didn't buy my first one until about 1986 or so. I still maintain that clean vinyl sounds better.

Now I fight just as vehemently against the download trend. Probably to equal futility.

It's starting to be a problem for me. There are two "albums" that were mentioned here recently that I really want (new ones from Lynam & Seamount) that I can't get on CD by my usual channels. I know I can get them from the bands, but I don't really want to send my credit card info to a whole bunch of different bands eventually. I dunno, at my age I don't see myself starting over again either. It's scary.

For the record I held off on CD's until 1989. Then I bought a one disc CD player and three discs.

Tesla- Great Radio Conteversy
Cult- Sonic Temple
Iggy Pop- Instinct

I didn't get up to 100 Cd's though until '95 or so.

SAHB Healer wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

I fought against CDs as long as I could. I didn't buy my first one until about 1986 or so. I still maintain that clean vinyl sounds better.

Now I fight just as vehemently against the download trend. Probably to equal futility.

It's starting to be a problem for me. There are two "albums" that were mentioned here recently that I really want (new ones from Lynam & Seamount) that I can't get on CD by my usual channels. I know I can get them from the bands, but I don't really want to send my credit card info to a whole bunch of different bands eventually. I dunno, at my age I don't see myself starting over again either. It's scary.

For the record I held off on CD's until 1989. Then I bought a one disc CD player and three discs.

Tesla- Great Radio Conteversy
Cult- Sonic Temple
Iggy Pop- Instinct

I didn't get up to 100 Cd's though until '95 or so.

One word brother...PayPal.

Submit your credit card info there and you're good to go at a lot of band sites. I bought my copy of the new Lynam from their site that way.

And BTW, I think the new Lynam is GREAT.

Don't remeber the first album I bought with my own money, but the first vinyl I every got (parents bought for me) was KISS - Destroyer in 1976.

[quote="spiritoradio"]My dad bought me a cd before I even had a cd player and that was Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys.

Your dad has excellent taste.

thejokeriv wrote:

Don't remeber the first album I bought with my own money, but the first vinyl I every got (parents bought for me) was KISS - Destroyer in 1976.

tohostudios wrote:

One word brother...PayPal.

Submit your credit card info there and you're good to go at a lot of band sites. I bought my copy of the new Lynam from their site that way.

And BTW, I think the new Lynam is GREAT.

Good! I do have a Paypal account with Ebay, But I never use it and I forgotted about it. I need that disc. That Jacob Bunton (Lynam) or whatever his name is has massive talent IMO.

On topic: The last new cassete tape I ever bought was Reverend "Play God".

My first ever purchase was Def Leppard's Hysteria on CD. Oddly enough, my second ever purchase was Run DMCs King of Rock.

It may have been Def Leppard's Pyromania.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - So Far on 8 track!

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