For all of you senior citizens on the board :joke: , if you want to mention a (vinyl) album as opposed to cd, that's cool too. For me, the first cd I ever purchased is my favorite all-time album period. Prince's Sign O The Times. It was my birthday of 1988 and I didn't even own a cd player yet. CDs were still somewhat new back then. So since it was my birthday and I had money, I wanted to treat myself to something. My favorite hangout was Tower Records, I practically lived in that store, buying cassettes and 12 inch singles. So that's where I headed looking for something to buy.

All through 1987, all I listened to was Sign O The Times. I already owned it both on vinyl and cassette. I was obsessed with that album. And since I had never held a compact disc in my hand, never saw one close up, on impulse I bought the Sign O The Times cd that day at the record store. I figured I'd get a cd player eventually, and I had to buy something for myself, so I thought I'd just let myself be content with simply buying my first ever cd. I ended up being so fascinated with the compact disc when I got home that I made a decision to buy myself a player the next day. So the first cd I ever bought, I owned for 24 hours before I owned anything to listen to it on.

The first album I ever purchased on my own was A Night At The Opera by Queen (on cassette).

The first CD I ever bought was Nevermind by Nirvana.

The first vinyl album I ever purchased was Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
The first CD I ever purchased (in early 1988) was The System - Don't Disturb This Groove :cool:

I honestly can't remember my first vinyl album or cassette purchase. Maybe I'm one of those senior citizens after all!!!
:eek2:

weezer - the blue album

Originally posted by vashti1999
I honestly can't remember my first vinyl album or cassette purchase. Maybe I'm one of those senior citizens after all!!!
:eek2:

I only remember mine because this wino tried to take it from me on my way back from the record store :lol: Bitches Brew had been out for a couple years & my grandmother still gave me a hard time because it had "bitch" in the title. I was just kid & people thought I was weird because I was listening to Miles Davis at such a young age lol

The first album I ever bought was the soundtrack to Flashdance on vinyl back in 1983 (though I now have it on CD).

The first CDs I ever bought were Hysteria by Def Leppard and Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses in August of 1988. I bought them with money I recieved for my 12th birthday.

God it was either a Boyz II Men cd or a Brandy cd. I can't remember.

My first CD I got for Christmas was "The Crooners" featuring Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and many more.

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
I only remember mine because this wino tried to take it from me on my way back from the record store

Didn't you know? Bitches Brew is very popular on the wino circuit. ;)


Did any of you older guys start re-buying all your old favorite albums and cassettes on cd? I did. Early on, I made it a point to get the compact disc versions of all the old Prince albums/cassettes I had, then it was whatever I considered big favorites, like Stevie Wonder's Innervisions or Michael Jackson's Thriller, etc.

Originally posted by vashti1999

Did any of you older guys start re-buying all your old favorite albums and cassettes on cd? I did. Early on, I made it a point to get the compact disc versions of all the old Prince albums/cassettes I had, then it was whatever I considered big favorites, like Stevie Wonder's Innervisions or Michael Jackson's Thriller, etc.

Yep, the first year or so that I bought CDs, I pretty much re-bought all my favorites that I had on vinyl/cassette. I really loved CDs back then because of the longbox's they came in lol I remember one of the first CDs I bought was The Jacksons "Victory" - one of my most played records in the 80's lol I also had ALL of Rod Stewarts vinyls & had re-bought them all on cassette & when CDs came about, I re-bought them again on CD. I was a BIG Rod Stewart fan back then :cool: I was going broke buying CDs when they came out, much like I am now with TV-DVDs :lol: :crazy:

God only knows...when I was little I used to copy CDs that my sister had onto cassette. The first cd I ever bought for myself was probably Backstreet Boys lol

I think the first CD I ever got was The Judds "Why Not Me" in the early 90's. I have no clue what the first cassette I got was, though. I had many of them in the 80's.

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
Yep, the first year or so that I bought CDs, I pretty much re-bought all my favorites that I had on vinyl/cassette. I really loved CDs back then because of the longbox's they came in lol I remember one of the first CDs I bought was The Jacksons "Victory" - one of my most played records in the 80's lol I also had ALL of Rod Stewarts vinyls & had re-bought them all on cassette & when CDs came about, I re-bought them again on CD. I was a BIG Rod Stewart fan back then :cool: I was going broke buying CDs when they came out, much like I am now with TV-DVDs :lol: :crazy:

Same here on all counts. You know, I think Victory was one of the earlier cds I bought too. EWF's That's The Way of The World was another. I also started buying alot of greatest hits collections on cd too. I forgot about the longboxes. Some of them I cut up and used the pictures in scrapbooks or some sort of collage. I still have most of the whole longboxes to the Prince cds somewhere.

So Jazz, how big a Rod Stewart fan were you? Do Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod? Passion Rod? Love Touch Rod?

Originally posted by vashti1999
Same here on all counts. You know, I think Victory was one of the earlier cds I bought too. EWF's That's The Way of The World was another. I also started buying alot of greatest hits collections on cd too. I forgot about the longboxes. Some of them I cut up and used the pictures in scrapbooks or some sort of collage. I still have most of the whole longboxes to the Prince cds somewhere.

So Jazz, how big a Rod Stewart fan were you? Do Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod? Passion Rod? Love Touch Rod?

I loved anything by Rod. I liked all of his early-70's rock. Passion was a favorite of mine out of his late 70's/early 80's stuff. 2 of his albums from the 80's (Foolish Behavior & Body Wishes) have never been released on CD. I finally found one of them on cassette at some record store in the Bronx back in '89 lol So I've always kept my vinyls of those close by. I don't care too much for the standard stuff that Rod's been doing the last couple years, but hey - he's selling them CDs & selling out at concerts again! lol I believe the reason Rod's doing these standards now is because his vocal chords were damaged when he had thyroid cancer & had to have throat surgery a few years ago & he can't scream like he used to and these songs are easier on his vocal chords. :cool:

The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper"

First vinyl I bought (with my own money) was Queen - News Of The World back when it was released in 1977

Fist CD was Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon back in 1984

I got my 1st cd in 1997-It was Spice by the Spice girls.

Sublime, Sublime

Originally posted by vashti1999
For all of you senior citizens on the board :joke: , if you want to mention a (vinyl) album as opposed to cd, that's cool too. For me, the first cd I ever purchased is my favorite all-time album period. Prince's Sign O The Times. It was my birthday of 1988 and I didn't even own a cd player yet. CDs were still somewhat new back then. So since it was my birthday and I had money, I wanted to treat myself to something. My favorite hangout was Tower Records, I practically lived in that store, buying cassettes and 12 inch singles. So that's where I headed looking for something to buy.

All through 1987, all I listened to was Sign O The Times. I already owned it both on vinyl and cassette. I was obsessed with that album. And since I had never held a compact disc in my hand, never saw one close up, on impulse I bought the Sign O The Times cd that day at the record store. I figured I'd get a cd player eventually, and I had to buy something for myself, so I thought I'd just let myself be content with simply buying my first ever cd. I ended up being so fascinated with the compact disc when I got home that I made a decision to buy myself a player the next day. So the first cd I ever bought, I owned for 24 hours before I owned anything to listen to it on.


Ok, Senior citizen here!:eek: :lol: The first vinal/ album that I bought was 1964's Meet The Beatles. It was awesome! I wore it out! In fact when I needed to be punished or grounded for something My Mom took away my Beatles!:eek: It was torture!:lol: Talk about child abuse!:eek: ;)

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper"

COOL!:cool:

I think the first CD I ever got was an Oasis one back in the 90s

The first CD/cassette I ever got was a Spice Girls CD:lol: I cant remember the first one I bought though