What was the first CD you ever bought?

[no name no slogan]

And I am talking about STRICTLY CDs, here-- even if your first exposure to music from a record, cassette, 8-track, reel-to-reel, wire recorder or wax cylinder.

[Wickerman]

1. I believe it was Replacements Let it Be

Was stunned to find it when I picked up the CD player (1988, iirc) as it was at a Military PX.

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

On my 10th birthday(In 1996), because my parents were buying me my first stereo. :D

[SCDem]

3. 10,000 Maniacs

Not sure which CD but remember it was 10,000 Maniacs back in the late 80's I guess

[sundog]

40. me too

:7

In My Tribe

[SCDem]

42. Yep that was the CD

[Jessica]

4. OMG, this is embarrassing.

Tevin Campbell. Forgive me - I was 13.

[MissMillie]

6. Ok, I'm embarrassed too, but not that embarrassed

Mine was Cosmic Thing by the B-52's

[no name no slogan]

13. That's a GREAT album!

It was also the soundtrack to my junior year of college, too. Those were the days.....

[Lavender Brown]

15. I remember when he was Ashley's boyfriend on Fresh Prince

That was a great episode! *hiding*

[Squeech]

5. Threepenny Opera

The Blitzstein translation (i.e. the one everybody knows), original cast from the Brandeis show. Bea Arthur played Lucy Brown.

My brother borrowed it last year. I should get it back.

[redqueen]

7. Got 2 by Dire Straits - ST and Brothers in Arms

[progmom]

8. Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys

[HEyHEY]

9. U2 - under a blood red sky

[Maestro]

10. Well I bought my first CD player in 1986

so it was probably something by The Cure, Depeche Mode, REM, New Order or something along those lines.

[mcscajun]

11. GRP Live (1985)

Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, Dianne Schuur, David Valentin.

Mountain Dance, Dolphin Dreams, St. Elsewhere -- Outstanding!

[flvegan]

12. Beastie Boys, License To Ill

[Rainbowreflect]

14. Grateful Dead, Bear's Choice.

[no name no slogan]

16. First Two were "Security" by Peter Gabriel & "Stereotomy" by Alan Parsons

Back in 1987. Both were recorded and mastered entirely in digital ("DDD" on the package), so I thought I'd try the full-digital experience. I still listen to "Security" regularly, which IMHO is Gabriel's best album to date.

After those two, I bought "Avalon" by Roxy Music. I still have that one around somewhere, too, 18 years later. :)

[Felix Mala]

17. Pretty sure it was G-n-F'nR Appetite for Destruction

[MemphisTiger]

18. Don't remember the group, but it was probably a hair band

slightly embarrassed

[catmandu57]

19. Eagles One of These Nights

was the first one, now I've got two towers full of cd's that I rarely listen to.

[ALago1]

20. The Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite

Hey, it was the early 90's!!! :)

[northzax]

21. Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blood Sugar Sex Magic

[HamstersFromHell]

22. Genesis - self titled.

n/t

[jdots]

23. Ry Cooder, it was the first good digital recording.

[no name no slogan]

26. I remember that one

IIRC it was recorded in 1979, when some of the first all-digital gear came out. That's cool!

[wideopen]

24. Steve Earle

Ain't ever satisfied

[CanuckAmok]

25. B52s first album.

I ain't no limburger.

[AwakeAtLast]

27. I'm pretty sure it was R. E. M. - "Green"

That is what I listened to non-stop in '89.

[johnnie]

28. I held off for a long time

I wasn't quite ready for Cd's when they came out and stuck with vinyl for a while. I just couldn't see replacing 1000+ records with Cd's.
When I finally got a CD player I bought it off of a cokehead (I loved those guys..lol) and he threw in some Cd's. They were Metallica, Megadeath and some others like that. I don't count those as my first Cd's I bought though. I got Sgt. Peppers for my first purchase because I wanted to hear it in all it.s "perfect sounding" glory. I was disappointed..lol.
I'm up to over 1000 Cd's now on top of all the vinyl I still have. And I have replaced some of the vinyl, but not even close to all of it.

[Huckebein the Raven]

29. It was Kriss Kross

commence your flaming

what the hell was I thinking back then.....

x(

[Reverend_Smitty]

39. That wearing your clothes backward was a good idea?

Don't worry I owned New Kids on the Block cassettes

[Lautremont]

30. "50 Years Of Classic Horror Film Music"

Bought it on a trip to England in 1989.

[jpgray]

31. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

In my defense I was very, very young.

[Hobarticus]

32. Faith No More, "Angel Dust"

[LeighAnn]

33. Boston/Boston

Back in 1988, I think

[Radical Activist]

34. George Thurogood - Live, and Ike and Tina Turner - Understanding

Actually my Dad paid for them, but I picked them out.

[Richardo]

35. Roxy Music "Avalon"

Man did it sound great played through that 1984-era ($700) CD player! :thumbsup:

[no name no slogan]

37. That was my 3rd!

CLASSIC CD player album! That is definately one of the few CDs that sounded a lot different than the vinyl version. And even more different through the Bose stereo headphones!

[Richardo]

41. I still have it - played it just the other day as a matter of fact

Sounds great! :thumbsup:

[Reverend_Smitty]

36. Either U2's Auchtung Baby or Springsteen's Born to Run...

I can't remember which one was first but I do remember it was back in 1993, I was 9

[noonwitch]

38. Dark Side of The Moon

A good choice, overall