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Steve Savicki
10-10-2007, 02:57 PM
So what was the first CD you bought?

Me, that's easy, Laura Branigan's "Touch" from 1987:
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NATEDOG001976
10-11-2007, 01:38 AM
Christ,

Mine was Young M.C.

or The D.O.C. Sometime in 1989, I think.
Steve Savicki
10-11-2007, 10:13 AM
That's the one with Busta Move on it, right?
NATEDOG001976
10-11-2007, 10:55 AM
Originally posted by Steve Savicki
That's the one with Busta Move on it, right?

Yeah, lol.
Nickdfresh
10-11-2007, 11:05 AM
"1984" actually...

And CDs date to 1979, with the technology beginning in 1972...

http://www.oneoffcd.com/info/historycd.cfm
ppg960
10-11-2007, 11:13 AM
My first CD was Diver Down.
Very good album.
NATEDOG001976
10-11-2007, 11:22 AM
Originally posted by ppg960
My first CD was Diver Down.
Very good album.

Diver rules, but it's my least favorite VH CD.
Steve Savicki
10-11-2007, 12:01 PM
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
the technology beginning in 1972...
Wonder what breakthrough happened a decade later.
NATEDOG001976
10-11-2007, 05:03 PM
What happend to the Mini Disc?
NATEDOG001976
10-11-2007, 05:03 PM
Sony were pushing those fuckers hard!!
cMb
10-11-2007, 09:51 PM
Originally posted by NATEDOG001976
...or The D.O.C.

No One Can Do It Better!

He was bad-ass...

I think my 1st CD was Angel Dust by Faith No More
MERRYKISSMASS2U
10-11-2007, 10:11 PM
MP3 technology is 16 years old.
DeadMan1984
10-12-2007, 05:47 PM
Hmm if I recall my first CD was the Rocky II soundtrack...
FORD
10-12-2007, 06:51 PM
My first CD was Beethoven's 9th Symphony. (it came with the CD player)

But right after that, I went out and bought Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and the Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" among others. This was some time in late 1986, so a lot of the early purchases were reissues of older albums.

The first "new" album that stands out in memory was Billy Idol's "Whiplash Smile" and after that U2's "The Joshua Tree". Couldn't believe how fantastic that one sounded :cool:
diamondD
10-13-2007, 01:08 PM
I bought 3 the day I bought a player. Rush - Moving Pictures, Van Halen 1 and Scorpions - Blackout. Still remember buying those everytime I pull them out. And replaced everyone of them eventually with the remasters. But those copies will always stay around.
WACF
10-13-2007, 01:23 PM
My first cd player was a Sony single disc model CDP38....and it cost me $350.

That was in 88...my first cd was bought right away...Whitesnake - Whitesnake.
John Sykes blew me away.

My second was Pat Benatar - Wide awake in dreamland...not as good as I had hoped.

My Third was Diver Down...