What was Your First CD?

Chris Pirillo — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:11:09 +0000

For those of us who used to own vinyl, buying our first CD was a huge deal. I’d be willing to wager that we also remember what our first CD was, and even when we bought it. The first one I ever bought was The Traveling Willburys. For Kat, it was Ride the Lightning, by Metallica. I had to ask others if they remembered what their first ever CD was.

Sgt. Peppers June 2, 1987 – Matthew Davidson via twhirl

I think it was a Sade album… probably in 88 or 89 – Tad – the fresh maker

Ugh, Aerosmith’s "Get a Grip" which was given to me. Next I think was Counting Crows "August and Everything After" – Haggis (Sean)

REM’s Reckoning I think. – Abby Martin

Genesis Invisible Touch – George Lee via twhirl

first cd single: bush – swallowed, first cd album: songs in the key of X, first cassette: simpons sing the blues, first (and only) vinyl: los lobos – la bamba… *shakes head* – alphaxion

uh.. I think maybe it was music from Miami Vice. – Nine – Like the number

This is too hard for my old zombie brain – Michael W. May

+1 MWM… I have no idea! – Cheryl Jones

Mine: The Traveling Willburys. :) – l0ckergn0me

Nirvana – Nevermind – Matt Musgrave

The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me in ’87, I think. – Akiva Moskovitz

Bruce Dickinson – Tattooed Millionaire & Slaughter – Stick It To Ya! What? I was 14 and an idiot at the time. – Mark Wilson

Massive Attack – Blue Lines – Chris Nixon

Tangerine Dream, Optical Race – steplow is Steve

(My first 8-track, btw, was George Carlin, Class Clown) – steplow is Steve

umm, when I was four or five, we got the new Meet the Beatles on vinyl. – Laura Norvig

Anita Baker, "Giving You The Best That I Got", 1987 – Steven Perez

Might have been Speak and Spell by Depeche Mode…Can’t remember exactly. That was 20 years ago. – AlexScoble(Robert’sBro)

Ina Kamoze – Here comes the hotstepper – Mark

Legend – Bob Marley – Peter Simard

Ride the Lightning – Metallica (because I couldn’t afford anything over $10 and it was $10 used) – Justin KoЯn

U2 – The Unforgettable Fire. Really poor audio quality. The first track had so much hissing noise I wondered what was so good about CD’s. – Mark Krynsky

License to ILL – Ryan

Wow, I can’t believe I still remember this… I bought the "Day By Day" jazz album by Najee in 1989… I was still in high school… – Glenn Batuyong via twhirl

P.O.D. – Satellite? I know, I know. You don’t have to tell me. :) – Reuben Thum via twhirl

Journey’s Greatest Hits – Stagekid

LOL. I believe it was Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good. – Brian Norwood

Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss :) – Jérôme

bruce springsteen – born to run – revrev via twhirl

Hmm, I’m wondering how many brain cells back that was! I believe it may have been Talking Heads. +1 for The Cure Akiva! – Jody C

my brother gave me my first portable CD player – along with it he gave me Estefan’s Into the Light and Willson Phillips CD which I can now not recall the name. I was always surprised he picked so well (for my tastes at the time) and that he wasn’t embarrassed to be seen buying them. – pea gives ♥ a bad name

What was your first CD? And, if you remember it, what about your first album on vinyl… or your first 8Track?

What was Your First CD?

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What was Your First CD?