What was the first Record/Tape/CD you ever bought?

[Buzzbee]

Over at the IHOF board VPI97 mentioned that the first tape he ever bought was the Beastie Boys (the one with No Sleep 'til Brooklyn on it - I can't remember the name). So, I thought it might be interesting to see what the first record/tape/cd others bought.

For me, I bought two tapes:

Journey - Frontiers
Def Leppard - Pyromania

What was your first?

I can't remember my first CD, as I think I bought 8 from Columbia House to get my collection started.

[Franklinnoble]

That Beastie Boys album was "License to Ill"

My first was "1984" by Van Halen.

[Glengoyne]

The Village People

[sovereignstar]

I can't think of the first tape that I bought off the top of my head, but the first CD I ever bought was Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's E. 1999 Eternal in 1997.

[MrBug708]

Jesus Freaks - DC Talk

[cartman]

It was vinyl, but I don't remember if it was Journey - Escape, or J. Giles Band's Freeze Frame.

[jeff061]

First CD was Green Day - Dookie.

[condors]

first record:Kiss-Alive
first 8 track:BTO greatest hits
first cassette tape-Aerosmith Greatest Hits
first CD: Queensryche EP

[LoneStarGirl]

I bought two also, CrazySexyCool by TLC and Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins

[Draft Dodger]

Like Buzzbee - first record (well, tape) was Pyromania. 2nd one was Def Leppard's High and Dry and I think the 3rd was Duran Duran's Rio.

although I did own a couple Kenny Rogers tapes / records and the Empire Strikes Back soundtrack...but I don't think I personally bought any of those.

[Super Ugly]

First album: Transformers the Movie soundtrack (featuring such ground-breaking songs as "You've Got The Touch" by Stan Bush and "Dare to be Stupid" by Weird Al Yankovic).

First single: Partners in Kryme, "T.U.R.T.L.E. Power".

I was never as cool again ...

[Buzzbee]

That Beastie Boys album was "License to Ill"

My first was "1984" by Van Halen.
That's it. Funny thing is, I have that somewhere, on vinyl. I remember there was a big fuss because if you opened up the cover it showed a plane crashing into the side of a mountain. However, if you just looked at one panel, the reference to a an erect penis with pubic hair was fairly obvious.

(That's probably why VPI bought it!)

[Klinglerware]

First 8-track: ABBA, Voulez-Vous
First tape: Weird Al Yancovic, Weird Al In 3-D
First CD: The Police, Singles Collection

[Buzzbee]

Wonder what Ksyrup's first record/tape/8track/cd was/were.

[Maple Leafs]

My first two tapes were License to Ill and Appetite for Destruction.

My first CD, if I remember right, was the first Enigma album (the one with the chanting, before it turned into pop crap) at the same time I bought the CD player.

[Buzzbee]

Funny. Lots of Def Leppard and Beastie Boys so far. I'm not sure if that is cool, or disturbing.

[JeeberD]

First tape I ever bought: Def Lepard - Hysteria

First tape I ever owned: The Monkee's Greatest Hits

I LOVED watching The Monkees on Nick when I got home from school, so my bro and sis got that tape for me for my birthday. Wore the damn thing out in no time flat...

[bosshogg23]

First tape I bought was Graceland by Paul Simon. Chevy Chase in his halcyon days in the video.

[HerRealName]

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[QuikSand]

My first CD was Peter Gabriel's So. I'm having trouble remembering the first record or tape that I bought... I know I poached a lot of 8-tracks from my dad, who was a lazy Columbia House subscriber back in the day. I think the first records I bought for myself were from the "As Seen On TV" stripe -- for some reason I think one was called "Music Machine" and had Robby the Robot or some facsimile thereof on the cover. Great stuff - sort of "big hits from about a year ago" material.

[Raiders Army]

Cassette: Van Halen 1984
CD: Poison Flesh & Blood

[oliegirl]

First cassette tape I ever bought was Prince "Purple Rain" and Madonna "Like a Virgin".

First CD I ever bought...I don't remember!!!!!

[AlexB]

7" King - Love & Pride
12" - Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction - Prime Mover
Album - I've got a horrible feeling it was Shakin' Stevens!

(Hopes he can finally admit this last one to the world on the basis no American is likely to have ever heard of 'Shaky'!)

[Franklinnoble]

1984 was my first cassette.

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge was my first CD (yeah, I know... I was late on the CD bandwagon).

[Kodos]

First tape: Loverboy - Get Lucky

First CD: Def Leppard Hysteria and Pyromania.

Everybody's working for the weekend...

[cartman]

My first CD was U2's War.

[ntndeacon]

First album: it was either the Eagles greatest hits volume 1 or a K-Tel collection that had Boston and Hot Chocolate among others
Now my first 45 was either Mountain Mary by Dr. Hook or Elvira by the Oakridge Boys

[Glengoyne]

Man not one comment on the Village People line.

Oh well. My first Album was Eagles: Hotel California.

Not sure about my first CD.

Edit : I take that back..my first CD was definately Billy Joel: 52nd Street.

[Nwobhm]

I think the first album was hall&oates greatest hits

The first cd was ozzy's bark at the moon.. quite a contrast between those 2

[Honolulu_Blue]

First tape: The soundtrack to Young Guns 2: Blaze of Glory

First CD: Soundtrack to Star Wars

[mckerney]

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[Calis]

My first CD was sadly enough Positive K The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, just remember that because of the old school big ass CD cases.

Tape I'm not sure, but the first I remember is a Best of Johnny Cash, God only knows which one.

[yabanci]

It was 1980:

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[Raven Hawk]

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Why are you laughing? :)

[Dutch]

I don't remember exactly....but I know these were the candidates.

First CD
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or
http://ultra-music.com/covers/cov_dm_musicforthemasses.jpg

First Cassette
http://www.rockolymp.de/candidates/archiv/Cover/cov-jackson,michael-1983-thriller.jpg
or
http://www.balynce.com/stores/prince/cd1999.jpg

The Michael Jackson album was great for the time, but in retrospect, I admit it haunts me enough to almost lie about what my first tapes were. And damn, Prince. I never listened to the "B Side" of that tape until I was in the car with my parents and the car had the auto-reverse action going. Talk about embarrasing... :)

[Eagle458]

First record- Kiss Love Gun
First cd-Kiss Love Gun
First cassette- Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time

[VPI97]

Over at the IHOF board VPI97 mentioned that the first tape he ever bought was the Beastie Boys Yup...7th grade. I would have started buying albums earlier, but I had an older brother and I always listened to his stuff (The Outfield, Van Halen, etc) before then. The first CD's I bought were a few years later (Smithereens - 11; Depeche Mode - Violator)

[Kam]

First CDs: Kill Uncle by Morrissey and Reel Life by Boy Meets Girl (I loved the song "Waiting for a Star to Fall")

One of my first 45's was Pac-Man Fever

[Dave66]

Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman

[BigJohn&TheLions]

1st CD... Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason
1st LP & tape I cannot remember.

1st 45 was bought for me by my father... Disco Duck! (still got it too)

[cartman]

Had to think about it, but the first 8 track I bought (when I was only 7) was Queen's "A Night at the Opera". Didn't have it for long though. While the car was in the driveway, someone came speeding around the corner, jumped the curb, and knocked the car into the living room. I forgot to get the tape out before they towed the car away.

[judicial clerk]

Bruce Springsteen "Born in the U.S.A." It was pretty good. I then went on to buy about 15 more tapes and 5 CD's over the following 20 years.

[Bearcat729]

The first CD I bought was a birthday present from my Mom it was The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour.

The first one I bought for myself was a Columbia House group for 8 or so that I can't remember.

The first Tapes/Albums that was ever given to me was from Columbia House as well and that was Ozzy Osbourne Bark and the Moon and Weird Al in 3D.

[Surtt]

Billy Joel - 52nd Street. On 8-track.

[Tigercat]

First tapes I bought were Genesis I can't dance and Invisible Touch
First CD was Aerosmith Get a Grip(think thats the name)

Both are a bit odd since the aren't very reflective of my musical tastes today. Guess thats what ageing is all about though.

[cthomer5000]

My first CD was definitely Appetite For Destruction (Guns and Roses). My first tape was definitely a Rush album, and I think it was Signals, although it might have been one of a few others.

Here's a bonus... the last CD I ever bought thadt came in the long box (remember the huge cardboard packaging?) was Roll The Bones by Rush.

[Joe]

Michael Jackson- Bad

[Ksyrup]

My dad used to buy me the latest K-Tel record as a reward for not driving my mom crazy when he went away for business, but the first full album I ever owned was Breakfast in America by Supertramp.

The first album I actually purchased was Diary of a Madman by Ozzy.

[cody8200]

First CD; Bush Sixteen Stone

First Tape: Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, cant remember the name---free-falling album

[Buzzbee]

First CD; Bush Sixteen Stone

First Tape: Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, cant remember the name---free-falling album
Full moon fever? Was that it?

[Buccaneer]

Beatles' Yellow Submarine when it first came out. It went with the cartoon.

[Qwikshot]

Peter Gabriel's "So". I loved Sledgehammer, and I was going to buy the single, but my mom said for the money, go for the entire album...

[Buzzbee]

Peter Gabriel's "So". I loved Sledgehammer, and I was going to buy the single, but my mom said for the money, go for the entire album...
My first CD was Peter Gabriel's So. I'm having trouble remembering the first record or tape that I bought... I know I poached a lot of 8-tracks from my dad, who was a lazy Columbia House subscriber back in the day. I think the first records I bought for myself were from the "As Seen On TV" stripe -- for some reason I think one was called "Music Machine" and had Robby the Robot or some facsimile thereof on the cover. Great stuff - sort of "big hits from about a year ago" material.

Hmmm...Separated at birth?

[Suicane75]

Record- Culture Club "Colour By Numbers" and Duran Duran "Seven And The Ragged Tiger" , purchased on the same day.

Tape- Bryan Adams, not sure what the name was.

CD- I think it was David Ball "Thinkin Problem", either that or a Diamond Rio CD

[Maple Leafs]

Hmmm...Separated at birth?
Oddly enough, if you play Peter Gabriel's "So" backwards you can hear a voice saying "Play the football sim like a spreadsheet... and they will know you as quick s-[garbled]"

[Radii]

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (I am 99% sure that was the name of the album... but that was a logn time ago). Bought it on TAPE. After that I bought some vinyl albums, weird al and huey lewis and the news. God I was weird.

[Buzzbee]

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (I am 99% sure that was the name of the album... but that was a logn time ago). Bought it on TAPE. After that I bought some vinyl albums, weird al and huey lewis and the news. God I was weird.
Was?

[Craptacular]

Listened to 8-tracks, but don't know if I ever bought one.

I owned one vinyl record, but that was a trade with my brother (I got Def Leppard - Pyromania).

Had lots of tapes, but don't remember the first one I bought (very well may have been a Weird Al album).

First CD I bought was Extreme's "III Sides to Every Story".

[fantastic flying froggies]

My first tapes ( I bought 2 at the same time), probably back in 1981.

ACDC - Back in Black
The Police - Outlandos d'amour

I have so many CDs now that I no idea what my first one was...

[Northwood_DK]

My first LP

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[BreizhManu]

First tape : The Cure - Standing on the beach

First CD : Pantera - Vulgar display of power

[Ksyrup]

Oddly enough, if you play Peter Gabriel's "So" backwards you can hear a voice saying "Play the football sim like a spreadsheet... and they will know you as quick s-[garbled]"
Mine says, "Turn me on Quiksand, turn me on Quiksand," over and over.

[moriarty]

First record: Kenny Rogers the Gambler (or the one w/ the Gambler on it) and the Village People - Macho Man.

First CD: Judas Priest Live

:( God, I've come a long way.

[CamEdwards]

First record: Quiet Riot's Mental Health (2nd was the hair metal band Giuffria... anybody remember them?)

First tape: I truly can't remember. Bobby Brown or Tiffany or something like that.

First CD: Def Leppard's Hysteria (2nd was something by the Michael Schenker Group)

[Ksyrup]

First record: Quiet Riot's Mental Health (2nd was the hair metal band Giuffria... anybody remember them?)

First tape: I truly can't remember. Bobby Brown or Tiffany or something like that.

First CD: Def Leppard's Hysteria (2nd was something by the Michael Schenker Group)
Gregg Giuffria was one of my inspirations growing up. I figured as a pianist who liked heavy metal, aspiring to be him was about as cool as I could get on a keyboard.

I think he's a music exec now (or at least tried to be at one time), but he was in the 70's band Angel, then in Giuffria, then House of Lords. I had all of their albums/tapes, although now, I only have the two Giuffria albums on MP3 (I d/l them when they were unavailable, but I think I read somewhere they've been re-released in the past year or so now that everything from the 80's has been recycled).

Funny you should mention them...a guy whose music blog I read daily posted this yesterday:

NP: The Best Of Gregg Giuffria

Yet another personal mix...I've been grabbing these tunes from Giuffria and House Of Lords to throw random tunes to my Dell DJ. Of the five discs I grabbed from, I thought they were all about equal: 2-3 killer tunes and a bunch of soulless filler. Singers David Glenn Eisley and James Christian both have voices made for the kinds of tunes they sing (one AOR and the other more harder fare).

Here's the tracklisting before anyone asks: Do Me Right, Call To The Heart, Chains Of Love, I Wanna Be Loved, Love You Forever, Can't Find My Way Home, I Must Be Dreaming, What's Forever For, Girl, Lonely In Love, Love Don't Lie, Inside You, Remember My Name, Can't Fight Love, Jealous Heart

Wow, they used the word love a lot in their song titles.

[Ramzavail]

Bad Religion 80-85
Nirvana Bleach

In 1990, I was 10, got them both in the same trip. I still have them today and they work.

[Tekneek]

LP - Pink Floyd's "Animals"
--- I was 6, and bought it at a garage sale. I actually did listen to it and like "Pigs", "Dogs", and "Sheep" to this day. Unlike most people, I think 'The Wall' is the least interesting album.

45 - bought 3 at the same time: "Venus" - Bananarama, "Press to Play" - Paul McCartney, and "Paranoimia" - Art of Noise/Max Headroom.

Tape - "Poolside" by Nu Shooz

CD - "Substance" by New Order

[CamEdwards]

Gregg Giuffria was one of my inspirations growing up. I figured as a pianist who liked heavy metal, aspiring to be him was about as cool as I could get on a keyboard.

I think he's a music exec now (or at least tried to be at one time), but he was in the 70's band Angel, then in Giuffria, then House of Lords. I had all of their albums/tapes, although now, I only have the two Giuffria albums on MP3 (I d/l them when they were unavailable, but I think I read somewhere they've been re-released in the past year or so now that everything from the 80's has been recycled).

Funny you should mention them...a guy whose music blog I read daily posted this yesterday:

NP: The Best Of Gregg Giuffria

Yet another personal mix...I've been grabbing these tunes from Giuffria and House Of Lords to throw random tunes to my Dell DJ. Of the five discs I grabbed from, I thought they were all about equal: 2-3 killer tunes and a bunch of soulless filler. Singers David Glenn Eisley and James Christian both have voices made for the kinds of tunes they sing (one AOR and the other more harder fare).

Here's the tracklisting before anyone asks: Do Me Right, Call To The Heart, Chains Of Love, I Wanna Be Loved, Love You Forever, Can't Find My Way Home, I Must Be Dreaming, What's Forever For, Girl, Lonely In Love, Love Don't Lie, Inside You, Remember My Name, Can't Fight Love, Jealous Heart

Wow, they used the word love a lot in their song titles.

Yep, bought the album because of "Call to the Heart". Looking back... it wasn't so great.

Glad that someone else remembers that band, however. You're the first. :D

[Kodos]

I remember Call To The Heart by Guiffria as well. But then I was a big pop-metal fan.

[3ric]

My first CD was definitely Appetite For Destruction (Guns and Roses).
That was my first CD purchase as well.
The first LP was Twisted Sister's "Stay Hungry"

[Gallifrey]

Exile On Main Street by the Rolling Stones