What’s the very first CD you bought / got?

[Giller]

Soo anyhoo, was having a bit of a cupboard clear out and came accross a few “special” CDs, including the first one I ever got, Steve Earles Copperhead Road. Kids bought it for me as a surprise Christmas present in 1998, was quite a surprise as although I had my separates I didn’t have a bloody cd player, also this was before Amazon and such things and the shops didn’t open on Boxing Day. Had to wait to go shopping, but I got a player, was worth the wait, still one of my favourite “albums”, yes it’s on my Spotify list but still got the memories.

So come on, fess up if you’re old enough to remember.

 

[Rolfe]

A performance of Elgar's The Music Makers by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, recorded in a church in north London. I didn't have a CD player then, but since I was singing in the choir I had to have a copy, obviously. So it was "my first CD" in more ways than one.

 

[Bam Bam]

Soo anyhoo, was having a bit of a cupboard clear out and came accross a few “special” CDs, including the first one I ever got, Steve Earles Copperhead Road. Kids bought it for me as a surprise Christmas present in 1998, was quite a surprise as although I had my separates I didn’t have a bloody cd player, also this was before Amazon and such things and the shops didn’t open on Boxing Day. Had to wait to go shopping, but I got a player, was worth the wait, still one of my favourite “albums”, yes it’s on my Spotify list but still got the memories.

So come on, fess up if you’re old enough to remember.

Good question.

I think my parents got a CD player in about 1990, not sure when I got my own player but probably a few years after that. I certainly borrowed some off my parents but that doesn't count.

Possibly "Now 27" for me, or REM's Out of Time or Automatic for the People.

 

[Giller]

Good question.

I think my parents got a CD player in about 1990, not sure when I got my own player but probably a few years after that. I certainly borrowed some off my parents but that doesn't count.

Possibly "Now 27" for me, or REM's Out of Time or Automatic for the People.

Oh dear Cod, Automatic for the People, think it yielded 6 singles or such, mega.

 

[Bam Bam]

Oh dear Cod, Automatic for the People, think it yielded 6 singles or such, mega.

Great album from a great band. I placed it second on my personal list to Life's Rich Pageant but the top three was a toss up, really.

Reading an essay about sustainability using the example of fish and so your "Cod" gave me quite a double take.

 

[Giller]

Great album from a great band. I placed it second on my personal list to Life's Rich Pageant but the top three was a toss up, really.

Reading an essay about sustainability using the example of fish and so your "Cod" gave me quite a double take.

Well thanks for reminding me of it, that’s now downloaded on my Spotify list.

Oh yeah. It’s the piece of Cod that passes all understanding

 

[OriginalBigAl]

The mists of time are not clear but.... AC/DCs The Razors Edge must be one of the first , certainly not their best work. And weren't CDs a lot thicker in the early days .

 

[Giller]

The mists of time are not clear but.... AC/DCs The Razors Edge must be one of the first , certainly not their best work. And weren't CDs a lot thicker in the early days .

Oh now that’s interesting, thicker, now you mention it they possibly were…..

 

[dsimpkins]

Soo anyhoo, was having a bit of a cupboard clear out and came accross a few “special” CDs, including the first one I ever got, Steve Earles Copperhead Road. Kids bought it for me as a surprise Christmas present in 1998, was quite a surprise as although I had my separates I didn’t have a bloody cd player, also this was before Amazon and such things and the shops didn’t open on Boxing Day. Had to wait to go shopping, but I got a player, was worth the wait, still one of my favourite “albums”, yes it’s on my Spotify list but still got the memories.

So come on, fess up if you’re old enough to remember.

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Can't remmember my first CD, grew up with records and cassettes. Remember Copperhead Road though, good stuff

 

[Giller]

Can't remmember my first CD, grew up with records and cassettes. Remember Copperhead Road though, good stuff

It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[decrep]

Dylan "Oh Mercy", I built a new HiFi to play it, time is so vague now, I have no idea when I bought it..
Wikipedia says it was released in September 89, so it was probably early 90s

We had a record club going at work, took it in turns to by an LP, then everybody had a turn copying it to tape for their own use.
I think it was the boss that started the switch to CDs.
Oh Mercy still has a post it note on it with my name and address, so people copying it didn't forget who to return it to.