What was the first record, cassette tape, or CD you bought?

Question

Depending on which generation you grew up in, which format of an artist’s album did you buy? For me it was “…. Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

I was JUST talking about this after hockey the other night, because the hit song from it came on. So weird you mention it the same week😮

Anyway, the first actual CD I bought when the “new” CD technology became available (HUGE come-up, being able to just skip tracks, after living my whole life having to rewind and fast forward through cassettes) was “Dead Serious” by Das EFX….

What was the first record, cassette tape, or CD you bought?

Pretty unique rap group with a style like no one else’s, and the overall album was very solid. I made sure to learn every word, even though their aforementioned unique style made it more difficult😝

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1PU22-fsGA0

🎶Bum-stiggity-bum-stiggity-bum🎶 is still one of the most notable intro lines to a song for me, and to folks younger than me, you may or may not recognize that this is just an absolute firehouse of random cultural references strung together, from nursery rhymes, to colloquialisms, to catchphrases from TV and movies, to slogans from commercials. This is probably 1992 or ‘93, so the frame of reference has to be then or earlier, but it’s CHOCK FULL.

My favorite might be at 1:47, “pret-ty sneak-y, sis”, from the old Connect Four game ads😝

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KN3nohBw_CE

Also a big shout out to “Ros-COOOOEEEE P. Coltrane!” from The Dukes Of Hazzard

dustybiker2 · Accepted Answer

Rolf Harris

My family went to see him live. He signed the record. I was maybe 2 and remember him winking at me. It was a great show and he was normal and kind.

He has since then had several records of his own gathered of child crime. Blew that childhood memory out of the water.

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

I think it either Come My Fanatics by Electric Wizard or Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath on CD. Hard to remember exactly. I started collecting as an 8-year-old.

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

The first album I bought was a cassette tape of Green Day's "Dookie." 🎶 I remember being so captivated by their punk vibe and energetic sound. It was a defining moment in my music journey, and I played that cassette over and over until it was practically worn out. Music has such a magical way of creating memories! 🎸✨

MrOracle · Answer

The first record I bought was a 45 single of "Le Freak" by Chic.

The first 8-Track (the first of only 2!) I bought was Donna Summer's Bad Girls album.

The first LP I bought was a K-Tel compilation. The first "proper" band album I bought was Duran Duran's Rio.

The first CD I bought was ZZ Top's Eliminator.

I no longer have the 8-tracks, but I have everything else. And I have the remastered and expanded CD set of Donna Summer's Bad Girls, so, I'm all good.

exitseven · Answer

I got a 45 of the Chipmunk's Christmas Song when I was very little. I got it as a prize at a Christmas party when I was very little. The last vinyl album I bought was Tracey Chapman's self titled album. i used to make my own cassettes by dubbing record albums onto my Advent 201c cassette deck but i did buy a couple of commercial cassettes. I think John Denver's greatest hits was the first one.

Oddly enough the first CD I bought was the most recent purchase and I cannot remember it.

MuddyMole · Answer

Natalie Imbruglia - Left of The Middle
It's still a great album. I bought about 200 other albums in the 5 years or so that followed, which are now just sitting in a box somewhere...

Before that, I was copying music onto cassette tapes - either off the radio, or from tapes I'd borrowed from friends.

GoodManDave · Answer

First tape, that I bought… I can’t remember. First CD (when CDs were very new… Bugs Bunny on Broadway. The “album” is still a favorite; I have a playlist probably still burned. Second I think was the soundtrack to Who framed Roger Rabbit (I’m into animation).

Lliam · Answer

The first record I bought for myself was a 45 rpm of Jimi Hendrix' Foxy Lady. Manic Depression was on the flip side. I got it in a bargain bin at Woolworths for like 50¢.

Before that, I had quite a few albums that my parents had bought for me.

I think the first 33 rpm record I ever bought for myself was The Doors first album.

Finchie40 · Answer

First record I remember buying as a kid was Twisted Sister Come out and play album , when cassettes came out , I bought a bunch of Rush tapes because they were my favorite band of all time , when CD’s came out , More Rush amongst other music as well , But Rush has always been my favorite

docster · Answer

In the early '80's my first two cassettes (bought at the same time) were Synchronicity by The Police, and Business as Usual by Men at Work. First CD was Heart in Motion by Amy Grant.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Murky memories here. On cassette it might have been Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (EAV) - Liebe, Tod & Teufel. On CD it should have been Guns n‘ Roses - Appetite for Destruction.

DancingQueen16 · Answer

I don't think I ever bought a CD but the last CD I remember having was in 6th grade when I was in a school play and my teacher gave me and everyone else a CD with the play's songs on it

Shiprex · Answer

I think it was New Song, by Howard Jones as a vinyl single back in the early 80s.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

with much embarrassment: it was an ABBA album (vinyl). I was only 14, and only a little later I heard of Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Stones and alike.

genericname85 · Answer

A Linkin park album. Before that I used to record tapes from the radio (yeah I'm old) and then when the Internet started, I just pirated everything

bolverk · Answer

First record, The Streak - Ray Stevens Cassette tape no pre-recorded tapes  CD, Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme

OlderAndWiser · Answer

My first vinyl album was a recording of Moussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition.

QuestionObsession · Answer

Is There Love In Space? by Joe Satriani Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth Rust In Peace by Megadeth I think I bought them all at the same time.

AndrésC64 · Answer

Foreigner's first album on 8-track.

beenherebefore · Answer

I didn't buy it myself my GodParents offered me an Eurythmics CD, that was my first CD.

David_beckham · Answer

Cassette tapes and CDs were there when I was too young, so I didn't buy any, but the first few ones I saw were old songs that my parents used to buy and play when they used to have holidays.

llorando · Answer

First CD I've bought was Dark side of the Moon, first record I've bought was American Pie. Haven't bought any cassettes yet.

Norakurt · Answer

I bought “thriller” and “bad” by michael jackson ❤️

Massageman · Answer

had to have been a 45, but darned if I can remember THE first one I ever bought.

WonderingManII · Answer

First Cassette: Mylon & Broken Heart - Crank it up. First CD: Micheal Sweet - Real

najekim · Answer

"The Ballad of the Green Berets" album by Barry Sadler. The summer after its release.

Sal_Monella · Answer

A.45 called The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Aweem aweh).

Godihateyou · Answer

Rage against the Machines self titled album on Cassette. Bought The Offspring "Smash" the same day. The best days of my life

Gaylordslav · Answer

First CD i got was get rich or die trying by 50 cent. I ended up dying

seeyounexttuesday · Answer

Thriller was the first record I remember buying.

SteveSmith1985 · Answer

Nirvana's Bleach and Green Day's Kerplunk.

Hellraiser1984 · Answer

Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack.

Sirenboobzilla · Answer

Oh wow. It was Born this way by Lady Gaga

Danzigdawson · Answer

Incesticide  by Nirvana. I think.

Gwendoline · Answer

I don't know what any of those things are.

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Paula Abdul, Forever your girl, on CD

adventurous-1 · Answer

Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon CD

MrChinaski · Answer

U2 Achtung Baby

Anonymous · Answer

ABBA, back in the 80s.

eagle1951 · Answer

1970 the best of Bread

Ariesman81 · Answer

Pearl Jam Vitology

Jeff51 · Answer

Cassette tape beastie boys.

Osborne775 · Answer

For me it was buring cd’s

SamWinchester058 · Answer

Now Music circa 2003. Lol

lorenzomichael · Answer

Kiss alive 2

HДLILБΞУ · Answer

I can't remember..

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