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What are the first cassettes/CDs/albums you ever bought?
Posted: Apr 18, 2008 in Music
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I remember it pretty distinctly, because I was living in Sweden at the time and Ace of Base was crazy popular. So I think that was probably my first cassette. I remember buying Paula Abdul's "Forever your Girl", and I grew up with Christian parents so I was definitely listening to Amy Grant and DC Talk.
What were your firsts?
The first piece of music I bought was Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. It was a 45. I don't remember my first cassette, but I do remember my first CD. It was the Malcom X soundtrack, which remains a pretty spectacular collection of songs.
I'm not sure if it was my first, but I remember buying "Thriller" in LP form (I believe my mom still has it). Soon after I had the cheap knockoff version of Michael Jackson's red leather jacket from the "Beat It" video--the one with the zippers all over it.
I also bought Culture Club's "Colour By Numbers" (also an LP) at a yard sale, and I distinctly remember begging my grandmother for the Jackson's "Victory" album as well.
I don't really remember my first CD.
Haha the first CD I ever bought...cause I'm young so that was the latest technology...was the "Space Jam" soundtrack.
first 45 I purchased was Paul Simon-50 ways to leave your lover. First 8-track I purchased was Steve Miller Band-Fly Like an Eagle. the first LP(yes vinyl) I purchased was Montrose when I was 8 years old. I have since replaced it on cassette, then subsequently CD. It still rocks to this day. First CD I purchased was Digital Underground-Sex Packets.
Cassette: Culture Club Colour By Numbers
CD: Public Enemy Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black
LP: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Orange
I still own all three. By the time I was buying music, it was cassette season. We had a console stereo as a child, but I didn't get my very own turntable until college.
CD: Mellencamp's "The Kid in Me," which featured two songs from his first LP.
Cassette: "A Chorus Line," original cast, and live Willie Nelson on a two-cassette concert recording.
Vinyl LP: A Three Dog Night album (title escapes me), but it had the songs "One," "Try a Little Tenderness," "The Loner.'
vinyl: miles davis 'kind of blue'
cassette: tiffany's debut album
CD: aerosmith's 'pump' and 'a chorus line'
Vinyl: Star Wars Motion Picture with narration and vocals from the film, I remember getting that from a goodwill in Ventura, CA way back when I lived out there.
CD: Weird Al Yankovic - "The Food Album" - Odd first CD for me to buy.
Cassette: I honestly don't remember...but I remember recording stuff off the radio way back when and making my own mixtapes before I bought any CD's. SWV - "It's about time" in 1991 is my earliest tape memory, but I'm sure I owned some before that.