your first cd

My daughter just produced her first cd...her art is also on the cover ...so (your first cd) caught my eye.




Proud MaMa

Congratulations.....Elaborate please

some of my best memories are the long drives mom and i used to go on listening to our carpenters 8 track, and the soundtrack to butch cassidy and the sundance kid. wasn't it great when the tape warped and the song sounded like they were on acid

I stuck with LP's as long as I realistically could (and still love to play all my old KISS albums when I'm drunk)

First CD purchase? Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever.

some of my best memories are the long drives mom and i used to go on listening to our carpenters 8 track, and the soundtrack to butch cassidy and the sundance kid. wasn't it great when the tape warped and the song sounded like they were on acid

You mean they weren't?

I stuck with LP's as long as I realistically could (and still love to play all my old KISS albums when I'm drunk)

First CD purchase? Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever.

Have you noticed vinyl making a comeback? It seems like I am frequently spotting turntables for sale nowadays. That is great. I loved big 33 RPM records because of the art. I used to have Alice Cooper's Schools Out where it unfolded into a school desk, as well as Led Zeppelin III with the spinning wheel on it. And do you remember when CDs first came out they sold them in those long cardboard boxes?!

do you remember when CDs first came out they sold them in those long cardboard boxes?!

Now I do, and with the digital down-loadable versions of music, I'm still wondering why they sell CDs.

Now I do, and with the digital down-loadable versions of music, I'm still wondering why they sell CDs.

I know I think like a dinosaur, but when I buy music I like to have something tangible.

Audie--this is long. I've been cooped up at school all day.

If you don't have an older brother, you should get one:

LP: I don't remember ever purchasing an LP, but I have a nice-sized collection which includes the Disney stuff. I think those were technically the joint property of me and my brother, but he didn't listen to them much. I can still quote many of the story albums verbatim, and am liable at any given moment to burst out singing something from "Pete's Dragon" or "Bambi." (Sing along if you know it: "Dragon liver can cure a cold! Dragon powder grows hair--gasp!--With dragon blood you'll never grow old...!" or "Let's sing a gay little spring song--whoo! tra-la-la! This is the season to si-ing!")

The first one that was ever exclusively mine was The Carpenters: The Singles 1969-1973. It was a present for my 4th Christmas because "Top of the World" was my favorite song. Still love that album.

I later stole my brother's copy of "Destroyer" (Kiss) because I loved the song "Beth." (Peter Criss told us the pitfalls of marrying into a band long before Steve Perry ever sang "Lovin' a music man ain't all it was s'posed to be...") When he was in college I requisitioned his entire collection on the grounds that I had a record player and he didn't.

45: The first 45 that I had was "Summer Nights." My teenaged cousins were singing it, so I had to have it. Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning" got a lot of use, too. However, I stole "Rubber Buscuit" from my brother and it was probably my favorite.

8-track: I personally owned Air Supply's Greatest Hits. I stole the Village People "Cruisin'" and Queen's Greatest Hits from my brother. I still play both of them when I'm doing home improvement type stuff. I requisitioned the rest of his collection, including some Jimmy Buffet, on the grounds that he wasn't around to stop me.

Cassette: My parents gave me "Hooked on Classics" when they gave me my JCPenny stereo. I don't know where it is now, nor do I know the first cassette I actually bought. As you may guess, I have an impressive collection that was stolen from my brother, (on the grounds that he didn't know I stole them all, and, besides, I gave him a bunch of them for birthdays and stuff) including all of the works of Eddie Van Halen. I won't name the rest because you'll just drool.

First CD? No idea. Maybe Journey's Greatest Hits. Why would I need a CD when I can hear the Village People sing "Hot Cop" on 8-track?

However, I stole "Rubber Buscuit" from my brother and it was probably my favorite.

rum dum doo dibble dibble...

Did you ever hear of a wish sandwich? Well it's the kind of sandwich
where you're supposed to take two pieces of bread and wish you had some
meat...


My favorite too...

First vinyl: The Beatles, "Meet The Beatles"
First 8-track: Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin IV" ... Stairway To Heaven, etc.
First cassette: Probably Jackson Browne, "Running On Empty"

I don't remember my first CD...hmmmm...maybe Bruce Springsteen?

But, BR...you had excellent taste back then.

rum dum doo dibble dibble...

Did you ever hear of a wish sandwich? Well it's the kind of sandwich
where you're supposed to take two pieces of bread and wish you had some
meat...


My favorite too...

The other day I had a ricochet biscuit...

(What do ya want for nothin?)

But, BR...you had excellent taste back then.

I still love this music. Oh, and also the Stones.

Hip-hop is just an anger release for me. Plus I like the beat.

I still love this music. Oh, and also the Stones.

Hip-hop is just an anger release for me. Plus I like the beat.

Stones too.

Not so much into hip-hop, but I can understand what you're saying.

you are right nohall - that was long ;-)

you are right nohall - that was long ;-)

I'm all about quantity over quality!

I know I think like a dinosaur, but when I buy music I like to have something tangible.

me too, still can't get into the downloading mentality

Have you noticed vinyl making a comeback? It seems like I am frequently spotting turntables for sale nowadays. That is great. I loved big 33 RPM records because of the art. I used to have Alice Cooper's Schools Out where it unfolded into a school desk, as well as Led Zeppelin III with the spinning wheel on it. And do you remember when CDs first came out they sold them in those long cardboard boxes?!

yep - we go to the antique malls and look for old albums...

You mean they weren't?

i'm pretty sure karen carpenter wasn't on acid - she didn't put anything in her mouth, including food...

i'm pretty sure karen carpenter wasn't on acid - she didn't put anything in her mouth, including food...

Awww...I love me some Karen Carpenter!

i'm pretty sure karen carpenter wasn't on acid - she didn't put anything in her mouth, including food...

Yes, which resulted in her dying of anorexia.

yep - we go to the antique malls and look for old albums...

Wow... records are antiques. Hard to get used to that fact.

Wow... records are antiques. Hard to get used to that fact.

especially when the "antiques" he is buying are albums i owned when i was young

Yes, which resulted in her dying of anorexia.

that was a terrible waste of talent - i love their music.

Instant Art...take all those album covers and buy some of those frames for them. I got some a few years ago at Restoration Hardware. Great for a teenagers room!

What a funn thread - thanks Audie! I can't remember my first CD either. First 45 was "Radar Love" by Golden Earring. And first album was - oh God I'm embarrassed to admit this - "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow.

By the way folks, summer is over and I'm officially reclaiming my computer now that the kids are back in school. Missed y'all!

What a funn thread - thanks Audie! I can't remember my first CD either. First 45 was "Radar Love" by Golden Earring. And first album was - oh God I'm embarrassed to admit this - "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow.

By the way folks, summer is over and I'm officially reclaiming my computer now that the kids are back in school. Missed y'all!

back tat!!! How was your trip?

I still have a shoe box of 8 tracks. They were my brother's. Deep Purple, Cat Stevens (my favorite) Carpenters, etc. The only one of mine is 5th Dimension.
Albums? Ask Bobby J about 1/3 of my collection.....I have just over 3000 LPs. Most are mine, the rest were inherited. I started collecting at a very young age...Maybe the first one I bought with my own money...Soundtrack from Song of the South. Yes, I was singing showtunes in Kindergarten.
I even have some 78s!
My first CD? I was a freshman in college...Prince Purple Rain? Nope, that may have been the last album.
How am I supposed to remember anything from my college days? I majored in beer!