Do you remember your first cd?


There was a thread concerning Bose 901s the other night and it started me thinking about how early cds sounded on those speakers. The first cd I purchased was Scarecrow by John Mellancamp way back in 86 I think. That cd sounded ok back then but if I were to put it on now the sound would drive me out of the room. I haven't been able to listen to it since the 901s left. Another early cd is U2s The Joshua Tree which also sounds horrible now.
Just wondering now how many can recall their first cd purchase and whether they are listenable still?
timrhu
Count me in for Dire Straits - "Brother in Arms" as well. Also bought it prior to my first digital player. Still one of my favorites!
My first CD was the Telarc Copland Fanfare for the Common Man/Appalachian Spring/Rodeo disc with Lane and the Atlanta Symphony--still sounds pretty good today. Telarc's early Soundstream recordings were well-made, sound even better on SACD than you'd expect, particularly in the bass, where they've managed to tame the overblown bass drum somewhat.
My first cd was Neil Young "Harvest" I didnt even own a cd player at the time most of the selctions available at the time were of no interest to me for there were few rock cd's besides Billie Joel. So I had to go out and purchase a cd player I believe it was an early Yamaha player.
1st - Dire Straights brothers in arms
2nd - The Who whos better whos best
3rd - Pink Floyd - animals

And yes, I still have them. I'd think that they are the oldest things I own along with my high school diploma, year books, first hammer and first watch(timex - still works). Now I'm really starting to show my age.
Metallica Black album in 1991. I played it on a $10 sears CD boom box, we bought at a garage sale. That was my first CD and my first system. Previous to that I just had a clock radio with a tuner. Music was just something I made myself or I listened at other people's houses.
I bought a cd in order to audition my first cd player. "Matthew Ward's Greatest Hits" I had the tape so I had some idea how this music was supposed to sound. He is the lead singer of Acts Chapter 2. The first track sounded awful on a Sony 601ES changer but sounded fine on the Rotel 965LE so I bought the Rotel. That was 5 or so years ago but I still listen to the player and the cd.
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms....still have it.

Now, for us older folks, do you remember your first LP?

Cream- Disraeli Gears.....still have it.
My first CD was a gift - Bach harpsichord sonatas - received about a year before I had a player (1984).
Hi, good thread. RUSH-Exit...Stage Left was the
VERY FIRST CD that I bought back in the EARLY SUMMER
of 87. I was a senior in High School and I got it
the FIRST DAY that I got my CD player.
I STILL have that SAME CD to this day.
First cd was Jimi Hendrix - Live at Winterland. I did'nt even had a cd player then, so I had to wait for my parents to leave so I could play it on their stereo. How the time shave changed..... It still sounds reasonable, and the music is of the finest ever recorded.
Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms it was free for joining BMG I didn't even have a player. Now I wanna get the SACD.
Gary Numan - The Fury (1985?)

I still have it and still am a fan.

Brad Day
Atlanta, GA
Milli Vanilli.. I didnt get into digital until the late 80's and I guess I got off to a bad start :~)
My first cd purchase was Bob James Grand Piano and yes it still sounds good today.

Chuck