First Record/Tape/CD You Ever Bought
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With the money I got for my 12th birthday, I bought Sergeant Pepper's and Abbey Road at Kmart. This was August, 1980, almost exactly 25 years ago. I still remember they were $7.50 a piece.
I never really bought pre-recorded cassettes, and by then, 8-tracks were on the way out. There's a website called "8-Track Heaven" at www.8trackheaven.com that is pretty entertaining. It includes a complete history of the medium. 8-track tapes were designed for cars because early experiments with car turntables worked about as badly as you would expect (I kid you not.) A few years ago, you could still find 8-tracks at any flea market. That may not be the case anymore.
Our first CDs included Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever, Bob Marley's Greatest Hits and Kirsty MacColl's Kite. My wife worked at Record Town in the mall when CDs first started coming in. The first ones were all classical. My first reaction was to CD sound was, "The sound...it's so clean."
I never really bought pre-recorded cassettes, and by then, 8-tracks were on the way out. There's a website called "8-Track Heaven" at www.8trackheaven.com that is pretty entertaining. It includes a complete history of the medium. 8-track tapes were designed for cars because early experiments with car turntables worked about as badly as you would expect (I kid you not.) A few years ago, you could still find 8-tracks at any flea market. That may not be the case anymore.
Our first CDs included Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever, Bob Marley's Greatest Hits and Kirsty MacColl's Kite. My wife worked at Record Town in the mall when CDs first started coming in. The first ones were all classical. My first reaction was to CD sound was, "The sound...it's so clean."
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First record: Black Sabbath "Paranoid".
First cassette: Eagles "On The Border".
First CD: Neil Young "Freedom".
My actual first record, my mom bought me: Paul Revere And The Raiders "Somethin's Happenin' '68" (I still have it)
Last NEW vinyl (new release) I ever bought, right before everything changed to CD: Keith Richards "Talk Is Cheap".
Brian
First cassette: Eagles "On The Border".
First CD: Neil Young "Freedom".
My actual first record, my mom bought me: Paul Revere And The Raiders "Somethin's Happenin' '68" (I still have it)
Last NEW vinyl (new release) I ever bought, right before everything changed to CD: Keith Richards "Talk Is Cheap".
Brian
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calexico wrote:Marco,Merrick,Terry-Lee,Gary Tibbs and yours trulee!![/quotesand dusky wrote:single was "Ant Music" -Adam and the Ants or "Return of the Los Palmers 7"- Madness. Album was Complete Madness - Madness. I was 9 or 10? never did tape really
if you are saying you were in the ants i'm impressed...if you are quoting lyrics then i've not heard it in 15 years