What Was The First CD You Ever Purchased?

This question was posted on the discussion board for SwapaCD and I liked it enough to bring it over here.

I didn't post this in Christian metal because there were NO CD's of Christian metal back when CD's first came out.  In fact there was almost no metal at all for a long time.

So my first purchase of a CD was U2's "Boy."   I didn't have a player yet.  A friend in college bought a player and started to buy CD's, and I was fascinated but still hesitant because as mentioned very, very few heavy metal bands were on CD, and that was my favorite genre.   

So I would buy a rock or pop CD here and there when they were on sale or from record clubs until I finally got a stereo with a player.  After that, more titles began to come out and eventually we started to see some metal titles - which told us that CD's had finally "arrived."

I might be wrong, but I think it was DC Talk’s Free at Last. I know I got that, MC Hammer’s Greatest Hits (don’t judge me), and Newboys’ Take Me to Your Leader as some of my earliest CDs. I pretty much just had cassettes until the mid 90s.

David Lee Roth Skyscraper. I can still remember the feeling of hearing how clear it sounded, and a great album too.

My first actual CD, I think, was a Point of Grace CD of which I no longer have.

If we were talking about our first ever purchased album in whatever format, that would be a totally different answer altogether.

alldatndensum wrote:If we were talking about our first ever purchased album in whatever format, that would be a totally different answer altogether.

Same here. I wanted to stick with CD's for this thread, but L.P. records would make a good separate thread. Or 45's, cassettes, etc.

First CD I ever bought was Kill Kill Kill & Is This My World? (2-on-1) by Jerry's Kids, in 1989.

Bloodgood - Detonation ... in '87

Death's Spiritual Healing was the first CD I purchased. 

The first CD I actually owned was Galactic Cowboys' self-titled, which was a gift from a friend.

Of course I already had an army of cassettes LOL!

Oof... that's hard to remember. Must have been something either by Toto or by Rammstein. I'd go with The Seventh One by Toto (still in heavy rotation in this household), otherwise I wouldn't know.

My old man memory fails me. It was either House of Lords’ “Sahara” or Scorpions’ “Crazy World”.

It's kinda funny because I didn't even have a cd player yet when it came out, but my first cd was The Lovemongers - Battle of Evermore EP in 1992.  I would have bought it on cassette if they would have sold it in that format, but the only way to get it was on CD.  So after that I had to actually buy a CD player. 

I wish I could remember...

I think it was a bunch of CDs at once using the old Columbia House scam. Lol

My first cassette was Hall and Oats “Big Bam Boom” in 1984. 

My first Christian album was Stryper THWTD (cassette). My first Christian thrash (or punk) was the Crucified s/t album on Narrowpath Records.

Staybrite wrote:It's kinda funny because I didn't even have a cd player yet when it came out, but my first cd was The Lovemongers - Battle of Evermore EP in 1992. .

That E.P. is awesome.  A shame it has been out of print for so long.

Constantine wrote:

Staybrite wrote:It's kinda funny because I didn't even have a cd player yet when it came out, but my first cd was The Lovemongers - Battle of Evermore EP in 1992. .

That E.P. is awesome.  A shame it has been out of print for so long.

That's the biggest reason I bought it when I did.  I was worried it might never be available in any other format and might not be reissued/reprinted given that the group was not wildly popular commercially.
At the time reissues weren't nearly as common as they are today....and mail-order was nowhere near as prevalent (or even reliable) as on-line purchasing is today.

If I remember correctly: When I bought my first stereo with an integrated CD player I instantly needed a CD. So I bought a Country & Western compilation.

I'm pretty sure it was Blood world by Mortification.

Petra This Means War. Still love it.

Sacrament - testimony of apocalypse back in 1990.  I also special ordered the Lead - burn this record the same day, but that took a few weeks to get in stock!

The First CD I REMEMBER Purchasing

was When You're a Rebel by Altar Boys as a new release

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Didn't have a CD player yet but had to be ready

1992:

Petra - Petrafied
Halo - Heaven Calling
Rock Power Praise - Volume 2 Christmas Hymns
Holy Soldier - Last Train

These were the first 4 CDs. I got Petra Unseen Power in the Christmas of 1991 which was the first CD I ever got.

I have a funny story about my first CD purchase. Back around 1987 my friend was living in an apartment with a roommate. I would come over, but all he had for music was Christian AOR bands like Petra, Whiteheart, Degarmo and Key, etc. Pretty soon I would dread coming over. Finally I went out and got Stryper Soldiers Under Command, handed it to him and said "YOU NEED THIS!!!"

I myself was still on cassettes. I didn't start collecting CDs until '93 or so, when some of my cassettes were stolen from my car. The first might have been Testament The Ritual, or something like that. They were still coming in those long cardboard boxes.

Van Halen - Self Titled 
It was way back when CDs first came out. It costs like $22.00 at the record store. It was the only CD out of maybe 10 they had to choose from that I liked at all, so it was the one I bought.

Galactic Cowboys debut was my first purchase, but I didn't even own a cd player at the time.  I was dependent on roommates and friends.  I was playing it through for one of my friend's at his place and his reaction was "it's pretty weird" and this from a guy who was into alternative music heavily. 

Needless to say, that album takes awhile to catch on and does not have the production value of Space In Your Face which I already owned on tape.  The debut is a step down from Space, so I was disappointed that it wasn't as "crunchy" as Space, but it is a good album after 4 or 5 listens.

Superjuice wrote:Galactic Cowboys debut was my first purchase, but I didn't even own a cd player at the time.  I was dependent on roommates and friends.  I was playing it through for one of my friend's at his place and his reaction was "it's pretty weird" and this from a guy who was into alternative music heavily. 

Needless to say, that album takes awhile to catch on and does not have the production value of Space In Your Face which I already owned on tape.  The debut is a step down from Space, so I was disappointed that it wasn't as "crunchy" as Space, but it is a good album after 4 or 5 listens.

To me, Galactic Cowboys are almost equal parts alternative and prog. Same with King's X. 

I loved the self-titled GC pretty much immediately. Space In Your Face was definitely a major step up, though. More aggressive and had a better production. Both albums are still two of my all-time favorites.