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Spinoff thread? Post your first 78,reel-to-reel, 45, LP, 8track, cassette and CD purchase
Posted on 7/31/25 at 9:25 am
Posted on 7/31/25 at 9:25 am
keep it simple; this should be interesting
78 - i wasn't alive
reel-to-reel (my mom & dad, not me...Sound of Music soundtrack so this was kind-of a cheat answer)
45 - Moving Pictures - What about me?
don't laugh, i had $1.50 burning a hole in my pocket and it was an impulse buy at Musicland in Twin-City Mall
LP - Pyromania
8-track - Glass Houses
Cassette - Kilroy Was Here...then shortly after I discovered how to defraud Columbia House and the rout was on!
CD - I think it was Filigree & Shadow by This Mortal Coil but not 100% sure
78 - i wasn't alive
reel-to-reel (my mom & dad, not me...Sound of Music soundtrack so this was kind-of a cheat answer)
45 - Moving Pictures - What about me?
LP - Pyromania
8-track - Glass Houses
Cassette - Kilroy Was Here...then shortly after I discovered how to defraud Columbia House and the rout was on!
CD - I think it was Filigree & Shadow by This Mortal Coil but not 100% sure
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 9:35 am
Posted on 7/31/25 at 9:31 am to CAD703X
First CD:
Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come
Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come
Posted on 7/31/25 at 9:33 am to CAD703X
Reel to Reel-Beatles, Sgt. Pepper & Santana III
45-Beatles, Help
8 track- Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St
Cassette-Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gold and Platimun
CD-Rolling Stones-Hot Rocks, Beatles-Help
78-Doris Day-Young Man With a Horn
I think that's correct. It's been so long.
I didn't buy many cassettes, 8 tracks, and R to R.
45-Beatles, Help
8 track- Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St
Cassette-Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gold and Platimun
CD-Rolling Stones-Hot Rocks, Beatles-Help
78-Doris Day-Young Man With a Horn
I think that's correct. It's been so long.
I didn't buy many cassettes, 8 tracks, and R to R.
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:06 am to CAD703X
45 - Ballroom Blitz and Fox On the Run -Sweet
LP - Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
I do no think I ever actually bought an 8 track
Cassettes would have been a Columbia House bundle that likely included Queen, Journey, .38 Special, J. Geils, Hall and Oats, Boston and others.
LP - Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
I do no think I ever actually bought an 8 track
Cassettes would have been a Columbia House bundle that likely included Queen, Journey, .38 Special, J. Geils, Hall and Oats, Boston and others.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:07 am to CAD703X
45- Loudon Wainwright III- Dead Skunk
LP- CCR- Cosmos Factory
8 track- ZZ Top- Fandango
Cassette- Cars- Candy O
CD- cannot remember
LP- CCR- Cosmos Factory
8 track- ZZ Top- Fandango
Cassette- Cars- Candy O
CD- cannot remember
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:58 am to CAD703X
78 - N/A
RtR - N/A
45 - Blondie - Heart of Glass
LP - KISS - Destroyer
8-track - Billy Squier - Don’t Say No
Cassette - can’t remember (sadz)
CD - Rush - Moving Pictures
RtR - N/A
45 - Blondie - Heart of Glass
LP - KISS - Destroyer
8-track - Billy Squier - Don’t Say No
Cassette - can’t remember (sadz)
CD - Rush - Moving Pictures
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:12 am to High C
45 - Theme from The Rockford Files (I couldn't even tell you why - age 5)
33 - The Wall (only for the hit - at first - age 11)
CD - Best of the Doors (bought it to manifest owning CD player - wanted a "sure thing" purchase, I knew the songs - age 23
33 - The Wall (only for the hit - at first - age 11)
CD - Best of the Doors (bought it to manifest owning CD player - wanted a "sure thing" purchase, I knew the songs - age 23
Posted on 7/31/25 at 3:48 pm to CAD703X
by merest coincidence, the first 45 i ever purchase with mine own coinage was mentioned in another thread on the front page today:
Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:42 pm to FearlessFreep
78--was just a few months ago, I found a John Lee Hooker- Time Is Marching/Mambo Chillun at a thrift shop
reel to reel- never have gotten any
8 track- maybe Boogity Boogity by Ray Stevens in the late 70's
cassette- no clue
CD- I bought 3 that day, Stones -Let it Bleed-- U2 The Joshua Tree and Live+1 by Frehley's Comet
reel to reel- never have gotten any
8 track- maybe Boogity Boogity by Ray Stevens in the late 70's
cassette- no clue
CD- I bought 3 that day, Stones -Let it Bleed-- U2 The Joshua Tree and Live+1 by Frehley's Comet
Posted on 7/31/25 at 6:52 pm to CAD703X
Never bought a 78. Mom and Dad had many around the house.
First 33 -Soundtrack from Bridge over the River Kwai
First 45 - Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
First 8Track - Simon and Garfunkel.
First 33 -Soundtrack from Bridge over the River Kwai
First 45 - Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
First 8Track - Simon and Garfunkel.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:31 pm to CAD703X
I do not remember the first of anything I got
Never bought a 78 or reel to reel but, my great aunt had some 78s that she would occasionally listen to, dont recall what they were though. I think something like Glen Miller or some such thing.
My neighbor had a reel to reel but always recorded stuff on it rather than buying music.
The first 45 I remember listening to a lot was Yesterday by the Beatles but I'm pretty sure that was my older sister's.
Album, 8-track or cassette, I can't recall. I had all of them, and it would have been in the time period from 73-76.
Never bought a 78 or reel to reel but, my great aunt had some 78s that she would occasionally listen to, dont recall what they were though. I think something like Glen Miller or some such thing.
My neighbor had a reel to reel but always recorded stuff on it rather than buying music.
The first 45 I remember listening to a lot was Yesterday by the Beatles but I'm pretty sure that was my older sister's.
Album, 8-track or cassette, I can't recall. I had all of them, and it would have been in the time period from 73-76.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 9:52 pm to CAD703X
78 Single: “Jimmy Crack Corn” b/w “Blue-Tailed Fly”; Burl Ives, about age 4 in 1964
R-R: didn’t have one, but older brothers both did; one was AKAI & other was TEAC; one classical & one Deep Purple Machine Head, LZII, Uriah Heep, etc
45 Single: Beatles “Get Back” original release, b/w “Don’t Let Me Down”. Still have it.
LP: Capitol “Meet The Beatles” from Record Club Of America”; also still have it.
8-Track: never bought any; a friend had a Pioneer 8-track recorder & we copied our LPs to play in my Craig under-dash player in my 1971 LeMans, pushing Jensen 6x9s
Cassette: also never bought any; made my own on Maxell UDXLII-C90s with my Technics cassette deck recording from my turntable (also Technics) playing through my Pioneer SX-636 receiver; still have the turntable & receiver, and they work
CD: not sure but likely something Beatles (see a pattern?)
R-R: didn’t have one, but older brothers both did; one was AKAI & other was TEAC; one classical & one Deep Purple Machine Head, LZII, Uriah Heep, etc
45 Single: Beatles “Get Back” original release, b/w “Don’t Let Me Down”. Still have it.
LP: Capitol “Meet The Beatles” from Record Club Of America”; also still have it.
8-Track: never bought any; a friend had a Pioneer 8-track recorder & we copied our LPs to play in my Craig under-dash player in my 1971 LeMans, pushing Jensen 6x9s
Cassette: also never bought any; made my own on Maxell UDXLII-C90s with my Technics cassette deck recording from my turntable (also Technics) playing through my Pioneer SX-636 receiver; still have the turntable & receiver, and they work
CD: not sure but likely something Beatles (see a pattern?)
Posted on 8/2/25 at 12:28 pm to CAD703X
First album i ever got was a misfits cassette. Had to steal it cause I had no money and was never around music shops.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 3:55 pm to hogcard1964
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This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 8/3/25 at 10:52 pm to CAD703X
45- Toto "Hold the Line", I think. Maybe some Jim Croce one.
LP- might have been Close Encounters of the Third Kind soundtrack.
(My older siblings had a number of good albums already)
8 track - Something from Billy Joel, can't remember.
We didn't really do much with 8 tracks. Annoying to listen to, couldn't fast forward, some songs split between tracks.
Cassette- Reo Speedwagon- Good Trouble. Lol again, mostly we had LPs.
CD- definitely Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA" I distinctly recall getting my first CD player around 1985 and getting that album. Also bought the same day a Kansas greatest hits CD, but the boss was played first.
LP- might have been Close Encounters of the Third Kind soundtrack.
(My older siblings had a number of good albums already)
8 track - Something from Billy Joel, can't remember.
We didn't really do much with 8 tracks. Annoying to listen to, couldn't fast forward, some songs split between tracks.
Cassette- Reo Speedwagon- Good Trouble. Lol again, mostly we had LPs.
CD- definitely Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA" I distinctly recall getting my first CD player around 1985 and getting that album. Also bought the same day a Kansas greatest hits CD, but the boss was played first.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 4:47 am to CAD703X
78 - Never purchased any - I have some old classical records that were my grandmother's - I don't know what any of them are
reel-to-reel - we weren't that rich
45 - not sure - I have dozens of them still - I'm not sure I ever purchased one
LP - John Cougar - American Fool
8-track - The Eagles Greatest Hits (my dad bought this)
Cassette - tough one - I think it was a pair - AC/DC Highway to Hell and Back in Black, but I think they were given to me
CD - Def Leppard - Pyromania (the gold disc edition
)
reel-to-reel - we weren't that rich
45 - not sure - I have dozens of them still - I'm not sure I ever purchased one
LP - John Cougar - American Fool
8-track - The Eagles Greatest Hits (my dad bought this)
Cassette - tough one - I think it was a pair - AC/DC Highway to Hell and Back in Black, but I think they were given to me
CD - Def Leppard - Pyromania (the gold disc edition
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:00 am to CAD703X
LP - Motley Crue Theatre of Pain
Cassette - Van Halen 1984
CD - Megadeth Rust in Peace
Cassette - Van Halen 1984
CD - Megadeth Rust in Peace
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