what was the first CD you bought. DVD? record? 8-track? etc. ..
(inspired by brighn in the sci-fi item, not keesan ;P)

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okay my first CD was bob marley i think, and my first and only DVD is
metropolis. (1926) i wasn't around for 8tracks and my first record (that *i*
bought) was they hey mickey you're so fine 45 and my first casette was duran
duran. k, now i feel like a looser.

my first video game was parsec. i dug it.

I don't recall the first CD that I bought.  It was probably something lame
like Madonna or Billy Ocean.

The first record I bought was a K-Tel record called "Dancing Madness".  I
still have it.

The first tape I remember buying with my own money is Soundgarden's
"Superunknown."  The first CD I got was either Blind Melon's first album or
something by King Crimson -- I don't really remember.

It wasn't until a while later that I bought any vinyl, since CDs had taken
over by the time I was old enough.  The first record I bought may have been
CSNY's "So Far."  Either that or a Rickie Lee Jones 10" that I hunted down
because it never made it out on CD.  Both were kind of disappointing anyway.

The first LP I bought was most likely a Herb Albert and the Tijuana
Brass album: possibly that old mono copy of the "SRO" album which 
I loved and which has never been reissued on CD.  Probably around 1966,
five years before I started listening to rock music. 

The first CDs I owned were received as gifts:
    STOP MAKING SENSE by Talking Heads
    Gershwin's AMERICAN IN PARIS by the Labeque sisters.
But to answer oval's query precisely, the first CD I bought myself
was SIGNING OFF by UB40, their first album.  And the sound quality on 
it is terrible.  I should find out if there has ever been a decent issue.
This was in 1985.
 
First DVD I bought was THE MATRIX, I think, and I still have never 
gotten around to watching it.  I don't think I ever owned an 8-track
recording, and cassette purchases through the years were too spotty 
to note: first cassette might have been New Order's POWER CORRUPTION &
LIES which came out in a six-month period when I didn't own a good 
stereo.

With my own money:

Vinyl - Tori Amos "Under the Pink"
Cassette Tape - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (with my First Communion money)!
VHS - Dirty Dancing (I was 12)
CD - Depeche Mode's "Violator"

I never owned an 8-track player, and I don't own a DVD player.

Hm, let's see... 
LP:  Steve Miller, "Book of Dreams"
CD:  Huey Lewis & the News, "Small World"
VHS: "Six String Samurai"
DVD: "Lathe of Heaven"
MiniDisc: Pearl Jam, "Yield".

Not sure about first (pre-recorded) cassette, but it certainly would have been
some local band.  Back before I had a turntable I'd still buy the vinyl and
then make a cassette on somebody else's stereo.  Say, that'd be considered
piracy today.

LP: Beethoven's 7th, Toscanini/NBC
8-track: Spencer Davis Group
Cassette: Debussy: La mer, etc.
CD:  Sharon, Lois and Bram
VHS: Mary Poppins
DVD: Alien

First DVD was "Contact".  I have no idea what the first CD was.  Probably
something folk.  First LP was certainly something classical.  I bought a bunch
of VHS tapes at the same time.  I think "Cat Ballou" and "Body Heat" were
among them.

My first LP was Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits.

My first LP was The Carpenters "The Singles -- 1969-1973".

My first 8 track was a Ktel collection of humorous songs.  I got it for 
Christmas; I never bought an 8 track for myself.

My first cassette, hmm, not counting blanks I think it was AC/DC "Back 
in Black".

My first VHS tape was... I've never bought a VHS tape for myself.  My 
first rental was probably "My Name is Nobody".

My first CD was a collection of marching music but I'm not sure which 
one.

My first DVD was The Aristocats.

The first software I bought was the WWIV BBS program, which I bought as 
shareware.  The first software on disk I bought was Tetris, which ran 
on an 8 MHz PC.  The first software CD I bought was Microsoft Money 
Deluxe.

no idea which were my first, in any category

  The first CD I bought for myself was Talking Heads' "Little Creatures."

  The first DVD I purchased was Juzo Itami's "Tampopo"

  I'm not sure what the first LP I purchased for myself was, but I vaguely
  recall that it may have been a Jefferson Airplane collection (probably
  "The Worst of..") The first LP I owned was Cat Stevens' "Tea For the
  Tillerman"; it was a gift from one of my sisters..

  The *second* LP I owned, which was a gift from my aunt, might actually
  be worth some money today due to kitsch/collectible value.  It was an
  album entitled "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk".  One side was soundtrack
  music from "Star Wars" and the other side consisted of three amazingly bad
  synthesizer tracks which, IIRC, were titled "Other", "Galactic" and "Funk"
  and were by someone who went by the name "Meco"

first LP-- "When You're In Love, The Whole World Is Jewish" (25 cents 
at the library, contains a recording of "The Ballad of Irving")

first cassette tape-- Soundtrack to "Ghostbusters"

first CD-- I believe it was the Depeche Mode CD single "Leave In 
Silence" (essentially a reissue from the 45").

first DVD-- The Phantom Menace (recent purchase)

first software CD-ROM-- difficult to say as we procured a number of 
free titles with our Presario purchase.  I think the first one to be 
installed was LucasArts' "Jedi Knight," another sequel to "Dark 
Forces."  The game engine is based on Doom and all its successors: 
Quake II, I think, in this case.  We didn't get the package.  "Jedi 
Knight II", I know, draws on Quake III.

First 45 -- "The Battle of New Orleans"
First LP -- *probably* the Partridge Family, though I can't recall. 
First cassette tape -- don't recall.
First 8-track tape -- Both Sides of Leonard Nimoy (the one with the "Ballad
of Bilbo Baggins" on it. I also had the movie soundtrack of "JC Superstar".
First CD -- James Keelaghan, "My Skies", 1993. At a concert of his.
First VHS -- I think it may have been a combination purchase of "It Happened
One Night", "The Dark Crystal", and "Ladyhawke" from a going-out-of-business
sale and given to the kidlings and I as Christmas presents.

CD - "Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole
DVD - "Thomas Crown Affair" with Rene Russo and Pierce Brosnan.

The first LP I ever bought was Elton John's "Honky Chateau".  I don't
remember the first in other formats.

the first LPs I ever bought, I bought five or six. Two of them were The Fixx'
Shuttered Room and ABC's Lexicon of Love. I don't remember the others.
 
The first cassette I ever bought was a used copy of Beatles' Yesterday ...
and Today, something of a compilation, IIRC.
 
The first CD was Faith No More's Angel Dust.
 
The first VHS tape, I don't recall.
Ditto the first laserdisc.
The first DVD was Air Force One.
 

I'm pretty sure the first CD I ever bought for myself was Eric Clapton, "From
the Cradle".  I know that the first DVDs I bought were Pulp Fiction and The
Shawshank Redemption, purchased at the same time because I couldn't decide 
which of them deserved more to be my first DVD.  Ironically, I haven't watched 
either of them yet.  

LP:  Yes, "Fragile".
CD:  Forgotten.  Maybe something New Ageish like Checkfield.
8-track:  Never had any, though I've got a player for them (I use the FM).
Cassette:  Goodness knows; I pirated most of my cassette music.  It
        might very well have been Synergy, "The Metropolitan Suite".
VHS:  Couldn't tell you, probably something from a video store closeout.
      Most of what I've bought I haven't bothered to look at yet; obviously
      I'm not getting good value.  (Not watching TV may be the reason.)
DVD:  Don't own any yet.

My first CD was of Bach's Double Violin Concerto.  Some young
squirt named Midori was on one of the fiddles.

oh, VHS!  First VHS, I think, was Depeche Mode's "Some Great Videos."

First LP purchased - renaissance motets, recorded by a group I was singing
in.  Jim's first LP was not purchased, someone gave him all his records when
they were throwing them out.  He does not know where they came from.  His
entire collection is mostly Dianna Ross and Glenn Yarborough, about 8 of them.

Never purchased any prerecorded tapes except used at Kiwanis.

Never owned an 8-track tape but we have a radio-cassette-8-track player, used.

Never purchased a VHS tape.  Own one give us by Charcat - Lil Abner.

Have never owned a DVD or player.  Or purchased a CD, but own a small
collection given us mostly by Tim Ryan plus a few that McNally donated to teh
Kiwanis electronics dept and that the volunteers went through first.  Plus
two CDs given to me by friends who recorded them - piano music by the friend,
and E. European fiddle music played by the friend.

I own about 12' of vinyl records mostly purchased for $4/bag or given to
us by John Morris, who used to be sort of a disk jockey for a classical
program.  And a fairly large collection of tapes which we recorded over Jim's
free magazines on tape from library CDs.
You can also find LPs at the curb after yard sales.  

        first vinyl LP: Meet the Beatles. It was 1964. 
        I was 11. I still have it. It's very scratched.

Tape - Madonna "Like a Virgin"
CD - NIN "Downward Spiral"

Don't own any DVD's and very few VHS tapes mostly recorded dance 
competitions =)

first 45 - Puff the magic dragon
First LP - I don't ever recall by any LP's
first cassette - a blank tape
first 8 track - I never bought an 8 track
first CD - put down with anderyn's statement.
first dvd - I have yet to buy a DVD

First albums ever bought: Carly Simon 'PlayingPossum' and The Who "Who's
Next." Purchased at Old World Mall in 1975.

45 - Madness "Our House"
LP - Duran Duran "Seven And The Ragged Tiger"
Tape - Duran Duran "Arena"
8-Track - Police "Synchronicity"
CD - Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation"
VHS - Wild Palms
DVD - Fargo

That's certainly an interesting collection.

I'd say so.  Quite a few I think I'd be interested in, too.

        eww, Duran Duran

LP - Hayden:  3 Symphonies:  Morning, noon, and ?(forgot)
CD - Rimsky-Korsakoff:  Scherazade
VHS - Disney:  Fantasia.

heh.  I like Duran Duran's music for what it is, and I don't have 
pretensious tastes yet.

re: 29/30 - Thank you :)

re: 31 - Granted, they're hardly at-par with Neo-Bosnian Folk groups *cough*,
but they didn't become one of the most popular bands of the 20th century by
sucking. 

re: 33 - I think that's all you're supposed to get out of it. If Duran Duran
was on TV talking about their "art" and giving their music a stroke of
uberimportance, I'd say it's fair to bash them. But I've yet to see any member
of Duran Duran stroke their collective egos over anything more than record
sales, or their videos (which are collaborative works that they never took
full credit for)

        I just read about Duran Duran on Ann Arbor's own
        allmusic.com, from which I have an impressive stack of
        reject letters, but I couldn't find anything about
        Neo-Bosnian Folk groups.

I dunno...considering they have two 4.5-star albums and one 4-star album, and
the stars presumably came from an Ann Arborite, they can't suck that bad.

I'd take issue with a few things on their listing, though. 

First, Arena should be with "compilations, boxes", because its a live album.
If they're going to put remixes and "best-of" discs there, live albums belong
there, as well.

Second, "Thank You" was probably one of the most brilliant things out in 1995.
Their renditions of "White Lines" and "Perfect Day" earned enough critical
acclaim to put the album well above one star. 

And finally, there are *way* more singles than the three they listed, and at
least four home videos that aren't listed. 

The "Arena" video is interesting-- it was directed by (damn, can't 
remember his name right now) the same Australian MTV director that 
went on to direct the Highlander trilogy.. same guy that did "Video 
Killed The Radio Star" and "Total Eclipse of The Heart."

"Wild Boys" was my favorite part of this.  I don't think I've seen a 
video set quite like this since.

he said on VH1's "Video Killed The Radio Star" special that he had 
made it with a film trailer in mind.  It shows.

Russel Mulcahy. He also directed Elton John's video "I'm Still Standing". His
videos are fairly easy to identify, because they're often at least partially
letterboxed. 

He also directed the first few episodes of Queer As Folk, which is less
obvious than his videos, but his influence is strikingly obvious when you
compare the episodes he directed to the ones he didn't.

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