Happy 30th, Compact Disc

[Cochese]

Having been a little lad, and not getting into music until high school, my first CD that I owned was four of them, given to me with my first CD player back at Christmas '93.

Off The Deep End - Weird Al (have no idea why)
Get a Grip - Aerosmith
The Best of Kansas - Kansas (freshman year marching program)
and one other I can't recall.

The obvious winner there was the Aerosmith album, as it introduced me to guitar solos. I probably played 'Amazing' 300 times the first six months, then I found this band called Stone Temple Pilots.

The last physical CD I purchased...must be the AC/DC - Back in Black remaster. If it's not a DVD-A, I usually just download it. Next one I buy will be the Soundgarden - King Animal release in November.

What was your first, last and next CD?

[jking]

Honestly, I don't remember the first CD I bought. I'm sure I haven't bought my last as I prefer to purchase a physical CD & then extract the files for my player.

[dbhost]

My first CD purchase was like you, several disks at once.

Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey
Rush Moving Pictures
Rush Caress of Steel
Rush 2112

Yeah I am a Rush fan that happens to like Alternative as well as prog rock...

My last CD purchase?

Okay this one shows how long I have been in Texas...

Josh Turner Live at The Ryman

My next CD purchase?

Rush Clockwork Angels.

Unless I can find Icehouse self titled on CD.

Oh the prior CD before Josh Turner? Rush Snakes and Arrows.

I prefer to have the physical disk that I can rip my own mp3s from.

[Cochese]

I prefer to have the physical disk that I can rip my own mp3s from.

I used to be that way as well, but with downloads having much better quality, I fail to see the point anymore. I don't care to store them all in FLAC, so 256 or 320 is fine for me these days. Music has become so **** as well that I'd rather have just a song or two instead of purchasing the whole CD. Less room needed for storage as well.

I took advantage of iTunes Match last year to upgrade all my ripped music from 128 to 256 or 320. So easy, even though it hosed my folders. Still, I spent probably an hour or two fixing it whereas it would have been several days ripping.

[BigguyZ]

DBhost- I got Clockwork Angels for a few bucks online, and it's pretty good.

I honestly can't remember exactly what my first CD was, but it was probably Peter Gabriel, maybe U2. But I got into music way late- nothing really until Highschool.

But after that I collected quite a few discs.

Today, I will download some if there's a deal on Amazon MP3 for $5 or less. I have a ton of classical stuff I got for a $1. Maybe $2 if it's a collection of 50-100 MP3s.

But I can usually get a used CD for $5-6 shipped, so I'll go that route. If it's brand new, I'll only get it on Amazon MP3 if there's a special for it (like the $5 I got Wierd Al's most recent album for the week it came out).

Otherwise, I'll either wait or get it online on CD. Recent purchases are: Mumford and Sons- Babel, Avett Brothers- The Carpenter, Muse- the 2nd Law (arriving tomorrow!), and I did order the Peter Gabriel re-release of So, which comes out in October. I will probably get the new Bat for Lashes CD, but I haven't pre-ordered it yet.

I have eclectic tastes in music...

[LCHIEN]

new Sony CDP-102 and the Pointer Sisters, Break Out.
Sony player long gone but still have the album!


Also bought a lot of Telarc (specialty recording label) albums early for their very high quality all-digital recordings and pop and classical artists.

I keep buying CDs of classic rock stuff, pre-owned from eBay. Cheaper than buying the whole album from or even three or four tracks from itunes/amazon.
I also own a high end-ish stereo and prefer the lossless CDs to the mpegs (but the higher rate MPEGs have gotten better). I still rip them myself to my ipod for travelling music.

[Dal300]

Is this like 45's or 78's?

Comeon guys, I just upgraded to my Lear 4 track!

[gerti]

My first CD player was a Philips CD204, and my first CD... Something I had to have as CD (already owned as vinyl). Not sure, maybe Supertramp's "Crime of the Century", or Meatloaf's "Bat out of ****". Most recent CD was "Unitopia: One Night in Europe" (awesome). Next CD will probably be Magenta's Metamorphosis.

I do not do lossy compression, so I will keep buying CDs and rip them using a lossless compressor or no compressor at all (disk space is cheap).

[BigguyZ]

Also bought a lot of Telarc (specialty recording label) albums early for their very high quality all-digital recordings and pop and classical artists.

I have several Telarc discs- but not CDs. I have about a half dozen classical SACDs from them. Still ticked that neither hi-res format caught on.... And with MP3s having such a strong foothold via iTunes (BOO) and Amazon, I don't see Blu-Ray Audio filling that void either.

I'll definitely remember my first SACD- Dark Side of the Moon. Holy cow.