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erik neuteboom 
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
 Posted: February 27 2007 at 13:10 |
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It comes immediately to my mind: Magnetic Fields by JM Jarre, I still remember vividly that I was waiting for the sound of a needle touching the vinyl but this doesn't happen, I could hear directly music, without that sound and without scratches |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Joined: August 31 2004 Status: Offline Points: 1475 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 11:03 |
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I can think of two CD's around 1986 that could have been my first:
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony Paul Simon's Graceland Both still in my collection - I never get rid of a CD. |
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 11:03 |
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My first CD's were 'The Doors' and 'Hounds of Love' by Kate Bush, bought them on the same day as my Marantz CD player. 1991.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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mystic fred
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 13 2006 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 4252 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 11:01 |
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i was rather disappointed with cd when i first heard it, in '86 i'd saved up £150.00 for a new player, bought a few discs including Purple's "House of Blue Light", JM Jarre "Magnetic Fields" and Def Leppard "Hysteria". they sounded rather muddy, i took it all back to the shop, and didn't pick up with cd again till some years later when they'd vastly improved.
I read Ian Paice found the same thing , he bought a copy of "Machine Head" , rushed home to try it and was disappointed. cd has come a long way since then, i'm using DVD-Audio/SACD 5.1 surround sound now and played a copy of "Fragile" this morning which had just come in the post - fabulous! can also recommend "Magnification" , Dire Straits "Brothers.." and DSOTM in 5.1.
CD has come a long way but Vinyl still has a place in my
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MikeEnRegalia
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Online Points: 21149 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 10:48 |
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I honestly can't remember ... it could have been Van Halen - OU812.
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Witchwoodhermit
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Joined: February 23 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 871 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 10:46 |
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[QUOTE=Atavachron]what I remember is how many great albums sounded bad on CD 'cause they hadn't been remastered. Also, how the CD format subverted the two-side structure.
True. One of the hardest things to get used to, especially on double albums, was the one side issue. The loss of album cover size was a disapointment aswell. |
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man. |
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Chicapah
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Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 08:33 |
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Sting's excellent "Soul Cages"
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Bj-1
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31318 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 07:51 |
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I got my first CD player for christmas 1998, along with two CD's (both of Norwegian bands). My first CD purchased was Jean-Michel Jarre's "Zoolook" a few days later.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Paradox
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Joined: October 07 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 1059 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 07:49 |
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I think it was the 'Robson & Jerome' cover of 'Saturday Night At The Movies'. Oh dear
 Probably will only be known by UK members.
In my defence it was a gift from Santa.
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chopper
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20029 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 07:46 |
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I bought my first CD player in 1988. After buying it I went straight out and bought my first 2 CDs - The Joshua Tree and Hounds Of Love.
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kazansky
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Joined: December 24 2006 Location: Indonesia Status: Offline Points: 5085 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 06:53 |
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i can't quite remember what was it, looks like Dream Theater - Awake
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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Tuzvihar
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 18 2005 Location: C. Schinesghe Status: Offline Points: 13536 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 06:41 |
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The Doors - LA Woman
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski |
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progismylife
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Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 05:23 |
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Phil Collins Greatest Hits
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12812 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 05:20 |
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Probably a John Martyn CD ep issued by Island records, including a couple of tracks from Solid Air. I know that a wish list I created to replace about a 107 LPs on CDs in the late 80's, was only completed with the CD issue of Jan Hammer Group's Oh Yeah last October. And completely concur with the aural problem of CD releases taken from the original masters intended for vinyl pressing - to my ears the previous background noise of cymbals was now right up front in the mix. Meant I could hear more of Phil Collins in Genesis for the first time.............. but really detracted from my previous listen pleasure of Jean Luc Ponty's Enigmatic Ocean.
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Atavachron
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65249 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 00:29 |
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what I remember is how many great albums sounded bad on CD 'cause they hadn't been remastered. Also, how the CD format subverted the two-side structure.
Edited by Atavachron - February 27 2007 at 00:30 |
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Logan
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Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 35762 |
Posted: February 27 2007 at 00:23 |
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The first CD I purchased for myself that I recall was The Hunger in 1990. I think I got my first personal CD player, the Sony Discman, at some time that year.
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soundsweird
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Joined: December 08 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 408 |
Posted: February 26 2007 at 23:57 |
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I can't remember, but I do recall this: at first, I planned to just get CD's of my very favorite albums, maybe 25 total out of the 1,000 or more vinyl LP's I had. HA!!! Pretty soon I had a hundred, then a thousand, now 2 thousand.......... |
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moreitsythanyou
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VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: February 26 2007 at 23:50 |
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Well considering I'm quite young I never had to deal with other audio formats besides CD...actually no because the car stereo only had a cassette player for a while there.Either way, this was my first CD:
 White Stripes - White Blood Cells
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Witchwoodhermit
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Joined: February 23 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 871 |
Posted: February 26 2007 at 23:40 |
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This is question of vintage. 20 years later. This is mostly directed at the old vinyl spinners out there.
Do you remember when C.D's first hit the mainstream market in 87?
All of us and our vinyl collections, now had to go out and replace our essential vinyl with a new shiny compact disc.
So, as the albums in the record stores rapidly faded away, being replaced just as fast by it's new master.Do you remember your first player? How about THE VERY FIRST COMPACT DISC you bought? Do you recall? Is it still in your collection?
My first C.D player was a single disc from Sony (still using today). On the same day of it's purchase, I picked up, to replace, my most beloved Floyd album. Umma Gumma. Soon after, Elton John-Madman Across the Water, Crosby ,Stills, Nash, and Young- Deja Vu and then Beatles- (White Album). All of which, still a long playing part of my collection.
Which is the "relic" in your library.
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