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The Compact Disc Turns 25!

Happy 25th to the CD

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August 16, 2007 4:03:14 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
On August 17th it will be the 25th "birthday" of the compact disc.  Yes, you heard that right.  It's been 25 years since the first CD was manufactured by Philips in a factory in Germany.  Philips estimates that since then more than 200 billion CD's have been sold throughout the world.

Some of you might be asking what super fantastic band had the honor of being the first on disc, and that title would go to ABBA.  I'm trying to think back through the years of how many CD's I have collected and I can't possibly come up with a number, but I know it's well over a thousand.

My question to you is, do you remember what was on the first CD you acquired?

 

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Reply #1 August 16, 2007 4:11:36 PM
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I think the first two I got:
  • The Sound of Music Soundtrack
  • Stravinsky's The Firebird
I remember the first player we got was HUGE.
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Reply #2 August 16, 2007 4:14:08 PM
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I think it was Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits.... Still have it!
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Reply #3 August 16, 2007 5:25:48 PM
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Rush 2112   
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Reply #4 August 16, 2007 6:27:15 PM
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
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Reply #5 August 16, 2007 7:03:53 PM
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I bought The Beatles White Album and Joe Satriani's Surfing With The Alien at the same time.

Still remember the first vinyl I bought as well.
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Reply #6 August 16, 2007 7:21:23 PM
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My first was a 4-CD set of Beethoven's symphonies from the Musical Heritage Society.
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Reply #7 August 16, 2007 11:28:11 PM
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Wow, 25 years. My first CD was Dream Theater's 1992 "Images and Words", and to this day, they are still BY FAR my favorite band.

I also remember my first cassette, Journey's "Escape"...

I don't believe I owned any vinyl records... I'm only 34...
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Reply #8 August 17, 2007 5:24:08 AM
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Led Zeppelin 4
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Reply #9 August 17, 2007 6:15:36 AM
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E.L.P - Brain Salad Surgery.      
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Reply #10 August 17, 2007 6:25:25 AM
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Neil Diamond's greatest hits. (had to appease the mrs. for spending so much money for the player!)
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Reply #11 August 17, 2007 6:49:56 AM
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I think it was a computer CD.

I have an old tape reel of the Moody Blues's "Days of Future Past" album.
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Reply #12 August 17, 2007 6:52:52 AM
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My first CD was Boston - Boston.   
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Reply #13 August 17, 2007 10:21:56 AM
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Well, I can remember because I still have my first CD and it was Dire Straits, "Brothers in Arms" as well - Still play it quite a bit. My second CD was Pink Floyd's The Wall.
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Reply #14 August 17, 2007 2:37:40 PM
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First computer CD Star Wars: Rebel Assault in 1994 and first music Guns and Roses - Use Your Illusion 2 in 1995
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Reply #15 August 17, 2007 3:25:57 PM
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First CD: Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" and i still have it.


I remember i did almost blew up my speakers with it, because when i did play it i did think "hmm i don't hear nothing, what's happening" and suddenly .. a lot of music   


That was the very big difference with the LP, the big dynamic....


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Reply #16 August 17, 2007 6:18:42 PM
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Back then, hmmm...had to been Pink Floyd!
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Reply #17 August 17, 2007 9:25:50 PM
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Not sure about the first CD...probably Dark Side....

...but first Vinyl was Janis Joplin - Pearl. [still have it]...

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Reply #18 August 18, 2007 5:33:24 AM
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Queen: The Works and Wings: Greatest Hits - they both came free with the CD player   

I started by buying about a dozen cds all at once. I can only remember a few:-

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - cause it's the best album ever
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - cause it's my all time favourite album
Dire Straits: Communique - a classic great
Holst: Suites 1 & 2 (Telarc Digital) - the one with the huge bass drum whack, woah! Great music too.

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Reply #19 August 18, 2007 7:35:40 AM
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It was AC/DC Back in Black and yes I still have it!
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Reply #20 August 18, 2007 11:33:39 AM
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Green Day- Dookie not that, that was so long ago but yes I still play it.
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Reply #21 August 18, 2007 3:11:17 PM
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My first ever CD's were...

Brother in Arms....Dire Straits
Love Over Gold.....Dire Straits
The Wall.....Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here....Pink floyd
Dark Side of the Moon...Pink Floyd
Caress of Steel....Rush
2112...Rush
6 CD Box Set (every studio recording).... Led Zeppelin
Machine Head...Deep purple
One More From the Road...Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hot Wires ....Roy Buchanan
When a Guitar Plays the Blues...Roy Buchanan.

Bought that lot in the one hit the day I got my first CD player....I currently have 977 CD's, though it would be closer to 1700 had I not been robbed while I was in hospital once.
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Reply #22 August 18, 2007 3:24:27 PM
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I currently have 977 CD's


Lot of time on your hands starkers?.... I've never counted my CDs
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Reply #23 August 18, 2007 11:38:29 PM
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Don't remember which CD it was, but the Technics CD player that I bought in 1986 is still going strong!  
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Reply #24 August 19, 2007 12:56:13 AM
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first cd i ever had was van halen - 1984
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Reply #25 August 19, 2007 12:56:58 AM
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Lot of time on your hands starkers?.... I've never counted my CDs


After being robbed and losing so many before, taking hours to determine which ones were missing, etc, I now keep all my CD's catalogued on my PC and disc, and each is marked for police identification with a micro dot.
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