My first CD was The The - Infected. It still sounds fabulous 20 odd years later and gets played regularly. I'll probably still be listening to it when I am an old man.
Mike_Schmidt
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Slayer Seasons in the Abyss was my first CD sounds good then and still sounds great not compressed or to forward just right for Slayer
My first CD was Sign 'O' The Times by Prince, I got it along with my first CD player at Christmas 1988. I haven't listened to it for a good while.
The first CD I actually bought was Purple Rain, again by Prince (purchased on Boxing Day from Woolies, instantly doubling the size of my collection) I listened to that CD just a couple of weeks ago for the first time in ages on my new AV setup (Panasonic BD55, Yamaha RX-V3900 and Tannoy Revolution Signature speakers) Whilst the BD55 isn't a patch on a proper CD player, the sound was fantastic...I had never noticed the different layers of percussion in the background on the song Purple Rain itself. It sounded like there are at least 3 or 4 different cymbal rythms going on back there. In terms of the content of the songs, it hasn't aged a day
The first CD I actually bought was Purple Rain, again by Prince (purchased on Boxing Day from Woolies, instantly doubling the size of my collection) I listened to that CD just a couple of weeks ago for the first time in ages on my new AV setup (Panasonic BD55, Yamaha RX-V3900 and Tannoy Revolution Signature speakers) Whilst the BD55 isn't a patch on a proper CD player, the sound was fantastic...I had never noticed the different layers of percussion in the background on the song Purple Rain itself. It sounded like there are at least 3 or 4 different cymbal rythms going on back there. In terms of the content of the songs, it hasn't aged a day
JohnDuncan:Moving Pictures by Rush. First thing I play on any new kit,pretty much. Also the one thing I've heard on a NaimUniti, muchto Simon's horror...
Quality. Mine were Rush's Hemispheres and A Farewell to Kings, 'German imports' at the time for £18.49 each. I asked the sales assistant if there were plans to release them here, and she said no. 2 months later they came out for £11.99.
Despite somewhat of a background hiss, these are amazing sounding CDs. Though I haven't heard the remasters (I have Moving Pictures, Signals and 2112 remasters, great sounding), I'm betting they will stand up to them.
Quality. Mine were Rush's Hemispheres and A Farewell to Kings, 'German imports' at the time for £18.49 each. I asked the sales assistant if there were plans to release them here, and she said no. 2 months later they came out for £11.99.
Despite somewhat of a background hiss, these are amazing sounding CDs. Though I haven't heard the remasters (I have Moving Pictures, Signals and 2112 remasters, great sounding), I'm betting they will stand up to them.
One of my earliest (can't be sure of the very first) was Genesis - Invisible Touch one of the earliest digital releases, at the time it sounded great but now I realise it sounds pretty bad - very digitial - very cold no warmth in the bass (what there is of it) at all. Fortunately many subsequent releases were much better.
Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie GTH. 1989. Played it side by side wth the LP version on a Rega Planar 3. I remember thinking - bloody hell the Rega sounds better - marginally - why does this new technology not deliver the goods!
Spice Girls - Spice World...
still sounds awful. I imagine I thought it sounded good at the time...
First respectable album purchace [depending on your opinion I suppose...] Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes for Cash, played on my grandfathers old Kenwood seperates. Much more CD and Vinyl buying ensued, along with some box-swapping and the like...
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George Michael's Faith and LWP, bought to play on a Marantz CD52se, with a Luxman L3 feeding into a pair of Mission speakers (cant remember the model)
2 great albums by the UK's premier blue eyed soul boy!!
2 great albums by the UK's premier blue eyed soul boy!!
Now heres a surprise !. Delicate sound of thunder. Already had it on vinyl and thought if i get the cd it will encourage me to get one of these cd player thingys. IMO delicate still sounds pretty good on cd,in comparison to pulse,which i find far too polished at times.
I would like to respond to the title of this thread, but unfortunatly i can't, as i can't remember, i've been buying cd's since the early 80's & i tend not to listen to the older stuff.
I'm not shure if it's me but i've found that if i put an older cd on like c&c music factory it sounds a lot quieter.
Also in the last few years i've bought albums, but only like a few tracks, so i tend to download the odd track now.
I'm not shure if it's me but i've found that if i put an older cd on like c&c music factory it sounds a lot quieter.
Also in the last few years i've bought albums, but only like a few tracks, so i tend to download the odd track now.
NIrvana "In Untero" in 1994, closely followed by Metallica "In Justice for all" as a spotty 13 year old! I was rather lucky as I had a big brother who was a buyer for an independent record shop so I had run of his 3000 plus CDs although mostly he didn't know about it!
I hadn't listened to the Nirvana album on my new (ish) system so I stuck it on, I was realy surprised how good it sounded, took me back to a great few years of teenage drunkeness!
I hadn't listened to the Nirvana album on my new (ish) system so I stuck it on, I was realy surprised how good it sounded, took me back to a great few years of teenage drunkeness!
My first CD was Let It Be- Beatles and Scorpions Hot & Slow, It was way back in 1992.
Anyway, British music can't compare to the music from US! I simply adore Coldplay, Depeche Mode, U2 (not exactly British but you won't mind I guess), Sting/Police... US music doesn't sound so good... With all that Hip Hop, R'n'B, it's nothing compared to a nice "Fix you", "With or without you" or "Sister moon"
Anyway, British music can't compare to the music from US! I simply adore Coldplay, Depeche Mode, U2 (not exactly British but you won't mind I guess), Sting/Police... US music doesn't sound so good... With all that Hip Hop, R'n'B, it's nothing compared to a nice "Fix you", "With or without you" or "Sister moon"
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Very first was a Mobile Fidelity recording of the Kodo drummers and a compilation of chamber music (Debussy etc) on teh same label ordered as a special offer from a hi-fi magazine two years before buying a CD player! When I got my first CDP - a Marantz CD273SE - there followed loads of 3 for £20 purchases of Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and Led Zeppelin back catalogue. They all sounded great at the time, though I would cringe at some of them now, especially Court and Spark and the early Zeps which have all been replaced by remastered versions.
Oh how I remember 1988. Just started work and bought a Sony CD player for around £ 350 at Erriks in Bradford. Sadly, both are now departed. First 2 CD's were Simple Minds, Once upon a time, and Kim Wilde, Closer. Both still sound good, but agree with other replies regarding the Dire Straits CD's, love over gold has to be the fave from that era. Have to say that some from today should take heed of these early production pioneer's. Old chestnut being the first Hard Fi album, what a disgrace and biggest disappointment on production is Maximo Park. Fantastic music, but very flat sounding production. Still play Tracy Chapmans's first album and the best of Cat Stevens. Both great CD testers.
I'm a cheapskate. I found my first CD on the pavement. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes. Not bad eh....
It used to sound OK, now it doesn't sound at all.
I'l explain, firstly over the years a couple of tracks became skippy. Then my Cambridge 640 CD player stopped reading disks altogether. The only use for the original CD is as a back up copy for my FLAC version which ripped perfectly. No skips.
The FLAC sound, much better than a CD player whirring and squelching as it fails to read the disk.
Also, the system is better than it used to be so it's better than the CD sounded when I had a working player.
It used to sound OK, now it doesn't sound at all.
I'l explain, firstly over the years a couple of tracks became skippy. Then my Cambridge 640 CD player stopped reading disks altogether. The only use for the original CD is as a back up copy for my FLAC version which ripped perfectly. No skips.
The FLAC sound, much better than a CD player whirring and squelching as it fails to read the disk.
Also, the system is better than it used to be so it's better than the CD sounded when I had a working player.
EDITED BY MODS for profanity You need something good to play on those systems people. My first CD, on the other hand was Prince Blimey by Red Snapper.
EDITED BY MODS - please do not attack other members
EDITED BY MODS - please do not attack other members
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Amazing at the time when i was 16 and still not too bad at all, more so than some others ive bought!
Amazing at the time when i was 16 and still not too bad at all, more so than some others ive bought!
My first CD was Brothers in arms by the straits, before I had a CD player, bought a Sony player connected it to a pioneer amp and B&W DM4 speakers and it sounded bloody good.
How does it sound now? a hell of a lot better, as your kit gets better I'm hearing better detail, after all their stuff always seemed to be well recorded...........
How does it sound now? a hell of a lot better, as your kit gets better I'm hearing better detail, after all their stuff always seemed to be well recorded...........
I can't remember my very first but one of my first was betty boo, i liked the single but thought the album was rubbish, i can't remember when i played it last but it must have been sometime in 1980.
Spent my first Student grant cheque in 1984 on an early Philips CD player and a bunch of German Import Kraftwerk CDs.
The player is long gone but I still have the CDs - they are quieter than the latest (2009) remasters but have more dynamic range. This seems to be the general pattern - I recently got hold of some early 80s OMD discs which sound far superior to the later remasters. This is one reason that despite getting a Squeezebox Touch I will not be getting rid of my vintage CDs. I suspect that in future years they will appreciate in value as people wise up to the improved sound they offer.
The player is long gone but I still have the CDs - they are quieter than the latest (2009) remasters but have more dynamic range. This seems to be the general pattern - I recently got hold of some early 80s OMD discs which sound far superior to the later remasters. This is one reason that despite getting a Squeezebox Touch I will not be getting rid of my vintage CDs. I suspect that in future years they will appreciate in value as people wise up to the improved sound they offer.
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