The (physically) oldest CD you own

I received my first CD player as a holiday gift in 1985 along with copies of The Alarm's Declaration and a collection of science fiction movie themes by Cincinnatti Pops Orchestra.

The oldest CDs that I own are Neil Young's Freedom and a few John Zorn CDs.

 

Held out against CDs until I married Mrs. Coco in 1994, just out of college. She had a combo CD/tape player/radio (we still have the same one, actually).

At the time, I argued that CDs were just a ploy by the record companies to make you re-purchase all the albums you already owned in a new format. You know, kind of like VHS to DVD to Blu Ray to ???.

Anyway, after I got over myself, I think the first CD I bought was "Psychoderilict" by Pete Townshend. Don't think he'll be playing any of those tunes during the Super Bowl halftime show!

 

Didn't buy a CD till 2001 or so. The first was (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis

 

First CD I bought was Chicago's Greatest Hits in 1988. Still have it.

 

Sure, they still make them. At Best Buy, they usually have a compilation section. At places like Wal-Mart or Meijer, they usually have a aisle display (half is cheaper DVDs, half are cheaper CDs and about half of those are the compilations).

Sometimes, they also have them in little tin cases with 3-4 CDs for about $10.

 

The English Beat, "What is Beat" ... Bought it the summer of 1984 at Cat's Records on West End in Nashville after buying a CD player next door at Circuit City with my construction job money.

I still play it about 2 times a month.

U.S. CD
"Mirror In the Bathroom" 3:07
"Twist & Crawl" 2:33
"Tears of a Clown" 2:39
"Can't Get Used To Losing You" 3:23 (remix)
"Doors of Your Heart" 2:59
"What's Your Best Thing" 3:47 (UK single)
"Hit It" 3:00 (UK single)
"Save It For Later" 4:54 (12" version)
"Best Friend" 3:02
"I Confess" 5:45 (12" remix)
"Too Nice To Talk To" 3:05 (UK single)
"Get a Job/Stand Down Margaret" 6:40 (recorded live in Boston, November 19, 1982)

 

I think the first CD I bought (which I still have) was a Count Basie-Duke Ellington collaboration. Bought it when I got my first CD player, Christmas 1986.

I remember that CDs were hard to find then because the blank discs weren't being manufactured fast enough.

 

Queen greatest hits...early 90s.

Although I now own several out of print CDs from the 80s which probably could fetch a few bucks if i put them on ebay.

 

The first was in the late 80s. A radio station I was working at did a compilation for clients.

 

AC/DC - "High Voltage", which was given to me by my sister's high school boyfriend sometime around 1990... The first one I bought myself was Nirvana - "Nevermind" in '92.

 

I thought I was the only one who didn't have an MP3 player and still used CDs.