GTKY: First tape/ cd/ record?

[14joa31]

kelltothekell - great idea - OMG, Ace of Base! LMAO! That takes me back! I honestly cannot remember the first tape that I purchased for myself - it may have been the sound track to Phantom of the Opera though - nerd alert!

I also had a good friend give me copies of all of her Richard Marx albums on cassette ... am I giving my age away??

[dizzycooks]

The Eagles - hell freezes over
I got a tape deck and that tape for my 11th birthday.

[valie]

Now 2!
LMAO I learn today that it's Canadian, so yeah.

It was my first encounter with No Doubt and Gwen Stefani - now long time favourites of mine.

I got it the day I bought my very own radio/cassette/CD player. I was 9 and I'd saved more than $100 for it. It was a big day for little valie.

[NellieOleson]

Madonna - Like a Virgin

I had no idea what a virgin was, but I was totally obsessed with Madonna and had lace fingerless gloves I would wear while I lip synced to that album.

Also, I'm wicked old, obviously. Ha.

dizzycooks - The Eagles? Were you 11 going on 45??!

[silverspoon]

I can't be sure, but I believe my first tape was Rod Stewart. I was a big fan in elementary school. Forever Young!

I also remember being gifted a Vanilla Ice tape. Only my mom took it and made a copy of just Ice, Ice, Baby and gave that to me. She didn't think the rest was appropriate. I was 6.

[sjames2015]

I don't know how old I was but it was New Kids On The Block if I remember right. Then shortly later was Vanilla Ice. Most of my tapes were recorded off my tape player though.

[silverspoon]

Jul 6, 2016 19:43:04 GMT -5 sjames2015 said:

I don't know how old I was but it was New Kids On The Block if I remember right. Then shortly later was Vanilla Ice. Most of my tapes were recorded off my tape player though.

OMG how could I forgot New Kids. I know I had their tapes. I'm not sure who came first.

I had their sheets and a lunchbox.

[tinydancer]

Jul 6, 2016 19:48:53 GMT -5 silverspoon said:

Jul 6, 2016 19:43:04 GMT -5 sjames2015 said:

I don't know how old I was but it was New Kids On The Block if I remember right. Then shortly later was Vanilla Ice. Most of my tapes were recorded off my tape player though.

OMG how could I forgot New Kids. I know I had their tapes. I'm not sure who came first.

I had their sheets and a lunchbox.

Loved them! I think I had a pillow. Donnie was my favorite.

[tinydancer]

I can't remember my first tape, but one of the first ones I remember buying with my own money is Michael Jackson History. Oh, also, TLC Oooh on the TLC Tip.

My current car actually has a tape player, so sometimes I still rock out to my old tapes - En Vogue Funky Divas, Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill, and Nirvana Nevermind are the highlights.

valie, Tragic Kingdom was one of my first CDs and I still love it. Gwen Stefani was so cool - a punk rock girl.

[pinktartan9]

These are all so good!

I was 9 or 10 and got Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill cassette -still a great album to this day

My first CD was Bush - Sixteen Stone

[scorpioscuba]

First record - I had that Fisher Price record player when I was little and I think I had a Rainbow Brite record? Maybe?? LOL

I have no recollection of my first tape but I know I had tons. I do distinctly remember when I got my first CD player (OMG! It was the coolest thing!) and I won a Gloria Estefan cd at the county fair before her concert. I wasn't a huge fan of hers but it was pretty cool to win that.

14joa31, I had a Phantom CD too! I think it was a double disc set or something.

I'm also old. Clearly. kelltothekell, as soon as you referenced Ace of Base, The Sign started playing in my head. That is one song I'll NEVER forget apparently!

[sjames2015]

I also remember my first cd being Meat Loaf.

[NellieOleson]

Jul 6, 2016 20:15:37 GMT -5 tinydancer said:

Jul 6, 2016 19:48:53 GMT -5 silverspoon said:

OMG how could I forgot New Kids. I know I had their tapes. I'm not sure who came first.

I had their sheets and a lunchbox.

Loved them! I think I had a pillow. Donnie was my favorite.

Donnie! Damn girl, you like the bad boys.

[crimsonandclover]

My goodness, tapes I have no clue - we had kids tapes growing up. I definitely had all the New Kids ones (Joey was my fav ).

My first CD was Ace of Base - The Sign. kelltothekell, we must be about the same age (I just turned 34)

[sjames2015]

I'll be 34 next month. And Donnie has always been my favorite. Yes I like the bad boys. I had a Donnie doll and I think a Donnie pillow case.

[14joa31]

I liked Jon - the strong, silent, big brother-ly one. And I just turned 35 in April

[kcrkcs]

Jul 6, 2016 14:49:32 GMT -5 kelltothekell said:

In third grade, my dad's friend left a George Strait tape in my car. Apparently, it never made it's way back to him and I've loved George Strait ever since. I saw him in concert a few years ago, awesome sauce.

The first tape I purchased/ picked out myself was Ace of Base in fifth grade. I have very clear memories of singing, "The Sign" with my basketball team in the bleachers. lol.

Yes ace of base!!! That might have been my first or possibly REM.

[silverspoon]

I'm blanking on first CD.

I do know the last cassette tape I owned was Savage Garden. That "I Want You" song was super popular at the time.

[Lollipop]

I think my first tape was Alan Jackson's Greatest hits. I was 4 or 5. My first CD was A 3 cd set of country classics. Like OLD stuff. From the 50's-70's. I LOVED it. I was 11, almost 12, and it came with a CD/radio/alarm clock combo.

ETA: came with, as in was given to me at the same time, not as a bonus gift type thing. And I don't think I ever bought myself a tape. We had Hanson, and Most of the Mary-Kate and Ashley ones though. And a Raffi one that my mom only let us play as a treat. The first CD I bought myself was probably Garth Brooks. I don't remember for sure though. 

[Lollipop]

HAHAHAHA speaking of The Sign. Guess what just tarted playing on my iTunes. And I'm pretty sure it was technically before my time lol