Just thinking that back in early 1986 I got my first CD player (spent over $500 on it) and transitioned away from the vinyl. Yes, I was an early adopter.
I remember buying my first CD from Raspberry Records on Highland Drive, Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms (although my copy was not the remixed version now available) specifically because it was one of the first albums to be directed at the CD market, and was a full digital recording at a time when most popular music was recorded on analog equipment. (Wasn't I cool.)
Now, lest you think I was too cool, I recall that my second CD purchase was a 2 disc set from the Carpenters.(Note the link is to the 1999 remix of the earliler CD)
Followed by what has become a long lead up to the purpose this post which was me listening to some satellite radio which was playing some Dan Fogelberg on the way to work work and me recalling one of my favorite albums which was the next of my early CDs, Dan Fogelberg's Nether Lands
From Burt on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:34:23 from 206.19.214.144
Hey the Carpenters are cool. And so is Fogleberg even though we used to make fun of him.
I know what I'll be listening to all day now. So, if you'll excuse me...
From RAD on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 15:55:14 from 67.172.229.125
Nice mix, I was dating my hubby in HS in the late 90's when he bought a dvd player for $800!! (too much disposable income!) You tech savvy guys never get uncool stuff :)
From Teena Marie on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 23:29:01 from 174.52.45.85
Just looking over your last few posts. Can't believe you can pool run for 100 minutes! That is crazy diehard!
Can't help but laugh thinking about how cool you must have seemed to all of your friends with your state of the art CD player!!!
From Smooth on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 00:37:46 from 174.23.198.220
:) Ditto what Teena said! :-D
From DonGardinero on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:57:06 from 75.162.188.16
Nice music selection. The first CD Player we bought at RC Willey cost $350 back in the mid-90's and the first CD ever purchased, to go along with the CD player, was the Stone Temple Pilots (Purple) album, which I listened to once, followed by Men At Work (Cargo) and then Huey Lewis and the News (Sports). A few years later I started getting all of my CD's from the library. Now I have a vast library of my own CD's collecting dust.
From DonGardinero on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 15:00:01 from 75.162.188.16
Oh yeah, the last CD I ever bought was Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature" the day my son was born, which also happened to be the same day Steely Dan won a Grammy for Album of the Year for the same Album. Good times.
From RivertonPaul on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 18:58:13 from 67.42.27.114
Dale, fun thinking about the music we listen to, isn't it?
From DonGardinero on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:42:04 from 75.162.188.16
Yes, it is great fun. I'm such a music junkie. Lately I've stumbled onto a singer/song writer/musician that I can't get enough of. Her name is Esperanza Spalding. Nice and jazzy.
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