What era are you? Real to Real, 8 Track, Vinyl Record, CD or MP3?

[mothra]

vinyl started me b/c i was not allowed to operate the units but cassettes got me hooked. give me a #2 pencil and some scotch tape.

[teamjeffrey]

i would say cd when we finally got bestbuy close to us my dad got me a Panasonic home stereo

[Inetba]

My first cassette was when I was four... Bad animals by heart. I could sing that aaaaalllllll day. Then I got older, realized it was about sex, and that my parents probably played my cassette in the bedroom.

I don't listen to heart anymore.

Edited July 2, 2015 by Inetba

[Stephen13]

Vinyl era here. Growing up in the 60's my Dad had a side job working on pinball machines and jukeboxes. I had my own pinball machine in my room and an absolutely HUGE collection of 45's. I'd give anything to have all the 45's I accumulated from when he would change out the old discs for new releases.

[Wicks]

Earliest memories are vinyl. Folk's had a huge cabinet that had a record player inside when you flip open the top.

I remember listening to a compilation record with "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck (David Allen Coe).....

You recall those weird Christmas gifts from Grandma, well one of mine was this, the first music I ever owned:

Yep.......Culture Club.

Can easily say I was a bit blown away opening this present as a little kid...

As for the first music I ever bought myself, that was a cassette and it was this one:

That evolved into joining Columbia House and BMG and slowly acquiring a ton of rock cassettes which transitioned mostly into rap.

Went to college in '92 and in the fall I stumbled onto somebody selling a used Teac CD player for $75.

That allowed me to purchase my very first CD:

Funny thing about that Teac CD player, it was a POS that would barely play CD's.

It would ALWAYS throw an error code.

But, strangely I had one CD that somehow would always play and would "fix" the error code:

OK, I'm done.

How's that for a musical story.......

[ZAPCO209]

I'm an 80s baby so tapes was my source in my first system.

[ROLEXrifleman]

good ole Columbia house and BMG....

my house was a 20 apartment mega structure when it came to them. My mailman laughed his ass off!!!

[beatinpearls]

Casettes for a short time then cds. Dad gave me my first cd. Stryper.... Got my first home cd player for christmas when i was 10yo in 93. He let me borrow an amp and speakers.

[Ahmed Johnson]

CD and a little cassette

[Jessica]

born in 76 so cassettes for me, but my dad is 74 and oldest brother would have been 50+ now so i came from a family of vinyl and have messed with 8 tracks and r2r.