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I'll take a stab at this.
first 7" single: "I Was Made For Dancin'" by Leif Garrett ('78/'79)
first LP: Eat to the Beat by Blondie, or possibly Some Girls by The Rolling Stones ('79). I *thought* that the Some Girls I bought was the controversial original version with celebrities on the cover, but upon further investigation I think I had the 2nd version with the celebrities removed.
first cassette: this is difficult to say... it would've been '80/'81... maybe Emotional Rescue by the Stones. I remember being conflicted in '80-'83 about whether to buy vinyl or cassettes. What tipped it toward cassettes was acquiring a Walkman, plus the fact that many cassettes came with bonus tracks in those days.
first 12" single: "Diamond Girl" by Nice & Wild ('86). I also had "Into the Groove" by Madonna which was '85 but I must have bought that later bc I'm p sure "Diamond Girl" was first.
first CD: I bought my first batch of CDs in early '87, among them Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths, Street Life - 20 Greatest Hits by Roxy Music (both UK imports), and A Date with Elvis by The Cramps. In hindsight The Cramps seems like an odd choice w/which to explore the exciting new world of digital clarity, but what can I say. Once I started with CDs I never again bought a prerecorded cassette, unless it was a self-produced cassette by a local band or something. But 2nd hand vinyl was abundant and cheap in the late '80s/early '90s so that's when I loaded up on old vinyl from the '60s onward.
first 3" CD: "Balloon Man" by Robyn Hitchcock ('88). Tbh the only other thing I remember owning in this format is "Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam ('89), which I still have.
― Josefa, Monday, 26 July 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
Josefa, we woulda hung out spinning records in the 80s. I still have that Robyn 3" CD!
My teenage boys answers to these questions: "BUY music?"
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 26 July 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
Oh wow! I lost my “Balloon Man” somewhere along the line. I had high hopes for the 3” CD single format but it fizzled out as quickly as it appeared. I don’t even have the necessary adaptor to play my Lisa Lisa one anymore.
― Josefa, Monday, 26 July 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link