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Firsts and Lasts

Just because the question floated through my head:

Cassette tapes:

  • First I ever bought: Pink Floyd, Animals (1977)
  • Last I ever bought: Steve Roach and Robert Rich, Soma (1992)

LPs:

  • First two I ever bought: Shadowfax, The Dreams of Children and Jean Luc Ponty, Individual Choice (1983)
  • Last two I ever bought: Steve Roach, Dreamtime Return and John Barry, The Living Daylights (1987)

CDs:

  • First I ever bought: Carl Orff, Carmina Burana (Brown/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus) (1987)
  • Last I ever bought: Various artists, Chasing the Dawn: Ultima Thule Ambient (2008)

iTunes music purchases:

  • First two: Kraftwerk, “Radioactivity” and The Police, “Miss Gradenko” (2003)
  • Most recent two: Led Zeppelin, “Kashmir” and Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon (2010)

Now I know.


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