What was the first medium you had for each of the studio albums?

timdwilli
timdwilli Posts: 297
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With the hype building around PJ11, it got me thinking about where I was/how I obtained each of the first 10. I know everybody has all the vinyl and each album in multiple formats now, but what was your first? (Sorry if there's already a similar thread...a few basic searches didn't come up with one) For me:

Ten - CD from Columbia House as a referral to the club by my dad
Vs. - CD from local Musicland (or it may have changed to Sam Goody by then)
Vitalogy - CD from same store above (came out the day before my 15th bday)
No Code - CD from my local new & used record store, CD Jungle (loved that place). I subsequently traded this back as I was not initially a fan of the "new sound" (I know, I know, I know). The credit probably went toward something like Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death
Yield - CD. I don't exactly remember where I bought this one, but it is scratched to shit and the case is missing...the last semester of high school was a wild time
Binaural - mp3. In college? In the year 2000? I see no point in lying...this was most definitely obtained via illegal download
Riot Act - mp3. Sadly, I believe this still would have been the result of more piracy (both of these have now been purchased multiple times over...I hope it counts for something)
Pearl Jam - mp3. By this time, iTunes was a well-oiled machine and it was definitely worth the price for a clean download that could easily be added to your iPod
Backspacer - CD purchased from Target to get the two free bootleg downloads (those were Halifax '05 and Santiago 2 '05 if anyone cares)
Lightning Bolt - mp3. Another iTunes purchase. This was a few months before I really got into vinyl, so the chance at red vinyl/Sevens flew under the radar for me at the time

Thanks for checking this out, and I look forward to reading some of yours!
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  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    Cool post! 

    Ten - Bought the tape at Sams the Record Man at my local mall after seeing Evenflow on MuchMusic a year after it released

    VS - Bought close to launch day at Sam's on tape

    Vitalogy - Day one at Mister Music. First CD I ever bought

    No Code - I remember getting this a couple of weeks after it was released. Cuffed school with a couple of friends and hit the uptown mall to get the CD

    Yield - Was a year later on this one. I think I got it second hand at a pawn shop

    Binaural - Can not remember this one though I think second hand

    Riot Act - 2000 - 2002 for some reason I did not listen to this band much and did not even know Riot Act was coming out. I remember having a long drive to my aunts house for dinner and they were playing the album on my local radio station from front to back. I came into the airing right when Love Boat Captain came on. My girlfriend(now wife) and I listened to the whole thing slowing down the drive to take it all in. I bought the album the next day on CD. 

    Pearl Jam - Second hand at a local record shop on CD

    Backspacer - Never owned this for some reason

    Lightning Bolt - Itunes 

  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,992
    Ten......Bought the tape while back to school cross boarder shopping in Buffalo 1993
    VS........skipped school, bought at Music World on its release date ( tape)
    Vitalogy..skipped school, bought at Music World on its release date ( tape)
    No Code.......A friend of mine owned a record store and sold me a copy ( on the down low) 5 days before it was released (CD)
    Yeild........purchased at HMV during a collage spare on its release date (CD)
    Binaural.......purchased at HMV about a month after release date (CD)
    Riot Act........Christmas gift 2002 ( CD)
    Pearl Jam .......Birthday gift June 15th 2006 ( CD)
    Backspacer.....purchased at HMV about a month after release date (CD)
    Lightning Bolt....purchased at the "Beat Goes On" on its release date (CD)
    1996.....Toronto
    2005.....Hamilton
    2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
    2013.....London, Buffalo
    2014.....Detroit
    2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston  N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
    2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
    2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  
    2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
    2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited September 2019
    Ten— Sam Goody.  Longbox CD
    Temple of the Dog — The Wall CD
    VS—- Sam Goody CD
    Vitalogy— cannot remember where CD
    No Code — Kmart CD
    Yield —- Sam Goody CD
    Binaural —- Sam Goody CD
    Riot Act — indie record store CD
    Self titled — Best Buy CD
    Backspacer — Target CD
    Lightning Bolt — 10club vinyl


  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,037
    Fun idea for a thread...and good excuse to knock the dust off some memories :sunglasses:

    Ten -- CD from record store in college. Was enthralled w/ Alive video, heard the album at friend's place, purchased shortly thereafter.
    Vs -- Vinyl from record store in college, week before CD was released. Didn't have a record player at the time so had to wait for CD to launch. My PJ ticket buddy at the time and I drove to the record store to purchase CDs together and then cranked it at volume 10 at a listening session at his apartment
    Vitalogy -- Vinyl from record store in Charleston, SC while on vacay w family, week before CD was released. First time I heard tho, I think, was on a radio broadcast that aired the songs just prior to release. I was working at a restaurant in college washing dishes and vaguely recall hearing the songs for the first time there....plastic gloves on, big industrial dish washer, the smell of the antiseptic detergent clinging to hair and clothes, and the magical sounds of new Pearl Jam songs filling the air. Did I just make that up? I dunno, maybe so.
    No Code -- CD. A buddy and I bought it at midnight release from Coconuts (maybe?) in Birmingham, AL during school break
    Yield -- CD from record store in Miami on release day. Was in the Everglades for a two week canoe trip as part of a college class (man o' man, would it be nice to have classes like those again, ha) but a tropical storm caused us to jettison the trip. Several buddies and I re-routed to Miami for a 24 hour pit stop before heading north
    Binaural -- CD from Tower Records in Nashville on release day
    Riot Act -- CD from Tower Records in Nashville on release day
    S/T -- CD & Vinyl from 10C
    Backspacer -- CD & Vinyl from 10C
    Lightning Bolt -- CD & Vinyl from 10C

    p.s. OP, at least the credit for the No Code trade-in went towards Biggie! 
  • cwja
    cwja Posts: 143
    Ten - CD courtesy of college roommate 
    VS - CD Bought on release day
    Vitalogy - Vinyl cause I wanted to hear it a week sooner. The first vinyl record I ever bought. Still have it.
    No Code - Cassette cause the CD changer in my POS car had crapped out but the tape deck still worked
    Yield and everything after that was all on CD first but I’ve purchased vinyl versions as well since Binaural

  • jazzbo26
    jazzbo26 Framingham, MA Posts: 842
    Ten - CD free promo disc when I was working at a video/record store called Music Plus
    Vs. - CD Music Plus
    Vitalogy - CD when I was working at the Virgin Megastore in Hollywood
    No Code - CD Best Buy
    Yield - CD Virgin Megastore @ midnight (lined up for the playing cards poster)
    Binaural -  CD Best Buy
    Riot Act - CD Best Buy
    S/T - CD Target
    Backspacer - CD 10C
    Lightning Bolt - CD 10C

  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    CD for all of them, with the exception of TEN, where I had a dubbed cassette, and bought the CD. And also Vitalogy, where I had the vinyl first, then got the CD weeks later.   

    From Binaural on, i got both the CD and Vinyl. 
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    Nuclear fission
  • nuzzer1
    nuzzer1 New Jersey Posts: 1,437
    Ten - CD long box bought at the Price Club, New Britain, CT ~June 1992
    all day of release:
    Vs. - CD bought day of release at Cutlers, New Haven, CT
    Vitalogy - CD Strawberries, Farmington, CT
    No Code - CD Coconuts, Farmington, CT
    Yield - CD my mom was nice enough to drive it to me at school - bought at Strawberries, Avon, CT
    Binaural -  CD Best Buy, Farmington, CT
    Riot Act - CD Best Buy, Worcester, MA
    S/T - CD Tunes, Hoboken, NJ - should've been f-ing lining up for the Irving/Tower but my boss didn't let me out! grrrr. 
    Backspacer - CD / Vinyl 10c
    Lightning Bolt - CD / Vinyl 10C
  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,320
    Ten. My brother bought the CD late 91/early 92. I don't think I personally bought it until I bought the vinyl 10 years ago or so
    Vs. Day it came out dad bought it for me. Original gatefold version 
    Vitalogy. Same as above
    No code. 4 friends rode our bikes to Coconuts and waited in line for store to open day it came out
    Yield. Friend and I bought it at best buy day it came out
    Binaural. GF grabbed it for me at best buy day it was released. Came with free place/date book
    Riot act. Bought it at midnight day it was released at local place in Iowa city
    All since I've preordered via tenclub 
    6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/16
  • BH87446
    BH87446 Posts: 113
    Ten- CD at Tower Records
    Vs- CD at Tower Records
    Vitalogy- CD at Tower Records
    No Code- CD at Tower Records
    Yield- CD at Virgin Megastore (yes, I got the playing card poster! 😉)
    Binaural- CD at Tower Records
    Riot Act- Vinyl at Dimple Records
    ST- Vinyl at Fry’s Electronics 
    Backspacer- CD (the one in the DVD case) at Target
    Lightning Bolt- Vinyl at Dimple

    With the exception of Ten, all were bought day of release, and anything bought on cd first was shortly followed by the vinyl, except Binaural, which I somehow missed, and had to wait for years till the reissue...
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,956
    i don't recall where i bought most of them but here goes.

    TEN - cassette bought at same time as Nevermind, after Jeremy hit big on MTV
    VS. - cassette (with Five Against One printed on it) bought day of release
    Vitology - CD bought within 1st few days of release
    No Code -  Cd but this one i waited for years to buy. didn't get me excited at all. i think i ended up buying this after Live on Two Legs was released.
    Yield - CD within week of it being released
    Binaural - CD as it came out
    Riot Act - CD at a Circuit City and had to take 2 different versions back as they were defective. finally got it correct on try #3
    S/T - CD through 10 Club
    Backspacer - CD through 10 Club
    Lightning Bolt - CD through 10 Club.  I still like having a physical copy.
  • timdwilli
    timdwilli Posts: 297
    Some great lists so far. Love the nostalgia brought on by the names of the now closed music stores. Definitely a long shot, but would be amazing to hear from a Colombian whose first copy of Vs. was the blue vinyl!
  • petted101
    petted101 Posts: 190
    Ten. second hand CD from Sonic Sounds in Lincoln 1993
    VS. Vinyl new from Andy's Records in Lincoln (bought same day as Ten but they refused to give me the advertised discount on the Ten vinyl as it was still in the official chart).
    Vitalogy. second hand CD somewhere in Boston probably 1995.
    No Code. cannot remember where but new CD (I do remember the review in the NME so close to release date).
    Yield. CD on release day Sam Goody in Boston. 
    Binaural. CD around release Virgin Hull.
    Riot Act. CD again new probably Hull. 
    Self Titled. Chinese bootleg in a Burmese market during a visa run from Thailand.
    Back Spacer. two CD copies Cambridge HMV.
    Lighting Bolt. Ten Club vinyl pre-order.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,498
    Ten - cassette
    Riot Act - mp3 illegal leak (fear not, I bought the CD on release day)
    Everything else - CD
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    I purchased every album on vinyl a week early when they did it that way.  Midnight sales.  Ten I bought the vinyl and cd (in a long box) the day it came out.  Still have the vinyl sealed as I didn't have access to a record player at the time.  All others I bought the vinyl and eventually the cd except LB which I only purchased on vinyl.
  • as far as waves
    as far as waves Posts: 34

    TEN - cassette bought at Listening Booth /The Wall same day as Rush Roll the Bones -day before my senior year of high school

    VS. – Bought the vinyl the week before release on the Tuesday it was released at Record Revolution (R.I.P. to a great independent record store), and then the CD at the midnight sale Record Revolution was having

    Vitalogy – Vinyl released first at Record Revolution CD to follow

    No Code -  I think it was an HMV in Paris, European release was a week before the US

    Yield – Was able to pick up the CD on Monday before the Tuesday release date at Record Revolution

    Binaural - CD at Target on release date

    Riot Act - CD at Downtown Records the Saturday before release.

    S/T - CD at Downtown Records the Friday before release along with Tool 10,000 Days

    Backspacer - CD at Downtown Records the Friday before the Sunday Target release date.  Went to Target on that Sunday to buy it too.

    Lightning Bolt - CD through 10 Club
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,931
    Abe Froman said:
    I purchased every album on vinyl a week early when they did it that way.  Midnight sales.  Ten I bought the vinyl and cd (in a long box) the day it came out.  Still have the vinyl sealed as I didn't have access to a record player at the time.  All others I bought the vinyl and eventually the cd except LB which I only purchased on vinyl.
    Was Ten pressed on vinyl on release day? I thought it was done later when Vs. or Vitalogy was released. 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,931
    Ten - CD from Musicland Maybe a year after it came out
    Vs - CD from Musicland
    Vitalogy - vinyl from Dr. Wax in Evanston IL
    No Code - CD/Vinyl from Vibes mUsic in Milwaukee
    Binaural - Vinyl from 10c/CD from Best Buy
    Riot Act - CD/Vinyl from Virgin Megastore

    The rest I bought just the vinyl from 10c.


  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    Tim Simmons said:
    Abe Froman said:
    I purchased every album on vinyl a week early when they did it that way.  Midnight sales.  Ten I bought the vinyl and cd (in a long box) the day it came out.  Still have the vinyl sealed as I didn't have access to a record player at the time.  All others I bought the vinyl and eventually the cd except LB which I only purchased on vinyl.
    Was Ten pressed on vinyl on release day? I thought it was done later when Vs. or Vitalogy was released. 
    Hmm...not sure. I can’t remember. I know I got a copy early on. Not sure if it was after release day. 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    Loving this!

    Ten-Cassette tape.  Traded a friend for it.
    Vs- Cassette tape.  My copy didn't have VS on it.  Bought it at Best Buy the day it came out and was on constant rotation.
    Vitalogy- Heard that only 50,000 copies of the vinyl were made so wanted to have that before the main release. Got this at a record shop in Santa Monica at 3rd st Promenade.  Bought the CD when it debuted too.  Kind of hard to play a record in your car...
    No Code- I was out in the Berring Sea when it was released and made my brother and sister buy it and mail it to me ASAP.  Before we departed Seattle I recorded a show off the radio and it had this new song that blew my mind called Lukin.  I was most likely the only person in the whole fishing industry to have that CD at that time, lol.  
    Yield- Now working in Arizona.  Drove almost an hour to find a Bestbuy to purchase the CD.
    Binaural-Wasn't excited about this album, got the CD.  Was very underwhelmed at the time. Bestbuy was my go to.  They always had cool imports.
    Riot Act- Wasn't even aware it came out as PJ was not in my wheelhouse at this time.  Bought the CD, gave it 1 listen and back on the shelf.
    S/T- Was actually interested in finding this as I heard "World Wide suicide".  Couldn't find the damn album anywhere.  Come to find out it was a Target release only...My sister bought the CD for me.
    Backspacer-  Heard the Fixer and was excited about this one until I actually listened to it...  CD went back on the shelf.
    Lightning Bolt-Pre ordered the CD from 10c, thought I had ordered the LP too but apparently I did not...

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