zephonic Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Mine was either the June or July '88 issue with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea on the cover. The next issue had Kenny Kirkland and Delmar Brown on the cover so I was hooked. Unfortunately, availability became problematic in the 90's and now it's nowhere to be found at all in the Netherlands. No kudos to the publisher/distributor! local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Issue #1. I RULE!!! Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I remember it like it was yesterday. July 1995 (or sometime in summer '95) with Stevie Wonder on the cover. I loved the mid-late '90s Keyboard - Fred Hersch solo piano, Richard Leiter's composition column (he put Guillermo Klein on my radar years before I ever appreciated who he was), Dave Stewart's column (did the same thing for Django Bates), extensive master classes, and more. My Site Nord Electro 5D, Novation Launchkey 61, Logic Pro X, Mainstage 3, lots of plugins, fingers, pencil, paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephonic Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Issue #1. I RULE!!! Busch. ......[respectful silence]...... local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe P Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Zephonic, Interesting question. I think mine was back in the late '80's and it had Jan Hammer on the cover holding a keytar (no kidding - that's what I remember!). Regards, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Issue #1 for me, too. PLUS in the first issue zephonic got with Herbie and Chick on the cover, I was mentioned. Remember the patch of the month thing....I had a bass patch for the memory moog in that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 As a charter subscriber to (then) Contemporary Keyboard magazine, I too received the inaugural issue. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I was a few issues behind the inaugural issue but did get started in year one. No disrespect to the current staff, but it is awesome to see the list of contributors at that time. This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Dammit. It's one of those things that wifey just doesn't understand. I had boxes and boxes of Keyboard Magazine in the basement. Probably a few in the attic too. Wifey considers them trash. So just to piss her off, now I keep everything. Sure, some would say that it's a problem. I say it's f'n golden. Who better understands me but me? And who understands why in the hellopete I'd keep boxes and boxes of Keyboard Magazine other than you guys and Sue? I swear I'm not mental... OK, not over-the-top mental. I just love going through the old issues, reading the reviews, staring at the ads, thinking where I was and what I was doing when those synths were for sale in the stores. Wifey? She don't care. Thank God for you guys. I know you got my back here and that I can call on you to plead in my defense when she puts me on the stand in divorce court. Just another reason we all need to stick together. Tom PS And that picture of Jordan there on the right. Why is he frowning at me? Is he that intense... really? How 'bout on a Sunday morning when he's still in his PJs reading the paper and drinking a cup of coffee with his cat curled up on his lap? Still intense like that? "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLaw Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Another #1 here. But is this really something we should be bragging about? Wasn't that about, oh, a quarter century ago? Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The first one I remember that really stood out in my mind (and Ive been trying to buy another copy for years) was the March 79 issue with Virgil Fox on the cover and Eddie Jobson on the inside. But this was by no means the first one.I had a couple boxes full of them that were destroyed by a flood in the 80s. Looking at the covers, I know I have some of the issues from 1977 still, if not all of them. Still need that March 79! T Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acctjm Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Whatever happened to FREFF? acctjm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephonic Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Whatever happened to FREFF? acctjm Wow, haven't thought of him since...well...the eighties! Keyboard's very own antagonist. Come to think of it, I think I learned English mainly from reading Keyboard mag :-) local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLaw Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Whatever happened to FREFF? acctjm Connor (Freff) is still around and writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I go back to the early eighties. I used to have ALL of my back issues...but when you move as many times as I have in the last few years, the weight and space became to much to keep them. This makes me remember SOUNDPAGES. Somewhere I have a cassette tape with all of my favorites. -Mike Martin Casio Mike Martin Photography Instagram Facebook The Big Picture Photography Forum on Music Player Network The opinions I post here are my own and do not represent the company I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Good question!!! Connor Freff...always approaching keyboards/creativity from a zen perspective. Hope he has done well. T Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenWaB3 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 #1 issue for me too. I them all until sometime in the nineties when I started missing an issue here or there. Should still have most of them too if they escaped basement flooding damage. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I also have a very clear memory of my first one that I bought from local store Boykin's while salivating over synths that I was just discovering. My first one was the Keyboards in Japan issue, bought along with the Kate Bush and the one with the artist paintboard on it. This was mid-'80s, perhaps 1984 or 1985. I very quickly got a subscription and have been getting them in the mailbox ever since then. I went back and collected all the other back issues over the past 10 years and have had a full collection since about 3 or 4 years ago. I have all the Soundpages as well. All my KB Mags are sorted into boxes by year on a dedicated shelf in the basement. There's a photo of it somewhere on this forum. I still get really happy when the KB Mag arrives each month, usually around the 20th! Time to check the mailbox. Regards, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliderproarc Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I think mine had BT holding a M-audio Ozonic. Which was very cool because I've really come to like his music, and I had that controller at the time. Forget the exact date. GIGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I think the first one I picked up was the one with Philip Glass on the cover, perhaps around 1988. Then I found out who he was. (I say I think, because I later bought a few back issues, some that dated close to that time, so that throws me off.) "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjwilcox Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 My first issue of Keyboard was probably late '80's with a feature on touring and live sound that featured Lyle Mays and Tony Kaye. www.wjwcreative.com www.linkedin.com/in/wjwilcox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 My first copy of Keyboard magazine had Joe Zawinul (RIP) on the cover. The magazine was a bible for about 15 years or so. I'm thankful to them for this forum. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimM237 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 My first issue was given to me by a friend in the early 80's...Jonathan Cain was on the cover sporting the Lync keytar. My friend's father owned a plastic company that manufactured the control panel piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWI Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The first issue of Keyboard that I ever held in my hands was the Jonathan Cain cover issue from the early 80's. My most favorite soundpage was the Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin song "Henry and James." It was one of the songs from their new CD "Up From The Dark." I have never been able to locate that CD - sure wish I could. www.cityprayz.com www.thesalvationpoem.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWI Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I just found some copies of "Up From The Dark" on Amazon - and purcheased one! KLONK HERE! www.cityprayz.com www.thesalvationpoem.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I honestly have no idea, but I'm sure it would have been in mid or late 1990 A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwhite9 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Patrick Moraz Nov 1981 is the first issue I remember. I signed up during the changeover. Too lazy to open up the box in the garage and get the exact month but the August 81 McCoy Tyner cover looks familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outkaster Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The only one I have left is December 1986. I had more before that. It was my birthday and it has Roy Bittan in it. I still read that interview today. "Danny, ci manchi a tutti. La E-Street Band non e' la stessa senza di te. Riposa in pace, fratello" noblevibes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I have issue #208, August 1993 here at work, in my desk drawer. It's the one with the Donald Fagen interview. I reference it often. I know that surprises many of you. "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Issue #1 here also. I also used to read Synapse magazine, and was a charter reader of EM too. I missed out on early SOS however. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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