Defining "old school" by vote

[Bullgrit]

From here on, I’m going to use the term “classic” instead of “old school.”

I wonder how much our thoughts on classic D&D is influenced by what classic D&D materials we started with, and in what order we experienced them.

For instance, for me, my very first experience with D&D was with Basic D&D, exploring module B1 In Search of the Unknown. In total, my early exposure (playing or just reading) to classic D&D published materials came about approximately in this order (there was some overlap):

Basic D&D rule book
B1 In Search of the Unknown
B2 Keep on the Borderland
U1 Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
AD&D1 Fiend Folio
AD&D1 Dungeon Master’s Guide
A1 Slave Pits of the Undercity (we first played/ran both A1 and U1 with BD&D rules)
AD&D1 Player’s Handbook
AD&D1 Monster Manual
Dragon Magazine
. . . then more AD&D1 modules, but most of my play was DMing or exploring homemade adventures.

Do you think the order we saw/read/experienced D&D materials plays a large role in how we define classic D&D now?

For instance, I would imagine my definition would be very different than someone who experienced materials in this order:

AD&D1 rules
Tomb of Horrors
White Plume Mountain
Ghost Tower of Inverness

Bullgrit