Bought my first record - what was yours?
Bought my first record a few days ago.
I was sipping and Octoberfest under my aspen's enjoy a breezy day while perusing eBay and reverb. I ended up with Pink Floyd's 1979 cut from MSFL Dark Side of the Moon. I've always love Pink Floyd, this album was big for me but to be honest The Wall is my favorite - still digging around for a good pressing. What about you? |
My 1st LP was Beatles 65 purchased in 1965.
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My parents bought records for me but the first one I bought on my own using money I earned delivering newspapers was Tommy by The Who. 1969. Around the same time I also bought the first Creedence Clearwater Revival album.
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David Bowie - Heroes
Must have been end of '77, or beginning of '78. Had to save quite some time to get the money together! :D |
Fun topic down memory lane. I only recall I rode my bike one hot summer day for what seemed like an hour to Eastpoint shopping mall in Baltimore County. This was in the early 1970s while I was in elementary school, maybe 6th or 7th grade. I bought an album by Kiss, and I can’t for the life of me recall which it was. I only know that I felt incredibly thirsty after having ridden so far in the sun ha ha ha. At least, I can recall that I used some of my money to buy a fountain soda, a Coca Cola—or was it Pepsi ha ha ha? More than actually buying the record, I vividly remember drinking that damn soda ha ha ha.
Buying an album was as much about buying a cover as buying a record, at least, for me this was true. Sometimes, I bought an album because I knew the music, and sometimes, it was to hear something new, but the joy of buying was imagining the music through the graphics and titles, of both known and unknown works. Thanks for the interesting topic, Mgrenwick. ron |
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Santana's Abraxas in 1970 was the first album I purchased. I loved the music :music: but had to hide the album from my parents because the cover has a naked lady on it! :eek2:
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Deep step for your first album, and like it! |
1st record - Tommy Roe 'Sweet Pea'
1st album - Moody Blues 'Days of Future Passed' |
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Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Probably in ‘66 or ‘67. I still have it, but the original sounds pretty scruffy now, I played the crap out of it on my dad’s KLH “portable record player.” I wrote a paper on “Mr. Tambourine Man” for my sophomore high school English class, in which I’m pretty sure I completely misinterpreted the lyrics. https://soundblab.com/images/1385049...-back-home.jpg |
It's funny..
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I'm not sure why, I just was never exposed to them. With my new HiFi setup I promised I would rectify this. It just becomes overwhelming when a band has such a large and varying catalog. Debating where I should even start. |
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Bought my first record - what was yours?
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No, but I know I was surprised later to learn that the Tambourine man was a dealer - at the age of 14 I was still clueless about such things. |
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States its a 1973 on cover and disc...Im confused b/c MOFI states 1979 Records looks mint just like seller said! |
Gregory Isaacs-Out Deh. My youth was the glorious transition from Jamaican Reggae to Dancehall. A golden period from a small island, the very best of 'pop' music at the time.
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My first record was a 45 and I bought two. Beatles Hey Jude and Revolution; CCR Down on the Corner and
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Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy, on the same day, plus a black Led Zeppelin T-shirt with the funky lettering that made my mother think I was listening to devil worship music.
Saved all summer for that. |
I’m probably going to regret saying this, but I bought my first record when I was a kid back in 1977 and it was the Star Wars soundtrack. I wasn’t really into music yet but I was into Star Wars.
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Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
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If you can’t purchase them all at once I would start from the beginning with “Please Please Me” and continue in order of release so you can experience how the Beatles evolved. |
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Black Sabbath Paranoid
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I bought it as well. :thumbsup: |
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Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (circa 1972)
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The first two LP's that I was given as a birthday present were The Band's Cahoots and Zeppelin IV.
After that I got my first record player and the first LP that I bought was... Attachment 59799 |
Sabbath, Zeppelin, Moody Blues, Elton John, I absolutely love your first albums. I had most of those too.
Ha ha ha good point Mikado463, records and albums are different. When I was really young, I had a bunch of 45s, but I think I didn’t buy any of those, just appropriated them from my mom. Love this topic. |
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That Alice cooper album was fantastic. It wasn’t my first, but one of the firsts. |
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Just bought a mint 1976 Japanese pressing of "Please Please Me" As well as 15 other records today! I have a problem... |
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The first album I bought new was Hotel California.
I bought it from a Walgreens I think and i remember wishing i had enough money to buy the new video game that was on display; Pong! I also saved up enough to buy a set of Puma Clyde's that summer. Life was good.[emoji16] |
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I think is was around 10 at the time. It was the movie soundtrack to Star Wars. I still have it, but it’s all scratched.
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My first vinyl LP, bought with my own money, was the soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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The Stones- Tattoo You was an early buy as well, couldn't afford Some girls at the same time sadly.
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Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Massive mistake as I then had to spend a lot of $$$ because I fell in love with the sound and the cheap TT I bought to deep my toe in just couldn't cut it already. |
Baby Sittin’ Boogie by Buzz Clifford a 45 in early 1961. Hey, I was only ten years old at the time. Still buying music to this day.
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My first vinyl bought in 1976 ...
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You bunch of youngsters.............. Chuck Berry's "Chuck Berry is on Top". Family had purchased a new Magnavox console and we each got to choose an LP to got with it.
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