CONFESS!!!! First album (any medium) you ever bought

[LynneSin]

Doesn't matter if it's 8-track/vinyl/cassette/CD - what was your very first purchase ever with your very own money.

Mine was Electric Light Orchestra's "Out of the Blue". I bought it at a Peaches store somewhere in Cleveland. I still have that record! Ironically, my first cassette and first CD were also the same exact album. If a new medium comes out for music, I'll stick with tradition and buy this album first.

BTW #2 & #3: Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" and the Clash "Combat Rock". After that I have no order.

Oh I didn't buy any of my Led Zeppelin albums. My brother had them all and I listened to his (and also his discarded Led ZEppelin 8-tracks). When my brother decided to get rid of them I took them in. I have; however, bought all Led Zeppelin albums in cassette and CD versions

[dolo amber]

1. KISS - Destroyer

:headbang:

I was like what...8? :D

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. Partridge Family "Shopping Bag"

:rofl: I bought it with my saved-up allowance. Vinyl LP that really did come with a shopping bag! :rofl:

[LSK]

3. Huey Lewis or Culture Club

Hey, I was 10.

:hide:

[momophile]

82. I think I was eleven and mine was Huey Lewis.

How embarrassing.

The only redeeming thing about the whole episode is that I actually went to buy the Ramones but the store didn't have them so I settled with Huey Lewis. How much cooler would I be if I could say that my first album was the Ramones?

[sundog]

4. Chic - C'est Chic

[dolo amber]

7. You would

:D :thumbsup:

[sundog]

46. chic cheer

gimme a C *C* gimme an H *H* gimme an I *I* gimme a C *C*

[RedStateShame]

5. A Hall & Oates greatest hits cassette

I was in 5th grade. I really liked their songs, back then. I thought I was over it, until I heard "I Can't Go For That" recently. I just can't believe that was me at some time. No, I can't. No can do.

[ceile]

6. Michael Jackson

or maybe it was the Jacksons, The Wall. I forget.

[johnnie]

8. Mind you, I had already had about 25-30 albums by this time

The first one I bought was "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells at a garage sale for a quarter. The first one I ever bought new was "A Hard Day's Night". I was 8 or 9.

[MrCoffee]

9. Beastie Boys License to Ill on cassette.

my mom came in and said "What's that noize?"

[southpaw]

25. You sure she didn't 'bust' in?

Anyway, she's just jealous...

[Burma Jones]

10. Tom Jones' Delilah

I'm not proud................

[LynneSin]

17. First album given to me was Shaun Cassidy

:shrug:

For a packrat that has saved every album she has ever bought I have no clue what I did with that one

[Guava Jelly]

11. My first records were 45's and i still have them

You keep running away -38 special
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Brown
scary hugh

[_testify_]

12. Paul Simon, Graceland (cassette)

[1gobluedem]

13. Smothers Brothers Live Volume II

I was eight. I played it so much, I wore it out.

[crim son]

14. It was an ELO album... Discovery? It's been a long time.

I still like ELO.

[LynneSin]

22. I adore ELO, love them more than I do the beatles

seriously

ELO is like #7 on my list of all time favorite band. Beatles are #8

[crim son]

23. Well then I admire your good taste!

I'm not sure there are too many of us out there....

[Mad_Dem_X]

29. ELO is awesome

Of course, I mean the *real* ELO, with Jeff Lynne, not the crappy "Part Two" band. "Out of the Blue" is one of the all-time best albums, IMO.

[LynneSin]

41. I love "Concerto for a Rainy Day" side on Out of the Blue

To me that is the perfect album side. I have those 4 songs as a set on my MP3 player and actually listen to them on a regular basis. But they still sound better on vinyl

[SteppingRazor]

15. Master of Puppets by Metallica...

bought it on cassette when it came out. I was 10 or 11 years old.

[MrCoffee]

18. That is still one of the BEST albums I ever stole...i mean bought.

[datasuspect]

16. david bowie - young americans

vinyl, 1983, used.

[taterguy]

19. Skip Spence's Oar

I was eight years old. It blew my mind

[Joe Fields]

20. Meet the Beatles. I paid $2.10 for it at a TG&Y. I was 9 yrs. old

[elocs]

118. It was Meet the Beatles for me too and I was 11.

I was at my friend's house in January of '64 and he told me that his mom just bought him a new album by some group called The Beatles. I listened and BAM! I was hooked. I dragged my friend across town to the only discount store we had. Forty two years later I still have it and the British version is not the same.

[Benfea]

21. "Worlds Apart" by Saga

Man, is that ever embarassing!

[Ramsey]

24. It wasn't a Bowie album

Earth Wind and Fire, Best of, Volume 1, came out in 1978, was the first album I purchased myself, and if I recall I bought it at Target. It was the vinyl LP.

I was given a couple of albums before that, including The Eagles Desparado, which I adored!

[LynneSin]

27. This sounds silly but they had Targets back in 1978?

Only thing I was given before the ELO album was Shaun Cassidy and about 2 dozen old 8-tracks my brother didn't want anymore.

Gotta love the 8-tracks. I still remember Rush's 'Closer to the Heart'

<<<singing>>>
Closer to the Heart
Silence
Silence
Silence
Click
Silence
Silence
Silence
Closer to the heart

Gotta love those breaks they'd put in the middle of the song

[Mad_Dem_X]

26. The soundtrack to "Grease"

First on cassette, then when it wore out, I bought the album.

[mainegreen]

28. Faith No More - Epic. nt

[MrCoffee]

31. You wanted it all, but you couldn't have it, could you?

[mainegreen]

40. It's in your face but you can't grab it.

:P

[southpaw]

30. Elton John's Greatest Hits IIRC

[kwassa]

32. Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs

Little Red Riding Hood

Wooly Bully

both 45s,

then the Mamas and Papas Greatest Hits.

then Rubber Soul, by the Beatles. Amazing record.

High Tide and Green Grass, the Stones first greatest hits compilation.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. The Fifth Dimension, 'Age of Aquarius'

I think I was 13.

Always loved harmony.

[Richardo]

34. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

[Mz Pip]

35. Beatles first album

I think I still have it somewhere.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[auburngrad82]

36. The Beatles Second Album

I still have it.



Liberal bumper stickers

[sproutster]

37. Saun Cassidy "doo run run" 45 :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

38. CCR - Chronicle cd when I was 10.

:hi:

[SKKY]

39. Electric Light Orchestra's Greatest Hits....

...I loved that band growing up. Still do.

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. Oh Jeez....

:blush: :blush: Tanya Tucker "The Coward of the County" :blush: :blush:

[SeattleGirl]

43. Carole King's "Tapestry"

It was an LP, and I still have it. Still one of my favorites.

[Fox Mulder]

44. "A Boy Named Goo" by the Goo Goo Dolls.

I bought it when I was 14.

[querelle]

45. It Was By Elton John

Don't Shoot Me I'm Just the Piano Player. I loved the song Daniel. I still do. Summer of '72. I was eleven years old.

Q

[Dukkha]

47. *sigh*...this one

:hide:

[MrCoffee]

48. and you even went and found the pic...wow

[Leo 9]

49. It was the album to the movie "Born Free".

I was a little kid.
I saw the movie.
I liked the lions.
I also liked the song.


Andy Williams
Words by Don Black and Music by John Barry

Oscar-winning title song from the 1966 film, Barry also won for soundtrack
Charted in 1966 at # 7 by Roger Williams and # 35 by Matt Monro
Soul version by the Hesitations hit #38 in 1968


Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart

Live free and beauty surrounds you
The world still astounds you
Each time you look at a star

Stay free, where no walls divide you
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide

Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living
'cause you're born free

(Stay free, where no walls divide you)
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide

Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living
'cause you're born free

[Spirochete]

50. I think the first LP I ever owned

was Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs debut album. Then I got a few Beatles and Beach Boys albums, but that Sam the Sham was the first, I'm prety sure. This was 40 years ago, but I think I'm remembering right.

[gollygee]

51. I think the first one I bought *with my own money* was

Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran.

But I had Xanadu and I don't remember if I got that with like birthday money or something. I got a part-time job and used money I actually earned to get Seven and the Ragged Tiger. I was very proud so that one stands out to me. :D

[martymar64]

52. Stevie Wonder "Songs in the Key of Life"

After that: Kiss "Destroyer"

[BrotherBuzz]

53. Kingston Trio 'From the Hungy i'

Still have it and play it about every other year.

[begin_within]

56. Well I don't give a (chord) about that greenback-a dollar. Spend it fast

as I can. We had that album too.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

54. Blind Melon-"No Rain" on cassette

My first CD was Nirvana "Nevermind"

[begin_within]

55. T. Rex - "Electric Warrior" on vinyl LP

[livetohike]

57. Meet the Beatles

:-)and I wish I had a dollar for every time I played it.

[KayLaw]

58. Rubber soul

Loved it, too, especially Norwegian Wood.

[The_Casual_Observer]

59. Them featuring Here Comes the Night

[Kashka-Kat]

60. Beatles 65, in .... you guessed it.... 1965! Glad to see theres some

other old timers around here...

[AlCzervik]

61. The Who, Meaty beaty big and bouncy.

[Katina]

62. Sweet Baby James

love at first sight

[Blue_In_AK]

63. The first album I ever owned

(although my parents bought it for me) was Boris Pickett and the Cryptkicker Five, "The Monster Mash." Seriously. :rofl:

[mac56]

64. "More Of The Monkees"

in 1967 at the Ben Franklin store in Cloquet, Minnesota.

[SacredCow]

65. KISS- Dynasty

I was made for lovin' you baby
You were made for lovin' me...

[WestHoustonDem]

66. CSN - Deja Vu

[GOPisEvil]

67. Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall"

What? I was 10 or 11.

[LynneSin]

99. You're fricking kidding me

The man with the eclectic taste in music.


:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

107. I didn't have an older brother with good taste in music.

:cry:

[LynneSin]

114. I'm just glad it didn't take

God forbid if we could get along if you had that type of musical tastes

:pals:

[grannylib]

68. Fleetwood Mac 'Mystery to Me' or Emerson Lake and Palmer...

can't remember which one I bought first...

[Broken_Hero]

69. easy

The Ghostbusters Soundtrack....:) Then Ride the Lightning by Metallica...:)

[Initech]

70. I think it was Weird Al Yankovic - Off The Deep End

[Tripper11]

71. Alice Cooper - Goes To Hell

My parents were none too thrilled either!

Second album - KISS - The Originals



That certainly didn't help matters......

[RetroLounge]

72. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

I think.

Zeppelin's first 2 and Def Lepard's first album were in there too.

RL

[Tikki]

73. This album...I bought it shortly after it was first released....

Tikki

[havocmom]

74. Grand Canyon Suite on vinyl

Still have it. Have had it for almost 50 years now.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

75. The first I went and picked out, without taking it as a gift, was

either Miles Davis--Kind of Blue or Steely Dan--Aja. I can't remember which was first; I actually may have bought them at the same time.

[sendero]

76. I'm not sure!

I remember my first single (Monkees I'm a Believer/Stepping Stone) but by memory I'm thinking that my first album purchase was Free's "Fire and Water". But that was 1970 and I can't believe I waited that long to buy an LP. I know I had received gifts of LPs from friends, "Magical Mystery Tour" for example.

I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not sure - this is important ! :)

[WCGreen]

77. Beatles Rubber Soul....

Breakfast in America was the soundtrack to my summer in Oregon...

Bank in 1979...

[babylonsister]

78. 1/2 of "Four Way Street", CSNY. My twin bought the other half

for a mutual birthday gift (it WAS a double album!). :)

[arwalden]

79. More of the Monkees

[dolo amber]

80. whoisalhedges is too shamed to post his, so I'll do it for him

REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity.

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

100. That was in my top 10 of first albums bought

Nothing wrong with that

[SaveElmer]

81. "Tubular Bells"...Mike Oldfield...

Still love that album

[yellowdogintexas]

83. Probably Paul Anka's Greatest Hits, in 1961 or thereabouts

vinyl of course.

[Gatchaman]

84. Cassette, Vinyl & CD & MP3

Cassette: Journey "Frontiers"

Vinyl - AC/DC "Flick of the Switch"

CD - Mott the Hoople "The Hoople"

First purchased MP3 from iTunes - Grandpa Jones - "all American Boy"

[LynzM]

85. Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage - on CD

Had it until a few years ago, when all my CDs got stolen. :grr: I love that album.

[NNadir]

86. Jimi Hendrix: Axis, Bold As Love.

It was 1967. I was fifteen.

My next album was Jefferson Airplane's "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off," pre-Grace Slick.

Then there was this cascade of Bob Dylan albums.

My father gave me my first Bob Dylan album about 1966, before I had money to buy albums myself, "Bringing It All Back Home." He came home from work one morning - he worked the Graveyard shift - and threw it on the kitchen table and said, "Here, some Hippie gave me this album at work. I don't want to listen to it, you can have it."

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

That changed the direction of my life, I think. I can't remember the last time I actually listened to Bob Dylan - probably decades ago - but I wouldn't be me if my father hadn't given me that album.

[bertha katzenengel]

87. LP: Karen Lafferty, Bird in a Golden Sky

Can't find the album cover, but this was her back then



She wrote the Christian praise song (actually the tune to something Jesus said) "Seek Ye First."

Ah, memories.

My second LP purchase was Chuck Girard's first (I think).

[Bassic]

88. Use your Illusion 2 by Guns n' Roses

Followed closely by Metallica's Black Album, and Nirvana's Nevermind.

[SnohoDem]

89. The Early Beatles

mid-1965 - I had just turned nine.

[GOPBasher]

90. Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet. n/t

[Pendrench]

91. Help Soundtrack (the Beatles)

Back when I was in grade school (late 1970's) I found $5.00 at a bowling alley...my mom made me turn it in to the manager, but she told me that if no one claimed it after a week I could keep it.

A week later I went back, no one had asked for the money, so I got the $5.00 and went to Music World to buy the record...if I remember correctly, it cost me $5.35 (or something like that).

Five dollars went a whole lot further back then!

Tim

[Lady President]

92. "Glass Houses" Billy Joel

And I don't care what anybody says, I still like the Piano Man.

[Omphaloskepsis]

93. Artist: Operation Ivy -- Album: Energy

Sound system gonna bring me back up
One thing that I can depend on..

Ha..

[Vidar]

94. Wellington's Victory (Beethoven)

[libnnc]

95. With my own money, it was Rickie Lee Jones "The Magazine"

I was 14 and on vacation with my best friend and her parents. We went to the Record Bar and I saw the cassette in the bin and thought it looked interesting.

It was like your first hit of crack...

I've been hooked on RLJ ever since.

[Common Sense Party]

96. Ozzy Osbourne. "Bark at the Moon." It was disappointing.

Now, it's just embarrassing.

[NMMNG]

97. Pink Floyd - The Wall

I played that tape until it was worn out.

[electricmonk]

98. What a coincidence

Out of the Blue was my first album too. Bought at a G.C. Murphy's store in Roanoke, Va. 2nd album was probably Styx's Grand Illusion. I still like ELO, Styx makes me want to jam sharp objects into my ear.

First 45/single I ever bought was Rock On by David Essex.

Shortly after the ELO purchase, 6-12 months, my brother came home on leave from the Navy and brought all his newly purchased albums and left them behind. Things like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Blondie, Police, Talking Heads, etc. Unfortunately no Sex Pistols, Clash or Ramones. I had to discover those bands by myself thanks to Creem magazine.

[Eurobabe]

101. Chicago?

I think. Don't really remember it was SO long ago, I had alot of 78s that I bought with my own money in the late 60s.

[mduffy31]

102. Thriller

[Rising Phoenix]

103. Bon Jovi

slippery when wet...

[AutumnMist]

104. Olivia Newton John

and I think it was Saturday Night Fever after that. I was a child so its kind of fuzzy now. :)

[Inspired]

105. The first Partridge Family and Osmonds LPs. n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

106. Misfits - "Evilive"

[Critters2]

108. "The Monkees"

I still have a crush on Mickey.

[Joey Liberal]

109. Santana

Abraxas I think was the name of the album. Yes, I was a rocker even in junior high school:).......

[Mr. McD]

110. Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake

I was 12

[yurbud]

111. John Denver something

[greendog]

112. First two: "Tubular Bells" and "Physical Graffiti"...

...on 8 track tape.

[u4ic]

113. "Fonzie's Favourites"

:rofl:

[last_texas_dem]

115. Alright, I'm pretty sure...

...the first album I ever bought myself was The Beatles' 20 Greatest Hits, on cassette, in 1990. I was seven years old. It was an interesting album that I played so much that it broke and I had to replace it; it had all their American #1's, and has since been superseded by One. Oh yeah, it was the only place I know of that you could get "Hey Jude" with two minutes chopped off of the end (if, for any reason, you'd ever want to hear it that way!).

My first vinyl LP, I actually bought myself about a year after my first cassette. It was a reissue of the Beatles' "White Album." Awesome, 'cause it had the giant, fold-out lyrics poster and the four individual portraits of the Beatles. I already had over 200 albums from my dad, though, and ended up buying old vinyl regularly beginning a couple years after that. I got into it right around the time they started phasing records out, so I've only gotten the pleasure of buying a small handful new and sealed.

My first CD was The Best of the Guess Who, purchased at the same time as my first CD player in 1995. It's one of my all-time favorites, and let me to find several of their old albums on vinyl and buy their two-disc Anthology which I'd highly recommend to anyone.

[6000eliot]

116. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Band on the Run," and "Ringo"

They were all new at the time. I had just gotten paid from my summer job.

[bigwillq]

117. TLC's "OOOH, on the TLC tip"

I was in the eighth grade.