First album/45/CD you received or purchased

[RJ]

Thought this might be interesting with our wide range of musical preference and age. I'll start.

The first music I ever received that was my own choice was The Beatles, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". At the time we lived in New York and my mother and grandmother took me shopping with them in the city one day. I had heard the song on the radio and really wanted it so they bought me the 45. I believe I was 5 y/o at the time.

The first album I bought for myself was Steely Dan, Can't Buy a Thrill. I was 12 or 13 then. I used some money I had made cutting grass. Me and a buddy rode our bikes to the "cool" record store where they also displayed odd paraphernalia in the glass cases. It was a few years later before we knew what that stuff was for. I believe the price for the album was $5 approximate.

What were your earliest music purchases?

[kcxiv]

First one i purchased was 1985. I was in the 3rd grade i beleive, ti was "Beastie Boys=Licensed to Ill"

[milkman]

The next one I purchase will be my first.

[BigMeatballDave]

Meat Loafs' Bat out of Hell was the first LP I had. First cassette was probably AC/DC Back in Black. And CD was Def Leppard - Hysteria.

[Skip Towne]

Li'l Darlin' by the Diamonds - 45

[RJ]

The next one I purchase will be my first.



You have never purchased music?

[KcMizzou]

Meat Loafs' Bat out of Hell was the first LP I had. First cassette was probably AC/DC Back in Black. And CD was Def Leppard - Hysteria.
Some classics, there.

[RJ]

Li'l Darlin' by the Diamonds - 45



We had that one in the house when I was a kid. I think it was purple. I played it often.

[milkman]

You have never purchased music?

No I haven't.

I simply don't care enough about music to ever own any.

[BigMeatballDave]

Li'l Darlin' by the Diamonds - 45You sure that wasn't on a 78?
:)

[KcMizzou]

No I haven't.

I simply don't care enough about music to ever own any.Wow... that strikes me as really odd.

[Skip Towne]

You sure that wasn't on a 78?
:)
I had it on 45. It was their biggest hit.

[BigMeatballDave]

No I haven't.

I simply don't care enough about music to ever own any.Really? I don't know what I'd do without music...

[milkman]

Wow... that strikes me as really odd.

Yeah.

I'm one of a kind.

[BigMeatballDave]

I had it on 45. It was their biggest hit.The '78' comment was a shot at your age.
:)

[milkman]

Really? I don't know what I'd do without music...

I do occasionally listen to music when I'm driving, though mostly when the sports talk station is on hunting or Nascar.

I just have never gotten into music.

[Skip Towne]

The '78' comment was a shot at your age.
:)
OK, I missed that. For forty years I thought the Diamonds were a black group.

[Al Bundy]

Kiss- Love Gun on cassette.

[RJ]

Yeah.

I'm one of a kind.


Probably so.


I once met a guy who told me he never watched or read anything that was fictional. Nothing that's "not real", he told me. I guess that sort of relates.


Personally, I couldn't live without music or fiction.

[RJ]

OK, I missed that. For forty years I thought the Diamonds were a black group.



They were white?

[DenverChief]

AC/DC Back in Black in 87 first one ever bought

2 Live Crew first album that came out the year it was bought 89

[milkman]

Personally, I couldn't live without music or fiction.

Really? I don't know what I'd do without music...

Even though I am the way I am, I can understand your points.

Music is a big part of our everyday lives, even for someone like me.

It's really everywhere, even if you don't look for it.

[Skip Towne]

They were white?
Yep. They sure didn't sound like it.

[Bugeater]

I had a fair amount of 45s, but I don't remember what my first one was.

First album:
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[DaFace]

I'm sure I had tapes of one band or another while I was pretty young, but I think the first one I purchased was when I was around 10 - "Four" by Blues Traveler.

[QuikSsurfer]

first cassette "The Land of Rape and Honey" by Ministry
first cd "Sixteen-Stone" by Bush

[RJ]

Yep. They sure didn't sound like it.



Like the early 80's band, ABC. I was shocked the first time I saw them in a video to learn they were British white guys.

[Fat Elvis]

Don't remember for sure what first 45 was, but the first album was:

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[Reaper16]

The first cassettes I remember buying were at a garage sale in Kearney; I bought Queen -- "Greatest Hits," and Metallica - "...And Justice for All." The first CD I bought was Puff Daddy and the Family - "No Way Out."

[KcMizzou]

I'm sure I had tapes of one band or another while I was pretty young, but I think the first one I purchased was when I was around 10 - "Four" by Blues Traveler.Wow, you're younger than I thought.

[Bowser]

The first LP I was given was a narrative of Star Wars. It was two albums long, and at the same time, I received a 45 of the Star Wars theme, all disco'd up. I still have them up in the attic somewhere.

My first music LP - Def Leppard Pyromania

First cassette - Dio Holy Diver

Can't remember my first CD*


*Winger. But you didn't hear it from me

[Bugeater]

Did somebody say Winger?

[KCBOSS1]

Van Halen 1984

[Mojo Rising]

1st record was Kiss Ace Freely. CD Supertramp.

Bowser - I saw Dio a few years back and he still had it. He and Bruce Dickinson have survived throughout the years and still sound great. Singers who haven't have had weight issues. (See also Ozzy when in shape and Jagger. Exception is a chick. Wilson from Heart.)

[DaFace]

Wow, you're younger than I thought.

I've been told that before by a couple CP members- 25 to be exact. Although now that I check it, I must've been 12 when it came out.

[Pitt Gorilla]

First one i purchased was 1985. I was in the 3rd grade i beleive, ti was "Beastie Boys=Licensed to Ill"That was mine as well. Some rapper is now using Paul Revere's beat for a new song.

[Stryker]

First album I ever bought - KISS "ALIVE!"
Second was Boston - "Boston"

First CD I ever bought - AC/DC - "Back in Black"

First cassette - Head East - "LIVE!" ?

First 45 I ever bought was Doby Gray (?) - "Drift Away"

[Sully]

First cassette I ever owned, Chipmunk Rock.
First cassette I ever bought, Hysteria
First CD I ever bought, Homebase (Fresh Prince).

[Raiderhater58]

first album purchased was "Diary of a Madman" Ozzy Osbourne, havent been the same since :)

[Bill Lundberg]

Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms

[Bowser]

Did somebody say Winger?

Nope.

[FAX]

My first album was a "Not For Resale" copy of "The Big Men Bold and Bad". It had songs about John Henry, Jesse James, Paul Bunyan and some other guys. I thought it was very cool except for the part where some guy went into a coal mine to save some other guys and got caught in a cave in and didn't make it out and his girlfriend pined for him for the rest of her life and planted flowers by the mine and rats came out of the cave and ate the flowers and one day she was bitten by one of the rats and she got an infection so the town doctor had to take off her leg at the knee and the townspeople got together and bought her a wooden leg but it didn't fit well and she was too embarrassed to take it back.

FAX

[Reaper16]

Nope.
It's ok, the Dio makes up for it.

[RJ]

My first album was a "Not For Resale" copy of "The Big Men Bold and Bad". It had songs about John Henry, Jesse James, Paul Bunyan and some other guys. I thought it was very cool except for the part where some guy went into a coal mine to save some other guys and got caught in a cave in and didn't make it out and his girlfriend pined for him for the rest of her life and planted flowers by the mine and rats came out of the cave and ate the flowers and one day she was bitten by one of the rats and she got an infection so the town doctor had to take off her leg at the knee and the townspeople got together and bought her a wooden leg but it didn't fit well and she was too embarrassed to take it back.

FAX




Yeah, that would suck.

[stevieray]

45- theme from Rockford Files...
LP- Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy

[jagerdrinker]

The first LP I was given was a narrative of Star Wars. It was two albums long, and at the same time, I received a 45 of the Star Wars theme, all disco'd up. I still have them up in the attic somewhere.

My first music LP - Def Leppard Pyromania

First cassette - Dio Holy Diver

Can't remember my first CD*


*Winger. But you didn't hear it from me

No sh*t...same here. My first 45 was the Star Wars theme, and on the reverse side was the song from the cantina. My next 45 after that was "Land Down Under" by Men at Work.

First LP was something by The Oak Ridge Boys...I'm sorry to have to admit that.

First cassette was Queensryche's LP with "The Lady Wore Black"

First CD was Tori Amos' "Little Earthquakes."

[Simply Red]

Gary Neuman - Cars (45)

[mikey23545]

What can I say - "The Monkees".

[RJ]

"

First CD was Tori Amos' "Little Earthquakes."


That's a great CD, especially if you're trying to get laid.

[Joe Seahawk]

showing my age here.. Tom Jones "She's A Lady" My aunt bought it for me on Easter Sunday.. Must have been 1970 or so.. I was about 8



Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she's never in the way
Always something nice to say, Oh what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her.
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her
Help me build a mountain from my little pile of clay. Hey, hey, hey.
Well she knows what I'm about,
She can take what I dish out, and that's not easy,
Well she knows me through and through,
She knows just what to do, and how to please me.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady and the lady is mine.
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Listen to me baby, She's a Lady
Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Talkin about this little lady
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa and the lady is mine
Yeah yeah She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine.


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[KcMizzou]

Dire Straights - Brothers in ArmsThat's a great album.

The guitar hook at the start of Money for Nothin' alone would make it a good buy.

[QuikSsurfer]

That's a great CD, especially if you're trying to get laid.
it is a good cd.
i liked "boys for pele" more

[luv]

I think my first 45 was Michael Jackson's Billie Jean.

[meStevo]

First 45 i ever played over and over from my dad's extensive collection was Don't Worry be Happy in the mid 80s when I was just several years old.

First tape I think i bought was GnR: Appetite for Destruction.

[Logical]

First album would have been a Beach Boys album don't remember the name.

First 45 I think would have been the Beatles Can't Buy me Love

I have no freaking idea what my first CD was.

[FAX]

Dang.

I think I had the most depressing album of anybody.

FAX

[KcMizzou]

I think my first 45 was Michael Jackson's Billie Jean.Well, if you're gonna go with Jackson... that's about the best.

[QuikSsurfer]

Dang.

I think I had the most depressing album of anybody.

FAX
nick drake?

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

"The Streak" by Ray Stevens was given to me by my cousin when I was like 5. She even gave me her record player to play it on too because I always listened to it when we were at their house.

The first record I ever bought was "Ya'll Come Back Saloon" by The Oak Ridge Boys.

[BroncoBuff]

45- theme from Rockford Files...
LP- Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy
That's a very cool combo.

I bought my first two 45's at JCPenney in the Westminster Plaza north of Denver in 1972. They were "Sweet City Woman" by the Stampeders, and "Snowbird" by Anne Murray.



At least I'm honest.

[|Zach|]

Tears For Fears - "Songs From The Big Chair"

[wazu]

I was in Junior High, pretty sure it was the cassette - Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In

[KcMizzou]

I was in Junior High, pretty sure it was the cassette - Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged InHeheh, good stuff. :thumb:

[Logical]

...
LP- Led Zeppelin Houses of the HolyThat was an outstanding Album the best of my college collection.

[luv]

I was in Junior High, pretty sure it was the cassette - Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In
I have one of their greatest hits CD's somewhere. I used to have the same one on cassette, but wore it out.

[Buns]

First music I bought was the Mighty Ducks 2 soundtrack on cassette. Included "We Will Rock You", "We are The Champions", "Rock and Roll Part 2", "Whoop there it is", "Wild Thing", "You Aint Seen Nothing Yet", and my favorite "Mr Big Stuff."

[BroncoBuff]

Tears For Fears - "Songs From The Big Chair"

Tears for Fears is radically underrated. They really kicked butt.

[DaneMcCloud]

Tears for Fears is radically underrated. They really kicked butt.

If you're a GIRL. :p

[SPchief]

I shit you not, but the first tape I ever bought was a fine young cannibals tape. I don't know why I bought it, but I remember that it was the first tape I ever owned

[DaneMcCloud]

I shit you not, but the first tape I ever bought was a fine young cannibals tape. I don't know why I bought it, but I remember that it was the first tape I ever owned

Because it "Drove You Crazy"? :shrug:



ROFL

[SPchief]

Because it "Drove You Crazy"? :shrug:



ROFL


I guess that when I was 8 I should have had more insight to find better music?

[DaneMcCloud]

I guess that when I was 8 I should have had more insight to find better music?

Are you asking my opinion or trying to denigrate my response?

[SPchief]

Are you asking my opinion or trying to denigrate my response?


neither

[DaneMcCloud]

neither

Then I guess my response would be "Yes". :p

[Mile High Mania]

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[Baby Lee]

First 45 - John Cougar-Cougar Mellancamp Couger - Jack and Diane, school x-mas [err 'seasonal'] gift exchange.

Don't really recall buying a 'first' LP, just picking some up after their time had passed at garage sales.

First Tape - Metallica - Kill 'Em All

First CD - Journey's Greatest Hits, used from the local used CD store at University.

[headsnap]

I on the same day in 1975 I bought:

LP:
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

45:
The Sweet - Little Willy

[LOCOChief]

My extremely hot 17 yr old cusin Brenda (who had been sent home from school early that year becasue her sweater was too tight and all natural) Tried to turn me on to Ted Nugent with "Double Gonzo Live" Told her I love it, but I was actually more taken with her. I did learn to play "Great white buffalo" on the guitar. She's as big as a house now, and I have an IPOD go figure.

[old_geezer]

Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (LP)

Does "The Battle of New Orleans" (45) by Johnny Horton even count as music?

[Baby Lee]

Moody Blues - A Question of Balance (LP)

Does "The Battle of New Orleans" (45) by Johnny Horton even count as music?
Beats the hell out of the Moody Blues. :p

[StcChief]

45 - Beatles - Hard Day's Night

Cassette - Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

LP - Cream - Wheels of Fire

[BigMeatballDave]

I was in Junior High, pretty sure it was the cassette - Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged InLMAO I forgot about that one. I was a junior in HS. I wore that tape out.

[BigMeatballDave]

If you're a GIRL. :pHa! Call me a girl then, because I was a big fan...
:)

[trndobrd]

Don't remember the first 45 I actually purchased, I would usually just help myself to my sister's collection.

First LP was the Star Wars soundtrack.

First cassette tapes were Beach Boys Greatest Hits and Aerosmith 'Toys in the Attic'.

First CD was Iron Maiden 'Powerslave'

[C-Mac]

First 45 record Stevie Wonder "Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday"

First Album was Beatles "Let it be"

First 8 Track was Boston "Boston"

First Cassette was REO Speedwagon "Live - You Get What You Play for"

First CD was Def Leopard "Pyromania"

[RJ]

Does "The Battle of New Orleans" (45) by Johnny Horton even count as music?

I love that song.

[mdstu]

Men at Work

Business as Usual

[Lzen]

I'm not sure exactly, but my first memory of buying my own tapes and records was from one of the clubs. Some I remember are:

The Cars - Greatest Hits
ZZ Top - Eliminator and Afterburner
Miami Vice soundtrack
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (hey, I was only a pre-teen and still trying to develop my musical taste)
Van Halen - Diver Down
The Police - Syncronicity
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo

[Deberg_1990]

First 45 was Joan Jett's "I love Rock and Roll"

First Cassette was Phill Collins "No Jacket Required"

First CD was Motley Crue " Dr. Feelgood"

First Napster MP3 download was AC/DC "Back in Black

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

http://www.truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/lovegun.jpg
sweet.

[Buck]

I don't know the first one I received, but the first CD I ever purchased was The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony".

[ChiTown]

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[KCUnited]

My first cd was Ice Cube - The Predator. The first cassette was Testament - The Legacy.

[Lzen]

I'm not sure exactly, but my first memory of buying my own tapes and records was from one of the clubs. Some I remember are:

The Cars - Greatest Hits
ZZ Top - Eliminator and Afterburner
Miami Vice soundtrack
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (hey, I was only a pre-teen and still trying to develop my musical taste)
Van Halen - Diver Down
The Police - Syncronicity
Devo - Oh No, It's Devo

Now that I think about it, some of these were cassettes and then another time I ordered LPs (don't ask me why).

I was maybe 11 or 12 years old at the time. Another one to add to my list.


Foreigner - Records

[seclark]

first 45 dr hook and the medicine show
side one: the cover of the rolling stone
side two: queen of the silver dollar

my old man wouldn't let me play that "hippie shit" while he was in the house.

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[Toadkiller]

John Cougar Mellancamp----American fool. I also got my first boombox, I thought I was cool.

[MOhillbilly]

First LPs ever give to me were a stack of bill cosby records. i loved those things.

First lp i ever purchased on my own was black sabbath - we sold our souls for rock n roll.
First tapes- VH 1984 & some def leppard that came out at the same time.
Nothin cooler than a fat kid witha one speaker boom box w/ a broken handle rockin out to panama...full blast & right up to the ear.

[Easy 6]

The first pieces of music that i remember having were two 45's, one by Chicago & the other was Puff the Magic Dragon.

First music i asked for or bought myself... KISS.

[Chiefnj2]

1st Album - sountrack to Rocky?
1st tape - Ramones, Road to Ruin

[KCUnited]

Used to watch and trade the hell out of these:

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[seclark]

first 33:
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
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[blaise]

First cassette was Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance
First CD was NWA EFIL4ZAGGIN

[penchief]

David Bowie - Young Americans.

I was twelve and it was the first time I spent my own money on an album. My dad just looked at me with contempt and said, "well, I hope it was worth it."

[MOhillbilly]

FTR- i was crushed when i droped my 'boom box' in the shop and broke the handle. I was already soooo uncool, & a 'boom box' w/ a handle taped together w/ electrical tape just screamed dork.

I rocked it anyway.

[seclark]

FTR- i was crushed when i droped my 'boom box' in the shop and broke the handle. I was already soooo uncool, & a 'boom box' w/ a handle taped together w/ electrical tape just screamed dork.

I rocked it anyway.

i bet the neighbors could hear your bee gees tunes from blocks away.
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[KCUnited]

First cassette was Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance
First CD was NWA EFIL4ZAGGIN
Had a NWA EFIL4ZAGGIN shirt that my mom flipped out and threw it away, but she never touched my Slaytanic Wehrmacht shirt. Maybe because we are German and stuff.

Xanadu ftw!

[morphius]

My first tape was Business as Usual by Men at Work.

[MOhillbilly]

i bet the neighbors could hear your bee gees tunes from blocks away.
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you know how bad id had gotten beat up if i played the bee gees?:)
It wouldnt have been pretty.

I did blow the old mans speakers when appetite for destruction came out. Color him unpleasant at my suggestion that it sounded better fullblast.

[DMAC]

First tape

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First CD

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:facepalm:

[MOhillbilly]

i went to school w/ a girl who loved kid kross, wore the clothes backwards & stuff.

[Renegade]

1st LP-Foreigner records
1st cassette-Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky
1st cd-ZZ Top Eliminator

Ah the good times

[blaise]

I actually still have cassettes even though I have no cassette player and never listen to them. I just can't bear to throw them out. Old Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New School and Das EFX, stuff like that.

[ClevelandBronco]

Single:

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Album:

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[Molitoth]

My brother gave me my first CD which was "The Beavis and Butthead Experience" because he got it free from Columbia House and he didn't like it. Lucky me.... =/

The first CD I actually purchased was "Steve Miller Bands Greatest Hits".
I think the second CD I purchased was "Bone - Est 1999 Eternal" and my mom had to buy it for me. Haha.

[Nzoner]

I was 9 and used some Birthday money to buy Morrison Hotel by The Doors because I liked the cover.

Earlier than that though I used some cashed in pop bottle money and picked out the 8-track of Led Zeppelin IV(ZOSO)

As for first 45,my best recollection is Popcorn by Hot Butter,catchy little song that you can hear below....



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[Hog Rider]

Patches by Dicki Lee on 45 of course!

[morphius]

First tape

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First CD

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:facepalm:
ROFL That's awesome! ROFL

[Rausch]

An old 45 of Alice Cooper's "I Never Cry" playing on a muppets record player.

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[RJ]

So I looked at this and thought "hey, good idea for a thread" and was about to post a reply when I realized I started the damn thing.

[Radar Chief]

First album Kiss “Destroyer”. Bought it with lawn mowing money.
Started buying CD’s in the 80’s basically duplicating cassettes I had but were worn out. Lots of Priest, Maiden, Zeppelin, Floyd, ZZ Top, yada yada.

[CoMoChief]

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

I know...........


FAIL :(

[sfchief]

First Album: Montly Crue-Girls,Girls,Girls
First CD: Ice Cube-Amerikkkas most Wanted

[Christofire]

I got six of them at the same time from Random House. GNR - Appetite for Destruction is the only one I remember for sure.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In on cassette.

[kc rush]

First album received

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First albums purchased

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First CD purchased

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[Icon]

My first music purchase were two 8-track tapes. I believe the year was 1974.

1. Elton John - "Madman Across the Water"

2. Grand Funk - "We're an American Band"

[Frazod]

First 45? God, I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure my first album was.... Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. LMAO

[Bob Dole]

First 45 Bob Dole remembers purchasing was Grank Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band" in 1973.

[Slainte]

First 45 Bob Dole remembers purchasing was Grank Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band" in 1973.

I remember that song. It went: We had joy/we had fun...

[gblowfish]

I can't remember the first 45 I bought, but the first three albums I bought with my own money were:
White Album/Beatles
Something? Anything?/Todd Rundgren
Rock n Roll Animal/Lou Reed

All bought same day at same time from Tiger Records on Independence Avenue.

[Bugeater]

I remember that song. It went: We had joy/we had fun...
I think you're misremembering that one...

[Rausch]

My first music purchase were two 8-track tapes. I believe the year was 1974.

1. Elton John - "Madman Across the Water"

2. Grand Funk - "We're an American Band"

First time I ever heard "I Can Feel Him In The Morning" was with shrooms.


Wow.

[Slainte]

I think you're misremembering that one...

No. I think I'm on to something...

[Saulbadguy]

Casette -http://i26.tinypic.com/bgu39k.jpg

CD - http://image.lyricspond.com/image/s/artist-steve-miller-band/album-steve-miller-band-greatest-hits-1974-1978/cd-cover.jpg

[Slainte]

but the first three albums I bought with my own money were:
White Album/Beatles
Something? Anything?/Todd Rundgren
Rock n Roll Animal/Lou Reed

You had some very good taste for a music-noob...

Here's my first 3 albums, all purchased at a (now forgotten music store during a clas trip to Memphis TN):

Dark Side of the Moon
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (debut LP)
Breakfast In America - Supertramp

[Nzoner]

First 45? God, I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure my first album was.... Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. LMAO

ROFL That reminded me of a 45 I used to own



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[Bob Dole]

I remember that song. It went: We had joy/we had fun...

Bastard!

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Actually my first 45 was of the Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens.

[DeepPurple]

First album was Grand Funk Railroad "On Time", their debut when it was new in 1969, I would of been 19.

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First '45 was "Liar Liar" by the Castaways about 1965.

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['Hamas' Jenkins]

The first CD given to me was Garth Brooks' In Pieces. Two different people got it for me. I fucking hate country music, and I especially hate when people give you gifts that they want b/c they are too fucking lazy to find out what you might want.

The first CD I bought was Green Jelly.

[MOhillbilly]

The first CD given to me was Garth Brooks' In Pieces. Two different people got it for me. I ****ing hate country music, and I especially hate when people give you gifts that they want b/c they are too ****ing lazy to find out what you might want.

The first CD I bought was Green Jelly.

my aunt and uncle got me the first WHAM! lp.ROFL

[ClevelandBronco]

my aunt and uncle got me the first WHAM! lp.ROFL

I think it's time we told you that that guy isn't technically your aunt.

[RJ]

The next one I purchase will be my first.


So milkman, did you ever make that first purchase?

[Slainte]

So milkman, did you ever make that first purchase?

Yes he did.

http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/talking-heads-fear-of-music.jpg

[Frazod]

Somewhere I have a picture of me from Christmas of '77 or '78 (whichever year Saturday Night Fever came out), holding my two coolest presents - the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album (gag) and a 9" black and white TV. I thought that was the coolest Christmas ever. :D

[ClevelandBronco]

Somewhere I have a picture of me from Christmas of '77 or '78 (whichever year Saturday Night Fever came out), holding my two coolest presents - the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album (gag) and a 9" black and white TV. I thought that was the coolest Christmas ever. :D

Use the presence of Disco Inferno on the album as your excuse and you're off the hook.

[Frazod]

Use the presence of Disco Inferno on the album as your excuse and you're off the hook.

I used it as target practice in high school. Does that qualify?

[morphius]

my aunt and uncle got me the first WHAM! lp.ROFL
and I thought the Lionel Richie tape from my unlce and aunt was bad...

[MOhillbilly]

to be fair they also got me the cobra a-10 that year.

[ClevelandBronco]

I used it as target practice in high school. Does that qualify?

You may have your man card back.

[Frazod]

You may have your man card back.

Thank you. :D

[Lzen]

Actually my first 45 was of the Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens.

Well heck if we're going back that far......

I remember having a 45 of Queens's Another Bites the Dust and the other side had Don't Try Suicide.
Also, I had a record called Funny Bone Favorites. Wore out that record. The only song that I remember was called A-hab The A-rab.

[Lzen]

and I thought the Lionel Richie tape from my unlce and aunt was bad...

Hey, Lionel Richie was cool. He knew how to turn the ladies into butter. :)

[Rausch]

my aunt and uncle got me the first WHAM! lp.ROFL

And ever since you've been jerk'n off pigs.

Just say'n...

[Stewie]

My older brother worked at the Toon Shop in PV Shopping Center, so he got all sorts of records and I never had to buy anything.

The first album I remember buying with my own money was Michael Jackson's Off The Wall.

[MOhillbilly]

And ever since you've been jerk'n off pigs.

Just say'n...

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[cdcox]

I lead a pretty sheltered childhood. I didn't even know there was such a thing as FM stations until summer camp after my 6th grade year in 1972. By then I had my first album Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, by Cher. I'm sure my exposure to Cher came from her TV show with Sonny. At the time, my younger brother was buying Partridge Family albums. At least I had enough sense to steer clear from those.

[chefsos]

Wow, this is harder to remember than I figured it'd be.

First 45, a gift from my parents. They got my brother and me a couple Beatles records, "She Loves You" and the other I can't recall. He left his in the car, under the rear glass, and it warped to the point where the needle would jump off it and land indiscriminately somewhere else on the record. Then we used 'em both as Frisbees.

No clue as to my first purchase. Maybe "Boston". Maybe the first Foreigner album. It was an 8-track for sure, though.

[Bugeater]

Wow, this is harder to remember than I figured it'd be.

First 45, a gift from my parents. They got my brother and me a couple Beatles records, "She Loves You" and the other I can't recall. He left his in the car, under the rear glass, and it warped to the point where the needle would jump off it and land indiscriminately somewhere else on the record. Then we used 'em both as Frisbees.

No clue as to my first purchase. Maybe "Boston". Maybe the first Foreigner album. It was an 8-track for sure, though.
8-track???

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[chefsos]

8-track???

http://i46.tinypic.com/4jksgx.jpg

Get off my fucking lawn!

[Rain Man]

My first purchased album (age 11):

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E9P3ORw9L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

My first 45 (I think, not sure, and I don't know if the picture is the Single or the whole album, but it was Come Sail Away):

http://www.streamingoldies.com/content-images/rays/Sail6.jpg

My first 8-track:

http://bigpondmusic.com/images/AlbumCoverArt/212/XXL/Bat-Out-Of-Hell4.jpg

No idea what my first cassette or CD was.

My first MP3 purchase (kind of a coincidence since I bought several songs that day - it's Maggie May by Rod Stewart):

http://www.quizquest.fsnet.co.uk/MaggieMay.jpg

[CosmicPal]

First '45 was "Liar Liar" by the Castaways about 1965.

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ROFL

That was soooooooo late 60's surf music there. The Munsters used the same sort of music in their show.

I don't recall an episode where the gals did that. AND, that sure as hell didn't look like Mrs. Howell. :shrug:

[Rain Man]

I lead a pretty sheltered childhood. I didn't even know there was such a thing as FM stations until summer camp after my 6th grade year in 1972. By then I had my first album Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, by Cher. I'm sure my exposure to Cher came from her TV show with Sonny. At the time, my younger brother was buying Partridge Family albums. At least I had enough sense to steer clear from those.

Ah, yes. The time-honored tradition of going to camp and learning all about frequency modulation from the older kids.

[MahiMike]

bloopers

[DJJasonp]

The Jackson Five's Greatest hits

But if you want to get technical, it was probably those plastic fisher price records with the plastic grooves in them....some nursery rhyme I suppose.

[Bugeater]

My first 45 (I think, not sure, and I don't know if the picture is the Single or the whole album, but it was Come Sail Away):

http://www.streamingoldies.com/content-images/rays/Sail6.jpg


Heh, that's actually the cover art from the back of The Grand Illusion album.

Here's the front:

http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/images/Styx-tGI.jpg

[ModSocks]

First Given to me was Aerosmith's "Draw the Line" on Cassette.

First that I purchased myself: It was either 2pac's Makavelli album or Nirvana's Nevermind. Can't remember which, but it was one of those.

[KcMizzou]

First I bought with my own money... (it was a cassette)

http://www.metalkingdom.net/album/img/d39/1688.jpg

[penchief]

I can't remember the first 45 I bought, but the first three albums I bought with my own money were:
White Album/Beatles
Something? Anything?/Todd Rundgren
Rock n Roll Animal/Lou Reed

All bought same day at same time from Tiger Records on Independence Avenue.

Rock n Roll Animal. Nice.
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[Psyko Tek]

8-track???

http://i46.tinypic.com/4jksgx.jpg

watch it youngster


I think us old farts out number uou

[Bugeater]

watch it youngster


I think us old farts out number uou
It was close, I missed the 8-track generation by this >< much.

[stlchiefs]

3 at the same time: Pearl Jam: Ten; Green Day: Dookie and TLC: Crazy Sexy Cool :shake:

[Psyko Tek]

first 45 MR Jaws
first 8 TRACK Pat Benatar crimes of passion
first album Elvis live the final tour thing came out after he died
first cassette eagles live 80
first cd CReed human clay ( arms wide open, my son was born that year)

[RJ]

I can't remember the first 45 I bought, but the first three albums I bought with my own money were:
White Album/Beatles
Something? Anything?/Todd Rundgren
Rock n Roll Animal/Lou Reed

All bought same day at same time from Tiger Records on Independence Avenue.


Nice choices. I think it was the summer of 73, I just played the hell out of Something/Anything.

[stumppy]

My first album.....AMERCAN WOMAN - THE GUESS WHO.
My first concert was STYX, McDonald Arena, Missouri State campus(Southwest Missouri State at the time)
I was about 12 yrs old, went with a friend who was 14. Got higher than a kite sitting on the floor up front. Joints were passed around all night.

[CosmicPal]

I can't honestly remember which album was my first one since I amassed quite a record collection over the years, but I do recall the first album that wow'd me and that was Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon."

When you've never heard anything like that before, it was simply amazing- the production, the music, everything. I'm glad I was able to experience it when I did because it was a pivotal album that made me appreciate music and certainly elevated rock 'n roll to another level.

[Bugeater]

I can't honestly remember which album was my first one since I amassed quite a record collection over the years, but I do recall the first album that wow'd me and that was Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon."

When you've never heard anything like that before, it was simply amazing- the production, the music, everything. I'm glad I was able to experience it when I did because it was a pivotal album that made me appreciate music and certainly elevated rock 'n roll to another level.
What's truly amazing about that album is how timeless it is, it's hard to believe it's 40 years old.

[luv]

I think mine was the Billy Jean single. I forget what was on the B side.

[Bugeater]

I think mine was the Billy Jean single. I forget what was on the B side.
Was it this?
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[KcMizzou]

I also got Prince's Batman soundtrack for my birthday, from my parents. It's ok to be jealous.

[MoreLemonPledge]

First cassette tape:

http://politicolnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Michael_jackson_1987.jpg

First CD:

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First download:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Blink181State.jpg

[Tits McGee]

1. Bad Company
2. REO Speedwagon Live
3. Boston

[Megbert]

Another Brick in the Wall Part II - 45
Tape - I don't remember
CD - INXS - Kick got it for Xmas.

[TinyEvel]

First album purchased was "Oh No! It's DEVO!" circa 1983. First CD was The Doors greatest Hits, circa 1992.

[Nzoner]

8-track???

Hey they used to put records on the back of cereal boxes

http://www.rainborecords.com/images/history_images/honeycomb.jpg

[Rukdafaidas]

First 45 owned - Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron (it was one of those floppy records that you had to tape pennies on to play)
First 45 purchased - It was either "Afternoon Delight" (liked the sound of the skyrockets in flight) or "Bungle in the Jungle" (loved the lion sounds)
First 8 track purchased - I believe was something by Leif Garret
First Album - Either "Foreigner - Foreigner" or "The Who - Who Are You"
First Cassette - I believe was "Rush - Moving Pictures" (Still one of my favorites)
First CD - I think it was "Van Halen - 1984"

[Nzoner]

My first album.....AMERCAN WOMAN - THE GUESS WHO.



I still say to this day that side 2 of that album is quite possibly the best B-side of any album ever.Proper Stranger,When Friends Fall Out,8:15,Humpty's Blues etc. pure rock-n-roll greatness.

[penchief]

I still say to this day that side 2 of that album is quite possibly the best B-side of any album ever.Proper Stranger,When Friends Fall Out,8:15,Humpty's Blues etc. pure rock-n-roll greatness.

The Guess Who are majorly underrated, IMO. One of my favorite bands. Their Live at the Paramount album is a unknown gem. Cummings and Bachman were great songwriters. Cummings a great singer and Bachman a great guitarist. And Gary Peterson is a very underrated drummer. His work on the live version of American Woman is awesome.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

1977, TG&Y Store, $6.99, Weatherford Oklahoma, and I've been a super-awesome motherfucker since:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ub35wREK3lE/SIopKPmpZOI/AAAAAAAAAdA/RebRuaaXbw8/s400/Kiss-Rock_And_Roll_Over-Frontal.jpg

[CosmicPal]

There seems to be a current theme in this thread: The old guys on this thread listened to some really great music to start off with and the younger ones started off with some godawful crappy pop music.

[RaiderH8r]

First album purchased was Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry, Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast, and Def Leppard's On Through the Night. It was a big day for RaiderH8r at the music store. It was my first visit and I got advance on two weeks allowance to pull it off. Some of the best money I ever spent.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

There seems to be a current theme in this thread: The old guys on this thread listened to some really great music to start off with and the younger ones started off with some godawful crappy pop music.

Boy; you can kiss Sweet Dick Willy's ass.:mad::D

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

First album purchased was Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry, Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast, and Def Leppard's On Through the Night. It was a big day for RaiderH8r at the music store. It was my first visit and I got advance on two weeks allowance to pull it off. Some of the best money I ever spent.

Mmm...approved, you are.:thumb: I hate it when I look for a song on YouTube, and all you can find is a collection of crappy cell-phone pirates. Anywho:

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[DeepPurple]

I still say to this day that side 2 of that album is quite possibly the best B-side of any album ever.Proper Stranger,When Friends Fall Out,8:15,Humpty's Blues etc. pure rock-n-roll greatness.

I got to see the Guess Who on the American Woman tour in November of 1970, Kurt Winter had already taken Randy's spot. Really great show at Loyola College in Baltimore, I left for a year's tour of Korea about two days later.

I always liked side 2 of Share the Land, it had kind of a psychedelic edge to it.

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[penchief]

I got to see the Guess Who on the American Woman tour in November of 1970, Kurt Winter had already taken Randy's spot. Really great show at Loyola College in Baltimore, I left for a year's tour of Korea about two days later.

I always liked side 2 of Share the Land, it had kind of a psychedelic edge to it.

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Share the Land is another really good album. They really didn't miss a beat after losing Bachman. Since you were able to see them live I'd highly recommend purchasing Live at the Paramount if you can find it. It was recorded in Seattle in 1972 after the release of Share the Land. It's one of my favorite live albums and will really surprise anyone who doesn't already know how good The Guess Who really was.

[Nzoner]

Share the Land is another really good album. They really didn't miss a beat after losing Bachman. Since you were able to see them live I'd highly recommend purchasing Live at the Paramount if you can find it. It was recorded in Seattle in 1972 after the release of Share the Land. It's one of my favorite live albums and will really surprise anyone who doesn't already know how good The Guess Who really was.

As much as I love the band I have to admit I haven't heard that album but am going to look for it on Amazon.

Here's another great song by them


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[DeepPurple]

...Since you were able to see them live I'd highly recommend purchasing Live at the Paramount if you can find it. It was recorded in Seattle in 1972 after the release of Share the Land...

I've been collecting concert DVD's since 2003 and have about 300, mostly legit or at least pro-shot. I found this Canadian import DVD at Amazon a couple of years ago, it's from a tour in the early 2000's. It's really good, Randy Bachman is in the lineup and they perform all the hits. It's recorded outdoors in their hometown Vancouver, Canada and a thunderstorm erupts. They play right through the rain and lightning, even with some big flashes in the background.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516ZWZ6FH5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

One of the strangest shows I've ever caught was the Guess Who performing free on Ft. Stewart, Georgia about 1984 sponsored by Kool cigarettes. There were a couple thousand GI's and I was probably the only one that knew the band was mostly fill-ins, the crowd was mainly guys in their 20's. The singer was Carl Dixon of Coney Hatch, he did a great job, sounded just like Burt. The only original was Jim Kale the bass player, and what's really strange is Jim Kale is not on the DVD reunion above with everyone else. I guess they resented him using the name back in the 80's.

As it turned out at Ft. Stewart, the troops got a little rowdy, actually a lot rowdy and toward the end the MP's came out and stood between the stage and the crowd and a few had German Shepherds and the dogs were barking and not happy. Finally the show ended and the band went off without ever playing "These Eyes". Afterwards I tracked them down backstage and asked Jim Kale what gives, and he said that was the encore song, but they didn't want to come back out with the crowd like it was.

[penchief]

I've been collecting concert DVD's since 2003 and have about 300, mostly legit or at least pro-shot. I found this Canadian import DVD at Amazon a couple of years ago, it's from a tour in the early 2000's. It's really good, Randy Bachman is in the lineup and they perform all the hits. It's recorded outdoors in their hometown Vancouver, Canada and a thunderstorm erupts. They play right through the rain and lightning, even with some big flashes in the background.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516ZWZ6FH5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

One of the strangest shows I've ever caught was the Guess Who performing free on Ft. Stewart, Georgia about 1984 sponsored by Kool cigarettes. There were a couple thousand GI's and I was probably the only one that knew the band was mostly fill-ins, the crowd was mainly guys in their 20's. The singer was Carl Dixon of Coney Hatch, he did a great job, sounded just like Burt. The only original was Jim Kale the bass player, and what's really strange is Jim Kale is not on the DVD reunion above with everyone else. I guess they resented him using the name back in the 80's.

As it turned out at Ft. Stewart, the troops got a little rowdy, actually a lot rowdy and toward the end the MP's came out and stood between the stage and the crowd and a few had German Shepherds and the dogs were barking and not happy. Finally the show ended and the band went off without ever playing "These Eyes". Afterwards I tracked them down backstage and asked Jim Kale what gives, and he said that was the encore song, but they didn't want to come back out with the crowd like it was.

Yeah, I've got, Running Back Thru Canada, too. They sound really good for not playing together for so long. There are some really strong moments on that album. That was the original lineup.

Jim Kale has owned the rights to the band's name and has been using it with a bunch of different lineups for years now. Although Garry Peterson later joined him they are pretty much unrecognizable as The Guess Who. I believe all of those later incarnations have really hurt the band's legacy.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

For those like myself who have listened to every rock band on Earth and in history, but never made it past the radio playlist of The Who; I encourage you to pursue their entire catalog. I came late to the "Who Party", but what a refreshing and inspiring band to be "saved for last".