What Was The First Album You Bought?

[CosmicPal]

Bugeater...that's too funny.

It's funny how you mention the desire to tape the songs from the albums because that was my first job ever- making tapes for my friends. They'd come over and see all my albums and say, "Oh man, can you make me a tape?"

I made them buy the blank cassettes and they'd give me $10 for each tape I recorded. It took HOURS! Gawwddamn...having to sit there, pull out the album, set it down on the turntable, set the needle right before the song starts, then lean over and hit the Record button, and then hit Play on the record player.

Now, I can download a hundred complete albums before I ever finished taping a single song. And to think I only did that for $10/tape.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

Bugeater...that's too funny.

It's funny how you mention the desire to tape the songs from the albums because that was my first job ever- making tapes for my friends. They'd come over and see all my albums and say, "Oh man, can you make me a tape?"

I made them buy the blank cassettes and they'd give me $10 for each tape I recorded. It took HOURS! Gawwddamn...having to sit there, pull out the album, set it down on the turntable, set the needle right before the song starts, then lean over and hit the Record button, and then hit Play on the record player.

Now, I can download a hundred complete albums before I ever finished taping a single song. And to think I only did that for $10/tape.

Shit, I never even got to the part about what I had to go through before I had the money to buy records. For a good part of my childhood I made my mix tapes from sitting by the radio for hours with the tape deck set on pause/record waiting for the songs I wanted...it would literally take me days to complete one tape.

And of course the first part of the song was always cut off even though I'd be sitting there with my finger on the pause button every time a new song was about to start. And oh man did it piss me off when the DJ would talk into the song, I'd be screaming SHUT THE **** UP SO I CAN START RECORDING ALREADY.

[KC Dan]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Shit, I never even got to the part about what I had to go through before I had the money to buy records. For a good part of my childhood I made my mix tapes from sitting by the radio for hours with the tape deck set on pause/record waiting for the songs I wanted...it would literally take me days to complete one tape.

And of course the first part of the song was always cut off even though I'd be sitting there with my finger on the pause button every time a new song was about to start. And oh man did it piss me off when the DJ would talk into the song, I'd be screaming SHUT THE **** UP SO I CAN START RECORDING ALREADY.

Yep, I know of this very well. I listen to some of my old tapes (two boxes) in the garage when I'm working and always makes me smile. Especially, the Dr. Demento tapes from the smogberry trees on Sunday nights.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Shit, I never even got to the part about what I had to go through before I had the money to buy records. For a good part of my childhood I made my mix tapes from sitting by the radio for hours with the tape deck set on pause/record waiting for the songs I wanted...it would literally take me days to complete one tape.

And of course the first part of the song was always cut off even though I'd be sitting there with my finger on the pause button every time a new song was about to start. And oh man did it piss me off when the DJ would talk into the song, I'd be screaming SHUT THE **** UP SO I CAN START RECORDING ALREADY.

I did that too, especially with the year end countdown shows, except I recorded the whole thing and then used a cassette to cassette to re-record the songs I liked.

I actually also did that years later when I was in my 20's. I recorded late night shows on KBOO, a public access station in Portland, OR. They played really obscure alternative songs. I recently captured a bunch of those songs from those old tapes to MP3.

One thing to add to your "Back in my day..." rant - listening to 8 track tapes and having the track change in the middle of a good song.

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Shit, I never even got to the part about what I had to go through before I had the money to buy records. For a good part of my childhood I made my mix tapes from sitting by the radio for hours with the tape deck set on pause/record waiting for the songs I wanted...it would literally take me days to complete one tape.

And of course the first part of the song was always cut off even though I'd be sitting there with my finger on the pause button every time a new song was about to start. And oh man did it piss me off when the DJ would talk into the song, I'd be screaming SHUT THE **** UP SO I CAN START RECORDING ALREADY.

Holy shit, bugeater is MONEY tonight.

How well I remember doing that. And you could never get the beginning of the song.

I'd call the radio station and ask the DJ to play something.....then I'd sit and wait, finger poised over the record button.