Music What Was The First Album You Bought? - Page 9

**Donger** · 06-18-2010, 01:13 PM

Yes, album. If you young pups want to list the first CD/iTune/whatever, you bought first, I suppose that's okay.

I'll go first: the soundtrack to Escape From New York. Awesome.

**CosmicPal** · 06-18-2010, 05:34 PM

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** · 06-18-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

The first two albums I bought when I got my first turntable (which was somewhat later than all my friends, it seemed) were:

That's one of the dozen or so I still have on vinyl. IMO it's the best live album ever made.

Frosty · 06-18-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Which brings up a point, you fuggin' kids have it too damn easy. If we wanted all the hit songs, we had to buy the crap ones too. There was none of this "oh, I just want these three songs", thanks.

And it was even worse if we just wanted one song. If we were lucky, we might find it on a 45, otherwise we had to buy the whole damn album for it. I can't even count how many times I had to do that.

And there was none of this 'click for the next track' with your remote control bullshit either, we had to get up off our asses and go over to the Hi-fi, pick up the needle, and sometimes we even had to flip the album, and try to drop the needle perfectly into the slot between songs. You maybe got it perfect 1 out of 10 times. And then other times you'd drop it too hard and your dad would start yelling at you.

And don't even get me started on your 'mix CDs'. We had to use cassette tape for compilations, and we didn't just have to throw a playlist together and click on a button to burn a disc. No sir, we had to round up all the albums we wanted to use, and one by one take them out of their sleeves and jackets and manually load them on the turntable and then run the Discwasher over them. Then you'd have to drop the needle at the end of the preceding song and rush over to hit the record button on your tape deck and get it recording before the desired song starts and then hit pause once it's over and then put it back in its sleeve and jacket.

Now get off my lawn before I fill your backside full of buckshot.

**Bugeater** · 06-18-2010, 05:44 PM

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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** · 06-18-2010, 05:48 PM

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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.

**alpha_omega** · 06-18-2010, 05:49 PM

Cool thread idea...

Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii

patteeu · 06-18-2010, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

That's one of the dozen or so I still have on vinyl. IMO it's the best live album ever made.

Yeah, the best live album I've ever owned, IMO, is either Unleashed in the East or Bob Seger's Live Bullet.

Frosty · 06-18-2010, 06:05 PM

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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.

**Dartgod** · 06-18-2010, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CosmicPal

Tiger's Records

That's where I bought all of my first albums. It used to upset my dad when I'd return home from Tiger's with an armful of records. Bought my first concert tickets there too.

I bought other things at Tigers Records.

RJ · 06-18-2010, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Which brings up a point, you fuggin' kids have it too damn easy. If we wanted all the hit songs, we had to buy the crap ones too. There was none of this "oh, I just want these three songs", thanks.

And it was even worse if we just wanted one song. If we were lucky, we might find it on a 45, otherwise we had to buy the whole damn album for it. I can't even count how many times I had to do that.

And there was none of this 'click for the next track' with your remote control bullshit either, we had to get up off our asses and go over to the Hi-fi, pick up the needle, and sometimes we even had to flip the album, and try to drop the needle perfectly into the slot between songs. You maybe got it perfect 1 out of 10 times. And then other times you'd drop it too hard and your dad would start yelling at you.

And don't even get me started on your 'mix CDs'. We had to use cassette tape for compilations, and we didn't just have to throw a playlist together and click on a button to burn a disc. No sir, we had to round up all the albums we wanted to use, and one by one take them out of their sleeves and jackets and manually load them on the turntable and then run the Discwasher over them. Then you'd have to drop the needle at the end of the preceding song and rush over to hit the record button on your tape deck and get it recording before the desired song starts and then hit pause once it's over and then put it back in its sleeve and jacket.

Now get off my lawn before I fill your backside full of buckshot.

How well I remember agonizing over which album to buy.....the one with the really great song but the rest was mediocre, or the one with a few pretty damn good songs but no great songs. Those were important decisions.

RJ · 06-18-2010, 06:27 PM

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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.

**Gonzo** · 06-18-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Which brings up a point, you fuggin' kids have it too damn easy. If we wanted all the hit songs, we had to buy the crap ones too. There was none of this "oh, I just want these three songs", thanks.

And it was even worse if we just wanted one song. If we were lucky, we might find it on a 45, otherwise we had to buy the whole damn album for it. I can't even count how many times I had to do that.

And there was none of this 'click for the next track' with your remote control bullshit either, we had to get up off our asses and go over to the Hi-fi, pick up the needle, and sometimes we even had to flip the album, and try to drop the needle perfectly into the slot between songs. You maybe got it perfect 1 out of 10 times. And then other times you'd drop it too hard and your dad would start yelling at you.

And don't even get me started on your 'mix CDs'. We had to use cassette tape for compilations, and we didn't just have to throw a playlist together and click on a button to burn a disc. No sir, we had to round up all the albums we wanted to use, and one by one take them out of their sleeves and jackets and manually load them on the turntable and then run the Discwasher over them. Then you'd have to drop the needle at the end of the preceding song and rush over to hit the record button on your tape deck and get it recording before the desired song starts and then hit pause once it's over and then put it back in its sleeve and jacket.

Now get off my lawn before I fill your backside full of buckshot.

I'll bet you remember when your favorite artist, "Glog" came out with his album, "Me Bang Rock on Log" don't ya buddy?
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RJ · 06-18-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

I'll bet you remember when your favorite artist, "Glog" came out with his album, "Me Bang Rock on Log" don't ya buddy?
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Hey buddy, Glog was way ahead of his time as an artist and the production on "Me Bang Rock on Log" is still amazing even today. The rock on log sound is almost like you're right there.

Pablo · 06-18-2010, 06:43 PM

Back in my day you had to be really careful not to jostle your Discman around too much or the song might skip out for a few seconds. Of course then you had to worry about scratching the disc and cleaning out the laser eye slot too.

Now I know how Dust Bowl farmers must have felt. Hard times. Hard times I tell ya.

**Gonzo** · 06-18-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RJ

Hey buddy, Glog was way ahead of his time as an artist and the production on "Me Bang Rock on Log" is still amazing even today. The rock on log sound is almost like you're right there.

He was a pioneer...
Good thing he's not around anymore. He'd be suing the hell outta The White Stripes.
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06-18-2010, 01:13 PM
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CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	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. __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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Pablo Ultrabanned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northland Casino cash: $-1940644	Back in my day you had to be really careful not to jostle your Discman around too much or the song might skip out for a few seconds. Of course then you had to worry about scratching the disc and cleaning out the laser eye slot too. Now I know how Dust Bowl farmers must have felt. Hard times. Hard times I tell ya.
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