The first album you purchased was?

[Ricci]

I was wondering what everyone's first record that you actually went out and bought with your own money was? I bet it says a lot about where you come from and what kind of person you are.

Mine was...on tape...drum roll please...









































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I used money from cutting grass and had my sister's older friend buy it for me (I was 10 at the time). That album is waaay mature for a 10yr old and I couldn't believe some of the stuff I heard on there! I had to hide it from my mom. Me and my sister jammed that tape until it wore out some years later. It still brings back very strong memories for me.

[Sonnie]

I believe my first albums were from Columbia House, so it would have been a group of albums. However, I can't remember what they were. I believe I was about 14-15, which would have been around 1975-76. I know I was a big Elvis fan back then, so I figure it would have included an Elvis album. It seems like I remember Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was another one.

[OvalNut]

Good question!

I was 12 at the time, and mine was....




Tim

[Rambo4]

At 10, this was my first purchase:



Man I miss that guy.

[thxgoon]

and


Bought them both before I even had a CD player. I think I was 12 and bought them with paper route money

[atledreier]

It was vinyl, and it was Kim Wilde. It was back in '86, I was 12 and the album was all over the radio. I still have that album, and I still like it. There's something special about your first time anything. My first stereo system still exist in the family too, and it still works. The CD-player has bought the farm, but the rest is fine.

[premiumplus]

Heh heh heh,

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

[Ricci]

Good stuff all around. We've got some Mellencamp, some Boston, Elton John...
Seems like everyone remembers what that first purchase was too.

[nova]

Hmmm,... not positive this was the first, but I think it was. Musta been about '77. Dunno what it says about me or where I come from though Yup, vinyl.....that one and a whole bunch of others are down in the basement. Only record player I have left is a big old RCA Victrola console unit,...talk about a warm sound. Needless to say, I very rarely listen to any of my vinyl collection anymore.

[drumdude]

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic



On Vinyl of course. cause 8-tracks got eaten too easy.

[Ricci]

I like how everyone is noting the format that the album was purchased on too. Whether it was vinyl, 8 track, tape, or cd. I wonder what a 15 yr old would say? "I just bought the new Killers album download(Wav files?)".

[Tonto]

That's easy, Supertramp...(1)Even In The Quietest Moments & (2) Crime Of The Century. Bought them both at the same time, back in the late 70's during college @ FSU. Great music for great times! Still 2 of my favorites.

[SteveB]

1964:



Seems like I spent $2.99, not sure though.

[rcarlton]

Mine was Toys in the Attic. Bought it at State Discount for $2.99 on Grand River Avenue in East Lansing! Before that my sister bought all the records we had...Alice Cooper 45rpm Elected, some John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Jesus Christ Superstar, Winchester Cathedral....

I had an 8-track recorder and borrowed records from friends...why buy?

[DRB]

"The Doors". Vinyl. Mono.

[lcaillo]

I have a hard time recalling, but I think it was Led Zeppelin II.

[mrsollars]

Pixies - Doolittle.

4th grade birthday party. (this would be a 'cd' .....so an album from 'my time' )

[zoinks]

Deep Purple - Machine Head

[brucek]

ENGLANDS NEWEST HIT MAKERS - THE ROLLING STONES

This was their first album and mine too. I got it in 1964.

I wore the thing out. Before that I only had 45 singles.


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brucek