What's The First Album You Bought?

[arwalden]

My first FULL LENGTH Album was "More Of The Monkees"

I also had this one...

They're still around here somewhere... in one of the permanently sealed white-elephant boxes that I drag around with me from place to place.

[flamingyouth]

1. The New Zoo Revue album

and Elton John's Madman Across the Water (I was 5 or so).

[NoPasaran]

2. Sgt. Pepper

Still have it

[WoodrowFan]

3. Elton John's Greatest Hits (NT)

[StClone]

4. "YES"

[MissMillie]

14. that's a good one! (n/t)

.

[crimson333]

5. Triumph's

Allied Forces

[redqueen]

6. Got 3: Rush - Moving Pictures, David Bowie - Scary Monsters & Space Oddity

[bluedeminredstate]

7. I second that travesty

It was the Partridge Family. Please know I'm cringing in horror...

[andyhappy]

8. OMD

I am a child of the 80's!

[kodi]

9. soundtrack to "a hard day's night" by a minor, insignificant band

1964.

[wtmusic]

10. I drag those boxes around too

They will probably be opened by my heirs or just trashed

[Jack_Dawson]

11. KISS

Detroit Rock City

[frylock]

44. nice

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2220019#2220421

[BigMcLargehuge]

45. for me it was "Destroyer"

LOL I was 7... My mom gave me my first record album at 5 along with a handy dandy little red phonograph, the record was Kiss: Rock and Roll Over.

[Dukkha]

81. Alive II for me

I remember putting all the rub on tatoos on me and running around like gene Simmons

[psychopomp]

103. I got that one for Christmas from Mom (at 7yo)

But my first personal buy was KISS Double Platinum!

[one_true_leroy]

12. REM Green... still a favorite!

[MissMillie]

13. Electric Light Orchestra

A New World Record

[stirringstill]

15. Journey -- Escape

I miss Steve Perry.

[Jack_Dawson]

18. !!! That was my 2nd

Nice work.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

25. Mine was Journey Frontiers.

I still have it, too!!

[AlCzervik]

16. Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy-the Who

[Ekirh]

17. My First Album....

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.

[DoBotherMe]

19. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly. First concert, same year '68, Steppenwolf.

[sniffa]

20. run dmc

[johnnie]

21. A Hard Day's night was the first one w/ my own money

I already had a collection of close to 40 albums by then. It was with money from my 8th birthday.

[micrometer_50]

22. it was either Bill Cosby

or Roger Miller.

[Dzimbowicz]

23. Steppenwolf Live

and I still have it.

[XNASA]

29. Me too.

It was the first one I bought with my own money.

[johnnie]

34. I went to Catholic school

In the 6th grade (76) we had "Bring in music day" on Fridays. One day I took in the Steppenwolf Live album. Needless to say it never got played.

[XNASA]

39. I remember bringing in LZ II.

Every one loved it except for the nun. Especially "The Lemon Song" LOL!!!!

[fertilizeonarbusto]

24. Beatles 1962-1966

Still have it, too.

[bobbobbins]

26. Guns n' Roses, Appetite for Destruction

[Jack_Dawson]

52. Yer a Young'in!

That's a Top-5 album for sure.

[mac56]

27. Good heavens! Are you me?!

My first LP was also "More Of The Monkees"! Bought at the Ben Franklin store in Cloquet, MN in early 1967.

My second was "Paul Revere And The Raiders' Greatest Hits".

[last_texas_dem]

28. The Beatles' 20 Greatest Hits

After my dad's cassette fell apart I went and bought one for myself and nearly wore it out, too. I was in second grade. Cool album... although I'm tired of most of the songs on it now. The Beatles are my favorite band but I actually prefer their album tracks and b-sides to their hits, if largely because I've just heard their hits so much. Oh yeah, I think 20 Greatest Hits may enjoy the dubious distinction of being the only place you can hear "Hey Jude" with the last two minutes cut off!

[RUDUing2]

30. Deep Purple, Smoke on the Water

[Richardo]

31. "Deja Vu" Crosby Stills Nash & Young

[mcscajun]

32. "Yesterday and Today" - The Beatles

without the controversial 'butcher' cover.

[Gothic Sponge]

33. Sesame Street

[redqueen]

40. Awwww! I had the Sesame Street 'Saturday Night Fever' album.

Wow... I'd forgotten about that!

[Kire]

35. Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

[Beware the Beast Man]

36. As far as vinyl records go-

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

53. Foor me

[ceile]

37. Michael Jackson-The Wall

[Kire]

99. don't you mean "Off the Wall"?

or is it Pink Floyd?

[tilsammans]

38. "Meet the Beatles"

eom

[indigobusiness]

41. The Chipmunks

ALVIN!!!

[CornField]

56. Mine too -- the Christmas one

:)

[indigobusiness]

69. ...Christmas don't be late...

Yeah, that one.

[Tikki]

42. James Ray (1961) - James Ray

"If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody" James Ray...he, also, had a fine cover of "St. James Infirmary Blues" on that album. Can't find a photo of the album cover. I was 11 years old when I bought this album.

Tikki

TRIVIA ALERT!!! James Ray's signature song "If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody" is one of a few Popular Music recordings to feature a TUBA.

[frylock]

43. kiss - destroyer

[dolo amber]

92. Me too

I was like 6, but one can only listen to their parents playing Fleetwood Mac and James Taylor for so long until they snap. :D

You have excellent taste, Frylock. :toast:

[ernstbass]

46. crosby stills and nash

I was 12 and my brother recommended it

[blindpig]

47. does the Columbia record club count?

if so, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, Simon & Garfunkle

else, We're Only in it for the Money, The Mothers of Invention

[catmandu57]

48. Snoopy and his frfiends the Royal Guardsmen

1968 It's sitting about three feet away right now.

[skygazer]

49. Aerosmith - Toys In the Attic

I had a few before that - albums I was given as gifts or hand me downs of my older siblings but that was the first I bought for myself.

[the Princess]

50. It was 1972

Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection" And that one and "Honky Chateau" are still my favorite Elton Albums.

[SCDem]

51. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

[laheina]

88. Me too!

My sister opted for Madonna, but that was the soundtrack to my early life. :)

[furrylitldevil]

54. Dookie by Green Day

I bought the CD a couple of months before I got the CD player.

[City Lights]

55. Steely Dan.

Not sure it was my absolute first, but it was close.

[WMliberal]

57. some Paula Abdul album

I was 8 years old. It was between Paula Abdul and Guns n' Roses. I went with Paula... :hurts:

[yellowdogintexas]

58. Probably something from Paul Anka 1961

[Red State Rebel]

59. Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells

Yes!!!!! Absolutely loved it~

[billyskank]

60. "Fore" - Huey Lewis & The News

!!!

[Atlas Mugged]

61. England's Newest Hitmakers: The Rolling Stones

And one of Dylan's first albums - can't recall which one. But I started off great, and I'm still a fan of both.

[Lenape85]

62. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

I was in 6th grade at the time, and that began the metal years

[RevolutionaryActs]

63. Do CD's count? First one I bought was CCR greatest hits when I was 10

:)

[webjamn]

64. "News of the World" Queen

nt

[name not needed]

65. Metallica - Master of Puppets

[Phillycat]

66. The Hooters. It was awesome too.

And we danced!
Like a wave on the ocean romance!
We were liars in love!
And we danced!

Oh, yeah, they were poets. :eyes:

[Champ]

67. I don't have it anymore it was Drag-On

"Opposite of H2O"

[Left Is Write]

68. Boston's first album.

[Dastard Stepchild]

70. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry...

ahhhh... those were the days :)
My very first cassette tape, purchased with my own cash in 1988 (not the album's release date, mind you.. I think that was closer to 1983).

[tk2kewl]

71. Some Girls

Some Girls

[patcox2]

72. Chicago X, Kiss, Destroyer, Boston

The first one was an 8-track, too. Destroyer was the first vinyl album.

Guess what year I graduated high school.

[bigwillq]

73. TLC's "Ooooh.....On the TLC Tip"

When I was in eighth grade in 1992!

[kittycat1164]

74. The Bay City Rollers

OMG I can't believe I just admitted that the the whole world!

[Radical Activist]

75. Understanding - Ike and Tina Turner, plus at the same time...

Paula Abdul, I'm ashamed to admit. She was still cool at the time.

[ElectroPrincess]

76. The Rolling Stones (double alblum) - "Exile on Main Street"

[Rambis]

77. Europe 72

The Grateful God Damn Dead!

[MaineDem]

78. Stones "4 X 12"

This is so bizarre. Mr MaineDem and I had this conversation yesterday.

How freaky! :)

At the time, I believe the album cost $3.95. 45s were about 79 cents.

[Longgrain]

79. Don't laugh, The first album I bought...

on my own, with my own money, would probably be Prince's "Purple Rain"...and I was a vynal LP too...since them I've bought about 400 of them yes vynal records...I still listen to 'em...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

97. It's a good album, why would we laugh?

:shrug:

[iconoclastic cat]

80. AC/DC's Back in Black

My decline began there.

[RebelOne]

82. Credence Clearwater

I'm not sure which one because after that I bought them all.

[NightTrain]

83. Actually, I bought my first two LPs at the same time.

It was 1979, when I was 13. I had just gotten my first personal stereo for my birthday.

My first two album purchases were the Beach Boys' ENDLESS SUMMER and the AMERICAN GRAFFITI soundtrack. And my first 45 RPM was a reissue of "In the Still of the Night" by the Five Satins.

Even back then, I was into the oldies! :headbang:

[CBHagman]

84. I think it was Paul Simon's self-titled album.

I can still remember the lyrics to "Run That Body Down," now that I really know what he was talking about. :-(

[jonnyblitz]

85. black sabbath master of reality, or deep purple machine head.

one of those two or both, i forget.

[CatBoreal]

86. Duran Duran's Rio - hanging head in shame.

[laheina]

89. It was the eighties...

...they were innovators, and most of all--they were hot. What we saw, who the hell knows. :D

[CatBoreal]

94. Had the hots for John Taylor....

and he's still looking good.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

87. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan. On recommendation from a friend.

Univ. of Md. Record Co-op.

[njdemocrat106]

90. Rock 'n Soul by Hall & Oates

Their first greatest-hits package, I think.

[enigmatic]

91. "Fly Like An Eagle"- Steve Miller Band

[sweetheart]

93. I recall the group: STYX ...

I think the album "grand illusion".

[Cymbaline68]

95. K-Tel's Hit Machine (1976)

With such classics as Disco Duck....:eyes:

[SmokingJacket]

96. Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk.

Damn good album.

[CRK7376]

98. Uriah Heep was the band

Can't remember which album it was...Still have it somewhere...

[Kenneth ken]

100. The Association - Greatest hits

I was 9 or 10.

[democracy eh]

101. U2 Joshua Tree

was my first rock album
aside from kiddie albums
but first real rock album

[bicentennial_baby]

102. Thriller

Word.

[Digit]

104. Meet The Beatles

...as I recall.

[Dees]

105. Joey Dee & the Starlighters...Live at the Peppermint Lounge..n/t

[ZoCrowes]

106. Cream-Disraeli Gears

I was in 6th grade (I'm 20 now) and heard Sunshine of Your Love and had to have the album.

[Greengirl]

107. Frampton Comes Alive!

we gonna list 8-tracks next? lol! :D

[samplegirl]

108. God its hard to think back

but im pretty sure its a toss between Alvin & the chipmunks or the
monkees album

[Miami Liberal]

109. Culture Club's "Colour by Numbers"

I loved Boy George so much, I thought he was so beautiful.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

110. soundtrack to "Batman Forever"

solely for the U2 song.

[NNN0LHI]

111. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (1967) - (Still got it too)

[Pithlet]

112. I bought a Toto album

The one with "Africa" on it. My mom took me to Meijer's to buy it :)

[RobinA]

113. Rolling Stones

Hot Rocks. Blasted it whenever my parents left the house.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

114. Weird Al Yankovic "Off the Deep End"

Funny stuff.

[Guy Fawkes]

115. Yellow Submarine