What is the first record album you ever bought? (Full-length LP or CD)

[begin_within]

Mine was "Electric Warrior" by T. Rex (with "Bang a Gong," "Jeepster," etc.)

[u4ic]

1. A K-Tel LP called Fonzie's Favourites

:rofl:

I was 9.

[no name no slogan]

4. aaaaaaaayyyyy!

I can relate-- my first was some "as seen on TV" record of the Mamas and Papas. :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Look! You can own it again!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fonzies-Favorites_W0QQitemZ4751357243QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[u4ic]

24. Gack!

Once was enough! :scared:

[DanCa]

29. Hey I got the Lenny and the Squigtones record :D (nt)

[jpgray]

The Best of Dire Straits

Before that, I listened to my bro's records.

[Ariana Celeste]

2. marilyn manson- antichrist superstar.

im young. ;)

[swag]

3. The Monkees "Headquarters"

It had a lot of cool stuff on it that I still don't understand.

[qnr]

5. No friggin' idea. I know that it was back in the 60's though. Now, I

do remember the album that I bought most. It was a cassette of Sly & The Family Stone's Greatest Hits. It was really long, so they used a thinner tape, and it kept breaking.

[CatholicEdHead]

6. Rush

Counterparts

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. The Soundtrack for Grease...and Saturday Night Fever. I was feeling

flush, and popped for both of them at 9..."Off the Wall" by Michael Jackson soon followed. :hi:

[begin_within]

70. Everyone bought the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack including me.

[Benfea]

8. "Worlds Apart" by Saga

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000025SE/103-2350804-9679816

I'm so embarrassed.

[CanuckAmok]

51. Saga were HUGE in Germany. Probably still are.

At least they had some good artwork:



PS--I wonder if the cover is the same on post-9/11 re-release.

[Left Is Write]

110. "On The Loose" was one of my favorite songs when I was a teenager

in the early 80s.

I still like it.

[XNASA]

9. Paul Revere and the Raiders.

I think it was called 'Steppin' Out'. I must have been about 8.

[gristy]

11. Carly Simon Anticipation (1971) and John Denver Rocky Mountain High (1972)

On the same trip to the record store, I think.

[redwitch]

15. I had that Carly Simon album

I played it to death. :-)

[gristy]

35. On further research, I think the 1st Simon album I bought was No Secrets

oo-la-la

[ghostsofgiants]

12. I'm thinking 30 Seconds To Mars' self-titled album...but I'm not 100% sure

[laheina]

59. Is that Jared Leto? nt

[ghostsofgiants]

95. His band, yeah.

[laheina]

108. that's ok primate1

It doesn't diminish your fabulosity, in my book , one bit. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

112. What? They're a good band.

[laheina]

129. Really?

Maybe I'm being snobby about the whole "I'm an actor, but I really want to be a rock star" thing.

[ghostsofgiants]

131. Yeah, they're really good.

Leto has a great voice and actually refuses to use his celebrity to give the band publicity. I actually had no idea he was in the band when I first got into them. And I wasn't very familiar with him at that point anyway.

[redwitch]

13. I had that album

but I think my first album was by Herman's Hermits. I guess I'm older than you!

[dolo amber]

14. KISS - Destroyer

I was like 6, too. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. Credence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle

On my 10th birthday, other girls my age were probably buying Mariah Carey or some shit.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Fifth Dimension

"Age of Aquarius."

First 8-track: Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall, vols. I and II.

[ET Awful]

18. Genesis - Abacab

and it was a cassette, does that count? :P

[northofdenali]

19. "Meet the Beatles"

I was 9.

[LibDemAlways]

113. Me, too.

I was 11. At the same time I also bought "Introducing the Beatles," which was actually their first album released in the States on Vee Jay records because Capitol had taken a pass.

[tyedyeto]

139. I was 12 when I bought it. n/t

[SeattleGirl]

20. "Tapestry" -- Carole King

However, the very first album I got -- as a gift from my mom -- was "Between the Buttons" by The Rolling Stones. I still have both of them, along with many other albums (yes albums, not CD's), but unfortunately I don't have a working turntable any more so I need to get one.

[laheina]

60. Tapestry is fantastic. nt

[SeattleGirl]

61. It sure is!

:hi:

[Whoa_Nelly]

21. Beatles

Rubber Soul

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. I'm sorry.

God help me, I was seven. I didn't know any better! :cry:

[dolo amber]

23. ...

:rofl:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

36. I'm sorrier.

And I was 21. I deserve a horrible, painful death, I know.

It was 1987! Please spare me!

[madrchsod]

39. don`t feel bad

i went to school with the drummer who played of several of their albums. god were they bad

[Left Is Write]

111. My sister gave me that one for my 15th birthday in June, 1981.

[njdemocrat106]

135. They're a real guilty pleasure for me

I admit it! Cheesy lyrics, but damn catchy.

[leftofthedial]

25. with my own money?

Meet the Beatles

I had bought a number of 45's previously.

[DS1]

26. Synchronicity - The Police. As if anyone here needed me to type out

The Police :-)

[havocmom]

27. Grand Canyon Suite

I was nine. Still have it. It is OLD

[DanCa]

28. The Monkees greatest hits.

Hey man at least I never spent a dime on Britney Spears. :D

[sundog]

30. Chic "C'est Chic"

Nile Rodgers was my hero :thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

31. As far as a 12" vinyl record with my own money,

"Among the Living" by Anthrax.

Yeah. I was a 13-year old buttrocker.

[TheMightyFavog]

32. Adam Sandler's They're all Going to Laugh at You.

OK, I was in eighth grade, at the time, Give me a fuckin' break here.

I got to the point where I could repeat all of the Severe beatings, Toll Booth Willie, and the Buffoon bits verbatim.

[Xithras]

33. "Document" - REM

When the album was still relatively new, a good friend of mine popped a mix tape (man I miss those) into the player and I heard REM for the first time. The dub, it turned out later, was from Fables of the Reconstruction, but I bought Document since it was the only REM the record store had. Cassette tape, of course :)

I actually came across the tape while going through some old boxes about two years ago, popped it into a cassette player, and realized WHY we all moved to CD's years ago. The tape was so distorted it sounded like Micheal Stipe was doing a humpback imitation.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

34. peter gabiel -so

around 3rd or 4th grade

i loved sledgehammer

[NNadir]

37. Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold As Love.

I still remember it.

Anger, he smiles,
towering in shiny metallic purple armour
Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground

Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
But wonder why the fight is on...

The first album I owned was Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home." My father gave it to me. He said, "Here, some hippy where I work gave me this album to listen to. I don't want to listen to it, so you take it..."

You had to know my father. He was something else.

[madrchsod]

38. that was so long ago ..hmmmm

maybe the 13th floor elevators and kinks face to face (same day). most of the albums i had at that time i begged, borrowed, or stole....

[enigmatic]

40. Album/Single

First single was "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver; I think the first album I ever bought was "Never A Dull Moment" by Rod Stewart..

[dog_lovin_dem]

41. "The Monkees"

First album, 1966. I'm glad I wasn't the only Monkee lover!

[DanCa]

42. Monkee fans unite. Hey they have more talent than Britney Spears does.

BTW I also had the Lenny and the Squigtones lp.

[Love Bug]

43. The soundtrack for Annie

but that was actually given to me. My first purchase was probably a New Kids on the Block tape or something lame like that.

Oops, my mom must have been logged in last at my house, this is actually Divameow77, not Love Bug.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

44. West Side Story.

Back then 45's were what everybody bought. If you actually invested in an album, it was for something like a musical. I don't remember albums being that big until the Beatles came along.

[Rowdyboy]

45. Bobby Sherman and "Here Come the Brides"

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/comedy/herecomethebrides.htm

[Missy Vixen]

65. I feel so much better now

I think the first record I ever bought was the Osmonds.

I will now hide my face in shame. :blush:

Julie

p.s. The first album I asked for as a teen? "Born To Run".

[begin_within]

71. My sister was nuts over Bobby Sherman. He is a sheriff in San Bernardino

From Wikipedia:
In 1972, his first son was born, with another son following in 1974. It was at this time that Sherman focused more on his personal life, and he eventually left the public spotlight. Of particular note is his work and involvement with the Los Angeles Police Department, focusing on paramedic, CPR, and first aid classes. He is also a full-fledged San Bernardino County Sheriff. Bobby built a one-fifth scale model of Disneyland's Main Street, made entirely by hand in his yard at home.

[satya]

75. Ah, Bobby Sherman -- my first love. Thanks for the link! nt

[RandomKoolzip]

46. Cheap Trick's first album.

I was five....I STILL love this album. It's perfect.

I grew up expecting ALL Rock music to be that good, and man was I ever disappointed.

[liberaltrucker]

47. "Young Girl"

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. Showing my age, here. Not to mention my musical taste at 14:rofl:

[Broken_Hero]

48. Bryan Adams "waking up the neighbors" n/t

[TInCanCommunications]

49. Journey/Escape

6th grade or something

[SofaKingLiberal]

50. Metallica "Black Album"

[RevCheesehead]

52. "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

The movie version. I remember saving all my allowance, and begging to buy it. Since it was Jesus, my parents said OK. O8)

[saltpoint]

55. Anybody who buys an album like that is OBVIOUSLY

a damned genius.

Hey Rev!

You rock, you rule, you resonate, and by god you buy good albums, too.

A thousand blessings your way, good person.

An aside: I think the man on the film version of SUPERSTAR who sings Pilate's haunting solo, "I dreamed I saw a Galilean..." -- is one of the dozen or so finest vocal performances by a human being, not to mention the sad beauty of the lyrics.

[RevCheesehead]

56. I loved the album so much, I bought the piano score later.

And that song is in there, too. Haunting - it gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

Good to see ya, Crusoe!! :pals:

[saltpoint]

57. You too, Rev. All good wishes.

:hi:

:thumbsup:

[begin_within]

58. Some great songs in "JCS"

[satya]

76. I remember recording it when my local radio station played the whole album

(on my little Craig reel-to-reel tape player).

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. Arrested Development's first album.

[saltpoint]

54. Petula Clark -- the LP with "Don't Sleep in the Subway" and "Who Am I"

"Don't Sleep in the Subway" is a sensational composition and she sings it like there was no tomorrow and not much left of today.

[Parrcrow]

62. Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy by The Who

[Hissyspit]

63. Alice Cooper "Goes To Hell" or Heart "Dreamboat Annie" or Donna Summer

"Four Seasons of Love"

For some reason, this extremely critical memory has faded and I can't remember which of those three was ACTUALLY first, but those were definitely the first three.

The first single I ever bought was "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen.

[GalleryGod]

64. These Guys

[Hissyspit]

67. ...but which album?

[GalleryGod]

93. Beach Boys in Concert

:bounce:

[Hissyspit]

120. I assume you mean the 1973 album and not the 1964 "Concert"

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cx8m967o3ep8

Review by Lindsay Planer
Although somewhat unimaginatively titled, Beach Boys in Concert (1973) is significantly more than a hastily compiled live collection of hits. To the contrary, the set includes highlights from the band's earliest sides ("Surfer Girl") through to the groundbreaking Smile era ("Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains") as well as more concurrent material ("Sail On Sailor" and "Marcella"). These are complemented by a generous representation of deeper cuts including "You Still Believe in Me" from Pet Sounds (1966), "Let the Wind Blow," which originally appeared on Wild Honey (1968), as well as later tracks "Leaving This Town" and "Funky Pretty." The song "We Got Love" was recorded and penciled in for inclusion on Holland (1973). However as the final product suggests, this laid-back rocker didn't make that release and instead makes its debut here. This incarnation of the "touring" Beach Boys captured circa 1972 and 1973 does not include contributions from founding member and spiritual leader Brian Wilson. By this time the band's personnel had expanded, featuring Blondie Chaplin (guitar/vocals) and Ricky Fataar (drums). Carl Wilson (guitar/vocals) stumbled upon the pair during their tenure in the band Flame, eventually procuring them for this harder-edged version of the group which Carl had begun molding in the absence of brother Brian. He also steps in vocally for Brian on standout renditions of "Caroline No," "Good Vibrations," and a co-lead vocal with Al Jardine (guitar/vocals) on an absolutely breathtaking "Don't Worry Baby" that easily rivals the original. Other notable performances include a poignant reading of "The Trader" as well as the upbeat driving rocker "Darlin'." Although present, Dennis Wilson (electric piano/backing vocals) offers no solo. Sadly, his most notable contribution is the brief spoken introduction to "Surfin' USA." Beach Boys in Concert was the final live album to be issued — excluding archival vault releases — capturing the seminal American combo as a viable, hard-working rock & roll band with timeless material instead of the parody that Mike Love so perfectly embodied during their final years. This is the way the Beach Boys deserve to be remembered.

[GalleryGod]

121. Nope. '64 LP. Cost me $2.99 !

They weren't on our Record Shop (how quaint!) shelves for more than 2 hours!

[Hissyspit]

123. "Beach Boys Concert"

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2q2tk6gx9krw



Review by Richie Unterberger
Recorded live in Sacramento in 1964, the Beach Boys run through several of their big early hits and a bunch of covers that hadn't made it to record. The screaming, while not at a Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl level, is loud enough to present a real problem as far as sonic clarity, especially given that the instruments aren't recorded too well either. Even more crucially, the Beach Boys simply didn't play nearly as well on-stage as on record, at least at this concert; the arrangements are thin and the playing and singing are ragged, though the group is enthusiastic. None of this stopped it from becoming one of their biggest sellers; in fact, it topped the charts for four weeks, at the height of the British Invasion. It's also of interest in that it has several covers that they didn't release as studio recordings in the '60s, including "Johnny B. Goode," Jan & Dean's "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," the dorky "Long Tall Texan," "Monster Mash," the Four Freshmen's "Graduation Day," and the Rivingtons' goofy doo wop rave-up "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow." Everyone other than major Beach Boys fans, however, should give it a miss.

[Maddy McCall]

66. Tom Petty - "Damn the Torpedoes" and several Steve Martin albums.

[laheina]

68. The first one that I ever

begged my mom for was Cindy Lauper "She's So Unusual," but the first one I bought with my own money was prolly a big haired band like Poison or Motley Crue.

This question *so* dates us. :P

[6000eliot]

69. Three at once:

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Pau McCartney Band on the Run
Ringo Starr Ringo

My first paycheck. I was 14.

[Hissyspit]

73. Those were pretty cool choices. And "Brick Road" would have been rather

pricey. Double album.

[6000eliot]

78. I think it cost all of $6.00!

The others were probably 3 or 4. I still have all three, BTW.

[Hissyspit]

117. Yes, but $6 in 1973 money! n/t

[Digit]

72. I believe it was "Meet the Beatles"

[satya]

74. James Taylor: Sweet Baby James

and I was devastated when he married Carly Simon instead of me. (at that young age, it still seemed like it was possible...)

It was a real treat to see him perform with the Dixie Chicks -- still gave me goosebumps, after all these years).

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, bob_weaver. :hi:

edited to add: and I'll never grow tired of "Bang a Gong", either...

[Swamp Rat]

77. Beatles IV

"Eight days a week, I looooove you!"

[KitchenWitch]

79. The Eagles Hotel California

[LuckyLib]

105. An amazingly good collection of music! And the reunion filmed

concert on DVD was even better!

[regnaD kciN]

80. Peter, Paul & Mary - "Album 1700"

O.K., I admit it...I'm as old as dirt.

[begin_within]

86. I have that one! Although I didn't buy it, my sister did. It's a good one.

[PretzelWarrior]

81. Men at Work Business As Usual

but the first one I "OWNED" was the Four Seasons greatest hits my dad gave me as a preteen. lol. my music tastes have changed a bit...but still love Down Under.

[hyphenate]

82. I dunno--it was 40 years ago!

But it was probably a Paul Revere and the Raiders album or a Monkees album, as those were the first two bands I had a significant interest in.

[SKKY]

83. Def Leppard - "Pyromania"

[Guava Jelly]

84. somebodys baby (jackson brown) 45

and 38 special you keep running away

[strangemedicine]

85. This is the Monkees!

And I had a huge crush on Davy. :)

[LaraMN]

87. Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual.

It's still kicking around in a box with my tape collection, somewhere.

[Damn Hippie]

88. Uriah Heep

"The Beach Boys of heavy metal"

[raptor_rider]

89. LP of the "Go-Go's"

"Vacation." That was some time ago.

[DBoon]

90. Are You Experienced

I think I was in 6th grade at the time

[B3Nut]

91. The first I can remember buying was

Kiss: Alive (the first one)

Though when I was 3 my dad passed "Stand" by Sly & the Family Stone and Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" down to me. I used to lay in bed (at 3!) at night spinning In A Gadda Da Vida...no wonder I'm strange LOL! :D I'd ask my mom what those shrieky noises and wah-wah sounds were...she said "it's an electric guitar, your uncle plays one". Decided I wanted to be a musician. :D

Todd in Beerbratistan

[Catfight]

92. Prince and the Revolution: 1999 Album. nt

[ccinamon]

94. 1969 - Iron Butterfly

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - took me several weeks worth of allowance to save up for it....still have it!!!

Love the drum solo on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida -- still one of my favs!!

[blindpig]

96. Louie Louie, The Kingsmen.

I was pretty damn young (10) but my cousin had a R&B band so I was corrupted.

[elehhhhna]

97. al green greatest hits

[greendog]

98. Tubular Bells...on 8 track tape n/t

[Damn Hippie]

100. Ooooh, I had that one

Not my first album but it was my first 8 track tape.

I had a '71 Triump TR6 that had an 8 track player in the dash right in front of the stick shift.

Shifting into 3rd gear pushed the tape right in.

As I recall Tubular bells was the sound track for some movie....

[kedrys]

99. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

Still have it. :)

[Burma Jones]

101. Tommy - The Who

I think this was the first album I actually bought with my own money

[Omphaloskepsis]

102. The first one I remember buying was NOFX -- Ribbed

I'm sure I had bought one before that.. I just don't recall the details. And I used to steal my sisters tapes. She had a huge collection. I would spend my money on Street Fighter 2, corndogs, and Jello shots.

[aclog]

138. Pretty good first choice though!

[Ohio Joe]

103. ahhh, T. Rex

One of my favorites, I still listen.

My first was Black Sabbath's Vol. 4

[maveric]

104. "Wild Weekend" by The Dave Clark Five.

For some reason my parents wouldnt let me buy Beatles albums, but The DC5 and The Fifth Dimension were OK.
Go figure!

[momophile]

106. I'll tell you my second... Ramones 'End of the Century'

I'm too embarressed to tell my first. And the absolute, goddamn, no way am I lying, truth is that I went to buy the Ramones and the store didn't have them so I ended up buying something else - something WAY less cool and I don't even own it anymore.

[Hissyspit]

122. Oh come on. Tell us.

No need to be embarrassed.

[momophile]

128. well, since you asked nicely...

Huey Lewis and the News - Sports. :blush:

I guess I shouldn't be too embarrassed anymore - I was twelve at the time

[Hissyspit]

132. And practically everyone in the country bought it.

Not me though. Of course, I was in my early twenties when it came out.

I hate to admit it, but I bought Asia's first album when it came out. But I lived somewhere where there wasn't ANY alternative or college radio at all.

[njdemocrat106]

136. Hey, I admit to owning (and liking) Sports!

I don't own the Asia album, but I've liked everything I heard by them. I admit it, I'm "mainstream" and not "alternative", though I do like everything I've heard by the Ramones as well :).

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

107. Pet Shop Boys - "Introspective" (on cassette)

[Left Is Write]

109. Boston's debut album.

[Dervill Crow]

114. Introducing the Beatles (on VeeJay Records).

It was less expensive than their first album on Capitol Records. I believe I was 8 years old.

[against all enemies]

115. Me too.

Can't believe it.

[Dervill Crow]

118. Amazing!

:hi:

[Initech]

116. Green Day's "Dookie"

Actually got it as a birthday present when I was 15, but the first album I bought with my own money was Nine Inch Nails' "The Fragile".

[AKPacker]

119. The Average White Band

N/T

[rug]

124. Highway 61 Revisited

[LostinVA]

125. LP -- Carpenters, "A Kind of Hush"

[bigwillq]

126. TLC's "OOOOH, on the TLC tip"

along with House of Pain and Salt-N-Pepa. It was the same day that I got my first ever CD player.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

127. The soundtrack for West Side Story

I'm old. :-)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

130. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy

My Old School, Bodhisattva, Show Biz Kids.... mmmmmmm mmmm :D

[WCGreen]

133. Rubber Soul... The Beatles.....

[njdemocrat106]

134. I think it was "Rock 'n' Soul" by Hall & Oates

Their first greatest hits collection. I've got a retro taste in music. :)

[aclog]

137. Dookie by Green Day