What is the first recorded music you purchased (album or cd, etc)

[Big_Guitarra]

I bought two LP's, Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon and Queen "Night at the Opera".

 

My first 45 rpm was "Schools Out" Alice Cooper.

[WahKeen]

Billy Joel's "52nd Street" (Album) and still have it, 1978.

[saturn]

I've tried to remember this in other posts.

 

I'm sure there was something earlier, but the first thing I distinctly remember buying with my own money was Billy Joel Glass Houses on 8 Track.

[IanHenry]

Hi,

Mine was Deep Purple's Made in Japan, which had already been out for a few years but I heard my older brothers friends playing it. I still have the album, and still think it's a classic.

 

Regards,

Ian.

[46 and 2]

Van Halen's Diver Down on cassette. I was trying to impress my older brother, I think he stole it later…

[Rame]

Celebration- Kool and The Gang - 45

I wish it was something cool but honestly that is the first piece of music I remember buying with my own money. I "borrowed" many Eagles and Elton John tapes and 45's from my older sister but Kool in the Gang was my first purchase. Neither ashamed nor proud.

[grampa]

Bach Brandenburg Concertos #5 & #6, 1959.

[Silenced Fred]

First one I purchased? Weird Al - "Poodle Hat"

[RichCI]

KISS - Alive!

[Zonkers]

The first one I clearly remember was Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door, my friend and I rode our bikes ~5 miles or so to get it, took turns holding it on the way back. LP + Bike + Wind + 4 lane hwy =

 

Then I learned about how you can 'color' the inner sleeve

[S t e v e]

vanilla ice- to the extreme and fleetwood mac- greatest hits...both bought together on record

[Big Bill]

Beach Boys Endless Summer.

[dem00n]

South of Heaven- Slayer

[ocdman]

Alice Cooper goes to hell

[pippy]

"Ummagumma" - Pink Floyd.

 

Strange choice........

[Golem]

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I always had a tape recorder, even before buying any albums,

so I hardly ever bought albums. My dad was managing a record

shop that went out of business about the same time "Tommy"

was released. I remember that cuz I was working there at Xmas

and he told ALL the adults that were buying for their kids that

"Tommy the Who" was THE ONE.

 

One of the earliest LP's I recall taping was "Land of the Sky

Blue Waters" by The Nairobi Trio [of Ernie Kovacs fame]. But

mostly I taped from radio, my dad's LP's, and my friends' LP's.

Other borrowed early stuff would be The Ventures. I very much

liked my dad's LP's ... Al Hirt, Jeannie Smith, Arthur Fiedler,

Mohamed El Bakar, Ravel, JP Sousa, Dutch barrel organ and

circus caliope recordings .... he was into some cool stuff ....

He was especially into "Traditional Jazz" ... New Orleans,

Kansas City, River Boat bands, Ragtime, etc.

 

I remember way back, but would have zero idea what album

I bought the very first time .... but I'd bet dollars to chikinshit

it was from the cut-outs bin !

 

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And acoarst I wore out a zillion 1/4" open reel tape decks. I

know my first decent one was a Grundig, but I can't tell you

what my first album was. I still have a very fine and 100% fully

functional 1/4" Teac deck .... something a friend brought back

from Japen when he finished up in Viet Namm. It's that old. !

 

 

 

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[zigzag]

That was probably Meet the Beatles or Hard Days Night in 1964.

[RB72]

Man, going back. I remember 2. Don't remember the order in which they were bought though.

 

AC/DC - For Those About To Rock

Loverboy - Get Lucky (wow, haven't thought about that album in a long time)

[duane v]

It was Let it Be in 1970

[Jeff-7]

First one that I paid for personally was Vs. by Pearl Jam. First one I got as a gift that I can remember though was Garth Brooks' S/T album.

[Twiz]

[flem snopes]

One Dozen Berrys - Chuck Berry, 1958... jeez am I that old?

[feldkeen4]

A 45 single of One Tin Soldier

 

 

1st album was BTO the one with Takin' care of business.

[Dragoro]

Slippery when wet (cut me some slack, i was like 10)

[LarryUK]

Electric Warrior. T Rex in 72