What was the first album you bought as a kid?

[KitchenWitch]

I was a little late to the party....mine was The Eagles "Hotel California" in 7th grade.

[WCGreen]

1. The Beatles Rubber Soul

[Clintmax]

2. I *think* mine was "Xanadu" in 1980...

I LOVED every song on it! Still do, actually.

"A place...where nobody dared to go...the love that we came to know...they call it Xanadu..."

[KitchenWitch]

3. Do not take this the wrong way, please!

But that kind of changes the picture in my mind's eye I had of you!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

5. LOL!

Well THAT makes me wonder what picture of me you had in your mind to begin with. Tell me!

[KitchenWitch]

6. For some reason "macho man" comes to mind!

I can't tell you why.

:rofl:

[WCGreen]

8. Is he the Indian Chief or the Butch Cop......

Damn, that is one heavy di, woman......

[Clintmax]

9. Hmmm..."Macho Man"...

No, I never DID like that song. In fact, the only Village People song I like is the ever popular "Y.M.C.A." In fact, DJ's STILL play that song at clubs sometimes.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Did not mean to start a Village People thing

I guess I meant, manly man...I pictured you as a Deep Purple or hard rock fan...

[Clintmax]

12. Oh OK....

I DO like hard rock...and I AM a man's man...but it was 1980 and I was young. :rofl:

[Robeson]

4. Steppenwolf "For Ladies Only"....

...What a great album

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. First CD was Arrested Development's debut album.

[WCGreen]

10. Tennesee.....

One of my favorite songs....

Horse shoeeeessss......

[rug]

13. Highway 61 Revisited

[Hugin]

14. The single "Afternoon Delight".... LOL!

Hey, I was a kid. I had no idea what they were
talking about! I thought they sounded kind of excited,but,
I didn't listen to lyrics in those days. I bought it
for the music.

Most of my early listenage was inherited from my older
cousins.

My folks set me straight by getting me a "Kinks" album.

[Arugula Latte]

53. "Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ignite."

Subtle. Verrrrry subtle! :rofl:

[gmoney]

15. Dick Clark's "20 Years of Rock & Roll"

A double album (!!!) with one song per year from 1955 to 1975 (I think). A few years later, it struck me that it was odd that this historic set didn't include anything by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis, etc. Had some good stuff on it... Duane Eddy's "Rebel Rouser" and Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" come to mind.

There's a great quote about Johnny's guitarist Luther Perkins that I can't quite recall. Somthing about how, as lead guitarist, Luther would basically play one figure repeatedly (like on "I Walk The Line") while other Nashville cats were much flashier. When asked about this, I believe Luther's response was "Those other guys are lookin' for it. I found it."

[Barad Simith]

16. Carole King - Tapestry

She was 28, I was 9, but we were in love. Well, I was in love. She acted like she didn't know I existed.

[Left_Winger]

17. The first one I bought was Steppenwolf Live

I had an aunt who always made sure I had a birthday present over the years (many stories here) and my first album ever was a present from her in 1965: The Beatles Second Album, and I still have it.

[Hugin]

18. Great album!

:thumbsup:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

19. Journey/Frontiers.... Michael Jackson/Thriller .... John Cougar/Uh-Huh

Oh yeah.... :headbang:

[LordshipLadyship]

20. Animals debut album nt

[Hugin]

23. Wow! Another classic!

:thumbsup:

[ContraBass Black]

21. ...And then There Was X

I was even later to the party.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

22. Bob Dylan, 'Highway 61 Revisited' from the Univ. of MD Record Co-op.

[Loge23]

24. The Beatles 2nd Album

My older brother brought the first one!

[mcscajun]

25. The Beatles' "Yesterday and Today"

Not with the infamous "Butcher Cover", though.

Their "Paperback Writer" was also the very first 45 I ever bought.

[Dan-W]

26. Bobby Vee's Greatest Hits.

1962(?). Bobby "covered" many of Buddy Holly's songs.

[mitchum]

33. Damn, five minutes ago I was just telling my wife about Bobby Vee...

and how Bob Dylan played piano for him!

cue spooky coincidence music :)

[NNadir]

27. Chad Mitchell Trio, sometimes in the early 60's.

A "hippie" friend of my father's gave him Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home" which my father promptly gave to me.

I think I wore the vinyl out on two or three different copies.

[arwalden]

28. This One From The Monkees... Then The Partridge Family

[flamingyouth]

29. "Madman Across the Water" by Elton John

I was pretty little (kindergarten or so). I liked "Tiny Dancer." :D

[DS1]

30. Synchronicity

The Police

[Cathyclysmic]

44. Same here

It was also the first CD I bought, because I had to replace it.

[KyndCulture]

31. Sgt Pepper.

It went down hill from there though, I was a kid in the disco disaster. I think the next one was probably The Village People or Gloria Gaynor.

[mitchum]

32. CCR "Cosmo's Factory"...

when I was 10

first single was Rolling Stones "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?" when I was 6

[captain beyond]

34. Rolling Stones

I bought two albums. Both of them mono recordings. Still have them. Although they are not playable anymore. One is "Between the buttons" on the London lable.
I don't readilly remember the other title, maybe "Flowers" or something like that. Some time after that i bought two Eric Burdon and the Animals albums. "Eric is Here", and "The Best of ..".

[2bfree]

35. Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.

If you don't include my...........Donny Osmond albums!

[AmandaRuth]

36. The Grass Roots and Alice Cooper

Can't remember the names, but remember listening over and over and over....

[skygazer]

69. Interesting combination

I remember the Grass Roots - I had their greatest hits album. We listened to it all the time.

[catmandu57]

37. Snoopy and his friends The Royal Guardsmen

1968 I was 11, I still have it. I believe I payed 3.98 for it.

[Tafiti]

38. I had an older brother...

...so I always just listened to the stuff he bought. So, I didn't buy my first CDs until I was 12 or 13 I think. First rock CD - Stone Temple Pilots' Purple and first rap CD - Outkast's Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.

[blackcatpgh]

39. AC/DC -- "back in black"

1980, i was in first grade.

[jobycom]

40. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

Actually, it was one of those 12 for a penny Columbia House deals. I also got Moe Bandy, Willie Nelson, another Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, and I don't know the rest.

[RetroLounge]

41. Pink Floyd

Dark Side, Wish You Were here and Animals purchased together, in anticipation of the 1977 concert.

RL

[Arugula Latte]

42. Probably "Saturday Night Fever" in sixth grade.

[jane_pippin]

43. Scandal, featuring Patti Smyth and the song Goodbye to You

In my defense, I was 4 at the time.

[Arugula Latte]

50. I have to admit

I still kinda like that song. :blush:

[jane_pippin]

54. Hey, I still HAVE the record, and I stand by the wicked keyboard solo in

Goodbye to You.

If I had musical ability, I would start a nerd-rock band so we could cover that song.

:thumbsup:

[RandomKoolzip]

45. Cheap Trick's first album.

Still one of the best records I've ever heard.

[TheMightyFavog]

46. When I was in 8th Grade...

I bought Adam Sandler's They're All Going to Laugh at You.

[djeseru]

47. Blondie.

I believe it was the greatest hits. I also bought a lot of The Cars and The Police as well. It got me on a great start to a large vinyl collection that I'm still trying to get switched to CD.

[Scout1071]

48. Grease, The soundtrack.

[Left Is Write]

49. Boston's first album.

[AlCzervik]

51. The Who-Meaty beaty big and bouncy, i bought it in 1978.

[RevCheesehead]

52. "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

about the same time as the movie came out. (1972?)

[u4ic]

55. "Fonzie's Favourites"

:rofl:

I was oh, about 8 or 9. One of them dang K-Tel records.

[BuddhaGirl]

56. I'm sure it was a Partridge Family album

I had all of them, in fact I think I still have all of them LOL

The Partridge Family's "Shopping Bag" album contained a shopping bag, as I remember. :-)

[Momgonepostal]

57. Billy Joel, "Glass Houses"

[Maestro]

68. That was one of mine as well. -nt

[miss_kitty]

58. Beatles 65

actually that was a birthday present. I think the first one I bought was Mamas and Papas Deliver.

[Parrcrow]

59. The Who-- Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy n/t

[Orsino]

60. One of those K-tel hits collections, probably.

Woulda been around '74 or so.

[Barad Simith]

70. Probably FANTASTIC or MUSIC POWER

I bought them both in 1974. Still have them.

[PassingFair]

61. The Monkees

Can't remember the name, but Davey Jones was shirtless (and hairless, as I recall) on the back cover.
Sparked many pre-pubescent fantasies on my part.

[leftofthedial]

62. Meet The Beatles

[skygazer]

63. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic

For a long time, I didn't bother buying because I had 5 older siblings so I just played their stuff. But I really wanted the Aerosmith and that opened the floodgates - I bought an album a week through high school, saving my lunch money and going to the record store on Friday afternoon. Fond memories...

I still have all of them, too.

[Dervill Crow]

64. The Beatles Second Album

I was in the 5th grade, I think. Saved my allowance for a couple of weeks, walked to the Fred Meyer store barefooted in summer and got big ol' blisters on the bottom of my feet. It was worth it. Not only was it the first album I bought with my own money, it was the first "stereo" record I owned. I had some others that my parents had gotten me that were hi-fi.

[Atlas Mugged]

65. Stones - 'Out Of Our Heads'

[Maestro]

66. Billy Joel, "Glass Houses" and Led Zepplin's "IV" albums. -nt

[AVulgarianHue]

67. "The Music Man" film soundtrack n/t

[jmowreader]

71. KISS Destroyer

Come on. Every kid had a copy of KISS Destroyer.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

72. KISS Alive II............

complete with poster and body tatoos.

And yes, I had DESTROYER.

[AccessGranted]

73. A Prince Album

I think it was called Soft and Wet

[sakabatou]

74. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi OST

Either that or a Backstreet Boys album

[Bobby_Miller]

75. Aerosmith

Toys In The Attic.

After about 2 years, I had to buy another one because I played it so much.

[hickman1937]

76. Beach Boys Today.

I think my next one was either Meet the Beatles or The Monkees. 2 years later it was Live at Leads, and a Kinks album who's name escapes me now. Whata leap.

[Kat45]

77. "Meet the Beatles," when I was a little kid--

actually, I had my mother buy it for me.

[Initech]

78. Green Day's Dookie

Shortly after that I bought Zappa's Apostrophe album and was never the same since!

[Ksec]

79. Good memory

I cant remember which one I bought but I remember my older brother returning from VietNam and bringing a couple albums home.

One was Creedence Clearwater Revival and the other isnt registering right now. That was my first taste of rock and roll

[6th Borough]

80. Michael Jackson, the one w/ Beat It and the Zombie song.

Sorry, I'm a bit intoxicated so I can't accurately recall the details.

[raptor_rider]

81. Mine was

the Go-Go's "Vacation." That was a time ago....

[Redneck Socialist]

82. Aerosmith "Rocks"

Still good stuff all these years later.