Name the first 2 records (any format) you ever bought

[LynneSin]

Electric Light Orchestra's "Out of the Blue"
Supertramp's "Breakfast in America"

BTW #3 was the Clash "Combat Rock" and XTC "English Settlement"

[AlCzervik]

1. The Who Meaty beaty big and bouncy on vinyl and Rappers Delight.

rappers was the 12 inch single, i can't remember the b side.

[meegbear]

2. Kiss "Destroyer" and Alice Cooper "Muscle of Love"

Those were the days

[dolo amber]

39. Hahaha awesome...KISS Destroyer was my first too

:hi:

I dunno the 2nd...probably Elton John, who I was madly in love with in those days. :D

[Lubernaut]

106. My first record too!

Got it for a dime at a garage sale. I was 11.

My second was Alive.

[WolverineDG]

86. Destroyer & I forget

Destroyer is an awesome album. :)

dg

[Parche]

3. first 2

Genesis Abacab tape
Genesis Duke tape

Much better then Rush or Led Zeppelin by far.........:woohoo: :hi:

[martymar64]

47. Please don't start up with that Genesis crap again!

They suck ever so much!

[Dr. Strange]

4. One vinyl and one cassette:

Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack
Missing Persons Spring Session M

[1gobluedem]

5. Suite Judy Blue Eyes -- a 45

And The Smothers Brothers Live, Volume II LP. I bought both in 1968 when I was 8.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. I got my first CD player Christmas 1991...

it was a little boom box and thus began my love affair with music. I think my first 2 CDs that I bought for myself with some Christmas money must have been "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen and "Achtung Baby" by U2...I'd say I was the only 8 year old on the block with that in my CD collection

[gmoney]

7. sure you're not forgetting any dorky ones?

New Kids on the Block? Partridge Family? Muppet Family Christmas?

[LynneSin]

8. My mom bought me a Shaun Cassidy album but that doesn't count

since it was not my money spent for that album.

The others all came from my money earned!

[martymar64]

48. Before I had my own albums .. .

I used to dig on my Dad's Alan Sherman and Stan Freburg albums.

I've never been right since.

[NMDemDist2]

63. OMG I loved the Alan Sherman LPs

:rofl:

[nadine_mn]

68. LMAO

same here Da Doo Ra Run

[mcctatas]

9. I think the first one I remember buying myself

(with money that I actually earned from babysitting or something, OK, maybe it was $ that came in a birthday card)
was
1. R.E.M. Reckoning (I forgot how much I like that song Pretty Persuasion until just now)

2. Love and Rockets Express (I think)

[onlyadream]

45. I loved "Reckoning"

When I first heard "So. Central Rain" I ran to the record store and literally sang/hummed it to the clerk - had no idea who the artist was then.

[KansDem]

10. LP of "Twist with Jimmy Beasley"...

...and a 45 of The Beach Boys--"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and "Fun, Fun, Fun,"



I think I still have them...somewhere.

[martymar64]

51. Brian Wilson is God

Our own sweet, crazy God!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

101. Indeed he is

And he proved it when I saw the "SMiLE" tour in 2004. That show was like being touched by Dog, if there were a Dog.

[Corgigal]

11. Meet The Beatles

and I took it in for my 1st grade show and tell and the teacher wouldn't allow me to play it. Ha, I love that story.

[Jokerman]

12. Queen & Janis Joplin

"Sheer Heart Attack"

"Greatest Hits"

[InvisibleTouch]

13. 2 45s I think I bought on the same day:

The Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" and Men at Work's "I Come from a Land Down Under." Still love both of those songs!

[Beer Snob-50]

14. the first two were:

don't shoot me i'm only the piano player by elton john

and one by three dog night.

[malta blue]

15. Beatles: Abbey Road

Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.

The Elton John album is still one of my favorites albums evah.

[Tom Kitten]

16. The first records I bought were 45s

Those funny little records with the big holes in the middle...

1. Eric Burdon and War, "Spill The Wine"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_U-zj2gfE&feature=related

2. The Guess Who, "Hand Me Down World"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzPCSyf1yKY

[redqueen]

23. Nice

:)

[rug]

17. Single: Eve of Destruction. Album: Highway 61 Revisited.

[CatholicEdHead]

18. Rush: Counterparts and Meatloaf: Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell

[old mark]

19. Hollies " See Emily Play", and "The Rolling Stones Now!".

There was an early Dylan album in there, too, but don't recall which one.

mark

[walldude]

31. Um, I think See Emily Play was a Pink Floyd song

actually I know it was.. did the Hollies do a cover?

Is this the song?

Emily tries but misunderstands
She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams 'till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See emily play

Soon after dark emily cries
Gazing at trees in sorrow hardly a sound 'till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See emily play

Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river for ever and ever
Emily

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See emily play

[old mark]

78. You are right - This Hollies album was about 1964 before Floyd was begun...

Can't remember the name of the thing now, but the song "Bus Stop" was on it, and a young lad named Graham Nash was still in the band.

Let me find the info on this and I will add it later.
Sorry - my brain is as old as the rest of me, and has taken some abose in the past.... ('60's, ya know...)
Thanks.
The song I was thinking of was "Look Through Any Window", and the year was 1965. How I goe "Emily" out of this, I Can't Explain (The Who, 1965)
Thanks for making me look, though - found some interesting stuff on Wikipedia.

mark

[XemaSab]

20. Thriller and The Doors Greatest Hits

:D

[redqueen]

21. Well you already know one...

that was Rush's "Moving Pictures".

The other one I got was David Bowie's "Hunky Dory".

[lizziegrace]

22. Three Dog Night - Harmony and

John Denver - Back Home Again

[bikebloke]

24. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

Spiral by Vangelis

Both in cassette tape.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. I recently found a replacement tape for my lost "Tubular Bells" and it

still makes me shiver when he introduces the bells. B-O-N-G-G-G!

[Arkansas Granny]

25. If I remember correctly these are the first two records (45s) that I bought with my own money.

"Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and
"Rambling Rose" by Nat King Cole

[Symarip]

26. Oingo Boingo - Nothing to Fear

And the next week I picked up New Order - The Perfect Kiss 12 inch.

I still have both <3

[Richardo]

28. CSN&Y - "Deja Vu" and some Tchaikovsky album that contained the 1812 Overture

[PassingFair]

29. 45's

"Most of All" the Cowsills

"Indian Reservation" by Paul Revere and the Raiders

Yes, I'm OLD.

[walldude]

30. Sgt Pepper was my first.

Years after it was released. My second was Elton John's Captain Fantastic. My third was Dark Side of the Moon, and I bought two copies and still have one in the wrapper, I assume it has the posters and stickers and all.

You know I remember just how wonderful it was when a new album I wanted was released. I remember the smell of the vinyl when I opened the package and I remember sitting down with my turntable and huge bulky headphones and listening to the album from start to finish while reading the lyrics, liner notes and credits. Nowdays with the exception of Tool bands don't seem to care about the cover art much, and I can't think of a single album released in the last 10 years that I loved every track on. Thank god the internet has started to break the grip on corporate music.

One more thing, funny when CD's came out my first 3 CD purchases were, SgtPepper, Dark Side and Captain Fantastic. Go figure.

[begin_within]

32. T. Rex, "Electric Warrior" and Rolling Stones, "Exile on Main Street"

[jobycom]

33. "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," I think.

[Bake]

34. Wow, hard to remember. Sam & Dave, "Hold On I'm Comin'"

And a 45 of Roy Orbison, "Oh Pretty Woman."

I think.

Bake

[tosh]

35. 45 - "Paint it Black", the Stones...

LP- "Sergeant Peppers...", the Beatles.

Lots of great memories in this thread - Supertramp!

Edited sp.

[Bertha Venation]

36. The Captain & Tennille -- eponymous and Song of Joy. LPs. n/t

[Celeborn Skywalker]

37. This is embarassing.

I was in sixth grade and I bought the Spice Girls' first album and a Bon Jovi album. Thankfully, my taste in music got much better as I got older.

[greendog]

38. Physical Graffiti, Tubular Bells ~ 8 track. n/t

[hobbit709]

40. Beatles -Sgt. Pepper, Stones-Their Satanic Majesties Request

[ACTION BASTARD]

41. Iron Maiden - "Killers" and Triumph - "Allied Forces"

# 3 was Journey - "Escape"

[seemunkee]

42. Sealed with a Kiss - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

2nd was either the Monkees album or a Paul Revere and the Raiders 45

[buzzycrumbhunger]

43. Freak Out!

I was 7 and I think my allowance had just gone up to $5 (the average cost of LPs in 1965). I hopped on my Stingray and pedaled downtown to blow my wad and was thrilled to get a double album for my money. I think my second one was Country Joe and the Fish. I was really too young to really do the '60s right, but thankfully had older siblings who were the best of bad influences. My folks should probably get credit for letting me run amok, as well.

[onlyadream]

44. ME TOO!

Out of the Blue (STILL know every word to every song on that double album)
Grease

Ahh, brings back memories of being 12 again.

[martymar64]

46. Kiss "Destroyer" and Stevie Wonder "Songs in the Key of Life"

Album #3 was AC/DC "Powerage"
Weird, huh?

[kid a]

56. high school class of 82 or close?

[martymar64]

74. 82 it is!

[applegrove]

49. Rumors by Fleetwood Mac and probably Greece the movie soundtrack.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

100. Was that with Aristotle and Plato? n/t

[applegrove]

102. LOL! I'm only 43. I feel like I'm 25 and 105. I feel old and very young at the same time.

[blaze]

50. LP - Peter Paul and Marry

See What Tomorrow Brings

[Bossy Monkey]

52. "Another Day" by Paul McCartney, "What Is Life" by George Harrison.

I was one bummed out 8-year-old when the Beatles broke up (perhaps obviously).

[PeaceNikki]

53. Thriller and Journey Frontiers

On vinyl.

[THUNDER HANDS]

54. Faith, by George Michael (casette) and We Can't Dance, by Genesis (CD)

[kid a]

55. the original vinyl styx "grand illusion" and kiss "destroyer"

[ValhallaChaser]

57. The ones I bought

were "Aquarius" and "1,2,3 Red Light", both on 45s

[ileus]

58. Blizzard of Oz / Back in Black

[crim son]

59. Me too, ELO's "Out of the Blue."

The second was Gerry Rafferty, "City to City" featuring Baker Street. They are both still kick-ass albums, IMHO.

[debbierlus]

60. Billy Squier: Don't Say No & Quiet Riot Cum on Feel the Noize

[soleft]

61. Bobby Sherman - Julie Julie Julie Do You Love Me? And

The Archies - Jingle Jangle

[NMDemDist2]

62. oh lord, help me

Peter, Paul and Mary (1966) including such lovely hits as "Lemon Tree" and "If I had a hammer"

and the second, IIRC was

Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence


Dawg, I'm OLD :banghead:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

64. West Side Story soundtrack and We Five's self-titled album

(We Five was a one-hit wonder folk rock group whose one hit wss "You Were on My Mind.")

[WCGreen]

65. I should Have Known Better by the beatles

And Henry the Eigth by Herman's Hermit...

[astral]

66. My first records were 6 45's out of the Ben Franklin Basement

store . . . . lessee if I can remember them:
--Here comes that rainy day feeling again -- The fortunes
--Timothy -- the Buoys
--Joy to the World -- Three Dog Night
dang I'm not remembering them all . . . .

My first Big Record was Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline from the Salvation Army for ten cents. He became my favorite singer for years to come. The other was Tommy James and the Shondells Greatest Hits -- bought brand spanking new at the local record store!

Back to First 45's
-- something by the Grass Roots -- was it Temptation Eyes?
-- something with a yellow-orange label by the Guess Who to which the flip side was "Broken" and I did love that song.


Funny how you think you'll never forget but then you do.

[nadine_mn]

67. I didn't buy them, too young but I remember my 2 first records: Shaun Cassidy

and a K-Tel collection that had Blondie on it
I was 7 and in looooove with Shaun Cassidy

[enigmatic]

69. 45's:"Take Me Home, Country Roads"- John Denver/"Walk On The Wild Side"- Lou Reed

Good times:D

[cliffordu]

70. Ricky Nelson, "Travelin' man" and Johnnie Horton, "North to alaska"

I'm 57 today. sheeit.

[Blue_In_AK]

85. :-)

[travelingtypist]

71. All Vinyl from Columbia House

I was 14.

Meat Loaf -- Bat out of Hell
Fleetwood Mac -- Rumors
The Cars -- The Cars
Pink Floyd -- The Wall
Pat Benatar -- In the Heat of the Night

[sandnsea]

72. I got some 45s for my birthday

I think I was 7. Gloria, The Letter, Get Off My Cloud, - I don't remember the rest. I think my 12 year old sister was thinking more of herself than me, lol.

[Zavulon]

73. Deep Purple's "Machine Head," and

Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic."

[mtnester]

75. Deep Purple Machine Head and (what an opposite)

Seals & Crofts Summer Breeze

all on vinyl...still have them

these were with my own money - my parents had tons of other stuff around... Beatles and Neil Diamond and Cher...a wide range of other 50's and 60's albums....wonder where I got my diverse listening habits?

[SKKY]

76. J. Geils Band "Freeze Frame" and Def Leppard "Pyromania"...

My tastes have changed drastically since then, but I grin a little when I hear a song from either of those two albums.

[lazyriver]

77. Metallica - Ride the Lightning and Black Sabbath- Paranoid.

Both were vinyl. But Metallica's Kill 'Em All was the first album I ever owned. It was a gift from a friend's older brother who got it free at a Metallica show in San Fran. The band used to hurl free albums into the crowd and Rich managed to get three of them.

Imagine that. Metallica used to distribute recordings of their stuff for free. Oh the irony.

[tigereye]

79. Simon and Garfunkels Sounds of Silence was the first one I had

and then I bought something by Grand Funk Railroad....


Parents got Sargent Pepper for us - that was pretty cool looking back, although it was kind of scary at the time.

[CRK7376]

80. How I miss vinyl

My first two albums

Uriah Heep - Magician's Birthday
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High

[Sequoia]

81. Yes: Roundabout, and Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Does Fine

LPs and I still have them. (Along with a rotary phone)

[LanternWaste]

82. Glass Houses (Billy Joel) & Grand Illusion (Styx)

Glass Houses (Billy Joel) & Grand Illusion (Styx)... both were LP's. I was in eight grade(?), and thought I was just too cool for school because I was listening to "adult" rock (or so I thought...)

I love my LP collection!

CD's spelled the end of cover art. <sigh>

[GalleryGod]

83. Beach Boys LIVE! LP of course!

"And now...from Hawthorne Cal-i-forn-ia ! to entertain you tonight...the BEACH BOYS !!!"
:patriot:

6 weeks later.. "Meet the Beatles" and the world was never the same again.
:loveya: :yourock:

[Blue_In_AK]

84. It's been ages and ages ago,

but I do remember early purchases of the Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced, and Richie Havens. I'm sure I bought some before whatever year that was, but I can't remember back that far. (I'm old.)

[TX Screwball]

87. My first 2 were 8-tracks

Styx-The Grand Illusion

Boston-Boston

[JuniperLea]

88. First two were 45s

Aretha Franklin - Respect

The Doors - Light My Fire

Those were the first I ever bought for myself. As gifts, I had already acquired the full Monkees album catalog. I was too cool:)

[Patsy Stone]

89. Billy Joel - The Stranger

and Blondie's Parallel Lines.

My first single was Ariel by Dean Friedman.

Are you throwing your hat in the ring to fill Biden's seat? I was bummed when I didn't see your name on the poll.

:hi:

[mokawanis]

90. 45's - Beatles and The Monkees

[skygazer]

91. Aerosmith Toys In the Attic was the first record I bought (on vinyl - all that was available)

I'm not positive about the second - that was around the time that I began babysitting for my nephew in exchange for my poor brother-in-law's album collection. I got so many great albums that way. :rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

92. my first two records were 45's

Somebody's baby..Jackson Brown
You keep running away.. 38 Special
It was a long long long time ago

[ArnoldLayne]

93. Houses of the Holy and The Dark Side of the Moon

[Kat45]

94. First two 45s: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and

"Treat Her Right" by Roy Head.

[Broken_Hero]

95. All right,

my first two cassettes where:

Jan and Deans greatest hits

The Ghostbusters Soundtrack




My first two cds were:

Rod Stewarts greatest hits(with Forever Young, I like that song)

AC/DC-The Razors Edge

My first record, was Alvin and the Chimpunks Xmas special

[6000eliot]

96. Band on the Run and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Both on LP.

[LaurenG]

97. It was a 45 and I think I was seven

I went to the store in Spencer Iowa and spent 99 cents. That one was "What's new Pussycat" by Tom Jones. I think the next was "Ballad of the Green Beret's" by SSgt Barry Sadler. :shrug: I was a sentimental little kid and I would cry because so much of my world was about the Vietnam War - it was the least I thought I could do.

edited to add in case you've never heard of that song - you tube has it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqLH94

[machI]

98. Uriah Heep (Live) and Black Oak Arkansas 'Raunch and Roll'

Both were on 8-track tape.

I still have the BOA tape

<>

But I have no 8-track player to listen to it on.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

99. "The Beatles' Second Album" on Capitol

and some long forgotten Bill Cosby comedy album. It may have been "My Brother Was An Only Child."

I am old and decrepit. Not to mention drunk.

[Tuvok Obama]

103. 45 RPMs: CCR's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" and

"Sitting" by Cat Stevens

[ProfessorGAC]

104. Cream: Wheels Of Fire Miles Davis: Bitches Brew

I was 12 and knew about Cream from my older next door neighbor. I heard Sunshine of Your Love and wanted that record. I bought Wheels, thinking that album had the song i wanted. I didn't regret it.

My 6th grade history teacher talked about Miles and told me that i should listen to it since i was a jazz piano player. Since i had heard of Miles from my piano coach, i figured that seemed a good idea.

So, i bought both of them on the same day at Goldblatt's.

I got rid of my LP's a few years back, but i saved both of those.
The Professor

[mitchum]

105. 45 "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby" Rolling Stones...LP "Cosmo's Factory" CCR

[harmonicon]

107. I can't remember my first records....

... kids records, probably.

I do remember when I got my very own tape player. My first two tapes were Living Colour's "Vivid", and Guns 'n Roses "Appetite for Destruction".

[keroro gunsou]

108. i bought

iron maiden somewhere in time and metallica master of puppets. soley because 1 - the art was mind blowingly cool to a 15 year old, and 2- it looked like it would definately drive my parents crazy.

[hippywife]

109. Ooh! You are young!

My first was when I was probably around eight years old and just had to have that Al Martino album with Blue Spanish Eyes on it. I think the second one was a 45 of the Monkee's Day Dream Believer.

:hi:

[gblady]

110. I'm an oldie, but goodie....

not sure which was my first two...
but either
"Poor little fool" Ricky Nelson
"Hound Dog Man" Fabian
or
"I'll wait for you" Frankie Avalon...

50's...

[Radical Activist]

111. We Need Understanding by Ike & Tina Turner

and a dance mix Paula Abdul CD.

I'll let you guess which one I still own.

[Breeze54]

112. Michael Jackson on a cardboard 33 rpm record... and it played!

My friend Cathy and I were so psyched! :D

We would go to the little store in our neighborhood for candy

and soda and the owner would also get us rock & roll records! :D

This is waaaaaayyy back! :P