Show us the first record you ever owned.

[ra7c7er]

My first record through both forays of record collecting as been Test Patterns a local St. Louis area punk comp.

Discogs http://www.discogs.com/Various-Test-Patterns/master/355044

 

[BankShot]

Ahh yes, the memories come flooding back. It was Martin Denny's "Quiet Village" LP. I believe it was on the RCA Living Stereo label back then. I would sit and listen to that LP for hours on end. I have the CD now but it just isn't the same for some reason. I might just have to go find that LP and put the TT back into service............... Thanks for the memories CRAZYLEGION:thmbsp:

 

[warsumm]

My first record was a VG- copy of the Beatles Abbey Road, which I found in a Salvation Army. I sell LPs online, and that was the very beginning of this venture. At the time, I thought it was maybe worth a few hundred...I sold it the next week for $14.90.

 

[Bozzmonster]

Joan Baez 'Diamonds and Rust' bought new from Sears with my Mom in 1975 when I was in grade school. Heard the title song on the radio and liked it. LP's still clean and infinitely playable, though the cover is a little worn. My Mom taught me how to handle records correctly! :thmbsp:

 

[Jody Thornton]

It was a 45-rpm disc of "Black Superman" by Johnny Walkelin. It was on the Pye label druing 1974 or 1975.

 

[Jody Thornton]

I don't recall the first LP I bought, but the first one I played was my Dad's copy of "Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel" from Duane Eddy. "Lonesome Road" was the first track.

Before that, I could never be allowed to touch the record changer. But between the ages of three and five, my Dad would play LP compilations such as "Here's Little Richard" (Specialty/Regency), "Elvis' Golden Records" (RCA Victor), and "The Platters" (Mercury). They were all mid 50s mono pressings.

 

[hifitommy]

i have the 'especially for you' on which he does the jazz oriented "Quiniela" which i love to this day. probably before any LPs i got 45s of duane, link wray, santo and johnny, and bill doggett (honky tonk) and just about any guitar based r&r records. i haunted all the places where they sold the jukebox records like WT Grant's at three for a dollar.

i would sort through the whole pile every time. foolishly i threw away the paper sleeve right away and then played them on my record player and damaged most of them with a worn or chipped stylus at about probably 3 grams or more. the mostly styrene 45s wore quickly anyway.

the LPs somehow survived that period but i rarely play them. this is where cd re-releases come in handy. i have the box sets of d.eddy, l.wray, and santo & johnny, and the ventures (i played 'walk don't run' until i was sick of it).
and the ventures

 

[Stuart Pedaso]

Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange purchased in '72.

Though not largely a fan of electronically synthesized music, I still like it. It's a fun listen.

 

[MichaelJ]

The Beatles ~ Sgt Peppers, mono. A gift from my hip sister, Christmas 1968.

I believe the first LP I bought was After Bathing at Baxters ~ Jefferson Airplane.

 

[outlander]

My first lp was the Beatles White Album. When I was twelve my dad and I spend about two months building a fence around part of our property and when we finished he asked what I wanted as a gift for helping him so I picked that Beatles lp. I wonder if you could get a twelve year old kid to work five hours a day, five days a week after school and every weekend for two months for the price of an I-tunes download.
O

 

[ebacon]

Gary Wright - Dream Weaver. I still have it and it is in good condition.

My first 45 was The Hollies- Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress. I also still have that one.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Here's another one I still have from my youth. I got this one when I turned 4 in 1960.
There was a lady we knew who leased jukeboxes and would sell 45's at good prices. It still has the insert tags that came with it!
I hadn't learned how to read yet, so I called it "Hello, Josephine" I knew which records were which by the labels and text shapes.

 

[odelj48]

Show us the first record you ever bought/owned

Here's mine, a 45. By Steve Allen and his Orchestra, whoever he is. One side "Leave It To Me", the other "Cuando Calienta El Sol" (When The Sun Is Hot), with the Copacabana Trio, whoever they are. I bought it in 1964 or 1965 from Montgomery Ward, downtown Marquette Mich. where I lived at the time. I probably paid 39 or 49 cents for it, and as you can see, it is in mint condition, but I don't have the original sleeve. And check it out, it is not high fidelity, it is "Ultra High Fidelity", whatever that is.

Now, what's yours, and do you still have it?

 

[oteixeira]

Bought mine with mommy's money. I was 9, and it was:

I messed up the cover with the stickers that it included, then re-did the cover with markers. The record still plays great to this day, love it. First player it was played on was my mom and dad's old console, cool stuff, wish I still had it.

Orlando

 

[geartech]

Kiss was right up there for me, but this was my first...from Sears. Still remember that.

 

[Alan G.]

So, here's the first record I bought (1956). It was a novelty "break in" record with clips from different rock 'n' roll songs from the mid-'50s. I can't imagine anyone else here saying that.

And, Steve Allen, whoever he is!!! Omigosh!!

 

[Mister Pig]

Bought this when I was 11.

Have had a deep appreciation for them ever since.

Regards
Mister Pig

 

[cgutz]

No pics.

First record was a 45 - 'In the year 2525'

First album - Elton John 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player'

Still have the LP but not the 45.

 

[Ken Boyd]

The first one purchased I believe it was that Disney one where mickey uses the broom to fill the tub with water, when the sorcerer was out. I listened to that record many times. We always got a laugh when at the end the broom got to smack the butt of Mickey.

 

[boreas]

Here's mine, a 45. By Steve Allen and his Orchestra, whoever he is. One side "Leave It To Me", the other "Cuando Calienta El Sol" (When The Sun Is Hot), with the Copacabana Trio, whoever they are. I bought it in 1964 or 1965 from Montgomery Ward, downtown Marquette Mich. where I lived at the time. I probably paid 39 or 49 cents for it, and as you can see, it is in mint condition, but I don't have the original sleeve. And check it out, it is not high fidelity, it is "Ultra High Fidelity", whatever that is.

Now, what's yours, and do you still have it?

You're kidding, right? You don't know who Steve Allen is? He was one of my boyhood idols.

He hosted the Tonight Show on The Westinghouse Network at about the time you bought that album.

Here's a YouTube video of some unknown guy playing the bicycle on his show.

And here's a recitation of the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood, written by Allen and performed by Al "Jazzbo" Collins, a DJ who worked in New York and then San Francisco.

As for my first record, it was a 78 and long gone. It was "Dance With Me Henry" by Georgia Gibbs, a very much cleaned up version of Hank Ballard's "Work With Me Annie" which my old man wouldn't let me buy.

John