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The first album (vinyl) you ever bought (where and when)
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pioneervato
Lunatic Member
Repent! Repent!
Cantabury Guy
Super Member
Dion & The Belmonts- Greatest Hits.....1959
Brian
An Old Geezer
Amazing what some remember. I could not remember my 1st record bought. But then 50 years is a long time to remember something so trivial. Not like the night I lost my ..., or where I was when Kennedy was killed, or when we were when my 1st wife asked for a divorce. Those were important points in my life and worth remembering.
scubaguy10
Well-Known Member
The oldest original albums I have are the first 2 Beach Boys records, probably bought by my mother at my request, (I would have been about 8). The first rock albums I personally purchased, in no particular order are:
Hendrix, Band of Gipsys
Paul Simon (first solo album)
Elton John, Madman across the Water
I still have all of them.
Hendrix, Band of Gipsys
Paul Simon (first solo album)
Elton John, Madman across the Water
I still have all of them.
no1maestro
Well-Known Member
To the youngsters in here:
My first buy was a mono Arthur Fiedler in Hifi from Famous Barr here in Saint Louis. I was 14 at the time and stereo didn't exist in our world. MY first gift was from my cousin the first Elvis RCA 45; Heartbreak Hotel. I have bought many since then but these were some of my favorites. I bought a mint copy of the Fiedler LP a few months ago at an estate sale and got much the same reaction as did the first one; not too bad for a fifty-two year hiatus!!!
My first buy was a mono Arthur Fiedler in Hifi from Famous Barr here in Saint Louis. I was 14 at the time and stereo didn't exist in our world. MY first gift was from my cousin the first Elvis RCA 45; Heartbreak Hotel. I have bought many since then but these were some of my favorites. I bought a mint copy of the Fiedler LP a few months ago at an estate sale and got much the same reaction as did the first one; not too bad for a fifty-two year hiatus!!!
Zadok2112
Super Member
The '72 version. I stil have it too.
Cool_Manchu
Time to play B-sides...
The first record I intended to buy was Kiss - Love Gun. I was a child of the late-70s, early 80s, what can I say?
Why do I say intended? Well, I used to get the astronomical sum of one single dollar a week for my allowance. Back in the mid-70s records typically cost around 6 to 7 bucks. So I saved up my allowance for seven weeks...an eternity as I recall.
My grandmother was over when I got that final dollar. She was even kind enough to let me know that she was going to the store, I think it was called Caldors. I lived in rural Connecticut at the time and hardly ever got to go to town...so being young, I jumped at the chance and quickly handed her my seven bucks. Thoughts of rocking out with my broom on the back porch pretending to Ace Frehley were running through my head. Even more thoughts of the cardboard and paper "Love Gun" were in there too.
So my grandmother got to the store and asked the guy behind the counter where she could find this band called Kiss and the album Love Gun. He takes her over to the display and she takes one look at it and realizes what I want. I am like seven or eight and I wanted an "Acid Rock" album as they called it back then. She wasn't going to have any of it. But knowing that I would get it if she gave me my money back, she hatched a plan, she asked the guy behind the counter, what can I get him that instead?
Well thankfully that guy behind the counter looked out for me and suggested a cute looking album with a baby climbing up into an attic full of toys. It was harmless, it was adorable, it was in my grandmothers mind exactly what I should have instead of Acid Rock.
The album that my grandmother brought home was Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic. She proudly handed it to me and recounted the story of what went down and man I was pissed! I had no idea who the hell this Aerosmith was and why would I want an album with a baby butt on it with a bunch of toys?
After she left, I decided to put it on my record player. I had nothing else to play anyway and I instantly fell in love with the whole album. It had adult subject matter, it had naughty things happening, I would even say it rocked!
To this day I still love Toys in the Attic...and ironically, I still don't own a copy of Love Gun...
Why do I say intended? Well, I used to get the astronomical sum of one single dollar a week for my allowance. Back in the mid-70s records typically cost around 6 to 7 bucks. So I saved up my allowance for seven weeks...an eternity as I recall.
My grandmother was over when I got that final dollar. She was even kind enough to let me know that she was going to the store, I think it was called Caldors. I lived in rural Connecticut at the time and hardly ever got to go to town...so being young, I jumped at the chance and quickly handed her my seven bucks. Thoughts of rocking out with my broom on the back porch pretending to Ace Frehley were running through my head. Even more thoughts of the cardboard and paper "Love Gun" were in there too.
So my grandmother got to the store and asked the guy behind the counter where she could find this band called Kiss and the album Love Gun. He takes her over to the display and she takes one look at it and realizes what I want. I am like seven or eight and I wanted an "Acid Rock" album as they called it back then. She wasn't going to have any of it. But knowing that I would get it if she gave me my money back, she hatched a plan, she asked the guy behind the counter, what can I get him that instead?
Well thankfully that guy behind the counter looked out for me and suggested a cute looking album with a baby climbing up into an attic full of toys. It was harmless, it was adorable, it was in my grandmothers mind exactly what I should have instead of Acid Rock.
The album that my grandmother brought home was Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic. She proudly handed it to me and recounted the story of what went down and man I was pissed! I had no idea who the hell this Aerosmith was and why would I want an album with a baby butt on it with a bunch of toys?
After she left, I decided to put it on my record player. I had nothing else to play anyway and I instantly fell in love with the whole album. It had adult subject matter, it had naughty things happening, I would even say it rocked!
To this day I still love Toys in the Attic...and ironically, I still don't own a copy of Love Gun...
VinylHanger
Navigaret ex ironia
The first album I bought with my own money was K-Tel's Full Tilt, still one of my favorite comp. albums. I redeemed myself with my second album.... Queen-The Game. Of course then my folks ended up stunting my musical growth for years with Andy Gibb-After Dark as my third album, instead of the Kiss album I asked for. 
Cantabury Guy
Super Member
Back in the dark ages the relatively few dollars these records cost seemed enormous to many of us. Our fathers worked to put food on the table and we worked for pennies to save up to buy something so trivial. Maybe that is why we treasure these special things and have taken care of them for fifty years not like the throw away society we live in today. Material things as well as lives were some to cherish.
sqdlvr
Well-Known Member
Well said!:thmbsp:
spok
Atmospheric Disturbance
The first album I bought with my own money was K-Tel's Full Tilt, still one of my favorite comp. albums. I redeemed myself with my second album.... Queen-The Game. Of course then my folks ended up stunting my musical growth for years with Andy Gibb-After Dark as my third album, instead of the Kiss album I asked for.
was it the first edition silver cover or post gray cover?