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What was and when did you purchase your 1st album?

noogies said:
Michael Jackson may have been a perv, but he had every bit as much talent as Geddy or Alex. Neil sort of occupies his own plane and no comparisons can be made.
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Well there must be something special with being considered the best drummer in the world :)
 
oh man, that was a memory trip!

I haven't heard 'Bette Davis eyes' in a long, long while.

I still love it. great song.

y'know,
Bette Davis sent Kim Carnes a letter, thanking her for the song, way back when.
 
First album I paid money for was probably a weird interview LP with Grace Slick talking about her Dreams album. I think the radio DJ was supposed to ask questions and then let the record answer.
 
My first purchase was in 61 as I remember. There were 7 Albums as I remember. One was Felix Slatkins Marches the Blues. Another was Beethovens 5th, but I don't remember the conductor or Orchestra. Another was a Frrr record PS103, but I don't remember the group, but it was military British marches. There was a Big band record, but I don't have a clue. Maybe Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey. The Felix Slatkins has been replaced with another pristine LP.
 
noogies said:
Really? I had no idea.
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Seriously. Videos that are called "the top 10 drummers in the world" or similar usually turn into ridiculous arguments. A lot are fed by obvious trolls but even regular folk go somewhat insane over the matter. In most cases it comes down to 3 "finalists" Buddy Rich, John Bonham and Neil Peart, not necessarily in that order.
 
The year was 1966 and I was only 8 years old. the mama & the papas california dreamin. That same year, I asked an uncle on a honeymoon trip through Italy to bring me a reel to reel Geloso recorder that cost about $ 300 dollars. That year I started a hobby that I still have today. Buy discs and recorders
 
I had a huge collection of 45's from the time I was 5. Dad had a side job of fixing pinball machines and re-stocking jukeboxes. I had my own pinball machine and I got to keep all the old 45's when dad would replace them.

As for albums my very first vinyl purchase was Deep Purple's "Machine Head" and Alice Cooper's "School's Out". Both purchased in '72. My folks were shocked when I pulled the AC vinyl out of it's cover and the record was wearing panties.
 
Bill Ashton said:
The first record I might have bought may have been a Chipmunk's-like Beatles knock off at our grocery store (on Wyncote label, how do I remember that?)...99 cents or something.

But first real LP I purchased...or was allowed to purchase...was "Help!" by The Beatles...mono for $3.79...at the Giant store next city over...made to take the bus, had to chart my money out just right so I had fare both ways AND could pay for record. Don't know how old I was, but record was new and current, so that year!

And yes, still have it ;)
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Oh....forgot about Bookmobile club records .... that puts a twist in this thread.
 
KarlK said:
I recall the cassette days very well. Now we refer to that post-TT pre-CD period as the Dark Age of Audio. It was horrendous, especially for that poor Driver's Ed lady who taught me to drive in '79. She had made the huge mistake of allowing me to bring my own tapes to road practice, and soon we had every pedestrian in town made aware of our imminent passing through their neighborhood with that black Mercury Monarch blasting Nazareth, BTO (especially BTO perfect as loud road music for a 16-year-old driver-in-training lol), Nugent, Molly Hatchet, Rush (remember 2112 y'all?) et al. out of its windows with booming sub-bass oomph banging and shaking the whole street going BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM! from the trunk that could be heard half a mile away I was told.

Unfortunately that privilege of mine was revoked as soon as Dad heard (about) my disturbing the peace of that sleepy Maryland suburb. That slug of a car had a surprisingly powerful Pioneer sound system in it (to go along with the surprisingly weak engine I suppose), which seemed atypical for a DE vehicle fleet unit. I later learned that the driving school was procuring cars purchasing them from Avis Rent-a-Car and some other car rental outfit and that was the reason why some had such cool options. The Dark Age wasn't so dark after all :smoke:
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Being from the West Coast San Francisco Bay Area, I’ve never heard any reference to any dark age of audio. Then most people have regional experiences. I would guess that before the renewed interest in audio, when only audiophiles were spinning vinyl.....that could be called the dark age of audio. On the West Coast, most people up until the year 2000 were driving around, windows down, volume up and there was music being played in most public venues. Now there are “Sounds of Silence” with car windows up and the volume down and it’s an insult to have to listen to another persons music. Then technically, a piece of technology isn’t considered in the dark ages until it’s not used anymore by anyone.
 
I saved up and bought Billy Joel Glass Houses when it came out. I think I was 10 or 11. It was thrashed, so I got rid of it and found another copy.
 
I don't remember. Paper route money, PX, and such. Probably stolen, but maybe not when they took one of two crates of records in a house clean out of gear when I lost my first rig in the student ghetto. Living room rig owned by one of the other house mates was Marantz and Ohm Fs. Mine a bit more modest, preamp, power amp, tuner, tt, rtr, and the crate of records I liked better.

Since I don't know, I thought I would give those that read these threads an opportunity to look back at previous version of the same topic and leave with this last nugget. The first CD I bought was Dire Straits, Love Over Gold.

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/what-was-your-first-album.296027/

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...-first-most-memorable-album-purchases.537198/

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/first-album-s-you-bought-with-your-own-money.713792/

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/your-first-album.823263/

Folks keep asking, I still don't remember!! Since I only search 'your first album' in titles, this missed a few other ways to ask the same question so Mystic's answer in another thread, previously mentioned is yet another place to check for answers from folks that have left AK or not responded to this iteration of the question. Enjoy.
 
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