what was the first record you ever bought?

[Sid]

For most of us, that will have been a single, I guess.
With the risk, that I can only contribute on this forums while wearing a paperback on my head, here is mine to ckick off:


In my defence: I was just 12 years old back then.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

It might have been this one:


Bought the cassette from a friend.

 

[Cristiano]

I don't remember the exact first record I got, but for some reason I remember the very first CD.

It was Look Sharp by Roxette, and I blasted it in my fancy new boom box that had a CD player in it.

 

[Essence Lumin]

I don't know. Harper Valley PTA was early.

 

[Chav Paderborn]

Saturday Night by Whigfield and Baby Come Back by Pato Banton. I must have been about 12/13. My dad paid for them.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

First one bought for me around age 8 (probably because I liked the tv show and had a bit of a crush on Davey) was The Monkees Greatest Hits. I loved that album and played it to death.

The Monkees - Greatest Hits - YouTube

Favorite song off album:

 

[Sid]

I remember that show, I think I saw them all. Mainly because my elder sister was a big fan.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

First albumI bought myself was, of course, Saturday Night Fever. Around the same time a Creedence Clearwater Revival Greatest Hits. They both got a lot of play in my house until later on when I got Nazareth - Hair of the Dog

 

[Essence Lumin]

The Monkees made a surreal bizarre movie called Head. I highly recommend it.

 

[Sid]

The first teen years I only bought singles.
I think that my first album was Burn - Deep Purple.
I always had a broad interest in different styles of music. I was a soul man, loved hard rock and easy listening and everything in between. I Still do.
Around the age of 40 I started to explore classical music as well. Love it.

 

[Beebo Brink]

My first record purchase would have been a 45 rpm vinyl. I'm pretty sure it was a Beatles single. Mostly likely this one:

 

[Myficals]

 

[Pancake]

I’m thinking it was probably this, because I wanted to be Sheila E. at that age.

 

[Nika Talaj]

Bought it the night I first smoked dope.

 

[Noodles]

If we are talking records only, I guess Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. But that was in the early 2000s probably.

The first "album" I ever bought was the soundtrack to Oliver and Company, when I bought a portable cassette player, when I was like 8.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

I’m thinking it was probably this, because I wanted to be Sheila E. at that age.

I thought sharing the fact that I was an 8 yr old Monkees fan would make me feel old. I remember vivdly the performance that Sheila E. gave as the opening act for the Purple Rain tour on Christmas Eve, 1984 (I was 16). I was in hot water with my family for delaying leaving town for the holiday. They went ahead and I went after the concert. I remember her pulling a guy from one of the front rows and giving him what amounted to a lap dance center stage.

A few years back, she performed at the State Fair. I saw her, again, then. She still had it. She gave a very strong performance.

 

[Jupiter]

By the time I got old enough to get an allowance from my parents, records were on their way out. So, it was a cassette.

 

[Auntie Climax]

Here is Auntie's original box of 'mixed tapes' for all occasions.

 

[Ashiri]

Discovery

 

[Bea McMahon]

God, who knows. I had a copy of "Meet the Beatles" - mono - very early. First one might have been a single of "Rag Doll" by the Four Seasons.