Do you remember the first album you ever bought? It could be an 8-Track or cassette too. I just want to hear what you bought.
Mine was Desolation Boulevard by Sweet. It was because of this song.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRv7EjjwYBI
Yes, I still have the album and my vintage direct drive Technics turn table from 1978. :banana:
I haven't heard that song in a long time. WOW, such a cool song. Chills. :banana:
"Mine was Desolation Boulevard by Sweet. It was because of this song....."
I don't want to be that guy that says they don't make music like they used to, but dang, they don't make music like they used to. :popcorn:
:iagree: The 70s = the best music, the best cars and cheap beer!
Three Dog Night. I still have that record I think. I wish I still had all my 8 tracks, I had about 100 at one time. Most likely half of them played...
Still have my first album. Purchased at K-Mart around 72-73.
I wish my Cuda would've survived as well as this did. :crying:
I do think this was my first but it was close , not sure what I bought before this but obviously it did not have the same impact !!
Of course it was on Gold vinyl too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2eCo_GHH7s
First correct answer wins a brand spankin new Hemi Cuda....maybe. :D
My first was Rush Archives . . 3 record set that had their first album, caress of steel and fly by night. Still have it . . Looks pretty rough though, played the shit out of it.
:banana:
K-Tell "I Believe In Music" .... Was being advertised heavily in 1972 so I would have been 13.... Has my all time favorite tune "Brandy" by Looking Glass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6J9f5fML0
Hysterical fact.. My sweetheart who's 3-yrs younger says it was her first as well
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Track Artist Title Composer Rating
A1 Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) E. Lurie Rate
A2 Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday D. Boone, R. McQueen Rate
A3 Lighthouse Sunny Days S. Prokop Rate
A4 Mouth And MacNeil How Do You Do H. VanHermitt, H. VanHoof Rate
A5 Hollies Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) R. Cook, A. Clark, R. Greenaway Rate
A6 Donny Osmond Go Away Little Girl Gerry Goffin, Carole King Rate
A7 O'Jays Back Stabbers L. Huff, G. McFadden, J. Whitehead Rate
A8 Raspberries Go All The Way Eric Carmen Rate
A9 Andy And David Williams Fly Pretty Baby Thomas A. Jenkins Rate
A10 Rod Stewart Maggie May R. Stewart, M. Qui Henton Rate
A11 Bobby Vinton Sealed With a Kiss P. Udell, G. Geld Rate
B1 Cher Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves Bob Stone Rate
B2 Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show Sylvias's Mother S. Silvestein Rate
B3 Donny Osmond Sweet And Innocent RickHall, Billy Sheriff Rate
B4 Argent Hold Your Head Up R. Argent, C. White Rate
B5 Eric Clapton Let It Rain Bramlett, Clapton Rate
B6 Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now Holder-Lee Rate
B7 Bulldog No Billy Hocher, John Turi Rate
B8 Five Man Electrical Band Money Back Guarentee Les Emmerson Rate
B9 Rick Springfield Speak To The Sky Rick Springfield Rate
B10 Albert Hammond Down By The River A. Hammond, M. Hazelwood Rate
B11 Gallery I Believe In Music Mac Davis Rate
My first album was Iron Butterfly/ In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Remember playing it on a portable GE phonograph. Did not sound very good at all but I had tunes. Must of been about 12 years old or so. https://youtu.be/ZCkHanF4v1w
My first Album I purchased at 14. Led Zeppelin IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=jugd9S4oBvQ
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Yep: I still have that in vinyl, I bought it 2 or 3 times in 8 trk as well.
I consider this my first album. piece of mind from iron maiden
My mother was appauled. Wouldn't let me buy it. But this is what I eventually found.
Three Dog Night "Captured Live at the Forum". Still have it.
Zeppelin IV was the only vinyl I had to buy twice because I wore the first one out.
When I got my first STEREO in 1969 I bought 3 albums at K-Mart.
Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and other Delightes, Sgt. Peppers...., and Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman.
So since my mom wouldn't let me have Iron maiden " piece of mind"
She allowed me to get these two instead.
and of course
All this was 1983. I was 7.
The heart of Rock and Roll and Thriller!
1970 Black Sabbath - Paranoid FWIW the Air Raid Sirens in War Pigs are a dead on match for the base alert siren being used at Incirlik AFB Adana Turkey back in 1970..... Dad would be sleeping soundly on the couch & he would hear that siren & be headed for the door.... Then he'd realize it wasn't the base siren just the record player...... :verymad: :verymad: :stop: :rofl:
I think mine was American Woman by The Guess Who.
First album was Boston - Don't look back. Still have it. And three full milk crates of vinyl.
Alice Cooper - School's Out. The record had a pair of panties on it.
Quote from: blown motor on June 24, 2018, 07:00:28 AM
Alice Cooper - School's Out. The record had a pair of panties on it.
The things I learn on this forum....
Quote from: MEK-Dangerous on June 23, 2018, 12:09:52 PM
Do you remember the first album you ever bought? It could be an 8-Track or cassette too. I just want to hear what you bought.
Mine was Desolation Boulevard by Sweet. It was because of this song.....
Yes, I still have the album and my vintage direct drive Technics turn table from 1978. :banana:
Same as mine! That was the first I bought with my own money, first one I owned was Elvis - A Portrait in Music, a gift from my uncle.
Quote from: Bullitt- on June 23, 2018, 03:24:00 PM
K-Tell "I Believe In Music" .... Was being advertised heavily in 1972 so I would have been 13.... Has my all time favorite tune "Brandy" by Looking Glass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6J9f5fML0
Hysterical fact.. My sweetheart who's 3-yrs younger says it was her first as well
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/37/77644179_b17213238f.jpg)
Track Artist Title Composer Rating
A1 Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) E. Lurie Rate
A2 Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday D. Boone, R. McQueen Rate
A3 Lighthouse Sunny Days S. Prokop Rate
A4 Mouth And MacNeil How Do You Do H. VanHermitt, H. VanHoof Rate
A5 Hollies Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) R. Cook, A. Clark, R. Greenaway Rate
A6 Donny Osmond Go Away Little Girl Gerry Goffin, Carole King Rate
A7 O'Jays Back Stabbers L. Huff, G. McFadden, J. Whitehead Rate
A8 Raspberries Go All The Way Eric Carmen Rate
A9 Andy And David Williams Fly Pretty Baby Thomas A. Jenkins Rate
A10 Rod Stewart Maggie May R. Stewart, M. Qui Henton Rate
A11 Bobby Vinton Sealed With a Kiss P. Udell, G. Geld Rate
B1 Cher Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves Bob Stone Rate
B2 Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show Sylvias's Mother S. Silvestein Rate
B3 Donny Osmond Sweet And Innocent RickHall, Billy Sheriff Rate
B4 Argent Hold Your Head Up R. Argent, C. White Rate
B5 Eric Clapton Let It Rain Bramlett, Clapton Rate
B6 Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now Holder-Lee Rate
B7 Bulldog No Billy Hocher, John Turi Rate
B8 Five Man Electrical Band Money Back Guarentee Les Emmerson Rate
B9 Rick Springfield Speak To The Sky Rick Springfield Rate
B10 Albert Hammond Down By The River A. Hammond, M. Hazelwood Rate
B11 Gallery I Believe In Music Mac Davis Rate
Wade,
Did you buy this album because of the 2 Donny Osmond songs?? :D
Just giving you some crap. That's a cool story about your GF buying the same album.
I think my first actual "album" was Van Halen diver down I had various cassettes before then though.
Quote from: 303 Mopar on June 24, 2018, 07:15:21 AM
Quote from: blown motor on June 24, 2018, 07:00:28 AM
Alice Cooper - School's Out. The record had a pair of panties on it.
The things I learn on this forum....
I learned something new also! I wonder how many of those were proudly hung from the rear view mirror? :haha:
Funny how perceptions go ....... looking back Iron Maiden is a much more solid influence than MJ Maiden is relaively clean , solid band , no scandles really on the other hand MJ :-X
This was my first I think 1978 ish
CCR, hollies, three dog nite all great, Also a great bottle of 69 cent boonefarm wine or beer. The good old day :cheers:
Quote from: Chryco Psycho on June 24, 2018, 12:16:38 PM
Funny how perceptions go ....... looking back Iron Maiden is a much more solid influence than MJ Maiden is relaively clean , solid band , no scandles really on the other hand MJ :-X
Definitely on that one. I always take note that on the "easy listening" stations they will now play bands such as Guns and Roses...
My "album" would be Pink Floyd The Wall.
If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding.
Fall 1973 I went to the record department of EJ Korvettes and purchased my first three albums with my own money.
Dark Side of the Moon, Fragile by Yes and Living in the Past by Jethro Tull. Many nights listening to them on my old Koss headphones, and yep I still have them.
Can't remember exactly what the first album I bought was but I'm sure it was metal (probably Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath) but I still have every one of them, well except for the ones that warped or a friend borrowed promising to return and you never saw it again.... :haha: :haha: :haha:
Quote from: Jim AAR on June 24, 2018, 06:44:40 PM
Can't remember exactly what the first album I bought was but I'm sure it was metal (probably Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath)
I saw Judas Priest in your city in, I think, 1985. Bon Jovi opened for them. Runaway was his only hit back then so he played it twice.
I can't add a nice picture like most here, but the first album was Led Zeppelin I and the first 45 was Aretha Franklin's Respect. Side note about Arthur Brown- I finally got a radio for my 58 Dodge Crusader and was hooking it up in my grandfather's garage and once it warmed up and squealed for a few seconds, the first thing I heard out of it was Arthur Browns Fire. :wave:
Not my first, but i like one hit wonders !!
https://youtu.be/k8zmkzshUvE
I bought a 45 by Billy Joel, called the entertainer. Thought I was buying the sound track for the movie that was out at the same time. It was my unplanned introduction into Rock and Roll.
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My first (all bought at the same time) were America (America), master of Reality (Black Sabbath), and Fragile (Yes).
I listened to them constantly (wanted my money's worth). After several military moves I lost them.
Today's music just doesn't compare.
MIKE
My first album was a K-Tel The Rock Album. I still have that in my head from 1980. I was ten. I remember the ride home with my mom and brother. We came across a car accident. A pickup truck drove into the back of a parked semi trailer. Dude hit is so hard, it knocked a cast off of his previously broken arm. Weird to see that laying there. They said he survived. Looked horrible. Especially to a ten year old. I remember this because I so badly wanted to get home to listen, and didn't want to have to stop because of all the police and ambulances blocking the road. I just wanted to listen to music. It was my first dabble into rock music. Country was played in my parents house. Now I have nearly 400 concert stubs. I have spent a fortune on music since I bought this album.
BTW, I am a huge Iron Maiden fan. It wasn't long before I was listening to them and anything hard and metal. I went punk for many years too. Iron Maiden is putting out music now much better than they ever did. If you have a chance, listen to anything since 2000 and it is absolutely awesome. And for the Black Sabbath fans, they put out an album in 2013 called "13" and it would be hard to know it wasn't recorded in 1970. It is one of my most favorite of theirs.
I better no get going on this or I will be here all night.
Styx...Pieces of Eight
Quiet Riot Metal Health and Dio Holy Diver on the same day.. \m/
Quote from: ledphoot on June 25, 2018, 05:47:18 PM
Quiet Riot Metal Health and Dio Holy Diver on the same day.. \m/
Quiet Riot < metal health was my first tape and introduction into metal.
Saw Maiden last year. Going to Slayer in a few months. I too have spent waay too much money on music. I've seen something like 30 concerts this year already.
Quote from: Chryco Psycho on June 24, 2018, 12:16:38 PM
Funny how perceptions go ....... looking back Iron Maiden is a much more solid influence than MJ Maiden is relaively clean , solid band , no scandles really on the other hand MJ :-X
Tell me about it. :bricks:
But they have demon artwork. Can't be good. :thumbdown: Better to look like a girl with makeup on, right. :rofl:
They now understand.
Quote from: GY3R/T on June 24, 2018, 09:15:18 PM
Not my first, but i like one hit wonders !!
https://youtu.be/k8zmkzshUvE
I remember it well The KINKS. I was like in 7th grade.... took the album to school and someone stole it :headbang:
Used to listen to In a Gadda Da Vida all the time in 70
Quote from: Chryco Psycho on June 25, 2018, 08:03:46 PM
Used to listen to In a Gadda Da Vida all the time in 70
My neighbor (half a block away) Had a huge game room above a 3 car garage. shuffle board, bumper pool, pinball games, yada yada ... AND an awsome stereo !! He played In a Gadda Da Vida Every day! With all the windows open, Over & Over & Over & Over.... :looney: LOUD !! The whole block could hear it !!! :o
I never got tired of it... :D Summertime in my old neighborhood... I miss it.
I think it was supposed to be "in the garden of Eden" , but then the drug of choice altered it to "in the Godda da vida".
Growing up in So. Cal and going to high school in the '60's mine had to be the Beach Boys Surfin' USA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIB_scbznuk
I'm pretty sure it was "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals. The album was on a 7" nylon 45 disc.
Well...You know I've smoked a lot of grass - O'Lord, I've popped a lot of pills. (not that far from the truth).
Quote from: RusTy/SE on June 24, 2018, 06:21:33 PM
Fall 1973 I went to the record department of EJ Korvettes and purchased my first three albums with my own money.
Dark Side of the Moon, Fragile by Yes and Living in the Past by Jethro Tull. Many nights listening to them on my old Koss headphones, and yep I still have them.
We have the same taste in music! 8)
My first "album" ever was Dark Side of the Moon. I had bought some 45's before this but this was the first album. My original copy got worn out. I have replaced it several times. I have owned it on cassette, I believe 8-track, vinyl, CD, and SACD. Right now I have an unopened copy on 180 gram vinyl and an open copy plus the CD and SACD. And I now have a collection of over 600 albums on vinyl and about 12 or more working turntables.
My first concert was Jethro Tull. I was supposed to go see YES but couldn't get a ride to the show. And when I got the chance to see Pink Floyd I snagged it. Best show I have ever seen hands down.
Grease Lightening 45 for my portable record player I got for Christmas.
Embarrassing but true...
Dating myself on this one
Beatles "Rubber Soul" in 1965