OT - What Was Your First Album You Bought/Received?

womaus

Botch said:

womaus said:
Not quite true. Al Kooper walked away when the record company tried to wrestle away control of the production of the future albums. Only the first BS&T album was Kooper. The later travesties (David Clayton Thomas?) never matched up.

For a good read find a copy of "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Ba*tards". 

Thanks for the clarification.  

You know I'm always here for you.

womaus

sumoconnell said:

My first single was Joan Jett and the blackheart's "I love Rock'n'Roll"



First full album was "Thriller"



PS- Can we start making fun of each other on this thread or will folks get feelings hurt? 

I'll start. Thriller? Really? Didn't you see what was coming? (pun intended)

Wolfe

I think this was it

SamIAm2

1963 This LP got a lot of play on local radio stations and parties, but never school dances. Got this on LP, then cassette and now it is on my computer. 

Some of the song writers were are pretty well known now.

Botch

sumoconnell said:
PS- Can we start making fun of each other on this thread or will folks get feelings hurt? I want to make fun of peoples tastes. I'm fine if you make fun of mine.  

How do people like the worlds worst band? aka KISS.  (I like heavy metal but not garbage rock). Jeez.  I taken farts that write better songs.  

I'm not a metal-head either, but, what's your definition of music?  
To me (being an engineer) it is "using sound to elicit an emotional response in another human being".  KISS can do that.  So could Dream Theater, Hank Williams, BT, Bach, Miles, and Public Enemy.
There's also something to be said for Entertainment value.  I wonder if either Elvis or Michael Jackson would have been as popular, if we only heard them, and hadn't seen them.  KISS was pretty damn good at that too, although they admit themselves they stumbled onto the formula as they went along.  Simmons and Stanley are among the richest musicians of all time, although that's not as much of a yardstick of musical worth.
 
Geez, I'm babbling again.  I made fun of you (regarding a band I have no albums of, either; did see them in concert and had a blast!) so you can make fun of me too.  My top five groups are Steely Dan, Level 42, Earth Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, and fifth place is a 17-way tie; blast away.    

etherdome

1.  

I was given this cassette tape when I was in second grade. Still love this era of country music although it is not my preferred genre now. 

“Country boy can survive” is An absolute classic. “All my rowdy friends” turned out to be a great one as well.  

dmourati

First Vinyl: Michael Jackson Thriller
First Tape: Licensed to Ill
First CD: Led Zeppelin IV

keener75

SamIAm2 said:

1963 This LP got a lot of play on local radio stations and parties, but never school dances. Got this on LP, then cassette and now it is on my computer. 

Some of the song writers were are pretty well known now.

My dog's name is Louie.
We sing this all the time! Great song!

etherdome

How the hell can someone “disagree”   which album I was given first in my life? 🤣

WeberWho

etherdome said:

How the hell can someone “disagree”   which album I was given first in my life? 🤣

Apparently my thumb disagreed when scrolling. My ears not so much. A few of those songs were played out in my garage within the last week. 

SonVolt

I hope everyone's being honest here and posting their actual first album, and not just classic albums they think are cool. Mine was objectively not cool, but it was mine... and it was my first. I was 12. 

frazzdaddy

sumoconnell said:

My first single was Joan Jett and the blackheart's "I love Rock'n'Roll"



First full album was "Thriller"



PS- Can we start making fun of each other on this thread or will folks get feelings hurt? I want to make fun of peoples tastes. I'm fine if you make fun of mine. 

How do people like the worlds worst band? aka KISS.  (I like heavy metal but not garbage rock). Jeez.  I taken farts that write better songs.  

I bought her a drink in a bar one night.

EggNorth

Frampton Comes Alive.  This was the first entry in my KTel LP selector ( a product way ahead of its time).   

BigreenGreg

YukonRon said:

Rare Earth In Concert.
Remains one of my favorites today. It was my first selection of my first time buying albums.


My second selection on that day was Let it Bleed from The Rolling Stones.it, too, remains one of my favorites.

Ron, was this the album where the Rare Earth singer begged the people to get out of the pool because of the power wires? Had it on 8-track, great sound.

etherdome

WeberWho said:

etherdome said:

How the hell can someone “disagree”   which album I was given first in my life? 🤣

Apparently my thumb disagreed when scrolling. My ears not so much. A few of those songs were played out in my garage within the last week. 

🤣 👍🏻 

etherdome

SonVolt said:

I hope everyone's being honest here and posting their actual first album, and not just classic albums they think are cool. Mine was objectively not cool, but it was mine... and it was my first. I was 12. 

Ha ha! Mine was totally honest. Hank Williams jr “the pressure is on “ cassette.  That was my first album. My first vinyl was a 45 single ..rod stewart “passion” with snowblind (I think)  on the other side.

My first cd was a Giant album “last of the runaways “ which was pretty terrible except for maybe one song. It was a gift with the new CD player. 

Yno

Do 78's count?

The first LP's I remember getting was a collection of the "greatest" classical music. To this day clasi al is my favorite genre. But I also appreciate lots of other music, and my collection (all CD and mp3) now also contains jazz and rock from many decades.

Apologies to Botch: it may fit your definition, but I don't consider rap to be music.

buzd504

frazzdaddy said:

sumoconnell said:

My first single was Joan Jett and the blackheart's "I love Rock'n'Roll"



First full album was "Thriller"



PS- Can we start making fun of each other on this thread or will folks get feelings hurt? I want to make fun of peoples tastes. I'm fine if you make fun of mine. 

How do people like the worlds worst band? aka KISS.  (I like heavy metal but not garbage rock). Jeez.  I taken farts that write better songs.  

I bought her a drink in a bar one night.

Michael?

SGH

Yno said:

but I don't consider rap to be music.

I absolutely agree one trillion percent.

Legume

Yno said:

Apologies to Botch: it may fit your definition, but I don't consider rap to be music.

Ynot?

Botch

Yno said:

Apologies to Botch: it may fit your definition, but I don't consider rap to be music.

A lot of folks don't.  

Legume

Botch said:

Yno said:

Apologies to Botch: it may fit your definition, but I don't consider rap to be music.

A lot of folks don't.  

I’m not a huge fan myself, but curious about these definitions people seem to have that exclude it.  I think some people just don’t like it and maybe try to feel better about that.  @sumoconnell didnt say KISS wasn’t music, just said it’s crappy music and something g about farts that can write songs.

I don’t like Air Supply.  There, I said it.

Legume

My first two records were 45’s, not sure which I had first.  **** is Back /Elton and Blinded by the light /Mannfred Man’s Earth Band.  No idea if I bought them or not.

dmourati

dmourati said:

First Vinyl: Michael Jackson Thriller
First Tape: Licensed to Ill
First CD: Led Zeppelin IV

Ohh, I just remembered.

First 45: Queen, Another One Bites the Dust/Don't Try Suicide (gift from next door neighbors)

dmourati

Botch said:

Yno said:

Apologies to Botch: it may fit your definition, but I don't consider rap to be music.

A lot of folks don't.  

Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live.

ColbyLang

Rap/Hip Hop ain’t music but stadium country is???

womaus

buzd504 said:

frazzdaddy said:

sumoconnell said:

My first single was Joan Jett and the blackheart's "I love Rock'n'Roll"



First full album was "Thriller"



PS- Can we start making fun of each other on this thread or will folks get feelings hurt? I want to make fun of peoples tastes. I'm fine if you make fun of mine. 

How do people like the worlds worst band? aka KISS.  (I like heavy metal but not garbage rock). Jeez.  I taken farts that write better songs.  

I bought her a drink in a bar one night.

Michael?

Damn. I wanted to be the one to ask.

lentsboy007

Embarrassing , but first album I ever bought was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrisete.  I was 14 when it came out, so I was alive during Grunge, IMHO the best era of music.  I grew up in the 80s listening to 60s and 70s rock with my dad, and consider Zeppelin my favorite band of all time . But I think Grunge is the best and was the last great era of music . 

SGH

This is the first album that I ever had. It was given to me as a gift. Not the first album I bought. 

frazzdaddy

buzd504 said:

frazzdaddy said:

sumoconnell said:

My first single was Joan Jett and the blackheart's "I love Rock'n'Roll"



First full album was "Thriller"



PS- Can we start making fun of each other on this thread or will folks get feelings hurt? I want to make fun of peoples tastes. I'm fine if you make fun of mine. 

How do people like the worlds worst band? aka KISS.  (I like heavy metal but not garbage rock). Jeez.  I taken farts that write better songs.  

I bought her a drink in a bar one night.

Michael?

My bad, no Joan. Not a Jackson fan ever