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

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    BigreenGreg said:
    Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon Lyrics Genius
    When it first came out. Great day, listened to every track with my best friend.

    I almost feel sorry for you, it was all kinda downhill from then, wasn't it?   ;)
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    buzd504 said:

    My last band did "Rio", and one of the few songs I sang lead, AND got to use my Nord synth's arpeggiator (in the Intro).  Thanks for the Smile!  
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    womaus said:
    I've always been a big fan of Al Kooper, the guy that "discovered" Lynyrd Skynyrd, producing their first 2 or 3 albums.

    First album I purchased with my own $$$ was I Stand Alone.


    Al Kooper also founded Blood, Sweat & Tears.  He hired a bunch of musicians who clearly were above his level, and was fired from his own band!  Felt kinda bad for him but he left us with a Legacy.  
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    This is a fun-ass thread, and it really dates us all better than if we just all listed our birthdates!   :)
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • bucky925
    bucky925 Posts: 2,050

    The best things in life are not things.  

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  • cdnewman
    cdnewman Posts: 88
     
    Gift from a friends older brother. I still have a bit over 10k lps, but this one got lost along the way. 
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  • BigreenGreg
    BigreenGreg Posts: 600
    Botch said I almost feel sorry for you, it was all kinda downhill from then, wasn't it?   ;)

    It did set the bar high, but I’ve found a few to love since then. The music thread on here has helped.
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    bucky925 said:

    Love Steely Dan, especially this album, especially “Aja”.  “Chinese music always sets me free..”
    Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    bucky925 said:

    Another one, mostly downhill from there!  
    My favorite Of All Time.  
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • dcc
    dcc Posts: 90
    Early years.

    Later years

    Houston (Clear Lake) TX
    2 LBGE, 1 Mini-Max

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  • Acn
    Acn Posts: 4,490

    On vinyl.  Probably still in the plywood record crate in my childhood bedroom.

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,919
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    House of Pain - Fine Malt Lyrics
    On a cassette tape.


    That’s the first album that I purchased with my hard earned own money but mine was on a CD.  I purchased the album at the same time as my first CD player and speakers that I paid a fortune for.

    My first actual albums that I received were copied cassette tape from friends: New kids on the block, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer.

    I have evolved now 😂😂😂

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  • FarmingPhD
    FarmingPhD Posts: 849
    Proud to say I still have yet to buy an album rapt this point in life. 70’s-80’s rock and roll is my primary pandora station.
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    Botch said:
    buzd504 said:

    My last band did "Rio", and one of the few songs I sang lead, AND got to use my Nord synth's arpeggiator (in the Intro).  Thanks for the Smile!  

    Nice.  That's not a cover you see often.
    NOLA
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    edited July 2020
    I really have no idea. I have older brothers that purchased first releases of all the Beatles collection (which I posses). Some original Stones, Buddy Holy etc. I have started cataloging my collection recently, and having a blast evaluating condition of the media and sleeves. All said, this includes listening for pops and viewing visual inspection. I estimate prolly 800-900 in total. I have discovered some gems with some Real value. Only 1/4 the way thru cataloging, just getting started on the listening (new turntable). 

    Analog Rocks.

    Edit: I do know the last purchased (yesterday) to kick off the new turntable. It was fantastic (new) Lou Reed Coney Island Baby. Wow is all I can say. I think Vinyl pressings have improved over the years. The twenty dollar price tag was not as I remembered it.  ;)
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Botch said:
    This may date me🎧


    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,320
    northGAcock said:
    Botch said:
    This may date me🎧


    Yep that was my first record. Of course I was 5.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    northGAcock said:
    Botch said:
    This may date me🎧


    Yep that was my first record. Of course I was 5.
    ...about 62 now?
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

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    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    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.


    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Anyone else want to hear @Botch sing some Duran Duran during a Friday night zoom call?
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,320
    northGAcock said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    northGAcock said:
    Botch said:
    This may date me🎧


    Yep that was my first record. Of course I was 5.
    ...about 62 now?
    60 on Saturday.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    northGAcock said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    northGAcock said:
    Botch said:
    This may date me🎧


    Yep that was my first record. Of course I was 5.
    ...about 62 now?
    60 on Saturday.
    Happy Furfday. July baby myself.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • sheetmetalpete
    sheetmetalpete Posts: 280
    builderdawg said:
    uploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenee5Kiss-Des
    Same here.  Santa gave it to me for Christmas 1976.  
    Glencoe, Minnesota
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    sheetmetalpete said:
    builderdawg said:
    uploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenee5Kiss-Des
    Same here.  Santa gave it to me for Christmas 1976.  
    I own close too 1k albums. I do not own a single Kiss album. Don’t dislike them at all.....just never purchased any. 
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  • womaus
    womaus Posts: 256
    Botch said:
    womaus said:
    I've always been a big fan of Al Kooper, the guy that "discovered" Lynyrd Skynyrd, producing their first 2 or 3 albums.

    First album I purchased with my own $$$ was I Stand Alone.


    Al Kooper also founded Blood, Sweat & Tears.  He hired a bunch of musicians who clearly were above his level, and was fired from his own band!  Felt kinda bad for him but he left us with a Legacy.  
    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". 
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  • womaus
    womaus Posts: 256
    Quite the curmudgeon.

    https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016/03/09/news/great-al-kooper
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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678

                                                                
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  • sumoconnell
    sumoconnell Posts: 1,932
    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.  

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,335
    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.   :)
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,320
    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.  

    For what it’s worth I am not a metal head but Metallica rocks and at 59 I downloaded Avenged Sevenfold and Night Wish. Strangely I never felt too old for new music except for the majority of rap. I do love finding new independent writer/ singers on ITunes , something that you were hard pressed to do when you were limited to the local record store and top forty radio.
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