remphish1 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 When I was 7 years old I was at the mall with my grandma....we went into a record store and she said pick up whatever album you want. My dad had a beautiful technics turntable at home so I opted for the vinyl over the cassette. The album I picked up... http://entertainment.time.com/2012/08/29/michael-jackson-bad/?hpt=hp_t3#an-oral-history-of-bad as much as I don't listen to MJ now the album still holds great memories of the trip to the mall with grandma. As time went on my brother drew over the inside of the record with his orange marker and I was mad...still have the album and get a smile out of it when I pick it up.. Ok end of story... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 damn, in two years my 1st LP purchase will turn 40....sobering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Does it count as my first album purchase if I asked my dad to pick it up for me at the E.J. Korvettes store on his way home from work in NYC? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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froggie Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 well, nearly 25 years... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 How the hell do you people remember stuff like this? You must not have smoked as much weed in high school as I did! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm pretty sure it was this, sad to say. I was probably 9. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 So far as I can tell from the evidence, you've never made a bad choice in your life when it comes to music and movies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 At a very short lived Tower Records in South Charleston, WV, when I was 11. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Still have it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Aaaah, the much missed Cardiff Searchlight Tattoo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 It was the 1970s. Mistakes were made ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 First one bought with my own money. 27 years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiatortunes Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm not sure if this was my first K-Tel record as I know I had several. One of them had a "skip" in the middle of "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band and I'd have to get up and move the needle along... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 From an early age, I've relied on the kindness of others to help build my music collection (doesn't hurt that my best friend and also my husband buy tons of music which I get to benefit from). But here's the first album I got as a present: A couple years later I got my first real album for Christmas: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A couple years later I got my first real album for Christmas: The summer that came out, we were staying in a small town in the Santa Cruz mountains. My older sister, who turned a cool 14 that summer, wanted this album for her birthday, so my dad drove her into town to the tiny hippie record store. She wanted it on cassette (no record player in the country!), but they only had vinyl, so the owner told them to come back the next day. When they went back, he'd taped the album and hand-written the label, and we listened to that tape all the rest of that summer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 The summer that came out, we were staying in a small town in the Santa Cruz mountains. My older sister, who turned a cool 14 that summer, wanted this album for her birthday, so my dad drove her into town to the tiny hippie record store. She wanted it on cassette (no record player in the country!), but they only had vinyl, so the owner told them to come back the next day. When they went back, he'd taped the album and hand-written the label, and we listened to that tape all the rest of that summer. That is a heartwarming story. Unfortunately, today he would be called a thief for making an illegal copy of something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 My first one, think I just loved Bad Bad Leroy Brown at the time (I was like 6 or something). I still have it: Followed shortly after by: Yes, sadly it was not the Who version, it was the soundtrack. Nothing like Oliver Reed ruining "Do you think it's alright". I still love Elton's Pinball Wizard though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 But here's the first album I got as a present: Holy fuck I was gonna post that it was the first album I bought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 That is a heartwarming story. Unfortunately, today he would be called a thief for making an illegal copy of something. I think even at the time we knew it was sketchy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm having some problems remembering which was first...but it one of these or These are the kind of things a fella should remember...but I honest to God don't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 First ones bought for me- "The Monkees Greatest Hits" & "Headquarters" by The Monkees...from my mom- we went to W.T. Grant's to get them...it was '67, or '68...I was born in April 1964.Then I was given "Rubber Soul" (U.S. version & I inherited the version my mom had bought for my cousins & left it at my grandma's so they had something to listen to at her house), & I spent my allowance savings on "Revolver" (U.S.), again in '67, or '68, just a couple of months after The Monkees albums...once again from W.T. Grants... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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