The first time I went record shopping was shortly after I got my driver’s license in 1976. We lived over two hours from New Orleans, where there was a record store called The Music Box which from time to time had $3.99 album sales.
I had been saving up and planning this for some time. Drove to New Orleans and bought four albums that day, which was probably the most I ever bought at once. Here they are, in alphabetical order by band name:
Blue Oyster Cult, "Agents of Fortune"
Jethro Tull, "Songs from the Wood"
Led Zeppelin III
Queen, "A Night at the Opera"
I haven’t burned out on any of them yet.
These were virtually contraband at my parent’s house, guaranteed to start a verbal war, so I had to listen (on their stereo) when they were gone, quickly shutting it down and stashing my music when the dogs barked to warn me of their return. I got busted when the fuse in their Fisher receiver kept blowing and I ran out of replacements (no I wasn't clipping - the fuse would blow when the unit was turned on; replace the fuse and it wouldn't blow for the second turn-on). It would be another year before I moved out and bought my first fledgling stereo system.
Duke
I had been saving up and planning this for some time. Drove to New Orleans and bought four albums that day, which was probably the most I ever bought at once. Here they are, in alphabetical order by band name:
Blue Oyster Cult, "Agents of Fortune"
Jethro Tull, "Songs from the Wood"
Led Zeppelin III
Queen, "A Night at the Opera"
I haven’t burned out on any of them yet.
These were virtually contraband at my parent’s house, guaranteed to start a verbal war, so I had to listen (on their stereo) when they were gone, quickly shutting it down and stashing my music when the dogs barked to warn me of their return. I got busted when the fuse in their Fisher receiver kept blowing and I ran out of replacements (no I wasn't clipping - the fuse would blow when the unit was turned on; replace the fuse and it wouldn't blow for the second turn-on). It would be another year before I moved out and bought my first fledgling stereo system.
Duke