1st Album you Ever Owned?


I hope this topic stirs up some great memories and further sharing of good music.
What was the first vinyl "LP" album you ever owned?

Mine was "Maynard '64" (Maynard Furgeson).  I was 10 and learning to play trumpet, and my dad bought this album for me.  He worked a lot, so it was really cool that he took the time to chase it down.

I cherished it and still have it, but it didn't take long to learn there was much better jazz out there.  In all fairness, I grew up listening to my parents playing Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Tommy Dorsey - a pretty decent start given the general lack of recognition in the white middle class as to how African culture had molded the music they loved.

Please share your first LP experience!
keegiam

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@tvad
You might be the only human to have ever purchased the Partridge Family and then ELP in succession!
jyadlon, Al Kooper would be proud.  "Projections" wasn't my 1st album but it was my first Blues Project album.  I soon added "Planned Obsolescence" and the two live albums.  Part of my haphazard, unguided investigation into why I was so drawn to what I was hearing - if that makes any sense.
@mijostyn
I was thinking the same thing: Meet the Beatles is running away with this for now.


CTA was one of my earliest.  Chicago and BS&T represented the best early marriage of brass and rock.  Unfortunately, they both soon went "pop" to chase big bucks.  Neither group ever matched their first 2 albums (yes, including Al Kooper's BS&T).

EJ Korvette: $2.94 was all I needed to see in the local paper.  Made at least 1 trip per week.
Yikes - the Singing Nuns.  I had forgotten them for good reason.  1963: "Dominique."
I mentioned the first album I ever "owned" - jazz trumpet - was a gift from my dad in 1964.

But it wasn't until early '69 that I actually had enough disposable income to buy one for myself: "Blood, Sweat & Tears" 2nd album (untitled).

After that I pretty much made up for lost time.
@millercarbon

Very enjoyable post!  Have to agree "Nilsson Schmilsson" has stood the test of time better than "Yellow Brick Road."  At least you had them both early on.

BTW I recall hearing way back then that pressed cardboard egg containers made a pretty good acoustical treatment for walls.

This is bordering on "true confessions."
@puppyt

“Alvin & The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles”.  

One of my favorites among many enjoyable posts.  Wow some of these memories crack me up.  I don't remember any of the Chipmunks other than Xmas songs.
Not surprising: "Meet the Beatles"
Surprising: "Meddle" (2 "first albums" in 100+ posts)

"Meddle" had kind of a cult following when it came out (my freshman year), but I would have figured it was still pretty obscure in the grand scheme of things.  Apparently not so.

Maybe it's that old hippies are over-represented on Audiogon?
Duke -

"Since I've been Loving You" on Led Zep III was their swan song for me.  I loved 1 & 2 because of the raw blues covers ("I Can't Quit you Babe" - holy ****).  Then they went in a different direction and lost my interest.  Their commercial success is undeniable, but I was done after III.
@whatjd

Back in the day that was known as "Dave Syndrome."  You're lucky to have escaped without delving into Dave Dee or Dave Mason.  ;)

@firberger

Damn good start.  Both important rock classics.  I had quite a few albums by the time LZ2 came along, but was knocked out when I later picked up LZ1 and heard the more raw, basic blues I really connected with.