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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!
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I think mine was a Paul Revere and the Raiders album. Later on when I got a job I would head out almost weekly to buy a new record of all places, 3D store, about all we had at the time.
I was into jazz at the time and liked Billy Cobham and bought the "Stratus" album but when I got it home and opened it, it was Aretha Franklin inside. Took it back to exchange it but the lady behind sort of acted like I was pulling something over but reluctantly agreed.

They had one other copy so I got it, took it back up to her and decided to open it right there in front of her to make sure I was getting the right album. Another A.F. The look on her face was priceless.
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