Ray Coniff.....Concert in Rhythm... |
I was gifted many classic rock, R&B, pop, many of which I still have.
The first album(s) purchased with my paper route cash were bought at the same time.
J Geils Band - Monkey Island
(I still remember it was a torn decision between TP & The Heartbreakers)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water
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The Temptations: All Directions, featuring the legendary "Papa was a rolling stone".... Still a favourite. |
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.
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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
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The Rockets - On the road again sept. 1978 Lol |
Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits - Three Dog Night 1974 |
My Dad won a raffle at a local gas station's grand opening. It was a "Stereo" Garrard record changer with ceramic flipover cat, tube amplifier, speaker and other channel in removeable lid. Came with a stack of stereo LPs...original cast B'way soundtracks, pop, and Hit Parade collections, including Best of The Coasters, Bobby Darin, Nat Cole. The first album I bought to play on this was "Having A Rave-Up with the Yardbirds". Soon after...the Stones' "High Tides and Green Grass" and the Beatles' "Rubber Soul". Then...the first Paul Butterfield Blues Band album. That one opened my ears up big time. |
Grew up in Frankfurt Germany, born 1968.
I may fail to remember what I did for my birthday or New Year’s the previous year, so this fun thread says something about the significance of music in my and everyone else’s life posting here.
First album was Kiss “Dynasty”
First piece of recorded music came with my first playback device, a little cassette player and a tape that had on one side Abba “Super Trooper” and on the other the soundtrack to “Zorba, the Greek”.
First concert my dad took me to was Santana at the Old Opera in Frankfurt.
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Bought two of them at the same time. ELO, and Foghats Fool For The City in 75 or 76 . I actually had 8 tracks before I had albums. My parents did not have a record player, so when I purchased my first car in 72 I started on 8 tracks. |
Van Cliburn - Tchaikovsky Concerto #1, Rachmaninoff Concerto #2 on RCA. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba on Verve.Both mono and I still have them.
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Zeppelin 1 was the first full album, I can't remember the 45's, once I heard a proper LP, 7" 45's were no longer in my musical lexicon.. That's been 45 + years ago now. An eternity, but seems like yesterday and the music still sounds great to me.
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Oops, the Paul Revere & The Raiders song I meant to cite was "Just Like Me" (not that "Him Or Me" isn't also great. The Flamin' Groovies covered that one in the 70's). Great Pop/Punk, like The Ramones with a Vox Continental organ added. Fantastic double-tracked guitar solo by Drake Levin. |
The Yes Album. Start of my prog-rock journey. |
I saved up my news paper delivery money and allowance to get Peter Frampton comes alive but was disappointed to find they were out of stock. Not wanting to leave empty handed I looked around and picked up the Black Sabbath Black Sabbath album and loved it. I did later get my comes alive as well. |
What a great topic and rabbit hole of memories that have followed!
Walked into Licorice Pizza, went straight to the Jimi Hendrix section, and there it was, Electric Ladyland from Europe (w/ the naked women on the front cover!). I grabbed that (so to speak) and Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow. Yes, like many of you, 50+ yrs later, still have both.
Pictures at an Exhibition...favorite symphony.
Thanks,
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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.
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The clash London’s calling |
Chicago Transit Authority from E. J. Korvette in suburban Philly!! |
My first records were 7" 45 RPM singles, the original format for Rock ’n’ Roll and Pop-Rock music. It was the music we heard on AM Top 40 radio in the very-early 60’s, and sold on 45’s for 49 cents apiece. The only albums in the house were my Mom's Ring Of Fire by Johnny Cash and Naughty But Nice by Pearl Bailey, and my Dad's Andy Williams Greatest Hits ("Moon River" still brings me to tears; a fantastic song by Henry Mancini). Then the Surf and Frat Band (as it is now called by Rock ’n’ Roll historians) music explosion came along: Groups (as we called them, not Bands. Bands and Orchestras were what backed solo singers) that didn’t necessarily have singles: The Ventures, Dick Dale, The Astronauts (a Surf Group out of Colorado?!), The Kingsmen (who DID have a hit single---their Garage classic of "Louie Louie"). Then The Beach Boys---who married Surf guitar with Chuck Berry chord progressions and lyrical themes and Four Freshman vocal harmonies (at least at first. Brian Wilson quickly evolved into a master songwriter and arranger) became the biggest Group in the world (even in England), with Paul Revere & The Raiders and a few others like them trailing aways behind. Then The Beatles and the other British Invasion Groups appeared out of nowhere, and EVERYTHING changed. Everybody bought Meet The Beatles, but by that time I already had a fair number of LP’s. My earliest LP’s were Chuck Berry’s Greatest Hits on Chess Records, Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits ("North To Alaska") on Columbia (I joined The Columbia Records Music Club), Teen Beat by Sandy Nelson (an instrumental album by Nelson, an L.A. studio drummer), everything by The Astronauts and Ventures, same with The Beach Boys and Paul Revere & The Raiders (if you’re laughing, listen to their "Him Or Me". Fantastic Rock ’n’ Roll!). |
My parents bought my sister and I Meet the Beatles. I still have it.
Not specifically for me, but the other I remember very well was Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. I absolutely loved that album as a child, could listen to it over and over, and is one I still wish I had today. Have no idea who narrated it, or who the orchestra/conductor was. |
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I think Cpt. Fantastic was my second purchase. Unfortunately, it's unplayable now! Wore it out |
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After I watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show the first lp I bought was A Hard Days Night on a old record player it sounded pretty good I played it enough to to drive my parents crazy |
Stevie Wonder’s “Talking Book” and I even took it to school to have our music teacher play it during class. |
1977 I was 9 and the album was Star Wars by John Williamson and the London Symphony Orchestra still have it and it plays wonderfully. |
JANOS STARKER - KODALY UNACCOMPANIED SONATA FOR CELLO.
MONO - PERIOD RECORDS - USSR
RECORDING STILL IN FLAWLESS CONDITION. PURCHASED AT LYON AND HEALY - CHICAGO - MAY 1956.
JANOS STARKER WAS APPOINTED PRINCIPAL CELLO OF THE CSO IN 1956. |
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? |
I was 12. 1969 Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.
The jackson 5 was also my first concert too!
I can’t remember if my Mom and Dad’s stereo console was a magnavox or what?
But between my Dad’s and Mom’s R&B, X-mass, Classical and Jazz and my olders sisters Rock & Roll, Funk, R&B and Soul there was a lot of music played in that home. |
I grew up in central Mass. My cousin Jean, who was a teenanger and used babysit me and my younger brother, actually gave me 2 incredible albums, Sgt. Pepper and Hendrix- Are You Experienced late in 1967. She had brought them over several times and we'd listen to them. Then she simply gave them to me and bought new copies for herself. I was only 6! I was hooked! Got my first album with my "allowance" I'd saved the next year and bought Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour- I absolutely LOVED Strawberry Fields Your Mother Should Know and I Am The Walrus. I still collect and cherish my vinyl collection today- about 10K 45s and 1500+ albums, and probably 700 CDs. Great memories sitting in front of my parents stereo in the dining room listening to those albums with my cousin and older brother. |
Vanhalen self titled and still dig'n it today.
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Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Pink Floyd mono LP |
1910 Fruitgum Company "Simon Says". Do I still have it? No. Played the crap out of it on a POS plastic turntable but did recently pick up the 45 of Simon Says.
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Johnny Winter-Black album
Jethro Tull-Stand Up
Santana- Abraxas |
Pink Floyd "Meddle"
Heard it at a friends house and fell in Love♥️ with "Audio"
Already Loved Music!
12 or 13 years old.
Nearly 50 years later, still in Love!
Too bad I can't say that about some other...🤓
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"The Best of Bread" - Bread. Loved so many of the songs and their sound. Started playing guitar so I could impress a girl by playing "If" and "Make it with You" & "Guitar Man".
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Eagles Greatest Hits. Purchased when I was 12 or 13. Still own it but it’s scratched up due to poor handling in my youth. |
Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy.
Although not original vinyl, still have the original jacket and inserts including one page to join his fan club. |
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974). Played it ’til it wore out on my rockin’ Pioneer Centrex system (with built in 8-track player, by the way). @pokey77 - let’s go! |
They're givin' you a number and takin' 'way your name
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dark side of the moon. a pioneer 35 watt per channel [true spec unlike what they get away with today] amp and dual TT and decent shure elliptical cart, radio shack nova 6 speakers which were enough to produce decent sound for the day [early 70s]. i still have the speakers and they still work just as they did back in the day. |
Bought with my own money, High Tide and Green Grass with all the photos. Still have it. |
45s (remember those?): The Ventures Hawaii 5-0 (a) and Soul Breeze (b) on Liberty and Johnny Rivers Secret Agent Man (a) and You Dig (b) on Venture. Long gone both, sadly. I think I was 7 years old.
LPs: Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water and Chicago III. Still have those. S&G is played out, but Side 4 of III is still a solid listen. I was 10 and had inherited my sister's GE compact all-in-one record changer and speaker set. |
BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive) - Not Fragile |
First album I asked for and recieved from my parents was Olivia Netwon John - Physical.
First album I purchased with my own money was Parkening Plays Bach.
Call me a polymath I guess. |
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My mother was disturbed about the things John Lennon said about the Beatles being bigger than God or something to that effect (obviously misunderstood) so she wouldn’t let me buy a Beatles album. I must have been about 10 years old at the time. My workaround was to buy Alvin & the Chipmunks cover version. I thought I was pretty clever.
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@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.
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It was Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced". I was 9 years old then and listened to it on a console stereo my parents had. I think my parents were very worried for my well being after they heard it at the time. |
