My Dad had a TV business and sold Hi-Fi systems in the 1950s. I bought--at cost--a "portable" Zenith stereo record player, compact unit with two 5.25" speakers facing forward. My first record, although I do not remember the name of the album, was a Tommy Dorsey/Fank Sinatra album, and my second was a recording by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, with George Szell conducting Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in C Minor. I was hooked!
What was your first record?
The first record I ever owned: ‘At the Hop’ by Danny and the Juniors ( just listened to it, and it made me get up and dance!)
The first record I ever bought myself: ‘Meet the Beatles’