First 45 I bought I think I can still remember> "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass. My granny had bought us the first Beatles album. And my dad was into big band so I listened to a lot of that, especially Three Little Fishes.
My parents were into theater (they were off and on president/vice president of the local Children's Theater) and had the original Jesus Christ Superstar album. Wish I still had that. Still love the album.
First LP was "Made In Japan" Deep Purple. Hmm, maybe I had an Ian Gillan obsession?
Next was Sly and the Family Stone's "Fresh".
Grand Funk's "We're an American Band" was up there too.
First I ever bought with my own money was the 45 Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Walked to the record store on a Saturday morning and laid down the $1.00 profit from my paper route. Man I loved that song.
Songs of Leonard Cohen. In 1968 I found the album in a record store. I “hid” in among the classical albums til I could return the next day with money. I think it was $3.99. At the time I had a turntable but had not finished building my Heathkit receiver or my coax speakers, cabinets covered with walnut contact paper.
T-Rex, Electric Warrior. First week it was available. Think I paid something like $1.29 or $1.99 at Kresge’s 5&10 in St. Pete, FL. Got it for a party. Still have it.
In 1963, my cousin Judy gave me her little RCA Victor 45 player. The first record I bought was "I Will Follow Him," by Little Peggy March. That Christmas, my parents bought me my first stereo, a suitcase model from Motorola, plus two Beach Boys albums (Surfin' USA and Surfer Girl), two by Lesley Gore, and one by Skeeter Davis.
One reason I got a stereo for Christmas was because my mother got so sick of my playing "Be My Baby" on repeat during assassination weekend.
My first album I chose for myself was Meet the Beatles in January, 1964.
I still like playing songs on repeat. iTunes and YouTube are good for that.
1977 framed 45 thoughtfully given ... 3-piece Cover-Band performing mainstream artists 60’s & 70’s genres during 1970 decade. Italian with vocal chops rhythm / lead, bassist whom kept up following suit were close dear buddies of ... a wild-n-crazy Father perched behind drum kit providing backup vocals on occasion.
Think the first record I bought with my own money was Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, then likely something by The Carpenters. Always loved Karen's voice. Then I discovered rock and roll.
Sunday at 7 pm laying on the floor a few feet from the TV screen( and being told to move back) watching Disney, the DC series would play on occasion. Woo that was 3/4 of a century ago.
Top pop radio hits released 1967. I can't remember the actual title. A Columbia red 6 eye mono pressing. Paula Clark, Nancy Sinatra, etc... I wish I still had it and I've searched the World Wide Web thoroughly but never even came close.
My first purchase was Deep Purple Book of Taliesyn and Grand Funk Caught in the Act. I always credit the Deep Purple as being my first record, it was the first of the two I selected.
It’s good to still be kicking! It looks like I am one of the oldest people on here. I bought “Peter, Paul and Mary” in 1962, when I was 12. I still have it. It looks like a Brillo pad.
When I joined the Columbia Record Club in 1962 (the model upon which VMP bases it's subscription service), my choice for my free first LP was Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits (I loved "North To Alaska"). Titles that followed were the early Paul Revere & The Raiders albums.
Went to visit a friend one Saturday when I was eight and wound up spending the afternoon in his older brother’s room listening to rock and roll 45s. Begged my folks for a copy of Dion’s The Wanderer. My first LP was The Beach Boys Surfin’ Safari, which I received as a gift. The first LP I bought myself was Bob Dylan The Time They are a’Changin. I was 10 years old and shoveled snow for the dough.
I think I was maybe 12 (1970). My parents got me a suitcase phonograph and two 45 rpm records. “No time” by the Guess Who and “Venus” by The Shocking Blue. I now have about 3000 records
I have been thinking n thinking what was the first album i bought with my own money.The Beatles 65,bought it at Woolworth's in Manhattan. I was a Freshman in High School Aviation HS class of 69.
First record was “Headquarters” The Monkees - mom bought it for me at the local grocery store, King Soopers, in Denver
First one bought with my own money was “Closer to Home” Grand Funk Railroad - still remember listening to it with my cousin after my grandpas funeral. Never got to see them in concert, but my cousin did. I was always jealous.
It’s interesting that we all remember that first record. So much music from that time that I say is part of my actual DNA
I appreciate this thread. Thank you to the OP. I was just wondering though, as I read all these great responses, and remember all the great albums I’ve purchased over the years… What will people who are budding music lovers “now” be reminiscing about (in regards to their music) 30, 40, 50+ years from now…? First download? First streaming service? I feel fortunate to have been able to participate in this event. To be able to think back and remember exactly when I bought a particular album, one that I can still pull out and play today. Remember being a kid and saving every penny, then walking to the record store and buying ONE album, because that’s all I had the money for, and spending hours picking “the one”. Then do it all again the next time I saved a couple bucks.
7 years old bought with my own Christmas money. That same year my uncle gave me The Who - Who's Next. My dad got a new stereo system that year so my older sister and I were allowed to use his old Scott system that was relegated to basement duties.
while I had purchased many 45s, as a young child, I don’t really count them. My first two LPs were bought on the same day when I was about 13 years old. I purchased Santana Abraxas and the Beatles hard days night at a little record store in my great aunts community. I was staying with her for the weekend.
My parents had a 'record player' console and my mother used to play her records on it, and I know I heard those. But that's the first LP I bought with $5 given to me by my grandmother.
My first album, I never bought a single, was a mono (it was cheaper) Blues Project “Projections”. This album was the prototype of my next 55 years of musical taste
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