Ah yes, in our world of upload and carry around a million songs on a tiny MP3 device, the kids of today will probably never know what it was like to lug around a walkman or a discman. Even more challenging, sitting at home listening to your records.
Do you remember the first record/tape/CD you asked your mom to buy? Either that or had to save up for working a summer job. Here is mine that I can recall owning for myself;
Record
I can't recall the exact name of it but it was a Sesame Street record you could exercise to starring Big Bird I think. I remember bringing this to nursery school once and the teachers played it for the students.
Tape
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I remember that everyone had this tape in 4th grade and I wanted it. One kid offered to copy it for me but I wanted the liner notes and the whole shabang. Somehow I ended up getting it as an Easter gift.
CD
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I think I was in freshman year in high school when I asked for a CD player for Christmas. I had just been over my friends house months before listening to this CD and asked for it with my CD player.
Side note, if you'd like to add in other forms of recording format feel free. Just don't cry when we make fun of you due to your age. :bouncegiggle:
Record
THE POLICE "Ghost in the Machine"
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Tape
METALLICA "Ride the Lightning"
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CD
LED ZEPPELIN "Physical Graffiti"
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Good thread. hopefully a lot of people will answer its always interesting to check out other peoples' entrances into the world of buying music IMO
First Tape: BEASTIE BOYS - 'License To Ill' - went in to buy Guns'n'Roses 'Appetite For Destruction' but they sold out and I bought this instead, purely based on the cover. still think it's a great album.
First CD: DINOSAUR JR - 'Green Mind' and HUSKER DU - 'Warehouse:Songs + Stories', got both on the same day after I got my first CD Player
First LP - cant remember...not because I'm too old to remember I just have no idea. It would have been after I bought my first Tape and CDs
First record: Some Seaseme Street kids thing I think.. .
First Tape: Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry. .
First CD: Either Motley Crue: Shout at the Devil or Van Halen: 1984, not sure which. . .
First Laserdisc was Star Wars ANH. . .
First DVD was Fight Club.
First Concert: AC/DC: Fly on the Wall
I don't think I really had any tapes or records of my own when I was very young. I'd mostly just listen to whatever my parents or brother were playing. I especially remember loving Tears for Fears' song Shout (and I still do).
The first CDs I ever got were Christmas gifts:
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Richard Marx - Paid Vacation
Elton John - Greatest Hits
Steve Taylor - Squint
+ some random Beach Boys compilation
I still have the Elton John CD, and I wish I'd kept the Steve Taylor album.
The first CD I ever bought with my own money was this:
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First tape: Nena (99 red baloons) - A present from my parents. Hated it immediately and never stopped.
First record: Queen - A night at the opera - I still can live with that.
First CD: ABC - The lexicon of love - A recommendation. Thanks a lot to bring that back to mind, I desperately tried to forget that. I went back home from the store, put it in a CD-player, thought WTF, returned to the store and bought a Jethro Tull CD. It seems that other people always failed miserably when guessing at my taste in music...
First Record: Black Sabbath, which my mom later found and burned with a fury in the back yard...
First Tape: Circle Jerks-Group Sex ( i think she burned this one too...
First CD: I honestly don't remember....
.First record-Actually...3 of them-got at a yard sale :ALICE COOPER-Easy Action; LED ZEPPILIN 4: and STEPPENWOLF-Live.
.First 8-track tape: KISS-Dressed to Kill
.first cassete: hmmmm...I think it was BLACK SABBATH-Paranoid...not sure though...
.first CD-the CRAMPS Live at the Peppermint Lounge
First 8-track - Shaun Cassidy (hey, I was like 12 or something :teddyr: )
First Cassette - Greg Kihn Band, had "They Don't Write 'Em Like That Any More" on it.
First Album - some guy at school got me to join the RCA music service, got 6 albums, the two I remember are Van Halen II and something by the Bee Gees. And I still like disco, thank you very much :teddyr:
First CD - I dunno, maybe it was Fantasy by Aldo Nova
First LP: The Archies (I talked my parents into buying it for me. Hey, I was about 5).
First tape: no idea
First CD: I bought two at the same time. "Hank William's Greatest Hits" and Genesis' "We Can't Dance."
First Tape: The "Men in Black" soundtrack.
First CD: "The Time of the Oath" by Helloween.
First Single: "Breaking The Law" by Judas Priest
First EP: "Ratt"
First LP: "And Justice For All..." by Metallica
First Tape: "Social Intercourse" by Smashed Gladys
First CD: "Appetite For Destruction" by Guns N' Roses
Quote from: Circus_Circus on January 16, 2009, 01:02:01 PM
First Single: "Breaking The Law" by Judas Priest
First EP: "Ratt"
First LP: "And Justice For All..." by Metallica
First Tape: "Social Intercourse" by Smashed Gladys
First CD: "Appetite For Destruction" by Guns N' Roses
What about your first concert?
Quote from: ghouck on January 16, 2009, 03:09:35 PM
Quote from: Circus_Circus on January 16, 2009, 01:02:01 PM
First Single: "Breaking The Law" by Judas Priest
First EP: "Ratt"
First LP: "And Justice For All..." by Metallica
First Tape: "Social Intercourse" by Smashed Gladys
First CD: "Appetite For Destruction" by Guns N' Roses
What about your first concert?
First Concert: Iron Maiden @ the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester on their "Dance Of Death" world tour.
First record: First single I remember specifically asking for was Shaun Cassidy. Today I have no idea what the name of the single was. I was into the "Hardy Boys" TV show at the time. I really want to thank Jack for saying that he actually owned a Shaun Cassidy record first. It makes it easier for me to come out of the closet.
Before I had my own record, though, I really liked listening to a country compilation of my dad's that had Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe" on it. I still love that song.
First tape: The Beatles 1967-1970 (The Blue Album)
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First CD: Dark Side of the Moon
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(Not very original, I know).
Quote from: ghouck on January 16, 2009, 03:09:35 PM
What about your first concert?
Now THAT I remember! I saw Lynn Anderson at the Van Buern County fair when I was about 11. But in '78 I saw Aerosmith ,with Exile (-I Want to Kiss You All Over) opening. I got so s**tface while standing in line I missed most of Exile...I drank some bong water-the 'water' in the bong was MD 20/20. I was 16... eh! whatta ya want?
'I Beg Your Pardon,I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson...from 1973.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4wcNVbYOQ
First Concert was the Oak Ridge Boys with my parents circa 1980-something
Well as you know I'm so old that my first record was a cylinder.
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No actually it was First Album bought in 1971
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
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First tape ... hmmm I think it was 'Boston'
First CD 'Pink Floyd - The Wall'
First album:
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Quiet Riot - Metal Health
First cassette tape:
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MegaDeth - Youthanasia
First CD:
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Primus - Tales from the Punch Bowl
First concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JxEd95dG4Q
Guitar Wolf at CBGB, Feb 2005
Yes, I didn't see my first concert until I was 24. I was, am, and will always be lame. :tongueout:
First Concert ....
KISS ALIVE TOUR
11/23/1975 Roberts Stadium - Evansville, IN
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My 1st concert was Duran Duran in 1984 (Hey, give me a break I was only 9 at the time.) :teddyr:
My 2nd concert was Iron Maiden in 1986 and my third was Slayer in 1987. :wink:
Quote from: CheezeFlixz on January 16, 2009, 08:12:30 PM
Well as you know I'm so old that my first record was a cylinder.
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No actually it was First Album bought in 1971
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
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First tape ... hmmm I think it was 'Boston'
First CD 'Pink Floyd - The Wall'
My first album was Alice too! I think LOVE IT TO DEATH was the record they came out with about 2 records after EASY ACTION,which i think was there second album, Love it to DEATH was a great album too. I believe that the time he came out with that recorD is when he had his boa.
And you know whut?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZxRYXZ154
Too groovy
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 16, 2009, 10:46:23 PM
My first album was Alice too! I think LOVE IT TO DEATH was the record they came out with about 2 records after EASY ACTION,which i think was there second album, Love it to DEATH was a great album too. I believe that the time he came out with that recorD is when he had his boa.
And you know whut?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZxRYXZ154
Too groovy
And I still have it, along with everything he did before 1982 anything after Flush The Fashion was just ok with a few exception. The 70's were easily Coop's best years.
First cassette tape:
Dangerous by Michael Jackson. That I remember at least. May have been Weird Al.
First album: Never had any. But I did have a little record player with little 'single' type albums. One song was
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Great White.
First CD:
What the Hell Happened to Me? by Adam Sandler, and
Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrisette. Both bought on the same day.
First Concert: MC Hammer. Back in about '90. I'm pretty sure he had both Boyz II Men and TLC (maybe) with him.
Quote from: Torgo on January 16, 2009, 10:45:42 PM
My 1st concert was Duran Duran in 1984 (Hey, give me a break I was only 9 at the time.) :teddyr:
Duran Duran is awesome, man. I wouldn't be ashamed of that. If you said Frankie Goes To Hollywood, that'd be bad.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on January 17, 2009, 08:14:24 PM
Duran Duran is awesome, man. I wouldn't be ashamed of that. If you said Frankie Goes To Hollywood, that'd be bad.
Whaaat? Frankie was great grind music, the chick dug dancing to it (in the 80's) and we all know what dancing leads to ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyl5DlrsU90
Matter of fact I just played the video and all the females here, if by magic started dancing.
Quote from: CheezeFlixz on January 17, 2009, 08:33:08 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on January 17, 2009, 08:14:24 PM
Duran Duran is awesome, man. I wouldn't be ashamed of that. If you said Frankie Goes To Hollywood, that'd be bad.
Whaaat? Frankie was great grind music, the chick dug dancing to it (in the 80's) and we all know what dancing leads to ...
Matter of fact I just played the video and all the females here, if by magic started dancing.
I'm not saying they've got bad music. I just wouldn't go to their concert, is all.
I still like Duran Duran. It's just that people who know me always act surprised when I mention that they were my first concert.
My first concert was Type O Negative, when they came out with the Bloody Kisses album.
The best concert I ever went to was probably Iggy Pop :cheers:
Record
I don't even remember. It was something crappy.
Tape
DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince. I think it was the one with Nightmare on My Street.
CD
Ray Stevens Collection.
Yeah, nothing all that impressive...
First cassette tape: either 'Abbey Road' or The White Album - got them both at about the same time and I honestly cannot remember which I got first.
First LP: 'American Woman' by the Guess Who.
First CD: Susan Aglukark's 'This Child'. (Or was it the kitschy compilation of 'space' themes? Or the Gregorian Chants? Oh well: pick one.)
First concert: Beach Boys.
Quote from: Joe the Destroyer on January 18, 2009, 05:45:26 PM
CD
Ray Stevens Collection.
Yeah, nothing all that impressive...
Ray Stevens is good. If it's the one I'm thinking of, at least. The one who did "The Streak" and "Ahab the Arab." I like him.
This was my first record I ever bought ~ the first track on the album scared the hell out of me as it was the first time I'd ever heard stereo sound! :buggedout:
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I still have it. Of course. :smile: And the Moody Blues are still great. :smile:
Concerts: I have never been to one at all. Strange but true. :question:
Tape: I can't remember what was the first tape I bought.
Record - Never bought one!
Tape - Album - "What's The Story Morning Glory" by Oasis.
Single - "Traveller's Tune" by Ocean Colour Scene.
C.D - Album - "K" by Kula Shaker
Single - "Tied To The Nineties" by Travis.
Concert - I don't go to them, I just don't like them.
CD. Gangata'a Paradise - Coolio
Record/LP: never bought one, Apparently I was fierce in my youth for scratching up my father's Jim Reeves records which I played over and over and over.
Cassette/Tape: Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry
CD: R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction
Never been to a concert.
First LP: "Paranoid" by Sabbath- I was 6, and my cousin dared me to listen to it with the lights off, and we listened to it in the dark until the fear wore off. THATwas the impact of Sabbath in '71 or so!
First cassette: I think it was "Blizzard of OZ" by Ozzy, possibly "Piece of Mind" by Maiden.
First CD: Can't even remember.
First concert: B.O.C. or Bad Company/Foghat.
First mosh pit kick-down: '88 or '89 SoundGarden at "The Country Club" in Reseda.
First LP: ELTON JOHN Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
First tape: U2 War
First CD: Probably BARBRA STREISAND The Broadway Album
First concert: JEFFERSON STARSHIP :lookingup:
Record: None my sister had a player, but I never bought any.
Tape: Men at work: Cargo
CD: Best of the Doors (it was during their late 80's resurgence)
Quote from: Ed, Just Ed on January 26, 2009, 02:41:31 PM
Tape: Men at work: Cargo
That wasn't my first, but it was probably one of the first 5 tapes I bought.