Do you still have the first album you bought in your collection?

Trollheart · 09-17-2014, 01:34 PM

Interesting that so many of you cite music on cassette as your first medium. I had tapes too of course, but can't really remember now if they were before or after my albums. Given how cheap, in relative terms, a ghetto blaster or Walkman was compared to buying a stereo system (even a crappy midi one) I'd imagine I had tapes first. I know I had a cassette of "Out of the blue", though whether or not I bought it before "Discovery" I can't say. I do know that I don't still have it (though I do on vinyl, gatefold sleeve and all) as one dark day it got twisted and caught in my tape deck (brand new) and that was the end of that. Unfortunately, once a tape got tangled that was usually the end of it.

Pet_Sounds · 09-17-2014, 02:47 PM

I still have the first record I bought, the Beatles 1962-1966 or Red Album on CD in the lovely 2009 packaging. Mind you, I've had it for all of two years.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-18-2014, 05:56 AM

Yes I do, look....

Chucked all my vinyl away years ago but kept a few. It's almost 27 years to the day when I bought this.

I feel old

**Janszoon** · 09-18-2014, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Yes I do, look....

Chucked all my vinyl away years ago but kept a few. It's almost 27 years to the day when I bought this.

I feel old

The first album I bought was 27 years ago too. I feel your pain.

Trollheart · 09-18-2014, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Yes I do, look....

Chucked all my vinyl away years ago but kept a few. It's almost 27 years to the day when I bought this.

I feel old

Not as old as me! 32 years since I first got my grubby teenage mitts on it, and it changed my life!

bob. · 09-18-2014, 01:05 PM

first album i bought with my own money....in 1985....on tape

and i no longer have it

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-18-2014, 01:17 PM

First albums I ever bought with someone else's money in 1982.

Because when I first started buying albums with my own money I only bought metal albums these 2 were always left with my parents albums and as far as I know are still there.

I'm going to listen to them now actually.

bob. · 09-18-2014, 01:24 PM

and

think 83 or 84

see my sister lover MJ so i had to go for the Euro sleaze

she got Thriller and Off the Wall

i do still on both....but not my original copies

Engine · 09-19-2014, 05:30 PM

In 1982 I bought the 45 of Centerfold by J. Geils Band because I was mesmerized by the video I saw on TV. I was 7. I loved everything about that 45. Rage in The Cage (b side) was a pleasant surprise and the pink label was beautiful to me, it was a precious possession. I bought the Freeze Frame cassette soon after and I always hated that artwork. I no longer have either

I'm sure I taped over the cassette (by putting scotch tape over those little notches on the top) with something else from the 80s and the 45 stayed with my dad's record collection. Maybe it's still there but I doubt it.

09-17-2014, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Interesting that so many of you cite music on cassette as your first medium. I had tapes too of course, but can't really remember now if they were before or after my albums. Given how cheap, in relative terms, a ghetto blaster or Walkman was compared to buying a stereo system (even a crappy midi one) I'd imagine I had tapes first. I know I had a cassette of "Out of the blue", though whether or not I bought it before "Discovery" I can't say. I do know that I don't still have it (though I do on vinyl, gatefold sleeve and all) as one dark day it got twisted and caught in my tape deck (brand new) and that was the end of that. Unfortunately, once a tape got tangled that was usually the end of it. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-17-2014, 02:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	I still have the first record I bought, the Beatles 1962-1966 or Red Album on CD in the lovely 2009 packaging. Mind you, I've had it for all of two years. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

09-18-2014, 05:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	Yes I do, look.... Chucked all my vinyl away years ago but kept a few. It's almost 27 years to the day when I bought this. I feel old __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

09-18-2014, 01:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	first album i bought with my own money....in 1985....on tape and i no longer have it __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose. Last edited by bob.; 09-18-2014 at 01:18 PM.

09-18-2014, 01:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	First albums I ever bought with someone else's money in 1982. Because when I first started buying albums with my own money I only bought metal albums these 2 were always left with my parents albums and as far as I know are still there. I'm going to listen to them now actually. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

09-18-2014, 01:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	and think 83 or 84 see my sister lover MJ so i had to go for the Euro sleaze she got Thriller and Off the Wall i do still on both....but not my original copies __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

09-19-2014, 05:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,112	In 1982 I bought the 45 of Centerfold by J. Geils Band because I was mesmerized by the video I saw on TV. I was 7. I loved everything about that 45. Rage in The Cage (b side) was a pleasant surprise and the pink label was beautiful to me, it was a precious possession. I bought the Freeze Frame cassette soon after and I always hated that artwork. I no longer have either I'm sure I taped over the cassette (by putting scotch tape over those little notches on the top) with something else from the 80s and the 45 stayed with my dad's record collection. Maybe it's still there but I doubt it. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.