David Cassidy at 5 years old. An album. Winne the pooh 45 s also. Ist Adult LP. Earth Wind and Fire Gratitude and Foreigner. Cassettes were Bob Marley. Catch a Fire...Led Zeppelin iii
First Album: Johnny Cash At San Quentin (My dad bought it for me when I was five) First Cassette: The Fine Art of Surfacing by the Boomtown Rats First CD: Talk Talk Talk by the Psychedelic Furs (I didn't even own a cd player at the time but someone bought it and didn't like it so I bought it from them)
Cant remember cassette, 8-track or cd because they were probably re-buys of something I had on vinyl already but my first album I believe was Neil Young, After the Gold Rush. I have now bought many many albums over in 4 newer platforms. No wonder we downloaded mp3s for free back then and believed we deserved it.
First song i taped off the radio - Rocksteady crew 'hey you'. First cassette i bought - Beastie boys 'license to ill'. First vinyl i bought with my first proper stereo Bobby Brown 'Don't be cruel' LP.
Album: Some Country & Western anthology. I only ever listened to "Wabash Cannonball" on it. Cassette: "Dynasty" by Kiss. It was a new release, and I was twelve years old and ready to move on from kid stuff. CD: "Paranoid" and "Heaven & Hell" by Black Sabbath. Building up the back catalog!
First Album: Care Bears Birthday Album (or something like that) First Cassette: C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat First CD: Nirvana - Unplugged In New York.
first album - probably something by the Beatles, but the one I remember is Cream - "Wheels of Fire" first cassette - U2, with the song "Mysterious Ways" first CD - Broadway original cast album "Miss Saigon" - we saw it in London.
8 track- Meatloaf. For the longest time I could tell you where the songs would "click" to the next track in the middle of the song.
Cassette- probably Olivia Newton John, though I would usually try to tape the songs off the radio when they played them, didn't buy too many. And many, many mixed tapes from the boys- for you younger kids- back in the day, if a guy liked a girl, he would "burn" a cassette tape with tons of love songs that shows their love for the girl, often with mushy talk between songs. Much more fun than "talking" with boys via text and snapchat.
Record- I had a copy of my dad's "Jesus Christ Superstar" that I remember playing over and over again as a kid. But first one? Probably "Babes in Toyland" from one of those books/album deals to play on my kiddie record player.
My first album - was a hand me down from my brother. God i now forget the dang name, but it was a song about dying in a car accident, from the late 60s or early 70s
My first 8-track was Molly Hatchet, Flirting with Disaster
My first Cassette, was Abba i believe, my step-father brought it home when he worked in Saudi Arabia
CD was NO idea, it came from Columbia house in a pack of 10. ;)
Album: The Head on the Door (The Cure) Tonight (David Bowie) Cassette: Thriller CD: don't remember clearly, I think maybe re-editions of Tears for Fears old albums or some Spanish band
First album - possibly the Xanadu soundtrack (no judging) or Double Fantasy (which had a dual use for tanning - aluminum foil and baby oil with Betadine. Good times!) Then grabbed sister's "London Calling" after she had a "come to Jesus with me on what is good music" First cassette - Yaz (or Yazoo for your Europhiles) Upstairs at Eric CD - Beastie Boys "License to Ill"
1. Abba Gold - given to me by my brother at Christmas when I was 13. 2. Can't really remember first cassette. Probably blank so I could record songs off the radio. 3. Queensryche - Empire. 4. First 45 - More More More by Andrea True Connection.
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper = first album It's all a blur after that. Although I do remember having a lot of 8 track tapes, too. I do remember being very happy that I was gifted with The Beatles Blue & Red CD's after having the albums destroyed by a younger sibling.
Album - Tony Orlando and Dawns Ragtime Follies 45 - James Taylor and Carly Simon "Mockingbird" First cassette ; Beatles 1966-1970 First 8 track-"Rock On" a top 40 compilation
Album: David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (LP bought by me and played to death; 'Gustav Holst: The Planets Suite' (Christmas present bought by my mother, along with a Dansette record player!) Cassette: Soundtrack to the film 91/2 Weeks that I saw when it came out and loved it. CD: Either Phil Collins or Dire Straits.
I was obsessed with Duran Duran for years. In 1987, my parents let me fly to Montreal (with a cousin) to see them. They were part of the David Bowie Glass Spider tour. I left after they played because I didn't know who David Bowie was. Jeesh!
First 45 Twist and Shout with A Taste of Honey on the B side. First albums, I got three for my birthday) Aqualung, John Barleycorn Must Die and Let It Be. I had three older brothers and an older sister so plenty of great music abounded. My parents also had a great stereo system or as my mother called it, the hi-fi.
I only remember the album--Abbey Road. I was eight or nine and my cousins bought it for me for Christmas. My parents were very unsure if it was suitable for a kid that age, but they finally agreed it was ok. Just tt be sure, I always played it at low volume just in case.
First 8-tracks: KISS Destroyer and KISS Rock and Roll Over (given to me for Christmas by my grandparents when I was in 7th grade) and Frampton Comes Alive (from my parents that same Christmas)
First cassette: I don't remember
First album: Debby Boone You Light Up My Life and Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing
First CD: probably Tesla Mechanical Resonance
I stole my aunt's vinyl of Eagles Greatest Hits 71-75 and I've owned that album in every available format. I know I've purchased at least 5 of the biggest selling album of the 20th century. LOL
1. Bought by me - Cheap Trick Live at Budokan. Bought by my mom - Captain and Tennille. (And not even the good one with Love Will Keep Us Together!) 2. Billy Squire Emotions in Motion 3. Some compilation I can't even remember
Beatles Rubber Soul. My brother received it as a booby prize at a party (in 1965 the band was considered a joke to late-20's professionals)and gave it to me, his 10 year old sister. Wish I still had it!
First LP I "bought" I actually stole. My friend and I went to the drug store where they kept the albums up in the front. We went early in the day and pulled all the records we wanted to one place, near the door, and then we went back later and grabbed the stack and ran out of the store with them. I'd say Tommy was the first. First cassette was the Grass Roots. 8 track was BTO. Showing my age.
One of my first cassettes was a Paula Abdul single from "Santa". I was so excited. Put it into my awesome pink and purple boom box and lo and behold, it was in Spanish. Couldn't understand a word. I then heard my mom arguing with my Dad about what a dumbass he was. I, too, agreed, Santa was a dumbass.
8 Track: Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (wore that sucker out LOL) Album Vinyl: Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards Cassette: Don't recall but probably Stevie Nicks CD: Pretty sure it was Annie Lennox Diva
I’ve started investing in stocks. Beef, chicken and vegetable.
ReplyDeleteI’m hoping to one day be a bouillonaire.
Too long ago to remember, in any case for all that I joined the record clubs and got in bulk for free or very little money.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have a first album, but I did have a first 8-Track: Christy Lane
ReplyDeleteFirst Cassette: Bon Jovi-- cast off from my brothers
First CD: Firehouse
The butt rock runs deep in my family...
Album - Toys in the Attic, Aerosmith.
ReplyDeleteAlbum: "More Of The Monkees"
ReplyDeleteCassette: forget
CD: U2 "War"
Bonus question: 8 Track: Cat Stevens "Tea For The Tillerman"
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ReplyDeleteDo wax cylinders count?
ReplyDeletesome kind of Beatles Greatest Hits repackage as a christmas gift.
ReplyDeleteBefore that my parents let me play with all their abandoned LPs from the 70s, stuff like 5th Dimension and the Stylistics
David Cassidy at 5 years old. An album. Winne the pooh 45 s also. Ist Adult LP. Earth Wind and Fire Gratitude and Foreigner. Cassettes were Bob Marley. Catch a Fire...Led Zeppelin iii
ReplyDeleteAlbum blondie parallel lines
ReplyDeleteCasette prince purple rain
Cd the smiths
Fuck me, you started out alright then deteriorated badly
DeleteAlbum - Journey: Escape
ReplyDeleteCassette - Sonic Youth: Sister
CD - Nirvana - Nevermind
I remember getting IPOD as a birthday present and i felt like i could walk on the clouds! Lol, where has the time gone?
ReplyDeleteFirst Album: Johnny Cash At San Quentin (My dad bought it for me when I was five)
ReplyDeleteFirst Cassette: The Fine Art of Surfacing by the Boomtown Rats
First CD: Talk Talk Talk by the Psychedelic Furs (I didn't even own a cd player at the time but someone bought it and didn't like it so I bought it from them)
Cant remember cassette, 8-track or cd because they were probably re-buys of something I had on vinyl already but my first album I believe was Neil Young, After the Gold Rush.
ReplyDeleteI have now bought many many albums over in 4 newer platforms. No wonder we downloaded mp3s for free back then and believed we deserved it.
First song i taped off the radio - Rocksteady crew 'hey you'. First cassette i bought - Beastie boys 'license to ill'. First vinyl i bought with my first proper stereo Bobby Brown 'Don't be cruel' LP.
ReplyDeleteAlbum= Saturday Night Fever ( it was my sister's but I stole it from her)
ReplyDeleteCassette= Mix tapes I created from the radio
CD= The Specials
Bonus 8 track=
Grease The Musical
First album: Michael Jackson, "Thriller"
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette: Boy George and Culture Club, "Colour by Numbers"
First cd: R.E.M., "Automatic for the People"
album - RUSH 2112
ReplyDeletecassette - Def Leppard - High and Dry
CD - The Blue Mask - Lou Reed
Album: Some Country & Western anthology. I only ever listened to "Wabash Cannonball" on it.
ReplyDeleteCassette: "Dynasty" by Kiss. It was a new release, and I was twelve years old and ready to move on from kid stuff.
CD: "Paranoid" and "Heaven & Hell" by Black Sabbath. Building up the back catalog!
First album: Disney Mousercise
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette: Soundtrack to Footloose
First CD: Depeche Mode - Violator
Album = Alvin & the Chipmunks
ReplyDeleteCassette = Thriller
CD = Cracked Rear View
First Album: Care Bears Birthday Album (or something like that)
ReplyDeleteFirst Cassette: C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
First CD: Nirvana - Unplugged In New York.
Glad to read I'm NOT the only one who remembers 8 Tracks.
ReplyDeleteYet, I don't remember what album, 8 Track, cassette or CD was first.
But, I do remember installing the 8 Track player in my dad's Plymouth Station Wagon without his permission!
=)
First album: More of the Monkees.
ReplyDeleteCan't remember the rest.
Dire Straits
ReplyDeleteGuns and Roses Civil war, I think..
Eiffel 65.
first album - probably something by the Beatles, but the one I remember is Cream - "Wheels of Fire"
ReplyDeletefirst cassette - U2, with the song "Mysterious Ways"
first CD - Broadway original cast album "Miss Saigon" - we saw it in London.
first CD I ever bought as a kid was Dizzy Up The Girl by the Goo Goo Dolls in 1998
ReplyDeleteit is STILL my favorite album of all time. only 2 songs I dont like and those are the ones where the drummer attempts to sing. sorry boo, but no!
@Laura
ReplyDeleteIM BLUE!
8 track- Meatloaf. For the longest time I could tell you where the songs would "click" to the next track in the middle of the song.
ReplyDeleteCassette- probably Olivia Newton John, though I would usually try to tape the songs off the radio when they played them, didn't buy too many. And many, many mixed tapes from the boys- for you younger kids- back in the day, if a guy liked a girl, he would "burn" a cassette tape with tons of love songs that shows their love for the girl, often with mushy talk between songs. Much more fun than "talking" with boys via text and snapchat.
Record- I had a copy of my dad's "Jesus Christ Superstar" that I remember playing over and over again as a kid. But first one? Probably "Babes in Toyland" from one of those books/album deals to play on my kiddie record player.
CD- most definitely Prince.
what happened to first 8-track enty?? lol
ReplyDeleteMy first album - was a hand me down from my brother. God i now forget the dang name, but it was a song about dying in a car accident, from the late 60s or early 70s
My first 8-track was Molly Hatchet, Flirting with Disaster
My first Cassette, was Abba i believe, my step-father brought it home when he worked in Saudi Arabia
CD was NO idea, it came from Columbia house in a pack of 10. ;)
Album: The Head on the Door (The Cure) Tonight (David Bowie)
ReplyDeleteCassette: Thriller
CD: don't remember clearly, I think maybe re-editions of Tears for Fears old albums or some Spanish band
First album - possibly the Xanadu soundtrack (no judging) or Double Fantasy (which had a dual use for tanning - aluminum foil and baby oil with Betadine. Good times!) Then grabbed sister's "London Calling" after she had a "come to Jesus with me on what is good music"
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette - Yaz (or Yazoo for your Europhiles) Upstairs at Eric
CD - Beastie Boys "License to Ill"
Oh lordy, I'm so uncool. Probably The Partridge Family for first album. The other two can't remember.
ReplyDelete1. Abba Gold - given to me by my brother at Christmas when I was 13.
ReplyDelete2. Can't really remember first cassette. Probably blank so I could record songs off the radio.
3. Queensryche - Empire.
4. First 45 - More More More by Andrea True Connection.
Album: The Jungle Book (soundtrack)
ReplyDeleteCassette: Willie Nelson, Half Nelson
CD: The Beatles, Rubber Soul
First 8 track was Get the Knack by The Knack
ReplyDeleteFirst record was Bad Company (I won it from WLS)
I have no idea of the others
Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers in 5th grade First album
ReplyDeleteThe Pearl Janis Joplin First cassette
Carole King Tapestry first CD
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ReplyDeleteBillion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper = first album
ReplyDeleteIt's all a blur after that. Although I do remember having a lot of 8 track tapes, too.
I do remember being very happy that I was gifted with The Beatles Blue & Red CD's after having the albums destroyed by a younger sibling.
Album. Kings of the wild frontier. Adam and the Ants.
ReplyDeleteCassette. Killers. Iron Maiden
Cd. LA Woman. The Doors
First album: Diana Ross Presents The Jacksons
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette: Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street
First CD: do not recall!
Thriller
ReplyDeleteWhitesnake
Mama Said (Lenny Kravitz)
Cassette? As Nasty As They Wanna Be (2 Live Crew)
ReplyDeleteCD? Doggystyle (Snoop Dogg)
The first full album I bought with my own money...Styx Pieces of Eight and Foreigner 4. First CD...Skid Row...lol 😉😂
ReplyDeleteAlbum: Free to be you and me
ReplyDelete45: on and On
Cassette: Sweet Baby
8 Track: Styx Cornerstone
CD: Maybe Indigo Girls first studio album
Album - Tony Orlando and Dawns Ragtime Follies
ReplyDelete45 - James Taylor and Carly Simon "Mockingbird"
First cassette ; Beatles 1966-1970
First 8 track-"Rock On" a top 40 compilation
Album: Sharon, Lois and Bram
ReplyDeleteCassette: Michael Jackson "Bad"
CD: Silverchair "Frogstomp"
Album: David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (LP bought by me and played to death; 'Gustav Holst: The Planets Suite' (Christmas present bought by my mother, along with a Dansette record player!)
ReplyDeleteCassette: Soundtrack to the film 91/2 Weeks that I saw when it came out and loved it.
CD: Either Phil Collins or Dire Straits.
Album: like record? Never bought one.
ReplyDeleteCassette: Joshua Tree
CD: a compilation of cartoon theme songs
If my memory is correct:
ReplyDeleteAlbum - Grease (parents paid for it)
Tape - Duran Duran
CD - Nirvana
I was obsessed with Duran Duran for years. In 1987, my parents let me fly to Montreal (with a cousin) to see them. They were part of the David Bowie Glass Spider tour. I left after they played because I didn't know who David Bowie was. Jeesh!
DeleteFirst 45 Twist and Shout with A Taste of Honey on the B side. First albums, I got three for my birthday) Aqualung, John Barleycorn Must Die and Let It Be. I had three older brothers and an older sister so plenty of great music abounded. My parents also had a great stereo system or as my mother called it, the hi-fi.
ReplyDeleteI only remember the album--Abbey Road. I was eight or nine and my cousins bought it for me for Christmas. My parents were very unsure if it was suitable for a kid that age, but they finally agreed it was ok. Just tt be sure, I always played it at low volume just in case.
ReplyDeleteI still love it
First 8-tracks: KISS Destroyer and KISS Rock and Roll Over (given to me for Christmas by my grandparents when I was in 7th grade) and Frampton Comes Alive (from my parents that same Christmas)
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette: I don't remember
First album: Debby Boone You Light Up My Life and Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing
First CD: probably Tesla Mechanical Resonance
I stole my aunt's vinyl of Eagles Greatest Hits 71-75 and I've owned that album in every available format. I know I've purchased at least 5 of the biggest selling album of the 20th century. LOL
1. Bought by me - Cheap Trick Live at Budokan. Bought by my mom - Captain and Tennille. (And not even the good one with Love Will Keep Us Together!)
ReplyDelete2. Billy Squire Emotions in Motion
3. Some compilation I can't even remember
ALbum- Free for All — Ted Nugent
ReplyDeleteCassette- Black Sabbath—Black Sabbath
Cd- Europe 72– The GratefulDead
Beatles Rubber Soul. My brother received it as a booby prize at a party (in 1965 the band was considered a joke to late-20's professionals)and gave it to me, his 10 year old sister. Wish I still had it!
ReplyDeleteAlbum. Paul McCartney and Wings. Band on the Run
ReplyDeleteCassette Raspberries. Raspberries.
CD. Madonna. Madonna.
First LP I "bought" I actually stole. My friend and I went to the drug store where they kept the albums up in the front. We went early in the day and pulled all the records we wanted to one place, near the door, and then we went back later and grabbed the stack and ran out of the store with them. I'd say Tommy was the first. First cassette was the Grass Roots. 8 track was BTO. Showing my age.
ReplyDeleteFirst album - Billy Joel/Glass Houses
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette - Styx/Paradise Theatre
First CD - Stevie Ray Vaughan Greatest Hits
One of my first cassettes was a Paula Abdul single from "Santa". I was so excited. Put it into my awesome pink and purple boom box and lo and behold, it was in Spanish. Couldn't understand a word. I then heard my mom arguing with my Dad about what a dumbass he was. I, too, agreed, Santa was a dumbass.
ReplyDeleteFirst album: You can dance - Madonna (that beautiful, superglossy red cover...:)
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette: Who´s that girl - Madonna (yes, I was a huge M fan)
First CD: The Addams Family OST by Marc Shaiman (super rare and super hard to find even back then, when the movie was released)
I go back a ways so have to include 8 tracks
ReplyDelete8 Track: Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (wore that sucker out LOL)
Album Vinyl: Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards
Cassette: Don't recall but probably Stevie Nicks
CD: Pretty sure it was Annie Lennox Diva
Album: Billy Joel, An Innocent Man
ReplyDeleteCassette: the Footloose soundtrack, maybe?
CDs: Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream and Billy Joel, The Stranger