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My first album

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    Giles
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    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    I came into a bit of cash, and bought my first 3, all at once….

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      endo
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      @van Olzon 🤘🏻

      @Giles  wow, a (prog)rock triptych

      si tacuisses

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        mclaincausey
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        I may have the sequence mixed up but I got my first few things when they were on the charts.

        I think the 45 for "Shout by Tears for Fears." Around the same time I also got the 45 for "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head.

        "Business As Usual" by Men at Work is the first cassette I recall owning. I saw Colin Hay play in LA recently and he is fantastic. Regaled us with all kinds of stories and has a great sense of humor. And just he and his guitar can belt out some great tunes.

        Run DMC "Raising Hell" and GnR "Appetite for Destruction" (which I had to hide) were other early acquisitions.

        Formative albums from my dad's collection were Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy," Jimi Hendrix and Doors albums, and the Eagles' "The Long Run" and "Hotel California." My mom played a lot of Motown and Beatles.

        Think it, be it.

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          LewisStonehouse
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          Joined: 11 May 2020

          I think the first album I had as a kid was a cassette of Elvis Presley’s greatest hits. The first one I can remember buying myself is

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            endo
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            @mclaincausey Oh man, I love 'One Night in Bangkok', what a great first buy. I also bought 'Appetite for Destruction' when it came out, with the first cover, but later sold it for that reason. I didn't like seeing that picture on it.

            @LewisStonehouse 'Blood Sugar Sex Magic' is hot pepper!

            si tacuisses

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              Filthy2123ozjunkie
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              Joined: 21 Jan 2013

              My first "album" were two Depeche Mode mix tapes my cousin made for me.

              Interesting side note: my first punk cassette tape was this gem.

              (Not mine stock eBay image)

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                endo
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                @Filthy  mix tapes, those were the times! Now we have spotify playlists, hmmm …

                si tacuisses

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                  Tago Mago
                  Mod Squad
                  Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                  That was also my brother's first album.

                  @Dmart:

                  I believe it was 1987, I received Michael Jackson Bad album as a gift  😉

                  This is what I got:

                  Still love it

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                    endo
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                    @Tago Mago EAV - sehr geil !!!

                    si tacuisses

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                      Dmart
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                      Joined: 24 Mar 2021

                      EAV ist wirklich geil  😃

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                        SKT
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                        This is such a great thread Endo!  I was really into the Beatles and Wings from my dad’s record collection in the 70’s. So the first album I picked up was Wings-Back to the Egg in 1979 when I was 8. It was…not a great Wings album.

                        Then I distinctly remember buying these 2 cassettes around 10…

                        Quarterflash-Self-titled
                        The Rolling Stones-Tattoo You

                        The latter resulted in an awkward exchange with my mom when I asked her what “Little T&A” meant.  Quarterflash was just bad 80’s music.

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                          popvulture
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                          First record I bought with my own money was this gem on cassette, Camelot Music, Atlanta GA c. 1988. Still listen to it fairly regularly 😎

                          WTB
                          IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                          Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                            popvulture
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                            Wings at the Speed of Sound is also a huge one for me as a kid, but it belonged to my dad (I now have his copy on vinyl). I also had the Thriller 7" (and still do) but my parents picked that up for me earlier as a gift, for spinning on my Fisher Price player 😉

                            WTB
                            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                              endo
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                              @SKT:

                              when I asked her what “Little T&A” meant.  Quarterflash was just bad 80’s music.

                              😃 😃 you don‘t want to know what I listened to in the early 80s

                              @popvulture:

                              this gem on cassette

                              INXS, still like ‚Never tear us apart‘ a lot. Sad end for Michael Hutchence, though.

                              si tacuisses

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                                SKT
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                                I listened to A LOT of INXS in junior high/high school. Listen Like Thieves was the one I remember most. Throw in some Cure/Depeche Mode/Smiths and I may just teleport back to 1987

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                                  IH-GARY
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                                  Joined: 3 Jan 2017

                                  Bought from Tony's Records in Redcar - 41 years ago! Back in the days when Record Tokens ruled!

                                  My contribution, to urban blues…

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                                    popvulture
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                                    TOO MUCH PRESSHA!

                                    So good.

                                    @endo:

                                    INXS, still like ‚Never tear us apart‘ a lot. Sad end for Michael Hutchence, though.

                                    Yeah for real. That documentary on him is great — such a sad story. F'n hell what a good lookin' guy and absurdly talented performer! Truly one of those charismatic rock stars.

                                    WTB
                                    IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                    Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                      neph93
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                                      Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                      My first album purchase was a heavy metal double header at the tender age of 14… also with record tokens @IH-GARY  😃

                                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                                      • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                        scooter
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                                        Joined: 26 Dec 2015

                                        1981, at the ripe young age of 12. Purchased with money made on my paper route…..

                                        Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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                                          Filthy2123ozjunkie
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                                          @neph93 fucking awesome! My one friend liked them and I can remember when I was nine listening to Iron Maiden the entire summer.

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