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    My first album

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    • endoE
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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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      • SKTS
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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-GARYI
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          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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          • popvultureP
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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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            • neph93N
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              My first album purchase was a heavy metal double header at the tender age of 14… also with record tokens @IH-GARY  😃

              “Some of those that work forces
              Are the same that burn crosses”

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              • scooterS
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                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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                • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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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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                  • C
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                    I believe the first CD I ever owned was a "clean" version of The Eminem Show, via my half brother (ca. 10 years old) :D. The first CD I ever bought was Demon Days by Gorillaz, via K Mart (ca. 12 years old). Other standout formative albums that come to mind:
                    Heroes, Bowie
                    Guero, Beck
                    Elephant, White Stripes
                    With Teeth, NIN
                    The Sky's Gone Out, Bauhaus
                    VU and Nico
                    Pink Flag, Wire

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                    • popvultureP
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                      Damn, some good ones there! I never get tired of those first three Wire records.

                      WTB
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                      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                      • MattM
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                        Thriller on vinyl when it came out.  My dad bought it for me.  My brother who was 5 at the time got a Willie Nelson record.  Both solid choices then and now.

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                        • endoE
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                          @Matt:

                          My brother who was 5 at the time got a Willie Nelson record.

                          what a great act by your dad

                          si tacuisses

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                          • ChrisC
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                            My sister bought this for me for Christmas. Still possibly my favorite present ever.

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                            • MattM
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                              @endo:

                              @Matt:

                              My brother who was 5 at the time got a Willie Nelson record.

                              what a great act by your dad

                              He heard Blue Skies on the radio and loved it.

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                              • SKTS
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                                @Matt  I was wasn’t lucky enough to get my hands on a vinyl copy of Thriller but I wore the cassette out.

                                @Chris What a great album.

                                I’ve been doing some digging through my old records and found another that could have been my first…

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                                • MattM
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                                  Monkees was my first live show.  If you don’t count Sesame Street Live.

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                                  • J
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                                    When I first got into music we just bought singles,as they were always released before the album,and quite often the single was the best or in some cases the only good song on the album. Having said that,I have to think that the first album I ever bought was Meet The Beatles.

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                                    • mclaincauseyM
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                                      Van Halen during the 1984 tour was my first concert. My friend's mom took us. My parents didn't know until it was too late, because they definitely wouldn't have allowed it.

                                      After that it was shit like The Smothers Brothers in LA at a studio (I had know idea who the Hell they were), Stryper, Amy Grant, and such until I eventually got to see bands I liked again. When I got old enough to drive (driving age was 15 in Mississippi at the time), my horizons expanded a lot, since I could drive to places like Memphis and New Orleans (drinking age in LA was 18 at the time) to see bands like the Beastie Boys, Pink Floyd, KMFDM, King Crimson, Melvins, or stick around in Jackson, MS when bands like REM (in a SHOEBOX of a venue), Fugazi, Kyuss, Type O Negative (ha), The Cult, Rush, Prince, and others came through. One of those bands I really loved but they lasted like 6 months–I'll post them over in Music because I think a lot of people here would love Stompbox.

                                      Think it, be it.

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                                      • ChrisC
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                                        @Matt:

                                        Monkees was my first live show.  If you don’t count Sesame Street Live.

                                        My first concert was Sting, with Squeeze as the opening act.  Solid show.

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                                        • J
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                                          Hate to one up you,but saw Squeeze at CBGB and hung out with Gilson Lavis,the drummer, after the show,and debated stick twirling.

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                                          • SKTS
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                                            @Jett129  My dad had a lot of 45’s that I got to dig through and I vividly remember playing “Goovin” (Sueno b side) by the Young Rascals and “Do Wash Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann. I loved finding great songs in his old records.

                                            @mclaincausey  1984 as a first concert is kind of incredible. I was 13 when that album came out and had the cassette (and a yellow waterproof Sony Walkman to play it). You got to see some incredible shows as a kid.

                                            Squeeze “Black Coffee in Bed” has been a favorite song of mine since way back. Can’t imagine getting to see them at CBGB’s.

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