The First Album You Bought

[That Jekka Gal]

...and in my case it was very definitely a vinyl lp

I remember saving for ages until I had enough money and I narrowed it down to 2 choices; Gerry Rafferty's City to City or Wings' London Town.
I opted for the latter and spent the next few years collecting the complete Wings oeuvre.

I can't help thinking that had I opted for the Rafferty album, I'd have gotten into the more out there stuff, like The Straits, much earlier in my listening career.

As it happens, that shift only occurred one Thursday evening in 1982. I saw Genesis perform the Paperlate EP on TOTP and there's been no looking back ever since.



collectinv

 

[moon man]

i would like to say it was all mod cons by the Jam but that wasn't my first, it was a tonic for the troops Boomtown rats and yeah on vinyl

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[arc@css]

Vinyl.

I think it was Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones.

 

[Derek W]

Italia 90 Sticker album

 

[skyripper]

For anyone? Beastie Boys, Licence to Ill, because I heard at school it was cool and my parents sent me out to buy a birthday present for my older sister... twas not well received : )

For myself? L L Cool J, Bigger and Deffer. Cos I was an American ghetto black kid trapped in a 12yr olds white middle class body ... !

I had albums before that, but they had all been bought for me.

 

[ivrytwr3]

The first ever vinyl i bought was the Batman single by Prince. As a poor kid i saved up my pennies and chucked a load of change to the Woolworths girl. As a huge fan of the Adam West Batman i raced home, threw on the single - and.............wtf is this piece of crap?

Ofc now i know Prince is a musical genius, but as a kid i was absolutely gutted it wasn't the:

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na... BATMAN!​

 

[LeeUK]

Pulp - Different Class

 

[m@rty]

Will Smith album when the first men in black film came out

 

[Vexr]

Spice by Spice Girls

 

[Calpol]

Rainbow Rising

 

[Armageus]

Pulp - Different Class (on cassette)

First album on CD
Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I

 

[kaiowas]

Jive Bunny: The Album

Not everyone was blessed with good taste at the age of 12.

 

[Undesirable]

First Album: Lightning Seeds - Jollification
First Single: Right Said Fred - Wonderman

 

[UTmaniac]

Not sure, might be INXS Kick, might be a Now That's What I Call Music "x"... Or none of the above!

 

[Jokester]

Jive Bunny: The Album

Not everyone was blessed with good taste at the age of 12.

I had that bought for me, so I'm not counting it.

Basement Jaxx - Rooty and Remedy (bought on the same trip to HMV).

 

[Fubsy]

I bought The Works - Queen on cassette from Southport market. I went to sleep listening to that tape for about a year.

 

[RxR]

Hmm, it was about 46 years ago, how to remember? ELO and Whitesnake come to mind.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Single - Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
Album - This Ole House - Shaking Stevens

 

[FBi7]

1st 7" vinyl - Living in a Box's eponymously titled Living in a box.
I never bought a vinyl LP, but I did get Kylie's first album for xmas back in ~1988. My 11 year old daughter's bought more vinyl than I ever owned. Plot Twist - we don't have a record deck in the house

1st CD single - Oasis - Wonderful
1st CD album - Blur - The Great Escape

Think my first album on tape I bought, that wasn't a 'NOW!' was probably Ace of Base

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, OP!

 

[Eddie]

Can't remember my first record/vinyl purchase, maybe Gary Numan or Eurythmics, but my first CD was Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon.

My mate borrowed it and somehow managed to put a hole right through it. Was gutted.