Your first record?

[lumpy]

What was the first record (45, cd, tape, 8-track, et al) you ever bought with your own money? Those old "turn the page at the beep" record/books don't count.

Mine was an original, unmolested 45 of the Beach Boys' "Heroes and Villians", complete with the funky green sleeve and the super-weird "You're Welcome" on the B-side, at a yardsale for a nickle. I think the owner must've played it once, freaked out, and never put it back on because even though it was 16 years old when I bought it, it still looked and sounded new.

I thought it would be funny to see what kinda cheese everyone invested in back in the day. Luckily mine was pretty cool.

Lump

[brandondrury]

My first tape was Bon Jovi's "New Jersey".

I'll have to say that the record still holds up. Obviously anything from '88 is going to look different and use a different production style, but the songs are just good old rock / pop songs. When I hear it today I think more of Bryan Adams than I do Poison or Warrant.

I still pop the cd in every once in a while.

Good thread, Lump.
Brandon

[Smidgelton]

My first CD was Soundgarden's "Superunknown".

I bought it with my birthday money when I was nine. That's a very strange and powerful thing to have in your hands when you are nine years old. I remember listening to that album the first several times and being mystified, dumbfounded, and a little bit scared (similar to how I felt when I heard "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd).

I still can't listen to that Soundgarden CD without feeling something powerful. That is something missing from most of today's music.

[TAlderson]

In seventh grade I heard Bob Dylan over the radio singing Blowin' in the Wind, and decided I liked it. A few days later, we were in a giant music store in Boston and I noticed they had quite a lot of Bobby D. So, I bought "The Essential Bob Dylan." Still one of my favorite CDs to listen to. The first non-compilation/greatest hits album I bought was Neil Young's Greendale after seeing him in concert performing it. Another awesome CD.

-Tyler

[Crandles]

When I was in 3rd grade I bought the Space Jam soundtrack. Not one of my proudest moments.

[TimRP]

You young pups, not that I am old, but back in high school my first tape probably was def leppards hysteria or maybe david lee roths skyscraper. I don't listen to that kind of music any more though.

[CorporateMustache]

I know I bought a few CD singles before I bought my first full album, but I'm pretty sure my first album was: Time Flies: The Best of Huey Lewis....it blew me away!!!! Huey is a genius!!!!

[tyger373]

I think it was Creed "Human Clay"

[Bushman_212]

REO Speedwagon. . . THE HITS