First Album You Ever Bought

My first album was by the Beatles. Don't remember which one, but it was one of their first. I was in a department store, a precursor to something along the lines of Kmart, and the price was $1.88 or $2.88, depending on whether you wanted mono or stereo.
Not knowing the difference, I forked over $1.88.
As an aside, I suspect I've spent about $1,000 on Beatles music.

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That Michael Moore guy makes me think Detroit is smaller than the skate rink near the Statie HQ and Carson beach in Southie.

He belongs in California

And I want to apologize to the good people in California
 
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You're right. I want to see the whole series.

Well the unfortunate thing is that they took them offline on the 9th, but they were amazing dude. The national park system will be overflowing with visitors next year because of it I'm sure.
 
Well the unfortunate thing is that they took them offline on the 9th, but they were amazing dude. The national park system will be overflowing with visitors next year because of it I'm sure.

Guess I'll have to visit them, then.
 
i got classical stuff bought for me before i got my beastie boys tape and loved it. i especially loved my gershwin tape. yeah, i kno. not technically classical, but at the time i was young and i didn't know the difference, but i played that tape to death regardless.


That must be why we get along so well. Gershwin. I love his music, too. And it was a welcome break from Dame Joan Sutherland singing some aria from a Wagner opera. That's when I'd go outside.

I'm impressed. That's where I got my love of classical and opera as well.

It's such a gift a parent can give a child, isn't it? I didn't even know the names of lots of stuff until I was grown, but I remembered the music. I still remember hearing Vivaldi's Four Seasons and recognizing it as something I heard a lot as a kid. And it wasn't so much that dad was teaching me, just that he loved to listen himself so it was played a lot.
 
It's such a gift a parent can give a child, isn't it? I didn't even know the names of lots of stuff until I was grown, but I remembered the music. I still remember hearing Vivaldi's Four Seasons and recognizing it as something I heard a lot as a kid. And it wasn't so much that he was teaching me, just that he loved to listen himself so it was played a lot.

Indeed. My father was also a lover of Broadway Musicals. We listened to something every night. My father was familiar with all the operas and told me their stories. It was one of the few ways I could connect with him.
 
Indeed. My father was also a lover of Broadway Musicals. We listened to something every night. My father was familiar with all the operas and told me their stories. It was one of the few ways I could connect with him.

Oh god, mine too. He grew up in the Lower East Side Settlement House in NYC, and he said when he was there all the Jewish philanthropists would send tickets for shows, symphonies, operas, etc., and kids would get to see this stuff. And that's how he came to love it, too. My parents went to NYC on their honeymoon and saw Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun. They both loved musicals. And I had family who lived there so I got to see some amazing stuff when I was a kid. Now I doubt I could afford it. My daughter went to see Les Mis before it closed its very long Broadway run (3-4 years ago). And even then it was over $200 with the train and dinner.
 
Oh god, mine too. He grew up in the Lower East Side Settlement House in NYC, and he said when he was there all the Jewish philanthropists would send tickets for shows, symphonies, operas, etc., and kids would get to see this stuff. And that's how he came to love it, too. My parents went to NYC on their honeymoon and saw Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun. They both loved musicals. And I had family who lived there so I got to see some amazing stuff when I was a kid. Now I doubt I could afford it. My daughter went to see Les Mis before it closed its very long Broadway run (3-4 years ago). And even then it was over $200 with the train and dinner.
My father used to travel to NYC a great deal on business and would entertain himself by going to shows. He saw many landmark Broadway musicals during 50s and 60s. For a farmer boy from Wisconsin it was always amazing to him. We went frequently when I was a kid, teenager, and young adult because my older brother and sister ended up living in NYC. I saw Les Mis, 42nd Street, Cats, Ain't Misbehavin', Show Boat, Grease, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Grand Hotel.
 
That doesn't count. What's the first one you bought for you?

And I must have been old at 17. That was the second TJB album I bought. I already had Going Places.

They were cassettes. I got sucked into one of those Columbia House record deals. Monkees, Rick Wakeman and Santana are the only ones I recall. I still have them, by the way.
 
They were cassettes. I got sucked into one of those Columbia House record deals. Monkees, Rick Wakeman and Santana are the only ones I recall. I still have them, by the way.

Rick Wakeman did some great stuff! I love The Six Wives Of Henry VIII and Journey To The Center Of The Earth.
 
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