The first 5 albums you purchased...

[rogerballard]

Searching memory banks...


Diana Ross and the Supremes.

Carly Simon

Aerosmith

Steely Dan

Pink Floyd

Joni Mitchell

RUSH

All Electric Light Orchestra

Peter Frampton

YES

Moody Blues

[lapfog_1]

1. hmmm

Pretty sure it would have been

Santana - Abraxis
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
ELP - ELP
The Steve Miller Band = Number 5?
Iron Butterfly - Inagoddavida

[rogerballard]

2. That is 6 !

Love Tull, saw Ian at least 3 times.

[lapfog_1]

3. couldn't remember the exact order of purchase.

Probably the ELP was the 6th. But could have been Pink Floyd

[msongs]

4. with the beatles...uk version...in the uk nt

[exboyfil]

5. I came to rock music later (about 15)

Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
Elton John - Rock of the Westies
The Who - Who's Next
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
Aerosmith - Live Bootleg

[rogerballard]

7. Love Alice Cooper !

Love Elton John !

[exboyfil]

9. Both are gifts from my older half brother

He was the rocker who visited our dad over the summers. I was an ignorant child and had problems coping with not being the only child. Since he was a rocker, I was not. That met that I was not interested in going to rock concerts which my dad did with my brother. Alice Cooper Nightmare tour, Kiss, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd Animals tour, and others I don't remember.

Some regret on my part on missing those concerts, but as I got older I am glad my dad had that time with my brother. It was hard for him not growing up with his dad. I am not close to my brother, but I respect him a great deal and admire what he has accomplished in his life. I recently gave all my albums (including my dad's which I got on his death) to my nephew (his son).

[madamesilverspurs]

6. Waaaay back......

Kingston Trio
Peter, Paul and Mary
Bert Kaempfert
Christmas music
Gilbert and Sullivan

also a large pile of 45s



.

[rogerballard]

8. Way back...

[TEB]

10. I think this is correct been decades

ZZ Top
Rio grande mud
Tres hombres
Hendrix
All the way to electric lady land
Sorry that’s only three but that is all I remember

[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. Introducing the Beatles, Meet the Beatles,

The Beatles Second Album, Something New, and A Hard Day's Night

Bought together with my sister with birthday money on our 12th birthday in 1964.

[handmade34]

12. ...

Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles

[The King of Prussia]

13. Probably

Sergeant Pepper
A Collection of Beatles Oldies
Red Rose Speedway
Band on the Run
Eagles greatest Hits

[Ohiya]

14. To the best of my recollection...

Steppenwolf - the Second

Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Steve Miller Band - Recall the Beginning, A Journey from Eden

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu

The Band - The Band

[maxrandb]

15. Pretty sure they were, in no particular order

Yes - Fragile
The Who - Who's Next
Boston - First Album
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Grand Funk Railroad - The Red Album

[sakabatou]

16. I don't think I've ever purchased any albums

[Awsi Dooger]

23. I know I haven't

Maybe a gift for someone, if they asked for it.

Lifetime zero for myself

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. All Beatles and Monkees

I was born in '57, so that's my excuse for the Monkees.

[rogerballard]

29. I LOVE The Monkees..

They had so many great hits and I watched The Monkees show every Saturday morning. I was born in "59. I love "Valleri" Written by Boyce and Hart.

[TexasBushwhacker]

33. Yup. They had great songwriters

Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote Pleasant Valley Sunday. Neil Diamond wrote I'm A Believer.

[LeftInTX]

18. My first five:

Boots - Nancy Sinatra
Meet the Monkees
The Monkees Again
Headquarters - Monkees
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles

We also owned all of the Alvin and Chipmunk's albums, but my dad had purchased those. Ross Bagdasarian was David Seville.

[GoneOffShore]

19. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - 1962 Columbia Records

Getz-Gilberto
Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Kingston Trio
The Limelighters
Followed closely by
Ian and Sylvia
Gordon Lightfoot

[red dog 1]

20. I remember the first two albums I purchased

"Surfin' Safari" - The Beach Boys

"Big Girls Don't Cry" - The Four Seasons


I loved The Beach Boys......The Four Seasons..not so much.
.but I bought their album at the same time I bought The Beach Boys album because it was in stereo, and I wanted to try out my new (portable) stereo.

I can't remember the next three albums I bought.

(Eventually, I had accumulated nearly 100 albums)

[Tikki]

21. These:

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.....Ray Charles (1962)

If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody....James Ray (1962)

Heat Wave.....Martha and the Vandellas (1963)

Meet the Beatles.......The Beatles (1964)

Here Are the Sonics......The Sonics (1966)

changed my direction in music...forever


Tikki

[Leith]

22. They Were Probably Melanie and the Beatles

but I don't really remember. Another one could have been Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief.

[becca da bakkah]

24. I Grew Up In A Musical Family.....

....So albums were always around. But I'm pretty sure my first 5 were:

1. Meet The Beatles
2. Soupy Sales
3. Beach Boys--Surfin' (it was practically a right-of-passage growing up in Southern California in the 1960's)
4. Ricky Nelson (inherited from my older sister)
5. Cal Tjader--Soul Sauce. I had very eclectic taste in music, still do.
6. Glenn Miller---Just kidding!

I still have all of those, and about 500 more. I think each one cost about $2-$2.50 back then. To this day I much prefer vinyl over CD's. Much better sound quality.

[rogerballard]

28. I grew up in a musical family as well...

I got the best of all decades, including mine (80's). Soupy Sales was an absolute favorite of mine! Vinyl rules. I remember Mom yelling to the oldest sister to turn down the music upstairs in her bedroom as she sang and danced to The Beatles. 6 kids with all sorts of musical interest, I got lucky.

[ornotna]

25. First album I owned was a gift from my Mother

Beatles - White Album

Then these are some of the earliest I recall buying.

Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Blue Cheer - Blue Cheer
Strawbs - Bursting At The Seams
Santana - Abraxas

[applegrove]

26. Rumours, Grease Movie Soundtrack, Saturday Night Fever as played

by the Bay Street Band, ?

[Aristus]

27. Mine:

1. The Getaway by Chris De Burgh.
2. Man On The Line by Chris De Burgh.
3. "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
4. Reckless by Bryan Adams.
5. Cuts Like A Knife by Bryan Adams.

[DBoon]

30. Steppenwolf

Santana
Cream
Hendrix
The Doors

[lunamagica]

31. Elton John Greatest Hits Vil 2, Olivia Newton John Totally Hot, A Collection of

Beatles Oldies, Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album

[fairfaxvadem]

32. Holy Cow...memory scraping er here!

I’m the youngest of 6. 1948-1964 (me, the baby!). We had so much music in the house. Think first thing I bought was Cheap Trick Live from Budakon. And a UK release of some Beach Boys collection. Oldest brother came home with everything but the Stones. Don’t know why. So I bought Sticky Fingers and never looked back.

I was a bad kid.

[OriginalGeek]

34. I didn't start buying albums until after I graduated HS and moved out

I could hide a couple 45s but big records were tougher. Almost certainly my first five actual purchases were Led Zeppelin records.

[LWolf]

35. I can't remember.

I grew up in the era of radio, and spent a lot of time listening. Many years listening to "93 KHJ" in LA.

My first albums were my mom's. I don't remember when I actually began buying my own, although I remember being given an Alice Cooper Album (Billion Dollar Babies) for my birthday in 1974. I think by the time I started buying my own, it was 8-tracks, not albums.

The albums in my mom's collection included CSNY, Dylan, Baez, Elton John, Jethro Steele, Stevie Wonder, John Denver, and more. I can almost visualize one I probably bought, since I don't think my mom did: Suzie Quatro. I also remember Hank Williams, Janice Joplin, the Beatles, and the Stones.