What was your first music that you paid for?

Ahh, Geez. My parents bought me a little Realistic compact system when I was about 13, but my Mom didn't want me listening to any of that hippy stuff . . . it was 1970. I wanted Jefferson Airplane, but my first allowable album was Tony Orlando and Dawn LP--"Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if you want me . . ." Needless to say, haven't listened to it in a long time.

Ugh. I'll bet you guys won't be able to get that song out of your heads the rest of the day!

Better be nice, or I'll remind you of "Muskrat Love" :-))

Julie

My first LP was Yes Fragile, also bought at Woolworths.... They must have been pretty big in the record business back then, or we all just bought them where our mothers took us!

I think the stereo was a Panasonic all in one job.with seperate speakers.

The first album my parents ever took from me was George Carlin "On the Road". Funny, mom liked his humor, and knew we had several other Carlin LP's, but was worried because it had one of the first ever parental warnings about explicit lyrics! We bought the album again the next week...she never saw it, and eventually, when we were older gave it back to us, I can't remember if we told her we had it all along or not......

My first record was Hang On Sloopy by the McCoys. Purchased at Giant Music for about $2.47 (standard LP price in those days). I also got the Beatles Second Album and Paul Revere and the Raiders all around the same time. Different shopping trips, though, as I could only afford one album at a time on my allowance and baby-sitting money.

I can't remember life without music. My parents let me operate the console before I was 5 yrs old. The earliest thing I played over and over and over again is viewable on old 16mm movie film. The Venture's album with the surfer on the big wave on the silverish-blueish album cover. I kept playing that first song over and over.

Eric Clapton Slow Hand. The tape is worn out but I still have it for sentimental reasons.