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1st Album you Ever Owned?

I hope this topic stirs up some great memories and further sharing of good music.
What was the first vinyl "LP" album you ever owned?

Mine was "Maynard '64" (Maynard Furgeson).  I was 10 and learning to play trumpet, and my dad bought this album for me.  He worked a lot, so it was really cool that he took the time to chase it down.

I cherished it and still have it, but it didn't take long to learn there was much better jazz out there.  In all fairness, I grew up listening to my parents playing Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong and Tommy Dorsey - a pretty decent start given the general lack of recognition in the white middle class as to how African culture had molded the music they loved.

Please share your first LP experience!
keegiam
skyscraper
825 posts
 
I have to join the growing "Meet the Beatles" crowd here. It was in the early 60's my Mom won a drawing at the Roosevelt Field shopping mall on Long Island. It entitled her to a selection of $35.00 worth of free records at the mall record store. That meant a lot of LP's, then so we had really hit the jackpot in my estimation... My sister and I both got to pick one for ourselves, which was exciting.

I chose "Meet the Beatles" and I think my sister's choice was the Beach Boys first album, "Surfin' Safari". I know we ended up with both. I was maybe eleven or twelve at the time, my sister three years younger.

Great post keegiam. Brought back a fond memory of a banner day. 

Mike
davidantonio
29 posts
 
Beethoven 5th symphony, Eugen  Jochum conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra on Philips. Bought the album in 1977 while in high school, gave it to a friend when I went to college 
Dan
dprincipato
53 posts
 
Steppenwolf Live, 79 cents at Turnstyle in Ford City shopping mall, Chicago.  Luckily, my older brother already had most of the previously mentioned records. 
larryincmh
59 posts
 
I remember joining the Columbia Record Club and they had a deal where you can get 50 records for $50 as a sign-up bonus. I have no recollection of which one I picked first. All my other records prior to that had been hand me downs from parents or others.

The first LP I actually bought at college I remember it was “Ziggy Stardust”.
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sejodiren
192 posts
 
It was either MC5-Kick Out The Jams or Blue Cheer-Vincebus Eruptum. I have that Maynard 64.....great Big Band!
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