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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
effischer
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45s (remember those?):  The Ventures Hawaii 5-0 (a) and Soul Breeze (b) on Liberty and Johnny Rivers Secret Agent Man (a) and You Dig (b) on Venture.  Long gone both, sadly.  I think I was 7 years old.

LPs:  Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water and Chicago III.  Still have those.  S&G is played out, but Side 4 of III is still a solid listen.  I was 10 and had inherited my sister's GE compact all-in-one record changer and speaker set.
russashe
46 posts
 
Bought with my own money, High Tide and Green Grass with all the photos.  Still have it.
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emrofsemanon
292 posts
 
dark side of the moon. a pioneer 35 watt per channel [true spec unlike what they get away with today] amp and dual TT and decent shure elliptical cart, radio shack nova 6 speakers which were enough to produce decent sound for the day [early 70s]. i still have the speakers and they still work just as they did back in the day. 
keegiam OP
731 posts
 
They're givin' you a number and takin' 'way your name
tbakin63
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Bachman Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile (1974). Played it ’til it wore out on my rockin’ Pioneer Centrex system (with built in 8-track player, by the way). @pokey77 - let’s go!
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