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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
manogolf
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I was gifted many classic rock, R&B, pop, many of which I still have.
The first album(s) purchased with my paper route cash were bought at the same time.

J Geils Band - Monkey Island
(I still remember it was a torn decision between TP & The Heartbreakers)
Elton John - Madman Across the Water


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Ray Coniff.....Concert in Rhythm...
ericvm
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Deep Purple ‎– Fireball ... and I remember playing it on my "record player" which had speakers on it. I was 14 and bought this record with the money I earned being a paper boy. I delivered the paper everyday...and hated Sunday's, a big ass paper and delivered at dawn. I learned a lot doing it for 2 years. I even bought a little motorcycle, my dad said if I saved up 50 dollars we would get it and I would make the 13 dollar payment every month...which I did for a very long time until he graciously said I owned it. My dad was great. :)  
yabe1951
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Crosby, Stills & Nash. Still have it. Worked at a college radio station in the early 1970s (WESS FM) and we got demo's of just about everything. The station had 1,000s of albums by the time I left school, so there was little need to buy records. I did not have space for them in any case or $$$ for a turntable and stereo. Went on to work in commercial radio at WVPO AM/FM and again thousands of records for use on air.
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Close to the Edge by Yes.  I clearly remember sitting in the basement, watching the tone arm drop and being blown away but what I heard.  The bass player in our high school band was a big Yes fan and said I had to get it.  Never heard them before and it totally opened my eyes & shaped my musical appreciation.
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