Remember the year and first vynil you ever bought?

1967. Recent 10 yr old emigre from Cuba visits an American food supermarket for the first time, and with eyes bulging over rhe incredible variety and excess, spots the Captain Crunch cereal. Offered free inside the box was a 45 RPM of "Sugar" by "The Archies". The bug bit. Only in America.

I don't remember my first, so children's records like Alvin and the Chipmunks (e.g., Witch Doctor). My first 'real" album was a birthday gift, from my oldest friend, Dave. So, Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1962 when I was 9.

Dave played guitar as a child, and his favorite song was Lemon Tree. Today, he still won't acknowledge this fact, probably because he can't hold a tune, but this is the story behind my love for music.

"Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla, bing-bang".

Pretty cool responses. Wondering if my 1 & 2 year olds will ever have me run them up for their first lp? Im guessing they will opt for iTunes......

My first 45's were Elvis' "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" (flip-side) and Bobby Vee's "Rubber Ball". My first LP's were "Cat Stevens' "Tea for the Tillerman" and James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James", probably as 1970 was the first year I had the money to buy a turntable (Empire 398).

1st 45)   Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog  (1960)     1st LP)  Bob Dylan/Bob Dylan (1962)