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What was the first real album you owned?
Mine was "Zoso" or "Led Zeppelin 4" on CD, hey I'm young!

Now I have 3 copies of it on vinyl, the 3rd signed by all 4 members hanging on my wall :) I treasure it!

The first album I owned was Grover Sings The Blues.

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But the first album I bought with my own money was Diamond Dogs.

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Got "Surfin' Surfari" for Christmas, 1963....

Talk about forgive me father I have sinned...

Hootie and the Blowfish Cracked Rear View

Def Leppard - Adrenalzie on cd

A bit embarrassing but me and my brother worked all day cleaning the walls and windows in our house to purchase...

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I'm happy to report it was "Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 2" (age 12); I only bought singles before then.

Not embarrassing, that is a great album.

Oh I agree. I am just conditioned to most people's reaction when I tell them that; which is usually something along these lines: (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qDKcElN6Xsc/Rp7_qKBlOBI/AAAAAAAAAH8/j9nNyCGWImU/s200/nelson-haha.gif)

The first two cassettes I remember having as a child that weren't kid's songs were Elvis's Golden Records and The Beach Boys - Concert Days.
I grew up listening to the oldies station, then started listening to crap as a teenager, including an unfortunate metalcore phase. Thankfully that's a decade behind me.

Herb Alpert - Greatest Hits
Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
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The rest were obscure classical albums and childrens sing-a-long crap. But those were the first two real albums I owned.

My first album was (and I can't believe I'm bringing this up) "All Rise" by the boyband Blue. My first single (on cassette) was "Witch Doctor" by The Cartoons. I played it a lot and one day I found the tape pulled out of the cassette, making it impossible to play. My parents swore blind they had no idea what happened, but I have my doubts. Ahh growing up in the 90's.

1st LP

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1st CD

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1st album owned:

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1st bought with own money:

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1st CD bought with own money:

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Perfect!

First CD i remember buying with own money....

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(Little L is a stone cold jam and I will fight anyone who dares to suggest otherwise)

First one I owned, as selected from BMG or Columbia record club when my parents allowed each of us kids to pick one record:

(Image not showing...damn. It is The Muppets' The Muppet Movie Soundtrack.)

(I recall my older sister picked the Eagles' The Long Run. I still believe strongly I got the best of the deal.)

First I ever bought with my own money:

(Double damn, image not showing. This is Europe's The Final Countdown. And Joey Tempest was such a looker, you're all missing out by this one not displaying.)

and

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So in hindsight, I guess I can relate to my sister after all: teenage (or I guess in this case, preteen, as I was 11 with these) purchases can go horribly, horribly awry. But I still stand behind the Muppet Movie soundtrack and listen to it regularly.

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I still listen to it. Not in an ironic "LOL SOOO RETRO" way, either.

Before that, it was just listening to my parents' Van Halen albums (albums I also still listen to) and the radio. My second album, bought a few months after The Sign, was The Offspring's Smash album (yes, that too).

The first album that I went to the store and paid for was "Nevermind".  I had a girl I was really into and she really liked Nirvana, so I drove to the store and bought it to play in my walkman.  She had two of the Stone Temple Pilots CD's, so between the three we had things down pat.   



To this day I'm not sure if those three albums are any good, or if I'm just very romantic. 

Most people are capable of being morons from time to time.  Most people also love that album, they just don't want to admit it. 


How anybody can look at Cyndi Lauper and not just want to give her a hug is beyond me.  National treasure, in my opinion. 

That's a great album, I don't know why time has forgotten them.  It's very moody to me, though, it reminds me of bad times for some reason.  Something about her voice is just so nice though, she's not even trying and it sounds fantastic.  All the keyboards and sh*t in the backround help too. 

You're not sure if Nevermind is any good? Really? I can set your mind to rest on that one. Yes. It is good. Very, very, very good.

Nevermind is a great album because the songs are great. But Butch Vig's production nearly sterilized them.

Nevermind was meant to be more than just another excellent college-rock hit of that era. That is why the production had to be as commercial as it was. Personally, although I understand folks' criticism of the production, I love it. I love commercial records.

I feel the same about Nevermind. When the rough mixes came out last year, a number of folks were freaking out. "It's Nevermind as it's meant to be heard!" "This is what Kurt wanted!" when I was thinking, "Not really, they're roughs, and they're far more gimmicky than the final." I really thought all but "Stay Away" sounded like total ass, with "Territorial Pissings" being interesting but maybe not on the level of the final. I haven't listened since then, maybe I'd feel differently now.

I feel like some folks are critical of Nevermind's production because Kurt criticized it mid-daily identity crisis (the guy was seemingly always contradicting and conflicting with himself in extremes - that's probably part of what made him a good songwriter) a couple times. Half of him indeed probably thought it was too over the top, but the other half? I have to imagine that half fucking loved it and realized it was ultimately the right move, at least for those songs.

Very well stated.

If the tempo had just been picked up a bit on a few songs I would like it better (which I still like it quite a bit).  :lol

Oh I love the album.  Always have always will, I'm not saying anything's wrong with it, i'm just saying I have a lot of memories wrapped up in it so I probably appreciate it more than it deserves. 

Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory?

Birthday present, age 12:

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First LP bought with own money ('65?):

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I just knew my mom had to buy me it, I guess it was fate that I would become the First Edition biographer. I was five.

The first batch of cd's I ever got was(were?) the John Lennon Live In New York City sound track cd, the Imagine Soundtrack cd, and an Elvis greatest hits cd. I think that was the same Christmas I got my first cd player. I was about nine or ten. That was an AWESOME Christmas, and I haven't been the same since.  :) I think the first cd I bought myself was Who's Missing by The Who. Or possibly A Quick One While He's Away by the same group.

Beach Boys Endless Summer was my first album. My second one was Kiss Rock & Roll Over. My third was either Beach Boys Surfer Girl (the Pickwick version) or Alice Cooper Killer. All great albums!

The first vinyl album I ever owned was a horribly scratched (but still playable) second-or-third hand copy of The Beatles' "Revolver", which I got about four years ago at the start of Jr. High School.

The first CD I ever bought was "The White Album". If you wanted to go REALLY far back the first songs I remember hearing was "Loves Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon and "Good News" by The Gaithers.

First CD:
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First CD bought with my own money...My defense is that I was 15 at the time. I disowned these guys by the time I was 18...
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Second CD I bought with my own money and still one of my favorite albums to this day:
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Probably the 50th CD I'd ever bought, but quite an important one:
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The Eminem Show.

My taste has changed a lot.

First Vinyl with my own money:
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First CD with my own money:
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First MP3 I paid for:
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First Box Set:
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1st CD I bought with my own money [I can't remember the 2nd half!]:
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1st LP bought [2nd hand]:
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This is all just a gimmick to make more money.  The way Kurt wanted Nevermind to sound was how it was released.  He may have said things sometimes that contradicted that, but he also blew his brains out with a shotgun.   Not exactly the most level headed guy in the room.  I'm sure there's a joke there somewhere.

It's interesting to hear alternate takes and things, but just removing instruments and mixing sh*t differently is nothing more than a gimmick to make more money off the fans, because the record company is literally just fabricating new Nirvana sh*t!  At least if it's alternate takes, it might be something you never heard, and it's another chance to hear your favorite music being recorded. 

Same thing with "let it Be Naked".  Complete joke, designed to stroke Paul's ego and to make Michael Jackson's kids more money.

I like the Red album better than the Blue album, I'm not sure though if that's just to be contrarian.  Gotta wonder.  The red album has "In My Life" on it though, that's the first place I ever heard it.  Really quite a collection of really nice pop songs.

Nothing wrong with that, or your taste changing, but make sure your taste didn't change because of the embarassment.  Lots of closet Eminem fans out there.  He was very talented for a while there...

My first CD was Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard. My first LP was Pet Sounds.

They were their generation's answer to Abba.  Sad about what happened to Lynne though.  I've read that she's happy she walked away from it all though.

Although it wasn't my first album, I'll always claim the first album I ever bought was Counting Crows: "August & Everything After".  The record really meant a lot to me at the time and still does

 Aside from kiddie albums like SESAME STREET, the first "real" LP I ever owned was Elvis' ALOHA FROM HAWAII.   

The Beatles: Let It Be. It cost me almost half a weeks wages back in the day.

These two, bought at Arlan's Department Store for $2.49 each:  :love
 
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Oh, I know this band, heard them a lot on a local radio staish. "The Sign" (the song) is good. But I always enjoyed "Hallo, Hallo" from "Singles of the 90s" (which oddly was released in 2000). Positively cool song, or cooly positive. Some wouldn't like her accent, but it's not bad, actually. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fw-uo36QAQ

I grew up listening to Bob Seger, Dire Straits and Rod Stewart, thanks to my mom. But those were her tapes.

Back in 1990, the first album I bought (on cassette) was:
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The first CD I bought with my own money, and one of the first CDs we had for our brand-new CD player, 1993:
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Elvis Gold Records and Moody Blue (on the same day)

The first album I bought for myself that was not really at the request or suggestion of my brother was this probably:

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Michael Jackson was the first original musical love and I think has informed almost everything I love in music. The open-hearted nature of his performance, of his singing style really affected me in a positive way, particularly because I was so introverted and full of anxieties. It pleased me greatly that he was a person uncomfortable in conversation but when tasked with performance he became a different caliber of human being. I grew up hearing Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous and this was the first time I was the one buying the new album. That made me happy.

I still think that this is a highly underrated album and with a little re-sequencing and editing becomes one of his strongest works. For my personal taste I cut a couple songs and include Blood on the Dance Floor (excellent album!). I recommend it to all who have a taste for later MJ:

Scream
They Don't Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow - I think in the top 5 songs of his career.
Morphine - intensely personal and I think a hell of an influence on The Weeknd and recent dark R&B.
2 Bad - sounds so much better up front and alongside songs with a connected mood.
Superfly Sista
This Time Around
Tabloid Junkie
Money
Earth Song - I think undoubtedly his best cause song and production partially because of the sinister tone.
Blood on the Dance Floor
Come Together
D.S.
Ghost - Of all the great stuff they did together, this is probably my favourite Teddy Riley collaboration.
Is It Scary
You Are Not Alone - after getting away from the time when this was everywhere at all times, it is possible to appreciate how ridiculously smooth and accomplished a track it is.
History

My first album was Bad (on cassette). I prefer MJ's earlier work with his brothers and "Off The Wall" as they are more Soul/Soul-Pop.


I think that's a good track listing for "HIStory", here's what mine would be (not including BOTD):

1. HIStory (maybe a mix without the historical references to be more 'radio friendly')
2. They Don't Care 'Bout Us
3. Stranger in Moscow
4. Come Together
5. This Time Around
6. Scream
7. D.S.
8. Money
9. Earth Song
10. 2 Bad
11. Tabloid Junkie
12. You Are Not Alone

'Smile' is a good song and one of my favourites by MJ, but I wasn't sure if it fit in with the more 'modern' sound which the songs I selected do.