# First album you bought for yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342 "2007-05-09T02:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/21 "2007-05-09T03:19:16Z")
_Muscle of Love_ by alice Cooper, ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/22 "2007-05-09T03:28:39Z")
The Wall. I was probably 11, and was pretty sure that this was absolutely the coolest album that ever existed. I’ve since revised my opinion, but back then (remember that disco was still very popular) I couldn’t believe how great that double album was. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/23 "2007-05-09T03:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=monstro] Sinead O’Connor’s _I Don’t Want What I Haven’t Got_. I actually got my first copy as a Christmas present in the 8th grade, and I listened to the tape so much that I broke it. So I saved up the cash (by doing extra chores) and bought a replacement…which was about $11. I still listen to it to this day. [/QUOTE] _hug_ I love anyone who loves Sinead. Edited to add: currently in the CD player in my car is a mix of my favorite Sinead songs. I could sing that stuff all day. Saw her in concert in 1990. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/24 "2007-05-09T03:30:42Z")
The first LP I ever bought with my own money was Stan Freberg’s _A Child’s Garden of Freberg_. I was eleven years old, and although I had other records that family members had bought me, I craved this Freberg collection with a childish but intense passion. My parents disapproved, so I saved money from my allowance for over a year and finally bought the record for about three dollars. Played it very softly in my room so that my parents wouldn’t know about it. Best three bucks I’ve ever spent. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/25 "2007-05-09T03:36:35Z")
Simon & Garfunkel, **Sounds of Silence**. I still have it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/26 "2007-05-09T03:38:00Z")
**The Doors.** I still own it, although it is worn thin. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/27 "2007-05-09T03:42:51Z")
The Beatles, _Rubber Soul_. My sister and I went together on it. The first album I remember buying for myself was the original _Crosby, Stills & Nash_. I paid $1.50 for it, full price. Man, those were the days. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/28 "2007-05-09T03:47:11Z")
[Olivia Newton-John’s “Greatest Hits” Volume 2.](http://www.onlyolivia.com/music/albums/data/gh2.html) Shut up. 😛 I was only seven and had saved my 50c pocket money FOREVER to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/29 "2007-05-09T03:47:46Z")
Vinyl: Tony Basil’s “Mickey” single (this was, btw, the only vinyl I ever owned.) Tape: Either the Rocky soundtrack or Tone Loc’s “Loc’ed After Dark” (don’t remember if my mom bought me the Rocky soundtrack or I bought it) CD: Steve Miller Band’s “The Best of 1968-1973” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/30 "2007-05-09T04:11:43Z")
My first record would have been _A New World Record_ - **ELO**. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/31 "2007-05-09T04:13:07Z")
I never bought albums. I went straight to CDs. My first purchase was a CD of William Byrd’s three masses. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/32 "2007-05-09T04:22:27Z")
I used the word “album” intentionally because it doesn’t specifically imply a medium. Albums are released on record (vinyl), cassette, CD, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/33 "2007-05-09T04:25:11Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I used the word “album” intentionally because it doesn’t specifically imply a medium … [/QUOTE] Neither does _record_ (an abbreviation of _recording_). ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/34 "2007-05-09T04:27:51Z")
Which is why I said “vinyl” right after in parentheses. I hear the term “record” to mean an album on vinyl more often than to mean any other medium, though. (For example, what medium does a _record player_ play?) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/35 "2007-05-09T04:31:34Z")
The first vinyl record album I purchased for myself was _“Beatles '65”_, at the Moffett Field NAS PX. I think it cost $2.50. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/36 "2007-05-09T04:34:06Z")
I bought four records at once: Styx: Kilroy was Here, The Grand Illusion Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells, Ommadawn that got the ball rolling. I still have 400 vinyl record albums ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/37 "2007-05-09T04:40:35Z")
Another Beatle buyer here. The Red album, in my case, on cassette. This was in 1983, I think. I would have been 11. My first CD was the White Album. That time it was a conscious decision of “What will my first CD be?” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/38 "2007-05-09T04:44:18Z")
Vinyl – Elvis’s Golden Records. 1956 or 1957, somewhere around there. I still have it. Or rather, my daughter does. She takes better care of vinyl than I do. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/39 "2007-05-09T06:59:55Z")
Album 1 - Mini Pops Album 2: Thriller Album 3- Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342/40 "2007-05-09T09:50:05Z")
Dark Side Of The Moon. I had no idea what I was buying. I was 15 and under the impression that as a teen-ager, I was supposed to be really interested in music and spend any spare cash on cool record albums. I bought it because I liked the cover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-album-you-bought-for-yourself/403342.md?page=3)