What was the first single and album that you bought/were given?

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What was the first single and album that you bought/were given?

When was it?

Single: Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio in 1959.

Album: Please Please Me by The Beatles in 1963. I was given it for Christmas. It changed music.

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Album: Ted Nugent - Great Gonzo

Single: Cars - You Might Think

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First single - some random Aerosmith track. Given as a gift from my sister when we were kids. 1991-2
First album - Ice Cube - The Predator. Blew my fragile little mind then, and still does to this day. The album was released shortly after the LA riots, so it would have been in '92.

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No idea what the first single was, but the first LP I ever bought was The Doors. I still have that copy, too.

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First single - “We Are the World”
First album - “1984” Van Halen
First CD - “Deadicated” Grateful Dead tribute album

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LP - Sounds of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel
45 - “Hey Jude”/“Revolution,” the Beatles

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Album: “She’s So Unusual” - Cyndi Lauper. I was 6. Got told not to sing “She Bop” in public.

Single: “I’ll Be There for You” - Bon Jovi. I had just learned about cassingles that day, and thought that was the best idea in the entire world.

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My first single was Elvis Presley - “Tickle Me” and at the same time I got The Stones, “Get Off My Cloud” That was probably around 1961

My first album was The Supremes “Love Child”, from my very square grandmother in probably 1967.

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First LP – “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
Second LP – “Urban Spaceman” by the Bonzo Dog Band.

First single – “Sweet Pea” by Tommy Roe
Second single – “They’re coming to take me away, Ha ha!” by Napoleon XIV

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LP - Meet The Beatles. I actually stole it when I was 13 years old. I ran out the door of the record shop in my Catholic school girl uniform, and stashed the album on the side of the building. Then I looked up and there was a cop directing traffic right in front of the store. Luckily he was too busy to notice. I still have it and every other Beatles album ever released.

45 - I don’t remember but I’m sure it was the Beatles, too. I was that age.

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Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses
Jeremy by Pearl Jam

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LP: Bridge over troubled water (Simon and Garfunkel)

Single: Albatross/Need your love so bad (Fleetwood Mac)

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The first album was probably Walk Don’t Run, covered by The Ventures in 1960 (it was a Chet Atkins tune). I wasn’t really into singles and couldn’t tell you what the first one was. Probably Rock Around The Clock, by Bill Haley.

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Wow!

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First single (45 RPM): We Are The World by USA For Africa
Album (cassette, IIRC): Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

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First LP gift: “Around the world with the Chipmonks”

Still have it.

First LP I bought: “Demento Royale” Got it signed TWICE by the Dr.

Anybody see a pattern here?

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First Album purchased: Iron Butterfly - Inagaddadavida (sp?) (gift for older sister)
First album purchased for self: Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line

1968-ish.

First single: Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler

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My dad travelled a lot when I was a kid and he would always bring back presents for me and my sister. My present was always the latest Jackson Five single and/or album. Damn, but I loved the Motown when I was 6.

My first “real” album was *Kiss: Alive *for Christmas when I was 10.

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single - “Hotter Than Hell” by Kiss

Lp - “Welcome to My Nightmare” by Alice Cooper. (Besides the title track, the only song I remember from it was “Only Women Bleed.”)

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First single: I can’t remember for sure, but it was probably “Music Box Dancer” by Frank Mills. Or “My Sharona”.

First album purchased: REO Speedwagon’s “Hi-Infidelity”.