# Your first music purchase? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674 "2003-08-03T04:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/41 "2003-08-03T16:03:53Z")
I think it must have been Thriller by Michael Jackson, at around seven or eight. On cassette, of course. How much it was, I no longer recall, but I had to buy it twice, because my brothers decided they hated Michael Jackson, and destroyed the tape to save me from my own bad taste. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/42 "2003-08-03T16:11:25Z")
It was either the Grease Soundtrack, or Elvis Presley’s “I Got Lucky” Both vinyl, when I was 8-ish. Not sure which I bought first, but both were bought at the supermarket, of all places. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/43 "2003-08-03T18:37:14Z")
One of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s albums. Don’t remember which one, but it was on CD. I’d guess I was about 13. In terms of the first that I’m sure of, I asked for (and got) Metallica’s _S&M_ for Christmas when I was 16. A month or so later I went out and bought _…And Justice for All_. So the first “serious” album I got along with the first album I remember buying and the first concert I bought tickets to are all Metallica. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/44 "2003-08-03T20:53:34Z")
The Edgar Winter Group’s “They Only Come Out at Night” was my first album. Considering the Francesco Scavullo photos with their over-the-top glitter/glam vibe, I’m wondering if the phrase “come out” in the title wasn’t a Freudian slip. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/45 "2003-08-03T21:04:43Z")
1978 (I think) which means I was 9. _War of the Worlds_ by Jeff Wayne. LP. I still have it in my attic. I used to listen to it on a massive '60s radiogram that my dad gave me. It would take about 5 minutes for the valves to warm up before I could use it. I also used the turntable to spin my skateboarding Snoopy figures on. My first ever record was the single of _Space Oddity_ by David Bowie, but that was a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/46 "2003-08-03T21:38:43Z")
**Kiss** - Rock and Roll Over. Stop laughing! I was 12 at the time, and it was an “album”, I finally threw it out due to fatal scratches. You youngsters don’t know how lucky you are to have CD’s!! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/47 "2003-08-03T21:45:20Z")
My best guess is that it was Paula Abdul’s _Shut Up and Dance_, on a cassette tape. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/48 "2003-08-03T22:29:34Z")
I’m sruprised to hear Queen was out on 45’s. For some reason, I think they’re more “modern” than that, but I guess not. Then again, I’m old and what the heck do I remember anyway? Ack, **Zeldar**! I’d forgotten all about those things you put in the middle of the 45’s so you could play them on the 33RPM record player! I know that one of the record players we had, had one that came with it and was as long as the regular pole so you could put a bunch of 45’s on it and they would drop down one at a time after playing. But I also remember having a bunch of the yellow plastic ones that you put into the 45 individually. And I think \*\*TeaRoses[/] and **maleinblack** are currently tied for most pathetic! 😃 Just kidding, Lord knows I don’t want to be remembered for my first pair of bellbottoms! ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/49 "2003-08-03T22:31:23Z")
And why don’t I think I need to preview??? ---
**Author:** ![labmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@labmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/50 "2003-08-03T22:47:33Z")
The Police, “Synchronicity” on wondeful,wonderful vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/51 "2003-08-03T22:52:32Z")
My first musical purchase was _Planet Telex_ and _High and Dry_ by **Radiohead** on cassete in 1995 when I was 14/15. ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/52 "2003-08-03T23:20:39Z")
First album - Abbey Road - Beatles - 1969 and I still think it is pretty awesome! First CD - Wagner’s Greatest Hits - Various - 1983 or 4 (It would have been Mozart’s 40th and 41st by St. Martin’s in the Field, but at the time very little music was available in that format). Pre-1969 I had lots of 45’s and some “classical” 78’s but AR was the first purchase made conciously (yes, I spent a lot of time unconcious, but let’s not go into that now) by me for me in the world of music. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/53 "2003-08-04T02:58:43Z")
The first one that counted was “Meet the Beatles” in 1964. Before that I had a Gene Autry album of cowboy songs that I played over and over and over on a red and white portable record player. ---
**Author:** ![unnildecium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3e96dc/32.png) [@unnildecium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unnildecium)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/54 "2003-08-09T22:35:05Z")
**Blue Suede Shoes** - never heard it, but I was in love with my new blue suede shoes that were hot that summer. I didn’t even have a 45 machine, but would have to play it at a neighbor kid’s house. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/55 "2003-08-09T22:38:36Z")
First single - “Heart of Glass” by Blondie First album - “The Magic of Abba” I still have both … ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/56 "2003-08-10T02:07:12Z")
Technically my parents bought it for me but it’s such a vivid memory… Creedence Gold, a CCR greatest hits album (vinyl.) I was maybe ten at the time. It cost $3.99. It had this cool cover with silhouettes of the four band members that folded out. _Born On The Bayou_ is still one of my favorite jams! ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/57 "2003-08-10T02:21:48Z")
The first piece of music I bought for myself with my own money was Metallica’s aptly named $5.98 Garage Days Re-Revisited (that was the exact price the guy charged me) on cassette in a flea market (do they even still have those anywhere?) when I was 13 or so. Still one of my favorite Metallica albums. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/58 "2003-08-10T03:16:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\ ***Kiss** - Rock and Roll Over. Stop laughing! > > I was 12 at the time, and it was an “album”, I finally threw it out due to fatal scratches. You youngsters don’t know how lucky you are to have CD’s!! 🆒 \*\* I would never laugh. Dressed to kill-1975. I was 8. ---
**Author:** ![Polairis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Polairis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polairis)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/59 "2003-08-10T05:06:57Z")
“Seven and the Ragged Tiger” by Duran Duran on vinyl when I was probably 8 or 9 (?) I remember a friend asking me if I could record it for her, and I said, “sure”. I spent the rest of that school year trying to think of exactly _how_ I was going to accomplish that. Luckily, she never brought it up again… ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/60 "2003-08-10T05:08:05Z")
I feel so young right now My first cd was No Doubts Tragic Kingdom I was like 13 or so [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674.md?page=4)