# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![im2evil4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@im2evil4u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im2evil4u)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/61 "2003-08-10T05:23:20Z")
Oh goodness, my very first? Saturday Night Fever - 8 Track ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/62 "2003-08-10T05:44:52Z")
First 45 was Hanky Panky/Tommy James & the Shondells. I must have been 10 or so. First album was More of the Monkees. I’m guessing '67? The Monkees were cool. So was Batman. ---
**Author:** ![akitaking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@akitaking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akitaking)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/63 "2003-08-10T06:56:30Z")
Duran Duran’s first release on cassette. I used to listen to it on my mono tape recorder. Twenty years later, I can still sing all the lyrics to that whole album, front to back. Holy crap, **jjimm** , I bought the _War of the Worlds_ LP by Jeff Wayne and thought it was the coolest thing I’d ever heard. Thanks for mentioning that one; I’m ready to dust it off next time I get to my parents’ basement. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/64 "2003-08-10T07:04:04Z")
45 RPM with Yummy Yummy Yummy on one side and I can’t remember the other. (whew, I’m sure glad there are so many other purchasers of 45s here:D) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/65 "2003-08-10T09:43:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by akitaking \* > \*\*Holy crap, **jjimm** , I bought the _War of the Worlds_ LP by Jeff Wayne and thought it was the coolest thing I’d ever heard. Thanks for mentioning that one; I’m ready to dust it off next time I get to my parents’ basement. \*\* I still think it’s pretty good (albeit slightly cheesier than I remember). A few years ago they released a techno remix version which was quite good too, if a little repetitive. Did you get the one with the fantastic airbrush picture booklet? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/66 "2003-08-10T10:54:17Z")
Mine was _Rock Around the Clock_ by Bill Halley and The Comets. This was back around 1953 or so. I think it was a 78, though it might have been a 45. I don’t remember what was on the flipside. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/67 "2003-08-10T12:47:37Z")
**Young MC** , Stone Cold Rhymin’, when I was 12 and on cassette. I still know most of the words… ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/68 "2003-08-10T19:04:27Z")
First single: Cast - Beat Mama First album: Lighthouse Family - Postcards from Heaven Both on cassette ---
**Author:** ![akitaking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@akitaking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akitaking)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/69 "2003-08-10T19:24:51Z")
I just remembered that I actually bought a Hall & Oates 45 before getting Duran Duran on cassette. But I can’t remember for sure what that 45 was (probably “Kiss on my List”), while that Duran Duran cassette influenced me enormously. And in response to **jjimm** , I don’t recall an airbrush picture booklet with _War of the Worlds_, just a big picture on the inside of the double LP sleeve. Also, I realize that what was cool at 10 years old could possibly be cheesy now that I’m 30… but I’ll bet hearing it will make me feel like I’m 10 years old again! And I should search out the more recent techno remix you mentioned. I’m already sure I would like it. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/70 "2003-08-10T20:10:49Z")
It was 1973 and having just turned 8, I was officially ready to graduate from Fischer Price music. I heard a song on the radio by Terry Jacks titled Seasons in the Sun. I was blown away by it. I had a little red T.V. type thing which had a record player on the top and a filmstrip viewer so you could watch stuff like The House of Usher and Ali Baba on the screen while the record played the soundtrack. I completely wore out 4 of those Seasons in the Sun 45’s. I guess that was what started out what would turn out to be an ongoing love affair with music. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/71 "2003-08-11T04:21:53Z")
Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ “Let’s Face It” on CD. ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/72 "2003-08-11T04:29:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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!! 🆒 \*\* Nothin to laugh at there ! I bothered my parents endlessly till they bought the Kiss Alive albums for me . The first thing I bought myself was Judas Priest- Screaming for Vengeance , also an album, back in 82 when I was 14 . ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/73 "2003-08-11T04:38:11Z")
Both cassette, and both bought at the same time. Rush “2112” and the Doobie Brothers “Best of the Doobies” I was 15 at the time. I now no longer listen to either band or cassettes. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/74 "2003-08-11T04:41:29Z")
_Best of the Easybeats_ when I was 15 on vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/75 "2003-08-11T04:44:00Z")
Crash Test Dummies’ _And God Shuffled His Feet_ on cassette when I was 12. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/76 "2003-08-11T04:44:17Z")
The Rose ST - Bette Midler I was 8. I think my tendancies were already showing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/77 "2003-08-11T06:14:43Z")
Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel (vinyl, 13). ---
**Author:** ![Petrichor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Petrichor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrichor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/78 "2003-08-11T07:58:39Z")
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet when I was in the fourth grade. I think I still have the cassette pack away somewhere ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/79 "2003-08-11T12:35:15Z")
First album: Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_ in 1980. I know I bought a few 45’s before that, but the only one I can remember now is “The Night Chicago Died.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674/80 "2003-08-11T12:35:33Z")
I Got You Babe, by Sonny and Cher. Ohmygod. I also bought the Daytripper/We Can Work It Out 45, but it wasn’t my first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-music-purchase/192674.md?page=5)