First record?

[txteach]

I was wondering today, what was the first record you EVER bought? Mine was KISS destroyer. No regrets there. I still love that album. I remember I wore out the song "do you love me" and "sweet pain".

[toys2cool]

I was to young to be into records but my first was an Elvis one

[fallensaviour]

I think mine was a puff the magic dragon one when I was a kid...It had a cool cover and inside.

[livnxxxl]

I did not personally buy it because I was too young at the time. My parents bought me a Space 1999 record which I still have. As a fan of Space 1999 It was awesome listening to the stories as a kid. Guess you kind of had to be there.

[megoat]

First record I ever bought with my own money. I think it was 1975:




I still own it today!

[Raydeen1]

Mine was probably a Beatles album at a yard sale and I was probably around 9 or 10. I would go to every yard sale and flea market within walking distance and buy mostly records. I never did see too many toys at them when I was a youngster.

I did specifically ask Mom for records here and there though like Dream POlice by Cheap Trick.

[cjefferys]

I was wondering today, what was the first record you EVER bought? Mine was KISS destroyer. No regrets there. I still love that album. I remember I wore out the song "do you love me" and "sweet pain".

Mine was one album later than you: KISS Rock and Roll Over. I think I picked that one because it had a free sticker. $4.49 at Kmart and I still have it. After that, there was a lot more KISS album buying ahead of me.

[Dave Mc]

Wow, I wish I could remember. I do remember getting an Elvis Gold like Megoat, but it was another volume. I had tons of those story records as a kid. The clearest memory I have of buying rock records as a pre-teen was the singles for J. Geils "Love Stinks" and Blondie's "Call Me". I always had a thing for Debbie Harry back in the day.

[Marvelmania]

Can't remember the year but the record was an Elvis record of Christmas songs.

[bobbait]

[The Toyroom]

Besides kiddie records like Seasme Street...the first 45s I remember buying were "Band on the Run" by Wings and "Beach Baby" by First Class. I wasn't allowed to play "Band on the Run" if my father was home...a guy where he worked used to constantly sing the line "If I ever get out of here" and he hated the song and the guy.

My first album was "KISS Alive II". Good Times!

[HardyGirl]

Hmmmm...I think it was Jackson 5 ABC (the album). The album was 8 yrs. old at the time, and I found it at some hole in the wall record shop near my Jr. Hi for like $2.99.

[megoat]

first 45s I remember buying were "Band on the Run" by Wings

Band On The Run is the first song I consciously remember. Woulda been around 1973 or 1974. I always sang it MAN on the run because to my 3 year old logic it made more sense.....

[Cosmicman]

This question could be answered in many different ways. I had several records my parents bought me as a kid before I was old enough to buy records for myself.

But, the first actual record I bought was Motley Crue's "Theatre Of Pain."
I some kid gave me Motley's record "Shout At The Devil" because he didn't like it. I was hooked and one summer I save a whole ten dollars and went to the store with my Grandmother and purchased Motley Crue's "Theatre Of Pain" about a month after it came out with my hard earned money I saved up from doing chores around the house. Ten bucks was a lot of money to a young kid like myself in those days.

Yeah, I had about five or six KISS records my parents had bought me from time to time when and I inherited my uncle's Beatle albums, so I had plenty of records before I bought my first one with my hard earned money.



I must be really old because I had an 8-Track player as a kid also. I have boxes of Beatle 8-Tracks that I inherited from various family members. I still have them!!

[Cosmicman]

Band On The Run is the first song I consciously remember. Woulda been around 1973 or 1974. I always sang it MAN on the run because to my 3 year old logic it made more sense.....

You are right. It was released December 7th, 1973. (I really didn't look that up.)
I find it uncanny and odd that I had to been about the same age myself, and I was for certain Paul was singing Man on the run also. I thought I was the only kid that thought that, I guess I am not alone.

Later on, I did figure it out. Sadly, that song might have been one of my early experiences that turned me into a Beatle nut. I think I found myself thumbing through my mother's Beatle records about age 5 or 6 and playing them. It was either that or John Lennon's Imagine. It is hard to tell because I was so young.

Still find that funny that there was another kid the same age that was singing the same wrong lyrics.