The first LP I ever bought.

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FormerMember

3 Sep 2013

I was talking to some friends the other night and we got onto the subject of what was the first album we ever bought? Everybody but me knew straight away. A couple of days later and I'm still not sure. It's supposed to be a memorable event but I'm struggling with this one.

I did have some albums as a child but they were all bought for me as my pocket money didn't stretch that far. I also don't think they deserve to be called albums. They were those budget compilations that were popular at the time. They were recorded by session musicians and had all the current hits on. My friends and I used to like dancing to them and learning the lyrics.

It was only when I got a Saturday job that I had the money to start buying my own music. I recall going into the second hand record shop opposite where I was working with my first pay packet. I can even remember what the friend who was with me bought. She got "Led Zeppelin IV" and I will never forget the feeling I got when I heard "Stairway To Heaven" for the first time.

Anyway I have decided that the first LP I bought was either "L.A. Woman" by The Doors or "Tapestry" by Carole King.

But I'm still not really sure.

FormerMember over 11 years ago

I don't remember my first LP, although I do remember those budget LP's from woolworths. My first single however was Tears on my pillow by Johnny Nash. Oh I played it to death.....happy days
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FormerMember over 11 years ago

This is where I, as a non pop/rock lover, can remember my first LP. The first one I bought with my own money (or birthday money probably) was Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. I was disapopinted. The music was nowhere near as good as the bits I knew of Swan Lake and Nutcracker. My first box set was Britten's War Requiem. Eventually, I had to buy a new copy some years later as I had listened to it so often I had worn the grooves down so that the disc was almost transparent.

If you had bought "Tapestry", you're a friend indeed. Laing loved that album ( I bought him the CD to replace the LP). I don't think there's a duff song on it. Can we honestly say that about many other albums?

The compliations you're talking of were the mfp (Music for Pleasure) label I bet! Now that's what I call music!
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