First record you ever bought? (1,767 views)

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

"Record" here doesn't necessarily mean literally vinyl (or shellac) because I know not everybody here is as old as I am, but the first time [those of you who have done so] actually paid money to own recorded music, whatever the format. Mine is No More Lonely Nights by Paul McCartney, and IIRC I paid 49p for the 7" single, brand new (price reduced since it had left the Top 40) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHNMUalftYs (don't worry about the B-side - it's just an inferior version) 

[Vels]

To my big shame I never paid for music but as I grew older I started to realise that it's the same kind of cheating and I really should now. But the song that has gotten me into music seriously, was "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones. I lived through high school, uni and first summer job as the song ended.

[mikale]

The first CD I ever owned was Beyoncé “Dangerously In Love” back in 04 or 05. I’ve never bought albums with my own money since then because if I buy an album it’s usually through digital or I just stream it.

[Captain Planet]

I was a young kid right at the end of the last hurrah of CD's (2003-2004). Used to spend lots of time after school in my mall's record store. Remember my older brother buying Linken Park- Hybrid Theory, Guns N Roses- Appetite for Destruction (also GNR Welcome to the Videos) and possibly the Nirvana album with the baby and the dollar.

Since I'm on the nostalgia train, a couple of years later around 2005-2006 I remember MTV playing things like The Killers- Somebody Told Me, Green Day- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The Automatic- Monster, Black Eyed Peas- Pump It, and Crazy Frog, and Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit (which is now my least favourite song of all time due to the frequency at which it was played). Even after 15 years I can hear these songs in my head, clear as day!

[IhateMana]

my first cd was Gorillaz - Demon days, first vinyl was Japan - Tin Drum

[clem]

First record of any kind, Queen Platinum Collection in, I think, 2005. First LP, Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast" in 2006.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

The first album I had that was all mine was Untamed by Yankee Grey, a country group that had a song on the radio that I was obsessed with when I was 8 or 9.
The first album I actually bought was Master of Puppets a couple of years later.

[halloweenjack95]

The first 2 Albums I bought were David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and "we can't dance" by Genesis.

[leo]

Some Collection Hits CD in the 90's. Before that there were casettes. I recorded radio songs on them.

[Deleted]

My first record was "Duit on Mon Dei" by Harry Nilsson.

[elizabeth]

First proper vinyl i had was inhuman rampage by df

[Batfleck]

The first album I've ever bought was The Ozzman Cometh by Ozzy Osbourne.

[galaxyseal]

The Fame by Lady Gaga lol

[goblonaut]

I want to say Holy Diver by Dio - which was probably the most influental one for me and first record I bought in a while. The real answer is actually 2pac Greatest Hits which I bought during junior high school in my weird rap phase. I did own some Finnish punk rock albums when I was 7-8 years old, but my dad got them for me (he also got me Rhapsodys Legendary Tales a couple of years later - which was kinda influental as well) so I did not pay for them.

[thegondolaman]

I received a few as gifts from family members, but my first bought with my own money was likely Bridge Over Troubled Water. A bit of an obvious choice, but it was cheap, I was young and poor, and the music is high-quality, so I don't regret it.

[Bink]

I started a vinyl collection about a year ago and the first one I bought with my own money, wasn't a present or anything was In The Court of The Crimson King by the band (obviously) King Crimson. The album means so much to me because of that experience.

[Goober]

Tomahawk self titled

[clem]

I'd like to add that the one and only physical single I've ever bought is "Umbrella" by Rihanna, which I got on CD in the summer of 2007 in a record shop in Rhyl. CD singles were in their death-throws even by then. I played it a lot that summer, as it was the big radio single of the year, but pretty much never again after. Not sure if I still have the CD, but probably not. I occasionally still stream the track out of nostalgia.

[Platypus]

I stole a Cher CD back in 2008

[analC***fan1000]

I got "Songs in the Key of Life" by Stevie wonder like a year ago

[Skinner, The Betrayed]

The first music I ever bought was a random assortment of MP3s for my MP3 player. I don't remember all of them but among them were "Derezzed," "Centuries," and "Titanium." The first album I bought in its entirety was the normal version of the Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack (I still need to get the platinum version on CD).

[Baronessa]

Either one of these. I don't know if they still work, they've been around for almost twenty years now.