First single ever purchased I believe was either Brother Louie by Stories or Brandy by Looking Glass. First album I had was given to me by my sister who worked in the music business and it was Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness First Finale. First album I bought on my own was with a gift certificate I won in a contest from Wherehouse Records and with my best friend's advice I picked Skintight by the Ohio Players. Not bad, right?

With my own money, it was The Velvet Rope (Janet Jackson)

First single Airport by The Motors (saved up my pocket money)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXJZQ2TpZSI

First album Tonic for the Troops by the Boomtown Rats (I picked potatoes to get that one)

I was into punk/new wave at that time

I remember requesting that my mom buy quite a few singles or albums before I had an allowance, and I had cassettes that belonged to me before I purchased my own.

I can't seem to recall what single it would have been, and I certainly had my share of cassingles I bought.

My first with my own money was Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl.

First album my mom bought for me on cassette tape: "Don't Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown

First album I purchased on my own: "Diary of a Mad Band" - Jodeci

First single I bought was probably "Right Here" - SWV

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A mousketeers record. But nobody cares about that.

First one I bought that I could play on my parents record player was AC/DC "Back In Black." First single might have been Queen's "Another One Bite The Dust."

Have no idea what happened to either of them. They were probably tossed.

First single - Madonna - Into the groove

First album - Five Star - Silk and Steel

I still luv them both.

The 1980's was the best decade 4 music.

Both happened in 1984, long before I had got into Prince.

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Single was Long Ago by Herbs - A Maori and Pasifika reggae group, whose vibes I loved as a little kid and still do now. Herbs were a seminal Maori language and Maori reggae group in NZ, of course at 8 I was oblivious to their pro marijuana message.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs_(band)

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Album was less exciting, earlier in 1984 was the Sesame street birthday album, which had such songs as "Round and Round" and "A very unhappy borthday to you" by Oscar the Grouch (The one who lived in a trash can).

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Other early purchases include a Culture Club single "War Song/War song in spanish" and Denise Lasalles "Don't dance with my tutu" rather racy choice for a 9 year old in 1985. Earliest hit album purchase was Michael Jackson's Bad in September 1987 and Soilid Gold Hits 87 the same day.

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First Prince purchase was "Cream" single in November 1991, although a October 1989 purchase of "Pump up the Hits 89" had Partyman as one of the songs. Like Solid Gold Hits 87, these albums were collections of chart hits that were compiled and promoted heavily on TV (The pre thats what I call music days, but post Solid Gold Hits Vol 1 etc) and sold cheaply. You got hits yes, but edited versions and songs that faded out early to make room for 15 to 20 songs.

MickyDolenz said:

I didn't exactly buy these myself, but I was in the stores and picked them out and they were bought for me.

45 (I got a 45 by The Flintstones at the same time, but don't remember what it was called)

LP (I don't remember which one was first or if they were bought at the same time, but I still have them)

Interesting and cool a lot of us had children's music initially and this music was often tied into a TV programme or a cartoon.

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Even though the Sesame street album and Herbs were my first single, I remember my first record player I got at 5 or 6 and inherited some kiddie records with it - Proper one, not Fisher Price, the records included

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Horse in Striped Pajamas/Why daddy - Eddy Arnold and his daughter 1956 -45 single (My Mum claims she had the record as a baby herself, I still have it and it plays well, know this song off by heart.

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"Hey there daddy, do you see theres a horse in striped pajamas", "No thats not was it at all, thats an animal people call a Zebra" "I see but it still looks like a horse in striped pajamas to me"

Running Bear by Johnny Preston (another 45 single) 1960

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Peter Pan (Story on 45 with cover - long lost, probably 1960s)

Casper the Friendly Ghost, he's the friendliest ghost I've met - Another single from 1960s, lost it years ago.

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In those days I went through one junked player after another, often people threw them out, I got them, played the above records on it, along with Mum's discarded soundalike albums (Hallmark, Pickwick etc), Pulled them apart - part of my obsession with turntables.

suomynona said:

A mousketeers record. But nobody cares about that.

First one I bought that I could play on my parents record player was AC/DC "Back In Black." First single might have been Queen's "Another One Bite The Dust."

Have no idea what happened to either of them. They were probably tossed.

I can remember one of my Standard 3 teachers made us do aerobics to Mousercise. Standard 3 was our equivalent of 4th Grade. The music was hideous, imagine Mickey Mouse going "Left hand up, now bend over and turn around, with a disco chorus going "Come on Mickey, lets Mickeyroo"

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First single was George Clinton's "Atomic Dog"...I still have the 45. First album was Prince's "1999"...I dont have the original LP I bought, but I still have it on vinyl.

Showing my age (58)

the first single :I wanna Hold Your Hand (aww)

First Album : meet the Beatles (1964)

By the way, first concert (Beatles in a theatre in Rome, 1965) (not Rome, Ga )

UncleJam said:

First single was George Clinton's "Atomic Dog"...I still have the 45. First album was Prince's "1999"...I dont have the original LP I bought, but I still have it on vinyl.

You must not have moved around a lot.

Shawn Cassidy Da Doo Run Run. "Holiday" was the B side. I know I am old.

phillymonster said:

Shawn Cassidy Da Doo Run Run. "Holiday" was the B side. I know I am old.

Don't worry we all are, anyone who can remember buying an album or better yet a single in any physical form, would be considered an antique by todays neophyte download bred crowd.

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I think CD singles went off sale where I lived around 2006 /2007 and Albums are now bought from barn style stores (Walmart, Warehouse etc) or places like JB Hifi, rather than a Mom and Pop record store (If you don't get a download, or a bootleg MP3 file!). Damn Downloads and digital music killed the sales industry. I miss the joy of buying singles physically, buying the music and rushing home to play it on your turntable, cassette player or CD player.

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My chronology in buying music

1984 - 1990 Record singles/Albums and Cassette tapes

1990 - 1993 Cassette Tapes and Cassingles (Cassette singles)

1993 - 1997 Cassettes and CDs

1998 - 2008 CD's

2008 - Now Digital downloads, MP3 files, Someones hard drive and Bootleg MP3's, very rarely a CD set of two at a cheap price.

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Adorecream said:

phillymonster said:

Shawn Cassidy Da Doo Run Run. "Holiday" was the B side. I know I am old.

Don't worry we all are, anyone who can remember buying an album or better yet a single in any physical form, would be considered an antique by todays neophyte download bred crowd.

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I think CD singles went off sale where I lived around 2006 /2007 and Albums are now bought from barn style stores (Walmart, Warehouse etc) or places like JB Hifi, rather than a Mom and Pop record store (If you don't get a download, or a bootleg MP3 file!). Damn Downloads and digital music killed the sales industry. I miss the joy of buying singles physically, buying the music and rushing home to play it on your turntable, cassette player or CD player.

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My chronology in buying music

1984 - 1990 Record singles/Albums and Cassette tapes

1990 - 1993 Cassette Tapes and Cassingles (Cassette singles)

1993 - 1997 Cassettes and CDs

1998 - 2008 CD's

2008 - Now Digital downloads, MP3 files, Someones hard drive and Bootleg MP3's, very rarely a CD set of two at a cheap price.

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So sad for you that you miised the lovely 8-track era, youngster. That monstrosity was anti-music. Half the time it would make a long and noisy change of sides (automatically) smack dab in the middle of a song. Can you imagine one of Prince's classics being interrupted mid-song like that! The tape in it often would break, get stuck, or get distorted. Sorry, I guess you didn't really ask for this feedback, but your talk about the various formats gave me a flashback.

gandorb said:

Adorecream said:

Don't worry we all are, anyone who can remember buying an album or better yet a single in any physical form, would be considered an antique by todays neophyte download bred crowd.

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I think CD singles went off sale where I lived around 2006 /2007 and Albums are now bought from barn style stores (Walmart, Warehouse etc) or places like JB Hifi, rather than a Mom and Pop record store (If you don't get a download, or a bootleg MP3 file!). Damn Downloads and digital music killed the sales industry. I miss the joy of buying singles physically, buying the music and rushing home to play it on your turntable, cassette player or CD player.

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My chronology in buying music

1984 - 1990 Record singles/Albums and Cassette tapes

1990 - 1993 Cassette Tapes and Cassingles (Cassette singles)

1993 - 1997 Cassettes and CDs

1998 - 2008 CD's

2008 - Now Digital downloads, MP3 files, Someones hard drive and Bootleg MP3's, very rarely a CD set of two at a cheap price.

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So sad for you that you miised the lovely 8-track era, youngster. That monstrosity was anti-music. Half the time it would make a long and noisy change of sides (automatically) smack dab in the middle of a song. Can you imagine one of Prince's classics being interrupted mid-song like that! The tape in it often would break, get stuck, or get distorted. Sorry, I guess you didn't really ask for this feedback, but your talk about the various formats gave me a flashback.

Not only that but I remember 8-tracks would suddenly start playing two songs at the SAME TIME! WTF is that?! I had to bang on the 8-track player to get it to stop. I was so glad to be rid of those things...

purplethunder3121 said:

gandorb said:

So sad for you that you miised the lovely 8-track era, youngster. That monstrosity was anti-music. Half the time it would make a long and noisy change of sides (automatically) smack dab in the middle of a song. Can you imagine one of Prince's classics being interrupted mid-song like that! The tape in it often would break, get stuck, or get distorted. Sorry, I guess you didn't really ask for this feedback, but your talk about the various formats gave me a flashback.

Not only that but I remember 8-tracks would suddenly start playing two songs at the SAME TIME! WTF is that?! I had to bang on the 8-track player to get it to stop. I was so glad to be rid of those things...

yes, I had blocked out that part. It had many of times. 8 tracks were the only things I have ever abused in anger!

gandorb said:

Adorecream said:

Don't worry we all are, anyone who can remember buying an album or better yet a single in any physical form, would be considered an antique by todays neophyte download bred crowd.

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I think CD singles went off sale where I lived around 2006 /2007 and Albums are now bought from barn style stores (Walmart, Warehouse etc) or places like JB Hifi, rather than a Mom and Pop record store (If you don't get a download, or a bootleg MP3 file!). Damn Downloads and digital music killed the sales industry. I miss the joy of buying singles physically, buying the music and rushing home to play it on your turntable, cassette player or CD player.

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My chronology in buying music

1984 - 1990 Record singles/Albums and Cassette tapes

1990 - 1993 Cassette Tapes and Cassingles (Cassette singles)

1993 - 1997 Cassettes and CDs

1998 - 2008 CD's

2008 - Now Digital downloads, MP3 files, Someones hard drive and Bootleg MP3's, very rarely a CD set of two at a cheap price.

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So sad for you that you miised the lovely 8-track era, youngster. That monstrosity was anti-music. Half the time it would make a long and noisy change of sides (automatically) smack dab in the middle of a song. Can you imagine one of Prince's classics being interrupted mid-song like that! The tape in it often would break, get stuck, or get distorted. Sorry, I guess you didn't really ask for this feedback, but your talk about the various formats gave me a flashback.

No its fine, I hear you guys speaking of them and I have seen a few. The thing was that they were not popular outside of North America, Britain, Europe and Australia/NZ never had them in great numbers. The vinyl record ruled supreme here. From what you guys say here and on other threads, they sound like they were dreadful and popular in the 1970s until about 1985?

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Pre Adorecream Music chronology for NZ (Approx)

1840 -1950 Singalongs around the Piano, with sheet music most popular

1888 - 1925 Wax Cylinders, Piano rolls, brass discs and music boxes (Panopticons)

1922 - now Radios common and made, 1YA our first station started in 1922

1915- 1960 78 Shellac discs (To 1925 made in the UK, 1925 -1948 Made in Australia, 1948 - 1960 Discs made in NZ)

1950 - 1990 33 Lp Vinyl albums (Some 1950s and early 1960s were 10 inch)

1952approx - 1992 45 Vinyl singles. (Records pressed in NZ mostly until 1989, then Australian imports on the WEA label in most cases)

1970 -1998 - Cassette tapes

1984 - now - CD's more common and cheaper after 1992

2000-now Digital

2010 - now Vinyl revival.

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HardcoreJollies said:

First single ever purchased I believe was either Brother Louie by Stories or Brandy by Looking Glass. First album I had was given to me by my sister who worked in the music business and it was Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness First Finale. First album I bought on my own was with a gift certificate I won in a contest from Wherehouse Records and with my best friend's advice I picked Skintight by the Ohio Players. Not bad, right?

Since we are digging WAY back, I remember now I had and enjoyed the Partridge Family Album and some album that had the Witch Doctor Song on it.

Can't remember the 1st "single" that I ever purchased- either on 45 or 12 inch.

First album (with my own money- which was my "allowance" from the past several weeks saved up)- Purple Rain (and I still have the poster that came in it)

Honorable mention: 1st cassette tape was "Word Up!" by Cameo. 1st cd was "Straight Outta Compton" by NWA- my previous 2 cassettes were stolen/borrowed so I figured that if I had it on cd, no one would bother to steal it since I didn't know anyone back then with a cd player in the house besides my family.

1st album: La Bella Mafia by Lil' Kim (I had a weird taste as a teenager)

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1st singles: remixed They Don't Care About Us and In the Closet by Michael Jackson, in 2006