As a kid in the 1980's, my parents were really cool about what my brothers and I could listen to.

Since my parents viewed Prince as to mature for a child under 10 to listen to, I was treated to:

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What about you?

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

you're not serious ... me 2 I was about 12 or 13 though ...

Cool idea.

I think the first that I was GIVEN was a cassette of the Beatles Live at Hollywood Bowl.

THe first album I bought was silverchair's Freakshow back in 1997. Back when they were good.

One4All4Ever said:

I know a LOT of people whose first album/tape whateva was Thriller.

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1972: I was about 6...I actually had some 45's earlier than that, but my first actual album (LP) was a Christmas present that year:







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...LPs


tA

Tribal Disorder

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Birthday present, on cassette

Cool submissions so far.

the first vinyl I can remember
begging my mother to get me was this:


don't remember my first cassette
as my sister "handed me down"
tons of hers when she moved out


were 2 that I remember...

'86 was really the year I started
to pay attention to the music
of the times... before then I was always
digging in my mama's crates for the
really good stuff

my very first CD was:

Vinyl- Commodores Hot on the Tracks
Cd-Karyn White's Ritual of Love
I did not break down and buy a cd player until late 1991.
Cassette- Prince's 1999
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I'm going to show my age....but

First 45: "Rock The Boat" by the Hughes Corporation


First LP: I don't remember exactly what my first lp was, but one of the earliest I can recall is Stevie Wonder's Anthology.


First 8-track: Betty Wright's Live

First Cassette: I don't recall that either, but one of my earliest was George Benson's Give Me The Night.


First cd: I got 2 cds the first day....Alexander O'neal's Hearsay and Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits.

Album:

Tape:


CD:

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The Simpsons / The Simpsons Sing The Blues (1990)

I think this is the first Compact Disc I asked my mom to buy? I was in the record store with her and I remember the experience of buying this.

I got it from a music store called The Wherehouse in Redondo Beach, Calif. back in 1990. At that time, mostly all CDs were being sold in long-sleeve cardboard boxes, so The Simpsons CD had this long red box and I remember it looking really nifty. I wore out the songs Deep Deep Trouble and Do The Bartman [I believe DJ Jazzy Jeff produced or co-wrote on both tracks? I don't have the liner notes of the album]. And I liked Mr. Burns song with Smithers and "Sibling Rivalry" was also great. I remember Compact Discs were new back then, so I remember thinking the sound quality was amazing and I used to trip out at how the bass sounded on Do The Bartman. Plus, it was a BIG song when I was in elementary school. Go figure.

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theAudience said:

Wow...amazing....same here on the Beatles and Rolling Stones LPs....my parents had the Jr. Walker and the All Stars LP!

I hardly even remember....I was so young..it was probably Shawn Cassidy or the Bee Gees or something like that

Stephanie Mills - Stephanie (1981)

Cinnie said:

..*cough*..casette...

This was my first 8 track

daPrettyman said:

Don't even get me started on 45s.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

Hell Yeah, Who you foolin TA!

My first




My second

funkpill said:

oh sod off, Funkpill... no one could be THAT cool

I was 6 years old when I bought my first record...
Olivia Newton-John - TOTALLY HOT

funkpill said:

I have this Lp in my collection as well. You can't go wrong w/cuts like Get The Funk Out Of My Face
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MsLegs said:

The extended version was the bomb!!!