The first records that were given to me were the Letter People box set. Moms bought it for a young Garcia Vega, along with a fischer price turntable, so he could learn english. I wish I still had them, I remeber playing them constantly, dancing with my sister, and after seeing the Rockit video, trying to scratch on my fischer price joint.
The first record I bought for myself was Booker T & the MG's "Doin' Our Thing"
kiss Alive I and basically still have it, but brought other copies to get insert again cuz it went up on the wall toot suite!!!!
Dude, that gatefold is all about the letters from each member. Gene's on some "Dear Victims" S&M type ish, Paul's starts off "Dear Lovers," and of course, Ace begins with "Dear Earthlings."
Then Peter Criss comes in with the pathetic, "Hey, Cat People! Rock your rolls right off" type corniness. It's no surprise that he was the first kicked out of the group.
PS I give Alive II the slight edge over Alive I. HATT ME NOW.
Own $: beastie boys "fight for your right" 45 when I was about 10 and it was on MTV all the time...
Gift: That uber raer MJ thrilla Joint, and the off the wall poster for the wall... I was convinced that in beat it he said "fuckey" instead of "funky", and to an 8yr old cursing on a record you could play for your friends: Priceless.
also beat that same record to shit scratching it on my plastic fisher price turntable, the Brown 2 tone joint. Wonder if I'll ever run across another copy...
I remember my mom taking me to the mall so I could buy an album, I was 10...the above record had a song they were playing the shit out of on the radio "Destroyer", the other big tune on the radio that I was considering getting was Joan Jett "I love rocknroll", I had decide between the two...for some reason that I cant recall I went with the Kinks record, still have it also...plays fine.
i think it was the ghostbusters original soundtrack.....
I think the theme song on 45 was my first record. I really can't remember--I was buying tapes before I bought records. Though come to think of it, Thriller might've been the first one.
*Edit* Actually, scratch all of the above. If we're talking about the first records I ever had, they've gotta be those old read-along storybook records. The 33rpm 7-inches that came with a little 16-page storybook so you could read along with the narration and look at the pictures. I had a bunch of those and wore 'em out.
Also, this joint, which I listened to almost every day:
when i was a kid i was all about tapes, so i got started late with records. the first one i picked up was late in high school, and it was a 7" by this punk/emo band (the early 90s emo, not the shit they call emo now) called eddy, which had a few guys from my school. some of the dudes that had previously been in tonka. anyways, after that i would only pick up a record here and there, and didn't really get obsessed with it until about 5 or 6 years ago.
I believe the Beach Boys Party LP was my "first" LP, but it was my dad's. The first records bought just for me would've been Thriller or The Bangles- Walk Like an Egyptian 45. I don't remember the first thing I bought with my own money.
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First bought: Rolling Stones Tattoo You (1981 from Rolling Stone Records on the west side of Chicago - still have this in the collection)
The first record I bought for myself was Booker T & the MG's "Doin' Our Thing"
Dude, that gatefold is all about the letters from each member. Gene's on some "Dear Victims" S&M type ish, Paul's starts off "Dear Lovers," and of course, Ace begins with "Dear Earthlings."
Then Peter Criss comes in with the pathetic, "Hey, Cat People! Rock your rolls right off" type corniness. It's no surprise that he was the first kicked out of the group.
PS I give Alive II the slight edge over Alive I. HATT ME NOW.
it was on MTV all the time...
Gift: That uber raer MJ thrilla Joint, and the off the wall poster for the wall...
I was convinced that in beat it he said "fuckey" instead of "funky", and
to an 8yr old cursing on a record you could play for your friends: Priceless.
also beat that same record to shit scratching it on my plastic fisher price turntable, the
Brown 2 tone joint. Wonder if I'll ever run across another copy...
I remember my mom taking me to the mall so I could buy an album, I was 10...the above record had a song they were playing the shit out of on the radio "Destroyer", the other big tune on the radio that I was considering getting was Joan Jett "I love rocknroll", I had decide between the two...for some reason that I cant recall I went with the Kinks record, still have it also...plays fine.
didn't even have a record player, just thought the cover was ill and the Brand Nubian sample killed it
west street mob breakdance electric boogie....still play it from time to time....
I think the theme song on 45 was my first record. I really can't remember--I was buying tapes before I bought records. Though come to think of it, Thriller might've been the first one.
*Edit* Actually, scratch all of the above. If we're talking about the first records I ever had, they've gotta be those old read-along storybook records. The 33rpm 7-inches that came with a little 16-page storybook so you could read along with the narration and look at the pictures. I had a bunch of those and wore 'em out.
Also, this joint, which I listened to almost every day:
first one i bought:
ray bryant - up above the rock for .25
chea
when i was a kid i was all about tapes, so i got started late with records. the first one i picked up was late in high school, and it was a 7" by this punk/emo band (the early 90s emo, not the shit they call emo now) called eddy, which had a few guys from my school. some of the dudes that had previously been in tonka. anyways, after that i would only pick up a record here and there, and didn't really get obsessed with it until about 5 or 6 years ago.
I didn't have a record player but I was pretty into industrial music and I couldn't wait for the full length tape to come out.