Songs from the FIRST album you EVER bought
(there might be some embarrassing ones in the list)
Maybe, but I was 8 years old when I purchased my entry. Great topic btw, IMO we need more like it, subjective and/or personal instead of tightly controlled themes.
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro (there might be some embarrassing ones in the list )
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
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I think I was nine or 10. Used to like the song Honey by Bobby Goldsboro. Didn't realize it wasn't on the album I bought.
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro (there might be some embarrassing ones in the list )
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
With hindsight I was probably lucky to not have a turntable until I was 15!
Pissed me off at the time but this way 'Sandinista!' was the first album I bought, a month or two before I got a TT.
Every album I bought since was in the hope to get something equally good but that never hapened.
With hindsight I was probably lucky to not have a turntable until I was 15!
Pissed me off at the time but this way 'Sandinista!' was the first album I bought, a month or two before I got a TT.
Every album I bought since was in the hope to get something equally good but that never hapened.
Lucky you, Sandinista! is one of my favorite albums, but I didn’t discover it till my late 20s.
About 10 years earlier I went to my first gig which was CAN.
Yes, I was only 5 but everybody in our house (three 8 bedroom flats) went and it was a free, open air afternoon concert in the local park only a ten minute walk away.
Still love both The Clash and CAN and it does go a long way explaining my left-of-centre musical tastes and political leanings.
Yes, I was only 5 but everybody in our house (three 8 bedroom flats) went and it was a free, open air afternoon concert in the local park only a ten minute walk away.
Still love both The Clash and CAN
and it does go a long way explaining my left-of-centre musical tastes and political leanings. 
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
I'm pretty sure that was from the first album I bought myself (as opposed to having bought for me, some of which would be embarrassing now).
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
I'm pretty sure that was from the first album I bought myself (as opposed to having bought for me, some of which would be embarrassing now).
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
10 - Castle Walls - Styx
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
10 - Castle Walls - Styx
No, Status Quo isn't.
I'm not snobbish about music and don't mind playing Quo earlier albums occasionally.
Are you referring to Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo?
Never heard it although I've heard several tracks.
My favourites are Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (love the cover) and of course Piledriver.
And I suspect most folk have a soft spot for the stuff they liked in their early teens.
I'm not snobbish about music and don't mind playing Quo earlier albums occasionally.
Are you referring to Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo?
Never heard it although I've heard several tracks.
My favourites are Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (love the cover) and of course Piledriver.
And I suspect most folk have a soft spot for the stuff they liked in their early teens.
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
10 - Castle Walls - Styx
11 - Singing All Day - Jethro Tull
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
10 - Castle Walls - Styx
11 - Singing All Day - Jethro Tull
01 - Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
10 - Castle Walls - Styx
11 - Singing All Day - Jethro Tull
12 - See My Friends - The Kinks (On the cheap Marble Arch "Sunny Afternoon" LP)
02 - I Can't Explain - The Who
03 - Flaming Youth - Kiss
04 - Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) - The Clash
05 - In The Time Of Our Lives- Iron Butterfly (Actually my parents bought it, but I should propably have bought myself)
06 - Lemon Tree - Arthur Lyman (I bought it for mum because her original copy was scratched and jumped, I was a good little boy)
07 - Broken Hearted Blues - T.Rex (Tanx)
08 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
09 - Down Down - Status Quo.
10 - Castle Walls - Styx
11 - Singing All Day - Jethro Tull
12 - See My Friends - The Kinks (On the cheap Marble Arch "Sunny Afternoon" LP)