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Dunwoody Dude
 Post subject: First album you ever purchased
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 1:56 pm 
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Yes, we've done this before.

It's one of these 2. Let's hear it for 1975!!

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probably some Billy Joel on 8-Track.....

did i date myself..?? however, i know it was as 8 tracks were dying out, and cassettes were becoming the norm....

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1975 again...

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First one I purchased with my own hardly earned money right after Christmas 1989 when I got my first cd player.

Howza 'bout a "fuck yeah" for the longbox!

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Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill in about 6th grade.

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billy joel.glass houses on cassette. 2nd or 3rd grade i think.

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billy joel.glass houses on cassette. 2nd or 3rd grade i think.



I bought a vinyl copy of this at a thrift store. God what incredible cover art.

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now i hate mainstream country. how times have changed.
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First album I ever, EVER purchased: MC Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit
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It was some Elvis - 20 Greatest Hits album that I bought on the $3.99 rack at Target in 1986 or so.

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How do people remember this shit?

If I had to guess I'd say

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Paper Lace S/T (1974)

unless disney or mr. rogers related albums count and then one of those.

np: Freddie Hubbard "Red Clay"
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With my own cash...

[img][497:500]http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/KronosquartetBlack.jpg[/img]

and

[img][499:500]http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/KronosquartetAfrica.jpg[/img]

What can i say, i was young and nerdy. Although among the dorkestra players, this shit was pretty fucking rock n roll.

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billy joel.glass houses on cassette. 2nd or 3rd grade i think.



I bought a vinyl copy of this at a thrift store. God what incredible cover art.


that's the main reason i bought it -- the cover art. well that, and bosom buddies.

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epa -
You do know that The Kronos Quartet did a cover of Television's "Marquee Moon", don't you? Have you heard it?

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billy g
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might have been my first 8 track.

Convoy!

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Huey Lewis & The News - Sports was the first album though I had bought some 45's before that. 1983.

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Fuck yeah. Put the hammer down, billy g!

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epa -
You do know that The Kronos Quartet did a cover of Television's "Marquee Moon", don't you? Have you heard it?


Yeah, it's in my collection.

I try and be a completist with Kronos, but it's hard. Shit, they've been broken up/on hiatus for a couple years, and i still can't keep up.

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