What was the first LP record you ever owned?

What was the first LP record you ever owned?

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MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Bloody hell - that's an impossible one to match.

Mine was...



The first one I remember being obsessed with (it was my elder brother's) was...



I still have an old glass version on my wall.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Sladest
Still a great LP, I still have it!



slopes

38,748 posts

186 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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I think the first album i ever bought was either
Def Leppard High and Dry
or
Van Halen

Folks had all sorts of stuff as did my brother

paulguitar

23,104 posts

112 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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Jimboka said:
Sladest
Still a great LP, I still have it!


Some fine trousers on show there.



Superleg48

1,524 posts

132 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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This is the first LP I ever bought..



This is the best live album I ever bought, hands down...



This is the best studio album I ever bought...probably...

[no image posted, because I can’t actually decide. Too many to choose from and I change my mind every time the wind changes direction]


rjfp1962

Original Poster:

7,611 posts

72 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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[quote=Superleg48]This is the first LP I ever bought..



This is the best live album I ever bought, hands down...



"If you want blood you got it" is bloody awesome..!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nEAmt5AZ8

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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1965, I was twelve. Still sounds good in 2020

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Buying this pretty much forced my parents to buy me a Panasonic 'music centre' just so they wouldn't have to listen to it anymore.

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

278 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Roofless Toothless

5,612 posts

131 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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A 10 inch LP.

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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MikeT66 said:
The first one I remember being obsessed with (it was my elder brother's) was...



I still have an old glass version on my wall.
Gosh, I remember those album sleeve mirrors. They must be collectors' items these days.

dlks151

344 posts

47 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Some great albums on here so far, I'm now in the mood to dig the vinyls out.

My first was Queen : Jazz. It was a gatefold album and had the added bonus of stacks of naked models on bikes on the inside cover.


MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Halmyre said:
MikeT66 said:
The first one I remember being obsessed with (it was my elder brother's) was...



I still have an old glass version on my wall.
Gosh, I remember those album sleeve mirrors. They must be collectors' items these days.
A bit OT, but I think the company did a few different albums (a T.Rex one was one of them, I think). The 'For Your Pleasure' one was re-done sometime later but bigger - a photographer friend had one. It seems the older smaller ones are much more rare, though. Bought mine from a second-hand shop in Hull in the early-1990's for a couple of pounds - it is still in its plastic-fantastic frame! Not sure how much they are worth (if anything) these days.

Skyedriver

17,661 posts

281 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Roofless Toothless said:


A 10 inch LP.
Flipping heck, someone older than me on here!

Roofless Toothless

5,612 posts

131 months

Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Skyedriver said:
Roofless Toothless said:


A 10 inch LP.
Flipping heck, someone older than me on here!
That is a very special record to me. It was Lonnie Donegan that inspired a lifetime interest in black American folk and blues music. Because of this record I took myself off to Gants Hill library and borrowed a Leadbelly album, and that was it - I was hooked.

My classmates at school thought I was weird because I was listening to Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, when they were all enjoying Freddy And The Dreamers. A love of jazz followed in turn. Lonnie Donegan is certainly the most influential musician in British Rock history, but regrettably chewing gum and dustmen spoilt his reputation.

To this day I believe that ‘How Long Blues’ on this collection is the best performance of a blues number by any British musician.

gazza285

9,780 posts

207 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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I cannot remember for sure, but it was possibly Spreading The Disease by Anthrax.

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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David Bowie, Diamond Dogs


generationx

6,645 posts

104 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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It was either Abba: Greatest Hits (1) or Arrival. Shortly followed by ELO: Discovery

DocJock

8,341 posts

239 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Wednesday 28th October 2020
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MikeT66 said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Bloody hell - that's an impossible one to match.
When I bought it in summer of 1973, aged 10, going on 11, for £1.88 from Harlequin Records in Wembley, I had no idea it would turn out to be such a cool first LP to buy.