Single?

Album?

CD?

Concert?

Unless I'm searching the wrong terms, it seems we've never done a thread like this before (maybe it was all the way back on the old ICE forum). Thought it'd be fun to compare notes.

Single: "Winchester Cathedral"--New Vaudeville Band

Album: The Monkees (debut)

CD: She's The Boss--Mick Jagger (a Christmas present from my best friend, several months before I bought a player)

Concert: The Who (at Forest Hills tennis stadium, 1971)

Single? Never had one, as far as I recall.

Album? Tina Turner: Private Dancer

CD? Best of Bob Dylan (vol. 1)

Concert? Not counting church stuff, The Cult on their Sonic Temple tour. Jason Bonham opened.

Single: "A Hard Day's Night" b/w "I Should Have Known Better" by The Beatles. I remember staring at the Capitol swirl spinning around hypnotically as it played.

Album: Shari Lewis Sings, or maybe Popeye Sings, or Bozo Sings. I had a few of those before I graduated to real albums such as Soupy Sales Sings and Batman Sings.

CD: Compact Snap! by The Jam (like Jimbo, a few months before I bought my first player).

Concert: The Kinks at Brooklyn College.

single - beep beep - the playmates ( i was a little kid and my mom knew i liked it so she bought it for me at the five and dime store. she used to make me sing it for her!))

single that i bought - hanky panky b/w say i am - tommy james and the shondells - 79¢ (i think i played the b-side more than the a-side)

album - dirty water - the standells ($2.98 at plaza records)

CD -= chicago II ($5.00 used) (i don't count the one that came with the CD player (technics twin-tray) my wife bought me for christmas, can't even remember what it was it called, some V.A. thing)

concert - glass harp, blues image, savoy brown, chicago - summer of '70 at cleveland public hall - first row balcony stage left - $3.50)

Single- "Hey Jude"

Album- Probably "The Kinks Kronikles"

CD- The Beatles-Tony Sheridan sessions. Back then, I was going to buy ONLY Beatle CDs.

Concert- Grass Roots/Raspberries and one other band at the Capitol Theater in Passaic. Our school won this free concert because we wrote the name of some chewing gum on cards more than other schools.

SINGLE: Good Vibrations -- Beach Boys

ALBUM: Batman (Exclusive Original Television Soundtrack Album) -- Nelson Riddle

CD: Temptation -- Shelby Lynne

CONCERT: The Eagles, The Beach Boys, The Marshall Tucker Band -- August 25, 1974, Norfolk Scope ($12.50)

Single: "Sister Mary Elephant" by Cheech & Chong (me & my older siblings each had our own copy of this 45)

Album: My parents only had a handful of albums in the house which I listened to regularly (Meet The Beatles, Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, etc), but the first album I remember purchasing myself was Kiss "Alive"

CD: I bought four CDs with my first player in July 1985, but I only remember three of them: Yes "90125," Pink Floyd "The Dark Side Of The Moon" (Harvest edition which was stolen in college) and Led Zeppelin "IV." Not sure why I can't recall CD #4.

Concert: Cheap Trick (with The Romantics opening) at Madison Square Garden, May 1980.

Single: Kung Fu Fighting

Album: Hey Jude (stolen from my dad, who had stolen it from his sister)

CD: Dire Straits Brothers In Arms

Concert: Gordon Lightfoot with my family
Charlie Daniels was my first on my own

Single: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Main Theme)"-John Williams

Album: Kiss "Alive II"

CD: Steely Dan-A Decade of Steely Dan (CD only comp)

Concert: Rush w/ Rory Gallagher 12-13-82, Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA ($9.00), t-shirt ($8.00), program ($4.00)

(Yes, I remember all the prices and dates)

Single: Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney and Wings
Album - I think Aja - Steely Dan as a gift from my Aunt
CD - I don't remember
Concert - Neil Young at MSG in 1982 or 83 My brother and I got the tickets from my good friend who was sick. We ended up going to shows with this guy through High School and College.

single - Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley
lp - Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits
cd - Does Humor Belong In Music - Zappa - at which point I had to purchase a cd player
1st concert - Zappa & the Mothers New Haven 1971 (Chuck Berry opening act)
latest concert - Zappa - Springfield March 1988

Single? Tommy James - Draggin' the Line

Album? Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare

CD? I bought 9 at once (last day at working at record store and wanted to take advantage of discount. Didn't even have a CD player at the time). Among them, REM - Murmur and Reckoning, David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, Elton John - Elton John, Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman, and Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingston Seagull (which was actually for a friend)

Concert? Cat Stevens at Fabulous Forum, February 1976

Single: Little Willy/ The Sweet

Album: Don't Shoot Me I'm The Piano Player/ Elton John

CD: Aqualung/ Jethro Tull

Concert: Bad Company at MSG July 31 1977.

Started concert going a little late in life as I didn't have older siblings and my firiends at the time weren't into going to concerts.

Single: Earache My Eye - Cheech and Chong

Album: Wild and Crazy Guy - Steve Martin

CD: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Concert: KISS - Fort Worth, 1979

Oh, so you think you're a funny guy, eh?

I'd say you've made up for lost time since then.

Single: Either "We Are The World" or Duran Duran's "The Reflex"

Album: Men At Work - Business As Usual

CD: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles/Rewind - The Rolling Stones (simultaneous purchase)

Concert: Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! tour (second concert: The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels tour)

Single - don't have a clue. It was a long time ago.

Album - the first I remember seeing an album in a store and saying "I want to buy this" was "The World Of Johnny Cash". I'm pretty sure I had a couple of his albums by then, but that's the first one I remember seeing in the rack, at a G.C. Murphy five and dime store.

CD - I bought three, but the only one I remember now is Phil Collins' "No Jacket Required". I think "Synchronicity" by the Police was another, but can't swear to it.

Concert - this one I know. Johnny Cash, April 1971. Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, the Carter Family and June Carter Cash. I was seven years old and still remember trembling that I was in the same building as Johnny Cash. First rock concert was Kiss on the Dynasty tour, July 1979. New England was the opener. I bought a tour shirt for $7 and a program for $5. I still have the program, but I got rid of the shirt sometime after it became more like a wrist band on me.

Single: The Reflex by Duran Duran (hey, I think I only ever bought 5-6 singles)

Album: Either Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's), Tattoo You (Rolling Stones) or Freeze Frame (J.Geils Band); Guess how old I am

CD: The Best of The Sweet. The first buy was something I couldn't get on Cassette.

Concert: The Beach Boys somewhere between 84 / 85 (on the parent's dime). Alice Cooper's the Nightmare Returns in early 87(on my dime)

Jason

Single - "Sunny" - Bobby Hebb

Album - "The Partridge Family" - Partridge Family

CD - "Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ" & "Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen (Both purchased along with my crappy first CD player...a Teac that really sucked!)

Concert - John Denver at the old Chicago Stadium with my family. (1970-something)

Single - ??? don't remember
Album - ??? don't remember
CD - Please Please Me/With The Beatles/A Hard Day's Night/Beatles For Sale in 1987.
Concert - Elton John at Madison Square Garden - 1976 or 77 - can't remember the date. My father took me.

While cleaning up after Sandy, I found my Moody Blues t-shirt from 1973--my first concert without tagging along with my older brother. It was about the size of a doll's clothing.