What was your first ever record purchase?

[gojira]

The first I remember buying (and definitely my first punk record) was the Let Them Eat Jellybeans comp w Black Flag, Really Red, Bad Brains, etc.. I think I had some Beatles, Stones, etc but I may have just inherited those?

[kyleserlington]

in November of 2000 i placed an interpunk order for NOFX- pump up the valiuum, Groovie Ghoulies- Planet Brian Jones, and Green Day- Minority. this was before i even had a record player, i asked my parents for a stereo with one for x-mas and knew i was getting one so i ordered these records and then my next order was for MTX- Road to Ruin, Squirtgun- Jingle Bell Rock, and Lillingtons- I Lost My Marbles. interpunk also sent me a free Nooner/Houseboy 7" with one of those orders

[mattstrike]

The first record that I purchased, or rather my parents purchased for me, was Michael Jackson's "Thriller"....when it first came out...yeah, I am THAT old!

[Guest]

Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist. I found it at a used record store for 8 dollars and I would say that that is when my spark for collecting was lit.

[thedavidescapeplan]

Green Day's "Slappy" 7" about 8-9 years ago.

[sirrichardrichard]

NOFX - "Fuck The Kids" 7" (mailorder green) and Propagandhi "How to Clean a Couple of Things" 7"

Later that year (1996) I picked up HOFX in a shop in Kingston in the UK, opened it up, had my mind blown and began a moderate collection. The quantites of which have ebbed and flowed throughout the past 15 years.

I interpret the question to be first ever vinyl.

[escapeplan]

Probably Small Brown Bike - No Place Like You 7" at their record release party way back when. It was also one of the first concerts I ever went to. It's a shame how much vinyl I've lost since then from moving and shit. I used to have a huge No Idea collection as well :-[

[antoine]

The first vinyl I ever bought was Hofx for 5$. It was in 1995 or 1996, can't remember. I had a radio show on a local radio station, and our membership card to the radio station gave us 10% at 'Le sanctuaire du Punk', a vinyl punk store I had never been too downtown. I always wanted to have a vinyl, so I went their with my friend, he got The Bouncing Souls Maniacal Laughter, and I got HOFX. When I bought it, I thought it was two records on 1 vinyl. It never occurred to me that they could put only 2 songs on a record, so I tough it was to records (drugs are good and we ain't shit) form NOFX I've never heard of!

[daniel]

Brand New - Deja Entendu

Thrice - The Illusion of Safety

12/18/2007 at 4:45pm from Interpunk. Shipping ws $8.50 lol.

[casey]

My first record purchased with my own money was either The Thumbs--S/T or Avail--Over the James. Pretty sure it was the former.

[adamlikesmusic]

My first record was Judas Priest - Ram It Down, I was 16 years old. When i saw it, I immediately bought it

Epic bump.

[mcm1610]

The ETID boxed set, followed closely by Bear Vs. Shark, although I don't know which one. I really wanted that picture disc but I didn't get it.

[john]

AFI - art of drowning because all their nitro releases had vinyl only tracks

[monstercody]

Kiss - Alive II back in 1977. It was mindblowing to see a gatefold for the first time plus a full color 12x12 booklet.

[Guest muggerfugger]

the flaming tsunamis - zombies vs robots and stuck lucky/arm the poor split

[Guest itsajakie]

brand new - deja entendu when i was 15 or 16 i think. first one ever!

[mattyfrombing]

Pre-Ordered Trapped Under Ice's split when I heard they got robbed in Italy. It was cheap so I figured it'd be a decent way of helping them out. Little did I know.....

[suburbanargyle]

Foo Fighters - Everlong 7" (blue vinyl). Got it when it came out (1997), don't remember what store I got it at though, somewhere in Baltimore.

[moonbeams]

Hard to say, but maybe the Supermarket All-Stars 10"

I'm not sure if I actually purchased it, but somehow came home with one after a show. I think the very first LP I purchased was the Teen Idols s/t.

I really can't remember back then and most of my records from then are missing.

[jasonskanks]

alkaline trio- maybe i'll catch fire 2000ish

[iamafreeman]

the first two records that i bought with my own money:

Duran Duran - Is There Something Should Know? - 12" Single

Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya - 12" Single

[Guest afsdan]

Armchair Martian"monsters always scream" 10"

[mynameisdan]

citizen fish - wider than a postcard

[soysquad]

First record I owned? - Some eddie money single. First record I bought? - Nirvana- Sliver single.

First tape I owned? - Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA". First tape purchased with my own money? Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

First CD I owned? Alice In Chains - Dirt. First CD I bought for myself - The Queers- Move Back Home (I didn't get a CD player until my senior year of high school. Tapes were still abundant up until then).

[tylerrtv]

my mom got me Murphy's Law's self titled record when i was maybe 14 or 15 when i used to just listen to her old records on her turntable. then about exactly a year ago i pre ordered the Hostage Calm full length because they're one of my favorite local bands and i thought it would be cool to have their record. then i started buying a few other local releases, and soon after i just started buying exclusively records.