Do you remember the first 5 albums you bought?

axisus

The question was posted on Facebook, and I realised that I only remember the first two: ELO out of the blue, then Queen News of the world. Both had covers that I absolutely loved. I have no recollection of what came next, although I'm pretty sure they were all Queen albums as they were my first favourite band. How's your memory?

equalsql

I'm pretty sure my first five were:

The Shadows - on the  MFP label
Jo Jo Gunne
Deep Purple - In Rock
Focus - Moving Waves
Status Quo - Piledriver

octatonic

I got progressively better at it.

Abba - Super Trouper
Kiss - The Elder
Cure - Head on the Door
The Cult - Electric
Nick Cave - Your Funeral My Trial

These were the ones I bought with my own money- I copied loads more before these.

stratman3142

Mountain: Flowers Of Evil, was the first.

It was a long time ago but I think the next 4 in no (particular order) were:

Hendrix : Experience Live Album

Free: Free Live

Steely Dan : Can't Buy A Thrill

James Gang : James Gang Rides Again

The James Gang (with Joe Walsh) were the first live band I saw and I thought they were way better than the Who who they were supporting on that gig.

Tres Hombre : ZZ Top might have preceded one of the above.

stickyfiddle

I'm not 100% sure, but I specifically remember buying all of the below while at high school

All That You Can't Leave Behind / The Joshua Tree - U2
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Word Gets Around - Stereophonics
There is Nothing Left to Lose - Foo Fighters
Feeling Strangely Fine - Semisonic

RocknRollDave

I had a few albums on cassette bought for me prior to this - Shakin Stevens, possibly Showaddywaddy - but the first LP I bought was , I'm fairly certain, Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants.

pretty sure the next 2 would have been The Gift and Snap! both by The Jam....and the next two were probably Setting Sons and All Mod Cons by The Jam but I  can't be sure.

EricTheWeary

I don't know but the first albums I had that I remember were :

Queen - Jazz
Nazareth - No Mean City
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Van Halen - Women and Children First
Scorpions - Taken By Force

although shortly after that I gained access to my oldest brother's collection which was Led Zep, Joni Mitchell, Sabbath, Grand Funk,etc. 

UnclePsychosis

First one was definitely His N Hers by Pulp. 

Not sure of the next ones. Once I got the music bug I was smitten and bought loads! 

proggy

My first 5 albums:

Machine Head - Deep Purple

Led Zeppelin IV

Bolan Boogie - T Rex

Abraxas - Santana

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

tone1

U2 War
Adam & the Ants - Kings of the wild frontier 
U2 Boy
Madness-Absolutely 
Simple Minds Sparkle in the Rain 

richardhomer

Rubber Soul - The Beatles
67-70 'Blue' album - The Beatles
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

Megii

I'm pretty sure the first 3, in order, were:

Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield
Breakfast in America, Supertramp
Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel

but less sure after that - Out of the Blue, ELO might be one, and And Then There Were Three, Genesis could be the other.

lasermonkey

Paranoid
 Master of Reality
 Volume 4
 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
 Sabotage

 probably in that order. The first three are definitely correct.

Roland

Astral Weeks - Van the Man
Moving Waves - Focus
Focus III 
Brandenburg Concertos - Academy of St Martins in the Fields under Neville Mariner
Beethoven's symphonies - Herbert Von Karajan's recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic

Reverend

Motorhead - On Parole
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Saxon - Denim And Leather
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - s/t  

Sesh

Hmm, I can only work this out by remembering what I had on tape:

The raw and the cooked, Fine Young Cannibals.
Exodus, Bob Marley.
Automatic for the people, REM.
The Doors OST
Pocket full of Kryptonite, Spin Doctors.

The first one was definitely first, ask remember buying that. Then after a few years of not listening to music, the other 4 came along.

And only one of them I've since re-bought on Cd. 

Dopesick

First CDs I actually bought with my own money? Not including Xmas presents or gifts etc, pretty sure it's the following...

Nirvana - Incesticide (I know this for a fact)
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell*
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven*

* = Bought as a double pack for a tenner from FL Moore. Feckin bargain.

MagicPigDetective

1st 5 tapes bought with my own money was something like this:

• Primal Scream - Screamadelica
• Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
• Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever
• Ride - Going Blank Again
• L7 - Bricks are heavy.  

boogieman

The first was definitely The White Album.

Then Nice Enough To Eat. It's an Island sampler album with Free, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Traffic etc. I only know because I've still got it. 

I think the third was Age of Atlantic, another sampler album with Led Zep and Iron Butterfly. Still got that too. 


After that? Errr, not sure. Probably something by King Crimson, Black Sabbath or the Groundhogs. 

RobDavies

I know the first album I bought was a Rolling Stones compilation called 'Get Stoned'.  I was only a nipper and bought it with a WH Smith's voucher. 

At a guess, the following four would have been these... or thereabouts. 

The Boomtown Rats - A Tonic For The Troops
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Status Quo - From The Makers Of. 
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier

bbill335

I bought Bombfunk MCs In Stereo when I was about 6/7, then Alien Ant Farm's Anthology when I was 9. After that, it was probably Green Day's International Superhits or Nirvana's Bleach.

Please bear in mind that my dad had a good selection of classic rock/blues CDs that I listened to all the time.