Your album buying history
- Thread starter RickyC6
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I grew up with Punk so it was mostly singles, singles singles singles
...starting with February 1977 with a dodgy French reissue of Anarchy in the UK.
I think my first LP was March/April 1977 Damned Danmed Damned, followed by Rattus Norvegicus (might have been the other way round) followed by The Jam's in the City. I were a wee nipper so I could afford singles but not LPs. I got into music spoiled for choice with some of the finest current releases in punk and I though this was normal!
Ok its March 2008
Bauhaus - Go Away White Vinyl 180g (pre-orderd I bought the CD used and will sell on)
2008 Nick Cave - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (just pre-ordered the vinyl but download it to tide me over)
not much changes
...starting with February 1977 with a dodgy French reissue of Anarchy in the UK.
I think my first LP was March/April 1977 Damned Danmed Damned, followed by Rattus Norvegicus (might have been the other way round) followed by The Jam's in the City. I were a wee nipper so I could afford singles but not LPs. I got into music spoiled for choice with some of the finest current releases in punk and I though this was normal!
Ok its March 2008
Bauhaus - Go Away White Vinyl 180g (pre-orderd I bought the CD used and will sell on)
2008 Nick Cave - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (just pre-ordered the vinyl but download it to tide me over)
not much changes
sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
Circa 1974: a TOTP compilation and The Faces' A Nod is as Good as a Wink were among my very first LPs.
Giacinto Scelsi, Orchestral Works 2 has just dropped through the letter box.
-- Ian
Giacinto Scelsi, Orchestral Works 2 has just dropped through the letter box.
-- Ian
joel
Painter of Dragons, Maker of Mirrors
circa 1972 "Little" Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
circa 1980 - Motorhead Overkill
circa 1981 - King Sunny Ade / Muddy Waters / J L Hooker
circa 1982 - Mingus Blues and Roots
---Ocora---
2008 - Erykah Badu New Amerykah
There was a steep learning curve between '72 and '81.
circa 1980 - Motorhead Overkill
circa 1981 - King Sunny Ade / Muddy Waters / J L Hooker
circa 1982 - Mingus Blues and Roots
---Ocora---
2008 - Erykah Badu New Amerykah
There was a steep learning curve between '72 and '81.
Fretless Eric
Musketeer Bathos
Possibly a reggae compilation titled "Red, Red Wine" I don't know when nor why.
Jonathan Ribee
Unavailable at present
197?
Garry Glitter - Do you wanna be in my gang? <raise eyebrow>
The Muppet Show
2008
Cibo Matto
Kenny Drew, Undercurrent (on a format I can't play yet)
Garry Glitter - Do you wanna be in my gang? <raise eyebrow>
The Muppet Show
2008
Cibo Matto
Kenny Drew, Undercurrent (on a format I can't play yet)
Tony L
Administrator
A personal development perspective is probably a more interesting way of doing this:
1972-3: T. Rex. I was age 9. I also bought some Slade records.
1974: Discover ‘prog rock’ in friend’s big sister’s record collection: Floyd, Yes, ELP, Tubular Bells etc.
1975: Finally figure out A Nice Pair is her best album.
1976: Discover Hawkwind, Man, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream. First gig, T. Rex, at New Brighton Floral Pavilion.
1977: Punk happens: buy Sex Pistols singles and NMTB and hide under carpet so mother can’t find them. Devo singles too, but no need to hide them.
1980: Factory / new-wave, etc. I see The Fall, ACR, Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen etc live – this was an important year as it was the point I really grasped that this stuff was ‘doable’. I bought a bass.
1982: Discover modern classical via a girlfriend who was a music student: Stockhausen, Cage, Webern etc.
1983: Industrial stuff e.g. TG, Foetus etc along with indie, Smiths, Cocteau Twins etc.
1986: US stuff: SST, Sub Pop, Sonic Youth etc plus minimalism, Glass, Reich etc.
1987: Techno, baggy, Madchester etc. Also discover some of the ‘missing’ bits of Krautrock by stumbling on Can’s Ege Bamyasi album.
1989: I discover jazz with the Blue Note 50 year anniversary comp. One of the most important records I’ve ever bought.
1993: Warp Artificial Intelligence series etc.
1996-onwards: Post-rock, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Sigur Ros / freak-folk etc.
These days I just buy across all genres and all time periods in a largely opportunistic way based on what’s in the rack in front of me at the time.
Tony.
1972-3: T. Rex. I was age 9. I also bought some Slade records.
1974: Discover ‘prog rock’ in friend’s big sister’s record collection: Floyd, Yes, ELP, Tubular Bells etc.
1975: Finally figure out A Nice Pair is her best album.
1976: Discover Hawkwind, Man, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream. First gig, T. Rex, at New Brighton Floral Pavilion.
1977: Punk happens: buy Sex Pistols singles and NMTB and hide under carpet so mother can’t find them. Devo singles too, but no need to hide them.
1980: Factory / new-wave, etc. I see The Fall, ACR, Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen etc live – this was an important year as it was the point I really grasped that this stuff was ‘doable’. I bought a bass.
1982: Discover modern classical via a girlfriend who was a music student: Stockhausen, Cage, Webern etc.
1983: Industrial stuff e.g. TG, Foetus etc along with indie, Smiths, Cocteau Twins etc.
1986: US stuff: SST, Sub Pop, Sonic Youth etc plus minimalism, Glass, Reich etc.
1987: Techno, baggy, Madchester etc. Also discover some of the ‘missing’ bits of Krautrock by stumbling on Can’s Ege Bamyasi album.
1989: I discover jazz with the Blue Note 50 year anniversary comp. One of the most important records I’ve ever bought.
1993: Warp Artificial Intelligence series etc.
1996-onwards: Post-rock, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Sigur Ros / freak-folk etc.
These days I just buy across all genres and all time periods in a largely opportunistic way based on what’s in the rack in front of me at the time.
Tony.
Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
The thread title clearly refers to 'album buying history', but I'll let you off with a caution this time.
Somewhere there's a photograph of all the albums owned by me and my brother circa Christmas 1970, laid out on the slightly garish carpet in my parents' sitting room. Pride of place is accorded to my brother's newly-purchased Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival, while my contribution includes, as well as the ones mentioned in my earlier post, Best of Cream, After the Goldrush by Neil Young, Looking Back by John Mayall, and Home by Procol Harum.