First album or single you bought.

koneguitarist

I was going through some of my old albums the other day talking to my son, and I showed him the first one I bought. Still remember it all, it was for my 10th birthday in 1972, felling quite happy about till my son pointed out that was half a century ago! 

Separate Ways and Hits from his Movies by Elvis. 

Kilgore

Beatles For Sale.

 I bought it when I was 12 in '79.To this day, I think it's got some underrated tracks on it.

Philly_Q

The first album I bought myself was ABBA: The Album in early 1978.
I can't remember my first single, it might have been Ma Baker by Boney M.

BillDL

Deep Purple - Black Night (with Speed King on the B side).  Bought around 1973 at the age of 11 three years after its release.

Status Quo - On The Level album when it came out in 1975.

mudslide73

Nothing credible:

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch (bought with a voucher from Startright or Clarks shoes). The b side was She's Looking Like a Hobo which had the first turntable scratching I'd ever heard.

Chart Hits 83 bought with Xmas money. It's got Aftica and Men at Work's Down Under on it iirc. 

My first proper album was Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger I think. 

ICBM

With my own pocket money, Clout - Substitute and Marshall, Hain - Dancing In The City, on the same day in 1978.

I already had ABBA's Waterloo and ABBA albums, and Deep Purple's 24 Carat Purple and Burn, but those were birthday/Christmas presents. I must have bought Status Quo's 12 Gold Bars around the same time too, I think that was the first album with my own money.

I still love all these, by the way.

scrumhalf

First single - Standing In The Road by Blackfoot Sue.

First album - Santana Abraxas. 

Roland

My first purchase was two albums: Van Morrison - Astra Weeks and Focus - Moving Waves. 

GJK1959

First album was Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart 
First single was Call Me Number One  - Tremeloes

stickyfiddle

Aside from obvious kids stuff when I was really small I think it was Definitely Maybe

Sesh

First single, any only bit of I have ever owned: Do the Bartman. Yeah, oh dear.

First album: The Raw and the Cooked by the Fine Young Cannibals (on cassette) . Better. 

Litterick

Supertramp – Dreamer
Cream – Disraeli Gears

Blueingreen

With my own money: Blues From Laurel Canyon, John Mayall.

But before that - I had an uncle who owned a couple of small independent record shops and he gave me iirc two albums prior to that and also taped stuff for me (reel to reel).  The albums he gave me were Out of Our Heads and Aftermath (both by the Rolling Stones).  I think part of the reason I got these was that they weren't selling, a bit too niche for his customers - his bread and butter was chart pop singles and country albums.  He taped collections of hit singles from the charts but also a couple of compilation albums, This Is Soul (an Atlantic soul sampler) and a collection of Beach Boys hits.  It's amazing to think that decades later the Stones, 60s Soul and (to a lesser extent) The Beach Boys would still feature high on a list of music that was important to me.  John Mayall didn't stand the test of time so well.

EricTheWeary

My mate's dad sold ex jukebox singles and I bought They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa! by Napoleon XIV. Probably my favourite B side ever (it's the A side played backwards). First current chart one was probably Lucky Number by Lena Lovich. 

munckee

My first vinyl album was Sound Affects second hand from a library some time mid eighties.  Had several various albums on tape, I remember buying Green by REM on tape that might be my first.

guitars4you

First single - this is going to be embarrassing - Barry Blue - Dancing' on a Saturday night

First album - Think one of those 'Top of the pops' - skimpy clad girl on the cover - all songs are covers bad as well - Something like 10 tracks for a quid from Woolworths - I was about 12

First proper album and I think it was Queen - Sheer heart attack

DiscoStu

'With my own money' is a phrase you only really hear when talking about music. Nobody remembers the first socks they bought with their own money, or sandwich.

Me? Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver on 7".
Album I think was Queen - Greatest Hits. I only had cassettes and my first few albums would have been copies.

DesVegas

Michael Jackson's Bad (tape) and Wild Boys by Duran Duran 7"

MagicPigDetective

First proper purchases of my own:

Single: Inspiral Carpets: Dragging Me Down and Prodigy: Everybody in the Place (bought both together)

Album: Primal Scream: Screamadelica, and Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque, bought together. 

Still love them all. 

LPManic

Real answer:
Single: Oh Carolina - Shaggy.
Album: D:Ream - Dream on

Cool answer:
Single: Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Album: Morning Glory - Oasis

tone1

Kings of the wild frontier Adam & the Ants
War - U2
If you want blood - ACDC (given to me)
All about the same time 

Single - Rock this town Stray cats 

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