Someone mentioned a record being the first or second they ever bought and it got me to wondering, what was yours? Mine: Kiss - Alive II
First one I ever bought myself was : Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather (cassette) around 1988 I believe.
It's kind of ironic with the Queen thread going on but mine was : Queen: A Night at the Opera I still have the Album -- yes vinyl
As a kid - The Chipmunks Christmas. As an adult - Not sure. Possibly Whodini - Escape. Could be Prince - Purple Rain, Michael Jackson - Thriller or *gasp* Tiffany - Tiffany
Gene Simmons Solo album ~ 1978. I was eight. I later traded it to a friend for the Star Wars Droid Factory.
Eagles- Hotel California. I was in 3rd grade and cashed in a bunch of coke bottles at the grocery store to buy it. If I remember correctly, the album was actually being sold at the grocery store.
Mine were cassettes that I got with my first boom box. Men at Work: "Business as Usual" And The KTEL classic "The Beat" with Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, OMD and Flock Of Seagulls
Interesting. My first was KISS Alive. Second - Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Looks like KISS was doin' pretty well back when we were all kids!
45 - Houston Oiler Fight Song Full Album - Kiss, Double Platinum Saved my pennies and rode my bike to Don's Record Shop in Bellaire to get the Oiler record. Got the Kiss album for my b-day the same year.
First one I ever purchased was the soundtrack to Super Mario 64. First one I ever had was a UB40 tape I found on a schoolbus back in kindergarten.