RobertJ.
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One of the best hard rock albums ever!
Years ago, when my wife would be taking too long to get ready to go somewhere, I'd play the main riff on my guitar. We called it the "it's time to go" riff!
First music you ever bought
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One of the best hard rock albums ever!
Years ago, when my wife would be taking too long to get ready to go somewhere, I'd play the main riff on my guitar. We called it the "it's time to go" riff!
hivel37
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Hello. I'm Johnny Cash. LP "I'll Walk the Line"
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ACORN
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Dad was a bit of a hypocrite. He called Krupa a hop head but liked Bob Mitchum.
As far as favorite drummers go, mine is Joe Morello, from the Dave Brubeck quartet. He looked like a bank loan officer, banging away in a suit and tie, and shot glass eyeglasses.
There's a couple interviews of him on the web. In one he looks to be wearing a S&W shirt. Gets my vote.
Never liked Rich. An excellent drummer but he seemed to be in love with Buddy Rich.
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Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls Of Fire" cost maybe .50 cents or so.
First 45 was Dueling Banjos
LP was Yes's Close to the Edge.
8 track Leftoverture by Kansas.
Grew up listening to my parent's collection of everything from classical to showtunes with the current pop of Simon and Garfunkel to Ella and Herb Alpert. Throw in Grandma's piano renditions from the 20's I heard a lot at the time.
Sure am glad though my older brother and his friends introduced me to blues based and Southern rock 'n roll.
LP was Yes's Close to the Edge.
8 track Leftoverture by Kansas.
Grew up listening to my parent's collection of everything from classical to showtunes with the current pop of Simon and Garfunkel to Ella and Herb Alpert. Throw in Grandma's piano renditions from the 20's I heard a lot at the time.
Sure am glad though my older brother and his friends introduced me to blues based and Southern rock 'n roll.
I might be showing my age here but the first music I was going to buy was a music book in standard musical notation.
When the book was handed to me the composer said .. "no charge as long as you learn your part and show up at 8AM for rehearsal".
I replied, " thank you Amadeus and I'll be Bach on time".
With my first subscription to DownBeat magazine, as a young teenager, I chose an album by Ornette Coleman which was a gift with a year of that magazine.
The first album I bought was the one in the picture below.
An early MMO.
The second was a .... go West young boy... album.
Playing Ornette or Bach's Art of the Fugue, at max volume, my friends would leave the basement. Then I could go into the backyard and practice archery as no friends allowed unless my Dad was present.
Rules are rules.
When the book was handed to me the composer said .. "no charge as long as you learn your part and show up at 8AM for rehearsal".
I replied, " thank you Amadeus and I'll be Bach on time".
With my first subscription to DownBeat magazine, as a young teenager, I chose an album by Ornette Coleman which was a gift with a year of that magazine.
The first album I bought was the one in the picture below.
An early MMO.
The second was a .... go West young boy... album.
Playing Ornette or Bach's Art of the Fugue, at max volume, my friends would leave the basement. Then I could go into the backyard and practice archery as no friends allowed unless my Dad was present.
Rules are rules.
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The first Album I remember buying was the double album - Chicago Transit Authority.
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remshooter
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my first one was an 8- track of Foreigners first album ,just called Foreigner...summer 1977
I remember my first music being on 45s, several of them.
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Steve Miller
Sweet...
My first 33 was Foghat's Fool for the City
ABBA
CCR
Steve Miller
Sweet...
My first 33 was Foghat's Fool for the City
Chubbo
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First Music I bought
My memory is getting sketchy, and the dates are approximate.
that music is;
Church hymns, and Christmas carols, by Handel, and Comical songs by Spike Jones & his City Slickers.
This music came from 45rpm records, played on a 45rpm record player, that I still have.
That record player was a Christmas present, from my mom & dad, approximate circa 1937.
My memory is getting sketchy, and the dates are approximate.
that music is;
Church hymns, and Christmas carols, by Handel, and Comical songs by Spike Jones & his City Slickers.
This music came from 45rpm records, played on a 45rpm record player, that I still have.
That record player was a Christmas present, from my mom & dad, approximate circa 1937.
My first was a 45 of either Frank Sinatra's "My Way" or Zager & Evans "In the Year 2525."
My collection contained both back then, I don't recall which was first.
My collection contained both back then, I don't recall which was first.
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Mom and dad had a lot of albums, Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold and many others. All good stuff I grew up listening to. I bought various 45's bought really can't remember what most of them were now. When I finally did start spending money on albums (after I got a paying job, riding my bike into town to deliver newspapers) my taste varied a bit. Bought the Beetles (Seargent Pepper and Hey Jude iirc), Cream and Neil Diamond for something different............. Bought an awful lot of music since then. I like everything from classical, big band era, rock & roll to classic country................ Only thing I cannot stand is some of the **** that passes for popular music these days. Too much disgusting, degrading stuff and people who can't sing but depend on lavish stage shows and special effects out there.
Ah well I still have a lot of my old records as well as CD versions of many that I wore out over the years to listen to for real entertainment. Since mom passed and I ended up with a lot of stuff to go through I found that she still had a lot of those old albums I remembered (and a couple of mine I thought I had lost) so I'll have to get the old record player going and enjoy some old timers some evening.
Ah well I still have a lot of my old records as well as CD versions of many that I wore out over the years to listen to for real entertainment. Since mom passed and I ended up with a lot of stuff to go through I found that she still had a lot of those old albums I remembered (and a couple of mine I thought I had lost) so I'll have to get the old record player going and enjoy some old timers some evening.
Imshootin
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First record I bought was a 45 RPM. Rolling Stones covering the Buddy Holly hit "Not Fade Away". They were just breaking out here in the US. I would have been 11 at the time. Still a big Stones fan.
Did a quick search on YouTube and found this video of them performing the song on the Mike Douglas show in 1964.
Did a quick search on YouTube and found this video of them performing the song on the Mike Douglas show in 1964.
AJ
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Mike Douglas show was the first talk show I ever watched,
Boudiepitbull
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I'm embarrassed to say it was probably a live Sha-Na-Na album at the beginning of a doo-wop and '50s oldies resurgence in the early '70s.
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