Name the first 10 albums/records you ever bought or received

[Powderglut]

That song is "For what It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield  Steven Stills  (singing lead).

I remember a couple of Beachboy Albums.
Elton Johns  album w/ Your Song
Rolling Stones
West Side Story
Ultimate Spinach (60s Boston band)
My sister was hooked on Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams so I may have heard them more than I wanted to.
James Brown
The Four Tops

My brains caving in!! Too hard to remember!!

[UselessJo]

Thanks for getting this started Dayton and congrats.......you have very good taste in english woman!
Never did own neither a Beatles or a Dead album....not ashamed of that either.

When the hippie across the street decided that he was tired of hearing the standard AM shit that I was listening to in 1970 (Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1910 Fruitgum Co., the BillyJack sound track) he asked me to help him work on his '67 Triumph Spitfire and here some Cream..I never listened to music the same.
So Dayton, since you started it, here it goes;
The Easy Rider Soundtrack
The Monkees...around 1967...I was 7 and remember waking up on christams morning and being the first to see the tree. There it was like a shining beacon...Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Mickey Dolenz, and Davey Jones. I could see their red stretch GTO convertible in my future. Ha. Michael Nesmith was the only "true" musician of the bunch..
Led Zeppelin on a 45...Immigrant song on side "A" and Hey, hey, what can I do? on the "B" side.
Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the sky...a 45 again and I have no idea what was on side "B".
And of course, and this one is for you Miki...the 5th Dimension, The Age of Aquarius.
Ten Years After..Here They come.
There is sooo much more, and non of it even close to the Bluegrass I listen to now.
What a long (and incredible), strange trip it has been.
More to follow.


When the hippie across the street decided that he was tired of hearing the standard AM shit that I was listening to in 1969 or 70 he asked me to help him work on his Triumph Spitfire and listen to Cream..I never listened to music the same.


 Listening to: Leon russel, How many days

[lalagay]

I'm afraid this is a difficult one for me, I never had much money for buying records when I was growing up, and I am ashamed to admit that I was a teenager in the 90's, and everyone has blissfully forgotten about the pop music of that era...
Well, I might as well own up to it, after breaking free from my parents musical tastes (bluegrass, american folk, west coast hippie rock, jazz) around the age of 10, I was sucked into the Spice Girls mania that infected all the other girls of my age. Lucky my parents wouldn't let us by the record!   
After that I had a Fugees stint, and the first album I ever bought was: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Didn't bother buying anything else after that, just listened to the radio, Tracy Chapman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, folky rock kinda stuff.
After that I got back into Bluegrass and proceeded to buy in CD format all the albums my dad had on tape:
The entire Alison Krauss discography
Laurie Lewis
The Lynn Morris Band
Tim O'Brien
Tony Rice...

My earliest memories of music are my mum listening to Simon and Garfunkel's greatest hits and Paul Simon's Graceland.
My dad's first try at bluegrass type music: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol 2
Getting our first official bluegrass tapes through the post (around 1990): a double sided Alison Krauss tape, one album on each side, Too Late To Cry and Two Highways. I remember thinking her voice was the best thing I'd ever heard 
Discovering James Taylor in my early teens was particularly memorable...

[CherylK]

This topic takes me WAY back (to the early 60's)!

First ten albums (to the best of my recollection):
1. The Chad Mitchell Trio (when John Denver was a member of the group)
2. Joan Baez (first album)
3. Judy Collins (first album)
4. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
5. Beatles, Rubber Soul
6. Beatles, Revolver
7. The Mamas and the Papas
8. Mothers of Invention, Freak Out
9. Beatles, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
10. Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow (still one of my all-time favorites)

[Mongo]

There is a song that was huge when I was growing up, I can remember the words but not the name. It goes like this

Somthins happenin' here, what it is ain't exactly clear, theres a man with a gun over there,
You gotta stop hey whats that sound everybody look whats goin down......somethin, somethin

It was popular in the 70's. I would wash dishes every night after dinner (7th grade) and sing and play this song over and over....

Buffalo Sprinfield maybe??????? Does anybody know what this song title is?

This was Buffalo Springfield , song = "For What It's Worth".

[Mongo]

Now I'll date myself also:

Mad Magazine's "It's a Gas"
Beach Boys
Jan & Dean
Roy Orbison
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Beatles 64
Knickerbockers
The Rolling Stones, Now!
Byrds
Yardbirds

[bouzouki]

I wonder what the ten records or cds I bought that were halfway between the first ten and the last ten?

 Listening to: jeff black

[landshark]

I wonder what the ten records or cds I bought that were halfway between the first ten and the last ten?

  Thanks perfect 

[UselessJo]

Just as interesting to think of how we evolve...............what are the next 10?
Dont force it.."let it flow"!

 Listening to: New Grass Revival, Do What You Gotta Do

[zack_adcock]

I'm glad to see some people coming out of the shadows with some embarassing ones ... or at least some people not afraid of the truth. 

Going back to cassettes, I don't think I remember, unfortunately ... but I think my first CDs were ... in no particular order (and revealing myself as a conflicted adolescent near the advent of CDs):

Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours
Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Doors - Greatest Hits (2 disc set)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - BloodSugarSexMagik
Gerardo - MoRitmo (yikes)
Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
REM - Out of Time
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Ugly Kid Joe - Ugly As They Wanna Be

Of course, to qualify myself I must mention that I was raised on WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, John Prine,  Steve Goodman, WIllie Nelson, Nanci Griffith, Neil Young, and others... these just happen to be my first memorable purchases of my own.

 Listening to: the car wreck sound effect that is the music of my past colliding

[Cindy Lou]

Not exactly sure of the order, but these are some of the earliest I remember:

Neil Young - Harvest        Would LOVE to see him in Telluride!
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Eagles - Hotel California
Spooky Tooth - The Mirror
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Grateful Dead - Mars Hotel
Heart - Dreamboat Annie     Hey let's get them to come to Telluride! 
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Jethro Tull - War Child
Seals and Crofts - Summer Breeze
Led Zeppelin - IV

I guess I really, really liked Jethro Tull, but not surprising since I played flute in school for many years!

[Auntie Hope]

O.K., I'll play. Just remember.... You Asked ME for this information... 

Allman Brothers
Dreams

Chuck Mangione
Feels So Good
Children of Sanchez

Grateful Dead
Shakedown Street

Christopher Cross
Self Titled

Gino Vannelli
Nightwalker
Brother to Brother
Pauper in Paradise
Gist of the Gemini
Crazy Life
Powerful People


Auntie Hope 

 Listening to: Bad Starbuck's music (no, really)