O/T:- first album you bought.

[ncfcog]

Sheet Music by 10cc

I remember going to see 10cc at the Concert Hall mid 80's. Was a great gig, full of classics.

[upthemaggies]

I remember going to see 10cc at the Concert Hall mid 80's. Was a great gig, full of classics.

First album I ever asked for Xmas was 10cc's Greatest Hits, after seeing the TV ad for it - voiced by Kenny Everett IIRC - must have been xmas 1979.
First LP I had bought for me without asking for it was one of those MFP bargain bin compilations of hits, not by the original artists but cover versions with studio applause linking each track and over an hour of music squeezed onto one disc. It did have some decent songs on it however, including "Silver Machine", "The Jean Jeanie", "Little Bit of Love", "Relay" and "Children of the Revolution".

[Mark_Ross]

[QUOTE=upthemaggies;40318659]First album I ever asked for Xmas was 10cc's Greatest Hits, after seeing the TV ad for it - voiced by Kenny Everett IIRC - must have been xmas 1979.

Wow! Lots of great stuff listed on this thread.

First LP I ever bought was DEVO "Are We Not Men?" in 1978.

Maximum respect to the mighty B.O.C. - saw them at Hammersmith Odeon. Awesome!

[Elite_Pie]

First LP I ever bought was DEVO "Are We Not Men?" in 1978.

I've got the picture disc LP version of that somewhere in the loft!

In 1970 I bought my first 3 albums from Selectadisc when I started college at Trent Polytechnic. I can't remember two of them but one was The Pentangle by Pentangle, who I'm sure nobody else remembers. They were a folk/rock band, but more folk than rock. I recall hitch hiking down to London with a mate to see them live, then sleeping on the floor at St Pancras station before getting the train back next day.

[Mark_Ross]

I've got the picture disc LP version of that somewhere in the loft!

In 1970 I bought my first 3 albums from Selectadisc when I started college at Trent Polytechnic. I can't remember two of them but one was The Pentangle by Pentangle, who I'm sure nobody else remembers. They were a folk/rock band, but more folk than rock. I recall hitch hiking down to London with a mate to see them live, then sleeping on the floor at St Pancras station before getting the train back next day.

Could be worth something that DEVO picture disc?
My friend Roger had it in green vinyl - which reminds me:
A year or two later I somehow acquired a Ramones 12" EP "Shena is a Punk Rocker" and since it was not exactly my 'glass of tea' I simply gave it to Roger. Found out many years later it was worth a small fortune!

Anyroadup what a fantastic record shop(s) Selectadisc was.
I started my life-long obsessions by buying dirt cheap 2nd hand LPs there...
Prog Rock, German Electronic music and, uh, Steely Dan.

[Elite_Pie]

Could be worth something that DEVO picture disc?

I've also got a S ex Pistols 'Never Mind The B ollocks' picture disc, and the original PIL Metal Box triple album. Both are on ebay for £100 or more.

I really should sell them because when I'm gone the wife and kids would probably bin them!

[upthemaggies]

In 1970 I bought my first 3 albums from Selectadisc when I started college at Trent Polytechnic. I can't remember two of them but one was The Pentangle by Pentangle

I've also got a S ex Pistols 'Never Mind The B ollocks' picture disc, and the original PIL Metal Box triple album. !

Can't be too many of us, certainly on here, who can say they own albums by both John Lydon and Pentangle!