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Which was the 1st?

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Corny question, but which LP was your 1st to suck you in to this crazy thing called audiophilia? Me, it has to be my Mom's mono Beatles something new. Started from there and a couple of thousand records later still continues.

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RE: Workingman's Dead -nt- - LousyTourist 16:27:28 07/03/09 (0)
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RE: Which was the 1st? - vernon30515@yahoo.com 10:54:24 07/03/09 (3)
Good to hear all of the stories. Now who remembers their first CD and thinking: "This is it??"
- My first CD was: - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 15:34:00 07/03/09 (0)
  A bonus disc that came with the vinyl release of Soundgarden's "Badmotorfinger" in 1991. Up to that point, I'd been resisting the onslaught of CDs. I was getting really discouraged as most major retailers were drastically reducing vinyl inventory.
  
  I bought a CD player and listened to Soundgarden on CD. No big deal really. Despite buying hundreds of CDs between then and now, I still prefer vinyl.
- Los Lobos...... - ASHRA 11:45:09 07/03/09 (0)
  -Kiko!
  Mazzy Sar-So Tonight That I Might See
  
  ;^)
- "Best of ZZ Top" - Biff 11:32:33 07/03/09 (0)
  Lots of dynamic range but probably contributed to my tinnitus.
  
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  "Let China slumber, for when she awakens, the world will tremble." - Napoleon
Please don't stone me but........... - ASHRA 08:40:23 07/03/09 (2)
My Dad purchased this Casino Royale LP right after taking me to see this film in the 60s'. Whenever my parents went out for the evening, leaving me in charge, this LP would hit the turntable at maximum volume. One word, Dusty Springfield! At that time I was literally in Heaven.

Later came C.O.T.C which sealed my audiophile fate. Still gives me goosebumps.

;^)
- Same here, except it was the Herb Alpert version... - J. S. Bach 12:35:24 07/03/09 (0)
  ...it has taken me a long number of years to get another, non-trashed copy as my original was played many, many times on one of these:
  
  Dave
  Later Gator,
  
  Crank up your talking machine, grab a jar of your favorite "kick-back", sit down, relax, and let the go
- HP would be proud of you - 1973shovel 10:16:03 07/03/09 (0)
  Talk about starting out with a true "audiophile" record...!
Hello, my name is Ed and I'm an audioholic... - edbeefhart@yahoo.com 07:37:10 07/03/09 (1)
It all started with my first taste of a 45 rpm called Chains by the Cookies, then it was Arabia by the Delcos, I've been circling the drain ever since.
- Hi Ed! (nt) - 1973shovel 10:13:47 07/03/09 (0)
The Monkees, The Beatles, Sam The Sham and THE HUMAN BEINZ - AlbumAddictED 04:03:34 07/03/09 (0)
My parents had quite an extensive collection of 50s and early 60s vinyl LPs that I loved to listen to, look at and watch my Dad put onto the family quite large Magnavox Stereo console as a young kid (I was born in 1958)

First LP I bought with my own money - THE MONKEES - "Meet The Monkees" on Colgems Records, and then "More Of The Monkees" a year later. I have both albums, played them countless times, but as always since I paid for it with my own $$ both LPs are in VG+ condition.

Two 45's I remember clearly I loved seeing play and hearing when they were brand new from being heard on the radio:

*THE BEATLES - "I Feel Fine /BW "She's A Woman" on a Capitol swirl label 45.
*SAM THE SHAM & The Pharoahs -- "Wooly Bully".

Then in late 1967:
*THE HUMAN BEINZ - "Nobody But Me" album on Capitol (black spectrum label) They were a hot local band at the time, HUGE in my hometown back in northeast Ohio as 1968 dawned. '68 I was ten years old but remember it like yesterday, as they were the first true rock band I saw and heard play live. Each instrument being "warmed up" / tested. Saw what electric guitars, electric bass guitar, drums, vocals played LOUD, with bright colored lights shining to the beat onto those guitars and metalflake drum kits / system was all about. Real musicians, long hair, sideburns, dressed in cool 60s era clothes. Saw LIVE music being made, and reconizing that same music I heard on our home stereo and the radio. Hooked and addicted ever since. Still have the album, and it is one of my all-time favorites.

Ed
"Some Folks Need An Education ... Don't Give Up Or We'll Lose The Nation" C. 1970 MARK FARNER of Grand Funk Railroad from "Sin's A Good Man's Brother"
- The Human Beinz (Open in New Window)
Probably the green one. - Revolver66 03:45:20 07/03/09 (0)
Maybe blue. : ^ )

I was five when I received this. It was the beginning of the end. I was absolutely fascinated...

I still have it.
A long time ago... - newdreams 01:58:22 07/03/09 (0)
First record: "Tom Dooley", Capitol 45 rpm - had the choice of 78 or 45rpm. Opted for the 45. Second single: "Bird Dog" by the Everly Brothers.

First few LPs
Jimmie Rogers, S/T, Roulette Records
The Everly Brothers Greatest Hits, Cadence (still have this one)
The Kingston Trio: At Large, Capitol
Kenny Ball: Midnight in Moscow
Sandy Nelson: Let There Be Drums

Time Out, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, My Fair Lady and some classical were already in the house. Record player was a small Seabreeze type portable, with stackable 45 rpm spindle.

Shortly after that it was The Ventures, The Fireballs, The Surfaris, The Chantays, and so on, and an RCA suitcase type stereo portable with Garrard table. Pipeline was the first stereo LP I bought.
"Chicago Transit Authority" nt - Dave Mester 21:10:42 07/02/09 (0)
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"My copy of that record is different!" - Muzikmike 20:20:27 07/02/09 (0)
I've told this story a number of times. A friend who had a wonderful system (I knew NOTHING back then), played Santana's "Abraxas" with his Thorens TD165 and Sumo gear driving Tympani IV maggies.

"Mine's different, it doesn't have those finger chimes or that big drum sound."

"It's the same record, Mike"

"Nope, it can't be, it sounds sort of like mine but there are some other instruments added to your copy!"

"It's the same record, Mike."

I've never recovered from that experience.

There is no such thing as too many records.
There is just too little room for them!
RE: Which was the 1st? - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 20:01:05 07/02/09 (0)
Which record sucked me into the craziness of "AUDIOPHILIA"???

No question, it was:

Magoo In Hi-Fi, RCA Victor LPM-1362

:-)
Bought "McCartney" when I was 9 years old - Biff 19:49:22 07/02/09 (2)
And boy did it take a beating on that old GE console (shown below with yours truly).

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"Let China slumber, for when she awakens, the world will tremble." - Napoleon
- That is a great photo!!!! :-) NT - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 20:03:00 07/02/09 (1)
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  - RE: That is a great photo!!!! :-) NT - Biff 08:30:31 07/03/09 (0)
    Thanks. What's the title of that Cosby record, "I Started Out as a Child"? There you go.
    But those shoes have got to go.
    
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    "Let China slumber, for when she awakens, the world will tremble." - Napoleon
    
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Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels "Breakout" /nt\ - Opus 104 19:35:47 07/02/09 (0)
Opus
"Whipped Cream and Other Delights." No foolin.' - olddude55 19:32:53 07/02/09 (2)
Then Pisces Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones LTD. followed by Willie and the Poor Boys .
My folks thought spending any money on records was foolish when I could just turn on the radio. It was an uphill fight getting permission to buy records.
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From the Industrial Hub of the Mid-Mon Valley!
- Sure, I'll bet it was the cover that grabbed your attention. :) /nt - Biff 11:28:17 07/03/09 (1)
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  "Let China slumber, for when she awakens, the world will tremble." - Napoleon
  - Heh. - olddude55 15:18:11 07/03/09 (0)
    Nah, I was still pre-pubescent when I got that LP. I wanted it because "A Taste of Honey" was on it.
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    From the Industrial Hub of the Mid-Mon Valley!
Boston Boston - gortnipper 18:31:55 07/02/09 (0)
was my first LP that I bought with my own money at 13. I had long been spinning my dad's Beatles, Stones, Doors, etc on his Dual 1226.
RE: Which was the 1st? - CAFC 17:32:44 07/02/09 (0)
"Especially for You" Duane Eddy.
RE: Which was the 1st? (pic) - docw 16:46:12 07/02/09 (0)
One of these--

Dad was enlisted in the USArmy as a doctor, and he played military music. I still have the original copy of the Deutschmeister and Grenadier Guards. My uncle loved the Grenadiers and the Pastorale on his Fairchild TT plugged into a Fisher tuner preamp with ? amp.
I have to correct you;Who is on 1st.( nt);-) - theophile 15:35:58 07/02/09 (2)
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- Who's on first... - J. S. Bach 15:41:58 07/02/09 (1)
  ...:
  
  Abbott: Well Costello, I'm going to New York with you. You know Bucky Harris, the Yankee's manager, gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team.
  
  Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.
  
  Abbott: I certainly do.
  
  Costello: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.
  
  Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.
  
  Costello: You mean funny names?
  
  Abbott: Strange names, pet names...like Dizzy Dean...
  
  Costello: His brother Daffy.
  
  Abbott: Daffy Dean...
  
  Costello: And their French cousin.
  
  Abbott: French?
  
  Costello: Goofè.
  
  Abbott: Goofè Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
  
  Costello: That's what I want to find out.
  
  Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.
  
  Costello: Are you the manager?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  Costello: You gonna be the coach too?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names?
  
  Abbott: Well I should.
  
  Costello: Well then who's on first?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
  
  Abbott: Who.
  
  Costello: The guy on first.
  
  Abbott: Who.
  
  Costello: The first baseman.
  
  Abbott: Who.
  
  Costello: The guy playing...
  
  Abbott: Who is on first!
  
  Costello: I'm asking YOU who's on first.
  
  Abbott: That's the man's name.
  
  Costello: That's who's name?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
  
  Abbott: That's it.
  
  Costello: That's who?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: Look, you gotta first baseman?
  
  Abbott: Certainly.
  
  Costello: Who's playing first?
  
  Abbott: That's right.
  
  Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?
  
  Abbott: Every dollar of it.
  
  Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base.
  
  Abbott: Who.
  
  Costello: The guy that gets...
  
  Abbott: That's it.
  
  Costello: Who gets the money...
  
  Abbott: He does, every dollar. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.
  
  Costello: Whose wife?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Abbott: What's wrong with that?
  
  Costello: Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name?
  
  Abbott: Who.
  
  Costello: The guy.
  
  Abbott: Who.
  
  Costello: How does he sign...
  
  Abbott: That's how he signs it.
  
  Costello: Who?
  
  Abbott: Yes.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: All I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.
  
  Abbott: No. What is on second base.
  
  Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
  
  Abbott: Who's on first.
  
  Costello: One base at a time!
  
  Abbott: Well, don't change the players around.
  
  Costello: I'm not changing nobody!
  
  Abbott: Take it easy, buddy.
  
  Costello: I'm only asking you, who's the guy on first base?
  
  Abbott: That's right.
  
  Costello: Ok.
  
  Abbott: All right.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: What's the guy's name on first base?
  
  Abbott: No. What is on second.
  
  Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
  
  Abbott: Who's on first.
  
  Costello: I don't know.
  
  Abbott: He's on third, we're not talking about him.
  
  Costello: Now how did I get on third base?
  
  Abbott: Why you mentioned his name.
  
  Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?
  
  Abbott: No. Who's playing first.
  
  Costello: What's on first?
  
  Abbott: What's on second.
  
  Costello: I don't know.
  
  Abbott: He's on third.
  
  Costello: There I go, back on third again!
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: Would you just stay on third base and don't go off it.
  
  Abbott: All right, what do you want to know?
  
  Costello: Now who's playing third base?
  
  Abbott: Why do you insist on putting Who on third base?
  
  Costello: What am I putting on third.
  
  Abbott: No. What is on second.
  
  Costello: You don't want who on second?
  
  Abbott: Who is on first.
  
  Costello: I don't know.
  
  Abbott & Costello Together:Third base!
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: Look, you gotta outfield?
  
  Abbott: Sure.
  
  Costello: The left fielder's name?
  
  Abbott: Why.
  
  Costello: I just thought I'd ask you.
  
  Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell ya.
  
  Costello: Then tell me who's playing left field.
  
  Abbott: Who's playing first.
  
  Costello: I'm not... stay out of the infield! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field?
  
  Abbott: No, What is on second.
  
  Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.
  
  Abbott: Who's on first!
  
  Costello: I don't know.
  
  Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: The left fielder's name?
  
  Abbott: Why.
  
  Costello: Because!
  
  Abbott: Oh, he's centerfield.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team?
  
  Abbott: Sure.
  
  Costello: The pitcher's name?
  
  Abbott: Tomorrow.
  
  Costello: You don't want to tell me today?
  
  Abbott: I'm telling you now.
  
  Costello: Then go ahead.
  
  Abbott: Tomorrow!
  
  Costello: What time?
  
  Abbott: What time what?
  
  Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching?
  
  Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching.
  
  Costello: I'll break your arm, you say who's on first! I want to know what's the pitcher's name?
  
  Abbott: What's on second.
  
  Costello: I don't know.
  
  Abbott & Costello Together: Third base!
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: Gotta a catcher?
  
  Abbott: Certainly.
  
  Costello: The catcher's name?
  
  Abbott: Today.
  
  Costello: Today, and tomorrow's pitching.
  
  Abbott: Now you've got it.
  
  Costello: All we got is a couple of days on the team.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: You know I'm a catcher too.
  
  Abbott: So they tell me.
  
  Costello: I get behind the plate to do some fancy catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and a heavy hitter gets up. Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?
  
  Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right.
  
  Costello: I don't even know what I'm talking about!
  
  PAUSE
  
  Abbott: That's all you have to do.
  
  Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base.
  
  Abbott: Yes!
  
  Costello: Now who's got it?
  
  Abbott: Naturally.
  
  PAUSE
  
  Costello: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Now who has it?
  
  Abbott: Naturally.
  
  Costello: Who?
  
  Abbott: Naturally.
  
  Costello: Naturally?
  
  Abbott: Naturally.
  
  Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.
  
  Abbott: No you don't, you throw the ball to Who.
  
  Costello: Naturally.
  
  Abbott: That's different.
  
  Costello: That's what I said.
  
  Abbott: You're not saying it...
  
  Costello: I throw the ball to Naturally.
  
  Abbott: You throw it to Who.
  
  Costello: Naturally.
  
  Abbott: That's it.
  
  Costello: That's what I said!
  
  Abbott: You ask me.
  
  Costello: I throw the ball to who?
  
  Abbott: Naturally.
  
  Costello: Now you ask me.
  
  Abbott: You throw the ball to Who?
  
  Costello: Naturally.
  
  Abbott: That's it.
  
  Costello: Same as you! Same as YOU! I throw the ball to who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow, Triple play. Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third and I don't give a darn!
  
  Abbott: What?
  
  Costello: I said I don't give a darn!
  
  Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop.
  
  Dave
  Later Gator,
  
  Crank up your talking machine, grab a jar of your favorite "kick-back", sit down, relax, and let the go
  - great routine - artsybrute 17:16:44 07/02/09 (0)
    I must have watched that 100 times.
    
    But my favorite as a kid was the dice game routine. Seven into 28 = 13, or something like that.
    
    Triamp... Take a load off!
RE: Which was the 1st? - ??? 15:34:46 07/02/09 (1)
For me, it wasn't an LP. I was happily content with a modest system until CD came out. Then I started spending money to improve CD's substandard sound. Looking back on it, I should have left well enough alone.
- RE: Which was the 1st? - fscerri 02:25:26 07/03/09 (0)
  What an interesting thread! For me that first album was Meatloaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell' heard on a JVC turntable and system. I remember thinking, Wow! Regards, fscerri.

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