I think the first album I ever bought was a K-TEL album from the early 70's, can't remember which one..which led to other K-Tel albums.

The 1st "Non K-TEL" album I got was "The Beatles 62-66" (RED)

First 45: Call Up The Groups

First 12" album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

First CD: Cat Stevens Greatest Hits (at the same time as Best of Bee Gees Vol 1)

I cannot remember my first DVD.

First 45: Call Up The Groups

First 12" album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

First CD: Cat Stevens Greatest Hits (at the same time as Best of Bee Gees Vol 1)

I cannot remember my first DVD.

The first '45 I had was (and I'm guessing) Imagine - John Lennon
The first CD? I think it was "A trick of the tail" Genesis

Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb, I believe  :o

Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb, I believe  :o

I also bought that album back in 1978

Culture Club: Kissing to be Clever
July 1983, Ames dept. store, Milford NH

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/RwcCH3uamhI/AAAAAAAAEYc/rfcrIfLYt4M/s400/culture

45's: (two at the same time.)

Super Streaker...I don't remember the artist.

The No No Song....Ringo Starr

Album:

Fire....The Ohio Players

CD:

Pictures At An Exhibition.....Emerson Lake & Palmer

I didn't buy vinyl until I bought my stereo system in 1987.  Until then all I had were boomboxes and cassettes.  I had a LOT of cassettes.  The problem with commercial cassettes was the fidelity was not so great.  There was a period in the mid to late '80s when the fidelity of cassettes went way up because record companies were trying to kill off the LP. 

I call 45s 7" singles because 12" singles were often pressed at 45 rpm. 
8)

I didn't start collecting music until the 90s ...

45:  'Wave Babies' - Honeymoon Suite
12" Single:  'There Was A Time' - One to One
Cassette Tape:  'Welcome to the Real World' - Mr. Mister
Album:  'Standing in the Dark' - Platinum Blonde
CD:  'Streets of Fire' Motion Picture Soundtrack

Cassette : Either Howard Jones 'New Song' or Culture Club 'Colour By Numbers' 1983

45 : Feargal Sharkey 'A Good Heart' 1985

CD : Five Star 'Luxury Of Life' (family bought this) 1985

DVD : Not Without My Daughter with Sally Fields (don't ask  ;D )


*** karma for all the "Shadow Dancers" ***

Cassette : Either Howard Jones 'New Song' or Culture Club 'Colour By Numbers' 1983



Yep, I had both of these.  I was actually a HUGE Howard Jones fan in his New Song--Things Can Only Get Better period.  HoJo was actually my first concert.  Not to diss Howie, but I sure wish I'd gone to the Talking Heads show...that way I could say Talking Heads was my first! 
8)
Oh well, you don't get to do it over again!
:-\\

.45 single:  Candy Man, Sammy Davis Jr., 1971

Album:  The Age Of Aquarius, The 5th Dimension (same time as first .45)

Cassette:  Black Bear Road, C.W. McCall 1975

CD:  Songs From The Cool World, 1992

CD:  Songs From The Cool World, 1992


Now that's a great soundtrack.  I listen to Electronic's 'Disappointed' all the time.  Guest vocals by Neil Tennant

Album - Cannonball and Harvey

45 - don't remember

CD - Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet

CD: Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
      The Cure: The Head on the Door

I bought both of these in January 1989 with my first CD player.

Cassette:  Black Bear Road, C.W. McCall 1975




   Karma for even mentioning C.W. McCall... :)

  I had the record, along with Wolf Creek Pass.  I LOVED those records!  Black Bear Road is such a funny song...

  "Pay no attention to the guitar, there..."

   Karma for even mentioning C.W. McCall... :)
I do have the Convoy single somewhere, but it was not one of the first brought singles.

I do have the Convoy single somewhere, but it was not one of the first brought singles.


  The Convoy .45?  Cool...

  The CW records were not my first but among the first.  I also had a board game called Convoy - the brief trucker craze in the seventies...

I do have the Convoy single somewhere, but it was not one of the first brought singles.


Will you own up to having the 'British' version?  ;)

Will you own up to having the 'British' version?  ;)
Yes, the British version!

For purchases:

First 7" 45 RPM single: "Footloose" b/w "Swear Your Love" - Kenny Loggins ($1.99 USD at Smitty's)

First 12" single: "19" - Paul Hardcastle ($3.99 at Musicland; record sleeve framed in my mancave)

First LP: Purple Rain Motion Picture Soundtrack - Prince & The Revolution ($7.99 at Smitty's)

First cassette: 1984 - Van Halen ($7.99 at Smitty's)

First CD: - Nevermind - Nirvana  ($6.96 at Best Buy)

My mom bought most of the music I heard in the actual 80s, so that doesn't count. The first few I bought with my own money (don't remember what was first though) were tapes, this was around 1992 so I was probably 10...

Weird Al- Greatest Hits #1
Eddie Money- Cant Hold Back (the one with "Take Me Home Tonight")
Ghostbusters Soundtrack
Lionel Richie- Back to Front (has "Do it to Me" along with some hits)
Billboard Top Hits of 1984
Weird Al- Off the Deep End (when it was brand new)

That I bought? Hmmm, let me think:

45: I don't know if I ever bought any 45s. I have a few but I believe they were all given to me.

Album: That was way back in the dark ages. I must have been about 14-15 when I first had an allowance that was enough to spend on records (and eventually I bought my first stereo at the age of 15). It might have been Too Old To Rock and Roll (and Too Young to Die)-by Jethro Tull (or else that was given to me-can't remember)

CD: I think my first CD was the Animals Greatest Hits. 


  Karma for even mentioning C.W. McCall... :)

  I had the record, along with Wolf Creek Pass.  I LOVED those records!  Black Bear Road is such a funny song...

  "Pay no attention to the guitar, there..."
.


I like "Comin' Back For More"-by CW.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3OXqRciinw



Cat

I'm actually a little embarrassed to admit this.  :-CrazySexyCool album on cassette. Left Eye was my favorite one.