Pete's First 10 Albums He Bought as a Kid

[@inmyhouse11]

It was always a great feeling back then walking into a record store and buying a record.

[@denphillips3402]

Sometimes just to spend an hour or so and thumb through the perfectly alphabetically listed vinyls, whilst listening to the album playing in the store. Then taking an album up to the counter that you want to buy, but wanted to hear a few tracks first... Great times, fab memories...

[@mikekeeler6362]

Vary true miss those days

[@raulmacias1311]

It was a communal experience back in the Sixties and Seventies! There are still record stores that are doing pretty good business. I enjoy shopping at Amoeba in Hollywood, CA Canterbury Records in Pasadena, Freakbeat in Sherman Oaks and CD Trader in Tarzana!

[@mikekeeler6362]

@@raulmacias1311 not much in St Louis MO. One big one

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

yes I loved record stores 20/25 years ago. Now the stores in my area are full of nothing but reissues.

[@genekersten1784]

On February 9 1964, I along with millions of people watched The Beatles debut in America on the Ed Sullivan show. As a 7 year old boy, I was blown away. At that time I had only heard music on my parents car radio, AM of course. The following weekend my dad took me to shopping where he bought me Meet The Beatles. My first record album, which started my listening to rock music that I still love today.

[@brianlobo1512]

The best part about “albums” back then was that you would look at the album cover and infold while you were listening to the songs, and read the lyrics and admire the cover art. They used to put so much effort into album art and packaging back then.

[@djfrank68]

And double albums you could open up and spread your weed on the inside and the seeds would fall to the center.

[@samuelheldilaof6361]

You´re so right, I kind of miss that. Sitting in front of our Tandberg Vinyl player going through that ritual...Listening, studying the artwork, reading lyrics, reading who the bandmembers thanked... Something people of the internet can never relate to... Sad in a way. Music doesn´t seem to have the same kind of value today... Good Times...

[@larrylancaster7877]

Really, n all the cool booklets, posters, n even just like the art itself that was sometimes incorporated into the vinyl packaging was excellent. Many of the coolest were done by Hypnosis, 'Dark Side of the Moon', UFO 'Strangers in the Night', Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti'. I'm not sure who did E.J.'s 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' but I remember by the lyrics were some cool drawings representative of each song. I liked to read liner notes and that kinda stuff could help to make those albums a kinda unique experience...

[@robertwiesler381]

Brian, I agree 100% Actually I still listen to music like this I still use vinyl occasionally by the way Greetings from Austria, my friend

[@sterioapple]

@@djfrank68 Till I switched to grandma's flour sifter! I have one that's never seen flour!

[@temeweckis]

The first LP I ever bought was Rush - Hemispheres. I was 19 at the time. That was four months ago. Better late than never I guess.

[@robertschaffer1598]

😃👍

[@luckycharm4623]

You're starting off on the right foot. Love that album! Good Job!!

[@MichaelWH]

It's a great album !

[@billydow9798]

TKWeckroth look for the original red vinyl Canadian release

[@sheahorton2463]

good start..

[@danasmith9548]

I bought Rainbow-On Stage because it was a cool album cover, didn't know anything about Rainbow otherwise. And the album didn't dissapoint!!!

[@Cornelius798]

Same here, bought my first album based on the album cover. Armageddon self titled 1975.

[@denphillips3402]

And me... Different album though. I was mesmerised by the amazing cover of Rising. What a brilliant selection of tracks.

[@rushbravado1972]

This is a good one. Hard to remember back that far but here goes. Not in specific order 1. Kiss-Love Gun 2. Kiss-Hotter Than Hell 3. Styx-The Grand Illusion 4. Alice Cooper-Welcome To My Nightmare 5. Electric Light Orchestra-Out Of The Blue 6. Devo-Freedom Of Choice 7. Electric Light Orchestra-On The Third Day 8. Kiss-Ace Frehley Solo 9. Styx-Pieces Of Eight 10. Queen-News Of The World

[@bigdaddy2123]

All of those are great choices but I don’t know about Devo LOL I’ll let you slide on that one

[@treff9226]

Devo rules! Great hooks and energy-just plain fun to crank up!

[@rushbravado1972]

@@treff9226 yes they do. Love Devo, One of the greatest bands ever

[@controlledaggression3716]

If memory serves me correctly: first lp i bought: KISS--Love Gun

[@ScottyKirk1]

1977 Christmas I got Alive I, II, Love Gun and The Star wars soundtrack! As soon as I saved my allowance up, I went and bought Destroyer and Rock N Roll Over. Used to take them to my daycare so I could play them on their turntable during free time! I loved all of the temp tattoos that came with the Kiss albums.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

The first album I ever bought from a record store was The Doors debut album

[@MrBillBronx]

Loved that album. Played the vinyl till I wore it out. My friend had the cassette and we'd be driving around New York in the early eighties playing it into the night: Soul Kitchen, Crystal Ship, Twentieth Century Fox, Whiskey Bar...all underrated 3 min songs.

[@73challenger5031]

So, it's mid-July 1971 and I'm the youngest of six kids and the only boy and were riding up the Coast from Crescent City, CA to Brookings, OR on vacation in the middle of a storm in a mint-green, Dodge Station Wagon and "Riders on the Storm" is playing on the radio and I hear a loud thud and my Dad swerves the car and we go spinning on the wet pavement! All the girls and my Mom are screaming and my Dad manages to get the wagon under control. It turns out, we were behind a flat-bed with those huge wooden spindles they carry thick, electrical wires and one of them got loose and came barreling down the road at us. Luckily, those wagons were built like tanks and there was minimal damage but, Holy Crap!! What a way to remember a song!!! I love The Doors and I am glad I got to hear there stuff when they were still a band!

[@xomthood]

not sure but probably 1. CCR - Cosmos Factory 2. The Hollies- Distant Light 3. 3 Dog Night - Suitable for Framing 4. The Best of the Guess Who 5. Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards 6. Black Sabbath - Masters of Reality 7. James Taylor - Mudslide Slim 8. Eagles 9. Grand Funk Live 10. Rush - Fly by Night edit: I just was skimming albums today and realized Sicky Fingers was probably in there somewhere

[@shizuokaBLUES]

xomthood damn that’s a great list !!’

[@shizuokaBLUES]

You’re Canadian too eh?

[@rickeycooley9139]

xomthood that’s a damn great list, you got clsss🍀

[@GoldTopSlinger]

XO Mt. Hood: That Hollies album is fantastic. Hadn't thought of it in years. And I usually don't site Best Ofs, but that Guess Who best of is an exception. It was a stand-alone play worth hearing. The closest comparison I can think of is ChangesOneBowie. Another stand-alone gem I probably wore out five vinyl copies of over the years. By the way, as a Pacific Northwesterner, let me just say Mt. Hood is a beautiful place.

[@haihechina]

Jeez, are we the same age? Almost to a tee. With the exception of number six mine would be Alice Cooper's Killer. And for number 10 it would have been Firesign Theaters "How Can You Be in Two Places at All When You are Not Anywhere at All". Number 11 is Santana's Abraxas, Number 12 as honorable mention would be Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle be Unbroken"

[@moisesmena3404]

What a nice way to get started as a music fan. It´s a classic situation: the older kid approach to you, and show you some cool stuff, too heavy for you and outside of your childish world and you kinda felt like it´s a step in a new exciting, strange, and maybe dangerous land.

[@Jokerz777]

Kiss "Alive" was my first purchase. Saved my money and bought the vinyl. Still have it.

[@treffbennett6534]

Seeing that album cover, the very best cover of all time, there was no way I WASN'T going to buy it! Still one of the ultimate party starter albums ever produced.....talk about studio songs absolutely coming to life on a live album-VOLCANIC ENERGY-ACE STILL RULES!

[@shanewilson398]

Me too. I was mocked for it. It was 79 i think that I made the transition from model planes and stuff to heavy rock. My friends were into heavy rock too, but they thought kiss were poofters. When dynasty became popular I copped a lot of shit from the wider school community. I didn’t care much.

[@robpaxson4455]

walking through Bradlees as an 11 yr old kid, spotted Kiss Alive and asked my dad to buy it for me...changed everything

[@jorgerodriguez85]

First two album cassettes I bought together. KISS-ALIVE! Led Zeppelin-Presence... Which reminds me, how about a show of songs you've never ever gotten tired of. One song that I have never gotten tired of is Led Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand. When I heard the live version from their last show at Knebworth '79, made me love it even more. Absolutely awesome song.👍

[@kolchak357]

Love Gun from Kiss was my first album. My mom was furniture shopping and they had a small record section in the stereo department. Stereos were often giant wooden pieces of furniture back then. I was about 8 at the time and my mom bought it for me to shut me up. My mom was one cool lady.

[@ahernandez8965]

I remember buying my first album. After mowing a couple of lawns I went to our old neighborhood grocery store and bought Damn the Torpedoes. And just like the record said my friends and I would smoke on the roof. But they weren’t cigarettes.

[@andyparton3755]

My first 10: 1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 2. Don't Shoot Me - Elton John 3. Honky Chateau - Elton John 4. Grand Funk - Live Album 5. Madman Across The Water - Elton John 6. 11-17-70 - Elton John 7. Band on the Run - Wings 8. Caribou - Elton John 9. The Who By Numbers - The Who 10. Eagles - Greatest Hits

[@mikeziegler7854]

I think that "Jump Up!" (1982) and "Made in England" (1995) are a couple of under-the-radar efforts from EJ,

[@siskokidd]

My sister owned Don't shoot Me and Caribou, and this rocker played them to death! I was learning bass guitar at the time, and Dee Murray kicked ass!

[@jimmm7339ki3456]

Wow. You remember your first 10 albums? You have an outstanding memory. I can barely remember what I had to eat yesterday.

[@cpaman28]

I’m guessing you’re an Elton John fan

[@salvatoredebella4502]

Caribou was my favorite. I bought it the minute it came out! Good choice Andy!

[@BomberAceF7]

Hmmm gee need to really think about this one. Ok I remember now: 1 - Kiss - Unmasked 2 - Slade - Sladest 3 - Iron Maiden - Number of the beast 4 - Kiss - Best of the solo albums 5 - Kiss - Dynasty 6 - Billy Joel - 52nd Street 7 - Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 8 - Van Halen - 1984 9 - Led Zeppelin IV 10 - Queen - Greatest Hits

[@donmoore7785]

I'm giving you a thumbs up because you wrote "42nd Street". 42nd Street was awesome back in the day!

[@rickeycooley9139]

One word, COOL🍀

[@iamnostalgic9567]

Actually (not trying to sound condescending), it's 52nd Street. I love that album.

[@chameleondream]

SLADE!!!!

[@danielmcevoy976]

I killed a lot of brain cells but I'll never forget I borrowed my older brothers KISS Alive record every day. My Mom let me get a KISS lunchbox for 1st grade and I talked her into letting me buy Destroyer with my allowance...so that was 1.

[@keithoday9896]

Pete my first 10 albums i bought; 1.Bobby Fuller 4 "I fought the Law" 2.Herman's Hermit s/t Then i woke up! 3.Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" 4.Yes "Close to the Edge" 5.Three Dog Night "Greatest Hits 6.Black Sabbath "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" 7.Deep Purple "Machine Head 8.Jimi Hendrix Experience " Are you experienced" 9. Kiss "Alive" 10. Led Zeppelin 4

[@treffbennett6534]

Keith-I just purchased Bobby Fuller greatest hits a few weeks ago-good, good stuff! Three Dog Night are no joke- a lot of hooky, solid material (greatest hits is essential) and their magic is the superb vocals! The rest of your list shows you MEAN FOOKIN' BUSINESS!!! Cheers!

[@z-z-z-z]

keith - you got on a nice roll with; sabbath, purple, hendrix and zeppelin!

[@keithoday9896]

@@treffbennett6534 Thank you Treff and still collecting all these years.

[@russdavies9686]

Damn, this is a fantastic idea. I'll see if I can think that far back I'll try. 1. Alice Cooper - Love It To Death 2. Grand Funk - Survival 3. Humble Pie - Rockin The Fillmore 4. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die 5. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 7. Cream - Disreali Gears 8. Alice Cooper - Killer 9. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma 10. Blind Faith - self titled I'm not 100% sure these are in exactly the right order but these are definitely the first 10 I paid for with my own money. Before buying Love It To Death I just bought 45s so I had a good selection of those, lot of Beatles & Stones, and I had a couple gifted to me as well. I remember getting a Byrds album, didn't even have a cover, Led Zeppelin II, Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers". I think that's about it. I hope I didn't miss any.

[@TheMclesc]

Can I ask why Ummagumma was your first Pink Floyd album?

[@dougkiser5919]

@@TheMclesc UMMAGUMMA!!! all the rest, right up there, great list!

[@jimibrown2043]

My memory that far back is a little hazy, but I think it goes - 1. Black Sabbath - Masters Of Reality 2. Steppenwolf - Monster 3. Humble Pie - Rocking The Fillmore (a life changer!) 4. Jethro Tull - Stand Up 5. Yes - Close To The Edge 6. Yes - Fragile (which I remember buying one day after hearing CTTE. I was stunned by this band as a kid!) Who knows after that? Maybe Machine Head ...

[@jollyroger4331]

Can’t remember what my first 10 albums were that I bought myself but it started in ‘79 with Kiss, Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath etc...

[@Nick-qf7vt]

79 was such a great year! Narita by Riot, Van Halen II, Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming, Highway To Hell, Strikes by Blackfoot, what a kickass year!

[@ambikawolf664]

In 1971, I was 15 and everyone I knew and myself included bought Sticky Fingers and Aqualung together. As a kid I bought Stones, Beach Boys ( until 1967) and Beatles mostly.

[@irishwolf8236]

Black Sabbath 8 years old, the album cover was the defining moment. Mom bought it for me, my life was "changed" at the first listen. Thanks mom !!

[@JustyStoky]

Don't know why but some of the best albums ever made came out between 75 to 80. Wish I was alive then to live it.

[@TimSchmidt_art]

When I was about 13 (in the 70's), I rode my BMX bike up to my favorite record store, Licorice Pizza and bought Steely Dan's first album "Can't Buy A Thrill". The hippie behind the counter looked at me and said "Is this for you???"

[@rebelwithacause3574]

I was 7 years old and fell in love with rock and roll with Aerosmith's "Pump" album in 1990. Dad eventually explained to me that Aerosmith is a old band and played "get your wings" for me and it became my favorite album.

[@conailrutherford6688]

Absolutely love the Pump album. Saw them twice on that tour in the USA and Belfast Northern Ireland. The Other Side just my favourite, Voodoo Medicine Man and Janie...

[@craigfazekas3923]

When I was 13, I caught the YES bug, in a huge way. I used to save my allowance & go to Woolworths at the Moorestown Mall (NJ). They had their whole discography on cassettes for $5. each. My 1st purchase was The Yes Album, I had to have Yours Is No Disgrace !! Then, I went back when ever I had 5 bucks & went back to YES, Time & A Word and in release order. I had to know all Bill Bruford's parts, I was fascinated by that man. Never loved Alan White nearly as much, but still a great drummer.... These were not my 1st purchases, but my most memorable experiences buying music....

[@skinzz2573]

Moorestown Mall?? I remember they had a stream flowing through the mall with birds flying around. That was back in the late 60's early 70's when they had a Pathmark Supermarket right by the movie theater

[@David-ln5zu]

Interesting Pete, just like me in the 70s I would often purchase a live recording before the back catalogue. The first live album I bought was Made in Japan...not a bad start! My first studio albums were Billion Dollar Babies, the The Yes Album and Led Zeppelin II. The main influence apart from family and friends was listening to the Saturday Rockshow on BBC Radio 1 hosted by Alan Freeman... I remember him saying that heavy rock music in the 70s had hit a zenith...and there was only one way to go...backwards...and he was right...punk rock!

[@David-ln5zu]

Suzie.q Popcorn123 My parents were worried about me playing anything by Alice...I was only 13 when Billion Dollar Babies was released...and it was quite a scary album...but with Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter playing guitar on it...the outdo solo on Generation Landslide is right up there with the best. Still at least my folks loved Skynyrd’s “ Freebird “...so I forgive them!

[@Cornelius798]

@Suzie.q Popcorn123 my first 45 was No More Mr. Nice Guy.

[@icemike874]

Yep, live albums for me, it was the way to start

[@brihiggins]

I'm 5 years younger. My first albums were on cassette. Listened on a Walkman. 1. Men at Work - Business as Usual 2. Van Halen - Diver Down 3. The Cars - Heartbeat City 4. J. Giles - Freeze Frame 5. Eagles - Eagles Live

[@conailrutherford6688]

Loved my Walkman. Best birthday present just about ever.

[@GoldTopSlinger]

Freeze Frame is underrated. Rage In The Cage is my favorite Geils track.

[@thomaslycan8893]

My first record was also Business as usual

[@leifsiklossy6548]

First 15 Albums REO Speedwagon: Hi Infidelity Led Zeppelin IV Van Halen Pink Floyd: The Wall Star Wars: Soundtrack Rocky: Soundtrack Rick Springfield: Working Class Dog Rush: Moving Pictures Kansas: Left Overture The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta Jethro Tull: Aqualung AC/DC: For Those About to Rock Bad Company The Who: Face Dances Southern Fried Rock

[@christopherschlacter4953]

Rick Springfield really. I had that album too but I would never admit it.Oh shit I just did.

[@rickeycooley9139]

Damn, there hope for this world,you guys got good tunes🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@jimquinn5316]

Thanks Pete for adding Tom & Pat from The Doobie Brothers to the list . Brilliant guitar players and adding Jeff Baxter and John McFee to add even more of a rocking sound to their albums .

[@jeffcobb2734]

First five LPs I was exposed to because my parents owned them: 1. Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack 2. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm the Piano Player 3. Neil Diamond - Stones 4. Elton John - Honky Chateau 5. Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories First 10 albums I bought myself: 1. Barry Manilow Live (LOL!) 2. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack 3. Grease Soundtrack 4. Kiss - Destroyer 5. Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams 6. Foreigner - Double Vision 7. Styx - Grand Illusion 8. Paul McCartney & Wings - Greatest Hits 9. Queen - News of the World 10. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell (purely for the album cover!)

[@jeffcobb2734]

Others soon after: Bob Seger - Against the Wind Cheap Trick - Budakon ZZ Top - Duegella Journey - Evolution Linda Ronstadt - Back in the USA Rod Stewart - Foot Loose & Fancy Free Stones - Some Girls Supertramp - Breakfast in America The Cars Debut Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes Van Halen 1 Eagles Greatest Hits I also bought a lot of K-Tel albums!

[@samanthab1923]

Jeff Cobb Don't feel bad. I'm getting in to Manilow since hearing his song on the GOT documentary,

[@santos764]

Degüello

[@treffbennett6534]

interesting to see the progression of our music listening habits-yours is similar to mine, as our taste gets better and better.....Barry Manilow plays live-I thought his music was strictly in elevators and grocery stores?!?! Ha Ha P.S. Jeff-I just bought Neil Diamond's Stones a few months ago! Love that voice and a big fan!

[@PhilBaird1]

@@treffbennett6534 I came much later to Neil Diamond and like many I thought he was just the big hits that didn't really do it for me. Stones is a great album for anyone who wants to check out the real Neil Diamond.

[@mitchkahle314]

Alice Cooper "Killer" and "Love It To Death", Kiss "Alive", America "America", Rolling Stones "Green Grass & High Tides", Grand Funk Railroad "Live", Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Nazareth "Hair of the Dog", Thin Lizzy "Jail Break", Ted Nugent "Ted Nugent"

[@bluedream9668]

That is called ROCK AND ROLL!

[@dennissweeney6774]

KILLER one of my favorites. ROCK ON MY ROCK AND ROLL FRIEND. LONG LIVE ROCK!!!

[@garyjoyce2160]

FYI. Loved it. Tremendous stories / you gave on each album. Fun times

[@kenneththompson4655]

Great channel mate really loving vids your knowledge and joy of the music really shines through many many thanks for bringing us music buffs so much fun as we are trying to get past this awful virus.

[@Roberto-ld7sg]

My first albums (cassettes) bought by my brother or by me are these: Metallica - Black Album Aerosmith - Nine Lives AC DC - Highway to Hell Manowar - Louder Than Hell Helloween - The Time of The Oath Raven - Live Iron Maiden - Best of the Beast GNR - Lies Kiss - Greatest Kiss Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

[@treffbennett6534]

Raven! Rock Until You Drop-my friend!

[@rickeycooley9139]

Roberto Sada Gutiérrez where you guys come up with all this good stuff? Very good🍀🍀

[@pointman502]

I bought Life's a Bitch after reading about Raven in one of the rock mags when I was a kid. Still a great Album.

[@mahogany174]

The first two Raven albums are up there with the best!!!

[@paulduckitt3268]

Hi Pete, just to say how much I enjoy your posts and I love your passion. Agree with you 80% of the time too. Kind of moved away from the rock world in my 20s but your channel brings back so many great memories of record buying, great gigs (Saw Queen, AC DC, Rory Gallagher and Thin Lizzy by the time I was 14). Take care to you friends and family in this difficult time and will keep watching

[@KevinOrtega1980]

I think my first album I bought was Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced?

[@KevinOrtega1980]

I was in a big Hendrix phase in my early teens

[@masonevans4297]

So was mine!

[@morebeer7673]

Queen - News of The World in '77. Told my brother, "Get me the album with the robot!"

[@63mckenzie]

My school pal had a giant poster of David Bowie dressed as Ziggy Stardust with the lightening flash on his face up on his bedroom wall. When his parents were doing Christmas shopping they saw the Kiss Destroyer album and thought they looked as weird as Bowie and bought it for him. That's how we discovered Kiss.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Enjoyed the walk down your Memory Lane, thanks a lot Pete.

[@tommyboyindy1157]

The first albums I bought (at the same time) were Billion Dollar Babies and Uriah Heap Live. The next week I immediate bought Killer and Love it to Death.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Heep* 👍

[@tommyboyindy1157]

Heep live is still one of my favorite albums ever.

[@flyingburritobro68]

Still a huge fan of The Alice Cooper Group💥

[@johnthanogiannis4896]

Alice cooper is my fav artist of all time

[@warrengilbert8903]

Pete…I found ur site a couple of weeks ago and I subscribed. I am a 70 year old man and a record collector. Love what u r doing. First vid I watched was your picks for Todd Rundgren. I am from Philly suburbs as is Todd. Would love to converse with u via my iPad. Keep it up! Thanks Warren.

[@brucefranklin6295]

My first 4 albums that parents bought me were The Monkees when I was 6 and 7.My first albums that I bought, in approximate, but not exact order. Schools Out - Alice Cooper Led Zeppelin IV Made in Japan - Deep Purple Paranoid - Black Sabbath Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin We're An American Band - Grand Funk Who Do We Think We Are - Purple Black Sabbath - Self titled Raunch 'N' Roll - Black Oak Arkansas Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies I started getting these in 1972 and 1973 as these were all current releases, except the Sabbath debut. I learned from some older people what was good.

[@centaurus5676]

Just like to say if you are Bruce Franklin from the band Trouble, thankyou for probably one of the best albums I own 'Trouble' self titled. Your guitar sound is incredible, your solo's have so much emotion, your string bends and choice of notes are songs in themselves. There will never be another album that will have that effect on me, every Metal fan should own a copy....it is an absolute masterpiece of song writing...Dark, sad, angry riffs and solo's played like your life depended on it. Thankyou sir!

[@brucefranklin6295]

@@centaurus5676 Wow! Thanks very much,I appreciate that.

[@Mysterio-Solar]

The First 10 Albums I ever bought , in 1984 ? 1. ACDC - Back In Black 2. Metallica - Kill Em All 3. The Police - Syncronicity 4. Def Leppard - Pyromania 5. Quiet Riot - Metal Health 6. Prince - Purple Rain 7. Men At Work - Cargo 8. Ozzy - Diary Of A Madman 9. Yes - 90125 10. Huey Lewis - Sports

[@tommydott4342]

"You never forget your first"...KISS ALIVE was my first as well. A Great album cover--all 4 sides of it.

[@mud6629]

Pete as you said the album cover could lead to the purchase of an album. My first 2 gets were prime examples. Queen-News of the World ELO-Out of the Blue I don't listen to the Queen album much at all anymore, but I definitely listen to the ELO one still to this day. Thankfully I was able to see Jeff Lynn's ELO concert last summer. Great show!

[@deanstamedes4523]

I was 12 when I started in 1970. Here are my first 20 albums.................it took all my pocket money for the first 2 years collecting. These are in order of purchase. 1. T. Rex - Electric Warrior 2. Savoy Brown - Looking In 3. Budgie - Budgie 4. Jo Jo Gunne - Jo Jo Gunne (Jay Ferguson) 5. Doors - Full Circle (2nd Album after Morrison's Passing) 6. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres 7. Yes - Close to the Edge 8. Pink Floyd - Meddle 9. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 10. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs 11. Spectrum - Milesago 12. Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow 13. Deep Purple - Machine Head 14. Led Zeppelin - III 15. Pete Townsend - Who Came First 16. Cactus - Ot' n Sweaty 17. Muddy Waters - Electric Mud 18. Todd Rundgren - Wizard / A True Star 19. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Glorified Magnified 20. Lightning Hopkins - Dirty Blues After selling my record collection in the 80's I started purchsing cd's when they first started making them. All the albums above I now have in remastered cd version. Music keeps us all alive..............

[@controlledaggression3716]

Nothing wrong with your memory!!!

[@thomaswery3087]

wow great collection.looks like my collection;i didn't think anyone liked jo jo gunne exept me lol

[@tobymummert3035]

Hey Pete! I am age 55 so I'm 1 year older than you and I guess I could say we come from the same mold so to speak. Around 1971 my parents started to give me $0.50 a week for allowance and back then all I had was AM top 40 radio to listen to. So I bought a lot of 45 RPM records. One of the first 45s I ever bought was George Harrison's What Is Life. That was I believe 1970 from George Harrison All Things Must Pass album. So for a few years I was buying nothing but 45 RPM records that were top 40 hits. Then I would go to my cousin's house and they were a few years older than me and had these big round records with a lot of cool songs on two sides. And I thought, I got to be like those guys! I made a decision that I was going to save my money. Back then a 45 RPM record in 1975 or 1976 was around $0.65 per record. So I had to save two weeks just to buy one 45 RPM record! I'm just like you my parents helped out here and there and bought me a record. But it just wasn't the same anymore. So I started saving and saving and saving and November 1975 rolled around and I've saved up enough money to go buy my first record album LP! I was in 5th grade and I just turned 11 the month before. Back then in 1975 or 1976 the average single album cost around $4.99. It took forever! So I went and bought Aerosmith Toys in the Attic! That was my very first record album LP I saved up my money for and went out and bought it and I could not get enough of it! And of course along the way Kiss was kicking in and my second LP that I saved up to buy was the first Kiss album. So at this point I'm just going to go ahead and give you the list of the first 10 albums I ever bought as a kid. I'll do my best to put them in chronological order as far as memory serves from the first one to the tenth one: Aerosmith Toys in the Attic Kiss-Kiss Boston- Boston Peter Frampton Comes Alive Queen A Night at the Opera Kiss Alive Kiss Destroyer Kiss Dressed to Kill David Bowie David Live Heart Dreamboat Annie And there you go Pete. To the best of my memory those were the first 10 albums in that order that I saved my money up to go out and buy.

[@uncleandy4314]

Mom gave me some money to go get my hair cut. I came back home with the Grand Funk red album...and long hair. "Go to your room!" OK, that's where my turntable is.

[@greglapointe1311]

Frampton Comes Alive was a 1976 purchase for me, still one of my favorite albums.

[@claymccoy]

“Hitch A Ride” is an underrated song off of Boston’s self-titled album.

[@johnr7279]

Boston's best song...ends with a lloonngg guitar solo!

[@jamesrudd8705]

The best song they ever did.

[@ChrisMedici]

Amen - an amazing song!

[@goodcorn]

And just like ever other track on that record, it was played on the radio today. Not many albums can make that claim. Every song. Every day.

[@larrylancaster7877]

Very cool song to play...

[@Jamesharris-lo9nn]

Same story with me Pete. Huge comic and card collector but then I got into music in a serious way around age 12 and have never looked back. I'm at a little over 4000 albums/ CD's and counting at this point. Really enjoy your channel! You do a top notch job my friend.

[@tapeheadreal]

My first album I bought was the black album by Metallica, second one was 1984 by Van Halen. But the first album I ever owned, was Darryl Hall and John Oates greatest hits.

[@bobmerc3312]

Hi Pete...Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your show....your collection reminds me of mine..but I also have a TON of 8 tracks too!!! I grew up in the late 60s and 70s. We grew up in the best possible time for music...I'm 63 so youre younger than me but youre very knowledgable about all we grew up with. I lost my wife of 32 years 4 years ago this year. As for myself Ive had rheumatoid arthritis for the past 20 years and it and neurothapy cause me to lose my left leg last November. Im in a wheelchair now so I spend alot of time at the computer. Just wanted to let you know I enjoy your show very much so keep up the great work man!!! Much success!!! Bob Peace!!!

[@Majewski79]

Can't remember the first ten but I remember the first album I bought was Iron Maiden Live After Death double cassette haha

[@brianlobo1512]

Majewski79 the most memorable album I bought was Van Halen fair warning on cassette. Looked at that cover the whole time I was listening to the songs. Matched the dark tone of the album well.

[@Nick-qf7vt]

That's a kickass way to start! One the first albums I bought was Number Of The Beast.

[@emiliovaldes1319]

1. Deep Purple Powerhouse 2. ac-dc If You Got Blood 3. Deep Purple Last Concert In Japan 4. Deep Purple In COncert 1970-1972 5. whitesnake Love Hunter 6. whitesnake Live in the heart of the city 7. ian gillan band Clear Air Turbulence 8. ian gillan band live at budo kan 9. Leo Brouwer De Bach a los Beatles (Cuban classical guitar player and composer... composed the guitar intro to Diary of a Mad man) 10. Rainbow On Stage Yes Deep Purple fan...lol

[@Twirlyhead]

The Cars first album was the first LP I ever bought (notice I typed "LP" there). I had been gifted a couple before that: Mr Spock's Music From Outer Space and Top of the Pops #? (a series of albums featuring cover versions of currentish hits). _The Cars_ , however, what a fantastic LP to start one's music collection with; ace album.

[@luisgarcia6007]

First 10 albums I bought: # Machine Head ( Purple) # Fragile # Relayer # Exile on M.Street # It's only rock & roll # Planet waves ( Bob Dylan) # Who we believe we are ( Purple) # Milestones ( Stones ) # Gimme Shelter # Dark side of the moon

[@garyjoyce2160]

Starz. Awesome. Love them. Great shirt. Great episode. I’m gonna be 58/ brings back tremendous memories. I’m old. Lol. First things I was buying was 8 tracks. Thx PETE

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

I brought Dark Side of the Moon on 8-track. And carried a small 8-track player (small boombox) with a small case of 8-tracks. Wonderful technology back in the 70's.

[@cathymcgookey7567]

Starz great band still great

[@billydow9798]

My firsts includes albums from: Kiss, Styx, Boston, April Wine 🇨🇦 , Trooper 🇨🇦 , Prism 🇨🇦 , BTO 🇨🇦 , Gary Numen, Eagles,

[@brianwestervelt4919]

Loved this video idea pete. I haven’t even watched it yet and wanted to comment. The first albums I actually purchased were from Columbia house records. You know buy 6 for a penny😀. If memory serves they were mostly greatest hits packages. Elton John. BTO. Boston’s first album. Foghat live . Probably circa 1978 or thereabouts.

[@srgrounds]

Love your videos! I’m the youngest of four boys and I’m 56. My oldest is nine years older than me. He has a collection that rivals yours. I got my fill of all that music at a very young age and have never looked back. Awesome stuff, so many good memories.

[@tommorris5069]

Kiss Destroyer, Queen News of the World, Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo, Bob Seger Live Bullet, Black Sabbath Paranoid & Master of Reality, and a bunch of K-tel albums

[@rememberbeginning]

Cool episode man! This takes me back. I turned 8 in 1983 so my first collections were on cassette. Mostly soundtracks and greatest hits compilations.

[@joelliebler5690]

Destroyer was my brother’s first album and I believe the live album was 5he second one he bought too!

[@jtmichaelson]

Looking back it's hard to remember much of it and then working in classic rock radio for over 25 years, I got burned out on a lot of that stuff. But My very first album purchases with Christmas money in 1976 was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and then "Captain Fantastic". And then my list of first albums in 1977 was: 1. The Beatles "Abbey Road" (For obvious reasons) 2. Pink Floyd "Animals" ("Dogs" is still my #1 Floyd track) 3. Billy Joel "The Stranger" ("Movin' Out" remains a Top 5 favorite song) 4. The Beatles "Let It Be" (My dad gave me a copy of it and I later went out bought a new copy since his was all scratched) 5. Wings "London Town" ("Morse Moose"!!!) 6. Tom Petty "You're Gonna Get it" (Immediate TP&HB fan from the word go) 7. Bee Gees "Main Course" (Guilty pleasure to this day) 8. John Lennon "Imagine" (Like TP, Lennon fan from day one) 9. KISS "Double Platinum" (My cousin force-fed KISS on me and I still love them) 10. Led Zeppelin "IV" (I think I actually inherited my brother's copy. I'm not sure) But the one major disappointment that killed me was the soundtrack to the movie Sgt Pepper. Ugh! I was crushed that the rest of the album wasn't like Aerosmith's "Come Together"

[@jimfrehley4868]

The first album I remember owning was K-Tel 22 explosive hits. I was well under 10 and looking back it did have April Wine on it. Then it was probably a couple of forty-fives from the Monkees. Like many of you I was in a little bit of a daze in the 70s so I don't remember the exact order but here are some early ones that I had: KISS Alive Ted Nugent double live Gonzo Jethro Tull. Heavy Horses Styx Pieces of Eight Heart Dreamboat Annie Journey Evolution Take care of everybody and stay healthy

[@kevinwheeler9009]

Great Show! I had a lot of influence from an older brother and a cousin with a massive LP collection full of Sabbath, Zeppelin, Tull, Purple...you know, the good stuff. There was a 10 and 12 year difference between me and them, so I was hearing this stuff at a pretty young age. I didn't have to start buying albums until my brother moved out and took most of the music (except the 8 tracks) with him. I'm not certain what order they were purchased except the first two. 1. "Fragile"- Yes (Mom didn't want me buying it, but I argued that "Rick has Yes!" (Close To The Edge) 2. "Pieces Of Eight"- Styx (Bought it on a church youth trip to Houston, so Mom wasn't there to tell me no.) 3. "The Game"- Queen 4. "Freeze Frame"- J. Geils Band 5. "Diver Down"- Van Halen 4, 5, and 6 all bought at the same time. 6. "The Broadsword and the Beast"- Jethro Tull (The memory gets murky from here on out} 7. "Hell Bent For Leather"- Judas Priest 8. "Tooth and Nail"- Dokken 9. "Perfect Strangers"- Deep Purple 10. "Powerslave"- Iron Maiden My music tastes are all over the place, which is the way it should be.

[@garyserdoz6915]

I had a ton of 45's as a kid, but my first two album purchases were Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (US version) and Bachman Turner Overdrive - BTO II. Still have them to this day!

[@Nick-qf7vt]

Those are some kickass first albums! Pure hard rock.

[@DabuRaif_001]

Hello Pete, my ten first albums are the following: 1. Deep Purple In Rock 2. Deep Purple Fireball 3. Black Sabbath Paranoid 4. U.F.O. 2 Flying 5. Grand Funk Live Album 6. Frumpy 2 7.George Harrison All Things Must Pass 8.Deep Purple Machine Head 9.U.F.O. live 10. Ten Years After Recorded Live I am now 62 and begin to collect music as above in 1971. Now I have hundreds of CD's and there is not only rock-music, also now electronic music, jazz and a little bit classic. Your ranking shows are always interesting to me and I like them. greetings from germany H.U.

[@ZykovEddy]

The first record I ever bought was Roger Hodgson - In The Eye Of The Storm. A weird yugoslavian press no less. Second was Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Love Beach. Erm... Don't judge me, I was a big fan of ELP, and it was the only one they had in stock.

[@malco49]

once again thanks for SOT , although i don't have the same musical taste your passion and knowledge is greatly appreciated from this music nerd! i am ten years older than you so my first purchases were most like 45 rpm's . i don't know what was first etc but i am sure it was a lot of British Invasion and Motown along with bands like the Monkees , the grass roots , etc. and i still have many of those 45's along with some of the first albums i bought. i do have a nice memory of walking to a record store in philly with my sister with some money to buy records and i was so excited when the monkees songs we wanted were both on the same record! this meant we could buy another 45 and i am pretty sure we got something by the supremes. again thanks for the channel pete. really enjoy your analysis of the music you hold dear.

[@jimave]

Pete: We are the same age and have similar musical interests. My first favorite band was also Kiss. I really did not listen to music until 5th grade when I moved from California to Kentucky and a lot of the kids in my class were into Kiss. I wanted to fit in, so I started listening to them. But the first album that I bought was Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo! I had a bunch of friends who bought albums and we would record them on tape and share them with each other. We did not have a lot of money, so this was the cheapest way to get new music. I did end up buying all of the early Kiss albums and Kiss Alive is still their best record. Like you, I still gravitate toward live music. My attitude is if a band or artist does not sound good live, they are not worth my time and money.

[@tedp7773]

Same here right on!

[@AI_Surfer]

First albums I bought with my own money (not in order)... Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Sheer Heart Attack - Queen Desolation Blvd. - Sweet Eldorado - ELO S/T - Queen Alive - KISS S/T - Fleetwood Mac Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath Destroyer - KISS A Night At The Opera - Queen

[@chetgreblowski7811]

Destroyer was my first purchase as well, bought it the first day it came out. Followed by Alive, self titled, hotter than hell and dresses to kill, the Aerosmith toys in the attic and rocks. Besides comic books and baseball cards I bought plenty of Wacky Packages.

[@garyjoyce2160]

lol. Wacky. Packages were awesome. Great you brought that up !!!

[@joshdance9959]

Hello Peter Buck. I enjoy your show mate. Thanks

[@christophercrowder872]

I will argue to this day that "Bat Out of Hell" is the greatest rock and roll album every recorded. The first album I ever bought with my own money was "Grand Illusion" by Styx.

[@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544]

Christopher Crowder never heard Master of Puppets huh?

[@jennycooper5364]

@@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544 that aint rock and roll thats noise pollution

[@siskokidd]

Bat was eye and ear opening. I bought it strictly because Todd Rundgren and Utopia were all over it.

[@mahogany174]

@@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544 Master of Puppets? Rock and roll? I don't think so!

[@raymondwarmke7094]

Disagree

[@btofan]

Started my collection with: 1. BTO - Not Fragile 2. Alice Cooper - School's Out 3. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic 4. KISS - Alive 5. KISS - Destroyer 6. McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run 7. Kansas - Leftoverture 8. Yes - The Yes Album 9. Styx - The Grand Illusion 10. The Doobie Brothers - Best Of

[@brooks323]

Led zeppelin II cassette when I was 13 back in 81 and pronounced Skynyrd was my first album

[@Metalpakhok]

Hi Pete, I really enjoy your videos.!!!!Best wishes from Caracas Venezuela. My 10 albums I bought as a kid: 1-Kiss Destroyer 2-Kiss Rock and roll over 3-Kiss Dinasty 4-Prism 5-Rage Out of control 6-Billy Squier 1984 7-Black Sabbath Born Again 8-Saxon Denin and leather 9-AC/DC Back in black 10-Kiss Lick it up

[@JeffYoungTube]

the STARZ t-shirt, though! :P \m/

[@dreamprescription8852]

How did that shirt survive all these years? I saw Starz open for Foghat in 77 or 78. Awesome show!!!

[@davidvaness5081]

First concert starz opened have their first record

[@dreamprescription8852]

On Cassablanca label; same as KISS and Donna Summer

[@presto111man]

I have all of your first ten on vinyl as well as the Starz debut which is on your T-shirt! Great video!

[@tomacquistapace233]

1) Brain Salad Surgery: Emerson, Lake and Palmer 2) Who's Next : The Who 3) Live at Leeds : The Who 4) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: Black Sabbath 5) Paranoid: Black Sabbath 5) Led Zeppelin II: Led Zeppelin 6) Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits: Alice Cooper 7) Quadrophenia: The Who 8) Master of Reality: Black Sabbath 9) Kiss Alive: Kiss 10) The Hoople: Mott the Hoople --- can't stop : don't ask me to stop -- 11) Physical Graffiti: Led Zeppelin 12) Made in Japan: Deep Purple 13) Muscle of Love: Alice Cooper 14) Sladest: Slade 15) Energized: Foghat 16) Tommy : The Who 17) Mark, Don and Mel: Grand Funk Railroad 18) Tarkus: Emerson, Lake and Palmer 19) Led Zeppelin IV: Led Zeppelin 20) Kimono My House: Sparks 21) The Slider: T.Rex 22) Desolation Boulevard: The Sweet 23) Live : Uriah Heep 24) M.U. : The Best of Tull: Jethro Tull 25) All the World's a Stage: Rush 26) Rainbow Rising : Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 27) Sheer Heart Attack : Queen

[@philmccartney3214]

My first 10 albums I owned/acquired: 1. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel 2. "Live in Las Vegas" - Tom Jones 3. "ABC" - Jackson Five 4. "Woodstock" - Original Soundtrack 5. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Elton John 6. "Little Queen" - Heart 7. "Hotel California" - The Eagles 8. "Straight Shooter" - Bad Company 9. "Double Vision" - Foreigner 10. "Back to the Egg" - Paul McCartney and Wings

[@garycreswell9107]

My first was The Alice Cooper show on L.P. and Aerosmith Toy’s in the Attic.

[@daveben3573]

Really enjoyed that Pete and despite being a few years older than you many of these were in my early catalogue. Actually remember rushing out as a 17 year old to buy Seconds Out as a present to myself for passing my driving test. Still love it today!! First albums I remember getting were: Selling England - Genesis, Meddle - Pink Floyd, Live Cream 1 - Cream, Live Cream 2 - Cream, In search of the lost chord - Moody Blues, Eagles - Their Greatest Hits, Pilgrimage - Wishbone Ash, Nicely out of tune - Lindisfarne, Wildlife - Wings, Double white - Beatles.

[@RobHoughton]

started in 1968 1. Monkees - Headquarters 2. CCR - Green River 3: Beatles - Abbey Road 4. Led Zeppelin 1 5. Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. 6. Beatles - Hey Jude 7. Paul McCartney - McCartney 8. CCR - Willy and the Poor Boys 9. CCR - Cosmos Factory 10. Beatles - Let It Be

[@adamsasso1]

My first album was Pat Benatar - ‘Crimes of Passion’. The cover had quite a lot to do with that decision. 😍

[@davidpressel9298]

I think I'm a couple years older. Mine approximately: Queen day at the races Rush caress of steel Starz Steve Miller fly like an eagle Zep song remains the same Styx man of miracles Kiss. Alive Jethro tull passion play Alice cooper schools out Cheech and Chong big bamboo

[@RickNBacker]

Wow, I don't think I can get up to 10 but I'm sure the first 3 were Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick, Chicago II and Humble Pie - Smokin'. After that, the Yes album and Close to the Edge. After that, I have no idea...

[@jtmichaelson]

We're the same age and I was there with ya. I bought all of those albums with lawn-mowing money. I remember, and miss, looking at those amazing album covers, reading the credits the whole time laying in bed listening to those great old albums.

[@mikewhiteley641]

I can't nail down my first 10,but my first 3 ( for sure ) were: Deep Purple's Machine Head,In Rock and the mighty Made in Japan. I grew up in Newfoundland,so albums by Canadian bands April Wine & The Stampeders were likely among the first 10 LPs I ever got. ( The Stampeders was my first concert in 1976 )

[@FrostedSeagull]

Impeccable taste 👍

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you for your first Top Ten albums/CD's. I love your Starz shirt! Life is better with music!! Take Care.🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@scottmcgregor562]

Hey Pete, I would love to hear your first 10 jazz albums. Not telling how to run your show just curious.

[@iamnostalgic9567]

I recently started to get into jazz. After a bad day at work, it relaxes me.

[@troyv8302]

1 - ACDC - Back In Black 2 - REO - High Infidelity 3. Queen - The Game 4 - Styx - Paradise Theater 5 - John Cougar - American Fool 6 - Rush - Moving Pictures 7 - Ozzy - Diary of a Madman 8 - Def Leppard - Pyromania 9 - Quiet Riot - Metal Health 10. Dio - Holy Diver The order might be a little fuzzy but these I remember buying with my paper route money from the K-Mart down the street. There was a metal album with a bunch of various artists which I wore the tape out but can't remember the name of it to save my life. Nice topic Pete, was fun going down memory lane for a bit.

[@therockrowepodcast7019]

First i bought was KISS Hotter Than Hell

[@nickyanulis1852]

Hey Pete, I'm Nick from Chicago, and I just wanted to say that it's so cool because I grew up with a lot of the same stuff you did! I'm still a huge KISS fan, but all the other stuff too! I'm 55 so we're basically the same age so that's pretty awesome!

[@chop3625]

I’m stunned no “Frampton Comes Alive” wasn’t that mandatory? How about “Rumors” another Pete no show.