YOUR FIRSTS

[JackOutback]

First cassette: ...Ish by 1927
First vinyl: Ten by Pearl Jam (this year though)
First concert: Offspring in 1995

 

[Spearman]

first 8 tracks (1975) won radio prize - Tubular Bells; bought - Aerosmith
first album (1975) Beatles collection red and blue double albums
first cassette probably 1980ish mixed tape at uni or Marianne Faithful Broken English (never had many cassettes)

first show (1976) Rain (Beatle tribute) and ShaNaNa
first concert (1976) Beach Boys, Firefall, Ricky Nelson, maybe Commander Cody

 

[Fossie 32]

First single my parents got for me - Mr Tambourine Man by the Byrds
First one I bought - Let's Hang On by the Four Seasons
First Album bought for me by my Gran - Decca various artists featuring Whiter Shade of Pale, Black is Black etc
First Album I co-bought with my brother - Magic Box by The Loved Ones
First live show - The Groove in a tent at Royal Melbourne Show
First proper concert - Deep Purple, Free, Mannfred Mann and Piranha at Festival Hall
First tape ? can only remember buying one for something new to play on our honeymoon, Circus Animals by Cold Chisel. Used to buy vinyl and tape it
First CD - a Troggs EP with Wild Thing on it - before I had a CD player

 

[Gasometer]

First vinyl- Up there Cazaly

First single- Up there Cazaly

First Cassette- 1981 Rocks On

First CD- 1991 - Autumn Hits can’t remember the title exactly

First concert - Dire Straits 1985

 

[Sttew]

First LP: Ringo, January 1974. (I tossed up between Band on the Run and Ringo and chose the latter because the album came with a 24 page illustrated book.)

First single: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John, 1973

First concert: Queen, 1976 at Festival Hall... the original Queen with Freddie Mercury.

First cassette: don't recall as they never really captivated me. Could have been Styx

First stage musical: Jesus Christ Superstar at Palais, 1973

First artist seen overseas: Patti Smith at MOMA, NYC, 2017 (was standing a metre from her when she did an impromptu concert)

First radio station I listened to music on: "More Music, 3XY"

First album to "really" leave impression on me: Seventh Sojourn, Moody Blues 1972. I was staying with a friend on his family's farm and the friends older brother had just bought the album and played it non-stop. I didn't know it at the time but it is one of my favourite albums of all time!

 

[Mighty Eagles]

First CD: Agro Kids' Dance Party aside, I believe it was Savage Garden's debut album (1997)

First concert: Rock It (December 2005). Foo Fighters headlined, Oasis and Wolfmother were also there.

 

[Doc1763]

First Single: Heart of Glass
First Album: Parallel Lines
First Cassette: Back in Black
First CD: I think it was Delicate Sound of Thunder

 

[Disco Dew]

First vinyl: Pink Floyd - The Wall
First Cassette: Naughty By Nature
First CD: Nirvana - Nevermind
First concert: Kiss 2003 at Rod Laver
First festival: Big Day Out 2004