Tell us about the first album you bought

Posted at 3:04 PM on February 6, 2008 by Julia Schrenkler

Bill DeVille and the Musicheads asked: What was the first record you bought with your own money?

Oh, some of the answers are sweet and no-nonsense:

"'Singing the Blues' by Guy Mitchell" - Nippy Katz
"The Police - 'Synchronicity'" - Joseph H.
"Billy Joel 'The Stranger'... and I bought it at a JC Penneys store!" - Michael K.

Others dish on the backstory, like this one:

"I don't rightly recall... but my brother bought the soundtrack to a little known film called Dudes when we were kid, that I would have bought, and it was a record that changed our lives with it's mix of metal, punk, and alternative music." - Eric P.

But if you haven't replied yet, the answer isn't yours. Tell your story.