First album and concert

[likwidsh0k]

After reading Marc's excellent thread "It's about the music.." thought this question asked on Rockwiz would make a great thread..

1st album: First album I bought with my own cash was a cassette tape of Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars

1st concert: Tough to remember exactly which one was first, but a standout was The Cult's Electric tour in 1987 at Bombay Rock on the Gold Coast. Awesome concert and just read 'When the world tour wound through Australia, the band wrecked £30,000 worth of equipment, and as a result they could not tour Japan, as no company would rent them new equipment.'

Edited August 13, 2009 by likwidsh0k

[caddisgeek]

First album was also on cassette, "TNT" by AC/DC, I was about ten I think.

Concert, well, not really a concert goer per se, more of a sweaty pub gig kind of guy. First gig was the Painters and Dockers at the local pub (the Caledonian) when I was about 15

[hired goon]

G'day,

Heh ... we'll have to call you Julia from now on, Mr Shok.

Anyway: I popped my concert cherry with Kiss at Lang Park in 1980. The first album I ever bought was either Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells" or Kiss - "Destroyer" (I think ... memory is getting a bit hazy in my dotage and a history of substance abuse doesn't help either).

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... a standout was The Cult's Electric tour in 1987 at the Bombay Rock on the Gold Coast

I saw The Cult at East Leagues Club on the same tour and it was the loudest gig I have ever heard.

--Geoff

[likwidsh0k]

  hired goon said:

G'day,

Heh ... we'll have to call you Julia from now on, Mr Shok.

Anyway: I popped my concert cherry with Kiss at Lang Park in 1980. The first album I ever bought was either Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells" or Kiss - "Destroyer" (I think ... memory is getting a bit hazy in my dotage and a history of substance abuse doesn't help either).

I saw The Cult at East Leagues Club on the same tour and it was the loudest gig I have ever heard.

--Geoff

and don't call me Shirley.

Yup awesome concert and LOUD!!

[Nude]

My first album bought with my own money was Explosive Hits 74

First concert was ACDC Back in Black tour at the Myer Music Bowl

[emesbee]

1st album: The Beatles, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - when I was 15

1st concert: Led Zeppelin at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, when I was 16

[caddisgeek]

  Nude said:

First concert was ACDC Back in Black tour at the Myer Music Bowl

My Uncle went to that, I hear it was a crazy show

That was the last rock gig at the Music Bowl for about 16 IIRC

[likwidsh0k]

  emesbee said:

1st album: The Beatles, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - when I was 15

1st concert: Led Zeppelin at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, when I was 16

Wow.. doesn't get any better than that

Would have loved to seen Zep live, just got How the West Was Won and its awesome.

[mondie]

Great idea for a thread.

My first ever music purchase was a tape in 1981 at 11 years old - it was a compilation 1981 Rocks or something similar, l still have it somewhere. Being a country boy concerts were difficult to attend so it wasn't until l was 17 when l went with some mates to see Dire Straits at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Couldn't see a bloody thing but still enjoyed the experience.

Cheers,

mondie

[warren2503]

First album Deep Purple machine head In quadraphonic

First concert

Alice Cooper goes to Hell Sydney sports ground now defunct

W

[emesbee]

  likwidsh0k said:

Wow.. doesn't get any better than that

Would have loved to seen Zep live, just got How the West Was Won and its awesome.

Yep, and at the age of 16 I was mighty impressed. We had originally planned to go and see Creedence Clearwater Revival, but then we heard that Led Zeppelin were playing at the same time. I remember that we turned up at Memorial Drive only to find out that the concert had been postponed to the following evening due to rain, so we could have gone to CCR as well, as it turned out. Anyway, turned up again the following evening and the concert went ahead. I can still remember Jimmy Page playing his guitar with a violin bow on Dazed and Confused. Would have loved to have seen Creedence too.

[Soultone]

First Album: Kiss - Dynasty, got it on vinyl from Kmart for $12.88

First Concert: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms tour at KGV Oval in tassie.

[davel]

Led Zep II

The Nice at Liverpool Phil

[patjoy]

Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits from a revolving wire rack at Coles.

Skyhooks @ Festival Hall

[emesbee]

  davel said:

Led Zep II

The Nice at Liverpool Phil

The Nice? Nice!

[Westie]

1st EP 4 track Beatles - Help!

1st Album T-Rex - Bolan Boogie

1st concert - Hush at the Wyong oval I think around 1971-72.

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[seano]

1st album: Manilow Magic - The Best Of Barry Manilow (1978)

1st concert: Sky at Sydney Opera House (1984)

[markm1111]

Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees on vinyl when I was 10

Endeavour Rock at the Endeavour Oval (Shark Park) - Divinyls, Mental as Aything and The Angels among others IIRC

[Westie]

  warren2503 said:

First album Deep Purple machine head In quadraphonic

W

This was my 3rd LP when i was 14 yrs old.But nobody i knew had a quadraphonic system and i wanted to hear the 'quad' sound specially 'smoke on the water'.

However a friend of my father had one.He was a very fussy music guy wouldnt let anyone touch his stereo equipment let alone some kid.

This guy was throwing a birthday party for his daughter and Dad and i were invited.I cunningly hid my copy of 'Machine Head' under the present.

Whilst everybody was outside celebrating the girl's lighting of the candles i made my move.

I had actually started to press the start button to play when i was busted.Its funny how these days if you drag your kids by the ears and whack thier asses with a leather belt you get in all sorts of trouble...

[Guest]

1st 45 was Love to have a beer with Duncan by slim

1st 33 was soundtrack to the Muppet Movie

1st Cassestte tape - ACDC - Dirty Deeds

1st Concert Rolf Harriss - at the Darwin Botanic Gardens

Am I being too honest here:p:confused:

[snowdownunder]

1st LP would have been Mi-sex Graffiti Crimes. I bought this LP at Sound Advice, Hurstville.

1st concert with the folks was Neil Diamond at the Sydney Sports grounds in 1976.

1st concert on my own was a triple header, The Radiators, The Angels and the Oils at the Capital, 1981ish

Those were the days.

[Nude]

  snowdownunder said:

1st LP would have been Mi-sex Graffiti Crimes. I bought this LP at Sound Advice, Hurstville.

1st concert with the folks was Neil Diamond at the Sydney Sports grounds in 1976.

1st concert on my own was a triple header, The Radiators, The Angels and the Oils at the Capital, 1981ish

Those were the days.

Ah The Radiators, such memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p54Kq7n8_EU&feature=PlayList&p=5745AE60E6936A74&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=69

[raptor]

My first album was Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company

My first concert (ignoring pub rock) was probably Jethro Tull at Festival Hall soon after Thick As A Brick was released.

[Jake]

Strangely I havent really thought about this before and I always thought my first album came in the guise of Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell.

However, now Ive thought about it I am certain it was, like Nude, Explosive Hits 74.

First concert....thats a little harder. Im pretty sure it was either Eric Clapton or Stevie Ray Vaughan at Festival Hall, Brisbane. I saw them both around the same period, mid 80's.

EC was great but SRV was mindblowing. There was nothing else there in the world like him, and I had never even heard of him until 2 days before! My GF at the time got some tickets and I was just mesmerised. His brother Jimmie and the Fabulous Thunderbirds were the support act.

EC's support act was Renee Geyer, and she bloody rocked!

Cheers,

Jake

[Gee Emm]

1st 7" single; Beatles something or other

1st 7" EP; Beatles something or other

1st LP; Beatles "Please Please Me"

I know one of my older brothers 1st album was Chuck Berry "The London Sessions"

The other older brothers 1st album was either Deep Purple "Machine Head" or Black Sabbath "Paranoid".

Ist concert I went to was one of those Oz rock concerts put on during school holidays at Festival Hall in Melbourne by 3XY (1422 on the AM dial; where "No wrinkleys fly").

I think I was 14, maybe 15.

I think (?) my first international act I saw (at Festival hall) was America. It was fantastic!