1966...3 am cruising to Ensenada, smoking Mex weed and barely keeping the old chevy panel van on the winding inland "Libre" road, listening to Wolfman Jack on the Big X.

A memory...

Actually, from '65 on we listened to the X most of the time in LA.

I still spin "East-West", saw/heard Butterfield live at the Golden Bear in '67. Great sounds...

first single
"Poor Boy" and "Raunchy", I was like 13.

First album
For Sale and Yesterday and Today
followed by Rubber Soul and Revolver as they manifested.
oh, and 12X5 and RSNow...

I know but at 31 I love winding up you old-uns ;p

I had to use those odd inserts so my nan could listen to her Des O'Connor singles. She bought an Amstrad music center in the late 80s that almost didnt cater for the old schoolers like nan but also needed a bit of re working for us new kids so we could copy our video games (then on tape) for each other. It seemed odd to me then that the hardware peeps would be so out of touch with the end users but having grown up a tad I decided to become a pirate and ever since I see / hear / play what I want on what I want where I want - for free if you cant provide the same.

After all we should only yield for excellence not laws ;p

I love this thread.

We got an original Atari for christmas the year they came out and that is the only video game I've owned in me life.

And if I could move a little faster I'd shove this cane right up that young whipper-snapper's ass. Kids on the interweb these days......

lw

First single: Moon River -- First Album: The Soundtrack to Music Man --- Uh,,, maybe some would contend I was a sorta strange child -- 2nd album, Sandy Nelson House Party, 2nd single, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, by Gene Pitney....

Speaking of strange children..... My youngest sister's first album was Donny Osmond's "Puppy Love." That wasn't the strange part. The fact that Donny O became an invisible friend of hers that she chatted with for a couple of years was the odd part, imo.

I remember going through my parents albums when I was pretty little grooving to "The Mommas and the Poppas."

lw

My love of music started with my parents folk music obsession. Pete Seeger was a favorite. I think the defining moment of my childhood was seeing a Pete Seeger childrens concert at about 5. Several years later, my folks were part of a club that put on folk concerts and we did one with Pete. He came over to our house for dinner!! I got to hang with my hero!!
The concert was a success and Petes cut was $1000(in 1960 money) which immediatly tried to give back. But they made him keep it, it was during his blacklisted years when all his work was at college concerts and the like.

I still think he is a hero. I heard on NPR today that he is the most recorded american artist of all time with 180 albums to his credit.

I remember buying a 45 of Cheech and Chong's "Basketball Jones," when I was prolly still a pre-teen. I forget the B side. Maybe "Sgt. Stedanko." While I don't think the lyrics/rap were real explicit, I'm now sort of surprised it flew with my parents.

lw

Amazing and fun thread 'fer sure. Pete Seeger at 'yer house ...How cool is that!!!???... My Dad had a pretty large collection of Jazz on '78's... That's where I first began 'hearing' about social issues such as poverty, racism, sexism, and the like... Question::: Did music propel and or direct anyones 'social consciousness in their 'early awareness years'??? (I'm with JRL in that I accept and agree that Folk has pretty much always done so) The first time I remember getting into a 'political/anti-war discussion' and citing something someone should listen to and think about, I suggested the guy listen to that 1st album by Paul Revere and the Raiders... Now, after all these years, I can not remember the name of the song, but to me, it was obviously anti-war and a swipe at the absurdities of US political powers and directions... Most folks easily caught on to something like "Eve of Destruction" etc, but if one had an ear, there was a fair amount of earlier stuff that was sounding the warning ....

I was raised by leftist folksingers. It goes way back before Barry McGuire(though Eve of Destruction still sounds topical) and continues on today.

The obvious root is Woody Guthrie, but he was schooled by people like Cisco Houston, who showed him how to organize at labor camps and get his head kicked in by company goons.

It continues: check out my dear friend and client Dave Lippman http://www.Davelippman.com and labor singer Anne Feeny.http://annefeeney.com/

"Raised by Leftist Folksingers" --- I mean really now!! Where's it gonna end?? Why, If'n 'ole Joe McCarthy wuz here by gum...He'd sure enough take you to task...

At the moment I don't remember what my first was, though, I do remember listening to all of my father's 8-tracks in the Monte Carlo and 45s in the abode. I haven't bought much of anything personally but it was most likely a CD.