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Firsts
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This is a great thread! I=92ve really enjoyed reading these.
First album - Beatles =9265, at 12 years of age. My sister and I pooled =
our meager resources to buy it at K-Mart. Bought With the Beatles soon =
after that. Already owned several 45=92s by then. "Pictures of =
Matchstick Men" and Strawberry Alarm Clock, that sort of thing.
First concert - Edgar Winter Group, Shaumburg, IL, =9271 in an old =
rundown fieldhouse. GA, we sat on the cold concrete floor. Ronnie =
Montrose stole the show with his guitar work. Left to form his own =
group soon after that.
First Who exposure - Heard "Magic Bus" on the radio, just flat knocked =
me out. I would guess around 1966. Later liked "I Can See for Miles". =
Bought Live at Leeds when it first came out, only because it included =
"Magic Bus" and was most disappointed that it was so different from the =
studio version. Like many of us, I was initially put off by the =
roughness and raw power of the LP. No one had heard hard rock like =
that before. Six months later I was obsessed with the whole LP, =
especially Pete=92s incredible solos. From there, I backtracked through =
the earlier LP=92s.
First Who concert - Indiana University, Nov =9275. I was 22 and had a =
fever from the early stages of mono, but there was no way I was missing =
the show. Afterwards, I felt "cured." We were amazed at the number of =
hit songs they had, having never heard them played at the same time.
Jon