Comments on: Wednesday Open Thread: First Country Album Purchase

By: pselby

pselby — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:37:19 +0000

I’m not sure if those early 70′s Elvis budget albums with country cover songs count, so I’ll say it was the Buck Owens Christmas album that had “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy” and rockin’ version by the Buckaroos of “Jingle Bells.”

Lanibug, I think John Schneider definitely qualified as country — “What’s A Memory Like You” and “Take The Long Way Home” were stone country.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:19:41 +0000

Being in the UK, I hadn’t had a huge exposure to country music. The first CD I bought, therefore, was Martina McBride’s Greatest Hits, after Carrie Underwood (and others) did her songs on American Idol and made me curious!

By: Partridge

Partridge — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:20:48 +0000

It was a very long time ago but the first country album I ever bought was Before I’m Over You, by Loretta Lynn.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:11:55 +0000

Oops! George Strait’s The Road Less Traveled was the first CD I actually bought myself. (I didn’t read the rules…sorry)

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:57:55 +0000

I remember, when I was 8 or 9, my dad got my mom a portable CD player for her birthday (which were rather expensive in the early 90's, I am told) along with Garth's Ropin' the Wind. So I'd sneek listens of that when I could. A few years later, I got a my own CD player/stereo for Christmas along with Garth's Double Live and Sevens. Do I need to point out how much I still love these albums? Sevens is now the "gold standard" by which I rate other albums. Nothing compares to the first, I suppose.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:18:33 +0000

“Sweet Right Here” by SHeDAISY (they were the first country artists I started listening to ^^)

I wasn’t even aware that it was country until I got into sara Evans and Reba :)

I remember the hooks for me were “Passenger Seat” and “Don’t Worry ‘Bout A Thing”

in fact I love sugarland now but back then when i was stupid and young (haha) I always saw their album (Twice The Speed Of Life) on Amazon when I would check out SHeDAISY music I thought they were some weird pop artists LOL :D

By: John L.

John L. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:41:44 +0000

Waylon and Willie: 1978, I still listen to it alot!

By: JarheadDad

JarheadDad — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:36:38 +0000

“Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs” – Marty Robbins

I fell into a little windfall when I found two nests of water moccasins in one week when I was a youngster. Good moccasin skins were pulling down 20 cents per. Big money at the time. Since I was rolling in dough and was too young to be anything but scared of gurls I bought Marty’s album and two new needles for my old rebuilt RCA Victor phonograph. Livin’ in high cotton!

Used to drive my folks nuts on how I “wasted” my money all the time! ;-)

By: Matt B

Matt B — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:52:48 +0000

My first country album purchase was a cassette tape of Garth Brooks’ “Ropin’ The Wind.” The first CD I bought was Vince Gill’s “Whenever You Come Around.”

By: Jim O

Jim O — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:17:08 +0000

Since my interest in country music has only become reawakened in the more recent years of my having my own money to spend on music then it is:

Johnny Cash, Man in Black compilation.

However, when I was a small child I clearly remember once owning a copy of “Boy Named Sue” on 7″ single. by Cash. I can’t ever remember buying it though and more likely obtained it through some kind of trade at school.

I think at the time us kids were more fascinated by the part of the song that was bleeped out on the record than the music itself.