Killing time with coworkers recently, we discussed how so much music now is copied/downloaded, and we diverged to reminiscing about our first music purchases. Everyone in the discussion remembered their first purchase, and I thought it would be a fun topic here.

I'll get it started.

My first purchase was two 45 RPM singles -- Mr. Roboto by Styx, and Rock You Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions.

Still have them somewhere, but I have nothing that can play them.

First two full length albums (cassettes, actually) -- Van Halen, 1984 and Michael Jackson, Thriller. Ah, the memories.