The first album I bought for myself.

[ziggysego]

The Heartbeat Soundtrack. Yeah, I'd a bit of a 50s thing going on for a while.

[lynchbhoy]

Lynchboy:

Its details can be found anseo:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hot-Tracks/release/1043700

ok
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hot-Wax/release/2112908
this is the one I got - though it was also 1979 - but the bio says it was released in 1980 !

[FL/MAYO]

Tonic for the Troops

Boomtown Rats

Ditto

[stew]

Tonic for the Troops

Boomtown Rats

Mine too, i bought it for 6 quid in Armagh but had a five quid gift voucher and when i got it home and played it I thought it was shite, i was right.

[muppet]

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

[Billys Boots]

Tonic for the Troops

Boomtown Rats

Mine too, i bought it for 6 quid in Armagh but had a five quid gift voucher and when i got it home and played it I thought it was shite, i was right.

Ah very harsh Stew - I still play it in the car fairly regularly.  Some good songs on it too.

[Puckoon]

The very best of the eagles, in or around 1987 in the old record shop in the royal arms mews.

[cookstownblue]

Oasis- Be Here Now

[barelegs]

Garth Brooks 'No Fences' and Meat Loaf's 'Bat out of Hell' were the staple in the car for a large portion of my childhood however the actual first album was a good work on my part. (Don't ask about first single though thats mildly embarrassing)

Oasis- Definitely Maybe

[Celt_Man]

The Corrs - Talk on Corners.

And that's all I'll say on the matter

[muppet]

The Corrs - Talk on Corners.

And that's all I'll say on the matter

Ah yes, the old I'll buy it just in case I ever chat them up in a bar?

Did it work?

[Declan]

First album I actually bought was Christopher Cross self titled  back in 1979 I think

[Celt_Man]

The Corrs - Talk on Corners.

And that's all I'll say on the matter

Ah yes, the old I'll buy it just in case I ever chat them up in a bar?

Did it work?

oh yea.... that was it surely Muppet.  Glad I didn't have to explain that one myself.

No it hasn't worked.....


yet...

[Dougal]

think mine was metallica-ride the lightning,happens to still be one of my top albums of all time.

[vav]

The Wolfe Tones - 50 Great Irish Rebel Songs and Ballads was 1st CD I bought for myself... but 1st tape I was ever bought was The Very Best of Rod Stewart!