Sally Go Round The Roses by the Jaynettes. (45 RPM)

I still have it, Happy Trails, by Quicksilver Messenger Service. I was 14.

I think it was Sail Away by Randy Newman. Still have it.

Cindy Lauper's She's So Unusual. I still love it.

45rpm - Don't be Cruel by Elvis Presley. . .OK my parents bought it but I wore it out. (I'm that old.)

Parallel Lines by Blondie.

vinyl specifically?

The New Bomb Turks "!!Destroy Oh Boy!!"

Other media I'm not sure I remember. Probably an embarrassing early 90s hip-hip album on CD, like TLC or something. I might have bought a Michael Jackson cassette at an early age though but I can't remember.

My very square parents watched over my media choices in my youth during the '60s; my early record collection consisted of Little Golden Records (with their bright yellow vinyl) and the first LPs they got me were some of the "Original Soundtrack" albums of early Hanna-Barbera cartoons - Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Top Cat... and when they say "Original Soundtrack", they meant it - basically the audio of entire cartoons plus a narrator who filled in the gaps of some of the visuals - and considering how HB were masters of "limited animation", there weren't that many gaps to fill in. I found them quite educational that way.

The first record they allowed to me to buy for myself, at age 8, was the single of Rolf Harris' "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport"... I should be more ashamed of that than I am (It took me many years to understand that the line "Let me Abo go loose" referred to a human being. Oh, those wacky racist Aussies.) but it was all about starting to build my interest in novelty records when most of them (Ray Stevens, "Flying Saucers", "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini") were too 'Rock and Roll' for my parents' protective tastes.

So, the first LP I got to buy for myself was "Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects" by the Smothers Brothers... folk music, comedy and history... nothing subversive in that, unlike the vetoed "Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Volume One: The Early Years". Freberg was a known SATIRIST, the subversiveness of the Smothers Brothers was not yet well known, and their follow-up "Mom Always Liked You Best!" they considered good for me to help appreciate that I was an only child.

My first record would have been some sort of Cher album. I can't say which one. I bought a turn table when I was 12 and, for a while, I had several Cher albums and nothing else.

initapplette...the same for me! STill have it.

I think it was Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Two at once, actually...
Over-Nite Sensation by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

It was either the first Partridge Family album (which I still have) or The Candy Man by Sammy Davis, Jr.

Dark side of the Moon and Neil Diamond's Moods. Weird mix.

The first tape I remember buying was Madonna - the Like a Prayer album that was doused in perfume.

The first record I purchased was a smaller vinyl limited edition release of Evelyn Evelyn (Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley). Still haven't actually listened to it, as I don't have a record player.

The first cassette tape I bought was Billy Idol's Rebel Yell. My first record album (also my first double album, natch) was Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Welcome to the Pleasuredome.

Both are classics, lifelong favorites from which I've never taken a long break.

My first record (vinyl) was 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Prior to that, I had bought some of those cassettes that I now know were awful that were something like 'Solid Gold Hits #n'. I think, but can't be sure, that 'Dark Side of the Moon' was also my first CD. My first music DVD was 'Pulse'. There's a pattern here if only I could put my finger on it ...

heh, I remember my firsts in multiple formats:
1) Vinyl - The soundtrack to the original Muppet Movie (soon to be followed by a few John Denver records). This was in Grade 1.
2) Cassette - Michael Jackson - Thriller (this was with a coupon that I cut out of the paper. Walked down to the mall and cashed that in! This was...grade 6?)
3) Compact Disc - I bought two that day: David Wilcox - Over 60 Minutes with... AND Joe Strummer - Earthquake Weather. I was 16-17?

So...as much as I'd love to be all snobby and forget about that David Wilcox cd...it happened. I still listen to the Strummer CD sometimes though! Leapoardskin Limousines is a pretty cool tune.

Bob Seger Live Bullet. Double vinyl.

Cassette - Deep Purple Made in Japan (double live)
CD - Alan Parsons I Robot.

Vinyl: Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell. I wore out two or three albums, two cassettes, and now have it on CD.

Cassette: I was still mostly a record/radio girl but I bought blank cassette tapes to record the radio show Dr. Demento, every Sunday night. For a commercially produced cassette: Air Supply, I think.

CD: Jonny Lang's Wander this World. Back when I first met Mr. V, he introduced me to this artist, and we each bought a CD. I still have both of them.