The 1st record you genuinely bought?

[big.eck]

mines was the "startrek" piss take 6" record .

think it's still at my mums

 

[xizang]

Didn't Vai play with Zappa, previously?

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1970s and 1980s:
In 1974, Vai took guitar lessons from guitarist Joe Satriani, and played in numerous local bands, one that took the name, "The Steve Vais". He has acknowledged the influence of many guitarists including Jeff Beck and jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Vai followed those lessons by attending and graduating the Berklee College of Music, afterwards recording a promotional piece for them, speaking about auditioning for Frank Zappa, at age twenty.

Vai mailed Frank Zappa a transcription of Zappa's "The Black Page", an instrumental song written for drums, along with a tape with some of Vai's guitar playing. Zappa was so impressed with the abilities of the young musician that he hired him in 1979 to do work transcribing several of his guitar solos, including many of those appearing on the Joe's Garage album and the Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar series. These transcriptions were published in 1982 in The Frank Zappa Guitar Book.
Subsequent to being hired as a transcriber, Vai did overdubs on many of the guitar parts for Zappa's album You Are What You Is. Thereafter he became a full-fledged band member, going on his first tour with Zappa in the Autumn of 1980. One of those early shows with Vai on guitar, recorded in Buffalo was released in 2007. While touring with Zappa's band, Vai would sometimes ask audience members to bring musical scores and see if he could sight-read them on the spot. Zappa referred to Vai as his "little Italian virtuoso" and was listed in liner notes as performing "stunt guitar" or "impossible guitar parts". He would later be a featured artist on the 1993 recording, Zappa's Universe. In 2006 he returned to playing music composed by Frank Zappa as a special guest on his son, Dweezil Zappa's 'Zappa Plays Zappa' tour, alongside old friends from his early years who he had performed with when Zappa was alive.

 

[Andy R]

I remember buying those first records like if it was yesterday and still plays them regularly.

1978 Slade "Slayed" (the record was already 4 years old) and the fabulous cover of Janis Joplin's "Come over"

That'll be "Move Over", surely? It figured in their live set for years, along with the John Sebastian composition "Darlin' Be Home Soon"....

My first album ? I can't honestly remember, but probably something like "Rubber Soul" in 1965.

 

[Marmite King]

1972 - Mama Weer All Crazee Now by Slade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gPulu85q04

Still got all the 7"singles my brother and I bought between us back then.

 

[Aeronaut]

I can only remember my first cd purchase, Beastie Boys- Pauls Boutique bought from a music fair. i didn't have my own player to play it on at the time.

 

[Huntso]

Deep Purple-Black Night in about 1970 from a record and music shop called Wynesses on Leyton High Road

 

[LeeDevelopment]

Probably the album KISS - 'Killers', I think my first single was Blondie's 'The Tide Is High'.

 

[neilypullsawheelie]

ELO 'Mr Blue Sky'. Classic!

 

[nayfinesse]

1st vinyl

Tears of a Clown by The Beat on TwoTone Records. Rankin Roger! There's a name you wont hear Jonathon Ross saying

 

[Gadro]

Simpler times

Can't remember if I bought it or nicked it from my Brother.

The Clash - Bankrobber

The Clash were awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Q32tIcREs

Remember buying this in WHSmiths Madness - ONE STEP BEYOND

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ

Remember doing the pogo to this album for hours much to my Mams dismay was only 8. Saved up for ages for their next Absolutely Album

God this brings back memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xghaOXnn ... 92&index=5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PybDUOJm ... 2&index=11

How many 'holers' were your Doc Martins ? I only had 8