I believe the song with Jump down turn around-pick a bale of cotton (made famous by the Steve Martin movie The Jerk) is a Leadbelly (Huddy Ledbetter) blues song. 1st records--hmm. 1st one I remember having a decision in is the Sesame Street 8 track tape. 1st one I remember buying was either Live and Let Die ost or a K-tel 50s and 60s comp called Jukebox Jive. I still have both. Live and Let Die comes complete with a contract from my sister, promising her french fries to me (next time she has some), written in blue ink over the white back ground. I also remember inheiriting some cool records from my teenage cousin who lived with us for a couple years. Some I remember are by Think! (the one that goes "things get a little easier once you understand",Black Sabbath -Iron Man (I remember putting this on the turn-table and taking a black marker to the label as it spun. It made a cool swirly pattern),Who-Tommy (just like in Almost Famous and a few more I cannot recall. Hip indie credibility factor- I sold magazine subscriptions for school in the 9th grade and won an album of my choice.I selected London Calling by the Clash. Yeah -I know that CBS is not exactly indie but you get the point. -r np-Scott Gorsuch-Purple ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jocelyn Geboy" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Re: first album ever purchased > > --- "Sager, Greg" > wrote: > > The first records I ever owned were a pair of 45s > > ("Green > > Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers, and "How Can I Be > > Sure?" by the Young > > Rascals) that I won at a bazaar at my elementary > > school in 1972. I still > > love both of those songs. I didn't have a turntable > > of my own, so I played > > them on my parents' stereo. > > ~~~~~~~~~okay okay, i'll play. i resist, because i > don't really remember -- as someone else said -- and > as i recall, my stuff is pretty lame. the 45's i > remember playing with my sister, i presume came from > my parents? cause we didn't buy them. although why my > parents had these records is beyond me, cause my dad's > interest i swear stops at 1965, and my mom was more > into neil diamond and kenny rogers. so. i remember > 'night fever' by the bee gees, and 'just the two of > us' by now, i realize bill withers, but i distinctly > remember as a kid, thinking grover washington, jr. was > a hilarious name. 'just the two of us' got the most > spins at 78 rpms. we had a lot of kids records (john > jacob jingleheimer schmidt, mr. rogers, sesame street > collections) and a 45 that to this DAY, i can't really > believe existed, but was actually a fave of ours... > something to the effect of 'jump down, turn around, > pick a bale of cotton'?????? what the fk!?? other > than that, we had a 45 of 'i will follow him' that i > loved. and oh yeah!! 'lollipop' !! i assume these > were just hand-me-downs from my p's. i wonder if they > still have them. > > then. music bought on my own. here's the deal. i do > not actually recall the actual *purchase* of these > cassettes, but... i assume because i owned them, that > i asked for them in the kmart or target one day and we > got them. or maybe for christmas? we didn't have a > lot of money, and i didn't get an allowance, so...?? > thriller by michael jackson. born in the usa, bruce > springsteen. whatever chicago was big circa 1985. > with 'you're the inspiration,' 'hard to say i'm sorry' > and 'walk away' on it. it might have even been a > greatest hits. so, i was an 80's kid (note, kid), but > i just wasn't cool. > > jocelyn > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com >