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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2004 4:48 am
by skinnytie
The first new wave album I bought was "Parallel Lines" by Blondie at DiscoMat for $3.99 2 weeks after it was released. My second was "Heaven Tonight" by Cheap Trick (I considered them part of the New Wave at the time, now I'm not so sure. I'm surprised

PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:27 am
by yipyipcoyote
M - Official Secrets Act - 1981?

PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2004 10:34 am
by Grunch
It was pretty new wavey sounding to me, but I thought Billy Joel singing about we didn;t start a fire was the most new wave thing I owned until I got a Culture Club CD

PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:51 pm
by tory
First NW album: either Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols or My Aim is True by Elvis Costello.

PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:11 am
by DevoDude
It all started for me with The B-52's first album, "The B-52's"!

A very good (and now life-long) friend "Told" me the lyrics to Planet Claire, you know... "Planet Claire has pink air, all the trees are red. No one ever dies there, no one has a

PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:22 am
by scramjet
I had a DJ friend who was quite generous about making me cassette tapes or letting me tape things so I didn't buy many albums. I did buy Duran Duran's Rio and Reach the Beach by The Fixx.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:18 pm
by EchoBeachBunnyBoy
I bought Blondie's "Parallel Lines" back in 1978 when I was 12. It was the first LP I purchased with allowance money. I STILL have it too. It's pretty worn & beat up, but I keep it as a reminder of those long ago New Wave days...[8)]

PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:10 am
by Surly
I received a number of records as a kid (I had my first record player when I was 2) but as for the first new wave record I bought, it was probably by Adam And The Ants - I got "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" and "Prince Charming" at the same time.

I remem

PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:22 am
by barrisfan
However, long before I had any money, I was busy recording New Wave off the radio (mostly Seattle's KYYX, KJET, and sometimes KUBE, and then eventually KHIT, when Stephen Rabow moved over there after KYYX's demise). I still have a LOT of those tapes..

PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:43 pm
by driverx
I used to babysit for a kid down the street who was only about 4 years younger than I was. His mom bought me Men At Work - Business As Usual. (I just had to look up the title of that album). She died of cancer just a few years after that. She was a really

PostPosted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:18 am
by KYYX4ever
[quote]Originally posted by barrisfan
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However, long before I had any money, I was busy recording New Wave off the radio (mos

PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 1:09 pm
by knightoboingo
M- Pop Muzik
The 45 vinyl single!

Oh, No! It's Devo!
Vinyl LP

PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:05 pm
by savethewave
My first were:
Ramones
Plastic Letters-Blondie
Talking Heads-77
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
The Cars

All in 1977.