Woodstock flashback: The first 5 albums you bought?

For those who were young around the time of the 1969 Woodstock festival. (And are of a "certain age" now.)

Do you remember the first five or so albums that you bought, with your own money? (I assume that you were good and didn't steal them...)

A new teenager at the time of Woodstock, I was a bit young to go.... Though I know children my age were there. (A guy from our school class went...with his parents.) At the time I was just starting to "graduate" from buying music singles ("45's") to purchasing a few albums...with my newspaper route money. I didn't really "get going" on buying albums until the following year, 1970.

Aside: Actually, I think the first album I ever bought was 1966's "The Supremes A-Go-Go", by the legendary Supremes. I believe my brother and I pooled our allowance money at the time. We loved the Supremes, and that pink-covered album got listened to death. You can currently find an import (remastered) version of this album at Amazon. For over $600. (Photo/link.)


With the Woodstock 40th anniversary here, I started thinking about the first albums I ever owned (on my own). Alas; none of them are in my possession anymore. Pretty sure it was my mother who tossed out most of my vinyl collection several years later. (Thanks, Mom.)

As best as I recall, here's my list of the first albums I owned: They're all from 1970 (I believe) except "Tommy", released in 1969. All were major-ly popular albums at the time. (FWIW, don't remember the exact order in which they were purchased.)

"Chicago II" (Their second album. Pretty sure this is the first one I bought on my own.)

"Deja Vu", Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

"Tommy", The Who

"Cosmo's Factory", Creedence Clearwater Revival (Reached #1 on Billboard pop album chart at the time....)

"Steppenwolf 'Live'", Steppenwolf ("Sookie, Sookie" to you!)


From the period anyway, most of these albums still hold up well, IMO.

Memory test: So what's your list? What were the first albums you owned, especially if you were of age/coming of age around the time of Woodstock.(Wherever you are from....)

It's something of a rhetorical question to contemplate, but I've also opened up comments here if you care to leave one containing your list. I think it's interesting. Thank you.