The first LP or 45 you ever bought (if you can remember...)

[muiscmike]

My first record I ever bought was the 45 by Buck Owens "0n the Cover of the Music City News"/"Stoney Mountain, West Virginia." I bought it in either '73 or '74.  I think I paid $.61 including tax.

[Chuck]

It was either "Purple People Eater" or "The Chipmunk Song."  I can't remember which.

[NHRadio]

"Wham bam shang a lang" by Silver on Arista records. I still have it.

[SolidGold16]

"Wham bam shang a lang" by Silver on Arista records. I still have it.

Ha, great song! I used to have it on one of those K-TEL LP's from back then. True one-hit wonder. Anyone ever see an actual music video of this group?

I have no idea what they look like. Seems the videos on YouTube are just static, no live performance by this band.

[NHRadio]

I don't think there ever was a video made. If there was it's been well hidden.
From Wikipedia:

Members of the group included John Batdorf (formerly of Batdorf & Rodney), lead vocals and guitar; Brent Mydland (later of the Grateful Dead), keyboards and vocals; Tom Leadon (brother of the Eagles' Bernie Leadon), bass guitar and vocals; Greg Collier, guitar and vocals; and Harry Stinson, drums and percussion. Phil Hartman designed the cover art for Silver, the quintet's only album. The band's recordings were released on the Arista record label.

The single's title, "Wham Bam", was shown as "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang", and made #16 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1976. Arista executives gave the band the song to record, after concluding that none of the other tracks on the album they produced had single potential.[citation needed] Arista head Clive Davis himself co-produced their sole album.

[dtuba]

First album: "Breakfast in America"  by Supertramp (still have it)
First 45: "One Way or Another" by Blondie, I think.
1979 was when I first got into music.

[melan8tr]

Lp "Ritchie Valens" by Rithcie Valens - bought in 1959 for $3.98 at richards dept store..still have it, a bit sratched and the cover scribbled on by my sister. I have 5 replacement copies. No clue what my first 45 was..maybe "mule skinner blues" by the fendermen on SOMA.

replacement copies:
2ea Del-Fi originals
2ea Del-Fi re-issue on Rhino
1ea pretty cool UK bootleg on london