First album I bought with my own money [from my Newsday paper route] was "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player" by Elton John at Sam Goody's in 1973.

My first 8-track, also purchased that year, was either Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" [previously owned by my best friend] or a recorded episode of the Flip Wilson show from the Korvette's bargain bin.