What Was Your First RUSH Album

[danielmclark]

QUOTE (ALifeson85 @ Aug 25 2011, 09:55 PM)

Exit...Stage Left AND Permanent Waves on cassette, back in February '93...I bugged my dad that I wanted a my own cassette player/stereo, so for my 8th birthday, he got me one, along with the 2 Rush tapes, and Pink Floyd The Wall on cassette

For your 8th birthday your dad gave you The Wall? Did he follow that up on your ninth birthday with a VHS copy of Clockwork Orange?

[tontonfranck]

Roll the bones was the first album I listened to and then owned!

 

Still a special one to my heart 20 years later!

[CMWriter]

Moving Pictures, ESL, 2112, Snakes and Arrows; in that order.

All in the course of a year or so. (:

[ALifeson85]

QUOTE (danielmclark @ Aug 27 2011, 09:29 AM)

QUOTE (ALifeson85 @ Aug 25 2011, 09:55 PM) Exit...Stage Left AND Permanent Waves on cassette, back in  February '93...I bugged my dad that I wanted a my own cassette player/stereo, so for my 8th birthday, he got me one, along with the 2 Rush tapes, and Pink Floyd The Wall on cassette  For your 8th birthday your dad gave you The Wall? Did he follow that up on your ninth birthday with a VHS copy of Clockwork Orange? LOL!! Nah...just the February '94 issue of Playboy...

[Undemanding Contact]

Permanent Waves, in a second-hand record store in 1982 when I was studying for my degree - a time of growth indeed (to paraphrase what Ged said about where people are when they first get into Rush) - and what a jewel of an album. Fantastic music, fantastic lyrics, fantastic cover. Love it.

[2112mjh]

Rush and Fly By Night- I asked my Dad to get them for me o a business trip to the states. Soon after 2112 was released in the UK and that was the start of this love affair for me....thanks Dad!!!

 

[Pars123]

the first rush album i got was 2112 that my dad played in the car after it came out

 

[danielmclark]

[Alexmai]

It was Presto, as a gift.

First I bought... Moving pictures and Permanent waves, together (a friend of mine gave me cassette versions of all albums, autumn 1989).

[PhilipYYZ]

Moving Pictures in my freshman year of high school.

[alexlifeson-]

Moving Pictures. I didn't get it first on vinyl, I got it on CD first, I have it on vinyl now, though. Anyways, I got it on the way down to Texas to see a friend and listened to it all the way through the day I got it, and it was honestly so magical. I remember hearing each song, being struck by aspects of each song, like Geddy's voice, obviously. I remember how catchy YYZ was and how much I really liked Red Barchetta and The Camera Eye. Oh, I do think The Camera Eye is my favourite song off of the album. So many nice feelings and images go with the song; traveling, relaxing, blue skies. Nice things.

[Rendclaw]

Technically it was Moving Pictures although I bought that, Signals, 2112, Exit Stage Left, and Permanent Waves all on cassette from Crazy Eddie at the same time. I still have them too, though I am sure they are much the worse for wear.

 

I was going to include All The World's A Stage in that list, but I had borrowed that from a friend and he never asked for it back.

[Bastille Dave]

this poll makes me feel old......

[Pars123]

the first rush album i got was 2112 that my dad played in the car after it he bought it

[Narps]

The crown jewel of my collection still....... :dweez:

 

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[bluefox4000]

Old thread, Mine i like to lump together. It was COS and 2112. My uncle had both. I though these guys are cool. But my rush love didn't bloom until i heard Permanent Waves That really did it.

 

Mick

[len(songs)]

Moving Pictures, Signals, Chronicles and Counterparts at the same time...

[The Analog Cub]

Dad's the one who got me into Rush so I haven't the slightest clue what the first album he bought by them was. He graduated HS in '85 so if I guessed PoW or p/g I probably wouldn't be too far off.

[len(songs)]

Hell, I'll just say MP, I listened to it first.

[WorkingAllTheTime]

Signals. I bought it on vinyl in January, 1983 and I still have that copy.

 

Growing up in St. Louis, Rush had a lot of airplay on K-SHE (back when radio was still relevant and K-SHE meant something - I miss those days), so I was somewhat familiar with the radio staples prior to that album. But Signals was the first Rush record I bought.

 

I liked it enough to pick up Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures shortly after... and kept working my way backwards and forwards.

[Segue Myles]

Moving Pictures

 

Best choice methinks!

[EagleMoon]

A Farewell to Kings. Bought it a month or so after it came out. Edited August 8, 2014 by EagleMoon

[x1yyz]

Permanent Waves. Back in 1980.

[jamie]

well I bought Caress of Steel on iTunes (not recently)...yes hello I'm in the digital age

[Cygnus 2112]

I've listened to Rush for a few years and then when RockBand said they were getting Moving Pictures as DLC I bought a PS3 just so I could play this album. I then bought Rock Band 2 and it had the trees on it. My first album purchase was The Spirit Of Radio Greatest Hits. I then bought Hemispheres because I loved The Trees, despite the album only having four songs and being 36 minutes long.