Yesterday, we discussed how my love and passion for music got started and how the first record I ever bought was Kiss’ Destroyer.
My serious music collecting began when I was eleven. I received Twisted Sister’s Stay Hungry as a gift from my aunt and it was pure heaven to my ears. We’re Not Gonna Take It was my pre-teenage, puberty onset, angry mantra, and I blared it a lot on my little one speaker boom box. I Wanna Rock was another tune that got a lot of air time in my bedroom.
Shortly after that, Starship’s Knee Deep In The Hoopla found its way into my collection (again via Christmas present). Now I had two current releases on cassette. My collection was off and running! During the first couple of years, of course, it took time for my collection to grow, as I learned to get records and tapes from friends either in swap deals or on loan. I bought Shout At The Devil off a friend for a couple of bucks. A lot of Kiss records were borrowed as I began to understand their sound and style beyond Destroyer.
By the time I was thirteen, I was buying music on a regular basis and my tastes in tunes had grown to larger proportions. I discovered music by mail and joined a record club. It was unbelievable when twelve cassettes were mailed to my house in one shot! I never received that many recordings at one time. It was a music lover’s dream!
Tomorrow: Amassing an enormous collection
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