What was the first Pink Floyd album you bought?

[Keith Jordan]

All those years ago, or very recently... what was the first Pink Floyd album you bought?

I became a Pink Floyd fan late on in their history with me only being born in 1981 after all the good stuff had happened! Anyway, the first album I got was P.U.L.S.E for my sins! I think it was anyway. I'm getting old enough now to forget!!

Anyway, what about you?

[Bigmanpigman]

I used to pop into a local pub when I was 19 or 20 in the early 70s and I kept hearing a track on the juke box which had a great guitar solo on it. It was of course 'Time', and the 'B' side was 'Us and Them'. Obviously the Floyd never released this single, but I think the pubs could get these for promotional purposes. It certainly worked on me and I went out and bought DSOTM. I never thought I'd see them perform it live but it was fantastic to see them do it at the Division Bell gig in '94.

[RonBaker2003]

"Ummagumma" followed within the next few weeks by "Piper" and "Saucerful of Secrets".

[azza200]

Got into them after watching Pulse bbc broadcast in 2002 one day after school, that weekend i went into town and picked up Pulse Delicate Sound Of Thunder and The Wall Live. Was hooked instanley and picked up all the albums in them coming months.

[Massed Gadgets]

My first PF album bought was Meddle in 1980 when I was 15. I had heard some of DSOTM a couple of years before and had not been impressed, but my musical tastes had been changing since then. I was also familiar with The Wall, as it had come out the year before and was getting a lot of radio play. But it was the fact that a friend had said to me, "You should hear Meddle. One song on it is 23 minutes long!" I was intrigued by that, because I had never heard of a song that long before. Brought it home, played side one with all the shorter songs and I was completely blown away. Then I put on side 2 and my life was changed forever.

[Latin Floydian]

It was A Saucerful of Secrets, but the 1st one i heard The Wall

[The Gunner's Dream]

Ironically, the Final Cut! I loved it instantly.

It wasn't the first time I heard Pink Floyd though. I had of course heard Hey You, Comfortably Numb, and Another Brick in the Wall 2 on an old cassette tape of my mother's.

Think the 2nd album I got was Meddle, followed closely by The Wall, WYWH and Animals.

[Doctor Robert]

Relics.

[pinkfloyd]

The Wall

[edivon]

Piper the day it was released in Sweden. Probably about the same time as in UK.

[Parish]

Dark Side in '73

[FreeFour]

Great question and surprisingly difficult to answer !

After much head scratching and pacing up and down I think it was The Wall on CD circa 1987 (Double CD fat box case !) I remember buying the Delicate Sound of Thunder and Wish You Were Here ( on cassette ) shortly afterwards and it all just spiralled out of control from there !

[Mellow]

Hmm..I think it was a cassette of The Wall back in the late 80’s…

I remember seeing parts of Pink Floyd - The Wall movie when I was about 10 or 11, I can’t remember where or why, possibly my older siblings had a copy. Most of it went over my head, but the use of music, school kids and animated scenes fascinated and frightened me all at once A few years later I watched it again, and a lot of the madness fell into place…I was a bit of a rock/metal head by then but I always had a soft spot for Floyd, and my Wall, Darkside and Animals cassettes sat proudly next to AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden

[Parish]

Piper the day it was released in Sweden. Probably about the same time as in UK.

[cskg25]

My mum got me DSOTM on CD which was great because I had heard her QUAD vinyl album in the 70s and thought the money sounds in 4 speakers was neat The first I actually paid for was MLOR. Then of course I went back and got everything I could, even Zabriskie Point