My first albums were purchased after I joined the Columbia Record Club, probably around '73 or '74, shortly after I got my Quadraphonic Stereo as a birthday present. The awesomeness of those four tiny speakers with the Garrad turntable spinning away lol...anyway the Columbia Record Club got you like 10 or 12 albums for a buck, and then you just never bought another one because you were a minor
I think my initial purchase included classics like Quadraphenia, Bachman Turner Overdrive, A Passion Play, Bad Co., and others