Oh man, I for the life of me can't remember. I want to say Bye Bye Birdie but that might just be the first record I wore out. I suppose Gigi was my first recording of a musical (soundtrack) but honestly I could be wrong on both accounts. One came quickly after the other as I got more and more obsessed and at this point it's all a blur.
I'm pretty sure the very first cast recording in my house was highlights from Miss Saigon, but I wasn't supposed to listen to it... The first one that I was able to call my own was Cats OBC.
My first exposure as a child was SOUTH PACIFIC on 78's. First monoural 33 1/3 mono LP was WEST SIDE STORY. The first family household stereo LP came with our first stereo record player with a smacking new release of the OBC release of THE MUSIC MAN. My first dollars spent on a cast album was CARNIVAL. I remember putting it on the record player one evening during dinner. My grandfather was over and dropped his fork when Kaye Ballard yelled "Diiiiiiiirect from Vienna!".
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