One of the first records I owned was free. With the Philadelphia Inquirer, many many years ago, I was the proud reciprient of a McDonald's Menu Contest record. It was given away free with the paper and was oddly square. The deal was, if the listener heard the recording get to the end of the menu which was sing-sung in a sort of 'End of the World as We Know It' sort of way, you got cash money. I haven't heard it in many years -- but thank god for YouTube...
Listening to it again, I remember the immediate excitement I had when Ronald made it to the end -- thinking I won. Then I remember the same exciting feeling returning when he gave the class a second try, falling prey to the assumption they HAD to get it right on the second try. I was young, gullible, and a big fan of sausage mcmuffins without the egg.
What was the first record I bought with my own money? Weird Al's Fat single... setting the bar high for what would become my impeccable music taste.
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