RICHARD THOMPSON

folk-rock singer-guitarist

“The first actual album? Jiminy Crickett! I don’t know. Probably the first Kinks album or something like that. Or maybe an early Beatles album from 1964. You know, that British stuff.

“Although I do remember buying a Debussy album when I was quite young.

“And I think I also bought the first albums by the Lovin’ Spoonful and Paul Butterfield as well.

“Mostly, the first records that I bought were singles, however.”