Well, 20+ years ago I had Greetings From on tape. On the other side was More Love Songs by Loudon Wainwright III, if memory serves correctly. Present from a school friend.
Then just shy of 20 years ago my then boyfriend (an Irish bloke I met in France and split up with in Africa) gave me a tape with Christy Moore on one side (can't remember the album but it had Ride On on it) and Timbuk 3's Eden Alley on the other.
So I didn't exactly buy it.
And then I recently discovered spotify on the ipod and have been happily reminiscing