I had heard Rhiannon on the radio and liked it but wasn't sure who it was by but turned up the radio every time I heard it. Then in 1978 for my 12th birthday my brother bought me a plane ticket to go down to Freeport Texas to spend 2 weeks in the summer. Obviously that was the time when Rumors was all that existed in the world and it was my first time away from New York state, my first time at the ocean and my first time getting drunk on the beach (wine out of a deerskin.)
I remember hearing Never Going Back Again on the radio and I ABSOLUTELY loved it. I was telling my brother and sister about it the song but they couldn't figure out what the hell I was talking about. My brother had a copy of Rumors and he was playing it and NGBA came on and I flipped - I played the album every chance I could while I was in Texas. The trip ended and I flew home and I was telling my mom about the trip and of course Rumors.
I came home from somewhere a few days after that and when I opened the door to go up the stairs to my room there was my first copy of Rumors that my mom had bought for me. Best moment of my life - both Mom and I listened to it constantly that day
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