Two excellent suggestions. My first New World was a cfp in ‘72.
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An LP quest; I like it!
I bought quite a few Classics For Pleasure from Woolworths… £1 each I think…
Beethoven piano sonatas was great, I loved the Appassionata, also The Firebird, lots of Tchaikovsky…
Takes me back, jumpers for goalposts 
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Some great suggestions maybe consider something that played to the strengths of vinyl format as an experience.
Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds
Amazing voice or Richard Burton narration a mixture of tracks and a story to follow and reason to listen the whole way through.
Great art work on Gatefold, Double LP.
16 page book with lyrics and great art work.
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Isn’t the logical answer to simply choose a favourite album and then just find the best sounding pressing via Discogs and the Hoffman forum? That would save a lot of cogitation!
Great call, although, I could never abide the red weed theme, the dolorous nature of which is probably the emotional point!
Would you give up your mortal soul so readily?
I already have - I’ve sold my Naim gear !
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For some people one of the appeals of vinyl is the (sometimes) magnificent covers/inners/sleeve notes etc, which often don’t/didn’t translate to cd/cassette/download/stream. Maybe factor that into a few choices?
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If part of the point if this exercise is to recommend a great first album that ALSO sounds fantastic, then it’s got to generally be something pre-90s. Like Dan’s mention of Thriller. It is an excellent sounding record.
Heaven forbid you’d buy Definitely Maybe - probably the best worst-sounding album in my collection.
These suggestions are all good - needs to be something in the 60s/70s/80s
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Full Moon Fever good as well; good first album if you like TP
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I bought a digital copy on Qobuz years ago - absolutely dreadful compressed tinny sound and a complete injustice to how I recall it in my youth. Such a shame.
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If You Wait is probably the best of their releases for me.
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Is she looking to start collecting things she’ll actually enjoy listening to or is it a case of collecting classic album releases on vinyl as a hobby?
Does she even have a record player? Some youngsters I’ve spoken to collect records but rarely/never play them.
While there are many good/classic suggestions a lot just aren’t my cup of tea (and I’ve tried to listen to them) primarily because I was too young to enjoy them on release despite knowing they’re really special for others.
So many albums we individually cherish were part of our adolescence/younger lives and will have specific memories/emotions linked to them.
My local HMV has increased the number of albums they stock. They also have very cheap record decks, but then I started listening on a secondhand Dansette. There are plenty of younger people in the store.
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A bit of both! She wants to start with some classics (that’s our recommendations and the first purchase) to establish a foot-(ear?)-hold, before venturing further over the pack ice.
Her mother is buying the deck.
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I probably should stay out of this, as I gave up vinyl a long while ago, but for music choices, if you’re going classical, the Nutcracker (probably just the Suite). Or Pictures at an Exhibition. Or - perhaps a slight dark horse, something by Mendelssohn - the Violin Concerto, the Italian Symphony or the Midsummer Night’s Dream music.
For popular music, one I didn’t see mentioned is Graceland. I think the music has worn well and is somewhat unique. And I think my CD (c. 1986) sounds quite good.
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Good shout, Loki-daughter loves Graceland!
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