The first Melvins purchase I ever made ws definitely Salad of a Thousand Delights. BUT I had already heard various songs from various albums from downloading via various methods like Soulseek and originally KAZAA! So this was around maybe 2000-02..I then got Bullhead. That was it for a long time. This band was the most amazing thing ever and I had a live DVD and Bullhead. This is how big of a fan I am. Since then, how well do you think I've gotten to feel about this band?
So probably like four years later through smoke and haze and after using and abusing many live downloads and the bootleg videos (not THAT many) and Bullhead and SOATD. I bought The Crybaby..because of the Tool connection. Then I got Houdini and started to realize. Saw them live a bunch over a few years...A Senile Animal

..Maggot, Bootlicker..Nude with Boots...Stoner Witch, HAT...remember I already had Bullhead so I thought I didn't really NEED the earlier stuff...not until recently (in the past few months) I picked up GPT, Ozma, Eggnog, Lysol...then Stag..
Eggnog=masterpiece