First record purchase?

RobDavies

What was the first record you bought? Album or single or both?

Mine were a Stones compilation double LP and Down At The Doctors by Dr Feelgood on 45.   Both still in lovely condition and purchased from WH Smiths, Uxbride with a voucher I got for my eighth birthday in 1978. Thanks to my parents "rock" influence, I had fairly mature tastes...  

Roland

Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

ICBM

The first I bought myself was ABBA, Summer Night City (single). Sadly I don't have it any more, I wore it out decades ago and didn't keep it when I cleared out all my old vinyl.

I'm not sure what the first album I bought was - I actually had albums before that, but they were birthday presents. The first was (perhaps not surprisingly!) ABBA, Waterloo.

Still love ABBA, always will.

dogload

I think my first record purchase must have been something like 'Big War Movie Themes' performed by Geoff Love and His Orchestra. Possibly 1972.

Probably my first pop record was an ex-jukebox copy of either Slade's 'Skweez Me. Pleez Me' or Gary Glitter 'Rock & Roll Parts 1&2'. Oh yes!

VimFuego

Under the Moon of Love - showaddywaddy.

Deijavoo

First record I owned: Batman OST (Prince)

First record I asked for: Poison, Open up and say ah.

First record bought with my own cash: Soundgarden, Superunknown. 

richardhomer

Slade 'Merry Xmas Everybody'. First album was '461 Ocean Boulevard' by Eric Clapton.

equalsql

The first single I ever bought was 'Take Me Bak Home' by Slade...and the first album was 'The Shadows' on the MFP label:


Nice one on the 'Big War Movie Themes' @dogload. My Dad had that album and played it a lot when I was a kid. Some cracking tunes on there. You seldom here such memorable theme music in modern films. 

JAYJO

Top of the Tots albums were pressies but my first purchase was a single, Masquerade by The Skids.

spacecadet

Status Quo, Rockin All Over The Years for me. About the same time I started playing.

viz

Tchaikowsky 6th symphony. Then Monsters of Rock 1980.

ICBM

spacecadet said:

Status Quo, Rockin All Over The Years for me.

Ah! That's it - remembered the first album I bought myself: Status Quo, 12 Gold Bars. Thanks .

Still love the Quo too, but sadly not much from after 12 Gold Bars...

Paul_C

Blue Is The Colour - Chelsea FC (1972)

First "proper" single was Teenage Rampage - Sweet.

ROOG

1. Some dreadful Beatles compilation LP from Woollies,   
2. Eye level, by the Simon park Orchestra 1973.
3. Bear Cage, by the Sranglers

 

EricTheWeary

Second hand copy of They're Coming To Take Me Away HaHa by Napoleon XIV. Bought off a friend's dad who sold ex jukebox records, same friend who had the first electric guitar I ever held (Woolworths Top 20). Album was Jazz by Queen, complete with saucy poster.

Ianb62

1st Single was Mexico by Long John Baldry - odd choice for a 5 year old - but I remember playing it till the grooves wore out
1st Album Not Fragile by Bachman Turner - my taste hasn't really improved over the years

equalsql

ROOG said:

Eye level, by the Simon park Orchestra 1973. 

@ROOG you are a true connoisseur of music with that one 
>:D<

ROOG

equalsql said:

ROOG said:

Eye level, by the Simon park Orchestra 1973. 

@ROOG you are a true connoisseur of music with that one 
>:D<

@equalsql LOL! This is an example of how technology can slew your social interaction. As a kid I was mad keen on electronics projects, I built an FM tuner, I was very proud of that radio/tuner and I became an avid radio 2 listener, in those days Radio 1 wasn't generally broad cast on FM.

Then I discovered John Peel's late show, in stereo by then! (tuner upgrade required)

My parents were distraught at their son switching (almost overnight ) from typical radio 2 fare to punk rock.

mike_l

Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast, Megadeth Rust in Peace (IIRC)

Or some crap 80's mix CD

axisus

First single: Never let her slip away, Andrew Gold. Still love it!

First album: ELO out of the blue. Second: Queen News of the world. Both fabulous albums still. I knew I had to get them because I loved the covers. Spaceships and robots!!!!!!!!

Karlos

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