First album or single you bought.

koneguitarist · April 2023

I was going through some of my old albums the other day talking to my son, and I showed him the first one I bought. Still remember it all, it was for my 10th birthday in 1972, felling quite happy about till my son pointed out that was half a century ago!

Separate Ways and Hits from his Movies by Elvis.

Kilgore · April 2023

Beatles For Sale.

I bought it when I was 12 in '79.To this day, I think it's got some underrated tracks on it.

Philly_Q · April 2023

The first album I bought myself was ABBA: The Album in early 1978.
I can't remember my first single, it might have been Ma Baker by Boney M.

BillDL · April 2023

Deep Purple - Black Night (with Speed King on the B side). Bought around 1973 at the age of 11 three years after its release.

Status Quo - On The Level album when it came out in 1975.

mudslide73 · April 2023

Nothing credible:

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch (bought with a voucher from Startright or Clarks shoes). The b side was She's Looking Like a Hobo which had the first turntable scratching I'd ever heard.

Chart Hits 83 bought with Xmas money. It's got Aftica and Men at Work's Down Under on it iirc.

My first proper album was Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger I think.

ICBM · April 2023

With my own pocket money, Clout - Substitute and Marshall, Hain - Dancing In The City, on the same day in 1978.

I already had ABBA's Waterloo and ABBA albums, and Deep Purple's 24 Carat Purple and Burn, but those were birthday/Christmas presents. I must have bought Status Quo's 12 Gold Bars around the same time too, I think that was the first album with my own money.

I still love all these, by the way.

scrumhalf · April 2023

First single - Standing In The Road by Blackfoot Sue.

First album - Santana Abraxas.

Roland · April 2023

My first purchase was two albums: Van Morrison - Astra Weeks and Focus - Moving Waves.

GJK1959 · April 2023

First album was Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
First single was Call Me Number One - Tremeloes

stickyfiddle · April 2023

Aside from obvious kids stuff when I was really small I think it was Definitely Maybe

Sesh · April 2023

First single, any only bit of I have ever owned: Do the Bartman. Yeah, oh dear.

First album: The Raw and the Cooked by the Fine Young Cannibals (on cassette) . Better.

Litterick · April 2023

Supertramp – Dreamer
Cream – Disraeli Gears

Blueingreen · April 2023

With my own money: Blues From Laurel Canyon, John Mayall.

But before that - I had an uncle who owned a couple of small independent record shops and he gave me iirc two albums prior to that and also taped stuff for me (reel to reel). The albums he gave me were Out of Our Heads and Aftermath (both by the Rolling Stones). I think part of the reason I got these was that they weren't selling, a bit too niche for his customers - his bread and butter was chart pop singles and country albums. He taped collections of hit singles from the charts but also a couple of compilation albums, This Is Soul (an Atlantic soul sampler) and a collection of Beach Boys hits. It's amazing to think that decades later the Stones, 60s Soul and (to a lesser extent) The Beach Boys would still feature high on a list of music that was important to me. John Mayall didn't stand the test of time so well.

EricTheWeary · April 2023

My mate's dad sold ex jukebox singles and I bought They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa! by Napoleon XIV. Probably my favourite B side ever (it's the A side played backwards). First current chart one was probably Lucky Number by Lena Lovich.

munckee · April 2023

My first vinyl album was Sound Affects second hand from a library some time mid eighties. Had several various albums on tape, I remember buying Green by REM on tape that might be my first.

guitars4you · April 2023

First single - this is going to be embarrassing - Barry Blue - Dancing' on a Saturday night

First album - Think one of those 'Top of the pops' - skimpy clad girl on the cover - all songs are covers bad as well - Something like 10 tracks for a quid from Woolworths - I was about 12

First proper album and I think it was Queen - Sheer heart attack

DiscoStu · April 2023

'With my own money' is a phrase you only really hear when talking about music. Nobody remembers the first socks they bought with their own money, or sandwich.

Me? Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver on 7".
Album I think was Queen - Greatest Hits. I only had cassettes and my first few albums would have been copies.

DesVegas · April 2023

Michael Jackson's Bad (tape) and Wild Boys by Duran Duran 7"

MagicPigDetective · April 2023

First proper purchases of my own:

Single: Inspiral Carpets: Dragging Me Down and Prodigy: Everybody in the Place (bought both together)

Album: Primal Scream: Screamadelica, and Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque, bought together.

Still love them all.

LPManic · April 2023

Real answer:
Single: Oh Carolina - Shaggy.
Album: D:Ream - Dream on

Cool answer:
Single: Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Album: Morning Glory - Oasis

tone1 · April 2023

Kings of the wild frontier Adam & the Ants
War - U2
If you want blood - ACDC (given to me)
All about the same time

Single - Rock this town Stray cats

https://i.imgur.com/JG7TyIE.jpg

Philly_Q · April 2023

Nearly all of you have more cred than me.

EricTheWeary · April 2023

EricTheWeary said:

My mate's dad sold ex jukebox singles and I bought They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haa! by Napoleon XIV. Probably my favourite B side ever (it's the A side played backwards). First current chart one was probably Lucky Number by Lena Lovich.

I decided to share the joy, this kept me amused for hours. The record label did indeed look like that.

https://youtu.be/4gbvcEkuFFI

DonnyMac · April 2023

The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom from the local Woolies, I remember my sister getting me Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants but the first record I went and bought was the soundtrack to film Dance Craze.

darthed1981 · April 2023

What's the Story? (Morning Glory)...

The second was the first Spice Girls album, but let's not discuss that...

Danny1969 · April 2023

There was a bloke on the market who sold ex juke box records ... these had no normal centre hole, just a massive one but that didn't matter as you could use one centre for all of them.

Torch by Soft Cell was the first record I ever brought, still love the song today.

Jonathangus · April 2023

Single: 99 Red Balloons.

Album: Brothers in Arms.

thing · April 2023

Single: I Feel Fine: Beatles

LP Sound track to 2001: Space Odyssey

Open_G · April 2023

First single was absolutely nothing I can claim as cool. It was Orville’s Song (I wish I could fly) when I was 5.

Think my first album was a bit better- Michael Jackson’s Bad when I was 10/11.

Tannin · April 2023

Beatles, Revolver & Jethro Tull - Aqualung, both in 71 or 72. I still have that copy of Aqualung. I have never bought a single.

Toms_Dad · April 2023

You are all way too cool. My first single was ( looks around to check no one is listening in) My coo ca choo by Alvin Stardust….there I’ve said it and feel much better…

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