First record you ever bought.

[Shut Up Legs]

I bought the the double-LP set when it was first released, waaayy back when...

 

[ozboz]

Now we are talking proper music.

T Rex - after Marc Bolan dropped the Tyrannosaurus and picked up his electric guitar - was my first favourite band.

I'm fairly sure the first LP I bought was Electric Warrior.

Only five tracks a side - according to wiki.

I thought there were a few more than that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Warrior

For years I drove and peddled past Marc Bolan’s memorial on one of my routes to Putney , it wasn’t until I went on a LCC Richmond ride last year that it was pointed out to me by a bloke I was riding alongside with, it just near a hump back railway bridge sort of Barnes way , I took some pics , but they got lost in icloud world , plenty of pics and tributes etc ,

 

[blade1889]

First single was either Ace of Spades by Motorhead

or Paranoid by Black Sabbath

First album was Rainbow Rising by Rainbow

Excellent choices there, although they were released 10 years apart.

 

[blade1889]

First single:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AywIL5_eYM


First album:

 

[Pale Rider]

For years I drove and peddled past Marc Bolan’s memorial on one of my routes to Putney , it wasn’t until I went on a LCC Richmond ride last year that it was pointed out to me by a bloke I was riding alongside with, it just near a hump back railway bridge sort of Barnes way , I took some pics , but they host lost in icloud world , plenty of pics and tributes etc ,

Yes, clouted a tree in a Mini which also contained his girlfriend Gloria Jones, if I recall correctly.

I was reminded of Bolan's death by the recent Ant story.

Of course, Ant is still with us but there are parallels with a star in a Mini (now MINI) crashing in well-heeled south west London.

 

[Pale Rider]

[QUOTE 5221964, member: 43827"]Will anybody admit that their first record was by Gary Glitter?[/QUOTE]

Not my first, but I was very taken with - and bought - Rock and Roll Parts One and Two.

 

[ianrauk]

View attachment 405417 The first LP I bought

Damn I remember that record sleeve so well.

There are some mighty fine music choices from the CC massive in this thread.

 

[ianrauk]

Not sure if it was my first single, but I remember buying this one, I would have been about 7 in 1983.
My parents have loved listening to this played over and over again.

View: https://youtu.be/1F3Uhrj9YVI

I ended up working with the Toy Dolls for a good few years. They were on a label that was owned by the same people that owned Trojan (very famous Reggae label) who I worked for.

 

[classic33]

First single I ever bought was when I was about 8 and there was a jumble sale on at the church hall across the road. For some reason I spent my 6d pocket money on this.

View attachment 405404

It came out before I was born but I've been a lifelong fan of westerns and liked the title of this. Still love to hear it on the rare occasion it crops up.

Same company(UK) produced both versions, but pressed more of the American singer and promoted it more as well.

 

[Jenkins]

Excellent choices there, although they were released 10 years apart.

In that case (having checked the release dates) it would have been Paranoid, sometime in the late 70s as a second hand item. I was never a great buyer of records or tapes in my youth due to lack of cash as most of my paper round money went on sweets!

Edited to add: Just been up in the loft to check and my copy of Paranoid has Snow Blind as the B side which (according to Wikipedia) is the 1980 re-issue and Ace of Spades was also issued in 1980 so I still don't know which was my first...

 

[mickle]

Space Oddity

 

[gbb]

My first album was Black Sabbath, Paranoid

Can't remember which 45.

 

[midlife]

And I'm sure this is where mine came from

 

[Mark Grant]

First single was Fantasy by Earth Wind & Fire.
First album Songs in the key of life . Stevie Wonder.
First CD Rapture by Anita Baker.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 5221964, member: 43827"]Will anybody admit that their first record was by Gary Glitter?[/QUOTE]

I don't think I ever bought any of his records but I did see him several times at the SECC in Glasgow where he was a Christams regular and his concerts were bloody marvellous and always packed.
Little did anyone know....