What was the first (music) record.....

[Elmer Fudd]

....you ever bought with your own money ?
Just watched Ray Davies on BEEB 2 and it reminded me that apart from the records Pater 'n Mater and family bought me as a nipper, the first ever single I bought myself was "Lola" by The Kinks.
So, what was yours ?

 

[buggi]

i wanna dance with somebody by Whitney Houston

my brother's was that "star trekkin... across the universe, on the starship enterprise under captain kirk" and we've never let him live it down.

 

[mikeitup]

re:

Judas Priest : British Steel
Thin Lizzy : The Adventures Of Thin Lizzy
Scorpions : Animal Magnetism

Ahh, 1980................................

 

[mickle]

Space Oddity by Dave, Panic in Detroit on the B side.

 

[John Ponting]

Diana by Paul Anka on a 78 rpm plastic jobbie. Bought with first weeks milk round wages. Later poured boiling water over it and made a flower bowl. can't do that with Cds!

Also bought Because You're Mine by Mario Lanza as a treat for my Mum.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Space Oddity by Dave, Panic in Detroit on the B side.

Still got that. Plus the original on blue Philips label.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Buggi, why is your avatar chewing on a ball of cotton wool ?

 

[mickle]

Space Oddity by Dave, Panic in Detroit on the B side.

Or was it Velvet Goldmine on the B side?

 

[col]

I didnt bother with singles,my first lp was feeling alright with the crew,by 999.Not someone i knew about,but bought on the recomendation of a mate,it was ok,punk era at the time,but not really what i was expecting.

 

[Dayvo]

The first I ever received was a present from my sister; Ernie by Benny Hill.

The first I ever bought was Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens.

 

[Aperitif]

Diana by Paul Anka on a 78 rpm plastic jobbie. Bought with first weeks milk round wages. Later poured boiling water over it and made a flower bowl. can't do that with Cds!

Also bought Because You're Mine by Mario Lanza as a treat for my Mum.

Now that was a real Blue Peter thing -scalding water and good old 78s... Brilliant labelling too!
'Glad All Over' by the Dave Clark 5 (Ahh - names with such invention). It was the beginning of my 'drums are good' period.

 

[Fnaar]

Chuck Berry: My Ding-a-ling...you can't argue with class.

 

[betty swollocks]

Emerson Lake and Palmer's first album. That piece of vinyl cost me 98p in 1972.
I've still got it.
I've never bought a single.

 

[feckless]

I remember buying Rick Wakeman's White Rock at the first opportunity. Played it endlessly. A few short months later I bought my first single ... Pretty Vacant. Never listened to Rick much after that.

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[Tim Bennet.]

Little White Bull - Tommy Steele