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First record you bought

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Elrel Thu 05-Nov-15 09:53:48

Apologies if this has already been done! Mine was Paul Anka's 'Diana' - 'I'm so young and you're so old ...'

Londoner Fri 06-Nov-15 10:45:45

My first record was "Move it" by Cliff Richard....second one was "High Class Baby", also by Cliff.

Bought them in A1 Stores, Walworth Road, S.E. London. I can still remember how excited I was !

KnittyNannie Fri 06-Nov-15 10:26:05

Blue Angel by Roy Orbison.

Brahaspatinda Fri 06-Nov-15 10:26:02

Tchah. Woollies, not <sounds like gesture> Wallies!

Brahaspatinda Fri 06-Nov-15 10:25:06

Were the Wollies cheapo records cover versions? Can't remember now but do recall the first was 'Wipe Out' - "De de DING de de da... " grin Found first Stones' purchase - 'It's All Over Now' - when clearing family attic, 50 years later!

bmteal Fri 06-Nov-15 10:19:38

I think the vinyl i first bought was "Love, love me do" by The Beatles.
Vinyl is becoming very popular again.
I had to take about 50 LP's in my suitcase to America, for my eldest Son.
Also i have posted numerous parts of an old record deck,from the 70s, to America.
My Son is now obsessed with buying Vinyl and Record decks and doing them up.He has quite a collection and they all look fantastic.
My Son has good taste and listens to Lou Rawls etc.

cherryblossom Fri 06-Nov-15 10:16:58

Gary Picket & the Union Gap, Young Girl xx

Pammy50 Fri 06-Nov-15 10:14:38

California dreaming by the mama's and papa's

carpedeum Fri 06-Nov-15 09:51:05

Elvis singing "I just want to be your teddy bear" and "Oklahoma." I bought a Dansette on the never never, at the same time. My father was outraged and made me take everything back. So sad!

farmor51 Fri 06-Nov-15 09:50:03

Needed to bring records to school for a class fun day but didn't have any records. Went to the shop and asked for "a record" and was recommended Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman". Great days!

GillC Fri 06-Nov-15 09:45:45

Creedence Clearwater Revival's album called Cosmo's Factory.

Cosafina Fri 06-Nov-15 09:42:54

The first one I remember was The Yes Album. I borrowed the money from the man who became my DD's father!

smayed Fri 06-Nov-15 09:17:27

Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley.

Nohogran Fri 06-Nov-15 09:13:21

Frankie Vaughan's Tower of Strength. I think my mum liked it, too!

angie95 Fri 06-Nov-15 09:04:57

David Cassidy, Looking through the eyes of love xx

12Michael Fri 06-Nov-15 07:18:30

Think my first personal single was It Takes Two Margin Gaye and Kim Weston, followed by Billy's Bag by Billy Preston on the Sue label.
Mick

Falconbird Fri 06-Nov-15 06:51:14

The Kinks - You really got me. (about 1964?)

I played it over and over again. Still a big Kinks fan.

JamJar1 Fri 06-Nov-15 01:32:50

Loved Without You Wilma I often play the old black and white version on YouTube , what a voice Harry had.
Can't remember what I paid but my first single was All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople. Felt very grown up and sophisticated walking home with it too.

Grandma2213 Fri 06-Nov-15 01:16:43

So many of these records bring back memories but I never owned them as I had no money or record player.

My first record was bought for me by a very close (male) friend and it was 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' by the Incredible String Band. On the sleeve he wrote 'I'll buy you a record player when I'm rich.' Sadly we parted ways when he married (due to jealous wife) and I never saw him again. It was many years before I was able to buy a Midi- system and play it. I have now downloaded it from u-tube and I still love it. I have never heard anything like it before or since (though I am sure it is not to everyone's taste).

rosequartz Fri 06-Nov-15 00:07:16

I used to buy jazz records feetlebaum
Bunk Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton etc

I still have a Bunk Johnson EP somewhere under the stairs, but not the Jelly Roll Morton 78

WilmaKnickersfit Thu 05-Nov-15 23:57:14

First single was Without You by Nilsson in 1972.

First album was a Top of the Pops compilation about the same year.

feetlebaum Thu 05-Nov-15 23:20:09

I used to get a new record among my Christmas presents - all 78s of course, and usually by Spike Jones and his City Slickers.

The first record I actually bought was also a 78, Weary Blues by Bunk Johnson, an old New Orleans veteran who had been rescued from obscurity by enthusiasts, given a trumpet and a set of false teeth and set to recording with a band of other old-timers.

My second purchase was Tito Gobbi singing Largo al factotum (Rossini - The Barber of Seville)

Galen Thu 05-Nov-15 23:13:42

Pst!( my first LP was Tchaikovsky's swan lake) sorry!

Bellanonna Thu 05-Nov-15 23:02:31

Grand Coulee Dam, Lonnie Donegan, but can't remember the year. Got it in Woolworths.

numberplease Thu 05-Nov-15 22:14:21

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, in 1959, but not the original, it was a Woolworths cover version, by Paul Rich, and I`ve still got it! Didn`t even have a record player when I bought it, used to play it on my friend`s, at her house. My first LP was Elvis`s Blue Hawaii, in 1961. Hubby, my boyfriend at the time, destroyed it out of jealousy, but I got another copy, many years later.

Deedaa Thu 05-Nov-15 21:37:53

I saw Helen Shapiro with Humphrey Lyttleton in 1997 roses still a great voice!!

The first record I bought was an Anthony Newley one - but I can't remember the title.