What was the First Record that you Bought?

FannyCornforth...think the shop you’re referring to in Stourbridge was Mark and Moody’s

I had saved up for ages and bought Michael Holliday singing 'The Story of My Life'. It was a 78 rpm in wax, and a little while later my brother put his foot on it and smashed it. I was heartbroken.

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle of the Road 1971. I was 8

bumblebee34

Walking back to happiness by Helen Shapiro in 1961. She was only 14 years old when she recorded it and it went to number 1 in the charts.

That was my first purchase too!!

Still love the Nillson song Elliane. Was playing the album Nillson Schmillson at the weekend.
First single I bought was Pentecost Hotel by Nirvana. I had just got my first pay from my job as a lab assistant and it was the first thing I did. I think it was 7/6p. I don't know anyone else who bought it. None of my friends even remember it.

Hello Susie. Amen Corner

Beatles and Tchaikovsky 1812 from Woolworths. I remember the actual record was coloured red!

Diana. I can’t remember the singer’s name but played it all the time.

Don’t Bring Me Down by the Pretty Things. I felt like such a rebel!

Paul Anka, naughtynanny

I think he was Canadian

Is - beg his pardon!

The first single I brought was Have I the right by the Honeycombs back in 62/63 price 6/8d
Although I started to get LP`s in early 70`s
Mick

I went to London with my brother to a new record shop in Oxford street called Virgin. It was over another shop and sold records at a discounted price. I bought Teaser and the Firecat by Cat Stevens from a young long haired man called Richard Branson.
I wonder what happened to him ?!!!

Do you remember when you could go into a booth in a record shop to hear the latest records before you bought them? Or didn’t buy them!
I think singles were 6s8d at the time.

"I Want You Back" by the Jackson Five. It was an ex-juke box record that didn't have a middle! You could buy the middle bit separately

Sugar Baby Love by The Rubettes. No idea why. It's quite dreadful. My 13 year old ears must have loved it though.

We were given a second hand record player by an uncle and allowed to choose a single each. I chose Ride A White Swan by T Rex, I was about 10 years old. I did get to see Marc Bolan when a friend and I went to the television studios to see a programme being made (some thing like Ready,Steady Go). Whilst I was young and naive and thought he was wonderful, sadly on recordings I can see that he was high as a kite and actually looked quite unwell

Green door - Frankie Vaughan

PamelaJ1

Terry by Twinkle. Wonder what happened to her?

She died about four years ago from liver cancer. Sad.

Sorry,PamelaJI just saw that someone has already posted re Twinke's death.

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. Already had records my dad had bought - Shirley Bassey and Tony Bennett. Still love those to this day.

At the Hop by Danny and the Juniors. Still can’t hear that recording without getting up and dancing.

Mony Mony by Tommy James and the Shondells.
6/6d from Jill Hanson's Coventry 1968.
My dad had a redundancy payout and gave me and my brother pocket money for the first time.
He bought Fire by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown.
We played them to death on our newly acquired Dansette record player.

I had older siblings. My brother was into Eddie Calvert and even bought a trumpet. he went on to Slim Whitman, I loved Smoke Gets in your Eyes
sister was a Frankie Lane fan. Other sister Shirley Bassey......Then me Cliff Richard...went on to Elvis.

Never had a record player when young. My DH, when he was my boyfriend, bought me ‘Which Way You Going Billy? by The Poppy Family, and I think we bought one then, probably about 1971.
I really liked that record, thought it very mournful and sad.