What was the First Record that you Bought?

'Girls' by Moments and Whatnaughts, 1975. I still have it.

Seven little girls sitting in the back seat.. The Avons

I bought A Little too much by Ricky Nelson, in 1959. I'm glad to say my musical taste became a bit better very quickly. Everything at that time was American. Reading some of these posts makes me feel very old!!

Adam Faith- 'What do you want?'- it was for my Mum though!

I think my first for me was Rolling Stones 'Not Fade Away.

Elton John’s Elton John album

The House of the Rising Sun, by The Animals.

John Travolta's Sandy, Grease had just come out in the cinema.

Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd. I still get chills listening to Time.

Careless Whisper by Wham in 1984. My next buy was Silenced by the Night by Keane in 2012, so I wasn’t exactly supporting the music industry.

Transister Sister by Robb Storme and the Whispers. I went to the local record shop with my cousin and we listened to it in a little booth. I still remember the words:

"She's my Transister Sister with a radio on her arm
A no one can resist her cause she's loaded with musical charm"

The don't write them like that anymore!

I don't remember the first single I bought but when I was 11, my parents bought me The New Seekers, "I'd like to teach the world to sing," album at my behest as a reward for passing my Grade One Piano exam. I played it to death.

The soundtrack to Easy Rider - loved Born to be wild and I wasnt born to follow

Runaway by Del Shannon. 1961 I think.

One of those budget Chart Hits albums done by anonymous artists in about 1968 or 1969. Can't remember what was on it except for Des O'Connor's song Dick A Dum Dum. I remember that song because I always skipped it. I think the first "proper" album I bought with my own money was Hollies Greatest Hits.

Love Me Tender by Elvis and Donald Where’s your Troosers by Andy Stewart which I thought was hilarious. I was 10!

Runaway - Del Shannon. Still love it.

Take the A train and Woodchoppers Ball in 1940 when my parents bought a radiogram.

Please Stay by the Crying Shames.1966 I was 13 and didn't own a record player but I wanted it.We eventually got our first record player a year later.

Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel. Which is why I cringe every time they show residents in Care Homes having to listen to Vera Lynn and the like. The image of the music tastes of the older, and even 'much' older generation needs a bit of an update !

“Autumn Almanac” by the Kinks

Move It by Cliff Richard. DD worked with Cliff's best friend at the time but no chance of an introduction. DD said Cliff would never get anywhere!

Whatever it was, didn't make an impression. I honestly cannot remember either when I bought a record for the first time, or what it was!

Whatever it was, didn't make an impression. I honestly cannot remember either when I bought a record for the first time, or what it was!

The first one I bought was Cathy's Clown by The Everley Brothers. but I already had a collection given to me by aunts and uncles. I'm not a juvenile delinquent, Frankie Lyman. Hound Dog by Elvis, Singing the Blues by Tommy Steele amongt Buddy Holly, lots of other Elvis and even Woody Woodpecker meets Davy Crockett by Mel Blanc.

Elvis Presley - a 78 of, I think, Blue Suede Shoes.