What was the First Record that you Bought?

Pamela Twinkle died about five years ago. She married the Milk Tray man and was the aunt of actress Fay Ripley. I remember reading about her somewhere.

Al Green - Tired of being Alone. I was 13, and in a soul phase.

Ummagumma, Pink Floyd.

Muse I’ve seen Stevie three times FABULOUS. ???

Living doll, Cliff Richard

Pigtails in Paris by David MacBeth - I still have it,

Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Still a huge fan of soul music.

Didn't buy records until I started work (age 16).

LauraNorder

Grandmajet I have a photo of me with Billy Fury. He was so lovely

I read that he went to live in Wales and bred Welsh mountain ponies, I love them too. We would have been so well matched. Although he died quite young, heart problems related to childhood rheumatic fever. I would have nursed him and kept him well.

Terry by Twinkle. Wonder what happened to her?

Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan - Passing Strangers

Rod Stewart LP Smiler

'Black night' by Deep Purple. I loved all rock music. Grannygravy I can still sing every word of 'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne. I loved it. And Nilsson 'Without You'

The Buddy Holly Story LP 28/6d with my first weeks wages. I still have it.

Love Me Do, the Beatles first single. I shared the purchase with my brother when my father bought our first record player. It was a year or two after the song came out but we wanted the first Beatles song. Singles cost 6/8 back then.
Bridie 22- I had both those singles.

I didn't buy singles. The first album I bought was Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd. I still have it and they are still my favourite band.

Grandmajet I have a photo of me with Billy Fury. He was so lovely

1967

Urban Blues - John Lee Hooker

See Emily Play. Pink Floyd. Didn’t have a record player though. Then Abraxus by Santana.

Gosh, I remember so many of those. I think my first one was ‘Halfway to Paradise’ by Billy Fury. I loved him. He would have loved me too, but we never met!
I think Last Train to San Fernando Was by Lonnie Donegan.
I feel my taste was quite mainstream compared to some of you cool chicks!

First record bought for me ( to go with birthday present of a Fergusson HIFI system ) was Storm in a teacup by The Fortunes.

First record I bought with my pocket money Popcorn by HotButter?

Bought first two together,
All or nothing. By small faces.
Keep on running by the spencer Davis group.

" Girl of my best friend" - Elvis , of course. I think I was about fourteen.

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.

We saw Helen Shapiro years later singing jazz, bumblebee - she was terrific.

I liked Tom Lehrer too, Witzend
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park , my friend and I thought it was hilarious, we must have been mid teens.

Diana by Paul Anka

I think it was an EP of excerpts from Handels Messiah, as our school choir was busy learning the Christmas music from it.