Which are your favourite records from your younger years?

QuaintIrene, I also loved Tom Leher as a girl! (Remember "New Math"?). My dad played his stuff as well as Stan Freeburg's a lot. I also listened to Dad's John Gary and Frank Ifield albums while I ironed shirts as one of my chores.

My own, first favorite song was "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and then in my first year of high school I loved The Association, The Carpenters and The Monkeys.

Everyone in my family listened to music- My parents never complained about any of our choices but they didn't allow us to blast it- Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel was the first 45 that I purchased and Machine Head by Deep Purple my first LP- I think it's a perfect album .. still

Some favorites:

Sloop John B / Beach Boys

Telstar / The Tornados

Spiral Architect / Black Sabbath

Little Martha / Allman Brothers

Little Runaway / Del Shannon

Magicians Birthday / Uriah Heep

Jackie Wilson Said / Van Morrison

I've Seen All Good People / Yes

39' / Queen

Somebody Put Something In My Drink / Ramones

Kaw-Lijga / Hank Williams

Dirty Old Town / Pogues

So many, many more ..

The first record i ever bought was Baby Love by the Supremes and Diana Ross i loved it and played it over and over, must of driven mum and dad mad!!!!!

My earliest 1950s musical memories were from the radio. You can still get all those 'Children's Favourites' on a CD (there are so many!). I loved Elvis as we saw him in the movies.
Then in the 1960s it was The Beatles and so many other groups, too many songs to choose from. However, two albums that still send shivers down my spine (nice ones!) are 'Bookends' by Simon and Garfunkel and 'Feliciano' by Jose Feliciano especially his version of 'Light My Fire'. Both albums remind me of candlelit evenings drinking wine with friends or lovers.

Reach Out (and I'll be there) - Four Tops

Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

Then and now: I Only Have Eyes For You, The Flamingos.

I Love Rock and Roll Joan Jett

Go Now by The Moody Blues
Little Red Rooster by the Rolling Stones
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harem
Eleanor Rigby and All You Need I Love by the Beatles.

I was just that little bit too young to be a hippy, except in the privacy of my own bedroom.

The OP mentioned albums that were in every flat she visited, but there are two more albums that I remember everyone had during that period which were Bridge Over Troubled Water and Tubular Bells.

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Loved it all

Still do

The first records I bought were -
She Loves You/The Beatles, and
My Boy Lollipop/ Little Mo (I think)
In my school ( a Girls' Grammar) the Upper Sixth always put on a musical show, we called ours Hit For Six, there were a lot of lesser known Beatles songs, and I loved Eleanor Rigby.
In uni in the 70's my favourites were,
Simon and Garfunkel, I had the Bridge Over Troubled Water and Greatest Hits LP's
Cotton Fields/Beach Boys ( lovely memories of '76 when I met DH)
Sailing/Rod Stewart ( 1982 played a lot during Falklands Conflict)
Can't Get By Without You/ The Real Thing.
This is a lovely thread.

And I must add Albatross by Fleetwood Mac,
Take It Easy/ The Eagles
So many.

Daydream Believer by the Monkees

"It's One of Those Nights" by the Partridge Family takes me right back to listening to Radio Luxembourg with the radio under my pillow so I didn't disturb my much younger sister
Deep Purple "Fireball"- a friend and I used to play records for the lunchtime circuit training group , lunchtime at school - nothing to do with the fact that she fancied one of the guys in it and we both fancied the PE teacher!
Anything by the Eagles or Beachboys - saw them as support acts for Elton John at Wembley Stadium - they were both way better than Elton!
"If I said you had a beautiful body" would you hold it against me by The Bellamy Brothers and anything by Dr Hook, reminds me of my 21st birthday party.

Another vote for House of The Rising Sun by The Animals. It was the first present my DH bought me so has sentimental value to us but apart from that, what a record. Eric Burdon looking about 16 and then out comes that powerful, unique voice and Alan Price’s organ solos were amazing. Probably the most amazing thing about it is that it was recorded in ONE TAKE because they could only afford a short amount of studio time. One thing that blights it is that Alan Price claimed all the royalties because his name was put to the arrangement with an agreement that the royalties would be shared later but they never were.

Cathy’s Clown by The Everly Brothers used to be my favourite record as not only is it a different sound from two wonderful voices in harmony but it was Number One when I left school in 1960 and has lots of wonderful associations, including seeing them in concert. The recent Acrimonious law suits against Don Everly by Phil Everly’s family to reclaim Phil’s rights to the song have blighted my fondness, hopefully temporarily.

Diana was another amazing sound from 16 year old Paul Anka.

Later on the LP Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And Garfunkel was played over and over again in our first house together. Every single track is amazing.

Music has always been a big part of my life but the only album that I've bought the vinyl the cassette the cd and downloaded is Marvin Gaye What's Going on.

Red river rock
Green Onions
Anything with a good heavy beat
Went to jazz clubs a lot when I was a student, so liked Chris Barber, Acker Bilk.
We had all the usual at home, when we were married Beatles, Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel. Leonard Cohen. Roxy Music. One of my all time favourites is Bryan Ferry singing ' Smoke gets in your eyes'

So many favourites, the list keeps on growing. I'd forgotten about Jose Feliciano so went onto You tube - several versions by him at different ages. Trouble is you can get hooked on it very easily. At the moment, I'm trying to do some work and have been watches various recordings of Rhiannon and am about to move on to Brian Ferry in Lyon a few years ago. Lets Stick Together - fantastic.

If you haven't discovered You tube (I'm sure most of you have) it's great for remembering one's youth.

I had all the Monkee LP's too Esther. The first single record I bought was Black is Black by Los Bravos.

Everytime we say goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
Passing Strangers - Sarah Vaughan and Billy Epstein
Time to say goodbye - Sarah Brightman
Dedicated to the one I love - Mamas and Papas
What becomes of the broken hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Go Now - Moody Blues

Also anything by the Beach Boys, Four Seasons, Fortunes, Kinks, Fifth Dimension, Kinks, Dire Straits, Earth, Wind and Fire, Carpenters, John Denver, Donovan, Whitney Huston.

I could go on, 60’s music is my real passion though!

Yes, Lady Gracie, Passing Strangers!

Harvest Moon, Neil Young.

BBbevan you have reminded me that I had a phase of going to jazz clubs, they were very popular in the early sixties. Traditional Jazz was very good to dance to. Our favourite was Hiawatha Rag and I remember buying an LP by Ball, Barber and Bilk.

I liked instrumentals too, I remember Duane Eddy, and Telstar was very popular by The Tornadoes. I also remember Nut Rocker by B Bumble And The Stingers.

Although they went out of fashion when Rock and Roll arrived some of the old singers were very good and DH and I have Dickie Valentine (The Finger Of Suspicion) and Frankie Laine (I Believe) on our playlist of favourites.

Ridge top, Jesse Colin Young.

Talking of instrumentals, does anyone remember Image, Part One, by Hank Levine and his Orchestra?