First Record.

[satch]

Remember vinyl?
What was the first record you ever bought and how much did you pay?
Whats the most expensive record you've bought and how much?

First single was 'I wanna hold your hand' Beatles-1/6d-ish
LP was Abbey Road-Beatles 19/6-ish.
I bought 'All things must pass'. George Harrisons triple album in 1971.
Cost over £4. A lot of brass in those days.

[Stevieboy]

First single was Rat Trap by The Boomtown Rats
First LP was Replicas by Tubeway Army...still a masterpiece today :)

[davidruddell]

Technically, Age 7 "The Wombles" LP (Please tell me that doesn't count!)

First Single - Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
First Album - Replicas - Tubeway army

Most Expensive - Signed Orange RCA Label - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Present to self on 30th birthday, embarrassed to say how much, I was younger and flush with cash at the time.



Stevieboy, do you still go to gigs, Numans shows are incredible.
Gave up on him late 80's, got dragged back by a friend in 2001.
Haven't missed a UK gig since!


First single was Rat Trap by The Boomtown Rats
First LP was Replicas by Tubeway Army...still a masterpiece today :)

[Smallclub]

I have an older sister who started to buy all the Beatles and Stones singles in 1965-1966…

The first single that I bought with MY pocket money: maybe "I am a man" by Chicago Transit Authority, for about 5 Francs…

First album:
maybe The Who "Live at Leeds":rock:… or "Shhhh" by Ten Years After…:eek:

Ah! jeunesse – l’homme ne la possède qu’un temps et le reste du temps la rappelle.
André Gide - Les Nourritures Terrestres

[Pipe Dude]

First single - Shang-A-Lang by Bay City Rollers.
First album - Tribute to ABBA by Krista (actually quite good).
First CD - Police - Best Of

[G-man]

Never had to buy a single as my family had a pud soo all off the juke box were free
first free Elvis Blue suade Shoes
First Lp Rubber Soul
Most $ An original copy War of the Worlds $75.00 in 1973. You had to have a lot of stones to pay that for an album. Still in its original sleeve today

[Boss Hog]

My first single was Hit Me, Bang Zoom by the Real Roxanne Ft Hitman Howie Tee.
My First Album was Queens Greatest hits

[Soulmanure]

Y'all are old! My first vinyl album, if I can remember correclty, was Prince's Purple Rain. The most expensive was a bootleg Replacements album called Boink! I think it was $30.

[Drewmidorn]

The first "grown up record" I was bought was a Shakin Stevens and The Sunsets Album. The first Album I bought myself was Queen Greatest Hits at about the age of 9.

I remember my dad showing me how to clean a record and lower the needle on his record player. Before I bought the Queen album I used to listen to Holst's Planets, Rossini's William Tell, Tchaikovsky's 1812, Tubular Bells and oodles of James Last.... all from my dad's limited collection. He had a lot of reel to reel tapes too, but it was on a shelf too high up!

[USAFCigar]

My very first record purchase was Black Betty by Ram Jam in 1977. I still love hearing that song. Next was Piano Man by Bill Joel.

I never bought too many as I had an older sister and sneaking them out of her room was easy enough.

Cheers,

[satch]

Y'all are old! My first vinyl album, if I can remember correclty, was Prince's Purple Rain. The most expensive was a bootleg Replacements album called Boink! I think it was $30.

Cheeky bugger!

[neilini]

first single-video killed the radio star,aged about five i think
first LP from my hard earned pocket money Guns and Roses Appetite for Destruction

[Soulmanure]

Cheeky bugger!

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[TJCoro]

http://houseofsmileys.com/user/img/r08q1013timmo/crackhead.gif Mmm! The first single don TJ bought was She Love You - The Beatles

First vinyl Album - Meet the Beatlers (North American Version)


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[monkey66]

First vinyl I was listening to (from about 6 when I could reach the record player): Abbey Road, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Dark Side of the Moon, Mrs Robinson, Are you Experenced, Blue, Parliament, Night Flight to Venus and many more (funny how those early albums have such a profound influence on your future taste in music).

Most of them are now on mini-monkeys ipod in his room (don't see why he has to listen to nursery rhymes?)

First vinyl I bought - The 12" of White Lines by Grandmaster and Melle Mel. (even though we all thought it was Grandmaster Flash at the time).

[daverave999]

First single was actually vinyl. It was 'Wipeout' by the Fat Boys featuring the Beach Boys.
I think my first album was probably something Beatles as a present from some relatives. Not sure what the first one I bought was.
I still have some vinyl but it's mainly d&b or techno that I couldn't get any other way.

[tippexx]

First single:- Um Um Um Um Um Um — Major Lance
First Album:- Sin and Soul.. and Then Some — Oscar Brown Jnr

[El Catador]

First single:- Um Um Um Um Um Um — Major Lance
First Album:- Sin and Soul.. and Then Some — Oscar Brown Jnr

Blimey!

Those cylindrical 'wax recordings' are worth a fortune.
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O' course it helps if you've still got a hand-cranked Gramophone to play 'em on!

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[seanbeer]

I can't remeber my first one, but the most expesinve one is a Blue Triangle DSOTM in 'crappy' condition for 60 quid. Silly move but after that I manage to get hold of one in very playable condition for just 30 pounds. Sold the crappy one on, nearly manage to make a profit out of it. crazy LP.

[bigbarneyhotdog]

1st single = gohst town, the specials.
1st album = rise & fall, madness
still buying vinyl & listening daily.

[seanbeer]

Let's add to the thread, show us your setup !

[celsis]

First recoed was "The Last Time" by the Stones. Cost about 1/3, if I remember correctly. First album was "With the Beatles." Can't remember how much.

[celsis]

First single:- Um Um Um Um Um Um — Major Lance
First Album:- Sin and Soul.. and Then Some — Oscar Brown Jnr

I remember Um(6) by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders.

"Walking through the Park
It wasn't quire dark,
There was a man sittin on a bench
Out of the crowd,
Has his head Lowly bowed,
He just moaned and it made no sense"

Is that the one? Must have made a big impression on me if I can still remember the words!

[tippexx]

Mindbenders version was a crappy 'whitey' cover about 4-5 years after Major Lance's soul version.

Written by Curtis Mayfield. But as far as I know he never recorded it!

[Stevieboy]

Stevieboy, do you still go to gigs, Numans shows are incredible.
Gave up on him late 80's, got dragged back by a friend in 2001.
Haven't missed a UK gig since!

Hi David - I too gave up on Numan in the mid-80's back around the release of the pseudo-funk, fretless-bass mess that was DANCE....
...I recently saw him on the REPLICAS anniversary tour and I was blown away. Best gig I've ever been to :rock: I also saw him on THE PLEASURE PRINCIPAL tour...:hail:

[EugeneSax]

My first record was an album - Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies. No recollection as to how much it cost.
Never got into buying singles (used to record the chart show instead).

[Robusto]

First single: T.Rex - Telegram Sam
First album: T.Rex - Electric Warrior

I absolutely adore Marc Bolan and T.Rex to this day.
Not a bad passion for a piano player, really.

My vinyl copy of Electric Warrior was warped terribly when I left it on the parcel shelf of my Dad's car in the sun when we drove from Ipswich to Bicester.

I was devastated.

[Gordonbcb]

First Single: Crazy little thing called love - Queen
First Album: No sleep till Hammersmith - Motorhead OR Back in Black - AC/DC http://serve.mysmiley.net/party/party0031.gif (http://www.mysmiley.net/freesmiley.php?smiley=party/party0031.gif)

Can't quite remember which one came first. It was sooooo long ago.

[Lilyboo]

The first piece of vinyl I bought was Born in the USA LP from Asda bargain bin in Dunfermline. The first single/EP was Sit Down by James.

Most expensive was probably a Dinosaur Jr 10 inch etched disc of Feel The Pain. Cant remember how much but it was a few quid.

Looking to sell my old vinyl soon, got some limited editins so might get enough cash to buy some new cigars.

[cj121]

It was on the cusp of my Punk era and sad to say it was 'Don't go breaking my Heart' by Elton John:der:, followed a week later by

Orgasm Addict, courtesy of the Buzzcocks:rock: