Well mine was Puppy love by Donny Osmond and I can see clearly now by Johnny Nash both on the same day in July 1972.
Come on then, however embarrassing what was yours.
And be honset.

:oops: :oops: Mine was a rave compilation album :oops: :oops:

My first single i bought was Mr Blue Sky by ELO first album i bought was Out of the blue by ELO

Not sure I want to admit this........

If I say it quickly........its not so bad


Long haired lover from Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond

I was young :)

Originally posted by "mikey"

Not sure I want to admit this........

If I say it quickly........its not so bad


Long haired lover from Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond

I was young :) saw you in virgin mega store last week buying it mikey admit it :wink:

Originally posted by "Jon"

My first single i bought was My Blue Sky by ELO first album i bought was Out of the blue by ELOHey Jon good taste there mate,, nowt wrong with ELO i still play there stuff.
Mikey, well words become me. :oops: :oops:

99 red balloons... by ?? (can't remember).

Bloody hell can't remember that far back, takes me all my time to remember what I had for breakfast. lmao:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Originally posted by Deavon
99 red balloons... by ?? (can't remember).

That was by Nena

And Jon, it's MR Blue Sky ;)

Originally posted by mojoworking
That was by Nena

And Jon, it's MR Blue Sky ;) My blue sky was the B Side :D plus its taken nearly a year to spot the mistake :P

Originally posted by Jon
My blue sky was the B Side :D plus its taken nearly a year to spot the mistake :P

It's taken nearly 2 years in fact ;)

I'm sure I've contributed to an almost identical thread to this somewhere in the past week or so, or have I been having imaginings about SF???

:huh:

Hartbreak hotel Elvis.hated it but my sister made me go and buy it:gag: E.L.O.now your talkin:thumbsup: .Real rock and roll.Puts todays bands to shame:clap: :headbang: :banana: :banana:

Single: Stepping Stone by The Monkees.

LP: All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople.

Originally posted by Ann_x
I'm sure I've contributed to an almost identical thread to this somewhere in the past week or so, or have I been having imaginings about SF???

:huh:

Yes I thought I'd done this before but here goes again -

Pink Floyd - The Wall !!!

Mine was Bruce Springsteen's Cover Me. I would have been embarrased to admit that for years, till recently. Now I'm not bothered - it's a decent enough record, and tons less embarrasing than some rave compliation ;)

mines 'It must be love' by Madness, still one of my favs ! :)

Well it was the Muppets Album but I was about 5yrs old but for pop records it was:

Toni Basil - Hey Mickey..

And I made my mother put my hair in bunches with red ribbon - just like hers and me and my friend made cheerleader pom-poms. And we knew the dance. And I still know the lyrics. Tragic.

Single - Ball Park Incident by Wizard
Album - Sing it Again, Rod by Rod Stewart

Music that still stands up today, me thinks :)

"Cuz i love you" by Slade :D

Originally posted by Ann_x
I'm sure I've contributed to an almost identical thread to this somewhere in the past week or so, or have I been having imaginings about SF???

:huh: Originally posted by dawny1
Yes I thought I'd done this before but here goes again -

Pink Floyd - The Wall !!!

I thought I had....the other thread is called "How old are you? What was the first record/cd you ever bought" or something like that!

Spose I could c&p my answer from there, but it's too hot today with "Mr. Blue Sky"...lol
:wave:

Think it was Jason Donavon - Too many broken hearts

i feel love, donna summer still sounds great 28 years after it stormed the charts.:|

Seasons in the sun/If you go away..double a side by Terry Jacks..it still brings back good memories but i must say a very miserable song.

bought these singles together to play on my new Bush record payer in 69-70 (which didn't last long.)

Creedence Clearwater revival-Bad Moon Rising.
Cufflinks-When Julie comes around/sally ann.
Canned Heat- Lets work together
Eddion Lighthouse-Love grows.
Free -Aright now.
Norman Greenbaum-Spirit in the sky.
The Tams- Be young be foolish be happy.(now played on tv ad )

Well I was only 12 at the time. eeeeeeeek
am i really 48


Must be Groundhog day LOL.

D.I.S.C.O by Ottowan

and the Disco Fever album - various artists 1979.

Super Trooper by Abba..... Stands the test of time, still a cracking song. Aged 6 at the time)

Buzzcocks - ever fallen in love with someone (you shouldn't have fallen in love with). Still play it sometimes but the vinyl's a little the worse for wear after 26 years!

I hear you knockin' by Dave Edmunds and War by Edwinn Star. That was the first and last Tamla Motown record I ever bought. I then got Monkey Spanner by Dave and Ansell Collins - Brilliant record but I didnt know what 'ska/dub' was untill many years later.

Must have been 1971. Was also a big Slade and Suzi Quattro fan.

I know it's an old thread but I was going to ask the same question. However, did a search and....Anyway my first single was "Skweeze me pleaze me" by Slade, and my first album "British Steel" by Judas Priest.

Mine was a Salt and Pepper album on tape (late 80's early 90's) as I didn't have a CD player, when I got one I bought Snopp Dog Doggy style:blush:

Parklife by Blur

Wilf

Cliff Richard & the Young Ones

U2 - Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me. God that was years ago.

Joel

First single - "Ride a White Swan" by T-Rex.

First Album - "Abbey Road" by the Beatles.

first vinyl was candi staton - you got the love, quality

mine was a four pack of tapes called hardcore heaven!


and i still have it:o :D

First 7" bought was Bobby Thurston's "Check out the Groove"
First LP bought was Chic's "C'est Chic"


Still play them now!

:)

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

basketcase by greenday

First single was Nirvana's Teen Spirit, First album was Daisy Chainsaw's Eleventeen. Yeah, I was a long haired slacker :)

I have to admit I honestly cannot remember, I know it was around 1979 era, and it would have been a disco record, if I remember I shall put it in this post.... brain overdrive thinkin now ..... :suspect:

Jon Cutler feat. E-man.... Its yours

now ive got around 800 of the silly pieces of plastic!

i think mine.........was adam and the ants - young parisians (not when it first came out mind) i didnt get into em till kings of the wild frontier (late 1980)
bought it from bradleys records........cant for the life of me remember if it was the fargate or chapel walk branch mind.......i can picture both vivedly tho

posted by Booch
First 7" bought was Bobby Thurston's "Check out the Groove"

OMG a classic song, I play this all the time, and his others as well:

"You Got What It Takes"
"Very Last Drop" :thumbsup:

Duran Duran "The Reflex" on 7" Single

I was about only about 8!

I remember buying Guns N' Roses 'Appetite For Destruction'.

Not a bad first record

First single was Human Legue Dont you want me :blush: I was young

First Album was MJ...BAD :blush: I was still young

The fist CD I bought was Tubular Bells 2 :blush: Youngish...

mine was erm...

Wet Wet Wet - Love is all around us

very sad i know!

The first album i ever bought was Blondie - Eat to the Beat, which i think is pretty cool 8)

The first single was Billy don't be a Hero by Paper Lace from Nottingham which isn't very cool at all.


I was wondering why they're always referred to as Paper Lace from Nottingham and it turns out from my minimal research that the only acts Nottingham has ever produced are Paper Lace & Alvin Stardust, which is odd.

Mine was Transvision Vamp - Baby I don't care

My first vinyl 45s were bought in 1977 although I'm not sure which I bought first.

It's a toss-up between these two classic tracks:

1 - I Remember Elvis Presley by Danny Mirror;

2 - Angelo by Brotherhood of Man.

Which must make it around August as obivously, the Danny Mirror track was a sickly tribute to Mr Presley who had just departed from this world.

As for first LP, a tricky one and probably a Christmas present. Dig this: In 1978 my parents bought a Yamaha organ and for Christmas 1978 (or possibly 1979) my grandparents spoilt me rotten by giving me Sentimental Journey by Reginald Dixon, he of Blackpool Tower Ballroom Organist fame.

No wonder I became a Smiths fan....

smokie - if you think you know how to love me.
Awwweeee

First 7" bought was Bobby Thurston's "Check out the Groove"
First LP bought was Chic's "C'est Chic"


Still play them now!

:)

Yeah that was probably my first album as well.

First single? Hmm, iirc it was probably either the Postman Pat theme tune or the Birdy song, can't quite remember which one.

Beck: Mellow Gold

Still love it!

I like this thread, it gives you peoples age and a little about them

mine was Suzi Quatro- Can the can
10cc - Rubber bullets
and Album-Slayed

My 1st ever tune that I bought was Woo Hah by Busta Rhymes. Oh the shame

I'm sure mine was 'Nights in white satin' moody blues from around 1972 it was played all the time, but i bought loads from that year onwards.
i used to buy the ex-jukebox records with the pop out centres, they were really cheap.
my first album was Slade in flame (around 74) and Dark side of the moon, Pink floyd, which i bought from a little record shop in Kiveton.

sabbath bloody sabbath. black sabbath
for those about to rock. ac/dc
ballbreaker.ac/dc
who made who.ac/dc
dirty deeds done dirt cheap.ac/dc
high voltage.ac/dc
highway to hell.ac/dc
powerage.ac/dc
if you want blood.ac/dc

Last train to Transcentral by the KLF.

:thumbsup:

sabbath bloody sabbath. black sabbath
for those about to rock. ac/dc
ballbreaker.ac/dc
who made who.ac/dc
dirty deeds done dirt cheap.ac/dc
high voltage.ac/dc
highway to hell.ac/dc
powerage.ac/dc
if you want blood.ac/dc

first time I walked down the stairs to the Wap, Whole Lotta Rosie was playing ,very loud, its still my fav AC/DC track

First single - Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane (1972)
First album - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

Album - Kylie Minogue: Kylie (cassette, £4.99 from HMV in Exeter when I was on holiday. That's how momentous an occasion it was)

Single - Kylie and Jason - Especially For You on 7"vinyl

Kula Shaker - K in 1996... Still a pretty decent album

i was a late starter in record buying so the first 7" i bought was 2unlimited 'get ready for this'. The first cd i bought was cotton eye joe by rednex.

i only have 10x 7" singles left of which 4 are by the crazy KLF (3am eternal, justified and ancient, grim up north and last train). i even bought the power by snap, a couple by mc hammer and i will admit it though i dont know where it came from - nessun dorma by pavrotti. lol

ahhhhhhh memories!

Parklife by Blur

Wilf

classic album that one mate

Bruce Springfield - Waiting for love.

Single - Sound And Vision - David Bowie
LP - Replicas - Gary Numan

db

Album : Status Quo - Rockin All Over The World
Single : Madness - Driving In My Car (a picture disk which when I got it home didn't play very well so ended up taking it back for one with a fancy gatefold sleeve)

Still got both today.

My first LP would be a double-compilation, something like Charthits 81 (buy first volume, get second volume free) and my first single was Shake The Disease by Depeche Mode.

first album was.... 2pac i think 'all eyes on me' then bon jovi 'these days' and my life changed for the better! rockkkkkkkk!!

dunno about single...prob something off these days... maybe 'hey god'

mine was the darkness premission to land

i actually thought this might be too embarassing to mention (the single at least), but having seen some of the other 'revelations', i feel i'm in good company lol

the first album i ever bought was by madness (no shame there!), i can't actually remember the title but it contained the single 'shut up'. the first single i ever bought was joe le taxi by vanessa paradis!

First single I ever personally bought was Venus & Mars/Rock Show- Wings.

First album was Alladin Sane- David Bowie

i thought my first record was candy staton "u got the love" but i now remember back in the day that the first vinyl i was given was a 7" version of
"do the bartman" by Bart Simpson! nice

Juan Pablos Animals - Venus 7" and Back to my Roots (Shakin off my boots) by FPI Project, lol now I am going back in time and showing my Quadrant Park history!!

Hmm, tricky...don't remember mine - perhaps there's a reason why it's been blanked by memory!! lol

I DO remember my brothers - Orville - I wish I could fly!! :lol:

Captain Beaky And His Band.

Annie I'm not your daddy by Kid Creole and the coconuts on picture disc with my own pocket money from Circles records in Rotherham.
But I had been bought records - usually albums - beforehand and our local supermarket used to do a mean range of ex jukebox 45s which used to get flicked through on a regular basis. I remember buying Banana Republic by Boomtown Rats and playing it over and over again trying to learn the words.
Once i bought the first one that was it. Think i bought a single every week until i was about 14 and i caught on that I'd be better off saving up for the album.

Annie I'm not your daddy by Kid Creole and the coconuts on picture disc with my own pocket money from Circles records in Rotherham.
But I had been bought records - usually albums - beforehand and our local supermarket used to do a mean range of ex jukebox 45s which used to get flicked through on a regular basis. I remember buying Banana Republic by Boomtown Rats and playing it over and over again trying to learn the words.
Once i bought the first one that was it. Think i bought a single every week until i was about 14 and i caught on that I'd be better off saving up for the album.

the first record i bought was

Hazel O'connor D Days

Toyah Its a mystery

about 1981/82

mine was Cool for Cats by Squeeze. is a bright pink 7". still have it. very proud of it.

mine was Cool for Cats by Squeeze. is a bright pink 7". still have it. very proud of it.


Wow , I used to have that on pink vinyl. What a memory! Cheers.

first single: boomtown rats- I dont like Mondays
first album: Undertones- Hypnotised.

classics!

:clap:

the first record i bought was

Hazel O'connor D Days

Toyah Its a mystery

about 1981/82

Didn't Toyah end up playing one of the Teletubbies? The little red one IIRC.

no Rich, Toyah did the voiceover at the beginning of the teletubbies and some of the narration.
very distinctive with the lisp....

:clap:

Now 26 (Casette)
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time (CD)

:thumbsup:

first i got was Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky on 7" vinyl

The Land Of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz. On 7 inch single, and still got it lol.

Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone

'twas a long, long time ago ;)

EMF - Unbelievable!

mel x

Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants 7 inch vinyl!!! - CLASS!!!

Maars "Pump Up the Volume" from Wolf Records - It used to be in The Hole in road!!

The Land Of Make Believe - Bucks Fizz. On 7 inch single, and still got it lol.


Same here!! :lol:

"the lion sleeps tonight" by tight fit lol

then i bought "shout" by tears for fears

Boys want to have fun
David Bowie

long haired lover from liverpool by jimmy osmond and i'm a bloke, i still hang my head in shame:)

:blush: Inbetweenies-The Goodies.:blush:

Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas (1984)

Some great 1st buys, quite a few gulity pleasures I imagine :)

rock this town, the stray cats

look here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1378&highlight=record). It's from 2003.

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Not sure if I really aught to admit to this on a public forum... But the first record single I bought was the theme tune to Postman Pat circa 1982, iirc it had some song by Ted Glen on the other side.... Forgive me I was only 6 at the time :shocked:

"Last Film" by Kissing The Pink

I also bought the single where Kevin the Gerbil of Roland Rat fame ruined Sir Cliff's "Summer Holiday"... Same excuse as before, I was only young when I bought it...

you're so vain carly simon

I bought can the can by Suzi Quatro with the record token I got for my 13th birthday.
Dave..

It would have been an Elvis one, probably Heartbreak Hotel, a 78" and more than likely in 1957ish,
That's when I started work and my mom. dad and me would each chip in 2/- (10p) to take it in turns to choose. I think they were 6/11 so dad would pay the extra coppers.:thumbsup:

My Ding a ling
Chuck Berry about 1972

look here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1378&highlight=record). It's from 2003.

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Thanks for your sarcasm mate! FYI I did a search using the words 'First record' etc. & it came up with nothing.

Also what about the new members of SF wanting to post & get all nostalgic?

iron maiden number of the beast, from a little record shop up an alley off High Street, i think its a cafe now

I used to buy pop ex singles when I was very small from our local shop Dels. Random choices - I'd often buy a single by a group I'd heard of or just because I liked the name. :D I remember buying 'Will a little more love?' by Olivia Newton John and 'Banana Republic' by Boomtown Rats.

My first proper record shop experience with my own pocket money was to buy 'Annie I'm not your Daddy Kid Creole and the Coconuts' in 1982 -Picture disc and everything from Circles in Rotherham - as I was already 'djing' at my local youth club on a Thursday night with a very limited but obscure collection, I vowed to buy a single a week and did until 1986 when I got wise that albums were generally better value. :)

Albums were for Christmases and birthdays - first one I remember asking for - except Sally and Jake, the Wombles and the terrible Top of the Pops records -was Parallel lines by Blondie(Cool kid for seven!). Played it to death and I still love it. I think I bought one with my own money called Raiders of the Pop Charts~(an early Now album!) around 81/82 as it had Fat Larry's band Zoom on it.:D

Once I started I couldn't stop and I still spend faaaarrrr too much money on music.

Boyzone - Coming home now!

my first tape was mr vain by culture beat, not too ashamed of that one!!!

first cd was spice girls wannabe :blush:

:)

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Heart of Glass - Blondie my first single.

First album was C'est Chic - Chic


Jim:thumbsup:

I got Oasis - Definetly Maybe out of 'Brittania Music Club', but the first record i bought with my very own money was probably Pulp - Different Class. I got it with my Christmas money. :)

Batdance - Prince :loopy:

Under the moon of love by Showaddywaddy in 1976

'Roadrunner' by Junior walker and the all stars!Bought with my pocket money on black vinyl 45 !

'ghetto child' by detroit spinners, god i had good taste in music even at 12 in 1973,still one of my all time favourite songs

The adventures of black beauty and the muppets..

Bat Out of Hell Meatloaf
David Bowie Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
at the same time

Mine was i wanna be free by Toyah.

I'm a Believer - The Monkees!

de la soul - 3 feet high and rising

First album was Regatta de Blanc by The Police.
First single was either Joy Division (Love will Tare us Apart) or Blue Rondo A La Turk (Klactoveesedstein)

Out Of Time by REM.

Joshua Tree.

Single: Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys
Album:- Aftermath - Rolling Stones

Under the moon of love by Showaddywaddy in 1976 ... "Come on little darlin' take my hand" :P

Dance Yourself Dizzy by Liquid Gold (a disco single). My rebellion against punk. Still have it. Will it ever be worth something?

First single was 'Wishing I had a photograph of You' by Flock of Seagulls
I can't remember my first LP, probably 'Pinky and Perky's Greatest Hits' or something.

That would be either SpaceMan by Babylon Zoo or It's O Sooo Quiet by Bjork. I can't say I listen either now your first time is always the worst;)

Aces High - Iron Maiden

1984

from Woolies

Not sure I want to admit this........

If I say it quickly........its not so bad


Long haired lover from Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond

I was young :)

you're not alone :hihi: this was the first record I ever had bought for me - I was 4 at the time and think I got it as a Xmas pressie. Cant remember the first record I bought for myself but it might have been something by Adam and the Ants in the very early 80's :love:

Single = Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone
Album = ABBA - Arrival

No regrets about either :thumbsup:

THIS (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEGlYFhnRc) was the first record I ever owned....


and THIS (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFGfIAJRvo) was the first record I ever BOUGHT.


My taste aint improved much since either really :hihi:

God I almost daren't say - however, it was "I Wont Run Away" by Alvin Stardust - I was VERY young though :blush:

First single bought - well, aside from non-chart stuff like those Disney songs 7" things you could collect - will probably be Antmusic (1980).

First album I bought with my own pocket money was Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.

Before then albums bought for me as Brithday/Christmas presents included Showaddywaddy, Grease and Kings of the Wild Frontier.

Single = Peaches by The Presidents of the USA

Album = Use Your Illusion 2 by Guns N Roses

First single: Eton Rifles - The Jam
First album: Paranoid - Black Sabbath

not the first by a long chalk BUT.....

today i got back quite a few of my old punk singles i owned back in the 80s :)

gonna cost me £20

SLF
Nobodys hero
Gotta getaway
Straw dogs (no cover)
Alternative ulster
Suspect device (3rd release version)
At the edge

UK Subs
Party in paris (yellow clear vinyl, no cover)
Warhead
Stranglehold

Ruts
Something that i said
Staring at the rude boys (no cover)
Babylons burning

The Dickies
Banana splits (yellow vinyl)
Manny moe and jack

Sham 69
Angels with dirty faces (no cover)
Hersham boys (no cover)
If the kids are united (no cover)
Questions and answers

The Skids
Goodbye civilian
Circus games (no cover)
Into the valley

The Lurkers
I dont need to tell her (no cover)
Just 13 (no cover)

The Buzzcocks
Everbodys happy nowadays (no cover)
What do i get? (no cover)

Sex Pistols
Cmon everybody

Blondie
Picture this (no cover)

The Damned
Grimly fiendish (no cover)

Alberto y lost trios paranoias
Heads down no nonsense mindless boogie (no cover)

Xray Spex
Identity (no cover)

Undertones
Youve got my number

Tenpole tudor
Wunderbar

The Boomtown Rats
Lookin after no1 (company sleeve)

Madness
Driving in my car (picture disc)

Peter and the test tube babies
Zombie creeping flesh

Discharge
Never again

Dead Kennedys
Too drunk to ****

The Flying Lizards
Money (no cover)

Honey Bane
You can be you

Ramones
Baby i love you

+ for some reason lol
The Strawbs - Lay down (no cover)

im highly surprised at the condition of both sleeves and records tbh, as i had em in the 80s, and hes had em about 15 years lol
great condition

I think, bearing in mind it was a long time ago, it was Driving in my Car by Madness

samantha fox-touch me lol

The single Ant Rap by Adam and the Ants

That would be "Rock Bottom" by Lydnsey De Paul & Mike Moran - no idea why I bought it...I was only 6 but my grandma still has it, I used to play it at their house when I went over.

Mick :)

First Single: Paul Hardcastle - Nuh-Nuh-Nuh-Nineteen

First Album: Nik Kershaw - Human Racing

still got 'em both