Thread: First single you ever bought

Just been reading the 'what mum threw out' thread and it got me thinking about my first ever single record I bought and if my mum still has it.

I got a 50pence Woolworths gift token for my 5th birthday and bought:

Long haired lover from liverpool byt Little Jimmy Osmond !

Men at Work - LAnd Down Under.
And I'm not even Australian

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets

Can't remember.

Carl Douglas Kung Foo Fighting

The police..Cant stand losing you

I was about 11, Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Fanfare for the common man.

Joe Dolche - Shaddupya Face.

Classic as a young kid.

What's tha matter you hey!

I am a Walrus - The Beatles. Aged, about 15.

I think it was Coz I love you by Slade.

My elder twin sisters bought all the records as they owned the stereo and didn't let me near it.

Walking back to happiness by Helen Shapiro only coz I wanted to shag her

She loves you - The Beatles

Can the can - Suzi quatro, Gave me the horn she did.

It was one of the following, not 100% sure which ; I guess I was about 13 or 14 at the time.

a) I saw the light .......... Todd Rungren
b) Lets stay together ......... Al Green
c) Stoned Love .......... Diana Ross and the supremes.

All available on youtube and download already .

Originally Posted by scotty

Long haired lover from liverpool byt Little Jimmy Osmond

Sad.

Originally Posted by Blake7

Men at Work - LAnd Down Under.

You must be a nipper, opinionated nipper, at that...

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets

Quite cool, clearly an old 'un.

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Can't remember.

Old and senile...

Originally Posted by Clogiron

Carl Douglas Kung Foo Fighting

Very sad... Indeed, so sad, it's slightly cool.

Originally Posted by welshtaffia

The police..Cant stand losing you

mmm.

Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr

I was about 11, Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

11 year olds shouldn't be buying that...

Originally Posted by matchless51

Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Fanfare for the common man.

AlaiNa

Originally Posted by CB79

Joe Dolche - Shaddupya Face.

Parallel universe shite going on here.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Coz I love you by Slade.

Slade are only for Xmas.

Originally Posted by pompeybloke

Can the can - Suzi quatro

Oh dear, oh dear.

Originally Posted by FarangRed

Helen Shapiro only coz I wanted to shag her

Sicko!

Originally Posted by Mr Lick

She loves you - The Beatles

Hard to argue with that; a classic first record.

I'd like to say that mine was the Animals; House of the Rising Sun (picturedisk), but I think that was actually my second or third, I vaguely remember some dodgt Lionel Ritchie number, but I hope I'm wrong...

Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans

Harbor Lights. The Platters.

I think it was The Riddle by Nick Kershaw

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was California Girls by The Beach Boys...or Twist and Shout by The Beatles.

The first single I had was Walk Don't Run by The Ventures, it was given to me by a neighbor.


The first album is easy. The Beatles Second Album (I know US only) It was around $2.50 and mono. I could have bought the stereo version for $4.00.

my first wife.....

Oh no. I just remembered exactly what the first single was that I bought

Mine was "Living Doll" by The Young Ones and Cliff Richard (or was it the other way around?)
79p down Wollies. Great "B-Side" if I remember correctly.
Can anyone remember their first CD aswell?
Mine was "Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and the Wonderstuff.

Originally Posted by Bogon

Can anyone remember their first CD aswell?

I joined a club, so it was about 15-20 of them that came in at once, half were replacements.