ChipButty Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Hey guys just kick back and listen to this Georgie Fame and Van Morrison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somnambulist Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I never bought singles, but my first album was a Johnny Cash greatest hits compilation in 1970. I was nine. Then Three Dog Night's Naturally. Then Deep Purple's Machine Head. Big changes from 5th to 7th grade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineapple01 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Whole Word in his Hand . Laurie London.1958 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjarnMartin Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 It wasn’t a ‘single’ but a ‘record’! Age giveaway, of course, but... “Rock around the clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets (1955). It’s probably worth a fortune now... haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 "Three Steps to Heaven" by Eddie Cochran in the late 1950s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rucker4012 Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Believe her name was Lek, from Issan, 19 years old and claimed to have never been married. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geisha Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Black is Black for my first party, Los Bravos, 1966. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterphuket Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 hours ago, bendejo said: Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford, 78 rpm. My aunt bought it for me. I must have been 4 years old. My turning point was buying an FM radio in 1968. US$20 is a lot when you're making $1.25/hour before taxes. Suddenly discovered a whole other world of popular music. Oh yeh, I never forget the 2 or more transistor radio's from Japan, a very nice time....wow I'm getting old! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaLa Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 House of the Rising Sun by the Animals, 1969. In those days you requested to listen to the record in a booth before you made the decision to buy it. I absolutely wanted to buy it and flew out of the booth up to the purchasing counter and said to the girl at the till. ‘Can I have it please’ She smiled, raised her eyebrows several inches flicked her hair back and replied ‘maybe, and do you want to buy the record as well?’ Sadly I was too young and naive for her response to register. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2554 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf81 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I never bought singles I think. I did buy albums though. The first one was probably from Metallica, most likely "Ride The Lightning". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac98 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis 1957. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Peterphuket said: Oh yeh, I never forget the 2 or more transistor radio's from Japan, a very nice time....wow I'm getting old! I remember them. My first memory of pop music was listening to The Carnival is Over on someone's small transistor radio during a break in school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I had no money to buy singles. First albums were Black Sabbath and Ziggy Stardust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted May 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 50 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: I remember them. My first memory of pop music was listening to The Carnival is Over on someone's small transistor radio during a break in school. In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Just now, ChipButty said: In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave Wow....you just brought back some memories.... The signal would rise & fall, music drifting in & out. But, it was pop music..... Now, I think there is way too much of everything. As The Eagles sang: "Everything, all the time Life in the fast lane" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, faraday said: Wow....you just brought back some memories.... The signal would rise & fall, music drifting in & out. But, it was pop music..... Now, I think there is way too much of everything. As The Eagles sang: "Everything, all the time Life in the fast lane" A mate of mine was a DJ on there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, ChipButty said: In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave I once recorded, on my tape/radio recorder, several programs from Radio Luxembourg after discovering Rocktober ( the month of October playing only rock ). Of course stopping and starting the tape before the DJ started talking was an art. It was on this program I first heard Magic Man by Heart !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OneMoreFarang Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 hour ago, ChipButty said: In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave RTL was my favorite a couple of years later - on FM. Especially Desiree Nosbusch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ventenio Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) no idea. maybe this song, but you asked "bought." Maybe this was before I had a job, and got some allowance of 1 dollar a month..lol around 1985 when this song came out i think. The bottom song is CLASSIC Edited May 8, 2020 by Ventenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 And I remember the first song I ever downloaded: Cameo - Word Up I think it took many minutes, maybe even hours, to download it. Obviously audio only, on Napster. ???? I still like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Chalk Dust - The Brat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torturedsole Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Definitely not the first single I ever purchased but was the first single that made me excited to go into town on Saturday and purchase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torturedsole Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 14 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: And I remember the first song I ever downloaded: Cameo - Word Up I think it took many minutes, maybe even hours, to download it. Obviously audio only, on Napster. ???? I still like it. Was my top album of 1986 and used to play the tape to death on my Walkman. I still remember every word to every tune on there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superal Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 7:46 AM, ChipButty said: In the days before UK pirate radio in the mid 1960s, the only way to hear broadcasts of pop music was to listen to the evening programmes starting at 7pm from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres medium wave Oh yes I remember it well . When I heard a new song from a new group it was amazing . Love Me Do by The Beatles in 1962 changed the face of music and became the most exciting era of which we were so fortunate to have had in our younger years . BTW a quick Google says that the 7" Love Me Do vinyl was the most expensive ever sold at auction for nearly $15,000 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Runaway by Del Shannon....bought in 1961. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) On 5/6/2020 at 3:06 PM, Pilotman said: Beatles, 'I want to Hold Your Hand' , 1963 or 4 I guess. Same. A couple of years I saw the Beatles live in Adelaide, Giant theatre so big / so long it was impossible to who was actually on stage and a <deleted> sound system (sound system nothing as sophisticated as today). Edited May 9, 2020 by scorecard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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