First Single Bought

[Kerryd]

30 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Bill Haley and the Comets - "rock around the clock" (on a 78)

Dad had a bunch of old 78s he'd bought way, way back (long before I ever appeared). Even has Johnny Cash singing rock and roll on one ! (Ballad of a Teenage Queen - 1958).
Unfortunately, even though they are all in perfect condition, I don't think they are worth a lot as anything other than memories.

He also had a lot of Al Hirt and Henry Mancini which led me to trying to learn how to play the trumpet back when I was 12 or so (never worked out).

[khunPer]

I didn't buy singles, I bought LPs, and my first one was Rolling Stones, must have been 1964.

[Tropicalevo]

Connie Francis - Lipstick on your collar.

 

[kwonitoy]

First LP:

Led Zepplin I   1969

[superal]

Johnny Kid & the Pirates ,    " Shakin all over " 1960

[falang1969]

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall - HMV Oxford Street - 1979

[Phuketshrew]

Maggie May - Rod Stewart (I actually liked the "B" side, "Reason to believe", better)

 

[PerkinsCuthbert]

55 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

I bought my first singlet in Hua Hin years ago , now I have got old and need to wear glasses.

Not surprised. Hua Hin does that to people, especially under lockdown.

[TPI]

The first single I bought was a Chinese lass in the "lion" bar in Singapore in 1969, her name was Ah Chien if anyone on here had a similar experience?

[xn47140]

Elton John : Crocodile Rock....1972 I think

[PerkinsCuthbert]

1 hour ago, CGW said:

Pretty sure that was my first, think we got a record player some years later! 

Also "My Boy Lollipop" about that time by "Millie" she passed in the last few days. 

Aww, just found out. How sad, RIP, girl who made a happy sound.

[Peterphuket]

Ha, ha, in the sixtie's: Ice cream from Chris Barber.

[Rig Pig]

 

[CGW]

9 minutes ago, TPI said:

The first single I bought was a Chinese lass in the "lion" bar in Singapore in 1969, her name was Ah Chien if anyone on here had a similar experience?

Lion bar, that was on the waterfront just of Shenton way if I remember correctly?

[toofarnorth]

38 minutes ago, Farangdanny said:

House of the Rising Sun, Animals.

I had just repaired a record player given to me by manager of Currys. They had marked it 'beyond economical repair'. There was a loose wire !!!  I needed a record to test it. Bought the 45 from an ex jukebox stock !!

1964 , I was in hospital with a fractured skull , a broken ulna and radius after a doctor pulled across in front of me. I was on a 350cc Ariel.

In hospital The house of the rising bum ( as we called it ) was # 1 and so everytime I hear it it reminds me of that.

Did get a good payout from his insurance though , money kept 'till I was 21 and in '68 went out and bought a 1956 Series 2 Morgan.

[Sakeopete]

Knock on Wood- Amii Stewart 1979

[Moti24]

My first wife; cost me a fortune!

[Peterphuket]

4 hours ago, Asquith Production said:

Just as important is what did you play it on? Who was rich and their parents had a radiogram. A wooden piece of furniture containing the record player and radio.

That time my parents where not rich but I build my own amplifier when I was 12 years old, I remember I had to save for long time to buy my first Philips basic turntable.

If I remember well, it was '69 and the price was about 25 dutch guilders.

[Jonnapat]

Sea of Love , by Marty Wilde in 1957.

[johnnybangkok]

I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 1979

[transam]

 

[bendejo]

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford, 78 rpm.  My aunt bought it for me.  I must have been 4 years old.

 

43 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

That time my parents where not rich but I build my own amplifier when I was 12 years old, I remember I had to save for long time to buy my first Philips basic turntable.

If I remember well, it was '69 and the price was about 25 dutch guilders.

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.

 

[oldies1]

Eloise (Barry Ryan)

For 60s pop fans who are NOT into the hits again and again...and again

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkPRb9mRrRBThz9Eo8ljqoA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHP6MWOV6u_f1NboYqB2kw

[OneMoreFarang]

 

Ok, I was influenced by her look. ???? 

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, johnnybangkok said:

I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 1979

My sister played that all night and day. And not only Mondays.

[AgMech Cowboy]

I never bought a single. I always bought the whole album even though I had to wait.  Actually we rarely had money for records.

[Davo369]

7 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

Pet Shop Boys. 

West End Girls

1984/1985 ish

That was my second record i bought????

[mrfill]

6 hours ago, DrPhibes said:

Darkside of the Moon in '73 right when it came out.  Still have it in plastic, thicker vinyl than my other records.

One of my 'I was there' moments was seeing DSOTM being performed live for the first time in February 1972 at the Rainbow theatre. It wasn't even called Dark Side - it was introduced as Eclipse. I took in a portable cassette and still have the incredibly bad recording. Only a few months after another 'moment' when I saw Frank Zappa get nudged off the stage (and I have the programme even now..).

[Hugh Geen]

Hey baby - Bruce Chanel

[ChipButty]

3 hours ago, Rig Pig said:

 

The Spencer Davis Group are a British band formed in Birmingham in 1963, by Spencer Davis with Steve Winwood and his brother, Muff Winwood and Pete York,