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What was the title of the first 45 rpm record you bought?

Demon said:
Ok, I ate my peas and listened to Journey to Love. I have to say, much better! But still, lyrics....
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Well, if you like I could sing a few lines for you, but trust me, you would appreciate the instrumentals much more.
 
911Sparky said:
Ok, I screwed that guess up, you are actually older than me. How is it you failed to be attracted to the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin and all the other great bands who started in your back yard?
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I remember chanting 'oompah oompah stick it up your jumper' from I am The Walrus in the playground and I've always liked Back in the USSR and, um, Blue Jay Way and in the 80's I once walked up an unremarkable quiet side street on the far side of a park in Liverpool and got to the sign 'Penny Lane' at the end 101, which was weird. I prefer classic Stones to classic Beatles but their dross really is stinky though Charlie Watts has always been my idea of a great drummer.

Cannot stand Robert Plant's voice. Never have, never will. Chalk on a blackboard. Not a fan of Jimmy Page's type of guitar stuff either, even if I prefer it to Brian May's. Not a fan of wanky guitar solos in general, though if you're the keyboard player in the band at least it gives you the opportunity to do not much for an extended period of time.

I have very few fond memories of most of the 70s. Listening to ELP gives me PTSD lol
 
Demon said:
Now that is blasphemy.
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I have plenty more of where that came lol. I do like the musical part of this but, sorry, the vocals are a freaking horror show from start to.finish.

 
Sven Karma said:
I have plenty more of where that came lol. I do like the musical part of this but, sorry, the vocals are a freaking horror show from start to.finish.

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Ok, you found the one song of their's that maybe wasn't the greatest of all time. But how about:

 
MaryP said:
Ahhhhh. I remember one night during a thunderstorm, sitting in the backseat of an old Thunderbird, stoned on my a**, listening to that song cranked as loud as the stereo would go, watching lightening rip through the sky--the music was too loud to hear the thunder. A glorious show--I've never forgotten it.
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**** YEAH!!!!!!
 
j brown's body said:
Mine was "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers in 1966

My first single was "Where did our love go" by the Supremes, which my older sister gave me in 1964 when she bought the lp. I spent those years pouring ever her singles collection.

Got my mom to buy me a copy of "Like a Rolling Stone" in '65.
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I don’t have the faintest idea. But probably in the late 50’s with someone like Elvis or Johnny Cash as I also remember the witch doctor and chipmonks. But I became big on the 33 1/3 records, albums.
 
Perotista said:
I don’t have the faintest idea. But probably in the late 50’s with someone like Elvis or Johnny Cash as I also remember the witch doctor and chipmonks. But I became big on the 33 1/3 records, albums.
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I remember those - the witchdoctor, and the Chipmunks!
 
Fearandloathing said:
See a specialist.

The Kinks?

Seriously?
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Yeah, the Kinks and the Monkees greatest hits CDs, double cds in the latter case, survived a couple of band tours because they never do anything so annoying that you or shotgun passenger has to hit skip track. There's a mid 2000s Beck (not Jeff Beck) album which is really good. Except for track 7. Me and the singer could never figure out why it was there.

Also, I'd sooner watch Head again than any Beatles film except perhaps Yellow Submarine,.and that would be for the trippy visuals, not the music.
 
Demon said:
I remember those - the witchdoctor, and the Chipmunks!
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A couple of my favorites was the Ballad of Davy Crockett and Tennessee Ernie Ford’s 16 tons. Back when Jimmie Dean wasn’t the sausage man, but singing Big Bad John. Here’s one for you, also one of my favorites, The Purple People Eater.



and who can forget Roger Miller, Dang me, King of the Road, England Swings, etc. Elvis may have been King. But there were plenty others.
 
Perotista said:
A couple of my favorites was the Ballad of Davy Crockett and Tennessee Ernie Ford’s 16 tons. Back when Jimmie Dean wasn’t the sausage man, but singing Big Bad John. Here’s one for you, also one of my favorites, The Purple People Eater.



and who can forget Roger Miller, Dang me, King of the Road, England Swings, etc. Elvis may have been King. But there were plenty others.
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Oh yeah, I remember all of those.
 
So I've been wondering 'what was the first 12" 45 I bought?' and I think it was this:

 
Just curious, does anyone else still buy vinyl? If you do, what kind of turntable do you have?

I have a late 90s Technics that I have hooked up to my Pioneer SX-650.
 
NJBob said:
Just curious, does anyone else still buy vinyl? If you do, what kind of turntable do you have?

I have a late 90s Technics that I have hooked up to my Pioneer SX-650.
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I don't have a record player but I did buy one and ongoing vinyls for the gf. So long as you can get replacement needles etc easily and it still works etc why change what you got. But. Following her specifications I got her a bluetooth-enabled Audio-Technica one, mechanically it's been fine (A-T have always been a pretty consistent brand) and the advantages of record player in living room, person in kitchen are obvious.
 
Fearandloathing said:
See a specialist.

The Kinks?

Seriously?
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Between this and my sig quote, mr Canadian journalist, you're really not going the right way about scooping the exclusive on what happened the afternoon I had lunch in an Edinburgh restaurant with Margaret Atwood and her then youngish daughter. Spoiler alert: her husband Graeme Gibson (r.i.p) was such a lovely man.
 
Sven Karma said:
Between this and my sig quote, mr Canadian journalist, you're really not going the right way about scooping the exclusive on what happened the afternoon I had lunch in an Edinburgh restaurant with Margaret Atwood and her then youngish daughter. Spoiler alert: her husband Graeme Gibson (r.i.p) was such a lovely man.
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Who the **** cares what happens in ****ing Edinburgh?

I sure as **** don't.

When you lot learn to speak English I will recognize your humanity.

Until then.....
 
NJBob said:
Just curious, does anyone else still buy vinyl? If you do, what kind of turntable do you have?

I have a late 90s Technics that I have hooked up to my Pioneer SX-650.
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I bought one a couple ofvyearscago, and after getting rid of about 2,000 albums.

Vinyl is so much better today, but much more expensive.

I bought a Pro-Ject turntable.
 
j brown's body said:
I bought one a couple ofvyearscago, and after getting rid of about 2,000 albums.

Vinyl is so much better today, but much more expensive.

I bought a Pro-Ject turntable.
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I fortunately am a bit of a hoarder. As people got rid of their records I felt the need to give them new homes. Glad I did.

I don’t think vinyl is that much better today. My 45 year old albums sound great, especially since I upgraded my cartridge. As for prices, I calculated what I am paying for new pressings today versus what I paid back in the day, with inflation factored in, the price is close to the same.

Pro-Ject makes good turntables.
 
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