What was the first record you bought?

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..my mum took me to the Palladium to see it ....

Rock around the clock. We went to see 'Blackboard Jungle' expecting dancing in the aisles and general mayhem like it said in the papers but it never kicked off. So disappointed!

Sitting on the dock of the bay, by Otis Reading. I am quite proud of that, but I think I was influenced by a boy I fancied.

Thanks Tegan oh the nostalgia or is it neuralgia

Last Train to San Fernando! Can't remember who it was by, but I loved it and played it again and again! Got have been about 1961 just after I started work

Johnny Duncan and his Bluegrass Boys had a hit with it in 1957. Lonnid Donnegan sang it later too. I had a copy of it too!

Or as a favourite double act of mine* called them 'Johnny Drunkard and the Blue Arse Boys'...

*Dave & Amos, from Wiltshire - always made me laugh!

Elvis - Jailhouse Rock with Heartbreak Hotel on the reverse.

Jerry Keller - Here Comes Summer

My Uncle gave me Honky Tonk Train Blues by Mead Luxe Lewis and I still listen to it on Youtube - a classic.

Soupy I loved that song - and still do! (The carnival is over)
My first record was Elvis of course - It's Now or Never. We used to divide up into Elvis fans and Tommy Steele fans- no contest!! Cliff and The Young Ones a couple of years later was played vwhite too- my poor parents!

Fire! By The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Up until then I had persuaded my parents to buy me mostly Tamla Motown, so they were a bit surprised when I saved up my pocket money for that one.

True - Spaundau Ballet, but my brother played it all the time so it put me off playing it. Although he did take me to see Queen in 1982 so he's very much forgiven. I will always love Freddie.

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I loved this Spandau Ballet song; bought tha album I think.

Catch the Wind, Donovan

Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens

This is such an old thread that, scrolling back, it gave me a jolt to see Greatnan as a poster. It brought back that terrible time, just over a year ago now.

I know that feeling anno , it gives one quite a start to see Greatnan's name unexpectedly.

Never bought records for myself, I remember buying West Side Story for my girl friend. Used to go to live gigs at least twice a week, but not records.

78rpm - Dream, by the Everly Bros. my only record. Played it back-to-back on an old wind-up until my Dad intervened on behalf of the neighbourhood.

Mine was Watching The River Flow by Bob Dylan. Still am a fan of his music, even tho his real name is Robert Zimmerman. Doesn't sound so romantic.

I'm a Believer - The Monkies.

Janerowena - I too bought Fire! It was totally out of character. But I seem to recall there was something of the rebel coming out just to buy that record.

It was an LP- Songs for Swinging Lovers by Frank Sinatra. Still enjoy it,but on CD nowadays.