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Thought I'd make this a seperate thread for everyone.
As said before, the first two records I bought as a teenager were Lola by the Kinks, and Sugar Sugar by the Archies.
What about the rest of you?
For a long time, I only had a dinky tape player and two tapes recorded for me by a friend. When I finally got the use of a record player (shared with my brother, alternative weeks!) I went out and spent all my money on LPs - The Beatles' "Revolver", John Lennon's "Imagine" and "Sometime in New York City" and Ringo Starr's "Ringo".
It was Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris and it cost 7/6 - (about 42p in 'now' money).I no longer have a copy which is a shame because I still enjoy the song immensely, it makes me smile or cry depending on my mood.
'If you are going to San Fransico,' by Scott Mckenzie.
(Second was Paddy Mcginty's Goat by Val Doonican. For some odd reason I was mad on him as a teenager!) Is he still around?
Don't give up on us - David Soul. As I had been bought a record player for my birthday and that was the only thing I had I played it over and over and over.
Then mum and dad started buying me those Top of the Pops albums, you know the ones where hit songs were re-done by unknown artists and I can honestly say I know why most of them were unknown - they were terrible!!!
I'm sorry to double post...but I've been wracking my brains out, trying to think what was on the B-side of Don't give up us baby - David Soul...and its just come to me, so i just have to share...LOL It was, I belive, 'Black Eyed peas'. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Jimmy Young's 'Too Young.' Everybody in our town must have bought it as I had to put down my name on a 'waiting list.' We kept playing it over and over until our mothers gave in with the idea we were 'too young,' and gave their approval to our boyfriends.
Nope Panda you are correct. Funnily enough its the only David Soul record I owned. A couple of years later punk appeared and that was me on the rocky road to ruin
This should probably be embarrassing, but I was only six, and I remember buying it - it was Making Your Mind Up by Bucks Fizz. Funnily enough, not only do I still have it, but I have plenty of other stuff by them as well. Despite being a clichéd teeny group, I genuinely loved them, and I still have a soft spot for them now.
My first were singles (what we called 45s) - Keep on Running by the Spencer Davis Group, and You Were Made for Me by Freddie and the Dreamers. My dad worked at Harrods and got a discount but I think they cost something like 6shillings and 8pence each in those days - about 34p. I didn't own an LP for a long time.
I remember it well, it was the soundtrack from Sunshine, the truth-based movie about the woman dying of cancer who recorded diaries for her young daughter. It starred Cliff de Young and he sung on the soundtrack. I still have it and it can still make me cry!
Oh how weird! I've hardly ever met anyone who's heard of that film, 'Sunshine', which I loved at that time, too. The song goes 'Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... sunshine in my something makes me smile' (you can tell I'm ad-libbing!)
It was such a great film at the time. I remember bawling myself hollow.
"Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high"
Dare I mention my first? Donny Osmond. There, I've said it!
Paul McCartney's Pipes of Peace, then Toto's Africa (still my all time favourite), but I coveted (and still do) my Dad's Peter, Paul and Mary in Concert Album albun though it didn't have Leaving On A Jet Plane on it. I've got it on tape but it just ain't the same as the vinyl.
IG, fantastic! I'll only admit it here (don't tell everyone) but with "Puppy Love" I went weak at the knees and elbows when he went "Somebody help me, help me plee-ee-ee-ease" :O) Memories, memories.
Writeman, no need to make excuses for the Muppet record! Muppets are cool, and so is Sesame Street. My teenage daughters and I occasionally put on their old numbers album and groove along to Oscar the Grouch's timeless 'Knock Three Times' or the immortal Bert and 'My Favourite Number is Six'.
TT, yes, I know EXACTLY the bit!
Nenastew, John Denver's 'I am the Eagle'
My favourite part was, "Reach for the heavens and hope for the future - all that you can be and not what you ar-ar-are."
Muppets? Gotta be Kermit's 'Rainbow Connection' and Big Bird's 'Everyone makes Mistakes'.
The first record (single) that I was ever given, as opposed to one I dished out my hard earned cash for, was Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." I played it over and over and over until I never wanted to hear it again.
Huh, IG! It's all a bit strange when you are given records (hee hee, that very term!) as a kid. My uncle gave me a "This is Reggae" album that contained, rather unfortunately, Max Romeo singing 'Wet Dream'. I had no idea what he was referring to until much later in life!!
I like to think my uncle had no idea - just thought he was buying me my beloved reggae, bless him.
i have never bought a record record, but the first i ever bought on audio cassette was steps- last thing on my mind, and the first album i bought was the lord of the rings- fellowship of the ring soundtrack.
Nenastew, another John Denver fan here too! Play him on cassettes on the car radio - "Country Roads" etc. "You fill up my senses..." has to be one of the best love songs ever. Hold your head up high, Nenastew!
The albums I was brought up on were, funnily enough, all by the same fantastic band, who I still go nuts about now - the inimitable Steeleye Span. 'Commoners' Crown', 'Rocket Cottage', 'Sails of Silver' and 'Parcel of Rogues' might as well be the soundtrack to my childhood. I was dead chuffed to be able to interview the wonderful, gorgeous Maddy Prior a few years ago. They are the one band who have stayed with me constantly throughout my whole life. I love them.
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As said before, the first two records I bought as a teenager were Lola by the Kinks, and Sugar Sugar by the Archies.
What about the rest of you?
"Could You Be Loved?" Bob Marley and the Wailers 1980
Spot the theme?
Album - The Most of Herman's Hermits
...I was very, very young!
(Second was Paddy Mcginty's Goat by Val Doonican. For some odd reason I was mad on him as a teenager!) Is he still around?
Then mum and dad started buying me those Top of the Pops albums, you know the ones where hit songs were re-done by unknown artists and I can honestly say I know why most of them were unknown - they were terrible!!!
It was such a great film at the time. I remember bawling myself hollow.
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high"
Dare I mention my first? Donny Osmond. There, I've said it!
My first was 'Blockbuster' by Sweet. I had no taste ;0)
album - The Muppet Show Soundtrack that includes the classic Robin song 'Halfway Down The Stairs'. I still remember the lyrics.
To defend myself here, I was a child at those times.
The first artist that I followed as a fan was Gary Numan when 'Are Friends Electric' came out as it was a sound that hooked me like no other.
Nenastew, John Denver's 'I am the Eagle'
My favourite part was, "Reach for the heavens and hope for the future - all that you can be and not what you ar-ar-are."
Muppets? Gotta be Kermit's 'Rainbow Connection' and Big Bird's 'Everyone makes Mistakes'.
The first record (single) that I was ever given, as opposed to one I dished out my hard earned cash for, was Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." I played it over and over and over until I never wanted to hear it again.
I like to think my uncle had no idea - just thought he was buying me my beloved reggae, bless him.
Album - Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants.