I was about 8 or 9 ... I think It must have been 1988, Bad from Michael Jackson had just came out (was that in in 87?) and I listened to it non stop, mostly on K7.
My Sister had tons of Albums & K7's and it was around then that my parents got their first CD Stereo Player. My parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said I wanted the Thriller CD. (I was scared like hell of Thriller when I was 4 or 5, in fact I think I still get the bumps with Zombies because of it).
Actually I didn't liked it that much (compared to BAD), and my taste in music was already changing. I think the next CD I got was Nevermind from Nirvana in 91 and from then on I spent small fortunes on music.
actually the first long play I got was in 2004, I had just recovered the LP Stereo from my parents as well as the record collections from most of my uncles (some very nice stuff, although most of it makes me think "with all the great artists why buy this crap?"), and I eventually bought myself Blue Train from John Coltrane.
on a side question, when you go and see old album collections, don't you sometimes get the feeling that the music people listened has very little to do with what the radios play nowadays as music from a specific era? (there are always some classics you can't overturn, but...)
My first album was Split by the British shoe gazing band Lush. It was CD rather than vinyl as everything I'd listened to was taped from copies. My favourite album was a terrible copy of a copy of It's a shame about Ray by the lemon heads. The first single I remember buying was Hope street by the Levellers.
I only started buying vinyl albums a few months ago. There's a definite disparity to the albums you can easily buy used and the music that gets played on the radio. Thank god! The main thing that strikes me about going through the records at vinyl fairs is the sheer number of albums Barry Manilow seems to have recorded.
The first two singles I had bought for me were "I Love, You Love, Me Love" ...Love... by Gary Glitter (notable for his absence on Christmas compilations these days... Why's that??) and "Save All Your Kisses For Me" by Brotherhood of Man.
I'd recovered by the time I was earning money for myself, first album was either "The Colour of Spring" by Talk Talk or "The Wall" by Pink Floyd.
I remember buying M/A/R/R/S "Pump up the Volume" on CD single when I didn't actually have a CD player.
The main thing that strikes me about going through the records at vinyl fairs is the sheer number of albums Barry Manilow seems to have recorded.
Slade are a bit like that. they seem to have released about 10000 albums all with the word 'slade' or a different spelling like 'slayed' in the title (except for 'The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome'. god knows where they got that from) and no one wants them!
Hmm, first single I remember being bought for me was Blondie's Heart of Glass. First single I remember asking for was The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane. The first single I remember buying for myself was Whitesnake's Ready an' Willing.
The first lp I had bought for me was either The Muppets or The Rescuers film soundtrack. The first lp I bought myself was Motorhead's On Parole. I actually wanted Never Mind The ******** but the girl in the shop wouldn't sell it me. I was 8 or 9 at the time, I must have been a right prococious little brat looking back at it. Thinking about it, the Motorhead lp is far more corrupting. Thank you Bradleys Records in Halifax shop girl in 1980.
Chris
Whoops. I can't believe I got that one wrong! Youth has gone...clearly. Although it was quite exotic and erotic!
i only remember cos i still collect all the late 70s / early 80s and beyond synth pop stuff on vinyl..and on cd and have quite a fair few soft cell / marc almond records
Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
Still remember it now, The Christians - Ideal World was my first single, bought it in Woolies and for some reason i believed with that one purchase alone I'd help it get to the top (it didnt!)
I stole a Subbuteo team from that John Menzies once. I always bought my records from Boots or the aces record part of Woolworths with the Salem security cameras on the roof (and the book section containing a brazillion Svan Hassle books) at the bottom of the escalators.
Having two elder brothers meant I listened to many of the records they bought, which included some good stuff from the late '70s/first '80s (The Clash, Police, early U2, early Simple Minds).
However the first record I ever bought myself was The Clash's Give 'em Enough Rope, in September 1988. Still proud of it - Clash really are "the only band that mattered" :D
First album was Telekon by Gary Numan in 1980. I got it with a record player as part of my Christmas from my mum and dad.
The first single I remember buying was Genetic Engineering by OMD in 1983.
I wish I could say it was the second bit of vinyl I purchased (Sepultura, Territory) but alas it was actually New Kids on the Block's Hangin Tough
I was at primary school and didn't know any better
Arrrrrgh! You totally stole my thunder! Mine was New Kids on the Block as well! The first 'proper' album I bought was New Order's Substance 1987, which I still adore.
Sadly, I think I'm going to have to revise this as I've just remembered I got Now That's What I call Music 6 for Christmas in '85.
Some cracking tunes on there though.
haha, that reminds me too, that my first album wasn't beastie boys or def leppard like I said, it was Now 10 lol. totally forgotten about that. had pump up the volume on it, best track on there...
I wish I could say it was the second bit of vinyl I purchased (Sepultura, Territory) but alas it was actually New Kids on the Block's Hangin Tough
I was at primary school and didn't know any better
my mate's got this on vinyl and has shown me a few times now that if you play the line "Don't worry about nothing cause it won't take long" backwards, it says "your days are more whizzin' when you're on heroin" :) too random to be intentional imo, but funny.
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I got the 7'' and 12'' not got a picture disc though :)
My Sister had tons of Albums & K7's and it was around then that my parents got their first CD Stereo Player. My parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said I wanted the Thriller CD. (I was scared like hell of Thriller when I was 4 or 5, in fact I think I still get the bumps with Zombies because of it).
Actually I didn't liked it that much (compared to BAD), and my taste in music was already changing. I think the next CD I got was Nevermind from Nirvana in 91 and from then on I spent small fortunes on music.
actually the first long play I got was in 2004, I had just recovered the LP Stereo from my parents as well as the record collections from most of my uncles (some very nice stuff, although most of it makes me think "with all the great artists why buy this crap?"), and I eventually bought myself Blue Train from John Coltrane.
on a side question, when you go and see old album collections, don't you sometimes get the feeling that the music people listened has very little to do with what the radios play nowadays as music from a specific era? (there are always some classics you can't overturn, but...)
I only started buying vinyl albums a few months ago. There's a definite disparity to the albums you can easily buy used and the music that gets played on the radio. Thank god! The main thing that strikes me about going through the records at vinyl fairs is the sheer number of albums Barry Manilow seems to have recorded.
But I'm not, so...
The first two singles I had bought for me were "I Love, You Love, Me Love" ...Love... by Gary Glitter (notable for his absence on Christmas compilations these days... Why's that??) and "Save All Your Kisses For Me" by Brotherhood of Man.
I'd recovered by the time I was earning money for myself, first album was either "The Colour of Spring" by Talk Talk or "The Wall" by Pink Floyd.
I remember buying M/A/R/R/S "Pump up the Volume" on CD single when I didn't actually have a CD player.
The first lp I had bought for me was either The Muppets or The Rescuers film soundtrack. The first lp I bought myself was Motorhead's On Parole. I actually wanted Never Mind The ******** but the girl in the shop wouldn't sell it me. I was 8 or 9 at the time, I must have been a right prococious little brat looking back at it. Thinking about it, the Motorhead lp is far more corrupting. Thank you Bradleys Records in Halifax shop girl in 1980.
Chris
12" LP - Soft Cell, Non-stop Exotic Cabaret (1981)
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You went all the way to Australia to buy an album? That must have been some commute:grin:
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Whoops. I can't believe I got that one wrong! Youth has gone...clearly. Although it was quite exotic and erotic!
Bought at Woolworths in Taunton whilst I was at cub camp.
And you've got the nerve to extract the urine?
still have the couple of singles
However the first record I ever bought myself was The Clash's Give 'em Enough Rope, in September 1988. Still proud of it - Clash really are "the only band that mattered" :D
Some cracking tunes on there though.
I've got that one too! It's the one with Running Up That Hill and the Miami Vice theme, if I remember rightly... :D
The first single I remember buying was Genetic Engineering by OMD in 1983.
I was at primary school and didn't know any better
Arrrrrgh! You totally stole my thunder! Mine was New Kids on the Block as well! The first 'proper' album I bought was New Order's Substance 1987, which I still adore.
my mate's got this on vinyl and has shown me a few times now that if you play the line "Don't worry about nothing cause it won't take long" backwards, it says "your days are more whizzin' when you're on heroin" :) too random to be intentional imo, but funny.