Confession Time - First Live Gig & First Record Bought

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

Confession time what was the first live band you saw and what was the first record you bought, come on now you know you need to unburden yourself of your guilt. You will feel better for it, though I can’t guarantee you won’t get the p**s taken out of..

I’ll go first.

First live Gig – Marc Bolan and T-Rex. Live at Newcastle I think 1974. I was 14, a mate persuaded his brother to take us the 50 miles to Newcastle. My parents still think I was at a friend’s house doing my school homework (yeh fat chance)

First record was – Big Country Western themes. Stop laughing now I was only 11 at the time, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to that version of events

Andy - SDDW

[shane]

First Gig: Free, The Vandike Club, Plymouth, March 1970. Life-changing...

First record: Diamonds, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, 1963?

[Colinx]

bloody hell, you have better recollection than I have, I think the first record was CCL tap turn on the water or somesuch, first live gig, not a clue.

[Togil]

Traffic + Pink Floyd, Liverpool autumn 1967

My first visit to the UK

[Yomanze]

Earthtone9, dBh (who?) and Raging Speedhorn. Had a very metal night & split my head open!

First record I bought personally was Oasis - Definitely Maybe

[Iain Sinclair]

First gig: Dusty Springfield at the Liverpool Empire

First record: Let's Hang On! The Four Seasons

[Prince of Darkness]

bloody hell, you have better recollection than I have, I think the first record was CCL tap turn on the water or somesuch, first live gig, not a clue.

Do you mean CCS (Alexis Korner, Peter Thorup, etc)?

[Prince of Darkness]

My memory is not to clear on this, but I think it's The Boomtown Rats for both.
1982 Exhibition Park Newcastle. I was front row and got on stage. There had been a delay due to some of the seating collapsing (some people were taken to hospital with relatively minor injuries). I got Bob Geldof's autograph too.
First single was I Don't Like Mondays.

[Beechwoods]

Oh god...

Gig: a-ha, Birmingham NEC, 1988... a friend bought me tickets. I'd grown out of them by then but couldn't say 'No'. I was the only goth at that gig, I swear...

Album: 'Synchronicity' by The Police. Bought in Woolies on cassette for £7.99 around 1985. That was a lot back then!

7": 'You Make Me Feel' by The Woodentops, 1988... this still has credibility. Great single, great band.

12" 'Wild Hearted Woman' by All About Eve, 1988 (I told you I was a goth )

[alb]

First record. The Beatles - Hard days night. 196?. I was quite young.
Didn't have anything to play it on though.

First gig. The Shadows - Manchester Apollo circa 1975.
Seemed to play forever.....or perhaps it just got a bit boring.