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Can anyone remember the very first LP or CD they bought many years back?
I clearly remember buying my first LP or should I say LPs. I had some birthday money and had been planning on which albums to buy so I went to the HMV store in Wolverhampton in 1976 and bought the following:
Led Zep - The Song Remains the Same
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen - A night at the Opera
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell!:rolleyes:
Must have cost me all my birthday cash and some back then!
First CD - 1985
Dire Straits -Brothers in arms.
I only play Wish You were here now all these years later.:)
Pigmy Pony
09-10-2023, 19:41
First single, January '72
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/MzEAAOSw1iBk9jOW/s-l300.webp
First album March '73
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/pusAAOSwHntlI7BB/s-l300.webp
First CD, January 1990
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/tucAAOSwokhkYarc/s-l300.webp
Strange that I can't remember what I was doing this morning.
First single, January '72
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/MzEAAOSw1iBk9jOW/s-l300.webp
First album March '73
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/pusAAOSwHntlI7BB/s-l300.webp
First CD, January 1990
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/tucAAOSwokhkYarc/s-l300.webp
Strange that I can't remember what I was doing this morning.
Yes its funny how you can remember stuff way back especially the first record you bought but day to day stuff is a struggle.
Pigmy Pony
09-10-2023, 19:56
I'm sorry what were we talking about? :doh:
Tommy - the Who (cassette). 15th birthday or Christmas present along with a Philips cassette recorder
Olias of Sunhillow - Jon Anderson (LP). At work and bought my first “stereo”
Still have both, haven’t listened to either for over 40 years :eek:
Really can’t remember which CD, rather late to them and most bought from charity shops
First LP 'Love Over Gold' in 1984, although I gave the money to my mother to buy it for me as I was at work at my Saturday job in the supermarket.
I got home looking forward to listening to it and my cousin was visiting, she'd already opened it and was half way through side 2.
First CD was - I'm pretty sure - Primal Scream 'Vanishing Point' in 1997. It was the first album I wanted that did not have a vinyl release. I realised then that the writing was on the wall for vinyl. Not long after the local record shop stopped stocking it altogether.
I had to buy a CD player to listen to it since I didn't own one up to then.
rmcin626
09-10-2023, 21:08
Revolver
Beatles for Sale 1964
https://i.discogs.com/vOXF-5IUBdgv3LCVA63yJVpYEortGAlvlzaVGfq1oH0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY1MTE0/My0xNjI2MDE3ODY2/LTM3NDQuanBlZw.jpeg
The second LP was
Beatles - 'Rubber Soul' 1965
https://i.discogs.com/XO-Barxecgb47E1_XVm2WYDRfgwPzxEgJV9JmEmNLKo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5MzYx/Ny0xNTc3NjQyNTc5/LTgwMDQuanBlZw.jpeg
And the third
Beatles - 'Revolver' 1966
https://i.discogs.com/sKYTyHlt0FvNxWjpgNHtZMPuA2fzh6odeey2_ngpItA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwOTE5/OS0xNjc2MjMyOTcz/LTI1MDUuanBlZw.jpeg
Can't remember the first CDs - I chose 5 titles as part of a 'bundle' that came with my first CD player: a Philips CD104B.
Mikeandvan
09-10-2023, 21:55
say it quietly, a Shakin' stevens LP, it was on cassette, does that count? Think I was about 12. First vinyl LP? Can't remember, I'm not much use on this thread am I? Possibly some mod revival shite.
Pigmy Pony
09-10-2023, 22:18
say it quietly, a Shakin' stevens LP, it was on cassette, does that count? Think I was about 12. First vinyl LP? Can't remember, I'm not much use on this thread am I? Possibly some mod revival shite.
"There's a man with a van, playing John Cale records, behind the green door" :eek:
prestonchipfryer
10-10-2023, 05:12
On CD it was Love Over Good by Dire Straits. If my memory is correct it cost a whopping £14.99. That was in 1985!
On CD it was Love Over Good by Dire Straits. If my memory is correct it cost a whopping £14.99. That was in 1985!
I do remember the price of most CDs was astronomical when they were first launched but you thought you were buying space age technology!:rolleyes:
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2023, 06:26
And at the dame time the quality of vinyl records was taking a nosedive, which I'm convinced was a deliberate ploy to shift us over to "perfect sound forever" with a little help from John Cleese. I resisted until 1990, by which time I decided they might actually be right.
Still kept my vinyl though, just didn't buy any more for about twenty years.
Back in 76 (I think):
Vinyl 12”
Roxy Music Siren
Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume 2
But my first 7” was
Sex Pistols God Save The Queen
First CD was quite late and I think it was a Prefab Sprout number because I didn’t have access to a player until I met my now missus in 1986. (I bought her a discman for her birthday in 1987).
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2023, 07:13
Back in 76 (I think):
Vinyl 12”
Roxy Music Siren
Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume 2
But my first 7” was
Sex Pistols God Save The Queen
First CD was quite late and I think it was a Prefab Sprout number because I didn’t have access to a player until I met my now missus in 1986. (I bought her a discman for her birthday in 1987).
Have you still got it? Outside chance it might be worth a fortune. Mine is the wrong one, only worth about 7 quid :(
Patrick Dixon
10-10-2023, 09:03
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie.
I still have it, but I bought another copy that doesn't have all the scratches, jumps and surface noise caused by playing it on the various crappy record players that were all I could afford at the time.
Mikeandvan
10-10-2023, 10:24
"There's a man with a van, playing John Cale records, behind the green door" :eek:
:lol: John cale it is, Paris 1919, sorry wrong thread.
Have you still got it? Outside chance it might be worth a fortune. Mine is the wrong one, only worth about 7 quid :(
Sadly not. I think it is the second or third pressing.
I did buy the first pressing but it was for my cousin in Norway. I should ask him if he still has it.
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First single- Diamonds by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. 1963.
First album - Shadows Greatest Hits. 1964.
First single- Diamonds by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. 1963.
First album - Shadows Greatest Hits. 1964.
My first single was 'The Frightened City' by the Shadows. Probably around 1962.
My first single was Under the moon of love by Showadywaddy.:uhho:
tbh ive no idea what first of any music i bought. too long ago really for memory. probably wasnt memorable enough.:D
prestonchipfryer
11-10-2023, 15:16
I do remember the price of most CDs was astronomical when they were first launched but you thought you were buying space age technology!:rolleyes:
Only to be disappointed by the bull being peddled.
Only to be disappointed by the bull being peddled.
Yes but it took me 25 years of messing with digital and numerous CD players to realise the truth!:lol:
Record labels were so keen to rush out CDs, they often used the tapes made for pressing vinyl which had all the corrections for vinyl limitation built in. That is why many of the early CDs sounded indifferent.
I was mad on Baroque music at the time CD was released and bought quite a few Harpsichord CDs from Covent Garden Records.
All of them sounded like someone smashing glass bottles!:eek:
Did your preamp have a dedicated CD input?
Record labels were so keen to rush out CDs, they often used the tapes made for pressing vinyl which had all the corrections for vinyl limitation built in. That is why many of the early CDs sounded indifferent.
This is just urban legend stuff.
Even if it really happened so what? You get a CD that sounds like the vinyl but without the noise.
Such as monophonic bass and top end compression.
Did your preamp have a dedicated CD input?
Don't think it did. I was using a Quad 33.
This is just urban legend stuff.
Even if it really happened so what? You get a CD that sounds like the vinyl but without the noise.
That's another urban legend.
Don't think it did. I was using a Quad 33.
That is why CD reproduction sounded poor. Some of the tape input values needed to be changed on the 33 to cope with the high output from the CDP.
There were several other high quality amplifiers around at the time which sounded good with vinyl and tape playback as well as with FM tuners, but sounded harsh with CDPs.
That is why CD reproduction sounded poor. Some of the tape input values needed to be changed on the 33 to cope with the high output from the CDP.
There were several other high quality amplifiers around at the time which sounded good with vinyl and tape playback as well as with FM tuners, but sounded harsh with CDPs.
Wish I had known that back then. I thought it was just because my hearing needed to adjust to the perfect sound of CD.:)
Such as monophonic bass and top end compression.
but it's still no worse than the vinyl. It's just not as good as it could be.
CD was a premium product back then, the early releases are far more likely to have been done with extra care to showcase the format.
I mean I deliberately buy the 1980s releases because by and large they're the best ones.
Tommy - the Who (cassette). 15th birthday or Christmas present along with a Philips cassette recorder
Olias of Sunhillow - Jon Anderson (LP). At work and bought my first “stereo”
Still have both, haven’t listened to either for over 40 years :eek:
Really can’t remember which CD, rather late to them and most bought from charity shops
Worth giving Olias of Sunhillow an occasional spin, it's a frequent visitor to my table
Pigmy Pony
12-10-2023, 21:12
Yes but it took me 25 years of messing with digital and numerous CD players to realise the truth!:lol:
How long did it take you to realise Mudd were better than Showaddywaddy :ner:
Pigmy Pony
12-10-2023, 21:17
but it's still no worse than the vinyl. It's just not as good as it could be.
CD was a premium product back then, the early releases are far more likely to have been done with extra care to showcase the format.
I mean I deliberately buy the 1980s releases because by and large they're the best ones.
Maybe because they're the ones that sound most like vinyl? Tee hee
Worth giving Olias of Sunhillow an occasional spin, it's a frequent visitor to my table
Will do - i have spent the last week working my way through old “forgotten” records in my collection, its been very interesting (how my tastes have changed)
Pete The Cat
29-10-2023, 10:21
First single (got in a swap) - Alice Cooper School's Out
First single (bought) - The Sweet The Ballroom Blitz
First album (co-opted from parents) - Readers Digest Promenade Favourites
First albums (bought) - Abba Arrival, Elton John Greatest Hits, The Shadows 20 Golden Greats
First CD - Q (compilation)
First download or stream - absolutely no idea...
Pete
tbh ive no idea what first of any music i bought. too long ago really for memory. probably wasnt memorable enough.:D
having thought more on this, it was probably classical music as my brother and i were quite into it. maybe tchaikovsky or ludwig van....
Family - Old Songs New Songs
1972
Family - Old Songs New Songs
1972
great album...
rmcin626
29-10-2023, 12:36
great album...
Saw them play Greens/Apollo a few times
Saw them play Greens/Apollo a few times
lucky you.... good band
rmcin626
29-10-2023, 13:44
lucky you.... good band
Really good live, don’t have any of their albums though, my pal was a big fan and he bought them, we used to try not to duplicate our purchases, that way we had more albums to listen to
Really good live, don’t have any of their albums though, my pal was a big fan and he bought them, we used to try not to duplicate our purchases, that way we had more albums to listen to
Family were a great band - up till the point where Roger Chapman stopped singing and started screeching. Think that occurred after the album 'Anyway'; which is when I stopped following them.
Curiously though, I do like the work of Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers.
A friend of mine lost interest in Family when Rick Gretch left and joined Blind Faith.
Family were a great band - up till the point where Roger Chapman stopped singing and started screeching. Think that occurred after the album 'Anyway'; that is when I stopped following them.
Curiously though I do like the work of Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers.
had a few of those too i think. first 3 were best if memory serves. red card was my fav
I only have (I think) their first two albums: 'Red Card' and 'Vicious But Fair'.
(I had to look for them - they were wrongly filed under "C" and not "S"! :doh: )
I only have (I think) their first two albums: 'Red Card' and 'Vicious But Fair'.
(I had to look for them - they were wrongly filed under "C" and not "S"! :doh: )
maybe for chapman...
Oops! Just found another one, simply called 'Streetwalkers' (1974 on the Reprise label) - which may be their debut album.
All three now correctly filed. :)
Wakefield Turntables
29-10-2023, 20:19
First album
Adam and the Ants prince charming 1982
First album
Adam and the Ants prince charming 1982
Pretty cool, there's nothing to be scared of.
Pigmy Pony
30-10-2023, 09:10
Pretty cool, there's nothing to be scared of.
You must have been listening through a cheapy cheap radio back then, everyone knows "Its Chow Mein, ridicule is nothing to be scared of" :doh:
You must have been listening through a cheapy cheap radio back then, everyone knows "Its Chow Mein, ridicule is nothing to be scared of" :doh:
is that ridicule with noodles or rice?:D
Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde, in 1981, aged 11. ;)
You must have been listening through a cheapy cheap radio back then, everyone knows "Its Chow Mein, ridicule is nothing to be scared of" :doh:
That's the Amstrad version. We had Saisho.
You must have been listening through a cheapy cheap radio back then, everyone knows "Its Chow Mein, ridicule is nothing to be scared of" :doh:
Not being a fan of Adam Ant, I presume this is a mis-hearing of one of the lines of a song - similar to the Jam with their "Eating Trifles".
Apparently the real lyric is 'Ridicule is nothing to be scared of' but you would probably have needed a quality British radio to hear that version.
I saw him once in London in 1981. He was walking down the steps onto The Mall as we were walking up. It was my cousin who recognised him, I never would have.
He was wearing a very smart suit, not his dandy highwayman outfit. And he'd rubbed those white lines off his face. Or maybe his mum had, we can only guess.
So "It's Chow Mein" is "Prince Charming"? :scratch:
Pigmy Pony
30-10-2023, 21:30
That's the Amstrad version. We had Saisho.
Actually it was Bush. Too many seeds and stalks in it ;)
Pigmy Pony
30-10-2023, 21:39
Not being a fan of Adam Ant, I presume this is a mis-hearing of one of the lines of a song - similar to the Jam with their "Eating Trifles".
Yes, and the middle part of Michael Jackson's "Black or White", where Jacko informs us "I ain't scared of no buffalo, I ain't scared of no sheep", or maybe that's just me.
Pigmy Pony
30-10-2023, 21:46
Apparently the real lyric is 'Ridicule is nothing to be scared of' but you would probably have needed a quality British radio to hear that version.
I saw him once in London in 1981. He was walking down the steps onto The Mall as we were walking up. It was my cousin who recognised him, I never would have.
He was wearing a very smart suit, not his dandy highwayman outfit. And he'd rubbed those white lines off his face. Or maybe his mum had, we can only guess.
It's disappointing when you meet them on an off day. Like when I saw Joe Brown walking down a London street in 1973, and he wasn't playing his guitar behind his neck. Such a let down.
Lawrence001
31-10-2023, 08:55
It's disappointing when you meet them on an off day. Like when I saw Joe Brown walking down a London street in 1973, and he wasn't playing his guitar behind his neck. Such a let down.
Selfish b'stard that's what happens when the fame goes to their head.
dave2010
31-10-2023, 09:03
Dvorak New World Symphony. A terrible pressing, so it went back to the shop.
Soon after a few replacements - additions, which I still have:
Brahms Symphony 1 [RCA]
Mozart Symphony 40 and Mendelssohn Italian Symphony [RCA]
Grieg Peer Gynt and Bizet's L'Arlesienne [Philips - via CBS]- though there's an annoying scratch on that now.
Even in mono it was probably the best of the early LP purchases.
Selfish b'stard that's what happens when the fame goes to their head.
Bit harsh - though I'm sure it was said in jest. ;)
I once saw the late Jazz vocalist George Melly waiting for a train at Bristol Parkway Station. Wearing a rather 'loud' and colourful, but stylish pinstripe suit, he was instantly recognisable.
Bit harsh - though I'm sure it was said in jest. ;)
I once saw the late Jazz vocalist George Melly waiting for a train at Bristol Parkway Station. Wearing a rather 'loud' and colourful, but stylish pinstripe suit, he was instantly recognisable.
yes if you met le petomane in the street would you expect him to be farting old mcdonald while walking ??:ner:
Pigmy Pony
31-10-2023, 13:20
yes if you met le petomane in the street would you expect him to be farting old mcdonald while walking ??:ner:
No, he probably wouldn't know that one. But I would expect La Marseillaise at the very least.
In fairness to Joe Brown he'd probably only stopped for a quick breather when Steve saw him.
Like when I saw Adam Ant he'd almost certainly just put that suit on to see his bank manager and was on his way home to get back into his normal clothes and tie all that crap back into his hair.
Pigmy Pony
31-10-2023, 22:24
In fairness to Joe Brown he'd probably only stopped for a quick breather when Steve saw him.
Like when I saw Adam Ant he'd almost certainly just put that suit on to see his bank manager and was on his way home to get back into his normal clothes and tie all that crap back into his hair.
Seems likely - no bank manager worth his salt is going to approve a loan to a dandy highwayman. That's just throwing good money after bad.
Seems likely - no bank manager worth his salt is going to approve a loan to a dandy highwayman. That's just throwing good money after bad.
even a regular highwayman would get knocked back. Especially in those days.
So you are suggesting that the Goody two shoes approach, as Prince Charming would be better?
Pigmy Pony
01-11-2023, 07:13
So you are suggesting that the Goody two shoes approach, as Prince Charming would be better?
Well yes, banks will always prefer lending to folk who look like they don't need it. And starting the application with "your money or your life" rarely works these days, not without proof of earnings and at least three forms of ID.
Pigmy Pony
01-11-2023, 07:24
Anyway these days the banks are the dandy highwaymen.
But Adam Ant was Made of Money.
But watch out, Here comes the Grump.
Pieoftheday
01-11-2023, 17:34
I think it was a K-Tel compilation, Star Tracks? 1980, I was 10yrs:)
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