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No idea, matey.
Perhaps, once all the excitement had ended & everyone got back into the Cathedral, the time would be getting on - don't know if there's some sort of curfew or licence involved with a prescriptive clause on time of the end of the performance or something.
Or a bunch of jobsworths got off on a power-trip and decided to balls-up everyone's evening.
Maybe so - either way it made the whole event a bit of a wet fart in the end - a shame to have to drive an hour each way for and pay £12 for parking for all that!
A couple of months ago saw the Bill Frisell Quartet about 10 minutes from my house but, damn, if I didn't miss Tommy Emmanuel a couple weeks later. Rice University hosts concerts by music students seasonally and I'm hoping to attend one or more. You can stream those concerts and hear music from the most diverse library that I know of in existence at KTRU-FM.
That's a shame Chris. :(
I can't believe we've not had this before - but I've had a good search, and can't find anything, so here we go.
[EDIT] - Must learn to search better! Threads now merged:
Simple question - what was the first record you bought? And if you like, a few words about it. Inspired by deciding to play the first record I ever bought, and realising I have now been buying records for 30 years! (Note, I'm only counting the first record I physically bought and chose myself - I'm pretty sure there are the odd Pinky & Perky and Wombles albums lurking somewhere, but those would have been bought for me...)
Toyah - Anthem 1981 (Vinyl)
http://www.vinylsurrender.com/Graphi...-%20Anthem.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2kK8ebglCHDKVaHNnTa1Js
I'm not really sure what got me into Toyah as a 12 year old - my best mate was heavily into Blondie, which I really liked too, but I guess I wanted to be a little different. I think I Want to be Free would have been the first of their singles I heard, probably on TOTP, and I thought the cover was fab, so that may have been an influence. Sounds quite dated now, especially some of the synth sounds, but I still love every minute of it, and takes me back to the school summer holidays 30 years ago.
Mine's a close run thing, as I can't quite remember whether it was 'There I was, digging a hole' by Bernard Cribbens or 'Walk on the Wild Side' by Jimmy Smith. This is an EP and I still have it somewhere..:scratch:
Lol, you beat me to it you bugger.... after the post from Chris (Stratmangler) on 'Spinning today' I meant to do this yesterday....
I will post later, as I still have it and will scan it when I get home :)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer 'Brain Salad Surgery' naturally
First LP bought with my own money was this:
http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/a...500_AA300_.jpg
I was 16 and had just got a Saturday job - I never had enough money to buy records until then, they were a real luxury item. It was TDK cassette tapes for me! Anyway I recall it cost £4.50 - Four and a half hours wages!
Still have it - still play it:)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
http://pipic.files.wordpress.com/201..._were_here.jpg
It had just come out and I already had Meddle and Dark Side Of The Moon on cassette (recorded from my cousin's LPs). My cousin had just given me his old Garrard SP25 MkIII turntable with Goldring G800 cartridge and I remember rushing home from Gordon's (?) Records in Stockport and playing it - didn't even have an amp or speakers, so listened to it the first few times with my ear a few cms from the stylus :doh::lol:
Still have that copy, but the cover is pretty battered and there are a few scratches, but it still plays OK :clap:
The first single I ever bought was 'Mellow Yellow' by Donovan, well I was 5 so I have an excuse...and my first LP was 'The Four Tops Greatest Hits', my elder brother and sister were Tamla fans, so I was a bit indoctrinated ;)
I remember as a teenager studying the cover of WYWH for ages trying to work out if it had some deep meaning or connection to the lyrics:)
My first album would have been The Beatles' Help! in 1965. Such a long time ago now. :)
...I remember taking my copy back 4 times, as there was a scratch on the first track, must have been a bad batch, but I kept the bin liner, poster and postcards each time...made a nice mural ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
All my Floyd vinyl albums were bought in the 80's all on Japanese supercuts, i used to order one every fortnight, they were expensive back then.
The first records I bought were:
Blonde on Blonde a mono vinyl version by Bob Dylan
Are you experienced Jimi Hendrix and
Piper at the gates of Dawn Pink Floyd.
I still admire my good taste even when I was only 15 or 16:eyebrows:
Dave Mawby
First record I owned was Neil Reid..he one Opportunity Knocks back in dem early 70's..had a big hit single with Mother of Mine. First I bought with my own spondoolaks was ELO ''A New World Record'' still have it but not the same copy.
The first "proper" album I bought was not the one that kicked it all off for me.
It was this one...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...NL._SS400_.jpg
Did a of lot casette recordings back then... the early years... hits of the time but also stuff like Laurie Anderson "O Superman"...
Anyway, first pre-recorded casette: Toto IV; my dad bought it for me
First LP: not sure as I bought two:
- Depeche Mode "Master and Servant"
- David Bowie "Lets Dance"
First CD: Level 42 "World Machine"
Didn't own a player at the time, but were in London and it was cheap
...what did you people listen to when you were under 10?...nothing?Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveM
There's a lot of people listing stuff that was cool in their mid teens, but your gran must have bought you a record token at some time in your pre-teenage years...
Yes I was listening to Floyd at the age of twelve, but when I was 8 I preferred Benny Hill ;)
...'and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west' :)
First single :- Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
First Lp :- Let It Be - The Beatles
First CD :- Fishermans Blues - The Waterboys
Led Zeppelin 3 ,cost me £2.00 exactly what I got paid for a days work on a Saturday.
B.A Robertson Kool in The Kaftan :o
Confession Time - First Live Gig & First Record BoughtQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=853
I was fairly sure there had been one and I was certain that if anyone would find it it would be you Chris!
Hehehe!
I spend my Sunday evenings trawling through this old stuff - I couldn't not know it was there!
Does that mean this thread is defuct now? :scratch:
Not sure I dare try my new Super Powers out and merge them - whaddya reckon?
No keep it up - maybe we'll merge them later?
EDIT: Go on then, Alex shake yer magic wand
Blue Oyster Cult Some Enchanted Evenings
http://open.spotify.com/album/5TZaZUxacnbalus6GaaHWk
OK then, in light of the 'merger' I'll do both :)
This is the first record I ever bought;
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...ig/single1.jpg.
(the actual one)
The first album;
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg
First ever gig;
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Wembley, Empire Pool - April 1974
Brain Salad Surgery tour
first live gif would be The who Stranglers AC/DC and Neils Lofrgen
Next few woud of been Boston Finsbury Park BOC Hammersmith ACDC Hammersmith Ted Nugent Hammersmith
ELP weren't MY first ever gig (see earlier in first bit of thread), but I did see THEIR first ever gig. Bloody good it was, too.
That brings back some memories...I saw them at Newcastle City Hall on the tour that was recorded, I also remember that they were supported by a very early glam rock version of Japan, they didn't go down well with the BOC audience...cans were thrown ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by John
My first gigs were the previous year '77, however I can't remember the exact sequence, probably Uriah Heep first (innocent victim tour NCH), Rush (all the world's a stage NCH), Judas Priest (sin after sin, pre leather, Rob Halford wearing a police jacket! NM), and the Stranglers (Rattus Norvegicus H&A, my elder brother took me, a real eye opener for me) :)
Off up Shefield for a boozing sesh. I'll try to avoid this thats happening 5 mins down the road.
http://www.tramlines.org.uk/lineup/stages/
Miserable git. ;) There's some good stuff though, for those of us mere mortals that aren't Prog Gods... :)
I love the fact that they list who is on the "Unannounced" stage today! Heaven 17 tonight. A lot of the acts I've never heard of, though...
The last concert I went to see was Aphex Twin at the Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin about a month ago.
Excellent day out, excellent music (although a bit bass heavy). And the Eye Candy was AWESOME!!!!!!
RC
Nerina Pallot Andr'e, she's good :) (mind you, what am I talking about...... ;))Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Ive got the programme somewhere for that Tour.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatGig
Well Heaven 17 were playing just outside the pub, the wife loves em..Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatGig
If you ever find it Andr'e, I would love a peek ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Just found this too EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER RARE 1974 BRITISH TOUR POSTER
First gig I ever went to was Queen at the Free Trade Hall Manchester (26th November 1975). The ticket was a 13th birthday present.
They did two concerts that night - one at 6pm and one at 9pm. My mum would only let me go (with my older cousin and a few of his mates) if we went to the early one so we could get home on the train easily.
I really can't remember my first gig - it might have been The Farmer's Boys at St Andrew's Hall who were a moderately successful local band where I grew up in Norwich.
First single was the 1980 re-release of Imagine after John Lennon was murdered.
First single was:
http://991.com/newGallery/The-Goodie...bon-129648.jpg
:doh::o:o:)
...what happened to the 'Last Concert' sticky ?
First record was Beach Boys, Good Vibrations in 1966? for something like 1/6d
First live concert at the Weston Super Mare Winter Gardens, Rory Gallacher. I went straight out and bought Live in Europe!
Happy days:)
Hi Will - there were getting far too many stickies in the music room, so a decision was made to amalgamate a few and get rid of some others (as stickies) - so First Concert/Last Concert have been merged - if there is any major objection to this we can of course have another look at the situation. And sorry - we probably should have made this clear to people.Quote:
Originally Posted by WAD62
First live gig was Arthur Brown at Kingham Hall and first album was Vanilla Fudge, Near The Beginning.
Hi Alex, given that the thread is still called...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
First Live Gig & First Record Bought
...this is indeed confusing.
One was a sticky about current live gigs and peoples reviews & tips thereof, the other is a wander down memory lane, which is nice but not really the same thing ;)