We had that one too Yogi, bought by one of my older sisters.  I'd forgotten all about some records having no centre and having to put that thingy in.

I had an orange record player and used to go to sleep listening to Donny. I was a bit obsessed.

By the time I got in to music properly (about 10 or 11), we had one of these.  Thought it was the business. 

 

That's modern, compared the radiogramm my parents had when I was wee. It looked similar to this.

 

I had a Mr. Hit and, like Yogi, listened to it in bed.

It was a second hand 78" of Johnnie Ray's song Just walking in the Rain on a white elephant stall at the school jumble sale 

 

The first 7" I can remember buying was David Cassidy Daydreamer 

 

 

I was about 7 my parents had bought a new record player and they gave me the money to buy a single of my choice.

 

 

 

 

Ooh, I love this thread already 

 

Although it only has a small shelf life as once everyone answers that it 

 

Anyway back to the point. I believe the single below was purchased for me by my parents when I was a babe in arms. I can't remember what the first one I bought was.

 

Don't ask me what they are singing about, it sounds like a foreign language!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDDBM&T they were fandabbydozy

 

I had and loved The Legend of Xanadu by them.

 

I'm not so sure about the single. It may have been The Goons, ying tong song. However the first LP was Please please me by the Beatles.

As an aside I can remember us organising a school trip to see DDDBM&T, Grapefruit, and The Bee Gees all in one gig. Could hardly hear a note. Girls who got full decks in O and A levels and went on to Oxbridge were reduced to screaming hysterical states.

 

 

First single with my own money

 

 

I think it was Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet!

 

A few early purchases that I can recall.

 

First album was Adam and the Ants 'Prince Charming'.

 

Don't actually recall my first single.

First single was Back Street Luv by Curved Air and first album was Led Zepplin11- still love those. Think I must have been cool when I was 14

 

There is one glaring observation this thread has thrown up, you can date people by their purchases (cue One Direction jokes). Unless you were a late starter in record buying, or did not have much disposable income until you were 30 or maybe I'm, over thinking this one... as you were.

 

 

are friends electric, tubeway army...... 

Oh Cold Sweat.  Pig Bag just gave me a huge smiling blast from the past.  I remember going to a teeny boppers disco every week and we used to do some very odd dance to it. 

I went on a quest to see if I could find anything on youtube with the funny little pigbag dance on it.  I didn't but I found this.  I loved this track.

 

 

If that is your first purchase IMO that is a great first.

One of my all time favourite bands/artists.

Indeed it was, 1979 i believe 

 

You are correct, I know this because I use it as one of my passwords in the form - 'arefriendselectric1979may'

 

Do you still like the record or have you gone off it over the years?

Mine was that far back I can't remember 

I still love it, one of my all time faves, when i hear it I am flung back to when i was young> I have the 7 inch picture sleeve with a peroxide pic of  Numan 

Oh, I loved that!

 

Excellent. I love it too.

 

I also have the same 7 inch.  

 

thats the one !!!  

 

 

Off to see him live at the end of the year.

 

 

Somewhere in the back of my mind I think it was a Sweet single I paid for  

oooh, lucky lucky you