Your first 7" single

[clubchamp98]

Very proud of mine. Virginia Plain by Roxy Music.

Quality.

 

[backwoodsman]

Don't know.

Don't actually remember buying any singles - although can't actually say I never bought any. Can remember my first album though - Kongos (by John Kongos) Had Tokoloshe Man, and He's Gonna Step On You Again on it

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I was never a singles buyer…and in my early teens I spent my pocket and paper round money on my model railway, playing golf and the very occasional golf ball…but thinking it may have been Maggie May.

 

[Slab]

First bought was Madness, Embarrassment
(That was the name of the single not how I felt!)

 

[bobmac]

Ride a white swan
T. Rex

 

[KenL]

Nice n Sleazy by the Stranglers. They’ve been a huge part of my life ever since.

 

[Maninblack4612]

Yup. Little Donkey. Although it was recorded 4 years before I was born so not sure why it was my choice!

Brave of you to admit that. Which version? It was a Xmas no. 1 two years running. Written by a bloke who lived near my cousin in Sunderland. Recorded by lots of people, the royalties must have made him a fortune.

 

[Maninblack4612]

Don't know.

Don't actually remember buying any singles - although can't actually say I never bought any. Can remember my first album though - Kongos (by John Kongos) Had Tokoloshe Man, and He's Gonna Step On You Again on it

I've got a copy of Tokoloshe Man. I think John Kongos is still alive.

 

[AmandaJR]

Brave of you to admit that. Which version? It was a Xmas no. 1 two years running. Written by a bloke who lived near my cousin in Sunderland. Recorded by lots of people, the royalties must have made him a fortune.

I think it was the version by Nina & Frederik. Not 100% sure but know I bought it as I loved it. For me it was the combo of Christmas and donkeys...what's not to love

 

[Rlburnside]

I've got a copy of Tokoloshe Man. I think John Kongos is still alive.

I’ve also got Tokoloshe Man it’s on Jukebox

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

I'm going to sound like one of the 4 Yorkeshire men.....
My Mum and Dad had a record player so I remember listening to Lonnie Donegan's " Tom Dooley".
Back then Woolworth sold 45's on their Embassy label and you got three current hits sung by session singers and they were great if you just wanted to hear a great copy of a song in the charts.
My first personal purchase was The Shadows "Apache" (1961).
Now then, where was I?
Ah yes, glueing the arm back onto my rocking chair

 

[Maninblack4612]

I'm going to sound like one of the 4 Yorkeshire men.....
My Mum and Dad had a record player so I remember listening to Lonnie Donegan's " Tom Dooley".
Back then Woolworth sold 45's on their Embassy label and you got three current hits sung by session singers and they were great if you just wanted to hear a great copy of a song in the charts.
My first personal purchase was The Shadows "Apache" (1961).
Now then, where was I?
Ah yes, glueing the arm back onto my rocking chair

Snap! See post #16

 

[rudebhoy]

Not my first single, but this thread did bring back an amusing memory. Back in 1977, me and my mates were into punk from an early stage. We’d read loads about The Clash but had never heard them as they hadn’t released anything yet.

When their first single came out, we bought it on the day of release and were dying to hear it. We asked the guy behind the counter to play it but he refused as he was an old hippy.

So we went into the Electricity Board showroom a few doors down, told the assistant I was thinking about buying a music centre but would like to hear my favourite song on it first. She agreed, and put the record on. We started leaping about like idiots, the record was quickly whipped off and we were booted out the shop and told not to come back

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Snap! See post #16

Good to know we're still out there!

 

[Voyager EMH]

Nena - 99 Red Ballons

Still looking pretty nifty when having fun performing it in 2023 at the age of 63

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Still looking pretty nifty when having fun performing it in 2023 at the age of 63

Steady on old boy!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Still looking pretty nifty when having fun performing it in 2023 at the age of 63

Definitely wearing better than Claire Grogan who I saw last year and is a year younger. Still a good singer and loved seeing Altered Images live.

 

[Robster59]

Moving on from my first single, my first album was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.
A great album then and now.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Moving on from my first single, my first album was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.
A great album then and now.

First album - Outlandos d'Amour by The Police

 

[Norrin Radd]

First seven inch was Go now by the moody blues, first album was band on the run by wings, swiftly followed by goodbye yellow brick road ,Elton .