Could you be more of a child of the 70's? You are just missing something by The Eagles
.Here speaks a child of the 80's who can't remember any of the above firsts but musically still largely listens to music of that time
Your first 7" single
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.Here speaks a child of the 80's who can't remember any of the above firsts but musically still largely listens to music of that time
Grizzly
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My first album I well recall - Metallica's Master of Puppets, from Our Price in Aviemore in Summer 1988 (technically, joint first, but I am not as keen to admit to buying Wham's The Final, even at age 11, which was the second entry on the receipt!)
First 7" single is tougher. I think the first I bought myself, as opposed to was given as a gift etc, was Queen's The Show Must Go On.
First 7" single is tougher. I think the first I bought myself, as opposed to was given as a gift etc, was Queen's The Show Must Go On.
Pathetic Shark
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That's because we all have the image of her in a beret lying on the grass in a Glasgow country park .... also seen her live a couple of times. Wearing about as well as Kim Wilde.
Sid Rixon IV
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Get 'em on Strictly with Toyah!
Her regular YTube kitchen clips with Robert Fripp mainly focus on her "anatomy" whilst he looks bewildered
Sid Rixon IV
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I'm a good few decades before you and I've 5/6 Eagles albums. I've given up on their "Farewell" tours having seen their first one only to find they announced another about 5 years later (which I saw as they added my city last minute)!Could you be more of a child of the 70's? You are just missing something by The Eagles
Here speaks a child of the 80's who can't remember any of the above firsts but musically still largely listens to music of that time
And that's not the latest one!
Norrin Radd
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I had their greatest hits album .Could you be more of a child of the 70's? You are just missing something by The Eagles
Here speaks a child of the 80's who can't remember any of the above firsts but musically still largely listens to music of that time
KenL
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Do we really need to be discussing how women “are wearing”?
Springveldt
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Vinyl's cost a fortune now. My oldest child buys one's that they like and they cost around £40 an album now. No idea what the 2nd hand market is like for originals.
GreiginFife
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Some originals can fetch a pretty penny. Main issue with many originals during vinyl’s era was the number of versions. Represses, re-issues, label changes; they all create confusion over what you really have.
I buy and sell a lot of vinyl, mainly 12” EPs rather than albums, and some that cost me around £5 in the mid 90’s are selling for £80-£100, these are singles mind, due to the rarity in most cases.
Doon frae Troon
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Blowing in the Wind by Dylan
Rlburnside
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I have a Beatles LP I got from a guy working on a Russian Klondiker years ago all printed in Russian, tracks are all covers of Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee etc.
I thought it must be worth a few Bob but last time I looked it was for sale at under £20.
I browse a lot of second hand record shops when I get the chance and the price is strong.
GreiginFife
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There are Beatles LPs that can be as different in value from £15 to £1500 based purely on the colour of the Parlophone label or that there is a slightly different name in the credits list.
The market is nuts. Many of what I buy and sell were never produced in large quantities as it was and, for the most part, were for the DJ community and so they were pretty much worn out or have been damaged reducing their availability to very small numbers.
I just sold a transparent orange pressed EP that I bought in 1994 for £4.50, it sold for £135 as only 2 are available for sale (some others may be for sale on other platforms but Discogs is the main one in use).
jim8flog
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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
Back in the 60s/70s We used to have a record shop which had listening booths.
I wish I had gone there to buy my first LP as I would not have bought it if I had listened to it first.
Los Bravos - a one single/ one track wonder.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I sol
I sold a lot of my LPs on ebay and got good prices for them.
My one regret was selling my Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and Richard Wright LPs as a single lot and probably could have got twice as much selling them singly, Sadly at the time Covid lockdown stopped me selling.
This site is great for telling you how to identify your copy and a guide to values.
I sold a lot of my LPs on ebay and got good prices for them.
My one regret was selling my Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and Richard Wright LPs as a single lot and probably could have got twice as much selling them singly, Sadly at the time Covid lockdown stopped me selling.
This site is great for telling you how to identify your copy and a guide to values.
Pathetic Shark
Tour Rookie
Get 'em on Strictly with Toyah!
Her regular YTube kitchen clips with Robert Fripp mainly focus on her "anatomy" whilst he looks bewildered
Toyah, described by music journalist Taylor Parkes on the brilliant Chart Music podcast as "so despised she should have her own secret police" and "the level of anti-talent required to become a 10th rate Hazel O'Connor". He's not a fan.
Ye Olde Boomer
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I got my first seven inch 45 rpm record
when the last of the pre-vinyl, ten inch, 78rpm shellac records were still being made.
My uncle owned a chain of pizza/pasta/beer joints with jukeboxes,
and I got the old records when they were changed.
Some pretty good jump blues and doo wop back then.
For an Italian American elementary schooler,
I really liked that African American music of the time.
I had a tiny little suitcase style record player which may have been my favorite toy.
Now I have a big audio system with floor-standing loudspeakers and use it for TV sound 95% of the time.
when the last of the pre-vinyl, ten inch, 78rpm shellac records were still being made.
My uncle owned a chain of pizza/pasta/beer joints with jukeboxes,
and I got the old records when they were changed.
Some pretty good jump blues and doo wop back then.
For an Italian American elementary schooler,
I really liked that African American music of the time.
I had a tiny little suitcase style record player which may have been my favorite toy.
Now I have a big audio system with floor-standing loudspeakers and use it for TV sound 95% of the time.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
He has a point. Even better that O'Connor pipped Wilcox to the part in Breaking Glass
AmandaJR
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"Will You" is one of my all time favourite songs.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
First 12” vinyl I bought was Grieg’s Greatest Hits (on CBS Harmony)…with a birthday present record token from an aunt and uncle who told me what was expected of it…
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My first rock/pop was Bridge over Troubled Water…followed not long after by Selling England by the Pound.
. My first rock/pop was Bridge over Troubled Water…followed not long after by Selling England by the Pound.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Likewise
But was also a massive Toyah fan back then…and we are same age…so felt a connection, and because of her one of my first g/friends was a goth…sported the full Siouxie Sioux look. We were an unlikely pair.
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