First Album, Single, 8 Track, Cassette, CD bought - Page 2

**spitalhouse** · August 20th, 2008, 09:42 PM

On my thirteenth birthday in 1973 my mum bought me my first stereo record player. It was an Elizabethan and was on sale in Walworths for £25 - quite a bit of dosh back then. The first record I bought to play on it was the newly released 'Pin Ups' album by David Bowie. The noise that emerged from the speakers like a waking beast filled me with a sense of profound exhilaration. In the days and weeks that followed my bedroom echoed to the sound of 'Sorrow' and 'Here Comes The Night'.

On my fourteenth birthday mum bought me a pair of Koss headphones. In those days Koss were arguably the best brand on the market, so they must have set her back quite a bit. The first record I chose to listen to through my new 'cans' was ..... you guessed it: 'Pin Ups'. As the music poured into my head I began to relive those same feelings from a year earlier all over again.

To this day 'Pin Ups 'is still one of my favourite albums and remains, in my humble opinion, the best album of cover songs ever made.

conholad · August 20th, 2008, 10:52 PM

The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man. We were allowed to listen to pirate radio whilst revising for exams. Takes me back to sitting by the window in the classroom.

jamesbond · August 20th, 2008, 11:22 PM

1979 Are friends electric - Tubeway Army

thyguy · August 21st, 2008, 12:06 AM

Okay, I'll be the honest one here - mine was the "Mary Poppins" soundtrack (hey, I was 6 years old, okay? I wanted to dance to "Step in Time" like Dick van Dyck).

Now the first album I bought myself and paid for out of my own pocket with my own very own moolah was Abbey Road - The Beatles

spiralstairs74 · August 21st, 2008, 09:24 AM

Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare

**Jeepster1973** · August 21st, 2008, 09:27 AM

First record was School's Out by Alice Cooper. Still remember the excitement of seeing him on Top of the Pops!

**NelsonsGoodeye** · August 21st, 2008, 09:45 AM

Virginia Plain.............Roxy Music!

**Leprechaun** · August 21st, 2008, 09:49 AM

Iron Maiden - Killers

**melvin** · August 21st, 2008, 06:10 PM

a K-tel compilation with hits from 1978 called "Disco Action"

**Meglos** · August 21st, 2008, 06:26 PM

Best of the Beach Boys LP, bought in 1969 in Woolworths, Erith, Kent. I was 5 years old so I was with my Mum. Still have it, along with all their other material and a lot of progressive rock, so yes, I am a bona fida old git.

Meglos

August 21st, 2008, 12:06 AM	#14
thyguy Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Thanks: 179 Thanked 336 Times in 43 Posts	1st record Okay, I'll be the honest one here - mine was the "Mary Poppins" soundtrack (hey, I was 6 years old, okay? I wanted to dance to "Step in Time" like Dick van Dyck). Now the first album I bought myself and paid for out of my own pocket with my own very own moolah was Abbey Road - The Beatles

August 21st, 2008, 06:26 PM	#20
Meglos Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nyetimber - West Sussex - England Posts: 1,306 Thanks: 10,579 Thanked 89,375 Times in 1,408 Posts	First Record Best of the Beach Boys LP, bought in 1969 in Woolworths, Erith, Kent. I was 5 years old so I was with my Mum. Still have it, along with all their other material and a lot of progressive rock, so yes, I am a bona fida old git. Meglos __________________ Regards Meglos "We Must Know, We Will Know". David Hilbert 1862 - 1943

August 20th, 2008, 09:42 PM	#11
spitalhouse Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Past caring Posts: 768 Thanks: 2,080 Thanked 12,557 Times in 747 Posts	On my thirteenth birthday in 1973 my mum bought me my first stereo record player. It was an *Elizabethan* and was on sale in Walworths for £25 - quite a bit of dosh back then. The first record I bought to play on it was the newly released 'Pin Ups' album by David Bowie. The noise that emerged from the speakers like a waking beast filled me with a sense of profound exhilaration. In the days and weeks that followed my bedroom echoed to the sound of 'Sorrow' and 'Here Comes The Night'. On my fourteenth birthday mum bought me a pair of Koss headphones. In those days Koss were arguably the best brand on the market, so they must have set her back quite a bit. The first record I chose to listen to through my new 'cans' was ..... you guessed it: 'Pin Ups'. As the music poured into my head I began to relive those same feelings from a year earlier all over again. To this day 'Pin Ups 'is still one of my favourite albums and remains, in my humble opinion, the best album of cover songs ever made.

August 20th, 2008, 10:52 PM	#12
conholad Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 6,246 Thanked 95 Times in 11 Posts	The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man. We were allowed to listen to pirate radio whilst revising for exams. Takes me back to sitting by the window in the classroom.

August 20th, 2008, 11:22 PM	#13
jamesbond Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 44 Thanked 22 Times in 2 Posts	1979 Are friends electric - Tubeway Army

August 21st, 2008, 09:24 AM	#15
spiralstairs74 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14 Thanks: 1,288 Thanked 105 Times in 13 Posts	Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare

August 21st, 2008, 09:27 AM	#16
Jeepster1973 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 886 Thanks: 20,598 Thanked 9,133 Times in 884 Posts	First record was School's Out by Alice Cooper. Still remember the excitement of seeing him on Top of the Pops!

August 21st, 2008, 09:45 AM	#17
NelsonsGoodeye Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 379 Thanks: 802 Thanked 10,040 Times in 373 Posts	Virginia Plain.............Roxy Music!

August 21st, 2008, 09:49 AM	#18
Leprechaun Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 5,013 Thanks: 23,651 Thanked 77,939 Times in 4,988 Posts	Iron Maiden - Killers

August 21st, 2008, 06:10 PM	#19
melvin Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,639 Thanks: 2,436 Thanked 56,531 Times in 1,592 Posts	a K-tel compilation with hits from 1978 called "Disco Action"