What was the first LP record you ever owned?

[Fastchas]

I was 11...

[Shuvi McTupya]

I can't remember what attracted a 14yr old me to this when browsing for my first record but I ended up with this one.

[rjfp1962]

Shuvi McTupya said:

I can't remember what attracted a 14yr old me to this when browsing for my first record but I ended up with this one.

.. some pretty good videos with the songs too....!

[conkerman]

Genesis - ABACAB

[miniman]

conkerman said:

Genesis - ABACAB

Great album

[antspants]

Sold a lot of my vinyl about 13 years ago, but the first records I ever purchased had to stay along with my favourites.

Wham - Fantastic (this was the first I bought)
Thompson Twins - Into the gap
Duran Duran - Seven and the ragged tiger

[spyder dryver]

[Stan the Bat]

Roofless Toothless said:

Skyedriver said:

Roofless Toothless said:

A 10 inch LP.

Flipping heck, someone older than me on here!

That is a very special record to me. It was Lonnie Donegan that inspired a lifetime interest in black American folk and blues music. Because of this record I took myself off to Gants Hill library and borrowed a Leadbelly album, and that was it - I was hooked.

My classmates at school thought I was weird because I was listening to Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, when they were all enjoying Freddy And The Dreamers. A love of jazz followed in turn. Lonnie Donegan is certainly the most influential musician in British Rock history, but regrettably chewing gum and dustmen spoilt his reputation.

To this day I believe that ‘How Long Blues’ on this collection is the best performance of a blues number by any British musician.

I love a bit (a lot) of Lonnie.

[TypeR]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Love this LP.

I’ve got this too. Germ free Adolescents is my fave track.

[Salamura]

Bought from Across the Tracks in Brighton. I have played it to death, and it still is my favourite record.

[irocfan]

Weirdly I can remember the 1st 2 singles I bought but I'm not sure about the albums... I think it was either:

Axe Attack: Vol1

Or

Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood

[hiccy18]

First LP was bought for me, in my defence I'd watched Convoy and Smokey & The Bandit:


Some of the songs stuck with me though: even though I haven't listened to it for at least 35 years I was humming "Caffein, Nicotine, Benzedrine" the other day!

First single:


First tape, toss up between this and A Night at the Opera, I made the right choice:



First LP I bought:

[Nyloc20]

Shadows Greatest Hits, bought in 1964 when I was 14 so I’m definitely one of the elder statesmen on here!
(To prove I’m not senile, just bought the new Springsteen album)

[robemcdonald]

Nyloc20 said:

Shadows Greatest Hits, bought in 1964 when I was 14 so I’m definitely one of the elder statesmen on here!
(To prove I’m not senile, just bought the new Springsteen album)

Are you sure that last statement is correct?

[paulguitar]

robemcdonald said:

Nyloc20 said:

Shadows Greatest Hits, bought in 1964 when I was 14 so I’m definitely one of the elder statesmen on here!
(To prove I’m not senile, just bought the new Springsteen album)

Are you sure that last statement is correct?

[Frank7]

paulguitar said:

robemcdonald said:

Nyloc20 said:

Shadows Greatest Hits, bought in 1964 when I was 14 so I’m definitely one of the elder statesmen on here!
(To prove I’m not senile, just bought the new Springsteen album)

Are you sure that last statement is correct?

Shh! You got that right Paul, I’m an older statesman!




Incidentally, when I split with my first wife, (circa 1970), I left some stuff, including vinyl LPs at my mother’s place in East London.
Around 1982 I picked some of it up when the woman I eventually married was moving in with me.
My mother, looking at this Dylan LP, said, “Is that the American girl that you were with for a while, the one that lived in New Jersey?”
Close ma, so close, she had similar hair.

Edited by Frank7 on Thursday 29th October 23:01

[Theoffshoredoc]

Here's mine, 1978

[rex]

This was mine.

[MikeT66]

Theoffshoredoc said:

Here's mine, 1978

An early one for me, too (though not first). A great album... and they went downhill from there, I think, culminating in the terrible 'Difficult To Cure'.

[Halmyre]

MikeT66 said:

Theoffshoredoc said:

Here's mine, 1978

An early one for me, too (though not first). A great album... and they went downhill from there, I think, culminating in the terrible 'Difficult To Cure'.

Difficult to Cure was still better than the preceding Down to Earth, with Graham Bonnet's strangled cat vocals.