What was the first LP record you ever owned?

[Wacky Racer]

1963

32s/6d.

[dandarez]

paulguitar said:

wibble cb said:

First one I bought was this:

The bloke on the right appears bored.

'The bloke?' Are you trying to say you don't know who it is? Even non Pet Shop Boys fans would know him wouldn't they? I'm not a fan by the way and I do!

I will confess it's a crap cover. Always liked album covers with a bit of thought having gone into them. I've bought albums since the 60s (and borrowed many more) and made some good money selling some (when they became collectable).

Can't recall the first LP I bought - that's hard to remember.
After I started as an apprentice in the mid 60s I bought plenty of singles. I was lucky in that I borrowed a good number of LPs during that period from a guy who had a hell of a collection and also access to loads of imports. Plus we had a great record shop in our town (for many years) and then there was one in Oxford called Russell Acott's - I could bore you with the full history of the shop, but it closed its doors in 2011 after a history of 200 yrs!

A track from an import LP that sticks in my mind is 'Somebody To Love' from Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane.
Borrowed LPs, but not bought. As was the Doors first LP and others.

But there was so much going on then, the best time to have ever been alive imo and be young.
We had everything from Motown to Rock to Blues to Jazz etc.

From 1970 on LPs just got better and better. There was actually so much thought going into the design of some LP covers, especially gatefold.

I'm thinking hard now and had a quick sneak through some of my remaining collection - christ, there's stuff there I've forgotten. From the Stones onwards. High Tide Green Grass - can't remember buying it but must have. I have a sneaky feeling this was the first LP I bought, but could be wrong:




edit
I note a couple have mentioned Slade's 'Slade Alive' (nice clever album title and image) but that gatefold LP also had a great inside.

[dandarez]

Wacky Racer said:

1963

32s/6d.

That would confuse some today!
Not sure if you're correct?
Several notations of LSD back then for that amount - 32s 6d (no forward slash if s used)
£1/12/6d
£1/12s/6d
£1.12.6d
32/6d
32/6

Bloody hell, no wonder it would confuse today! I think I'm confused now.

Carry on with thread...

[RichB]

dandarez said:

That would confuse some today!

And of course, those of us who grew up with it knew exactly what was meant by thirty two and six no matter how it was written.

[markymarkthree]

dandarez said:

That would confuse some today!
Not sure if you're correct?
Several notations of LSD back then for that amount - 32s 6d (no forward slash if s used)
£1/12/6d
£1/12s/6d
£1.12.6d
32/6d
32/6

Bloody hell, no wonder it would confuse today! I think I'm confused now.

Carry on with thread...

And a "forward slash" in the 60s would have meant trying to write your name in the snow with yellow ink.

[Riley Blue]

rjg48 said:

Riley Blue said:

The first that I can definitely remember is this but I'm sure I'd already bought some before it, I just can't remember them:

Was playing this earlier.

Sadly I no longer have my original, my oldest vinyl now is 'Bert and John' (Bert Jansch & John Renbourn) from 1966. It's occasionally played too.

[CLX]

[55palfers]

1969 - On the threshold of a dream. Moody Blues. Been a fan ever since.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Sparks - Kimono My House

Still got it, still awesome.

[PomBstard]

wibble cb said:

First one I was given was this:

Yep, me too - at least, first one I asked for. Can’t remember the first album I bought myself, possibly Madness - The Rise and Fall. An excellent album that also gets regular listens nearly 40 years later.

[Skyedriver]

Riff Raff said:

I have or had this one, need to go look

[Skyedriver]

paulguitar said:

Morris12s3 said:

Despite now desperately wishing it had been something cool like New Boots & Panties, it was Band on the Run

Band on the Run is a great album.

Hate to admit it but yes it is and the only McCartney release worth paying for. Even though much of it was written off the cuff and under the influence (allegedly).

[Promised Land]

rjg48 said:

Patch1875 said:

Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier

No way, mine too.

Just about to post the same, me too and still have it.

[miniman]

[QuartzDad]

[Wacky Racer]

dandarez said:

Wacky Racer said:

1963

32s/6d.

That would confuse some today!
Not sure if you're correct?
Several notations of LSD back then for that amount - 32s 6d (no forward slash if s used)
£1/12/6d
£1/12s/6d
£1.12.6d
32/6d
32/6

Bloody hell, no wonder it would confuse today! I think I'm confused now.

960 farthings in a pound
A guinea was 21 shillings
20 shillings in a pound
12 pennies in a shilling
80 threepenny bits in a pound
10 florins in a pound
4 crowns in a pound
8 half crowns in a pound
240 pennies in a pound
480 half pennies in a pound

What could be simpler?

Therefore 32s/6d was Thirty two shillings and six old pence.





Carry on with thread...

[Halmyre]

Wacky Racer said:

dandarez said:

Wacky Racer said:

1963

32s/6d.

That would confuse some today!
Not sure if you're correct?
Several notations of LSD back then for that amount - 32s 6d (no forward slash if s used)
£1/12/6d
£1/12s/6d
£1.12.6d
32/6d
32/6

Bloody hell, no wonder it would confuse today! I think I'm confused now.

960 farthings in a pound
A guinea was 21 shillings
20 shillings in a pound
12 pennies in a shilling
80 threepenny bits in a pound
10 florins in a pound
4 crowns in a pound
8 half crowns in a pound
240 pennies in a pound
480 half pennies in a pound

What could be simpler?

Therefore 32s/6d was Thirty two shillings and six old pence.





Carry on with thread...

As Terry Pratchett said in a footnote in one of his books, after explaining the LSD system, "the British resisted decimalisation for a long time as being 'too complicated'".

[mac96]

dandarez said:

paulguitar said:

wibble cb said:

First one I bought was this:

The bloke on the right appears bored.

'The bloke?' Are you trying to say you don't know who it is? Even non Pet Shop Boys fans would know him wouldn't they? I'm not a fan by the way and I do!

I will confess it's a crap cover. Always liked album covers with a bit of thought having gone into them. I've bought albums since the 60s (and borrowed many more) and made some good money selling some (when they became collectable).

Can't recall the first LP I bought - that's hard to remember.
After I started as an apprentice in the mid 60s I bought plenty of singles. I was lucky in that I borrowed a good number of LPs during that period from a guy who had a hell of a collection and also access to loads of imports. Plus we had a great record shop in our town (for many years) and then there was one in Oxford called Russell Acott's - I could bore you with the full history of the shop, but it closed its doors in 2011 after a history of 200 yrs!

A track from an import LP that sticks in my mind is 'Somebody To Love' from Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane.
Borrowed LPs, but not bought. As was the Doors first LP and others.

But there was so much going on then, the best time to have ever been alive imo and be young.
We had everything from Motown to Rock to Blues to Jazz etc.

From 1970 on LPs just got better and better. There was actually so much thought going into the design of some LP covers, especially gatefold.

I'm thinking hard now and had a quick sneak through some of my remaining collection - christ, there's stuff there I've forgotten. From the Stones onwards. High Tide Green Grass - can't remember buying it but must have. I have a sneaky feeling this was the first LP I bought, but could be wrong:




edit
I note a couple have mentioned Slade's 'Slade Alive' (nice clever album title and image) but that gatefold LP also had a great inside.

That's 4 mentions of Slade Alive. I had always thought of it as my guilty secret, while my contemporaries were showing how cool they were by waving Grateful Dead albums around. I suspect they never played them though. Out of the closet now!

[Mr Tidy]

Such a great thread!

Nobody so far had the same one as me, but I suppose it's largely dictated by age.

But so many of the other ones posted were LPs I went on to buy.

[rjfp1962]

Mr Tidy said:

Such a great thread!

Nobody so far had the same one as me, but I suppose it's largely dictated by age.

But so many of the other ones posted were LPs I went on to buy.

And I'm getting some inspired choices for CDs to buy...!