Your most embarrassing record purchase

Your most embarrassing record purchase

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Riley Blue

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20,915 posts

225 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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Sometime in 1967 I went into a record shop and asked, "Do you have 'The Laughing Gnome' by David Bowie?"

Fortunately that day has been erased from my memory and I have no idea where or precisely when the incident took place. Can anyone top that for an embarrassing purchase?

BTW, I played it this afternoon. Probably for the first time since 1967.

Amused2death

2,491 posts

195 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers......"That's What I Like" on 12inch....... I've still got it biggrin

bunchofkeys

1,046 posts

67 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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2 Unlimited, The Story so far.
In my defence.....actully I have none, sorry.

bigmowley

1,875 posts

175 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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Gloria Gaynor, I will survive! Odd as there isn’t a camp bone in my body confused
I was only 14 though. Still got it tongue out


thebraketester

14,192 posts

137 months

Wacky Racer

38,099 posts

246 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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Riley Blue said:
Sometime in 1967 I went into a record shop and asked, "Do you have 'The Laughing Gnome' by David Bowie?"

Fortunately that day has been erased from my memory and I have no idea where or precisely when the incident took place. Can anyone top that for an embarrassing purchase?

BTW, I played it this afternoon. Probably for the first time since 1967.


timbo999

1,287 posts

254 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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In 1972 (I was a gauche 13 year old) I went to buy Alice Cooper's Schools Out album. I was served in the record shop by a very lovely 18 or 19 year old lass... you may know that the album came with a free pair of girls knickers... which the pretty lass lasciviously pulled onto the LP and put it in the cover. Handing it to me she said 'Enjoy'... I must have been bright red, but it, ahem, left a lasting impression.

Edited by timbo999 on Monday 22 February 22:31

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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When I was was a student, HMV in Coventry used to do "bargain bundles" of three or four 12" singles wrapped up together for a couple of quid.
Some joker put a Fields of the Nephilim disc one side, a The Mission disc on the other, sandwiching a copy of Diana Ross doing Chain Reaction in the middle.

Simes205

4,527 posts

227 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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thebraketester said:
Don’t worry I had it on vinyl too!

yellowjack

17,065 posts

165 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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thebraketester said:
Embarrassing? What the blazes are you on about? Nice to see someone else bought it "first time around". It didn't sell as well as Like A Virgin did, but after the success of that second album this one got another release under the title 'Madonna - The First Album'.

I'm struggling to see anything more embarrassing in my record-buying past than Cliff And The Young Ones - Living Doll on 7" vinyl from Sullivan's Record Centre. Although later on there were the first three Five Star albums on cassette, but Britannia Music spared me the embarrassment of having to look a record shop staff member in the eye during those purchases... hehe

Edited by yellowjack on Monday 22 February 22:52

Nickp82

3,165 posts

92 months

Monday 22nd February 2021
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vixen1700

22,668 posts

269 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Banana Splits - The Dickies (on yellow vinyl) Used it as a frisbee shortly afterwards.

h0b0

7,557 posts

195 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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bunchofkeys said:
2 Unlimited, The Story so far.
In my defence.....actully I have none, sorry.
I tell people my first CD was Oasis. It was actually 2Unlimited “No Limits”. The shame.

Those are the only 2 CDs I’ve bought. I decided my hit rate wasn’t high and I should avoid buying more.

wibble cb

3,586 posts

206 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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I was only 11 at the time, but tell myself it was for the golf Convertible on the cover( bikini clad women had nothing to do with it..) !



My sister got karma chameleon on the same trip ( she was only 7!)

Edited by wibble cb on Tuesday 23 February 04:22

generationx

6,644 posts

104 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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I think we all have skeletons in this particular closet, so:

KLF Doctorin' The Tardis

The Firm Star Trekkin'

Chesney Hawks The One and Only

DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince Boom Shake The Room

Fuzzbox International Rescue

Mike Flowers Pops Wonderwall

I'm sure there's more.


2Unlimited? Madonna? Pah - amateurs...

nealeh1875

1,149 posts

91 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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I think I still have Eiffel 65 - Blue dab a dee on CD somewhere

I can't think of much worse than that.

RedAndy

1,207 posts

153 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Arnie and the Terminators with the classic "I'll be back".

toon10

6,140 posts

156 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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generationx said:
The Firm Star Trekkin'
Before reading your reply this was also the one that came to my mind. I bought this, Tarzan boy and the Spitting image record as a kid. I'm sure I also have a 12" pressing of a London Boys record in my collection too nono

Pieman68

4,264 posts

233 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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generationx said:
Fuzzbox International Rescue
Damn, beaten to it

Fit though!

Pieman68

4,264 posts

233 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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toon10 said:
Before reading your reply this was also the one that came to my mind. I bought this, Tarzan boy and the Spitting image record as a kid
I still sing "I've never met a nice South African" under my breath on a regular basis!

How about Shakin' Stevens Greatest Hits and Showaddywaddy in my much younger days (for reference I was about 6 or 7)