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113. Cool for your daughter! I had a fair amount of R&R stuff. Sone I had leave behind in a move far back

Sun Dec 4, 2022, 12:13 AM

Dec 2022

more later in a recent move.

Finally going open my stored stuff next week, and I'll see what I was able to take. Somewhat of a blur so we'll see.

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Do you remember the first 45 , album or CD you bought. My first album was by Black Sabbath.I don't [View all] debm55 Dec 2022 OP

First 45: Bobby Sherman: Easy Come, Easy Go Not Heidi Dec 2022 #1

I remember Bobby Sherman. Did you watch Here Comes the Brides? debm55 Dec 2022 #3

No. That must've been before he became Not Heidi Dec 2022 #7

For a preteen girl it was. It had Bobby Sherman in it. debm55 Dec 2022 #43

Hell yeah Not Heidi Dec 2022 #54

Oh yes, Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy were always in Tiger Beat. Did you cut out the pictures you debm55 Dec 2022 #94

I had crushes on both of them Tree Lady Dec 2022 #104

Bobby was my first crush, David my second. I think in Tiger beat they had these fan clubs. I wrote debm55 Dec 2022 #153

Also David Soul. n/t Different Drummer Dec 2022 #83

Oh yes, David Soul. I think he put out a songDon't give up on us girl. I can't remember the oldest debm55 Dec 2022 #85

Close. Robert Brown. Different Drummer Dec 2022 #90

Thank you, Different Drummer. Did you watch? debm55 Dec 2022 #95

Yep. A lot. Different Drummer Dec 2022 #101

Now I have that theme song, In Seatle, in my ears. debm55 Dec 2022 #105

"Long Tall Sally" joshdawg Dec 2022 #2

Little Richard, loved to dance to that song. It was the type of song you could NOT just get up and debm55 Dec 2022 #5

First Album: Jethro Tull: War Child Not Heidi Dec 2022 #4

Jethro Tull Aqualung was in my record case. debm55 Dec 2022 #9

kindred spirit Not Heidi Dec 2022 #13

"Would rather be a poor man a beggarman a theif." Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #73

Oh, not me. I'd been a JT fan. Saw them live. Took photos. But I hated AQL, never went back. electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #111

electric, why didn't you like? Was it because it was a concept album like Yes put out? debm55 Dec 2022 #114

Oh, no bc then I wouldn't have liked Tommy either. I thought the title track was too "thuddy"... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #120

electric, sorry about your mom, I can see why you didn;t like it.Yes, the Yes albums were beautiful. debm55 Dec 2022 #123

Ty ... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #125

Huge Tull fan here.... SergeStorms Dec 2022 #20

Wow. Hmm . . . no doubt. N/T Not Heidi Dec 2022 #24

Serge, did you get it priced? All my albums and I had alot, I mean I had entire collections of Led debm55 Dec 2022 #36

I've looked in on some... SergeStorms Dec 2022 #64

Cool for your daughter! I had a fair amount of R&R stuff. Sone I had leave behind in a move far back electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #113

Oooooh, a surprise chest! SergeStorms Dec 2022 #119

TY. It's a partial blur bc I had to do it very quicky,. So I have some idea... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #124

Love, love, love The Who. SergeStorms Dec 2022 #126

Ok, gotta share a few Who fan things... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #129

Well, you've got me there. SergeStorms Dec 2022 #135

Ty! Music, esp when I can go to live shows has been/is a big part of my life! The Who is one of... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #136

I saw Bruce up at PSU in 75. When I taught in Philadelphia, we would go to the Stone Pony in NJ and debm55 Dec 2022 #143

Oh, that's cool! We heard about him through our WNEW-FM Rock radio station.... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #150

I taught at Rhodes Middle School 29th and Diamond in the NW section of Philadelphia. What did you go debm55 Dec 2022 #151

PSU was in Pittsburgh? Stopped there for lunch on my Trailways bus travels across the USA in '79.... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #152

No Pitt was the college in Pittsburgh. PSU was Penn State University in the center of the state. debm55 Dec 2022 #154

Got it. An art background? Cool! Good idea mixing some art into the various subjects... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #155

My buddy turned me to Paranoid, the whole 70's black lights garage setup had to lay down denbot Dec 2022 #127

Shadows of Knight. Gloria LakeArenal Dec 2022 #6

Lake, another dancing song-G_L_O_R_I_A debm55 Dec 2022 #45

I had that album! Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #79

Prince and the Revolution "Let's go Crazy/Darling Nikki" FirstLight Dec 2022 #8

Sorry First Light, I know the feeling. My basement flooding and all my vinyl got ruined. debm55 Dec 2022 #14

Aarrrgghhhhh, no! 😥 electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #112

First 45 record I think was Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry Walleye Dec 2022 #10

Walleye, wasn't it great to dance to. It was before my time. But I still loved to dance to it. debm55 Dec 2022 #46

Your Black Sabbath album was Paranoid Not Heidi Dec 2022 #11

Thank you, the story that went with it ---I bought it on my birthday. My grandmother took me to a debm55 Dec 2022 #18

GO, GRANDMA! Not Heidi Dec 2022 #22

1st album 3 dog night, Jeremy was a bullfrog was the hit Ferryboat Dec 2022 #12

Ferryboat, I really like Three Dog Night. Towards the end of the career they played in the local debm55 Dec 2022 #23

Your thinking of Bad Finger Ferryboat Dec 2022 #26

Thanks and sorry for the mistake. debm55 Dec 2022 #47

FYI, it was Jeremiah. The song was "Joy to the World" My memeory sucks but Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #71

1st album(s) AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2022 #15

AZ, good collection, I had Working Class Dog-Jesse"s Girl.Your 45 are pretty good too. Who was the debm55 Dec 2022 #25

Kiki Dee! AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2022 #29

AZ, I don't remember her singing anything after that. But I didn't know her name, so maybe she was debm55 Dec 2022 #48

I think mine was Manfred Mann Doo wa diddy lol judesedit Dec 2022 #16

Judesedit, Loved Motown-Supremes, the Temps, the guy groups, and the girl. I still watch them on debm55 Dec 2022 #30

Smokey, Marvin, Tower of Power, Luther, too many to say judesedit Dec 2022 #132

Judesedit, I remember that song. Didn't they also do a version of Bruce's Blinded by the Light? debm55 Dec 2022 #97

They did. Good, too. judesedit Dec 2022 #133

Introducing the Beatles. SergeStorms Dec 2022 #17

I had the very first --not bought but given to me by a cousin who got 2 for her birthday. Don't debm55 Dec 2022 #49

I do not as we had a lot of them around the house sdfernando Dec 2022 #19

Hey, I am old, but not that old. debm55 Dec 2022 #31

My dad worked for a Decca records distributor SharonClark Dec 2022 #37

When do the 78 date from? debm55 Dec 2022 #40

The Grammophone Company sdfernando Dec 2022 #57

My aunt was given a stand up, victrola. You had to crank it to make it play. The records only had debm55 Dec 2022 #96

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baked , I would call up the local radio station every night and ask them to play Nights in White debm55 Dec 2022 #32

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First Album - Monster by Steppenwolf unweird Dec 2022 #27

Was Born to be Wild on that album or was it on the Soundtrack of Easy Rider? I liked them too. For debm55 Dec 2022 #34

No, I think those were earlier releases unweird Dec 2022 #39

unweird..........YES! Upthevibe Dec 2022 #60

Loved that song! Luckily our NYC FM radio station would play it! electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #115

First 45- Ebb Tide by Frank Chacksfield. Chipper Chat Dec 2022 #28

Chipper, I like tracks from musicals also. My aunt, who had the Victrola, turned me on to some great debm55 Dec 2022 #99

the carousel soundtrack cost 4.98 Chipper Chat Dec 2022 #102

Not sure which was the first 45, but wnylib Dec 2022 #35

First album - Meet the Beatles SharonClark Dec 2022 #38

45...Elvis Presley's Hound Dog GP6971 Dec 2022 #44

It's the one on the right. TlalocW Dec 2022 #50

For real? How old were you? debm55 Dec 2022 #51

Somewhere between 8 and 10 TlalocW Dec 2022 #53

was it at Chucky cheese or that Bear place that served pizza while hillbilly played banjoes debm55 Dec 2022 #55

It was ShowBiz Pizza Place TlalocW Dec 2022 #56

They had one at the local mall. it didn't last too long. My son had a birthday party there. Pizza debm55 Dec 2022 #81

First 45 - Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen... GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #52

Was Steve Winwood in Blind Faith? I loved John Barleycorn and Can't find my way home. Memories. debm55 Dec 2022 #82

Hi debm55... GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #84

Sorry, had a brain fart. debm55 Dec 2022 #86

No worries, easy error to make...nt. GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #87

Surfin' Bird is Peter Griffin's favorite record. Different Drummer Dec 2022 #89

Ha! That's hilarious!! GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #92

Shout Shout Knock Yourself Out by Ernie Maresca and Nut Rocker by B. Bumble and the Stingers - 1962 NBachers Dec 2022 #58

Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom. Earl_from_PA Dec 2022 #59

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Wolf Frankula Dec 2022 #61

At 14 I wasn't yet allowed to go down to the (scary) Village in NYC by myself. So my dad... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #137

debm55............ Upthevibe Dec 2022 #62

Thank you and for all DU members for sharing their memories. debm55 Dec 2022 #77

Electric light orchestra I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #63

Panther. got one like that with huge speakers and player and records. It was a pin in the ass debm55 Dec 2022 #117

First Album With My Own Money... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #65

45: Kind of a Drag by the Buckinghams. Chainfire Dec 2022 #66

Don't remember the first 45 I purchased, but MissMillie Dec 2022 #67

45--"Downtown," by Petula Clark; album--"Meet the Beatles." tblue37 Dec 2022 #68

More of the Monkees was my 1st bought album . Boomerproud Dec 2022 #69

First 45 "You Showed Me" by the Turtles Doc_Technical Dec 2022 #70

First 45: "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang Coventina Dec 2022 #72

First Album: The Go-Go's "Beauty and the Beat" Coventina Dec 2022 #74

Many great momories in this thread. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #75

Thank you and all DU for sharing their memories with us. debm55 Dec 2022 #76

First album was "Frampton Comes Alive." Different Drummer Dec 2022 #78

My first 45 was most likely a Beach Boys record. Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #80

My first two 45's weren't what I wanted! Lol! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2022 #88

my first 45 was either Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers or Happy Jack by The Who IcyPeas Dec 2022 #91

Hard Days Night was my first album. I don't remember buying any singles. karynnj Dec 2022 #93

My first CD Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #98

Thank you, Elessar. My first CD was David Bowie--Aladdin Sane. or A lad insane. debm55 Dec 2022 #100

Bowie is great. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #163

I think it was the Turtles in 1965 Tree Lady Dec 2022 #103

My uncle sang in a group called the Vogues. They did "Turn around look at me" and Five o'clock world debm55 Dec 2022 #107

First 45 was Help by the Beatles TexasBushwhacker Dec 2022 #106

Texas, do you remember the cost? I know here at the record shops, 45 were 3 for a $1.00. but I can't debm55 Dec 2022 #108

I know the Help single was 99 cents TexasBushwhacker Dec 2022 #121

Possibly Tommy by The Who in '69... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #109

: LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #110

Fun thread! When I had to move into a place with roommates, and a small bedroom I had to leave 200.. electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #116

electri, used one of corrageted boxes you but together. All my friends helped me move. the box broke debm55 Dec 2022 #122

Oh, Ouch!! Good u could replace them.... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #130

I think my first CD was the Backstreet Boys sakabatou Dec 2022 #118

The Everly Brothers, "All I have to do is Dream" 1958. Raven Dec 2022 #128

Elvis Presley, In The Ghetto on a 45. nt Hotler Dec 2022 #131

Still love it. dawg Dec 2022 #134

Roberta Flack - I think it may have been her first album "First Take" csziggy Dec 2022 #138

I loved that song. It touched my heart. debm55 Dec 2022 #146

The very first 45 that I bought was the ...."Theme from the "Magnificent 7" a movie with a lot of Stuart G Dec 2022 #139

I remember that song and the movie. Wasn't it based on a Japanese movie--The Seven Samuri? debm55 Dec 2022 #145

Kinda embarrassed to say this, but... SKKY Dec 2022 #140

Don't feel so bad. I remember I bought a Mountain album for 1 song. I don't think they had 45 then. debm55 Dec 2022 #144

Mine was Dookie by Green Day and Ten by Pearl Jam. Initech Dec 2022 #141

Do you still listen to them? debm55 Dec 2022 #147

Yup! Saw Green Day last year and Pearl Jam this year. Initech Dec 2022 #149

monster mash dembotoz Dec 2022 #142

That's always popular around Halloween. I had Frankenstein by J Winters. Loved to dance to both! debm55 Dec 2022 #148

It might have been Thelonius Monk's "Blue Monk" because a guy I knew came in whistling it... Hekate Dec 2022 #156

Meet the Beatles cksmithy Dec 2022 #157

I had the album too. Watched them on Ed Sullivan Show on a Sunday night. Had a few others. Bought debm55 Dec 2022 #158

Yes, it was loud, you had to yell to the person cksmithy Dec 2022 #159

Album: Boots by Nancy Sinatra...(Cuz I loved the album cover) LeftInTX Dec 2022 #160

We had these white go go boots, and wear them while singing and dancing to Nancy's song. Wow, that debm55 Dec 2022 #162

It's something else. They were really trying to write a mysterious "novel" about the engima LeftInTX Dec 2022 #165

First album: Grease soundtrack Mad_Dem_X Dec 2022 #161

Yes, it had some very memorable songs on it. Good for dancing.or listening. debm55 Dec 2022 #164