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105. I think the first one I owned was BCR

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Sat Jun 29, 2013, 01:58 PM

Jun 2013

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What was the first 45 record you owned? What was the first LP? [View all] cyberswede Jun 2013 OP

45: Strawberry Fields Forever (hand me down from older brother in very early 70s) onehandle Jun 2013 #1

Once I started babysitting... cyberswede Jun 2013 #3

45 - B. Bumble And The Stingers - Bumble Boogie Ptah Jun 2013 #2

Cool! cyberswede Jun 2013 #6

I had that same Roger Miller album. I still remember most of the lyrics and quote them from time Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #13

Can't remember my first 45 malthaussen Jun 2013 #4

Do you still have it? cyberswede Jun 2013 #7

Yeah, I still have it. malthaussen Jun 2013 #9

I have a turntable AND a record payer with a 78 setting... cyberswede Jun 2013 #15

MiddleFingeMomSis had bought the 45 of "Dirty Water" by The Standells and I fell in LOVE with it. MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #5

Yeah - playing along with records - fun! cyberswede Jun 2013 #10

The first 45 that I bought with my own money was probably "Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days of Summer" by Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #8

Nat is great! cyberswede Jun 2013 #12

It takes me right back to that summer. Music has a way of doing that. Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #14

Not sure about 45 singles, but this was the first LP I bought: Rod Walker Jun 2013 #11

Wow - other than the theme song... cyberswede Jun 2013 #16

All the music for the show was composed by Nelson Riddle! Rod Walker Jun 2013 #17

What a GREAT first album!!! MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #18

I was 5 years old at the time. Played the album to death. Rod Walker Jun 2013 #19

What was the first 45 record you owned? What was the first LP? Flashmann Jun 2013 #20

I don't remember hearing surf tunes till American Graffiti came out cyberswede Jun 2013 #30

skirts & bobby socks Flashmann Jun 2013 #43

45: Rolling Stones. Shattered and Everything is Turning to Gold. Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2013 #21

Ahh...Shawn! cyberswede Jun 2013 #31

You are so right!!! He was my first concert too!!! archiemo Jun 2013 #46

Tooti Fruiti by Little Richard was the single olddots Jun 2013 #22

My brother gave me this hand-me-down... cyberswede Jun 2013 #32

45: Daniel. LP: Chuck Girard (eponymous) Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #23

Never heard of Chuck Girard... cyberswede Jun 2013 #33

Chuck Girard was one of the first Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #64

First LP was Mozart in Prague at the age of 13 (me) ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #24

Were others in your household classical fans? cyberswede Jun 2013 #34

My father played piano most evenings ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #39

My first 45 walkerbait41 Jun 2013 #25

Love Buddy Holly! cyberswede Jun 2013 #35

Something by the Young Rascals ( But not "Groovin' " ) Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #26

The Young Rascals song wasn't "Good Lovin'" was it? cyberswede Jun 2013 #36

I think it was this one: Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #42

The video on your post was Shaun Cassidy 6000eliot Jun 2013 #45

1st 45 was "Freak Out" by Le Chic. Behind the Aegis Jun 2013 #27

Man...my older siblings eschewed disco, so I didn't get into it much back then. cyberswede Jun 2013 #37

Ahh...memories JeanieJeanie Jun 2013 #28

I wasn't born till '66... cyberswede Jun 2013 #38

Not sure about the 45, but the first LP was "Fly By Night" reflection Jun 2013 #29

Man...my first Rush album was Hemispheres... cyberswede Jun 2013 #40

That is true. reflection Jun 2013 #41

That's surely mostly true however OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #50

45 "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees 6000eliot Jun 2013 #44

I loved the Monkees cyberswede Jun 2013 #56

First LP was the Eagles' first album--still have it. lastlib Jun 2013 #47

Is "Joy to the World" the one that starts... cyberswede Jun 2013 #58

yup, 'tis! lastlib Jun 2013 #69

45 - Holy Holy b/w Black Country Rock datasuspect Jun 2013 #48

Good stuff! cyberswede Jun 2013 #59

Seasons In The Sun polly7 Jun 2013 #49

LOL! cyberswede Jun 2013 #61

I'm not sure, I was pretty young and just remember having to have it polly7 Jun 2013 #62

45 - Incense and Peppermints Trajan Jun 2013 #51

I like all those early "psychedelic" songs... cyberswede Jun 2013 #66

45? Probably Beatles. Iggo Jun 2013 #52

My older sister was a big Nazareth fan in the 70s cyberswede Jun 2013 #67

I don't think I've heard anything besides what's on that album. Iggo Jun 2013 #71

The first 45 record that I had that was supposedly exclusively mine Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #53

I had to Google Saint-Saens... cyberswede Jun 2013 #75

My music teacher used to play "Danse Macabre" for us every year at Halloween Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #78

I don't remember buying 45s - meet the Beatles was my first LP rurallib Jun 2013 #54

What constitutes a madcap purchase? cyberswede Jun 2013 #74

monkees, dave clark 5, rolling stones, lovin' spoonfull rurallib Jun 2013 #83

You rebel! cyberswede Jun 2013 #85

My first 45 was Bill Haley and the Comets Rock Around the Clock RebelOne Jun 2013 #55

I remember when that was the Happy Days theme. cyberswede Jun 2013 #72

45: The Trashmen, "Surfin' Bird"...LP: Blind Faith, "Blind Faith"... GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #57

I didn't know there was a "clean" cover. cyberswede Jun 2013 #73

It was the back cover of the European release... GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #80

Never had one. Apophis Jun 2013 #60

Well? cyberswede Jun 2013 #68

I'm too embarrassed to say. Apophis Jun 2013 #70

Stevie Wonder - Superstition - 1973 Taverner Jun 2013 #63

That's pretty cool! cyberswede Jun 2013 #76

Yes they did - every time this segment came on I would dance around like mad Taverner Jun 2013 #79

Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs "Li'l Red Riding Hood" was the 45. kwassa Jun 2013 #65

I've heard that song a million times, but... cyberswede Jun 2013 #77

KnR...NT GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #81

I Wanna Hold Your Hand... WCGreen Jun 2013 #82

Good solid stuff cyberswede Jun 2013 #88

Got them all on CD's now... WCGreen Jun 2013 #95

No!! cyberswede Jun 2013 #97

That and some of my comic book collection... WCGreen Jun 2013 #98

You ain't Nuthin But a Hound Dog Submariner Jun 2013 #84

Classic! cyberswede Jun 2013 #89

My dad gave me his old 45s and 78s NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #86

Jealous! cyberswede Jun 2013 #90

They're still at my parent's house NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #92

45: Maybe "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies, off the back of a cereal box. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #87

I remember those cereal-box records! cyberswede Jun 2013 #91

I wish I'd saved the 45 -- and the original box. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #93

I never owned a 45 - my Mom won one of "Tammy" from a contest at McCrory's csziggy Jun 2013 #94

So, now you have to watch the whole movie cyberswede Jun 2013 #96

I was a nerd. Still am. RushIsRot Jun 2013 #99

Can't remember the 45. Probably something by the Beach Boys. Mr.Bill Jun 2013 #100

And still love these songs ... Scuba Jun 2013 #101

well bought with "my own" money d_r Jun 2013 #102

I owned most of those at one point, too. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #104

yes 1968 d_r Jun 2013 #106

Depending on the definition of ownership, maybe Sweet's Fox On the Run, or trackfan Jun 2013 #103

I think the first one I owned was BCR burnodo Jun 2013 #105