45's I had when I was a kid (Post Yours too)

[Steerpike]

I thought I was a hippy so I listened to songs I thought were hippy music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ls21UCCB6I

[Steerpike]

1. I grew up in Los Angeles

So naturally I listened to soul music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0pscKPKoo

We played our records on an old philco console...blazin dude!

[Steerpike]

2. And of course when you are a kid

If you are crushin on a girl named maria then this was the song for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn0iP1pAr_4

very suave!

[HopeHoops]

3. I have a Marie Osmond "Paper Roses" 45.

Yes, I do plan to sell it on eBay - I'll never listen to the damn thing again. It was my mother's.

On Edit: (I always called it "Paper Noses")

[Steerpike]

4. ah yes

The virgin Marie was angelic in her beauty!

[HopeHoops]

5. Yeah, and Donnie was a stud muffin. Tell me another one.

:rofl:

[Steerpike]

6. you mock me

but it was my childhood dream to seduce her!

[HopeHoops]

8. E-FUCKING-GADS!

I just wanted a threesome with the Wilson sisters of Heart.

[Steerpike]

9. You are much younger than I

Heck Heart was the eighties! I already had my shag cut and my red shoes by then!

[HopeHoops]

11. They were around earlier than that. I'm 47.

[Steerpike]

12. really?

Yup you are right! Dreamboat Annie came out in the mid 70's!
shucks all the years seem to have melded together...

[HopeHoops]

13. Yeah, and "Barracuda" was their response to the treatment they got after that album cover came out.

If you recall, the album cover was rather suggestive. They were at a gathering of executives shortly after the album became a success. They were subjected to countless jokes and innuendos about the "sex sisters", and of course the obligatory requests for sexual favors. "Barracuda" was their response to that event. The line, "you'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees, now. Barracuda" is a direct reference to that day.

[tigereye]

66. those women were great! Tough, feminist rock and rollers for their time

still very cool and funny. Wish I had gotten around to seeing them when they were here this fall.

[Steerpike]

7. I loved this one

i purchased it for 99 cents at the five and dime store

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVjN3t8cj74

uber hippy stuff

[Kat45]

55. I loved that song too..

But I didn't get the 45.

[Bennyboy]

10. So embarrassing...

Get Ready..>>Rare earth
Sugar Sugar
A bunch of Beatles
One is the Loneliest Number (three Dog Night)
These Boots were made for Walkin Nancy Sinatra.

Lightning, lightning again

[Steerpike]

20. har!~

I had all those on 45 too! rare earth was rockin!

[kayakjohnny]

37. Oh man, you just brought back some memories.... I'm guessing you're somewhere around

52...3..4...5....

Cheers!

[HERVEPA]

14. Eh Cumpare by Julius LaRrosa - Great song in Italian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsg73N0eUZk

[Steerpike]

16. fantastico!

I just love cultural musico!

[Ptah]

15. "Bumble Boogie/B.Bumble and the Stingers" is one I remember

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGNBTosRAs

[Steerpike]

70. Shucks

I just remembered this one...it is very cool! another take on the classic flight of the bumblebee...groovy auto too!

[applegrove]

17. "Blinded By The Light"

[Steerpike]

19. are we talkin

Bruce Springsteen or Manfred Mann?

[applegrove]

21. I think it was MM but to be honest I can't really remember. I hadn't thought

of that song in ages. What a blast from the past.

[Auggie]

18. The Monster Mash

I still have it

[kayakjohnny]

33. Ahhhhh! Me too.....

Except for the 'still have it' part.

[era veteran]

22. Still have all my 45's

Very first one I bought was, ahem, Peter & Gordon " I Go to Pieces"
Vanilla Fudge's, You Keep Me Hanging Round to
Merle singing Mama Tried
Lots of 45's

[Arugula Latte]

23. I had a 45 of "Sugar Sugar' by the Archies I cut off the back of a cereal box

I think it was from Super Sugar Crisp or whatever that stuff was called. This was in maybe '71 or '72.

I also had "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh and "Whisper to a Scream" by Icicle Works (early '80s). That was the last 45 I bought, I'm sure.

There were probably a few others, but those are the few I remember.

[pintobean]

29. Check this out

http://www.raremp3.co.uk/2010/11/sugar-bears-presenting-sugar-bears-1972.html
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U1menI3veIs/TNPdG4XO-aI/AAAAAAAACzw/LEPoHBg49t8/s1600/the+sugar+bears+-+presenting+the+sugar+bears+197+front.jpg

[Arugula Latte]

62. Cool ...

That looks somewhat familiar to me.

Ah, those were the days.

[Z_I_Peevey]

72. I had that cereal box 45 too.

And a few of the regular kind I can remember:

Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones
Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette
Hey Jude by The Beatles
Daydream Believer/Goin'Down by The Monkees

[PassingFair]

78. Zoinks! That "Sugar Sugar" record was the first that I had, as well....

I thought I was SO cool.

I also got a "set" of 45's with my first record player,
(it included "Green Tambourine"
that I remember taking down into the basement with me
during a tornado warning, my mother wouldn't let me
play it, but I was afraid it would be blown away.

My first album was a Cowsill's album.

Far out! This was it:



I was in LOVE with Barry Cowsill...so sad that he died
during Katrina.... :cry:

The first 45 I actually BOUGHT was Paul Revere and the Raider's
"Indian Reservation".

[Hayabusa]

24. I never had 45s, really.

but I have picked up some CD singles. Do those count?

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana - Lithium
Pearl Jam - Given to Fly
Pearl Jam - I Am Mine
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Weezer - Photograph

Mainly if they have a good B-side.

[Bucky]

25. Everyone had a Carpenter's .45 in 70s. It was the law.

It was the Travolta-Fonzie Act of 1977. Failure to comply with this law meant that you had to get your wings cut.

[csziggy]

45. I'd rather poke a sharp stick in my eye

My second college roommate played the Carpenters for three month straight. That was in 1971. To this day I can't hear a Carpenters' song, even a cover without feeling nauseous. I've hurt myself rushing to change stations when that crap comes on the radio.

Thank you for NOT posting a YouTube link to one of their abominations.

[pinboy3niner]

26. Great Big Idol with the Golden Head, the Coasters

Actually, I "inherited" my big brother's 45's when he went off to the Marine Corps. Mostly early Rock 'n' Roll, including Chuck Berry and Fats Domino. But our parents still had old 78's, including a complete collection of Al Jolson.

Of course, in L.A. all you needed was a radio to tune in great music on KRLA and KFWB...

[Pacifist Patriot]

27. First 45 I ever got was Toto's "Hold the Line" followed by...

Chic's "Le Freak."

I'm guessing that dates me.

[CBGLuthier]

28. Werewolf by The Five Man Electrical Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcwHQfIuCnU

[kayakjohnny]

41. Oh boy, this is opening up a big can of worms for me.....

This thread is so cool.

[frogmarch]

30. Johnny Mathis

When I was 16 in the early 60s "The Twelfth of Never" sung by Johnny Mathis was a 45 my boyfriend and I played over and over and danced to at parties. It was our song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rh7KiRSdXw&feature=related

[KoKo]

31. I have his first album. Growing up with Facist Parents I bought it and Covered it with Kleenex so

Parents wouldn't see he was Black!

It was a treasure to me....but not anything anyone might want to listen to TODAY! It was a "PROTEST" many years ago, though. It was GOOD! :-)'s

[KC]

68. I used

to listen to that too...all the time !

[KoKo]

32. Some guy on the School Bus..he gave me the Original Elvis..before he was known!

He didn't give me the jackets to the 45's.....but I treasure them (up in the attic) to this day........

It's fun.......

[pinboy3niner]

35. Your attic is the worst place to store them

All of my old vinyl was ruined from heat while being stored in the attic. :cry:

[Pithlet]

34. I can remember buying Men at Work's "Down Under"

And Supertramp's "It's Raining Again". I had also inherited a bunch of older ones from my aunt, from the 70's. I didn't buy many records of any kind because CDs were starting to become more popular by the time I was 12 or 13.

[kayakjohnny]

36. Ok and I don't care that this makes me look two months from being 54.... here we go...

Commander Cody .... Hot Rod Lincoln

Royal Guardsmen ... Snoopy and the Red Barron

Original Caste ... One Tin Soldier

Bobby "Boris" Pickett... Monster Mash

So many more, I can't even think of them right now.

Maybe I'll come back with a few more.

[IcyPeas]

38. Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers

[hayu_lol]

39. Aw shucks, all of mine were 78s...

we had a friend highly placed at Capitol Records...used to get a box a month or so of all the new Capitol releases. Even the jukeboxes of that time used 78s.

[kayakjohnny]

40. Oh man, that's another one.

I guess we're going to be at this for a bit.

Maybe I should put a pot on......

[MiddleFingerMom]

42. The Standells "Dirty Water"

.
.
.
.
.
...is the only 45 I ever bought. It was really pre-music
interest for me (a year or two later, I bought my first
albums ("Frost Music" by The Frost and "Led Zeppelin I").
.
MiddleFingerMomSis had actually bought the 45 and I fell
in love with it and begged her (successfully) to let me
buy it from her.
.
I took the 50-gallon cardboard drum that was my toybox,
dumped out all the contents, turned it upside down and
drummed and drummed and drummed and drummed and
drummed to that song over and over and over and over
again -- for HOURS at a time.
.
MiddleFingerMomMom made MiddleFingerMomSis buy it BACK
from me.
.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKHqWaTv9g
.
.
.
I immediately found that (usually) the unbroadcast cuts
on albums were MUCH more to my liking than the "hits",
so that was my first and last 45.
.
.
.
:rofl: DECADES later, our drummer (Happy Sweaty Jimmy)
bought a steel drum and learned how to play "Three Blind
Mice" on it. Just like me, it filled him with so much joy just
to beat out that song that he played it over and over
and over again for HOURS.
.
His housemates quickly made him agree NEVER to play it
again if there were ANYONE else in the house.
.
.
.
(on edit) Reading upthread made me remember that I DID buy
one other 45-sized record (played at 33-1/3) -- a cardboard
insert release in a Mad Magazine called, "It's a Gas".
.
.
.
The vocalist on this song... is it, do you think it's, could
it be our very own... ... ... ... ... ... nah, couldn't be.
.
:rofl:
.
.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-LvMxKvFY
.
.
.

[csziggy]

43. Tammy by Debbie Reynolds - the only 45 we owned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYymDZtJvgs

Mom won it in a contest at the local five & dime. We all hated it because we had to get out the little adapter to play it on our hi-fi and we'd always forget to change the speed back for the 33.3 records that were most of my parent's collection. I've never seen the movie it was from.

[tigereye]

67. people had a lot of fun with the different speeds - things would sound so

funny sped up.


We didn't have a lot of 45s, as I recall - but our neighbor's kids had those big round 45 holders. I was envious.


I suspect Sugar, Sugar by the Archies was one I would have had, though. Big tune in 6th grade.

[csziggy]

84. Yeah, it took all the mystery out of Alvin and the Chipmunks

LOL!

Mom had some 78s and those sounded spooky played at 45 rpms.

[KC]

69. Gosh

that's bringing back memories..the song and the little plastic adapter things lol

[csziggy]

85. My parents' hi-fi had the big adapter that fit down over the record changer shaft

I didn't see one of those little flat adapters until I went away to college and a roommate had those for her 45s.

[likesmountains 52]

44. My first 45, from 1965..Gary Lewis & The Playboys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9_yhmyKk70

[Steerpike]

46. flo and eddie

were on the white whale label as the turtles....actually i think aluvem sang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNb4IIODO5k

[abq e streeter]

52. Love that one; I still have You Baby

amazing that not long before these, this is what they sounded like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvarsW_T5U8&feature=related

[pinboy3niner]

53. Best Turtles: 'It Ain't Me, Babe' and 'Happy Together'

Ironically, 'Happy Together' was intended to mock sappy rock songs--even throwing in the line, "How is the weather?".

[abq e streeter]

54. Finally saw Flo and Eddie for the first (and only) time about 6 or 7 years ago

and by god, Howard Kaylan still had the same pure, beautiful voice he had as a young man.

[pinboy3niner]

57. I am envious!

Some of the greats from the past lost their voices too soon. A prime example would be Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers, and there are others I won't name for fear of starting a contentious subthread. :)

What a thrill, though, to see the old performers who haven't lost it. I saw Glenn Yarbrough some years back, and he still had that sweet-honey voice he had decades ago. John Fogerty still rocks it, his voice little affected by age. And 'Paul Revere,' of Paul Revere and the Raiders, still can put on one of the best shows around.

I'll admit I'm a sucker for the oldies acts, especially when they've still got it.

[abq e streeter]

59. yeah, it was a "package" casino show...Flo and Eddie, Felix Cavaliere, and Chubby Checker

My friend and I were mainly there for Cavaliere. He appeared to be having a little trouble with the mile high altitude here, but sounded great; just let the backup singers carry more of the load than we expected, and she and I both assumed that was the reason. Chubby Checker, likewise, was great; much better than we expected actually; another first rate, and thoroughly professional entertainer who also still sang his ass off. Saw Fogerty about three years ago, and Joe Cocker a year and a half ago; I agree with what you said about Fogerty, and Cocker still had it too, at I think, 63 yrs. old.

[pinboy3niner]

61. Envious again

Funny, I've spent time in Albuquerque and never thought about the elevation. Especially with the Sandias around there (where I broke my collar bone innertubing in the Sandias, decades ago). I guess it's not as high as Denver--but almost.

We must have seen Fogerty around the same time. He was scheduled to perform at our local fair that year, so I rounded up a group of Vietnam vets to go see him. He's always been a personal favorite, and I'd seen him a few years earlier at UCLA.

Another favorite "oldie" of mine is Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. He still plays that jingle-jangle twelve-string like nobody's business--and he really works his ass off playing the old Byrds tunes.

We have to cherish these artists while we still have them. Soon, they'll be gone--like so many others.

[abq e streeter]

63. Apolgies to the OP for the momentary side conversation, but

I am extraordinarily fortunate and blessed that I'm going to be playing with another rock and roll geezer/legend on December 18th (his 67th birthday !) who still plays his ass off....Bobby Keys. I'm hoping that I'll be able to post something from that show here sometime after....

BTW, Albuquerque is pretty much the same as Denver; a mile high...Never saw McGuinn (only Byrd I have seen is Chris Hillman, doing bluegrass on the same bill with Bill Monroe)


Lucky I didn't do the same thing innertubing there decades ago too; hit a bump and flew into the air, and came down on my head; could have broken my neck but the snow was deep and soft enough that I just got up and walked away.

[abq e streeter]

64. Oops , not true (about Hillman being the only Byrd)......seen Crosby (w/Stills and Nash)

how the hell did I forget that....free fifth row tickets.....

[begin_within]

47. "The Purple People Eater" and "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini"

[KC]

71. LOL

Oh I haven't thought about those two in years !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6VHHCrU1sI

[Steerpike]

48. this is the version i had on 45

i baught it at the swapmeet at the starlight drive in san gaberial for 10 cents....sorry dusty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6YxXOxrg28

[rug]

49. I used to place this at 16 rpm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0av63J-OuQ

I can still hear how the cymbals sounded.

[Steerpike]

50. this 45 was on yellow vinyl

i thought it was really groovy son!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsIrKjSM6Y
boss city!

yup i am old, but still can remember the old days pretty clear...(ack! 52 years old!)

[abq e streeter]

51. I still have every one of 'em...My first 3 were : The Showmen, Gary U.S. Bonds, and Sam Cooke

the very first: It Will Stand, featuring the one of a kind voice of the late (Oct 2010) General Johnson


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45hycSkcMY

then Dear Lady Twist, and Twistin' the Night Away (no wonder I'm so twisted now)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7myZoVnlQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdhSQVZvLgQ

[Kat45]

56. I still remember the first 3 I got:

The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand," Roy Head's "Treat Her Right" and The Beatles "She Loves You."

I had a shitload of 45s, still have them. The Association, the Buckinghams, The Doors, Cream, the Monkees, a couple of more Beatles, the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent)--the list goes on....

When I was real little, a relative used to give me records from a jukebox at somebody's restaurant. From that I have some Platters, "How Much Is that Doggie in the Window," "Beep Beep," "Volare" by some Italian guy (probably the original version of the song).

[pinboy3niner]

58. You've got some great stuff

'Treat Her Right' was a great song that isn't that well-known now.

Believe it or not, I was a Charter Member of the Association fan club. I used to see them at the Ice House in Glendale, and I arranged for them to perform at my high school. I saw the Beatles perform, too, but so did thousands of others.

Take good care of those 45's--they're going to be very valuable.

[abq e streeter]

60. delete ...posted wrong place

[Kat45]

82. Thanks. And it's good to find somebody who remembers "Treat Her Right."

You know I loved it if it's the second 45 I ever got, and in between two Beatles discs! Roy Head was a terrific performer too. You're right that it's not very well known now. I mentioned it to my boyfriend, who knows his music well, and he didn't know what I was talking about. So I found a clip on youtube of him on Shindig and sent it his way. He was mighty impressed by the performance but said the song only sounded vaguely familiar.

I didn't know there was an Association fan club. Wow! That's cool that you saw them and that they played at your high school. I think I have Cherish and Windy, but I'm not certain.

I certainly will take good care of my 45s. A number of them are picture sleeves, including 4 of the Beatles. I always hear that things will be valuable "someday" but it seems that I never see someday come. I love my records and want to keep them but if I ever did decide I wanted to sell them, I wouldn't know where to begin. First would be determining the value, but then I'd have to find the interested parties. Selling to a dealer means being short-changed. Finding a collector might be tricky. I've never used ebay; I think most of my reluctance there is the actual shipping. I would not be confident in packaging items properly, particularly with something fragile like a vinyl record.

That's great that you saw the Beatles perform. You must be a little older than me. I loved the band, saw them on Ed Sullivan and all that, but I was too young to see them in concert. My cousin, who is a couple of years older than me, went to see them; her mother took her.

[Steerpike]

65. My Mom liked this one

The hollies and "the air that I breathe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duPNQCp-w4

[SteppingRazor]

73. What is this "45" you speak of?

;)

[Steerpike]

74. ;)

It is a teeny weeny vinyl sound disk played at high speed using a diamond "needle" running in special "grooves" to translate sounds to a central unit and then onto speakers for the listening pleasure of individuals or groups...

[SteppingRazor]

75. Wow! That sounds so technologically advanced!

Actually, in all seriousness, I believe I may have had a 45 or two as a young child. I think I had one that had a personalized birthday song on it. But I was still pretty young when they yanked all the records off the shelves and replaced them with CDs. (Incidentally, I think records actually sound better in a lot of ways, and both records and CDs sound infinitely better than mp3s. But whattaya gonna do?)

[Steerpike]

76. Time stands still for no man!

Yup 45's have gone the way of fresh milk delivered to your porch in bottles...or the breadman driving through neighborhoods selling fresh bread and pasties/donuts...or nickel a scoop tutti frutti icecream...and kirby vacuum cleane~oh wait!

[abq e streeter]

77. Your neighborhood had pasties salesmen? Cool.

[Steerpike]

79. har!

would you believe that is what we called pan dulce? would you believe strippers ran the bakery? would you believe they were cruthers made of wheat paste?

[abq e streeter]

81. from abq e streeter's music for every occasion files, may I present Mr. Tom Waits

In honor of your local bakery: (I do have this on vinyl too, but a 33 1/3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Q-gR8bW40

[Steerpike]

80. Dave Edmunds is a rocker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nadq2op8_sw

[Curmudgeoness]

83. Poison Ivy by the Coasters. Still have it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kh555NjxnU

Side B was "I'm a hog for you baby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY8kJW5Q5rk

[Generic Brad]

86. The Night Chicago Died

Na-na-na. Na-na-na. Na-na-na. Na-na-na-na-na.

[Tabasco_Dave]

87. This song was only available on 45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM3FMN8oY7M

[astral]

88. That was so cool . . .

I don't think I'd HEARD that song since 1970! And I did see him on TV singing it once, I was I n L U V with that guy and his song (lol!) I remembered every word and every little flutter of his voice when I was watching the You Tube.

I was not quite old enough to have gotten my first record player yet, and had only gotten my first PLUG-IN ELECTRIC a.m. radio! Yah! I was rockin myself to sleep every night!

; )

[blueamy66]

89. Billy Don't Be A Hero

Seasons in the Sun

American Pie

Loved Billy, cause my brother, Dad and many Uncles were Bills. :-)

[astral]

90. Bobby Bloom -- Montego Bay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXjVd0TeOX0&feature=related

Okay, this was also before I got my first record player. . . but I loved the song.



yeah, I still do . . . .