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This may well have been done before but i can't find it!

Anyway, what ws the first album you ever got!  Either bought for you or by yourself!

Mine is "A Kind Of Magic" by Queen!  I am listening to it now and it still bloody brilliant!"  I remember sitting in the old Swiss Chalet (back of Virgin, now Boswells i belive) and my dad gave me a bag with the Vinyl record in, I was so happy!  :)  Memories......

MIne was madonna - true blue  :oops:

I had that also but don't tell anyone!  :oops:  I used to love madonna, Papa don't Preach was my fave song for ages!

Rubber Soul......The Beatles,  my sister had bought a couple of the earlier ones, then she 's leaving home bye bye.....so I bought this one......I once had a girl or should I say she once had me....isn't it good Norweigan wood.  And WTF was a sitar.

Isn't a Sitar an indian guitar basically? and didn't Geroge used to play one?

The first 'LP' (Albums were called LP's then) I owned must have been one of those K-Tel or Ronco compilations that they did in the 70's.  It would have had a Slade track on it, Blockbuster by the Sweet,  something by Chicory Tip and no doubt some Bowie track or other.

The first album I bought would have been either:

'Sound Affects' by The Jam
or
'Go For It' by Stiff Little Fingers

I can't believe it's 25 years ago this week (March 22nd) that Going Underground went straight in at number 1.

Oh dear.

I don't look as old as I sound STFC Bird :wink:

 Yes Titch.....but in 1965 Butskailite Britain it was an aural oddity.

'Butskailite'?????

Excuse by ignorance, but what the f.....??????

It's a political term about Conservatism and Socialism i beleive? Reg could confirm this i am sure but i remember doing something about this during a course i did!

U2- Achtung Baby

 Isn't education wonderful....yep it was a term for the pragmatic consensus politics of the late 50's early 60's, which came about I suppose after the Suez debacle.

 So called because it joined the names of RA (Rab) Butler  a progressive Tory on social policy and Hugh Gaitskell the Labour leader until he died to be succeeded by Harold Wilson....hence Butskellism (or some such spelling)

That was it, i knew i was on the right track but could not remember exactly! Thanks Reg! I am sure we were talking about this during some Thatcher conversation, anyway not important! Back to albums...... :D

Some things never change!

Yep you're right there!  Reg is our fountain of all knowledge!  I do think he should have his own bit on this forum!  :D  I am sure we could have some most interesting conversations!

I suppose it should be called Thatchblairism now.

 Chicory Tip.....nice.. Son of Father......oh Danny Danny, Danny Danny Danny Invincible.

 I saw Stiff Little Fingers at the Brunel Rooms in about 78.....Alternative Ulster.

are you sure?  :wink:

Blur Parklife on tape

Monkeys - greatest Hots when I was about 9 I love it it still gets air time in my house now......

Blur - Parklife, on CD!

Same here, it was all I played for months. 8)

I've been thinking about this all morning, but I can't remember.  It's doing my head in.

It's a bit better than my first CD single, which was Cotton Eye Joe...  :?

My first tape single - Bart simpson / do the bartman :oops:

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick  where did you come from, where did you go?..........

My first single was either Freedom by Wham! or Cruel summer by Bananananananananarama.  You had to collect tokens from Kelloggs and send away for it.

:ha :D

I was only about 8 at the time and my sister had aa heavy influence on my early musical taste.  I used to love A-ha when they first topped the hit parade!!  The sun always shines on tv is still a favourite of mine   :oops:

Mine was Bleach by Nirvana.

I think my first single was the spurs 1981 cup final record!  My dad is a massive spurs fan and bought me it!  Still have it!

Fucking hell Ben, that's pretty impressive first album.  Are you sure you're not just trying to look cool?  We all made mistakes when we were younger you know.

My first single was by  Unit 4 plus 2, ....Concrete and Clay

First Album: A Real Live One - Iron Maiden
First Single: Not 100% but I believe it is either..

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
or
Right Said Fred - I'm To Sexy

I still quite rightly listen to them all now when I am cruising like a vandal to south park central.

Quality Album Dazzza!   Maiden are brilliant and certainly one of the best bands i have ever seen live, quality!

Likewise. My cousin made me a Blur compilation tape and I loved it, except my Mum took it away because it had the track Rednecks on which was a b-side littered with profanity, oh well. I love(d) that album.

Nah, it was Bleach Serious, I didn't buy any albums when I was really young but I was mainly into Britpop, it was the first I actually bought when I was about 12. Also bought a Clash album on the same day.

The cd broke after about 2 months but I got it again.

CD's don't just 'break'!

It actually got stuck in a car cd changer, the thing had to be taken apart to get it out and it had broken into about 10 pieces.

I can't remember what the first album I bought was.My first single was Don't bring me down by ELO.

St. Anger by Metallica :|  Released and bought on the 6th June 2003.

The still brilliant "After The Goldrush" by Neil Young

I think the first album I bought was 'Home' by Deep Blue Something, one that I still have and comes highly recommended, if you can still get it that is.

Bugger knows, I can't remember my birthday half the time.

I'm buying Bloc Party on Saturday though.

 Now that is a bit of class  8)  .......I've just listened to Zuma by Neil Young....the song noit the whole LP....fantastic......now Neil Young doing a heavy version of the same with Pearl Jam.

I have no idea on either ,Im not just saying that because it was crap either.

I can't remember either, although I can almost guaratee they were crap. Perhaps one of those 'Now' compilations, although I wouldn't put money on it

Natalie Imbruglia - Left Of The Middle.