First Album

[Titch]

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......

[STFCBird]

MIne was madonna - true blue  

[Titch]

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

[Reg Smeeton]

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.

[Titch]

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

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

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.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

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

[Reg Smeeton]

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

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

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

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

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

'Butskailite'??

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

[Titch]

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!

[Piemonte]

U2- Achtung Baby

[Reg Smeeton]

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!

 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)

[Titch]

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......

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

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!

 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)

Some things never change!

[Titch]

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