1st single(45) & 1st Album (33) you bought....

[1964white]

Hey CW,

Black and White was also one of the first albums I bought.

Brilliant album, and came with Walk on By on white vinyl, which I swapped with another Stranglers buddy for the Pink EP.

Great days mate, I used to get £5 pocket money every week and it was difficult to choose which punk album to buy.

Loads of coloured vinyl on the market in those days, they looked like frisbee's

[1964white]

We were pretty skint in those days 64, so we just used to share albums.

I bought Clash singles, and first album was Give em Enough Rope.

As time moved on I went to college and was more into The Cure, The Bunnymen, The Doors and Hendrix.

All excellent bands WR

[Sara]

What a cracking first album purchase. I also bought the Sparks single

Followed up with the first Black Sabbath album.

Haven't bought many other singles; Baker Street, Resurrection Joe by the Cult, and the early Sisters and Bauhaus 12 inchers.

[1964white]

Followed up with the first Black Sabbath album.

Haven't bought many other singles; Baker Street, Resurrection Joe by the Cult, and the early Sisters and Bauhaus 12 inchers.

I have the first five Sabbath albums

[Clacton White]

Best period in music for me and very exciting to be growing up at that time.

All my mates were into the same music: Buzzcocks, Jam, Clash, Siouxsie, Sham 69.

I think we were really fortunate to grow up then

I've still got all my punk vinyl , something like around 800 singles and a few hundred albums .....add to that CD's and it's a pretty big punk collection . The only early band I missed out of in singles was The Damned . Chelsea are one of my faves , the band not the scummy football team . On TOTP I think Sham always came across as something different and rowdy football hooligans ........then you had the Upstarts and Rejects follow suite . Magnificent era , definitely products of their era in mass unemployment , misery , cold war etc . The Stranglers were my faves by far , but I got into most aspects of punk for over 15 years , with maybe the exception of The Slits .
Tell people about these bands now and the names and they think " really ? " . Yes , it was for real .

[1964white]

I've still got all my punk vinyl , something like around 800 singles and a few hundred albums .....add to that CD's and it's a pretty big punk collection . The only early band I missed out of in singles was The Damned . Chelsea are one of my faves , the band not the scummy football team . On TOTP I think Sham always came across as something different and rowdy football hooligans ........then you had the Upstarts and Rejects follow suite . Magnificent era , definitely products of their era in mass unemployment , misery , cold war etc . The Stranglers were my faves by far , but I got into most aspects of punk for over 15 years , with maybe the exception of The Slits .
Tell people about these bands now and the names and they think " really ? " . Yes , it was for real .

Impressive collection Clacton

[Sara]

I've still got all my punk vinyl , something like around 800 singles and a few hundred albums .....add to that CD's and it's a pretty big punk collection . The only early band I missed out of in singles was The Damned . Chelsea are one of my faves , the band not the scummy football team . On TOTP I think Sham always came across as something different and rowdy football hooligans ........then you had the Upstarts and Rejects follow suite . Magnificent era , definitely products of their era in mass unemployment , misery , cold war etc . The Stranglers were my faves by far , but I got into most aspects of punk for over 15 years , with maybe the exception of The Slits .
Tell people about these bands now and the names and they think " really ? " . Yes , it was for real .

My whole outlook on life has been shaped by the punk movement of that era, particularly hardcore.

[Clacton White]

Impressive collection Clacton

Thanks , minor problem these days though . Nothing to play them on . If I want to listen to many , then I go on Spotify . Have discovered a lot of good euro punk from that era in recent years .

[NorfolkWhite]

First single - London's Calling, it was closely followed by "hey Mickey' Toni Basil!! (Clash single was bought second hand off Cleckheaton market).
First Album IIRC was Kings of the Wild Frontier - on tape, wore it out I played it that much.

[Byebyegeegee]

1st single - Hey Jude
1st album - Harvest by Neil Young

First single - London's Calling, it was closely followed by "hey Mickey' Toni Basil!! (Clash single was bought second hand off Cleckheaton market).
First Album IIRC was Kings of the Wild Frontier - on tape, wore it out I played it that much.

Are you from Cleck originally Norfolk?

[NorfolkWhite]

1st single - Hey Jude
1st album - Harvest by Neil Young



Are you from Cleck originally Norfolk?

Nearby - Liversedge, many a night out in Cleck though! Also played cricket for Cleck in my youth.

[Byebyegeegee]

Birkenshaw/East Bierley myself. Bradford was the place for a fantastic night out in the late 70s early 80s though!

[1964white]

1st single - Hey Jude
1st album - Harvest by Neil Young

Are you from Cleck originally Norfolk?

Wonderful album Bye bye

[LUFC DAVE 7]

Bradford was the place for a fantastic night out in the late 70s early 80s though!

Spot on Bye bye.
My most memorable night out was in Bradford.
Mecca Ballroom, Saturday 6th May, 1972.
All the lads in their best suits and a Leed's scarf.
What an atmosphere!

[hector]

Our squadron of junior soldiers had a coach trip to the Silver Blades ice rink in either 78 or 79

cracking punch up with the local youffs who thought all the totty were their property....