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My 1st 45 I bought in '63...Glad all over - Dave Clarke 5

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Did'nt buy my 1st 33 album until '64...
The Kinks debut album - KINKS
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Single (1963) Beatles 'She Loves You'

Long Player (1970) Simon & Garfunkel 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'

As kids we were poor in those days unlike children nowadays with their Nike clothing, mobiles, TV's, Pc's, etc

I could only afford to buy albums when I started employment in 1970.
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The first single i bought was....
Baggy Trousers - Madness

The first album I bought was....
Signing Off - UB40
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Single The Sweet - Blockbuster 80% certain it was that.

Album Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple 99% certain
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Smudge3920 wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:31 am My 1st 45 I bought in '63...Glad all over - Dave Clarke 5

Didn't buy my 1st 33 album until '64...
The Kinks debut album - KINKS
I bought 'Glad All Over' in '63

Others I recall buying

Beatles
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Saw Her Standing There
Please Please Me
Twist And Shout
Gerry & The Pacemakers
How Do You Do It?
I Like It
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Do You Love Me?
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Do You Want To Know A Secret?
Wink Martindale
Deck Of Cards
Dusty Springfield
I Only Want To Be With You
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gessa wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:04 am Single The Sweet - Blockbuster 80% certain it was that.

Album Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple 99% certain
Great Sweet single mate, arguably their best!

Being a little older I was into Deep Purple before you, 'In Rock' was one of my early LP purchases in 1970 in fact it was my first heavy rock album I bought.

I also bought 24 Carat Purple on vinyl, never replaced it on CD although I have another compilation & live bootleg by Purple
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1964white wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:18 am Great Sweet single mate, arguably their best!

Is that because the opening rif is the same as the Jean Genie??

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hector wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:23 am Is that because the opening rif is the same as the Jean Genie??

:) :)
Never gave that a thought but yes it is very similar Hector :tup:

I'm surprised Ges likes it then :lol: ;-)
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1964white wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:29 am Never gave that a thought but yes it is very similar Hector :tup:

I'm surprised Ges likes it then :lol: ;-)
He probably thinks Bowie stole it from the Sweet then :) :)
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Can't really remember buying owt tbh. Dipping into my Mum & Dads singles box i remember playing these 45s alot.

Ben E King: Stand by me, and even more so after the film of the same name. Along with the Goonies 2 of my favourite kids films.
Jim Diamond: I should have known better? Looking back maybe i should.
Ram Jam: Black Betty. The PC brigade would be all over that today.
Bronski Beat: Small time boy
Ian Dury and the blockheads: I used to find the b-side to Hit me with your rhythm stick great. :)

First Albums to make an impact. My Dad liked Queen, my older Bro liked the Police.

I bought Genesis Invisible Touch and played it to death. A bit later i loved the dark moods of Violator by Depeche Mode.
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Unfortunately my first 45 was do you wanna touch me yeah :poo: paul gadd

I didn't by another one :duno: until x ray spex the day the world turned day glow it was a bright green vinyl

The first LP and the last one was disco fever as a xmas box for sandra :angel:
that was also the last time I went xmas shopping.

Can I just say I had a happy childhood we had a parkray a dunlapillow settee and a rediffusion tv
First thing I ever saw in colour was felix the cat
The whole street was in the house
these things never leave you
I can still remember every word felix said
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Sorry for o/t ....one of the blockheads lived on gower street 2 doors from cheryl tweedys fatha..ends
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1st 45 was Rolf Harris - Jake the Peg, we lived in Singapore and our neighbour had to return to the UK and brought it back out especially for me....

Album - 1st one I actually requested from Ma and Pa and received was Circles - The New Seekers
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Leeds1000 wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:18 am Ian Dury and the blockheads: I used to find the b-side to Hit me with your rhythm stick great
Sometimes 'b' sides were better than the 'a' sides

Just a few I recall

'Suffragette City' (Starman) Bowie
'Things We Said Today' (A Hard Days Night) Beatles
'The Snow Queen' (Don't Go Breaking My Heart) Elton & Kiki

Only my opinion though!

Sweet b sides were totally different to their a sides, very much hard rock
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hector wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:22 am 1st 45 was Rolf Harris - Jake the Peg, we lived in Singapore and our neighbour had to return to the UK and brought it back out especially for me....

Album - 1st one I actually requested from Ma and Pa and received was Circles - The New Seekers
Only because you fancied Eve & Lyn you dirty little toerag :lol:
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liggy wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:51 am Sorry for o/t ....one of the blockheads lived on gower street 2 doors from cheryl tweedys fatha..ends
Who the hell is Cheryl Tweedy liggy :duno:
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liggy wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:35 am Unfortunately my first 45 was do you wanna touch me yeah :poo: paul gadd

I didn't by another one :duno: until x ray spex the day the world turned day glow it was a bright green vinyl

The first LP and the last one was disco fever as a xmas box for sandra :angel:
that was also the last time I went xmas shopping.

Can I just say I had a happy childhood we had a parkray a dunlapillow settee and a rediffusion tv
First thing I ever saw in colour was felix the cat
The whole street was in the house
these things never leave you
I can still remember every word felix said
Lovely story

One of our two cats was called Felix, sadly not with us anymore

He was a proper Felix just like the one you saw on the telly

Yes liggy we didn't have much in those days but as kids we were happy & never demanded anything from our parents because Johnny down the road had one, mind you Johnny didn't have much too :lol:
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I was always under the impression, as a lurker for many years, that the age range was much younger on here. Reading the above posts I get the impression I was wrong!
My first single, bought as a thirteen year old, was 'Hole In My Shoe', Traffic, 1967...seems I fit in!
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Sadly I have no photos of Felix online....here is his sister though


Heidi was fascinated with the racing post site that featured a horse jumping over a fence in one of their adverts

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And playing scrabble

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What a lovely life our cats have :moggy:


Casper is a big clever boy & is daft as a brush


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