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What was the first record you ever bought for yourself? I had the advantage of having an older brother who bought Beatles etc, but my first record (LP) was Donny Osmond 'A time for us'.

Rock On by David Essex on 7' vinyl :O)))

Er...... Hermans Hermits - A Must to Avoid. Angela

I think that the first record bought for me was 'My Ding a ling' .... But it had to be Donny, followed by David Essex.....and the posters were put on my walls. Sal x

I already had the 'Seargent Pepper' LP by The Beatles (bought as a gift), but when I went out to buy my first singles, I bought two- 'Star Man' by David Bowie and 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash. :o)) maggie

days the kinksxxxx

Doris Day - 'Secret Love' B side 'Deadwood Stage'.

Sad Cafe Everyday hurts catherine xx

McAnne still have my David Essex 'Rock on' ! Sal...did you have a Donny cap?! Mine was purple LOL And do you remember Sparks?

Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pidgeon Tina x

the first lp was electric warrior by t rex first single big 5 by prince buster.

Go now..by The Moody Blues..

when I started my first job in a record shop (bliss!) LPs were between £2.75 and £3.25 and singles 45-50p!

Chiqquitita by Abba :0(

Oh Bodger - Prince Buster (slavering) maggie

Did anyone buy an LP by Tyranosaurus Rex (pre T Rex) Dug and redug,,dug and redug redug Oh Deborah, you look like a Zebra Your sunken face is like a galleon Filled with mysteries of the Spanish main Oh Deborah. maggie

Pleeeese don`t laugh but it was mario Lanza singing Ave Maria. That was back in the days when Methusela was a boy. lol. Kathlyn

Janet - Proud to say Thin Lizzie played at our school disco - just before they were famous, would have been about 1970. Excellent. maggie

The first single i brought was Ma ( he's making eyes at me) by Lena Zavaroni in 1974 Oops no just looked in my record box and it was Crazy Horses by Osmonds 1972

I bought two singles off a school friend 'The boys are back in town' Thin Lizzy and something by the Bay City Rollers. I bought the BCR one cos it wasn't on the album that my parents had got me. Thanks to this thread I started reminiscing the days when I'd go into Golds in Leytonstone High Road to buy the latest off the wall record. I had some fairly obscure stuff. As I remembered the day I lost the street cred by buying YMCA for my Dad, a song jumped into my head. I could remember the title but couldn't remember who wrote it. Naturally I googled and found a website www.last.fm. Now if you go to it you can build your own radio station according to the genre of music you type in. I found 'Mind your own business' by the Delta 5 (the track in question) and that brought up X Ray Spex and the Slits. Guess where I'm off to now. Obviously because of PRS if you are in the UK you can only listen to 30 second tasters of the track but if you are anywhere else (ie have an address in the US, you can listen to the whole thing.) There is another one of these personal radio stations called Pandora. I guess they'd be very useful for anyone holding a themed party.