First record you remember hearing?

[les_taxi]

When i was a kid we had a state of the art wind-up gramophone:icon_lol:

I was a music fan immediately and the record i seem to remember playing/hearing many times was:-

"how much is that doggy in the window" (now it could mean something else altogether:omg:)

Also "76 trombones" seemed to hook me :icon_lol:

I remember being scared shitless by "sparky and his magic piano":yikes: Something about the crazed piano playing those notes wildly frightened me:yikes:
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Just played it sent shivers down my spine:omg:

[Englishman2010]

I'm ashamed to admit this, but the first record I can remember as a kid was 'Billy don't be a hero' by Paper Lace back in 1974. Things did get better for me, during the 70's I progressed to Abba, Showaddywaddy and by 77/78 I was a proper 9 year old punk listening to the Clash and the Pistols from my middle class suburban home:D

[sars_notd_virus]

Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis:xxgrinning--00xx3:
me and my father loves it a lot !!!




**those were the 'LP' days****

[aposhark]

The album "Please Please Me" by the Beatles.
It was their first in 1963, I was 7 yrs old.
I was in Liverpool as a boy.
Used to use a tennis racket to play along :icon_lol:
"Chains" sticks in my mind.
______________________________________________________
They were to come true later in life when I met my dear wife :xxgrinning--00xx3:
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Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Woh, these chains of love got a hold on me yeah..........

[sars_notd_virus]

Oh and what about ?? Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep ( Middle of the road):rolleyes:
I can still remember my Mum sings this for me when i was young,no idea what the song means during that time but the beat is to cool to follow and i love it;):icon_lol:

[bornatbirth]

i remember being looked after my neighbor and "tie a yellow ribbon" was on the radio as i was playing.... it was released in 1973 and was 3.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2tZREt17Cc

[les_taxi]

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I used to think she was fit!
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preferred this one though:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

[QUOTE=lestaxi1;256583]I remember being scared shitless by "sparky and his magic piano":yikes: Something about the crazed piano playing those notes wildly frightened me:yikes:QUOTE]

Whaaa. me too. That does bring memories:Cuckoo:

[les_taxi]

[QUOTE=lestaxi1;256583]I remember being scared shitless by "sparky and his magic piano":yikes: Something about the crazed piano playing those notes wildly frightened me:yikes:QUOTE]

Whaaa. me too. That does bring memories:Cuckoo:

Great I'm not a wuss:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

Les, that is really weird, because as I was reading the thread title I thought 'How much is that doggy in the window' too.

The song had been out a few years when you heard it though, as it would have been mid 50s when I heard it (before moving overseas) and you're only a youngun. :)

First proper pop record I remember was 'Rock around the clock'...Bill Haley, which my parents bought when we were in Malaya.

First record I bought was 'All Over Now' by the Rolling Stones. :REDancedancer08:

[joebloggs]

by 77/78 I was a proper 9 year old punk listening to the Clash and the Pistols from my middle class suburban home:D

:yikes:

The Clash :xxgrinning--00xx3:, pistols :NoNo:, Buzzcocks :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Englishman2010]

:yikes:

The Clash :xxgrinning--00xx3:, pistols :NoNo:, Buzzcocks :xxgrinning--00xx3:

The Pistols were Ok until Glenn Matlock left/was sacked. I remember John Peel playing The Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict and not knowing what it was I asked my dad:doh:yikes: Good ol' John peel RIP, he introduced me to many great bands. My favorite band from the late 70's punk scene were The Ruts

[raynaputi]

well of course it's always the nursery rhymes that every kid hears for the first time..the first nursery rhyme for me is the Ring Around the Rosie, which my aunt kept on singing to me till it was sickening already! :icon_lol:....as for the songs, it's Tiffany's All This Time and Extreme's More Than Words, which I memorized just for a couple of days and even used it as my audition piece to be in the choir group when I was in grade 3! :D:rolleyes:

[grahamw48]

We sang it at school too.

"Ring a ring o' roses a pocketful of posies - atishoo ! atishoo ! we all fall down."

Originally about the symptoms of the Plague which swept Europe hundreds of years ago, killing millions. :cwm3:

Nice song for kids. :icon_lol:

[Alan]

Lonnie Donogan - Puttin' on the Style!

Al.:)

[tomboo]

i remember the first i bought, abba greatest hits, lol brings back not so good memories

[Steve.r]

I remember 'O-bla-di O-bla-da' and 'Lilly the Pink'

[Pete/London]

I have 2 older brothers so its their records I remember first,
Neil Sedaka..Carolina Moon, I Go ape
Paul Anka
Connie Francis
Frankie Avalon
Lonnie Donigan
Don Lang

We also had an upright piano in the front room that was the centre of entertainment at christmas ,new years eve.My dad was brilliant and could pick up tunes easy, as well as his terrible jazz records he had a few Ruby Murray, Fats Dominoe etc.

[Sim11UK]

I have 2 older brothers so its their records I remember first,
Neil Sedaka..Carolina Moon, I Go ape
Paul Anka
Connie Francis
Frankie Avalon
Lonnie Donigan
Don Lang


Funnily enough I was watching Paul Anka 'You are my Destiny' on Youtube the other day.
I remember it from an Eastern European Film set in the early 60's, but can't remember the Films title. :doh

Great song!

[Sim11UK]

Here we are Joe & Englishman Great stuff! :xxgrinning--

-EEPvXlTUnU

As I've said on here before, Sid Vicious went to our school for a while. (Before I was there) & iRobot who is a member here, knew him as he also went to the same school. :cwm24:

[joebloggs]

:xxgrinning--00xx3: sim, 2 of my favs from them



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrafPlgQlME

and


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it_NSPH_VRM

[Englishman2010]

Thanks Sim and Joe, I will listen to them now. When I was about 10 or 11 one of my favorite Buzzcocks ditties was 'oh S**t', I learned a whole new vocabulary after hearing that:D

[Sim11UK]

Nice Joe :xxgrinning--00xx3: One of my faves is '16 again'. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Sim11UK]

Sorry my vid goes funny half way through :Cuckoo:

[KeithD]

For some reason this :furious3: song sticks in my head from my kiddy years :omg: :bigcry:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXq8rELhUkw

[les_taxi]

For some reason this :furious3: song sticks in my head from my kiddy years :omg: :bigcry:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXq8rELhUkw

Thats bloody bad luck:icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

When i was a kid we had a state of the art wind-up gramophone :icon_lol:

Same here! It was given to my brother and I by an older cousin of ours. My bruv wound it up repeatedly to play Elvis Pressley's 'Jailhouse Rock' ... and, each time, our *mum threatened to smash the record :CompBuster: if she "ever had to listen to it just once more!"

She never actually did, though! And, looking back now, I wonder if my younger sibling was simply winding [B] *her up. :reaction:


"how much is that doggy in the window"

:yeahthat: ... Patti Page, circa 1952 ... an even earlier childhood memory of mine! :rolleyes:

[steve monty]

For some reason this :furious3: song sticks in my head from my kiddy years :omg: :bigcry:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXq8rELhUkw

When I first looked at the Top of the Pops message, i thought it said "this was actually the best of their sh*te" :xxgrinning--00xx3: :D

its like the BBC are sending out subliminal messages!! :Cuckoo: :xxgrinning--00xx3: Maybe that one bottle of Peroni has gone to my head! :omg:

First record i remember was Micheal Jackson- Thriller back in '83.

[Pete/London]

Anyone remember the big reel tape recorders that were around in the 60s (i think it was made by elizebethan) .Some mates had portable record players the size of a hand carry case , that took some lugging around.:doh

[burdock]

the first record player I saw was when older brother came home on leave from the army and remember him playing Can The Can by Suzi Quatro

but could not work out why when he put it on the second time it was a man singing a slower version :Erm:

[Arthur Little]

We sang it at school too.

"Ring a ring o' roses a pocketful of posies - atishoo ! atishoo ! we all fall down."

Originally about the symptoms of the Plague which swept Europe hundreds of years ago, killing millions. :cwm3:

Nice song for kids. :icon_lol:

:iagree: ... just like some of these so-called 'Nursery' Rhymes!!! :doh

[Arthur Little]

... older brother came home on leave from the army and remember him playing Can The Can by Suzi Quatro ...

... but could not work out why when he put it on the second time it was a man singing a slower version ... :Erm:

... or if one the old gramaphones was wound up too much, the record sounded like "Donald Duck"! :icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

Anyone remember the big reel tape recorders that were around in the 60s (i think it was made by elizebethan) .Some mates had portable record players the size of a hand carry case , that took some lugging around.:doh

:rolleyes: Remember the reel-to-reel tape recorders very well, Pete ... and the heavy 'Dansette' record players. :rolleyes: Changed days, eh!?

[joebloggs]

Thanks Sim and Joe, I will listen to them now. When I was about 10 or 11 one of my favorite Buzzcocks ditties was 'oh S**t', I learned a whole new vocabulary after hearing that:D

good job that song has only a few words in it :yikes:

yes not something you can play anywhere :D

[Englishman2010]

good job that song has only a few words in it :yikes:

yes not something you can play anywhere :D

:D After the UK punk scene turned into new wave and new romantic in the early 80's, I got into the US hardcore bands. The Dead Kennedy's - Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables album always got a postive response when I asked my dad if I could play a tape on his car stereo:rolleyes:

[les_taxi]

the first record player I saw was when older brother came home on leave from the army and remember him playing Can The Can by Suzi Quatro

but could not work out why when he put it on the second time it was a man singing a slower version :Erm:

33.1/3 speed. I remember getting a record player with autochanger-awsome.

6 records at once was the limit as it would start to slip about great memories:)

[grahamw48]

I guess my boy (17) is lucky, because old as I am, I like most of the current stuff, and we both love heavy rock/metal.

He plays lead guitar in a local band, and I'm happy for him to practice in the next room...his 'music room', at mega-volume.

Fine by me, as I dulled my hearing years ago listening to Black Sabbath, etc. :icon_lol:

[Notavirusalso]

crazy horses....the osmonds

[gWaPito]

Having 3 sisters, 2 much older than me, music was always going to be a big deal in our house. My first memory was 'twist and shout' by the Beatles. There after is was Elvis Presley based, post 68 come back The Vegas years. Lawdy Lawdy miss Clawdy was another from that 68 spec what stands out for me Worth taking a look on youtube. My first record was Come on feel the noise by Slade. Quo was another group i liked until they also sold out to the masses. My fav album is dark side of the moon. Both Jane and i still play it. Im not stuck in the past though. I even like that song by those Korean chicks Nobody Nobody but you. Yes My standards have dropped !

[grahamw48]

Quo were the first live band I saw play.

1968, York. Cost 50p. :)

Dark Side of the Moon is also my favourite album.

Saw them play live in 1970. Fantastic !

[gWaPito]

You were a lucky man Graham ! I didnt see Floyd or Quo in there prime but i saw them live at the live aid gig in 85. In my eyes they were not the same band when Lancaster jumped ship. Hey 10 bob in those days was half my brothers weeks wages ! My bro took me and his gf to see the Stones in hyde park I was only 9 but I do remember the sweet smelling roll ups they were smoking

[grahamw48]

Here's where I saw Floyd...plus one or two other not too bad bands. Great weekend for £2.50, and red hot too. I was 18. :)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5808/bathfestivalposterkm9.jpg

[gWaPito]

Goodness me Graham, could you imagine going to see the likes of pink floyd and Santana 3 years down the line from when you saw them ?. I wonder if you can remember how Born to be wild played out live ? I see you kept your ticket. I never did to do that, i wish i did now !

[Terpe]

Here's where I saw Floyd...plus one or two other not too bad bands. Great weekend for £2.50, and red hot too. I was 18. :)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5808/bathfestivalposterkm9.jpg

WOW Graham. That must have been a really awesome weekend :xxgrinning--00xx3:
Looking back it just seems such a historical gig. And to think I missed that.

I am also a big fan of Pink Floyd. Got every single and every album (including all the booklets)

[stevie c]

im grew up listening to elvis presley & the first song i remember was teddy bear:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[gWaPito]

I didnt like all floyd's stuff. Another brick in the wall was for me, a sell out to the masses. Could you imagine Floyd doing that stuff in 73 I for one, cant. There dark side of the moon shot then to the stars then the promoters jumped on the bandwagon. Same with the Quo, they did that rocking all over the world thing at live aid but, that was so far away from there 60's pictures of match stick men.. Changing the subject, i saw guns and roses in the 80's at wembley, slash was awesome. Although not as good as the trio I saw in Oakland 1977 playing free bird. We didnt get to see Elvis He died on us ! At the time it was heart breaking. No puns intended. My first wages bought the latest record player The second bought the Beach boys greatest hits the 3rd I bought Quo's blue for you double album from Woolworth I think it cost £3.99.

[grahamw48]

Santana and Pink Floyd were the bands I enjoyed most at the festival.

The whole thing was a kind of Woodstock follow-on tour, hence several of the same bands as appeared at Woodstock.

'Donovan' turned up too, and played free of charge for about an hour.

That is actually a small poster that came with the ticket, and I still have the ticket.

Steppenwolf were great, and of course topical too, as their music was on the 'Easy Rider' movie, a cult film that year, and which I also went to see.

1970 was a good time to be 18. :) That year I left home and moved down to London for about a year....tail end of Carnaby St and King's Rd scene. I had a flat just off Kings Rd. Think...Austin Powers. :icon_lol:

I'm a big fan of 'Free', and their single 'Alright Now' was out that year, and I also went to Deep Purple and Black Sabbath concerts around that time.

I agree about the early Floyd (Syd Barrett era) being better...to my ears anyway, and also that Status Quo went downhill (in a commercial sense) too.

Still love and play the music of all those bands, not to mention Hendrix, the Stones, Kinks and Who from my earlier youth. :)

My son plays lead guitar in a rock band now, and he has great respect for people like Hendrix , Clapton, and Carlos Santana, so we always have some good (loud!) sounds on.

[gWaPito]

What is it about turning 17 or 18 for us guys. 77 was my year for a number of reasons I wont go into on this public forum but, apart from the travelling and being able to see my rock hero's it was the year I got my first proper bike, a Suzuki GT 750. You mentioned that cult film with Dennis Hooper, a proper mans man, lived it just like on the film. It was that film that started me on bikes. I got a car as well the year after That was a Citroen DS You didnt need a venue for a party owning a car like that It was massive ! Only car I have owned where the headlights moved when you turned the steering wheel. One more thing, the summer was never ending and of course it never rained.

[grahamw48]

I enjoyed all the 70s (was sensible not to get married til 40 :icon_lol:).

Remember Donna Summer from 77 ?
Bought my first house end of 77.

I was running around in this that summer. :)

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[gWaPito]

So what happened after 40, was it a mid life crisis and you got yourself married ? I agree about the music of the 70's so good. Rock at the start with the disco at the end and Yes I do remember Donna Summer Love to love you baby The first orgasm on record, so we were led to belive. I belived it. What 17 yo wouldn't. I think top of the tops had it banned. How times have changed. How about John Travolta and Saturday night fever. I loved that era too. I wasn't keen on the New Romantics a bit too gay for my liking although there was still some great stuff coming out like Whitesnake and I think Robert Plant fronted that band. Im not a keyboard warrior Its all from memory im afraid, so forgive me if im incorrect. So Graham, you had your youth unhindered then saved it all til later. Very wise man

[grahamw48]

I always thought that Donna Summer record was a bit of a landmark...whatever your taste in music. I just loved the sound production on it....er, and the noises. :)

Also Elvis died that summer didn't he ? I'm sure August 16th is stamped in my brain somewhere.:Erm:. One of those unforgettable days.

Also that was the time, well 76, when Punk Rock came crashing onto the scene. I also like the anarchy of that. Later there were bands like Police and Elvis Costello. Bought that stuff as well, and the 2 Tone, Specials, UB40 etc, not long after that.

Don't think I ever grew up really. :icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

So Graham, you had your youth unhindered then saved it all til later. Very wise man

:hijacked: me!] But just wanted to say, I was kinda the opposite :rolleyes: ... in the sense that I got married for the first time at the "tender" age of 23 (not all that unusual in the late 1960s) ... was widowed at 47 ... and spent my fifties "re-living" my teenage years. Finally settled down again at 64 (obviously still "needed" - contrary to The Beatles' portrayal of the genesis of one's gradual decline!). Apologies for having veered ever so slightly :icon_offtopic:!

[Arthur Little]

Here's where I saw Floyd...plus one or two other not too bad bands. Great weekend for £2.50, and red hot too. I was 18. :)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5808/bathfestivalposterkm9.jpg

Y'know, Graham ... that ticket would be "worth a packet" nowadays :rolleyes: ... although I suspect there's no way you'd ever want to part with it for ... sentimental reasons alone!

[gWaPito]

Im just the same Graham I bought all those too. Music lovers never grow tired of it. Jane my wife have so much in common Music being one of them. Yes Elvis died August 16th I remember what and where I was when the news was being read. very sad Only 42 yo. But hey That is what rock and roll stars do Right. I remember that I feel love song as if it where yesterday Another awesome record. The start of my disco days. Sex pistols too never mind the b's I bought that album. My Dad was not pleased with it! That wld come a close 2nd to Floyd's master works. Im not going to say those days were the best and the music today is rubbish that wld be wrong. I still love music all music as longs as its good, of course.

[joebloggs]

I enjoyed all the 70s (was sensible not to get married til 40 :icon_lol:).

Remember Donna Summer from 77 ?
Bought my first house end of 77.

I was running around in this that summer. :)

4555

my brother had a nova kit car in the late 70's with the remote controlled roof , it use to go crazy :crazy: some times, gonig up and down on its own :icon_lol:

simliar to this one..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aEAqU03Tn0

[shrek48]

i was brought up on frank sinatra and still have all his albums :omg:
but i remember hudson ford with pick up the peices for some reason and helen ready ???? no idea why. loved dark side of the moon .mixed bag for a mixed up bloke :D
:olddude:

[Sim11UK]

I always liked the theme song, that Donna Summer sang from the film 'The Deep'.

The film was quite memorable (or mammorable?) with Jacqueline Bissett diving in a white T-shirt. :xxgrinning--00xx3::D

[Ako Si Jamie]

Not sure really although I recall hearing 'I've got a brand new combine harvester' in my early years and some Carpenters stuff.

First record I bought was a single from Woolworths in 1984 by Talk Talk called 'Today'.

[les_taxi]

I always liked the theme song, that Donna Summer sang from the film 'The Deep'.

The film was quite memorable (or mammorable?) with Jacqueline Bissett diving in a white T-shirt. :xxgrinning--00xx3::D

My favourite Donna Summer song too:xxgrinning--00xx3: