Put Your Records On

[Dez]

My husband bought me my first record player last week! I'd been wanting one for a while.

So do you still have a record player? What was your first record?

 

[johnlou]

hi Tania , no i don't have a record player anymore , the 1st record i bought was by the Monkey's ( their 1st ) must have been back in 1967 i think

 

[Halcyon]

So one of the many other hats I wear is I'm also a DJ ... some of my electronic dance music collection is on vinyl. Drum & bass, breaks, house, trance. Got a Technics 1210 circa 2003. Beautiful piece of equipment. Love records. Very tactile, I think it gives the music more meaning if you have a visual/solid relationship with the format. and record cover artwork/liner notes. Soooo good! x

I think my first record was mum's original copy of Jesus Christ Superstar the Broadway musical. Followed closely by The Best Of ABBA. What was yours?

 

[XLNC]

Ah, halcyon days indeed...

'The Best of ABBA was one of the biggest selling vinyl albums in Australian history, selling over a million copies. At one stage RCA Records couldn’t keep up with the demand for the albums in the country's shops, and copies had to be pressed under licence by a rival record company. In both countries, this album charted better than all the other ABBA releases.'

Sadly, I never bought a vinyl record myself (cassettes were the medium I began collecting with my pocket money for the Walkman), but I think the first vinyl singles that were purchased on my behalf -- when I would've been around five or six -- included Rhinestone Cowboy and LA International Airport (I was into cowboys and aeroplanes big time). Still love those songs.

PS. My first cassette was ABBA's The Singles: The First Ten Years and, years later, first CD was Super Trouper.

 

[Purple Haze]

I have a cellar full of records. Elvis Elvis Elvis Oh and Al Green. Don't have a record player though.

 

[Happy2]

Like you Hana I to have a large collection of vinyl
I was chatting with a friend about music last week and went through the collection Found some gems

But I believe the first I bought with my own money was Dirty deeds done dirt cheap by Acca Dacca

Still has the price sticker Any of the younger generation want to have a guess at the price ?

 

[XLNC]

$2?

 

[Happy2]

$2?

You are OLD enough to know better Your XLNC

 

[XLNC]

$1.99? (This could go on ad infinitum.)

 

[Happy2]

OK $3.99

 

[Lord Spikey]

First single was Popcorn by Hot Butter, back in 1972
First album was The Essential Beatles, also released in 1972.

 

[Amanda Secrets]

Love em, and still have a huge collection from my younger years lol. Think one of my first vinyls I actually bought myself was donny osborne lol 12th of Never, came out 1973 whilst I was still back home in UK and played all over our local high school!! 1975 bought Tangerine Dream - Phaedra, and I remember buying Struttin - TMG in 78!! great albums still have and enjoy!!

 

[Amanda Secrets]

First single was Popcorn by Hot Butter, back in 1972
First album was The Essential Beatles, also released in 1972.

Ah I had Popcorn too!! loved it!

 

[HappyPirate]

 

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[Zeus]

So one of the many other hats I wear is I'm also a DJ ... some of my electronic dance music collection is on vinyl. Drum & bass, breaks, house, trance. Got a Technics 1210 circa 2003. Beautiful piece of equipment. Love records. Very tactile, I think it gives the music more meaning if you have a visual/solid relationship with the format. and record cover artwork/liner notes. Soooo good! x

I think my first record was mum's original copy of Jesus Christ Superstar the Broadway musical. Followed closely by The Best Of ABBA. What was yours?

Wow - I almost forgot about that one - Jesus Christ Superstar - it was brilliant in its day.

 

[XTREME]

So one of the many other hats I wear is I'm also a DJ ... some of my electronic dance music collection is on vinyl. Drum & bass, breaks, house, trance. Got a Technics 1210 circa 2003. Beautiful piece of equipment. Love records. Very tactile, I think it gives the music more meaning if you have a visual/solid relationship with the format. and record cover artwork/liner notes. Soooo good! x

I think my first record was mum's original copy of Jesus Christ Superstar the Broadway musical. Followed closely by The Best Of ABBA. What was yours?

Nice would love to hear some of ur mixtapes if u make any

 

[Madam Tracey]

I was young...very young....."She loves you Yeah Yeah Yeah"....would sing and dance.

 

[Halcyon]

Nice would love to hear some of ur mixtapes if u make any

I probably should start recording my sets no two sets are ever the same.

Maybe I could make you one for when I see you? x

 

[Buk]

I have heaps of vinyl and use my record player regularly, cranking up blasts from the past such as Iggy Pop's 'The Passenger' and The Stranglers 'Peaches' with some Tom Waits thrown in, etc,etc. First record was Rolling Stones when at high school...had to smuggle that one into house as Stones considered too outrageous. Thanks for the mammeries....umm I mean memories.

 

[XTREME]

I probably should start recording my sets no two sets are ever the same.

Maybe I could make you one for when I see you? x

Ur too sweet Halcyon

 

[Morgan Sapphire]

I have heaps of vinyl and a quadraphonic system that my mum left me. Sounds awesome! My first record I think was Black Betty by Ram Jam.