I bought so many records from there. Moved to Durham when I was 13 and went to Belmont Comp. Saturday mornings were spent with schoolmates at the ice rink followed by hanging around the statue in the centre. Saturday night was the RMSS at Newton Hall. I remember buying Deadringer For Love on picture disc from Woolies and fairly sure I bought Paranoid there as well. Looking back they were great days. I had to go and spoil it all by growing up.
The first album that I bought was the cassette of Anthrax - Among The Living in the late 80s. Think I bought it from Woolies or, bizarrely, the local newsagent Meesons. Talking of buying music, how expensive were CDs in the 90s and early 00s? I've got a Gomez album with the sticker on and it says £16.49. Crazy.
First albums , Beatles "Please Please Me", Stones "The Rolling Stones" and Eddie Cochrane "The Memorial Albulm" all bought early 60's. still got them earlier only bought or given vinyl singles , really wish I still had them.
I can't exactly remember, but I think my first album was either Live after Death by Maiden, or Ride the Lightening by Metallica. My first single I do remember was summer of 69 by Bryan Adams. I didnt buy means singles, but did buy lots of vinyl. Used to get the bus to Bishop Auckland on a Saturday morning (when I had saved enough pocket money) and spend ages in Brothertons. Then as I I got older and had jobs I would go more regularly and buy more and more. Was a cracking little shop that one and would always order you stuff if needed.
Probably the first music I got was some cassettes given to me and dreamer was one of the songs. Thought they were shìt at the time lol. I like it now. I remember buying a cassette from Woolworths. Mixed bag of songs. Got it home, ****e. Not original artists, Took it back, fewming. Was it k-tel ???
The first album that I bought was Alice Cooper, Killer. I wasn't one for buying singles. I initially bought albums by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rory Gallagher before moving on to Pink Floyd, Focus etc. Then came a real transformation as I discovered Soul, Disco, well more Funk really, and on into Dance music. I think the transition may have had something to do with discovering girls. That could be an interesting conversation, have your musical tastes changed or did you stick to a particular type of music.? If you changed genre why?
Rory Gallagher,love him, discovered him after Deep Purple, but I suppose a lot of the music I like was just background noise as I was growing up, The Beatles, stones, mowtown 60s stuff, nothing much now ticks the box
Very interesting conversation. When I discovered music I was into the guitar driven rock music that I still listen to now. Like you I listened to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. I also moved into also listening to Focus and Pink Floyd. Once I was introduced to the music of Rush there was no looking back. They have remained the only constant in my music life. As for other styles, I guess I’m typical of most. As I youngster and listening to rock and metal I would instantly dismiss anything that wasn’t that as being crap. The older I got though I would listen to other genres that wasn’t rock/metal but generally guitar based. For example, whilst not everyone’s cup of tea, The Smiths were really good. In the mid 1980s I really got into The The. Infected is one hell of an album and one that I’m listening to right now as I type. I suppose that as you get older you realise that the music that was around back then that you didn’t listen to was actually pretty good. My dad had an LP by Marty Robbins called Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Wouldn’t have listened to it then (country music = crap) but now, as a result of a drunken deal, I’m getting a guitar next month, thirty odd years after I last picked one up and I’ll be learning Big Iron from the album to perform on stage next year! So, in short, I still primarily listen to rock and metal but I also listen to reggae, ska/two tone, punk, blues, country, indie and electronic.
Interesting read. Would you say that your musical tastes were a progression as you sought out similar, if slightly different bands? I think the point about being more accepting of others musical tastes is a good one, when you're young and daft you can sometimes discount other genres. I must confess that my musical tastes did broaden markedly as I got older. I was going to say as I grew up but, as my young lady is fond of saying " you've never really grown up". Where as I prefer getting old is mandatory whilst growing up is optional.
I don’t think I consciously sought out other bands/artists I guess I just listened to the stuff that was out there and thought “I like that” and then probably revisited stuff that I dismissed and reevaluated it. I never thought I’d ever go and watch Bad Manners play live, but I did last year.
Some great, and wildly varied musical tastes on here mind. It’s a shame we lost the experience of buying music. Used to spend hours in record shops. Been a revival of sorts but never to the level it was sadly.
I remember taking a record back to a shop because it was scratched , he played it and said nothing wrong with it, he had a 10p bit on top of the stylus, think that was in Sunderland
I like most music but it certainly took a mega dip when they started using synthesisers etc. just don’t like that music, full stop. I also love music now I never dreamt I would listen to when I was a youngan.
The only novelty record I bought was Steve Wright's Gay Cavelleros. I don't think it would be allowed today.
Bought mine in Bergs in Blandford Street at first. There was a canny few shops, Atkinsons , Spinning Disc , New Record Inn , Durham Book Centre ,Hot Rats . South Shields , Savilles and Pete Edmonds.
