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  1. devonFRATTONiser

    devonFRATTONiser Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    What was the first single you ever bought?

    Just to be awkward my first ever purchase was not one but two records.

    One was on its way out of the charts, having spent 3 weeks at number one

    [video=youtube;0PgEUEhCOng]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PgEUEhCOng[/video]



    and the other was on its way up the charts, peaking at No.2

    [video=youtube;2w3_PZh0IR4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w3_PZh0IR4[/video]
     
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  2. Jamrag

    Jamrag Well-Known Member

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    10cc - I'm not in love

    Back in the days before wimmin beat the romance out of me and made me all cynical...
     
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  3. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    The first two 45s that I owned were (stolen from my older brother <whistle>).....

    [video=youtube;-LX7WrHCaUA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LX7WrHCaUA[/video]

    [video=youtube;crNI8DtP6IY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNI8DtP6IY[/video]

    The first 45 I went into a shop and bought (can't remember how much it cost) with my hard earned paper round wages was...

    [video=youtube;9Ooq7WPqd5s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ooq7WPqd5s[/video]
     
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  4. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

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    Not a single but the first record I ever bought, I simply cannot remember where, was Holst's Planets Suite.
    This is my favourite, Neptune. Quite rightly as per the composer's stipulation, this performance at the Proms, has the female choir singing off stage to create that eerie sound in the distance.
    [video=youtube;ZQQGi4gN6gI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQGi4gN6gI[/video]
     
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  5. Jamrag

    Jamrag Well-Known Member

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    oooooh, you're sophisticated enough to be an Arsenal fan :emoticon-0103-cool:
     
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  6. Rocky blue army

    Rocky blue army Well-Known Member

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    blockbuster by the sweet .........showing my age now <laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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  7. Rocky blue army

    Rocky blue army Well-Known Member

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    <steam> i come on here to get away from the gooners and now i find another one .wrong part of north london. n17 is much better.<laugh><laugh><laugh><ok>
     
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  8. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

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    I remember the Metropolitan Police band that used to play at Highbury. Very good they were too.
     
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  9. Wooperts_duck

    Wooperts_duck Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    Ah, but does meowth eat prawn sarnies, COYG ?

    Shall we ask him ?!
     
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  10. Wooperts_duck

    Wooperts_duck Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    The E.P. 'Magical Mystery Tour' by The Beatles was (I think) my first purchase. Got the CD now.
     
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  11. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    New Rose by The Damned I think.
     
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  12. PompeyLapras

    PompeyLapras Well-Known Member

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    Not sure if it was a single, but the Little Prince Song by Joseph Mcmanners.

    If that wasn't a single, then I think it was When You Were Young by the Killers. Even though I already had the album. I just wanted the b-side. As it turned out, the Killers subsequently released an album of b-sides which includes the B-Side to When You Were Young. Good album though.
     
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  13. saintrichie123

    saintrichie123 Well-Known Member

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    Call me.... By blondie
     
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  14. Jamrag

    Jamrag Well-Known Member

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    ...and MK Dons are the the best team in Bucks <rofl><grr><rofl><grr>

    Woopert, we have moved on from prawn sarnies and enjoy a cheap hot dog for £3.50 or a lamb roll for an amount I am too embarrassed to mention <whistle>
     
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  15. Rocky blue army

    Rocky blue army Well-Known Member

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    dont even get me started on them parasites coyg :headbang: <ok>
     
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  16. Jamrag

    Jamrag Well-Known Member

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  17. PompeyLapras

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    Good choice.
     
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  18. rednright

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    Donna Summer - Loves unkind
     
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  19. Paulpowersleftfoot

    Paulpowersleftfoot Well-Known Member

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    Oh carol by Neil Sedaka
     
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  20. Rocky blue army

    Rocky blue army Well-Known Member

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    i remember donna summers classic disco hit i feel love now that was a tune
     
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