Try as I might, I cannot. I remember my first album. That was 'Magical Mystery Tour'. That memory is clear as a bell. But my first single? Lost in the fog of time unfortunately. However...among the first was certainly ' Instant Karma' with a picture sleeve. Thought it was very cool. Played it plenty, the b-side not so much.
Apple label reissue of "And I Love Her"/"If I Fell" from the record department of a TG&Y in Lubbock, Texas, 1974.
It’s a tricky one. I was given a few 50s and 60s singles by a neighbour when I got my first record player. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t appreciate them at all. I remember Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks was in there. Cliff Richards’ Travellin’ Light was another. I’d probably love them all now! However, this would be 1972/73. I’d be 9 going on 10 and just wanted the modern chart singles that I heard on the radio. So, the first single I ever chose for myself was Donny Osmond’s Puppy Love. Not something you’d shout from the rooftops, but I loved that song and the B-side (Let My People Go!).
Gosh no, but I remember a handful that either myself or most likely my older brother bought when we were 7-11 years old. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue, Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind, Galveston, By The Time I Get to Px, W. Lineman
I remember the first two, and I am 95% certain I purchased them on the same day: "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John, and "Fame" by David Bowie, both purchased at Smith's Records in the Lake Forest Plaza Shopping Center.
One thing I do recall very well is going into a Zellers store in '71 where they had a huge bin of 45s. Ten for a dollar. Bought a buncha Motown ones.
Rain and tears - Aphrodite's Child and Dizzy - Tommy Roe bought a few months before I actually got a record player
I’d rather have Puppy Love. I remember hearing I’m Alive on the radio and thinking what a dreary by-the-numbers ELO song it was. As the lead single from the exciting music fantasy Xanadu (no one had seen it yet), I thought it was very disappointing.
It was October 1962, the record shop was Rotherys in St. Helens and the single was ‘Love Me Do’, the band? I can’t remember.
I sure do. I bought 3 of them at the same time: "All Night Long" by Lionel Ritchie "That's All" - Genesis "Say Say Say" - Jackson / McCartney
The first single I owned was The Empire Strikes Back Medley (b/w The Force Theme) by Meco. The first single I bought with my own money was ELO's Rock 'N Roll Is King (b/w After All), when I was ten years old.
I'd love to be able to tell you that it was Jeepster by T Rex, but that was the 2nd one I bought. The first was Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West by Benny Hill
Not sure the exact title but I do remember buying Beatles 45's after seeing them on the Ed Sullivan in 1964 with my $0.50 a week allowance as a kid.