Do You Remember The First 45 You Bought?

It was probably an Elvis 45, but from the ones I can remember, probably be Beatles solo related because I really got into 45s just after the Beatles broke up....

 

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Seriously... it was Yes: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"/"Our Song"

 

Yes! "Shout It out Loud" b/w "Nothing to Lose" by Kiss.

 

"I want to hold your hand" John & Paul

 

Kiss’ Love Gun/Hooligan

I had the album, this purchase only made sense in my 5 year old brain.

 

The Tremeloes-"Silence is Golden"

 

Pretty sure it was The Ballroom Blitz (The Sweet). I was probably 11 or 12, got it at the Ben Franklin store.

 

Hate to admit it, but it might have been Let's Get Together by Hayley Mills.

I was very young.

 

I started buying music in 1969 and the truth is I have never bought a single 45 single. This I guess could be considered and exception...


Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
Label: Sire – 9 21328-2, Reprise Records – 9 21328-2, Mute – 9 21328-2
Format:
CD, Maxi-Single, SRC
Country: US
Released: Sep 19, 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Acid House, Synth-pop

Sort of a single with 8 versions of the same song...

 

I didn't actually buy it, rather I traded a bunch of little plastic soldiers (we called them "army men") for Queen's "Killer Queen" 45. Think it was late 74, but since this is SHF I fully anticipate being corrected!

 

I’m going to guess it was All Those Years Ago by George Harrison

 

Beatles Paperback Writer/Rain on Capitol Records orange/yellow swirl.

 

Spirit in the sky

 

I had a bunch of my parents 45’s, but I think the first one I bought was Mr. Jaws by Dickie Goodman in ‘75. That was the year we went to Florida for vacation and no one was getting in the water.

I also got C.W. McCall’s “Convoy” and Rick Dees “Disco Duck” at some point too.

Looking back, the use of all those song clips would have been cost prohibitive in today’s market.

 

Fling Thing/ Jailbreak. AC/DC.

 

Quiet Riot, "Cum On Feel the Noize" b/w "Run for Cover"

 

Johnny Nash Hold Me Tight:

 

Curious where you lived at that time

 

The Loco-motion - Grand Funk

 

48 Crash/Little Bitch Blue - Suzi Quatro

 

Johnny Horton: The Battle Of New Orleans. Yes I am that old.

 

Same here, but I think my first was "Conquistador" by Procol Harum.

(hey where's @Terrapin Station ?)

 

I know for sure it was 1975, from Sounds records in Astoria, NY. I was five.

The question is, which 45 was it?

By release date, I’m guessing it was Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell.

also possibilities:

• Mr. Jaws by Dickie Goodman
• Boogie Fever by the Sylvers
• Convoy by CW McCall

Pretty sure that it was Glen, though.

 

Me? Bristol Stomp--Dovells! Right off the rack at my local Woolworths!

 

Start Me Up - Stones