Do You Remember The First 45 You Bought?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Wildest cat from montana, Jan 25, 2022.

  1. Paul Chang

    Paul Chang Forum Old Boy, Former Senior Member Has-Been

    Johnny Mathis - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me / The Most Beautiful Girl
    I got it because I just wanted a 45 and there were very few to choose from in that store. Singles were rarities in many places overseas.
     
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  2. John LaMartine

    John LaMartine Lizard King wannabe

    Location:
    Roseville CA
    I'm not sure if I bought this (at age 11) or my older sister got it and then gave it to me...

    Elvis Presley: "Don't" b/w "I Beg Of You", 1958. Have to say, after all these years, "I Beg Of You" is still my favorite Elvis song.
     
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  3. Rick220

    Rick220 Forum Accident

    Location:
    Netherlands
    1976, age 11, my very first 45 bought with my ‘hard-earned’ allowance savings was The Price of Love, by Bryan Ferry.

    Great song, but what also helped it was a 4-track e.p. Good value for money!
     
  4. Limopard

    Limopard National Dex #143

    Location:
    Leipzig, Germany
    Not exactly singles, but there was the AMIGA QUARTETT series in the GDR, containing four (hence the name) tracks on a 45 rpm 7'' disc. I had some of them, the first may have been this one by a-ha.
     
  5. NasuTek

    NasuTek Doktor Kettu

    Location:
    Stockholm
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    This, a book of Syd Barrett lyrics with 7" EP. Not official release, but not illegal either, thanks to Italy´s copyright laws.
     
  6. bever70

    bever70 Let No-one Live Rent Free in Your Head!

    Location:
    Belgium
  7. Segasonic91

    Segasonic91 Forum Resident

    Sadly, it was Ebony & Ivory when I was 4. I really hate that song now. It was not my first single, but the first I bought myself.

    My sister bought Olivia's "Make A Move On Me" at the same time. A far better song that I still like!
     
  8. bertdw

    bertdw Forum Resident

    Location:
    Philadelphia, Pa
    I clearly remember buying my first 45's. I bought two at once, "Signs" by The Five Man Electrical Band, and "Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" by The Fifth Dimension. I still have them!
     
  9. DropDeadLegos

    DropDeadLegos Forum Resident

    Location:
    Tennessee
    "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder and "Rock N'Me" by The Steve Miller Band, 1976
     
  10. Wild Horse

    Wild Horse Forum Resident

    Location:
    California
    I think it was a Smith & Wesson.

    I was 8 years old.

    My mom thought that may be too much gun for an 8 year old.
     
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  11. arthurprecarious

    arthurprecarious Forum Resident

    Location:
    North East England
    Don’t judge me - “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in The West)”. I was 14 and Benny Hill was the funniest man on Earth! I have it framed on my wall!
     
  12. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

    Location:
    Honolulu
    Bonus points for you if you scored the picture sleeve for Aquarius!
     
  13. Peter Mork

    Peter Mork Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boston
    I liked the sound he makes when he walks up to somebody.

     
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  14. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

    Location:
    Levittown. NY
    Why, “sadly”? E and O is an excellent song (and I don’t throw out 80’s McCartney compliments all that easily).
     
  15. Not sure but I think it might have been Maybe Baby/Tell Me How by (Buddy Holley and) The Crickets.

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  16. Wild Horse

    Wild Horse Forum Resident

    Location:
    California
    I thought I'd already posted in this thread, so I made a lil' joke post above, but after reading the thread I see the photo I posted is gone, and I didn't post the title of the 45.

    Make sure you title your images, kids, because the hot link police will make the photos disappear.

    My first 45 I bought was "Rocket Man". I was 10.
     
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  17. Pianoman99

    Pianoman99 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Frankfurt
    It could have been Bananarama "Cruel Summer" or David Bowie "China Girl" in August 1983.
     
  18. danasgoodstuff

    danasgoodstuff Forum Resident

    Location:
    Portland, OR
    Paperback writer/Rain, when it was new with $ from my paper route, Ashland Daily Tidings, I was 11. Wore it out.
     
  19. Bullis

    Bullis Forum Resident

    Location:
    Niagara County
    Spirit in the sky. Norman G
     
  20. pscreed

    pscreed Upstanding Member

    Location:
    Land of the Free
    Brownsville Station “Smokin’ in the Boys Room/Barefootin”. So there were early warning signs :)
     
  21. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader Thread Starter

    Location:
    ontario canada
    Just curious...what was the b-side?
     
  22. Con

    Con Forum Resident

    Location:
    Ireland
    Kim Wilde The Kids in America was my first 45 , I live in Ireland and I'm 53 now :edthumbs:
     
  23. Con

    Con Forum Resident

    Location:
    Ireland
    I remember the video :love:
     
  24. john lennonist

    john lennonist There ONCE was a NOTE, PURE and EASY...

    My older brother bought the first 45 that I can recall in our household... for his 12-year-old (or thereabouts) birthday party:


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    I still have the 45 and pic sleeve (just like the one pictured above, but that photo is one I got on the interwebs)
     
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  25. Galley

    Galley Forum Resident

    Vicki Lawrence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
     
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