[Closed] What was the first single you ever bought?

I'll be your long haired lover from Liverpool.
Jimmy Osmond.

It was either "Hole in my Shoe" by Neil or "Run to the Hills (Live)" by Iron Maiden. I can't remember which one but both were on 7" and from WHSmiths

We Are Detectives, by The Thompson Twins. It was shite.

Either...

System Addict by Five Star
Bad by Michael Jackson

Or

This ole house by Shakin' Stevens

Ride a white swan - T.Rex It cost 37p at our local record shop.

Yes, I'm old! I still love the song though.

J.Geils band - Centrefold. 20p from the church fair.

I was feeling flush and bought 3 in one go

Def Leppard - Hysteria
Madonna - who's that girl
Shakin Stevens - what do you want to make those eyes at me for

not proud of two of those

The Jam, Town called Malice.

Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army

Star Trekkin by The Firm
Got to be Certain by Kylie

The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode, 99p on cassette with my own money, or the theme from Monkey on 7" but that would have been bought by my parents for me.

I still listen to both. 8)

Ben E King - Stand By Me

(When it was used in the Levi's ad/ film, not the 1950s!)

Kenny - The Bump..timeless classic

Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson 1961

Pulp - Common People (1995)

Had my finger on the pulse age 12 - dunno what happened...

Edit: It's all about the b-side really

was more of an album buyer but think it was dec 66 I Feel Free by Cream or Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe

Oh Julie - Shakin Stevens

John Menzies, High St, Annan. 1982.

(A few Sir Shakeys on here already I see...!)

"Grease is the word" from the film. I was about 6 1/2 at the time. I feel dirty now

It was from Dickenson Rd market in Longsight, near my Nanna's house. Is it still there?

Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison when I was a nipper.

Christmas present for my Dad.

Actually not a bad tune.

Iron Maiden "Run To The Hills"

Circles in the sand - Belinda Carlisle, I think. On 7".

First album was Buffalo Stance, by Neneh Cherry...

Complex, Gary Numan, single
The Hurting, tears for fears, album

New Order, Confusion.

I didn't buy it myself, but I was given it...there's an interesting backstory involving a flat sold at auction in Manchester and several piles of boxes.

Lene Marlin
Sitting down here

Bregante - Member

Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army

Me too!

Bought it with "I Don't Like Mondays" - Boomtown Rats

Hey Fatty Boom Boom by Carl Malcolm in a long since gone record shop in North Cheam in 1975.

Can't recall the price.

Was never a 7 inch single buyer so don't recall exactly as they were just not significant to me, but had to buy Crass singles as they weren't on albums, so probably one of those, probably Big A little A.

Sparks - This Town ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (1974 !)

Less cool perhaps was buying Waterloo from Abba

Some great songs above esp Town Called Malice but I think @dallas wins for T-Rex

1990 - Do the Bart man on cassette.

Uptown Top Rankin by Althea and Donna on 7".

My first record player could play at 78rpm. The above sounded very amusing at that speed, as did the Smurf Song at 33 rpm

Dexy's Midnight Runners. Come On Eileen.

Could have been worse I guess.

Waterloo by ABBA from Andy's Records in Peterborough.

808 state v UB40, 1 in 10. I was about 14 and had previously just robbed stuff off my older sister.

I have never bought a single.

I should explain that it was mostly because I didn't want to spend the money, I'd rather buy albums

To my eternal shame... Shaddap you face by Joe Dolce. If you don't know it, I'd advise that you don't look it up

Peaches - The Stranglers (IIRC it's in the loft)

I think I bought two at the same time first, Stars from Dubstar and Roll with it from Oasis.

Eton Rifles - The Jam

I could have ended up being a mod but the veered off into rock music after buying it.

Shaddap you face by Joe Dolce. If you don't know it, I'd advise that you don't look it up

Was a madda you, you gotta no respect 🙂

I remember it well

I had a bunch of TV21 EP's with episodes from Stingray, Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5, which don't really count, and I can't remember if I actually bought those myself, or they were bought for me, but the first actual music 7" single I bought was Albatross by Fleetwood Mac, 1968, followed by Dragonfly, also by the Mac, in 1970.
Really didn't by much in the way of singles, used to buy albums on cassette, or tape stuff from the radio, holding the mic of my little Philips N2204 portable cassette recorder, or tape borrowed albums from mates.

Down Under - Men at Work.

Vibes in Bury for about 90p

The Clash - should I stay yaddah yaddah 2nd time round though!

Album twas Transvision Vamp Velveteen

Vanilla Ice on cassete.

HA 😀

Mine was Do the Bartman on cassette too!

Blur - Parklife.

Flash by queen.... Straight after I watched the film. Still got it

Not sure which I bought first,it's a long time ago,but the first 3 records I bought were;
Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson (reissue)
Rat Trap Boomtown Rats
Best Friends Girlfriend Cars.
I notice vinyl album's are coming back these days,not seen any new 7" singles though.

DP, soz.

Kung Foo Fighting.
My cousin actually bought it, but I annoyed her so much she gave it to me.
🙂

Wild Side of Life by the mighty Quo was the first with my own money, I think.

Melanie - Brand new key (to a combine apparently)

Rock me Amadeus by Falco and Why can't this be love by Van Halen

Both 12 inchers 😉

First albums-
Now that's what I call music 4 and the Hits volume 1.

This from Talking Heads - and I still enjoy the song as much today. When first heard it playing on the radio my Aunt (who worked in local Woolworth's Record Dept) put a copy aside for me when they came in. It was treasured object on account of catchy and surreal awesomeness. Also, did you know David Byrne is also a cyclist and wrote a book about it? I only discovered this in recent years. Yeah!

Cool For Cats by Squeeze.

Pink vinyl too, as was the rage back then

some great songs coming, earworms almost every one. I've still got a ton of old 7 and 12" records in the loft somewhere, will have to get them down and go through them one day!

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I'll get my coat..........

😆

Shaddap you face- joe dolce!

Ernie, by Benny Hill 😳

no more heroes by the stranglers. pretty sure i can still remember the price, 79p i think.

ask me what i did yesterday tho and er.......

In my defence I was 6 at most and it came out of the bargain basket at Arnotts Department Store (on George St if you can remember that far back). Might have been the princely sum, of 10p or such much.

Having listened to it for the first time in probably over 40 years I'm impressed with my taste at such an early age.

However the single I should've bought was Silver Machine by Hawkwind. Man I loved that one....

Or something by Slade.

I always tended to buy albums, but I think the first singles I bought were Soundgarden's Spoonman, and Pantera's Walk (two different versions with differing b-sides). I was about 13 and on holiday with a friend's family in Wales. I also bought a range of beaded bracelets...

van halen jump

My Old Man's a Dustman by Lonnie Donegan, 1960. I was 4.

Possibly
Wham - Club Tropicana
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
(both 1983)

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Paula Abdul-Opposites Attract, from Aberystwyth Co-op

Young,Gifted and Black, by Bob and Marcia.

Milk and Alcohol by Dr Feelgood

7" of pure wonderfulness purchased from Our Price.

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Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Peaches - The Stranglers

Superwomble by the Wombles.

Stranglers - Guildford's moment of street cred (apart from Cathedral used in the Omen)

Jamba derailed by the Wombles 😆

And saved by a ninja edit!

I was gonna say Who Made Who by AC/DC. But the proximity of this thread to the SPitting Image one reminded me it might have actually been the Chicken Song.

First album was Flick of the Switch on cassette.

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I was 6 so more like first single I asked for and my mum bought for me. First I remember buying myself was Tom's Dinner, Suzanne Vega

Whigfield - Saturday Night, for my crimes.