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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

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By *appyhumper123Man
over a year ago

hull

Delilah the sensational alex Harvey band, absolute classic

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Delilah the sensational alex Harvey band, absolute classic "

I have to agree. I have two albums from the fantabulous Alex Harvey Band.

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By *appyhumper123Man
over a year ago

hull

Boston tea party, love it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Boston tea party, love it"

I have it on now...........

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

My cringe moment as the first two I can remember buying as a 7 or 8 year old were:

Long Haired Lover From Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond

Nice One Cyril - The Cockerel Chorus

First "proper" single as a teen was Slap & Tickle by Squeeze though so I made up for it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !"

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?"

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

Is this Fab reunion night? Everyone seems to be crawling out of the woodwork...or perhaps that should be put of the record booth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

Is this Fab reunion night? Everyone seems to be crawling out of the woodwork...or perhaps that should be put of the record booth

Who else has popped up?

Dont say soxy is back ffs

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

Maybe South Shields then !

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Those were the days ...Mary Hopkin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love the Kinks. Hence my Fab name x

My first single was Rick Astley-Never Gonna Give You Up

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

Is this Fab reunion night? Everyone seems to be crawling out of the woodwork...or perhaps that should be put of the record booth

Who else has popped up?

Dont say soxy is back ffs

Ah bless...you love her really

Diamond Smiles re-appeared earlier

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

Maybe South Shields then !"

Definitely drank cherry cola

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I bought it from smiths with a 50p record voucher ( they where 49p) and i think it was called rock on david essex

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !

Good old days going into whsmith and listening to them in the little booth before you bought it.

My first gf then had a deep voice and my older brother used to shout out when she called round...its lola for you

Did you meet her in a club in soho ?

Nah at school I was too young for a bar in soho ffs

Is this Fab reunion night? Everyone seems to be crawling out of the woodwork...or perhaps that should be put of the record booth

Who else has popped up?

Dont say soxy is back ffs

Ah bless...you love her really

Diamond Smiles re-appeared earlier "

Ah I had a strange message earlier today from a newish member...wasn't too sure if he'd been here before.

Too late now though...I blocked the bugger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I bought it from smiths with a 50p record voucher ( they where 49p) and i think it was called rock on david essex"

You sure it was decimal...and not half a sheet?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"I bought it from smiths with a 50p record voucher ( they where 49p) and i think it was called rock on david essex

You sure it was decimal...and not half a sheet?

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we werent long into new money

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

First "proper" single as a teen was Slap & Tickle by Squeeze though so I made up for it "

Wasn't that the b-side? A-side was Up The Junction,on purple vinyl of course!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond"

Is that music?

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I bought ‘ Everyday ‘ by SLADE, it would have been 74 or 75, can’t remember how much it cost but I still have it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?"

So very cheeky

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

First "proper" single as a teen was Slap & Tickle by Squeeze though so I made up for it

Wasn't that the b-side? A-side was Up The Junction,on purple vinyl of course!"

No Slap & Tickle was the follow up to Up The Junction but didn't fare quite so well..got to no. 24

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

First "proper" single as a teen was Slap & Tickle by Squeeze though so I made up for it

Wasn't that the b-side? A-side was Up The Junction,on purple vinyl of course!

No Slap & Tickle was the follow up to Up The Junction but didn't fare quite so well..got to no. 24"

Yes I was getting confused with It's So Dirty

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

First album I bought was A Night At The Opera by Queen in 1975, on cassette.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slade..come make some noise....and I ve never stopped making noise lol...also I ve seen the yellow lights go down on mississippi....was listening to them the other day

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?

So very cheeky

One tries?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Is there any music to compare with that of the era?

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I never bought singles, but ma first album was Queen II, on its release date 8th March 1974, with some birthday money which was 3 days before

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?"

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?

Fair but firm?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?

Fair but firm?"

Oh yeah fair for sure

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

"I never bought singles, but ma first album was Queen II, on its release date 8th March 1974, with some birthday money which was 3 days before

One of my all-time favourite albums.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?

Fair but firm?

Oh yeah fair for sure

Same for the Slade post!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?

Fair but firm?

Oh yeah fair for sure

Same for the Slade post!"

One mans medicine is another mans poison

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Showing my age here lol,Puppy love, Donny Osmond

Is that music?

Fair but firm?

Oh yeah fair for sure

Same for the Slade post!

One mans medicine is another mans poison

Some my say

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

since when was 6s 8d 80p?

If there were 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pennies in a shilling, surely the decimal equivalent was 37p?

Was OP one of those for whom the metric system was too complex?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"since when was 6s 8d 80p?

If there were 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pennies in a shilling, surely the decimal equivalent was 37p?

Was OP one of those for whom the metric system was too complex?

Really sorry it was 80d

As in 80 denari as in one third of an old pound.

The D and P was confused as are most DPs on this site!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I never bought singles, but ma first album was Queen II, on its release date 8th March 1974, with some birthday money which was 3 days before

What was your record player?

Mine was a very old Dansette in like a small luggage case

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Launceston

First single for me was Adam & the ants, stand & deliver

The innocence of youth being my mitigating circumstances!

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"I never bought singles, but ma first album was Queen II, on its release date 8th March 1974, with some birthday money which was 3 days before

What was your record player?

Mine was a very old Dansette in like a small luggage case

We had one like that, you could stack the records so when one finished the next one dropped. It played 45’s 33’s and 78’s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I never bought singles, but ma first album was Queen II, on its release date 8th March 1974, with some birthday money which was 3 days before

What was your record player?

Mine was a very old Dansette in like a small luggage case

We had one like that, you could stack the records so when one finished the next one dropped. It played 45’s 33’s and 78’s"

Ah I'm old enough to remember playing at 78's to make them sound like pinky and perky

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

I was a weird one!, but the first ever album I bought read Yes, Close to the Edge, second hand from our local vinyl shop

Loved the album covers as much as the music

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I was a weird one!, but the first ever album I bought read Yes, Close to the Edge, second hand from our local vinyl shop

Loved the album covers as much as the music

Close to the edge down by a river.....

.seasons that pass me by...

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"By the Kinks was the first record (those under 30 google it) that I ever purchased. It was 1970 and it cost 6/- 8d Or 80p in today’s doe.

I bought it from Woolworths and saved up the money from a paper round for which I was paid 25 shillings a week.

I fell in love with music from then on.........what was your first foray in to the wonderful world of choones !"

Kudos to you...

Mine was. Mungo Jerry in the summertime... Also from woolworths.

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By *uvhandle20Man
over a year ago

SE London

I had been lucky, my older sister collected all the 1970s records and played them as loud as possible to the annoyance of my mom. Later I got most of her collection when she moved out.

I have recorded a lot of the music when I was young from Radio Luxembourg on cassette.

The first records I actually bought were Queen's "Jazz" and Eric Clapton's "Just one Night", I have expanded my collection since then

As I was trying to learn the trumpet at that time, I also listened to a lot of recordings of Louis Armstrong (my dad's records) and Maurice Andre's Baroque trumpet (My mum's music). I am neither but still enjoy the music

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