1st 45, 33, or 78 you oldtimers bought

[PorkPieGuy]

My first 45

It was either this one:




Or this one (I can't remember)




My first 33 was definitely this one:

[Smitty70]

I remember buying a a Fats Domino 45 before I even heard it. I took it home and plopped on the little RCA player and out comes " I'm walking, yes indeed, and I'm talking, bout you and me......" You gotta love the fat man

[Bluside]

My first LP was "Meet the Beatles"

The first 45 that I bought was "Satisfaction" by the Stones.

Thanks for the memories...

[TaoMaas]

The first record I bought? Or the first one I chose? I was able to 'buy' a number of records without spending my own money because my folks were part of a record club. When there wasn't anything specific my mom or dad wanted, they let us kids choose something. I picked albums by The Ventures for the most part. The first record I spent my own money on was a Chet Atkins LP. The second was one by Wes Montgomery.

[dirkronk]

Originally Posted by Smitty70

I remember buying a a Fats Domino 45 before I even heard it. I took it home and plopped on the little RCA player and out comes " I'm walking, yes indeed, and I'm talking, bout you and me......" You gotta love the fat man

That has to qualify as one of the best "blind purchases" I have EVER heard of. (So-o-o-o much better than my own experience.)



Dirk

[matt986]

My first 45 was The Monkees I'm A Believer / (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone. I think that I'm A Believer was the A-side, but (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone was a pretty darn good B-side.

First 33 was The History of Eric Clapton.

[lmacmil]

I believe it was MTA by the Kingston Trio but who remembers that long ago?

[slewis]

"Old timers???" Watch it there, sonny. And get off my lawn!

My first record, as I recall, was The Beatles' Hey Jude on 45. Played it ENDLESSLY on my little plastic suitcase-type record player in my room. What I wouldn't give to have THAT thing back! And I think the first album I got was Abbey Road. At least I had great taste!...

[difalkner]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Ah yes, Davey Crockett! My little brother wore a Davy Crockett coon skin cap and tee shirt, but he got angry whenever anyone called him "Davey."

I always felt bad for Davey Crockett, getting wiped out at the Alamo along with all those other guys.

- Glenn

I still have, from when I was 6 or 7, my Davey Crockett leather jacket with all the tassels and Ivory (plastic) pieces. But I no longer have my first 45, which was Louie Louie by the Kingsmen.

[Yrksman]

Only just come across this thread.....

First record I got was indeed a 78, in 1959 when I was 7. Tommy Steele 's Little White Bull from the film Tommy the Toreador. I preferred the B side Singing Time and found it recently available for download.

45 is problematic, we didn't get a more modern record player until 1964. I know my sister and I got Sandie Shaw's Always Something There to Remind Me from somewhere and Herman's Hermits I'm Into Something Good. Probably the first 45 single I bought was The Beatles I Feel Fine with She's a Woman on the B side.

First 33 was a proper Beatles LP Beatles For Sale. By that I mean planned and compiled by the group and George Martin. They had no control over what was released in the USA. Over here we got 14 tracks not the standard 10 across the pond.

[Silly Moustache]

Now that the OP has collated all this info - what happens next?

[Muffinhead]

Originally Posted by dirkronk

And who remembers 16rpm records?

There weren't many (I've personally only seen a handful), but a lot of record players had the speed that could be dialed in!

Dirk

When I was in college in the 70s we used to drop acid and play Pink Floyd Ummagumma at 16 rpm. It was so cool.

[zabdart]

My parents were both classical music fans, so the first 78s I was aware of was an album (small box of about a dozen 78s) of highlights from Carmen. I remember how at age 2 or 3 I couldn't get to sleep until I heard it every night. First 33s were probably Toscanini conducting Dvorak's "New World Symphony" and Arthur Rubinstein playing Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto.
My sisters were responsible for the first 45s in the house: Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, and then Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and ELVIS! Then everything changed.

[billgennaro]

"Go Away Little Girl" - Steve Lawrence

Thank God the Beatles appeared shortly thereafter!

[Don Lampson]

The first 78s I remember owning was the multi-disk album of "Bozo and his Rocket Ship. I also had the Disney version of "Wind in the Willows" read by Basil Rathbone, on a 12" 78 rpm format...

I had lots of 78s in the mid to late 50s. I bought mostly "Sun" records, by Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. I had a nice collection of early "Elvis", on RCA Victor too! "Rockabilly" music spoke to me.....

Don