First single and / or album and what it says about you

It doesn’t have to be cool…in fact it’s better if it isn’t.

Single - Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel
Album - Regatta De Blanc by The Police

I’m a melancholic swine with a taste for cod reggae

Cassette - Top Hits 1982 or something I bought it for The Go-Go’s track
Vinyl - “Vienna” - Ultravox

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lp - star wars ost performed by the royal philharmonic orchestra (still play it today!)
12" - either ghost town, specials or rocket, herbie hancock, (my sister was a punk so this used to piss her right off)

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Dreaming by Blondie 7” from Boots in Eastbourne. Had to go back for an adapter as it had a big hole in the middle. Honestly cant remember the first LP, lot of home taping going on back then.

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First record that I bought for myself was Ice T’s ‘The Iceberg’ LP, actually I asked my mother to buy it for me from Spin Inn records in Manchester.
So Gangsta!

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no idea what the single would have been - i bought a lot of singles from the fred meyer music mart.

the first LP was probably cheap trick’s “dream police”.

i still like dreaming, but i got no love for the cops.

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Single-Gazza & Lindisfarne, Fog on The Tyne
Album-Belinda Carlisle, Runaway Horses.

Plausible purchases for an 8 year old?

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Single Ghostbusters theme
Album Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation

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DJ Shadow In/Flux 12"

Single was either:

Rainbow / All Night Long
or
B A Robertson / To Be Or Not To Be

I remember my grandmother talking me to the shop and buying them for me. So which ever of those came first, that’s the one.

As for an album it was was Adam and The Ants / Kings Of The Wild Frontier or Madness – Absolutely both 1980 albums, not sure which I got first.

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First 7" was Blondie - Union City Blue.
First LP was Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming.

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First single was Another brick in the wall, first album “deep breath” a Barry Manilo album with the song Mandy on it… Long story and I was only 8 or 9… Still have both but no cover for the PF one… The Manilo album is just a picture of his head…

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Single - One Love (Stone Roses)
LP - Stone Roses

Yes. I’m from Manchester… :wink:

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Album FGTH Welcome to the Pleasure Dome

Single Paul Hardcastle N N N Nineteen

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No Limits! by 2 Unlimited.
despite it charting this was seen as a weird (/“gay”) choice because everyone else was on the Ugly Kid Joe tip. just an eight year-old who liked catchy melodies, repetition and having a good time.

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LP: Showaddywaddy Greatest Hits, must have been 1977.
Single: Amii Stewart Knock On Wood & M Pop Muzik, both 12" bought at the same time from WHSmith in Daventry, 1979.

I don’t know what these purchases say about me, it must have been the endless appearances on TOTP that got me!

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Single: Oleta Adams ‘get here’ (7”)
Album: Bros ‘push’ (or 5star - can’t remember which was first).

…I’ll get my coat.

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First single- Hanson mmbop
First album- spice girls spice world
Both on cassette
Real talk
Luckily later on i started stealing my older brothers music- chemical brothers etc

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Tape - Mr Blobby

CD - Coolio - I’ll See You When You Get There

Vinyl - M Factor - Come Together

Put them together and it’s Amnesia 7am. Trust.

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Techno, techno, techno, techno beats faux grunge any day of the week