1st 45 you bought?

[Eileencc]

What an awesome thread! I've been strolling down memory lane. I have every 45 I ever bought, except for the few that might have gotten too scratched from overuse and a dirty record player needle. (Remember those? Yep, I'm old enough.)

I was incredibly anal about cataloging and organizing my 45s, so I can tell you that 1970 was the big year for me...

My first 5 45s in order were:

1. Candida (Dawn--Later known as Tony Orlando and Dawn)
2. Overture from Tommy (Pete Townshend, The Who)
3. Ride Captain Ride (Blues Image) Just read something about this song being about Sir Francis Drake, the explorer.
4. Hitchin' a Ride (Vanity Fare)
5. Julie Do You Love Me (Bobby Sherman---can't tell you how many times my best friends Bridget, Karen, and I screamed this song at the top of our lungs in my bedroom sitting in front of my little white plastic record player.)

There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to my early taste in music...We all just seemd to like songs that were fun to sing and dance to. Some of my other absolute favorites from that time were:

• Lay Down (Melanie)
• Spill the Wine (Eric Burdon & War)
• I am Woman (Helen Reddy)
• I Think I Love You (Partridge Family)
• Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

I wish I still had a record player to play these old 45s!

[queencityfan]

Originally Posted by local8

Hard to remember the first one i bought as my brothers were 5 and 7 years older than me and there was already a big collection, of which my faves were Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations), Dizzy (Tommy Roe) and Red Rubber Ball (The Cyrkle). One of the first I remember buying myself is War's "Why Can't We Be Friends". I actually own a few albums on vinyl, 8-track, cassette, and CD - mostly because of the different audio systems in the cars my parents owned...

Ok, so I must be your Brothers age, my Mother threatened to burn that Red Rubber Ball 45 if I played it one more time!

[Daddy B]

Never bought a 45, but my first LP was Bob Marley Live At The Lyceum.

[FrankRN]

Isn't a "45" one of those big, black plastic thingy's with a hole in the middle that held two songs (one you liked and one that sucked)?

[Eileencc]

Originally Posted by FrankRN

Isn't a "45" one of those big, black plastic thingy's with a hole in the middle that held two songs (one you liked and one that sucked)?

They weren't that big! But you're right about the song that sucked! Ah, B-sides!

[Sue]

Originally Posted by FrankRN

Isn't a "45" one of those big, black plastic thingy's with a hole in the middle that held two songs (one you liked and one that sucked)?

Yup! The other early one I bought was Kiss - "Beth" on one side and "Detroit Rock City" on the other one. As a girl that sang aloud to "You Light Up My Life," you can imagine which one of these two songs I liked, and which one I thought sucked. Funny - I've changed my mind, now.

[catnhat]

Love this thread ..I remember way back then.... my girlfriend had a record player..We would put down a blanket on the front grass of her home..Set out the 45 player and put our best summer outfits on ..Lay on the grass and get lost in giggles... music..Elvis..The Beatles and soooo many more.....

My First 45
Whiter shade of pale
YouTube - Whiter Shade of Pale
and...
My Boy Lollipop

YouTube - Millie Small - My boy lollipop

and this one is a tribute to the Classic ...Eddie Arnold...

YouTube - Eddy Arnold Make The World Go Away (Original)




This a good site for Oldies Like Me...


Take Me Back To The Sixties

check out the 45's

[FrankRN]

It is so funny that my kids have never even seen a vinyl record or a record player ... (or a film camera). Heck, they don't even have a cd player or CD's. They are on their third generation of IPOD and their second digital camera's. True products of the digital age.

But I can't help feeling as though they are missing out on something. Maybe my weird sense of nostalgia.

[catnhat]

This thread brought back many memories.. I was telling my hubby a few OLD stories tonight...
How
My Brother Walt and his best friend..Jim Sharmen and I were headed from the West side of Saskatoon to the East side to a party..in the 60's..
We set a stack of 45's on top of my Bro's car...Forgot about them only to find the stack still there when we arrived at the party..

[Friday]

I can't remember the first one I bought for ME....I bought so many at K-mart and Woolworths. They were cheap and next to the perfume. *Tigress perfume* Oh man, the memories or trying to be older....
I was a music nut, even young. I DO remember buying one for my sister. I was about 8 and we were visiting Toronto. She wanted Cat Stevens. All I could find was Peace Train. She was so disappointed. I was so sad that I disappointed her.
We have tons of music in the house and STILL have a turn table and that wee bit you stuck in the middle to make the 45 fit.
**sigh**

[local8]

Originally Posted by queencityfan

Ok, so I must be your Brothers age, my Mother threatened to burn that Red Rubber Ball 45 if I played it one more time!

Well, my brother is 50 and i am 43. Did you know Paul Simon wrote Red Rubber Ball?

[Just Lucky]

Originally Posted by local8

Well, my brother is 50 and i am 43. Did you know Paul Simon wrote Red Rubber Ball?

I couldn't remember the song. So I looked it up on youtube.

here's an audio recording of Simon & Garfunkel performing it

[catnhat]

YouTube - The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball

Be right back with.... rubber ball

[catnhat]

Rubber Ball Bouncy bouncy...
YouTube - rubber ball -bobby vee-

[horizon200]

Originally Posted by STOGEY

I don't own any, but I do have a nice 357 magnum.

Scarey...my mind is thinking like Stogey! First thing I thought of when I read the title is a Colt 1911