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Originally posted by doublep
hehe!! 45's... I remember them - just ;-) the first single I ever owned was Let's Dance by Chris Montez a little later than when it came out in 62' around 69'. I aquired it from my mum along with a copy of the West Side Story soundtrack, which was the first album I owned. I was 8 years old at the time and had just been given the old family radiogram when it was replaced with a HI-FI. Don't know if anyone else remembers those - big fuckers they were, made of solid wood and valves, but they sounded great - when I got older it doubled as a hiding place for my porn mag collection! Bet you can't do that with no ipod 
The first album I ever bought myself was Sheer Heart Attack by Queen.
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Dayum! You have no idea how close that sounds to my childhood.. just at the other end of the globe from you :p
I used to think the radiogram record stacker part was just sooooo high-tech LOL
The version of "Lets Dance" I first remember was by Chris Rea though (same song?)....... and the first album I got was "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets. I gave Mum my money and trusted her to buy the "Howzat" album by Sherbet, but she said she couldnt find it and came home with that! It was a bright pink album cover and I thought it was very very gay. (years later it did get played though)
I dont really get into much of the current contemporary music.. grunge was the last good period for radio music imho.