Your First Single

[mmarston]

The local top-40 station, whose logo I've stolen as my avatar, took requests on-air (Telequest!!) and awarded the requestor a certificate redeemable for a 45 at a local record store. You could call in every 2 weeks. I wore my index finger to a nub dialing 322-3434 until it wasn't busy & the DJ answered. Built up a fairly decent collection over 3 or 4 years that way, and of course by using my allowance to pick up another single or two while in the store... as I'm sure the owners intended.

First one was Gary Lewis & the Playboys' "Green Grass."

Best,
Mike

[blackwaterrisin]

I wish I still had this.
I did manage to keep my "Every Breath You Take" 7" which had the awesome "Murder by Numbers" on the B-side.

[Uskoke]

My first was Beatles "Free as a bird" with B-side Christmas time (is here again). Bought about 1997 in the only record shop that survives until now in Iraklion, Discorama.

[Squiffything]

The Baron Knights! Don't ask me what the single was called but it was the parody of Angelo by the Brotherhood of Man, amongst other parodies all in one single. Even then as a young kid humour was bigger than the music

[dobbynobson]

'It's a Fine Day' by Opus III, must have been 1992. Remember standing in HMV with £1 trying to decide which 99p 7" to buy - that or 'Stay' by Shakespear's Sister.

Next two I bought were the re-release of 'It Must be Love' by Madness, and then 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement. For some reason I can remember those 3 purchases very clearly but then have no idea what was next...

[megatrends]

That was an easy remembrance ... The MECO Disco STAR WARS CANTINA BAND 45rpm. I played it often on my Mom's Zenith console stereo turntable with the special adapter for 45s, not the yellow ring but the rectangular adapter that holds several 45s on it so you can play a bunch without changing them.

Musta been 1978.

[meendds]

My first single was a Herman Hermits, but I don't remember which songs. I still have three Beatles 45s that I bbought at a neighbors garage sale for 5 cents each.

[MasterCylinder]

"Tie me Kangaroo Down Sport" and

B side " Big Black Hat " by Rolf Harris

Still have it somewhere.

..... Me to, purchased at Abrams Music Arlington,TX with my lawn mowing money

[OSiRiSsk]

Camo & Krooked - All Fall Down / Breezeblock (Hospital Records, NHS187)

[gvasale]

Its a tossup... Either "Ghost Riders in the Sky" an instrumental, or "Ahab the Arab" by Ray Stevens. Way before 1960.

[dagyuro]

I am a pretty young vinyl enthusiast (15 years old) and the first 45 i bought was "show mw the way" by Peter Frampton. Found it at a 1/2 price bookstore and now i have over 80 45's and 200 some LP's!

[gazatthebop]

I'd like to think it was "Fire" by Arthur Brown but it could have been "Hold me Tight" by Johnny Nash on Regal Zonophone

[parman]

Dave Clark Five~Over And Over/backed with I don't know what?
I looked on the net and see it was #1 in the U.S. in Dec. 65. I'll bet it cost something like 50 cents in a grocery store.

[mmann68]

"Sky High" by Jigsaw. 1975.