I have three sisters and a brother and I am the youngest by five years, so I didn't get around to buying my own records till I was 10 years old, the album was a goodie, "More Of The Monkees" and it was 1966.
Last week I did a cut and paste job off NME with rock stars telling of the first songs they had bought and I thought it would be interesting to ask my friends, colleagues, peers, what their first songs were.
Which gave me the opportunity to get in touch with my former Creem editor (and a rock star in his own right with Let's Talk About Girls), current Detroit Metro Time Editor Bill Holdship. Bill wrote: "Elvis Presley's "One Broken Heart for Sale" and J. Frank Wilson's "Last Kiss". My first records, as you can see, were 45s. I'm trying to remember what my first album was, other than Broadway musicals I inherited from my mom. I think it may have been the American "A Hard Days Night" – a gift from one of my aunt's boyfriends. But I need to think about that one a little more. By the time I was in junior high, though, it was all about the albums. And I had all of the Beatles and Monkees LPs to date by then. Beatles broke up when I was in ninth grade."
And then more of my friends responded:
Alix Wartell – the sir mix a lot- baby got back single
Andrew Norton – Black is Black – La Belle Epoque – "back in the day"
Barbara Falantano, "The Twist" by Chubby Checker
Ben Buchwald – 45…..Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bert Contestible – the Dave Clark Five's "Bits And Pieces"
Bret Jensen – Siamese Dreams – Smashing Pumpkins
Brian Doherty – Shout At The Devil – Motley Crue
Dan Eurle – Parent's Don't Under Stand- DJ Jazzy Jeff And the Fresh Prince
Dave Machinest (Shinobi Ninja drummer) – George Michael – Faith
Ernie (Jamie Maurer's friend) – Joy To The World – Three Dog Night
Felix Cruz – Menudo's first single.
Feriel Lababed – The Beatles Please, Please Me
Hala El Djaizairy – Reach – S Club 7
Helen Bach – "Free Ride" by Sweet and "Mockingbird" – James Taylor and Carly Simon
Irene Diamond (disco diva) – Hot Rocks – the Rolling Stones "amazing how the songs can bring back the memories instantly. I think I was 11 or 12 when I asked for it for Xmas!"
Jamie Martel – The Slim Shady LP
Joe Steinhardt (of Modern Hut) – "First vinyl was Degenerics – No Comply 7" and Stormshadow – Black Power 7". First CD was Nirvana – Nevermind and Beck – Mellow Gold. First tape I actually bought myself (which would have been the first of anything really) was also Beck – Mellow Gold."
Louba Lababedi – Trash – Alice Cooper
Mary Magpie – "Drops Of Jupiter" – Train
Michael Blauner – The Eagle's Hotel California – 1976 I think which would have made me 10 years old
Mike Dee – Vinyl Version of "Purple Haze" Jimi Hendrix from a thrift store
Mike Nessing – 45 rpm-Happy Jack- The Who; 33 1/3rd-Magical Mystery Tour-Paul and the Insects; CD-XTC-Skylarking
Nadia Diab – Living Doll – Cliff Richards – "I can't remember… no, wait, yes I can".
Sandy de bellis – Rags to Riches – Tony Bennett
Robert Bennet – Dookie – Green Day
Serena Chappel – Buzz Fizz – "Can't remember the track though. Nis and I loved the song sang it on the top of our lungs for hours. Some things never change."
Steve Diamond – "September" Earth, Wind And Fire
Terry Salak – Destroyer – Kiss
Todd Leibowitz – The very first cassette tapes I can remember were Queen’s Greatest Hits, Springsteen Born in The USA, and the Rocky 4 Soundtrack. I remember the very first CDs I purchased…U2’s Rattle & Hum and Faith No More’s The Real Thing.
Woody Fuller – My first album was the Space Jam Soundtrack in '96 hahahaha Got "Sublime" around the same time too, but Space Jam is way more funny.
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