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Cathys Clown-Everly Brothers. cheers.
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Now we're Thru, the Poets.
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Bought 2 at the same visit :-
Elton & Kiki - Don't go breaking my heart Mxnfred Mxn's Earthband - Blinded by the light  |
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invicta, I saw The Poets live, magic. cheers.
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never had the opportunity bairn, managed by the stones manager I think, good band, love the guitar intro on the record.
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Wig wam bam
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Tiger Feet by Mud, from a record shop in Tooting.
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Johnny Tillotson Poetry in motion my mate's mum thought it was 'Up a tree in motion' - yes I know ha ha!!!
BSA Bantam days round the back of the garages, giving 'pillions' to the girls on the estate singing 'UPATREE'. Skirt lengths started to rise, then the beatles blew this stuff into the weeds to be finished off by the Stones. At least that is how I remember those years it is all a bit of a blur. ha ha!!! |
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black shuck • October 19, 2018 6:37 AM BST
Wig wam bam Ironically the first LP I ever bought was The Sweets Biggest Hits  |
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Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
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David Bowie -Space Oddity
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Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good
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The only 45 I've ever bought was the Floral dance by Terry Wogan.
I bought it s a present for someone. |
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Andy Fairweather Low Wide Eyed and Legless
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Happy Birthday - Altered Images, on my birthday as it happens.
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B Bumble and the Stingers - Nut Rocker...
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Get Back - The Beatles.
Johnny Mustang - was the record shop very close to Tooting Broadway underground station? |
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Sugar Sugar by The Archies ….ex juke-box with the false middle
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Yes it was Blackrock but I can't remember its name. Sometimes I'd head into Mitcham where there was a record shop on Fair Green.
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Tiger Feet for me too, Johnny!
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Used to live in Tooting and much later worked in Mitcham. Went back to Mitcham last year - boy has it changed.
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Tiger Feet swoops into an early lead then.
Tell me about it Blackrock. I think the best thing I can say about it is I'm pleased I don't live there anymore. |
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I'm pretty sure it was Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas, early 70's
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I didn't buy it myself but it's the first one I heard. My older sister bought it.
Easybeats. Friday On My Mind. Still one of the greatest CHOONS of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJLoYd8xak |
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Hoot and a holler by Don Lang and his Frantic Five. Followed by Cradle of Love by Johnny Preston.
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Mouldy Old Dough....What A Tune.
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What becomes of the broken hearted by Jimmy Ruffin.
It was a choice between that and Tears of a Clown which I bought the following week. |
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Message In A Bottle. - The Police
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Actually, I might have bought an early 45...
It was Congratulation on one side but the song I really liked was The Banner Man. Originally by Blue Mink..it was some K-Tel type rip off. |
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I HAD SEVERAL 78RPM RECORDS,BUT THE FIRST 45RPM RECORD I BOUGHT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT IN 1960 WAS MY OLD MANS A DUSTMAN BY LONNIE DONEGAN THE B SIDE WAS MY FAV LONNIE DONEGAN SONG I WANNA GO HOME .I WAS 10 MY OLDER FRIEND UP THE STREET HAD A WIND UP RECORD PLAYER THAT ONLY PLAYED 78RPM .HE SOLD IT ME FOR UNDER HALF PRICE 3 SHILLINGS .
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MY MAM WORKED AS A CLEANER AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND A BROTHER(that's what they called the teachers there)LIKED MY MAM AND HE GAVE US THEIR OLD GRAMAPHONE FROM THE SCHOOL .IT HAD A SCREW ON IT AND YOU COULD ALTER THE SPEED OF THE RPM BY TURNING THE SCREW.
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MY MAM WAS VERY ILL IN BED I WAS 10 .I WAS EXCITED I SAID I CAN BUY LONNIE DONEGAN LATEST RECIRD FOR 3SHILLINGS CAN I HAVE THE MONEY .WE HAD NO MONEY IN THEM DAYS .SHE SAID NO A FIRST .SHE THEN TOLD ME TO GET HER LITTLE PURSE AND SHE GAVE IT ME .THAT 3 SHILLINGS MEANT MORE TO ME THAN ALL THE OTHER MONEY SHE GAVE ME IN MY LIFE .SHE WAS ILL AND HAD HARDLY ANY MONEY BUT GAVE HER LITTLE BOY THAT 3,SHILLINGS TO MAKE HIM HAPPY ?I CAN STILL SEE HER SAT IN HER BED ILL TRYING TO SCRAPE THE MONEY TOGETHER
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Cars by Gary Numan in WH Smith.
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remember you're a womble by strangely enough the wombles, and do you wanna touch by paul gadd.
 . they were the first 2 i can remember. |
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Vinyl is making a big comeback. Some of the old records are going for a small fortune.
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Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys (Recorded January 5, 1963, Released March 4, 1963)
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i use to old records that if they dropped to the floor they would break,think they were made of delph ,how much is that doggy in the window was the record i liked ,but i remember paying 7s -6d for a record called speedy gonzales (fecking 3 half crowns) i think it set me on the wrong road in life.
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Sugar ,The Archies .
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Think it was ''Fire'' by U2 1981 couldv'e been gloria one of those,off great album great music at the time when they were just starting out before becoming massive and more commercial..
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