tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post5648360108308694232..comments2023-06-18T14:28:19.967+00:00Comments on Shades of Grey- retired: First records...Shadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-46799374462558241442007-05-20T17:26:00.000+00:002007-05-20T17:26:00.000+00:00Welshcakes, I've still got all my 45s as well. I h...Welshcakes, I've still got all my 45s as well. I had some 78s knocking about that I picked up off others. I don't know when they stopped being sold, I imagine it was the mid sixties but apparently they kept going for another ten years in India.Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-9097490649066412752007-05-20T16:58:00.000+00:002007-05-20T16:58:00.000+00:00Oh, god, a sign of age... "Rock-a-billie" by, I th...Oh, god, a sign of age... "Rock-a-billie" by, I think, Guy Mitchell! [78 rpm]. I've still got all my 45rpms btw.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-62581670086636379232007-05-19T21:02:00.000+00:002007-05-19T21:02:00.000+00:00I also remember being reluctant to return "Moonsha...I also remember being reluctant to return "Moonshadow" by Cat Stevens that I borrowed from a friend.<BR/><BR/>Keep 'em coming folks!Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-90150905851859689032007-05-19T20:59:00.000+00:002007-05-19T20:59:00.000+00:00Layla on a 45rpm single- still got it !Layla on a 45rpm single- still got it !Guthrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-64070913338014761942007-05-18T23:42:00.000+00:002007-05-18T23:42:00.000+00:00I think it was Rockin' Robin by some fairly well k...I think it was Rockin' Robin by some fairly well known formerly black American Artist and his brothers. I also bought some awful stuff around that time, including the Mormon equivalent to our black brothers.Colin Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-82732104040121517002007-05-18T22:19:00.000+00:002007-05-18T22:19:00.000+00:00Yes, I do. On glorious scratchy Decca 7". Only bou...Yes, I do. On glorious scratchy Decca 7". <BR/><BR/>Only bought it in January though - cost 35p!<BR/><BR/>Superb record- good ole Joe MeekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-83330617565816429432007-05-18T19:44:00.000+00:002007-05-18T19:44:00.000+00:00Telstar, by the Tornadoes. Bet no one else has tha...Telstar, by the Tornadoes. Bet no one else has that one.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-25307582780478138962007-05-18T18:33:00.000+00:002007-05-18T18:33:00.000+00:00he first one I almost bought- Morecambe & Wise, fo...he first one I almost bought- Morecambe & Wise, following me around, or some such. I listened to it in the booth at Jeavons in Nc/le & decided I'd get bored with it quickly.<BR/><BR/>I bought Chirpy chirpy Cheep Cheep by Middle of the Road, also Honey Come Back by Glen Campbell, but I can't remember in what order.Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932024.post-32682450290290494172007-05-18T18:17:00.000+00:002007-05-18T18:17:00.000+00:00First record ever bought for me: "Chirpy Chirpy Ch...First record ever bought for me: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"c/o "Co-Co" - akids record bought for my birthday - it had a picture you could crayon in on the back!<BR/><BR/>First one I requested from my mum "wild west hero" by the ELO<BR/><BR/>First one I bought with own money from paper round "stand & deliver" adam ant.<BR/><BR/>Still got 'em and sounding great :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com