The first LP or 45 you ever bought (if you can remember...)

[firepoint525]

First 45:  "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Bros.
First album:  Probably Fly Like an Eagle by the Steve Miller Band

I do not still have those originals that I bought back then, but I have replacement copies.  I wore out "Let Your Love Flow" and I now have two 45s of it, one with its original b-side "Inside of My Guitar," and one of those double-sided hit 45s, with "Satin Sheets" on the b-side.  "Satin Sheets" was intended as a follow-up single, but just never became a hit for them.

As for Fly Like an Eagle, it's one of the few for which I have both LP and CD copies.  Ditto for his follow-up album Book of Dreams.

[OldNumber7]

First single: "It's Wonderful" - The Young Rascals (77 cents at Woolworth's)
Firts LP "Golden Biscuits" - Three Dog Night ($3.97 at JC Penney)

[radioman148]

First LP "Golden Biscuits" - Three Dog Night ($3.97 at JC Penney)

Good album. I still have it too.

[1954]

"Dream Lover" Bobby Darin (with picture sleeve)

[deltas69]

I Want To Hold Your Hand..I was 13.......From Randy's Record Shop here in Gallatin..

[TheFonz]

I Want To Hold Your Hand..I was 13.......From Randy's Record Shop here in Gallatin..

Randy's  Record Shop................now there's a memory.  At night we were able to pull in Nashville's WLAC up here in Wisconsin.  Gene Nobles, Hoss Allen , John R.  Back in 1957 Randy's was a sponsor.  They would package 5 or 6 45s together and sell them at a discount.  Lots of early Rock & Roll/R&B............Clovers, El Dorados,  Joe Turner, etc.  I started my record collection with Randy's.

[deltas69]

Yep..Randy was one of the founding owners of WHIN Radio here in Gallatin, founded DOT Records,  was a great guy..I think the store closed in '91..The city had a Randy's appreciation day on the square..I was fortunate enough to help emcee it...being a former DJ at the station..

[oldies76]

Several K-Tel compilations in 1976/77 (Music Machine, Disco Mania, Stars, The Big 50)

First 45 was "Hotel California" in early 1977

[DavidEduardo]

"At the Hop" Danny & The Juniors, 1957. ABC Paramount records with the full color graphics around the rim of the label.

[radioman148]

"At the Hop" Danny & The Juniors, 1957. ABC Paramount records with the full color graphics around the rim of the label.

That was the first "45" I ever bought, but before that I had a few 78s (see previous post).