What was your first?

[Mardy]

right, here we go, if I can remember

 

First single: Not sure, there are a couple of contenders, one cool, one not so cool, who knows?  (It's almost certainly the not cool one)

First album: You mean like a record? On vinyl? The Wombles. I was a nipper, it was bought for me. Fuck you

First tape: Adam and the Ants-  Prince Charming

First CD: I was really stupidly late to CDs, I held off for 10 -15 years cos I didn't think they would catch on, must have been 24 or 25 when I finally capitulated. So, it was Renegade Soundwave

First download: Would have been on Limewire. When I first got a computer at home, I used to it get all the odd, obscure singles I thought I'd never see again. If I queued them up before I went to bed, I could wake up to as many as 7 or 8 songs. Imagine that. Youngsters today, don't know they're born, etc etc etc

First 'now' album: oooh, good question. Very early. Now 1 or Now 2. I chucked my tapes away a couple of years ago, remember finding them and deciding I really didn't need to keep them.

First gig: Billy Bragg at a Miners' benefit, 84ish or first one that was my choice, Transvision Vamp at Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall.

First glastonbury: 93. Worked on a tractor crew after the event for a couple of weeks. Changed my life.

Age: 44

[TheNoise]

First single: Visage - Fade to Grey, although I do remember buying Racey - Some Girls as a present for somebody

First album: The Aristocats soundtrack.

First tape: No idea

First CD: Suede - Sci-fi Lullabies

First download: First legal was Hozier - Take me to church, no idea on limewire

First 'now' album: Never had one

First gig: Bucks Fizz, Doncaster Gaumont about '84 or '85, my little sister loved them so I took her she would have been 10 or 11.

First glastonbury: 2017

Age: 50

[Harry49]

First single: Barry White - Dont go changin

First album: ACDC - If you want Blood youve got it

First Tape: Did not buy them, just made recordings of albums.

First CD: Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

First download: no idea

First 'now' album: Have never purchased one

First gig: Def Leppard 1980.

First glastonbury: 1983

Age: 52

[Quark]

Oosh, this is gonna be painful.

First single: Bought for Me - Justified & Ancient by KLF & Tammy Wynette on 7" vinyl.  Bought for myself - Wake Up Boo! by Boo Radleys

First album: Bought for me - Killers by Iron Maiden.  Bought for myself (I think) Blood Sugar Sex Magik by RHCP

First tape: Someone who worked for my dad made me a tape when I was a nipper.  I remember it had La Isla Bonita by Madonna and Love In The First Degree by Banarama.

First CD: Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf

First download: It was a less than legitimate download of either Everybody Else Is Doing It.. by The Cranberries or City Of Evil by Avenged Sevenfold

First 'now' album: Now 13.  Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys were on it.  Dark times.

First gig: Local bands at a den of underage drinking called the Oast House. First fest was V97 to see Prodigy.  First "band" gig was Levellers in '98.

First glastonbury: 2009

Age: 36

Edited May 19, 2017 by Quark
Forgot the KLF!

[FuzzyDunlop]

First Single - Bought for me cos I liked it, Dear Jessie (Madonna)

Bought by me - Justified and Ancient - KLF

First Album - Parklife (Blur) wasnt allowed Definitely Maybe cos my mum had got it me.

First Tape: Honestly, never bought one. Had Vinyl and CD.

First Gig - Oasis @ Maine Road April 96

First Gig without my parents - Oasis @ GMEX December 97

First Glastonbury - 2009

Age 33

 

Edited May 19, 2017 by FuzzyDunlop

[Quark]

21 hours ago, slash's hat said:

Lot of don't knows to the first download, just not as memorable as a trip to woolies. 

Our Price thank you very much!

[Charm]

3 hours ago, Mardy said:

 

First tape: Adam and the Ants-  Prince Charming

 

I loved this song so much, I had a special dance that I made my mum and her friends watch at every opportunity. 

Charm x

[SophieBee]

8 minutes ago, Quark said:

Our Price thank you very much!

Deffo Our Price - I remember someone telling me that singles bought in Woolies didn't count towards the Top 40, which I took entirely at face value and so never bought any music from them. Funny the things that matter to you when you're 12...

[maelzoid]

11 hours ago, ian the worm said:

Snap on Howard Jones.  Makes you same as me.... 45 ±1 ?

Close enough... 45 - 2

[Nduja]

First single: The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98

First album for me: Oasis - Definetly Maybe

First album by me: Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

First Tape: Taped the chart for Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

First CD: Oasis - Definetly Maybe

First Download: Nas - God's Son (illegal)

First 'Now album: Don't think I've bought one but for compilations I'll say Ministry of Sound - Electro House Sessions

First Mixtape: Dipset - Diplomats Volume 4

First gig with parents: Echo and The Bunnyman - Liverpool NYE 1999

First gig on my own: Good Charlotte Manc Apollo 2003

First G: 2014

First G headliner: Arcade Fire

Age: 28

 

 

[babyblade41]

Carly Simon on a single

First Album... I faintly remember Burl Ives

First tape.Europe

No Now albums... Top of the Pos , had a few of them on vinyl

First Gig, David Bowie and dare I say Gary Glitter...My bro took me 

This will be first Glastonbury, but did all the Monsters of Rock,  Silver Cleff awards and numerous in-between 

[tjamest]

57 minutes ago, SophieBee said:

Deffo Our Price - I remember someone telling me that singles bought in Woolies didn't count towards the Top 40, which I took entirely at face value and so never bought any music from them. Funny the things that matter to you when you're 12...

I worked in Our Price as a Christmas temp in the mid 80's and our store was one of those whose sales counted towards the charts.

 After every sale we had to surreptitiously make a note on a pad kept under the till without the customer noticing as it was meant to be secret and then send it to whoever worked out the charts each week. Very high tech in those days!

Edited May 19, 2017 by tjamest

[the beadle]

17 hours ago, henry bear said:

In the 80's Michael Eavis used to choose rather idiosyncratic Pyramid headliners; Ade, Fela Kuti, Gil Scott-Heron, Dr John etc. 

Yes it always was a proper music festival, seen stuff here you'd not see anywhere else, and of course there was, still is, all the other stuff that goes on.

[Quark]

5 minutes ago, the beadle said:

Yes it always was a proper music festival, seen stuff here you'd not see anywhere else, and of course there was, still is, all the other stuff that goes on.

That's why I go.

"Did you see [insert radio friendly million seller here] while you were there?"

"Nope, I was wandering along a pathway and saw a band made up of a man playing the bagpipes and another on spoons accompanied by a group of Masai dancers and a stoned guy trying to play a bongo with no skins"

[Mardy]

3 hours ago, Charm said:

I loved this song so much, I had a special dance that I made my mum and her friends watch at every opportunity. 

Charm x

you know, I reckon I'm going to hunt down a copy of that album, not listened to it for ages

[Robofish]

First Single - Devil Gate Drive by Suzi Quattro. Bought for me. 

First Album : A Nice Pair by Pink Floyd (repackaging of first 2 albums). Bought for me.

First Tape : Jordan by Prefab Sprout i think

First Download: a recording of REMs monster tour somewhere.

First gig: Queen, The Mayfair, Tottenham 1979

First Glasto :  1986. 

Age 50. 

[the beadle]

26 minutes ago, Quark said:

That's why I go.

"Did you see [insert radio friendly million seller here] while you were there?"

"Nope, I was wandering along a pathway and saw a band made up of a man playing the bagpipes and another on spoons accompanied by a group of Masai dancers and a stoned guy trying to play a bongo with no skins"

I think they're appearing at Kozfest this year, can't wait to see them.

[Quark]

Just now, the beadle said:

I think they're appearing at Kozfest this year, can't wait to see them.

They've gone downhill mate.  Benny Bongo replaced the skin, just doesn't sound the same now.

[Charm]

16 minutes ago, Mardy said:

you know, I reckon I'm going to hunt down a copy of that album, not listened to it for ages

I'm not sure I want to in case it's terrible, might spoil the memory, let me know how you get on. 

Charm x

[rumpola]

First single: Hole in my Shoe- Neil from the Young Ones

First album: Flash Gordon soundtrack - Queen

First tape: Thriller- Michael Jackson  (maybe)

First CD: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back- Public Enemy

First download: Ray LaMontagne- Trouble 

First 'now' album: Never had one but my sisters had Now 1

First gig: Oasis-Earls Court 1995 (not counting various raves from 91 onwards)

First glastonbury: 1998

[kemosabe]

First Single - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day

First album: Employment - Kaiser Chiefs 

First download: Beatles (not sure which one as I downloaded loads at once)

First gig: Bombay Bicycle Club, supported by Dry the River and Dog is Dead (Leeds O2 Acadamy, 2011)

First Glastonbury: 2015

First act I saw at Glastonbury: Drenge/ Wolf Alice (whoever was first on the Thursday set in Williams Green) 

[SteveTLizard]

Great thread, good work @slash's hat , this'll take some thinking though, my memory recall usually runs anything from 5 minutes up to 5 days.

First single: Couldn't tell you the track but I'm pretty sure it was The Specials, maybe Ghost Town.

First album: Bought by myself, that would be the Batman soundtrack by the sadly departed Prince.  Given to me by a friend of my dad's, Led Zeppelin IV.

First tape: Jimi Hendrix greatest hits compilation given to me by my dad, which has given me a lifelong love of all things Hendrix.  In fact my son was very nearly named Hendrix, but as with most important decisions the missus overruled.

First CD: Spandau Ballet - The Singles Collection

First download: Speaks volumes on how exciting it is to own an mp3 but I have no idea.

First 'now' album: that's a very tricky one, but looking at the track listings and vague memories of the cover art, I think it might well have been number 5, standout track for me Simple Minds and Don't You Forget About Me. 

First gig: Simple Minds, Milton Keynes Bowl, 1986.

First Glastonbury: 1995. Talked into going by then girlfriend, bought a ticket from HMV 2 weeks before the festival. Glorious weather for the entire weekend.  Had a ridiculously good time and have not missed a year by choice since, will be 16 this year.

Age: 48 (last time I checked there was no age limit on fun, although I understand that it might be one of the Tory party's manifesto pledges)

Edited May 19, 2017 by SteveTLizard

[SteveTLizard]

9 hours ago, JacquelineS said:

First single: not sure but most likely The Beatles - Hey Jude

First album: Crosby, Stills and Nash - the album with Marrakesh Express 

First tape: not sure

First CD: possibly Bob Marley Legend. I remember my first time hearing a CD - it was Supertramp

First 'now' album: Have no idea what this is

First gig: Probably Chilliwack 

First Glastonbury: First Glastonbury in about 31 days. 

Age: 63

Top work there, I see you agree with my comment re: age.  Have an amazing festival, I'm sure you will.

Edited May 19, 2017 by SteveTLizard

[OffshoreToon]

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Single: Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

Album: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water

 

I could happily enough listen to both of those now, but I'm not sure if that's purely because of nostalgia. 

[Roger1]

Love this thread - some great memories here. 

First single: Oasis - D'You know what I mean

First album: Betty Boo - Boomania

First tape: Own mix tape of the top 40

First CD: The Simpsons sing the blues

First download: Any Nirvana bootleg going from Napster

First 'now' album:  Now 32 - Loved " Goldeneye" by Tina Turner

First gig: Silverchair - Brixton Academy- 30th April 1999 Neon Ballroom Tour

First Glastonbury: 1999

Age: 35