# What was the first 45 RPM you bought? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064 "2014-04-01T11:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/21 "2014-04-01T14:50:14Z")
“The Logical Song” by Supertramp from 1979; I was eleven and still have it. The only other single from that year I had was “Another Brick In The Wall”, but I guess this came out a tad later (unfortunately, I gave it away to a girlfriend of mine some years later, having bought “The Wall” in the interim. I still regret that, but at least I still own the follow up “Run Like Hell”. I guess she didn’t like _that_ song.). Naturally I hadn’t much money at that age, so I rather saved my money for a whole album (10-12 songs for 20 DM instead of 5 DM for two songs) and taped songs I liked from the radio, but the few 45’s I still own from that time are quite cool (granted, Supertramp not so much). ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/22 "2014-04-01T14:52:59Z")
_Woodstock_ by **Matthews Southern Comfort** , but it was a present for my older brother’s birthday. It must have taken some time to climb the charts to #1 as his birthday was in August. The B side was _Scion_. Once he moved out a few years later, it reverted to my collection though! Still have it somewhere. First single I bought for myself was, I’m fairly sure, _Me and You and a Dog named Boo_ by **Lobo**. That would have been March the following year. I was a kid; it was fun! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/23 "2014-04-01T15:14:21Z")
“Convoy”, by C.W. McCall. I still have it; it’s in absolutely horrible shape, due to being played over and over again on cheap record players. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/24 "2014-04-01T15:15:08Z")
Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks. got it in the sixth grade. b side was If You Go Away Amazon has it used. I still have my copy in a box somewhere. > **[RAY PARKER JR. & RAYDIO - seasons in the sun / if you go away 45 rpm single...](https://www.amazon.com/seasons-sun-you-away-single/dp/B000OF66KY)** > > RAY PARKER JR. & RAYDIO - seasons in the sun / if you go away 45 rpm single - Amazon.com Music ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/25 "2014-04-01T15:50:09Z")
Early spring of 1964 (shortly before I turned eight), I bought [this record](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_SrgwesWdw) from the Helms Bakery man. I believe it was at the urging of Mr. Wishbone.\* It cost me 69 cents, which was actually pretty pricey for a '45 in 1964, now that I think about it. Anyway, I no longer have it. Wait. It had a “B” side? \*Or maybe it was Beachcomber Bill. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/26 "2014-04-01T16:01:36Z")
It was either “Sweat Pea” by Tommy Roe or “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haaaaa!” by Napoleon XIV. They are probably the only 45s I ever bought – I got a new record player and went to albums only. I know I still have “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” somewhere. And I loved the flip side . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/27 "2014-04-01T16:19:12Z")
“Parents Just Don’t Understand” - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/28 "2014-04-01T16:26:59Z")
I had a few 45s when I was a kid, but by the time I was buying music for myself (& asking for it for Christmas, etc.), cassettes were my medium of choice. If there was a song I liked, I’d reach for the RECORD button on my boom box when it came on the radio. If I really liked it, I’d want “more where that came from” and want to get the album. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/29 "2014-04-01T16:34:37Z")
I bought two at the same time: “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Eat It” and "Maneater"by Hall & Oates ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/30 "2014-04-01T16:43:16Z")
Back in the spring of 1969, I went to buy the Beatles 45 of “Get Back” which was #1 on the charts at the time. The way you asked for a 45 was by looking at the wall behind the counter, which had the 45s ordered by their rank on the top 40. So, I asked for “One,” and like an idiot didn’t look at what I was given, and when I got home I realized I’d just purchased “One” by Three Dog Night… which I think was #4 on the charts. From then on I switched to buying albums. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/31 "2014-04-01T17:54:03Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Convoy”, by C.W. McCall. I still have it; it’s in absolutely horrible shape, due to being played over and over again on cheap record players. 🙂 Quick question, was “Wolf Creek Pass” on the “B” side? Because it was on the one they sent out to the radio stations and I was told it wasn’t for the commercial records. My first purchased 45 was “Ahab the Arab.” I was very young. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/32 "2014-04-01T18:02:43Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > Quick question, was “Wolf Creek Pass” on the “B” side? Because it was on the one they sent out to the radio stations and I was told it wasn’t for the commercial records. I’d have to look (the record is buried somewhere in the house), but that doesn’t sound familiar (and I know we played the B-side at least occasionally). ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/33 "2014-04-01T18:14:03Z")
I’m pretty sure it was _Only the Lonely_. I didn’t have a record player at the time but a friend did. It was portable and we’d take it to parties. Everyone would bring their records so we’d have a bigger selection. Or it might have been _Angela Jones_. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/34 "2014-04-01T18:17:33Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > **Hey Jude/Revolution**. Same here. My parents never were, and still aren’t big on music. My mother would very occasionally listen to gospel, but my father is completely disinterested in music. So of course, the odd child has to go and buy a record. :rolleyes: And then more. And now has about 5,000 songs on iTunes while my parents do not have a single song on their phones or iPads. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/35 "2014-04-01T18:28:40Z")
“I Want To Hold Your Hand” by the Beatles in 1963. Capitol Records with the yellow and orange spiral label. Flip side might have been “There’s A Place” but that’s a guess. I might still have it packed away, but if I do, it’ll be in terrible condition. > [@DChord568](#): > > I was so geared up to buy _something_ that I bought the Four Seasons’ hit single of the moment, “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” This may have seemed a foolish thing to do, as that song was one of the tracks on the _Sherry_ album. But even though I did buy the album the following week, it turned out to be a good move because the B-side of “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” a song called “Connie-O,” was not on the album, and it was a good song in its own right. It’s a bit hard to admit, but that’s the first LP I bought, for “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry”. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/36 "2014-04-01T18:49:53Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > **Hey Jude/Revolution**. I already had a collection of LPs, but these songs were not on any album at the time. For me as well. This 45 and the Hotel California LP were all of my record collection that survived our house fire in summer of 77, so are the oldest bits of music I own. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/37 "2014-04-01T19:05:18Z")
I can’t remember that far back, but it might have been _Snoopy vs. the Red Baron_ by the Royal Guardsmen. We had a big console stereo with a 4-speed record changer and a 45 adapter that slid over the spindle and allowed you to stack your 45s. I sold my 45 collection years ago, it’s now on my iPhone, along with all of the other Guardsmen’s Snoopy tunes. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/38 "2014-04-01T19:26:54Z")
Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs. And I can’t believe I remember that. My GOD do I feel old today. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/39 "2014-04-01T19:30:57Z")
I clipped a lot of records off the backs of cereal boxes before I ever bought any. The first singles I ever bought were Paul McCartrney’s “Live and Let Die” and Jim Croce’s “Bad Bad Leroy Brown.” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064/40 "2014-04-01T19:32:32Z")
I’m pretty sure it was “Pop Muzik” by M. It was released in 1979 so I was probably 11. I think all my old records are still at my mother’s house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-45-rpm-you-bought/685064.md?page=3)