First, worst and latest...........

me dad got to moaning about the fact i'd still not collected my old, small, vinyl collection from his place, only moved out 7 years ago .
got me thinking about the first record i bought and the music journey since
so what the first / worst (most embarassing!!!) and most recent 78 / single / lp / cd / mp3 in your collection.

so - my confessions

First - Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier LP / Stand and Deliver on Single

Worst - (placing head firmly in the sand as i type this) - Five Star - Silk and Steel - i swear that must have been a present or something.......

Latest - Medelaine Peyrou - heard her on Wogan a couple of weeks ago, bought the CD, heard it once, moved house, cd not seen since.......which is a bugger cos i'd like to hear it again.

 

First - Tubeway Army (Gary Numan), Are friends electric? :MILD:

Embarassing - Michael Jackson, Dangerous bought for its q sound recording

Latest - TOM MCRAE*, All Maps Welcome. Still waiting for delivery

* Ordered Sade's greatest hits and nine inch nails with teeth at the same time, but Tom was the last one on the order.

Great idea for a thread though! should be fun?

 

hope MrMcRae is with you for the bake off - heard good things about him but not heard 'im yet

 

First: 'Let's Hang On!' by the Four Seasons

Worst: 'I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper' Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip

Most recent: Beethoven's 3rd symphony, conducted by Erich Kleiber.

 

As I was reading your post, it dropped through the letterbox - uncanny, I'm freaked now

Going to have a listen with my lunch, will I get much work done this aft?

 

First: Automatic for the People, Rapid Eye Movement

Worse: Hmmmmm, Ive got Anastacia for some reason, erm, The Corrs have found their way in there (I swear a female left that).

Latest: Sheer Heart Attack, Queen & Black Cherry, Goldfrapp (2 for 1 at woolies). Heat, Jesse Malin. Take Two, Rufus Wainright & Becks latest, forgot what its called.

Tom Mcrea is top notch, not heard his latest but a mate said its good stuff. Just like blood, his second album, is fantastic.

On the shopping list; Best Of, Cream. Philtre, Nitin Sawhney. Cold Roses, Ryan Adams. Nashville, Josh Rouse.

 

First: Queen - Greatest Hits

Worst: Hmmm... I'll let Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (single) and Hanson - Middle of Nowhere fight that one out. :duck:

Latest: Last batch I bought was Train - Alive at Last and Thea Gilmore - The Lipstick Conspiracies, although I've just acquired the DVD of The Crossroads Guitar Festival. There's a few things on my list to get, just no monies at the moment.

 

I have that too, fancied the girl from the ad I think the Hanson one wins the bottom of the barrel competition glad it wasnt 'Mbop' you had.

 

mbop is on middle of nowhere. It's the album which may be worse.

 

Oh dear, be afraid, be very afraid! Your excused for having joan's words in your signature though

 

First - This is Big Audio Dynamite - By erm B.A.D.

Worst - Radical Dance Faction - heard a track on 120 mins (when MTV had something worth watching) bought the album - NEVER got to the end of it, it really is that bad.

Latest - With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails & Philtre - Nitin Sawhney.

 

Babylon Zoo - Spaceman Hah. Did you know that NVA amplifier warranties were specifically voided if the owner played Babylon Zoo...?

 

Rob - I'm afraid Joan Osbourne didn't write that song. Bob Dylan did (Oh Mercy, 1989). Joan's cover of it was very good though.

 

From a real oldie:

First: The Shadows, "The frightened city" (c. early 1960s).

Worst: Any recent rock CD I've heard. Occasionally I like one track and find that the rest is virtually unlistenable (e.g. Oasis's "(What's the story) Morning Glory", bought solely for "Don't look back in anger"). I hasten to add that I buy these things only when they're on sale at vastly reduced prices!

Latest: Eagerly awaited Gardiner's third volume of Bach cantatas.

 

Wheres the red faced smiley when you need one.

 

First and most embarrasing, 7" single when I was around 5

Puppy Love - Donny Osmond

Most recent, getting into Johm Martyn, and a band i'd never heard of Stolt, Morse, Portnoy, Trewavas - (Transatlantic prog rock cliches but very well done).

 

I started buying at probably 9 or so, so earliest singles are Garry Glitter , The Sweet, the Goodies, 'Popcorn' by Butterscotch?, Oxygene by JM Jarre. First LP was Abba - Waterloo.

Worst have all been sold off, though there is still a copy of '5 Star - Can't wait another minute' around somewhere

Most effed up copy is Public Image

Most recent bit of vinyl was Metal Dance by SPK off eBay - ah, student nostalgia....

 

First record I remember buying "Seasons in the Sun" byTerry Jacks (for me mum - honest), albumwise probably one of those execrable "top of the Pops" albums, or first by an artist probably a Slade album.

Worst album (currently possessed) Mis-Teeq : Eye Candy. Apart from Scandalous an utterly dire album.

Latest (batch from HMV): Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep , Montrose by .. err... Montrose and Nitin Sawhney - Prophesy.

And talking of Nitin, any opinions on Philtre ???

 

Slightly disappointed first couple of listens, but I'm sure it just needs some time.

 

First: T. Rex – The Slider, bought aged 9 or 10 in 72-73.

Worst: I deliberately buy “bad†records if they are a) cheap enough and b) bad enough. I'd say it was a toss up between truly absurd 'Harmonica Holiday' (a 1958 Mercury Living Presence) or the hysterically organy 'Hi-Dee-Fi – Organ solos with a beat' by Lenny Dee. There is some very strong competition in this area of my collection – well over a hundred valid contenders.

Latest: By the fruits you shall know the roots, a wonderful triple album of mentalist folk / psych type stuff.

Tony.