Little meme from uk.misc

[lnr]

Nora Drenaline  wrote:
>
>What's the oldest record you own? Real NO PLASTIC stuff I mean, none
>of this 'got it on tape/cd' cheating.

Oldest recording on 7":  (P)1970 The Happy Wanderer and I Can Sing A Rainbow
Oldest 7" *I* bought: (P)1979 Squeeze, Cool for Cats, on pink vinyl
Oldest 7" I bought *new*: (P)1985 Aha, Take On Me

Oldest recording on 12": (C)1981 The Simon And Garfunkel Collection
Oldest 12" *I* bought: (P)1984 U2, The Unforgettable Fire

I bought the latter new, though not when it first came out.

Looks like 1985 was when I first started buying music.

Comments

[nassus.livejournal.com]

Ooh er - I have Take on me too. I'd have to look for the rest but I reckon my oldest single would be the smurf song which I got when I was a kid when we were living in the UK
/me looks kinda embarrassed

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

Oldest recording on 7": an old blues EP featuring Furry Lewis and Lightnin' Hopkins, from about 1958
Oldest 7" *I* bought new: two of them - "White Horses" by Jacky and "Legend of Xanadu" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. I was 8 years old at the time.

Oldest recording on 12": assuming you mean 12" singles, John Cale's "Animal Justice" EP from 1977. The oldest LP I have is Benny Goodman live in Brussels, from 1958.
Oldest 12" *I* bought new: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus, 1979.