Mid week Music Theme

Trip down memory lane



I’m old enough to remember when records and 8-tracks were the choice you had in purchasing music for home (or auto) consumption. Not only that, but record players played LP’s and 45’s - and some even played 78’s, although I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen one of those outside of an antique shop. Cassette tapes were just beginning to come into their own when I started acquiring much of a music collection. I explained this all to my 11-year-old recently and she seemed astonished that music ever came on anything other than CDs and the computer. Damn, that made me feel old.



What was the first piece of music you bought with your very own money, and what format was it in?

I bought a Leif Garrett LP with my birthday money when I was 8 years old and thought he was the cutest thing ever. (My taste in both music and men has, thankfully, improved greatly over the decades.)



It was a single - a 45  (remember the concept of buying a single for 79 cents!), instead of wasting money having to buy the entire LP or CD? It was Eric Clapton's Layla. I had two sisters, much older than I, and they would buy all kinds of music, so I didn't need to start spending my own money until I was 11 years old or so. Once I started, though, there was no stopping me!



I have a lot 45s that I haven't even considered putting on eBay. Don't even know if there's a market for them. I had 8 tracks, but don't know where they got off to! Of course, lots of LPs and and extended play LP sized Disco/Dance remixes. Oh yeah, I have many homemade cassettes, because even back in the day, I wanted my music my way!  LOL