Vinyl nostalgia

Mission 24 : Nostalgia

and Happy Bokey Wednesday eve!

A stack of old 7 inch singles, the two in front are the first two records I bought when I was a wee lad.

Boomtown Rats, I don’t like Mondays (that one cost 99p and I remember going on my bike to buy it at the Music Box record shop in Ballymoney circa 1979)

and

Peter Gabriel, Games without frontiers (bought that in Dublin - I did not go to Dublin on my bike cos that was 130 miles)

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Comments

greeblemonkey says:

loooooove this. the music too.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

►christopher◄ says:

Sweet shot man - still love Games Without Frontiers.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

~~...nicole...~~ says:

omg. i love this. i had both of those 45's, as well...wow.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

catklein says:

perfect for nostalgia, dude.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

~Jeanne~ says:

imports, no less! cool!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Symes says:

Awesome dude. I want to shoot oooot the whole day down.

Have you bought a USB enabled turntable yet? Turn all that vinyl scratchy goodness into digital copies.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

keldemean says:

instant instant instant fave
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

tardlike says:

What's vinyl ?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

keldemean says:

you know that rubber suit you wear on special occasions? It's like that.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

tardlike says:

rawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

iandoubleyou says:

Thanks folks!
OMG please don't suggest more gadgets :-)
Also a good topical treatment for chlamydia
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

derbyq says:

awesome! and i love that you kept them. sadly, i did not. i had a lovely gold plastic record player, too.

this was my first ever 45: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qWZqDkws9I
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Symes says:

You know you want it...the USB turntable, not chlamydia...

www.gadgets-reviews.com/digital-usb-turntable -convert-rec...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Jadydangel (Is Looking for Work...) says:

Vinyl... what's vinyl?

:-P

HBWe!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Symes says:

This was my first ever 45: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnYTl-5avw
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

iandoubleyou says:

Gold plastic huh?
I'd buy that just to reward them for their creativity in inventing the word digitalize
See above...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

derbyq says:

i LOVED that song! my dad had a CB in our GMC jimmy. we had a house down in the outer banks, and the fisherman all used to talk to each other to say where the fish were biting in cape hatteras. good memories.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

58photos says:

What a wonderful choice for this assignment ! Nice bokeh in the stacks of vinyl !
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

iamchanelle says:

ok you freaking rock for buying peter gabriel on those big black cd looking things.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Terri.Flickr.Chic ♥ (Shutting down for Family) says:

Very nice! HBWE
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

keldemean says:

HA! Helen Reddy! God I loved that song. We had a "stereo" and the brand name was "Juliet." So naturally, my goofy cousins and I wrote numerous poems as if we were beatniks and they all involved "Juliet." My fave:

Juliet speaks!
~clap clap~
And the screwdriver masturbates.

Got into trouble for reciting that one at the dinner table.

I had that too. (I still do. Sadly it's on my iPod. Shhh! Don't tell Apple. I don't want them to come and repossess my stuff).

Sorry I said "masturbates" on your stream, dude. Normally I'm not that foul-mouthed.
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iandoubleyou says:

J Arthur Rank - er
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

shetha says:

I just went through some old 45s and LPs with my mom the other day. She doesn't have a turntable anymore :-/ It's a nice walk down memory lane, though.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Symes says:

@ Shannon and Kelly - Haha! My parents must hated Convoy since I played it over and over. I had eclectic taste, or lack thereof, when I was a kid, as I had these 2 45s shortly after Convoy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCmGQKmGnw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5d01_riBo
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

keldemean says:

I had this 45 from 1971:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEy615Jzg4
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

paul's-shutter says:

sure does bring back some old memories...........nice shot.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

craigwortman says:

These are those funny cds I have seen in the rock and roll museum.

Very Cool.

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Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

J.i.l.l. says:

Lovin' the vinyl. I still have tons of mine. I would love to have a Jukebox!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Dave-T says:

I never had much vinyl. Great shot though.

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kelseyohhgee says:

Great shot
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M_Is_For_Movie? says:

ahhh vinyl ... i have an urge to listen to the Boomtown Rats now!

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kekika says:

WOW what a FLASH BACK. Very retro!!!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

i5prof says:

Love it!

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ginnerobot says:

nice shot!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

SherryH80 says:

Funny how quickly one is able to say, "Yes, I remember those." The first 45 I bought was Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

the wee pixie says:

omg - this is fabulous! My first single was no where near as cool (and I am not going to admit what it was - suffice it to say it was in 1983 and I was not one of the cool kids)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

justin.green19 says:

great shot
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~ foqiazafar ~ (ON / OFF) says:

Excellent !!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

toola says:

reminds me of the good times we had dancing as kids - great fun!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Aster-oid says:

:-)
Happy New Year and congrats for a nostalgic but also happy photo!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

*Cake says:

Amazing details and love the tone :)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Kelso says:

FP, Dude!! This is the best interpretation of nostalgia I've seen. Congrats!

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

keldemean says:

See? You are the cat's ass.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ex_magician says:

Great shot!

Congrats on EXPLORE.

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45street | www.victorpuig.com says:

Beautiful picture !
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris..A.K.A..Shrek says:

Awesome....found it on the front page...Congrats!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

iandoubleyou says:

Thanks everyone - I can't believe this got Front Paged (algorithm must be biased for dorks today :-)

Thanks for catching it Kelly!
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kimleedesigns says:

Congrats on front page...just saw it. :-)
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