First Buy

[Ally V]

I bought the Rocket Man single in 1972 (aged 12). The song and the b-sides
blew me away. Seen Elton 12 times live, bought everyhing since.

What was the first Elton record you bought?
Ally

[ejfan1973]

Post by Ally V
What was the first Elton record you bought?
Ally

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (album) with my Christmas money in 1976. We
didnt have a stereo in the house before then. I was a slave to the
radio in the mid-70s.

Aaah the luxury of hearing FFaF anytime I wanted.

[Bev Vincent]

Post by Ally V
I bought the Rocket Man single in 1972 (aged 12). The song and the b-sides
blew me away. Seen Elton 12 times live, bought everyhing since.
What was the first Elton record you bought?

The first Greatest Hits album shortly after it came out.

[Arnold Gallagher]

There were 3 that I bought simultaneously when I joined the Columbia Record
Club - Don't Shoot Me, Goodbye Yellow Bricks, and Honky Chateau. I would
have bought them all but those were the only ones with stamps in the TV
Guide advertisement. I got the rest as quickly as I could, mostly in
stores, a couple through CRC.

Post by Ally V
I bought the Rocket Man single in 1972 (aged 12). The song and the
b-sides blew me away. Seen Elton 12 times live, bought everyhing
since.
What was the first Elton record you bought?
Ally

[JeffWeHo]

First record I bought was an 11-17-70 bootleg. I hung out at a record
store and after hearing Your Song I thought I'd give it a try. After
that I bought everything and every version on any Elton material I
could find and still do.

Happy New Years All!!


jeff

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:02:21 -0600, Arnold Gallagher

Post by Arnold Gallagher
There were 3 that I bought simultaneously when I joined the Columbia Record
Club - Don't Shoot Me, Goodbye Yellow Bricks, and Honky Chateau. I would
have bought them all but those were the only ones with stamps in the TV
Guide advertisement. I got the rest as quickly as I could, mostly in
stores, a couple through CRC.

Post by Ally V
I bought the Rocket Man single in 1972 (aged 12). The song and the
b-sides blew me away. Seen Elton 12 times live, bought everyhing
since.
What was the first Elton record you bought?
Ally

[paulguk]

Greatest Hits Volume 2 on cassette, the one with him playing cricket on an
English lawn. It wasn't until 1981 that I fully got into his music and that
was when a friend lent me all his albums up to that time and I was blown
away. I have since bought every album he's ever done plus some rarity's and
have spent the last year converting them all to surround (except the ones
that have been done to SACD by Greg Penny). I intend to upload them soon.

paulguk

Post by Ally V
I bought the Rocket Man single in 1972 (aged 12). The song and the b-sides
blew me away. Seen Elton 12 times live, bought everyhing since.
What was the first Elton record you bought?
Ally

[Lars Graversen]

My first buy was ; Elton John The Album, with "Your song" from 1970, A long
fan, of the most fantastic sing and song writher, ever been.
Seen him live in my hometown (Horsens Denmark) once.
His comming to the "Jelling Festival" this sommer. I will be ther.
Lars
Horsens Denmark.

Post by paulguk
Greatest Hits Volume 2 on cassette, the one with him playing cricket on an
English lawn. It wasn't until 1981 that I fully got into his music and
that was when a friend lent me all his albums up to that time and I was
blown away. I have since bought every album he's ever done plus some
rarity's and have spent the last year converting them all to surround
(except the ones that have been done to SACD by Greg Penny). I intend to
upload them soon.
paulguk

Post by Ally V
I bought the Rocket Man single in 1972 (aged 12). The song and the
b-sides blew me away. Seen Elton 12 times live, bought everyhing since.
What was the first Elton record you bought?
Ally