Midnight's Record Shop

[Caress40]

First record - Judas Priest, Sad Wings of Destiny

First concert - 1984 Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny

 

[GiggLeGasm]

My first record was some Bobby Sherman number that I cut off of the cereal box.

My first concert was Elton John.

 

[goddessoflove]

What was your first device for playing records? Mine was a portable record player. Learned from my brother how to put pennies on the arm and wrap an elastic band around to keep the arm steady. He let me borrow some of his 45's. Remember those plastic disks to put in 45's?

 

[Dan638]

My first album was Three Dog night.

First concert was Black Sabbath....it was good....

Last concert was Alison Krauss and Union station....

Best was "Day on the Green" at Oakland Ca.... Eagles, Heart, Steve miller band, Atlanta Rhythm section, Foreigner....1977...

 

[cowslinger64]

I don't remember my first album, but my first music recording was an 8 track of Jim Croce's favorite hits.. yeesh.

My first concert was 1981, Van Halen at Cobo Hall in Detroit. It was spectacular but soooooo loud. My ears rang for 3 days and I feared I was permanently hearing damaged...

Soon after, I opened the paper up and saw a full page ad for "Ozzy Osbourne and The Blizzard Of Ozz"...I didn't have much in the way of musical influences so I didn't even know who he was...but just based on the ad, I had to go. It was incredible and I got to see Randy Rhoads before he died.. and the warm up band was a bunch of youngsters called Def Leppard.

I've seen over 400 bands. So many incredible memories. I still remember how excited I was going to see Pink Floyd, and that was 25 years ago. My favorite band is the Allman Brothers and I've seen them at least a dozen times. Saw and met Joe Cocker and he was awesome...Black Sabbath is in my favorites list, along with Metallica, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Puddle of Mudd, Primus, Kansas, The Tubes, Velvet Revolver, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Santana, Queen at Wembley, Billy Joel at Wembley too...and so many great unheard of artists, Southern Culture on the Skids, Goober and the Peas, The Cowslingers, Rev Horton Heat, Mojo Nixon, The Beat Farmers, The Rugburns, Joe Bonammassa, Jason Ricci, Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith, The Unknown Hinson, The Paladins, The Shack shakers, Chris Duarte, Larry Mccray, Twistin Tarantulas with Pistol Pete the best standup bass player I've ever seen, Royal Crown Revue... holy sheeit. Such incredible memories..

My all time favorite will always be....Stevie Ray Vaughan. Utterly amazing.


Someone you wanna be on the lookout for at Tunica is Jason D Williams...probably the best piano player you never heard of... he plays Jerry Lee Lewis style but is much better..HIGHLY recommend him.

 

[lovetopleasewomen]

First album was a birthday gift from an older brother. A green cassette... Elton John's Greatest Hits. I think it was December 1975. I played it until it wore out.

First concert.... John Denver. I was and always will be a John Denver geek.

I like John's music.

First album Donny Osmond (my mom bought it for Christmas).

First live rock was at a school dance. Heart. They were living in Vancouver and recording there first album and they were doing high school dances. Many bands did this while I was I high school.

First real concert was Fleetwood Mac.

One of my fav songs is Silver Springs. Love Stevie Nicks voice!

The most memorable ( probably because I wasn't stoned ) concert I saw was the Rolling Stones. It was in Dallas, 1989, the Steel Wheels tour. It was a beautiful evening at the Cotton Bowl. The Stones played some of their greatest songs, Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Sympathy for the Devil and lots more. A fantastic show. I still have the T- shirt.

I saw the Stones at the Gator Bowl. Had to be somewhere around '75 - '76. I was in Ft Lauderdale at the time and surprisingly couldn't find anybody who wanted to come so I said "screw this" and went myself, driving towards Jax. I had no idea where I was going but I was going. Along the way I saw a van pulled over with a flat tire and a few guys milling around so I pulled over.

They were on the way to the concert also, had a flat but no way to change it. Being ever the mechanic I brought all my tools in case I needed them so we got the tire changed. The van was a bit overcrowded so a couple of the guys opted to ride with me and we went together. We hung together all weekend and had a great time. Found out they all lived not far from me so the party continued for a while.

 

[Midnight_Man]

What was your first device for playing records? Mine was a portable record player. Learned from my brother how to put pennies on the arm and wrap an elastic band around to keep the arm steady. He let me borrow some of his 45's. Remember those plastic disks to put in 45's?

I still have vinyl records and five record players including an old wind up Victrola to play 78 rpm records on. And I still have those "plastic things" that snap in the middle od 45's.

 

[Midnight_Man]

I don't remember my first album, but my first music recording was an 8 track of Jim Croce's favorite hits.. yeesh.

My first concert was 1981, Van Halen at Cobo Hall in Detroit. It was spectacular but soooooo loud. My ears rang for 3 days and I feared I was permanently hearing damaged...

Soon after, I opened the paper up and saw a full page ad for "Ozzy Osbourne and The Blizzard Of Ozz"...I didn't have much in the way of musical influences so I didn't even know who he was...but just based on the ad, I had to go. It was incredible and I got to see Randy Rhoads before he died.. and the warm up band was a bunch of youngsters called Def Leppard.

I've seen over 400 bands. So many incredible memories. I still remember how excited I was going to see Pink Floyd, and that was 25 years ago. My favorite band is the Allman Brothers and I've seen them at least a dozen times. Saw and met Joe Cocker and he was awesome...Black Sabbath is in my favorites list, along with Metallica, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Puddle of Mudd, Primus, Kansas, The Tubes, Velvet Revolver, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Santana, Queen at Wembley, Billy Joel at Wembley too...and so many great unheard of artists, Southern Culture on the Skids, Goober and the Peas, The Cowslingers, Rev Horton Heat, Mojo Nixon, The Beat Farmers, The Rugburns, Joe Bonammassa, Jason Ricci, Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith, The Unknown Hinson, The Paladins, The Shack shakers, Chris Duarte, Larry Mccray, Twistin Tarantulas with Pistol Pete the best standup bass player I've ever seen, Royal Crown Revue... holy sheeit. Such incredible memories..

My all time favorite will always be....Stevie Ray Vaughan. Utterly amazing.


Someone you wanna be on the lookout for at Tunica is Jason D Williams...probably the best piano player you never heard of... he plays Jerry Lee Lewis style but is much better..HIGHLY recommend him.

Stevie Ray Vaughn is one of my favorites. I had a chance to see him in Memphis just before he died but couldn't make the concert.

And you're right about Jason D. Williams. Jerry Lee wishes he could play piano like that. lol

 

[ttenney]

The loudest concert I've seen had to be Robin Trower, King Crimson and Ten Years After. It was 1974 in Oklahoma City, we had seats on the 7th row. I was still in high school. My ears rang for days after.

 

[Midnight_Man]

The loudest concert I've seen had to be Robin Trower, King Crimson and Ten Years After. It was 1974 in Oklahoma City, we had seats on the 7th row. I was still in high school. My ears rang for days after.

Have seen Cheap Trick live? They were the second loudest band I ever heard. Like I said earlier, I saw the Music Machine in the 60's in a very small club and they were the loudest band I ever heard including the ones I played in.

 

[Mollie_F]

Somebody I knew was a roadie, back when bands were cool and played their own songs with their own instruments. I have pics from that time and it's kind of weird that he's the guy I knew as a friend...Years later he took me to the old haunts of sooo many musicians, taught me about music, art, and saying fuck you to the world. So the first musical influences were not just about music, but everything else too.

I would go visit him with my big chunky waterproof yellow Walkman in my hand (that thing was WAY too big for a pocket!) with my homemade mix tapes recorded badly from the radio, and my single prized actual saved-up-and-bought-with-all-my-own-money album: Def Leppard's 'Adenalize'.

My first gig was Meatloaf I fucking LOVED that gig. Three hours of sweat and rock n roll. It was fun, and loud, and there was a great big inflatable bat that took up the entire stage. I was such a misfit there,a nerdy awkward girl among big burly men....not much changed since then

When the roadie man died the thing I kept was the last tape I found in HIS Walkman. Psychedlic Furs, Pretty in Pink was the song I found playing. I still have that tape. I still listen to Def Leppard and I still have a tendency to say fuck you...


....which is funny, because the most recent and HUGE influence on my musical life deserves hearing it most days too

 

[Wintermute01]

What a great thread!

By way of introduction...
First Single: Mr Blue Sky - ELO
First Album: Rainbow Rising - Rainbow
First Concert: Rush - Permanent Waves Tour, Deeside Leisure Centre, June 1980
Most Listened to Album: Solid Air - John Martyn
Most Prized Album: A copy of Hawkwind's Repeat Performance signed by Dave Brock, HL-L et al
Missed Opportunity: I turned down a chance to see Joy Division at the Hacienda, choosing to revise for an exam instead.

 

[Midnight_Man]

Anyone who remembers Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs might find this interesting. They recorded "lil Red Riding Hood" in 1966, which was written by Ronald Blackwell. It was Blackwell's only hit. And the week that the song was released Blackwell was killed in a car wreck. He never knew he had written a million seller that peaked at #2 on the top 40 pop charts.

 

[lovetopleasewomen]

Anyone who remembers Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs might find this interesting. They recorded "lil Red Riding Hood" in 1966, which was written by Ronald Blackwell. It was Blackwell's only hit. And the week that the song was released Blackwell was killed in a car wreck. He never knew he had written a million seller that peaked at #2 on the top 40 pop charts.

I know that song. Got it in my ipod. Didn't know the history tho.

 

[goddessoflove]

I don't remember my first album, but my first music recording was an 8 track of Jim Croce's favorite hits.. yeesh.

My first concert was 1981, Van Halen at Cobo Hall in Detroit. It was spectacular but soooooo loud. My ears rang for 3 days and I feared I was permanently hearing damaged...

Soon after, I opened the paper up and saw a full page ad for "Ozzy Osbourne and The Blizzard Of Ozz"...I didn't have much in the way of musical influences so I didn't even know who he was...but just based on the ad, I had to go. It was incredible and I got to see Randy Rhoads before he died.. and the warm up band was a bunch of youngsters called Def Leppard.

I've seen over 400 bands. So many incredible memories. I still remember how excited I was going to see Pink Floyd, and that was 25 years ago. My favorite band is the Allman Brothers and I've seen them at least a dozen times. Saw and met Joe Cocker and he was awesome...Black Sabbath is in my favorites list, along with Metallica, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Puddle of Mudd, Primus, Kansas, The Tubes, Velvet Revolver, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Santana, Queen at Wembley, Billy Joel at Wembley too...and so many great unheard of artists, Southern Culture on the Skids, Goober and the Peas, The Cowslingers, Rev Horton Heat, Mojo Nixon, The Beat Farmers, The Rugburns, Joe Bonammassa, Jason Ricci, Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith, The Unknown Hinson, The Paladins, The Shack shakers, Chris Duarte, Larry Mccray, Twistin Tarantulas with Pistol Pete the best standup bass player I've ever seen, Royal Crown Revue... holy sheeit. Such incredible memories..

My all time favorite will always be....Stevie Ray Vaughan. Utterly amazing.


Someone you wanna be on the lookout for at Tunica is Jason D Williams...probably the best piano player you never heard of... he plays Jerry Lee Lewis style but is much better..HIGHLY recommend him.

I used to see Jason D. Williams a lot on Crook and Chase Show on The Nashville Network here in Canada. Saw Jerry Lee Lewis live twice in the 1980's.

 

[goddessoflove]

I still have vinyl records and five record players including an old wind up Victrola to play 78 rpm records on. And I still have those "plastic things" that snap in the middle od 45's.

I had 78's too and the portable carrying for 33 and 45's. Gave away a huge record collection before moving. Had a few Jo Stafford 78's my mother-in-law gave me.

 

[Sasha69]

First Record - Eve of Destruction - Barry Macguire

First Album - Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young

First Spoken Word Album - Cheech & Chong Big Bamboo (Still got the big hogger rolloing paper ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[taborgirl]

The first record that started my love of music was something by Jimi Hendrix. I don't remember what it was because I was young. I remember my mom wasn't amused and all the good stuff disappeared after that.

I was old when I went to my first concert. A local band that did oldies covers. It ruined live music for me. Too much engineering goes into songs now and I'm always on edge when I hear most acts even on Tv live.

The very first song I memorized when playing the piano was Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love. I've always enjoyed the music box sound.

 

[Midnight_Man]

The first record that started my love of music was something by Jimi Hendrix. I don't remember what it was because I was young. I remember my mom wasn't amused and all the good stuff disappeared after that.

I was old when I went to my first concert. A local band that did oldies covers. It ruined live music for me. Too much engineering goes into songs now and I'm always on edge when I hear most acts even on Tv live.

The very first song I memorized when playing the piano was Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love. I've always enjoyed the music box sound.

The first studio I recorded in was small little hole in the wall down an alley way and all they had was a 2-track recorder. Everything was recorded live with no over dubs. Nothing like the studios we use today.

 

[Edensgarden]

I still have vinyl records and five record players including an old wind up Victrola to play 78 rpm records on. And I still have those "plastic things" that snap in the middle od 45's.

I don't have a Victrola, but I do have two turntables and more vinyl than I need. Some of my collection is neatly stored in Peaches crates.

I had a public adjuster come out not too long ago that had a tattoo of one of those 45 "plastic things" on his wrist. Great conversation piece.

 

[Midnight_Man]

I don't have a Victrola, but I do have two turntables and more vinyl than I need. Some of my collection is neatly stored in Peaches crates.

I had a public adjuster come out not too long ago that had a tattoo of one of those 45 "plastic things" on his wrist. Great conversation piece.

I used to store my vinyl in plastic milk crates when I was younger. The crates made good table too!

The problem with Victrolas are that they are really just a conversation piece that takes up space. You can't really play records on them and most of them aren't that valuable as far as I can tell.

I have to admit I've never seen a tattoo of a 45 insert.

 

[Edensgarden]

I used to store my vinyl in plastic milk crates when I was younger. The crates made good table too!

The problem with Victrolas are that they are really just a conversation piece that takes up space. You can't really play records on them and most of them aren't that valuable as far as I can tell.

I have to admit I've never seen a tattoo of a 45 insert.

Nothing wrong with a great conversation piece, especially if you have another way to listen to your tunes. Now if you are limited on space.....

 

[Midnight_Man]

Nothing wrong with a great conversation piece, especially if you have another way to listen to your tunes. Now if you are limited on space.....

I agree. I guess I'm disappointed because I thought the Victrola would be valuable one day. And it might be, but not in my life time. lol

 

[1sickbastard]

The first lp to really blow my mind was Black Sabbath's Masters of Reality.
The next lp to do that was Kraftwerk's Computer World.
I grew up watching Don Cornelius and Soul Train, so even though I was a white suburbanite, I knew who groups like Lakeside, and the SugarHill Gang were. HipHop hit the national scene, I could recognize dozens of tracks lifted from R&B artists I knew and knew well.
My Gramps turned me on to Big Band music; Bennie Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, introduced me to Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra.
From Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes), I received a deep and abiding love of classical music, especially Rossini, though my first clear memory of listening to a classical piece from start to finish was Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

I can honestly say there isn't any genre of music I don't like (though there may be a number of artists within a genre I dislike intently)

 

[Edensgarden]

I agree. I guess I'm disappointed because I thought the Victrola would be valuable one day. And it might be, but not in my life time. lol

Yeah, I have some of those type of things around my place too.

Are you a ticket stub person? I have most of mine and have hated the e-ticket generation. While I love the convenience, it's just not the same as having that ticket stub.