18 replies to this topic

[ptolomeus]

I somehow came upon some old "elpees" (do you still know what that is ) and wow, how nice it still sounds

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=QxqULSMyKuI

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=XEhbTTv_I7E

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=iINA6fOXlFY

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=soDZBW-1P04

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=-wwttxW5hMg

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=wiEm-YIzDeI

[Caramia]

Thanks, I enjoyed that.

[victorian fan]

The first record I bought. 78 rpm.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=GjW3jSPFEek

[VicHockeyFan]

I think my first record was a 45 of GREASE.

Like this, but not the mega-mix, just the main title song, with something unmemorable on the b-side:

http://www.youtube.c...sk&feature=fvst

My first cassette tapes were Rebel Yell by Billy Idol and Sports by Huey Lewis and the News.

[Nparker]

I think my first record was a 45 of GREASE....My first cassette tapes were Rebel Yell by Billy Idol and Sports by Huey Lewis and the News.

You are clearly on the cusp of, or not far past, turning 40. When did we kids of the 80s become middle aged?

[victorian fan]

Huey Lewis and the News

I remember buying a casette from Lyle's (I think) for my son. All I can remember is 'Hip to be Square' over and over again.

[yodsaker]

You are clearly on the cusp of, or not far past, turning 40. When did we kids of the 80s become middle aged?

20 years after we kids of the 60s:o

[Nparker]

20 years after we kids of the 60s:o

[VicHockeyFan]

You are clearly on the cusp of, or not far past, turning 40. When did we kids of the 80s become middle aged?

42 this year. It's very sad, this aging thing.

[Nparker]

42 this year. It's very sad, this aging thing.

It's only sad cuz I hit 42 in March.

[ptolomeus]

This LP was the first thing I bought with my own money (Goats Head Soup) and Angy was the song who made me buy it
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=BEQ-OQwhofY

[victorian fan]

42 this year. It's very sad, this aging thing.

Oh to be 42 again.

[Savannah]

There's a USB turntable sitting on top of the... er, white cupboard thing from Canadian Tire with office supplies in it... in my den. And a good twelve years' worth of allowance and babysitting monies sunk into "records" in the back bedroom. (Hey, that's my youth in there, and I ain't throwing them away!) I love vinyl still, but being able to bring back some of the long out of print stuff and hear it on my mp3 player is the best of both worlds!

[Savannah]

And if anyone couldn't guess... I'm 43.

[AllseeingEye]

Some great stuff there ptolomeus - nice memories of my 'post high school/early UVic phase' for me...

As a result of hosting Club 6 on CHEK TV from 1960-70 my dad has literally hundreds of LP's, including of course 45's, 331/3's, and even 78's from as far back as the 1920's. He also has studio demos from everyone from Sinatra to Elvis and the Beatles. He took a busload of his Club 6 "kids" to the Beatles concert at Empire Stadium in 1964 and came back with two signed LP's, in addition to a very rare studio Promo photos of the Fab Four - in color, dating from 1962 - also all signed by the lads. The latter now hang, framed, in my hallway at home.

[VicHockeyFan]

There's a USB turntable sitting on top of the... er, white cupboard thing from Canadian Tire with office supplies in it... in my den. And a good twelve years' worth of allowance and babysitting monies sunk into "records" in the back bedroom. (Hey, that's my youth in there, and I ain't throwing them away!) I love vinyl still, but being able to bring back some of the long out of print stuff and hear it on my mp3 player is the best of both worlds!

Funny enough, I first saw that USB turntable in a London Drugs (?) catalogue the other day and thought, "that's a great idea".

[Jacques Cadé]

Speaking of old vinyl, I've got several crates of it -- mostly '80s punk and indie stuff -- that I'd like to cull and unload. Anyone here have any experience selling to the used record stores in town (e.g. The Turntable)? Or would I fetch more money by taking it to Vancouver?

[Rob Randall]

This is a page I accidentally found while looking for Shawnigan Lake history. It's a great account of being a young rock fan in 1960s Victoria:

http://www.craigmorr...3?id_article=46

On Dominion Day 1967, in the Summer of Love, there was a battle of the bands in Centennial Square right beside City Hall, with the Blues X 5, Gulliver’s Travels, and about three more. The prize was a recording deal in Seattle. (The Blues X 5 won, but nothing ever materialized.)

The city of Victoria was pretty good about rock music and teens, and put on (or allowed) street dances in the summertime, right in front of the Empress Hotel at the Inner Harbour.

[Sparky]

Some great stuff there ptolomeus - nice memories of my 'post high school/early UVic phase' for me...

As a result of hosting Club 6 on CHEK TV from 1960-70 my dad has literally hundreds of LP's, including of course 45's, 331/3's, and even 78's from as far back as the 1920's. He also has studio demos from everyone from Sinatra to Elvis and the Beatles. He took a busload of his Club 6 "kids" to the Beatles concert at Empire Stadium in 1964 and came back with two signed LP's, in addition to a very rare studio Promo photos of the Fab Four - in color, dating from 1962 - also all signed by the lads. The latter now hang, framed, in my hallway at home.

Your dad's name is Bob Alward right?