Well done, mate .. This was a much better video. Informative, nostalgic, and you revealed more about your musical tastes. Well, my mother loves the temptations and can imitate their dance moves very well. When I was younger, my ideas of romance were influenced by various beach boys songs ... then I grew up, and realized life can also be a bit like the song "dazed and confused " ... But you know what, I got married, and stayed happy ... "wouldn't it be nice" has some truth to it afterall .... Keep up the good work.
This video is full of the music I love and could have been much longer. I've said it before, the music I grew up with influenced me so much and I think it made me an innocent. I'm listened.to those songs and it made such an influence on me. I was a bit of an outsider so my records were.luke my friends.
First Record I owned was Millie My Boy Lollipop bw Sweet William on the Mfp label & first record I bought was ABBA Waterloo blimey is that 50 years old this year (2024) Plus the best thing about the 45 single was the B side sometimes better than the A side or not on any album. I still have most of the UK number one singles on 7” from the years 1958 till the early 90’s and favourite label is Old Gold in which I have about 500 of them.
Old Gold was great as it always had hits on both sides. Speaking of B sides. I think so many were better than the A Side. I always used to play both sides
my first single I purchased (on my own without mum & dad) was Cream " I feel Free" in 1966, I was 8 years old!!! I sadly no longer have a copy of the original blue label release, as you know I'm doing my all time 10,000 songs here on You Tube, the 1960's will feature the most!, I just inherited my parents small 7" record collection (mainly 1950's & 1960's), just looking at the record & sleeves brings back so many memories... my parents record collection is full of the London America recordings label (so many Duane Eddy!!)
I think labels and sleeves play a major part in it. I loved looking at the sleeves and reading the label, and I was engrossed by watching the Atlantic label going around.
Great video. Was really nice seeing all the different labels from there, as finding old UK singles here in Canada isn't often. I doubt i even got 10 out of the almost 900 I already got. Oldest is Ohio by CSNY, and Sweet Hitchhiker by CCR. I don't know if I was 2 or 3 when I got my first record player and 1st record. Nazareth's Love Hurts / Hair Of The Dog. Which was my first love for the potty mouth. I always called them "little records" and still do to this day. I finally started to sort them last summer and have been using banker boxes for storage. I will be needing a 5th box once I get closer to hitting 1000. At some point, I would love to order 1500 brand new sleeves and transfer them all over to them, after I clean them. And be able to be stocked up for awhile. Best cleaning tip I would like to pass along is finding a horizontal blind cleaning brush called Fuzzy Wuzzy. Its 3 prongs, with a microfiber cloth. Mix up some homebrew cleaning fluid, and use a small squirt bottle for it. Make the brush wet, pinch the 45 with one hand. And turn it into the brush with the other hand...oh wait, this won't work easy with UK 45's. As our larger holed ones over here. Place thumb inside, and use your other 4 fingers to spin it. I keep saying I should just make a 30 second video of it. But still haven't. It doesn't help that out of the 3 brushes I had. I still haven't found them in years. And of course the dollar store don't carry the brush anymore. Oh, I should mention the cloth does come off the handle to be washed. 1st time, i hand washed it in a small bowl. And it was just disgusting how dirty it was after maybe 20 or 30 of them. I'd love to hear about the 12" singles.
I bought a professional record cleaning machine about five years ago. It's like a record deck. The platter runs both ways. You squirt a small amount of the cleaning liquid on the record and run it both ways while cleaning with a goats hair brush. Once done, you put the arm on the record and a vacuum.succkd the excess liquid and ant dust and debris from the record. It can't repair a scratch, but it makes the records sound lovely.
Great video. You took me back to my memories. But my earliest record purchases were 78s. They were dirt cheap in the 60's but difficult to find ones that suited my interests. Anything Gene Autry or Mexican flavored suited my cowboy love. With 45's I got into the Beatles She Loves You and Hermann's Hermits I'm Into Something Good and P.J. Proby's Hold Me and so on. Over the years I lost the stack of my 45s over many moves. But this video definitely woke up my nostalgia. Thanks.
The first 45s i can remember playing growing up in the 1970s in Germany were The Lumberjack Song by Monty Python and Mary Hopkins Those Were the Days, i would have been about 5. The first 45 i bought with my own money was Can-Can by Bad Manners. Thanks for the videos, they are a highlight of my week 👍
Im in my late 40s and was brought up on 60s 45s as Mum had collected them in here teens. Lots of Beatles and Cliff.. as a small boy I used to sit by the record player for hours.
My sister had loads of 45s. We had mishaps with them. We had a combination record player radio,(with tubes), and it was left on, and warped a number of them, including my favorite. (I was about 4.) When I was 13, she had many of them get pushed near a string of lights that warped more. I loaned most of mine to her daughters later on, but an (non) friend stole them all. I have found most of my favorites online, but not all. I often gave my sister 45s for her birthday through the years. My brother would try to take over my bedroom, which I shared with her, so he could play the records on her player.
It's funny, but as I get older, the good old days seem better. Although I now listen to my music via mp3 for convenience, I don't get the joy from it that I did when I bought it from a shop and used to play them on a record player. There was something a bit special when you had to go and physically get it, it used to feel more fun than it does now.
That was back in the day. I remember the '45 records.. The LPs ( The Bigger records) Record Albums, Cassettes....even 8 Track cartridges ( That's going Back!) Streaming music has Nothing on physical media..... I also remember when you could buy 1 song and not the entire album.. Stereo units, as such, pretty much don't exist anymore! Remember All of those stores that sold Only stereo equipment??
I used to work in a shop that sold stereo music centres. It was my job to use them all, find out what was good about each one and then be able to sell them to the customer!
Although I had singles given as gifts as a child, I think the first one I bought from money I earned (we started young in those days!) was Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces. I was lucky enough to see Steve Marriott in Humble Pie some years later. He wasn't in a great state by then but still had that wonderful, distinctive voice. Thanks for the video, it brought up so many memories!
I loved Itchycoo Park. I remember it being on the Immediate Record label. It reminds me of the Summer. I remember M People doing a cover of it but it wasn't one to the original. I could have made the video much longer buy I didn't want to bore people.
The first 45s I remember belonged to my grandma. That would have been in the mid 60s. She had a little case she kept them in. I think I liked the case as much as the records. 😄 My favourites were a Little Dog Cried and Just a Closer Walk With Thee. My brother’s favourite was Wheels. I know I had my own 45s as a teen, but I don’t remember any titles. ~Deb 🎶☕️🇨🇦
@@JamesMurphyYT Oh I know, look at the explosion we had in creativity back in the 60's. We're still sending Rock stars around the world. Mum was keen to educated me on why the Stones were better than the Beatles as well & what real R&B meant. How many generations back does your family go when it comes to Fairgrounds & Amusement's James? That's a really interesting family you have.
Great video I was an 80s baby like lisac1619 said in there comment , my dad had vinyls and cassette tapes playing in the background while I was growing up and because that I'm a huge fan of UB40, A-ha and spandu ballet😊
This was fun! I enjoyed you laying out a timeline of your listening choices as you grew older, and on to the disco era as a teen. I enjoyed Squeeze (Cool for Cats) and INXS, but most of these tunes bring back memories, for sure! By the way, my namesake came from Bobby Darin. 😉My uncle was a big fan of his. I just looked him up and I was not aware he died so young, as his open heart surgery did not work. So, I learned a few things today!!
There is a great film about Bobby Darin starring Kevin Spacey. I'm planning a video about 12" singles and the disco and dance era too. That was my clubbing era!
My Dad once brought home a bunch of 45's which were cast offs from jukeboxs somewhere. In that pile I found my first favorite 45, at the age of maybe 4 or so. "Black Denim trousers and motorcycle boots and a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back". I'm not sure of the actual title, but I would play that over and over again.😂
That sounds to me like the Cheers song from the 50s - Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots. I've not heard that in years! Check it out on YT and give yourself some happy memories!
I know where I bought my first single but I don't remember what it was. I think it was Elvis although I wasn't a huge fan. However, I definitely remember my first LP, Bobby Vee Sings the Hits of the Rockin' 50s.
I loved Bobby Vee's songs growing up. HOwever when I look back at them, his songs were so wimpy...Run To Him, Take Good Care Of My Baby...he never fought his corner over a girl hahaha
Thanks for doing this program, I really enjoyed it. I was so tempted to ask about the music on your dad's reels. So much history and music to check into now. I'm looking forward to any other vids you do on the topic. I also second your other listener, I'd be quite interested in the fairs and family history. Since you are always sharing, I thought I'd share a movie that I've just watched and can't believe I've never seen before (AI ahead of it's time), and a song that compliments it. If you get a chance, hope you enjoy them. Movie - Electric Dreams ruclips.net/video/iCdEaLbyNFI/видео.htmlsi=b-Nn3NAc8GJ4aM2Q Song- Blue Kiss ruclips.net/video/fg4KCKeoPBo/видео.htmlsi=x4X13gXOUo2fwGxQ
I loved Electric Dreams when I saw it back in the day. I've not seen it in years. I'm looking to do a video about my 12" singles soon as well. As for the showman family video, I'm thinking of a way of doing it.
I vividly remember buying David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes. Brilliant.
Crackin single!
Well done, mate .. This was a much better video. Informative, nostalgic, and you revealed more about your musical tastes. Well, my mother loves the temptations and can imitate their dance moves very well. When I was younger, my ideas of romance were influenced by various beach boys songs ... then I grew up, and realized life can also be a bit like the song "dazed and confused " ... But you know what, I got married, and stayed happy ... "wouldn't it be nice" has some truth to it afterall .... Keep up the good work.
This video is full of the music I love and could have been much longer.
I've said it before, the music I grew up with influenced me so much and I think it made me an innocent.
I'm listened.to those songs and it made such an influence on me.
I was a bit of an outsider so my records were.luke my friends.
First Record I owned was Millie My Boy Lollipop bw Sweet William on the Mfp label & first record I bought was ABBA Waterloo blimey is that 50 years old this year (2024) Plus the best thing about the 45 single was the B side sometimes better than the A side or not on any album. I still have most of the UK number one singles on 7” from the years 1958 till the early 90’s and favourite label is Old Gold in which I have about 500 of them.
Old Gold was great as it always had hits on both sides.
Speaking of B sides. I think so many were better than the A Side.
I always used to play both sides
Same here
my first single I purchased (on my own without mum & dad) was Cream " I feel Free" in 1966, I was 8 years old!!! I sadly no longer have a copy of the original blue label release, as you know I'm doing my all time 10,000 songs here on You Tube, the 1960's will feature the most!, I just inherited my parents small 7" record collection (mainly 1950's & 1960's), just looking at the record & sleeves brings back so many memories... my parents record collection is full of the London America recordings label (so many Duane Eddy!!)
I think labels and sleeves play a major part in it. I loved looking at the sleeves and reading the label, and I was engrossed by watching the Atlantic label going around.
Wondering if you checked eBay. Looks like they may have a few of the Cream available.
Great video. Was really nice seeing all the different labels from there, as finding old UK singles here in Canada isn't often. I doubt i even got 10 out of the almost 900 I already got. Oldest is Ohio by CSNY, and Sweet Hitchhiker by CCR.
I don't know if I was 2 or 3 when I got my first record player and 1st record. Nazareth's Love Hurts / Hair Of The Dog. Which was my first love for the potty mouth. I always called them "little records" and still do to this day.
I finally started to sort them last summer and have been using banker boxes for storage. I will be needing a 5th box once I get closer to hitting 1000. At some point, I would love to order 1500 brand new sleeves and transfer them all over to them, after I clean them. And be able to be stocked up for awhile.
Best cleaning tip I would like to pass along is finding a horizontal blind cleaning brush called Fuzzy Wuzzy. Its 3 prongs, with a microfiber cloth. Mix up some homebrew cleaning fluid, and use a small squirt bottle for it. Make the brush wet, pinch the 45 with one hand. And turn it into the brush with the other hand...oh wait, this won't work easy with UK 45's. As our larger holed ones over here. Place thumb inside, and use your other 4 fingers to spin it. I keep saying I should just make a 30 second video of it. But still haven't. It doesn't help that out of the 3 brushes I had. I still haven't found them in years. And of course the dollar store don't carry the brush anymore. Oh, I should mention the cloth does come off the handle to be washed. 1st time, i hand washed it in a small bowl. And it was just disgusting how dirty it was after maybe 20 or 30 of them.
I'd love to hear about the 12" singles.
I bought a professional record cleaning machine about five years ago.
It's like a record deck. The platter runs both ways.
You squirt a small amount of the cleaning liquid on the record and run it both ways while cleaning with a goats hair brush.
Once done, you put the arm on the record and a vacuum.succkd the excess liquid and ant dust and debris from the record.
It can't repair a scratch, but it makes the records sound lovely.
Great video. You took me back to my memories. But my earliest record purchases were 78s. They were dirt cheap in the 60's but difficult to find ones that suited my interests. Anything Gene Autry or Mexican flavored suited my cowboy love. With 45's I got into the Beatles She Loves You and Hermann's Hermits I'm Into Something Good and P.J. Proby's Hold Me and so on. Over the years I lost the stack of my 45s over many moves. But this video definitely woke up my nostalgia. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! The 60s were a great time for music..
I loved The Beatles and so many others.
I had all the singles you mentioned.
The first 45s i can remember playing growing up in the 1970s in Germany were The Lumberjack Song by Monty Python and Mary Hopkins Those Were the Days, i would have been about 5. The first 45 i bought with my own money was Can-Can by Bad Manners. Thanks for the videos, they are a highlight of my week 👍
I had all those singles. I especially loved Bad manners. They were such a fun group.
Thanks for your kind words about my videos.
Im in my late 40s and was brought up on 60s 45s as Mum had collected them in here teens. Lots of Beatles and Cliff.. as a small boy I used to sit by the record player for hours.
I used to as well. Some of the b3st times growing up were watching those records go around.
My sister had loads of 45s. We had mishaps with them. We had a combination record player radio,(with tubes), and it was left on, and warped a number of them, including my favorite. (I was about 4.)
When I was 13, she had many of them get pushed near a string of lights that warped more. I loaned most of mine to her daughters later on, but an (non) friend stole them all. I have found most of my favorites online, but not all. I often gave my sister 45s for her birthday through the years. My brother would try to take over my bedroom, which I shared with her, so he could play the records on her player.
I love that so many of us have memories of our 45s.
Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene album (audio cassette ) was a real treat on my shoe box audio player. Remember them ?
I've got the album!
oh yes those good old days, and we moved on to cassettes, catridges and CDs and now thumbdrive... so much of changes
It's funny, but as I get older, the good old days seem better. Although I now listen to my music via mp3 for convenience, I don't get the joy from it that I did when I bought it from a shop and used to play them on a record player.
There was something a bit special when you had to go and physically get it,
it used to feel more fun than it does now.
That was back in the day.
I remember the '45 records.. The LPs
( The Bigger records)
Record Albums, Cassettes....even 8 Track cartridges ( That's going Back!)
Streaming music has Nothing on physical media.....
I also remember when you could buy 1 song and not the entire album..
Stereo units, as such, pretty much don't exist anymore!
Remember All of those stores that sold Only stereo equipment??
I used to work in a shop that sold stereo music centres. It was my job to use them all, find out what was good about each one and then be able to sell them to the customer!
Wonderful video! 🙂👍
Thank you!
Although I had singles given as gifts as a child, I think the first one I bought from money I earned (we started young in those days!) was Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces. I was lucky enough to see Steve Marriott in Humble Pie some years later. He wasn't in a great state by then but still had that wonderful, distinctive voice. Thanks for the video, it brought up so many memories!
I loved Itchycoo Park. I remember it being on the Immediate Record label.
It reminds me of the Summer.
I remember M People doing a cover of it but it wasn't one to the original.
I could have made the video much longer buy I didn't want to bore people.
Another lovely video!
Thank you
Please do a video about 12" singles!!
I'll put it on my list!
I can’t name any particular singles, but I liked some tear jerkers by the Bee Gees (before disco) and Bread. 😊 ~ Deb
The Bee Gees made some great songs before they tried disco. Run To Me was a favourite of mine.
The first 45s I remember belonged to my grandma. That would have been in the mid 60s. She had a little case she kept them in. I think I liked the case as much as the records. 😄 My favourites were a Little Dog Cried and Just a Closer Walk With Thee. My brother’s favourite was Wheels. I know I had my own 45s as a teen, but I don’t remember any titles. ~Deb 🎶☕️🇨🇦
I remember wheels and have the British version of it here.
I still have some of those 60s record cases that I've had since I was young.
I'm envious of everyone who lived through the 60s and 70s. I'm an 80s baby, but my favourite music is 60s/70s. Looks like it was a real blast.
It was a crackin time to grow up. As you can see, music and records particularly played an important part in mine.
It wasn't all that bad the 80's. Mind you I do take fashion advice from the 60's & 70's, so I suppose I'm a fine one to talk 😊
@@StevieZala The 60s and 70s weren't that bad either!
@@JamesMurphyYT Oh I know, look at the explosion we had in creativity back in the 60's. We're still sending Rock stars around the world. Mum was keen to educated me on why the Stones were better than the Beatles as well & what real R&B meant. How many generations back does your family go when it comes to Fairgrounds & Amusement's James? That's a really interesting family you have.
@StevieZala we have traced back at least 6 generations that have travelled on fairs. One strand of those we can go back to 1671.
Great video I was an 80s baby like lisac1619 said in there comment , my dad had vinyls and cassette tapes playing in the background while I was growing up and because that I'm a huge fan of UB40, A-ha and spandu ballet😊
I like your tastes! There were some great groups and artists in the 80s!
Thanks for the video.
You're welcome!
This was fun! I enjoyed you laying out a timeline of your listening choices as you grew older, and on to the disco era as a teen. I enjoyed Squeeze (Cool for Cats) and INXS, but most of these tunes bring back memories, for sure! By the way, my namesake came from Bobby Darin. 😉My uncle was a big fan of his. I just looked him up and I was not aware he died so young, as his open heart surgery did not work. So, I learned a few things today!!
There is a great film about Bobby Darin starring Kevin Spacey.
I'm planning a video about 12" singles and the disco and dance era too.
That was my clubbing era!
My Dad once brought home a bunch of 45's which were cast offs from jukeboxs somewhere. In that pile I found my first favorite 45, at the age of maybe 4 or so. "Black Denim trousers and motorcycle boots and a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back". I'm not sure of the actual title, but I would play that over and over again.😂
That sounds to me like the Cheers song from the 50s - Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots.
I've not heard that in years! Check it out on YT and give yourself some happy memories!
I know where I bought my first single but I don't remember what it was. I think it was Elvis although I wasn't a huge fan. However, I definitely remember my first LP, Bobby Vee Sings the Hits of the Rockin' 50s.
I loved Bobby Vee's songs growing up. HOwever when I look back at them, his songs were so wimpy...Run To Him, Take Good Care Of My Baby...he never fought his corner over a girl hahaha
Great video. Interesting stuff.
Thank you!
Thanks for doing this program, I really enjoyed it. I was so tempted to ask about the music on your dad's reels. So much history and music to check into now. I'm looking forward to any other vids you do on the topic. I also second your other listener, I'd be quite interested in the fairs and family history. Since you are always sharing, I thought I'd share a movie that I've just watched and can't believe I've never seen before (AI ahead of it's time), and a song that compliments it. If you get a chance, hope you enjoy them.
Movie - Electric Dreams
ruclips.net/video/iCdEaLbyNFI/видео.htmlsi=b-Nn3NAc8GJ4aM2Q
Song- Blue Kiss
ruclips.net/video/fg4KCKeoPBo/видео.htmlsi=x4X13gXOUo2fwGxQ
I loved Electric Dreams when I saw it back in the day. I've not seen it in years.
I'm looking to do a video about my 12" singles soon as well.
As for the showman family video, I'm thinking of a way of doing it.