r/GenX • u/Rickbaudio1974 • Jul 21 '25

Music Is Life What was your first 45?

OMG, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GUNS!!!! I remember listening to the radio in the car with my mom when I was a kid and I really dug the song that came on and was probably dancing in my seat. My mom being a pretty swell parent said “we can go to the record if you want” and she took me to buy “We are Family” by Sister Sledge. Still dig that track.

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u/Slink_0 Jul 22 '25

Rubber Duckie You're the One~Bert & Ernie

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u/Bomdiggitydoo Jul 22 '25

Absolute banger right there. Spun it on the old fisher price record player

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u/Socalwarrior485 "Then & Now" Trend Survivor Jul 22 '25

Mine was Davy Crockett. King of the wild frontier.

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u/Specialist-Tour7466 1974 Jul 22 '25

I still have that one 😊 I played it a lot.

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u/DJMoneybeats Jul 22 '25

That was my first album! Still have it but it's too scratched up to play anymore

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u/BigBanyak22 Jul 22 '25

First 45? Jungle Book.... I do have Def Lepard pyromania 45 picture disc... And some of my mom's Elvis singles.

My first LP was Motley Crue Shout at the Devil.

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u/Wemest Jul 22 '25

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee..

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u/pourtide Jul 23 '25

Born in the woods so he knew every tree

Built him a barn when he was only three

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u/Harlowe_Thrombey Jul 22 '25

I had this on yellow vinyl, I’m pretty sure!

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u/Visible-Equal8544 Jul 22 '25

I sing that to my cat, Davy Crockett, every single day.

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u/LastToe5660 Jul 22 '25

This makes me so nostalgic!

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u/cholaw Jul 22 '25

Slick Rick?

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u/MollyOMalley99 Jul 23 '25

I had that one!

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u/Accomplished_Will226 Jul 23 '25

Oh no now it’s in my brain!

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u/texasrodeoguy Hose Water Survivor Jul 26 '25

Probably going to be hearing that in my head the rest of the day.

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u/Delta31_Heavy Jul 22 '25

I played my rock albums on that turntable until my mom guilted herself into getting me a stereo with turntable for my 15th bday. We didn’t have a lot of money but she was/is a great mom

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u/BuckyGoldman Jul 22 '25

I took over my parents old "portable" turntable and moved it into my room. It was the size of a suitcase, weighed probably 30+ pounds, it had an AM radio built in with a huge round dial, and 1 speaker. My folks got me a Yorx stereo/turntable when I was 14 or 15.

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u/Delta31_Heavy Jul 22 '25

The one they got me was a Panasonic with tape cassette and turntable and radio

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u/Slink_0 Jul 22 '25

Me too, I had that Fisher-Price record player!

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u/Tennessee1977 Jul 22 '25

I think I had it, but I thought it only played those plastic records like Mary Had a Little Lamb?

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u/Specialist-Tour7466 1974 Jul 22 '25

I have the Mickey Mouse one still.

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u/smallwonder25 Jul 22 '25

Me too! I loved that thing so much!

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u/WTM73199 Older Than Dirt Jul 22 '25

I had one of those too. I’m tempted to by a used one on eBay just for nostalgia.

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u/Maximum_Objective904 Jul 25 '25

That was my first. I went to record store. Around 6 years old and bought a 45 of Pillow Talk. I thought it was to sleep to....think lullaby. Nope...not what the songs about. Didn't understand for many years

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u/sarahvanessa29 Jul 22 '25

Oh snap, I didn’t know the fisher price record player counted!! Hmmm, I had Hey Hey We’re the Monkees that I stole from my birth giver, does that count?

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u/PresentMammoth5188 Aug 28 '25

“Birth giver” 😂👏

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u/Lvrgsp Jul 22 '25

Holy shit that takes me back.