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June 14, 2005
First records ...
I'm re-reading Giles Smith's excellent book Lost In Music. Giles talks about the first record he ever bought (which he variously recalls as Let It Be or I Saw a Mouse, among others).
The first record I ever bought for money was Black Man Ray by China Crisis. The first record I had given to me by someone who was not family was Closest Thing To Heaven by the Kane Gang. Good solid 80s fare.
According to Martin Newton's excellent UK chart hits website for July 1984, Closest Thing To Heaven was in the UK charts along with Neil's Hole In My Shoe, Shakatak's Down On The Street and Blancmange's The Day Before You Came. Jesus.
The China Crisis single entered the charts in March 1985, the same time as Madonna's Material Girl, Alison Moyet's That Ole Devil Called Love and the Rah Band's Clouds Across The Moon (great song).
Martin Newton has more UK chart info here going back to November 1952!
Posted by daen at June 14, 2005 01:57 PM