I held on for many years, as did my husband Nik (the enormous vinyl collection in our house is testimony to this!) but inevitably CDs took over. We still bought vinyl but as time went on, CDs became the norm. It was huge – a stack of different bits and pieces – cassette player, radio, record player and to my horror, a CD player. I clearly remember turning to my friend Sarah and vowing to never abandon the vinyl record – it was, I felt the only way to really hear a song. I loved the cover art, the sort of scratchy needle sound, the endless hours searching through market stalls for rare editions. They were quite expensive and I felt, unnecessary. I can remember being a teenager and hearing for the first time about CDs. I loved the sleeve though and had it pinned to my wall. It got played so much, it inevitably got scratched – such was the weakness of vinyl records. It was a beautiful vinyl 7” single.īeing typical little girls, my friend Susie and I subjected our mothers to endless “shows” in which we danced around singing clearly better than the band themselves. What was the first single you ever bought? Mine was “My camera never lies” by Bucks Fizz in 1982. Containing just four tracks, it had a very limited print run.ĬD singles were first made eligible for the UK Singles Chart in 1987, and the first number 1 available on the format in that country was I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston in May 1987. Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" (1985) is reported to be the world's first CD single, issued in the UK in two separate singles as a promotional item, one distinguished with a logo for the tour, Live in '85, and a second to commemorate the Australian leg of the tour marked Live in '86.
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