‘Wuthering Heights’ by Kate Bush was the first record I ever bought!
I did already own a few records before this one but all of them had been given to me as presents or belonged to my parents etc so although not the first record I ever owned it was definitely the first record I ever bought with my own money.
The fact that you could go out to the shops and buy the songs that we listened to on ‘Top of The Pops’ on a Thursday night was a revelation to me back in 1978 as a ten year old. My Auntie Sheila had told me that Lewis’ department store had a record department and that all of the hit records could be bought individually for 69p each and all you needed to do was make of note of the chart position and then go and buy it from the shop, so it was with some anticipation that my Dad dropped me off outside the store (this was in the days before the place was pedestrianised and you could catch the bus outside Lewis’ and drive right up to the door) and I went in with my one pound note to make my first musical purchase of a record I had heard and loved and wanted!
Needless to say I had to pay 75p as the cost of hit singles had gone up that very day, but I bought my record and it was handed to me in a very distinctive Lewis’ record department purple paper bag and I held it tightly all the way home on the bus before running to the stereo to play it time and time again.
I love this song and I love Kate Bush’s music but more about her and her incredible talent later on…..
Now listen to the song….
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