Tony L
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Unlike Nigel I sadly never kept a log, but I will hazard a guess based on what I can remember owning early on (and still have luckily).
Blondie - Plastic Letters
Bowie - Ziggy and Aladdin Sane
The Clash - London Calling
Kate Bush - Kick Inside
Peter Gabriel - I
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Squeeze - Squeeze
A lot there I had early on! Everything bar Squeeze. Still got the majority of them, though not necessarily the same copy.
Blondie I did via 12” single (Rip Her To Shreds, Denis, I’m Always Touched By Your Presence, Sunday Girl, Heart Of Glass, & Atomic). I back-catalogued the albums later in the ‘80s when they could still be found mint in £1 bins. Missing Autoamerican for some reason. One on my ‘I’ll keep the next really good copy I see’ list.
I really liked 12” singles. Television’s Prove It, Marquee Moon and Foxhole were early buys. Prove it being the first time I’d ever seen coloured vinyl (it’s green), though a whole shed-load of stuff happened shortly after e.g. Devo, Police, the luminous Neon Lights 12” etc.