‘A Whole New World from Aladdin – it’s a tune!’ Max Rushden’s honest playlist

Selection crisis … Max Rushden contemplates his playlist. Photograph: -

The first song I remember hearing

My parents are classical music types, but they did have a few Beatles/Stones/Dylan albums. I remember our big lumbering record player and sticking on Monday, Monday by the Mamas and the Papas, trying to get it right to the start [of the song], and the immense danger of scratching it.