Last week, we asked you to share the first single you bought. The response was massive, so this week we’re devoting the newsletter to your single-buying reminiscences. We’ve also asked some of the Guardian’s music writers to share their memories of first singles.
What’s really great is the breadth of the music on show, from novelty songs to stone-cold classics (not to mention the formats: 7inchs, cassettes and even iTunes downloads are represented here). Regardless of whether the songs in question are great or god-awful (and some of these are absolutely hideous, trust me), what connects them is belonging to that lovely period, before ideas of taste or genre or credibility intrude into your thinking, when you’re governed purely by what sounds good to you …
