Shit records what you've owned and are embarrassed by catharsis thread.

At the request of Johnny (who Hates Jazz but doesn't know it) I'm starting a thread about all those shit records you bought when you were younger during moments of hormonal madness / temporary insanity.

I had some right stinkers:

Phil Collins
Nik Kershaw
Possibly a Bros record.
Air Supply
etc,

You get the drift.

Come on, spill the beans and if possible try and explain why.

Singles

Peter andre - flava
Spice girls - 2 become 1

Albums

Steps x 2
Peter andre again
Busted x 3 (and im not ashmed)
Louise (redknapp)
Spice girls
Culture club
Various clubland cds
Scooter x 3

I used to work overtime on a Saturday morning when I was in my early 20s. Finished for 10.30 and straight down the pub, drinking aftershock/absinthe at 2.00 in the afternoon is never a good idea. On the way home stop at HMV.

Wake up Sunday morning with CD's I'll never listen to including

The Best of the Police
The Mull Historical Society (almost a 1 hit wonder)
Everclear (who have actually made some decent songs)
Toploader

And many more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

The videos quite good.

Also the Nutty Proffessor 2 soundtrack, never even seen the film.

This. I was going through a pseudo intellectual phase.

We didn't buy any records before '67. The first record I ever bought was "Good Vibrations" (we'd got a fancy stereogram and mum treated us to a record each) My brother got "The Carnival is Over" and I've never let him live it down to this day. The second record I got was the Magical Mystery Tour double EP which my parents banned from the stereogram when they were in earshot.
Since then, there are quite a few I look back at and wonder what drugs I was on at the time of purchase including:
Most of Ralph Records output (Chrome, Residents, Tuxedo Moon, MX 80 Sound) bit  weird on reflection but I did have a night out with Snakefinger in Manchester after a gig at the place which was Jillie's.
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
Jean Luc Ponty - a man can only take so much electric violin and I'd already had my fill with Flock - although he did some good work with Zappa.
Anything by Genesis although Steve H is a neighbour when he's not touring and a lovely chap
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Italian rock band that seemed great when I spent a summer on an Italian beach with a pretty girl who loved 'em - less so in Bolton.
Disco. I have about 5 disco records from the time and have successfully buried them both in the attic and in my mind although I do believe that one of them is Ring My Bell which is perhaps the most annoying tune of all time. Still like Going Back to My Roots though - great tune. I still have Funkadelic's One Nation but I don't mind it so much as it's worth a few bob.
Mahavishnu's Visions of the Emerald Beyond. I like the band, and Birds of Fire is the ultimate acid trip soundtrack, but this was twiddling for the sake of it and it was the last one of theirs I bought.
Beefheart's early stuff - loved it at the time but it's a bit "meh" nowadays
There are probably a few more turkeys in there but the vinyl is stashed away and I can't remember the whole sordid journey. All the good stuff constitutes around 100 gig on my I pod classic - so the cringeworthy never sees daylight.

already mentioned a couple of these but here goes

Go Wests debut album
Johnny Hates Jazz debut album
Living in a Box debut album
Holly Johnsons solo album
various Level 42 albums
Rick Astley album 
Musical Youths album (pass the Dutchy  )
An Alvin Stardust single (can't remember the name)
Nik Kershaw - i won't let the sun go down on me

i do have to add i bought all of these when i was still at school but since i discovered the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Wonderstuff and all things indie at 17/18 i haven't looked back since

Barb Dwyer wrote:

The videos quite good.

 i was a big fan of Mull 

y2johnny wrote:Singles

Peter andre - flava
Spice girls - 2 become 1

Albums

Steps x 2
Peter andre again
Busted x 3 (and im not ashmed)
Louise (redknapp)
Spice girls
Culture club
Various clubland cds
Scooter x 3

and the award for worst taste in music goes to...... 

Norpig wrote:

y2johnny wrote:Singles

Peter andre - flava
Spice girls - 2 become 1

Albums

Steps x 2
Peter andre again
Busted x 3 (and im not ashmed)
Louise (redknapp)
Spice girls
Culture club
Various clubland cds
Scooter x 3

and the award for worst taste in music goes to...... 

Jesus Christ, Johnny!

What's on your current playlist? We can help.

finlaymcdanger wrote:

Norpig wrote:

y2johnny wrote:Singles

Peter andre - flava
Spice girls - 2 become 1

Albums

Steps x 2
Peter andre again
Busted x 3 (and im not ashmed)
Louise (redknapp)
Spice girls
Culture club
Various clubland cds
Scooter x 3

and the award for worst taste in music goes to...... 

Jesus Christ, Johnny!

What's on your current playlist? We can help.

the only one's of the above i actually bought for myself where the clubland and scooter cd's.  The rest are all really shit xmas presents!

I promise i have quite good taste in music but it is very eclectic!

My dad was given the K-K-K-Kosset Carpets advert record - one of those wafer thin floppy 45s. 

The tune is burnt onto my brain.

y2johnny wrote:
the only one's of the above i actually bought for myself where the clubland and scooter cd's.  

You say that as though it's some sort of mitigation or excuse.

It's not.

Go and stand in the corner and put that hat on.

Breadman wrote:

y2johnny wrote:
the only one's of the above i actually bought for myself where the clubland and scooter cd's.  

You say that as though it's some sort of mitigation or excuse.

It's not.

Go and stand in the corner and put that hat on.

yes unc

karlypants wrote:

Come on KP, you are joining me in this corner....................spill!!!!!

The worst I can think of at the moment is Toni Basil's 'Mickey' although I'm sure there are a few more rotters in the stash in my Mum and Dad's loft.

Luckily, I was brainwashed from an early age and can stand by much of what I bought in my youth. I used to buy most of my stuff at Tracks(?) on Mealhouse Lane(?) by M&S and can remember queueing outside one Saturday morning to get a new Anti-Nowhere League release. Can't imagine it would have been sold out.