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I was listening to Sean Coyle last week, doing a marvellous job filling in for the unfilling-in-able Gerry Anderson on Radio Ulster ('for all your broadcasting needs'). Towards the end of the show he played Leo Sayer's 1973 hit , The Show Must Go On.ÌýIf you don't know it, I wouldn't bother running outÌýto get aÌýcopy. If onlyÌýsomeone had said that to me the Saturday after Leo appeared on TopÌýOf The Pops. For that record became 'The First Record I EverÌýOwned'. Which is not a very cool thing to admit. Should the first single not be a glam rock classic by Slade, or even a single by the Beatles ?ÌýÌýWouldn't it be a much better thing to be able to say 'Yes, the first single I ever bought was 'White Riot' byÌýThe Clash'. Yes it would, but it's better to tell the truth. Others made much wiser choices.ÌýFeargal Sharkey's first record purchaseÌýwas '19th Nervous Breakdown.'Ìý Now that's cool, but it means he wasÌýseven years old Ìýwhen he bought it. That'sÌýperfectly feasible although when I first readÌýhis answer (it was a pop magazine questionnaire) I must admit I thoughtÌýit was suspicious. HeÌýdidÌýgrow up with olderÌýbrothers and sisters who presumably were first generation Stones and Beatles fans.One of them must have reached in their pocket, ruffled his young hair and saidÌý 'There's six and eight pence,Ìý go out and buy yourself a record - and don't be coming back withÌýanything by The Bachelors'.ÌýÌýI, on the other hand, brought back a record by a singer who wore white Pierrot make up.