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Music at home until I was 11 was radio.
1YA mostly – BBC World Service news, light classical, that sort of stuff – with a bit of Sunday Morning Requests as a treat.
Courtesy of the NZBC.
Then we got the radiogram.
And 4 free LPs.
Julie Andrews. Peter Sellars. The Edinburgh Tattoo. John Raitt. (Yep, Bonnie’s dad)
Assume correctly that I wasn’t involved in the selection.
I don’t think I was allowed even to touch it until I was 14 or so.
Then I monopolised it.
The Beatles were liked.
The Byrds were tolerated.
Larry’s Rebels were OK (but only because I went to school with Terry Rouse – keyboards)
The La De Das weren’t liked at all.
Right!
“On top of the world” went on on repeat…
Which still shows, despite careful restoration and digitalisation.
You Must Be From Away 
>My parents’ taste: Strauss, Mozart, Bach, the standard fare, but thankfully, symphonies and not piano concerto. Andy Williams, Danny Kaye, Mitch Miller; Julie Andrews; Ella, Sarah, but strangely no Billie.First 45’s I bought: the Monkees’ Theme when I was 13. (Heck, I just found they have a web site!! Whowoddathunk!)