12 is an interesting age and good post by you.

Very little access to anything but the radio and Midnight Special on Fridays and Don Kirschner's Rock concert on Saturday. Even then money was tight being 12, I could hold a cassette recorder to the radio or get the 45's when they came out.

Most of these came from my school mates that allowed me to listen to their music. I was so lucky that hard rock was a big thing in my school so I listened to my favorite genre of music.