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I guess it could have been that guy. What was strange he never sent me stock lists I just sent him a wants list and he got me over a a dozen or so over a few years. All originals Suprise Party Vibrations, Hey sah lo nay, James Carr I want to know are the ones I recall. I think he got me a Loma and Okeh 45 too but can't remember what it or the rest were. Ive still got the James Carr. Thanks.

Bit of a long shot but here goes. Probably around the same time I first got lists from Soul Bowl 76/77. I wrote to a guy in Leytonstone whose address came from a mate at Wigan. The guy was John Downing and he wrote back saying he had a few from the wants list I sent him. He actually sent me the records before sending him a cheque! Does anybody know or remember him ?

Yeah that's him LOL. I never bought anything off him. I always did swap deals with him and then pop down to Chorlton to Les Hares shop... that was propably late 90's early noughties and think. Didnt know Dave was a DJ.

Is that the "Dave" who had a record stall upstairs in Hyde Market?

If it's any help the building was on a corner and you went straight downstairs not sure but somewhere near Cross St Deansgate area. Dont think they had another after that fiasco.

I went to an alldayer in Manchester in the mid 70's in a basement club possibly on Deansgate. It was when "Too Many People" was big and I asked Siz to play it. Shortly after playing it the Police came in and booted us all out. I was wondering if anyone remembers this and the name of the club? Could it have been "Carolines"?

Wigan Casino Dec 76, went with a mate from work Louis from Buxton because non of my local mates were allowed out all night 🙂 Records I recall were Ron Holden and The Reflections Adam and Eve.

OMG I'm so sorry to that news. My thoughts go out to all his family. I never met John but spoke to him a lot from 77' to 80 on a payphone opposite work during my lunch time. My weekly wants from his lists would be gradully scratched off as he said "sorry thats gone" and I would end up with the the bottom record on the list. Which nowadays ended up a bargain anyway. I recall going over to Kings Lynn for a work related meeting many years later probably around 1999 and just had to walk down Portland St but he may have gone by then. R.I.P John

agree with that