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Thats very special. Just made my day man oh man !

A venue I fondly remember attending with Keith bless him. A small dance floor and bar that got full really quickly and the dj in a small booth. Had some good nights there late 70's plus got some nice records of Keith too! I think the last time I attended Nick Cowen was the guest and I went running up to him after he played Terry Callier Look At Me Now to ask him what it was and what label.

At that time we bought records together and somehow got a copy of it on the Soul Galore boot, back in 76' we didnt have a clue about records but we did know it wasnt the original label so that was the driving force to ask the dj to play it so we could find out. On a Wednesday night you only had to be 16 to get in and we were all 15 at the time. Not as busy as the nighter by a long way but a great introduction to learn how to dance and hear great records that your local youth club dj didnt have. We had gone way past the snake, green door and doris troy by then and wanted the real deal and certainly got it back then. I recall hearing Marie Knight and being blown away by it.

Sometime in late 76' during the Wednesday night short Northern Soul sessions at the Casino club. Me and my mate plucked up the courage to ask Stu Brackenridge for Jimmy Mack My World Is On Fire. When he played it we ran up on stage to see the label...Palmer

Yes agree. The strings are just magical still hard to believe how good it is and the Casino went mad for it. I recall going to Russ's shop in Wigan to buy it as soon as it came out on Grapevine. It's always included on my car playlist and play it at home. Love it.

Ive still got the Superlatives orig "I still Love You" that I bought from the record bar that day, the sleeve says Neil Ruston Records. No idea if it was him I bought it off didnt know what he looked like. I only really knew the Wigan jocks and a couple the Manchester guys like Siz back then.

Ok I know its a long time ago since I bought stuff in there but I thought Spin Inn was further to the left where the pavement is wider? I walk through here to work the odd time and often wonder where it was exactly? When I get near work I do the same looking for Rafters and the other clubs on Oxford Rd that are now Deli's lol

Nice flyer of the Ritz event! My 45 wasn't signed by Edwin sadly but I still have it. Yes memory plays tricks I thought it was a sunny Sunday in summer/autumn not Nov don't remember Russ on the day either.

Could have been earlier I guess may be 04? The elavated dance floor had long gone by then. I recall being suprised walking in and it was all flat.

I went to that all dayer with Edwin on live. He belted out "Contact" as it was his latest release so would have been 78' We got their early as we heard a rumour the first 50 or so got a free single and sure enough we were handed a yellow copy of Agent OO Soul still got it. The solid Northern dayers were fabulous I recall "Paris Blues" being huge back then. The last time I was there was early noughties probably 2006/7 for those outstanding Rarest Of the Rare nighters.

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