Ian certainly wasn't there at the start of the scene about three years later although he was collecting motown earlier,the scene was flourishing along with hundreds of rare imports at the wheel,cats,chateau,and quite a few other venues before a 17 year old Ian turned up and it was at least 12 months after that when he actually contributed any new sounds to the scene.He certainly re wrote the beginings of the scene but did have a major part in helping the scene to grow and is swons project brought a lot of people back into the scene.