Record / CD / Tape
The Reducers
1979

“I remember the record shop you mention, (though I can't remember the name, either! Anyone help here?) You could buy loads of alternative music there. They had the record sleeves displayed on the wall with the warning; "nick our record covers and we will nick you." They also had a branch in Sale - where I worked at the time - for a while. The staff were very helpful, polite and knowlegeable in both outlets.”

“Mitch remembers it being called "Discount Records" I am pretty sure he is right. "Muppet" lead singer of Armed Force used to work in there. There is a picture of him I took when we were in a band "Yukio Tani" he is crouching down. The shop was exactly as you described and was a regular meet up place for many of the punks who hung around in town circa 1978/79”

“Yes, The Reducers definitely played the Mayflower - a few of us came down from Bury to watch and I don't remember too many other punters that night; seem to remember the end of the night was spent justifying why my mate still insisted on wearing flares to some dudes who claimed to be V2 (not a typing error!), in their expensive 'New Wave' gear and Vidal Sassoon spiky hair...”

“i remember discount records there was also a record stall upstairs sold rare picture discs and stuff”

“was it not called Dereck ords? that was the name of the stall that sold rare records in the underground i think? I remember the reducers playing at the busin in bolton”

“yeah they were husband and wife his wife worked in the underground really nice blonde lady they lived in blackpool remember all that but not the name”

“they still have a record stall it's now at the beach Market Blackpool opp south pier”

“thats amazing i think the guy was called dereck had one of those kevin keegan haircuts,i used to hang about there with hanky and pete the muppet.Thanks Mr Tattoo.”

“yes he is called dereck and the stall was once called derecords dereck and records put together and what do you get Derecords get it?”

“no sorry dont understand”

“the name of the shop was "dereckords" it's half dereck and half records DERECords deRECORDS get it?”

“but with a "K" in there Derekords”

“no probs got you now the name dosnt ring any bells but the guy was called dereck and it was a record shop do you remember his wifes name?”

“i remember the punk stall for sure.. got a signed Angelic Upstarts single from there, the band signed it as i bought it.. still got the record... "I`m an Upstart"”

“The Reducers first single Things go wrong/We are Normal is far better and much harder to find. The lovely blonde ladies record shop in Blackpool as gone now I went to have a look last year and it was gone I was gutted.”