Steve D

“I used to go in the Hyde branch regularly in the early to mid eighties and i think it was a chart return shop then. As you say, lots of promo stuff. They also did 'Surprise packs' of 10 singles shrink wrapped together for a quid. You could only see the front and back single in the pack, and tucked in the middle of one I bought was Dead Kennedys 'Too Drunk to f***', which could have been a surprise too far for some people!”

“Zoo B Doo - the first night club I went to. Hidden behind the bar at the end of the ballroom. Marvellous.”

“I think Kicks was a disco type bar under the Brittania Hotel, on the corner of Portland St and Chorlton St.”

“I might be wrong, but i think the 666 club was in what is now The Triangle. It was in the basement with the door on the corner of Corporation Street and Fennel Street. If it was the 666, i saw The Fall there supported by L7 one Sunday night in the early 80's. Damn, missed Max Bygraves though.”