First of all apologies if this is may be in the wrong section and if it's been done before! I'm sure there must be plenty of people like me on here that used to visit john at soul bowl (the big farmhouse)in kings lynn and thought that there must be some great stories of phenomanal finds! We can all give our stories of finds in the states but to this day it's still one of the most fascinating places i've ever been to i only wish i had the knowledge back then
Does anyone remember the endless racks of 45s so high you couldnt reach the top shelves and the huge stacks on the floor so you couldnt even get at the lower shelves! Not forgetting the huge array of posters covering the entireity of the ceiling (anybody got any photos of the place?)
I first went there in '85 and can remember being overcome by the sheer volume of 45s, however i did come out with some great tunes without spending a fortune, for example endless acetates on edgewood,virtue,frankford wayne etc not forgetting the awesome josephine taylor "i'm gone" on an unissued 12 inch onederful acetate which i remember selling to mr. bicknell back in the day and is still doing the rounds today and also a track by jerry and his uniques which i believe steve green now has(put up a soundbite if you're reading this mate) best of all was being given the sparkles try love as it was only vg
Great days indeed and john was always a pleasure to deal with
Does anyone else have some great stories and photos?
hope you've enjoyed the waffle vince