I met him only a couple of times and was on the end of as Ian knows the incident at the Mecca Well Ian was on the end of it I just happened to be standing too close.
My first meeting I cannot remember when, was I was very young and bought some records off him only to find out that out of the half dozen 3 were boots. I think I complained to Richard S about it and the next thing was I had my money back but I never got any more records from him because I had complained - the other three were originals and pretty nice too! So I probably shot myself in the foot by complaining- so then I had to buy off Kev R if I wanted something I couldnt get from Global!
I remember as a youngster I was in Awe listening to his knowledge as I was knowledgeable but not enough to compete with him in a conversation so I just stood there listening while he had conversations with others. One of the Characters of the Scenes in the 70s.