max millward

he ain't doing so bad now!! with all them records he's selling!! by the way alan thanks for the sapphires!! thought it was about time i replaced my old old cracked copy!! max..

YOU KNOW YOU LOVED IT!!!!!!!

at last!!!! for god's sake neil don't sell out i need a few of them reds!! max..

IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE A MASSIVE TURN OUT TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO A FELLOW SOULIE & A GOOD FRIEND TO US ALL!! THIS AFTERNOON I FELT A BIT HOLLOW & VERY LOW AT THIS LOSS! AS I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WILL! DEAR DEPARTED POMMA!! REST IN PEACE MATE! THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A BIT OF YOU WITH US! MAX..

the records listed are what graham says he discovered they are his memories! i do remember sousaan coming to the dj booth on i think 3 different nights to sell some records, then he left to go to the torch i believe! which time he supposedly nearly got rolled ,i wouldn't have a clue, he never metioned it to me on any of his later visits to my shop or my parents house! so sorry can't help you on that score! MAX..

nice one!!! max..

wouldn't have thought graham would have gone to the plaza!! but you never know!!! all the best max..

HI ADE, THEY LIVED IN WORDSWORTH RD OR WAS IT AVE! GOD IT'S A LONG TIME AGO!! THAT WAS IN W'TON OF COURSE!! MAX..

THAT WOULD BE BRILLIANT IAN!! NEVER MIND THE TUNES WHAT ABOUT THE CHATTING & THE STORIES WE COULD ALL RELATE!! YOU GOTTA MAKE IT!! WOULD MAKE A TOP TOP NIGHT OUT!! MAX..

hi mr dewhurst sir! i do totally agree with you on regionalized tunes but in those days there were not many places one could pick up different stuff,most dealers of the time seemed to have the same tunes for sale so a lot of them were played all over the country the same weekend i would think!! thru the network of dealers if you really got on well with them you could sift thru odd things that were not listed at that time & find a few gems! not generally available, but as you are aware it did not take long before these were pressed to meet heavy demand,when graham came back with his haul i can honestly say i had only got 1 record that he came back with, so a bit of scoop i would say. on an occasion in i think early 72' i swopped simon soussan 6 of my tunes for 87 records that i had never heard before or seen listed anywhere! most of these went on to become massive national favourites as dj's managed to find them, having i think all available lists at my dissposal i know that quite a lot of those 87 tunes remained very rare for years!! then of course the intellegent dealer realised that by supplying selected dj's who were in a position to break new tunes, helped to keep the supply of rarities ongoing, plus you also had guys bring bring you a record to see if you new it & if it was good you would buy it off them, the same still goes on today!! all i can say is "the wonderful world of northern soul" a total mania & long may it live!!!!!!!!!! max...

yes why not ken! well lets start with picking graham up from the station loaded up with 2 big suitcases full of records,no clothes, he'd thrown them away to get all the records in those rammed cases, we got back to graham's mom & dads house & graham was really riffy, his hands & fingers engrained with dirt from sifting thru 1000's of records over the 3 weeks he had been away! his fingers were red raw, he said you start sorting i'm gonna have a good soak in the bath. so i started sorting them out into alphabetical order, record after record i'd never heard, i was so excited! but resisted the temptation to switch on the record player till he came back refreshed from his soaking in the bath, a look of relief on his face at getting back to something like his normal self!! so we waded thru most of the tunes, with graham selling me a selection of them! well to be honest at least 1 of everything he bought back, a totally amazing find all in one trip,so as you can guess that sat night at the "cats" was a very special night with loads of new spins booming down the two long passageways! a truly awsome night!! as i remember he had 250 copies of "quick change artist" so after the "cats" it was a quick trip up to the"torch" to start getting rid of them, i remember him saying he'd got so much money from selling he could afford to go to the states again next week!! he didn't though! as i look back things do become that much clearer & i'm sure i'll be able to tell some more super stories! max..

HI TONY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE THREE WERE! IT'S INTERESTING & WHO KNOWS WE MAY BE ABLE TO TOTALLY PINPOINT SOME TUNES! MAX...

ok ken i'll own up they were mine! max..

i did! i brought one along with many other things the amazing graham dug up in the states! if my memory serves me i remember graham told levine where to go to find copies of the tunes he had bought back, as you can imagine they were exciting times at the "cats" with so many new tunes to be played along with the one's found by myself, i only wish that i had kept a record of when tunes were first played at the "cats" how useful that would have been!!! really looking forward to us all getting together in july, " a total night of nostalga" max...

THINK THAT REALLY DOES SUM YOU UP JELLYBEAN!! AS A RESIDENT AT SOME VENUES, I THINK THAT YOU ARE REGARDED AS THE BACKBONE OF THAT PARTICULAR CLUB, I DON'T TURN UP WITH A LITTLE BOX, BUT A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF RECORDS TO HOPEFULLY SATISFY ANY REQUESTS,THE WAY I SEE IT IS IF A CUSTOMER ASKS FOR A TUNE & I HAVE IT, THEN I WILL PLAY IT,AFTER ALL THE PERSON HAS PAID GOOD MONEY TO BE ENTERTAINED & SURELY HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT TO HEAR HIS REQUEST, I TOO HAVE THE SNAKE IN ONE OF MY BOX'S! IF I CAN'T SATISFY THE PERSONS NEEDS I WOULD SAY NO CAN DO,ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR!! NOT PLAYING REQUESTS CAN LEAD TO LOSING CUSTOMERS WHO WILL FIND SOMEWHERE THAT WILL PLAY THERE REQUEST!! YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU ATTRACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAX...

NICE BITS EDDIE I'D LIKE EM BOTH BUT SPENT OUT AT THE MO' ANYTHING YOURE LOOKING FOR PM ME MAX

think you're right there toad ! max..

yes mark, played it at intervals over the last 35yrs, bet you can guess where i first played it!! max..

also told the sad news this morning, it's so hard to come to terms with one of the nice guy's always had time for a chat if he wasn't dancing my thoughts go out to all his family & friends gonna miss you pomma mate max...

COULD BE WHY PEP PLAYED IT AT THE "CATS" MAX

PLAYED YEARS BEFORE AT THE "CATS" BY PEP MAX

HAVE TO AGREE THERE MARK! ANOTHER CLASSY OLDIE DUE FOR A SPIN! CAN REMEMBER PLAYING IT BACK IN THE DAY! GUESS WHERE!! MAX

HI CHALK'S TOTALLY BRILLIANT NEWS!! MAX

hope you've got plenty of albums neil!! they'll be queing for them at prestatyn max.