Sorry to butt in on this mutual adulation session, Richard was certainly the man at Wigan, but then he had access to all the big records via John Anderson at the time and compared to Winstanley, any DJ would have shone
Gary Rushbrooke was as good
Butch blows him away and has had to work much harder for his records
Since then he has been ok but in modern terms not a patch on Bob Jones or Mike Stephens. Dean Johnson was always a better DJ at Parkers.
So full respect to Richard but the adulation is and has always been over the top .
Peace be with you