Back at the Casino record bar area when I first started collecting around 75/76 - although I never knew SS his name along with a major record dealer got the blame for every new pressing , bootleg etc. A new sound would be played by a DJ and bang the following week pressings we’re getting knocked out at £5 a shot - and everyone would go effing SS again or the other guy - the feeling I always got was they weren't welcome, with people mumbling the usual - “if they come down here, there’ll get it”.
Looking back I am sure they got the blame for some pressings and bootlegs - that had nothing to do with them - very convenient for other people to pass the blame