Great stuff Rob, i had heard about you in the 80,s but you,ve filled in a lot of history there , collecting music stateside in the 60,s must have been a great experience for you , I started buying soul 45,s in the mid 60,s in the early 70,s in the UK it was the heyday of finding what we term Northern Soul at bargain prices hell of a lot of great music was shipped over to the UK in the 70,s even in my small home town of Leigh we had around 5 shops where you could find black music from small indie labels , Manchester just down the road from me had a couple of great places to find rare 45,s in the 70,s ...80,s Global records where Richard Searling use to work and later Robinsons where i found some great bargains and not forgetting your buddy Rod Shard market stall which was always a hive of activity whenever he or Dave Withers got back from the states..
Regards Ian Cunliffe