Tom Mason Yes and that was Tricky Dicky's record shop.
Great record shop. Bought many an import record there.
Name: Tony Rounce
Comment: Richard Scanes has passed away. 'Tricky Dicky' was a great servant to soul and dance music for decades, as both a DJ and a proprietor. His Trax Records shop in Greek Street was an invaluable barometer of public acceptance for me in the days when I worked in dance promotion. I actually knew TD from the time when I used to buy secondhand records from his lists in the late 1960s, and he was as passionate about a good new tune in the early 1990s as he was when he used to put those paper lists together 25 years earlier.
(10 November 2016)
That record shop was unbelievable bought many 12 inch vinyl out of there
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“Tricky Dicky's Disco Music record shop at 391c Mile End Road, London E3 (opposite Mile End tube) is open Mon/Thur/Fri/Saturdays from noon till 8pm and services regular DJ customers (Including Chris Hill and Tom Holland) with really cheap prices (no minimum order), i.e. Imports - LP £4.50, 12in £2.50/2.20, 7in 60p; UK LP £3.50, 7in 80p.”
... and this piece on page 5 of the January 12th 1980 edition, headed 'DJ DEALER':
“TRICKY DICKY runs both the Dicks Inn gay discos at various venues and the soul and import-specialising Disco Music record shop at 391c Mile End Road, London E3 (01 981 45311 servicing East London's many disco and pub jocks. Dicky reports that since normal record outlets have stopped stocking so much disco product his own business has increased again, and that 7in. imports make up a large part of his sales as they are cheaper than UK releases for bona fide DJs at his shop. Disco Music's current sellers include: 1 Whispers 12in., 2 Trussel 12in., 3 Eddie Cheba 'Lookin Good' (US Big Tree) 12in., 4 Alton McClain / Johnny Bristol 'Hang On In There Baby' (US Polydor 7in.), 5 Chain Reaction 12in., 6 Joe Bataan 12in., 7 Funky Four Plus One More 12in., 8 Mr Q 'Love And Time' (US Monica 12in., 9 Risco Connection 12in., 10 Dynasty 'Satisfied' (US Solar 12in., while the Tony Rallo LP and 7in versions of Roy Ayers 'Don't Stop The Feeling', Patrice Rushen 'Haven't You Heard' are big too.”