Name: Gary Hough
Comment: Edwin P Lees was a favourite of mine, they used to sell records downstairs before moving to the upper floor for more space. I bought lots of punk, post punk, Gary Numan stuff in there. Awesome staff too. I remember Crass and the Anti Nowhere League records causing them a few problems with the obscene publications squad coming in to stop them selling them at the time.
(2022)
In the book Young Soul Rebels Stuart Cosgrove mentions the Molly brothers who brought their first soul record there amongst the light bulbs, lamps and extension cables. Upstairs was a rack of chart records and a small box of imports. Dave Molly's love of digging began along with Richard Stearling who drove miles in search of northern soul.
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“MARSHALL’S RECORD CENTRE FOR CHOICE. Marshall's Record Centre, long noted in Manchester for excellence and knowledge-ability, particularly in the classical recorded music field, became part of the Edwin P Lees group two years ago. Marshall Casanove, who founded Marshall’s in 1956, explains that the rapid technological developments including laserdisc, videodisc and particularly compact disc, made it increasingly important to the customer to be able to obtain the “hardware” - the equipment on which to play the new recording media from the same source as the “software” - the recordings themselves. Now this ideal situation is fully achieved at Piccadilly Plaza where Marshall’s Record Centre shares the same spacious premises with the new Edwin P Lees branch.”