Syd Booth

The first people I ever bought records from were Brian Selby and John Bratton. Both of them worked for a very good independent record shop in Mansfield called Syd Booth’s. A legendary record store, in fact. One of the biggest indies in the north. Brian and John were obviously soul boys. They’d got access to the tunes of the day: the Direction label, the Stateside label. I wouldn’t say northern at that time, I think, because that was just coming into its own at the Wheel. I was far too young for that. I was certainly buying “Everyday People” by Sly & The Family Stone as a new release. I bought “Sixty Minutes Of Your Love,” Homer Banks on Minit. Standard records in that particular shop. I think the reason is that in ’68 I wasn’t going to clubs, but by ’69 I was sneaking past the bouncer to the local dancehall. Kev Roberts DJ