Wolfman Records on the A6 in Levenshulme - the owner was in a 60s band who had onbig hit but I can't remember it. Nice bloke.
Was that next to the ten ten cafe full of greasers and the railway pub full of teddy boys us mods took some shit running along there haha
There are two I remember on Stockport Road from when I lived in Burnage from the late 80s,
one called The Music Box, run by an elderly couple. Always had easy listening cds and the like in the window,and some 1950s looking Disney character wall designs with light-up parts.
The other was further down just before McVities bakery in the Antiques Village area.
I'm sure it was called Wolfman Records. Perhaps it'll spark memories from others.
Alan Bound. (2024)
Wayne Fontana?
That unusual English male pop singer who started to become famous in the 1960s was called Wayne Fontana: but he was born on October 28, 1945, christened Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, in the Manchester area, Levenshulme, Lancashire.
His mum and dad were Mildred and Richard Ellis. After his school days, when Glyn was 15, he started to work in his local record shop and in 1961, aged 16, he began training as a telephone engineer apprentice before beginning his true career in musical employment..
“COLLECTORS’ COLUMN: Wolfman Records - Now open at 1019 Stockport Rd., Levenshulme. For all types of music at low prices. Tel: 061 443 1238.”
... and this in the 24th December 1990 edition:
“Wolfman Records Wish all their Customers and Friends a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. We buy sell & exchange records & cassettes.”
... and this in the 20th November 1991:
“WE BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE Records. All top 40, Jazz, Soul, Pop, R'n'B, Easy Listening, 60’s-90’s, Heavy Metal. WOLFMAN Records, 1019 Stockport Road, Levenshulme. Tel: 443 1238.”
... plus this extract from a piece, titled 'JANET REEDER VISITS LEVENSHULME COUNTY. Levenshulme is apparently what the locals have dubbed this part of the city because of its strong Irish cultural identity.' in the 8th May 1998 edition:
“... We also discovered the scarily-named Wolfman Records, run by a bloke who was in a band called the Mavericks which used to play Liverpool’s Cavern Club back before Cilla Black became a TV celeb and had stars in her eyes when she was working as the cloakroom chick there. A bloke came in to the shop and asked for a record by Albert Cohen. Wolfman said he sounded like someone who ran a tailor’s up in Cheetham Hill. It was only when the guy stumbled across the tape he was looking for that we all realised he meant the king of the sound of miserable, Leonard Cohen.”
I also found this piece about the Mavericks which used to play Liverpool's Cavern Club:
“The Merseybeats were formed in 1961, in Liverpool under the name of The Mavericks which comprised of Tony Crane (lead guitar, vocals) Billy Kinsley (bass, vocals) working as an Everly Brothers influenced duo around the clubs of Liverpool. They soon became a four piece with the addition of David Elias (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Frank Sloane (drums). For a short while they changed name to The Pacifics and in 1962 The Mavericks were re-named The Mersey Beats by Bob Wooler, M.C. of the famous Cavern Club.”