I lived in Stafford those times, we used to put a big aerial out me mates bedroom window to get a reception to pick up Mike Shaft up Manchester. I used to get the train up to Spin Inn for the tunes he used to play, early memories are Master C&J "in the City" also "Face It" definitely as Russ said "Music is the Key" . This was after I'd become a vinyl junkie after a 2/3 year spell spending every penny i got on import funk and electro tunes in Groove Records, Greek Street London. Fascinating hearing this similar recollection if early house music filtering through to us. It took me to running a pirate radio station back in London early to late nineties and making my life what it became. To this day Music is The Key! Brilliant interview.
Wow I loved reading this Warren, just read it several times. Russ was right at the top of people I wanted to do a video with so I was buzzing when he said he’d do one with me . We will do a face to face one next time 😀
@PaulB_SceneStories Nice one Paul mate, I've literally just put Master C&J "When you Hold Me" on , that taken away inspired remembering these fantastic days. I was 18/19 when I used to go up to Spin Inn usually on match days to watch Utd ! Seminal record shop definitely to me, especially with the early house music getting through. Respec' to you lot up there man
Met some great kids from Stafford & Rugeley back then, when we used to blast down to Shelleys every Friday night, Nexus 21 crew & MC Ragga "Rugeley posse hold tight" magic nights
I remember waiting 3 weeks before I got my copy of Knights of the Turntable 'We are the Knights' 12' from the old Spin Inn on Cross Street MCR. The old Fllash Gordon style heater in the corner. All the records were on the left as we went in. Eric B 12', Frick n Frack, Just Ice. Many fund memories. £5.49 for imports. That copy of jellybean with the graffiti cover that was always there. All the graff from Bus Diss fans. Shout out, Russ. True MCR legend. Much respect❤🙏👊
Oh wow I love reading these comments . I’d forgotten about Knights of the Turntable , just listening to it now. People remember the records they first bought from there , people remember that shop as fondly as the nightclubs don’t they 😀
We need a part 2, Russ was just getting going! 😊 It's great to reminisce; but Out in the Sticks has just celebrated its 30th birthday!! Not many nights can can say that. The event still attracts the original crew and now there is a strong second generation (maybe even third) Sticks family - and it really is a family ❤️
Got tipped off to watch this by my good friend Hip Hop Dave, Russ knows him well for still spending ridiculous amounts of money at Vinyl Exchange adding to his vast collection of Hip Hop but at the same time he's preserving the art for future generations, which is priceless i guess so fuck it, it's only money haha. Russ sold me a copy of Smith & Mighty - Anyone in 1988 aged 14 at the time and that record took me on my underground musical adventure which led me to becoming a DJ myself and onto pirate radio in Manny. Something I'm still active with to this day. So Russ and Kenny were a part of my shaping musically without even knowing it. I still talk about them to this day and mentioned Spin Inn in a recent docc. I took part in. Great interview thoroughly enjoyed that ❤👌
@@PaulBSceneStories pleasure mate thanks for taking the time out to document history. I'm just watching the Leroy story now. I was just thinking what a small city Manchester is in a funny way as we are all connected in a way that only music could do. We recently filmed outside the Hać for a new film about pirate radio. And Tony's lad used to play on Buzz FM too for a time. All strangers but all family connected by musical journey's 🤛👊
The story of Spin Inn & how it helped shape the Manchester music scene is worth telling. Its been around a long time, not just its association with the rise of 1980s House, Hip Hop & RnB when Stu Allan was djing & buying imports, but going back to the 1960s mods scene & 1970s northern soul. I believe Gary Lane was the manager & still alive i think now aged 81 years old, at least he was from a post in We Grew Up In Manchester group on F B about Spin Inn Records last year under which his daughter Lisa Burns commented. Also DJ Kev Edwards who lives in Warrington is on F B.
Brilliant interview with a proper nice guy.. played a few parties with russ and Kenny back in the day - BELIEF! Also, it was Russ that put me on to KLF - Chillout.. thanks man 👊🏻✌🏼
I love the comments on this video . It shows how special that shop was that people travelled from places like Birmingham and Leeds to buy records from there 😀
Another great listen! First record I bought from Spin Inn was “Christmas Rap” album in 1987, aged 13. Nervously took it to the counter and embarrassed to find I was just short of the required cash, but they kindly let me off with the difference. Still play the Derek B track off it every Christmas!
Who doesn’t know him loved going to the shop at weekends buying my vinyls and top dance underground music for pirate radio. He needs to bring back spin inn
@ yah remember the good old times in there think was one me first shops bought from then vinyl exchange and reflex records but i ended up always back at spin inn for the tech, trance, dance stuff they got in was amazing no one else could get it
I started off buying in Spin in when it was behind boots, I was buying hip-hop but still went in Mrc Underground when it was behind the corn exchange, leaky had a small shop in the back I used to into. The good old days, when that pay check came in it got split between a bunch of record shops and then I would be skint for another 3 weeks. lol
remember going into spin inns .. well standing in the doorway as a nervous 14/15 year old in about 88/89 ??? and that Party Line Bizz Nizz track was on... as the bass kicked in the whole shop was rocking - I was so scared, I ran off... a few years later we would get the train to Manchester and spend all our money in Manchester Underground on the tracks Russ would be playing at Danza / Oz in Blackpool!
@@PaulBSceneStories yeah - when we realised Russ was Manchester Underground... it became easier! We would go and ask him to play some tracks he was playing on Saturdays in Blackpool.... it was all an adventure... for us coming from Blackpool , Manchester at that time was the centre of the world! Oldham Street, the Arndale, Afflex, Eastern Bloc, Mcr Underground, the Hacienda etc etc...
Another great story ..... These vids a top stuff ..... I bought records there used to go when I came up from London ...... French kiss melted into the dance floor many a time to that track 💊😁😎
Not listened to that for a long time , I’m just listening to it now. It shows how good Spin Inn was when people can remember their first record they bought there . Mine was Spoony G - My Style, for House it was The Children Freedom 😀
@ yeah for sure, talked to chad a few times in the hacienda on the balcony in the early days ,none of the djs in those days give a shit about trying to be someone ,just mainly working class lads ,new most of the staff at the hacienda,Gary on the main bar ,Marcia on the balcony bar upstairs and Glenn n Jerry down stairs where just brilliant ,absolutely no bullshit whatsoever,golden days indeed.
I remember Harry from the shop but I don’t know much about his back story . It might be an interesting project to research him as a few people have mentioned him now
Harry was big on the northern soul scene very much a regular at the various all-nighters and all-dayers .. Ritz on whitworth st .. Blackpool Mecca .. Rafters on Oxford rd .. great character sadly missed
@@russelljones1549We need someone to talk about the Northern Soul scene . Are you well up on that ? We could talk about Harry as well if we did a video ?
@@PaulBSceneStories we were just lads from Blackpool we didn't have the front to do more than buy. But we love the H.O.U.S.E. . still have tapes from 87/88
@PaulB_SceneStories lol I started watching it after my night shift when I got home so was a bit cream crackered. I've watched it since and I'm In the know now.. 😁
Yeah it was my favourite night there. I would somehow manage to make it in work the next day but sometimes I’d book a day off so I could really go for it 😀
Afro Erotica - French Kiss was one of the remakes, and was played at the Hacienda in 1989. I had it on a tape of Nude night which Key 103 broadcast. It had the crowd noise mixed into it. Loved that tape. ruclips.net/video/W3UgiGqntfE/видео.htmlsi=P6ifzNIspNtHeQTG
@@PaulBSceneStories Would have been amazing! Think it would have been either Jeff Young on his Radio 1 ‘Big Beat’ show, or Stu Allan for me. Possibly even John Peel, as he used to play a few house and hip hop tracks on his show. It’s another of those moments where I wish I’d been a bit older. Hearing them on the radio for the first time is one thing, hearing them in a club, field or warehouse must have been another level. Was thinking about remakes, and there was also this, which was on the same 1989 Hac tape. A rap over King of the Beats. ruclips.net/video/_9vPM1DEMAc/видео.htmlsi=FSFFbLMcB6KzGFBn
Brilliant interview with a proper nice guy.. played a few parties with russ and Kenny back in the day - BELIEF! Also, it was Russ that put me on to KLF - Chillout.. thanks man 👊🏻✌🏼
I lived in Stafford those times, we used to put a big aerial out me mates bedroom window to get a reception to pick up Mike Shaft up Manchester. I used to get the train up to Spin Inn for the tunes he used to play, early memories are Master C&J "in the City" also "Face It" definitely as Russ said "Music is the Key" . This was after I'd become a vinyl junkie after a 2/3 year spell spending every penny i got on import funk and electro tunes in Groove Records, Greek Street London. Fascinating hearing this similar recollection if early house music filtering through to us. It took me to running a pirate radio station back in London early to late nineties and making my life what it became. To this day Music is The Key! Brilliant interview.
Wow I loved reading this Warren, just read it several times. Russ was right at the top of people I wanted to do a video with so I was buzzing when he said he’d do one with me . We will do a face to face one next time 😀
@PaulB_SceneStories Nice one Paul mate, I've literally just put Master C&J "When you Hold Me" on , that taken away inspired remembering these fantastic days. I was 18/19 when I used to go up to Spin Inn usually on match days to watch Utd ! Seminal record shop definitely to me, especially with the early house music getting through. Respec' to you lot up there man
Met some great kids from Stafford & Rugeley back then, when we used to blast down to Shelleys every Friday night, Nexus 21 crew & MC Ragga "Rugeley posse hold tight" magic nights
@@PaulBSceneStories love this ❤
@snowmanbuzzfm Russ was right at the top of my list of people to ask . We will do a part 2 😀
I remember waiting 3 weeks before I got my copy of Knights of the Turntable 'We are the Knights' 12' from the old Spin Inn on Cross Street MCR. The old Fllash Gordon style heater in the corner. All the records were on the left as we went in. Eric B 12', Frick n Frack, Just Ice. Many fund memories. £5.49 for imports. That copy of jellybean with the graffiti cover that was always there. All the graff from Bus Diss fans. Shout out, Russ. True MCR legend. Much respect❤🙏👊
Oh wow I love reading these comments . I’d forgotten about Knights of the Turntable , just listening to it now. People remember the records they first bought from there , people remember that shop as fondly as the nightclubs don’t they 😀
We need a part 2, Russ was just getting going! 😊
It's great to reminisce; but Out in the Sticks has just celebrated its 30th birthday!! Not many nights can can say that. The event still attracts the original crew and now there is a strong second generation (maybe even third) Sticks family - and it really is a family ❤️
Yes we will do a part 2 , next time a face to face one 😎
yeah - and he jumped the djing at Oz Blackpool part - a more iconic club than people realise!
@@scottharrison4628
Was mint the Oz , not many people talk about it ❤️
Paul you are recording a piece of UK history - amazing!
Thanks Scott, it’s really exciting at the moment doing this . I can’t wait to share the ones we’ve done over the last couple of days as well 😀
Thanks , I really enjoyed and reminisced ❤
This was one of my favourites, I love reading the comments in this one . We will do a part 2 as well 😀
Looking forward to it ❤
Got tipped off to watch this by my good friend Hip Hop Dave, Russ knows him well for still spending ridiculous amounts of money at Vinyl Exchange adding to his vast collection of Hip Hop but at the same time he's preserving the art for future generations, which is priceless i guess so fuck it, it's only money haha. Russ sold me a copy of Smith & Mighty - Anyone in 1988 aged 14 at the time and that record took me on my underground musical adventure which led me to becoming a DJ myself and onto pirate radio in Manny. Something I'm still active with to this day. So Russ and Kenny were a part of my shaping musically without even knowing it. I still talk about them to this day and mentioned Spin Inn in a recent docc. I took part in. Great interview thoroughly enjoyed that ❤👌
Thanks mate , I love reading comments like this 😀
@@PaulBSceneStories pleasure mate thanks for taking the time out to document history. I'm just watching the Leroy story now. I was just thinking what a small city Manchester is in a funny way as we are all connected in a way that only music could do. We recently filmed outside the Hać for a new film about pirate radio. And Tony's lad used to play on Buzz FM too for a time. All strangers but all family connected by musical journey's 🤛👊
Another great show Paul. I still remember Spin Inn. Another great music shop in Manchester from yesterday gone. .Best wishes from Melbourne 😊☕️
Thanks , Russ was right at the top of my list of people to ask . That shop is where it all came from 😎
The story of Spin Inn & how it helped shape the Manchester music scene is worth telling. Its been around a long time, not just its association with the rise of 1980s House, Hip Hop & RnB when Stu Allan was djing & buying imports, but going back to the 1960s mods scene & 1970s northern soul. I believe Gary Lane was the manager & still alive i think now aged 81 years old, at least he was from a post in We Grew Up In Manchester group on F B about Spin Inn Records last year under which his daughter Lisa Burns commented. Also DJ Kev Edwards who lives in Warrington is on F B.
Me and Russ talked about doing a part 2 last night. Next one we will do at his house and go through his records as well 😎
All the tapes and the documentation Russ owns? Wow, love when people keep things, it’s history gold! loved Spin inn
I know. I can’t believe he hasn’t been interviewed more , he’s an absolute authority on this subject 😀
Brilliant interview with a proper nice guy.. played a few parties with russ and Kenny back in the day - BELIEF!
Also, it was Russ that put me on to KLF - Chillout.. thanks man 👊🏻✌🏼
@@specialized415 Thanks mate 😀
Loved coming over to see russ from leeds in spin Inn .I remember all the graffiti someone used to do all over the walls.
I love the comments on this video . It shows how special that shop was that people travelled from places like Birmingham and Leeds to buy records from there 😀
Another great listen! First record I bought from Spin Inn was “Christmas Rap” album in 1987, aged 13. Nervously took it to the counter and embarrassed to find I was just short of the required cash, but they kindly let me off with the difference. Still play the Derek B track off it every Christmas!
I love reading stuff like this 😀
@@PaulBSceneStories🙂
Who doesn’t know him loved going to the shop at weekends buying my vinyls and top dance underground music for pirate radio. He needs to bring back spin inn
That place had such a unique vibe didn’t it . We were lucky to live through them times 😀
@ yah remember the good old times in there think was one me first shops bought from then vinyl exchange and reflex records but i ended up always back at spin inn for the tech, trance, dance stuff they got in was amazing no one else could get it
Great interview a well deserved choice. I remember when russ was the fresh face in the shop 😊
He was right at the top of my list of people to ask . That shop was my introduction to Hip Hop and House music 😀
loved this, some great stories and memories in there!
Thanks , glad you enjoyed it . Russ was right at the top of my list of people to ask . I keep re watching bits myself of this one 😀
Another great interview thanks for posting
Thanks Alastair 😀
Sonia - Never Stop Me. One of the remixes is basically the vocal over a French Kiss cover version, it's surprisingly good
I’ll have to check that one out Tom 😀
I started off buying in Spin in when it was behind boots, I was buying hip-hop but still went in Mrc Underground when it was behind the corn exchange, leaky had a small shop in the back I used to into. The good old days, when that pay check came in it got split between a bunch of record shops and then I would be skint for another 3 weeks. lol
I started with hip hop behind Boots as well. I need to try and get someone like Leeky Fresh for Hip Hop story 😀
remember going into spin inns .. well standing in the doorway as a nervous 14/15 year old in about 88/89 ??? and that Party Line Bizz Nizz track was on... as the bass kicked in the whole shop was rocking - I was so scared, I ran off... a few years later we would get the train to Manchester and spend all our money in Manchester Underground on the tracks Russ would be playing at Danza / Oz in Blackpool!
It was unique era wasn’t it , you had to put the work in back then didn’t you to find the music 😀
@@PaulBSceneStories yeah - when we realised Russ was Manchester Underground... it became easier! We would go and ask him to play some tracks he was playing on Saturdays in Blackpool.... it was all an adventure... for us coming from Blackpool , Manchester at that time was the centre of the world! Oldham Street, the Arndale, Afflex, Eastern Bloc, Mcr Underground, the Hacienda etc etc...
great interview paul great memorys
Thanks 😀
Nice one Paul. Spin Inn was a big part of coming into town back then…
Great convo. Cheers :)
Thanks mate 😀
Another great story ..... These vids a top stuff ..... I bought records there used to go when I came up from London ...... French kiss melted into the dance floor many a time to that track 💊😁😎
Thanks Dave , French Kiss was mega wasn’t it 😎
Yes it was .... Can't see a track like that getting made or being in he charts 😀💊
legend - Danza at Oz, Blackpool - a great club!
I never went Blackpool nights but had mates that did who loved them 😎
Was a mint underated club wasn’t it /OZ ❤
Seriously knows his stuff Russ Legend,,,first track i bought from spin in was wanda dee (to the bone)
Not listened to that for a long time , I’m just listening to it now. It shows how good Spin Inn was when people can remember their first record they bought there . Mine was Spoony G - My Style, for House it was The Children Freedom 😀
Great interview. Very interesting
Thanks 😀
Great interview 👍
Thanks mate 😀
Great interview
@@gman1010 thanks mate 😀
@@PaulBSceneStories The amount of money i spent in that shop back then. Good times never to be repeated
Did you get to talk to chad Jackson at the hacienda,would I be right in saying he was one of the first to play house at the hacienda..brilliant post.
I’ll find out , Chad Jackson was at Russ’ event on Saturday just gone. He would make a cool interview wouldn’t he 😎
@ yeah for sure, talked to chad a few times in the hacienda on the balcony in the early days ,none of the djs in those days give a shit about trying to be someone ,just mainly working class lads ,new most of the staff at the hacienda,Gary on the main bar ,Marcia on the balcony bar upstairs and Glenn n Jerry down stairs where just brilliant ,absolutely no bullshit whatsoever,golden days indeed.
@ chad jackson is a must ,they all go on about the main hitters but he was one of the first in the proper hacienda early days.
RIP Harry Taylor .. started cassinellis jazz funk nights with Harry back in 80..before Colin Curtis big named Harry out
I remember Harry from the shop but I don’t know much about his back story . It might be an interesting project to research him as a few people have mentioned him now
Harry was big on the northern soul scene very much a regular at the various all-nighters and all-dayers .. Ritz on whitworth st .. Blackpool Mecca .. Rafters on Oxford rd .. great character sadly missed
@@russelljones1549 Hi Russell.. I'd love to know more of Harry's back story. I know a little about it but not much. I looked up to Harry immensely.
@@russelljones1549We need someone to talk about the Northern Soul scene . Are you well up on that ? We could talk about Harry as well if we did a video ?
Yes
First like 👍 watching now❤
I’ve watched it 4 times now 😀
@PaulB_SceneStories Russ used to sell me alot of his old school rave stuff in the underground .
Original Eccles innovator 🎧
That’s where I am from 😀
Me too 🤘
@ Leah who I did a video with yesterday said she put a night on at Silver Screen , I think I went to that night 😀
Irlam lad here, but drank in Eccles.
@@manalive1623 I drank in both . I went St Pats and had mates in Irlam like Julian Green I mentioned 😀
Ah shit. Was only 16 didn't have the balls to ask Kenny for tunes but we did shop in there same time as tuning in to Stu Allan
Kenny and Russ were really cool weren’t they 😎
@@PaulBSceneStories we were just lads from Blackpool we didn't have the front to do more than buy. But we love the H.O.U.S.E. . still have tapes from 87/88
Can someone please tell me who it is?
Thanks
Give it a watch Bob and you’ll find out 😀
@PaulB_SceneStories lol I started watching it after my night shift when I got home so was a bit cream crackered. I've watched it since and I'm In the know now.. 😁
The timelines are a shiter dont worry russ I would never remember either
I think there’s a reason our memories of exact timelines isn’t spot on ha ha 💊🕺🎵
@@PaulBSceneStories..... very true, but after working with Russ, he's worsE than most
@stevenwilliams-mp5wo yes Steve hope your keeping well Carl MVITA ❤️
@@ExploringwithCarl All good now I got the hell out of that Avantor Company worst thing I ever did
@stevenwilliams-Haha I've seen a lot come and go from there lately. Take care
i thought void was the best night
Yeah it was my favourite night there. I would somehow manage to make it in work the next day but sometimes I’d book a day off so I could really go for it 😀
Afro Erotica - French Kiss was one of the remakes, and was played at the Hacienda in 1989. I had it on a tape of Nude night which Key 103 broadcast. It had the crowd noise mixed into it. Loved that tape.
ruclips.net/video/W3UgiGqntfE/видео.htmlsi=P6ifzNIspNtHeQTG
Thanks , I’ll listen to this later 😎
I’ve just listened to it , I remember it 😎
@ 😎🙌 It’s a belter, the added acid bit makes it. Still can’t beat the original for its ‘what the fuck is this?’ quality, a real ground breaker.
@@manalive1623yeah I first heard it at a mates house . It must have been mind blowing hearing it at a venue for the first time 😎
@@PaulBSceneStories Would have been amazing! Think it would have been either Jeff Young on his Radio 1 ‘Big Beat’ show, or Stu Allan for me. Possibly even John Peel, as he used to play a few house and hip hop tracks on his show. It’s another of those moments where I wish I’d been a bit older. Hearing them on the radio for the first time is one thing, hearing them in a club, field or warehouse must have been another level.
Was thinking about remakes, and there was also this, which was on the same 1989 Hac tape. A rap over King of the Beats.
ruclips.net/video/_9vPM1DEMAc/видео.htmlsi=FSFFbLMcB6KzGFBn
Brilliant interview with a proper nice guy.. played a few parties with russ and Kenny back in the day - BELIEF!
Also, it was Russ that put me on to KLF - Chillout.. thanks man 👊🏻✌🏼
Thanks , I loved KLF early stuff 😀