For this first episode of Tales From A Disappearing City I am joined by my good friend Ian aka Blackmass Plastics to discuss our early memories of buying vinyl and visiting record shops. This is part one  of our chat and we start in the 1970's and finish as the 1990's begin. We discuss the importance of Woolworths and WH Smiths  as well as topics such as did Metal Mickey invent techno and electro.  We also discuss the early electro and jazz funk scene in South London and the importance of cool staff in record stores getting you into tunes or new genres.  Fact check, Sid Owen was not actually in Metal Mickey  as I claim on the podcast but he should have been.  Next episode we head into the 90's. Stay tuned. https://www.youtube.com/@ControlledWeirdness https://www.instagram.com/controlledweirdness/ https://controlledweirdness.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/20nC7cQni8ZrvRC2REZjOI Theme song is Controlled Weirdness - Drifting in the Streets https://open.spotify.com/track/7GJfmYy4RjMyLIg9nffukt