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The UK Electro Story

Street Sounds Records 1984 Two decades on from its release “UK Electro” is regarded as a cult-classic by the thriving British Retro–Electro community, many of whom were barely in their teens when the...

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Early 80’s Jazz-Funk & Fusion

DJ History Mix http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/early-80s-jazz-funk-fusion-by This is a mix I put together in 2005, documenting music that was played on the Jazz-Funk scene in the UK during the early...

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12 x 12

FOR WAX POETICS / NEW YORK The first 12” I ever owned was “Jaws” by Lalo Schifrin. I received it in the post from a club promotions company called MIF in August 1976. I wasn’t quite sure what it was –...

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Norman Cook

A CONVERSATION Earlier this year I e-mailed Norman Cook via Skint Records, telling him about the electrofunkroots project and my intention to document the early 80s period more thoroughly. Some weeks...

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Stu Allan

A Conversation One person who played a major role in bringing House music to the attention of people in the North-West was Stu Allan, yet, with regards to much of the documentation on this subject, he...

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The Haçienda

ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END Haçienda Ads Featuring Greg Wilson’s Funk Nights (Click image to enlarge) I remember once taking someone from Detroit along to The Haçienda in the early 90’s. I hadn’t...

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Broken Glass

AND THE BIRTH OF THE BRITISH B BOY Broken Glass Crew 1985 (Clockwise from bottom left: Tim ‘Bones’, Danny Price, Swanny (RIP), Kevin, Ozzy, Patrick, Donald) Back in 1984 Manchester’s Broken Glass were...

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Cleveland Anderson

In Conversation 2004 Cleveland Anderson is someone I met in the early 80’s on the All-Dayer scene in the North. What made this unusual was that Cleveland was a London DJ, and, at this time, Southern...

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