Hot Licks

Thank you to Charles Laing for this scan.

Bruce’s (in Rose Street) and Hot Licks (in Cockburn – pronounced Co’burn, like the port – Street) were the only places to buy punk records.  I used to hang out in Bruce’s all the time – the staff always had a cup of coffee ready to sober me up!  All the bands used to come there pre-gig and I got to meet a lot of stars as a result.  Bob Geldof still owes me a pint of Guinness.  When I asked for “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes” one day I was very pissed off when 2 guys behind the counter grabbed my record and started writing on the sleeve.  Well, how was I to know it was T V Smith & Laurie Driver?  I would have recognised Gaye!  Robin

An add in the shop recruited the front man Robert King for the Scars  which completed the line up. 

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The Jam in Hot Licks (record shop) in Edinburgh, promoting In The City LP.