Record shop run by Ken & Betty. The same record shop that pressed eternal copies of Northern Dream right up to the 1980s. Without Bill [Nelson]'s Knowledge, until Bill discovered copies of Butt Records' Northern Dream in Tower Records in the USA whilst on a solo tour, if memory serves? I would hope above hope, sincerely, that one day the master tapes of the 1971 classic are returned to the Nelson family archive.
Name: Steve Whittle
Comment: Could you shed more light on where The Record Bar had premises in Wakefield, please? I was a very frequent visitor - and customer - of the Upper Kirkgate shop. Am I mistaken [in thinking] that The Record Bar used to occupy a small shop unit near the Essoldo Cinema in Westgate? A fellow Wakefieldian was told The Record Bar resided in a unit near the ABC Cinema in Kirkgate, but he thinks that was a store named Powell's.
Any info would provide another piece in a nostalgia jigsaw.
(2019)
Name: Steve Whittle
Comment: Many thanks for the very welcome and interesting addition. And a pic of Bill [Nelson] too!
I bought a CD of Northern Dream a couple of years ago via eBay, and I'd say it's aged passably well.
From the bulletins, it looks like Bill himself is aging even better - as productive as he's ever been. The latest one told of a guitar he was selling at a fixed price... so that he could buy another guitar!
(2021)
