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How
did
you
get
involved?
Well,
basically
I
put
a
couple
of
my
own
legal
Acid
House
parties
in
Great
Harwood
…..
in
1988
And
the
third
one
that
I
was
doing,
I
had
a
poster
up
in
Astonishing
Sounds
a
record
shop
in
Blackburn
and
I
handmade
the
poster
and it
said
Acid
House
…
Party
with
a
Smiley
Face.
Strobe
lights
…
…
1K
rig
from
Audio
Workshop
and…
playing
the
tunes.
So
this
poster’s
up
in
Astonishing
Sounds
…
…
…
and
Tommy
Smith,
who
was
unknown
to
me
at
the
time.
and
gone
in
the
shop’n
sayin’…
Who’s
got
this
poster
up
here?
He said
to
Neil
the
guy
who
owned
the shop.
He
said,
oh
it’s
a
lad
who
comes
in
buys
records
Imports
House
music,
He
says
right!
I’m
going
to
leave
my
number
here
with
you
so
…
If
he
does
come
in
again.
Can
you
get
him
to
contact
me?
So
then
the
next
time.
I
went
to
…
Astonishing
Sounds
Neil
said
to
me
Look…
He
said
there’s
a
guy
been
in.
A
Scotch
guy
and
he
said
he
looks
a
bit
untoward
(laughs)
He
said…
he
said…
he’s
left
his
number
with
you.
when
I
went
…
I
thought
you
know
what…
when
I
went
home
I thought
got
nothing
to
lose…
now
at
at that point
I
didn’t
even
have
a
landline
the
phone
box
around
the
corner
which
was
a
phone
box
on
Russell
Place.
So
I
went
round
rung
this
number
up
and
it
was
Tommy
on
the
end
of
the
phone
I said
How’ya
doing ?
I
said,
I’m
the
guy
with
the
poster
in the
Record
Shop.
So
well
look
….
this
Saturday.
We’re
doing
our
first
event
it’s at
the
Crackers
above…
Was
it
Jazzy
Kex ?
it’s
called….
Crackers
down
stairs
yeah,
right
Crackers
is
downstairs
and
they
had a
function
room
upstairs
So,
why
don’t
you
come
down
Saturday
afternoon?
and
we’ll
introduce
you
to
a
few
people
and
we’re
going
to
be
setting
up…
I said
okay
then
so
I
actually
went
down
Saturday
afternoon
didn’t
tell
none
of
…
of
…
me
mates
got
there
and
I
met
Tommy
and
Tony
and
a
few
other
people
and
he
was
building
a
stage
in
there
because
there
was
no
stage.
So
Tony
Kreft
was
building
a
stage.
Hand
made
the
stage
blah blah
and
he
said,
oh,
you
know
if
you
want
to
come
down
tonight,
bring
your
records…
believe
you
do
a
bit
of
DJ’ing
I said right brilliant
so
I
went
home
that
afternoon
and
thought
right.
I’m
not
still
not
going
to
tell
me
mates….
Just
going
to
go
down
and
just
just
test
it
out
see
what
it’s
all
about.
So
when
I
got
there
at
night
this
1K
rig
that
they
had
hired
from
Audio
Workshop
was
it
was
all
there
but
they
had
to
Hi-Fi
decks
which
were off
separates
on
top
on
you
know,
we’re
the
table
were
near
mixer
and
I
thought
well
that’s
not
going
to
work.
I
said,
Who can
drive
here?
And
a
guy
called
Witty
said
I
can
drive…
and
I
said
well
if
you
could
take
me
back
to
my
house
I
said
I
have
some
suitcase
decks
which
I had
for
mobile
DJing…
and
I
said,
I’ll
bring
them
back.
to
plug
it
in
and
away
we
go
said
that’s
not
going
to
work
with
these
Hi
FI
separate
decks.
So
he
took
me
back
to
Great
Harwood
…
come
back
wi’me
suitcase
decks
plugged
them
in
and
away
we
went
but
that’s
where
I
met
Shack.
who
was
the
other
DJ
and
that
night
was
absolutely
amazing.
It
was
the
First
night
that
it
started.
Was
you
there
Joe ?
It
was
a
little
bit
before
my
time,
right….
I
was
working
at
…
Audio
Workshop
…
so
…
dropped
the
gear
off,
right?
Yeah.
So
it
was
an
amazing…
to
say
the
room
was
so
small
when
I
went
in
the
afternoon
it
kind
of
expanded
when
it
was
full
of
people
and
they
had
strobes
you
just
an
old
strobe
machine
and
a
smoke
machine
and
that’s
all
it
were.
And
the
music
and
it
was
absolutely
amazing.
And
from
there.
That’s
how
I
just
got
involved.
That
was
my
first
introduction
of
what
they
were
doing
the
movement.
So
so
yeah,
that’s
that
was
my
little
bit
of
that
was
my
introduction
of
like
getting
to
know
these
people.
So
the
week
after
I
did
tell
all
my
friends
and
they
all
came
from
Great
Harwood
….
and
that…
that
was
that
and
then
from
there
so
amazing
those
nights in
there.
I
remember
one
of
the
first
parties
….
I
think
it
was
the
first
party
…
that
was
in
an
old
bike
shop…
disused
bike
shop
on
Johnson
Street
and
the
same
suitcase
decks
that
I
that
I
had
at
home
with
my
speakers.
Tommy
had
said
to
me
can
we
borrow
them
off
you
and
you
know,
you’ll
be
DJ
and
blah
blah
blah
so
said
yeah,
no
worries.
So
we
went
in
the
afternoon
set
the
gear
up
and
in
this
cellar
was
dissused
shop
on
Johnson
Street,
and
then
it
was
after
Crackers.
Everybody
went
from
Crackers
to
this
…
like
party
in
this
dissused
…
shop
and
I
thought
What’s
going
to
happen
here?
…
How’s
everyone
going
to
fit
in
and
it
was
in
the
cellar.
So
the
cellar
of
the
shop
was
where
my
equipment
were.
I
started
playing
a
few
records
Shack
was
DJ’ing
and
Jam MC’s
have
come
from
Manchester
they
were
there…
played
on
on
my
little
decks
what
I
had
and
then
when
everybody
filled
the
actual
building,
and
it
was
downstairs
and
upstairs
was
that
many
people
upstairs
the
all
the
dust
was
all
coming
from
the
ceiling
and
I
remember
when
it
all
finished
and
had
t’take
my
gear
home
that
night
in
a taxi
it
was
all
covered
in
white
dust.
Everybody
came
out
from
the
cellar
literally
had
dust
all
over
em
but
it
was
…
an
amazing
memory…
an
amazing
memory
and
that’s
really
where
I
kind
of
like
got
involved
and
just
from
there
and
did
a
few
More
do’s
with
them
and
and
…
DJ’d
right
at the
start
at
Sett
End
and
then
the
rest
of
the
lads
their
kind
of
took
over.
So
yeah,
it
was
it
was
a
brilliant
time.
It
was
great
for
Blackburn
and
and
everybody
that
you
know
from
surrounding
areas
to
come
on
all
get
together
and
be
part
of
like
something
that
was
special.
Full Transcript:
How
did
you
get
involved?
Well,
basically
I
put
a
couple
of
my
own
legal
Acid
House
parties
in
Great
Harwood
…..
in
1988
And
the
third
one
that
I
was
doing,
I
had
a
poster
up
in
Astonishing
Sounds
a
record
shop
in
Blackburn
and
I
handmade
the
poster
and it
said
Acid
House
…
Party
with
a
Smiley
Face.
Strobe
lights
…
…
1K
rig
from
Audio
Workshop
and…
playing
the
tunes.
So
this
poster’s
up
in
Astonishing
Sounds
…
…
…
and
Tommy
Smith,
who
was
unknown
to
me
at
the
time.
and
gone
in
the
shop’n
sayin’…
Who’s
got
this
poster
up
here?
He said
to
Neil
the
guy
who
owned
the shop.
He
said,
oh
it’s
a
lad
who
comes
in
buys
records
Imports
House
music,
He
says
right!
I’m
going
to
leave
my
number
here
with
you
so
…
If
he
does
come
in
again.
Can
you
get
him
to
contact
me?
So
then
the
next
time.
I
went
to
…
Astonishing
Sounds
Neil
said
to
me
Look…
He
said
there’s
a
guy
been
in.
A
Scotch
guy
and
he
said
he
looks
a
bit
untoward
(laughs)
He
said…
he
said…
he’s
left
his
number
with
you.
when
I
went
…
I
thought
you
know
what…
when
I
went
home
I thought
got
nothing
to
lose…
now
at
at that point
I
didn’t
even
have
a
landline
the
phone
box
around
the
corner
which
was
a
phone
box
on
Russell
Place.
So
I
went
round
rung
this
number
up
and
it
was
Tommy
on
the
end
of
the
phone
I said
How’ya
doing ?
I
said,
I’m
the
guy
with
the
poster
in the
Record
Shop.
So
well
look
….
this
Saturday.
We’re
doing
our
first
event
it’s at
the
Crackers
above…
Was
it
Jazzy
Kex ?
it’s
called….
Crackers
down
stairs
yeah,
right
Crackers
is
downstairs
and
they
had a
function
room
upstairs
So,
why
don’t
you
come
down
Saturday
afternoon?
and
we’ll
introduce
you
to
a
few
people
and
we’re
going
to
be
setting
up…
I said
okay
then
so
I
actually
went
down
Saturday
afternoon
didn’t
tell
none
of
…
of
…
me
mates
got
there
and
I
met
Tommy
and
Tony
and
a
few
other
people
and
he
was
building
a
stage
in
there
because
there
was
no
stage.
So
Tony
Kreft
was
building
a
stage.
Hand
made
the
stage
blah blah
and
he
said,
oh,
you
know
if
you
want
to
come
down
tonight,
bring
your
records…
believe
you
do
a
bit
of
DJ’ing
I said right brilliant
so
I
went
home
that
afternoon
and
thought
right.
I’m
not
still
not
going
to
tell
me
mates….
Just
going
to
go
down
and
just
just
test
it
out
see
what
it’s
all
about.
So
when
I
got
there
at
night
this
1K
rig
that
they
had
hired
from
Audio
Workshop
was
it
was
all
there
but
they
had
to
Hi-Fi
decks
which
were off
separates
on
top
on
you
know,
we’re
the
table
were
near
mixer
and
I
thought
well
that’s
not
going
to
work.
I
said,
Who can
drive
here?
And
a
guy
called
Witty
said
I
can
drive…
and
I
said
well
if
you
could
take
me
back
to
my
house
I
said
I
have
some
suitcase
decks
which
I had
for
mobile
DJing…
and
I
said,
I’ll
bring
them
back.
to
plug
it
in
and
away
we
go
said
that’s
not
going
to
work
with
these
Hi
FI
separate
decks.
So
he
took
me
back
to
Great
Harwood
…
come
back
wi’me
suitcase
decks
plugged
them
in
and
away
we
went
but
that’s
where
I
met
Shack.
who
was
the
other
DJ
and
that
night
was
absolutely
amazing.
It
was
the
First
night
that
it
started.
Was
you
there
Joe ?
It
was
a
little
bit
before
my
time,
right….
I
was
working
at
…
Audio
Workshop
…
so
…
dropped
the
gear
off,
right?
Yeah.
So
it
was
an
amazing…
to
say
the
room
was
so
small
when
I
went
in
the
afternoon
it
kind
of
expanded
when
it
was
full
of
people
and
they
had
strobes
you
just
an
old
strobe
machine
and
a
smoke
machine
and
that’s
all
it
were.
And
the
music
and
it
was
absolutely
amazing.
And
from
there.
That’s
how
I
just
got
involved.
That
was
my
first
introduction
of
what
they
were
doing
the
movement.
So
so
yeah,
that’s
that
was
my
little
bit
of
that
was
my
introduction
of
like
getting
to
know
these
people.
So
the
week
after
I
did
tell
all
my
friends
and
they
all
came
from
Great
Harwood
….
and
that…
that
was
that
and
then
from
there
so
amazing
those
nights in
there.
I
remember
one
of
the
first
parties
….
I
think
it
was
the
first
party
…
that
was
in
an
old
bike
shop…
disused
bike
shop
on
Johnson
Street
and
the
same
suitcase
decks
that
I
that
I
had
at
home
with
my
speakers.
Tommy
had
said
to
me
can
we
borrow
them
off
you
and
you
know,
you’ll
be
DJ
and
blah
blah
blah
so
said
yeah,
no
worries.
So
we
went
in
the
afternoon
set
the
gear
up
and
in
this
cellar
was
dissused
shop
on
Johnson
Street,
and
then
it
was
after
Crackers.
Everybody
went
from
Crackers
to
this
…
like
party
in
this
dissused
…
shop
and
I
thought
What’s
going
to
happen
here?
…
How’s
everyone
going
to
fit
in
and
it
was
in
the
cellar.
So
the
cellar
of
the
shop
was
where
my
equipment
were.
I
started
playing
a
few
records
Shack
was
DJ’ing
and
Jam MC’s
have
come
from
Manchester
they
were
there…
played
on
on
my
little
decks
what
I
had
and
then
when
everybody
filled
the
actual
building,
and
it
was
downstairs
and
upstairs
was
that
many
people
upstairs
the
all
the
dust
was
all
coming
from
the
ceiling
and
I
remember
when
it
all
finished
and
had
t’take
my
gear
home
that
night
in
a taxi
it
was
all
covered
in
white
dust.
Everybody
came
out
from
the
cellar
literally
had
dust
all
over
em
but
it
was
…
an
amazing
memory…
an
amazing
memory
and
that’s
really
where
I
kind
of
like
got
involved
and
just
from
there
and
did
a
few
More
do’s
with
them
and
and
…
DJ’d
right
at the
start
at
Sett
End
and
then
the
rest
of
the
lads
their
kind
of
took
over.
So
yeah,
it
was
it
was
a
brilliant
time.
It
was
great
for
Blackburn
and
and
everybody
that
you
know
from
surrounding
areas
to
come
on
all
get
together
and
be
part
of
like
something
that
was
special.