I can't recall the Sydney Street Vinyl Demand, though I knew the Trafalgar Street shop well. I was in a band called Venus In Furs in 1983. Our drummer was a builder by trade (the small notice in an edition of the Evening Argus that noted we had cancelled a gig at the Alhambra (now occupied by the Ramada International Hotel) because 'drummer breaks foot' was not uncommon!). I once did some labouring work in the basement of Vinyl Demand with our drummer and was paid in both cash and records! Incidently, Geoff's long-time assistant in the shop, Mark Arscot, was Venus In Furs' manager (and also worked at or ran Red Rat Records you mention elsewhere). When we recorded a demo tape at a studio in Burgess Hill, we did not have quite enough funds, so Mark, finding the engineer to be a Marc Bolan fan, as was he, paid the balance in records!

I remember it too. I was the drummer, Paul "ludo" Martin, bass and the infamous Shaun Times. What a band, what great days. To all who were around back then, the very best.

I remember this place very well. I bought a few records here. Deep Freeze Mice being one I remember. I also remember very well Venus in Furs. I was at one time a close friend of Stuart Jones and so he introduced me to his twin brothers band. I remember buying the EP Momento Moi and loving it to bits. I am going to have a show on Brighton and Hove Community Radio and I wanted to play the title track but it's very long. Does anyone have any other recordings that could be played in the future?

Yes indeed, I started this shop 'Vinyl Demand' in late '79 with RikTaub, we were a partnership for about 4 years and then split. I employed Marc Arscott who worked very hard on my behalf and when we moved to Sydney Street - no: 46. We occupied 3 floors jam packed with vinyl. Fabulous days.

I used to go in Vinyl Demand after I moved to Uckfield in 1988. At that time it was upstairs only, and when one got upstairs it wasn't like a shop at all, more like a stock room. Vinylfinch (Geoff) took a bit of getting used to (though I think I've got used to him by now), he had a rather stern manner. I remember that he bought all the old record library from Armed Forces Network radio, I picked up numerous early ska singles at what would now be bargain prices indeed.