In 1997 I decided, that running a bulletin board was getting old hat, all that text stuff.
I enjoyed the communication and interactive side, but it was never very pretty. The Internet was looking interest
ing, with the web being more graphical.
I thought to myself, if I'm going to have access to the Internet then I am going to have a solid reason for it. I've always had an interest in music, this started with Helen Shapiro, now I've lost any street cred that I had! I soon discovered that I liked the more rocky pop stuff, on the first hearing of the Rolling Stones, I was hooked. By 1996 my record collection was about 500 45's (I'd had more many of them 60's classics, but gave them away in a moment of madness at about 1972 Doh!) and 1,000 LP's, I started to list them all in a database, looking into my collection I was surprised to see how many Stiff Records I had. I knew I was fond of the label, saw a number of the acts in the late '70s.
I started to think, what else was released on the label and soon found that there was not much information available. With my new found technology I started searching the web and found very little reference to the label, just a few people selling records. I had a Record Collector's Price Guide, which helped and had heard there was a Stiff book written by a guy called Bert something or other.
I decided I would research Stiff Records and try to educate others, making it easier for people to know what to look for in the record stores. The rest of course is history.
There is more history at my website:
www.bestiff.co.uk
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