{"id":38272,"title":"Welcome","description":"Hi Folks,\n\nThanks for visiting\n\nWhen I was seven-years-old I told my mum and dad that I wanted a record shop when I was big\n\nIn 1982 when I started selling Northern Soul records out of a vintage beer crate at an all-nighter in Morecambe, Lancashire \n\nI opened my first shop in 1983 and called it Omega Records\n\nI opened more more record shops, a record label and management company under the Dead Dead Good umbrella \n\nDDG launched careers for many artists across the world\n\nI\u2019ve written a memoir \u201cIts Dead Dead Good\u2026\u201d  which will be published in the autumn of 2024\n\nUntil then, enjoy the merchandise and join in the wonderful community spirit that remains\n\n\u2026the shopkeeper done good\n\nSteve Harrison - April 2024","content":"<p>Hi Folks,<\/p><p>Thanks for visiting<\/p><p>When I was seven-years-old I told my mum and dad that I wanted a record shop when I was big<\/p><p>In 1982 when I started selling Northern Soul records out of a vintage beer crate at an all-nighter in Morecambe, Lancashire<\/p><p>I opened my first shop in 1983 and called it <strong>Omega Records<\/strong><\/p><p>I opened more more record shops, a record label and management company under the <strong>Dead Dead Good<\/strong> umbrella<\/p><p>DDG launched careers for many artists across the world<\/p><p>I\u2019ve written a memoir <strong><em>\u201cIts Dead Dead Good\u2026\u201d  <\/em><\/strong>which will be published in the autumn of 2024<\/p><p>Until then, enjoy the merchandise and join in the wonderful community spirit that remains<\/p><p>\u2026the shopkeeper done good<\/p><p><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">Keep On Keepin\u2019 On <\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">Steve Harrison - 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