"The Castro Connection" article on Hi-NRG in UK

**gunbuck** · January 6th, 2006, 11:16 AM

Interesting article on Hi-NRG in the UK that you guys might enjoy.

http://www.discopia.com/portal/issue.../document_view

**Energyguy** · January 17th, 2006, 07:28 AM

Thanks Gunbuck !
I live in Manchester and remember all those great HI-NRG tracks played during the 80s by Les Cokell !

**Nrgfan125** · January 24th, 2006, 06:04 PM

I remember les with great affection,he certainly is still missed around these parts,enjoyed visiting his shop and buying all the latest nrg tunes,and of course hearing him play them out in rockies nightclub,he was a guy with real passion for nrg music...

Gaz... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

**Energyguy** · January 25th, 2006, 04:59 AM

Originally Written by Nrgfan125

I remember les with great affection,he certainly is still missed around these parts,enjoyed visiting his shop and buying all the latest nrg tunes,and of course hearing him play them out in rockies nightclub,he was a guy with real passion for nrg music...

Gaz... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

hey Gaz....
I was in Les` shop religiously every saturday afternoon. he always had all the latest hot imports !! Grrat memeories and Les is asadly missed :(

neil 8)

**Nrgfan125** · January 25th, 2006, 02:33 PM

Hi neil m8,have probably bumped into at some point in the shop,spent many a happy couple of hours with les going through the newest tunes,and then parting with some of me hard earned cash..AHHHHHHHHHHH..what great memories....

Catch you soon m8ty...

Gaz...

:)

**Energyguy** · January 26th, 2006, 03:24 PM

Originally Written by Nrgfan125

Hi neil m8,have probably bumped into at some point in the shop,spent many a happy couple of hours with les going through the newest tunes,and then parting with some of me hard earned cash..AHHHHHHHHHHH..what great memories....

Catch you soon m8ty...

Gaz...

:)

hey Gaz.. The world of "Hinrg" is a small one innit :lol:
I must have handed Les some serious dosh over the years !!

**marmite7** · January 28th, 2006, 03:44 AM

And I think I ended up with a proportion of Les's hi-nrg collection!

(Even tho I'd never met the guy.)

So many sleeves with "Les" written all over them, plus "club copy" and many signed by visiting artists.

Sharon Dee Clarke
Paul Parker
Jessica Williams
Hazell Dean
Marsha Raven

**Energyguy** · January 28th, 2006, 06:14 AM

Originally Written by marmite7

And I think I ended up with a proportion of Les's hi-nrg collection!

(Even tho I'd never met the guy.)

So many sleeves with "Les" written all over them, plus "club copy" and many signed by visiting artists.

Sharon Dee Clarke
Paul Parker
Jessica Williams
Hazell Dean
Marsha Raven

It must have been stock from his shop. I found quite a bit of it in a second hand shop in Manchester