a long time ago in a city far far away (or not), record shops used to get a load of white lables from local/regional artists and to a certan extent that defined your sound as a dj, 3 beat in liverpool is a classic example. you used to get loads of stuff on their label and shit, sometimes they would never be released nationally. but now all the shops seem to have the same nationally distributed releases, which imo means we all have lots of mini hmv's !!!! I go to 3 main shops, eastern bloc (manchester) 3 beat (liverpoool) and inner city (leeds), all the other shit i buy is on the net, but i think there is nothing better than going to a store and listerning to tracks, it makes my day :lol: :lol: