PETE PAPHIDES
Pete Paphides is a music journalist, record collector and broadcaster. Catch him on Soho Radio every Tuesday, 12-2pm
Why do people do that?” exclaimed the guy in the record shop, disapprovingly. Someone had written on the back of Sadé’s third album, Stronger Than Pride, thus diminishing its resale value. “JULY – 1988,” read the dedication, “To Kim, See you in Nice, With love, Rich. xxxxx”. Just because I could appreciate the record shop guy’s frustration, it didn’t mean I agreed with it.