THE record shop owner immortalised in an Oasis song has revealed he never expected the band to hit the heights.
Pete Howard and his store are part of musical history. The 76-year-old is perhaps best known by his nickname - Mr Sifter - named after his beloved second hand record shop in Fog Lane, Burnage.
Both Pete and his shop were namechecked in Oasis's 1994 single Shakermaker.
Sifters was once a favourite of a young Noel and Liam Gallagher, who would visit the shop to buy records before becoming famous.
The brothers, who grew up in Burnage, loved the shop so much that they decided to write Mr Sifter into one of their earliest songs from their iconic debut album, Definitely Maybe. Three decades on, Sifters remains a Mecca for adoring Oasis fans, who make pilgrimages from far and wide. Even now, he's asked for autographs and selfies.
"You have to sign as Mr Sifter," he said. "It can't say Pete Howard, nobody's interested in that.
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