Dare we ask him?

Might get a Glasgow Kiss...
My mate Bryan was standing near the bar during Pallas' set, and said that during one of the instrumentals there was this blur of white satin, and Mr. Reed rushes up saying "gimme a can of lager". All the punters there are saying "just a minute, aren't you supposed to be on stage?". "Nah", says Mr. Hammond/Carson, "it's an instrumental bit, it goes on for ages".
I saw Alan Reed on the tube once (dunno what the hell he was doing in London), years and years ago. Being the brash young blade that I was back then I said "hey, aren't you Alan Reed from Pallas?", and got an immediate response of "I didn't do it, Detective Inspector". Very nice guy.