Ian Dewhirst

It's a fair cop Guv........... Ian D

Just skipping through Discogs and came across this:- https://www.discogs.com/buy/Vinyl/Relly-Coloma-Goldrush-The-GoodBad-And-The-Ugly-For-A-Few-Dollars-More/42109753?ev=bp_titl I'm assuming that this is nothing to do with the silver fox but it's kinda ironic that someone's bootlegged his label.... Ian D

PM'd you. Ian D

And to think virtually all of the water-damaged originals came from Jim Wilson's market stall in Shoreditch in the early 1970's. My theory on this, is that that the original lot was bought by him under the misunderstanding that this was a doo-wop release due to the group's 50's sounding name. Following this, I spent the next 3 years having to tediously double-check every bloody dated-looking record or interesting group name on the basis that you can't leave any stone uncovered.......just in case. Other examples of 50's era original 'old' groups or veteran early 60's artists coming up with killer Northern anthems at the end of their careers were records like the Modern Redcaps' "Never Too Young (To Fall In Love)", the Coasters' "Crazy Baby" and, the best of the lot, the Silhouettes "Not Me Baby" - a free 7" record given away with an album of their 50's hits. Examples like those are the ONLY reason why I bought Lenny Curtis for 10p unheard from Bradford market. The End label was a vintage 50's label and waaaay too early for the kind of mid 60's uptempo sound that the North of England liked at the time. However the End record I picked up and carefully studied looked more like a mid 60's ZTSC styrene pressing with a cool label, great title, promising sounding artist and a Robert Bateman production, so, against all the odds, I invested 10p and added it to the other 9 records I'd pulled out. When I got home and played through 'em I eventually got to the Lenny Curtis record and heard it for the first time. Bingo. Dynamite! FINALLY a great one after 1000's of previous clunkers. Every serious collector must know that feeling........ I think the Del-Larks was a key record in making diggers look at records a bit more carefully and not necessarily pass on records that suggested a different era by either the group name or label. Also it took ages to break through. At the time it was a really different kind of record compared to the more obvious Detroit, Chicago, New York and L.A. records. However, the look of the label, the mystique of the group and the brilliance of the recording eventually came through and the record finally became established. Had it not been bought-in by Jim Wilson in the early 70's, who probably bought 'em as a job lot of assorted U.S. independent supposed doo-wop records, then we may never have found it. It's always been rare as f*ck but what a record ay? Ian D

And to widen the topic even further, I actually had the job of promoting it to a completely uninterested UK Market at the time when I was a regional promotion man with Decca. No one bothered with the track as it was considered too 'pop' for the specialists and too twee for the mainstream at the time. Plus Jackie and Brunswick were pretty cold at the time against the onslaught of commercial Disco that was in vogue then. Also the song was penned by 2 very commercial UK pop writers, Kenne and Gold, so the Soul Police were suspicious from the outset! Another example of a record you almost couldn't give away for 30 odd years! Ian D

Great. I can give you a shout out on the show and then pop down hopefully! Ian D

American Doo-Wop collectors from the 70's were some of the most fanatical I ever met. Some downright nasty characters involved too - wouldn't think twice of holding a gun to your head for the right record. Is there an element of vinyl fetishism about holding the physical record in your hand do you think Brett? Ian D

LOL, amazing. If someone wants mine for £178.40 it's available too! I suspect it's 'cos it's a breakbeat classic although I far prefer t'other side..... Ian D

What a wonderful crowd in the chatroom on Sunday! Many thanks to all who joined the show and made it the usual Sunday afternoon experience. It gave me a great lift after what had been a trying week so thanks to all! Also the three winners of the new Norman Jay “Good Times” CD (Lambchop, Immy and Scratchy) will be pleased to know that the CD’s are winging their way to you right now! Download link below. Enjoy! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 14th August 2011 on everyone’s favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring…… 1st Hour Wild Pursuit feat Gerideau & Shawn Benson – So In Love Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners – I Don’t Need Another Love – Joey Mustaphia Club Mix Mishal Moore – Rein In The Night Shuya Okino – Give Your Love A Chance Jeffree – Mr Fix It – Chow Daddy Re-Edit Caroline Crawford – I’ll Be Here For You Billy Paul – Let The Dollar Circulate – Scratchnsniff Re-Edit Eddie Kendricks – Girl You Need A Change Of Mind – Galaxy 21 Re-Edit Eugene Record – Take Everything – Jimmy Michaels Remix 2nd Hour Kenya Collins – Barnabus Collins Love Bandit LTG Exchange – Keep On Trying Universal Mind – Reach Out For Me Bettye Swann – Kiss My Love Goodbye Little Anthony & The Imperials – I Don’t Have Time To Worry Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager – Ever Since I Can Remember Jr Walker & The All Stars – These Eyes The Chi-Lites – Inner City Blues – Project Tempo Re-Edit Stevie Wonder - Superwoman Shiva – Never Gonna Give You Up – Re-Edit The Temptations – Warm Summer Nights Orlando Johnson – Two Can Make It Better David Ruffin – Walk Away From Love – London Soho Re-Edit https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2011-08-14-Starpoint.mp3 Al is back next week and I’ll catch you all again on the 28th August @ 2.00pm LIVE! Ian D

What a wonderful crowd in the chatroom on Sunday! Many thanks to all who joined the show and made it the usual Sunday afternoon experience. It gave me a great lift after what had been a trying week so thanks to all! Also the three winners of the new Norman Jay “Good Times” CD (Lambchop, Immy and Scratchy) will be pleased to know that the CD’s are winging their way to you right now! Download link below. Enjoy! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 14th August 2011 on everyone’s favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring…… 1st Hour Wild Pursuit feat Gerideau & Shawn Benson – So In Love Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners – I Don’t Need Another Love – Joey Mustaphia Club Mix Mishal Moore – Rein In The Night Shuya Okino – Give Your Love A Chance Jeffree – Mr Fix It – Chow Daddy Re-Edit Caroline Crawford – I’ll Be Here For You Billy Paul – Let The Dollar Circulate – Scratchnsniff Re-Edit Eddie Kendricks – Girl You Need A Change Of Mind – Galaxy 21 Re-Edit Eugene Record – Take Everything – Jimmy Michaels Remix 2nd Hour Kenya Collins – Barnabus Collins Love Bandit LTG Exchange – Keep On Trying Universal Mind – Reach Out For Me Bettye Swann – Kiss My Love Goodbye Little Anthony & The Imperials – I Don’t Have Time To Worry Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager – Ever Since I Can Remember Jr Walker & The All Stars – These Eyes The Chi-Lites – Inner City Blues – Project Tempo Re-Edit Stevie Wonder - Superwoman Shiva – Never Gonna Give You Up – Re-Edit The Temptations – Warm Summer Nights Orlando Johnson – Two Can Make It Better David Ruffin – Walk Away From Love – London Soho Re-Edit https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2011-08-14-Starpoint.mp3 Al is back next week and I’ll catch you all again on the 28th August @ 2.00pm LIVE! Ian D

Coming up LIVE @ 2.00pm on www.starpointradio.com! Will give a shout our for the Central then! Ian D

Well can we get Swish out of retirement then? Ian D

That'll be the one in November right Pete? Yep, I should deffo be OK for that one so that looks like a yes mate! Ian D

Wow. It’s been 4 weeks since the last show and a lot has happened since then. The weekend before last I was playing the terrace @ the Royal Festival Hall on a beautiful summer evening at Vintage 2011 sandwiched between George Power and Colin Curtis for one of the most glamorous locations I’ve had the pleasure to play, so hats off to Wayne Hemmingway for another glorious Vintage festival. Didn’t have much sleep though ‘cos then it was up to Blackburn for the Summer In The Parks Ritz Revival All-Dayer which was magical again, so big props to Richard Searling and Neil Rushton for another superb event. Here’s to the next one fellas! So there I was ready to jet off to Turkey for a week’s holiday, all packed and ready to go when the travel company went bust just 18 hours before I was due to leave. Major bummer. Then I aggravated my metatarsal again which laid me up for a few days. And then all my CD stock went up in smoke when rioters burnt down the Sony distribution centre. Challenging bloody week when I should have been sipping cocktails on a beach. No rest for the wicked ay? So the best part of the last couple of weeks has been putting this week’s show together! Also we’re giving away 3 copies of the new Norman Jay “Good Times” – 30th Anniversary Edition CD so tune in early and you’ll get a chance to win one! As per usual we have some awesome new re-edits, some blinding forgotten beauties and the usual trawl through the last 40 + years of beautiful Soul music across the genres. Hope you can join us and party with the Sunday afternoon regulars in the chat room on the home page of the Starpoint website. The perfect soundtrack for a Sunday afternoon! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 14th August 2011 on everyone’s favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring…… Wild Pursuit feat Gerideau & Shawn Benson * Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners * Mishal Moore * Shuya Okino * Jeffree * Caroline Crawford * Billy Paul * Eddie Kendricks * Eugene Record * Kenya Collins * LTG Exchange * Universal Mind * Bettye Swann * Little Anthony & The Imperials * Candi Staton * Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager * Jr Walker & The All Stars * The Chi-Lites * Stevie Wonder * Shiva * The Temptations * Orlando Johnson * David Ruffin Catch you @ 2.00pmLIVE! Ian D

As though the music biz wasn't in bad enough shape ay? Ian D

All my stock went as well Dean. Just another headache to go along with losing my holiday 'cos the travel company went bust. Some week I'm having...... Ian D

Yep, that was my first Jodi alright. Good timing on the "Cochise" then Smudge! Can we call it straight for that gig I missed in Cambridge a couple of years ago then? Incidentally, that's pretty much the only gig that I ever missed mate so many apologies. I'd got news earlier that day that I'd just got the Demon gig and for some reason I just got my Friday dates mixed up. I was gutted at the time so, once again, many apologies to all who were involved at the time. I didn't any other deals with you did I? Ian D

Are you sure Smudge? Thought I picked up "Cochise" @ the Mecca as a new release. However, it must have been the biggest record in the country at that point 'cos we weren't flooded with 'em till a few weeks later I seem to remember. The Guys From Uncle I loved anyway. Where did we do this deal by the way? Ian D

Go on tell Smudge! I'm long past embarassment these days LOL. As long as I passed 'em to good homes that's all I'm bothered about. I look at records like karma, in that I've always passed records on and got more records coming in all the time so the collection constantly mutates. I've always had a copy of "Don't You Care Anymore" though. That's one I couldn't live without! Ian D

He was gutted that you weren't @ Baltic this year Rob. That's high praise from Eddie believe me..... Ian D

Yeah, nice funky little beater and her vocals are great. But it would take something collosal to get near DYCA for me. You learn something new every day though.......... Ian D

With a name like 'Fingers' no one guessed......? Ian D

New to me Sebastian. I only thought she had the one release. My mouth's watering already. Gonna search for a clip now....... Ian D

Wow, very interesting. For me she's one of the most under-rated vocalists of all time. The sheer passion of "Don't You Care Anymore" leaves most other vocalists at the starting block. I'm amazed she didn't do more solo recordings...... Ian D

Same thing happened to Tim Brown and, like you, he knows who did it too and they'll never be invited back that's for sure. I guess the vinyl madness gene can badly affect people's honesty quite badly. Ian D