Ian Dewhirst
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I Dig Your Act? Ian D -
Yep, heard these both last week and they're both good tunes, "Testify" being a slab of great Deep Soul Diva wailing and "You Can Betcha In Love" sounding suspiciously like what we'd describe as 'Funky Northern' these days. Could see these two sides as being signicant adds to the lady's stunning discography! Ian D
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Weird. I don't see that as Funk at all. If I played Towanda Barnes to any serious Funk collectors claiming it was Funk they'd think I was nuts. It's as Northern as they come for me. But I'd call "Ton Of Dynamite" Northern Funk. Ian D
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What that list tells me is that Carms has an open view to black music and obviously likes quality. Some of those records have been long-established U.S. ghetto breakbeats and many wouldn't have been out-of-place at London's Rare-Groove clubs in the mid 80's. A few of 'em are some of Hip-Hop's most-sampled records - here's a couple of examples:- Bobby Byrd - "I Know You Got Soul" People Records Sampled by:- A Tribe Called Quest's "Money Maker" CEO's "Hit Me with the Beat" Compton's Most Wanted's "The Final Chapter" Cool C's "The Glamorous Life" CPO's "The Movement" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "You Got It (Donut)" Double XX Posse's "Executive Class" Dream Warriors's "Face in the Basin" Eric B and Rakim's "I Know You Got Soul" Everlast's "I Got the Knack" Ice Cube's "Jackin' for Beats" KMD's "Hard Wit No Hoe" Kool G Rap's "It's a Demo" Kool Moe Dee's "Rise 'N' Shine" Kwame's "Keep on Doin' (What You're Doin' Baby)" Martine Girault's "Revival" MC Ren's "Kizz My Black A-z" Movement Ex's "United Snakes of America" Original Flavor's "Give 'em Some Wrek" Professor Griff's "Pawns in the Game" Public Enemy's "Cold Lampin' with Flavor" Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" Public Enemy's "Party for Your Right to Fight" Rappin is Fundamental's "Whenever You Need an MC" Roxanne ft Chubb Rock's "Gear" Salt-N-Pepa's "A Salt with Deadly Pepa" She Rocker's "Give it a Rest" Special Ed's "Come On, Let's Move" Ugly Duckling's "Everybody C'mon" Wee Papa Girls's "You've Got the Beat" * "I'm Not to Blame" Jay-Z's "You Don't Know" Dyke & The Blazer's "Let A Woman Be A Woman" Original Sound Records 3XDope's "From Da Giddy Up" Above the Law's "Menace to Society" Beck's "Jack-Ass" Digital Underground's "No Nose Job" Jaz's "Ease up Jaz" Juvenile Delinquintz's "Juvenile Delinquintz" Kid 'N Play's "Damn That DJ" King T's "Diss You" Leaders of the New School's "Case of the P.T.A." Michael Jackson's "Jam" Monie Love's "Let a Woman Be a Woman" Run-DMC's "Faces" Stetsasonic's "Sally" Tupac's "If My Homey Calls" X-Clan's "Rhythm of God" I like many different types of music depending on what mood I'm in. But when I want to listen to Northern Soul I kinda want to hear a Northern beat with 4/4 drums 'cos that's what I consider to be Northern Soul. However, on those nights when I'm in a completely different mood, I might want to hear some great breakbeats, some rare-grooves, some funky syncopated basslines and some downright nasty funk and if that's the case, I'll hit a Funk/Rare Groove night. So maybe the lines are getting blurred about what exactly constitutes the term known as Northern Soul these days? And does it matter anymore? Some of the 'Funky Northern' things I'm hearing don't sound like Northern Soul to me at all. Fast Funk definitely. Northern Soul, absolutely not. Major Williams' "Girl Don't Leave Me" is a brilliant slab of catchy fast funk but I wouldn't call it Northern in the same way that I wouldn't call Wally Coco's "Message To Society" or King Sporty's "Music Maker" Northern either. But I'm 55 years old. Am I being pedantic about semantics? Ian D
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That's why I was assigning to both Richard and Ian at the same time. For some reason I have it in my head that this came from J.A, and not a stateside trip. No doubt Ian will ring me within seconds and confirm Kev's story LOL......... Ian D
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I think this can more or less be shared equally between Levine & Searling. They both had it at the same time as far as I can remember........ Ian D
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Well, who's this guy then...........? Recorded on Big Tree with Gwen Owens and the Invitations! Jimmie Mack Ian D
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Looks like finished copies for Friday touch wood! Ian D
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Lovely crowd for the show this week, so many thanks for everyone who joined in the Sunday afternoon banter in the Starpoint chatroom. Also great to have a truly international audience which stretches from Melbourne, Australia to Dallas in Texas via Crystal Palace in Sarf London and all other points of the UK. The power of the internet is truly staggering and we're lucky to have such a fantastic tool at our disposal, so many thanks to Sir Tim Berners-Lee from London for inventing it! Good on ya Tim! Also many thanks to the new listeners who have joined us this year and to all the re-edit and remix enthusiasts, especially to those that are sending me stuff directly. There's some truly awesome stuff coming through, many of which leave the originals in the shade, so thanks once again, This week, a show full of much-loved goodies and long-term show faves, some killer re-edits, some wonderful Philly gems, some underplayed Soul goodies and a final 30 minutes of mellow-groove bliss. Hey, that's what we do on grey winter Sunday afternoons in the UK. Gotta get some sunshine somehow! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 20th February 2011 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... 1st Hour Randy Crawford – All I Do Five Special – The More I Get To Know You - Remix Roberta Flack – Don't Make Me Wait Too Long Stevie Wonder – Another Star – Neil Thompson Re-Grooved Remix Crown Heights Affair – Love Me Ashford & Simpson – It Seems To Hang On – Touchsoul Re-Edit Rick James – Give It To Me Baby – TJ Kong Re-Edit Val Young – If You Should Ever Be Lonely James Ingram – Yah Mo Be There – Jellybean Remix 2nd Hour The Trammps – Where Do We Go From Here Dionne Warwick – Once You Hit The Road Sons Of Robin Stone – Got To Get You Back – Tom Moulton Remix The Intruders – A Nice Girl Like You J.J. Barnes – She's Mine The Moments – Meeting You Was No Mistake Percy Stone & the Explosions - Chained Sandra Wright – I Come Running Back Dionne Warwick & Issac Hayes – Can't Hide Love - Live Lowrell – Mellow Mellow Right On - Remix Archie Bell & The Drells – Don't Let Love Get You Down – Ed Zone Re-Edit Inner Life – Make It Last Forever – John Morales Remix Original Mastercuts Show 20.02.11 Al will be back next week and I'll hopefully catch you on Sunday 6th March. I'll be an older and wiser man by then 'cos it's my birthday on the 4th. Shit, I'm getting OLD......... Laters, Ian D
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Mmmm. Interesting that Jesse and James & The JJ Band version of Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede's "Something For Nuthing" (originally on Okeh in the U.S.) ay? I don't know that version but looks very interesting........is it any good? Ian D
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Must've been divs 'cos Debbie Fleming was never rare! Ian D
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I think the Northern scene was less racist than most places back then now that I think about it........ Ian D
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Trust you Kev! Good haul though. And I don't know the Rocky Roberts however I did find a mint pic sleeve Duriem copy in Slough just before Xmas........ Ian D
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Those two points are kinda interesting. On the first point, a lot of the younger audiences may be predictably scared off by the age gap, knowledge gap and attitude gap. Those things weren't so much of a problem 40 years ago 'cos the scene was still young and there was less volume of knowledge, so it didn't take too long to get up to speed. Everybody was also the same age give or take 5 years wheras these days it's more like 50 LOL. The attitude will never change but the gestation period is much longer these days. I was only a 'div' for a couple of months and then a bloody DJ within a year. And, on the second point, given the amount that some of these compilations have sold, you can bet that young people will be listening to this music and getting off on it by themselves. I agree with the point someone made earlier, that new hybrid scenes will develop which will include Northern Soul and probably lots of other stuff. I've been to a few parties just lately where they like to mix it up a bit and it works pretty well with the crowd. I've seen 'em drop some Northern monsters into the mix and send the place nuts. So the Northern Soul Deejay's of the future will probably come from some musically-interested kid who's just coming up to 11 or 12 about now and who will be listening to his parent's bloody Asda Northern Soul CD's and liking what he's hearing............ Ian D
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The same as the one in Post No.1. I sold a UK copy of this for around £60 a couple of years ago. This was the same copy that I bought from Woods in Huddersfield in 1972...... Ian D
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Actually I've been a big fan of his since Reservoir Dogs and as a result of that I went to the UK premiere of Pulp Fiction which cemented his reputation for me. Shortly after that, I became Head Of A&R for a quality vinyl album reissue company called Simply Vinyl. We did a deal with Universal Music and in the first 10 Universal titles I chose, I went with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction 'cos I thought they'd be popular with retro vinyl album collectors and the booming Tarrantino film crowd. I then 'met' Quentin on the "Ain't It Cool' film forum and mentioned I'd just released 2 x 180gram vinyl albums of his first 2 films, got his address and sent 'em over. He was knocked out with 'em! He hasn't offered me a bloody soundtrack to do yet though......... I'll have to give the big clod a clip around the ear when I next see him........ Ian D
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Never any rest for the wicked. Been a busy week as usual so as part of my three-step recovery from a ridiculous lifestyle, welcome to another 2 hours in the Soul Music Sunday afternoon comfort zone otherwise known as the Original Mastercuts Show! This week the emphasis is on GREAT, GREAT productions all the way through our usual trawl through 5 decades of breath-taking Soul music. So some regular show faves, some fabulous new re-edits, some under-exposed gems, a couple of exclusives and hopefully a wonderful exercise in whiling away a lazy Sunday afternoon. I'm looking forward to it! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 20th February 2011 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring........... Randy Crawford * Five Special * Roberta Flack * Stevie Wonder * Crown Heights Affair * Ashford & Simpson * Rick James * Val Young * James Ingram * The Trammps * Dionne Warwick * Sons Of Robin Stone * The Intruders * J.J. Barnes * The Moments * Percy Stone & the Explosions * Sandra Wright * Dionne Warwick & Issac Hayes * Lowrell * Archie Bell & The Drells * Inner Life Catch you in the usual spots from 2.00pm this Sunday! Laters, Ian D
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No, but the i-tunes sales of the Human Beinz will soar and people may then be tempted to hear more similar stuff. However, we're perhaps missing the point here. The key task was putting an athletics ad together with a tune that has the requisite energy and appeal and I think they succeeded on that level. Also that'll be a nice pension fund for the Isley Brothers! Ian D
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OK, that makes sense. Point taken. Mind you, I reckon I could still play a blinding set with my Northern CD collection 'cos I've got hundreds of 'em from the last 20 odd years, most of which are long deleted now........ Ian D
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Mmm. Makes my £50 copies look like a bargain now dunnit? Larry Wedgeworth & Clique - E-Bay Cheers to Nev for alerting me LOL....... Ian D
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When I talk about CD's, I'm not talking about the ones you buy in the shops Matt. I'm talking about about 200 + CD's which have been personally burnt from my own collection, of which somewhere around 20% of the tunes aren't available on any physical format including vinyl. Just to reiterate the point, I got 20 x CD's worth of previously unreleased 60's and 70's material just yesterday. I personally don't use commercially available CD's at all. Naturally, yes, I still have to use a box of 4-500 vinyl for some gigs but I far prefer to have a choice of thousands rather then hundreds of tunes. To me being dogmatic about a format simply limits ones choices. Ian D
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Mellow Mellow - New Harmless 15th Anniversary Release out Monday View full article
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Out Monday "Mellow Mellow" comp from Harmless, the final one of the 15th Anniversary releases Not particularly Northern by any means, but some of you may be into some of these so no harm in posting 'em I guess. After 4 new Disco Discharges and Trax Re-Edited, Harmless gets back to some Soul again with the final 2 of our 15th anniversary releases which celebrate another two of the label's most popular series from the previous 15 years both compiled by the good Dean Rudland...... Just as an otherwise ferocious Winter draws to end and the first flowers of Spring begin to blossom, lo and behold what could be better then another special edition of another one of Harmless's flagship series, so welcome to "Mellow Mellow" - 15th Anniversary Crystal Edition. As with the original albums in this flagship series, we present a veritable cornucopia of Mellow Soul delights designed to be played as you're relaxing in the Sun, preferably on a beach or in long field of tall grass. As with "The Breaks" (also released this month) we've utilised the services of compiler extraordinaire Dean Rudland to scour the vaults of various catalogues like Curtom, Philadelphia International, Kelli-Arts, Invictus, Columbia, Epic, Hi, Brunswick, Fantasy, Philly World, Sleeping Bag and Spring to bring you 2 CD's worth of simply delectable music compiled with love and expertise by one of the most knowledgeable Soul Music experts in the world. Naturally there are a host of tracks which have either NEVER been available on CD before or which are currently unavailable on compilations like Jae Mason's "Cloud Of Sunshine", Maryann Farra & Satin Soul's "Living In The Footsteps Of Another Girl", Side Effect's "Spend It On Love", Anthony White's "I'm So Much In Love With You", MFSB feat Carla Benson's "Tell Me Why" and Millie Jackson and Isaac Hayes' "Soft Lights, Sweet Music & You". Also it gives us great pleasure to finally unearth Eugene Wilde's superlative UK and US smash "Gotta Get You Home With Me Tonight" which has long been unavailable on CD and is always in demand. As per usual, Harmless will be doing a full-on major Press, Promotion and Radio campaign targeting a much larger range of media then other Harmless releasesas we think"Mellow Mellow" has the potential to reach a much wider audience then most Harmless releases. So ease yourself into what will undoubtedly be a beautiful Spring this year and make "Mellow Mellow" the soundtrack for the Summer! You know it makes sense! HURTCD099 Mellow Mellow - 15TH Anniversary Crystal Edition 28/3/11 CD 1 1. All Because Of You Leroy Hutson 7.02 2. Why Can't We Be Lovers Holland & Dozier 4.01 3. Cloud Of Sunshine Jae Mason 3.29 4. I'm Back For More Al Johnson & Jean Carn 5.05 5. Give Me Some Emotion Webster Lewis 4.01 6. What Do You Want Me To Do Lou Courtney 2.49 7. Call Me (Come Back Home) Al Green 3.01 8. The Sweetest Pain Dexter Wansel ft Jean Carn 5.42 9. Ain't You Had Enough Phyllis Hyman 4.11 10. If Only You Knew Patti Labelle 4.44 11. Just As Long As I Know You're Mine Dee Dee Sharp Gamble 4.14 12. The O'Jays Darlin' Darlin' Baby 4.15 13. Living In The Footsteps Of Another Girl Maryann Farra & Satin Soul 2.15 14. Keep Goin' On Gary Bartz 4.27 15. This Feeling's Killing Me The Jones Girls 3.30 16. Oh Girl The Chi-Lites 3.43 17. Spend It On Love Side Effect 3.35 18. Gotta Get You Home With Me Tonight Eugene Wilde 5.19 Total 75.45 CD2 1. Come Into My Life Joyce Sims 3.43 2. I Choose You Paris 5.52 3. Heaven Only Knows Teddy Pendergrass 4.08 4. Use To Be My Girl The O'Jays 3.59 5. My Love Don't Come Easy Jean Carn 5.05 6. Tell Me Why MFSB feat Carla Benson 3.55 7. Let's Make A Baby Billy Paul 7.09 8. Do You Get Enough Love Shirley Jones 4.34 9. I'm So Much In Love With You Anthony White 4.41 10. Love For The Sake Of Love Claudia Barry 5.15 11. Devotion Earth Wind and Fire 4.48 12. Soft Lights Sweet Music and You Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes 4.24 13. Count On Me Natural Four 4.03 14. Mon Belle Amour Ann Peebles 3.40 15. Don't Leave Me Starving For Your Love Laura Lee 2.57 16. Look At The Boy Jean Plum 2.32 17. Aretha, Sing One For Me George Jackson 2.55 Total 73.50 Amazon also out but available now... HURTCD101 The Breaks - Harmless 15th Anniversary Crystal Edition 14/3/11 CD 1 1. The Champ The Mohawks 2.38 2. It's A New Day The Skullsnaps 3.03 3. Don't Change Your Love Five Stairsteps 2.48 4. I'm Gonna Get You Joe Quarterman 2.52 5. Same Old Thing The Meters 2.45 6. Space Funk Manzel 3.39 7. Cavern Liquid Liquid 5.20 8. Heartbeat (Party Version) Taana Gardner 9.48 9. Jammin' Big Guitar Vaughan Mason 6.08 10. I Got My Mind Made Up Instant Funk 9.46 11. Dazz Brick 5.36 12. Sing Sing Gaz 7.15 13. Get Down With The Philly Sound MFSB 4.29 14. Bra Cymande 5.03 15. Love And Happiness Al Green 5.02 Total 76.40 CD2 1. I'm So Glad You're Mine Al Green 2.52 2. Here I Go Again Jean Plum 2.27 3. You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 5.16 4. Hercules Aaron Neville 4.11 5. Person To Person Average White Band 3.36 6. Cry Together The O'Jays 5.26 7. Hurry Up This Way Again The Stylistics 5.53 8. I Hate I Walked Away Syl Johnson 3.26 9. Tramp Lowell Fullsom 3.05 10. Stick Up Honey Cone 3.01 11. Soulful Football Willie Henderson 3.47 12. The Message Cymande 4.19 13. Good Ole Music Funkadelic 8.04 14. Run Nigger Last Poets 1.10 15. Kool Is Back Funk Incorporated 8.15 16. Groovin' Willie Mitchell 3.00 Total 68.17 Amazon Ian D -
Yep. Essentially correct Wee Mark. Well done. Ian D
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Wow. Stunning mate. That is a record I want to own. I'm still of the opinion that this record is one of the best double-siders of all time. I find it amazing that a record of this calibre, via both the A & B sides, somehow still managed to fall through the gaps on it's original release. Well it's here now LOL....... Can't wait to get it in my hands at last! Roughly when did you say the delivery date was Paul.........? Ian D