Ian Dewhirst

I thought as much Sutty. However during that particular period I was going through my 'lost weekend' in New York and immersed in other stuff. So much to learn still...................has that Carstairs track gone big yet..........? Ian D

Well you and I have totally different taste then Rob. To me it's a brilliant uplifting anthem that would rock 'em anywhere. To each their own I guess. Plus your valuation would appear to be way off the mark as I've just sold 3 copies @ £50 each....... Ian D

All of which makes this a kind of interesting record. I mean, quite apart from any U.S. basketball connections, this is just a great, great record and surely a future monster at some point. So I reckon £50 a pop is fair enough innit? I haven't got 'em in my hand yet, so I'll hold fire on offering 'em out until that happy event happens, so anyone who wants a copy at that price should feel free to PM me with their details and I'll reserve 'em as I get 'em OK? Touch wood it'll work out OK......... Ian D

Now there is a realist. Well done Theresa. I'm a 'lil bit more random then the norm. Too many friggin' catergories for a start...... A major part of the pleasure of maintaining a huge collection is not necessarily knowing what you have and then subsequently discovering stuff that you already own but haven't necessarily even listened to just lately. Hence the beers make perfect sense. Well done! Ian D

And for anyone who's interested I'll be having a LIVE natter with Craig Charles on the Craig Charles Soul & Funk Show, BBC 6, this Saturday 23rd October from 8.00pm about the trails and tribulations of running a Soul/Dance/Black Music label in 2010! My link Ian D

I just bumped into a few copies of this gem. Does anyone have a current value please? Cheers all! Ian D

Maybe not surprising as she does background vocals on Aretha's "Integrity". https://www.discogs.c...ist/Sandra+Feva Savoir Faire's been reissued on CD as well..... https://www.cherryred.../sandrafeva.php Ian D

But that's the nature of the collecting beast innit Pete? Most collectors are slightly nuts anyway aren't they? Ian D

Mmmm. Child of the 60's perchance are we Theresa? Ian D

Deffo a freebie for you Theresa if you drop me a PM with your address my dear. (Note: this is only open to Surrey housewives who've spent the child benefit this month OK?). Good thinking on adding details to the You Tube clips - I'll add it the never ending list! Got any more jobs for me whilst you're at it Ian D

Out on Monday and now available @ Amazon for £6.99 inc postage! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jumpin-Anni...87483076&sr=1-3 Ian D

I've heard 3 unreleased Charles Drain's including the nifty version of "Lifetime Guarantee On Love" but I think you may have heard the other ones which I'm told are exceptional. I'd better get on the case! It makes you wonder where the rest of the pressing runs went on Otis Williams and the Hypnotics doesn't it? Probably in landfill somewhere near St Louis by the sound of it............ Ian D

Yep. We did a special one-off 500 press 7" of "Can't Take It With You"/"Gamble On Love" in 2005 which long since sold out. Ian D

OK, anyone who would like to hear both sides of the incredible Otis Williams double-sider can hear 'em back to back @ around 95 minutes into the show via the link below! Otis Williams - Take Me Back Otis Williams - I Got To Have You https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2010-10-17-Starpoint.mp3 Enjoy! Ian D

And here a 'lil tribute we did on yesterday's Original Mastercuts show with the General played throughout........... OK, we indulged in a mini Norman "General" Johnson tribute on this week's show as a testament to one of the GREAT voices of Soul Music for the last 50 years, plus played the OTHER side of the BRILLIANT Otis Williams double-sider from '79, a Charles Drain alternative vocal and mix on "Lifetime Guarantee Of Love", a couple of fresh Neil Thompson remixes, a killer re-edit on Ullanda McCullough's Original Mastercuts fave "Bad Company", a couple of interesting Mellow items and the usual bunch of Soulful gems from across the eras. Enjoy! Link below...... Featuring... 1st Hour Sam Jackson & Bridget Fonda - Intro Chairmen Of The Board Bless Your Heart The Temptations I'm Here - Remix Soularis Change The World Mr Fingers What About This Love Kenlou Remix Westcoast Soulstars feat Eli & Janne Show Me Love Brian Cuthbertson feat Kenny Lattimore Another Love Neil Thompson Remix Dee Dee Sharp Gamble Easy Money Greymatter Re-Edit Ullanda McCullough Bad Company Bogstad Diskoensemble Re-Edit Change The Glow Of Love Neil Thompson Remix Eugene Wilde Let Her Feel It - Album Mix 2nd Hour The Showmen Our Love Will Grow Chairmen Of The Board Everything's Tuesday Ruby Andrews I Got A Bone To Pick With You Tearra Just Loving You Charles Drain Lifetime Guarantee Of Love Unreleased Version Sam Dees Save The Love At Any Cost Otis Williams Take Me Back Otis Williams I Got To Have You Maria Lawson - Sleepwalking Sharifa - Assumptions Patti LaBelle It's A New Day Neil Thompson Re- Work Ricky Bohannon Time Out General Johnson & The Chairmen Don't Walk Away Chairmen Of The Board I'm On My Way To A Better Place https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2010-10-17-Starpoint.mp3 Ian D

OK, we indulged in a mini Norman "General" Johnson tribute on this week's show as a testament to one of the GREAT voices of Soul Music for the last 50 years, plus played the OTHER side of the BRILLIANT Otis Williams double-sider from '79, a Charles Drain alternative vocal and mix on "Lifetime Guarantee Of Love", a couple of fresh Neil Thompson remixes, a killer re-edit on Ullanda McCullough's Original Mastercuts fave "Bad Company", a couple of interesting Mellow items and the usual bunch of Soulful gems from across the eras. Enjoy! Link below...... Featuring... 1st Hour Sam Jackson & Bridget Fonda - Intro Chairmen Of The Board Bless Your Heart The Temptations I'm Here - Remix Soularis Change The World Mr Fingers What About This Love Kenlou Remix Westcoast Soulstars feat Eli & Janne Show Me Love Brian Cuthbertson feat Kenny Lattimore Another Love Neil Thompson Remix Dee Dee Sharp Gamble Easy Money Greymatter Re-Edit Ullanda McCullough Bad Company Bogstad Diskoensemble Re-Edit Change The Glow Of Love Neil Thompson Remix Eugene Wilde Let Her Feel It - Album Mix 2nd Hour The Showmen Our Love Will Grow Chairmen Of The Board Everything's Tuesday Ruby Andrews I Got A Bone To Pick With You Tearra Just Loving You Charles Drain Lifetime Guarantee Of Love Unreleased Version Sam Dees Save The Love At Any Cost Otis Williams Take Me Back Otis Williams I Got To Have You Maria Lawson - Sleepwalking Sharifa - Assumptions Patti LaBelle It's A New Day Neil Thompson Re- Work Ricky Bohannon Time Out General Johnson & The Chairmen Don't Walk Away Chairmen Of The Board I'm On My Way To A Better Place "]https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2010-10-17-Starpoint.mp3 Al will be back next week and I'll be back on the 31st folks! Laters....... Ian D

Repeat going out now folks 5.00-7.00pm on www.starpointradio.com with a bit of a mini Norman 'General' Johnson tribute! Ian D

No probs. I'l be posting a link of the show up on Monday. For anyone who can catch the show, I'll be playing both "Take Me Back" and "I Got To Have You" at around 3.20pm today on www.starpointradio.com. Ian D .

Yep, playing that @ 3.00pm Dave. Also I was going through stuff and got to Harrison Kennedy's "I'm In Love Darling" which sounds like it's actually Norman on lead! Decided to save it for a week or two to prevent any confusion but I'd swear that it's actually the General....... I seem to be doing these mini-tribute shows all the bloody time these days - Luther, Levi, Michael and now the general. Sad times..... And I'll second the 'Artist of the Week' nomination. Ian D

OK, a Normal 'General' Johnson Original Mastercuts mini-tribute coming up LIVE @ 2.00pm today......... This week, another one of our heroes, Norman 'General' Johnson from the Showmen and Chairmen Of The Board passed away so naturally I'll be doing my level best to do a 'lil Original Mastercuts tribute to one of the most distinctive and enduring voices in Soul Music history. If you have a dry eye by the end of the show you won't be the only one 'cos this guy was one of the soundtracks to my youth. R.I.P. Norman. We love ya. The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst LIVE this Sunday 17th October 2010 between 2.00-4.00pm on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... Sam Jackson & Bridget Fonda * Chairmen Of The Board * The Temptations * Soularis * Mr Fingers * Westcoast Soulstars feat Eli & Janne * Brian Cuthbertson feat Kenny Lattimore * Dee Dee Sharp Gamble * Ullanda McCullough * Change * Eugene Wilde * The Showmen * Chairmen Of The Board * Ruby Andrews * Tearra * Charles Drain * Sam Dees * Otis Williams * Voices Of East Harlem * Otis Williams * Maria Lawson * Sharifa * Patti LaBelle * Ricky Bohannon * General Johnson & The Chairmen * Chairmen Of The Board LIVE @ 2.00pm today folks! Don't miss. But if you do the download will up 24 hours later. How's that for service? Laters........... Ian D

Well, generally around this time of the year I'd normally be careering around the Prestatyn Weekender dipping my toe into all the different rooms. However, once again I've managed to come down with my usual bi-annual dose of killer flu due to 80% of London coughing and spluttering in my face every 3 minutes! So I flirted with the idea but I think it was the prospect of a 12 hour return drive, 48 hours of no sleep and 2 days of dining at the Beachcomber which put paid to this year's excursion. So I put a show together instead. Plus, this week, another one of our heroes, Norman 'General' Johnson from the Showmen and Chairmen Of The Board passed away so naturally I'll be doing my level best to do a 'lil Original Mastercuts tribute to one of the most distinctive and enduring voices in Soul Music history. If you have a dry eye by the end of the show you won't be the only one 'cos this guy was one of the soundtracks to my youth. R.I.P. Norman. We love ya. Anyway, an absolutely BELTING show this week folks with the usual pick of the best new releases, killer re-edits, creative remixes, 80's gems, Northern classics, some undersung and relatively unknown beautiful mellow gems, an alternative Charles Drain take on a classic and both the A and B sides of the unbelievable Otis Williams release from 1979 - the best 70's double-sider I think I've ever heard and totally unknown until J. Soulsmith dug it up! This is what we live for innit? The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst LIVE this Sunday 17th October 2010 between 2.00-4.00pm on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring......... Sam Jackson & Bridget Fonda * Chairmen Of The Board * The Temptations * Soularis * Mr Fingers * Westcoast Soulstars feat Eli & Janne * Brian Cuthbertson feat Kenny Lattimore * Dee Dee Sharp Gamble * Ullanda McCullough * Change * Eugene Wilde * The Showmen * Chairmen Of The Board * Ruby Andrews * Tearra * Charles Drain * Sam Dees * Otis Williams * Voices Of East Harlem * Otis Williams * Maria Lawson * Sharifa * Patti LaBelle * Ricky Bohannon * General Johnson & The Chairmen * Chairmen Of The Board LIVE @ 2.00pm today folks! Don't miss. But if you do the download will up 24 hours later. How's that for service? Laters,...... Ian D

Yeah, for sure it ranks big time - probably around 5th for me, after the four I just mentioned. Out of the 60's cuts, Brenda does it for me. In fact I have a different mix from the You Tube clip which is much better. Brenda's version is the best for me from the 60's, but overall Randy Crawford's version is the ultimate killer for me. Ian D

The Brenda Holloway version is THE definitive 60's version of this song........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R749k3fgr1g But Stevie's later version is OK too.... However, the Four Tops version has it's merits also......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlVpM5Jt2Gc But the Randy Crawford version is the ultimate killer for me........ But not on You Tube...... Ian D

Well, it's been a pretty heavy week one way and another. The Chairmen Of The Board and General Johnson were very much the soundtrack to my youth in the early 70's and I'm blessed to still be working with their music some 40 years later. As per usual, when something like this happens, I go into 're-listen' mode and re-discover all the quality and nuances of the music that inspired me as I was growing up. Norman 'General' Johnson is 100% absolutely up their with the greats - certainly one of the most distinctive vocalists in Soul music history. Plus he spanned a career that lasted 50 years which is incredible. To think he's been knocking 'em dead on the Beach Music scene for the last 20 years is just brilliant and underlines his durability and appeal to all ages. So obviously I'm gonna do a General Johnson tribute on this Sunday's LIVE Original Mastercuts show, Sunday afternoon 2.00-4.00pm on www.starpointradio.com. I'll be slipping in all stages of his career from the mid 60's to the mid 00's and unleashing an exclusive killer re-edit on one of his late 70's underheard killers. This one's for Norman. And yes. Ignore any sceptics. "Bless Your Heart" is one of the greatest Soul records ever made. Ian D

I was in talks a couple of months ago to bring a across a whole Invictus/Hot Wax package with Freda Payne/C.O.T.B/Honey Cone and the Holland brothers but, as always, money and logistics were proving problematic. A major shame. Ian D