Ian Dewhirst

Has anyone out there got a spare 7.6 years they wanna flog? Ian D

Interesting Kegsy. I spoke with someone earlier today who scoured the store and archive about 8 years ago and reckoned that there wasn't that much great stuff there. Certainly they got multiples of lots of mid-range titles but didn't see too much to get excited about even on his own 'last copies'. They reckoned $300,000 would be nearer the mark. They also didn't reckon that it could be described as an archive but rather simply as a large record shop stock. They did say that there were nice promos in there but really nothing to get over-excited about apparently. You probably got there first mate! Ian D

Actually these are always majorely successful events. David Guest has the ability to get these events together because he pretty much has all the angles worked out. For a start he knows all the acts personally and they'll pick up the phone for David Guest. Secondly, it's essentialy a charity event which targets the business community and will generate a huge amount of money from the charity auction bids. Thirdly, he knows how to look after the acts and the majority of the performers will be doing this gig as a 'favour' gig for David. I've gotta hand it to him. The line-up is nothing short of incredible. If this line-up was billed for a Northern Soul Weekender it would sell out in seconds. Good on him. Probably the best line-up of Soul Music talent ever. I mean, Lamont Dozier? Phew. That's good enough for me and I'm trying to blag it as I speak......... Ian D

Yep. Just f*ckin' GLORIOUS isn't it? The crazy thing is that it always was a great record but at the time it was considered to be more of a slowy 'cos it had a shuffle kinda beat so it was never really played at the height of the night. Occasionally it may have been slipped in at the end of the night in a smoochy kinda slot but it was never a 'height of the night' track. Now it is. It's only one week old and I can guarantee it's a future monster. It's exactly right for today's dancefloors. It's only taken 30 odd years LOL.... OK, the BRILLIANT Greymatter Re-Edit of Dee Dee Sharp Gamble's "Easy Money" is zinging it's way over to you now. This is just the tip of the iceberg mate. I'm a believer....... Ian D

Presumably this has been picked through I take it? If he did actually keep one of everything then I assume he'd have most of the major label stuff wouldn't he? Someone must have got to it surely....? Ian D

Obviously worth buying for the archive value alone as only 17% of his collection has ever been reissued on CD, so anyone who bought his collection would kinda have a monopoly on providing a bespoke archive service in the future. But no one's interested apparently....it's really quite sad..... Anyone wanna go halves? Ian D

Well that looks as though it may well be one of the last sunny Sunday afternoon for a while if the weather forecasts are anything to go by which means that the Original Mastercuts Winter Party season looks set to begin. OK, admittedly we've installed a fridge at the wrong end of the summer but at least we can keep those iced Mojitos rolling...... Joining me on the show this week was Original Mastercuts co-host and co-founder, Alan Champ along with forthcoming Starpoint signing, Rob Alias and even our enigmatic owner Carl dropped in for the fun. Anyway onto more positive stuff, another HAPPY show this week so let's get right down to business....... The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst & Alan Champ LIVE this Sunday 5th September 2010 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... 1st Hour Deep Sensation – Somewhere, Somehow (There's A Soul Heaven) (Mix) Ultra High Frequency – We're On The Right Track – Tom Moulton Remix (Mix) Invisible Man's Band – All Night Thing – Scott Wozniak Unreleased Bootleg Mix Leroy Burgess – It's The Weekend – Johnny Montana & Craig Stewart Remix Marvin Gaye – Praise – Desa Basshead Rework The O'Jays – Darlin', Darlin' Baby – Sweet, Tender, Deep & Disco Re-Edit The Jones Girls – Baby Don't Go Yet – Unreleased 7" Jesse Dixon – Love Lifted Me El Debarge – Mind, Heart & Soul Hour 2 Bobby Womack – Interlude # 1/I Don't Know Bill Harris – Uptown Saturday Night Pt 1 The Four Tops – Love Enough To Care Jackie Beavers – Trying To Get Back To You Girl Jo Armstead – Got My Taste Of Honey Willie Hutch – Just Another Day Alice Clark – Never Did I Stop Loving You Love, Peace & Happiness – Strip Me Naked Leon Haywood – I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You Negghead - Being Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy – Blaze Shelter Remix Stevie Wonder – Another Star My link Many thanks for listening folks and we'll catch you next week. Ian D

Oh, OK then. Phew. I thought you hadn't received any for a moment. No.84 today which is GREAT believe it or not! Ian D

Damn. I put 10 copies in the post for you about 2 weeks ago. Ian D

Didja get your copies OK Steve? Ian D

Yeh, that was pretty comprehensive wasn't it Malc? PM your e-mail address and I'll thwack a file over. Ian D

Coming Up LIVE @ 2.00pm today on www.starpointradio.com. Featuring: Deep Sensation * Ultra High Frequency * Invisible Man's Band * Leroy Burgess * Marvin Gaye * The O'Jays * Jesse Dixon * El Debarge * The Jones Girls * Bobby Womack * Bill Harris * The Four Tops * Jackie Beavers * Jo Armstead * Willie Hutch * Alice Clark * Love, Peace & Happiness * Lezli Valentine * Leon Haywood * Negghead * Earth, Wind & Fire * Stevie Wonder Hope you can join us! Ian D

Cosmic Disco is basically spacy dance music which appeals to a new breed of 30+ Disco trainspotters who generally wear beards and have unkempt hair. The top Cosmic Disco DJ's are people like Harvey, Theo Parrish and Todd Terje who release their own top sounds and re-edits on custom-made 12" bootlegs once they've broken them in the clubs. Top Cosmic Disco records are often covered-up and the originals end-up being worth hundreds of pounds when they're finally uncovered. Does any of this sound familiar Malc? The arch-deacon and one of the most collectible of the top Cosmic Disco icons is none other than Norman Whitfield, so the Cosmic Disco diggers have been busy finding obscure Nytro and Undisputed Truth album tracks which they then creatively re-edit to create Cosmic Disco masterpieces. However these guys dig for obscure Disco the same way we dig for Northern. They're doing some FANTASTIC stuff with some of the early Philly gear now. A top Cosmic Philly track would be Love Committee's "Just As Long As I Got You" 'cos that's just perfect and a production masterpiece. Some of the best re-edits I've ever heard in my life have come out of these scene. Grey Matter's re-edit of Dee Dee Sharp Gamble's "Easy Money" is a masterpiece as is Todd Terje's Tangoterje remix of Michael Jackson's "I Can't Help It". If you wanna hear a couple of 'em I'll be playing some killer re-edits of Marvin Gaye's "Praise You" and The O'Jays "Darlin' Darlin' Baby" (which is brilliant by the way) on the show today. Start worrying. Some of 'em are digging into Northern now. It won't be long before you hear a Saxie Russell re-edit at your local Cosmic Disco hangout Malc! Ian D

Yep Martin, it's pretty gratifying to know that there's a huge audience for 40 year old material in 2010. Kinda makes it all worthwhile. I always had "Philly Re-Grooved" down as a 'specialist' release at best but then I figured that Tom Moulton appeals to several different scenes - Northern, Modern, Disco, Re-Edit , Cosmic Disco etc, etc, so maybe if all those Moulton enthusiasts bought it at the same time then maybe we'd do OK....... Most of all I'm pleased for Tom. He's kinda like us in his obsessiveness i.e. totally disfunctional. However he's also the living breathing expert on mixing great Soul and Dance records so I'm happy as hell that we've found a decent audience for his work. Just great stuff............ Ian D

Wow, that was some Summer and what a way to launch into September with a brace of incredible gigs on the white island so big shouts to the two George's, the whole Wax On crew and everyone who joined us at Sands Beach Bar and the Es Vive Hotel last Saturday/Sunday, Wok N' Roll on Monday and Aura on Tuesday. I'm still recovering. Hopefully we'll have an Indian Summer in the UK this year and I can't think of a better way of sinking into September then with a burst of Original Mastercuts this Sunday afternoon and as a special treat I'll be joined in the studio this week by my original co-host and co-founder Alan Champ for some good old LIVE banter and the usual killer tunes. The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst & Alan Champ LIVE this Sunday 5th September 2010 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... Deep Sensation * Ultra High Frequency * Invisible Man's Band * Leroy Burgess * Marvin Gaye * The O'Jays * Jesse Dixon * El Debarge * The Jones Girls * Bobby Womack * Bill Harris * The Four Tops * Jackie Beavers * Jo Armstead * Willie Hutch * Alice Clark * Love, Peace & Happiness * Lezli Valentine * Leon Haywood * Negghead * Earth, Wind & Fire * Stevie Wonder Hope you can join us and we'll see you @ 2.00pm sharp! Ian D

Tom Moulton interview coming up shortly on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tnk09 Ian D

Unbelievable! I'm so happy right now. This bloody "Philly Re-Grooved" long-shot album project is actually No.69 in the national compilation chart on the Friday mid-week which pretty much means it'll be Top 75 or Top 100 on Monday touch wood. Listen to the Tom Moulton interview on the Craig Charles Radio 6 Soul Show tonight! I'm amazed to be honest. The fact that Philly Groove and Tom Moulton could actually be in the mainstream UK charts on Monday is kinda mind-blowing..... Ian D

And the first time Philly Groove have managed a Top 50 hit album - No.48 on the first Compilation Chart mid-weeks which is sensational! If we stay in the Top 100 by Saturday I'll be over the moon! Ian D

Damn. That's the second half of November f*cked then......... Ian D

Glad you like it Sonbert. Wait til you see the full hour of the pure Tom Moulton interview which is being edited and which I'll post up when it's done. Ian D

Yep, it's been too long Tony what with me being an international superstar DJ and high-ranking music biz executive. The only time I ever seem to get up there is in the depths of bloody winter, so I'll be there twice in December - Wakefield City Soul Club for Oxo's 50th and Hull Soul Club for an early Xmas do on 17th, so put them in yer diary! Ian D

Well I only posted it in the early hours this morning so it's early days yet. I really don't get the hang of all this techy stuff, so it's a miracle that I managed to post 'em at all LOL....... Ian D

Cheers Garv. I'd rather have gone to New York and done the interview myself, but budgets just don't run to those lengths these days so we still managed to do it on a shoestring thanks to Andrew Stone and Monk 1. And Philly Re-Grooved 2 is on the drawing board (and will draw from some other Philly labels) as well as several other potentially interesting projects for 2011 (the 50th Anniversary of Holland-Dozier-Holland as a songwriting team and the 40th Anniversary of Philadelphia International so stay tuned..... Ian D

Yer, welcome Val. Did anyone notice that Vocanoes 1" Master Tape just lying around there? I'll try and find out what's on it........ Ian D

OK, we shot a couple of clips of Tom Moulton and Reid Whitelaw from Philly Groove talking about the Philly Re-Grooved project.... Tom Moulton and Reid Whitelaw talk about "Philly Re-Grooved" Part 1 Tom Moulton and Reid Whitelaw talk about "Philly Re-Grooved" Part 2 Enjoy! Ian D