Ian Dewhirst

Correctomundo. I'd kinda dropped off the Northern scene at that point but I was promoting the Saturday Northern night @ the Central in Leeds and Pat Brady and Swish were the deejays at that point. For some reason I had to go to Sheffield one day and Pat came along with me for the ride and he spent the entire journey moaning that 'the Northern scene wasn't like it used to be' and 'you couldn't just find records easily anymore' etc, etc. I was in an optimistic mood and saying to Pat that records were everywhere and he just had to be a bit more optimistic and do some frigging digging! We were heading out of Sheffield back to the M1 and I remember saying to him that there were Northern records right under his nose and, as a joke, I said:- 'Hang on. Can you smell that"? He said. "Smell what"? I said. "Vinyl mate. I can smell vinyl!" and at that exact point I spotted a junk shop and pulled up and parked saying, "C'mon let's have a look. Records are everywhere" etc, etc. We went and there were racks and racks of records and the first one I pulled out was Wilbur Walton Jr "24 Hours Of Loneliness" on 123, went to the counter, paid the guy 25p for it and gave it to Pat and said "There ya go. There's records everywhere". He said, "How do you know it's Northern"? I said, "Look at the title. How can it not be"? We didn't even play it till we got back to Leeds. Pat was astounded. 100% good timing and the luck of the devil LOL..... Ian D

Too many bloody Ricks for my liking! You are of course correct in this instance. Now I'm beginning to question whether I was in fact John Vincent......? Ian D

Well the Rob Thomas bit's right but how the hell could you confuse me with John Vincent? He had a 'tache! Ian D

From Kev..... More importantly who discovered these....... Esperanto- Grand Piano Company/ Theme from the Fantastic Plastic Machine- Harry Betts/ Stop- Bobby Diamond/ Keeps on Burning- Burning Bush/ Name It You Got It- Mickey Moonshine/ Nine Times Out of Ten- Muriel Day Seeing as Ian D exposed me as 'The Flasher' please own up if you discovered the above! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nope not guilty Kev, but that doesn't mean I didn't come up with some clunkers myself. "Danse A La Music" - The French Fries springs to mind.... Ian D

Yep but I think he may have bought his copy off Rick Scott in Lincolnshire? We all got it pretty sharpish - instant classic....... Ian D

No, I'm claiming that. Bought from Bob from Louth on a Thursday evening gig in Lincolnshire before anyone else found it (I think Bob got it from John Anderson anyway). Heard it over the cans first, knew it was a monster, then played it over the system and realised it was utterly irresistible so did a deal with him there and then (£8 rings a bell). I think I covered it up because I thought the title was ridiculous, so I over-stickered the first copy with "I'm Coming Home" as opposed to "I'm Com'un Home In The Morn'un" which was a bit of a mouthful and frankly daft pronounciation (I think I knocked £2.50 off the price because of the title).......... Incidentally, that was the gig where I was driving back in the early hours of the morning over the fields of Lincolnshire with a guy called Kelly from Huddersfield and I came off the road straight into a wet muddy field and couldn't get the car out the field 'cos the wheels wouldn't grip the mud. So the two of us were stuck there covered in mud @ 2.00am in the middle of nowhere when some guy appeared out of the blue and between the three of us we got the car back on the road. I often wondered what the guy was doing in the middle of nowhere @ 2.00am on a Friday morning 'cos there were no towns, houses or pubs anywhere within a 10 mile radius. Just cows and mud. We ended up dropping him off 10 miles down the road but it was mud city all the way home......we were covered! Worth it for Lou Pride though. A monster! Ian D

I wish. The arguement for the Servicemen probably boils down to Pep/Colin/Sam or some combination thereof LOL.... Sorry about the stickers by the way! I can't even remember having the Servicemen but I LOVE that yellow Patheway design....... Ian D

He who has been banned found Jimmy Raye for sure and Herbert Hunter I believe...... Ian D

Yep that's the one. Rick used to DJ at The Central All-Nighters and always had a tasty box! Ian D

Oh yes, the Detroit Executives, Pocorn Wylie and the Perigents as 30p cheapies on one of his lists! Those were the days........ Ian D

I'm pretty sure that John Manship was first with Ronnie Forte - I think he got it from Disco Bob in 'Frisco 'cos he brought it to Cleethorpes first. Also, some of the rarer Detroit stuff tended to be in Detroit collections rather than DJ's hands at the time. "I'm Gone" was known about but I don't think I ever actually saw a copy back then - it was just hearsay that it was a killer. Much like "Spellbound" - Tamiko Jones. Everyone kept mentioning that there was meant to be a great Tamiko Jones on Golden World but no ever saw one until Anderson unearthed a load......... Ian D

I think Richard used to work @ Global didn't he? I'm pretty sure that's where he picked up most of his early goodies - I think he flew out to Bernie Binnick's place a couple of times (was that where he got the Volcanoes?). "Mr Big Shot" also came out of Global but I think Rick ????? found that (forgot his surname). Didn't Bobby 'Guitar' Woods come from Black Grape originally? I'm sure that was buried away on Gary's shelves for ages 'cos it looked like a blues record...........mind you anything was possible back then. Records were everywhere up North......... Ian D

That would make you late 50's/60 ish or thereabouts Chris? Both were huge Torch records and "Quick Change Artist" was probably the biggest tune when I was just starting out...... Ian D

LOL, 'pot-smoking kitten thrower' is a classic! Another was that 'Charles Manson lookalike freak' from L.A.! How come the nutcases had all the good tunes? Ian D

"The Flasher" perchance......? Ian D

Yep, the bugger! What a discovery that was! Ian D

Brad came up with some beauties! He had direct contacts with a lot of people in the states in the early 70's which was unusual at the time. The source of the first copy of "Send Him Back" among many others (£2.50 if I remember rightly on a Tuesday night @ Burnely Cricket Club)! Ian D

Did this ever actually get issued on Columbia in the 60's? It's on a package called "Super Baby Cakes" - Jimmy Radcliffe & Friends on a recent CD and the sleeve notes don't make it clear whether it was ever actually issued or not. Great mid-tempo pounder which will sound great loud.......... Ian D

Merry Christmas Al - hope yer well mate. And I love that Black Eyed Peas rekid as well! The hook reminds me slightly of Taylor Dayne's "Tell It To My Heart"........ Ian D

Yep, will post up tomorrow Tony. I have to transfer the track-listings from one format to another and get seperate pac-shots so will sort tomorrow and post up time allowing. Best, Ian D

Coming up LIVE @ 2.00pm folks. You're first chance to hear the long lost Tom Moulton mix of "This Is The House (Where Love Died)" plus that INCREDIBLE version of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" like you've never heard it before! All 100% soulful goodness! Ian D

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Coming up LIVE @ 2.00-4.00pm this Sunday afternoon, come along and join the friendliest crowd on t'internet for another episode of the Original Mastercuts Show on www.starpointradio.com this week with Ian D. As per usual we sweep through the last 5 decades of glorious Soul Music for a 2 hour session packed to the seams with some of the greatest music ever released whilst being presented by a jocular host talking crap to a buzzing 'lil crowd of regulars! Yep, I can't think of a nicer way to spend a Winter Sunday afternoon! Coming up tomorrow............... Frankie Knuckles feat Jazmina * Sensory Productions * First Choice * Jean Carn * L.T.D. * Rufus & Chaka Khan * Charles Veal * Alfie Silas * Luther Vandross * Janette Renee * Spank * N'Cole * The Spinners * Don Downing * Lee Garrett * Thelma Houston * The Three Pieces * Prophecy * Wendell Watts * Sharon Ridley * Marvin Gaye & Soulpersona * Aretha Franklin * Jermaine Jackson * Brief Encounter * Robert Upchurch * Dee Dee Sharp Gamble * Lou Rawls See you @ 2.00pm! Ian D

Cheers Brett! It wouldn't something to do with the title and an ex would it............? Ian D