Ian Dewhirst

I've never got it either. And I found hundreds of the buggers at one time........ Ian D

But make sure you press the artists link! I very nearly bought an Alien Sex Fiend bundle............... Ian D

OK James, here's one for ya. I doubt that you'll hear this out anywhere nowadays but it was huge at one time.........plus with a name like Wombat and a title like "I'm Gettin' On Life" it's surely got to be a contender (apologies for direct link but can't find a Refosoul clip)............... https://www.zshare.net/download/5772477550ceeae2/ Ian D

S.O.U.L. was around back then - "This Time Around" got a few spins and was common as muck in the early 70's but "Burning Spear" would have been a tad too extreme for the scene back then. Strangely enough another version of "Burning Spear" was a huge record on the Jazz-Funk scene aound '77 - try and check the Richard Evans version out (on A&M), I think that version would probably qualify as twisted these days as the sax on it is phenomenal......... Ian D

OK, a bit more info perculating through now. Joe will be flying in on the 9th June, rehearsing on the 10th, doing two Red Bull Music Academy private engagements in London on the 11th and 12th June and is finalising two potential gigs in Leeds on the 13th June and Birmingham on the 14th June. He is looking for more gigs from the 15th June onwards and will hopefully be staying in the UK for a further 2 weeks from that date. He is absolutely up for anything including meet and greet sessions, lectures and preferably more gigs. Please note that the two Red Bull dates in London will be invite-only and so if anyone wants to put on some public gigs then now is the time! 100 Club anyone? The person to speak to regarding anything is Karen @ Red Bull who is looking after Joe during his stay. So anyone interested in setting up something should e-mail to: Karen@Redbullmusicacademy.com or telephone her on: 020-7253-6449. So come on you Latino Soul fans. Let's get Joe doing a couple of 60's Latino Soul gigs! Best, Ian D

That would be Danny Hunt Richard. And yes, a fantastically twisted record which is almost impossible to dance to but which you can't get out of your head. Brilliant! Ian D

Well Kenny's a Scotsman and John's always a stickler so do the maths LOL........ Ian D

Actually "Nowhere" - Hokis Pokis is even nuttier when you listen to the words. "On My Way To Nowhere" is surely the perfect lyric for a twisted night it plus that mad synth should surely qualify it.........? Ian D

Human Jungle - The Fugitives Gettin' On Life - Wombat The First Shot - Phase 11 It Could Have Been You - David Lenyard & The Family Tree We Got Togetherness - The Jewells Six O'Clock - The Total Eclipses What Can I Say - Watson T. Browne The Zoo (The Human Zoo) - The Commodores Psychedelic Soul - Saxie Russell Light My Fire - MBP Mix Purple Haze - Johnny Jones & The King Casuals Black Is Black - Lord Sitar There's zillions........if only I could remember 'em........ Ian D

One week to go folks! And the record is being graded as Excellent +. Apparently Kenny took very good care of it but J.M.'s playing cautious hence not Mint -. The auction and story is featured in the new edition of Record Collector and will also be featured this Sunday on BBC 6 Music in 'The Music Week' on Sunday between 1.00-2.00pm which covers the biggest events in Music in the forthcoming week:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/music_week/ Has everyone got their bids ready now? Ian D

Same old, same old will be the name of the game for 95% of compilations which need to license from the majors from now on unfortunately Soul.Boy. Film soundtracks have always been expensive to licence because film companies have traditionally always paid through the nose anyway and the companies aren't too interested in giving any breaks to film-makers - they figure that if there's enough cash to make a film, then there's enough cash to pay top whack for the soundtrack. I find it amazing that 95% of all the Motown tracks I want are not available on CD in this country but are freely available on the net if you know where to look. This will become much more common as CD releases start drying up due to the shrinking market. Those Sequel/Westside CD releases which Tony was talking about earlier in the thread are RARE these days! Try finding 'em now. Same for much of the early Ace/Kent catalogue. If you see 'em around then buy 'em 'cos you may not have another chance to get 'em on a pristine CD with proper liner notes etc. Ian D

Tony summed up everything quite comprehensively there. Something else I've noticed in the last few months, is that the majors are now almost completely ignoring any licence requests which 'aren't on their system' and which 'have not been asigned ISRC codes' (these are the digital codes which ensure that any digital payments go to the right song/version/master/copyright owner). A CD will not be manufactured now by any of the majors unless every track has the correct ISRC code. So we're now in a position where they won't really consider releasing anything unless it's: 1) relatively easy to clear, 2) is on their internal system and 3) has an ISRC code, because anything that doesn't comply with that simply becomes a pain in the ass to get cleared. The last few releases I've been involved in with a major have produced huge headaches on virtually all the tracks which have never been released on CD before and even a few which have. What's even more frustrating is that whenever a major has bought out an indie company, the bulk of the repertoire may as well be forgotten as they don't tend to put any resource into updating their databases and systems. Also the people who now seem to be dealing with this stuff at the majors are not the people who know anything about the repertoire. Additionally, they won't make any effort to clear anything unless there's a clear paper-trail of ownership, which for the 60's stuff means accessing a storage facility and looking for 45 year old paperwork if it even still exists. Nuts ay? So anyone attempting to clear, say, a Carl Carlton package through Universal (even if they could afford it) will be screwed. All the Backbeat and Golden World stuff would have to be on the system as well as the ABC masters. I doubt that even 10% of it will be there. Additionally, it makes no financial sense at all to try and clear the lesser-known tracks through the majors anymore. The licensing costs do not bear any relation to the real market, so for a comprehensive Carl Carlton package of say 20 tracks from Universal, there wouldn't be any change from £10K-£15K, IF they'd licence at all, which is unlikely (Universal will tell anyone that 99% of their business is with the other majors and the 1% that isn't is a pain in the ass). So add the cost of MCPS, manufacturing, design, repro, distribution, promotion, marketing, retail discounts and general overhead and you're looking @ a £25K investment in a product which may sell 2K (and falling everyday) if you're lucky. That means you'd have to wholesale 'em @ £12.50 apiece just to break even which ain't ever gonna happen. So the future is clear to me. Apart from the Kent/Ace and Numero's of this world it's gonna be bootleg city for physical product. Depressing ay? Ian D

Seconded! Nothing much on CD at all as yet........ Ian D

Bloody typical! What's the betting there'll be a big pile of rubble there for the next few years until the funding unfreezes.............? What a waste........ Ian D

Plus another couple of key questions:- 1) Is this the only known 45 release on Goodway? 2) If it is and it was a giveaway with the album, then why would they need to put it in a special Goodway 45 sleeve? No one would see it until after they'd bought the album, so anything other than a plain white sleeve would be a waste of money. The plot thickens........... Ian D

Well spotted Sebastian. Why would they press this twice? If it was a promo for the LP it would most likely only have had one pressing. The one on the left is kosher but the one on the right doesn't look correct to me.......... Ian D

There's just no way the album sold 200,000 copies. I think someone was boosting the sales figures for some reason. A little Philly company like Goodway would expect to sell circa 2K copies at the most on an oldies act like the Silhouettes if they were lucky. The single is dead rare in my opinion and I'd be surprised if there were any more than a couple of hundred total........ Ian D

Got ya PM Mace. I'll e-mail Joe and see how long he's likely to stick around. It'll probably be down to whatever gigs come in which I guess he won't know for another week or two yet. I'll e-mail him later in the week and see what's come up in the last few days........ Ian D

Hi Jo, I'll have to dig into that box of stuff under the stairs but I'm pretty sure that I've still got the programme for the Island 25th Anniversary do which was @ Shepperton Studios and was the bash of the year! I'll have a rummage and see what I can find. I've still got my Millie Small 12" which I reissued on the 25th anniversary as it was the record which started it all off for Chris Blackwell and I think it may be the only time it actually came out on Island as it was originally issued on Fontana, so a nice little bit of history there - see scan. Have you spoken with Susette Newman? She'll probably have an archive of everything......... Will PM ya and see what I can dig out....... And I will require an invite LOL! Ian D

None Malc! I notice that he shared songwriting credits with Sidney Barnes and J. Cash on "Love & Desire" but blags the whole shebang for him and his then wife Sabrina on "After Dark"............ Ian D

Not yet Reg. I haven't had anyone come back to me as yet plus Joe does have a couple of people sorting gigs for him it seems. He has an idiosyncratic e-mail style which goes something like this:- "Dear Ian----Will be coming to London on June 10th and 11th 2009 for performance with Red Bull Academy-----------the rumors are flying around finally. Looking at Leeds and Glastonbury also .--Any help from you would be appreciated with added venues in the U.K. area.-----------------------cheers God Bless-joe bataan" And.... " Dear Ian---So far June 10th and June 11t are booked in London at the Cargo in London with Red BULL-----OTHER OFFERS HAVE TO BECOORDINATED soon with promoters-----------------Will use band in U.k.------------I traveled with two musicians the others are picked up in U.K.-----------------------------------WORKING ON lEEDS AND glastonbury with Jonny from XGROUP AND LUBIVOC-----------------------CHEERS GOD BLESS-----------JOE BATAAN" So any promoters out there who have stuff on in June should drop me a PM and I'll put 'em directly in touch with Joe...... Ian D

Back behind the wheels of steel again after last week's sojourn to the wilds of Prestatyn and we celebrated Mother's Day in style with a special guest appearance from EMS stalwart Gary Lee who will be starting his own show on Starpoint this Monday 23rd March 7.00-9.00pm - make sure you tune in! Next week my old partner in crime, Alan Champ will be joining me on the show for more Sunday afternoon shenanigans so make sure you join us. And this week's show? Rockin' all the way folks so heeeeere's the download........ Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst and special surprise guest Gary Lee on Sunday 22nd March 2009 on www.starpointradio.com. To download the show simply hit the link below! Or for this and all archived shows please pay a visit to www.sixmillionsteps.com where you can download the last 4 weeks worth of all Six Million Steps produced shows. That's 16 hours of free music over the last 4 weeks plus loads of new fully downloadable KILLER mixes in a variety of styles! So let's go with this week's show:- 1st Hour The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World - Prelude The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World - Remix Randy Crawford - All I Do Jose Burgos feat Kenny Bobien - For Your Love The Realm feat Tony Momrelle - Time DJ Kawasaki - Because Of You Armed Gang - You Status 1V - Lovin' You Lady Peachena - Save Me Private Eye - No One Can Love You Like Me Phillip Wynne - Put Your Own Puzzle Together 2nd Hour Gladys Knight & The Pips - Just Walk In My Shoes - Remix The Supremes & The Four Tops - Without The One You Love Mel & Tim - Free For All (Winner Takes All) Loleatta Holloway - We Did It Charles Russell - It Ain't Easy Johnny Taylor - What About My Love Sharon McMahon - When Will Love Come To Me Mariah Carey/Atomix Reconstruction - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time Perception - Guilty Deborah Cox - Sentimental Ivan Matias - Somebody Knows How You Feel The Intruders - I'll Always Love My Mama - Remix https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-03-22-Starpoint.mp3 Many thanks to Gary Lee for popping in and don't forget Champy is with us next week so let's make it a date again! Many thanks to all for listening and making Sunday afternoon's such a gas! Best, Ian D

The Soul Fox was his preferred moniker I believe...... Ian D

Wow. Agreed James. Makes perfect sense. Ian D