Ian Dewhirst

I bet John could get £500 for Ray Merrell. The power of his mailing list must be huge. I see Lee Fields has halved in price! Ian D

Another version here by our own John Schroeder.............. https://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Soul%20Coaxing:%20The%20Many%20Moods%20Of%20John%20Schroeder:1922106309 Haven't heard this one but boy that cover's groovy LOL.....looks like it could be worth a punt........ And yes, Jerry, I think was played extensively on Caroline now come to think about it. Can anyone confirm? Ian D

It's a brilliant record Simon. I first heard it when a Radio One DJ used to use it as background music (can't remember who it was now). It came out on Major Minor over here and on a label called 4 Corners Of The World (a division of Kapp) in the U.S. It's pure Northern IMO and one of the best string-sections ever committed to vinyl and it's probably the French sensibility of composer Michel Polnareff which touches the heartstrings 'cos he's an unbelievable arranger........ Ian D

"Leader Of The Pack" I think. "Condition Red" was later I believe - '66 or '67 thereabouts? Got mine off Bradford Market for 10p in '74 thinking it was a vocal to the Baltimore & Ohio Marching Band LOL......... Ian D

Why dontcha put it on the bay for a £1000K minimum and see what happens? That way the market will soon tell you if it's rare or not as you'll get a stack of enquiries if it's a genuine hot item. I'm doing a similar thing with a batch of 20 x 7" Promos. I'll put 'em on @ a £300 minimum and see what happens. My feeling is that there are hardly any Jacko rarities. He's the most consistant popular artist of the last 30 years so there's little chance that they'd bother pressing less than a few hundred of anything otherwise it wouldn't be worth priniting the labels up for promo use! Most of the decent promos will be in collections or with people who worked for Epic and/or Jacko in some capacity I reckon. The rest will have gone to Radio Stations and promo reps to give out at the time. But get it on now. No time like the present to sell a Jacko rarity, which is almost a contradiction in terms if you think about it. None of his stuff is rare really is it? So I'd grab a grand for it if someone offered...... Best of luck, Ian D

It's been 38 years since I had it but I'm pretty sure it was vinyl. Also a very badly printed label from memory - it looked like a boot back then........ Ian D

Blimey. There used to be loads of that green label Steeltown release back in't day. I wonder where they are now.......? Ian D

Surprisingly I have circa 20 mint U.S. and U.K. promos on MJ and The Jacksons which I'm about to stick up as a collection, so wouldn't mind a pointer towards some MJ experts myself...... Also, even better I stumbled into a 31 album collection of rare Hendrix t'other week - all his 60's albums (on London, Track & Polydor) plus some rare imports, German box-set, the "Rainbow Bridge" soundtrack and an acetate for which I can't find any info but it's of a live set which doesn't appear to be available anywhere, even on Bootleg so do you know any Hendrix experts Pete........? Cheers! Ian D

Do you wanna come into the studio and have a chat/interview about the whole project? We could select an appropriate Sunday to suit you. The studio's in Crystal Palace....... Ian D

Well what a strange surreal weekend it's been. The events of the last 72 hours have really been the age of round-the-clock coverage of one of the biggest stars of the last 40 years, the brilliant Michael Jackson following his passing away on Thursday evening. At the time of writing MJ is No.1 on the UK album chart again, but we thought we'd rather concentrate on the GREAT records he made, rather than the Pop successes which everyone else will play. So here it is folks our 'lil tribute to the best of MJ from the last 40 years. Hope you enjoy it...... Many thanks to JJ, Dave and the Six Million Steps crew for the fantastic work they've already put in on preserving some precious archive material and also Neil Thomson for services beyond the call of duty in helping put together this tribute show. Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 28th June 2009 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Hour 1 Michael Jackson Never Can Say Goodbye 6MS Acappella/Original Version The Jackson 5 I Wanna Be Where You Are Original Version Michael Jackson You Are Not Alone Frankie Knuckles Mix Tortured Soul Home To You Duke feat Roland Clark So In Love With You Atomix Re-Mix The Jacksons Heartbreak Hotel Album Version The Sylvers Come Back Lover Jermaine Jackson feat Michael Jackson Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming The Jacksons Baby Be Mine 6MS Version The Trammps Shine A Light Hour 2 The Jackson 5 Skywriter The Jackson 5 Looking Through The Windows Luther Vandross Follow My Love Aquarian Dream Treat Me Like The One You Live Corey Glover Little Girl Marvin Gaye Abraham, Martin & John Michael Jackson I Just Can't Stop Loving You Michael Jackson I Can't Help It SWV/Michael Jackson Right Here/Human Nature Demolition Mix The Jacksons Show You The Way To Go 6MS Album Version Michael Jackson We're Almost There 6MS DJ Spinna Remix https://www.sixmillio...8-Starpoint.mp3 Normal service will be resumed next week. Hopefully I'll be seeing some of you @ The Independence Day Boogie All-Dayer on Saturday. Otherwise I'll be back @ 2.00pm next Sunday. And happy birthday Paul Schofield! "Skywriter" was for you mate! R.I.P. Michael. Ian D

Actually Carl, I had to change the show at the last minute to do an MJ tribute show, so as luck would have it, your sessionit will go out next Sunday now. Many apologies but the circumstances of the last 72 hours meant we had to do something and I got the job LOL......it should be better next week when things have calmed down a bit! Laters..... Ian D

Well, it's certainly been one of those weird weeks and one that will be remembered for the rest of our lives for sure. I know it's virtually blanket coverage around the world and the full story is still emerging but we're going to concentrate on the positive aspects of Michael Jackson - his music. Many thanks to JJ, Dave and the Six Million Steps crew for the fantastic work they've already put in on preserving some precious archive material and also Neil Thomson for services beyond the call of duty. Chris Box will also be joining me in the studio for what will undoubtedly be a very poignant show this week which will dip in and out of Michael Jackson's incredible contribution to our lives for over 4 decades.........we're sure you'll get the gist......... Michael Jackson * The Jackson 5 * Michael Jackson * Tortured Soul * Duke feat Roland Clark * The Jacksons * The Sylvers * Jermaine Jackson feat Michael Jackson * The Jacksons * The Trammps * Light Of The World * The Jackson 5 * The Jackson 5 * Luther Vandross * Aquarian Dream * George Kirby * Jean Shy * Corey Glover * Marvin Gaye * Michael Jackson * Michael Jackson * The Jacksons * Michael Jackson See you @ 2.00pm. Ian D

Well there's gonna have to be some M.J. isn't there LOL? Wouldn't be right if I didn't include a few tunes would it? So we'll dip in and out throughout the show I guess and try and get some of the real beauties instead of "Thriller" every two minutes! It's been a bit of a struggle deciding what's in and what isn't and I can tell you I've brushed away a tear or two in the process. An amazing track record that's spans 4 decades deserves some respect doesn't it? So some beauties lined up throughout. Many thanks to all who have helped put this show together like, super quick! You know who you are! Ian D

I have tha know we used to use Lou Pride records as ballast on't barges lad........ Ian D

Wow. Great service Mark. Well done. Did you manage to find a method of doing this that's somehow eluded everyone else out of curiosity? Ian D

Yep, I remember. Out of curiosity, do many auctions publish their end prices or is up to the discretion of the auctioneer or buyer? We always hear about the prices which famous works of art go for which in turn supplies news covereage and media interest, so is it a good thing or not? Presumably most people on here will subscribe to John's website so maybe he's not too bothered about letting the info out.....? Ian D

People have been saying that to me since the late 70's! It's a form of self-torture LOL. Like becoming addicted to self-flagellation. I'd wait for John's auction results every week and then castigate myself for not keeping certain records. This in turn would throw me into a deep depression, so maybe a good thing we don't know the results after all........ Ian D

Yep, on U.S. Tamla. Still got one. I think it was their only bona-fide reggae release. A 'lil piece of history right there......... Ian D

Damn. I used to have that. Bought it off Steve Caesar who got it off Stuart Cosgrove when Stuart was in Washington. Wish I'd kept it......... Ian D

I'll second that Carl. I spoke with Phil this afternoon and we'd like to have a crack at this because of the story behind it. We think it'll be interesting to a lot of people and will be a natural item in local TV, news shows and other media and that's probably the direction to go with this project. You should be telling the story and relating the experience. In a perfect world it would already be a documentary IMO. I mean it's not everyone persues their dreams in the way you've gone about it mate! I think it's a great story which we've all been watching for the last year or more on S.S. and which will be much more interesting than the lastest manufactured Pop hype. But the buzz word so far, is the incredible degree of authenticity you've got on these recordings and that's another part of the story. Well done. They sound fantastic and 100% authentic, so we now know that it's still possible to record Northern Soul in Detroit that sounds 100% authentic and keeps 60's in feel. Fantastic! Let's have a natter and see if we can help...... Best, Ian D

Actually they weren't my comments Carl - do you know who sent that e-mail LOL? The last person on earth you'd think........ Got your e-mail mate - many thanks. Get set to hear all three tracks and the info behind 'em on the ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS Show LIVE this Sunday between 2.00-4.00pm on www.starpointradio.com. The Carl Dixon session will be between 3.00-3.15pm. Don't miss! Show will be available later that evening for download too! Good things come to those who wait ay? Ian D

I tend to agree with you Boogaloo. The best publicity you can ever get is word of mouth - if people have the conviction to discuss something you tend to listen to 'em. It wasn't that long ago that the Lee Fields going for £750 on John's auction prompted a 7 page thread LOL. Yet now look at JM's Auction End Prices thread - it's gone from a huge vibrant river to a small insignificant trickle in a mere 3 weeks! However, I think John sees this a proprietary information and is probably trying for figure out the best way of disseminating it in the future, which is absolutely his right of course. But trying to get John's head around publicity or PR is like trying to get a Salvadores for £100 LOL. Plus he's a record dealer, so naturally he wants to sell stuff. My guess is that John will study the effects of leaving the auction prices private and then weigh up how he'll make 'em available again in the future. With the new website I guess he's simply studying all the available options as any intelligent, publicity-shy record dealer will do. I had a few interesting chats with John and I think it's fair to say that we're philosphically at odds on certain aspects of the value of PR/publicity, so I'm interested in seeing whether the end prices will reappear at any time and in what form. But that apart, his business model seems pretty sound and he probably has the most accurate information in the world on Rare record sales and prices so I don't blame him being careful. Dammit. That's it isn't it? I just figured it out! How about a John Manship's Top 200 Auctions Book with scans, background info, bid history and closing prices? The holy grail of auction books! He has all the info and scans already stored so he could probably knock it out in his lunch hour........? I'd buy it for sure and I bet every record hound in the world would too? C'mon John, put us out of our misery and let the vinyl junkies have their info-fix! Ian D

You've got mates all over Carl! This was an e-mail I got on Sunday (which I blacked redacted out to protect a couple of names) "Listen properly to Carl Dixon's track on Spyder Turner. I adore it to bits. Go here https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/ move the bar to 48 minutes and 40 seconds to find it. It's amazing. He should do it on vinyl. ?????? - put it out for him on ??????? - if you do it will sell a thousand easily. Maybe he shoud edit the middle guitar bit out though ??? Just a suggestion. You all need to listen right now - it's only online to listen for a week". And don't worry about the middle guitar bit - everyone else voted it in! Can you send me a file and I'll play it Sunday? Best, Ian D

A record which you'd trip over at tons of cut-out places in the U.K. in the 70's - in fact, so common it would be embarassing to even have one in your sales box LOL. Many of the copies I saw back then were water-damaged and I often wondered whether these came from the same stock that Jim Wilson in Shoreditch had (same load as the Del-Larks which were similarly damaged). I seem to remember this being around at the same time....... So not that rare and one will come up soon enough I reckon. Ian D

Sunday's repeat going out live on www.starpointradio.com NOW folks! 5.00-7.00pm every Monday......... Ian D