Ian Dewhirst

I didn't mess around in those days. Within 2 days of arriving in L.A. I was living in a Beverly Hills mansion, driving around in a mustang and living like a king all thanks to Rosy, God bless her. Unfortunately I f&*ked it all up very quickly when I met another girl called Carol Lopez in a club and swerved off tangent for a night, then tried to creep back to Beverly Hills and saw the other side of Rosy, i.e. the one you don't f*%k with LOL..... However, I seem to remember finding 6 Eric Lomax's, a Lou Ragland and a Sweet Things later that day so not all bad! Ian D

Blimey, all the old threads are rolling out tonight aren't they LOL....... Yep, I covered it as James Lewis I believe. I seem to remember very delicately placing a white sticker across Lou Pride's name with James Lewis if my memory serves me correctly. Someone out there will have my original with the sticker residue no doubt..... I was looking at Ginger's copy of Lenny Curtis t'other week and I found my name etched in the run-out groove, so all my originals are still out there somewhere.......... Ian D

Kev will confirm that Soussan could sell ice to eskimos if he wanted. He had a fantastic knack of getting you to do things you really didn't want to do. I found the second copy of Willie Hutch whilst I was there and he 'borrowed' it off me as he had a small scratch on his own copy and he wanted to compare the two. Goodbye Willie Hutch. I had it in my possession for the grand total of 5 minutes............ Ian D

Yep, bless him the cute little rascal! He indirectly fixed my nose, got me laid and it only cost me my royalties from a million-selling record! Oh but the memories.......... The first night in L.A. he insisted that he took me out. I was jet-lagged and just wanted to crash but naturally I didn't have much choice in the matter. So I went back to the hotel, got washed and changed into my flash Ben Sherman shirt and oxford bags and then tripped the light fantastic in L.A. We hit a restaurant, a couple of bars, a couple of clubs and then ended up in a club called the Candy Box in Beverly Hills. I'd spent the whole evening explaining to people that oxford bags and Ben Sherman shirts were actually in fashion in the North of the UK but they just looked at me like I was from Mars. They were all wearing one-piece jump suits with gold chains and I looked like a refugee from Belsen. That and the jet lag were really pissing me off but Simon and his then wife, Sabrina, kept insisting that it was my first night in L.A. and they were gonna get me laid. Finally, at 3.00am in the Candy Box they introduced to a surgically enhanced blonde and the first thing she said was, "Hey, what's with the trousers.......?" I said to Simon and Sabrina, "OK that's it guys, I've gotta get some sleep" so they reluctantly left and started running me back to the hotel. On the way back they were talking in the front of the car and Simon suddenly said, "Hey, let's just pop in and see Rosy. She's an old friend of ours and I know she'd like to meet you baby boy". I tried to refuse but no cigar....... We get to this huge house in Beverly Hills and Simon and I got out of the car and walked around the house to the back door - Sabrina had decided to stay in the car for some reason. Simon rang the bell and then said, "Wait here a moment baby boy, I left my cigarettes in the car, I'll be back in a second". And with that he disappeared...... About 2 minutes later an obviously dishevelled female in her late 20's put the light on, opened the door slightly and said "Hello.....can I help you?" I said, "Errr, I'm actually here with Simon but he just went back to the car to get his cigarettes". She said, "I don't know anyone called Simon". I said, "Are you sure? He's a French Morrocan guy........." She said, "Look buster, it's 4.00 in the morning, you got me out of bed, I don't know any Simon and I don't know you, so maybe you'd better scram before I call the cops.....". I said, "But you're Rosy aren't you? You must know Simon and Sabrina" And she said, "Wait a minute. You mean Michelle? Michelle and Sabrina?" It took 10 minutes of frantic explaining on the doorstep who I was, why I was there and to establish that in L.A. Simon wasn't known as Simon. He was known as Michelle in L.A. social circles for some reason. Rosy eventually invited me in, Simon (aka Michelle) naturally never showed back up, so Rosy and I got to know each other over a couple of coffees @ 5.00am in the morning and she very kindly agreed to put me up for the night. Musta been a successful night 'cos I moved in the next day and stuck around for a few weeks. Rosy was single, hot for action and a divorced millionairess so everything worked out quite nicely for my first night in L.A. The first thing she did the next day was take me to Rodeo Drive and buy me a one-piece jump suit and a gold chain............ Ian D

Gotta leave that story to Kev as he tells it best. But I think that same incident is where Kev yelled up to Simon (who was hovering by the skylight whilst balanced on the roof), "Simon, what's this record by the Casualeers? It's on Roulette" And Simon said "Get them all baby boy!" Then later when Kev paid for all the records that he'd found, he went round the corner and got in Simon's car and said "I hope that Casualeers is good 'cos I got 30 of 'em". Then later, when they got to Kev's hotel, Kev went to get his records and Simon went "Wait a minute baby boy. I need all ze Casualeers records because I must have a perfect copy for my collection so I need to play zem all to find ze best one". Naturally Kev never saw 'em again.......... Ian D

LOL, the teeth are a whole other story. I smashed my front teeth on the bottom of the Kensington Close swimming pool when was showing off in front of a well-endowed female and dived in the shallow end! At one point in my mid 20's two of my front teeth were held in place with matchsticks and chewing gum. I'd often have conversations and say "f*&k" and one of my teeth would fly out......... I think my second Northern collection was sold to get my teeth fixed.......so my upper front set cost a Salvadores, a Tomangoes, a Eula Cooper and Four Perfections! Ian D

Certainly worth preserving then Steve. I seriously think it would be worth setting up some form of trust to preserve the best collections and keep them intact. Northern Soul is history and someone needs to preserve it in the same way that other history is maintained and cherished. If somebody in Memphis or Detroit could have thought ahead, then they might have been able to preserve their own history to a better degree! Ian D

Yep, that smack in the kisser with a 1 pint pebble-glass beer mug turned out to be the ultimate 'sinus-deblocker' literally LOL. It actually realigned my nostrils which had been knocked out of shape from a previous punch a few years back, hence for a while it actually greatly facilitated the air-flow through my nostrils until the blood started to congeal............. It's amazing how I managed to retain my good looks after all these nose-flattenings over the years LOL..... Ian D

That's the spirit lad. Save 'em for the archive @ the Northern Soul museum where they'll be treated with love and will give pleasure to countless future generations. That way you can float to heaven knowing that your collection was kept intact and the music will be kept alive for future generations. We'll even put a nice little plaque celebrating the good work Stevie G did for Northern Soul in his lifetime. By the way did I mention that I'm training to be a curator? Ian D

That looks like your stand @ Midem circa the mid 90's? Ian D

Or ban cigs for that matter. Drink and cigs kill more people per annum than any sound system ever has......... I wish they'd stop all this dicking around with none-consequential stuff and start dealing with the major problems....... Ian D

And no sooner do I read this thread, then a TV ad pops up for a "Best Of The Spinners" album from Asda............ So now available at your local Asda...... Ian D

What music business LOL? I'd be curious to know what he's up to........ Ian D

Can you believe that this is the 4th ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS show of 2009 already! Time flies when you're having fun and this week's show really was a gas with lots of interesting subjects bouncing around this week including Youth Clubs, Chickens in ovens, pairs of Levis costing 67 shillings and sixpence back in the day and some nice new bits of terminology like "Wrist- Slashers' and 'Pant-Wetters' LOL...... But as per usual the music takes precedence so here it is.......... Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 25th January 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 Kathy Sledge - Another Star (Classic Roger Sanchez 12" Mix) Patti Austin & James Ingram - Come To Me (Remix) Chicago Soul Underground feat Kenya Dower - Surrender Five Special - The More I Get To Know (Extended Re-Edit) Brooklyn Express - Girl, You Need A Change Of Mind Lillo Thomas - I'm In Love The B.B & Q Band - Time For Love Delight - Is It Too Late The Nobles - Jealousy M.C.B. - I'm The One, You're The One 2nd Hour Main Ingredient - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing Thelma Houston - No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof Carl Graves - Heart Be Still Carl Carlton - Fighting In The Name Of Love Cecil Shaw - This I've Got To See Joshie Jo Armstead - I Got The Vibes Almeta Lattimore - These Memories Darrell Banks - I'm The One Who Loves You Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me Paris - I Choose You Breakwater - Work It Out Sharon Ridley - Changin' Fatback - So Delicious https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-01-25-Starpoint.mp3 Thanks to all for listening! Best, Ian D

Agreed. It's only the limiters I'm against because I've had bad experience with 'em in the past and there's nothing worse than having a club with 1000 customers in and the sound suddenly cuts out. Also limiters tend not to take into account different circumstances. If a place is really packed the music has to cut through the increased noise levels of the crowd etc, etc. Mind you I'm not exactly a great advert as I'm almost totally deaf whenever I'm in a club - can't hear a word anyone says to me if there's music playing - I inevitably have to retreat to a quieter location for a conversation LOL......but that's after 35 years of deejaying and I can live with it. Also I can't stand the thought of council busybodies being involved. It's bad enough that they're now monitering my dustbins LOL..... Ian D

Great stuff Gord. The show's perfect for those 'pottering around the house moments' LOL.... Ian D

I hope you're kidding! Ian D

Nothing wrong with having nice good quality clean sound @ a venue but enforcing limiters will be the kiss of death and final nail in the coffin for a lot of places. The clubs in London already have their backs against the wall with collosal losses of attendances since the smoking ban and then the recession kicked in. Having local council busybodies diluting things again will simply make it not worth going out to and the good parties will go underground. All this bloody red tape is just killing clubland. I've seen it happen before (in New York) and it will turn this country into no-fun zone. Thank God I'm old enough to remember when there was fun and freedom in clubland. If they'd put as much as effort into regulating the bloody banks the country wouldn't be in the mess it's in now. Jesus, I'm sounding like my Dad......... Sign the petition for God's sake. Ian D

Can you believe that this is the 4th ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS show of 2009 already! Time flies when you're having fun LOL....... Another WONDERFUL 2 hours of stunningly beautiful music coming up tomorrow folks....... ......so come and join the Sunday afternoon gang for another 2 hours of sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasbord of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Crossover Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems put together EVERY WEEK and played LIVE every Sunday afternoon between 2.00-4.00pm UK time and repeated throughout the week on the home of soul on the net - www.starpointradio.com. And the feast of delights tomorrow includes....... Kathy Sledge, Patti Austin & James Ingram, Chicago Soul Underground feat Kenya Dower, Five Special, Lillo Thomas, The B.B & Q Band, Delight, The Nobles, M.C.B., Main Ingredient, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Carl Carlton, Joshie Jo Armstead, Cecil Shaw, Almeta Lattimore, Darrell Banks, Yvonne Fair, Paris, Breakwater, Sharon Ridley & Fatback See you @ 2.00! Ian D

Yep, it's actually on that Universal Music 4 CD box set compiled by Russ. I also think it's on a Brenda Holloway Motown collection. My favorite Motown tune of the moment and a rare Stevie Wonder tune that I managed to miss completely first time around. Just gorgeous isn't it......? Thanks for listening Mike and glad you appreciate the show! Best, Ian D

Yo Mel! Good luck mate. Will tune in for what is bound to be a show full of treats! Ian D

Briliant. Do you also deal with problems of a sexual nature.......? Ian D

Wow, busy old day today what with Junior Giscombe dropping in out of the blue and the phones ringing off the hook with numerous well-wishers! Wonderful stuff and many thanks to all for being such a wonderful audience! I managed to wreck the headphone socket AGAIN although it was the first time this year. Oh well....I can only keep trying LOL! Enjoy............ Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 18th January 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 Quincy Jones - Stomp (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Blaze Presents UDAUFL - Most Precious Love (Dennis Ferrer Mix) Dan Hartman - The Love In Your Eyes (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself Today - Why You Get Funky On Me The System - This Is For You Stan The Man - Breath Of Fresh Air Peabo Bryson - Paradise Stevie Wonder - Love Light In Flight 2nd Hour Ruby Andrews - I've Got A Bone To Pick With You The Spinners - It's A Shame Brenda Holloway - All I Do Is Think About You Limme & Family Cooking - You Can Do Magic Marvin Holmes & Justice - You'd Better Keep Her Marva Hicks - Looking Over My Shoulder Willie Hobbs - Till I Get It Right Peter Lamarr - Taking You For Granted Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love Again The Sons Of Champlin - Here Is Where Your Love Belongs Fat Gaines Band - For Your Love Sergio Mendes - The Real Thing Stevie Wonder - That Girl Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared Of You https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-01-18-Starpoint.mp3 Best, Ian D

Well, I'm playing Peter Lamarr "Taking You For Granted" @ 3.27pm today on the Original Mastercuts show on www.starpointradio.com. It's a wonderful mid-tempo stepper and will sound just wonderful on radio! So there nyaaaaah......... Ian D

Wow, it's the 3rd show of 2009 already and we're back in the good groove as always and enjoying putting together the ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS shows......... So welcome to all the Sunday afternoon gang for another 2 hours of beautifully sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasbord of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Crossover Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems put together EVERY WEEK and played LIVE every Sunday afternoon between 2.00-4.00pm and repeated throughout the week on www.starpointradio.com. Coming up tomorrow.......... Quincy Jones, Blaze Presents UDAUFL, Dan Hartman, Teddy Pendergrass, Stevie Wonder, Today, The System, Stan The Man, Peabo Bryson, Ruby Andrews, The Spinners, Brenda Holloway, Limme & Family Cooking, Marvin Holmes & Justice, Marva Hicks, Willie Hobbs, Dorothy Morrison, Peter Lamarr, Shai, The Sons Of Champlin, Fat Gaines Band, Sergio Mendes, Stevie Wonder and Womack & Womack Look forward to seeing you @ 2.00pm! Ian D