Ian Dewhirst

Lovely Mike! Thanks for listening mate - much appreciated. And stick with the Old Night @ Studio 54 people - they're a good bunch and you'll be welcomed! Now I'm gonna check that remix 'cos I haven't heard it! Ian D

'Had it in '74 mate' 'It was crap the first time around' 'Used to be a Soul Pack record' 'Bought it off Anderson for a quid' '£700 for Lee Fields? Wouldn't give ya £7 for it'! All © I. Dewhirst 2009 Ian D

Yes, of course you're absolutely right. Still an awful slur on the pimp profession though............ Ian D

And so politicaly incorrect by making the generalization that the majority of pimps "wear their hair to the side and walk with a limp"........ Can't see Take That covering it anytime soon LOL........ Ian D

Also it should get an award for surely the most bizarre sleeve of all time from memory. Isn't it just a picture of a shack or something.........? Ian D

"Have Love Will Travel" - Rosey Jones The first instance of a bespoke gigolo service being advertised on record. "I'm known across the country, As lovemaker No.1, So if you need some lovin' baby, then you called the right one "Have love will travel, That's how I got my name, lovin' is my business, lovin' is my game" "You'd Better Keep Her" - Marvin Holmes & Justice Marvin extolling the virtues of old-fashioned female values...... "Thank You John" - Willie Tee Willie Tee extolling the virtues of pimping in New Orleans....... Ian D

Good news. Manflu has now been conquered! I kicked that sucker right into touch and I'm ready to rock again, so come and join 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. Please excuse the screw-up when I played the Gap Band - one channel on the left-hand deck was out so I had to scramble to sort it out LOL........ Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 11th 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 Grant Nelson - Feel The Music (The Sound Of Music) Eminence featuring Kathy Brown - Give It Up (Clepto's Classic Vocal Mix) Deborah Cox Vs Bah Samba - It's Over Now/Let The Drums Speak (Atomix Re-Shape) Apple - Believe (Opus 1) Idris Muhammad - For Your Love Jesse Henderson - I Did It Again Sheila Dionn - Suddenly, Somewhere Curtis Hairston - Chilling Out Arthur Miles - Helping Hand (Incisive Remix) The Gap Band - Someday 2nd Hour Gary The Master Blaster - Caf Regio's Horace Faith - I Can't Understand It Frankie Beverly - I Want To Feel I'm Wanted Tomorrow's Promise - You're Everything Good To Me (SonnyDJ Reconstruction 7") Charles Drain - What You Don't Know (SonnyDJ Reconstruction 7") The Voices Of East Harlem - Take A Stand Greg Perry - Variety Is The Spice Of Life Jerry Jackson - It's Rough Out There The Ohio Players - Sweet Sticky Thing Leon Haywood - I Want To Do Something Freaky To You Janette Renee - What's On Your Mind Leon Ware & Janice Siegel - Why I Came To California Luther Vandross - She's So Good To Me https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-01-11-Starpoint.mp3 Best, Ian D

Coming up @ 2.00pm folks on www.starpointradio.com ....... Ian D

Good news. Manflu has now been conquered! I kicked that sucker right into touch and I'm ready to rock again, so come and join 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 @ 2.00pm............ Grant Nelson, Eminence featuring Kathy Brown, Deborah Cox Vs Bah Samba, Apple, Idris Muhammad, Jesse Henderson, Sheila Dionn, Curtis Hairston, Arthur Miles, Gary The Master Blaster, Horace Faith, Frankie Beverly, Tomorrow's Promise, Charles Drain, The Voices Of East Harlem, Greg Perry, J.R. Bailey, Jerry Jackson, The Ohio Players, Leon Haywood, Janette Renee, Leon Ware & Janice Siegel and Luther Vandross See you @ 2.00pm! Ian D

I'm always pleased to include some Swedish verbage where appropriate, Mel. Hopefully it's lagom! Ian D

Shit, I have hundreds of your records. Do you wanna buy 'em off me? Ian D

Into a brand new year with another 12 months of Original Mastercuts shows to look forward to and boy what a line-up we have to kick off with! 80% of this weeks show is filled with tunes or versions which we've never played before and guess what? They're ALL brilliant! Even a nasty case of 'Manflu' couldn't put me off this week! Welcome to 2009 and 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 Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 4th 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 The Originals - Down To Love Town (Dimitri Full Length Disco Citay Remix) DJ Kawasaki - Because Of You 7 Samurai - Brothers The Gap Band - Someday (FR Re-Work) David Peaston - We're In This Together (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Banderas - This Is Your Love Prime Time - I Owe It To Myself Gene Chandler - All About The Paper Bobby Warren - The Time Has Come For Us To Be Free 2nd Hour Jackie Beavers - Trying To Get Back To You Girl (SonnyDJ Reconstruction) Brown Sugar - The Game Is Over (What's The Matter With You) Jimmy James - A Man Like Me The Five Stairsteps & Cubie - Please Stay Close To Me The Promises - This Love Is Real The Natural Four - Try Love Again Carl Hall - What About You The Dramatics - What You See Is What You Get The Pointer Sisters - Don't It Drive You Crazy Blair - Nightlife Deitrick Haddon - Inspiration The Love Unlimited Orchestra/Brownstone - Love's Theme/If You Love Me (Atomix Re-Shape) https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-01-04-Starpoint.mp3 Best, Ian D

OK, I'll kick off then...... "Main Thing" - Shot "I'll Be A Freak (For You)" - Royalle Delite "Twilight" - Maze "Act Like You Know" - Fat Larry's Band "(Xtra) Special" - Dollette McDonald "Be Fair To Me" - Jimmy & Vella Cameron "Heartbreaker" - Leroy Burgess "Settle Down" - Lillo Thomas "Turned On To You" - 80's Ladies "Good Love" - Rome Jeffries Ian D

Title: 'THE STRETCH' Artist: THE STRETCH Single: SINGLE Label: MOTOWN ????????????????? Ian D

Into a brand new year with another 12 months of Original Mastercuts shows to look forward to and boy what a line-up we have to kick off with! 80% of this weeks show is filled with tunes or versions which we've never played before and guess what? They're ALL brilliant! Welcome to 2009 and another year of beautiful sublime Soulful grooves from beginning to end featuring...... The Originals, DJ Kawasaki, 7 Samurai, The Gap Band, David Peaston, Banderas, Prime Time, Gene Chandler, Bobby Warren, Jackie Beavers, Vincent Montana Jr, Johnny Johnson, The Five Stairsteps & Cubie, The Promises, The Natural Four, Carl Hall, The Dramatics, The Pointer Sisters, Blair, Deitrick Haddon & The Love Unlimited Orchestra/Brownstone LIVE and direct from 2.00-4.00pm today on www.starpointradio.com folks. Let's kick off 2009 in style! Ian D

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR LISTENERS! HERE'S TO 2009! What a show this week! Alan Champ joined me on the wheels of steel for the second week in a row and naturally it was a gas and an absolutely brilliant way to round off the year! 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 Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst & Alan Champ, on Sunday 28th December 2008 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 Tongue N' Cheek - Tomorrow Deep Sensation - Somewhere, Somehow DJ Spinna - Music In Me (Come Alive) Atmosphere - Dancing In Outer Space (Francois Kevorkian Re-Mix) Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream (Ian D Re-Edit) Royalle Delite - I'll Be A Freak (For You) Bobby Nunn - Don't Knock It (Until You Try It) Dolette McDonald - (Xtra) Special Atlantic Starr - When Love Calls Johnny Hudson - Better Love 2nd Hour Frank Beverly & The Butlers - If That's What You Wanted Christine Cooper - Heartaches Away My Boy The Casanova Two - We Got To Keep On Esther Phillips - Catch Me I'm Falling Sons Of Robin Stone - Got To Get You Back Don Downing - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights George & Gwen McCrae - Winners Together, Losers Apart Lou Courtney - I Don't Need Nobody Else Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me Is You Ty Karim & George Griffin - Keep On Doing Whatcha Doin' Zion Train - Rise David Mensah - My Day Jimmy & Vella Cameron - Be Fair To Me https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-...8-Starpoint.mp3 Best, Ian D

A belter. I rate Edward Hamilton as one of my favourite vocalists of all time. The sheer soul and passion on "Baby Don't You Weep" puts him right up there with the all time greats IMO......... Ian D :smile:

Another special holiday show again this week with Alan Champ hopefully re-joining me again for 2 hours of sterling Soul music and banal chatter! The usual 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 this week......... Tongue N' Cheek, Deep Sensation, DJ Spinna, Atmosphere, Crown Heights Affair, Royalle Delite, Bobby Nunn, Dolette McDonald, Atlantic Starr, Johnny Hudson, Frank Beverly & The Butlers, Christine Cooper, The Casanova Two, Esther Phillips, Sons Of Robin Stone, Don Downing, George & Gwen McCrae, Lou Courtney, J.R. Bailey, Gwen McCrae, Ty Karim & George Griffin, Al Green, Zion Train, David Peaston & Jimmy & Vella Cameron See ya @ 2.00pm! Ian D

And gone up £1650 since I bought it in 1975! Better return than anything in the city............ Ian D

Apologies Ken, it's just that I have to use the independent links about a zillion times a day for numerous reasons - quality being the main one and ease of communicating to other places another one. Fact is that I've never managed to get my head around uploading to Refosoul and almost 100% of the files I receive are through independent links anyway. Anyway, Cunnie's just rectified it further in the thread so all OK now. Thanks Cunnie! Best, Ian D

Could be a good thread Steve, i.e. 'What Records Did John Anderson NOT Find Between 1970-1980'? The No.1 source for rare soul in the 70's for sure. Not just the Northern scene either. Virtually every serious collector of various Soul genres in the world has gone through John at one time or another, if you 'scuse the expression........... Oh, merry Xmas Steve. A real twat that I missed you guys yesterday @ The Hobgoblin - I had a radio show and a Mother-In-Law to deal with but catch yer soon no doubt..... Merry Xmas! Ian D

I think I found him through Blues & Soul originally when he was up in Scotland first time around - he used to run a box ad in the classifieds and was one of the only people dealing the bulk lots of U.S. imports back then. I presumed he started off as a soul fan who combined business with pleasure but I'm sure plenty of people on here know more about his origins, influences etc.......... Ian D

Might do but debatable now I've listened to it again LOL! Pretty funny though and a GREAT plug plus I'll apologise on my bended knees to our favorite Los Angeles Soul Goddess......we're not worthy, we're not worthy etc, etc Actually, this sounds like fun. Ty Karim @ the 100 Club on 23rd December. Does it get any better? It must be Xmas or something................? Ian D

LOL, that sounds like fun actually Ady. I also covered this subject on the radio show yesterday (about half way through via the link) just after I played "Lightin' Up"........... 2nd Hour The Lovelites - Get It Off My Conscience The Continental Four - What You Gave Up The Funk Brothers - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Inst (Alternative Take) Ty Karim - Lightin' Up The Fifth Dimension - What Does It Take Garland Green - Girl I Love You The Salsoul Orchestra feat Denise Montana - Merry Christmas All Felice Taylor - It May Be Winter Outside 7 Samurai - Marvin Sam Bostic - This Is For You Faze Action - Broad Souls The Neville Brothers - One More Day Dooley Silverspoon & Jeannie Burton - Am I Losing You https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2008-12-21-Starpoint.mp3 I'll try and drag my bodyguard Mike Ritson down as well to keep an eye on Winston! Ian D

Mmmm. Chafing of the fingers and repetitive strain injury as a result of consistant re-dialing......... It's just gets better and better........... Ian D