Ian Dewhirst

OK, that's the first thing I'll look up...... Ian D

Actually I have access to the masters register. It's a huge typewritten list and contained within 3 huge ring-bind folders. I let Tim Brown loose on it a few years ago and he identified some very interesting looking stuff in there.I'll dig 'em out again. I might have to retreive 'em from archives but I'll get them in my hands this week whilst we're on this topic. Mind you, it's all very well identifying the stuff but another thing entirely having to pay for the retreival and transfer LOL.... Ian D

Compiled by one DJ Frank some 39 years ago. The first album I ever compiled! Ian D

Me too. A groundbreaking journey of discovery for me. I listened to the whole album in full multiple times when it came out round at my mate, Al Horseford's flat in Huddersfield, along with James Brown Live At The Apollo Vol 2. There is no doubt that those two albums shaped my experience and musical taste at a key point in my life. I remember saying to Al at the time, "can it seriously get any better" and he said "No, not really". And it hasn't. Within their respective areas, these two albums still top it for me. Ian D

Actually this is a comp that's yelling out to be done. Sounds right up Ace/Kent's strasse although I don't know difficult this stuff may be to license. Has anyone licensed anything from the Major lately or ever? Ian D

That's a great choice. It's such an irresistible hook and arrangement that anyone who doesn't know it will still shuffle their feet and enjoy it. Ian D

It'd be a great idea but the licensing would be a nightmare and probably quite costly. Demon have the Invictus/Hot Wax recordings and potential access to the Brunswick and Bamboo repertoire but Universal have the Revue recordings and I think you'd need them for sure. Lee Charles would suit a Backbeats release but I wouldn't be able to licence in the Universal stuff as that would push the dealer price up. Could be one for Kent? Ian D

He must have some outside clout to operate successfully as an independent black entrepreneur in Texas. I'm pretty sure that this was a guy who generally got his way. Ian D

Hi Chaps, Yep, I need to keep clearing down these shelves so I've lopped these prices down to bargain basement level to try and clear 'em, so this will be the last S.S. listing on these titles before they go onto Discogs along with another 2200 titles. I'm basically sifting out anything that may be of interest to S.S. members before they go mainstream. Fairest way to do this is on a firstcome/first served basis, so I'll deal with all PM's in the order I receive 'em OK? Best of luck! £4 Each or 6 for £20 or all 10 for £30 Bloodstone Go On And Cry/Instrumental Epic EPCA 2713 Issue M Jerry Butler Hey, Western Union Man/Just Can’t Forget About You Mercury MF1058 Issue M Jerry Butler Only The Strong Survive/Just Because I Really Love You Mercury MF1094 Issue VG The Crusaders Put It Where You Want It/Don’t Let It Get You Down ABC 4141 Promo M Ebony, Ivory & Jade Samson CBS 3599 Promo M The Enchanted Forest - You're Never Gonna Get My Lovin'/Suzanne Stateside 2080 VG The Escorts - Disrespect Can Wreck/The RR's Bam-A-Lama Boogie Alaska Alaska 1014 M The Flaming Ember - I'm Not My Brother's Keeper/Mind, Body & Soul HWX104 VG Grey & Hanks - Dancin'/How Can You Live Without Love RCA PB1458 Promo M Hodges, James & Smith - Dancing In The Street/Ain't That Peculiar London HLU 10573 Promo M £6 Each or 6 for £30 or all 12 for £50 Barbara Acklin I’ll Bake Me A Man/I Call It Trouble Brunswick BR8 Promo NM Keith Barrow Mr Magic Man/We’ve Got A Right To Be Wrong CBS 5141 Promo M Black Satin feat Fred Parris Tears Tears Tears/Long Version Buddah BDS452 Promo M Chicago Gangsters What’s Goin’ On/Windy City Boogie RCA PB1269 Promo M Angela Clemmons Give Me Just A Little More Time/When You’re Through I’ll Be Waiting Portrait PRT A2272 Promo M The Ebony’s It’s Wonderful/Sexy Ways Epic S EPC1512 Promo M The 8th Day Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo/Rocks In My Head Invictus 521 Promo The Fifth Dimension - Save The Country/Dimension 5ive Bell BLL1117 Promo M The 5th Dimension - You Are The Reason (I Feel Like Dancing)/Slipping Into Something New Motown TMG1101 Promo M Aretha Franklin - Mocking Bird/Johnny Mathis Up, Up & Away CBS Special Products WB731 VG Shawne Jackson Just As Bad As You/He May Be Your Man Pye 7N25656 M Shawne Jackson Get Out Of The Kitchen/Don’t Wait For Tomorrow RCA 2667 M £8 Each or 6 for £40 or 12 for £70 or all 22 for £120 Nell Carter Dreams/Send Him Back To Me RCA 2503 Issue M Catch Mr Nice Guy/Memphisto’s Nightmare London HLZ10543 Promo M The Commodores The Zoo (The Human Zoo)/I’m Looking For Love TMG 924 Promo VG The Essence - I Ain't Much But I'm All I've Got/Brother John Epic S EPC4757 Promo VG Betty Everett - I Can't Say No To You/Better Tomorrow Than Today MCA Soul Bag Series BAG3 Promo M Executive Suite - You Believed In Me Pt 1/Pt 2 Cloud One HIT3 M The Fantastics - 4 Track EP Something Old, Something New/(I Fell In Love Last Night) At The Disco/What I Did For Love/All In Love Is Fair Stage Coach S/EPS BANG 2 M First Choice - Smarty Pants/One Step Away Bell 1324 Promo VG Debbie Fleming - Long Gone/All About You Bradleys BRAD7519 VG General Johnson - Only Time Will Tell/Inst Invictus INV351 VG General Johnson - All In The Family/Ready, Willing & Able Arista ARISTA45 Promo M Al Green - 4 Track EP I Tried To Tell Myself/Something/What Am I Going To Do With Myself/Summertime London STO U 8685 M Al Green - Belle/To Sir With Love Cream HCS 1 Promo M Johnny Griffith, Inc - Grand Central Shuffle/My Love RCA RCA2386 M Eddie Holman My Mind Keeps Telling Me/Stranded In A Dream GSZ1 Promo VG Honeyend Heartbreaker/Beautiful Downtown Spark SRL1072 M The Intrigues To Make A World/Mojo Hanna Janus 6146008 M Invisible Man’s Band All Night Thing/Inst Island WIP6571 Promo (Part Sticker On B Side) M Zenda Jacks Earthquake/Inst Magnet MAG31 Promo M Chuck Jackson I’ve Got The Need/Beautiful Woman All Platinum 6146 310 M Walter Jackson Manhattan Skyline/If I Could See Myself United Artists UP36384 WOL NM Jimmy James & The Vagabonds Marble & Iron/I Ain’t Lying EMI 2127 M £15 Each or 4 for £50 or 10 for £100 or all 16 for £150 Clay Hammond - Dance Little Girl/Twin Brother BOY78 M Donald Height - We Gotta Make Up/I Can't Get Enough (Misprinted Labels with I Can't Get Enough both sides) Jay Boy BOY60 M Loleatta Holloway Bring It On Up/Rainbow 71 United Artists UP35273 NM Eddie Horan Turn My World Back Around/When I Fly With You London HLU10565 M Tommy Hunt Loving On The Losing Side/Sunshine Girl Spark SRL1146 Promo M Invisible Man’s Band 9 X’s Out Of 10/Love Can’t Come/Love Has Come Island WIP6642 Promo M Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart/Big Boss Man London HLM 10501 Promo M The Futures - You Better Be Certain/No One Could Compare Buddah BDS430 Promo VG Loleatta Holloway Dreamin’/Is it Just A Man’s Way Salsoul SZ2022 Promo NM Loleatta Holloway Hit And Run/ Is it Just A Man’s Way Salsoul SSOL108 Promo M The Impressions Fan The Fire/For Your Precious Love Chi-Sound TC2500 M Innervision Honey Baby (Be Mine)/We’re Innervision Private Stock PVT17 Promo M Intrigue Let Sleeping Dogs Lie/Like The Way You Do It Music Power MPR2 Promo M Chuck Jackson I Can’t Break Away/Just A Little Tear Probe PRO 617 M Ralph ‘Soul’ Jackson Cause I Love You/Sunshine Of Your Love Atlantic 584258 M Walter Jackson Touching In The Dark/It’s Cool Bluebird BR11 M Oh, and did I say that P&P was FREE? Ian D

What a shame. RIP James. Tom Moulton has just done a spellbinding remix of "Got To Get You Back" which should be out in March. Very special! Ian D

Well that's nothing like I remember at all to be honest. I seem to remember "It May Be Winter Outside", "I'm Under The Influence Of Love" and "Surree Surrender" coming out AFTER "I Feel Love Comin' On" which was her ONLY UK hit - none of the others charted. It's obviously possible that the others did come out before her hit and then got reissued to capitalize on the hit. "I Feel Love Comin' On" was the first record I ever bought with my own pocket money and was 12 at the time so maybe I missed the earlier action? Ian D

Yeah, I've got no doubt it is, as someone, somewhere would've turned these up before surely. Strange old world..... Ian D

That's a full-time job to organise Dave! Plus I just added you another 8 pieces of vinyl LOL.... Ian D

The Torch sounds too early to me. I'm sure this broke around 1974 or thereabouts. I'm pretty sure there was a race to pick up a couple of copies Brian Phillips got around this time. It never went huge but was a solid play for a while back then. Good nitty-gritty Northern .... Ian D

I just don't get this. Can't find anything out about these recordings on t'internet. They sound pretty authentic though, check this:- https://youtu.be/4GlsNSWDVdM Ian D

Try this:- https://youtu.be/LvXLuYXPL94 Ian D

A f*ckin' pain in the ass. I just moved and shifting 10K records was no fun. I'm thinning 'em down all the time..... Ian D

What the hell is this? https://youtu.be/y115_2h4a68 Must be a wind-up surely? Ian D

The Chinese market LOL. We'll be long gone by then Kev..... Ian D

https://www.discogs.com/ Ian D

There's a market for everything if you know how to reach the buyers. It's a big wide world out there and I have customers everywhere. The only barrier to cultivating them is the high cost of postage! Having said that, I'd say that prices are dropping for almost all genres apart from the upper echelon of rare Soul which is a law unto itself....... Ian D

It's the instrumental to the track "6 O'Clock" by the Loving' Spoonful - a well-known 60's Pop/Rock group. I was never sure where this came from. Was there an LP by a group called the Total Eclipses? I dunno? I think it's perfect traditional Northern Soul and one of the best instrumentals of all time. It got bootlegged too quickly as "Supertime" by the Golden World Strings so wherever it originally came from got lost in the sands of time. F*ckin' GREAT instrumental! Ian D :smile:

Wow, look at that. They've gone from my brain directly onto Amazon. How the hell did that happen???? That'll be our sales boys raring to go, so they've wacked the titles up already. All cover artwork is done, 9 out of 12 of the track-listings are completed and cleared, just waiting for the last 3 stragglers and then everything will up there! Ian D

I did mention the latest 5 Backbeats Artists albums just before Xmas:- I think most of 'em are here:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=backbeats+series&sprefix=backbeats%2Cpopular%2C217#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=backbeats+series&rh=n%3A229816%2Ck%3Abackbeats+series However, the good news is that I'm just finishing off another 12 multi-artist compilations which should all be ready for March. Track listings coming up shortly! Ian D

Blimey. You must have a warehouse! Ian D