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Repeat going out today @ 5.00pm UK time on www.starpointradio.com.
Here's what was played along with some frankly embarassing technical hicccups and the usual inane chatter from myself and Mr Champ!
1st Hour
Blue Magic - Look Me Up
William 'Smoke' Howard - That's What Love Does - J*ski Remix
The Salsoul Orchestra - You're Just The Right Size - Victor Rosado Remix
Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me - Hot Toddy Remix
Chic/Faith Evans - Chic Cheer/Love Life This - Chic To Chic Remix
C & C Music Factory - Share That Beat Of Love - Neil Thompson Re-Groove
Teena Marie - 365 - Love Jones Womack Rework
Carl Graves - Heart Be Still - J*ski Remix
2nd Hour
Fantastic Johnny C - Don't Depend On Me - J*ski Extended Remix
Larry Wedgeworth & Clique - No More Games
Wally Coco - Message To Society
Shirley Caesar - He's A Friend
Lamont Dozier - Something To Fall Back On
George Frye - Keep On Keeping On
Loose Change - Rising Cost Of Love - Tom Moulton Remix
Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby Come To Me - Neil Thompson Re-Groove
David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love - Lary Sanders Remix
The O'Jays - Darlin' Darlin' Baby - Lee Jeffries Remix
Cee-Lo - I Want You
Ian D
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Yep, coming up LIVE @ 2.00pm today and the first show of the new year for me so hope you can join us for a wonderful 2 hours of ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS on www.starpointradio.com!
See you @ 2.00!
Ian D
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Blimey. It's been 6 weeks since I've done a radio show what with Xmas stuff and then the BRILLIANT Luxury Soul Weekender with Jean Carn, Michael Henderson, Cool Million and a brilliant crowd and vibe for the first weekend of 2011. What a way to start a new year!
But great to be back and hopefully we'll be joined by a whole bunch of new listeners to join the Sunday afternoon regulars. As per usual, we have a few exclusives, some stunning fresh mixes, the usual bunch of KILLER re-edits, some little-heard stunners from across several eras but all with one consistent thread running throughout the whole show SOUL!
As a special treat, I believe my partner-in-crime Alan Champ will be dropping by as well, so expect the usual inane Sunday afternoon banter with a soundtrack to die for.
And it's all LIVE!
Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 23rd January 2011 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com.
Featuring......
Blue Magic * William 'Smoke' Howard * The Salsoul Orchestra * Crazy P * Chic feat Faith Evans * C & C Music Factory * Teena Marie * Carl Graves * The Fantastic Johnny C * Larry Wedgeworth & Clique * Wally Coco * Shirley Caesar * Lamont Dozier * George Frye * Loose Change * Patti Austin & James Ingram * David Ruffin * The O'Jays * Cee-Lo
Hope you can join us. See you LIVE @ 2.00pm UK time folks.
Laters.......
Ian D
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Wow. Plenty of fans of this tune which is great 'cos it's a crowd-pleasing killer at the right venues.
If everyone follows through on their orders, then we're literally down to the last half-dozen copies which will go to dealers who want 'em. So last chance saloon for anyone who wants to snag one now at this price.
I just KNOW I'll be kicking myself in 3 months time when everyone is screaming for a copy LOL. Saw it happen with Gayle Adams "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "Party Time Man" - The Futures and this feels kinda similar........
Wish I had a quid for everytime I've said this over the years!
Ian D
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Brings back great, great Morecambe Pier memories for me Ian.
Looked for one for ages and finally picked it up quite recently, not for 50 quid I hasten to add so one or two are gonna get a bargain here
atb
Phil
Yep, sold about 8 or 9 and down to the last few now, so pretty popular by the looks of it. I don't think it's that easy to find........
Ian D
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I was looking at the Gents on Paramount (great record) trying to figure out where it was from and I see the record is produced by Bobby Flax and Lanny Lambert. I googled and found that the pair wrote a bunch of pop songs and some soul songs. Anyone know where they were based or more info about them? I can't find like a webpage devoted to either one. Bobby Flax became some sort of executive at EMI. Apparently Dana Plato was married to a guitarist named Lanny Lambert but I can't imagine it's the same guy, he would be too old right? Anyone have any more info? Thanks.
Yep, basically great pop writers perhaps best known on the Northern scene for the poppy but storming "Willpower Weak, Temptation Strong" - Bullet (or Silver Bullet in the UK). They had some commercial success with Gloria Gaynor's "All I Need Is Sweet Lovin'" and co-wrote and produced J.J. Jackson's "Let Me Try Again" on US Magnaglide and UK London. I'm pretty sure they were New York based and came through towards the end of the Brill building era.
Ian D
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No More Games - Larry Wedgeworth & Clique Groovehall Records 1980
Yep, finally managed to get a handful of copies of this Modern anthem from one of the original producers. For those who don't know the story behind it, this record was originally produced in anticipation of the Boston Celtics basketball team winning a key match. However, the records got pressed in Chile and took an age to reach the U.S. by which time the Boston Celtics had been bounced out of the final, so basically the records got there too late to be sold! The majority of 'em were dumped and the producers ended up with a box or two each at the time. However, that was 30 odd years ago so probably most of the others have been dumped too. Until I bumped into one of the producers before Xmas and he said he may have a few copies knocking around at his parents place in the U.S......
Well, true to his word, he turned up today with a handful of copies, so I'll do 'em @ £50 a pop inc P&P if anyone would like a copy. Please PM me and I'll do 'em a first come first served basis.
Best,
Ian D
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"Royal Mail is in a difficult position - there is no hiding from the facts: mail volumes falling; a multibillion-pound pension deficit; less efficiency than its competitors and an urgent need for more capital at a time when there are huge constraints on the public purse."All of which sounds vaguely plausible. The problem is when you start to look more closely at the "facts" as they are being presented.
Take that one about falling mail volumes, for instance. It sounds like a given. We all know that emails and texts have taken the place of letter writing in this digital age. But, dig a little deeper, and you find that part of the explanation for the falling volumes could also lie in an alteration in the way Royal Mail has gone about assessing the volumes. They used to measure by weight. Now they measure by counting the number of boxes that pass through our system. The estimate for the number of letters each box contains was put at 208, a number agreed in consultation with the union. And then Royal Mail, arbitrarily and without consultation - and in secret - lowered the estimate to 150 letters per box. Hence "falling volumes".
Postal workers have always known that this claim is baseless, since it is we who have to carry the mail. And what we see is more mail, not less. Think about it. How much mail lands on your mat every morning? Is there more, or less than there was 10 or 20 years ago? It's true that there is less of the kind of mail that you are actually interested in. Most of it is advertising. But this doesn't alter the fact that - as anyone who thinks about it knows - the weight of mail is increasing year on year and not decreasing. I can't say that Cable is lying to you, but I can say that his assertions are based upon demonstrably false figures.
Or take that pension deficit, currently estimated at £8.4bn. That's a huge figure. But what this bald presentation of the numbers fails to address is how the company came about acquiring the deficit in the first place. It didn't just happen. It was the result of a "pensions holiday", which the Royal Mail took from 1990 to 2003. That's 13 years in which the company failed to make a contribution towards the pension fund. Thirteen years in which postal workers continued, in good faith, to pay in their share under the false impression that the company was also making its contribution.
In all this time the government clearly knew what was happening. In other words, this pension deficit is an entirely manufactured problem. It should never have been allowed to happen in the first place.
When Vince Cable talks about the privatisation of the Royal Mail, he is only referring to its assets. The pension fund will remain a public liability, thus continuing the age-old relationship between the public and the private sectors: privatisation of profit, socialisation of costs.
Or what about our lack of efficiency when compared with our competitors? This might make sense if we had any competitors, but actually we don't. What we have is a number of private mail companies that ride on the back of the Royal Mail network in order to extract profits from it.
How many of them actually deliver any mail? The answer is, virtually none. We deliver their mail for them. The process is known as downstream access. The private companies bid for the profitable parts of the business, the bulk mail and city-to-city trade, undercutting the Royal Mail in the process. But then they drop it onto our doorstep for the actual delivery. Even their profits are generated arbitrarily and not by any kind of efficiency saving, as Postcomm, the regulatory body, actually forbids Royal Mail from undercutting its rivals. The technical term is "headroom". We have to leave room in our pricing structure in order to allow them room to make a profit. It's not exactly the workings of a "free market" is it?
All of this isn't to deny that the Royal Mail is in trouble: there's no doubt about that. Millions of items of mail went undelivered this Christmas, due to the imposition of new and fabulously unworkable working methods. It has a peculiarly short-sighted management, more interested in bonuses than the long-term future of the business. It has an exhausted and demoralised workforce, reeling under the weight of increasing volumes of mail and falling numbers of staff.
What it needs is a moratorium, a period of assessment, in order to understand what its problems are, and what the cures might be. It needs extensive consultation, with all interested parties: the government, the public, the corporations and the workforce. Experts should be drafted in to give advice. Some of those experts should be us, the postal workers - experts in delivery and public relations.
Most of all it needs a brand new management committed to its long-term future. But the last thing it needs is privatisation.
Great post Jules!
A close mate of mine is now a manager and he says virtually the same thing. It all seems a long time ago when we used to get 2 posts a day!
Ian D
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Isn't this where, traditionally, we start recommending blow lamps and sandpaper...
LOL, yep. NOTHING will repair styrene once it's on it's way out. Horrible stuff, way too brittle, snaps too easily and the sound quality is almost always inferior after a few plays. Playing out Northern decks in the 70's was also a disaster - sometimes I'd go into a gig with a sharp sounding styrene pressing and Ieave the gig a few hours later with a ruined record (both Morris Chestnut and Tobi Legend spring to mind). It got to the point where it would seriously put me off if a record was styrene. If I had an original Mel Britt these days, the last thing I would do is ever play it out!
Ian D
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Went to an Oldies-Night in Dublin courtesy of Danny,Pip,Jimmy Mac and Harpo....And the mad-heads from Tipperary....Best night l've had for a long time (and l never had a drink or anything else!
)Two records were played that l have never heard out before although they went down really well and l have always liked them...Dancefloor was rammed from 11.30 to 3am....BRILLIANT!!
The records were 'I'm A Man'-Spencer Davis Group and Money-Barrett Strong....Anybody??
Those two are going back to the early Wheel era. Two good slices of vintage U.S. and U.K. uptempo RnB. Nice to know that they're still filling floors.
Ian D
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there seem to be various on line soul shows popping up all the time
wouldnt mind checking as many out as possible
if you know of one, why not post it up so we can all have a listen.....
If you like a bit of everything from Soulful House, Soulful 80's, Northern, Modern and Crossover and just great Soul Music full stop you could a lot worse than check out the Original Mastercuts show on www.starpointradio.com LIVE every Sunday afternoon between 2.00-4.00. Duties are shared between myself and Alan Champ and all my shows are posted here:-
There the last few years worth of shows and you can still get the last 6 shows by clicking on the latest links!
Happy Listening!
Ian D
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When the torch all-nighter closed and other places were folding I ventured to the casino on its opening night.Living in Middleton it was only a short train ride from Victoria station.Before I left a guy I knew from the Pendulum came up and said "this place won't last six months mate the coppers will close it down"......Which leaves me to wonder if the casino was giving kickbacks to the plods
Maybe in a roundabout way but certainly at a much higher level than PC Plod. I'm sure Gerry Marshall had the council covered and was obviously an influential guy with probably the biggest venue in Wigan, so I'm sure Gerry would have had his supporters on the local council squared away.
However, Wigan Casino was FANTASTIC for Wigan as history has now proved. It's a credit that it was allowed to happen and develop the way it did so the powers of the era should be appreciated in my view. They were responsible for allowing a genuine regional youth culture to flourish and they allowed the scene to breathe at a very important time in the evolotion of it's developement.
Wigan Casino was simply another cast-iron example of the North protecting it's own culture and for that reason alone they should be applauded.
Gerry was right.
Ian D
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. It was around 1979 - 82 that Terry Callier - Look at me now was played at nigh on every All-Dayer at Tiffany's in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. Which could indicate that the benefitiary of the sale may have been Soul Sam or Colin Curtis.
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Actually I just remembered that I bought my copy when Levine sold up his first collection circa '79. Pat Brady was with me and he got "Strange Change" - Herb Ward at the same time.
Ian D
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When would this have been first played out then Ian?
Not one that I can remember from the 70s
I don't think I ever actually heard it played out but I can remember both Alfreda Brockington and "Chained & Bound" being listed in some Blues & Soul ads for Northern clubs at the time circa '73-'75 and it was on a few lists. It used to be in a few collectors boxes back then but never really went beyond that.
Ian D
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Ken, all the early Phil-LA stuff I got are on vinyl which one ya got? it aint Afreda Brockington is it? that deffo re-issued on styrene
steve
Actually Jamie/Guyden is still going and now owned by the son of the founder, Frank Lipsius. I recently bumped into him and his wife in London and he's a lovely guy. All those Phil LA represses are legit by the way - he still does 7" singles - he gave me a copy of The Springers and an archive listing that's got tons of stuff I didn't know in there. It makes me think that there's still some killers to be found in that catalogue but we'll probably have to dig 'em up first!
That Alfreda Brockington has been around as long as I can remember but it never broke big as far as I know. Great record!
Ian D
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The Northern/Rare Soul Scene has never been one style, it has always been varied and long may it continue...just as long as it is good
Seconded. Variety is the spice of life anyway. What other scene in the world would even play records from the likes of Wombat to Wally Cox to Wally Coco?
Well I've now listened to it a few more times and I still think it's got an infectious thunderous groove and tons of atmosphere.
It's just a great ghetto jam in the same tradition as "RnB Time", "Psychedlic Soul", "Do The Pearl Girl", "Ton Of Dynamite" etc, etc. A GREAT Nighter record to whack on when the place is popping surely?
Ian D
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Killer Johnny! Many thanks mate.
The fact that I remembered the record after some 35 years even though I've never actually owned it in any form speaks volumes. Ever since I remembered it as a result of this thread I haven't been able to stop singing it. It's already an anthem in my head LOL......
Ian D
Finally after 35 years I get to hear the song again and it's every bit as good as I remembered. Years and years of recreational abuse didn't diminish the memory of this one! What a f*ckin' TUNE! Even though the clip is quite muffled you should get the general idea. Proper Northern Soul full of hooks and a pure belter. I'd play it in a second.....
Many thanks to Johnny for putting the clip up. Here it is folks.....enjoy!
Ralphi D We Let Go Of a Beautiful Thing 20th Century
Look at me replying to myself LOL........
Ian D
This Weeks Original Mastercuts On Starpoint With Ian Dewhirst
in All About the SOUL
Blimey, talk about chaos LOL. No headphones for the first 3 records so I couldn't hear anything, then I kinda forgot which sliders to move. Thank God Champy arrived and bailed me out. Surprisingly it still sounds OK and, as ever, the music covers up any human deficiencies.
Playlist and download link below.
Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 23rd January 2011 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com.
Featuring......
1st Hour
Blue Magic - Look Me Up
William 'Smoke' Howard - That's What Love Does - J*ski Remix
The Salsoul Orchestra - You're Just The Right Size - Victor Rosado Remix
Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me - Hot Toddy Remix
Chic/Faith Evans - Chic Cheer/Love Life This - Chic To Chic Remix
C & C Music Factory - Share That Beat Of Love - Neil Thompson Re-Groove
Teena Marie - 365 - Love Jones Womack Rework
Carl Graves - Heart Be Still - J*ski Remix
2nd Hour
Fantastic Johnny C - Don't Depend On Me - J*ski Extended Remix
Larry Wedgeworth & Clique - No More Games
Wally Coco - Message To Society
Shirley Caesar - He's A Friend
Lamont Dozier - Something To Fall Back On
George Frye - Keep On Keeping On
Loose Change - Rising Cost Of Love - Tom Moulton Remix
Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby Come To Me - Neil Thompson Re-Groove
David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love - Lary Sanders Remix
The O'Jays - Darlin' Darlin' Baby - Lee Jeffries Remix
Cee-Lo - I Want You
Original Mastercuts Show 23/01/11
Al will be joined by long-term listener Disco Dave from Scotland next week and then we'll be doing another double show the week after before hitting East Village for another 6MS knees up so catch you then!
Ian D