Ian Dewhirst

Hi Mike, Trouble is I couldn't see 'em at my end Mike - just big yawning gaps. I'll try loading 3 and see how I get on........... Cheers mate. Ian D

Sorry, can't seem to post the clips for some reason. This stuff drives me nuts....... Apologies to all. I'll try again later. Ian D

The sun comes out and hey presto........released on Monday! HURTCD099 Mellow Mellow - 15TH Anniversary Crystal Edition 28/3/11 CD 1 1. All Because Of You Leroy Hutson 7.02 2. Why Can't We Be Lovers Holland & Dozier 4.01 3. Cloud Of Sunshine Jae Mason 3.29 4. I'm Back For More Al Johnson & Jean Carn 5.05 5. Give Me Some Emotion Webster Lewis 4.01 6. What Do You Want Me To Do Lou Courtney 2.49 7. Call Me (Come Back Home) Al Green 3.01 8. The Sweetest Pain Dexter Wansel ft Jean Carn 5.42 9. Ain't You Had Enough Phyllis Hyman 4.11 10. If Only You Knew Patti Labelle 4.44 11. Just As Long As I Know You're Mine Dee Dee Sharp Gamble 4.14 12. The O'Jays Darlin' Darlin' Baby 4.15 13. Living In The Footsteps Of Another Girl Maryann Farra & Satin Soul 2.15 14. Keep Goin' On Gary Bartz 4.27 15. This Feeling's Killing Me The Jones Girls 3.30 16. Oh Girl The Chi-Lites 3.43 17. Spend It On Love Side Effect 3.35 18. Gotta Get You Home With Me Tonight Eugene Wilde 5.19 Total 75.45 CD2 1. Come Into My Life Joyce Sims 3.43 2. I Choose You Paris 5.52 3. Heaven Only Knows Teddy Pendergrass 4.08 4. Use To Be My Girl The O'Jays 3.59 5. My Love Don't Come Easy Jean Carn 5.05 6. Tell Me Why MFSB feat Carla Benson 3.55 7. Let's Make A Baby Billy Paul 7.09 8. Do You Get Enough Love Shirley Jones 4.34 9. I'm So Much In Love With You Anthony White 4.41 10. Love For The Sake Of Love Claudia Barry 5.15 11. Devotion Earth Wind and Fire 4.48 12. Soft Lights Sweet Music and You Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes 4.24 13. Count On Me Natural Four 4.03 14. Mon Belle Amour Ann Peebles 3.40 15. Don't Leave Me Starving For Your Love Laura Lee 2.57 16. Look At The Boy Jean Plum 2.32 17. Aretha, Sing One For Me George Jackson 2.55 Total 73.50 Amazon Ian D

Many thanks to Alan, Ian, Tony and Imogen for dropping by on Sunday for what turned out to be lively show - we should have an open house every Sunday! It was like a train-spotters paradise in there! Anyway, playlist and link below! Enjoy and I'll catch ya next time...... Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst and guests between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 20th March 2011 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... 1st Hour Big Brooklyn Red – He Moves – Man X Remix Dennis Ferrer feat K.T. Brooks – How Do I Let Go Deep Swing & DJ Meme feat Linda Jackson – Lift Up (Your Soul And Spirit) Five Special – Why Leave Us Alone – Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit Gary Bartz – Keep Goin' On Al Hudson & The Soul Partners – Didn't You Know It Gladys Knight & The Pips – Taste Of Bitter Love – Scratch'n'sniff Re-Edit The Eight Minutes – Looking For A Brand New Game – Tic Tac Toe Remix First Class - Candy 2nd Hour Flame N' King & The Bold Ones – Ho Happy Day Bobby Hutton – It's All Been Said Before Walters & Sisters – How Long Park Avenue – Looking Ahead Eddie Horan – The Ups And Downs Of A Love Affair Silk – Falling In Love Isn't Easy Tony Lindsay – Stand By Me Dottie Pearson – A House Made Of Love The Sons Of Champlin – Here Is Where Your Love Belongs Anita Baker – Caught Up In The Rapture Johnny Guitar Watson – I Don't Want To Be a Lone Ranger Bobby Byrd & Vicki Anderson – (You're Welcome) Stop On By Average White Band – Atlantic Avenue The Isley Brothers – Here We Go Again Original Mastercuts Show 20-3-11 Al will be back next Sunday with another room full of guests so tune in! Thanks for tuning in or catching the download. We really appreciate having such a great audience! Ian D X

Killer track Nige. Played it on the show on Sunday. It's actually just turned up on 'The Soul Of Disco Vol 3' CD but I'd dearly love a 7" myself.......... first class - candy - park-way Ian D

Not me Steve! I've been provisionally booked for a Film festival in Southend where they're showing "Soulboy" and "Quadrophenia" and needed a DJ from the original era. Since I played there last year to a great audience I took the gig BUT it hasn't been confirmed in writing yet, so I'll give 'em a call tomorrow and see what the deal is OK? Incidentally, Rick Cooper used to DJ at the Central all-nighters too, so Rick may be up for it if I can't make it on that day......... Best, Ian D

Done mate but I have a clash on the suggested date. Give me another day to confirm one way or t'other! Ian D

Coming up LIVE in 2 hours @ 2.00pm today folks. I'll be joined in the studio by my occasional co-host Alan plus we've got a load of guests in this week so should be fun. Plus KILLER playlist of course! See you @ 2.00pm. Come join the party in the Starpoint chatroom on the front page of www.starpointradio.com. Laters, Ian D

OK entirely predictable. 4 days of partying @ Prestatyn last weekend completely wiped me out for the whole of this week. We're talking all round body aches, manflu and I've got the usual bloody chest infection which I get every year about this time! I'm not getting any younger that's for sure........ Big shout outs for everyone who was @ Prestatyn. Despite all the last minute problems it turned out great anyway, as we all knew it would. Great to link up with some of Starpoint's elite squad for the 6 hour LIVE broadcast last Sunday afternoon so big thanks to Mark Randle, Colin Curtis, Paul Goldsmith, Dimitri Soul and Chris Box. Pretty good value ay? Anyway, as always, it's just great to get back to some serious music and we have the usual 2 hours of Soulful utopia which covers some current and recent Soulful House beauties, a spectacular Dimitri From Paris re-edit, some 70's and 80's beauties including an exclusive new re-edit on a Patrick Adams beauty, some zippy Modern Soul, some bone-breakingly great general Soul gems including a brand new release that will surprise many and a final half-hour of stone-certified classics. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon, so indulge yourself and enjoy the vibe...... Also it's gonna be a full-house 'cos Champy and a few guests will dropping by to see the show in action so we'll be having a 'lil party ourselves by the looks of it! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show LIVE with Ian Dewhirst and guests between 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 20th March 2011 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... Big Brooklyn Red * Dennis Ferrer feat K.T. Brooks * Deep Swing & DJ Meme feat Linda Jackson * Five Special * Gary Bartz * Al Hudson & The Soul Partners * Gladys Knight & The Pips * The Eight Minutes * First Class * Flame N' King & The Bold Ones * Park Avenue * Vernon Burch * Gerri Grainger * Silk * Tony Lindsay * Dottie Pearson * Melvin Brown & James Mathews * The Sons Of Champlin * Anita Baker * Johnny Guitar Watson * Bobby Byrd & Vicki Anderson * Average White Band * The Isley Brothers Hope ya can join me LIVE this Sunday afternoon! Should be a gas! Laters, Ian D

God knows. Ian D

Richard Searling circa '76 I believe...... Ian D

Frosted in my case. Ian D

Damn. I just tried an aeroplane spin for the first time in 35 years and projectile vomitted my shreddies all over the office! Ian D

Not so good for driving back 200 odd miles after a skinful though Steve! Unless it'd be the Sunday before a Monday bank holiday of course....... Ian D

Jet Star was the distribution arm of Mr P's empire and eventually the Jet Star label and overall distribution became the main areas of business for the company especially with their compilation albums throughout the 80's and 90's. Ian D

Yep, absolutely Garv. It's my No.1 objective this year. Good vibes coming from PIR so I'm cautiously optimistic. Will report back as soon as I have something to report! Ian D

Hysterical Pete. Hardly anybody in the history of the music biz would do a 'duration of a single's release' deal, mainly because it's impossible to define. If you never officially deleted a single, it could still theoretically be on catalogue for 50-60 years. Also look at the history of "The Champ", which was still being reissued by Pama into the mid 1980's:- The Champ - The Mohawks Release History Most deals back then were perpetuity deals anyway and that's assuming any paperwork was ever issued! Believe you me, no one chose an arguement with Mr P and no one ever crossed him and got away with it to my knowledge. I've had a few links with Jet Star from when I did the Rewind Selecta series in the 90's so I kinda know the set-up........ Ian D

It's funny 'cos Mr P was never known for his regular accounting skills. That's the understatement of the century. Phoenix have told me all the stories and they're still 2 years into trying to 'legalise' the catalogue and it's a massive, massive can of worms. Plus I've lost count of the amount of Reggae artists I've bumped into over the years who never even knew that Pama released their records in the UK. Plus my good mate Robert Blenman (former Head Of Motown UK) used to work there. Plus Mr P would generally do handshake deals and that was that. Pama/Jet Star has always been a hands-off impregnable company - everyone knows that. Next time you come to London we'll meet up for a drink with Robert Blenman and Lloyd Bradley. Their Pama stories will keep you going for years Pete! Ian D

Funniest thing I've read all year! Ian D

Yep, Mr Palmer's deals were almost always verbal. The whole Jet Star set up was bought out of adminstration a couple of years ago by a rights management company called Phoenix and I'm pretty sure they've spent most of that time trying to clean things up as best they can. I recently licensed "The Champ" from 'em for the forthcoming "The Breaks" album. I'll have a word with 'em and get 'em to dig out their library copy of the Volumes OK? Ian D

Yep, I know Tony. Val told me all the stories. Plus Ralph Tee reckons he's been trying for 15 years as well, so I'm under no illusions mate. So my main angle is the fact that the way that the music biz is currently receeding means that there's only a very limited window of opportunity to ever get this stuff out physically ever again. As you well know (and there are many times that I wished I worked for Ace), the opportunities to get unfettered access to the original master tapes and the ability to transfer 'em are becoming few and far between. With a bit of luck, I'm hoping the penny will finally drop with PIR. Incidentally, if that happy event ever happens, can you get your arse over to Philly and do an audit? Have a great time in Houston! Ian D

Oh, I almost forgot, in answer to your original question Garv, one of my Directors dug into his cupboard following my relentless harassment and eventually managed to produce a comprehensive 200 page book from 1999 which lists everything within the PIR master tape inventory. Staggering. There's no other way to describe it. The difficult bit is getting access to it. Working on it! Ian D

Hiya Garv, Good question mate. I've pitched a comprehensive game-plan for a Philadelphia International Records 40th Anniversary Campaign which would include a schedule of re-issues of some of the unreleased recordings which would be compiled in conjunction with Ralph Tee and all other expertise we can bring to the project. As everyone already knows, the potential of the unreleased PIR catalogue is the holy grail for many of us and one of the things that makes me get out of bed at some unearthly hour every day. PIR have acknoweldged receipt of the package and I await instruction from Kenny, Leon and Chuck. That's the only way it's going to be and that's fine with me. I'm pretty optimistic because I think that PIR share my my concern that this could well be the last opportunity to get this repertoire out in a physical format and also be able to cover the costs of transferring so much unheard material from the original tapes to a digital format. Also, speaking personally, Philly is one of my favourite periods and I would just love to see 2011 become a celebration of one of the most significant eras of black music in our history. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff are my personal heroes and I'm deadly serious about making sure their legacy is preserved to the best possible degree throughout the future. Nice article in the Guardian last week too........ Philly International - Guardian Article Fingers crossed! Ian D

A standard U.S. promo mail-out by a major in the 70's would have to be at least a minimum of 1000 but more likely 5,000 or 10,000 if they were servicing the whole country. America is a big place. It wouldn't have made any sense for Motown to press and service any less than 1000 copies 'cos that amount would only just service the prime-time R&B station jocks. Bear in mind that a standard UK promo mail-out at the same time would be 500 minimum............. Ian D

Damn, that's worrying 'cos that's pretty much what Rouncy said. But hey dthedrug the proof is in the pudding mate. I think it exists, Rouncy thinks it exists and you think it exists. So whack up a scan of one of those mauve Pama copies of the Volumes and we'll all die happy mate! And whilst yer at it, a Sue scan of Gerri Hall wouldn't go amiss either. Ian D