Ian Dewhirst

I got accused of it last week with 300 people on the dancefloor! Guy was talking bollocks of course. Fact is, if you're a DJ it's your job to keep people interested, create the right atmosphere and keep the dancefloor lively. It obviously helps if your taste happens to appeal to the vast majority of the audience, otherwise you might just as well invite some mates around for a pint and a listening session............ Ian D

I think Steve Plumb did for a start. However, whether anyone was working there or there as a customer it makes little odds. It was just a brilliant event full stop. Ian D

Agreed! I think I heard Eddie say over the mike that it was the best gig he'd done in 30 years didn't he? I was out having fun in the crowd and the atmosphere was absolutely electric. The thing that struck me is the floor was absolutely ram-packed with an age range of 18-60 and everyone was getting off. Quite simply one of the gigs of the century and a refreshing burst of optimism for the future in my book because Vintage @ Goodwood will undoubtably set the pace for events from this point forward. The Sunday night session in the Soul Casino was slightly less jammed but the atmosphere was equally brilliant. Absolutely awesome....and that was just the Soul Casino. When you consider that the other arenas were equally as busy it's mind-boggling that everything worked so perfectly. I spent quite a bit of time at the Warehouse and that was equally as good as the Casino in terms of atmosphere. The clips are already appearing on You Tube - this guy's caught a whole heap of sets all around the festival, so everyone can scroll through the clips..... An unbelievable event that will undoubtably become a yearly event for everyone's diary! Simply awesome! Ian D

I thought the entire weekend was a gas. The festival was brilliantly organised and the attention to detail was fantastic. Every one of the different venues and stages all had great sound systems and there was just tons of tons of things to see and places to go. The Soul Casino was absolutely rocking it most of the time and the refreshing thing was seeing so many younger people getting off on Northern and 70's Soul. The music was almost universally great, whichever venue you happened to be in and I thought all the DJ's worked their nuts off. A brilliant nice eclectic LARGE crowd who were pretty much up for anything. Very refreshing. This was a 100% sell-out with over 20,000 people in attendance over the 3 days and 22,000 on Saturday by all accounts. Hats off to Wayne Hemmingway for getting it so right in every detail. I'm looking forward to next year already! Ian D

Of course they were legal. Decca had an ongoing deal with Abkco which came about following Allen Klein's management of the Rolling Stones..... Ian D

Blimey, a cracking price on the Jack Ashford album. I sold 2 of 'em for £20 apiece last year, so it's jumped a bit since then........ Ian D

Yep, I can do a review of the Saturday/Sunday but it could be very subjective 'cos I'm almost guaranteed to have a good time - too many mates there to fail really. So you'll get a predictably optimistic slant from me I reckon. Hopefully a few people can give their views because there's plenty of S.S.ers going in different guises, I.e. DJ's, Sellers and Vintage/Retro fans etc so it'll be interesting to see what peope's views are. There's been a huge upswing in interest and ticket sales in the last couple of weeks so hopefully they've timed it just right! Should hear some great music too! Earth, Wind & Fire and Leroy Hutson live plus a great DJ lineup that has me salivating as a fan. Oh and if the missus is getting on yer nerves just send 'em to the shops. Job done. It's a no brainer for me! Ian D

Yep, really looking forward to this. It's pretty ambitious but I think they may have hit the nail on the head with this type of event. Someone for everyone by the looks of it with interesting live acts for all, fashion for the ladies and the more sartorially elegant among us, plenty of attractions for families and, most important, plenty of Soul from all eras with a well-though-through line-up so big props to Wayne and all the curators. I think it'll be a belter! How's the weather looking? Ian D

This is a magnificent cover of the Lou Johnson original....... Ian D

Good. About time too. I think the last UK company that had access to Cameo-Parkway was Decca (via London) back in the late 70's, hence the Bobby Paris, Bunny Sigler, Yvonne Baker re-issues at the time. Ian D

Oh shit. That was YOU! Apologies for the problem with the tissues......... Ian D

Couldn't agree more Gavin. It's 100 times harder to find stuff now then 40 years ago without a doubt and I applaud anyone who manages to do it. I wouldn't quite go as far to say it was as easy as shooting fish in a barrel though - it wasn't quite that easy and some people had to persevere with records for years before they got anywhere. There was tons of good competition record-wise so anything which wasn't 100% obvious was much tougher to break and everyone from back then has their fair share of 'shoulda, woulda, coulda' instances where great records just didn't make it for one reason or another. That's why so many records from back then only found popularity years later. Also, the audiences were generally far bigger and you didn't want to be clearing the floor at Wigan or Cleethorpes otherwise the atmosphere would drop like a stone, so there's pros and cons both ways I guess. But I totally agree that any collector who can unearth great sounds these days really deserves an MBE. It's horrible going to the U.S. these days and watching virtually every dealer pull out Manship's guide from behind the counter......... Ian D

Yep. Good point Rick. The first place I heard it was at the Mecca but obviously that doesn't necessarily mean that Levine or Curtis discoverd it. It would be typical that Pep was first on it 'cos that f*cker never missed anything. However, Levine & Curtis were so switched on that they would have heard about it through the 'jungle grapevine' at the time and been on it quick. I got one of those 15 copies for £3 at the time I seem to remember. Always hated it though. 'Northern' Country & Western like Damita Jo or Beverly Ann IMO but not a bad record in it's own right. Don't blame you for not listening to it though. I wouldn't have either. Also good point you mentioned earlier about UK labels. Some of those releases really were visionary and turned unknown US acts into UK Pop hits. For instance, Felice Taylor's "I Feel Love Coming On" on President and the Showstopper's "Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty" on Beacon were only ever hits in the UK. That's what I call visionary A&R! Hope yer well mate. I haven't seen you for 35 years! You're the guy who turned me onto Al Kent's "The Way You've Been Acting Lately" at a Leeds Central All-Nighter all those years ago and, for that reason alone, I truly love ya! Ian D

Well, definitely a good call and well done for mentioning it to Sam but many records had been around for years and were 'known' to DJ's, Dealers and Collectors for years including "I'm So Happy" (which was strangely considered to be too traditional and obvious at the time when it first came into my conciousness). I think I heard it on the "Top Of The Line" album first and was surprised that such a traditional Northern type production was still being made in the late 70's. I actually thought "One On One" from the previous album was a goodie too. Every record eventually has it's time it seems to me which is why it's always hard to say who discovered what. Travelling around the country doing gigs in the mid 70's showed me that there could be massive variations musically across the North. Remember that back then, there was no internet, no mobiles or texts, the motorway network was in it's infancy and not that many young people even had cars. So anyone with a car, who happened to be a DJ with an insatiable passion for rare soul and a comprehensive network of record contacts had a definite advantage. So on my travels I'd quite often have someone say, "it's a monster in Derby" or "it's massive in Rhyll" or "it packed the floor at York last week" etc, etc, so I'd always investigate a local biggie to see whether it had potential to go bigger elsewhere. For instance, Ila Vann's "You Made Me This Way" broke in Nottingham long before it took off everywhere else and you'd see a similar pattern around the country with different records. As an example, I heard Pep play the Yums Yums "Gonna Be A Big Thing" at an all-dayer in Birmingham and realised that if anyone in Manchester, Wigan, Leeds, Sheffield etc, etc heard the record it would be absolutely huge everywhere. So I made it my mission to track one down and sure enough it went massive the second people heard it. Likewise Porgy & The Monarchs which Levine had written about in a Black Music column and which I decided to track down 'cos I liked his description of it (although I never heard him play it). Likewise, I bought the 'first' copies of "Send Him Back" and "I Go To Pieces" in Burnley, the 'first' copy of Lou Pride in Louth, the 'first' copy of The Four Perfections in Leeds, the 'first' copy of Al De Lory in Petersborough and the 'first' copy of Lenny Curtis in Bradford. Out of those the only one that I can actually 'claim' as a genuine discovery is Lenny Curtis 'cos that was a genuine unknown find on a market stall (and on a label that was considered to be only 'Doo Wop' at the time). All the others had already been heard by the guys who sold them to me. So, now that we're multiple pages into a long-running thread, I'm coming to the conclusion that a more accurate title for the thread should be "Who Broke What" if the thread is about the key factors which propelled certain records to the top of the tree and mass popularity then, more often than not, the people who actually 'discovered' the records were that vast band of unsung heroes - the small town collector who every so often, will stumble into a genuinely brilliant record but be frustrated by the fact that it was lost or ignored just laying in his/her collection. That's where natural sharks like me would swoop in, realise the potential of the record and then beg, steal or borrow the track, 'break' the record on a big scale and claim the credit. Which is probably fair enough I reckon. I remember hearing Clyde McPhatter's "Please Give Me One More Chance" and the Ebony's "I'm So Glad I'm Me" on someone else's cassette tape whilst driving back from Sale Mecca one Friday morning in the early hours in the mid 70's and the effect that Clyde McPhatter had on me was so huge that I almost crashed the car at 80mph on the M62. I think Andy Simpson and Bob from Bradford were with me and I'm sure they'll remember how close to death we all were. So I tracked down a copy of the Clyde McPhatter album the next day. Sadly the only place it really broke was Sheffield Samanthas at the time. Because it was an album track and the grooves were incredibly thin, it always came out out at about half the normal volume and if you tried to boost the volume you'd always get wailing feedback at most venues. The only system it sounded OK on was at Samanthas. All of which begs the question: Did I 'discover' Clyde McPhatter or did the guy who made the cassette I heard it from 'discover' it? If we're talking about people who genuinely heard a brilliant record for the first time and then sold it on to a DJ who had the power to 'break' it, then I reckon Simon Soussan and John Anderson would both be top of the list and undoubtably Ian Levine (who famously wouldn't sell anything from his own collection) would also be up there in that rarified arena. I mean, does anyone else really come close? Ian D

Levine for Lynn Randell and Shane Martin I believe.......not sure about Chapter 5. Ian D

Gary The Master Blaster "Cafe Regio's" Well we finally our hands on the first pressings of the magnificent "Cafe Regio's" by Gary The Master Blaster. This after rejecting two seperate sets of T.P.'s until we got the perfect 7" in our hands at last! This has never been on vinyl before and is backed with an alternative instrumental take by the Master Blaster Band. The story has been well documented elsewhere on Soul Source but essentially this was an updated version of Isaac Hayes' "Cafe Regio's" (the 'B' side of "Shaft" no less) which was recorded in 1998 and then overlaid with an original 1970 radio rap from Gary The Master Blaster - the legendary radio D.J. from Miami radio station WCKO who established a huge local audience as a result of his organic early radio 'raps' which were typical of the personality DJ's on U.S. black music stations in the early 1970's. We think this is a unique record which sounds like a breath of fresh air when played loud and is almost like a Detroit uptempo version of the original Ike Hayes tune with such a Soulful DJ on top of it. A real one-off recording! ../../../..uploads/monthly_10_2008/post-9434-1223934245.jpg Gary The Master Blaster "Cafe Regio's" https://www.zshare.ne...3698315b8bc59d/ Over 700 downloads in the last 4 weeks alone. We've pressed exactly 1000 copies and will be going to wholesale and export this week. We think this record will appeal to different scenes and will go quickly - at least that's the plan so our fingers are crossed! There's already significant orders coming in from some unexpected places so well worth grabbing in our opinion! Expect some radio plays over the next few weeks too - it sounds brilliant on radio and just tremendous over a club system! We're raring to go go go.......... Since this track came about completely via Soul Source we're offering a special price to all Soul Source members of £7.99 (Retail Price is £9.99)! Please PM me if you want one. Wholesale enquiries are also welcome - just PM me for details. Best, Ian D forum thread https://www.soul-sour...las-t83990.html Original article was posted in the Soul Source Article/News feature view article in its original format (c/w images etc)

Blimey. No demand then? Probably too fast for today's audiences...... Mind you, such a great little Detroit label. I thought it was worth a lot more than £25........... Ian D

LOL, it's in almost every song I can think of! Deffo over-used as Son Of Stan says......... Ian D

Sure is! I'm glad I swept one up early on. In a way we slightly devalued it because it was a 30p special on Brian '45' Phillip's list but I bet it's rare as hell these days. I certainly didn't see that many around after the mid 70's. Just looking at that label now gives me goosebumps LOL..... Ian D

OK, lovely show on Sunday with the minimum of cock-ups and joined by a forthcoming new face to Starpoint - Rob ????? (he's still deciding on his radio name) who basically interviewed me throughout the show and was filled with enthusiasm and joi d'vive! Will give the details as soon as he gets his first show under way but I have a feeling he'll be a great addition to the Starpoint team, so welcome Rob! And, as per usual, I gave out some totally erroneous information on the show LOL. I got my dates confused, so if anyone's out and about then try and join me at the following gigs:- Sat 7th August The Southend Wigan Casino @ The Kursaal, Southend (Northern gig with Russ Winstanley no less) Tues 10th August Aura, Ibiza (with Paul Schofield, E.A.S.E. and the Wax-On crew) Thurs 12th August, "The Record Players" Book Launch @ The Book Club, Hoxton, London (with Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, Jeff Dexter, Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley + others) I'll be playing a Northern into Modern type set following legendary Mod Jeff Dexter so should be fun. Saturday/Sunday 15th/16th August, The Goodwood Vintage Festival (Soul Casino, Sunday Night with Chris Bangs and Chris Hill and elsewhere throughout the weekend). Sunday 22nd August, Six Million Steps @ East Village, Hoxton (with Alan, JJ, Dave, Andrew, Lofty all playing out for the first time in YEARS!) And for all the mob in Ibiza, myself and Paul Schofield will be back @ Sat 28th August, The Sands Beach Bar Sat/Sun 28th/29th August, Es Vive Hotel Club Tues 31st August, Aura OK, that's enough gratuitous plugging. Let's get on with the show - download link below. Enjoy! The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 1st August 2010 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... 1st Hour Stevie Wonder - Ma Cherie Amour - Scott Wozniak & Master Kev Remix Steven Stone feat Anthony Moriah - Lay Your Hands - DJ Meme 12" Mix 75 Moods feat Dexter Porter - My Love - Rawsoul Orchestra Latin Lover Mix Allessandro Magnanini - Secret Lover - Latin Mix Mtume - So You Wanna Be A Star - Black Lodge Remix Zed Bias - Let Me Change Your Mind - Full Vocal Mix Johnny Mathis - I Love My Lady - Let's Go Remix Change - Your Move 2nd Hour The Spinners - It's A Shame - Tom Moulton Unreleased Remix Tony Owens - (When You're Wrong) You Gotta Pay The Price Gavin Christopher - This Side Of Heaven Keni Burke - Give All You Can Give Jesse James - I Feel Your Love Changing The Johnny Otis Show feat Barbara Morrison - Hey Boy! I Want You Caesar Frazier - Till Another Day - Tom Moulton 7" Mix Millie Jackson - Summer (The First Time) Barry White - It's Only Love Doing It's Thing Jeannie Reynolds - The Fruit Song Stevie Wonder - That Girl Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before - Hot Tracks Remix https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-...1-Starpoint.mp3 Catch ya next time folks! Love to all! Ian D X

Coming up LIVE @ 2.00pm today folks - the Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 1st August 2010 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com.! Yep, it's another another journey through the eras highlighting all things Soulful. There's the usual trip through House, Disco, Creative Re-Edits, Northern/Crossover killers, some long-forgotten Soulful killers and a couple of wonderful exclusives including a long unreleased Moulton mix on the Spinners and a first play on the wonderful remix of the unreleased "I Love My Lady" from the early 80's Chic/Johnny Mathis project. Hope ya can join me! Featuring...... Stevie Wonder * Steven Stone feat Anthony Moriah * 75 Moods feat Dexter Porter * Allessandro Magnanini * Mtume * Zed Bias * Johnny Mathis * Change * The Spinners * Tony Owens * Gavin Christopher * Keni Burke * Jesse James * The Johnny Otis Show * Caesar Frazier * Millie Jackson * Barry White * Jeannie Reynolds * Stevie Wonder * Stephanie Mills Laters! Ian D

Killer Martyn. I'll give you a shout! Ian D

Phew, what a mad couple of weeks since the last show - it's been a busy busy summer this year and it doesn't look like it's stopping anytime soon...... A big shout out to everyone I had the pleasure of entertaining last week in Ibiza @ the Kumaras bar for what was a wonderful Sunset set on Wednesday evening, all at Ibiza Sonica Radio who caught some of the Original Mastercuts magic last Thursday, the brilliant crowd @ the Sands Beach Bar in Playa D'Embossa on Saturday, all @ the Es Vive Club in the Rock n' Roll Hotel for keeping me going all through the night and E.A.S.E. and the rest of the Nightmares On Wax crew who sure know how to party! See you all on Tuesday 10th @ Aura and the end of the month for some more Sands/Es Vive and Aura sessions! Hasta la vista. Closer to home, this coming Thursday finds me at the launch for the new book "The Record Players" by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton over at The Book Club in Hoxton, followed by a Northern gig on Saturday in @ the Kursaal in Southend and then it's the Vintage @ Goodwood Festival on the weekend of the 14th & 15th which is looking to be spectacular! Hope I'll catch some of you out and about In the meantime, we have a show coming up! Join me LIVE tomorrow afternoon for another journey through the eras highlighting all things Soulful. There's the usual trip through House, Disco, Creative Re-Edits, Northern/Crossover killers, some long-forgotten Soulful killers and a couple of wonderful exclusives. Hope ya can join me! The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 1st August 2010 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring........... Stevie Wonder * Steven Stone feat Anthony Moriah * 75 Moods feat Dexter Porter * Allessandro Magnanini * Mtume * Zed Bias * Johnny Mathis * Change * The Spinners * Tony Owens * Gavin Christopher * Keni Burke * Jesse James * The Johnny Otis Show * Caesar Frazier * Millie Jackson * Barry White * Jeannie Reynolds * Stevie Wonder * Stephanie Mills See you @ 2.00pm sharp! Ian D

Phew, what a mad couple of weeks since the last show - it's been a busy busy summer this year and it doesn't look like it's stopping anytime soon...... A big shout out to everyone I had the pleasure of entertaining last week in Ibiza @ the Kumaras bar for what was a wonderful Sunset set on Wednesday evening, all at Ibiza Sonica Radio who caught some of the Original Mastercuts magic last Thursday, the brilliant crowd @ the Sands Beach Bar in Playa D'Embossa on Saturday, all @ the Es Vive Club in the Rock n' Roll Hotel for keeping me going all through the night and E.A.S.E. and the rest of the Nightmares On Wax crew who sure know how to party! See you all on Tuesday 10th @ Aura and the end of the month for some more Sands/Es Vive and Aura sessions! Hasta la vista. Closer to home, this coming Thursday finds me at the launch for the new book "The Record Players" by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton over at The Book Club in Hoxton, followed by a Northern gig on Saturday in @ the Kursaal in Southend and then it's the Vintage @ Goodwood Festival on the weekend of the 14th & 15th which is looking to be spectacular! Hope I'll catch some of you out and about In the meantime, we have a show coming up! Join me LIVE tomorrow afternoon for another journey through the eras highlighting all things Soulful. There's the usual trip through House, Disco, Creative Re-Edits, Northern/Crossover killers, some long-forgotten Soulful killers and a couple of wonderful exclusives. Hope ya can join me! The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 1st August 2010 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring........... Stevie Wonder * AC Soul Symphony * 75 Moods feat Dexter Porter * Allessandro Magnanini * Mtume * Zed Bias * Johnny Mathis * Change * The Spinners * Tony Owens * Gavin Christopher * Keni Burke * Jesse James * The Johnny Otis Show * Caesar Frazier * Millie Jackson * Barry White * Jeannie Reynolds * Stevie Wonder * Stephanie Mills See you @ 2.00pm sharp! Ian D

LOL, I don't doubt 'cos I'd seen it around before but dismissed because of the horrible guitar on the intro - I'm not sure if I even heard it past the guitar to be honest. Too impatient in those days...... However, I give Kegsy credit for forcing it upon every DJ around the North one weekend until Russ took pity on him and played it. The rest, of course, is history......... Ian D