Ian Dewhirst

There are always surprises and they can crop up anytime, anywhere and quite often by complete accident. Some of my best-ever hits were in places that had apparently already been hit. Yeah right LOL..... I remember telling everyone that had ever asked me, that trying to dig L.A. was pointless. Soussan had hit it first and then I went on and cleaned up better than him. So no chance. Forget it. Several years later, Arthur Fenn went into an L.A. distributor that both myself and Soussan had been to at least 20 times and where I found the original one-off Si Hightower 10" test-pressing. He managed to hit a room that I had never had access to and had one of the best hits of all time. It was embarassing. Those 100 Joe Hicks originals and the first John Hendley could have been mine godammit! So anything is possible. Some of the best hits are accidental. After several days of serious digging in the worst parts of L.A. my then partner put her foot down and insisted that we go to the beach for the weekend. The understanding was that there'd be no record digging. So we went to the beach and after a couple of hours I got bored and said I was going to buy an ice lolly. As I walked up the street to look for a place that sold ice lollies I got inexplicably drawn into a 2nd Hand Furniture store and found a goldmine of incredible Northern Soul. It turned out the guy had run a music store in New Jersey throughout the 60's and early 70's and then re-located to L.A. and got into furniture and just put his old record stock in there 'cos he didn't know what else to do with it. I got multiple copies of incredibly rare records but guess what? I left 1000's of other records because I didn't know 'em. So it doesn't surprise me that some guy that trawls different areas for different stuff for his e-bay sales could well run into a hundred copies of a Northern Soul goodie. That's his job and good luck to him. He got a result. I'm off out tomorrow, heading into areas I haven't checked before, looking for interesting stuff whilst on the way to have lunch with a mate who lives 30 miles away. I'll probably find something that's valuable and worth picking up along the line. I found £200 worth of Boogie rarities last Saturday locally, so maybe tomorrow I could hit an incredible collection that's just been dumped in a charity shop. I'll be disappointed if I don't........ Lofts and basements are the way to go. I mean, your name is deadwaxdetective so you must know about these things.......... Ian D

None whatsoever. Ian D

Nah Mike. I mean how many Soul singers do ya know called Patsy? And how many have surnames called Gallant? And a song called "Get That Ball"? It could only be kinda crappish couldn't it.......? Ian D

Yeah but Andrea True Connection was much better at porn than singing - it looked to me as if Disco was cashing in on the New York porno scene........ Ian D

Because shortly thereafter she had a Top 20 UK hit with a track called "New York To L.A." which kinda gave the game away.......... Ian D

Yep. Odd. Even if the name didn't give it away then the voice sure did. I don't even know the record and I'm not even curious......... Ian D

Course I've got a copy! Found 2 mint white demos in Denver for 25 cents each so many happy memories of both sides! Ian D

Not to my knowledge Blake. Mind you, it was awful enough for Ian to have played it when he was in his Disco phase......... Sorry about the 15 month gap in the reply LOL. Was doing some research and dug up this great thread again! Top research material! Ian D

Not on this one I'm afraid. I think was covered in a thread from a few years back though....... Funilly enough, I have a contact who deals with S.S.S. regularly so I'll do a bit of digging and see what I can glean...... Ian D

"Get It Baby" - Stanley Mitchell at full blast! 100% unadulterated Northern Soul with the most relentless Detroit Rhythm section of all time, a brilliant Wylie/Hestor production and vocalist who has no other purpose in life other than to whoop, holler and shout "C'mon and Get It Girl" every 10 seconds or so. That gets my blood circulating! Ian D

Yep, that sounds right. The production company is Super-K aka Kasenetz-Katz who scored with a lot of bubblegum hits in the late 60's - remember "Quick Joey Small" by the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus or "Simon Says" - 1910 Fruitgum Co anyone?. Some more info here:- https://www.answers.com/topic/kasenetz-katz Ian D

Towards the end of my Northern dee-jaying era I took to inscribing my name in the dead wax with a steel needle - I've never been a fan of defacing the record label with a pen or sticker. I learnt that lesson early on when I defaced my early Motown and British pressings with stickers but luckily had grown out of that by the time I found the Northern scene. But there was an issue with people wanting to nick records and targeting anyone who had 'em. One time there was a plot afoot to nick my entire box from Cleethorpes but that got stopped thank God. But after that, I thought that inscribing the records would be another security measure and wouldn't affect the value of them or ruin the look of them. Every so often, if I'm flicking through someone's collection I'll occasionally spot a record which jumps out because I used to own it and I can somehow tell. It's weird. Last time it happened was with the Lenny Curtis in Ginger's box. Ginger didn't believe me until I showed him the inscription. It's nice to think about the lives that old records of mine have touched over 35 years. Quite poetic when you think about it. The life of a Northern Soul record is pretty much top-of-the-tree isn't it. They're expensive, housed in luxurious sleeves in a warm record room, played every so often and kept in good maintenance , go to all the best gigs and parties and are lavished with love by their owners. I wanna come back as a rare Northern Soul record in my next life. Y'know, one of those perennial greats that no one ever gets rid of like a Salvadores or something. That'd be just great........... Ian D

LOL, I'm dying to read the review already Jocko. I take it the film company didn't provide the limo then? Ian D

Looks fine to me. Mine is slightly offset too and it hasn't gone anywhere in 35 years.......... Ian D

Wow. I just heard "Dancing All Around The World" - Little Richard and it's brilliant. Has an intro like Lorraine Chandler's "I Can't Hold On"........ Ian D

Wow, lovely show yesterday with a great audience so thanks to all for listening. Playlist and link below....... The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst LIVE from the new space-age Starpoint studio on Sunday 20th June 2010 UK time on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. Featuring...... 1st Hour James Ingram - Lean On Me - M.A.W. Mix Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby Come To Me - Remix Dennis Ferrer feat K.T. Brooks - How Do I Let Go Five Special - The More I Get To Know You - Re-Edit Baiser - Summer Love The Chocolate Jam Co - This Time Otis Clay - All I Wanna Do Quincy Jones - Is It Love That We're Missing Rose Royce - Love Is In The Air Luther Vandross - She's So Good To Me 2nd Hour Joe Hicks - Don't It Make You Feel Funky Otis Smith - Let Her Go True Movement - Depression Garry Glenn - Gonna Give You My Love The Impressions - First Impressions Sampson & Delilah - You Bring The Tears Spencer Wiggins - Breaking Point David Sheffield - You're Wrong, You're Wrong Paulette Reaves - Let Me Wrap You In My Arms Debarge - I Like It Sly & The Family Stone - Running Away Lenny Williams - Gotta Lotta Luv The Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go - Onur Engin Re-Edit https://sixmillionsteps.com/drupal/node/1156 Catch you soon folks! Ian D

OK Stevie. Apologies. Just off to register the name 'Wigan Casino'........... Ian D

Which one Baz? I take it you mean Sigma Sound? No unfortunately. I did pass it a couple of times - once with Val Shively in the 70's but I didn't have the balls to walk in in '76. Wish I had. I did manage to get some great studio photos and interviews with Vince Montana when we did the Salsoul Orchestra anthology a few years back and I speak with a few of the original guys every now and then - for instance, I just licensed a track from Bobby Eli who is alive and well. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that Moulton's sat on TONS of stuff from the era 'cos he collects it and then sits on it forever LOL I'm actually going to do a mini documentary with the great man in the next couple of weeks so I'm going to interview him in his apartment and get him to dig into all the stuff in his archives (of which there are 1000's of tapes) so that should be fun. Dealing with his bloody cats probably won't be as much fun however......... I'll let you know how I get on. If I start finding any Sweet and Deep you'll be the first to know.......... Ian D

Lemme know whatcha need Baz. I kept copies of all the Salsoul masters we made anyway and those that we didn't manage to get are held by either Tom Moulton (who I'm seeing next week) or my mate Jeremy Newall who has the entire Salsoul catalogue. Now lemme see........you'll probably be after that unreleased Loleatta Holloway, Eddie Holman and Love Committee stuff right? And yer right. Litigating over this stuff is a one way ticket to oblivion......... Ian D

Yeah but that's for 'Wigan Casino Northern Soul' isn't it Baz? And it's less than a year old too. Nothing for 'Wigan Casino' by itself that I can see........ Ian D

As someone who spent £27K in litigation over a name I created (a case I lost by the way) that's probably pretty good advice Baz. The setting the trousers alight option could potentially be a bit tricky though...... I would imagine that Gerry Marshall's estate more than likely own the own the intellectual copyright and trade mark in Wigan Casino since it was his company which financed the operation and paid for everything in the first place. A court of law would find in their favour without a doubt - courts almost invariably find in the favour of the people who originally financed things unless there was a specific contract stating otherwise. I tried to do a Studio 54 album a few years ago and the road was littered with legal problems so it just wasn't worth the headache. I'd let sleeping dogs lie for a whole heap of reasons and they all cost money....... Ian D

Good point Chalky. Surely these are legal issues aren't they? I wonder who actually owns the copyright and trademark in Wigan Casino? As an example, I put out a Hacienda compilation a few years ago and the company who issued it had to make a deal with Peter Hook who I believe owns the copyright and trademark to the Hacienda name. So has anyone ever registered or trade-marked the name 'Wigan Casino'? If no one has, then I would imagine it's wide open for anyone to use if they so wish......... Ian D

Yep, show being repeated NOW on www.starpointradio.com. Have a break from football/tennis and chill to some rockin' Soul for the next couple of hours..... Featuring....... 1st Hour James Ingram - Lean On Me - M.A.W. Mix Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby Come To Me - Remix Dennis Ferrer feat K.T. Brooks - How Do I Let Go Five Special - The More I Get To Know You - Re-Edit Baiser - Summer Love The Chocolate Jam Co - This Time Otis Clay - All I Wanna Do Quincy Jones - Is It Love That We're Missing Rose Royce - Love Is In The Air Luther Vandross - She's So Good To Me 2nd Hour Joe Hicks - Don't It Make You Feel Funky Otis Smith - Let Her Go True Movement - Depression Garry Glenn - Gonna Give You My Love The Impressions - First Impressions Sampson & Delilah - You Bring The Tears Spencer Wiggins - Breaking Point David Sheffield - You're Wrong, You're Wrong Paulette Reaves - Let Me Wrap You In My Arms Debarge - I Like It Sly & The Family Stone - Running Away Lenny Williams - Gotta Lotta Luv The Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go - Onur Engin Re-Edit Enjoy! Ian D

Yep, I guess it was pressed in quantity. I found a 100 count box of 'em in the UK in the late 70's and Midland International were used to pressing in large quantities due to the successes they had with John Travolta, Carol Douglas and several tracks they licensed in from around the world so they probably pressed at least a couple of thousand minimum....... Ian D

Okey dokey, just over an hour to go before I once again transform Sunday afternoon into another 2 hour blissful nirvana of Soul music in every form! Poetic ay? Come join me @ 2.00pm LIVE today @ www.starpointradio.com for another 2 hours of Soulful bliss! Yours Poetically, Ian D