Ian Dewhirst

OK, I'll go one better today then LOL.... I'm now surrounded with every Al Green Hi era release ever recorded (I work for Demon which helps), so I'm gonna burn down everything that's on this thread and do a general trawl anyway 'cos you never know what's buried away or on the original tapes and you just know there'll be a few more socked away somewhere..... .... talking of which I've just listened to his interpretations of "Ain't Mountain High Enough" and "Up The Ladder To The Roof" which are interesting......... I'll report back if anything incredible emerges..... Ian D

So many shouts I'm halfway tempted to do a release of the Al Green S.S. faves! Anyone up for it? Name checks and fame for life for those involved..... Ian D

Yep, Russ. I have 3 different version/re-edits of this but I've never learnt how to upload to Refosoul 'cos it's too clunky. If you PM me your e-mail addy I'll thwack 'em through. There's bootlegs aplenty out there as it was the closing record @ Paradise Garage and a major Larry Levan fave........she's actually slightly flat in places but it's a great record.......... Ian D

As per usual another swop through 5 decades of glorious Soul Music spanning all eras which the usual doses of irrelevant chatter in between myself and Alan Champ...... .......enjoy! Ist Hour Thelma Houston – I'm Here Again Thelma Houston & Diana Ross – Don't Leave Me This Way/Love Hangover - Mix The Fatback Band – (Do The) Spanish Hustle – America Latina Remix The Trammps – Where Were You When The Lights Went Out – Jski Remix Touch – Me & You The Nobles - Jealousy Chic – What About Me M.C.B. – I'm The One, You're The One Tata Vega & G.C. Cameron – (I've Got My) Second Wind 2nd Hour Skip Mahoney & The Casuals – Running Away From Love Lee Garrett – Heart Be Still The Modulations – I Can't Fight Your Love Jack Ashford – I'll Fly To Your Open Arms Jean Wells – What Have I Got To Lose Solid Solution – Don't Ask Me Sundray Tucker – If It Was Me Cissy Houston – The Long And Winding Road Willie Tee – Reach Out For Me Esther Williams – Ready For Love 'Sweet' Charles Sherrell – Why Can't I Be Treated Like A Man General Johnson & The Chairmen – Don't Walk Away Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr – You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) The Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love – Henry Street Remix https://www.sixmillio...3-Starpoint.mp3 I'll be up in Blackpool next weekend but will be phoning Al from the site for a Weekender Report so make sure you catch us LIVE every Sunday between 2.00 – 4.00 pm on www.starpointradio.com. Laters All! Ian D

Doug Fowlkes & The Airedales then? or maybe Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band? Ian D

Rocky Roberts & The Airedales.....? Ian D

Coming up LIVE @ 2.00-4.00pm this Sunday afternoon, come along and join the friendliest crowd on t'internet for another episode of the Original Mastercuts Show on www.starpointradio.com - presenting a seasonal special this week with the original duo of Ian D and Alan Champ doin' it LIVE again! Yep, that's 3 weeks in a row folks because we love you.......... As per usual we'll be sweeping through the last 4 decades of glorious Soul Music for a 2 hour session packed to the seams with some of the greatest music ever released whilst being presented by two jocular hosts talking crap to a buzzing 'lil crowd of regulars on a BEAUTIFUL Sunday afternoon! Yep, I can't think of anywhere else we'd rather be......apart from actually being out there and mingling....... So coming up tomorrow......... Thelma Houston * Thelma Houston & Diana Ross * The Fatback Band * The Trammps * Touch * The Nobles * Chic * M.C.B. * Rick James * Skip Mahoney & The Casuals * Lee Garrett * The Modulations * Jack Ashford * Jean Wells * Solid Solution * Sundray Tucker * Cissy Houston * Willie Tee * Esther Williams * Charles Sherrell * General Johnson & The Chairmen * Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr * The Spinners See you @ 2.00pm! Ian D

Whoops, almost forgot to post last weeks playlist! Ist Hour Maryann Farra & Satin Soul - Stoned Out of My Mind Love Machine - Very Special Moment The Temptations - I'm Here - Remix The Sounds of Blackness - God Is Love Hard Soul featuring Ron Carroll - Back Together Carolyn Crawford - If You Move You Lose Teddy Pendergrass & Stephanie Mills - Take Me In Your Arms Tonight Vernon Burch - Never Can Find a Way Eloise Laws - Love Ain't Easy R & J Stone - A Little Late For Love Crystal Winds Love Ain't Easy Cissy Houston - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 2nd Hour Hall & Oates - Storm Warning Al Kent - The Way You've Been Acting Lately Edwin Starr - I Have Faith In You The 5th Dimension - Don't You Hear Me Calling Ronnie McNeir - I'm So Thankful The Chi-Lites - You'll Never Be Sorry Executive Jam - I Want You Back In My Arms Again Al Hudson & The Soul Partners - Trying To Prove My Love To You Brainstorm - Waiting For Something Fat Larry's Band - Like To Get To Know You Better Candy Bowman - Since I Found You George Benson - This Masquerade Remix Harvey Mason - Til You Take My Love Aretha Franklin - One Step Ahead Featurecast Remix https://www.sixmillio...7-Starpoint.mp3 See ya next week! Ian D

Truer words were never spake. Many of the first wave of 60's acts were R'n'B/Blues & Soul enthusiasts from the Beatles/Stones/Animals/Yardbirds/Who through to Bowie/Bolan and Elton John, so not surprising really. I am surprised that he's credited with doing that INCREDIBLE piano playing on "This Will Be A Night To Remember" though! That's one of my favourite piano riffs ever. In all the time I ran Salsoul UK I never knew that. Completely logical though. After all, the Spinners did the background vocals on "Are You Ready For Love"........... I'm sure Rob was just being a bit crusty - he doesn't like anything unless it was recorded in Detroit in the 60's! Ian D

That doesn't surprise me. He certainly cleaned out some shops in L.A. in the early 70's - at one point he had 250,000 records in his personal collection and a lot of that was from shops he visited on his first few U.S. tours. I went to several shops around South Central and asked if anyone from the UK had been there before and got told The Rolling Stones in the late 60's and Elton John in the early 70's! Ian D

Maybe this guy.......? James Mokulani Young January 25, 1942-May 21, 2009 James Mokulani Young has entered into an eternal life with our Lord. He was a professional entertainer in Hawai'i and the mainland, a song writer, a recording artist and a member of the group Haleakala. Recently, he has provided 'ukulele classes at the Lanakila Senior Center. He is survived by sons Scott, Jimmy & Allan and one daughter, Kelly & grandchildren; brother, Mike Imaikalani (Peggy) Young; sisters, Kaui (Thomas) Ramos, Kapua (Baba) Kaho'oilihala; Kie (Vernon) Dias, Pomai (Kalei) Kaolulo, Deborah (Richard) Soares & Aulani Ho'omanawanui; cousins, nieces, nephews, one uncle & two aunts. Services will be held at the Elk's Club on Saturday, June 27 from 9am-1pm. Ian D

Well done Pete! May you and the family be blessed with good karma throughout the future. And best of luck Johnny. I hope everything works out in the new year and things straighten up for you. Happy New Year to all on S.S. Ian D

It's a dead cert read for Publishers Paul! It really goes into the creation of each song and the interaction between the writers, arrangers and producers etc. A cracking read for anyone into the Golden era of New York songwriting......... Ian D

If anyone's interested, I stumbled into a tremendous Hendrix collection about 9 months ago and it's been sat here ever since gathering dust. I didn't want to split it up as there's 32 albums there, mostly originals and rare oddball European labels (maybe some early rare presses) and it's got all his Soul stuff in there too. Original UK London, Polydor and Track pressings plus the Rainbow Bridge soundtrack which is rare. Anyone wanna make me an offer for the lot? I'd rather they went to a Hendrix fan......... Here's the titles:- Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight - Get That Feeling U.K. London SH-8349 Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight - Strange Things U.K. London SH-8369 Jimi Hendrix feat Curtis Knight- Before The Deluge German Emidisc C048-50780 Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight- The Eternal Fire Of Hallmark SHM 732 Jimi Hendrix & Little Richard - Friends From The Beginning U.K. Ember EMB 3434 Jimi Hendrix - Looking Back With U.K. Ember EMB 3428 Jimi Hendrix - Cosmic Turnaround U.K. Audio Fidelity AFELP 1002 Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix U.S. Springboard SP-4010 Jimi Hendrix - Birth Of Success U.K. Music For Pleasure MFP 50053 Jimi Hendrix - In The Beginning U.K. Everest CBR 1031 Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix Live German HOR ZU SHZE 293 Jimi Hendrix - In Concert U.S. Springboard SPB-4031 Jimi Hendrix - Tomorrow Never Knows German Happybird B-90166 Jimi Hendrix - Guitar Giants Vol 3 Belgium Babylon DB 80022 Jimi Hendrix - Countdown Series U.K. Dakota Count 10 Jimi Hendrix - 20 Golden Pieces Of Jimi Hendrix U.K. Bulldog BDL 2010 Jimi Hendrix - For Real UK DJM DJLMD8011 Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsies U.K. Track 2406 002 Jimi Hendrix - War Heroes U.K. Polydor 2302 020 Jimi Hendrix - War Heroes U.K. Polydor SPELP 4 Jimi Hendrix - Midnight Lightning U.S. Reprise MS 2229 Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge U.K. Reprise K44159 Jimi Hendrix - A Man Of Our Time Vol 2 Italian Napoleon NLP11018 Jimi Hendrix - Hornet's Nest U.S. Nardem 001 Jimi Hendrix - Starportrait German Polydor 2672 002 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced UK Track 2407 010 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love UK Track 2407 011 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits UK Polydor 2310 268 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland UK Track 613 008/9 Jimi Hendrix - Nine To The Universe UK Polydor Super POLS 1023 Jimi Hendrix - Isle Of Wight U.K. Polydor 2302 016 SUPER Jimi Hendrix - Loose Ends U.K. Polydor 2310 301 SUPER PM me if interested or if you know someone who can use 'em.......I need the space! Ian D

Funnily enough I'm just reading about how the song was written in an excellent book called "Always Magic In The Air" by Ken Emerson - the story of the Brill Building era in New York. It covers the history of such songwriters as Burt Bacharch, Hal David, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. Classic songwriting era! It turns out that the original Tommy Hunt version of "I Just Know What To Do With Myself" was ignored by Florence Greenberg as she never liked Tommy Hunt in the first place and Luther Dixon (the guy who signed Tommy to Sceptre) had left the company by then so she never bothered promoting it. Dusty Springfield had the first hit with it in the U.K. in 1964, so Cissy doing a cover circa '69 would suggest that there was probably a bit of competition going on between Cissy and Dusty as suggested earlier....... Ian D

Out of curiosity, did Simon also supply Selectadisc with bulk loads of assorted records as well as the pressings? I'm wondering where else Selectadisc would have sourced from other than Simon? Also, talking of Nottingham, where did all the Ila Vann's "You Made Me This Way" come from? I know they came from Nottingham originally but I'm not sure if it was Selectadisc.......... Ian D

Don't rub it in Dave! Ian D

OK Daryl, that'll be London, Barnsley and Hull then! Blimey. Has it ever been booted then? Ian D

I think it could have easily slipped through the net though Sean. Cissy's Janus stuff was veering too much to the M.O.R. side for most Northern sensibilities (my own included) so nobody was championing Cissy Houston much in the 70's. I loved her vocals but nothing bar "Bring Him Back" from the 60's would have been remotely playable in the early era. She also made a bunch of pretty naff Disco fodder in the 70's so she really wasn't right up there with the 'must-hears' for most folk. She kind off missed the way a bit really. Thelma pretty much took over in the 70's and Whitney stole the 80's....... In fact, as I said, the only way I heard it was via listening to "The Long And Winding Road" again and wanting to specifically check-out her other stuff from that era. That's the first time I heard "IJDKWTDWM" and couldn't believe that I'd never heard it before unusual as it seems (bear in mind I wasn't around much in the 80's and 90's so there's a big knowledge gap in some of those years). I mean it's almost 40 years since it was released - you've probably got tons of stuff like this which some young (and not so young) ears may not have heard yet mate. I got to say that there's really nothing much else from that album that sounds Northern to me but this would have done the trick for me if I'd heard it out for sure! The next thing you'll be telling me is that there's some killer unknown Joe Simon tunes.............. Speak soon! Ian D

Yep, it sure sounds like a 100 Club record for sure Ady. Mmm. London and Barnsley then? Any other takers.......? Great night t'other night mate! Saw tons of the old Yorkshire crowd down there but had to leave early to meet up with the Mother-In-Law so that put paid to that LOL........ Ian D

Sometimes that's the mark of an enduring record though Mike. I can clearly remember Dean Parrish, Gerri Granger and Tobi Legend clearing the floor many a time until they got established....... Ian D

Yep. That's the one John. Well remembered! Interesting shop. I was going through a mad 12" collecting mentality at the time so I wasn't totally focussed on 45's so it was happy accident that I found 'em - I never did go through the place properly. Did you find anything there? Ian D

Very classy. The label credits alone kind give it away - Bacharch/David tune (the greatest songwriters of all time IMO) and one Charles Koppelman in the production credits - he went on to run EMI music but had been around since the late 50's so presumably knew a good tune when he heard one! In fact here's 'lil biography from the Cigar Aficionado Website LOL..... https://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,825,00.html I presume that this was probaby recorded in '69 then? Either way, those PYE copies are probably rarer than people may think. She never had any promotion or airplay in the UK at the time so there was no big demand so there's not that many of 'em floating around......... Worth snapping up methinks..... Ian D

Talking of which, does anyone remember any of those cut-out record shops that used to take over a town centre shop and knock out U.S. albums @ 25p a pop? One turned up in Leeds with TONS of incredible titles. Lots of Curtom, Casablanca, Boardwalk and other cut-outs probably around '77-'78. I actually ended up buying hundreds of albums from 'em - I even put a small ad in Echoes with Parliament, Jeanie Reynolds and other album titles at the time. You'd never know where one of these type of shops would appear. They'd often open overnight and close down as quickly. There were quite a few in London in the 80's as well. I remember a fantastic haul of cut-out import P&P and other small label 12"'s in a Berwick Street shop in the 80's - 1000's of 'em. Co-incidentally, the same 12"'s would become hugely collectible some 20 years later and would virtually be hung in Reckless @ £100 or £200 apiece despite the fact that the vast bulk of 'em could have been found just yards away some 20 years earlier for pennies. Fate goes full circle, what goes around comes around etc, etc And talking of the Bostocks penetration of the UK, I worked @ Island Records in Chiswick in the late 80's and popped into Chiswick for a sandwich one lunchtime and noticed a tiny Rock N' Roll type shop packed to the gill with 45's. I just presumed that everything in there would be Rock N' Roll or Pop but popped in anyway. Lo and behold, they had a boxful of MGM/Verve stuff which could have originally come from Bostocks 'cos virtually everythng was in there - all the Spyder Turner, Howard Tate, Kim Westons, Tymes, Shalimars, Triumphs, April Stevens, Dottie Cambridge etc, etc but also I found promos of The Embers and The Velours which I'd never found in Bradford. So maybe an ex UK record company bloke from the 60's unloading a bunch of his old U.S. sample stock or the long arm of Bostock's again? I'm beginning to think that the vast majority of everything on MGM and Verve ended up in the UK 'cos I never saw much of it in the U.S. at all come to think of it...........that early Bostocks hit probably cleared all of their overstocks in one fell swoop! Ian D

I know but I did go the 100 Club party t'other night if that counts........ Don't know that Sweet Inspirations either so you may have a point...... Ian D