Ian Dewhirst

Damn! That made me spray my cornflakes all over my laptop LOL..... You owe me for a new laptop now Dave! Ian D

Yep Asian corner shops for those beat up UK Spark copies of Wigan's Ovation and Wigan's Chosen Few which Imberboy loves so much................. Ian D

And old Selecta Top 500 pressings played in the Lidl car park and super-duper high-end mega rare one offs played in the Champagne and Oyster bar @ Harvey Nichols. That should sort the wood from the chaff I say........... Ian D

LOL, a perfect metaphore Rod. I still get flashbacks from his story about Saddam Hussein's brother being a big Northern collector wind-up....... Ian D

"The Devil Made Me Do It" - Robert Upchurch "The Whole Town's Talking" - Billy Paul "If You Wanna Go Back" - Jean Carn "Time To Get Down" - The O'Jays "I Love Music" - The O'Jays "Be For Real" - Remix - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Ian D

Or even worse, when someone at work would ask what music I liked and I's say Northern Soul and they'd say, 'like that Wigan's Ovation that were on Top Of The Pops'............ Ian D

Yep Barney. That bloody Richard Searling. Who the hell does he think he is? Anyone would think he'd actually deejayed @ Wigan Casino the bloody opportunist! Ian D

Well Big Maybelle never had Beyonce's marketing budgets or the 60's equivalent of Jay Z squiring her for a start............. Ian D

Repeat of yesterday's ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS show coming up today @ 5.00pm on www.starpointradio.com. Tune in - it's rockin'! Ian D

It's not. Scenes whither and die unless they're constantly evolving and appealing to new audiences. Personally I think the more younger people and fresh enthusiasts the Northern Soul scene gets then the better in many ways. I think that there is a healthy interest in Northern Soul from younger people but they don't necessarily want to be embroiled in the politics of the scene or be constantly around people who are 30 years older than them (would you when you were 20?). Nothing would be worse for the scene than it diminishing to a room above a pub where a few old blokes talk about records for hours and deride any younger people for their lack of knowledge. The Northern Soul scene was built on energetic dancing and you mostly get that from young enthusiastic dancers who have the necessary energy to sustain the dancefloor. So bring 'em on. They should be welcomed with open arms IMO....... Ian D

Trust you to remember the colour of the label! Ian D

OK, no streaming problems this week thank God, so we have a full download on what we hope is a cracking show! Some real killers on this week " check out the PHENOMENAL brand new version of Joe Smooth¢Å¾¢s ..."Promised Land plus a FANTASTIC remix of Harold Melvin¢Å¾¢s 1972 classic ..."Be For Real which kicks ass! Also a big hello to Dara Lovett, who contacted the show because we played her brother¢Å¾¢s record a few months back, so here it is again Dara and R.I.P. Bobby. Also featured a few tracks from the various CD swaps of the moment so thanks to Andy Bellwood, Heather Duff and Tony Ray for their input. More to come in the following weeks! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 14th June 2009 on everyone¢Å¾¢s favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. 1st Hour DJ Meme Orchestra feat Rachel Claudio " Any Love " Dimitri From Paris Mix The Collective Vs Peyton " Promised Land " DJ Meme Purple Club Mix Marquito " Around Love " Original 12 Mix Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes " Be For Real - Remix Rose Royce " Still In Love Bobby Lovett " All My Love Delight " Is It Too Late Stephanie Mills " You¢Å¾¢re Puttin¢Å¾¢ A Rush On Me Lenny White " Didn¢Å¾¢t Know About Love ("¹í…"Til I Found You) Marvin Gaye - Praise 2nd Hour Barbara St Clair " Teacher Man The Jackson 5 " I Wanna Be Where You Are Bobby Walls & Company " Just You And Me Main Ingredient " Work To Do Evie Sands " One Thing On My Mind Richard Popcorn Wylie " I Can Take The World On Friday, Saturday, Sunday " It Must Be Something David Porter " I Don¢Å¾¢t Know Why I Love You Gary Glenn " Torch For You Teena Marie " Ooh La La La Koffee Brown feat B-12 " Weekend Thing Jody Watley - Candlelight Blacknuss " Roll With Me Lisa Shaw - Honey https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-...4-Starpoint.mp3 As per usual thanks to everyone for listening " Sunday afternoon¢Å¾¢s continue to be a gas and the best natured crowd in radioland so thanks a bunch to everyone! Laters All¦¦.. Best, Ian D

Coming up between 2.00 - 4.00 pm on Sunday 14th June another sterling edition of the ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS show with Ian D playing across the eras and chit-chatting away ten to the dozen on everyone's favourite station www.starpointradio.com! Featuring..... DJ Meme Orchestra feat Rachel Claudio * The Collective Vs Peyton * Marquito * Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Rose Royce * Bobby Lovett * Delight * Stephanie Mills * Lenny White * Marvin Gaye * Barbara St Clair * The Jackson 5 * Main Ingredient * Evie Sands * Richard Popcorn Wylie * Friday, Saturday, Sunday * Sideshow * David Porter * Gary Glenn * Teena Marie * Koffee Brown feat B-12 * Jody Watley * The Max feat Xavier * Blacknuss * Lisa Shaw See you @ 2.00pm sharp LOL..... Ian D

It's aiming at a different market Matt. The sales of a compilation which reflects what is currently being played might sell 500-1000 copies if that, whereas 101 Northern Soul Anthems I think will do around 30K in the next 4 weeks - that's why they're TV advertising it. The audience for 101 Northern Soul Anthems will be anywhere from 15-65 and much more casual buyers. At the price it's a real bargain and anyone who has even been slightly into Northern Soul for the last 40 years will probably buy it and relive their youth from their armchairs LOL.... Also I think the comps you mentioned had a balance of older established tunes and a smattering of stuff that was currently being played at the time, but none of them sold in vast quantities and were mostly only stocked in specialist stores at the time, but all great albums anyway. Also, I truly believe that the early to mid 70's audience was probably in the region of at least 100K plus. These would include about 80% 'casual' fans who maybe went to a couple of nighters and then just dropped into their local Northern nights occasionally. This explains why records like "Love On A Mountain Top", "Ghost In My House", "You Sexy Sugar Plum" etc could actually get in the charts at the time. So this album's 100% pitched at almost anyone who has dipped their toes into Northern Soul over the last 40 years and doesn't mind shelling out £12.00 to get 101 oldie anthems at their local Morrisons. Or people who liked the Duffy and Amy Winehouse records. I think they'll clean up. But don't confuse this audience with the few thousand fans who go to today's nighters and gigs which play current rarities, very few of which will be interested in this CD anyway. Horses for courses really....... Ian D

I don't think anyone should confuse this with an album which is being aimed at a hardcore Northern Soul or even Soul market. If Morrisons are paying top whack for a TV ad in Corrie then they'll need to shift circa 25-30K units over the next couple of weeks to cover the cost of the ad campaign. My guess is that they'll be targeting the same audience which bought the Sony Northern Soul Story albums which sold in droves predominently through the major supermarket chains and Richard knows this - he has access to the figures and knows that the audience is out there. There are potentially 60K people out there who will buy a competitively priced Northern Soul CD in their local supermarket and that's the market that this is aimed towards. It's in the same catergory as any kind of 'Best-Of' whether it's 60's Pop, 70's Disco, 80's Rap or 90's Rave and presumably there's enough 'casual' buyers and lapsed ex Northern Soulers to make it a commercial success. This TV advertised compilation area is a minefield. An interesting thing happened in the 90's when a budget-priced 'Two-Tone/Mod Revival' CD was available for £5.99 and TV advertised "Ska Revival' album with similar artwork and an almost identical track-listing was available for £14.99. The cheap CD didn't sell and the TV advertised one sold 80K. Go figure........ Ian D

LOL, it's not bad considering the source material! I think I was blocked from using "Sweet Sherry" and some of the other obvious stuff at the time and PYE were in a real hurry to get the bugger out..... It did however spawn a lifetime of producing compilations, most of which I'm pretty happy with. How did you get on at that shop by the way? Find any goodies? Ian D

My apologies Tony, Universal's handywork:- "Soulsville Sings Hitsville" - Stax Sings Songs Of Motown Records https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soulsville-Sings-H...s/dp/B000ULQVHU Not great LOL. Ian D

It could be worse Miff. 35 years ago a crap group called Wigan's Ovation were in the charts with "Skiing In The Snow" and Northern Soul dancers were dancing to "Footsee" on Top Of The Pops - one of the most watched TV shows in the UK at the time. At least with this package the music's decent! Ian D

No download this week as we had a problem with the streaming this week dammit! Anyway here's what was played........... Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 7th June 2009 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. 1st Hour Ron Hall & The Motherfunkaz - The Way You Love Me - Tom Moulton Mix Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby Come To Me - Jay J Remix Tyrone Dixon feat John Davis - Bring It Back Dawn Tallman - Who Can I Run To - Bam's Vocal Mix Glenn Jones - Finesse Krystol - After The Dance Is Through Raydio - More Than One Way To Love A Woman Barbara Mason - Don't It Ever Cross Your Mind Sometime Barry & Glodean White - I Want You Perry & Sanlin - Off & On Your Love 2nd Hour LTG Exchange - Keep On Trying Debbie Taylor - Just Don't Pay The Pioneers - My Good Friend James Alice Clark - Don't You Care Ike Perkins - When The Bottom Falls Out Jean Shy - What Can I Do, I'm So In Love Lee Garrett - See The Love In Your Eyes Lowrell - Mellow Mellow Right On Martine Girault - Revival Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You A Little Bit More Baby Tiffany Villareal - You, Yourself & You Peace Of Mind - Heaven In Your Eyes As per usual thanks to everyone for listening - Sunday afternoon's are always a gas! Laters All........ Best, Ian D

LOL, the Navi ay? Had many a decent night in there in the 70's LOL. I even had a fling with the landlady back in the day........ I gave you a shout around 3.15pm but we lost the stream so the download will be delayed slightly but should be up by Tuesday hopefully..... Ian D

LOL, at least I had a place to kip LOL. Will play a tune for you and Ollie and thanks for the lift mate! Ian D

How about the P.J. Proby/Idle Few versions of "People That's Why" and in fact the P.J. Proby/Vogues versions of "That's The Tune"? I presume the P.J. Proby versions were first.........? Ian D

Well it wasn't exactly 2 weeks off. It was more like a none-stop marathon around the U.K, with me attempting to catch a bit of sleep in-between events and being booted out of hotels for 'unruly behaviour' LOL! So following 2 lectures in Bristol and Brighton, the Luxury Soul Weekender in Birmingham and the North Lancs Soul Festival in Morcambe I'm only just recovering! Note to self: must pace myself better in future! But hey - what a 2 weeks for music! I'm fired up for the next year's worth of Original Mastercuts shows now. So much stuff to listen to as well...... So back in the saddle behind the wheels of steel again for the first time in 3 weeks folks and boy do we have a show for you coming up LIVE @ 2.00 pm this Sunday afternoon - Soulful KILLERS all the way folks....... Ron Hall & The Motherfunkaz * Patti Austin & James Ingram * Tyrone Dixon feat John Davis* Dawn Tallman * Glenn Jones * Krystol * Raydio * Barbara Mason* Barry & Glodean White * Perry & Sanlin * LTG Exchange * Debbie Taylor * The Pioneers * Alice Clark * Ike Perkins * Jean Shy * Lee Garrett * Lowrell * Martine Girault * Barry White * Tiffany Villareal * Peace Of Mind See you @ 2.00! Ian D

Yep, that sounds par for the course LOL. Don't know where I got the energy for 2 all-nighters and an all-dayer every weekend then a shagging marathon on the Sunday night. No wonder I was always knackered 'til the following Thursday............ Ian D

Have to agree with you there Pete. That's what happened when Dave Godin rang up in '74 asking if I wanted to compile a Northern Soul Stax LP! I said yes, of course, and then I realised I wasn't exactly working with the best core material. I'd rather have done the Southern one to be honest......and I was equally as scathing when Ace brought out the recent Stax meets Motown comp........ Ian D