Ian Dewhirst

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

This week a very, very hung-over and knackered Ian D broadcasted LIVE for a beautiful Sunday afternoon session from the Luxury Soul Weekender @ Birmingham. Not pretty LOL.... There's a bit of a streaming issue on a couple of tracks but otherwise OK for an outside broadcast and definitely gets better the further you get in if you 'scuse the expression......... Anyway, the sun was shining and everyone had the chance to sit on the terrace, soak up some Soulful Sunday afternoon killers and wonder if life could be any better as we do the usual Original Mastercuts trawl through the various eras touching on some pumping House, smooth 80's, Oddballs and Oddities, Modern Soul, Crossover, Vintage Soul and some pure Soulful delights from the last few years. Something for everyone hopefully! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst live from the Birmingham Hilton on Sunday 24th May 2009 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. To download the show simply hit the link below! Or for this and all archived shows please pay a visit to www.sixmillionsteps.com where you can download the last 4 weeks worth of all Six Million Steps produced shows. That's 16 hours of free music over the last 4 weeks plus loads of new fully downloadable KILLER mixes in a variety of styles! So let's go with this week's show:- 1st Hour Randy Crawford - All I Do Satoshi Tomiie feat Arnold Jarvis - And I Loved You Alex Latimore - Rush Hour Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz - The Way You Love Me - Tom Moulton Mix Willie Hutch - Talk To Me Gene Chandler - All About The Paper Dolette McDonald - (Xtra) Special The Manhattans - C'est La Vie The Latest - Just Starting Over Kaiya - What You Trying To Do 2nd Hour Bobby Womack - Daylight The Anvil Band - I'll Be True Denise LaSalle - Here I Am Again The Fabulous Kays - Is It Too Late Terry Callier - Look At Me Now Dave Love - Baby Hard Times Bill Brandon - Whatever I Am (I'm Yours) Five Special - The More I Get To Know You - Remix Dennis Edwards & Janine Campisi - Don't Look Any Further Tameka Starr - Going In Circles - L.T.J Soul Invention Remix Tiffany Villareal - You, Yourself & You Anne Nesby - I Can't Explain It Love Unlimited Orchestra/Brownstone - Love's Theme/If You Love Me - Atomix Mix https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-...4-Starpoint.mp3 Catch some of you in Morecambe this coming weekend! Laters All........ Best, Ian D

Probably is but the promo looks beautiful! "It's All Been Said Before" is a monster waiting to happen......... Ian D

Will do Baz. I'm pretty sure I've got a handle on what you like....... Ian D

Agreed. We were spoilt with the sheer quality of these two - two of the most successful 'themed' Soul albums ever made. Early Millie never disappoints........ Ian D

I've got some other bits and pieces up on Discogs but I think these are probably the ones which will appeal to an older Soul audience. I'm still going through stuff so when I have a mo I'll stick some more up. I do have thousands of 45's which I still haven't got round to sticking up yet with quite a bit of Deep stuff in there so If I see any up your street I'll give you a shout...... In the meantime it may be worth having a trawl through here all LP's and 12"'s that I've listed to date (if you don't mind wading through a lot of Disco, Jazz-Funk and Commercial gear: https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=Mastercuts Best, Ian D

LOL, virtually two of the best-ever albums for wrist-slashing, gut-wrenching Soul Baz and obviously they should be in every collection! Both original UK Polydors too ya lucky bugger.......glad they're going to a decent home! Will PM ya..... Ian D

There may be a few in here Baz - just having a clear down.....I'll even bung you a 20% discount if ya need any of 'em....... Artist Albums:- Angelo Bond "Bondage" US ABC Promo ABCD 889 VG+ (writing on cover but vinyl perfect) £6.00 Vernon Burch "I'll Be Your Sunshine" UK U.A. 29743 M (UK Copy Rare) £20.00 The Chi-Lites "Chi-Litetime" - The Very Best Of The Chi-Lites" UK London SHU 8520 M £5.00 The Chi-Lites "Greatest Hits" UK Brunswick BRLS 3003 M £5.00 Lou Courtney "I'm In Need Of Love" UK Soul Brother LP SBCS 2 M £5.00 Lamont Dozier "Right There" UK Warner Bros BS 2929 M £8.00 The Dramatics "Best Of The Dramatics" UK Stax STX 1047 M- £8.00 The Dramatics "The Dramatic Jackpot" US ABC ABCD 867 M £6.00 The Dramatics "Drama V" US ABC ABCL 5150 VG+ £8.00 The Four Tops "Greatest Hits" UK Tamla Motown STML 11061 G £4.00 Aretha Franklin "Ten Years Of Gold" US Atlantic SD 18204 M £5.00 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell "Greatest Hits" European Tamla Motown WL72103 M £4.00 Al Green "Greatest Hits" UK London SHU 8481 M £6.00 Al Green "Call Me" UK London SHU 8457 M £8.00 Al Green "Al" UK Beechwood Music Promo AGREELP 1 M £4.00 Donny Hathaway "The Best Of Donny Hathaway" UK Atlantic K50525 M £10.00 The Isley Brothers "Super Hits" UK Tamla Motown STMA 8024 M (with brilliant Motown 45 Sleeve) £8.00 Millie Jackson "Caught Up" UK Polydor 2391 147 VG+ £5.00 Millie Jackson "Still Caught Up" UK Polydor 2391 183 VG+ £5.00 Millie Jackson "Free & In Love" UK Polydor 2391 215 VG (slight kink in sleeve but otherwise OK) £8.00 Janice "Janice" US Fantasy MPF 4523 M £5.00 Eddie Kendricks "Eddie Kendricks" US Tamla T327L M £6.00 Eddie Kendricks "At His Best" UK Tamla Motown Promo STML 12080 M £8.00 Gladys Knight & The Pips "Everybody Needs Love" UK Tamla Motown STMS 5039 M- (containing "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone") £10.00 Gladys Knight & The Pips "Memories Of The Way We Were" Dbl LP UK Buddah BDLD 2004 VG £3.00 LTG Exchange "LTG Exchange" UK RCA SF8420 M (UK Copy Rare) £30.00 The Miracles "City Of Angels" UK Tamla Motown STML 12010 M- £5.00 The O'Jays "In Philadelphia" UK Epic SEPC 65469 VG+ (contains "One Night Affair", "Looky Looky", "Deeper" etc - plain white sleeve) £6.00 The O'Jays "Collectors Items: Greatest Hits" UK Philadelphia International SPIR 86058 M £4.00 David Ruffin "At His Best" UK Tamla Motown Stickered Promo STML 12079 M £6.00 Joe Simon "Love Vibrations" US Spring SP -1-6720 VG+ £3.00 Edwin Starr "Soul Master" UK Tamla Motown TML 11094 VG (all the Ric Tic Goodies & "My Weakness Is You") £6.00 The Temptations "Anthology" (2LP) UK Tamla Motown Stickered Promo TMSP 6003 M £6.00 The Temptations "All The Million Sellers" US Motown M5-212V1 M £4.00 Jackie Wilson "Greatest Hits" UK Brunswick BRLS 3004 M £6.00 Bobby Womack "Bobby Womack's Greatest Hits" US United Artists UA-LA346G M £5.00 Bobby Womack "Greatest Hits" US Liberty LN 10171 M £5.00 Bobby Womack "Somebody Special" UK Liberty Stickered Promo EG26 0250 1 M £5.00 Bobby Womack "The Poet" UK Motown STML 12168 M £5.00 Bobby Womack "The Poet 2" US Beverly Glen BG 10003 M £8.00 Some Compilations:- Various Artists "Disco-Trek" UK Atlantic K30056 M £30 Rare UK pressing containing Tom Moulton mixes on Blue Magic "Look Me Up", Sons Of Robin Stone "Got To Get You Back", Sister Sledge "Mama Never Told Me", Clyde Brown "You Call Me Back", Jackie Moore "Time", Sweet Inspirations "This World", The Valentinos "I Can Understand It" and United 8 "Getting Uptown (To Get Down)" Various Artists "Chelsea Chartbusters" UK Chelsea Super 2306 111 M £10.00 Containing Linda Carr & The Love Squad, Dee Clark, Lulu, New York City, William Devaughn, Disco Tex and Jim Gilstrap tracks Various Artists "Hot Wax Greatest Hits" US Hot Wax HA-710 M £10.00 Containing Honey Cone "Want Ads" & "Stick Up", 100% Proof (Aged In Soul) "Somebody's Been Sleepin'", "Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)" & "90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)", Flaming Ember "Mind Body & Soul", "Westbound No.9" & "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper", Laura Lee "Women's Love Rights" and Silent Majority "Frightened Girl" Various Artists "The Mercury Mobile Discotheque" UK Mercury 6338 153 M £30.00 Rare UK pressing containing Jerry Butler "One Night Affair", Marion Love "I Want To Do (everything For You)", Chuck Brooks "Baby Please Don't Set Me Free", Bill Brandon "Stop This Merry Go Round", Mark 1V "Honey I Still Love You", Prince Harold "Forget About Me", Krystal Generation "Wanted Dead Or Alive", Newby & Johnson "Sweet Happiness", Joe Tex "I Gotcha", Bobby Hebb "Love Love Love", Don Covay "Overtime Man", Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager "Ain't Understanding Mellow", Bill Brandon "I Am Free Of Your Love" and Jimmy Castor "Bang Bag" Postage: UK & NORTHERN IRELAND LPs £3.00 and £1.00 each thereafter. EUROPE LPs £4.00 and £1.50 thereafter UNITED STATES & REST OF WORLD LPs £5.50 and £2.50 thereafter. All records will be shipped in a well-packaged professional standard cardboard record mailers. Happy hunting. Ian D

You can say that again! 60 odd CD's burned since the weekend. Final 10 on the Northern one going out today! Ian D

A nice retro feel to kick off the show this week and then we're into the usual trawl through the various eras touching on some vintage Disco, pumping House, smooth 80's, Oddballs and Oddities, Modern Soul, Crossover, Vintage Soul and some pure Soulful delights from the last few years. Something for everyone hopefully! Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 17th May 2009 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. To download the show simply hit the link below! Or for this and all archived shows please pay a visit to www.sixmillionsteps.com where you can download the last 4 weeks worth of all Six Million Steps produced shows. That's 16 hours of free music over the last 4 weeks plus loads of new fully downloadable KILLER mixes in a variety of styles! So let's go with this week's show:- 1st Hour Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr - Shine On Silver Moon - Glen Rivera Mix Barbara St Clair - Teacher Man - Atomix Re-Edit DJ Genesis - Tonight Phil Perry - Amazing Love Visions - Coming Home - DT Mix Manhattan Transfer - Spice Of Life Collage - Romeo & Juliet Change - Warm Armed Gang - You The Trammps - Shine A Light 2nd Hour The Miracles - Overture The Temprees - At Last Ronnie Walker - Magic's In The Air Millie Jackson - A House For Sale Maurice Jackson - Lucky Fellow Lee McDonald - We've Only Just Begun Jeffree - Call On Me Nina Simone - To Love Somebody Bobby Womack - I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much Malik Pendleton - You Remind Me G.L.O. - Don't Take Me For Granted Karl Frierson - Ten Minutes Art N' Soul - Dog N' Me April Hill - The Search https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-...7-Starpoint.mp3 As per usual thanks to everyone for listening - Sunday afternoon's are always a gas! Hopefully I'll catch some of you on the road over the next couple of weekends @ Birmingham and Morecambe! Laters All........ Best, Ian D

Funnily enough he was on TV AM last year on one of the rare occasions when I happened to be watching and they invited viewers to e-mail with any questions so I actually sent 'em an e-mail asking about "Can't Help Loving You" but they declined to answer me LOL....a shame as it would've been interesting to get a response. To this day it's still one of the greatest orchestrated productions I've ever heard........ If only the Invitations had been singing it instead....... Ian D

Mine going out tomorrow! Ian D

Please give him my regards next time you talk to him. The last time I bumped into Andy was in a record shop in Camden in the 80's. He was always an intelligent guy as was Psycho from Leeds, who was my best mate in the 80's but I haven't seen hide nor hair of either of 'em since......... Ian D

Paul Anka "I Can't Help Loving You" Dean Parrish "Determination", "Tell Her" and "Bricks, Broken Bottles & Sticks" Bobby Paris "Personally" and "Night Owl" Sharon Macmahon "Get Out Of My Life" and "When Will Love Come To Me" Dusty Springfield "Son Of A Preacher Man" and "What's It Gonna Be" Ian D

Loads. That was half the fun when records were cheap enough that you could take some chances. Best period was the early 70's when you could buy 20 U.S. cut-out 45's for a quid or get Soul Packs for a similar price! Some I have bought blind include Willie Hutch "The Duck"/"Love Runs Out", Lenny Curtis "Nothing Can Help You Now", Al DeLory "Right On", The Pointer Sisters "Send Him Back", Ronnie & Robyn "As Long As You Love Me (I'll Stay)", Si Hightower "I Know You're Leaving Me", Clyde McPhatter album with "Please Give Me One More Chance" etc, etc.... Ian D

Coming up LIVE @ 2.00pm! www.starpointradio.com. Ian D

Coming up tomorrow another regular Sunday afternoon dose of incredible Soul Music from across the eras on the ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS show LIVE @ 2.00pm....... Should be a great warm-up for the Luxury Soul Weekender in Birmingham next weekend and the North Lancs Soul Festival in Morcambe the weekend after so get yourselves in the mood and tune in on www.starpointradio.com! Coming up on this week's show....... Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr * Barbara St Clair * Phil Perry * Visions * Manhattan Transfer * Collage * Change * Armed Gang * The Trammps * The Miracles * The Temprees * Ronnie Walker * Millie Jackson * Maurice Jackson * Lee McDonald * Jeffree * Nina Simone * Dennis Lee & The Notables * Bobby Womack * Malik Pendleton * G.L.O. * Karl Frierson * Art N' Soul * April Hill See you @ 2.00! Ian D

That wouldn't be the notorious Andy Wilson from Harrogate would it? He of the long black leather coat, curly hair, constant dribble and uncompromising attitude would it................? Ian D

Yes, what an absolute pile of crud that was. I remember being in Los Angeles when it came out and watching all these poor black people rushing to the stores to get hold of a copy as the stores couldn't keep the shelves stocked up fast enough as it was the fastest-selling Motown album of all time. What on earth were they thinking? I remember thinking when I heard the lyrics to "Knocks Me Off My Feet" that you'd have to be blind to get away with lyrics like that...... Ian D

Cheers Malc! I said I'd post this a week ago but got overwhelmed with other stuff so mucho thanks! Best, Ian D

He won't go far wrong with the Wheel, Torch, Mecca, Wigan albums for the obvious ones from the early era as they're probably a good place to start - they've done incredibly well - at the last count they were up to 40k apiece - 160k total which is incredible in the current market, so they're pretty popular. However, they only reflect the Sony/BMG back catalogue so I'd add some of the obvious Kent and Goldmine releases plus that 'Soul Satisfaction' CD from Universal is pretty good too...... Ian D

Yep, loving the full record Phil. Now that I've heard the whole thing I take back the 'messy' comment. True 100% Northern Soul mate! First legal release on "I Still Love You" too! Ian D

Back in the Summer groove this week with another 2 hours of intoxicating Soul delights from across the eras! A perfect soundtrack for a Sunny Sunday afternoon or anytime in fact! As per usual we kick off with 30 minutes of uptempo House delights, followed by 30 minutes of absolute gems from the 80's, 30 minutes of Modern/Crossover/General Soul from the 70's this week and finishing off with 30 minutes of pure Soul killers from various eras. Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 10th May 2009 on everyone's favourite Soul station www.starpointradio.com. To download the show simply hit the link below! Or for this and all archived shows please pay a visit to www.sixmillionsteps.com where you can download the last 4 weeks worth of all Six Million Steps produced shows. That's 16 hours of free music over the last 4 weeks plus loads of new fully downloadable KILLER mixes in a variety of styles! So let's go with this week's show:- 1st Hour Gabriel Rene feat J. Soul - Spirit Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me - DJ Spen Remix Norma Jean Bell - The Way You Love Me Shuffle Inc - All I Do Quincy Jones feat Patti Austin - Razzamatazz Julia & Co - Breaking Down (Sugar Samba) Koko Pop - I'm In Love With You Frankie Kelly - Ain't That The Truth Fat Larry's Band - Don't Let It Go To Your Head 2nd Hour The Dramatics - I Can't Stand It Dynamic Five - One Way Or The Other Larry Saunders - On The Real Side Rosey Jones - Have Love Will Travel The Modulations - It's Rough Out Here Bobby Taylor - Don't Be Afraid Solid Solution - Don't Ask Me Randy Jackson - How Can I Be Sure Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You Glenn Jones - Everlasting Love 52nd Street - Tell Me How It Feels Dante - 7 Days Oleta Adams - Never Knew Love https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-05-10-Starpoint.mp3 As per usual thanks to everyone for listening! You're what makes it all, worthwhile! Also many thanks to Jeremy who was on technical duties this week! You're a star! See y'all next week! Best, Ian D