Ian Dewhirst

Preserve it. You can't have it both ways unfortunately. All the collectors and DJ's want MINT records and if a record has even slight wear it reduces it's value and if it's been played regularly it can half in value, so how can a record maintain it's value and audio clarity if it gets hammered to death? I cried when a record deck ruined my beautiful Morris Chestnut in 1974! I doubt if it's even audible now unless the present owner likes hearing it through a sea of hiss and crackle. There's plenty of other options these days, so why devalue what's left of the decent copies? I think the chances of the 3rd copy going to a regular DJ are minimal to be honest - it will probably go to a serious high-end specialist collector, a well-healed fan, a commercial operation or someone who wants to invest in the history of the record. Ian D

Phew, does no one buy albums anymore LOL? I've just slashed 20-30% across all titles so grab 'em before they get listed elsewhere....... All artist albums worth owning @ nice prices! Plus FREE POSTAGE on any order over £20.00 - which equates to aproximately a 20% discount! Angelo Bond "Bondage" US ABC Promo ABCD 889 VG+ (writing on cover but vinyl perfect) £8.00 Lou Courtney "I'm In Need Of Love" UK Soul Brother LP SBCS 2 M £6.00 Lamont Dozier "Right There" UK Warner Bros BS 2929 M £8.00 Lamont Dozier "Lamont" US M&M MM 104AE M £8.00 The Dramatics "Best Of The Dramatics" UK Stax STX 1047 M- £10.00 The Dramatics "The Dramatic Jackpot" US ABC ABCD 867 M £8.00 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 £6.00 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell "Greatest Hits" European Tamla Motown WL72103 M £5.00 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 Loleatta Holloway "Loleatta" UK Salsoul SZS 5513 £10.00 Honey Cone "Soulful Tapestry" US Hot Wax HA 707 VG+ (tear on gatefold border but otherwise OK) £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 £6.00 Eddie Kendricks "At His Best" UK Tamla Motown Promo STML 12080 M £8.00 Gladys Knight & The Pips "Everybod Needs Love" UK Tamla Motown STMS 5039 M- £12.00 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - "Don't Leave Me This Way" UK CBS Embassy Promo SCBS 31600 M £6.00 The Miracles "City Of Angels" UK Tamla Motown STML 12010 M- £6.00 Moment Of Truth "Moment Of Truth" US Salsoul SZS 5509 M £12.00 The O'Jays "Full Of Soul" US Sunset SUS 5222 M- (contains "Hold On", "Working On Your Case" etc) £8.00 The O'Jays "In Philadelphia" UK Epic SEPC 65469 VG+ (contains "One Night Affair", "Looky Looky", "Deeper" etc - plain white sleeve) £8.00 The O'Jays "Collectors Items: Greatest Hits" UK Philadelphia International SPIR 86058 M £4.00 Freda Payne "Deeper & Deeper" UK HDH HDH LP 005 M £5.00 Ann Peebles "I Can't Stand The Rain" UK London SHU 8468 M £8.00 David Ruffin "At His Best" UK Tamla Motown Stickered Promo STML 12079 M £8.00 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson "The Bottle" UK Audio Fidelity AFEMP 1017 M (Heavyweight Vinyl) £15.00 Joe Simon "Love Vibrations" US Spring SP -1-6720 VG+ £4.00 Skull Snaps "Skull Snaps" US GSF GSF-S-1011 G (contains "I'm Your Pimp", "My Hang Up Is You" & "Didn't I Do That To You" - cover split @ seams) £50.00 Sly & The Family Stone "Dance To The Music" US Epic E 30334 M (contains orig version of "I'll Never Fall In Love Again") £8.00 Edwin Starr "Soul Master" UK Tamla Motown TML 11094 VG (all the Ric Tic Goodies & "My Weakness Is You") £8.00 The Supremes "A' Go-Go" European Tamla Motown WL 72072 M £4.00 Johnny Taylor - "Chronicle 1968-1972" UK Stax STM 7001 (contains all the Don Davis hits) M £8.00 The Temptations "Anthology" (2LP) UK Tamla Motown Stickered Promo TMSP 6003 M £8.00 The Temptations "All The Million Sellers" US Motown M5-212V1 M £4.00 Jr Walker & The All-Stars "Hot Shot" US Soul S6-745S1 (produced by Brian Holland for HDH productions!) £8.00 Jackie Wilson "Greatest Hits" UK Brunswick BRLS 3004 M £8.00 Bobby Womack "Bobby Womack's Greatest Hits" US United Artists UA-LA346G M £6.00 Bobby Womack "Greatest Hits" US Liberty LN 10171 M £6.00 Bobby Womack "Somebody Special" UK Liberty Stickered Promo EG26 0250 1 M £6.00 Bobby Womack "The Poet" UK Motown STML 12168 M £8.00 Bobby Womack "The Poet 2" US Beverly Glen BG 10003 M £8.00 Betty Wright "Danger High Voltage" US Alston A 4400 G (cover spine split and record worn but plays OK hence the price) £6.00 Betty Wright " I Love The Way You Love" US Alson A 77002 M (contains "If You Love Me") £10.00 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 mailer PM me for orders. Best, Ian D

a few here Spike..... https://www.amazon.com/Hi-Masters-Willie-Mi...l/dp/B00000AEPU Ian D

No, can't say I have but isn't GSF such a great label? I've always liked most stuff on GSF - a real New York indie with attitude I think. Always loved the Wendell Watts too. Got it off Levine in the late 70's - such atmosphere on the record! Ian D

Would that be Eric "The Budgie Man" I wonder.......? No 'fraid not A.R.B. I don't get back there so much these days I'm afraid..... Ian D

I could have sworn I heard Ginger play Burning Bush @ Cleethorpes in '76............. I'm pretty sure Russ was first on Eddie Foster/Frank Wilson though...... Ian D

Nonetheless it's good to see you out and about! Ian D

Depends on whose coffee it was - please see estimated values below:- Frank Wilson's Coffee + £5,000 Berry Gordy's Coffee + £4,500 Norman Whitfield's Coffee + £3,000 Les McCutcheon's Coffee + £2,000 Kev Robert's Coffee + £1,500 Johnathan Woodliffe's Coffee + £1,000 Secretary @ Mapperley Hospital's Coffee - £1,000 Accidental McDonald's Spillage - £5,000 Ian D

I'd rather apologise if you don't mind Andy. Sorry, you are of course completely correct. Damn, this is getting complicated now LOL......where do we stand on the dosh front now............? Ian D

LOL, it'd never happen Family Tree. Too many super-sleuths on here plus the whole label-printing world and vinyl manufacturing has changed massively since the mid 60's and it would be impossible to replicate Frank Wilson for numerous reasons. An example: when I was at Simply Vinyl I wanted to replicate Cream's "Disreali Gears" album artwork. Couldn't do it - 'Day-Glo' doesn't exist anymore! Still I admire your criminal enterprise. Wanna have a crack at some Bearer Bonds? Ian D

Must be a different Tim then! The Tim Brown I know has an aversion to all things technical and wouldn't know how to text to save his life. Besides, he's been in Florida for the last 10 days and I doubt he even has his mobile with him....... Ian D

Well that would've been difficult 'cos Tim's been in Florida for the last 10 days LOL....! Ian D

Unbelievable! The curse of the ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS Show struck again today with our special guest Paul Thrower en route to the show when his 6 month old Saab suddenly died on him 20 miles North of Chichester. Luckily the AA arrived a couple of hours later, towed the car and got him home OK! So, Paul will now be appearing on the show on Sunday 22nd February which will be one week before Chi-Soul which is on Saturday 28th February! Pending any further mishaps we should get this highly anticipated show then folks! In the meantime, I got the show together the old way, namely, with lollipop sticks, rubber bands and plenty of great music....... Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst on Sunday 8th February 2009 on 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 Ashford & Simpson - Found A Cure (Tom Moulton Remix) Flora Cruz - Overcome Michael Watford - So Into You (Smack Mix) Outburst Coalition feat Gary L - Help Me Alexander O'Neal - All True Man (Frankie Knuckles Remix) Mighty 7 - Call Me Mink - You Were The One (Too Late) Masterplan - Loving, Living, Laughing Roberta Gilliam - All I Want Is My Baby 2nd Hour Ila Vann - Can't Help Loving That Man Lee Andrews - I've Had It The Delfonics - You'll Get Enough The Pretenders - I Wanna Be Dave Love - Colalined Baby Garland Green - Ain't That Good Enough Voices Of East Harlem - Wanted Dead Or Alive Lee Garrett - You're My Everything Gloria Scott - What Am I Gonna Do The Moments - Sweet, Sweet Lady Jeanie Reynolds - The Fruit Song Flowers - For Real Robert Upchurch - The Devil Made Me Do It Tommy McGhee - Now That I Have You J.P. Rogers Jr - All My Lovin' https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2009-02-08-Starpoint.mp3 Thanks to all for listening! Best, Ian D

Well, compared to the pimp world which the Skull Snaps inhabited I guess it was a bit dull Malc...... Quite exciting when the neighbours dog escaped once though....... And I once saw this guy fall over coming out of The White Swan - that was certainly a night to remember! Ian D

LOL, I spent many a long time analysing the lyrics of "I'm Your Pimp" in Mirfield, Yorkshire wondering what the hell it was all about. Within 5 minutes of arriving in Manhattan and going to the 'old' Times Square in New York it made perfect sense LOL.... Ian D

Actually I was being serious Cunnie. It's right up Damien's street mate. He's very good at turning expensive things onto 'objets d'art' and then flogging 'em to oil-rich Saudis who get a serious tax-break if they buy something for billions and host it in Saudi Arabia! It's not beyond the realm of possibilities that Frank Wilson could be displayed in a diamond-encrusted frame with a multi-million price tag attached to it (cue streams of arab laden helicoptors flying to Damien's private heliport in Stroud to view Frank Wilson), which will then vanish to Saudi Arabia and be hung next to a diamond-encrusted skull. Obviously we can't allow this happen, so the obvious solution is for all members of Soul Source to chip-in £100 apiece and own their own personal percentage of Frank Wilson! Each member will then receive a bonded certificate of ownership which they can frame and display above their own mantlepieces! Ian D

With the best will in the world Philly, John has a reputation to protect and I don't he'd stoop to such tactics - an April fool joke would almost certainly rebound on him I think..... However, I think T-Shirts will be done 'cos he'd be crazy not to and I think the only way someone will be able to buy the limited-edition T-Shirt is to actually register a bid for the record, thus giving John a shot at not only the most expensive Soul record of all time but also the greatest number of bidders! Game plan is to get Frank Wilson into the Guinness Book Of Records where he belongs! Ian D

Mmmm . Do I detect the slightest frisson of doubt from the previously bombastic tone of yesterday I ask myself? It's 10.00am Sunday morning and no doubt someone's managed to track Kenny down but the thread's not exactly full of "I spoke To Kenny last night and he definitively confirmed that he will in fact be cremated and Frank Wilson will not be going in the coffin with him" etc, etc..... Damn. I was relying on that quick grand to upgrade to a luxury chalet and scour the cathouses of Prestatyn........ Ian D

Yep, double-confirmed - no suspicious white track-marks on desk so Mcleanmuir would appear to be the real deal. Interesting choice of hair-style though....... Ian D

Yep, Warners, Fox and Dreamworks all vying for the Soussan one and HBO for "Anatomy Of An Auction: The Strange And Compelling Story Of Frank Wilson" 'cos we need to go a bit highbrow for the documentary........... Ian D

Oh quelle surprise Andy...... Wonder why on earth he would have done that.....? Ian D

Clause 3 of Shortform Auction Agreement: 1V) Owner cannot bid on the designated item or assign a proxy bid on behalf of himself Ian D

Hiya Steve, Yep, it'll be an absolute pleasure. Sir Percy's always great value and covers a lot of territory so a perfect ORIGINAL MASTERCUTS guest! The combined age of the 2 DJ's tomorrow will be a slightly worrying 107 years LOL.... Ian D

Yep, to Jobete - see above. Great fingernails by the way CheltSoulNights! Ian D

Care to up it to a grand Andy? Can't be dicking around with chump change...... Bear in mind that I've known both John and Ginger for 30 years and consider them both friends, so one of 'em is either mistaken or the other is being economical with the truth. And you have to ask yourself this: whose word do you take? An internationally renowned record dealer with a long history of successful weekly auctions and a reputation to protect or Ginger from Tod? Decisions, decisions Andy..... By the way, can you pull out fifties mate? I don't want to be lugging change around @ Prestatyn....... Ian D