Ian Dewhirst

A lovely little pre Xmas warm-up this week, where I'll be joined by my old partner in crime Alan Champ for another 2 hours of beautifully sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasbord of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Crossover Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems put together EVERY WEEK and played LIVE every Sunday afternoon between 2.00-4.00pm and repeated throughout the week on www.starpointradio.com. And coming up this week....... Love Unlimited Orchestra feat Brownstone, John Simeone, Caroline Crawford, Ray Simpson, Diana Ross, Mosely & Johnson, The Pasadenas, Endia Johnson, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Silver Platinum, Cheryl Lynn, The Dynamic Tints, Clyde Brown, Ty Karim, The 5th Dimension, George & Gwen McCrae, The Funk Brothers, Garland Green, Felice Taylor, The O'Jays, 7 Samurai, Faze Action, The Neville Brothers, Dooley Silverspoon & Jeannie Burton and Jimmy & Vella Cameron Very eclectic and very tasty..... See you @ 2.00pm! Ian D

Bump! If you haven't heard this yet, then click the link. Probably the best record I've heard all year with some storming vocals and a song to die for. Not Northern Soul but it is Barry White and it's a work of art IMO..... Ian D

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Well Christmas came slightly early this year so I treated myself to a copy of the "The Complete Ty Karim: Los Angeles Soul Goddess". A blinding release and obviously should be in every fanatical Soul fans collection! Full marks to Ady and the Ace/Kent team for the Soul release of the year IMO! Just one slightly perturbing issue surfaced however............. As I was listening to the mighty impressive lungs of Ms Karim, I thought I'd take a closer look at her. So I looked @ the cover and couldn't help noticing the interesting placement of her left boob. Is it really that high up? Or was she bunching it up with the strategic positioning of her left arm? And where's her right one? Questions, questions........ Hell of a lung on her anyway! Essential purchase! Also, many thanks and the highest regards to Mark Bicknell for hosting one of Starpoint Radio's most-listened to shows - The Soul Shack. Great stuff Mark, we'll miss you on Sundays and best for the future! Ian D

LOL, cue a mental vision of a Grandad pointing to a beautifully framed presentation display of a wooden tile above the fireplace and saying to his grandson "Does tha know what that is lad?"................. Ian D

I wasn't over keen on "Bubblegum Breakthrough" when it was first played but I absolutely love it now! I remember hearing it virtually everywhere circa '73 so a big record without a doubt. Everything but the kitchen sink is on there and the record is a masterpiece of instrumentation. Sounds much better these days! Instrumentals used to be massively popular and would break up the nights brilliantly - especially if the vocal side was also big at the time. There was nothing like hearing a huge instrumental version LOUD. My faves were:- "Crying Over You" - Duke Browner/The Kaddo Strings "Nothing But Love" - John Rhys/the Tartans "Let's Have A Love-In" - Wingate Love-In Strings "The Way You've Been Acting Lately" - Al Kent "Psychedelic Soul" Pt 2 - Saxie Russell "R'n'B Time" - Rodney Jones Instrumentals were one of the things which inspired me when I got on the scene. I couldn't believe the quality of the string sections on these little records. The fact that small Detroit labels like Ric-Tic, Golden World, Impact and Inferno had full string sections on 'em blew my mind at the time. Startling musicianship........ Ian D

I'm posting this on here because a lot of people like the walrus of luuuurve. So for those of you of you who have always wondered what a vocal would be like on "Love's Theme", well here it is courtesy of Neil @ https://atomixextendedcuts.blogspot.com/200...x-re-shape.html. The Love Unlimited Orchestra/Brownstone - "Love's Theme"/"If You Love Me" https://www.zshare.net/audio/1248154383bc9499/ Just brilliant! Enjoy....... Merry Xmas! Ian D

Technical snafus mean that Sundays show will not be available via the usual link, which is a real bitch because it was a KILLER show. Oh well, c'est la vie, these things happen but what can one do? There was a power outage which resulted in some breaks in the internet transmission which meant that some portions of the show were lost forever dammit! However, here's what I did play, so you can IMAGINE how good the show was LOL....... Another 2 hours of beautifully sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasbord of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Crossover Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems put together EVERY WEEK and played LIVE every Sunday afternoon between 2.00-4.00pm and repeated throughout the week on www.starpointradio.com Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst, on Sunday 14th December 2008 on www.starpointradio.com. For 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 alone! Plus, loads of new fully downloadable KILLER mixes in a variety of styles! So let's go with this week's show:- 1st Hour Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Eric Kupper Remix) Yolanda Adams - Open My Heart (Steve 'Silk' Hurley Spiritual Mix) Ivan Matias - I've Had Enough (Frankie Knuckles Mix), Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous (Dave Shaw/Winston Jones Mix) Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song Mother's Finest - Your Wish Is My Command Val Young - If You Should Ever Be Lonely Rick James - Glow Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out 2nd Hour The Marvelettes - Only Your Love Can Save Me Jerry Cook - I Hurt On The Other Side Rita Dacosta - Don't Bring Me Down The Ideals - The Mighty Lover The Detroit Executives - Cool Off The Ohio Players (featuring Towanda Barnes) - Love Slipped Through My Fingers J.J. Barnes - Sweet Sherry Martha Reeves - No One There Brenda Holloway - All I Do Is Think About You Blackstreet - We're Gonna Take You Back (Lude)/Don't Leave Me Zion Train - Rise Clausell - Let Me Love You Shot - Main Thing Switch - Keeping Secrets The Love Unlimited Orchestra featuring Brownstone - Love's Theme/If You Love Me Best, Ian D

OK, all done and sorted. Another 2 hours of beautifully sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasbord of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Crossover Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems put together EVERY WEEK and played LIVE every Sunday afternoon between 2.00-4.00pm and repeated throughout the week on www.starpointradio.com And coming up today @ 2.00 sharp...... Curtis Mayfield, Yolanda Adams, Ivan Matias, Karyn White, Stephanie Mills, Mother's Finest, Val Young, Rick James, Willie Hutch, The Marvelettes, Jerry Cook, Rita Dacosta, The Ideals, The Detroit Executives, The Ohio Players (featuring Towanda Barnes), J.J. Barnes, Martha Reeves, Garland Green, Brenda Holloway, Blackstreet, Zion Train, Clausell, Shot, Switch & The Love Unlimited Orchestra featuring Brownstone Ian D

LOL, so I got it perfect in the second half-hour I guess! Thanks as always Mel. You're the most musically-educated listener I have mate! Ian D

Hi Kev, You'll get a much more detailed response from Tony Rounce or Ady Croasdel on this area - they'll know much better than me the ins and outs of the Wand/Sceptre catalogue and distribution set-ups in the 60's I'm sure. However, I can recommend a few books if you liked the Stax one (which is excellent in my opinion - I met Rob Bowman last year). Try these:- Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, & Hustlers Of The Warner Music Group - Stan Cornyn Off The Record: An Oral History Of Popular Music - Joe Smith The Sound Of The City: The Rise Of Rock N' Roll - Charlie Gillett Making Tracks: The History Of Atlantic Records - Charlie Gillet Clive: Inside The Record Business - Clive Davis There's loads of others but they tend to deal more with Rock/Pop acts and more recent times. The 'Exploding' book is a great read if you're into the history of Warner Brs and record company politics! Ian D

.....plus Bernie Williams, Denise Keeble and Beverly Wheeler to think of a few more. I bet a last hour @ The Mecca thread would throw up a few more surprises.......I don't remember the John Stansbury record though? Any good? Ian D

Another 2 hours of beautifully sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasbord of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Crossover Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems...... Dunno what happened towards the end of the show here but apparently "the stream started buffering" (whatever that means) towards the end of the GREAT Ray Simpson tune and then kept dropping out towards the end of the show, so we've had to fade the recording appropriately dammit! Will try and post up a better link in the next day or so, but here's 1 hour 50 minutes of the full 2 hours of the time being........ Six Million Steps Presents The Original Mastercuts Show with Ian Dewhirst, on Sunday 7th December 2008 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 alone! Plus, loads of new fully downloadable KILLER mixes in a variety of styles! So let's go with this week's show:- 1st Hour The Dreamgirls Cast - Family (Blaze Remix) Al Green & Ann Nesby - Put It On Paper (Spen & Karizma Remix) The Paradise Orchestra - Colour Me (70's Classic Mix) Absolute - Introduce Me To Love Richard Stepp - Caught Up In A Whirlpool Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited - Let's Do The Latin Hustle Esther Williams - You Gotta Let Me Show You L.J. Johnson - 24 Hours A Day La Famille - Dancer Game - Never Get Enough Willie Hutch - Easy Does It 2nd Hour Lee David - Temptation's Calling My Name Aldora Britton - Do It With Soul Wendell Watts - The Grooviest Thing This Side Of Heaven Tony Drake - Suddenly Barbara Acklin - Am I The Same Girl Bobby Womack - Tried And Convicted Cornelius Brother & Sister Rose - Too Late To Turn Back Now The Mayberry Movement - Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right Bill Brandon - Whatever I Am, I'm Yours The Moments - Sexy Mama Holland & Dozier - Why Can't We Be Lovers Chaka Khan - Love You All My Lifetime (The Diva Edit) Ray Simpson - Crazy Pictures (Frankie Knuckles Mix) Shara Nelson - Down That Road https://www.sixmillionsteps.com/6MS-2008-12-07-Starpoint.mp3 Best, Ian D

I got asked to pull out a few Xmas songs for a Starpoint Radio Xmas show which is coming up, so I thought I'd dig out a few Northern things and I'm struggling already. The only one I could find was this...... Artie Fullilove "Santa Claus Please Listen To Me" Marlu 1001 https://www.zshare.net/audio/523814705ea9a338/ The best bit on the track is when he sings "Santa Claus please listen to me, please don't bring me a gun" LOL..... Any others out there? Ian D

Yeah, but the Northern thread is there with Charlie Calello, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell involved........ Ian D

Perfectomundo John. Many thanks. Will be playing it at aprox 3.10pm today on the Original Mastercuts Show coming to ya LIVE with Ian D today between 2.00-4.00pm on www.starpointradio.com Kick back, pour a glass and groove along to....... The Dreamgirls Cast, Ann Nesby & Al Green, The Paradise Orchestra, Absolute, Richard Stepp, Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited, Esther Williams, La Famille, Game, Willie Hutch, Lee David, Aldora Britton, Wendell Watts, Tony Drake, Barbara Acklin, Bobby Womack, Cornelius Brother & Sister Rose, The Mayberry Movement, Bill Brandon, Brenda Holloway, The Moments, Holland & Dozier, Chaka Khan, Ray Simpson & Shara Nelson Ian D

And coming up later today another 2 hours of beautifully sublime Soul music spanning 4 decades and a smorgasborg of genres from uplifting House & Garage, Soulful Disco, Irresistible 80's, Northern Soul, Modern Soul, Killer Slowies and Uplifting Gems...... Yep it's another Original Mastercuts Show coming to ya LIVE with Ian D today between 2.00-4.00pm on www.starpointradio.com Kick back, pour a glass and groove along to....... The Dreamgirls Cast, Ann Nesby & Al Green, The Paradise Orchestra, Absolute, Richard Stepp, Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited, Esther Williams, La Famille, Game, Willie Hutch, Lee David, Aldora Britton, Tony Drake, Barbara Acklin, Bobby Womack, Wendell Watts, Cornelius Brother & Sister Rose, The Mayberry Movement, Bill Brandon, Brenda Holloway, The Moments, Holland & Dozier, Chaka Khan, Ray Simpson & Shara Nelson See you @ 2.00 sharp! Ian D

Damn! You got me all excited there for a minute! It's on Refosoul so someone must have one I'd have thought........ Cheers anyway mate..... Ian D

Can anyone send me an MP3 of "The Grooviest Thing This Side Of Heaven" by Wendell Watts if poss? My copies long gone and I really wanna play it on the show tomorrow..... Many thanks in advance. Ian D

I think PIAS have a more diverse business model than many others, so who knows. One thing's for certain: there are too many distributors with too many overheads for todays declining market, so more will go bust. Right now I'm watching EMI like a hawk. It's difficult to understand and compute how the venture capital firm Terra Firma will be able to claw back the £3.2 billion they paid for EMI last year and the further £2.5 billion in interest, running costs and overhead charges they've racked up to date. So, by my calculations, they'll need to clear almost £6 billion to get into the black again and they'll have to flog multiple downloads to every person in the world to achieve that IMO....... Makes my problems pale in comparison......... Ian D

LOL. Have you heard what he plays.......? Ian D

Mmmm. Not sure, but there's a track called "Sky Blue" by Thunderfunk Symphony on EMI International that may be worth checking. I've got one upstairs somewhere, so I'll give it a listen.......ya never know........ Could be completely wrong of course, in which case, sorry........ Ian D

Oh gaaaawd.........I wonder who's going to be next.........? Ian D

Well that's a different scenario and I sympathise with you in that case. In my experience you've always been extremely generous to lots of people and especially Damon. You'd have thought with all the meals, trips and other things you've sprung for in the past when he wasn't doing that well that he'd have at least forgone the lecture! It's beyond me mate but it doesn't really surprise me. Some people are just like that. If I had £2K spare I'd lend it to you in a second. If it's any consolation I got "Cafe Regio's" into Juno today and should have a HUGE export order coming shortly. Still pushing for those all elusive radio plays as well. I just can't understand why Craig Charles hasn't spun it yet - I'd have thought it would fit in perfectly with his show............ Something'll break for ya shortly. I can feel it in my bones....... And on the positive side, at least we weren't caught up in the Woolworths/Entertainment UK/Pinnacle/Windsong disasters of the last 10 days, so we're still alive and kicking! Keep the faith baby! Ian D

"It's All Been Said Before" - Bobby Hutton off the "Piece Of The Action" album. Track after "Lend A Hand" in fact.......... Ian D