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Industry slams price slashers u.. WnrrHoo ^Vmnr th.. niihlirV nprr^n- anv extemal advertisme for the Dromo- Asda entertainment controUer Steve by Paul William! CD price-cutting has reached dramatic new levels with Safeway last week offering Now! 38 and nine other double compUation albums for just £11.99. The promotion, which knocks £4 off the standard price, has been widely condemned by the music industry with fears it will lead customers to feel they are being ripped offby other retailers, Jonathan Rees, HMWs rock and pop manager, describes the supermarket chain's priring policy as "unbelievable" and says it damages the whole indus-

i percep- tion of pricing in the vital Christmas market were further raised with news that specialist hardware chain Sevenoaks Hi-Fi has started to sell a sélection of chart CDs at £9.99. The 30- store chain imports some of its supplies from within the EC. Safeway's campaign, running in 350 stores and due to conclude yesterday (Sunday), goes against the trend of MWs October pricing survey which found little evidence of price cutting on chart releases in the past six months. A spokeswoman for the supermarki

tion, or that no deals appear to have been struck - which means Safeway is selling the albums at yirtually cost - the whole point of the campaign. PolyGram sales director Nigel Haywood says, "One assumes theyk-e not going to make any profit, so ail they can be going for is market share." Andys Records marketing director Billy Gray claims Safeway's policy will

Asda e Gallant, whose Company has been criti- cised for running highly-competitive pricing promotions, also condemned the campaign which he says Asda will not be matching. "When we run a cam- paign we try to make a retuxn. What we're not into is undermining the mar- ket by selling premium, brand new chart product at a loss," he says. Meanwhile, Sevenoaks Hi-Fi's part- airaing to make CDs more affordable. "One of the biggest complainte is CDs are overpriced and peoph disappointed at paying what I thi an excessive price for something v

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An extra 16 full-time staff are joining MTV UK as part of the restmeturing unveiled by MTV Europe last week. The UK-only channel, launched in July, now has a dedicated team of24. Christine Boar, MTVUK's head of prSjrammlh^ anifdrôauction, says the extra staff will help her to develop the look and feel of the station as well as putting in place improved dance programming and

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Ministry issues writ in Cosgrave dispute The Ministry of Sound is suing its former label manag- er Lynn Cosgrave for breach of contract following her appointment last month as vice président of Sony's UK Cosgrav her time for her o ) set up DJ m nefit in bre h of her staff is Cosgrave instructed other Mi to conceal détails of her personal business activities. The writ further allégés that Cosgrave destroyed or removed documents belonging to the Ministry prior to her departure. It is also claiming breach of contract over the manner in which she left to join Sony. The writ claims Cosgrave was offered the Sony posi- tion during recording deal negotiations. It claims Cosgrave agreed to stay with the club, either until the negotiations had been completed or until the end of 1997. It says the club later agreed to release Cosgrave •n the i

Cosgrave's soliciter Tim Bamford of Charles Russell says the claim is "misconceived". 'TVIs Cosgrave is going to take every step to defend her position," lie adds.

RCA is confidently predicling a Top 10 hit with the latest boy-band signing, Five. Slam Dunk (Da Funl by the biggest interactive database campaign eve release by RCA in the UK. Around 100,000 promoti been sent out to fans by the time the sing a scale usuaily reserved for established artists. Wool it a single of the week and both Virgin and Dur Price store support. Slam Dunk (Da Funk) will be followei single, probably in February, and later by an album. Black Grape step up into driving rock gear

Royal ( Enlisting the services of Barry Grant as compere. it was obvious that Shaun Ryder felt some affinity with Brook- side's lovable rogue. As the set began it was also apparent that Ryder's Bacchanalian tendencies might get the better of Black Grape this evening. Set lists were cast aside, eue cards discard- ed and Yeah Yeah Brother was uncere- moniously eut short within a few bars of ils beginning. Erratic and compelling, ShedRydc j n-n. w

Promoter: S.J.M. and S.J.M. in association with D.F. Concerts (Glasgow Barrowlands) Booking agent: Simon Moran and Chris York Sound: New York Sound Company Lighting designer: LS.D. Travcl; Trans AM/Berryhurst Dates: Newport Centre, Nouember 24; Exeter University, 25: London Kilbum National Ballroom, 27 & 28; Poole Arts Centre, 30: Norwich U.E.A., December 1; Cambridge Corn Exchange, 2: Nottingham Rock City, 3; Middlesbrough Town Hall, 5: Glasgow Barrowlands, 6; Doncaster Oome, 7. 11 rascal of the past decade wr ew tonight. asising the virtues of a trac ck combo with amplifiera, ke

er, the band kept the foundatio Black Grape's pulsing funk rock ( in place. Co-vocalists Cari and Ke in particular, stepped up a gear to keep IfStupid, Stupid, Stupid lacks son of the mélodie immediacy of It's Gre When You're Straight... Yeah!, tonighl new songs like Get Higher and Rubh Band highlighted the notion of rock as fundamentally Uve experience. Using stnpped-down stage set and minim lighting effects the focus was centrr The crowd remained unanimously enthusiastic throughout, proving that

NEWSFILE Ball/Greening ahead in breakfast war The first round of the battle for the breakfast airwaves has been won by Radio One's Zoe Bail and Kevin Greening, leaked Rajar figures suggest. The figures reveal lhatthe Radio One breakfast team attracted 750,000 extra listeners in October, 280,000 more than rival Chris Evans. But Virgin hasn't surrendered the D J wars just yet. flccording to some commenlators, a large proportion of Zoe and Kevin s extra listeners are already part of Radio One's audience, simply listening earlier in the day. Stars line up for War Child Bono, Brian Eno and Luciano Pavarotti will be among artists participating in next month's opening ceremony of War Child's music therapy centre in Bosnia. Called the Pavarotti Music Centre in récognition of the Italian singer's endeavours in raising money for War Child, the site in Mostarwill be fermally opened on December 21. It includes a music school, a recording studio and art, photography and film-making facilities, ail to be used by young people recovering from the hostilities in former Yugoslavia. Retailers criticise Mobo scheduling Retailers are urging the Mobo organisera to reschedule next year's event after this year's PR success failed to convert into significant increases in retail sales. Both specialist stores and multiples report disappointing sales for the Mobo compilation album and say there has been no significant rise in sales of singles and albums by winning artists because they bave been crowded out by Christmas releases. UK success at Spanish awards British and Irish talent made its mark at last week's The Premios Amigos - the Spanish version of the Brils - scooping four out of five international awards. Paul Carrack won best international maie (beating bolh George Michael andBeck), UZwpn best international group, Ttjejhfrrs took best international album and the Spice Girls received best international neweomer. Gut splits with Total Gut Records has amicably ended ifs six-year relationship with dislributor Total after signing a long- term distribution deal with Vital. The deal, effective from next month, will begin with the release of the new Space single flvenging Angels on December 29. Cheap Seats win country awards The Cheap Seals scooped two awards at the 1997 British Cpuntry Music Awards last week (16), walking off with the best British group and best British rising star titles. Other winners at the event included Charlie Landsborough (best British maie vocalist), Sarah Jory (best British female vocalist) and Coyotes (best British album), The event, staged at the Birmingham International Convention Centre, will be broadeast on Radio Two on November 27. Platinum start for Perfect Day ^ 1 The single Perfect Dayjeached platinum ut»! | status in its first week of release last week as Texas's White On Blondewas cerlified three limes platinum by the BPI. The compilation Now Dance 97 picked up a platinum award, while gold awards wenl to AH Saints' self-titled album, The Corrs' Forgiven Net Forgotten, The Very Best Of Don McLean and the compilations The Best 70s Album In The World...Ever!, The Best Scottish Album In The World,..Ever!, The AH Time Greatest Rock Songs, Ready Sleady Go! The No 1 Sixties Album, Pete Tong Essential Sélection - Winter 1997 and The Best Of Dance 97.

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COMMENT Safeway; cutting too deep Weird. That's the only word (or Safeway's unfathomable décision ta flog premium double : at a rock-bonom £11.99. If the chain was advertising the promotion, it would make some sort of sense. But no, this is not an exercise to increase store traffic, rather some kind of early Christmas presentfor its existing customers. For specialist retailers wilh regular music buyers to answer to, it stinks. More frightening still is the man from Sevenoaks Hi-Fi who gets cheap CDs from elsewhere in Europe and reckons - wait for it - "CDs are overpriced". I wonder if he applies the same rationale (that CDs can, he says, be produced for 50p) to the hi-fi equipment he sells. Sometimes I think it really must be very depressing to be a specialist music retailer. The harsh route to better music TV The rejig at MTV is of course terrible news for ail those who have lost Iheir jobs, but means a welcome input of resources into the nascent UK-only channel. Of course it has been glaringly obvious for some time that pan-European programming littered with forejgners has only limited appeal for British audiences. The new channel is already prouing its mettle - playing part in the success of The Verve and AH Saints among others - and Christine Boar is doing a good job at persuading record companies that a week of support MTV UK can have as much impact as a slot on the ITV Chart Show. MTV has no choice but to strengthen its programming - ithasTheBoxto contend with as well as a host of digital télévision services waiting in the wings. But the pending battle for music TV viewers, with ail the investment and creativity which has already started to be ploughed into it, can only be good news for record companies. Selina Webb

PAULS QUIRKS Mail order bites the hand that feeds it How many retailers would tolerate anolher trader with a suitcase full of CDs setting up in opposition to them on the pavement outside their store? More to the point, how many would allow them to set up shop inside their store paying no rent, rates or tunning costs? The answer- none! Nobody is that stupid are they? Why then do we tolerate the behaviour of companies like Rte Records, Démon and many others who abuse the stores that support their product by trying to persuade our customers to trade directly with them. Rte Records - which spécialisés in Irish and country acts including Daniel O'Donnell - has taken the CD insert one step further and included it as part of the CD booklet. The advertising suggests that the purchaser should send off to Rte Direct for a catalogue of other Ritz products. The catalogue is fine but the rest of the package is a blatant attempt to persuade the customer to purchase CDs, tapes, videos and other merchandise directly from Rte via mail order. Démon has built up its dalabase from reply cards inside CDs sold by record stores and now produces the Blackmail catalogue. This claims to be able to supply virtually any album available from any legilimate company Worldwide. Many other CD bookiets now includc merchandising offers and these companies are using retailers to distribute their advertising directly to the fans. I have no argument with mail order operators but I strongly object to their parasitical melhods of recruiting customers. If artists or their labels want to include advertising within their CDs then they should be prepared to pay the stores for distributing it or share the resulting revenue. Until they do retailers should take whatever steps they think necessary to make life as difficult as possible for ail those using these methods. Paul Quirks colurnn is a pcrsoual view

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Day single their profits from the Perfect InNeed. enter the chart at number one yester- day (Sunday), is being sold in at a reduced dealer price of £2.43 with ail record company profits, artist royalties and copyright payments going directly to the charity. But it is being left to retailers to décidé what to do with their own profits from the single. In a letter issued through his compa- nys EMI Channel initiative, Cecillon has asked dealers to write to Chrysalis MD Mark Collen stating whether they intend to contribute their -profits to Children In Need. He tells them. "I do not wish to dictate which charities you should or should not make contribu-

maimwis'.i.iiM.htxiinma Retailers will be faced wilh the third big includes the track. It is fronted by 16-yeai-- charity single in as many months with plans Lissa Hermans other release in aidof the Diana, children with s 3SS Of Wales Mémorial Fund. Princess was j lumbiahasannounceditistoissuel'm Astrongco ■e With The World by the Chîcken Shed number one spot, the single will also feature^ Theatre Company as a single on December twoadditionaltracksbythe co 15, tw ksafterth sOfWale rnings from another big-se "3 aller the gle.jusl Elton John's Canule in me wmu Jtaaï. yei "Ifs not right we should be pressurised haï again to make a donation of ail our prof- its to this particular cause," says one saj retailer. "We're not in the business of Jol supporting charity." I d Alan Parkes, proprietor of Big Al's an. Records in Bkeston, says he can accept

cerned it could end up with similar releases every month. "The Diana record was slightly différent because ifs the start of a new charity, but Children In Need is an annual cause," he says. Chris Lowe, proprietor of Acorn

Is in Yeovil, says the store already 5 its own charity donation every ind does not see why it should iver profits. ^ h t " h T was very angry about the Elton i like being told to sell this record and give the money to charity." Bard chairman Richard Wootton says record companies cannot expect retail- ers to sell a charity record for nothing jt believes

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announced Ylrgin's move last week, revealing it will encompass the whole of Virgin Group's retail opér- ations, from music to financial ser- vices and travel. David Clarke, UK managing director of Virgin Net, the opéra- tion providing the service, says, "Our immédiate plans are to put the Virgin Megastore catalogue CDs, videos, software and books." He adds it will later be possible to pay for Virgin flights, train farcs and package holidays. In the new year, Tower Records will begin offering European sub- scribers to the America Online ser- vice a catalogue of 7,000 CDs. It

a deal between the panies. «We are working on our own commerce site and payment Sys- tem. That should be available about three-to-four months later," says a Tower spokesman. It is not clear whether the HMVol rently. cially la nched its w nth but is i î online i middle of next year. Stuart Rc

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s case Cecillon and EMI ht he matter correctly. "But it ; idual retailers if they wish Eightwomen battle forawards honour Eight music industry women have been shortlisted for one of three honours at this year's Woman Of The Year Awards.

it at FairwarningAVasted Talent arketing Virgin Records; Barban -harone, director of press WE? Records; Tricia Evans, office manage BRI; Emma Greengrass, marketinj manager Création Records; Jackii Hyde, head of artist and company rela lions Sony; Sophie MuUer, video direc tor Oil Factory; and Helen Searles

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Butler rejects the popular notion that he has been something of a promiscuous musical collaborator since the 1994 split with Suede, At one time it appeared that no rock gig was complété without Bernard Butler's presence. Mis impromptu iive appearances with the likes of Paul Weller gave the impression that he was forging a sériés of musical partnerships but, the way Butler tells it "it was just a laugh, a chance to play electric guitar. You don't get much chance to do that at home." in 1995 and 1996. he alsotested the water in recording studios, most notably with The Verve, with whom he worked briefly following the departure of guitarist Nick McCabe (who subsequently rejoined), and Julianne Regan, the ex-AII About Eve singer, but both alliances faltered swiftly. : "The ideaof me working with loadsof other people always gets exaggerated," he complains. "l've actually been involved in of releases - the two singles I made with David McAlmont and a track on the last Neneh Cherry album. That was brilliant because I gotlhe call, wentdown and met her and it took me an hour. it gave me something todoonaSundaynight."

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In the Eighties.thelate-lamented music paper Sounds used to run some terrifie one-off features on local scenes around the country. They were some of my favourite articles (if only because there was an unwritten law that none of the bands in them ever got anywhere; the pièces were the perfect 15 minutes of famé for a bunch of bands with daft names). Here's an example I found while tidying up the house on myweekoff. From 1981, "Putting The Shudder Into Huddersfield"...among the bands happening that January were ChapterV, Triangular Hour, Jab Jab and the brilliantly named Or Was He Pushed - who were probably inspired by a sériés of Huddersfield Football Club managers ...Sadly OWHP, like the rest ofthe groups,apparentlyvanished into

thin air, but it's features like this one that best tally with the current spate of new band showeases springing up north of Watford. Take any five or six bands and sell them as a job lot...l was thinking this - i.e. thinking the worst - en route to compering last week's Dig The New Breed showease at Middlesborough Arena. Butto my surprise and embarrassment, there was actually some good stuff on show. Headliners Casius have certainly attracted attention down south and looked the most confident ofthe half dozen bands on the night But Helter Skelter can't be dismissed either. They're fresh-faced, to the point where the singer looks like an Indie Ant (or is it Indie Dec?), and have an arsenal of thrashy pop tunes which, with some honing, could slip them

nicely into Symposiums slipstream. Hartlepool's The Standards weren'tmy ^ m thing, but provoked one ofthe best crowd reactions ofthe night for theirsolid rocking set, while fellow 'Pool four-piece Savoy - in the middle of a string of London shows - were more promising than their demo suggests. Sugarstone were energetic, défensive, loud and kicked around a couple of beat-up pop songs, while openers Ethen were a real shock. very young but already they're showing a certain maturity when it cornes to harmonies and arrangements. The demo is a little weak and disa ppointing, but the Iive show is full-on anving, mdie-inspired guitar pop that's worth keepmg tabs on.

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ALAN JONES TALKING MUSIC As one whose heart sinks everytime a soap star décidés to make a career in music, I have rarely been uplifted again-with the notable exception of a couple of Kylie's finest, and most of Michelle Gayle's oeuvre. So it's a pleasant surprise to report that Natalie Imbruglia's début album Left Of The Middle is a total delight. Afully-formed and musically mature artist with a whole album's worth of good material and a style that resembles Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow, with just the odd hint of Kate Bush, she can't fail. The album opens with the excellent single Torn, and improves from there on. A star is reborn... Lauryn Hill is still playing hookey from the Fugees, and her latest project finds her teamed with Raid & Live for Ail My Time, where her distinctive vocal style is nicely

augmented with some fairly gentle rapping. Another upcoming hit that uses Kool & The Gang samples is Puff Daddy protégé Mase's Feel So Good. After appearing on hits by Puff Daddy, the Notorious B.l.G. and Mariah Carey, Mase is in line for his own success with this loose-limbed rap attack on the aforesaid Kool & The Gang's Hollywood Swinging...Vanessa- Mae's pop-aimed Storm album finds the violin virtuose also demonstrating a talent as a vocaliston a couple oftracks.the most obvious of which, a cover of Donna Summer's I Feel Love, is now a single. Expertly produced by Andy Hill (former Bucks Fizz svengali), it starts out in a similar vein to the original.'with Vanessa-Mae's lightly textured vocals ethereally fioating in the middle distance. Eventually, her violin cornes into its own,

creating a simple but effective countermelody. The whole thing is mildly diverting, and should give her her biggest hit yet...Blaxploitation - The Payback is the third volume of Global TV's excellent sériés loosely based on the Seventies movie genre. Like the first two volumes, this marathon double dise sélection includes both familiar and less well-known tare, with the O'Jays' Backstabbers and The Temptations' Bail Of Confusion in the former camp, and Maynard Parker's Bad Montana and Bob James' Westchester Lady representing the others. Â worthy sériés from a label which ordinarily concentrâtes on TV- promoted product, butis ciearly on a crusade

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withai rBéingThe Prodigy's SmâcOTy Bitch Up. The others - Perfecl Day, Wind Beneath My Wings, Ain't That Just, Let's Go Round and Crush On You - are re-makes of varying N-intage, while another re-make (Natalie Imbruglia's Torn, first recorded with modest success by Norwegian Trine Reiner) continues to Making by far the biggest splash, the multi-artist recording of Lou Reed's Perfect Day débuts at number one after selling 385,000 copies. It's the 23rd number one of the year - ail but four of which have debutcd at number one - and the third charity dise to reach the summit thus far in 1997, following Spice Girls' Mama/Who Do You Think You Are and Elton John's Something About The Way You Look Tonight/ Candie In The Wind 1997. In the 13 years since Band Aid gave Bri al of 17

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I producerssuch as I Pete Rock, DJ ' Premier and Clark Kejit The LP bas already spawned a club hit in the lorm of the Premier-produced Tfs Been A Long Time', whilst similarly popular is the first officiai single 'Guess Who's Back' which is produced by Clark Kent. Rakim was generally regarded as the linesl rapper of his era but when gangsla rap ar ved Rakim decided to lie low. "A few years ago il slarted getting real deep as far as whal Ihey ca led 'gangsta rap'. And the majority rules so if I came out in that lime, I wouldn't have been talkm th^85% mentalily," he says. Rakim's 'The 181h Letter' is released on Decemberd.

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company take charge of virtually ail of Terry's impressiue back catalogue as well as handling the producer's future projects, Terry's catalogue is one of the most important in modem dance music. With late Eighties classics such as Todd Terry Project's 'Bango', 'Back To The Beat', Black Riot's 'Day In The Lite', Royal House's 'Can You Feel If, and Swan Lake's T Love u', Terry laid a blueprint

enloying three recent UK Top 10 singles via Manifeste. Terry's new deal became possible with the end of an earlier publishing deal which covered only royalty collection on Terry's catalogue. Deconstruction Songs managing director Mike Sefton was quick to jump in. Tve known Todd and his manager Gary Salzman for âges and l've always been on at him about when Todd's deal would be up. Then one day Gary called and said lefs talk," he says.

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comprehensively. Both Deconstruction and Terry are also eagerthat other musicians and producers will be able to sample the catalogue. "We just want to hear what they want to do and make sure thatwe getafaircut,"says Sefton. "We think this is a wonderful opportunity to a wriler and producer," says Gary Salzman. "We expect this to be a wonderful relationship professionally and personally." Since itsIaunchlB months ago Deconstruction Songs bas signed a variety of producers. artists and writers, including Death In Vegas, Genaside II, Maria Naylor, Rocky & Diesel (Ballistic Brothers, Problem Kids) and writer David Monday who has tracks on Natalie Imbruglia's fortheoming LP.

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attracting 40,000 visitors - up 101% on the first year - and over 200 exhibitors. ! delighted by this turnout, but not too surpnsea, oecause weTe currently riding a wave, says Alessio Quarzo Cerina, MD of Nighhvave's UK représentative Club Culture "We've hit the right time. lts ;he only forum of its size for club culture, and Rimini is a European centre for clubbing." Nightwave fuses a mix of club nights, gigs, catwalk snows and art installations with a trade fair attracting représentatives from the music, média, art, fashion, food nd drink, cosmetics and motor industries. The organisers have found that this mergmg of différent industries gives people a chance to meet, and —'ns opportunities for link-ups and cross-pollination of loeas. Among companies to take part this year were MTV Europe DJ. Mixmag. Pioneer, Mitsubishi UK, Diesel, Heineken, Levl's, Microsoft, Orbit, Music Now and Apple. Most dance labels were Italian, including JT Company. Dig 11 and Irma Records, but it's hoped that nextyear's 'ent will attract a more international sélection. This yearts four-day event will run from Saturday May 30 until Tuesday June 2. The organisers are placing morr emphasis on areas such as art installations and new âge culture which have gone down well in the past. There wil also be areas for people wanting to strike business deals. Thèmes for Nightwave 98 include Street Wave (hip hop). Anima Mundi (new âge culture), Fashion Wave and Latin Wave. Club Culture is inviting enquiries from interested labels or brands. Contact Alessio Quarzo Cerina on tel: 0171 -275 9666, fax; 0171 -275 9777, : the Nightwave website at http: www.fierarimini.

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successful début event in London last year. "The point of the semmar mjo he^peo^ It's not a lecture - we want the people in the audience to express their views as well as the panel," says Tony Moss, IVlCPS's head of dance development. One key area will be sampling. "We wantto i-wi help dispel some of the ''«vh .•^SÇ myths. A lot ol people still d.-' donT know the laws about sampling. We wantto open this thing up," says Moss. The London Dance ■Seminar starts at6.30pm with the panel itself beginning at7.30pm (ollowed by a chance to network and chat.

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company and Soul II Seul gave to a stand they put on at the Clothes Show Live exhibition in 1990. The idea stuck and seven years later Bass Couture is the name tor a collective of club and sports- orientated fashion companies exhibiting at the event. Seb Fontaine, John Kelly, Graeme Park and Sonique are just some of the DJs who will be spinning at the stand when the Clothes Show Live takes place on December 5-10...The second issue of D ROM, the virtual realily m

of Dealh In Vegas and The Propellerheads from V97 and loads of reviews.,.SPACEHOPPER PUBLICITY have moved and can now be found at Spacehopper, Thlrd Floor, 46 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4LR, tel; 0171 404 9770, fax; 0171-242 0675...THE END will be celebrating its sec birthday on Saturday 6 December, The night wi broadcast live on London's Xfm and also on The End website (www.the-end.co.uk). DJs will be C, Basement Jaxx, Darren Emerson, David Holrr The Headrillaz, Tom Middleton, Weird Beats Collective, Matt Silver and The Usual Suspects...

few sluggish Dance Airplay 40 expériences a surge of activify, with four high climbers and 12 new entries, a staggering 10 of which are heavily urban-flavoured. The highest is double-Mobo award winner SHOLA AMA with "Who's Lovin' My Baby' in at 16. She's joined by ALL SAINTS with 'Never Ever' at23, LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY with 'High' at 24, MISSY 'MISOEMEANOUR' ELLIOTT with 'Sock ItTo Me' at 29, AALIYAH with 'The One l Gave My Heart To' at 32, JANET JACKSON with 'Together Again' at 33, USHER with 'You Make Me Wanna,..' al 37, WILL SMITH with 'Just Cruisin' at 38, F1NLEY QUAYE with Tt's great When We're Together' at 39 and GANGSTARR with "Know My Steez' at 40. There's no denying that r&b is fasl becoming one of the most radio- friendly genres. Another major breakthrough is the fact that half these new entries are by British

an equal male:female ratio. N in this week are WILOCHILD with d'Renegade Master' at 20 and t BAMBOO with 'Bamboogie' at 21. There's no stopping THE DREEM TEEM, whose 'The Theme' jumps 21 places from 32 making it this week's highest climber. Close behind it with jumps of 17 places each are JAMIROQUAI's 'High Times', up to number eight, and ROSIE GAINES' T Surrender', up to 13, and MOBY climbs 16 places to seven with 'James Bond Theme'. Another member of staff has been recruited for the newly-acquired Galaxy stations. Manchester's Galaxy 102 has headhunted Jim Hicks as programme director from Leeds-based Aire FM to develop the brand. MD Henry Owens says, "I am delighted with the news that Jim will be joining us in Manchester. His experience and knowledge brings yet more to the building of a station with massive potenlial."

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ME SHOW YOU' (WHITE LABEL) (HOUSE) lut effective conception that is p'e tunes of the moment. Revolving up sample line from Sandy B's 'You ffli Round' with the added peripherals of Jjtar backed up by a fast-paced ;ion drive, and that really is about it. e;especially with such a definable hook jBt get grabbed by somebody large soon. DYLAN RHYMÈS 'HUMPHEAD' EP (JUNIOR BOYS OWN) (BREAKBEAT) On 'Felony Weig^ , Dylan Rhymes chucks everything in - ■É ts, samples, twangy/clanking techno r|y Prodigy-esqe riffs - and mashes it up fection, while 'Killing Shadows' retreals ;gund and is a pleasantly frenetic rolling 1, tribal feel spiked up with dashes of

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[commentary3| by alan jones The club chart is gencrallyB dominated by speclallst dancel acls but this week's top five^ has a dlstinclly mainstream look to il. wilh established pop acts U2, Jamiroquai, Ihe Police and M People ail making big débuts or steep climbs into the top tive. Managing to outpace them ail, however, THE , HEARTISTS' 'Belo Horizonte' roars to number one with the second-highest level of DJ support accorded to any record this year. Of the chasing group, U2 are closest, with 'Mofo' climbing 36-2. Despite ils success in the clubs - there are excellent house mixes by Matlhew Roberts and Johnny Moy and jungle mixes by Ronl Size . 'Mofo' is not being released as a single in its own right, playing only a supporting rôle on the new U2 single Tf God Will Send His Angels'...Among the chasing group. the highest débuts corne from JAMIROQUAI, in at three with 'High Times', and M PEOPLE, new at five with 'Fantasy Island', The Jamiroquai track is in the Roger Sanchez mix that was premiered on Radio One a couple of months ago, and has been hammered by the S Man himself when he has been subslituting for Danny Rampling and Pete Tong on the station, Sanchez is clearly on top form at the moment, as hls mixes of THE POLICE's 'Walking On The Moon' - up 31-4 - also prove. M People, meanwhile, are having one of their biggest club hits with 'Fantasy Island'. As remixed by David Morales and M&S, it débuts at number five this week. Morales also mixed The Heartists' single, and his much-mooted retirementfrom remixing - announced earlier this year - seems as far away as ever...Each of the top seven records this week has more support than some of the year's weakest number ones including TODD TERRY's 'Ifs Over Love', which plummets 1-7 even though its support is down less than 15%. Two records which go into reverse gear despite small gains this week are THE DREEM TEEM's garage .groove 'The Theme' and RODD-Y-LER's 'Art i Work EP'. which stumble 14-17 and 17-18 respectively...Breakers this week: GRAVITY 1 WHEEL, ROSIE GAINES (T Surrender'), SANDER KLE1NENBERG, STEVE HURLEY, ' GANT, CHUMBAWAMBA (Tin Tin Out remix of Tubthumping'), AFROWAX101, BLACKSTREET, IRA LEVI, SOMORE, DAVE 1 PIKE, KEITH SWEAT and > PROPELLERHEADS/SHIRLEY BASSEY.

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MAPE SWIFT 'A ROLLA' (WHITE LABEL) (DRUM & BASS) Forthcoming on Swift's Charged label, 'The One' is already an absolute anthem on the dancefloor and this one is destined to do the same! Starts with steppin' breakz and mystical airy strings. Breakdown enters and is followed by a mad bassline similarto a motorbike revving up! In rolling out through the track - massive! • • • • • ive and powerful,

SOMORE 'I REFUSE (WHAT YOU WANT)' (XL/LOCKED ON) Another classic in the making. Nothing too adventurous here but the c the moaning vocals make it a treat for garage heads. Mixes corne fron , more skipping, NY feel and Ramsey & Fen with their jerky cut-up vers

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tively. Stone and Razorblade Smtcas both topped the chart, selling 6m and 3m copies tes; " ' Back on the singles the only British clirabers are Gary Barlow 148-44) and Davi Bowie (81 -74), while Donna Lewis, Olive and Jamiroquai hold at 57,59 and 100 respectively. Alan Jot

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ARTIST PR0FILE;M_l DGEURE Vienna may have marked his commercial peak, but ils Switzerland and one of that country'smostfamous companies that Midge lire is countingonto revive his previous chart fortunes. Almost17yearsa(terJoe Dolce denied the Ultravox classic the number one slot m the UK, time issuddenly again on theScottishartist'sside thanks to his involvement in a ij,.,inoTV!inH cinéma

MIDGE URE BMG's senior vice président of international marketing, recalls, "The first time it did absolutely zéro because we couldn't get any radio support Ifs now the biggestairplay single ofthe year in Italy." Italy

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Who's releasing what and when? Who will make the charts? Who's going on tour? miro weekly has the answers.

s services: Our weekly guide includes the following e • the on!y long range singles and albums release listings in the UK • an essentiel upfront guide ta future chart-bound singles and albums . détails of ail new tours, one-off shows and festivals with full contact information ! outex^ oX^umuttive Top 75 singles and albums index for '97

MUSIC WEEK 29 NOVEMBER 1997

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"We're trying to put out thin haven't been on CD before, Polydor marketing executive George back to the artist to get their help in putting a new compilation together. It's also important to keep the original sleeve design for branding while making it look like a 1997 release." McManus says a successful mid-price CD reissue can treble sales of an existing full prioe album if released at the right time. Some artists believe their work is by mid-pri Others, such as Bon Je ŒjjrajorVARIOUS: On Target (MCI HglmjMUSCD 038) Out now. rSSB'^HFeatures 20 hits of the mod ■jjHP' Jrevival era, including tracks BE=c=ifrom The Jam, Secret Affair, Lambrettas, The Nips and Merton Parkas. ASSOCIATES: The Affectionate Punch (Fiction FIXCD5 537211-2) Out now. Poignant reminder of the outrageously talented Associates' front man Billy

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VAN MORR1SON: New York Sessions '67 (Recall SMDCD103) Out now. Van's first solo sessions following the split of Them pre-dates Astral Weeks. Includes two versions of Brown-Eyed Glri and a bonus CD of unrehearsed studio jams I ■ [SACHA DISTEL:The Very ÉtK lBest of S3cha Distel (Temple TMPCD033) Out includes This Guy's In Love With You, La Mer, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head. VARIOUS: Bad Mutha (MCI MUSCD 039) Out now. Man/in Gaye, Isaac Rayes, Four Tops, Millie Jackson, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown are among the featured artists on this collection of "18 original black movie hits". riVARIOUS; Turn Me On \ j (MCI MUSCD 040) Out ^TBnow. Seductively sub-titled SB"15 Grinding Slow Jams", Hewett, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Jean Came and Billy Paul. BOBBY WOMACK: Résurrection (Temple TMPCD034) Out now. Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, Ronald Isley and Gerald Albright are among the guest

sériés of Personal problems. Ronnie Wood helped produce and it also features Muhammad Ali's daughter Mae Mae Ali as a rapper. MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS: The Ultimate Anthology (Westside WESD202) Nov 24. More than two-and-a half-hours of full- blooded party music packed on to this double CD for the prioe of one. including ail Ryder's albums from the mid-Sixties In full plus bonus cuts. BIG DEE IRWIN: Another Night With Big Dee Irwin (Westside WESM511) Nov 24. First CD release for Big Dee, best known for his Swinging On A Star hit with Little Eva, but who was also a doo-wop star with The Pastels and worked with Goffin & King. An anthology of his work between 1960-65. LITTLE EVA: The Complété Dimension Recordings (Westside WESM512) Nov 24. A 29-track anthology of Goffin and King's former babysitter, who cornered the market in novelty dance hits in the early Sixties, notably with Let's Turkey Trot and The Locomotion. SIMON & GARFUNKEL: Old Friends (Columbial Legaoy C3K/C3T 64780) Nov 24. Triple-CD boxed set featurlng 59 tracks, including ail the hits plus

prevlously unissued démos, studio and live recordings. JERRY LEE LEWIS: The Country Collection (Eagle EABCD057) Nov 24. Includes Lovesick Blues, Singing The Blues and You Are My Sunshine. JOHNNY CASH; Sings The Country Classics (Eagle EAB058) Nov 24. Tracks include Cold Cold Heart, I Love You Because, Oh Lonesome Me, Hey Good Lookmg and You Win Again. JOHNNY CASH/JERRY LEE LEWIS/ CARL PERKINS/ROY ORB1SOSN/ CHARLIE RICH; Sun Legends (Eagle EABCD061) Nov 24. Twenty tracks from the early Sun days including Cash's Folsom Prison Blues, Perkins' original version of Elue Suede Shoes and Orbison's Claudette. FRANK BLACK/TEENAGE FANCLUB: The John Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit SFRSCD042) Dec 1. Joint album puts together the live BBC sessions by the "x-Pixie and the Scots harmonisers. ■ PENTANGLE: On Air (Strange Fruit SFRSD046) Dec 1. Vintage sessions from the first folk supergroup, involving Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Sert Jansch and Danny Thompson. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: 1980-82

Radio 1 Sessions (Strange Fruit SFRSCD044) Dec 1. Kevin Rowland is particularly enthusiastic about these recordings, made at the height of Dexys' popularity. MICK RONSON: The Pieasure Man (Recall SMDCD119) Jan 9. Double CD capturing some of the best work of the late guitar god. BIG COUNTRY; Kings Of Emotion (Recall SMDCD101) Jan 9. Double aibum from the Eighties band fronted by Stuart Adamson, GARY GLITTER: Glitter/Touch Me/ Remember Me This Way/GG/Silver Star (Original Masters SMM CD516- 20) Jan 16. The leader of the gang's catalogue sparkles into the New Year with the reissue of these five albums. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD; Everything's Corning Up Dusty (Mercury TBA) Jan 19. Re-mastered classic Dusty album, including bonus tracks, SQUEEZE: Cosi Fan Tutti FruttUArgy Bargy/Cool For Cats/East Side Story/ Squeeze/Sweets From A Etranger (A & M 5408022132142152162172)Jan 19. Re-mastered reissue sériés of the early VARIOUS: Still Dizzy After Ail These Years (Vertigo TBA) Jan 19. Double CD anthology of the Vertigo label story. • Earlier in the month Eagle released its The Masters sériés of original recordings by big-name artists at a dealer price of £3,57, and £5.55 per double CD. Among those in the sériés are: Little Richard (EABCD062); Johnny & The Hurricanes (EABCD063); Jackie Wilson (EABCD064); John Lee Hooker (EABCD066); Django Rheinhardl (EABCD071): ike & Tina Turner (EABCD072); Eric Surdon (EABCD073)i Albert King (EABCD074); Showaddywaddy (EA BCD075); Clodagh Rodgers (EABCD076); Robert Johnson (EABCD067); Johnny Cash (EABCD059); and Cari Perkins (EABCD060).

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complicated and expensive and have yet to justify the investment. IMP's head of publishing copyright Steve Clark puts the inl

own CD-Rom players CD audio players;' he says. IMP has nevertheless produced about 30 midifiles and has achieved healthy sales, particularly for its two volumes of Queen Midi Collections and the Motown Collections releases. is growing, and what is available has been very well received but it's still a very young market'/ says Clark.

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SfïSTOF THE WEEK ^ RICHARD CLAYDERMAN - THE BEST OF RICHARD CLAYDERMAN Record label: Delphine/Pinnacle. Media agency/ exec; Matters Media/Mike Helens. Product manager: _ _ Mario Warner. Creative concept: Mario Warner

T^Tcle is targeting the easy listening market with its campaign forThe Best Of Richard Clayderman, ont on Monday in conjonction with Delphine. During his career Clayderman has sold more than 60ni units worldwide and Pinnacle expects this album to exceed 100 000 sales in the UK. It is backing the album with régional ITV and Sky advertising plus radio ads on Melody and Classic FM. There will also be national press advertising. ASHST/miE/lABEL /BEI

COMPILATION OF THE WEEK DANCE TIR - A DECADE OF DANCE |r*W%_ Record label: Global TV BUfilH Media agency/exec; MCS/Steve Chapman. || Product manager: Matthew Stanford. Creative U concept: Nie Moran y Global TV is aiming to emulate the success of its last two Christmas Dance Tip albums, which both made the Top 10, by backing this year's release - out on Monday - with national TV advertising on Channel Four and Sky. There will also be régional ITV ads and heavyweight radio ads on the Pepsi ChartShow, Capital, Atlantic and Kiss. The campaign also includes in-store displays with selected retailers and advertising in the teen press.

BRYAN ADAMS Unplugged (A&M) SARAH BRIGHTMAN The Andrew Lloyd... (Polydor) GARTH BROOKS Sevens (Parlophone) RICHARD CLAYDERMAN AO Classic..,(Delphine/Pinnacle| GARY GUTTER The Ultimale Gary... (Snapper Music) CONNOR REEVES Earthbound (Wildstarl PAUL SIMON Songs From The Cape Man (WEA) WHAM! The Best 01 Wham! If You Were... (Epie) VARIOUS Dance Tip (Global TV) VARIOUS Duels (Telstar TV) VARIOUS Funky Females (Global TV) VARIOUS Go Wild With The Party Animal...(Global TV) VARIOUS The Greatest Irish Album Euer...lTelstarTV| VARIOUS New Soul Grooves (Telstar TV) VARIOUS The No, 1 Ail Time Xmas...(PolyGramTV) VARIOUS Simply The Best Christmas (warner.esp) VARIOUS Smash Hits 98 (Virgin EM1 TV) VARIOUS Sunday Flavaz Vol 1 (Logic) VARIOUS Swingers (Telstar TV) VARIOUS Tomorrow Never Oies (A&M) Compiied by Sue Sillitoe: 0181 -767 2255

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And Ont Club last Monday at which the bar was drunk dry by - among many, many others - Red from Home

AndAway, Jake hir. m i ^ c,1®eses BF'1 chairman Rob Dickins and director général John Deacon were snapped hobnob- Shillingford of My Life Grm.n Pern, n? at l HOon ,0f LOrdS reception t0 wel|:ome in the new chairman of the cross-party Music Story and the Blue rinacnrib! j ry Bermmgham MP (centre), Brummie, as he is affectionately known down Annie's,was brought up TVio broadcasrutë tp sPfd 011 P|ra=V and Wipo ratificabons - dcn't ask, pal - by the boys from Bard and the lovely Sara John at Peter CreW " " ^ .

]VIick Fleetwooa moimib the elegantly named Department of Culture, Media and Sport. But he was obviously caught off-guard when Mercury MuSÎC Pnze "Rrîts stage with his cornered by one James Devlin. The Devlish Roadrunner was inquiring whether the MP had ever caught Bilbo t-pom hpat nfP2fi others to the D r TWTop Baggms m their giory days (2). And, if not, why not? Judging by the brows on Lord "Birky" Birkett, host for the . , ^ fellow Fleetwooa IVldC evening bash (3), he'd seen Devlin's old band in action several tiraes, Either that or Sony's Paul Burger was Wm the Nordott-^ nnhorts tO pick up the cracking the old one about the nasty incident that cost Gary Farrow his peerage. Oh well, Paul, no second RobbinS pop quiz on îifetime achievement ^ ^ writer for Russ Abbott just yet, but at least Baroncss Liz Smith thought ,t was funny. Thursday night. Team . „ , i—i BBC's The Driving School, a snip at

î joke writer for Russ Abbott just yet, ! a'ward. Dooley has been unable to confirm whether Samantha Fox will be presenting the award but the likelihood is that our Mick will not be using an autocue to make his acceptance speech... Music bosses at Tesco are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief that Safeway's mammoth four quid discount on 10 double CD compilations came to an end yesterday (Sunday). With Tesco offering double the différence back to anyone who can find a product cheaper elsewhere, it could have been shelling out £8 every time it sold one of the discounted CDs...It's nice to see a few old favourites tuming up in the Christmas number one betting, not least both his Cliffhess and Léo Sayer, quoted by William Hill at 66/1. They are only just below that other chart vétéran, Maureen Rees, star of

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et the popcorn tri fital and Démon and 20 other industry teams to win the fourth annual Mojo Inquisition quiz ednesday (19). Picti prizes'from Mojo editor Mat Snow are MW/RM staffers Paul Gorman, Tony Farsides and Chas de Whalley plus guest play- er DJ, historian and Oual Records owner Charlie Gillett (due: he's the one with the sack ouer his head)

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SASH! 'Ecuador'

SASHÎ 'Stay '

COMBINED SINGLE SALES IN EXCESS OF 1.300.000

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SASH! "ITS MY LIFE - THE ALBUM" SALES IN EXCESS OF 220.000

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SECOND ALBUM EARLY NEXT YEAR!

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