Pickwick Keeps US Dream Alive
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[TOP • 30 • ALBUMS COUNTRY MUSIC 4 OCTOBER 1986 MUSIC WEEK 1 THE BEST OF EAGLES Asylum FKT 5PM The Fogies WORLD 2 2 ONEDonne' RCA PL 85811 (R) GREATEST STARS with albums in the competition — Williams, Hamilton, Robbins and Francis. ITS 3- GUITARS CADILLACS ETC ETC Dwight Yookorn Reprise 9253721 0V) FEATURING 8US NUMBER d 4 THE KENNY ROGERS STORY ONE SINGLES INCLUDING • Kenny Rogers Liberty EMTV 39 (1) Pickwick keeps KISS YOU ALL OVER 5 3 THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA Ihe fogies Asylum K53051 (kV) EPC 57089 40-57089 I. 8 FM EciET DREAMS US dream alive MCA MCG 6003(F) GREATEST HITS DON WILLIAMS, George Hamil- question about the album or cos- ton IV, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline sete.. There will be asecond prize 7 5 DISCOVER COUNTRY/NEW COUNTRY and Connie Francis are amongst of Iwo return tickets to any Amer- Various Storblend ONC 1(A) the country names who feature in ican Airline destination in the US budget label Pickwick Records' and a third prize of 25 American 7 DR HOOK'S GREATEST HITS American Dream consumer com- Airline "Silver Bird" flight bags 8 Dr Hook Capdol EST 26037 (F) petition which offers afirst prize of containing £20 worth of Pickwick a trip to the US, with a visit to product. 912 DOLLY PARTON'S GREATEST HITS Nashville, and the Grand Ole Country albums in the promotion Dolly Porto, RCA PL 84422 (R) Opry, the Country Music Hall of are: The Best Of Patsy Cline, Don Fame and aDon Williams concert. Williams' Greatest Hits Vol 1, Con- 10 6 THE VERY BEST OF FOSTER AND ALLEN The contest centres around Pick- nie Francis' Love 'N' Country, Mar- Foster ond Allen Roo RITZLPTV 1(SP) wick's latest 12 album releases — ty Robbins' After Midnight and consumers have to buy one or George Hamilton IV's Canadian more of the titles, and answer o 11 13 DREAMLAND EXPRESS Pacific. John Denver RCA PL 85458 (5) 11 LOVE HURTS 12 K.tel NE 1197 (K) VARIOUS ARTISTS: UK New song, such as Till The Water Stops Country Vol. 1 (Barge 12 (CC) Running, which concerns an illicit 13 18 IMAGES 1002. Distribution: Stage One/ love affair which seemingly only Don Marls K. el NE 1033 (K) Jay Gee (051-430-9001). With takes place when the girl's daddy is 15 15 LOVE STORIES Don Morns Pal NE 1252 (K) the positive impetus of the Discover in the shower — although the idea THEIR GREATEST HITS 71-75 1 A-r 10 The Eagles K53017 X New Country campaign, it's rather isn't incestuous if you get my drift encouraging to report that — a bit of cajun (Colinda), abit of 16 „ZU THE VERY BEST OF DON WILLIAMS Don Marra MCA MCG 4014 (9 Liverpool-based Barge Records Tex/Mex (Ave Maria Morales), are making moves to fly the Union adequate instrumentalists far voice, but no spark. JT Jack with five domestic country TOP 20 COUNTRY ALBUMS 17 21 GhREDATESTenoen HITS VOL 2 acts. Nothing here is about to Jo n RCA PL 82195 (R) assault the country industry either with its brilliance or the lack of it, I. PATSY CLINE SWEET DREAMS Q THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER largely because of the lack of ori- MCG(C) 6003 1. 7 Jahn Denver RCA PL 80374 (R) ginal material, but the Statleresque 2. GEORGE STRAIT SOMETHING SPECIAL MCF(C) 3306 performances by Harvey (a group) 19 26 20 ALL TIME GREATS are reasonable, Ben Rees (visually 3. OAKRIDGE BOYS SEASONS MCF(C) 3307 Roger Whittaker Polydor POLTV 8(F) Kenny Rogers, vocally Waylon 4. WAYLON JENNINGS WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE MCF(C) 3308 Jennings) is engaging, both Stroller 20 „ZL 20 OF THE BEST and White Line Fever ore general- 5. PATSY CLINE GOLDEN GREATS lIns Reeves RCA PL 89852 (R) ly professional, and Iona 8. And MCM(C) 5008 do aGeorge 8. Tammy quite well, 6. BOX CAR WILLIE BOX CAR WILLIE MCF(C) 3309 GOLDEN GREATS apart from a tendency to sibilant 21 24 Pony Cline MCA mOn 5008 (F) vocals. 7. DON WILLIAMS VERY BEST OF The intention is not to damn with MCG(C) 4014 22 17 THE VERY BEST OF DOLLY PARTON faint praise, but rather to indicate 8. DON WILLIAMS GOLDEN GREATS Dolly Parton RCA PL 89007 (RI that attempts to promote British MCM(C) 5016 country music are to be applauded 9. GEORGE HAMILTON IV 21 THE VERY BEST OF JIM REEVES — what is required is a quantum GEORGE HAMILTON /VMCF(C) 3314 •-• Jan Reeves RCA Pt 89017 (R) leap into originality such as that O. LORETTA LYNN GOLDEN GREATS MCM(C) 5028 already made by Wes McGhee, A „ VERY BEST OF THE EVERLY BROTHERS who has managed to cross the II. STEVE EARLE GUITAR TOWN MCF(C) 3335 2 I4 The Eyedy Breen Warner Brothers K46008 (114 credibility gap which assails 12. GEORGE STRAIT NUMBER 7MCF(C) 3332 homegrown country music. More 13. CONWAY TWITTY AND LORETTA DELIVERANCE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK please. JT LYNN THE BEST OF MCL(C) 1823 25 THE STATLERS: Brothers In Song — Err Weissberg &Steve Mandell Wanner Brothers K46114 (W) 14. THE BELLAMY BROTHERS THE BEST OF Videosingles (PolyGram Video MCF(C) 3248 04142 2): Running time: 19 mi- FRANK JENNINGS: Rose Of El IS. CARL PERKINS CARL PERKINS 26 — THE VERY BEST OF BRENDA LEE nutes. Dealer price: £6.95 Brenda Lee MCA LEIV 1(F) Paso (Grasmere GRALP 11): MCF(C) 3315 Comment: Half-a-dozen pleasant Distribution: EMI. A homegrown 16. LEE GREENWOOD THE WIND BENEATH if hardly memorable country lovc country singer who, according to MY WINGS MCF(C) 3228 27 CRYSTAL GAYLE SINGLES ALBUM songs performed by aquartet who the sleeve notes, has made his 17. DON WILLIAMS HARMONY MCL 1801 1 C'ysro Gayle United Artists UAG 302871E) ore said to be Mega in the States, career in this sort of thing since '68, 18. DON WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS MCL 1761 but have made little major league perhaps why virtually all this LP, 19. GEORGE STRAIT DOES FORT WORTH 28 — THE BEST OF JIM REEVES impact here. Nostalgia in o neo- Reeves RCA IntemakonolNL 83678 (R) worthy though it occasionally is, is EVER CROSS YOUR MIND MCF 3272 neither good nor bad enough to Dallasly style intercut with snatches 20. GENE WATSON HEARTACHES, LOVE AND leave an impression. It's relentlessly of live performances with o recur- STUFF MCF 3256 ,„ GREATEST HITS LIVE ring theme of lost love seems to be 2Q pleasant, sufficiently tasteful to go • 4..) Paddy Redly Hann« HM2 (SOL) down well in lounge bars, but it the theme here, and no doubt de- lacks that spark of danger which votees will lap this up, although it ORDER FROM YOUR MCA SALESPERSON 30AROUND IRELAND could enable it to crossover to pop. seems unlikely that passing trade OR THE POLYGRAM SALESDESK ON o •-• w — Bi g Tons Denver DNV16 Occasional amusing lyrics ("Love is will also purchase. 01-590 6044 otwo-way street and she's making Sales forecast: Nashville MOR fanatics only. JT o lone change"), the odd quirky Compiled by Gallup from aweighted somple of 250 conventional outlets and 30 special's' shops for the Country Music Associotion © 1986 PAGE 8 WorldRadioHistory MUSIC WEEK 4OCTOBER, 1986 .