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Bob Mackowycz IElevates To CILQ PD I Garrett Hart New WAPL PD I WBM W Names Cerphe MD A L B U M R E P 111Who Reunion-- um See Rock Report SURE SHOTS 6 0 9 - 4 2 4 - 9 1 1 4 111•11 JOE WALSH FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS it.ixs AND JIMMY BARNES MARILLJON ROGER DALTREY THE CALL X. WARREN ZEVON LP Y&T LP JOE WALSH, 'THE RADIO SONG', WARNER BROS. Joe's obviously a real radio-holic at heart, so it's only natural that his "other career" would lead to this spirited salute to the airwaves. The equitable use of keyboards and guitars sound quite refreshing and once your audio compression gets a hold of this high tech hit, you can bet the world will be singing along. Starting with a simple Phil Spector beat, Joe stacks layers of harmonies, slightly tropical keyboards, screaming guitars and his trademark nasal pipes in a Terry Manning production that's as cool as it is commercial. It's ready for power, bet the tower! THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, 'STAND BACK'. CBS ASSOCIATED #1 MOST ADDED Leave it to the trendsetting T-Birds, who spearheaded the current roots-rock revival SAMMY HAGAR/"Give To Live" with last year's near platinum 'Tuff Enuff Lp. to throw us a big breaking curve bali 140 ADDS/D-15* HOT TRAX like this. Backed by the mighty Memphis horns and produced by Dave Edmunds, Jimmy & company get the joint jumpin' with a wicked round of R&B in the Stax/Volt tradition that cooks from start to finish. Take the rhythm track from "Tuff Enuff and fuse it with the chorus of Sam & Dave's 'Hold On, I'm Comin'" and you're starting to get the idea. So when the time comes, add air and "Stand Back"! INXS & JIMMY BARNES. 'GOOD TIMES', ATLANTIC Astute programmers at KLOS, The Loop, KORS, WCMF, WDIZ and others have been praising and pounding the import for some time, and now thanks to the Atlantic troops, here it is for mass consumption. Pair up two of Australia's hottest exports with a Vanda & Young sizzler like this and it's instant tear-up-the-town, shut-down-every- joint-around rock and roll nirvana. There's always room for a pump it up powerhitter like this and coming off INXS' most successful album ever, why wait? Let the "Good Times' roll! MARILLION. "INCOMMUNICADO'. CAPITOL Just when it looked like quality progressive rock was headed for the endangered species list, along comes MariIlion with this much needed high texture triumph. #1 TRAX GAINER "Incommunicado" is a step up in terms of energy--a forward moving, majestic 18-49 FROZEN GHOST/"End Of The Line" mutha destined to be their biggest yet. Mark Kelly's machine gun synth assault gives 76-53* HOF TRAX way to a lilting Who-like chorus in a superbly paced, future Reaction Record that challenges and satisfies. Nice to see a good band on the road to greatness. ROGER DALTREY, 'TAKE ME HOME', ATLANTIC Roger takes a walk on the wild side for what's clearly his most adventurous and ambitious solo outing yet. Funky and futuristic, "Take Me Home" has a dangerous after-hours flavor, embellished by Roger's d.rty lowdown growling and some highly inventive instrumentation. We've all been anticipating some new moves from Roger and although not apparent on first listen, this heady mix of jazz, jive and quirk guarantees to grab your audience. THE CALL, 'I DON'T WANNA'. ELEKTRA 1985 was a breakout year for The Call, with Top 15 and Top 20 tracks and the unanimous verdict from programmers that this was a band whose time had come. Based on that and the undeniable power, emotion and intensity of the new 12", "I Don't Wanna' should be one easy call. As WXRT's Lin Brehmer puts it, "Combine the most urgent vocal delivery this side of Bono Vox with an unforgettable refrain and you've received the Call, a band whose maturity is balanced by their passion." Larry Miles, #1 ALBU M GAINER KOME seconds with. 'The new Call record is just phenomenal!" MOTLEY CRUE/"Girls,Girls,Girls" 23-17* NATIONAL PRIORITY TRAX Continued On Next Page DOUBLE SHOT BUZZBANDS HOODOO GURUS "Out That Door" ELEKTRA ENVY "Ain't It A Sin" ATCO FIRE TOWN "Carry The Torch" ATLANTIC STEVE JONES "Mercy" MCA *KEEL "Somebody's Waiting" GOLD MNT/MCA *THE CURE "Kiss Me..." ELEKTRA REACTION RECORDS (TOP 5) THE EDGE.. "Heroine" VIRGIN FIGURES ON A BEACH "No Stars" SIRE/WB SAMMY HAGAR "Give To Live" 140 ADDS/D-15* *THE SILENCERS "Painted Moon" RCA IMP. JOHN WAITE "These Times.." 117 ADDS/D-26* *THE ART OF NOISE "Dragnet" CHRYSALIS GREGG ALLMAN "Can't Keep" 48 ADDS/D-56* *PAUL JANZ "One Night..." A&M THE OUTFIELD "Since You've.." 43 ADDS/35-21* #1 BUZZBAND BRUCE COCKBURN "Waiting.." GOLD CASTLE ENVY/"Ain't It A Sin" ROGER WATERS "Radio Waves" 40 ADDS/27-18* 15 NEW/D-79* HOT TRAX (*New Entry) FMQB, June 5, 1987 SURE SHOTS #10 Most Requested. Now sample these lively raves from the Continued From Previous Page likes of Tim 'Look out #1!' Jeffreys, KAZY...Carter 'Mr. Red strikes again!' Alan, WBCN...Jeff 'Another smash!" Carrol, X, '4TH OF JULY', ELEKTRA KLBJ...Chris 'Master Blaster summer anthem' Garrett, They've come a long, long way since their L.A. beginnings and WHEB...And Jay "Real smooth, one of his best!' Baker, nowhere is it more apparent than on this seasonal, homegrown WFBQ...Jim Steel, WIOT marvels, 'What a record, what a topic, guitararama. Exene's and John Doe's voices weave and blend what a masterpiecer...Alan White, KILO lauds, 'Sammy sings together the way Kantner & Slick used to in the early days of from the heart with enough punch for the rockers and enough the Jefferson Starship, while the song is unquestionably their emotion for the females'...And WDVE's Anthony Alfonsi closes, most market conscious to date. WBCN's Carter Alan declares, 'If 'Give To Live' is any indication of what's going to be on 'X is back in the trenches. '4th Of July' should blast onto the Lp, we're in for a great summer of rock and roll'. radio everywhere. This is a future classic hit.' Xstatic! JOHN WAITE. 'THESE TIMES ARE HARD FOR LOVERS', EMI WARREN ZEVON, 'SENTIMENTAL HYGIENE', VIRGIN AMERICA 'Hygiene's' cleaning up in statland, with an imposing 30 play (117 New/119 Cume)...Waitel Check out these OTB stats: 117 hikes--2nd only to Richard Marx this week, 13 Top 5 phone New and a smokin' 26* debut traxl We'll go right to the locations (WEBN, WGTR, KXRX, WPDH, KZEL, WXRC), 15 accolades. Jim Steel, WIOT, 'His best rocker since the Power reports, 49 Heavies, 160 cume, and chart status to Babys!"...Beaver Brown, KDJK, 'Worth the Waiter...Jay Lopez match: 13* Trax, #14 Most Requested. Sporting an all-star WW WV, 'Could be his biggest hit everr...Anthony Alfonsi, cast--Dylan, Henley, R.E.M., Stan Campbell, Brian Setzer, Neil WDVE, 'Lots of muscler...J.David Holmes, KUPD, "He's rockin' Young and others, Warren bashes out an Lp that delivers on againr...Jeff Michaels, KSQY, 'Best yetr...And more baby talk the promise of that classic debut album. His intelligent, from WLVQ's Wendy Steele, 'John Waite could have his slightly twisted perspective on first rate rockers like "Detox biggest hit to date; what a baby dollr...Cathy Dowr, WLNZ, Mansion', 'Bad Karma", and 'Trouble Waiting To Happen' 'Best he's done since his Babys days!"...Alison Stewart, WBRU makes for sparkling stand-out programming material. A relates, 'John makes an offer that AOR can't refuse; it's rock comeback record of major proportions. oriented and ready to rollr...And Pam Edwards, KGB punctuates, 'John's voice is so incredible he can do justice to Y&T, 'CONTAGIOUS, GEFFEN just about any tune and this time he has a great song. Glad It's burnin' after midnight as well as all day long, to have you back, John!'...Back rockin' indeed. 'Contagious' that is. WBCN, WLAV, KZRR, WOUR and CILQ catch it this week expanding the now playing column to a GREGG ALLMAN, 'CAN'T KEEP RUNNING', EPIC hefty 74 and with 12 play increases (WNOR, WQFM, WYNF, (48 New/53 Cume)...WLLZ, WQFM, WIOQ, WDIZ, KFOG, KOME, WDHA, KOZZ, KMOD, WKLC), the track sprints 51-43*. Now WNEW, WGTR, WTPA, WRXL, KMOD, KATT and WRQK are for the performance check: 34 stations report Good/Excellent among the 48 newcomers that come running to Gregg's next calls and 6 cite Top 5 mentions (KBPI, KSJO, KKDJ, KRXQ, automatic track, bowing 'Can't Keep Running' at 56* Hot KMBY, KDJK). For more of that potent, power-driven rock Trax. Rock Radio continues to be stoked over Gregg's Y&T style, simply sample these impressive depth charges. The impressive depth on this comeback package. Larry Snider, infectious and melodic 'L.A. Rocks", the tasty change of pace KXRK shouts, 'Yet another hitr...Jim Trapp, KZEL enthuses, 'Temptation' and we also like "Bodily Harm', (go ahead, call 'Strongest album trackr...Kim Alexander, WHCN admires, 'Boy us masochists). is this Lp deep"...Erin Riley, WMMR exclaims, "Gonna be huger...Douo Clifton, KBCO assures, "Gregg's still going strong"...Jack Emerson, KGGO applauds, "Great new DOUBLE SHOT record!'.. .And Lex Staley, WFYV approves, 'Another hit from one of our biggest albums'...And so on. Deserving Second Trax From Newer Acts THE OUTFIELD.