Lighthouse is signed to Denon Canada Penny rate established Big Country sweep fornewcomc Allan Katsuya, President of Denon Canada, immediately set the pace for the Toronto The Big Country Awards,heldat has announced the signing of Lighthouse to group,which became one ofthe most for FACTOR loans 820 a FACTOR has announced that a penny rate Toronto's .InnunthePark,Sunday three the Denon label.Initialreleasewillbe popular livebands of the late sixties and early May 28th, was another successful event in the The Best Of Lighthouse - Sunny Days, a seventies. Releasing nine albums, the band for repaying loans has been established in Top R response to a request from CIRPA for "a 13 yearhistoryof the awards.Itwas persona collection of songs taken from five of their chalked up three Juno Awards and nine gold estimated that 85 percent of those nominated, previous album releases. and platinum records, and were one. of the simpler method of calculating" its royalty named obligations to FACTOR. were on hand f6r the event, and that included had wo The new albumhasbeendigitally first. Canadian bands to tour worldwide. some of the 'heaviesincountry music, re -mixed and includes their most popular The Denon release marks the first album The FACTOR Loansforsound On recording projectsare repayable through includingMurray .McLauchlan,Michelle Weird I hits: One Fine Morning, Sunny Days, Hats from Lighthouse since 1974. The original Wright, Family Brown, Cindi Cain, Anita Off To The Stranger, 1849 and Pretty Lady, members: Paul Hofert, Ralph' Cole, Skip sales of the recordings in all formats released. Canadi: Video loans are repayable through sales of Perras,theEllisFamilyBand,Gary Music in all, twelve tracks on the LP and sixteen on Prokop and Bob McBride, brought the band Fjellgaard, The Stoker Brothers, Randall the CD and. cassette. together again for One Fine Weekend their the single which the video supports, in all station

Prescott and, of course, George Fox. Of par- reunion. performance in 1982. single formats released. years, The new ratesfor Sound Recording ticularinterestwasthe '100percent warm a Lighthouse is the first.Canadian signing turnout of the nominees for the Outstanding for Demi and is .the first ,pop.inusic release Loans are as follows, all based on per units country sold: New Artist category: Tara Leavey, Bobby T h for Denon Canada, a subsidiary of Nippon McGee, Wayne Proriger, The Razorbacks Columbia, Japan's' oldest record .company. 10 cents for singles interesti 25 cents for EPs and Carmen Westfall, with the latter winning awards Alberta student wins 30 cents for LPs (excluding CD) this award, prompting her Reba contingent to made 75 cents for LPs in CD format erupt with an exceptional show of emotional CKGL' PROCAN jazz award 75 cents for audio-visual records applause. Country For Video Loans, the rate is .03 cents per Thisyear'sbig winner was WEA's CliffI) Seymour Axler, 19, of Edmonton, a Science George Fox, who scored a first. He was the from Ca student at the University of Alberta, has been unit sold for singles in all formats. The new repayment system isto be first artist in the history of the awards to win andFe named winner of the 1989 PROCAN Jazz infour categoriesin one year,and he Composers Competition. The annual implemented for all new loans and is an Carmen Denon management team (lapI lo r)'Lloid option available forall outstanding loan accomplished this all within a year of signing Ramber Nishimura, Allan Katsuya arfd Doug Greisbach competition, which awards a cash prize of with WEA Music Canada. country with Lighthouse (seated repayments due on the next royalty reporting to. r) Bob .McBride, $2,000, encourages the composition of works Fox won as Top Male Vocalist, Top veteran Paul.liohirt. Ralph Cole 'and Skip Prokop. for big -band jazz ensemble. deadline which is August 31,1989. For further information contact FACTOR at Country Composer, for writing Angelina, Gyokere As founding member Paul Hofert points Once, Axler's winning work, was written which was voted Best Single, as well as the last January for the University of Alberta 416-368-8678. Director out,"The newpartnership 'between Canadian Country Artist of the Year award. Creek re Lighthouse and Denon was a natural." He Stage Band, under the direction of Neil Itwaspartularlyrewardingtothe Thomso: continues with "As 'a thirteen piece 'rock Corlett. Axler studied piano, theory and audience to have Fox in attendance. He had Brown's band, the first to incorporate horns and classical harmony at the Royal Conservatory played Calgary the previous evening and, strings, of Music but took up the trombone through Manager Lighthousehasalwaysbeen although exhausted from a long plane ride, James; I associated with classical and jazz music. the Alberta school system in Grade 7. He has managed beautifully executed and humble attended the National Finals of the Canadian and Savr Denon, a company N74ith the same historical acceptance words for the four awards. country interests, shares our dedication to innovation Stage Band Festival for the past six years and The Family Brown obviously had a good and quality." has been a part of numerous winning groups RPM's yearandmovedbackintoawards Director The 1969live. debut of Lighthouse at the Festival. prominence, taking Top Group honours and recording An Honorable Mention went to Gregory the award for Best Country Album (These Furlong of Toronto for his work, El Hacha. Brown's 1989 will be the Days).Randall Prescott, who isalso a Country year of change FurlonghasaMechanicalEngineering member of the band, won as Top Country Degree from the University of Ottawa. He Producer for TillFind My Love, their RCA Coun Gino Empry receivedtheBen McPeek Memorial hit of last year Public Relations Scholarship in 1987 and the Glenn Gould Savannah's Michelle Wright took the highli Composition Award in 1988. & Personal Management Services WEA Canada crew present Edie Brickell & The TopFemaleVocalistcategory,awell Molson BIG is in ... small is out. With the advent of Jury members were Phil Nimmons and New Bohemians with platinum for their debut deserved reward for her aggressive promotion highlight( venues like the Skydome, the larger discos Gary Williamson, both Toronto composers, Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars, prior to activities and touring over this past year. major Tc performers and educators. Toronto date. or dance palaces that WEA Music Canada, enjoying a high pop and call themselves night profile in Canadian country, was voted Top Q10i clubs,the growing Platinum for Blue Rodeoon Diamond Mine LP Record Company. Included in its roster of on -air fe of number mega - Diamond Mine, the second album release Germany, including Bonn (4), Hamburg (5), Canadian country actsare Blue Rodeo, hold their musicals like from Blue Rodeo, has gone platinum, less Stuttgart (7), Frankfurt (8), and Munich (9), George Fox and The Razorbacks. As well, of Wood Phantom, Les than two months after its release. The album before flying home to Toronto .and an WEA distributes product by Savannah and presstiff Miserables and Cats entered the RPM at No. 57 on April 1st, and Ontario Place engagement (13 & 14). They Stony Plain. Ritchie H and the talk of more bulleted its way to the No. 4 position after cap July with a Big Valley Jamboree date on It was also an exceptional year for Sebastien. venueswithlarge only nine weeks. the 21st. Hammer, capacities, the Album sales were fueled by the instant Coming up for August is an extensive Murray's O'Keefe gate Miles, Ca smaller venues have success, at' radio of the title track released as a followed, by tours of The to change patterns. tour of the U.S., just shy of half million Gino Empry single, which moved the single up the chart to Australia in September and Canada for Picnic wi Even thelarge the No. 7 position (May 13) after only 9 October. Anne Murray'srecentengagementat Sharing ti festivals like Shaw and Stratford will have to weeks of charting. Toronto's O'Keefe chalked up an impressive year's Big concentrate on "quality", not "spectacle". The Risque Disque band 'began the 97 percent attendance over the 'five days (May More and more of the smaller theatres Michelle month of June with a date at London, Penta and Paul Laine 17 to 21). The Capitol recording star played Tanya TUI will go bankrupt, more and more of the England's Borderline (June 1), followed by to an audience of 15,699' with thefull smaller clubs will become neighbourhood sign recording contract Heart, Ri datesin Chicago,(2),Sarnia, Ont.(3), capacity of the venue' being 16,155. Gross There wig hang-outs or just disappear. Atlanta (5), back to London's Borderline (7), After what is described as "a spirited bidding receipts totalled $425,174.00. But, it won't last! Supper clubs, intimate war" with record companies on both sides of announce( New York City's Lone Star Roadhouse (8), Murray remainstheonly Canadian is schedul( theatres, good jazz clubs, and theme dance Baltimore (9), Boston (10), Philadelphia (12), theborder,theVancouver -basedPenta performer to play five consecutive nights at palaces will find their level and their place Entertainment has secured an exclusive long The t a return date at London's Borderline (14), the O'Keefe to achieve this audience percen- Festival vu and become popular again. Class will out. term recording contract with Paul Lain; a North York, Ont. (17), London's Borderline tage and .gross dollar figure. 'Her next local lineup incl Even government cuts won't stop this again (21); Cologne, West Germany (28),'and 21 -year old Vancouver singer/songwriter. appearance will be June 5th when she sings change. In the end, the public will be the Laine's debut album is scheduled for Band, Jef Paris, France (29). boththeCanadan and American Tragically winner . . . and I predict we will see the start release next year on the Penta label in Canada The band remains in Paris for July 1st, anthems at the Blue Jays'first game at Circle, Na of this new pattern before the end of 1989. and on Elektra (Penta's licensee) worldwide. and then kicks off some pretty heavy dates in Toronto's Skydome. Andrew C