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MUSIC WEEK NOVEMBER 23 1985

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TOP COUNTRY promoter Mervyn Conn with John- ny Cash who will be one of the bill-topper's at next PieKWlCKS year's Silk Cut Festival held at Wembley. OR NTRY MUSIC

An all stars' THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SELLING COUNTRY ARTISTS ON BRITAIN'S BIGGEST SELLING COUNTRY LABELS arena set PATSY CL1NE CRYSTAL GAYLE SNR CHARLIE RICH for Wembley WAYLON JENNINGS EVERLY BROTHERS DR. HOOK JEANNIE C. RILEY DAVE DUDLEY JANE FRICKE By CHRIS WHITE JERRY LEE LEWIS ROGER MILLER TOM JONES BOXCAR WILLE JOHNNY CASH, George Jones and Waylon Jen- CARL PERKINS MERLE HAGGARD AND MANY MORE nings head the line-up at next year's Silk Cut COMPLETE LIST AVAILABLE FROM PICKWICK (01 200-7000) Festival, held at Wembley Arena over the Easter PRT (01 640-3344) H R TAYLOR (021 622-2377) STOIC (IRELAND)(0001 523-311/60® holiday period, promoter Mervyn Conn has announced. The event will mark Jennings' first UK Si appearance in over three years, and also marks a - _ THEIR GREATEST HITS 71-75 welcome return for Jones who was forced to cancel IO 115) The Eagles Asylum K 53017 (W) his last scheduled appearance at the festival be- ^ THE VERY BEST OF DON WILLIAMS cause of ill-health. 1 i,, THE STORY I D (2H Don Williams MCA MCG 4014 (F Breaking the tradition of having one host for the Kenny Rogers Liberty EMTV 39 (E) -j CRYSTAL GAYLE SINGLES ALBUM three-day event. Conn also revealed that the open- 1I # 126) Crystal Gaylc United Artists UAG 30287 (E ing day of the festival will be compared by George STATE OF OUR UNION FIRST LADIES OF COUNTRY Hamilton IV. the duties will be taken over by top ^ (New) The Long Ryders Island HPS 9802 (E) 18 American presenter Lee Arnold on THE BEST OF THE EAGLES * q LOVE STORIES the second day, and by Canadian Gordie Tapp on 2 12) The Eagles Asylum EKT 51W) I (19) OonWillinms the third. K-tel NE 1252 (K Playing second on the bill to George Jones on COUNTRY'S GREATEST HITS LOVE HURTS the opening day of the Festival will be Johnny ^ (3) Various Island CGH 1 (E) £\J (Ro) The Evorly Brothers K-tclNE 1197 IK] Russell, a virtual unknown this side of the Atlantic _ OLD WAYS NATIVE SONS but who proved to be one of the surprise successes |3) Noil Young GeHenGEF 263771C) ^ I I'l) The Long Ryders Zippo/Demon ZONG 003 (MW/P of the event last Easter. He's best known as a 6 FOUR STAR COUNTRY CENTERFIELD songwriter — Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty and (6) Johnny Cash/Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson/Kris Kristoffcrson K-tel NE 1278 (K( 22 Warner Brothers 925203-1 (W Merle Haggard have recorded his material, and The LONE JUSTICE HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Beatles recorded his Act Naturally — but some 20 / (4) Lone Justice GcllenGEF 26288(C) 23 RCA Internationa, NL 89475 (R years later Russell could be destined for success in 8 DOLLY PARTON'S GREATEST HITS THE JOHN DENVER COLLECTION his own right as a performer. (7) Dolly Parton RCA PL 84422 (R) 24 Telstar STAR 2253 (R Conn is continuing his policy of also presenting 9 HALF NELSON THE BEST OF more contemporary artists including Lacy J Dalton 16) Willie Nelson CBS 26596(C| 25 The Bellamy Brothers and Epic Records' band Exile. Traditional country MCA MCF3248 (F music fans will be catered for by and /v THE VERY BEST OF DOLLY PARTON THE VERY BEST OF The Drifting Cowboys. Also appearing during the I \/ (13) OollyParton RCA PL 39007 (RJ (20) The Evcrly Brothers Warner Brothers K 46008 (W festival: Barbara Fairchild, Metba Montgomery, DR HOOK'S GREATEST HITS j-J DREAMLAND EXPRESS Jess/ Colter, the Nashville Superpickers, June Car- '8) Dr Hook I (17) John Denver RCA PL 85458 (R ter, , Anita Carter and Stonewall Jack- IO ,,a ONE OF THESE NIGHTS WHAT ABOUT ME son. IZ ^ The Eagles Asylum K53014 (W) RCA PL 85043 (R . o GREATEST HITS REUNION CONCERT LEE GREENWOOD, who nearly achieved a major | (Now) Gicn Campbell 29 The Everly Brothers impression IMDP 1 (C breakthrough in the UK with his top 50 hit The H HOTEL CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS , heads towards the end ' 21 The Eagles Asylum K 53051 (W) of 1985 with yet another award tucked under his Alabama RCA (USA) ASL 17014 (Import belt, and an a new album and single set for release here. Greenwood won the Song of the Year award for God Bless The USA at the CMA Awards in Nashville. His next single will be Christmas To Christmas out on November 25, followed by an album of the same name out on December 2. COUNTRY FANS should be interested in a new t-f three-album box-set Country Rainbow from $ Warwick Records which has a retail price of only o W £6.99 and includes tracks N B by Willie Nelson, Don A Williams, Emmylou R V Harris (left), , Donna Fargo and fhe Ne\N Mouw Dolly Parton. The label «♦» has also released two budget albums. The CBS 26689 World Of Willie Nelson ^0-26689 and 16 Golden Country Hits, in the new Warwick Reflection series.