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WorldRadioHistory 8 BRILLIANT CORNERS doughnuts and offbeat lyrics 10 ANDY WHITE tales from behind the barricades 1 2 SINGLES andy strickland looks for some first division stuff 14 HAROLD BUDD yank conceptualist meets the cocteau twins 1 6 KILLING JOKE peculiar behaviour on the road 1 8 ALBUMS mantronix, kurtis blow, madness, queen 20 LIP 23 READERS SURVEY AND ALBUMS COMPETITION 27 NEWS DIGEST 28 LIVES elvis costello, alisan moyet, alice cooper, marc almond, human league, giant and sheila e 30 EYEDEAL labyrinth, harem, eat the peach, cameo comp A special package of Wham! 32 CHARTS goodies will be out on Monday, us and disco December 8. 'Wham! — The Final Box Set' will contain 'Wham! The 34 CHARTS JACKET REQUIRED Final LP', pressed on two gold indies, reggae and eurobeat vinyl picture discs, a Wham! the • Madonna was among a host of celebs 39 CHARTS final T-shirt, notebook, pencil and an exclusive 1987 Wham! uk singles, 1ps, cds, mv modelling specially designed denim jackets in New York last week, at a charity auction in aid calendar only available in the set. 41 CHARTFILE The sets will be in a limited of AIDS research. Madonna's ¡acket was designed edition of 25,000 copies, each 43 BPM by her old flat-mate Martin Burgoyne, an AIDS containing an individual num- 46 MANTRONIX sufferer himself. Shame she didn't get someone bered certificate. They will sell for pushing back the boundaries of hip hop around £15.99. Whamrs classic to design her hairstyle while she was there. Yuletide single 'Last Christmas' will 48 CAMEO Rumours that she's after the part of Angie in be out again from this week. 'EastEnders' were denied by a spokesperson. A RS Keith Haring design exits right. Front and back cover photography: Joe Shutter AS

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uzzbox release their album lostin' Steve Austin' on Monday, December 8. Produced by Vindaloo Records Fsupremo Rob Lloyd, the 12 track album features Fuzzbox's mega hit 'Love Is The Slug'. Other tracks include 'Console Me' and 'What's The Point'. In Fuzzbox parlance the phrase "bostin' Steve Austin" means something is brilliant. So now you know. RS

HIP HOP merchants Mantronix release their album 'Music Madness' this week. The album has eight tracks written by MC Tee and composed and produced by the mighty Mantronik. Mantronix are currently making plans to play dates here in the New Year, when they'll be releasing another single. See page 46 for astunning Mantronix feature. THIRD'S WORD Leeds outfit Third Circle have obviously learnt a thing or two from New Order, but that hasn't stopped them making a fine single. 'Last Night Was The Best Night Of My Life' has been out for a while now, but Index has only recently stumbled across its frantic beat-box rhythms and searing guitar. Out on Leeds label Rouska, it's a cut above the usual attempts at some sort of indie dance music. AS

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C O 11 E T I T I ON oki MOH It's that time of the week again, when the Santa Claus in us takes LADYSISTE1V— over and we start giving away lots of lovely pressies. Up for offer HEIR VERY BEST-BACK TO BACK this week are 15 copies of the double album 'Diana — Michael — Gladys — Stevie: Their Very Best Back To Back'. This is actually four sides of vinyl with a side devoted to each particular act — Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight and Stevie HORN A PLENTY Wonder. Just answer these three simple questions to win. Well knock us down with a I) Gladys Knight caught a midnight train to: a) Gretna Green, b) Gerrards Cross, c) Georgia? feather, Klaxon 5 are still 2) Michael said farewell to: a) his mum, b) his summer love, c) his around! Not only that, but they've best friend? gone and recorded the best single 3) Diana Ross wanted you to touch her in: a) the morning, b) the él Records have delivered this evening, c) the afternoon? year. It's abrassy, pacey slice of Send your answers on apostcard to rm Back To Back Competi- pop soul with an intriguing title. tion', Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW I 'Never Underestimate The 7QZ. All entries must arrive by Monday, December 15. Ignorance Of The Rich' creeps up on you after acouple of plays to COMPILED BY ROBIN SMITH become abit of acrucial listen this week. DI CROSS &ANDY STRICKLAND AS

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EARBENDERS SOUNDS Paul Sexton 'The Streets Are Collin" the Looters (Alternative Tentacles EP) 'Believe It Or Not' Billy Griffin (Atlantic 45) 'Strangers When We Meet' (Enigma LP)

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6 R tv% magine the luxury of being able to record every song in your head, then hand-pick the best dozen for your album. That's the lucky Iposition for one of the great underrated voices of soul, Billy Griffin, lead singer on Miracles gems like 'Love Machine', his own 'Hold Me Tighter In The Rain', of course, and now his sadly ignored debut single for Atlantic, 'Believe It Or Not'. "We're going to record 35 songs for the album. We've already done 20," Bill tells me. "It's the best way, it's kind of re- miniscent of the movie-makers of the Thirties and Forties. It's like screen-testing." PS

ANGELIC UPSTARTS Old Index fave the Butcher Conspiracy return to the indie charts this week with 'Angels'. At first hearing not an obvious track to lift from the band's LP 'Distressed Gentlefolk', but it's a hauntingly lilting song that burns its own hypnotic path into the old grey matter. A rare and welcome respite from the Jazz Butcher's usual wacky ways. AS

WALLS HAVE EARS We at Index know nothing more about the Wallflow- ers than they've made a rather tasteful, tuneful pop single. The sort of record that could be picked up by the likes of Janice Long and turned into an evening radio favourite. Acoustic guitars strum incessantly, there's the Bunnyish intro and some nice backing vocals. 'Blushing Girl TAKE A BUTCHERS Nervous Smile' is the record, Since our own very discerning Stuart Bailie made favourable noises about Sally Timms and we wouldn't be surprised EP 'The Butcher's Boy' last week, it's been getting the thumbs up throughout the office. to see a few satin jackets and So we thought you might like to see apicture of the woman in question and acouple of cheque books on the Wall- her Drifting Cowgirls (Jon Langford pops up everywhere these days eh?). A classy flowers tail soon. AS collection of provocative songs in a distinct country mould that makes an inçredibly pleasant change. AS

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Some bands come bearing five- idea of Davey's lyrical obsessions. year plans for world domination. Some 'Predictable' is not aword commonly come bearing smart suits, cheekbones associated with the Brilliant Corners. The Brilliant Corners and fourth form philosophy. The That 'Tube' show was their first Brilliant Corners come bearing appearnce on telly since Davey was like doughnuts, have nice doughnuts. Very nice doughnuts, it banned from aBristol TV show after the must be said, but doughnuts all the switchboard got more complaints about haircuts, write 'quirky' same. him than anything else in the pop tunes and are built to If you saw 'The Tube' the other week, programme's history. you'll remember the Brilliant Corners. last. But are they the new They're the ones who made avideo for The Brilliant Corners make £500. A video for asong called 'Brian records that are "a whole lot of fun". Housemartins? Rix' which saw singer/guitarist/lyricist They've been described as "boyishly Davey Woodward showing ashapely charming", "nail-bitingly fresh" (by me, Brilliant prose: Eleanor leg as he danced around in front of his actually) and "arguably the most brilliant colleagues in his boxer shorts. The song band Bristol has ever created". Yet it's Levy itself, atrack off their latest 'What's In A sad, but true, that bands like the Shop Word' mini LP, is afair indication of the Assistants and the (now deceased) June Brilliant Corners' charm. Brides have been zoomed onto the And 'charm' is definitely the word of cover of certain music papers almost the moment. A happy, guitar-based before the ink's dried on their birth sound, complete with Hovis ad trumpet. certificates — the only criteria for such With lines like, "You remind me of Brian recognition, seemingly, being that they Rix... When you pull down your play guitars at breakneck speed and are WorldRadioHistorytrousers it sends me in fits", you get some the side of 21 that the journalists who Chris: "It's difficult, really. If you're you get to know somebody and you talking about, 'are we an indie band?' I know they're afacist nut, but you don't know if we are. There's no reason actually quite like them. Even though why most indie bands, like the Janitors, you'd shoot them when the revolution couldn't be on amajor label, why their comes! music shouldn't get across to alot more "It's really easy for bourgeois people, because it's not that Guardian readers to come out with the inaccessible." right sort of attitudes and slogans about Davey: "This indie thing is just a politics, but if they lived on acouncil fallacy. It's just an easy way to group a estate and the bloke with no money that lot of pop-ish bands together. If you they have all this sympathy for turns out think of the most successful indie band, to be acomplete fascist, it puts awhole I'd say it was the Housemartins, because different light on things. These people they embody all the cultural things that don't understand that at all. And never normal people do, so people can easily will." identify with them." It's interesting that the name of the Davey Woodward has aphobia Housemartins should come up. For all about launderettes. He won't go in one that the Brilliant Corners have been and does all his washing in the sink. He likened to the Smiths or any number of gets alittle tired and emotional after two shambling guitar bands, if there's any pints of lager— and eats one of the two group that comes to mind when listening doughnuts he'd brought by way of an to them, it's Hull's finest sons. Not sound - introductory gift. Introductory — to not wise — for, whereas the Housemartins ¡ust the best group ever to come out of promote harmony and slickness, the Bristol, but one of the freshest, most Brilliant Corners are more loose and articulate groups of the moment. lollopy, more wantonly witty in the lyrics. Unspoilt by not having had too many But attitude! Now that's something else people telling them how wonderful they altogether. Both bands share similar are, they could well be destined to do wacky tendencies that can tend to for Bristol what did for obscure amore serious side to them. Liverpool and the Housemartins did for Davey: 'We'd like to be in the Hull. Well, maybe. But not before they're Housemartins' position, where we could ready... keep our own ideas and be as Davey: "The reason why I'm glad we artistically independent as we could, but haven't had alot of exposure up to now also reach aproper mainstream is probably because, musically and audience. lyrically, we haven't been ready yet. I "I don't see any point in just reaching think we are all very critical of ourselves. aclique. If it was on amajor label, it But it's reached the stage now where we would be taken up by people. Although know we need acertain amount of /find it difficult to listen to. I cringe every money to record the way we want to, time I hear something personal in the and to pay someone to do all the boring lyrics. I'm going to stop doing it now. stuff, like setting gigs up. The machinery Shroud myself in mystery!" that goes into getting our records across to people." At the mention of lyrics, Davey tries Chris: "Otherwise, it's just going to to hide under the table, while Chris make us boring. It's taking up too much attempts to run away to the bar. It has to of our time at the moment. I read aShop be said that Davey's, shall we say, Assistants interview last week and all Ron Johnson's got his — things like that. eccentric lyrics are amajor part of the they were talking about was their Whereas SS20 have got us — because group's appeal. The likes of 'Boy And crappy publishing deal and moaning B The Cloud' and 'Delirious' on the mini LP about their label." it isus!So d" o they feel they've been and the much quoted 'haircut' line in Davey: "It's so dull." ignored by a music press obsessed 'Jim's Room' from the earlier 'Fruit Chris: "What you're supposed to be with what's going on in London? Machine' EP, are like little soap operas saying is, We're exciting, we're Chris: "Yeah, although Ifeel it would in themselves. Everyday observation happening now — go out and get our have been amistake for someone to turned into something that's across record!' And all they do is moan about pick up on us too soon. We're only just between alimerick and TS Eliot. Lines the business. Everyone knows it's shit, but write about them have long passed. getting ready now." like, "They talked about Engels and people who actually buy records aren't The Brilliant Corners, meanwhile, And just how long have they been Marx. Did they play for West interested in that, are they? superior in almost every respect — from together? Germany?" (from 'Laugh, I Could Have songwriting, to lyrics, to the really Chris: 'Well, if Itold you we used to Cried') are indicative of Davey's wry Just one more question remains. important things, like haircuts — have be called Bill Haley And the Comets..." humour. Does he write his words as if Why the Brilliant Corners at all? been left down in Bristol to get on with it, he's writing poetry? Davey: "There's two answers to that. virtually untouched by premature hype; The Brilliant Corners came into Davey: "What, do you mean like The serious intellectual answer, to do allowed to develop at their own pace. existence with asingle, 'She's Got Fear', growing abeard and sitting in agarret with jazz. But we can't talk about that." And they don't mind abit. in January, 1984. They claim to have or something? No, sometimes aline will Chris: 'We're not supposed to know "You mentioned the June Brides," says been 16 at the time though, looking at occur to me and I'll write it down and about jazz, you see. And there's a Chris. He and Davey are doing them, it seems highly dubious to me. maybe it'll fit into asong at alater stage. frivolous answer that Davey's going to the interview because they are Davey: 'We were abit different then. Or somebody will say something. Like, make up for you now." apparently "the only two who say It was still ajoke. As time goes on, you the 'Brian Rix' song came about when Davey: 'Well, you know. Brilliant anything". 'Well, look what happened can keep to that sort of thing, like every this friend of mine was talking about corners... Football... Like Bristol to them. They were on the cover of other sort of buzz-saw indie band, apart when he was living on his sister's floor. Rovers..." NME and they had to go on and sign from the Soup Dragons. And it would He'd be sleeping there in his boxer Chris: "That's what afew people in with someone. If they didn't, they had to have been so easy to do novelty, shorts and they'd come in and walk Hull thought, see. They said, 'it's 'cos of break up. Which they did. In fact, we garage, noisy songs. But Ididn't want to around drinking tea. He'd get up and the football, isn't it?' And we were played agig with them that week and do that, and Idon't think the rest of the find all these little children staring at him. thinking, 'What are they talking about?' they told us they would. They were band did either." "I don't know if you've noticed, but a And they were trying to explain. 'You supporting us — which was bloody So where do they see the Brilliant lot of the songs are about how you cope know, nice corners, good corners.' And ridiculous. Corners fitting in with the rest of the when meeting different people from we were going, 'Yeah, yeah', 'cos you "I think part of what you say is right. music business? different class backgrounds. How you can't tell someone it's because of ajazz We're not part of any easily identifiable Davey (brow furrowed worriedly): reconcile what is meant to be right in a song by Thelonius Monk, can you? It's all 'scene'. Creation have got their bands, "To the sort of, left — abit." 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R 9 jackets. Andy White's first single, 'Religious Persuasion', released late last year, defied this "which side are you on" mentality. "It was hailing Marys at the drop of DEFINITELY NOT atract. Said the Seven Deadly Sins were staying round at my flat, I pondered on the churches of England and Rome, hadn't paid the rent for my spiritual home... Said Iwas agnostic. 'I mean atheist' Icried, as they moved in Andy White may for the kill, the walls tumbled down as they handed me the bill. They weren't be a folk singer, impressed by distinctions. Ithink you'll find Iwas up against persuasion of the but anyone whose religious kind." songs are forged So as Andy White attends to the religious based violence of his home in the trouble town with avision and apassion that rarely emerge hand-in-hand these torn city of days, his position remains neutral. Maybe this could be construed as Belfast won't be sitting on the fence? "I'm not apolitician. Only politicians blowing in and party manifestos deal in the black anybody's wind and white. Ican't give any solutions to the troubles. But if religion was Story: Jane Wilkes rearranged, that would be good. A united Ireland has got to happen sometime. It's just aquestion of when. England had ahuge empire, but it's getting smaller and smaller and smaller. It's all so complicated. There's been ahundred years of wasted words."

Far from emerging as ¡ust another angry young man, Andy White has shown an unnerving ability to craft a truly touching love song or two. Take NEW BOB DYLAN 'Vision Of You' with its imaginatively agile throes: "At 3am on the roof top watching the walls turn blue, haunted by a vision When talking to Andy White, the visual resemblance: the ruffled hair, the American changes that fired the mind of you." sage Bohemian aura, and of course, of Mr Dylan. We are talking Eighties subject of Bob Dylan inevitably crops It is this romanticism that generates the 'borrowed' cover shot for his debut Northern Ireland here, and the never up. Coming straight to the point, the such stirring emotions in what are, need to suggest that perhaps Andy LP 'Rave On Andy White', that ending troubles that have hold of that basically, songs of turmoil. White is influenced by the folk rebel provokes these parallels. state. "There's apeculiar feeling that you rouser is irrelevant. Cutting straight Yet to leave ablank space after The 10 songs that comprise 'Rave get in Belfast when there's violence in such an analogy would be to commit a On Andy White' testify to abitter- through to the heart of the matter, the the air, which there always is. You can question Which is your favourite Bob grave injustice. sweet, love hate relationship with his feel it and it gives you areal buzz. Dylan album?' somehow seems more "I don't know if it's just folk music, home town of Belfast. There's no way that Idon't want but with this style you are influenced "In the country you can see for appropriate. (The 1966 'Blonde On peace. But at the same time there is a by stuff and then you take it on. If I miles, just the moon sailing over the Blonde' is Andy's favourite usually, strange buzz that the whole thing depending on his mood.) didn't think Ihad anything new to say, gipsy fields and the rain shining on the gives, with the helicopters overhead, Perhaps it is the unconventional folk Iwouldn't say anything." wire leading back to the city..." and the grey, grilled police image, or the one man and his guitar Far from being a Dylan clone, the The city of interminable violent Landrovers." Cambridge educated and Belfast born upheaval. In Belfast everything is cut arousing the passions of ageneration, Ireland has alengthy tradition, a that draw the comparisons. Maybe it's Andy White has enough, and more, to and dried, black and white, Fenian or whole history of writers who are, let's the delivery and the jumbled double say for himself. As he points out, his Protestant. There is no room for say, abit on the clever side. They can meanings of his lyrics that encourage a time, place and situation couldn't be alternatives. No time for questioning manipulate sentences and twist the few pointers. Perhaps it is the acute further removed from the Sixties the ins and outs of religious strait- meaning of words. There's James Joyce, Sean O'Casey, Georgb Bernard Shaw and all the rest who get aname check on Dexys Midnight Runners' 'Dance Stance'. Now there's also Andy White. "It's this thing about language. All those writers know that English isn't their language even though no one speaks Gaelic anymore. The language is of another country. Some people think this is the language of the country that oppressed them. They have a different attitude. They've got alot of wit, they love playing with language. I don't particularly think oppression is there in my lyrics, but it bubbles through so it must be part of it all." There can be no denying that the troubles, directly or indirectly, have produced some outstanding creativity. Whether you take adirect stance or you don't, like Andy White, there is an aggression in his work. Out of any WorldRadioHistory trouble comes passion. YOU'D BE MAD TO MISS MANTRONIX MUSIC MADNESS

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THE FEELIES 'No One Knows EP' (Rough Trade) Some heavy but pleasant strumming of the silver DARYL HALL 'I Wasn't Born SINGLES OF Yesterday' (RCA) Isn't it strange strings sets up an acoustic REM-ish THE RESIDENTS 'Kaw-Liga' record that doesn't exactly make my how you know some records are (Torso) Those crazy Residents day, but has me tapping my stocking going to be aload of pony after the THE WEEK bounce back with their own extra foot as Ipour the tea. Half way first four bars? This is acase in point, it terrestrial version of the Hank Williams through my first cup and I'm thinking makes all the right noises, cracks all the song that owes more to Michael THE CHESTERFIELDS 'yeah, the Feelies, good band, nice right snare beats, has all the vocal Jackson's 'Billie Jean' and Madness' 'Completely And Utterly' touches, good record'. gymnastics you'd expect — and makes (Subway) Look out folks, here come '' than the wild me puke. 'I Wasn't Born Yesterday' — the Chesterfields to wipe the west. More listenable and interesting neither was IDaz! patronising smiles off your smug faces! TIPPA IRIE 'Panic Panic' (UK than ahundred Barron Knights records 'Completely And Utterly' takes up Bubblers) Just as I'd begun to but not destined to travel from 'In My Life; where the Housemartins"Happy Hour' wonder when Tippa would pop up as alternative dance floors to the big (WEA) Dear Rod returns to hit us with left off, adds atouch of rural aregular on LWT's 'Six O'Clock Show' boys' chart. all the striking power of the current frustration and amore sophisticated as our new professional Cockney, and Scotland forward line. An old Lennon/ musical backdrop and delivers one of the bugger delivers adance track that THE FAT LADY SINGS 'Fear McCartney classic that sounds even the freshest young guitar singles of the keeps the chirpy, cheery rhymes in the And Favour' (Good more dated than the original. It finishes year. "Here come the saviours ..." a background somewhat. Not sure what Vibrations) Impressive enough before it even takes off, sounding like thousand miles on from their tentative the Irie fans will make of it, but at least guitar pop offering with apleasant atarted up mic test in a LA studio. debut EP and looking hungrily towards you can dance to it when drunk. A bit husky vocal and tight rhythm section. the bare pop pages of '87. The over the top on the dance rhythms Not as endearing as Stars From CAGLIOSTRA 'Libera Me' (él Chesterfields could be next year's best perhaps, but achange nonetheless. Heaven but with a name like this it's a Records) A good example of the new band and on this showing they'll wonder they get onto the turntable at trouble with él Records output this deserve it. BMX BANDITS 'The Cat From all. As stark as the Redskins, but with year. One minute they slip out a Outer Space EP' (53rd & 3rd) more melody, restraint and the hint of decent pop record, then follow it with THE PRETENDERS 'Hymn To Cheekily re-released on the back of asmile. this overblown, sub-operatic nonsense Her' (WEA) From sparkling new the Soup Dragons' high profile and that makes Hazel O'Connor sound innocent classic pop to the Pretenders, with acoustics to the fore, this doesn't TALK TALK 'I Don't Believe In subdued. A crazy single from a who still know how to keep those cut it to the same degree. Still the old You' (EMI) Yet another measured schizophrenic record company which guitar based melodies crisp and classy. Buzzcockian references but what's the piece of acoustic, heart-rending pop must become more consistent in 1987. It's the band's restraint and point really? Ican handle one band from the most subtle of the British pop acknowledgement of the Hynde voice doing it but not the same people at it giants. You should have this on their PAUL SIMON 'The Boy In The that ensures their more reflective under another name — they'll be doing LP, and even if you haven't the melody Bubble' (WEA) A grating mismatch moments are consistently superb. asynth pop Buzzcocks song next. will sound familiar. Another band that of Paul's delicate vocals and a 'Hymn To Her' is one of the highlights Come on boys, give someone else a creeps up on you after amonth on the thumping musical style that does of the 'Get Close' set and, while chance. pub jukebox, but here an unfortunate neither any favours. All very well trying perhaps lacking the instant pop pause ushers in adangerously Dire something different musically, but you Straits-ish guitar solo. This means it's a gratification of 'Don't Get Me Wrong', ONE THOUSAND VIOLINS can't sing 'You Can Call Me Al' type cut below, say, 'Life's What You Make songs over such an imposing backing it's proof of the ease with which 'Please Don't Sand Blast My It'. Chrissie and her boys can turn any House' (Dreamworld) Seems to and expect it to work Ikept checking to see if the stylus was suffering from a melodic pop/rock song into a make all the right noises while looking PHIL COOL 'Bridge Over severe attack of belly button fluff. beautifully crafted commercial record for asong to plop down on to. Kind of Troubled Water' (Virgin) The — yum, yum. Monochrome Set meets Arthur Brown, man who finally gives Rolf Harris abit but apleasant and surprising chorus of his own back goes for the reviewed y comes in to save the day, pointing the obligatory N series spin off. But for an way for further violin singles. Great ex-adolescent would-be impressionist title but avoice that takes itself alittle like myself, this ain't bad at all. too seriously. You can almost see the Stylophones at the ready as Xmas cigarette smoke snaking upwards in approaches, and do yourselves a the vocal booth. favour by catching an earful of the Rolf impression on this man's LP. If you MADONNA 'Open Your Heart' like this kind of thing, this man is one (WEA) Anyone with half abrain must of the best. The single, of course, will have alot of time for Madonna do nothing at all. (probably the five minutes before nodding off in most cases), and there's KOOL MOE DEE 'Go See The no denying that this young woman Doctor' (Jive) Schoolboy sexual stands head, perm and shoulders horror story humour given aheavy above most of the current top 40. drum beat and not much else, and THE CHESTERFIELDS 'Open Your Heart' may not possess the then expected to have us hooting and thrilling and blatant sexuality of hot footing. Lyrically reasonable tale of 'Material Girl' or 'Like A Virgin', but we pubic problems but musically as limp BEST OF know what she's about to such an as adick after aclinic's umbrella extent that even this is infinitely treatment. Not destined to be learnt preferable to Europeans standing parrot fashion by ageneration of THE REST about on jet fighters. WorldRadioHistoryschoolboys. andy strickland When life doesn't seem that great, heroin might seem a great way to have a few laughs. But it isn't long before the fun turns into abad joke.You'll start looking ill, losing weight and feeling like death. You'll lose control of your mind as well as your health.And eventually you might even risk death. So if a friend offers you heroin, don't treat it as ajoke. Otherwise heroin might have the last laugh.

WorldRadioHistory Harold Budd may not be afamiliar name to you, but listen up. This avant garde American is CAN YOU SPARE A CHIME? not only for those in the 'know', as his collaborations with Eno and now the Cocteau Twins prove Story: Dave Sexton

Harold Budd is one of those peculiar, generally opts to work alone. The Cocteau project is perhaps the when they approached me, I enigmatic figures who occasionally Odd, then, but true, that it should strangest of all — the merger of an contacted a friend in the music surface in the music business. He be his work in collaboration with esoteric American composer in his industry who told me Iwould like seems to have always 'been there', others for which he is best known. early fifties with a 'trendy' young them, and put a tape together for me. beavering away on the fringe of From his work with Brian Eno (of British band. But talking to Harold And he was absolutely right. From popular acclaim, and his contributions which the most popularly acclaimed Budd (who, for an isolated aesthete, there it was literally a matter of to the medium are priceless. was 'The Pavilion Of Dreams'), to his is a quite staggeringly friendly chap), packing and catching a flight out." An isolated figure in almost every new work in tandem with the Cocteau it seems like the most natural thing in Given the Cocteaus' notoriously conceivable way, preferring the life of Twins, Budd has always been willing the world. peculiar ways of working (recording the desert to that of the city, he shuns to merge his style with that of "Well, Imust confess that I'd not an instrumental, then working out the all kinds of live performance and someone he likes and respects. heard of the Cocteaus before, but lyrics and vocals later on, for instance), was he pleased with the results? "Oh yes, very much so. As musicians, Ifound them immensely interesting people to work with. And in spite of my inclination to work alone, it's great to get into the studio with someone else and pick each other's brains — very satisfying." As well as the Cocteaus' LP, Budd has just released asolo piece called 'Lovely Thunder' which, in the style of his previous work, is arich, melodic and hypnotic record. Side Two is occupied by just one track, 'Gipsy Violin', which he regards as his best work to date. "That was a most peculiar experience. A friend was playing around with asampler, and the different sounds were all unappealing, until he came to one called 'Gipsy Violin' which Iimmediately thought was great. He then went off to a party and left me to play around. And that was it. Literally, straight off I recorded a three-hour piece, of which the piece on the record is a25 minute section." Talk turns to 'New Age' music, a Californian marketing ploy ("designer music for designer people"), which, understandably, Budd finds disgusting. It causes him to get very angry when his name is erroneously linked with it. And he talks about performing live, which he seems set to do, albeit very reluctantly, in the New Year, when a whole package of the 'Editions EG' label will be showcased in London. Harold Budd, although hardly prolific, has an invaluable contribution to make to music. Without the heavyweight intellectual pretensions of the 'minimalists', his music is a rare and beautiful thing. The music, in WorldRadioHistory fact, of budding genius.

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WorldRadioHistory COME INSIDE THE DARK, MYSTERIOUS

AND SLIGHTLY LOOPY WORLD OF... KILLING JOKE

"I listen to our music and what we come up with is just f**king mental," says Geordie, as our Nancy Culp goes on the road with Killing Joke, does an interview in the middle of the night, sinks afew drinks and finds out some funny things about these four young men of the apocalypse Photography: Joe— half amo' — Shutter

Imagine. Two days on the road with Killing Joke. Geordie: "It was intimidating then, but, if Ican be Something that'd make some journalists (especially so bold as to suggest it, that element was there, but those who've been on the end of aspot of 'Jaz's at other gigs they would probably look for trouble, revenge') tremble in their shoes. "Hard work?" spits while at ours they never did. They danced." Jaz. "It's just like writing a f**king school essay!" And dance they do. We join the tour at its starting You are, however, far more likely to get your head point, Glasgow. From past experiences at kicked in by some over-enthusiastic member of the Barrowlands gigs, they are always that bit special and audience as they fling themselves around in time to it reflects in the band's performance. the deafening noises coming out of those speakers. Paul: "Glasgow was a great example of going ("It's no good unless we make you deaf!" says onstage and everybody's right up there, and there's a Geordie). Killing Joke are loud with acapital L, and grin as soon as you get on. You know you're don't my poor ears know it after spending two nights welcome and it's easy from there on, because it gives next to the PA. The music is like that, though. It you such a terrific buzz." makes you want to climb right into it and stay there So for the first of two nights, Itake my life in my until you — or it — explodes. (The latter, indeed, hands and get bounced up and down on the sprung does, in the form of the last number in the set, floor, along with the heaving mass up against the 'Rubicon'.) front barrier. Watching Killing Joke is always interesting. There's Jaz doing his weird war dances, those big black Doc The next day dawns, chilly, crisp and sunny. Martens thumping merry hell out of the stage. His Eschewing the train for a hire car, Joe Shutter and I face completely entranced by, and entrancing, the drive ourselves the 170 miles from Glasgow to audience. Even when he's covered in gob, he takes it Newcastle. Whacking the new album, 'Brighter Than in good part. Cackling at them one minute — manic A Thousand Suns', onto the car stereo, the neo- as Punch — the next, waving his finger in avuncular Celtic melodies, the majestic crescendos, biting disapproval, quietly yet firmly. rhythms and soaring fullness of the music take on If you dissociate yourself from what's coming another depth in this setting. Last time I'd spoken to offstage, you'll notice acurious energy exchange them, Big Paul had likened the new album to Celtic going on between Jaz and the dancing masses. They music with its stirring qualities, and here, on the low throw it at him, he absorbs it completely then, road from Scotland, it all fig. charged up, he raises his hands and they follow every Newcastle-upon-Tyne is acurious blend of new move. Almost Messianic, and all rather creepy to concrete and buildings so ancient that the world's dirt behold. I'm not sure if he's simply getting carried is encrusted on them. It's also Geordie's home town away with adrenalin or what. . I've certainly rarely (although his parents are now in Milton Keynes). seen such control over the rowdier elements of an He's not lived here since 1973, but his moniker audience, the likes of which used to intimidate me at attests to his roots even if his accent doesn't. He talks early KJ gigs. later about how much it's changed and how odd it

WorldRadioHistory than Iam now, and that's for damn sure! 'Cos the settling part about being in this business is that all the other three seem to balance out the bad parts of each person's nature." Paul was saying how you, he and Geordie form a pivot and generate the onstage energy, while Jaz is outside of that. "Yeah, he is. But just by nature of the way he operates. It's good, Ithink, 'cos it really gives us full rein to do what we f**kin want, whereas alot of bands are really geared round their front man or singer. With us lot, he really has to fit in with what we want to do — to adegree." Do you socialise with each other outside the group? "Me and Geordie tend to socialise — Isee him more than Isee Paul and Jaz. There's adistinct split between the thinkers and the doers. Jaz and Paul both like to think and are more sort of 'mental', whereas me and Geordie tend to want to get out

Paul there and get bn with it." Paul did say he thought too much. "I think it's Big healthy as far as his drumming's concerned, because it gives him acertain amount of control in what,he's and putting out. What me and Paul always had, that Ifelt was lacking in Paul when he was with Youth, was

Raven that when we first met, we locked-in immediately. It's avery stable thing by nature of what we're trying to do, which is make people move, you need that. .. Ithink the written word is obsolete these days, to tell

Geordie, you the truth. When we go out on astage and two bars into the first number Ican see everyone going Jaz, up and down, that's what Ido it for. Nothing else." And in five years, will you still be in it? left) "In various forms, yeah. Even if Idon't see 'em for five years, I'll always be in it 'cos we're f**king all in

(from it right up to our necks!"

As threatened, Igo to anightclub with Geordie and JOKE: Big Paul. An odd place, full of 18-year-olds frolicking to Housemartins records. The three of us stand at the bar, glasses in hand, staring dolefully at the partying mass. Igive up on the interview idea and we go back KILLING to the hotel. Ito my bed and they to the bar. Half 0 past three in the morning, my phone rings. It's feels to come back. It most definitely puts the Devil occupation!" Geordie saying he feels like doing the interview now. into him, causing him to act peculiarly — but more of You got very upset because Ididn't quote you Ireply with aquaint anglo-saxonism and go back to that later. enough in the last interview. Does it annoy you 'cos sleep. Come five o'clock, there's an insistent After taking hours to find the Mayfair Ballroom, the focus is on Jaz? knocking on my door. Iget dressed, and Geordie we enter the soundcheck at an ill-advised time. "To tell you the truth, yeah. But obviously, the ambles in, red eyed ("it's me contact lenses, Ionly Things are not going well, and Jaz and Paul are in a guy has alot to say and Idon't. It's as simple as that. clean them four times ayear") with asilver goblet in foul mood. Geordie is hot to trot off into acab to see He has this whole philosophy. .. If Iwanted to be a hand. From what he says, Igather he's not very fond his 90-year-old auntie (I kid you not) so the photo philosopher, then that's what I'd be doing. What I'm of playing in England. session is so fast Iblink and miss it. Joe disappears happy with in Killing Joke is the music itself. Ihave "We actually f**king hate it. It's ashame, 'cos you growling. my interest in politics, in mythology and so on, Iread do meet afew good genuine people. I'm sure we Sitting in the bar with Raven, the proposed alot and, as Isaid, Ithink. But basically, I'm a make them feel guilty about what they are and where interview is forgotten as he's feeling nervous, so we musician. A drummer. Which is actually what they live. I'm sure that on areally base level, because just sit and chat. He lets slip something of his murky satisfies me. Getting on stage, that's what satisfies my of the tension in the music, we actually make them past which leads me to believe that he's not quite the ego, and actually performing in front of people is feel uncomfortable." pussycat he appears. Incredible as it might seem, where Iget my charge." Is it conscious? "No, I'm sure it's not. Imean, the Killing Joke can all turn on the charm full blast, with That charge seems to affect the audience too. Last real people in this country — they don't give af**k. devastating ease. There's no way I'd want to get on night, Raven got apint of beer down his bass and They'd rather listen to the records and have afew the wrong side of Raven in ahurry. Nor Jaz. Which Paul was ducking flying coins! "I think there's drinks and shag something. They don't want nifithing is why Idecide to leave him be this time, as he's had obviously alot of frustration amongst people, which to do with the actual atmosphere and the music. more than enough coverage in the past. Isense, too, is something that we thrive on in away," he says. "I They like asoundtrack, that's all. They just see it as mainly from Big Paul, that this is aslight irritant. Jaz mean, we thrive on our own frustrations, that's how apiece of plastic that can give them alarge dose of looks visibly relieved. we generate the music and that is actually our release f**kin' amnesia for 10 minutes." from that." He continues, chain smoking all the while, saying Ifinally corner Big Paul in the dressing room after Where do you see Killing Joke going? how he wants to appeal to the few "sensible people another explosive gig. It's coming up to midnight and "I couldn't actually answer that without out there", then goes off at atangent about the Paul is still 'up' from the onstage energy. That and compromising myself because Ithink we've all got Victorian working class principle, the sins of the the tequila. I'd heard that they were good drinking different aims in sight." fathers — and sex. "I should be ajournalist," he men — bar Jaz who was seen with nothing but laughs. "I just can't take it seriously. .. It's quite Perrier in hand. Back at the hotel once more, Geordie is upstairs strange, Ilisten to our music and what we come up P: "On occasions, sometimes, we're very straight. changing, so Idrag Raven to the bar, and to the tape with is just f**king mental; psychologically and In fact, alot of the time. I' ma bit of afitness freak recorder. What would you be doing if you weren't emotionally. There's alot of classical music that I myself, but I've just got this side of me that doing this? listen to and in that work Isee alot of padding. You occasionally can't stop it!" "Difficult one to answer," he says. Murdering know, Ilike rhythm too much. When you put rhythm In what way are you? "I think too much for a people, maybe? Iallude to our previous conversation into music, you change the ball game completely. drummer. A lot of the time, Iabsolutely see the about his temperament. Bringing that intensity of emotion into music, by its futility of being adrummer. It's, like, astupid "I might be. .. I think I'd be in alot more trouble rhythm, is something Ithink has been forgotten. I mean, emotions with asavage rhythm under it. If I don't crack it in my lifetime, I'm sure I'll get afew copyists. .. I mean, there are now. There's alot of people who get the idea of what we're doing. We've WorldRadioHistory got alot to answer for with Killing Joke. .." •• RUU a heady breve Mann stays sharp • II U too qrassy complete flat • the regs

Love classic, sets the mood for this album TV slogan, Kurds doesn't do that much, and would be aworthy (if belated) follow he just joins the dots. 'Kingdom Blow' is up to 'Eloise'. It points decisively Sixties- an extremely bankable album, full of great wards, to atime when psychedelia ruled music. Such apity that the attitude supreme. stinks.33111 If anything else, the Damned have Jim Reid learned to pace themselves and aren't afraid to ease up now and again. Gems THE SAINTS 'All Fools Day' like 'In Dulce Decorum' and 'The (Polydor POLD 5203) Portrait' reveal aside to their nature The Saints have always been hard to rarely glimpsed before. While the harder place. In the Seventies they pretended to edged 'Psychomania' shows they can still be punks — and now they're pretending kick when they want to. that never happened. Doubtless there are those who still The band who were once cited as begrudge the fact that the Damned no VARIOUS 'Not Just Mandela' (Davy Australia's answer to the Sex Pistols have longer incite the world to '' Lamp DLLP 4) adopted apleasant but unremarkable but the rest of us can sit back and be A little indie label with an enormous Recorded at Wembley, Knebworth and bluesy style. It's a less appealing formula difference. Far from shying away from the Nepstadion in Hungary, 'Live Magic' to the high energy thrash of 'I'm Chris Twomey money spinning ventures, the Harlow isn't just another money spinner until Stranded' but still worth persevering based Davy Lamp want you to part with MANTRONIX `Music Madness' (10 Queen's next studio album, but a with. the readies so they can give them away Records DIX 50) powerful demonstration of the band on The one irritating element of the Saints to deserving causes. Spurred into action The title is self-explanatory, but what of stage. The power, the excitement and today is Chris Bailey's voice, which by the Miners' strike, they have aheart Mantronix's intentions? They're certainly Freddie's occasional lisps are all here. The sounds like across between Mick Jagger for aworthy cause coupled with an ear one of, if not the most innovative of hip album has 15 tracks, ranging from the and JJ Cale without the charm of for agood tune. Including tracks from hop acts around, with Mantronik, the DJ, vintage but still very sprightly 'Seven Seas either.MMIMI vibrant local talent, the better known in particular, sampling sonic sounds from Of Rhye', to 'Radio Ga-Ga' and 'Friends Chris Twomey names of Billy Bragg, the Housemartins, numerous sources. Yet his virtuoso Will Be Friends'. and not forgetting ranters Attila The Make sure somebody slips one in your scratching and chopping can take even the VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Street Sounds Stockbroker and Porky The Poet, these Christmas stocking. It will be the perfect hardest core of admirers into the middle 19' (StreetSounds STSND 19) 10 tracks are amust at only of nowhere and leave them with no antedote to the Queen's Speech or your Another day, another StreetSounds E3.99.M11111113 sister's Elvis Costello record.IIIIIMBB route home. compilation ... Side one kicks off with Jane Wilkes Robin Smith When Mantronix gel they're Mel and Kim's 'Showing Out' — bright, untouchable. 'Who Is It' is aquite brilliant MADNESS 'Utter Madness' (Zarjazz VIRGINIA ASTLEY 'Hope In A crisp and shiny, making most of the other mix of disco cuts, MC Tee's pitch-perfect ZJ LP 2) Darkened Heart' (WEA 242039-1) tracks sound decidedly lacklustre. Not rapping to the beat, and the simultaneous Picking up the trail from I982's This requires avirtue with which 1am Candi Staton, though. Remember her and phased in and out challenge to the '', the Maddies set off not endowed — patience. Either that or 'Young Hearts Run Free'? Well now she's listeners to guess who it is, making it a in top gear with all the singles from an ear willing to ingest large chunks of got religion. She's also got agood voice top 20 cert. '' till the final 'Waiting cloying prissiness. and anice tune in the inspirational 'You For The Ghost Train' present and 'Scream', minus the sexist (c)rap, is But perhaps I'm being too hard. After Got The Love'. another chart destined dancer, on which correct. Plus, there are the bonus tracks: all, the opener 'Some Small Hope' is On the flipside, the ideas are thinner MC Tee extends his chat scats to singing. aremixed 'Victoria Gardens' from 'Keep mesmeric in the extreme and enhanced on the ground. 'Jack The Groove' by Yet Mantronix choose to walk the thin Moving', and 'I'll Compete' from 'Mad by David Sylvian's honey-smooth lilt. Raze is agarage tune with little appeal, line between saleable creativity and self Not Mad'. The release of agreatest hits Ryuichi Sakamoto's presence is also likewise Phil Fearon's 'House Party' album was inevitable, though necessary. indulgence. They make it on 'Megamix', heavily felt — reedy keyboards reeking of cover. Georgie Fame offers 'Samba' aka 'Complete' appeared in what was still an the damn cheek of cutting the previous 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence' abound. 'Toda Menina Baiana'. All in all, not a bad seven tracks into acontinuous one. They initial burst of fervour. 'Utter' is afar From there on, it's all downhill. A few LP. A bit like the Tony Blackburn show don't on 'Big Band B-boy'. Bright and more concise and accurate reflection of basic chords are worked to death, while without the double entendres — and make brash at their best, but overall — B-boys their career, encompassing all their Ms Astley imbues the tunes with a " of that what you will.11133 capable of far more.MIIIII /12 elements — the humour, the sadness and painfully childlike coo. So unnatural in its Adam Isaacs Martin Shaw the cynicism.111111111111113 self-indulgent delivery that you can't MICHAEL McDONALD 'Sweet Jane Wilkes GUANA BATZ 'Loan Sharks' (ID actually make out one word. Freedom — The Best Of...' NOSE 10) At school, Virginia Astley was probably (Warner Bros WX 67) That 'Loan Sharks' has been top five in the girl with never ahair out of place, A timely collection of 12 classic songs the independent charts for amonth now the perennial teacher's pet who never fell culled from McDonald's two solo albums must be some indication of this band's over and grazed her knees at playtime. and his various guest appearances merit. The Guana Batz, however, belong This record is equally as frustrating.MIIIIIII elsewhere. When he puts his heart into to that much scorned whatever-a-billy Lesley O'Toole it, no one can sing songs better than camp, and as such are consistently KURT1S BLOW 'Kingdom Blow' McDonald, as on the heart wrenching re- ignored by the press. (Club JABH 22) interpretation of Leiber and Stoller's 'I And unfairly so. Their second album is There is atrack on this LP called 'Unity Keep Forgetting', or his Grammy winning melodic, entertaining, and shows aclear Party Jam'. Mostly it's avery pretty performance of 'What A Fool Believes' broadening out from the group's more instrumental; nice bass line, great jerking with the Doobie Brothers. rowdy origins. They pull off two great flashes of emulator, lots of party noises. All his past successes are there: 'On covers in Springsteen's 'I'm On Fire' and There is achorus though. It consists of My Own' (with Patti LaBelle), 'Ya Mo B Elvis Costello's 'Radio Sweetheart', but the female backing vocalists breathing the There' (with James Ingram), and the title there still seems to be aproblem in the words 'Kurds Blow'. 'Unity Party Jam' track, but the real gems are the unknown songwriting department. 'Live For The encapsulates everything this album is songs. Usually shying away from soft Day' is promising though, and the Batz about: (1) The lyrical glorification of Mr ballads, because he finds them alittle could yet make an impact outside of their Kurtis Blow, culminating in the title track puerile, McDonald's sensitive and soulfully cult popularity.1111111•111 /12 THE DAMNED 'Anything' (MCA and the general 'chicks are on their knees rich tenor is shown off to the full on two Stuart Bailie MCG60 I5) for me' attitude. (2) The most astute slowies — his latest US single 'Our Love', The Damned have aged well in 10 years. QUEEN 'Live Magic' (EMI EMC mixing of hip hop and rock yet. There is and 'I Can Let Go Now', acriminally And yet it's adamning reflection on 3519) plenty of guitar on this LP, not cartoon short song which brings tears to my eyes today's music industry that these As the chill mists curl around your cod- over the top HM stuff, but smooth solid every time. erstwhile new wavers should still be so piece and the winter winds howl outside chording. Heavy, but not metal. (3) Blow, Forget the AOR, MOR or 'bearded vitally relevant while almost everything the window, comfort yourself with as proved on the 'I'm Chillin" single bore' labelling. Michael McDonald is the else sounds tired. memories of summer evenings and (included here), knows how to steal from closest thing I've found to Heaven Not that 'Anything' is without its own Queen's blazing concerts captured on the right places. 'I'm Chillin" owes without dying. Try him and references. '', the old 'Live Magic'. WorldRadioHistoryeverything to the go-go beat and akids Edwin JBernard

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A CERTAIN RATIO 'Force' (Factory collection of clichés and haphazard gee- THE EINSTEIN OF THE 80's. FACT 166) tar breaks, all thrown in like so much From highly promising beginnings, the unravelled knitting. career of ACR floundered and spent far As these heavy rockers like to say, too long mucking about with cocktail your mother (among others) wouldn't When his professor steals his prize invention, jazz, before returning to form. like it.3 And form is precisely what this record Carole Linfield he turns revenge into high comedy. demonstrates. With their earlier, funkier sensibilities intact, but now strengthened THE KINKS 'Think Visual' (London When he gets mad, by the weight of experience, Force' LONLP 27) should be the one that cracks it for them. Ray Davies' cameo role was one of the he doesn't get even... A record of consistently high standards, high spots of 'Absolute Beginners', and from the wonderful Mickey Way' to the this is one golden oldie who can usually he gets creative. melodic Fever 103'. It's up-tempo, be relied upon for quirkiness without funked-up white boys in the way they've quaintness. But, even repackaged with a stabbed at in the past, but never with brand new label and trendy typography quite the level of success achieved in to match, this Kinks opus is nothing like 'Force'. A winner •½ the classic it should have been. Dave Sexton Davies has retained that black and white documentary feel to his lyrics — EDDY GRANT 'Born Tuff' (ICELP one look at titles like 'Working At The 6002) Factory', 'Repetition' and 'Video Shop' is Eddy Grant is looking decidedly cool. enough to tell you that — and that tinge Dark glasses and pout on the cover of his of melancholia which hangs over him new album. Grant has always been more (which he wallowed in for 'Waterloo remarkable for his business skill than for Sunset') is never far away. But it's only his music. He turned atidy fortune in the on the bittersweet `How Are You' 1970s with his own record company, (sensibly the forthcoming single), that moved to Barbados, set up apopular there's enough of that emotion to leave a studio there and dabbles in commodities. tide mark. This album won't do as well as 'Killer On Davies is now following other career The Rampage', but the market for his paths, too — he's currently writing the bland, Caribbean-tinged sounds has been score for astage musical version of Jules well established before.3 Verne's 'Around The World In 80 Days', so perhaps all this smacks abit of going Leslie Goffe through the motions. Whichever, if he's still intent on making the intelligent adult music for which he became known, perhaps he should sit down and listen to `Graceland'. •II /12 Carole Linfield

BEASTIE BOYS 'Licensed To Ill' (Def Jam 450062 I) A record that comes covered in acne and garnished with punky spittle. A total adolescent playpen of beer, girls and defying your parents. A complete testimony to having agood time — if you're aboy, that is. For while 'Licensed To Ill' is perhaps the most inventive hip hop LP of the year, there's anasty taste of misogyny on REALieN lus many of the cuts found within. The BERLIN 'Count Three & Pray' Beasties attitude to girls is but one part (Mercury MERH 101) of their beer swilling bravado and it TRI -STAR PICTURES Presents ABRIAN GRAZER PRODUCTION Berlin must be smacking their fists against might just put alot of people off this LP. their chequered hairstyled little heads by Which is ashame, because without the AMARTHA COOLIDGE FILM "REAL GENIUS" VAL KILMER now, anguished at their miserable failure slighting references to 'girls doing the GABE JARRET MICHELLE MEYRINK and WILLIAM ATHERTON to cash in on the runaway success of laundry', and so on this would be the Music Supervision by BECKY MANCUSO and MICHAEL PAPALE Music by THOMAS NEWMAN 'Take My Breath Away'. Because, album of the winter. Executive Producer ROBERT DALEY Editor RICHARD CHEW somewhat surprisingly, not one of the 'Licensed To Ill's' mighty music is Director of Photography VILMOS ZSIGMOND, A.S.C. Story by NEAL ISRAEL &PAT PROFT songs on this turbulent LP comes close to chewed out through aproduction grinder Screenplay by NEAL ISRAEL &PAT PROFT and PETER TOROKVEI the sensuous, if schmaltzy, atmosphere of of metal guitar, savage beat box and that number one single. clever tape loops. It's ahybrid of so many Produced by BRIAN GRAZER Directed by MARTHA COOLIDGE 00Loou3v..,,:rrenEo l0 PANAVISION® A TRI -STAR RELEASE. Perhaps it's significant that Giorgio musics. A garbage can of pulsating, ugly, 1.1.11,10.11(5 .ec ..10111150M r Moroder (who originally wanted Donna thrilling sounds that refuse to stay still in Summer for that track, anyway), had no the search for anew beat, anew twist. further involvement with them after the Add to this the whining brattish rap of STARTS FRIDAYDECEMBER 5 single, with production duties being the Beasties and you have arecord that handed over to Bob Ezrin, Alice Cooper's captures the teenage party to avomit CANNON OXFORD ST. R% erstwhile knob twiddler. And if Iadd to stained 'T'. 'Fight For Your Right' — no, CANNON PANTON ST. 321 that the fact that Ted Nugent pops up on not apolitical tract, but acall to arms to guitar ... Well, Ithink you'll see where save the Paaarty — exemplifies this spirit. ACROSS LONDON I'm coming from (maaan). 'Rhymin' And Stealin", 'The New Style', OK, so Terri Nunn's vocals are strong 'Hold It Now, Hit It' and 'Paul Revere' AND AT SELECTED CINEMAS —soma Ann Margaret meets Stevie Nicks — also weigh in with some dash. Pity then but the West Coast, muscle vocalled rock about the little Boys attitudes. »BIM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 'n' rawl she produces is at best for music BB for attitude. SEE LOCAL PRESS FOR DETAILS meandering, and at worst acluttered Jim Reid WorldRadioHistory

R AA 1 9 wasn't an insult, OK?) Or did you occasion of DJ Fat Tony's 21st know that the one-time queen ligger of birthday party (and yes, Iwas shocked the six continents, Jenni Bellestar, too that there weren't more candles on has resurrected both herself and her the cake). On the lighter side, June career, teaming up with ex Mo- Montana got up and trilled dette, Melissa, for anew project delightfully for asolo spot and agood which goes under the name of time was had by all — as the old well DLAM. Attagirl! Get out there and worn cliché goes. Now that Wylie is show all these non-starters in partyland forever adim memory within the just how areal pro goes to it! confines of the VIP lounge, does this Also getting something started is mean that at last Killing Joke will Michael Jackson, whose new get their long-awaited, much coveted single has long been rumoured to be black cards so they can take up in the GOSSIP about to appear. Well, do Ihave news ligging stakes where he left off? for you, chicklets, because the single A very worthy cause was upheld last will be out in January and the album week in Glasgow when the serried i111b 1'1111111, will closely follow. Another girl long ranks of that city's finest bands got absent from music's great horizons, together for an AIDS Aid Benefit. COLUMN and one responsible for more Lloyd Cole and the impersonations than Kate Bush, is Commotions did atwirl, His Toyah. Straight from her lightning Latest Flame beat the boards with fast marriage to the Guitar Lord of gusto while Justin from del amitri Dorset, Robert Fripp (ask your took to the stage clad in what looked mother about him), the small but suspiciously like a dress. • Now hear this, one and all! This is a perfectly formed and capable Ms T One more party that Ifailed to plea from the heart of aparty person will once again punish our ear-holes attend this week was the Bon Jovi who is utterly of social gatherings with more sonic screams than adog thrash (well, the lads really aren't my that are duller than aplate of cold whistle factory. Can't wait ... glass of Pernod, you understand). Still spaghetti. PLEASE will someone, Radio 1shows amazing taste scam atrifle shaken, no doubt, by the death somewhere have adecent, exciting, — and bans all 'EastEnders' records threats, which made them change unusual party event where Iwon't fall from the airwaves. Yes, this incredible hotels. Zodiac Mindwarp, the asleep on my stilettos after 10 minutes? piece of news gladdened the hearts patron saint of coal tar soap, was And believe you me, although there and ears of the rm crew who have there, but failed to gain entry into the have been plenty of parties, most of taken to relegating all such pieces of special enclosed area for reasons best 'em haven't been worth tuppence plastic to the office disposal units ... left unknown. Contrary to reports ha'penny. Now what is all this about my old elsewhere, old Zode was not blinded But enough of these gripes. Did you mate Mr Wylie being asked to leave by some sort of mysterious powder know that Boy George has, ready the Limelight the other night under being thrown in his face at last week's and waiting in the wings, acompleted slightly dubious circumstances? Ihear Camden Palace gig; it was simply a solo album which, we are told, is really too that in the wake of their less than case of his already fogged up contact rather good? (Now all you Culture hospitable welcome Pete has sent back lenses getting even more so with all Club fans out there, please don't his coveted black card with knobs on. the steam coming up from the bother to send me hate mail as that It all happened last Tuesday on the audience, thus causing him to suffer a

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This is • Icicle Works release their EP, 'Up Here In The special box set package entitled 'Port- your last chance to see the Daintees folio' on Monday, December 8. Selling before they go into the studio to start North Of England' on Monday, December 15. Apart for around £10, the package will con- work on their second album. tain Whitney's album Whitney Hous- from the title track, the EP features 'Makes No Dif- ton' a 12 page calendar, postcards • The Fall release their single 'Hey ference', 'Sea Song', 'Nature's Way' and 'Waylaid'. and a special lyric book. It is a limited Luciani' on Monday, December 6. edition of 15,000. Written by Mark E Smith, gorgeous pouting Brix and Stephen Hanley, the • Frank Sinatra re-releases his • Status Quo release their video flip side features 'Entitled' while the 12 four album set 'Frank Sinatra: The Re- 'Rocking Through The Years' on Friday, inch has an extended version of prise Years' on Monday, December 8. December 5. 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No tight mod job She hit the stage like a sparky explosion shrieking that Ifeared he would hyperventilate duri4 the this, but certainly no expansive Fifties number either. band's first two numbers. After a break of four years "C'mon New York, clap your hands, 000000h New Just comfortable. His shirt, however, blue 'n' white York. Sing!" But they'd all come to see Lionel Richie he had every right to be. Sheffield's reputation for striped if Iremember right, is buttoned right up to his giving local success stories a cool response didn't help who she was supporting, so her initial efforts sadly fell throat. Stiff. And his face is contorted. a bit flat. matters either. This is how Elvis looks as he and the Attractions But for once the old adage about prophets being But Sheila E's one of those women New Yorkers pump their way through the awkward, angst driven aptly describe as 'spunky as hell', and with hands on without honour in their own land was thrown out the dispatches of the 'Armed Forces' and 'This Year's window. Four sold-out warm up dates, queues outside hips she yelled "I thought this was a party, not a Model' albums. Right from the start, this is not so much funeral." Undaunted, the enthusiasm persisted, the venue hours before the show and a genuinely a concert as a 15 round bout. The whole of EC's gathering momentum as this bubbling fiery lady warm audience response saw to that. career marched out for inspection. And the new-look Human League did not darted around the stage and at last, the energy began It's atypical Costello move. As the Eighties have to seep through to the crowd. disappoint. Fuelled by the news that they had topped seen his music move further away from mainstream the American charts, they developed from a decidedly Famous for being a demon on the drums (following success, his audience has grown older with him. in her daddy's footsteps), she pelted and belted and dodgy opening into afine live band. The set was Tonight there was plenty of property talk in the foyer experimental, experiencing alteration during the week, beat them senseless, and must have chucked her sticks and plenty of people ready to pay homage to 10 into the crowd every 10 minutes. but broadly consisted of half old and half recent years of very fine times. With an entourage of superb gutsy backing material from 'Crash'. It could have been cosy, but Costello is never one musicians and o wild sax player, it was a classy rich Opening with 'Hard Times' before moving into to pander to anybody's complacency. What was 'Money', the focal point was inevitably Phil Oakey soul sound with a hint of calypso — energetic and fun. happening here was a re-appraisal of the man's Even the throngs of middle aged die-hard Lionel fans and the weaving exotic dancing of Joanne Catherall music: the early pop successes rushed along and and Susan Sulley. But as they progressed through a were tapping their feet. She ran down into the buffeted by 's keyboard swell, the painful audience, grabbed a poor unsuspecting man in a 70 minute set, which included 'The Things That Dreams lyrics spat out with conviction. The Attractions moving Are Made Of', 'Don't You Want Me', 'The Lebanon green woolly jumper to dance with her on stage and easily through familiar numbers, but always ready for made his night. Jam', 'Love Is The Real Thing', it was clear that they Elvis to twist a tune into a new shape. Then it was time for the seduction routine. The fur have a strong band behind them too. At times it was all a little bit frantic and, for such a At times it was rougher than Friday nights in coat was delivered and the lights dimmed. She slipped small theatre, perhaps a touch too loud. The audience on the fur coat to slowly remove it, dropped it on the Barnsley, and ironically 'Human' was the song that were never quite comfortable in their memories. And suffered most from first night jitters. But by the time the floor then lay down on it, cooing and moaning and maybe that's no bad thing, for when Elvis slips into his singing her 'song for bedtime'. group launched into 'Electric Dreams', 'Party' and obsessive new single, 'I Want You', one realises that 'Fascination' they had already scored aconvincing The lady was o hit — who wouldn't be with so his music has come full circle. The next step may be many menacing pairs of drumsticks? — and so was home victory. painful. If they are going to progress from this opening in her final gesture of tossing her drumkit off the front of Jim Reid the stage. the next two months, they should be quite awesome. Catch them at avenue near you soon. Some inspired gentleman summed it all up as he 1 GIANT, FURY MURRAY'S, jumped up off his seat and yelled: "She's hot as hell!" Dominic Roskrow GLASGOW Angie Smith Glasgow's clubland might have fallen for the funk gospel according to Prince and Cameo, but listening • THE SAINTS, DING WALLS, to most of the city's emergent bands, you'd never LONDON know. The boys are back in town. Back with more pomp, Sure, the last 12 months have thrown up the polish more kitsch and more rock. Never one to deny his of Hipsway and the brashness of Love And Money, roots, Chris Bailey's revamped Saints were but when you get down to it (sic) things haven't really unashamedly 100 per cent rock'n'roll. From their changed. Five years after the initial impact of Postcard stereotyped open shirts, to the hard rocking stance -- Records this town still retains an unhealthy obsession all head shaking and straddled legs --- to the gross with guitar-based, determinedly white, rock. onstage patter, this first British date since 1980 was The highly lauded Giant are very much in this something of ashocker. tradition although, in their case, the Rolling Stones Half of nie expected the old Seventies Saints, with rather than the Lovin' Spoonful are the most reliable riotous guitars and squealing sax. The other half point of reference. expected something less heroic, a sign of some There is much to admire about Giant, although mellowing with the times maybe. What we got WCS tonight, dogged by wretched sound, they didn't something more coarse though not totally indigestible. particularly impress. Nevertheless, there is definitely Both of these possible facets were touched upon, something there. The pop qualities of songs like 'I briefly. Included in the set was that old sparkler 'Know Swear' and, especially, 'Confusion Reigns' shone Your Product' from the 1978 LP 'Essentially Yours'. through the murk like beacons. Whilst the thoughtful, penetrating 'Casablanca' sliced Such pop sensibilities, particularly in a band so the atmosphere to calm things down. young, have to be cherished. In this respect Giant But these were cursory interludes. You could see worry me. Too many promising bands allow their fingers just itching to get back to that good al' themselves to become embroiled in the parochial rock. With a large selection from their new, mainly cliqueishness of Glasgow, the end result being that all bluesy, LP, and the final encore of Ike and Tina ambitions are fulfilled the day all your friends and Turner's 'River Deep Mountain High', you begin to Uncle Tom make it down to one of your gigs. wonder if pub rock never existed. Know your Still, they are under the wing of the highly promising product? Does anything ever really change? MacGregor Sound label, they have a wonderful Jane Wilkes collection of pop songs and a real chance. Hopefully, they'll realise that life doesn't end at Glasgow's city boundaries. Harry Mercer

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•WIALCOLM': Antipodean antics and the odd bank heist REAL GENIUS (Cert 15 dir: Martha MALCOLM (Cert 15 dir: Nadia Toss) Coolidge) Malcolm is a little slow, but he's great with gadgets. For the first five minutes, 'Real Genius' is so full of He lives alone in a Melbourne suburb with his model wisecracking dialogue that it makes you think that if it railway and his obsessive collection of trams. After lasts, it's going to be one of the funniest films you've losing his job on the tramways, he's forced to take in a lodger. Frank is a mostly pleasant ex-con, and he ever seen. Unfortunately, it doesn't and it isn't. comes complete with his girlfriend Judith, a dingy It begins with a bloodthirsty bunch of top Pentagon diner waitress. Things begin to get amusing when officials who sit around a table in a darkened room Frank unwittingly gives Malcolm ideas to put his tech- having orgasms over a new superweapon which will nical mind to more profitable, if illegal, use and they laser blast people to death from outer space (shades mastermind a bank heist or two. of President Reagan's looney Star Wars prOject). Billed as the funniest film to come out of Australia "There's no defence like offence," says one of them. for ages, all Ican say is that the Australian sense of "Let's see that film on blinding techniques — then we'll humour is certainly strange. 'Malcolm' is a sweet, en- all have some lunch," says another. The jokes fly thick dearing sort of film, in a low budget kind of way, but and fast, and even continue as our hero, the 15 year there are as many irritating qualities to the film as old boy genius Mitch, is introduced to his fellow there are laughs. genius Chris (Val Kilmer, Tom Cruise's rival in 'Top Colin Friels' portrayal of Malcolm is just a little too Gun'), his new room-mate at Pacific Tech. But the sugary, and the sub-plot (where Frank and Judith try, snappy dialogue soon fizzles out as the plot unfolds to unsuccessfully, to get him a girlfriend and explain ab- reveal that the boys' smarmy TV celebrity tutor, is out sex), doesn't quite fit into what is essentially a secretly in league with the aforementioned Army top vehicle for screenwriter/co-producer/cinematographer brass, and is using his young protegees to develop David Parker's amusing mechanical effects. their superweapon. The story goes that Parker raised the money for the When the boys eventually find out, they get mean film by sending awalking, talking three foot ashtray to and do their best to wreck everything they've done by see a Melbourne film backer and threaten him with a gun via remote control for one million dollars. The filling their conniving tutor's home with pop corn. Yes, effects are fun, but Iwas left wondering whether to popcorn. In between times, the story does contain the laugh or cry at Malcolm's new useful life of crime, the occasional flash of true wit and invention, and any impotent third partner in a bizarre version of 'Butch film that is so obviously anti-war must have something Cassidy And The Sundance Kid'. going for it. But generally, it sticks to all the tired old Edwin .1 Bernard clichés of campus life. That means sex, pretty girls, WorldRadioHistory practical jokes and so on. Not great. Colin Booth 30 R t\A LABYRINTH (Cert U dir: Jim Henson) There are weighty hopes resting on 'Labyrinth's' shoul- ders. Directed by Muppet man Jim HensQn, this chil- dren's fantasy mixes puppet creations with David Bowie's sinewy Goblin King in a traditional tale of a young girl on the threshold of womanhood, who wishes the Goblins would take her step brother away and then gets abit upset when they do. The new 'Wizard Of Oz', the publicity runs, which is an awful lot to live up to. And it's true that the idea of a young girl's odyssey in a strange land, meeting weird and wonderful non-human friends on the way, is something that links the Iwo films. But that's about where the similarities end. Whereas the Wizard Of Oz' was bright, innocent fantasy that transcended decades, 'Labyrinth' can be seen as resting fully in the time of its making. While the story is suitably magical, who could get excited about a heroine in jeans? And though the Henson puppet creations -score highly on the aaah-o-meter, you're far more impressed by their physical crafts- manship than their endearing personalities. I'm sure that younger elements of the audience will laugh at lollopy Ludo or the small but fiery Sir Didy- mus, but 'Labyrinth' never quite manages to reach into the child that lurks within every adult, and that's its biggest failing in an area that, say, 'ET' shone. What's missing particularly is the colour. In classic children's fantasy films — 'Mary Poppins', 'Bambi' et al — that's one of the main attractions. (In 'Oz', it's the yellow brick road, the ruby slippers and the emerald city we remember.) In the world of the Labyrinth, everything is in muted shades of brown and grey. Dull, dull, dull! In the end, 'Labyrinth' is so disappointing • THE FANTASY world of 'Labyrinth'. Dull, dull, dull! because it could have been so good. Eleanor Levy EAT THE PEACH (Cert PG dir: Peter reality. Ormrod) Ormrod treats his characters affectionately and nev- Although it would never put it quite so baldly, 'Eat The er patronises them. However lunatic their scheme Peach' is about human aspiration and dreams. Living might appear, we are in no doubt that there is a near a small Irish border town, Vinnie, out of work certain nobility in their cause. Some critics have drawn and sitting in a bar, sees Elvis Presley riding a fair- comparisons with Bill Forsyth's movies, and certainly, ground 'wall of death' in 'Roustabout'. With his over and above the Celtic locations, there are similar- brother-in-law Arthur, Vinnie decides to build one him- ities in gentle humour. But Ormrod avoids Forsyth's self in his own back garden. occasional sickliness, with deeper running, if still Described as an 'Irish Western', we find the unlikely understated, themes. Stephen Brennan is excellent as duo smuggling goods back and forth across the bor- THE PASSION OF REMEMBRANCE (Uncer- Vinnie, the ordinary man who seeks to create the tificated dirs: Maureen Blackwood and der and illegally felling timber to raise money for the extraordinary in his own back garden, and along with scheme. Spurred on by stetson-toting, would-be im- Isaac Julien) a clutch of colourful supporting characters helps to pressario 'Boots', with promises of the Big Time and TV create this charming and deceptively simple film. The Sankofa is a mythical bird that signifies the act of coverage, they struggle on to make their dream a Allan Campbell looking into the past to prepare for the future. This is now the name taken by the film collective responsible for 'The Passion Of Remembrance'. Based upon the struggle for black power, the narrative deals with the COMPETITION theoretical side of the problem. The struggle in the Sixties was a one faceted affair, they say, with no For those of you with ataste for room for side issues such as sexual politics and the the finer things in life, here's position of women within the overall fight for equal something you should not be without. rights. This week, Polygram Video release Meanwhile, the drama — the theory put into prac- avisual record of Cameo's last five tice — is taking place within a first and second gen- singles, including 'She's Strange', eration immigrant family. All facets of the narrative 'Single Life', the current 'Candy' and appear. The males are intent on furthering the cause, that finely thrusting cod-piece in with no side issues to deliberate on and split a united 'Word Up'. And we've got 10 copies black struggle. The mother is content to sit back and of this super sleek wonder to offer to the first 10 people who tell us the let the man make the decisions. The daughter, Mag- name of the three current members gie, is not sure whether she is a lesbian or not, and of Cameo. Send entries to 'rm even if she is, is it right for her to demand the inclusion Cameo Competition', Greater of sexual politics within the black struggle? London House, Hampstead Road, The narrative has the final say. The male and London NW I7QZ. Entries to arrive female cannot agree on strategy. They cannot even by first post on Monday, December agree on the method of finding their way towards S. Please state whether you want civilisation. The parting words of the male: "I'll find my VHS or Betamax. own way back" An excellent exercise in what was, and what looks set to remain, an ever divergent policy on the path to black solidarity. The only flaw is the possibility that they're preaching to the converted. The issues are dealt with in too much confusion to attract a wide, uninitiated audience. 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UK Bubblers 26 — SMOKE SIGNALS, MDC, Radical 3 3 DANCE HALL VIBES, Mikey General, Digikal 27 28 BEND SINISTER, the Fall, Beggars Banquet 4 10 WHAT THE HELL (PART 2), Echo Minott/Mighty Worries, Techniques 28 24 ROOM OF LIGHTS, Crime And The City Solution, Mute 5 23 DUB PLATE PLAYING, Johnny Osborne and Cocoa Tea, Greensleeves 6 5 GOLDEN TOUCH, Janet Kenton, Hi-Power 29 26 FOREVER BREATHES THE LONELY WORD, Felt, Creation 7 17 IL.O.V.E., Wayne Marshall, Greensleeves 30 17 SUICIDE, Suicide, Demon 8 4 THE BEST THING FOR ME, Audrey Hall, Germain 9 13 RAGAMUFFIN YEAR, Junior Delgado, Greensleeves Compiled by Spotlight Research 0 2 MAN SHORTAGE, Lovindeer, Fine Style I 25 ROCK WITH ME BABY, Winsome/Nerious Joseph, Finestyle 2 16 SHU BEEN, Frankie Paul, Pioneer International 3 9 WHAT THE HELL, Echo Minott, Unity 4 6 IFOUND LOVE, Annette B, UK Bubblers 5 14 BE MY LADY, Peter Hunningale, Street Vibes 6 12 RAGAMUFFIN & RAMBO, Dixie Peach, Y&D 7 7 YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME, Boris Gardiner, Revue 8 II PUPPY LOVE, Tiger, Thunderbolt 9 EXTERMINATOR, Taxman, White Label 20 READY AND WAITING, Michael Gordon, Fine Style 21 GOING TO A PARTY, Ricky Tamlin, UK Bubblers 22 CAKE OF SUCCESS, King Kong, Now Generation 23 26 RAMBO/CONQUER ME, Superblack and Don Angelo, Live And Learn 24 21 THIS IS REGGAE MUSIC, Administrators, Groove And A Quarter 25 18 SIX SIX STREET, Louisa Mark, Bushranger 26 19 BORN FREE, Winsome, Fine Style 27 15 ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU, Michael Ellis, Big One 28 22 REGGAE SENSATION, Sonie, Chartbound 29 24 SOMEONE LOVES YOU HONEY, JC Lodge, Greensleeves 30 29 BAD MAN & WOMAN, Pato Banton, Movin' Music Compiled by Spotlight Research 21

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40 R H F LE • The best selling single on Planet Sports Aid theme 'Everybody Wants To Earth at present, as determined by surge is due to heavy TV promotion of Run The World', which appears on CD yours truly for Sound Programming charted as the decade dawned are for the first time anywhere. Sales of the Telstar Records retrospective 'The Consultants' World Chart Programme, Very Best Of Barbara Dickson', and excluded, as are re-entries from earlier 'Now... '86', which debuted at years. aired (quite literally) on British Airways' number 65, were around 4,000 copies her newly recorded K-Tel collection longer flights, is Europe's 'The Final 'The Right Moment', which includes Countdown'. on its first week in the shops. Last week The Leading Album Chart they declined marginally. Barbara's versions of familiar songs Europe hail from , and the Hitmalcers of the 1980s When CDs first appeared in the UK like 'Angie Baby', Wouldn't It Be superior blend of heavy rock Good', 'Follow You, Follow Me', and in October 1983, the cheapest Number of charted albums: 18 — Elvis sensibilities and pop melody they some new songs she wrote with hardware available was priced at Presley, 13 — James Last, 12 — Gary display on 'The Final Countdown' has around £450, and discs were hard to Charlie 'Pilot Of The Airwaves' Numan, 11 — Diana Ross, 10 — already made the record anumber come by. Now, disc players superior to Dore. In addition to her Eighties blitz, David Bowie, Elton John, Status Quo, one hit in Belgium, France, Germany, Barbara also charted in 1977 with UB40, 9 — Elvis Costello, Neil the earliest models can be picked up , Luxembourg, Finland, for as little as £140, and CDs are 'Morning Come Quickly', and is only Diamond, the Cure, Barbara Dickson, Switzerland, Holland, Austria and — the second British woman to have as widely available. Next year, CD 8— Hawkwind, Iron Maiden, Billy naturally — . This pan- many as 10 charted albums in a availability problems should become a Joel, Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard, European smash, already a million thing of the past, and the appearance career, though even at her current rate Rolling Stones, Slade, Shakin' Stevens, seller, has now stormed to the top of of progress she'll take some time to Toyah the British charts. Few will need reminding that the only other Swedish Honourable mentions to Phil act to reach the chart pinnacle was Collins — six chart entries as a Abba, who placed nine singles at member of Genesis, one with number one in amemorable reign as Brand X and three solo for atotal of Britain's favourite group between 10; Mike Rutherford — six with 1974 and 1980. Genesis, one with Mike And The It's doubtful that Europe can achieve Mechanics and two solo for atotal similar long term superiority, but in of nine; and Michael Jackson — their homeland at least the group — six solo and four with the Jacksons vocalist , guitarist for atotal of 10. , bass player John Among women solo singers, only six Leven, drummer Ian Haugland have had more than five chart entries and keyboards player in the Eighties. Diana Ross, Barbara — have been growing in stature and Dickson and Toyah's totals are shown popularity since they were involved in above. Additionally, Pat Benatar, the Swedish heats of the Eurovision Randy Crawford and Judy Song Contest in 1982, under their Tzuke have all placed six albums on original name of the Force. the chart.

•A little over three years after the • BABS DICKSON: sold rather alot of LPs format was first introduced to Britain, CHARTFILE USA history was made last week when a in the marketplace of fourth and fifth generation CD players will force the catch up with Shirley Bassey's tally compact disc-only release entered the of 28 charted albums. • Four months after his first solo price of recently discontinued models album chart. It was 'Now That's What I Though she's Britain's leading female number one with 'Glory Of Love', below £100 — all of which will hasten former Chicago singer Peter Call Music '86', a 16 track, 68 minute chartmaker of the Eighties, Barbara still compilation comprised entirely of Top the CD's inevitable takeover as the trails America's Diana Ross, who Cetera returns to the top of the US dominant album format, and make the singles chart with 'The Next Time I Five hits, including four number ones. has placed 11 albums on the chart chart increasingly susceptible to CD- Fall', aduet with Amy Grant. Among the tracks featured are since the Seventies were consigned to only releases. The song was written by the Miami- Queen's 'A Kind Of Magic', Peter the history books. That total excludes Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer', the the current 'Diana — Michael — based Paul Gordon and Bobby •With two new entries into the album Caldwell. Of Gordon Iknow nothing Communards' Don't Leave Me This Gladys — Stevie' release. But amongst chart in the last four weeks, Barbara else, but Caldwell, a34-year-old New Way' and — on its eleventh album in all artists even Diana's tally is not the Dickson has sped past Toyah to three months — Boris Gardiner's 'I best, as my list below shows. Yorker, has written songs for numerous become Britain's most prolific female top black singers including Dionne Want To Wake Up with You'. Fans of Incidentally, it's important to remember album chartmaker of the Eighties. Tears For Fears may like to know that the rankings include only albums Warwick, Cheryl Lynn, Peabo. Toyah has placed eight albums on that the collection also includes the which charted for the first time since Bryson, Roberta Flack and the chart, Barbara nine. Her current Natalie Cole. His last charted 1980. Records which were already MCA RECORDS composition was 'Janet', aminor

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the essence ofWorldRadioHistory excellence with 21 completing the Transatlantic 1982 CHARTFILE FROM double by reaching number one in the 30 Jan ICAN'T GO FOR THAT — Daryl Hall/John Oates 8 UK. A further 17 records reached 6 Feb CENTERFOLD — JGeils Band 6 3 20 Mar 1LOVE ROCK N' ROLL — Joan Jett/Blackhearts number two in Britain before peaking, 7 4 PREVIOUS PAGE 8 May CHARIOTS OF FIRE — TITLES — Vangelis 12 and all but 24 reached the top 10 15 May EBONY AND IVORY — Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder 7 success for the Commodores a here. 3Jul DON'T YOU WANT ME — Human League 3 Prior to Air Supply's no-show, the 24 Jul EYE OF THE TIGER — Survivor 6 1 year ago, which peaked at 87. 4 Sep ABRACADABRA — Steve Miller Band 1 2 Caldwell also writes incidental music previous 53 US number ones had also (returned to # Ion 25 Sep for afurther week) for TV programmes, including that for been UK hits, so 'Amanda' is only the 11 Sep HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY — Chicago 2 4 second US topper to fall short of the 2Oct JACK AND DIANE — John Cougar Mellencamp 4 25 over 100 editions of 'The Mickey 30 Oct WHO CAN IT BE NOW? — Men At Work 1 45 Mouse Clue He was briefly British chart in 160 attempts over an 6 Nov UP WHERE WE BELONG — Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes 3 7 successful as arecording artist in his eight year period. 27 Nov TRULY — Lionel Richie 2 6 own right in the late Seventies, and Before 1978, many American 11 Dec MICKEY — Toni Basil 1 2 18 Dec MANEATER — Daryl Hall/John Oates 4 6 even had atop 10 hit with 'What You number ones were totally ignored in 1983 Won't Do For Love', which he wrote the UK, but the subsequent growth of 15 Jan DOWN UNDER — Men At Work 3 1 with guitarist Alfons Kenner. The the UK radio network, and the (returned to #1 on 12 Feb for afurther week) song was recently revived in exquisite popularity here of US chart shows like 5 Feb AFRICA — Toto 3 19 Feb BABY COME TO ME — Patti Austin/James Ingram 2 II style by Phyllis Hyman for her Gary Byrd's on Radio One, and 5 Mar BILLIE JEAN — Michael Jackson 7 1 album 'Living All Alone'. those of Paul Gambaccini and 23 Apr COME ON EILEEN — Dexys Midnight Runners Casey Kaysem on various stations 30 Apr BEAT IT — Michael Jackson 3 3 • After atwo month battle, Boston's in the ILR network give US hits every 21 May LET'S DANCE — David Bowie 28 May FLASHDANCE... WHAT A FEELING — Irene Cara 6 2 attempt to land a British hit with chance of success in Britain. It's 9Jul EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE — Police 8 'Amanda', their first single in seven remarkable, therefore, that Boston 3Sep SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) — Eurythmics 1 2 years, appears to have been have failed, particularly since several 10 Sep MANIAC — Michael Sembello 2 43 24 Sep TELL HER ABOUT IT — Billy Joel 4 frustrated. less worthy American favourites have 1Oct TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART — Bonnie Tyler 4 1 It's the first US chart topper to strike graduated to the UK chart with 29 Oct ISLANDS IN THE STREAM — Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton 2 7 out in Britain since 1981, when Air apparent ease. 12 Nov ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) — Lionel Richie 4 2 Supply were similarly frustrated by 10 Dec SAY SAY SAY — Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson 6 2 The following is alist of all the US 1984 the failure of 'The One That You Love'. number ones from immediately before 21 Jan OWNER OF A LONELY HEART — Yes 2 28 In the interim, an unprecedented 105 they started their remarkable sequence 4 Feb KARMA CHAMELEON — Culture Club 3 consecutive US number ones have of success in Britain in 1981, right up 25 Feb JUMP — Van Halen 7 31 Mar FOOTLOOSE — Kenny Loggins 3 6 found ahome in the British Top 75, to the present day. 21 Apr AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW) — Phil Collins 3 2 12 May HELLO — Lionel Richie 2 26 May LETS HEAR IT FOR THE BOY — Deniece Williams 2 2 US #1 SINGLES HOW THEY'VE FARED IN THE UK 9Jun TIME AFTER TIME — Cyndi Lauper 2 3 23 Jun THE REFLEX — Duran Duran 2 1 7Jul WHEN DOVES CRY — Prince 5 4 DATE TITLE — Artist USA weeks at UK highest II Aug GHOSTBUSTERS — Ray Parker Jr. 3 2 number one position ISep WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT — Tina Turner 3 3 1981 22 Sep MISSING YOU — John Waite 1 9 25 Jul THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE — Air Supply 29 Sep LETS GO CRAZY — Prince 2 7 IAug JESSIE'S GIRL — Rick Springfield 2 43 13 Oct IJUST CALLED TO SAY 1LOVE YOU — Stevie Wonder 3 1 15 Aug ENDLESS LOVE — Diana Ross/Lionel Richie 9 7 3Nov CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) — Billy Ocean 2 6 17 Oct ARTHUR'S THEME — Christopher Cross 3 7 17 Nov WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO — Wham! 3 1 PRIVATE EYES — Daryl Hall/John Oates 2 32 7 Nov 8 Dec OUT OF TOUCH — Daryl Hall/John Oates 2 48 21 Nov PHYSICAL — Olivia Newton-John I0 7 22 Dec LIKE A VIRGIN — Madonna 6 3 1985 2 Feb IWANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS — Foreigner 2 1 16 Feb CARELESS WHISPER — Wham! featuring George Michael 3 1 9 Mar CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING — REO Speedwagon 3 16 30 Mar ONE MORE NIGHT — Phil Collins 2 4 13 Apr WE ARE THE WORLD — USA For Africa 4 C'EST LA VIE ' II May CRAZY FOR YOU — Madonna 1 2 18 May DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) — Simple Minds 1 7 25 May EVERYTHING SHE WANTS — Wham! 2 2 8Jun EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD — Tears For Fears 2 2 ORIGINAL 12 INCH MIX BY ARTHUR BAKER 22 Jun HEAVEN — Bryan Adams 2 38 ALTERNATIVE 12 INCH REMIX MICHAEL BRAUER 6Jul SUSSUDIO — Phil Collins 1 12 13 Jul A VIEW TO A KILL — Duran Duran 2 2 27 Jul EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY — Paul Young 1 4 3Aug SHOUT — Tears For Fears 3 4 24 Aug THE POWER OF LOVE — Huey Lewis And The News 2 II 7Sep ST ELMO'S FIRE — John Parr 2 6 21 Sep MONEY FOR NOTHING — Dire Straits 3 4 12 Oct OH SHEILA — Ready For The World 1 50 19 Oct TAKE ON ME — A-ha 1 2 26 Oct SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU — Whitney Houston 2 Nov PART TIME LOVER — Stevie Wonder 3 9 Nov MIAMI VICE — Jan Hammer 16 Nov WE BUILT THIS CITY — Starship 2 12 30 Nov SEPARATE LIVES — Phil Collins/Marilyn Martin 1 4 7 Dec BROKEN WINGS — Mr. Mister 2 4 21 Dec SAY YOU, SAY ME — Lionel Richie 4 1986 18 Jan THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR — Dionne And Friends 4 16 15 Feb HOW WILL IKNOW — Whitney Houston 2 Mar KYRIE — Mr Mister 2 I 15 Mar SARA — Starship 1 66 22 Mar THESE DREAMS — Heart 62 29 Mar ROCK ME AMADEUS — Falco 3 1 19 Apr KISS — Prince 2 6 3May ADDICTED TO LOVE — Robert Palmer 1 5 10 May WEST END GIRLS — Pet Shop Boys 2 24 May GREATEST LOVE OF ALL — Whitney Houston 2 8 7Jun LIVE TO TELL — Madonna 2 14 Jun ON MY OWN — Patti LaBelle/Michael McDonald 3 2 5Jul THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) — Billy Ocean 1 12 12 Jul HOLDING BACK THE YEARS — Simply Red 1 2 19 Jul INVISIBLE TOUCH — Genesis 1 15 ROE3 B E 26 Jul SLEDGEHAMMER — Peter Gabriel 4 2Aug GLORY OF LOVE — Peter Cetera 2 3 16 Aug PAPA DON'T PREACH — Madonna 2 30 Aug HIGHER LOVE — Steve Winwood 1 13 6Sep VENUS — Bananarama 8 13 Sep TAKE MY BREATH AWAY — Berlin N E 20 Sep STUCK WITH YOU — Huey Lewis And The News 3 12 II Oct WHEN ITHINK OF YOU — Janet Jackson 2 I0 25 Oct TRUE COLORS — Cyndi Lauper 2 12 8 Nov AMANDA — Boston 2 uncharted 22 Nov HUMAN — Human League 1 8 29 Nov YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME — Bon Jovi 14 6 Dec THE NEXT TIME IFALL — Peter Cetera/Amy Grant WorldRadioHistory uncharted * still at #1

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Darwin' Danny D's slippery 102 2/3bpm Ogley (0502-60364) is looking for a 'Slow Down' remix, and a brand new Norwich/Ipswich area venue in which group-created wriggly bubbling to run a weekly house/funk/rap 101 2/31Dpm Johnny Broadhead' night... Andrew Holmes house/funk/ instrumental... Georgie Fame raps Ashton-under-Lyne Birch Hotel's 'Samba' has been totally remixed by Madhatter Wednesdays (just 50p), Phil Harding into an excellent and reckons Duke Bootee 'Broadway' 103bpm Ipanema Beach Party Mix shares rhythm tracks with Word Of (Ensign ENYR 605), incorporating brief Mouth featuring DJ Cheese 'Coast quotes from Yeh Yeh', 'Tequila', 'The BOBBY WOMACK 'Womagic' LP (MCA Records MCG 6020) Largely To Coast' — quite likely, since Duke Girl From Ipanema' and more in the recorded in Memphis with veteran producer Chips Moman, the super-soulster's manages Cheese! ... Chad Jackson lengthened new intro, with whistles eagerly anticipated set is more for fireside listening with little to have truly lasting says he's been using the 'Jungle Book' and many extra effects, plus Mondo impact on dance floors, apart maybe from the typically surging (0-)116bpm 'Can't - mix since his time at Manchester's Kane's 'New York Afternoon' added cha Hear The Children Calling' and pulsing tender 100bpm 'The Things We Do Hacienda, long before the Disco Mixing championships, and anyway to the flip, but unfortunately it's too (When We're Lonely)'. His vintage Sixties-style 64 /14 bpm revival of the Masquerad- late to convince chart-watchers there's ers"1 Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else' (the Tommy Cogbill-produced original synchs it with adifferent track to the a samba revival going on and may not one used by Jon Davis — Jon remains one of my all-time faves), acoustic 0-5 P/3/102 2/3-103 2/36p m When The now be fully available... Phil Fearon meanwhile has quit Cornwall to John Weekend Comes', gentle (0- )99/4 91/2-100 1/3bpm 'More Than Love', plodding US 'Ain't Nothing But A House Party' is 'Curly' Marlowe at Plymouth's similarly too late in a far fiercer single 86-87'/2bpm Wanna) Make Love To You', soulfully doodling c21 1/2bpm 'I Academy... Bournemouth's electronically attacking 123bpm Can't Stay Mad', convoluted 0-112 1/2bpm 'It Ain't Me', and dead slow starting "spectacular new" Clouds opens Fun'Kirn-Mel Remix (Ensign PFW-2), 0-3 9/78bpm 'Outside Myself' won't disappoint fans, though. Thursday (4), while Welling's Station mainly instrumental and truly house... disco pub has had a complete Five Star 'If ISay Yes' has been given revamp... Robbie Nevil 'C'Est La Luther Vandross topped US Black an angrier 121bpm Shep Pettibone better known for his Cisurn Fo Efil Vie' on commercial copies features LPs, JM Silk Club Play, Dead Or Urban Rem ix (Tent PT 40982R) ... label through Evawteerts, who's just Arthur Baker's remix (and a Alive 12 Inch Sales in Billboard ... 'Top Of The Pops' next year starts dub), plus the pop 0-124 /12 bpm 'Time US West End's reissue of Bombers formed a new less "street" Superb being syndicated on US TV, with outlet for the seasonally useful and Waits For No One' ... George another Los Angeles-recorded 'Everybody Get Dancin"/Betty Benson's 'Shiver' seems aptly titled well made 1173/4-118 /14 -0bpm result, LaVette 'Doin' The Best ThatI Can' American half-hour added to make an with all the chillin' going on around it includes a condom shrink- wrapped to "Ooked On Formby' (Superb FORMB hour long weekly programme — but, 1), the 12 inch House Mix of which I've in the Disco chart, not only 'Chillin' it — obviously the label's doing its bit as it's being promoted as a "rock" yet to hear! ... 'Street Sounds 19' is Out' and 'I'm Chillin", but also of to combat AIDS!... Cameo's 'Candy' show, and will be edited to include prettily packaged as an advent course one of the most memorable archive material and rock interviews, remix in the US is being flipped by lines from 'The Rain' is "I chilled" ... 'She's Strange'... Alan Randell's calendar (a common trend this year), you can bet the bits left on the cutting window number five concealing the Oran 'Juice' Jones having really taken typically accurate recreations of room floor will be all the black hits only photo featured, of Morgan Khan off, how about someone investigating George Formby's ukulele-plunking which we as a nation enjoy and the US as Santa! ... Ken 'B' Brudenell has the import answer versions by Miss oldies get medleyed in a scratch mix pop market is thus still denied... stopped DJing to become DJ/Record Thang and Leot Littlepage? (really!) created by Nomis Sirrah, KEEP CHILLIN! Promotions Manager for Mecca C ontinues over the debut u. s. single produced by nigeluright also du' fornde" the limited edition takenfrom the special5 track c.d forthcoming album &c.d. featuring their hit singles "no limits" mezeerte "garden party" &"rockall"

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'Stanley's Groove' co-penned/played by Stanley Their reported Forties big band foray finds Clarke, others with abeat being the pleasantly SCHOOLLY-D 'Saturday Night (X Rated)' (US Schoolly-D Records echoes of 'Sing Sing Sing' in the 105 /14 bpm 'Big wriggling 100bpm 'Nice Place To Be', sinuous Band B-Boy', the 99bpm 'Who Is It', 103bpm bumpily swaying 103bpm 'No No' (his US SD-115) Charted on import almost before the ink of our interview was dry, here's 'We Control The Dice' and 92bpm title track single), this and the crooning cool 93!/3bpm the new rap he mentioned, a busily scratched (0-)99 2/3bpm wiggly jitterer with completing aset whose initial sales have been 'Let's Live In Harmony' (amongst others) enough foul mouthing amidst its mixture of nursery rhyme and drug attack to earn on import. featuring the multi-instrumentalist's own vocals, an "X" rating (radio version and instrumental too), while the dirtily bragging while the mandatory crossover cover version is LEVEL 42 'World Machine (Shep of Sade's meandering 46/92bpm 'Sweetest 0-103 2/3-0bpm 'Do It Do It!' repeatedly cuts in Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Pettibone Remix)' (US Polydor 885 471-1) Taboo'. Wolf'. Without any new product to plug on their current tour, this long popular tense and dense GIVENS FAMILY 'Someway, Somehow' racing utterer (which Iconcede still gives them (US PJ Records Pj 2544) "You say what?", a Euro -Wallies will have problems putting over Free' is "Pussy". Hmm ajazz-funk toe-hold, unlike their pop-rock hits) scolding girl asks as soon as the beat begins, "I this Nigel Wright-produced I1 8'73bpm Sister has had an exciting 0-113'736pm Shep Pettibone can't get aguy?" Well, she lets us know she's Sledge/Kool And The Gang-medleying 'We Are STEINSKI & MASS MEDIA 'We'll Be remix flipped by auseful more immediate gonna get her boy someway, somehow, on a Family/Celebration' rap. Right Back' (US 4th + B'way BWAY-434) mainly instrumental dub. How long before it's soulfully wailed if slightly inconclusive Amir Long notorious for the still much sought out here? Bayyan-produced 114 /14 -11 5bpm dated wriggly ZUSHII 'Surprise, Surprise' (Debut quintessential cut-up 'Lessons' he created with spurter with jazzy sax and Latin percussion DEBTX 3005) Nigel Wright-produced erstwhile partner Double Dee, the now solo TASHAN 'Chasin' A Dream' LP (US Def breaks (inst/edit too), about for awhile but not intermittently girl-sung pleasant jittery laid-back Steve Stein at last has his first fully legal single, Jam BFC 40289) Ta_shan Rashad follows Oran widely available. little 101 /14 bpm wriggler with nice sax, and cutting up catchphrases and clichés from TV 'Juice' Jones in the hip hop label's new emphasis 105bpm 'Let's Stay Home Tonight' flip, out for commercials to ajittery 0-100 2/3bpm Full shift towards soul with traditional values, co- WORSE 'EM 'Triple M Bass' (US Profile months but repeatedly spurting into sales life. Force-type beat (dub/edit/bonus beats too). writing/producing aclassy debut set on which PRO-7122) Jimi Hendrix' Star Spangled 'The Payoff Mix' it ain't, lacking variety, and however the already reviewed single's sides Banner' starts ajolting jittery 0-98 /12 -0bpm DARLENE DAVIS Found Love (Remix)' although obviously clever it actually gets abit stay the standouts, the Alyson Williams-duetted gangster rock rap 'n' scratch with some punchy (US Take One Record Co TOR-I-1001) tiresome. weaving 85 2/3 bpm 'Got The Right Attitude' isolated bass beats, aptly enough, and lyrics that Eventually easing out of adigitally cut up "true and Martin Luther King-introed hypnotically get into hip hop's history (inst flip). Who spoke love can be hard to find" intro, Doreen's soul BARRY UPTON 'Ask The DJ' (DMC drifting 85 /12 bpm title track, but do also hear the "Cockney" outro? sister wails adatedly rambling 115 /14 -1 15 /12 - Records DECK 123, via Arista) Possibly too his drifting Marvin Gaye-ish 105 /14 bpm 'Thank I15- I14 /14 -114 /14 -1 I4bpm disco burbler with corny for serious hip hop attention, although You Father', tenderly swaying 836pm 'So Much NEW EDITION 'Earth Angel' (MCA further digital overlays and edits, dressing up the flip's alternative version by Uncle Funk is In Love', throbbing jittery 10Ibpm 'Read My Records MCAT 1103) From 'Karate Kid something Idon't remember but which sounds much harder, this Les Adams-mixed craftily Mind', jiggly mournful 104 2/3bpm 'Strung Out this youthfully yearning 73 2/3bpm affectionate like an oldie (edit, dub and house mix too). catchy 100 113-0bpm rapping and chanting jaunty On You', doodling slow 70bpm 'I Don't Ever', remake of the Penguins' 1954 doo wop classic theme song for DJs is by Hammersmith Palais' 79bpm 'Love Is 84 /12 -0bpm 'If Words Can has now prompted awhole LP of similar TAMIKO JONES 'I Want You' (Detail resident jock (once in Brotherhood Of Man, Express ...', 79 /12 bpm 'Ooh We Baby'. tributes. Records 12DETAIL 2, via Pinnacle) Marvin which might make sense of arecent cryptic Gaye's old US hit becomes asultry subdued comment!). MR. FINGERS 'Can You Feel It' (US Trax KRYSTOL 'Precious, Precious' (Epic 10 1773bpm groin grinder, sensually sighed and Records TX 127) Larry Heard-created, these 650255 6) Pleasantly warbled though not breathed (inst flip), which deserved to do instrumental jack trax seem more then mere particularly distinctive swaying slow 71 /14 bpm better on import. 'house', washing synth tones adding surface remake of Jackie Moore's soul oldie (I think), L41/ EWiR E substance to this almost 'jazz-funk' 116bpm flipped by the sharply lurching (0-)121 /14 bpm D.J. SCOTT LA ROCK —

loper and the jerkier 1I 6 /14 bpm 'Beyond The 12 'He's So Jive' and the girls' eternal 107 / 1apm BLASTMASTER K.R.S. ONE & D-NICE Listen to the Disco Chart's fastest Clouds', while the brightly bounding II7 /12 bpm 'After The Dance Is Through'. 'South Bronx' (Streetwave MKHAN 77) risers on the rm Dance Line on 'Washing Machine' sounds like it's played on James Brown-cutting stark specialist 94 5/6bpm Livewire. Call 0898 12 I3 18 electronic drains and is the only typically M.C. M1KER "G" & DEEJAY SVEN rap interestingly telling astrictly local history of now... (A call to Livewire costs 46p Chicago track 'Celebration Rap' (Debut DEBTX 3014) hip hop with some humour, if you listen to the per minute peak and standard rates, Following their disastrous 'Top Of The Pops' words (inst too), while the "P" in the flip's and 23p per minute cheap rate). FINGERS, INC 'It's Over' (US performance of 'Holiday Rap', the phonetic sparser 87bpm reggae toasting-style 'The "P" Is

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The art of noise is being redefined for the next hop beyond. B-boy mathematicians have computed an equation with variables that seek perfection. There is Currently at the cutting edge no room for error in the Mantronix matrix. No need to hang the DJ, because the DJ is already dead. of all that's good in hip hop, The year is 1984 AD, and MC Tee is working in a telephone company "doing a little bit of everything". Mantronix have moved the Round the corner in Downtown Records, Mantronik is sitting behind the DJ booth, spinning records for any- whole ball game one step body who will listen and "talking a lot". During his forward with their new LP. All lunch-breaks, Tee would listen up. "But then he got tired of working and quit. I didn't see him for, like, two that scratching has taken a months and then he started talking again, telling me he was doing this record. So I told him to put me on back seat as the hardest duo in the other side." Meanwhile, Mantronik had been talking to Will Manhattan let the drum Socolov of Sleeping Bag Records and Will liked what machines and keyboards do all he heard. When 'Fresh Is The Word' was released, it sold 70,000 copies. "They bugged out when they saw the work. Is this the future? the record selling and they didn't know what to do at the time. But now they know what to do." Story: John Godfrey Mantronik speaks with the swagger of someone who knows what to do next. Plugging the music Photography: Joe Shutter machine into Joyce Sims, Dhar Braxton, T La Rock, Just Ice and Nocera, the hip hop highwayman clean- cut the beat with sound sculpting that threw everything else into sharp relief. Fresh is the word. Virgin subsidiary 10 Records were listening on their WorldRadioHistory is redundant. Because they are the future. DJ RIP. The present: machismo rules. The 'me bad, me tough' mentality rides high. "Yeh, that's what's going on now. Everything is basically the same everyday bullshit," Mantronik says. "I've got a baby face, he's got a baby face, so we'd look stupid. "Hip hop's changed in the rap too. One minute, people started talking about themselves, then people started talking about the streets, drugs, politics. It's like a fad. I talk about what I like, but it's so for-fetched. Complicated stuff, like. Really deep, like Confucius' sayings," raps Tee. "I never understand what he's talk- ing about, but it all sounds good — you get the music and the mumbling and it just sounds right," beams the Man. It's a sound that has so far pressed the right buttons this side of the Atlantic, but Stateside has yet to emerge from the intricate maze-like chart ghettos whose sole purpose seems to be to tie down anybody who isn't white, over 35 and hasn't appeared on MTV. Crossover is the word, and until Run-DMC stormed the US charts, rap hip hopped it over to the UK. But for every crossover, abridge is built. "In the UK, you don't really give funk or B-boy music a chance if it originates from the UK. If it comes from the States you might give it a chance. If you decide that it's a hot new import then it's got a better ch-ince. 'Cos when I went to England, I was surprised to find out that so many groups were from England. Five Star and Loose Ends are massive over here. They didn't get big in England 'til they got big over here," spouts Tee, all Confucius-like. In the cross-cultural exchange, Mantronix have found themselves teetering on the edge of the USA. Their new album is the cut that they hope will push the deepest, the final frontier into the heart of America that Run-DMC only made by walking this way, arm-in- arm with white Seventies rock relics. "Run-DMC didn't do it on their own — they needed ... It's going to take several other groups and other record companies to invest money in it. To have crossover potential here, you have to spend a lot of money, and not every independent has that kind of money," says the Man. 'Music Madness' is the perfected computer break- out of rap gone rampant. "I'm always listening for sounds," says Mantronik. "I work on the music and Tee comes in with the lyrics and I kinda add and subtract musically to make it work." Musical sums that, in 'Get Stupid Fresh', Mantronik has unwittingly added to the wizened theme tune of the 'Old Grey Whistle Test'. "I had no idea — I've got the original record, 'Snow Fox Chase', upstairs — but honest, I didn't know." He probably doesn't care. Nothing is sacred in the sample for the right noise. transatlantic headphones and knew what to do. Sign- And everything has to be just right. I'm cross- which he doesn't know the name of. 'We want to take ing the duo for the UK market, 'The Album' was re- examined, prodded and pulled for a reaction. 'What hip hop to another level. I mean, people who come leased and set its needle in the chart groove up in the out now — they just see it as it is today. We want to do you think?... Which was your favourite?... Do you top 30. The UK had been listening too. think we're different?... We need to know what the take it beyond that to tomorrow." At UK Fresh, earlier this year, the kids could tell who public thinks," explains Tee. The American public is n The new album, 'Music Madness', takes the compu- the new age hip hop steppers were. When Mantronix ter blueprint of their debut through the next technolo- marketing puzzle that, without the corporate machine were introduced two hours before they performed, the of a major label, is atough cookie to get a bite of. gical cut. There is no scratching because the DJ is crowd went ape. Two hours later, they'd forgotten "There's something in the works right now that I dead. "You don't need a DJ — we're more electronic, everybody else had been shit. can't speak of, but if you thought that the Def Jam using drum machines and keyboards. We create sounds by combining sounds," says Mantronik. 'We're move was great, the Sleeping Bag move will be fan- Above Sleeping Bag Records' Broadway office tastic," enthuses Mantronik. Whatever 'the move' is musicians in the sense that we know what we want in New York, a maestro is sleeping. Twenty-one-year- going to be, Mantronik, the producer, is already in the and use sounds to create it. You have to be on top, old Curtis Kahleel's technological alter-ego, Mantronik, middle of a few of his own. Every day there's some- you have to stay .on top with rap or you get forgot- has momentarily switched itself off to recharge its bat- ten," reiterates Tee. body ringing, asking for the use of his ear. Turned teries. He's sleeping and he won't get up. "I do most down by Sigue Sigue Sputnik in favour of retro -disco Sampling sounds like a couple of synthesiser-totin' things at night," he grins later. MC Tee (aka Tourè mind Giorgio Moroder, Mantronik is considering the cowboys, Mantronix have gone back to the roots. Embden) lives two hours away from Manhattan Island Whereas Bambaataa took Kraftwerk's computer into a Chiefs Of Relief (for reasons only he knows), Black and he's missed the train. The Mantronix electronic dead end and was forgotten, Mantronix's light- Britain and would (almost) sell his drum machine for efficiency grinds to a halt as the human factor screws Boy George. up. fingered technological abductions are the logical con- clusion to a musical form that thrives and survives on The first pressings of the album arrive at the Sleep- Crossover is the word. Mantronix are about for- having the edge. The next cut has always got to be ing Bag offices and Mantronik grabs the first copy ward motion, hip hop kinetics that are going places. the deepest. and turns the bass up. After five minutes, he starts But, more importantly, they know where they're going. smiling. "There are some DJs who are out who we don't And how to get there. When Mantronik declares, 'We Mantránik is Sleeping Bag's ace up their crossover mind listening to," says Tee. "I mean, we're not saying are the future!" you better believe him. sleeve, the music mechanic who has the Eighties all that all scratch is dead," says Mantronik. "There are 'We want to crossover man... We want to cross- wrapped up in his bedroom eight-track studio and the some Dis, like that kid Jazzy Jeff, and Cash Money. over bad." Mantronik speaks as he refuels with hi-tech Nineties at the end of his finger-tips. Mantronix are They've changed the style of scratch, they're creating low-fibre junk food. MC Tee sucks a purple drink the rap vehicle that are going to pull hip hop's finger music with scratching." But for Mantronix, the turntable WorldRadioHistory out and point it in the right direction. Cal

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