This Week Here's the Thing, Says Max Tolkoff, in His Kickoff Piece for Our Spotlight on Alternative: "The Format's Exploding

This Week Here's the thing, says Max Tolkoff, in his kickoff piece for our spotlight on Alternative: "The format's exploding. but it's like slogging through molasses to find the right air talent." Then there's our upwardly - mobile cover guys, the Rentals, who. as our Spence D. notes, scored a hit. "Friends of P," despite being mired in unseemly rumors, and with a sound that's an alternative to Alternative. And there's Hilly Kristal (top), whose whole career has been one of fighting the odds, at his pioneer New York club, CBGB, and, now, on the radio. He tells his story to Steve Leeds of Pt' Rising Tide Entertainment While John

,,. Loscalzo reports on Alternative and radio talent, Max offers the anatomy of an unlikely hit, telling how Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" took a mere year of work by Capitol Records to turn from molasses into sugar. In News, Doug Morris unveils his impressive new executive lineup at MCA, including Mel Lewinter (middle), Zach Horowitz, and Jay Boberg. The Beatles Anthology couldn't knock off ER on TV, but it scores big at retail, smashing the first - week sales records set iust last summer by Michael Jackson. We play Santa's helper with a few ideas for gifts. And you'll find compelling reasons to pack for Atlanta and the GAVIN Seminar in both News and Urban On -Line. On the GAviN-Only GO Chart, Ace of Base, Blues Traveler, Collective Soul and Better Than Ezra (bottom), are doing better than most. Thetruehits arealways crystal clear.

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4 News 8 That's Sho-Biz 8 Friends of RadioVince Clarke 17 Classifieds Paul Drew 25 Swimming Upstream A sue '(1, of some of the year's On What Makes For Great Radio unlikely Alternative hits, an examination of the "lack of air Paul Drew, one of GAVIN'S first sub- growing newcomers. talent" in the format, an inter- What's right about the new Beatles scribers in 1958, received the GAVIN view with CBGB proprietor Hilly album setting a first week sales record Heritage Award in 1993. Between Kristal, and a look at the those years, his achievements as a or albums shooting up to first place in Rentals. PD, national program director for the charts the first week is: it repre- RKO Radio, consultant, and entre- sents a superb marketing execution. FORMATS peneur spoke for themselves. But Deals force companies to give market- 9 Top 40The Mayoral Drew, an internationally -connected ing the highest priority. Yet the public Campaign, Part II broadcast adviser specializing in has never been wrong when it comes Top 40 Profile:Curtis Stigers programming, can talk the talk as to picking the real, legitimate hits. 11 Go Chart well as anyone, and is often called There's a misconception by some 12 Gavin Americana nn on for seminars and workshops. He that early Top 40 radio and rock & 13 Adult Contemporary can be reached at (213) 469-4100. roll are synonymous. Top 40 was a Inside A/C:'Tis the Season variety. What a loss it is for America Radio is 75 years old, and it's 16 College Paul Drew that most contemporary stations shun never been better! The own- The Adelphi Incident, Part III ers and technologies keep decade, the cost of spot radio went instrumentals and novelty recordings. College Profile:Three Ought Six changing, but radio broadcasting is up 28 percent. network radio by 33 What a loss it is for America that pop still people, and the station's biggest percent, while the cost of a TV spot stations don't cross over legitimate 18 Rap assets are still the people behind the increased 54 percent, and network pop sounding country hits. Black Accept Success! Mr. Smith Has... microphone. TV went up 68 percent. It's in the music, country, and jazz are true, Rap Profile:3 Steps from Nowhere Gordon McLendon's old station's best interest to provide grassroots, made -in -America forms 20 Urban Landzscape Scotsman's law applies today: "The advertisers with commercials that of art and expression. Urban On-line: Don'tCome to station with adequate coverage of its build traffic and sell. Don't be afraid to innovate. the Gavin Seminar! market, that works the hardest, the Owners think about this and so Innovation doesn't come from the Urban Snapshot:Lou Rawls masses demanding it. Opening up a longest hours on programming, will should programmers. Think like an 23 Alternative playlist to an unproven song or artist win in the ratings." There are no entrepreneur, and listen like a listener. Static:(Aught In the Web, Again shortcuts to success. The station's music makes an gives the new music a special vitali- 40 Gavin RocksHoliday Hell A great radio station is a work in emotional connection with the lis- ty and urgency in the minds of the Rock Profile:At the Gates progress. You can't save opportuni- teners. The composer writes the air staff. ties, effort, and ingenuity. emotion, the singer performs with While there's more information 42 CourtryBigger than To an owner and an advertiser, a emotion, the listener hears and feels today about music, a few words of the Beatles?? radio station is a delivery system for with emotion. If the station sells the caution about research from Warren Courtry Profile:Vince Gill commericals. What goes on between music, the music will sell the station. Buffett, the richest man in America: "If 45 A' Abum Adult Alternative the commercials is the programming. Music by newcomers has always you could know the future by studying 49 A2 Adult Alternative Commercials support the station and been a vital part of radio and the the past, then all the Forbes 400 would On Z Corner:Mixing Acid Jazz, should receive the same creative recording industry. People are curi- he librarians." Don't substitute testing Funk and Traditional Bop and research for your intuition and treatment as everything else broadcast. ous. Check the top 20 for this week- 50 Jazz A new study of 1,000 consumers any format. How many artists are in it the opinions of those working with nationwide showed that only 25 per- for the first time, or making a return you. Ask two programmers whose cent of those questioned said a tele- after a long absence? Listeners' loyal- stations have double-digit shares, NEXT WEEK vision ad would induce them to try ties to established favorites and artists Beau Richards and Michelle Stevens. These Are A3 of a new product. Newspapers were at has its place; however, the radio audi- You can't research what doesn't Our Favorite Things 15 percent, and magazines were at ence eventually becomes impatient exist. Successful programmers learn 13 percent. Radio spots are pro- with the same old stars recording the every day. Dale Carnegie says: A3 is in the spotlight again, with duced for a small fraction of what same old sounds in the same old "Winners make it happen. Losers let John Hiatt, Harry Levy, Jody other advertising costs. In the last way. 'There's always an interest in it happen." I agree.GAVIN Denberg, and David Einstein summarizing the year, and programmers and record S execs naming a few of their

I've always been fond of MCA Records. Partly, it's because of years, attracted and worked with left - favorite things. friends who've worked there, and partly because of artists field acts (R.E.M., Police, the Go-Gos, who've graced the label's roster. Maybe it's because I pull for and, in publishing, Lisa Loeb and Alanis underdogs. Whatever it is, it's good to see the new life being Morissette). A year removed from Founded by Bill Gavin -1958 pumped into the company, much of it coming from Burbank. I.R.S., he's back on the label scene. One of the latest additions, however, is Jay Boberg, new presi- It sounds like a good fit. I've got a GAVIN is published 50 weeks a year on Friday of each dent of MCA Records, who slides over from the presidency of feeling that MCA Records won't be week. Subscription Rates 5325 for 50 issues or 5180 for 25 issues. Subscription and circulation inquiries: MCA Music Publishing. an underdog much longer. (415) 495-1990. All rights to any or all of the contents In the early '80s, he was the 20 -something president of I.R.S. of this publication are reserved. Materials may not be Records (which was distributed by MCA). What Boberg had then is reproduced in any form without the publisher's permission. exactly what MCA needs now, and, in a sense, what our spotlight C1995 GAVIN, Miller Freeman Entertainment Group on Alternative is all about: connections to the rock and roll edge. 140 Second Street, San Francisco Just as Max Tolkoff and crew show us how Alternative draws Ben Fong -Torres California 94105, I!SA unlikely talent that produces unlikely hits, Jay has, over the Managing Editor en,Miller Freeman A United News & Media company

7,1 GAVIN DECEMBER1, 1995 "We put Live in here (at CBGB) 34 Mondays in a row before they got signed." -Hilly Kristal, GAVIN NEWS See Page 32

Ahmet Ertegun toMorris Taps Lewinter, Horowitz, and Boberg Go One-on-One BY ALEXANDRA HASLAM tion which should benefit deals and working records. Ahmet Ertegun, Chairman/ Joe Turner to Ray Charles, MCA Records,longper- When you do that, there's a CEO of Atlantic Records and the Drifters and the New MCA Chairman and one of the industry's true Coasters. CEO Doug Morris announc- legends, will sit for a one- Along with Motown, ed his senior executive team on-one session at the GAVIN Atlantic was the most suc- on November 24. As expect- Seminar next Februaryin cessful black music label in ed, Morris appointed long- Atlanta. the country. but it also grew timeally Mel Lewinter to

Ertegun, in recent years, .11.1111.1111101AW.1.11..."0 ViceChairmanof MCA has also served as Chairman Music Entertainment Group. of the Board of Directors of Twelve-year MCA alum the Rock and Roll Hall of Zach Horowitz moved from Fame and Museum, where COO toPresident of the he works on the Nominating company. Morris also and Induction Dinner com- named Jay Boberg President mittees as well. of MCA Records. It'sanatural pairing, as "I have worked closely ceived as weak in signing Ertegun, as co-founder (with with Mel for 17 years, and and breaking rock acts. As Herb Abramson) of Atlantic have a deep respect for his President of I.R.S. Records, Records in 1947, produced which he co-founded with and released much of the acumen with artistic vision," MilesCopelandin1979, Ahimeun musical roots of rock and said Morris. He continued: Boberg signed and worked roll, making records, in the with rock and roll, adding "Zach has been instrumental with such acts as R.E.M. and early years, at radio station such British acts as Cream, in MCA's impressive growth the Go-Go's. studios in New York. the BeeGees, Led Zeppelin, andinternationalsuccess Boberg, who had been With A&R vet Abramson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and over the past 12 years...I am serving as head of MCA's brother Nesuhi, and produc- the Rolling Stones to its ros- delighted that hewill music publishing sector for er Jerry Wexler, Ertegun ter. assume a more comprehen- the last year, seems up to the built Atlantic into a major Atlantic was sold in 1968 siveroleinguiding the challenge of a makeover. "It's force in the industry, help- to Warner Bros. -Seven Arts. future of MCA." a matter of putting a human ing define R&B music with Ertegunwillbeinter- Boberg comes to the job face on the company," he bond that happens between artists ranging from LaVern viewed by GAVIN Top 40 with a long history of devel- told GAVIN. "[We need] to be artists and the people at the Baker, Ruth Brown and Big Editor Dave Sholin. oping new talent, a reputa- user-friendly both in making company. When that happens, you end up with artists coming to you." And what do these moves mean for Rising Tide Beatles Smash Sales Records Entertainment,the MCA - affiliatedstartup company BY BEN FONG-TORRES copies were sold, he esti-anotherboutofBeatle- was strong enough to beat Morris headed beforehis mates, in stores not counted mania," said an employee at the competition. moveto MCA proper? On television,The Beatlesby SoundScan, which is notHMV in London, which sold It was on Thanksgiving According to Peter Anthology did just fine. inalldiscountoutlets, 350 setsin thefirsthalf- thattheclosing segment LoFrumento of Ken Butit'sintherecordsupermarkets,andother hour. ran,andpulledonly a Sunshine andAssociates, stores that the huge hype is retailers. AtABC-TV,executives 12.0/21,losingtoNBC, there have been no immedi- really paying off. The officialfigure morepronounced themselveswhich ran Home Alone and ate changes in the compa- In itsfirst week out, thethan doubles the previous pleased with the three night a repeat of ER. ny's structure: "It's business two -CD set-thefirstoffirst -week sales record for a showing of thesix -hour The Beatles gave ABC as usual. Doug and Mel are three projected volumes-double -CD set, the 391,000 Anthology documentary, especiallystrong numbers stilldeeply involved, and sold 855,000 copies, accord-sold by Michael Jackson's but,clearly,it was some-in the 18-49 demo, and the until we come full circle, we ing to SoundScan. H/Stmy just this summer. thing short of mania. network estimates that 47 won't know what changes But the real total is sub- (For single CDs, the out - The November 19 showmillion people saw at least are in store." stantially higher, says of -the -box high mark is still scored a 17.4 rating/26 share, some of the first night, 60 Daniel Glass,Executive Charles Koppelman, Chair-Pearl Jam's Vs., which sold winning its time slot and giv- million saw at least part of VicePresidentofRising man/CEO of EMI Records950,000 copies its first weeking ABC a big boost in the thesixhours, and some Tide, affirms a state -of -flux Group of North America. out in 1993.) November sweeps.Part2 22.4million watched the atmosphere,butstresses Some300,000ormore "The world is ready forslipped a bit, to 14.8/24, but whole Anthology. that the company is on solid ground. 4 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 /LH T.. 12.1,-111liii,xyflJily ll 'fair

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signed with Soul Records, artists including Little co-founded Led Zeppelin, Briggs worked with Young Junior Walker, and when Motown Richard, Gene Vincent, and Grant went along as manag- throughout his solo career, first absorbed the label in 1964 the Everly Brothers. Butit er. He retired from the man- beginningwiththe Motown Star as a home for more street - was with Led Zep that Grant agement business after the album, Neil Young, in 1969, Junior level R&B, Walker scored gained his greatest notori- band broke up in 1980. and including After the Gold Walker, thesubsidiary'sfirsthit: ety. When the band rocket- Rush, Everybody Knows This whose "Shotgun." ed to success in the late '60s, David Briggs, isNowhere,Tonight's the smooth sax He and the AllStarsfol- Grant was among the first to Night, and the recent and and gritty lowed with "(I'm a) Road mount world-wide tours of Record Unplugged. Popular songs he vocals pow- Runner," "How Sweet ItIs stadium venues and to insist produced with Young ered a (To be Loved by You)," and, thatconcertactsshould Producer included"Southern Man," string of in 1969, the ballad, "What receive as much as 90 per- David Briggs,therecord "Cinnamon Girl," and "Like a hits for Motown beginning Does It Take (To Win Your cent of box office revenue. producer best known for his Hurricane." in 1964, died November 23 Love)." Born in London, the tall work with Neil Young, died Inthecurrentissueof at his home in Battle Creek, and imposing Grant was a November 27 at age 51 of Mojo magazine, Young Mich. of cancer. He was 53. Peter Grant, professional wrestler before lung cancer. spoke about Briggs' unstint- Born Autry DeWalt Jr.in working with acts ranging Briggs was "Neil'scon- ing honesty about the musi- Blytheville,Ark.,Walker Rock Manager from the New Vaudeville summateproducer,"said cian's work. "I always listen began playing in bands in Joel to what he has to say and Peter Grant, former manager BandtotheYardbirds. photographer Indianainthemid -'50s of Led Zeppelin, died of a When guitarist Jimmy Page Bernstein, Young's archivist. take note of it," said Young. beforemovingtoBattle heart attack on November Creek and forming his own 21, while travelingtohis band. He found a name for home on England's southern the ensemble when, at one coast. gig,an audience member Grant, 60, also managed jumped up and shouted, Bad Company and worked "These guys are all stars!" with seminal rock and R&B Walker and the All Stars 19 REALITY BYTES THIS PENGUIN ROCKS IN MEMORIAL: Penguin Electronics' exhaustive CD-ROM, ROCKnROM. The Ultimate Database of Popular Music, contains over 500 million facts spanning 300 musical genres. Creator DAVID KNIGHT MICHAEL WFIDLEIGHhas set up links enabling profes- 1945-1995 sionals to dig deep into artists, songs, and charts. The discs, currently available in PC, with Macintosh due soon, carry a hefty $1,500 price tag, but look for an online mutation and consumer set down the HE LIKED A GOOD SONG, A GRAND MEAL, road...SOUNDGHRDEN < new Alive in the Superunknown CD Plus is alive and well, and features four new tracks, A TALL DRINK, A FUNNY JOKE, A LONG SMOKE, interviews, videos, and 40 minutes of exclusive. atmos- pheric Soundgarden A BASEBALL GAME, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS music...Entertainment Radio Networks (ERN) has launched a AND HIS DOG, BILL. Web Site to promote its syndicat- ed radio shows. Powerhits USA, The Hitlist with Elvis Duran and Country Club are among the ERN HE WAS A GOOD GUY WHO DID 30 YEARS programs found on the site, and different sections feature a Hitlist of popular songs, full - OF GOOD THINGS FOR THE RADIO, TELEVISION motion animation, and cutting edge sounds. Access it at http://www.ernsite.com...Tag/AtlanticRecordsand Rysher Entertainment have united to erect a White Man's AND MUSIC COMMUNITIES. Burden Web Site. Type http://www.tagrec.com/white- mansburden for soundtrack audio clips, cast profiles, interviews, and more. Atlantic will hold a Web chat fea- turingCHANGING FACES,and Burden's producer and HE IS ALREADY MISSED...A BUNCH. director at AOL's MTV arena on December 7 at 8 p.m. EST...M IKE OLDF IELD's Enhanced CD, The Songs of Distant Earth, is based onARTHUR C. CLARKE'sscience fiction book. It's due out December 5...Looking for a song? Try the BMI-way, a new song title database. The 4 BMI 7.5millionitem databaseison the Web at http://bmi.com/ Questions, comments, inquiries? My e- mail address is DAVID [email protected]. -DAVID BERAN

GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 7 In the Grooves F.O.R. # 123 Great shakes at Hollywood Friends Of Records: Susan Yeruski is upped to VP, International: Frank Murray and Peter Radio THAN SAO -BIB Shaev become National Directors, Promotion; and That's Sho Biz By Dave Sholin David Wolter and Cathleen Murray are pro- Villa C10 Al I eyes in the music biz continue to look in the direction of Universal City, as new moted to Directors, MCA Music Entertainment Group Chairman/CEO Doug Morris appoints Mel A&R...MCA Nashville Lewinter Vice Chairman and Zach Horowitz President. Exiting the label are New moves David Haley to the York -based Senior VP Mickey Eichner and key A&R personnel, including Ron post of Senior Director of Oberman and Denny Diante. Expected future developments include Rising Tide National Promotion...Rob Entertainment being folded into a new label, Universal, to be headquartered in Dalton is appointed Senior NYC. while MCA Records remains in L.A. Rising Tide would then be a strictly Director, National Country Nashville entity run, as it is currently, by Ken Levitan. 11INNINNINNIWI Promotion for Epic Records Nashville...Amy Birch is Is that a saddle in the lobby of WLS/FM-Chicago? Most are placing bets that Garth, Alan, Reba, and upped to VP of AOR friends will be logging spins there by the first of the year. Promotion for Relativity. John Trumpbour moves to A long way from home, KWNZ-Reno PD Larry Irons strikes a pose with one o Director of Advertising and his favorite ladies. Larry was heard shouting, "Give me your poor, huddled, A&R Administration for the One hag' of the non -essential government employees yearning to go back to work!" label...Decca Records pro- 1111We/Elektra duo Could Evergreen be contemplating a change at WYNY-New York? VP/GM motes Tami DeVito to Director of Regional Steve Candullo has left the building. The firm's President/C00 Jim De Current album: Castro will handle day-to-day operations until a replacement is found. Promotion, Southwest...RCA Label Group/RLG E7astrre Will newly -appointed KYSR (Star 98.7) PD Dave Beasing chart a new Nashville promotes Sam iiHometown: course for the L.A. Hot A/C? That's been the speculation since Beasing, who Ramage to Senior Director, took over as acting PD when Randy Lane resign A&R...Stephanie Seymour across the hall at Lite A/C KXEZ. steps in to Manager of Video What radio station Promotion for Virgin did you grow up Are promotions/new duties in the works for several key execs at 550 Madison Avenue? Records...Dan DeVita is istening to? promoted to Director, Artist e, our There'll still be a Jackson on the air at WOVV-West Palm Beach, but it'll be Alan instead of Janet as Development for equivalent. the longtime Top 40 is LMA'd with Fairbanks Broadcasting and goes Countr Feliunix Priority... Vertical and the entire staff survive, with the exception of morning host Joe Mama. - mrtsic st Records, Nashville's newest i0b There are plenty of smiles around the Capitol Tower as sales of Beatles Anthology Vol. /set new daily indie has inked a distribu- What stations do you and one week records. These numbers come on top of stellar sales totals for Garth Brooks. Can you tion deal with Ichiban listen to now? say H -O -T? Congrats. Records...Experience d! 411,M11t if S. lb 00 0 411 02 4!,11,,, .11.!* It Hendrix, the company BBC Radio Two, our Citing "differences with managementonig ime fed ord PD R. aces er has which handles the business equivalents of news/talk turned in his resignation. R. Charles, who was also the station's morning personality, just celebrated his affairs for the estate of Jimi. and adult contemporary Hendrix opens its doors 21st year in the market. Toni Cruise takes over as acting PD/MD with morning co -host Brian stations tivek O'Conner handling a.m. drive. Snyder prefers to stay on the West Coast, and can be reached at (541) December 1 in Seattle. 773-5421. Owned and operated by the If you owned a radio Hendrix family, Experience ation, you would... Yes, that was former Hot 97.7 -San Jose PD John Christian hosting IMO -Grants Pass, Oregon's can be reached at P.O. Box morning show the day after Thanksgiving with PD Chad Bowar. Nothing permanentthough-just 88376, Seattle, WA 98138; one-time guest appearance. (206) 223-JIMI. The last record you LongtimeGAVINcorrespondent and pal Tina Simonet won't be returning to WKSS-Hartford after all. PETE WELDING went out of your way Tina, who has bravely battled cancer for the past two and half years, is moving back BLUES AUTNORIrf listen to? home to Minneapolis so she can "kick this disease once and for all." She has our Condolences to the family s Turbulent prayers and wishes for a clean bill of health in the very near future. Friends who'd of Pete Welding, a jazz and like to reach Tina can write in care of the station, and all mail will be forwarded to blues producer, who died her. Meanwhie, PD Jay Beau Jones searches for a replacement MD and midday- November 17 of a heart If you could write a er. Females encouraged. attack at his home in song for or produce Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. another artist, who A short run for WZYP-Huntsville, Ala. PD Ken Wall, who leaves to join computer He was 60. Welding worked ould it be and why? software firm Power Play. Are several PDs currently down south in contention for in EMI Records' A&R divi-

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8 GAN/1N DECEMBER 1, 1995 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH THE BEATLES(45) OASIS QUINCY JONES FEATURING BRANDY & HEAVY D. NATALIE MERCHANT(33) Wonciciit (Ill - (Epic) "Rock with You" SEAL(24) Not much wondering needed here. Qwest/Warner Bros.) BIG MOUNTAIN(24) This band from Manchester is wasting Spins are increasing for this hot no time making its biggest impact yet Michael Jackson cover lifted out of EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL(23) on Top 40. Q's look joint. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (16)

Inside Top 40B DAVESHOLIN Gavin Top 40 The Mayoral SPINS TREND Campaign Pt.II 1 MARIAN CAREYw/ BOYZ II MEN - One Sweet Day (Columbia/CRG) 9 167 2 6852+1261 having quality programmers to 2 GOO GOO DOLLS -Name (Metal Blade/Warner Bros.) 17 165 0 6385 +149 Most have heard that well-worn real estate adage, "location, loca- work with in the Northwest. I've 3 MARIAH CAREY - Fantasy (Columbia/CRG) 14 148 0 6123 714 tion, location." In both radio and worked in a lot of different mar- 4 TLC -Diggin' On You (LaFace/Arista) 11 142 1 5538 +412 the music biz, one might cite a kets, and I can say without ques- 5 JANET JACKSON - Runaway (A&M) 15 136 0 5393 -557 similar theory about the impor- tion these people are the best,

6 MADONNA -You'll See (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 6 164 2 5209 +454 tance of focusing on what, and which is recognized when they

7 ACE OF BASE -Beautiful Life (Arista) 7 146 0 5015 +354 who, is local, local, local. This move to other markets." week, two more pros of local pro- On Credibility"The best way 8 Hand In My Pocket (Maverick/Reprise) t 146 2 4757 +132 ALANIS MORISSETTE - 13 motion pass along the knowledge to maintain credibility is by being 9 WHITNEY HOUSTON - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Arista) 6 151 3 4566 +584 and skills that have earned them right! Sometimes a point is reached 10TOAD THE WET SPROCKET -Good Intentions (Reprise/Columbia/CRC11 142 1 4475 -71 acknowledgment as "mayors of where the line is drawn, and it's

11 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - Breakfast...(RainMaker/Interscope/AGI 21 120 0 4363 -96 their markets." time to say 'You've got to play LARRY REYMANN, COLUMBIA 12 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH -Time (Atlantic) 9 137 8 3887 +320 this.' Our example this year RECORDS (SEATTLE) wasSophieB.Hawkins' AsI 13GIN BLOSSOMS - 'TilI Hear It From You (A&M) 19 104 0 3611 -635 in mar- Lay Me Down.' But be accurate 14NATALIE MERCHANT - Carnival (Elektra/EEG) 25 99 0 3559 -890 ket: Just shy when it comes to knowing the 15 TAKE THAT - Back for Good (Arista) 20 101 0 3486 -580 of 20. audience it will deliver. Pick your

16 SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As I Lay Me Down (Columbia/CRG) 44 94 0 3297 -553 Years with battles, and avoid going to war

17MEAT LOAF -I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth) (MCA) 10 110 0 3290 -451 label: 22. over a mid- charting record. If you Tips "1) get to a situation where key peo- 18 GROOVE THEORY -allMe (Epic) 16 93 3 3198 +110 Understand the ple won't take your calls, your 19SELENA - Dreaming Of You (EMI Latin/EMI Records) 15 89 3 2812 +170 job require- value to those who employ you is 20MELISSAETHERIDGE -Your Little Secret (Island) t 8 107 0 2777 -221 ments of the diminished quite a hit."

21EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Missing (Atlantic) 25 118 232727 +689 person you BOBBI SILVER, GEFFEN/DGC (PHILADELPHIA) 22JOAN OSBORNE - One 01 Us (Blue Gorilla/Mercury) 11 108 14 2473 +421 deal with at the station. When I first started out, I thought all PDs 23EDWIN McCAIN - Solitude (Lava/Atlantic) 14 90 0 2440 -227 had to do was decide what music 24HOOTIE & THEBLOWFISH -Only Wanna Be With You (Atlantic) 26 79 0 2430 -680 to add that week. 2) Maintain the 25 THEPRESIDENTSOF THEU.S.A.- Lump (Columbia/CRG) t 16 104 1 2398 -29 relationship at all costs. No matter

26DEF LEPPARD - When Love and Hate Collide (Mercury) t 6 98 4 2379 +368 how fired up those you work for

27BLUES TRAVELER - Hook (A&M) 14 91 4 2328 +131 might get about a particular project, never carry that urgency so far 28LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES - Do You Sleep (Geffen) 14 86 0 2313 -540 that you burn a bridge. If all you're 29 BONNIE RAITT/BRYAN ADAMS -Rock Steady (Capitol) 6 90 0 2227 +21 doing is running down your priori- 30DEL AMITRI - Roll To Me (A&M) 27 69 0 2181 -246 ties and being a pain, there'll be

31COLLECTIVE SOUL - The World I Know (Atlantic) t 7 98 7 2117 +299 trouble ahead. 3) Talk to a variety Yeats in market: Entire career in

32 SEAL -Kiss From A Rose (Ztt/Warner Bros.) 27 63 0 2085 -601 of people at the station, not just Philly ( -I've been very fortunate."). the PD or MD. Get to know the Years with label: Six. 11 84 3 2029 -1 33 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS -My Friends (Warner Bros.) staff. Study the ratings. Who's the Tips"Cover your bases. Don't 34BIG MOUNTAIN - Get Together (Giant) 3 104 241913NEW target demo? At Columbia, we just talk with the PD or MD, get to

35ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE - Gold (Warner Bros i 5 92 8 1875NEW always have something perfect for know assistants and the assistants 36COOLIO - Gangsta's Paradise (MCA) t 16 65 0 1856 -643 a morning show, even though it to the assistant. You never know

37JON B. - Pretty Girl (Yab Yum/550 Music) 20 58 0 1817 -417 might never be a full-time add." who'll be next in line for a promo- On Longevity"It's possible to tion. I listen to the radio constant- 38BACKSTREET BOYS - We've Got It Goin' On (Jive) 11 61 0 1631 -354 know the entire staff. I have rela- ly. People who ride in my car go 39 XSCAPE -Who Can I Run To? (So So Def/Columbia/CRG) 10 54 5 1583NEW tionships with GMs at most of the crazy watching me push buttons. I 40TOM COCHRANE -I Wish You Well (Capitol) 9 57 0 1573 -521 stations in my territory. Stability never miss my rounds. More infor- gives you an opportunity to build mation is required nowadays, t = lea) pal I Total Reports This Week 201Last Week 202 long-term relationships and have a whether it's sales stats, airplay, or Char Reports Adds SPINS TREND strong knowledge of different per- quotes. I provide everything neces- sonalities. sary, but it still comes down to the NATALIE MERCHANT - "Wonder" (Elektra/EEG) 33 1175 +750 88 "The secret of my longevity is basics. You must be enthusiastic THE BEATLES"Free as a Bird" (Capitol) 87 45 972 +821

BETTER THAN EZRA - 'Rosealia" (Elektra/EEG) t 79 12 1420 +192 Editor: DAVE SHOLIN Associate Editor: ANNETTE M. LAI LaBOUCHE -"Be My Lover" (RCA) 59 7 1506 +380 Top 40 reports accepted Mondays and Tuesdays 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580

GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 9 TOP 40 about your records and work hard!" ARTIST PROFILE Comins On longevity "When something happens, people call you. You Reports Adds SPINS TRENDS should know station personnel in CURTIS 73 3 1554 -75 ELTON JOHN - Blessed (Island) various departments, and they'll 49 13 837+452 PAULA ABDUL - Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up (CaptiveNirgin) help keep you abreast of changes. STIGERS

48 9 859+414 P.M. DAWN - Sometimes I Miss You So Much (Gee Street/Island) If you're doing your job and working hard, covering shows, inviting 47 4 942 +157 BON JOVI - Lie To Me (Mercury) people out, they become your 45 10 657 +361 OASIS - Wonderwall (Epic) friends. A constant dialogue goes 42 1 1369 +181 MAX -A -MILLION - Sexual Healing (Zoo) on that will naturally keep you on

42 2 1006 +83 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Bullet with Butterfly (Virgin) top of things...if you do your job." On credibility "Honesty is the 42 - 757 -6 AC/DC - Hard as a Rock (eastwest/EEG) best policy." 40 41363+178 3T - Anything (MJJ/550 Music)

40 1 696 +55 GARBAGE - Queer (Almo Sounds/Geffen) Signals & Detections 39 3 816 +271 ROLLING STONES - Like A Rolling Stone (Virgin) KHFI-Austin adds TLC's "This Is

38 5 1166+203 MONICA - Before You Walk Out Of My Life (Rowdy/Arista) How It Works," from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack...B96-Chicago's 37 1 767+150 TINA TURNER - Goldeneye (Virgin) Erik Bradley predicts N -Trance's 37 11 533+384 QUEEN - Too Much Love Will Kill You (Hollywood) "Stayin' Alive" will probably become 35 6 1018+207 L.L.COOL J - Hey Lover (Def Jam Recording Group) a hit over the holidays. The band was

34 8 645 +65 FOLK IMPOLSION - Natural One (London) just signed to Critique and is a huge hit overseas. Jam'n 94.5 -Boston was 34 14 458+388 BODEANS - Closer To Free (Reprise) out of the box on LL Cool J's "Hey 33 649 -176 GREEN DAY - Geek Stink Breath (Reprise) - Lover," moving it to powers this HOMETOWN: Boise, Idaho 33 16 307 +188 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - Satellite (RCA) week. MD Cat Collins likes Brandy CURRENT RESIDENCE 28 1 518 +7 FUN FACTORY - Take Your Chance (Curb) and Heavy D.'s "Rock with You," but New York City 25 2 902+198 PLANET SOUL - Set U Free (Strictly Rhythm) it's too early to track any reaction...Z104-Madison APD/MD BIRTHDATE: October 18 25 3 728+195 R. KELLY - You Remind Me of Something (Jive) Dana Lundon thought Simply Red's LABEL: Arista 23 5 344 +26 CURTIS STIGERS - Keep Me From The Cold (Arista) "Fairground" would be a passive VICE PRESIDENT, 22 7 353 +11 THE RENTALS - Friends Of P. (Maverick/Reprise) record, but it's turning into a hot PROMOTION: Bruce Schoen 20 8 344+253 SOUL ASYLUM - Promises Broken (Columbia/CRG) request record for us. Also, Joan Osborne's callout results came back CURRENT SINGLE: 20 10 218+158 * FUN FACTORY - Celebration (Curb) strong the second time around." "Keep Me from the Cold" 18 1 654+171 SHAI - Come With Me (Gasoline Alley/MCA) Dana is high on Folk Implosion's CURRENT ALBUM: Time Was 18 2 457+134 D'ANGELO - Cruisin' (EMI) "Natural One," Tatjana's "Santa Maria" and Sergio's "In and Out of MAJOR MUSICAL 18 - 368 -65 SIMPLY RED - Fairground (eastwest/EEG) _ Love."...There's immediate response INFLUENCES: 16 3 380 +96 BUSH - Glycerine (Trauma/Interscope/AG) to Rod Stewart's "So Far Away" and Elton John, Ray Charles, the 16 2 290 +17 SLAUGHTER - It'll Be Alright (CMC International) Hootie &the Blowfish's "Dream 15 4 254 +84 * BANANARAMA - Every Shade Of Blue (Curb) Baby" off the White Man's Burden Band, Elvis Costello, Bonnie

15 4 251 +73 TYLER COLLINS - Never Alone Ee ore's Lullab Disne soundtrack at WMGI-Terre Haute, Raitt, and Joni Mitchell. Ind. PD Beau Richards notes top 15 11 76 +38 *MICHAEL JACKSON - Earth Song (Epic) LIKES: The New York Knicks. five requests for Denine's "All Cried DISLIKES: Reggie Miller. 14 - 353 +72 SMASHING PUMPKINS - 1979 (Virgin) Out" after only 22 spins. The track is 14 2 294+130 JANN ARDEN - Insensitive (A&M) up to 32 spins at 98PXY-Rochester, FAVORITE PASTIMES: 14 3 213 +83 DON HENLEY - The Garden Of Allah (Geffen) N.Y. and OM Clarke Ingram reports Playing hoops, skiing, it's "the Number One testing record 13 1 385 +24 MIGHTY DUB KATS - Magic Carpet Ride (Profile) mountain biking. with women 18-21 and top five on 13 1 364 +31 ROACHFORD - Only To Be With You (Epic) the phones. I haven't seen anything WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, 13 1 301 +6 OUTHERE BROS. - Boom Boom Boom (Aureus) take off like this in quite awhile. Top YOU WANTED TO GROW UP 12 - 234 +63 ERASURE - Fingers And Thumbs (Mute) 40can own this record!"...Bush's AND BE.., "Glycerine" is generating big phones 11 1 307 +58 L.A.D. - Ridin' Low (Hollywood) Gladys Knight and the Pips. at Z100 -New York. MD Andy Shane 11 3 196+153 * J'SON - Take A Look (Hollywood) says Blues Traveler's "Secret Agent FUN FACTS: 11 2 196 +26 * BLAKEY ST. JOHN - 40 White Pearls (Vesper Alley) Man" from the Ace Ventura sound- Stigers was once a DJ at Boise 11 1 176 +66 * MOON MARTIN - Enemy (Core) track and Pearl Jam's "I Got Id" are State University's campus "reacting nicely." Z100, along with 10 10 15 +15 * ROD STEWART - So Far Away (Lava/Atlantic) radio station. And did you know *Indicates Deb 104 KRBE-Houston, KDUK-Eugene, XL106.7-Orlando, and many more he likes to scat -sing? Crossover add the Beatles' "Free As a Bird." AMBITIONS: To tour as long and as widely URBAN/DANCE ALTERNATIVE What's GOing On? as possible. An overview of early indications from a MONICA - "Before You Walk Out of My Life" OASIS - "Wonderwall" (Epic) select panel of GAVIN Only Correspondents (Rowdy/Arista) DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - "Satellite" (RCA) SIMON WILL, PD, WQCY/FM-QuiNcv, ILL. FOLK IMPLOSION Hatural One" (London/Island) R. KELLY - "You Remind Me of Something" (Jive) "The Artist Formerly Known As SMASHING PUMPKINS - "Bullet with Butterfly 3T - "Anything" (MJJ/550 Music) Prince's 'Gold' is on fire here. Wings" and "1979" (Virgin) L.L. COOL J - "Hey Lover" (Def Jam) Collective Soul's latest has all the BRANDY - "Sittin' Up In My Room" (from Waiting t THE RENTALS - "Friends of P." (Maverick/Reprise) power of 'December' and then o Exhale) (Arista) BUSH - "Glycerine" (Trauma/Interscope/AG) some. We're logging top five night- QUINCY JONES feat. BRANDY & HEAVY D- time calls for Groove Theory's 'Tell "Rock with You (Owest/Warner Bros.) Me. -

10 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 TOP 40 GO MOST ADDED GO STATION PANEL: The GO Chart is based on reports by 110 GAVIN THE BEATLES (27) correspondents who are not part of Radio & Record's or Billboard's panels. NATALIE MERCHANT ( 17) Underlines indicate upward movement, while blue entries highlight a stronger performance than on the main Top 40 chart.

SPINS TREND

1 GOO GOO DOLLS - Name (Metal Blade/Warner Bros.) 3663 +133 21BLUES TRAVELER - Hook (A&M) 1679 +199

2 MARIAN CAREY - One Sweet Day (Columbia/CRG) 3311 +828 22 DEF LEPPARD - When Love and Hate Collide (Mercury) 1675 +277

3TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Good Intentions (Reprise/Columbia/CRG) 3207 +122 23 SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As I Lay Me Down (Columbia/CRG) 1548 99

4 ACE OF BASE - Beautiful Life (Arista) 3054 +367 24 JOAN OSBORNE -One Of Us (Blue Gorilla/Mercury) 1458 +388

5MADONNA - You'll See (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 3048 +420 25.OLLECTIVESOUL - The World I Know (Atlantic) 1434 +207

6 MARIAH CAREY - Fantasy (Columbia/CRG) 2962 +38 26TOM COCHRANE -Wish You Well (Capitol) 1434 +20

7JANET JACKSON - Runaway (A&M) 2942 +136 27 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - My Friends (Warner Bros.) 1425 +43

8 ALANIS MORISSETTE - Hand In My Pocket (Maverick/Reprise) 2920 +280 28 SELENA - Dreaming Of You (EMI Latin/EMI Records) 1395 +309

9 TLC - Diggin' On You (LaFace/Arista) 2901 +406 29THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES... -Lump (Columbia/CRG) 1379 +65

10HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Time (Atlantic) 2808 +320 30EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Missing (Atlantic) 1297

11 WHITNEY HOUSTON - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Arista) 2593 +415 31 GROOVE THEORY - Tell Me (Epic) 1285 +139

12" (And That's the Truth) (MCA) 2455 0 32 ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE - Gold (Warner Bros.) 1163 +257

13DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - Breakfast At Tiffany's (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) 2379 +101 33 ELTON JOHN -Blessed (Island) 1162 +63

14MELISSA ETHERIDGE Jur Little Secret (Island) 2184 +47 34HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Only Wanna Be With You (Atlantic) 1162 126

15GIN BLOSSOMS - 'TilI Hear It From You (A&M) 2172 -26 35 BACKSTREET BOYS - We've Got If Goin' On (Jive) 1047 -25

16 TAKE THAT - Back for Good (Arista) 2106 +33 36 DEL AMITRI -Roll To Me (A&M) 1047 +15

17NATALIE MERCHANT - Carnival (Elektra/EEG) 1963 -105 37THE CORRS - Runaway (143/Lava/Atlantic) 1016 +51

18BONNIE RAITT/BRYAN ADAMS - Rock Steady (Capitol) 1861 +206 38 EDWYN COLLINS - A Girl Like You (Bar None/A&M) 983 +20

19EDWIN McCAIN - Solitude (Lava/Atlantic) 1780 +50 39BIG MOUNTAIN - Get Together (Giant) 965 NEW

20 LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES - Do You Sleep (Geffen) 1684 +5 40 °ETTER THAN EZRA - Rosealia (Elektra/EEG) 953 NEW

time out. Big Mountain's 'Get week. Added the Together' is different enough to BoDeans' track and be a hit again." loved it all three DAN DEATON, PD, KLRZ-LARosE, LA. times it's been out. "Oasis' Woncierwall' is pulling top Check out two ten calls after only a couple of tracks from Rocket weeks. It's gonna be big.Big from the Crypt: Mountain's new one is off to a 'Used' nice start. It's getting some phones, and 'Ball Lightning.'" mostly from older males." JEFF ANDREWS, INTERIM BRIAN GARVIN, PD, KDOG/FM-MANNAto, PD, KLYV DUBUQUE, MINN."We added Enya's 'Anywhere IOWA"Adult response Is' and like it a lot. Surprisingly, is strong on Tina younger callers are asking for the Turner's 'Golden - Beatles' Free as a Bird.' They're eye;' the movie has curious about it." had a definite impact JON NORTON, MD, KYYY-BISMARCK, N.D. on requests." "There's one word for Hootie & DAVE EVAN, OM/PD, The Blowfish's 'Dream Baby' off WILI/FM-Witummoic, White Man's Burden ...awesome! CONN."We're getting It's too early for response, but it top three requests for should be up to 28spins by next the Goo Goo Dolls' 'Name.' Calls prompt- ed us to put Bush on at night." Everything But The Girl COSMO LEONE, PD, GREG THOMAS, PD, WQNN-COLUMBUS, KGRS-BURLINGTON, IOWA Miss. "Adult women call and ask "Natalie Merchant's about Everything but the Girl's 'Wonder' will cross 'Missing' every time we play it. We the boundaries of plan on testing the Tony Rich most formats and roll Project's 'Nobody Knows' real top ten. 'Twenty Foreplay' will to the Beatles, Tina Turner and soon. The You Sleigh Me Christmas continue Janet Jackson's hot Garbage. VH1 play has generated album is full of great tracks for the streak." requests for Simply Red." format." MARK REID, APD/MD, KQKY-KEARNEY, ED KANOI, PD, KONG-LIHUE, KAUAI, CHAD BOWAR, PD, KLDR-GRANTS PASS, NEB. "We're gettinggreat female HAWAII"There's great phone reac- ORE."Recycled music here with responseforCurtis Stigers"Keep tion to Big Mountain's 'Get remakes or re-releases. We played Mefrom theCold.' Number One Together.' Fun Factory's Everything but the Girl's 'Missing' phones on Max -A -Million's 'Sexual 'Celebration' is starting to happen. the first time around and now it's Healing.- For younger demos, Skee-Lo's back on. I thought the BoDeans' STEVE HELLER, PD, ZFUN-Moscow, IDAHO 'Top of the Stairs' is the hottest 'Closer to Free' was a winner its first "Seeing some good early response track we're playing." GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 11 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH SUNDAY MORNING SESSIONS (7) JIM LAUDERDALE JIM HENRY CHESAPEAKE (7) cvsySecond Counts lacksonville RAY WYLIE HUBBARD (7) ( Atlantic) (Signature Sounds) CHRIS JAGGER (B) Lauderdale's latest is a Independent singer/songwriter from New MOLLY & THE HEYMAKERS (B) mix of R&B and Country. England area is breaking out of his regional BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (B) Check out "Fireball," "Ready base, gaining stations weekly. JOHN HIATT (5) To Ramble." and "Learning DARRYL PURPOSE (5) low To Crawl."

Americana InroadsBY ROB BLEETSTEIN I 71 Gavin Americana,.Springsteen's Other America While Born In The USA remains first time, and on "Sinaloa Bruce Springsteen's most popu- Cowboys," where migrants take 1 1 MAURA O'CONNELL (Hannibal) 53 0 24 26 3 lar album, it's also his most mis- work in methamphetamine labs in 4 2 CHERYL WHEELER (Philo) 54 1 16 30 8 understood; it was never meant to California's fertile San Joaquin 3 3 ROSIE FLORES (HighTone) 52 1 22 20 10 he the flag waving anthem it was Valle\

2 4 JOE ELY (MCA) 48 0 24 17 7 perceived as. But At the November 26 opening night 8 5 JOHN HIATT (Capitol) 51 5 17 20 14 his latest effort, the starkly acoustic of what he called 46 0 21 21 4 6 6 EMMYLOU HARRIS (Elektra/Asylum) The Ghost of Tom his "folk show" at 5 7 DAVID OLNEY (Philo) 49 0 16 25 8 load, leaves no Los Angeles' 10 8 CIGAR STORE INDIANS (Landslide) 49 3 14 21 14 room for wrongful Wiltern Theater, Springsteen was in 11 9 TOM RUSSELL (HighTone) 48 3 9 28 11 interpretations. On Ghost, Springsteen, command, deliver- 46 1 14 22 10 9 10 PRAIRIE OYSTER (Zoo) who is in the ing a nearly 2 hour 7 11 AUSTIN COUNTRY NIGHTS (Watermelon) 45 1 15 20 10 midst of a seven set of new material

13 12 DWIGHT YOAKAM (Reprise) 37 1 14 21 2 city solo -acoustic and other themati- cally relevant 12 13 BROTHER BOYS (Sugar Hill) 43 1 7 20 16 tour, not only tackles the plight tunes. L.A. hasn't 40 1 6 24 10 15 14 NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND (Sugar Hill) of the downtrod- been so quiet since 16 15 CARLENE CARTER (Giant) 41 1 7 18 16 den, whose num- the earth stopped 14 16 JIMMY LaFAVE (Bohemia Beat/Rounder) 38 0 10 17 11 bers continue to shaking in Northridge as it 19 17 WAYNE HANCOCK Disc) 35 1 9 18 8 grow in this country, but also examines the experi- was during this set. He turned new 32 0 11 16 5 17 18 SON VOLT (Warner Bros.) ences of the immigrant population songs like "Dry Lightning" and 18 19 THE MAVERICKS (MCA) 31 0 12 11 8 pouring in from Mexico. Beyond "Straight Time" into even starker 22 20 CLIFF EBERHARDT (Shanachie) 36 1 6 15 15 the individual characters who gems than they already are, and the power of the story behind "The Line" 21 21 RIDERS IN THE SKY (Rounder) 35 1 5 17 13 bring this work to life, there is a strong lyrical undercurrent that was multiplied by Springsteen's 31 2 5 16 10 29 22 JORMA KAUKONEN (American Heritage) decries the lack of wealth and honest conviction. 26 23 111rd TYME OUT (Rounder) 35 2 1 18 16 opportunity for much of the Springsteen is following his 20 24 KEVINWELCH(Dead Reckoning) 28 0 9 15 4 nation's citizenry. voice and being true to his muse

23 25 LEO KOTTKE (Private Music) 30 1 4 21 5 Springsteen's been writing classic with this latest work. He's made an cmgs in the vein of Woody album of potent and influential 32 1 5 12 15 30 26 CELINDA PINK iStep One) Guthrie, Hank Williams, and songs that not only should be 25 27 JIM MATT (Little Dog) 30 1 8 11 11 Merle Haggard for decades, but heard, but strikes deep as a work 34 28 CHRIS JAGGER (Curb) 35 6 3 11 21 his folk/country side isn't what one that needs to be heard. With The

31 29 OLD 97'S (Bloodshot) 31 1 3 16 12 generally thinks of when they hear Ghost of Tom load, one of rock & his name. Inspired more by John roll's biggest names has given us a 2430 BRYNDLE (Music Masters) 29 0 4 15 10 Ford's movie interpretation of The musical entity that is the heart and 33 31 GREG BROWN (Red House) 26 2 5 15 6 Grapes of Wrath than John soul of Americana. 28 32 :VYCKHAM PORTEOUS (Bohemia Beat/Rounder) 27 0 6 12 9 Steinbeck's original novel, On a programming note, - 33 SUNDAY MORNING SESSIONS (Munich) 27 7 3 14 10 Springsteen's central character is Springsteen's also sharing his love no stranger to any of us. He's on of this genre with his audience. 36 34 JIM LAUDERDALE (Atlantic) 27 2 4 13 10 the move, fighting for his dignity, Before the L.A. show, a tape play- 27 35 BIG SANDY(HighTone) 26 0 4 14 8 and sleeping underneath your ing in the house featured songs by - 36 MOLLY & THE HEYMAKERS (Mouthpiece) 28 6 0 15 13 nearest overpass. Nanci Griffith, Townes Van

37 37 BLUERODEO(Discovery) 26 1 4 11 11 Taking further inspiration from Zandt, Haggard, Gram Parsons, Dale Maharidge's book Journey To Robert Earl Keen, Iris DeMent, 32 38 JOANBAEZ(Guardian) 22 0 9 8 5 Nowhere : Saga of the New Joe Ely, Steve Earle, and 35 39 ROSALIE SORRELS (Green Linnet) 24 0 3 15 6 Underclass, Springsteen brings the Enunylou Harris. Not that he'll - 40pinHAMILTON (Core) 26 2 2 11 13 economic hardship and struggles ever need it, but I think Mr. within every man to the fore on Springsteen has found something he %AI "Youngstown," which brings fiddle can fall back on. His segues on the

JIM HENRY (Signature Sounds) MAREE McRAEll\lyThwindl DAR WILLIAMS (Razor & Tie) and pedal steel to his music for the tape were pretty damn good, too.

MUSIC NEVER STOPPED SILVERWOLF PROJECT Dropped 38 Stephen Allen Associate Editor: ROB BLEETSTEIN Cons/tiling Editor: CYNDI HOELZLE (S,anaL;r1,e) (Silverwoll) iDa:S, The Picketts, 440 Four Americana reports accepted Mondays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Tuesdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. BRUCESPRINGSTEEN DARRYL PURPOSE (Tangible) Bitchin' Babes. Station Reporting Phone: (-415) 495-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) -495-2580 (Columbia) HANGDOGS (Crazyhead)

12 GAVIN DECEMBER 1,1995 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH BEATLES (73) THE BLENDERS MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER "Let II l'alt 'Grote Old With Me" MICHAEL BOLTON (46) (Orchard Lane) (Hollywood) No longer the The coolest Lennon cover from the SEAL (43) novelty act, these all-startribute album WorkingClass Hero guys are "blend- MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER (43) ing- right in. PETER CETERA (31 )

Inside AIC

avin CAdult Contemporary BYRON FELL G SPINS TREND Christmas Music: 1 WHITNEY HOUSTON - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Arista) 7 219 1 6019 +321 119 51 39 10

2ELTON JOHN - Blessed (Island) 12 213 1 5745 -354 104 59 39 8 An A/C Tradition 3 MADONNA - You'll See (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 7 221 5 5728 +615 106 52 49 12 'Tis the season that A/C breaks 4 MARIAN CAREY - One Sweet Day (Columbia/CRG) 8 217 8 5677 +897 100 57 45 15 format to accomodate some

5THE CORRS - Runaway (143/Lava/Atlantic) 12 192 1 4876 -333 87 49 38 17 Christmas music. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's new music 6TAKE THAT - Back for Good (Arista) 20 174 0 4629 -495 85 49 29 11 or old, as long as it captures the 7 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Good Intentions (Reprise/Columbia/CRG) 11 175 5 4598 +84 86 44 27 18 essense of the season. Our for- 8 SARAH McLACHLAN -Will Remember You (Arista) 12 192 3 4331 +39 67 40 52 28 mat is much more accomodating

9 JOSHUA KADISON - Take It On Faith (EMI) 12 153 3 3604 +16 61 37 30 23 than most others when it comes

10 MEAT LOAF -I d Lie for You (And That's the Truth) (MCA) 11 134 2 3294 123 61 31 22 19 to playing Christmas music, and some stations have already 52 38 27 10 11 NATALIE MERCHANT - Carnival (Elektra/EEG) 20 130 0 3266 -732 begun. I've learned of at least 12 BONNIE RAITT/BRYAN ADAMS - Rock Steady (Capitol) 6 145 1 3257 +155 46 40 38 18 three stations, though not A/C,

13 JANET JACKSON - Runaway (A&M) 15 131 1 3250 -464 56 32 29 14 that have dedicated next month

14 THE BEATLES - Free As A Bird (Capitol) 2 175 73 3240 +1667 27 48 55 40 to the music of the season: KOY- Phoenix, KLAC-Los Angeles, and 46 127 0 3237 -222 54 34 26 13 15 SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As I Lay Me Down (Columbia/CRG) WOKY-Milwaukee (now in its 16 CELINE DION - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Lava/Atlantic) 8 150 5 3220 +250 40 45 47 14 fifth year of all -Christmas -all -the - 17 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Time (Atlantic) 8 130 3 3064 +210 48 34 38 8 time between Thanksgiving and

18 CURTIS STIGERS - Keep Me From The Cold (Arista) 7 148 9 2763 +219 24 43 47 28 Christmas night.) Most major record companies 19 GIN BLOSSOMS -TilI Hear It From You (A&M) 19 104 0 2705 -594 43 32 20 8 count on Christmas music sales 20 BRUCE HORNSBY - Swing Street (RCA) 4 155 20 2610 +522 13 41 55 40 to close out the fiscal year. 21 ACE OF BASE - Beautiful Life (Arista) 7 108 6 2436 +308 35 30 28 14 Few of us get tired hearing

22 SFAI- Kiss Finn A Rose (Ztt/Warner Bros.) 26 99 2 2376 -159 37 25 22 15 NatKing Cole's 32 -year old ver- sionof Mel Tonne's"Christmas 23 JOE BEAN ESPOSITO with TERESA JAMES - Show Me The Way To Your Heart (Pool Party) 15 104 2 2196 -3 24 35 32 12 Song." Twenty-five years later, 24 JIM BRICKMAN -If You Believe (Windham Hill) 10 119 3 2151 +134 14 32 46 21 wecanstill appreciate the 25 -100TIE & THE BLOWFISH - Only Wanna Be With You (Atlantic) 21 87 0 2123 -229 34 22 17 14 Carpenters' "Merry Christmas,

26 GOO GOO DOLLS - Name (Metal Blade/Warner Bros.) 10 82 7 2030 +341 34 19 19 9 Darling," and we can even han-

27 DEL AMITRI - Roll To Me (A&M) 34 77 0 2001 202 34 20 14 9 dle a small dose of "Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer" orig- 28 SELENA - Dreaming Of You (EMI Latin/EMI Records) 7 112 19 1844 +358 14 25 34 33 inally released in the late '70s by 29 SLIM MAN - Faith In Us (GES) 9 91 3 1713 -56 11 31 33 14 Elino & Patsy. 30 SEAL - Don't Cry (Ztt/Warner Bros.) 3 112 43 1651NEW 4 22 41 42 For reasons I can't explain,

31 MICHAEL W. SMITH - Straight To The Heart (Reunion/Arista) 7 91 5 1642 +185 9 29 28 24 there seems to be a dearth of seasonal classics from the '80s 11 77 2 1555 -44 13 29 25 10 32 GUESS WHO - Lonely One (Intersound) forward. In fact, the list of memo- 33 TOM COCHRANE -I Wish You Well (Capitol) 7 79 2 1477 -45 12 27 19 20 rable and playable is pretty 34 LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES - Do You Sleep (Geffen) 12 71 1 1431 -775 11 26 22 11 vacant except for two singles

35 TINA TURNER - Goldeneye (Virgin) 5 86 10 1408 +198 6 22 36 17 from 1985-BruceSpringsteen's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" 10 77 1 1344 -772 10 17 31 16 36 JUDE COLE - Believe In You (Island) and Bryan Adams' "Christmas 37 STEVE WINWOOD - Reach For The Light (MCA) 6 87 8 1291IVEW 6 12 31 35 Time.' 38 MICHAEL BOLTON - A Love So Beautiful (Columbia/CRG) 3 88 46 1277NEW 7 13 28 35 HAT TRICK IN DAYTON

39 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - Breakfast At Tiffany's (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) 12 55 8 1264N1'" 19 14 14 8 Mary Fleenor. PI) and MD for WLQT-Dayton, Ohio has assumed 40 ALL -4 -ONE -I Can Love You Like That (Blitu/Atlantic) 29 56 0 1185 -101 14 17 11 14 the additional responsibilities of PD and MD for sister station EthiOr:RON FEL I. Chartbound Reports Adds SPINS TREND WDOL, also in Dayton. Add to LcSOCiale EdiLOrDIANE Ri R CHUCK NEGRON - "Pretend- (Viceroy/GAP/AEC) 77 8 1117 +199 all that Fleenor's responsibilities \ C reports accepted: Mond.ts handling promotion and an on -air THE BLENDERS - "Let It Fall" (Orchard Lane) 68 15 1055 +327 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Tuesdays8 a.m.-2 p.m. shift at WLQT, and it looks like k.d. lang -ItI Were You" (Warner Bros.) 64 2 1048 +39 StationReporting Phone: (115) 495-1990 she's wearing six full-time hats. BON JOVI - To Me" (Mercury) 62 8 1064 +180 GAVIN Fax: (415) 195-2580

GAVIN DECENII3ER 1, 1995 13 A/C A/C Up R Coming

Repairs AddsSRINS TRENDS SPINS PER WEEK PERSTATION

61 5 879 +13 JANN ARDEN - Insensitive (A&M) BLUES TRAVELER - Run -Around (A&M) 27.68

61 31 875+469 PETER CETERA - Faithfully (River North) WHITNEY HOUSTON - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Arista) 27.48

57 5 886 +31 THE ASSOCIATION 1995 - Walk Away Renee (On Track) ELTON JOHN - Blessed (Island) 26.97

55 8 1264+154 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - Breakfast At Tiffany's (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) TAKE THAT - Back for Good (Arista) 26.60

50 7 788+116 EDWIN McCAIN - Solitude (Lava/Atlantic) TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Good Intentions (Reprise/Columbia/CRG) 26.27

50 7 648 +59 TOMMY JAMES -I Think We're Alone Now (Aura) MARIAN CAREY One Sweet Day (Columbia/CRG) 26.16

50 16 715+260 EXPOSE - I'll Say Goodbye For The Two Of Us (Arista) GIN BLOSSOMS - TilI Hear It From You (A&M) 26.01

49 1 994 +80 DEF LEPPARD - When Love and Hate Collide (Mercury) DEL AMITRI - Roll To Me (A&M) 25.99

49 2 617 +25 THE TEMPTATIONS - Some Enchanted Evening (Motown) MADONNA - You'll See (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 25.92

44 3 598 +59 TYLER COLLINS - Never Alone (Eeyore's Lullaby) (Disney) SOPHIE B. HAWKINS - As ILay Me Down (Columbia/CRG) 25.49

43 43 398+398 * MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - Joy To The World (American Gramaphone) TLC - Diggin' On You 0_aFace/Arista) 25.41

42 7 727 +181 ROLLING STONES - Like A Rolling Stone (Virgin) THE CORRS - Runaway (143/Lava/Atlantic) 25.40

41 8 627 +143 ANNIE LENNOX - Waiting In Vain (Arista) NATALIE MERCHANT - Carnival (Elektra/EEG) 25.12

39 4 551 +82 JERRY WOODWORTH - Come A Little Bit Closer (SVR) JANET JACKSON - Runaway (A&M) 24.81

36 9 451 +148 EMILY - Missin' You Again (Grey Wolf) GOO GOO DOLLS - Name (Metal Blade/Warner Bros.) 24,76

34 4 562 +75 DEBBIE GIBSON - Didn't Have The Head (SBK/EMI) MEAT LOAF -I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth) (MCA) 24,58

30 2 407 +13 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Spoken Word (Discovery) HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISHOnly Wanna Be With You (Atlantic) 24.40

29 7 441 +117 QUEEN - Too Much Love Will Kill You (Hollywood) SEAL - Kiss From A Rose (Ztf/Warner Bros.) 24.00

27 10 545 +179 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - Missing (Atlantic) HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISHTime (Atlantic) 23.57

27 7 389 +75 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - Grow Old With Me (Hollywood) JOSHUA KADISON - Take It On Faith (EMI) 23.56

26 4 271 +34 BRIAN McKNIGHT - Still In Love (Mercury) DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - Breakfast At Tiffany's (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) 22.98

25 6 502+119 BLUES TRAVELER - Hook (A&M) Listed above are the top ranked singles based on thedivision of each song's total stations into its total Spins. 25 2 569 +51 ALANIS MORISSETTE - Hand In My Pocket (Maverick/Reprise)

22 3 559 +70 TLC - Diggin' On You (LaFace/Arista) 22 8 408 +205 BIG MOUNTAIN - Get Together (Giant) SPIN'PrSES 22 8 247 48 TONY RICH PROJECT - Nobody Knows (LaFace/Arista) RANKED INCREASE IN TOTALSPINS 18 9 278+150 * NATAUE MERCHANT - Wonder (Elektra/EEG) THE BEATLES - Pee As A Bird (Capitol) 1667 18 2 306 +46 SOUL ASYLUM - Promises Broken (Columbia/CRG) MARIAN CAREY - One Sweet Day (Columbia/CRG) 897 17 13 261 +215 * ROD STEWART - So Far Away (Lava/Atlantic) MICHAEL BOLTON - A Love So Beautiful (Columbia/CRG) 751 17 17 185 +185 * LYLE LOVETT/RANDY NEWMAN - Wye Got A Friend In Me (Hollywood SEAL - Don't Cry (Ztt/Warner Bros.) 741 15 4 195 +75 PAULA ABDUL - Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up (CaptiveNirgin) MADONNA - You'll See (Maverick/Warner Bros.) 615 14 14 121 +121 * JAll AT THE MOVIES BAND -..A Merry Little Christmas (Discovery BRUCE HORNSBY - Swing Street (RCA) 522 13 4 174 +45 THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE , ,:veSurvives (Nouveau/K-tel) PETER CETERAFaithfully (River North) 469 12 6 159 +63 * BRADLEY KAPTURE - Sometimes Love Is (December Moon Music) MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER Joy To The World (?) 398 12 11 96 +96 * LUTHER VANDROSS - Every Year, Every Christmas (LV/Epic) SELENA - Dreaming Of You (EMI Latin/EMI Records) 349 11 4 134 +53 * MALO - Take My Breath Away (GNP Cresendo) GOO GOO DOLLS - Name (Metal Blade/Warner Bros.) 341 Dropped: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band, The Beautiful South, Bette Midler, THE BLENDERS - Let It Fall (Orchard Lane) 327 Bob Seger & Bullet Band, Pretenders, Eddie Levert.* ' ut WHITNEY HOUSTON -Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Arista) 321

with ten weeks of recent Top 40 ACE OF BASE - Beautiful Life (Arista) 308 A/C Picks play as a single, and should be EXPOSE - I'll Say Goodbye For The Two Of Us (Arista) 260 ROD STEWART familiar to audiences with whom CELINE DION - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Lava/Atlantic) 250 A/C shares. "So Far Away" (Lava/Atlantic) CURTIS STIGERS - Keen Me From The Cold (Arista) 219 NATALIE MERCHANT Stewart provides the first official HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Time (Atlantic) 210 single from the Carole King tribute "Wonder" (Elektra) BIG MOUNTAIN Get Together (Giant) 205 album, Tapestry Revisited, and it's a Nicaltant leaves to our imagination doozy. Rod's in fine voice and gives the specific cause of the wonder, CHUCK NEGRON - Pretend (Viceroy/GAP/AEC) 199 it a solid recitation. but it's obviously about an inexplica- TINA TURNER - Goldeneye (Virgin) 198

JOAN OSBORNE bly special and blessed person. MICHAEL W. SMITHStraight To The Heart (Reunion/Arista) 185 "One of Us" (Mercury) STING Joan Osborne has been picking off "Moonlight" (A&M) one format at a time, beginning with ing solos from the soundtrack to Gavin A/C #1 Hits hill A3 aroundGAVINSeminar time last Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond's 12/2/94 MADONNA - "Secret" February.and the game plan has new film, Sabrina. He didn't write it, 12/4/92 GENESIS - "Never A Time" now brought her nine months of but he and his usual playmates 12/7/90 ELTON JOHN - "You Gotta Love Somebody" solid airplay. This track, written by (Dominic Miller, Vinnie Colaiuta, 12/4/87 GEORGE HARRISON - "Got My Mind Set On You" Eric Bazilian of Hooters and Cyndi and Kenny Kirkland) front the Lauper fame, poses the big "if' with London Metropolitan Orchestra for a 12/5/86 GLORIA ESTEFAN at Miami Sound Machine - "Falling at least rhetorical results. It's a song lush and hazy theme. In Love (Uh-Oh)

14 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 A duet that's been a lifetime in the making. Gerald Levert & Eddie Levert, Sr. Already Missing You

"Already Missing You" from the already gold record The premiere single and video from Father & Son by Gerald and Eddie Levert Father & Son. Over,25,000 units sold )veekly When it comes to class c R&B, the Levert family has set the standard for Top 50 SoundScan Chart 4over 30 years. On Father & Son, Eddie #1 Urba'n A/C record Levert, Sr., lead singer and founder of two weeks running! the legendary O'Jays, joins his son Gerald, one of R&B's most acclaimed On over 40 stations! artists, for an album of stunning duets that celebrates the Leverts' distin- guished contribution to popular music. Produced by Gerald Levert and Edwin "Tony" Nicrolas for Trevel Production Company, Inc. Management and Direction: Trevel Production Company, Inc. and LB Management, Inc Eddie Levert, Sr. appears cow sy of EMI Records.

3 ,agUrn4 On Eastwest Records America compact discs and World Wide Web, http://www.elektra,corn 01995 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division or Warner Commun3 Inc ATIMEWarner Company. MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH GAUNT ( 1 3 ) MOUNTAIN GOATS 16 HORSEPOWER (vine Lvacte Poppies / on we snovet (A611,1) JACK ( 1 0) (Trance Syndicate/Emperor Jones) KC \\ RUV, KVMR, KCSB, WML, WMSV John Darnielle and company debut at #27 this and WVXU all ADD Heel on the Shovel, 16 NEW BOMB TURKS ( 7 ) week, largely on the basis of Heavy support Horsepower's solid debut. Look for more 16 HORSEPOWER (6) from KCPR. KFJC, KWVA, WPRB, WRSU, action on this one in the weeks to come.

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Inside CollegeBY S`ANA BARUTH Gavin College The Adelphi Incident,

3 1 1 BOSS HOG - Boss Hog (DGC) Part 3

2 2 2 STEREOLAB - Refried Ectoplasm [Switched on Volume 2] (Drag City) Once again, to recap: WBAU, the versity] funds be spent for academ

15 3 3 CORNERSHOP - Woman's Gott Have It (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.) radio station at Adelphi University is purposes, things that benefit the in Long Island, was shut down by students and the school." 6 6 4 AMPS - Pacer (4-AD/Elektra) university officials in August of this The Friends of WBAU argue that 10 8 5 POLVO - thiseclipse (Merge) year; the last two Inside College the board of trustees failed in their 33 15 6 SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE - Sunny Day Real Estate (Sub Pop) columns have been devoted to ana- duty to protect university resources 43 7 7 PIZZICATO FIVE - Music IsOrganized by Sound (Matador) lyzing the forces at work behind the when the station was sold for a mere - 18 8 PHARCYDE - Labcabincalifornia (Delicious Vinyl/Capitol) university's seemingly abrupt sale of $30,000. That, they say, is particularly

9 9 9 RENTALS -Return of the Rentals (Maverick) the 1100 -watt station. Over the last reprehensible in the light of the fact

26 10 10 SPARKLEHORSE - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (Capitol) weeks, John Schmidt, the station's that, according to Schmidt, "the univer- technical director, and Vince sity is paying the president of Adelphi - 19 11 THIRTY OUGHT SIX - Hag Seed (Mute America) Passaro, Adelphi's Director of $523,000 a year... which is the second 5 5 12 G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE -Coast to Coast Motel (OKeh/550 Music) University Communications and highest -paid college president in the 11 11 13 BLONDE REDHEAD - La Mia Vita Violenta (Smells Like Records) Special Assistant to the President, U.S. The only one who'd paid any- 18 14 14 PAPAS FRITAS - Papas Fritas (Minty Fresh) have each offered Inside College more is John Silber, President of BU, 24 24 15 GARDEN VARIETY - Knocking The Skill Level (Headhunter/Cargo) some insight into the Adelphi who happens to be a member of the 16 16 16 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Virgin) Incident. Our determination: that Adelphi board of trustees." Besides

12 12 17 BATS - Couchmaster (Mammoth) the university's not -entirely -con- the sum of five million dollars, the

42 28 18 SOFTIES - It's Love (K) vincing explanation for the shutout/ Friends' suit asks for the removal of sale is less striking than the reality Adelphi's president and board. 34 34 19 PAIN TEENS - Beast of Dreams (Trance Syndicate) of WBAU's helplessness in the face Despite its thorny relationship 25 20 20 SUPERNOVA - Ages3And Up (Amphetamine Reptile/Atlantic) of the university's decisions. with Adelphi administration, the 30 21 21 HELIUM - Superball (Matador) Like, I think, most college radio main goal of the Friends of WBAU 4 22 22 THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - Get Lost (Merge) station people, the WBAU staff was is not to wrest control of WBAU 40 23 23 MR. BUNGLE - Disco Volante (Warner Bros.) completely unprepared for its from Adelphi; rather, it is to get the

1 4 24 SONIC YOUTH - Washing Machine (Geffen) school's blasé abandonment. station hack on the air under the

13 13 25 RED RED MEAT - Bunny Gets Paid (Sub Pop) Nevertheless, the WBAU DJs and university's umbrella. Schmidt administrators rallied quickly to form adamantly states, "We'd much rather 20 26 26 OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory (Epic) the Friends of WBAU, an organiza- have the university running the station NEI 27 MOUNTAIN GOATS - Nine Black Poppies (Trance Syndicate/Emperor Jones) tion committed to re -instating WBAU [than own it and run it ourselves]. NEW 28 BUILT TO SPILL CAUSTIC RESIN - Built to Spill Caustic Resin (Up) as an operational radio station under The Friends feel that WBAU has been - 45 29 NOMEANSNO - The Worldhood Of The World(As Such)(Alternative Tentacles) the auspices of Adelphi University. a tremendous benefit to the students - 30 30 STEP RIGHT UP - The Songs of Tom Waits (Manifesto) The Friends, through membership of the university. Although the station NEW 31 ANN MAGNUSON - The Luv Show (DGC) dues and donations from outside has had a lot of community volunteers

14 31 32 THE SEA AND CAKE - The Biz (Thrill Jockey) parties, have raised the funds to hire over the years, it has primarily been a lawyer and have sued Adelphi. a student -operated college radio NEW 33 PASSENGERS - Original Soundtracks 1 (Island) John Schmidt explains, "The station, and it has done quite well in 7 17 34 AIR MIAMI -me, me. me. (4-AD/TeenBeat) friends of WBAU are now taking that regard. Certainly many, many, NEW 35 DUB NARCOTIC - Ridin' Shotgun (K) action against the university. [We've] many people who have come out NEW 36 DEAD MILKMEN - Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig) (Restless) sued the university and requested of the station have done well in the 22 35 37 ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT - Scream, Dracula, Scream! (Interscope/AG) monetary relief in the amount of industry. And most of those people NEW 38 COCTEAU TWINS - Twinlights (Capitol) five million dollars. [In addition], will tell you that their involvement

39 39 39 NOTHING PAINTED BLUE -The Future of Communications (Scat) we've sued not only the university in WBAU was pretty important to

31 40 40 SON VOLT - Trace (Warner Bros.) but the board of trustees individually their success. Therefore, our feeling for breach of fiduciary duty, which is that it should be available to the 35 41 41 SF SEALS - Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows (Matador) means not looking out for the uni- students the way it has been." 29 42 42 YO LA TENGO - Camp Yo La Tengo (Matador) versity's resources. The board of Schmidt is confident that WBAU will NEW 43 STRATOTANKER - Baby, Test the Sky (Homestead) trustees is supposed to be holding eventually win in its action against the 27 27 44 ECHOBELLY - On (Fauve/Rhythm King) the university as a non-profit orga- university without going to trial. A vari- 41 44 45 BRIAN ENO/JAH WOBBLE - Spinner (Gyroscope/All Saints) nization in trust for the public. In ety of factors-like the Adelphi's prob-

32 32 46 7 SECONDS - The Music. The Message. (Immortal/Epic) doing so, in the case of this univer- able unwillingness to allow outside - 48 47 OLD 97's - Wreck Your Life (Bloodshot) sity, its charter reouires that [uni- lawyers access to university files

38 38 48 SPACE AGE POP Vols. 1-3 - Various Mists (RCA) Editor: SEANA BARUTH 46 46 49 GOD IS MY CO-PILOT - Puss002(Dark Beloved C./Making Of Americans) College reports accepted Mondays 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Tuesdays 9 a.m.-3 p.m. NEW 50 SPACEHOG - Resident Alien (Sire/Warner Bros.) Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580

10 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 College and documents, the university's sup- contributing everything from crucial ARTIST PROFILE posed violation of numerous FCC reg- engineering and talent to amusingly ulations when they took 'BAU off the unfinished yet appealing sonic con- SEAN ROBERTS SAYS: air without warning, the possibility of ceptualities. Nosejob is a real quality f HIRTY OUGHT "I have a serious problem with university resources (i.e. the radio sta- achievement as far as drugged -out. [musicians] that literally project tion's space, equipment and library) a.m., living room four -track "don't SIX being frozen for five years of litigation, erase anything" productions go. At one attitude and base their careers on and the fact that the same lawyer end of the external spectrum of projec- the idea that music doesn't recently won an almost identical suit tion is a kitchen recording of Barbara matter: that originality in for Ade1phi's student paper-seem to and her sister singing a charming pop- songwriting doesn't matter, support his presumption. ish jangle from days gone by. Shift or that a genuine emotional Furthermore, many other con- that dial of perception on over to the stituents, including the majority of other side ( way on over) for abused commitment to the sounds that Adelphi's educators, have petitioned for guitars hooked up to destroyed amps you produce does not matter. the president's resignation or removal. in dark, deserted apartments or in It's all about money, or it's all At this early stage in the litigation, scenester-only niteclub/bars. It's all FROM:Portland, Oregon about style." however, the university also claims fine stuff, with oodles of obscure, hesi- confidence. tant little treasures nestled in between. LATEST RELEASE:Hag Seed 5.sio."If there's a Holy NEXT WEEK, THE FINAL CHAPTER OF OCR Nifty editing and layering chop the LABEL:Mute America Trinity of Emo-Core, Portland has THRILLER. IN AA MCI, OUR HEROES' LONG-TERAI GOALS whole affair to bits, so acoustic haze got to be Heaven, and there ARE III .\I\ LED .1NI) THE TRUE DEMON UNMASKED. becomes static which becomes TV CONTACT:Roze Braunstein, (212) should be little statues of Thirty soundbyte which de -morphs into 255-7670 ext. 223 College Picks whatnot. Beautifully screwed up and Ought Six on the dashboard of THEY ARE: THE GLANDS OF just plain beautiful. -ALAN Lows: everyone's car." -PDX EXTERNAL SECRETION Sean Roberts, bass and vocals; Nosejoh Ryan Paravecchio, drums; David IN ESSENCE:"This is it, the (Starlight Furniture Company) Blunk, guitar. record to put on when life has Transcendent pop person Barbara U-ZIQIn 3ine Effect (Astralwerks) fucked you around, the songs to THIRTY OUGHT SIX ARE: Manning and SF ziner Bananafish) NO DOUBT Tragic Kingdom (Trauma) play when everything hurts. This is and weirdo thinker/happener Seymour "...A pastiche of no one, finding VOODOO GLOW SKULLS - Firme (Epitaph) the music to exorcise hurts." - Glass do a noise/sound collage trip their own ground in the slanted, CHROME CRANKS - Lost Time Blues (PCP) Raygun and rack up some big points on the jazz -inflected rhythms of drummer MICK HAITJEY - Intoxicated Man (Mute) "impressive results" side of our ledger. Ryan Paravecchio and the This CD features recordings from past Dropped: Superchunk, #29 Edsel, 133 Ken Nordine, diminutive bundle of wit and "'Hag seed' is a term made up by years and locations with the principals FI3b Foot Flame, 137 Flaming Lips, #43 Mercury Rev, and accomplices-Michael Moreley of angst that is guitarist David the band which they say means Gate fame, a Thinking Feller or two- #47 Rancid, 149 King Kong, #50 Meat Puppets. Blunk." -NME `sort of being ill-bred.'"-Tonic

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Like MallBY THEMBISA S. MSHAKA hvin Rap Accept Success! Mr.Smith Has... What isit about success that pliable, yet it's the strongest sub- LORD FINESSE - Hip To Da Game (Penalty) scares some of us so? Hip -hop is stance on earth. Rappers can be

THE GROUP HOME - Livin' Proof (Payday/FFRR) one of the few places where just flexible, too. I don't have to be about all we focus on is gettin' afraid to be a man, be tender, be KOOL G RAP - Fast Life Feat. NAS (Cold Chillin'/Epic Street) paid and enjoying the fruits of afraid of love or shedding tears. FAB 5: HELTAH SKELTAH/O.G.C. - Blah/Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka (Duck Down\Priority) success. When artists or entrepre- Those changes don't stop your BLAHZAY BLAHZAY - Danger (Mercury) neurs reach that goal, they music from being good. What stop:

PHARCYDE - Runnin'/Drop (Delicious Vinyl/Capitol) encounter more PHin' (Playa that is when the MC stops makini Hatin') than congratulatin'. One good music. The key is to deliver ERICK SERMON - Bomdigi/Tell 'Em (Def Jam Recording Group) need not be broke while keepin' the unexpected. Trackmasterz THE GENIUS - Liquid Swords (DGC) it real or representin', folks. When produced the album and gave 110

AKINYELE AND SADAT X - Loud Hangover (Loud/RCA) a rapper or professional in our percent, like real team players. genre breaks a chart record or Does giving back expand horizons? IREOLIE - Rappaz R. N. Dainja (Jive) breaks ground, we all get closer Absolutely. Camp Cool J FAT JOE - Success (Relativity) to succeeding. The artist who touches the lives of our kids in a MANNISH - Expect That (Correct/Grindstone Ent.) goes gold without airplay isn't any positive way. They deserve to

METHOD MAN - The Riddler (Remix) (Atlantic) less deserving of respect or adula- have fun, and providing that tion than the multi -platinum outlet feels great. SMIF N' WESSUN - Sound Boy Bureill/Wrekonize (Wreck/Nervous) radio -darling -of -the -moment. Hard As one of our veterans has CHEF RAEKWON - Incarcerated Scarfaces (Loud/RCA) work goes into the making of said himself, it takes more than CYPRESS HILL - Throw Your Set In The Air/Killa Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG) both, and contrary to what every great expectations to become and remain successful. You also MIC GERONIMO - The Natural/Train Of Thought (Blunt) video shot in a club tells you, nothing worth having comes easy. need focus and vision to go ILL BISKITS - God Bless Your Life (Atlantic) Few MCs can attest to this better along with that exceptional, THA DOGG POUND - Respect (Death Row/Interscope) than Def Jam's first recording innovative music, whether

GOODIE MoB - Cell Therapy/Soul Food (LaFace/Arista) artist, LL Cool J. Uncle L, the self- you're making or breaking hits.' proclaimed -Future of the Funk", As John Atterberry and ONYX - Last Dayz (JMJ/Def Jam Recording Group) has matured considerably since hisJimmy Thomas, the partners of OMNISCIENCE - Amazin' (3 Boyz From Newark/Elektra) debut more than a decade ago. At the newly -formed and poised -to - JUNIOR MAFIA -I Need You Tonight (Big Beat/Atlantic) 28, he's on his sixth album, has blow -up Mergela Entertainment

FUGEES (Tranzlator Crew - Fugee-La/How Many Mics (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG) several film appearances under his (the company behind the One belt, has founded Camp Cool J Million Strong album) put it, "it's SUPERNATURAL - Buddah Blessed It (Elektra/EEG) for urban youth, and now sparks about taking control of and MOBB DEEP - Give Up The Goods (Loud/RCA) the small screen on In the House. responsibility for your own TRENDS OF CULTURE - Make A Move (Mad Sounds/Motown) In speaking with him at his actions. No one will come to yot release party, Mr. Smith (as in James and hand you your dream -you OL' DIRTY BASTARD - Rawhide/Don't You Know (Elektra/EEG) Todd Smith, LL's given name) has have to go out and get it." L.L.COOL J - Hey Lover featuring Boyz II Men (Def Jam Recording Group) embraced success fully and wisely. In other news, 2Pac is definite- CHEF RAEKWON - Ice Cream (Loud/RCA) Here's how our conversation went. ly recording his next album for

SMOOTHE DA HUSTLER - Hustlin'/Broken Language (Profile) Why call this album Mr. Smith? Death Row. DR's promotion .11r Smith is representative of the maestro Kevin Black confirmed NEW REAL LIVE - Real Live Sh*t (Big Beat/Atlantic) transitions I've gone through in the it. Though it's in the early stages, 2226 JAMAL - Fades 'Em All (Rowdy/Arista) last few years, all the growth I've the label's top inmates are in on - 39 34 CAPLETON - Wings Of Morning (Def Jam Recording Group) experienced as a person and as an the project, from Dre to Tha artist. I'm not a kid anymore. - 35 35 5TH WARD BOYZ - One Night Stand (Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe) Dogg Pound. Sounds like it has How do hip -hop artists grow up? success written all over it...This is - 38 36 THE NEXT CHAPTER - Various Unsigned Artists (Immortal) By moving forward and expand- the last week for the college stu NEW 37 PUDGEE - On The Regular (Perspective/A&M) ing. Music will always be my first dent Seminar registration rate NEW 38 KRIS KROSS - Tonite's Da Nite (Ruflhouse/Columbia/CRG) love, but you can't he afraid to grow. Contact Jackie for the scoop- You don't seem to be concerned the deadline is December 8. 24 34 39 KAPONE - No Jurisdiction/Get Down To It (Penalty) with "selling out" or "going main- According to John Austin, the 34 36 40 DA YOUNGSTA'Z ILLY FUNKSTAZ -I'll Make Ya Famous/Bloodshed & War (PopArt) stream". showcase slots are fading fast! Oh no, because that has nothin' Get with him at (215) 924-7823 to do with reality. It's like this: the and lock yours in...like that. MAD LION - Real Ting (Weeded/Nervous) MOBB DEEP - Temperature's Risin' (Loud) reality is that water is so soft and -ONE LOVE. LBC CREW - Beware Of My Crew (Premeditated) GENIUS/GZA - Cold World (DGC)

ALL CITY -Who Dat? (Army/ee/Mercury) Editor THEMBISA S. MSHAKA Rap Assistant: JAcKIE JONES MCWILLIAMS Rap reports accepted Thursdays 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 Gavin Rap Retail h e a t r is es

2W LW TW

1 1 1 GOODIE MoB - Cell Therapy (LaFace/Arista)

17 2 2 L.L.COOL J - Hey Lover (Def Jam Recording Group)

2 3 3 THE GENIUS - Liquid Swords (DGC)

7 6 4 BLAHZAY BLAHZAY - Danger (Mercury) GET WITH YOU 6 5 5 PHARCYDE - Runnin' (Delicious Vinyl/Capitol)

4 8 6 CHEF RAEKWON - Ice Cream (Loud/RCA)

8 7 7 THE CLICK - Hurricane (Sic Wid It/Jive)

3 4 8 COOLIO - Gangsta's Paradise (MCA) PHUNK 5 9 9 ERICK SERMON - Bomdigi (Def Jam Recording Group) ADDICT 11 10 10 LUNIZ - Playa Hata (C-NOTE/Noo Trybe)

15 18 11 JAMAL - Fades 'Em All (Rowdy/Arista) 14 15 12 ONYX - Last Dayz (JMJ/Def Jam Recording Group) CREW 12 12 13 CYPRESS HILL - Throw Your Set In The Air (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG)

17 14 KOOL G RAP - Fast Life (Cold Chillin'/Epic Street)

10 11 15 METHOD MAN - The Riddler (Atlantic)

20 16 16 MYSTIKAL - Y'all Ain't Ready Yet (Big Boy/Jive) "New rap trio has a contender on its - 23 17 JUNIOR MAFIA -I Need You Tonight (Big Beat/Atlantic) hands..." - 20 18 SMIF N' WESSUN - Sound Soy Bureill/Wrekonize (Wreck/Nervous) -IMPACT 18 22 19 JUNIOR MAFIA - Player's Anthem (Big Beat/Atlantic)

- 25 20 FAB 5: HELTAH SKELTAH/O.G.C. - Blah/Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka (Duck Down\Priority) "Destined to bust out big time at NEI& 21 SPICE 1 -1990-Sick (Jive) R & B radio . " 9 14 22 A.Z. - Sugar Hill feat. missjones (EMI)

24 19 23 LORD FINESSE - Hip To Da Game (Penalty) -BILLBOARD

19 - 24 CAPLETON - Wings of the Morning (Def Jam Recording Group) "P.A.C. drops down with a mack daddy 16 21 25 LOST BOYZ - Jeeps, Beemaz & Benz (Uptown/MCA) rap cut . " LW Albums -URBANNETWORK

1 1 1 THA DOGG POUND - Dogg Food (Death Row/lnterscope)

7 2 2 THE GENIUS - Liquid Swords (Geffen)

2 3 3 KRS-ONE - KRS-ONE (Jive)

8 5 4 8 BALL M.J.G - On Top Of The World (Suave/Relativity) GET WITH THE EARLY BELIEVERS: WJNN WGOK WZHT 20 11 5 THE CLICK - Game Related (Sic Wid It/Jive) KHDC WYKS WAEJ 15 4 6 ERICK SERMON - Double Or Nothing (Del Jam Recording Group) KLSS WLOU KYEA 3 6 7 KOOL G RAP - 4.5,6 (Cold Chillin'/Epic Street) WILD WJLB WRNB 19 12 8 GOODIE MoB - Soul Food (LaFace/Arista) ADDED WJMH KMVR WOLF 9 10 9 CYPRESS HILL -III - Temple of Boom (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG) AT WZIP WROU WQKI 6 8 10 ONYX - All We Got Iz Us (JMJ/Def Jam Recording Group) E KHRN POWER95 WFKX 5 9 11 JUNIOR MAFIA - Conspiracy (Big Beat/Atlantic) WENN WAPZ KLBQ 4 7 12 A.Z. - Doe or Die (EMI) MUSICIFIIVISION KQKS WRXB KIKI YOUCONIROI 10 14 13 CHEF RAEKWON - Only Built 4 Cuban Link (Loud/RCA) KJCK KNEK KRUS 14 13 14 FAT JOE - Jealous One's Envy (Relativity) WTCC WTLZ WPEG

17 16 15 COOLIO - Gangster's Paradise (Tommy Boy) WNNJ WHQT WTNY

12 15 16 30NE THUGS N' HARMONY - E. 1999 Eternal (Relativity/Ruthless) WCKX WPAL KCDD KZFM KZHT WBAD - 23 17 PHARCYDE - Labcabincalifornia (Delicious Vinyl/Capitol) WKYS KMJK - 24 18 5TH WARD BOYZ - Rated G (Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe) - 17 19 TOP AUTHORITY - G Rated (Trak/Solar) NEW 20 L.L.COOL J - Mr. Smith (Def Jam Recording Group)

25 - 21 JAMAL '._ast Chance, No Breaks (Rowdy/Arista) BLACK NEW 22 MIC GERONIMO - The Natural (Blunt)

11 18 23 SHOW SOUNDTRACK - Soundtrack: Various Mists (Def Jam Recording Group) Contact Jeff McClusky & Associates 415.872.2364

21 22 24 JT The Bigga Figga - Dwellin' In The Labb (GLP/Priority) Black Olive Records 408.394.7176

13 21 25 DAS EFX - Real Hip Hop (eastwest/EEG) OLIVE Rap Singles compiled by Spence Abbot Rap Albums compiled by Matt Brown

GAVIN DECEMBER I 9 9 5 19 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH SOLO SOLO LUTHER VANDROSS "Where Do U Want Me too Put It" uhere Do U Want Me too Put It" "Every lear,Every Christmas" (Epic/LV) (A&M/Perspective) (A&M/Perspective) Christmas seems to have come early this year TONY RICH PROJECT Oneofthis weeks most added for Luther Vandross. Every Year, Every "Nobody Knows" (LaFace/Arista) isalso a sure fire hit. Stations Christmasisa wonderful melody for this BOBBY CALDWELL addingSolothis week include timeofyear. Stations reporting spins include "Don't Ask My Neighbors" (Sin-Drome) KPRS, KSJL, and WILD. KMJJ (30), KSOL (24), and KMJK (20).

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SPINS TREND

916 -46 1 WHITNEY HOUSTON - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Arista) 2511 +89 21 AFTER 7 - Damn Thing Called Love (Virgin)

901 +116 2 R. KELLY - You Remind Me of Something (Jive) 2213 -2 22MONIFAH Miss You (Uptown/MCA) 866 -319 3 TLC - Diggin' On You (LaFace/Arista) 1968 +71 23SHAI - Come With Me (Gasoline Alley/MCA)

4XSCAPE - Who Can I Run To? (So So Def/Columbia/CRG) 1909 -85 24 DEBORAH COX - Sentimental (Arista) 815 -119 740 -195 5 D'ANGELO - Cruisin' (EMI) 1835 +11 25 BRANDY - Brokenhearted (Atlantic) 679 -84 6 MARIAN CAREY - One Sweet Day (Columbia/CRG) 1828 +178 26JANET JACKSON - Runaway (A&M)

653 -5 7 SILK - Hooked On You (Keia/ElektrafiEG) 1662 +84 27ISAAC TO ISAAC - 01 Skool (Mercury) 634 +85 8 FAITH EVANS - Soon As IGet Home (Bad Boy/Arista) 1615 +152 28BRIAN McKNIGHT - Still In Love (Mercury)

591 +86 9 TERRY ELLIS - Wherever You Are (eastwest/EEG) 1598 +159 29 TOTAL - No One Else (Bad Boy/Arista) 585 10GERALD & EDDIE LEVERT - Already Missing You (eastwest/EEG) 1554 -243 30 SOLO - Heaven (A&M/Perspective) 58

+7 11 MONICA - Before You Walk Out Of My Life (Rowdy/Arista) 1513 +176 31 WILL DOWNING - Sorry,I (Mercury) 583 -14 12GROOVE THEORY - Tell Me (Epic) 1383 -112 32JESSE & TRINA - Where Is The Love (Capitol) 581 -20 13 MARIAN CAREY - Fantasy (Columbia/CRG) 1358 +34 33 ASANTE - Look What You've Done (Columbia/CRG) 552

14L.L.COOL J - Hey Lover (Det Jam Recording Group) 1233 +142 34 KUT KLOSE - Surrender (Elektra/EEG) 534 +147 532 +53 15QUINCY JONES introducing TAMIA - You Put A Move On My Heart (Owest) 1180 +162 35 JASON WEAVER - I Can't Stand The Pain (Motown) 522 +97 16JODECI - Love U 4 Life (MCA) 1171 +169 36 MOKENSTEF - In the Rain (Outburst/Def Jam/Island)

17 MONICA - Like This Like That (Rowdy/Arista) 996 -73 37BOYZ II MEN -I Remember (Motown) 520 +224

511 231 18INTRQ - Funny How Time Flies (Atlantic) 993 +75 38 JON B. - Pretty Girl (Yab Yum/550 Music)

501 +105 19 3T - Anything (MJJ/550 Music) 963 -24 39J.SON - Take A Look (Hollywood)

499 +81 20 PURE SOUL -I Want You Back (StepSun) 948 +105 40IMMATURE - We Got It (MCA)

Editor:QUINCY MCCOY Assistant:ST ACY BAINES Urban reports accepted through Tuesday 3 p.m.

Making NoiseThe Regional View Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 ( \ Fax: (4151 495-2580 west coas southwest midwest Ludiftandrosnat TheCilif+58 BoArMen+78 'Every Year, Every Christmas- i lade) "Hurricane" (Sic Wid It/Jive) "I Remember" (Motown) Kris Kross +41 R. Kelly +53 Mariah Carey+71 "Tonne's the Night- "You Remindirlecof Something" (Jive) -One Sweet Day" (Columbia/CRG) (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG) +5 Intro+65 Inspirational All Stars +32 Island "Diggin' on You" (LaFace/Arista) "Funny How Time Flies" (Atlantic) "Don't Give Up" (Island)

mid -atlantic southeas' -.:arolina/va 11114111PRIPMW 411111.1.11Mirillir Faith Evans +146 "Before You Walk Out of My Life" "Who Can 1 Run To?" "Soon As I Get Home" (Bad Boy/Arista) (So So Def/Columbia/CRG) (Rowdy/Arista) Mariah Carey +139 +62 Kris Kross+52 Mariah Carey "One Sweet Day" (Columbia/CRG) ITonite'sthe Night" (Ruffhouse/Columbia/CRG) "One Sweet Day" (Columbia/CRG) Whitney Houston+112 +57 Michael Jackson +51 Faith Evans "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (Arista) n As I Get Home" (Bad Boy/Arista) "This Time Around" (Epic) featuring 14n Boothe

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we'd had a record before. You know, [the title] pens to anything I'm related to. I really didn't sounds like a record you would have already expect it with this record. You gotta understand owned. Basically we didn't want any connec- how weird it is that this record's on the radio at tion to Weezer. The last thing I wanted to do all.I mean, it's something that probably didn't was try to live off the Weezer thing and go cost me more than $10,000 to make. I paid for

'Hey I'm from Weezer and check out this!' I it myself, I sold instruments Ihad, and bor- didn't want people to say 'Oh great, the bass rowed money from friends to make it." In player wants to put out a record. I just feel While Matt could've easily grabbed on to the nobody has to know anything about who's in a coat-tails of "Buddy Holly" he chose to take the band to like the record." high road, instead.' "I didn't get anybody The next thing to hit you is their sound. involved, business -wise," he continues. "I Drenched in heavy wafts of Moog, you can't didn't want anybody from DGC (Weezer's label) help but flash back to the early '80s New Wave or anybody from Weezer's management to be scene. "We really didn't set out to make a New involved at first-don't get me wrong, DGC did Wave record;I didn't even set out to make a an amazing job with the Weezer record, so record," says Matt. "I just wanted to record when I decided I wanted to put it out on and see what would happen." Maverick I think a lot of people thought I was Spearheading a Moog renaissance wasn't slighting Geffen, and I wasn't.I just wanted to part of the Rental agreement either. "See, it wasn't really about that [bringing back the Moog]," he says. "We'd already finished the record Relating To and it was mixed. Then after about The Rentals six months of listening to itI kinda freaked out and Repertoire decided that I didn't like it.It by Spence D. wasn't interesting enough for me. I decided that Idid- n't like a lot of the Whenever a new, virtually lyrics,I wanted to unknown group put violins and keyboards on it and I wanted to go and do [my own thing].I was like, 'I'm just

emerges on the change some of the melodies-just change the gonna go record some songs,' and then I sort Alternative soundscape, whole thing.I put synthesizers on a couple of of hid away from everybody. Ididn't talk to any-

the industry quickly cre- songs and as soon as I did it, I said, 'I've got to body in Weezer about it except for Pat Wilson,

ates a buzz. Gossip, misinformation, and half- redo the whole record." who played [drums] on the record. I didn't let truths circulate like an uncontrolled firestorm. The gurgling chug and infectious whirring anybody hear anything untilI was done with When it comes to the Rentals, rumors hum emitted by the Moog settled into the the first recording.I figured if the record was abound. It was first believed that the band Rental space very easily. "When you record you any good it would stand on its own. I didn't hailed from Czechoslovakia. Others insisted want to record with sounds you like. Pretty want people to go 'Oh here's Matt's side thing.' that they were direct descendants of the Cars, much all synthesizer sounds today are awful, so Maverick fights for me the whole way. They Devo, and Gary Numan, and that their arrival if you're going to use a synthesizer, you want were like 'This is not a side project. This is a would subsequently herald the rebirth of New to use one that sounds good.I think the best full-time thing and he's gonna make plenty of Wave. Still others said that the Rentals were ones are old, kinda weird synthesizers where records.' " merely a side project dreamed up by a discon- you get a sound once and then you can't get it Once people got wind of the project and tented member of a mega -superstar pop group. back again. You know, they go out of tune and heard the music, speculations began to fly. Truth be told, the Rentals were formed in a you've got to sort of kick 'em a little bit and "The big concern with everybody, with Weezer, place far removed from the treacherous Slavic they take a while to warm up." with Geffen, and my management was 'What landscape: Los Angeles. They have little in The main synth responsible for the Rentals' do you want to do with this? What are you try- common with the Cars, Devo, or Gary Numan, off -kilter pop charm was just a synth that Tom ing to do? Are you unhappy in Weezer?' Kids except their affinity for the quirky sounds of the Grimley (a Rental's co-conspirator) had lying even wrote me on the Internet asking, 'Why'd Moog synthesizer. And while the Rentals' fear- around in the studio. "It's not like something you quit? What's goin' on?' " says Matt. less leader, Matt Sharp, happens to be the bass we really planned on," says Matt. "It was more "Everybody thinks that you can't do two things player for Weezer, this is not some fly-by-night like, 'Let's use that thing over there.' It wasn't at once and Ijust think that's absurd. People side project. like 'Oh we're gonna bring back New Wave and think being in a band is so much like a marriage The first thing that strikes you about the we're gonna go out and get some old synthe- that you can't do anything else, which is ridicu- Rentals is their name. It oozes ambiguity (as sizers.' It was just like, 'God, that thing sounds lous." does the title of their album, Return of the incredible.- The beauty of it all is that Matt and Weezer Rentals). "I wanted to have a name like the The Moog's dated, retro-prog-pop ambiance have an understanding, an open relationship Raincoats (an eccentric, early '80s English pop has lent itself well to the Rentals. Their which allows for both wife (Weezer) and mistress quartet)," explains Matt. "I wanted something immensely catchy li'l ditty, "Friends of P," with (the Rentals). And with "Friends of P" shakin' up that's bland, something that's not really that its contagious chorus and bubbly synth hooks, the Alternative airwaves, it appears that the clever or interesting and that wouldn't really has become somewhat of an Indian summer Rentals have signed a long term lease.

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average Alternative programmer just five years meet the geeky PD of WNYU, who had recent- ago. But today, as the format goes from "flavor ly been pictured in Rolling Stone's first college of the month" to a permanent menu item, the radio issue; we've been friends ever since. need for the spice colorful air talent provides is Nick, who held down middays at WFNX-Boston growing, and PDs are grumbling about a talent until my pal Brent Peterson snagged him for pool that's more like a puddle. John Lassman, mornings at WDGE-Providence (you're wel- Program Director of The Edge in Minneapolis come, Brent), brings his own special magic to agrees, "I think the talent pool is incredibly the air. Of course he does; he stole my entire shallow, not only in terms of style and delivery act. Why Nick? Why now? "With a few excep- but also in musical credibility. A lot of the avail- tions, the blueprint for a successful Modern able talent didn't grow up listening to this Rock morning show has not yet been written, " music. If they did, why would they be in Peterson says. "I think Nick has the potential to radio?" Richard Sands, Vice President of write it." (Nick is also prepared to write his own Programming at LIVE 105 -San Francisco adds, ticket when this gig takes off.I hope my 15% "Most air talent falls into two categories-the is enough to buy that extra 8 megs of RAM I've too laid back phony type AOR jock or the overly been eyeing.) hyped unreal CHR jock. You can listen to an Nick is looking forward to the challenge, so by John Loscalzo entire garbage bag of air checks and hear only much so he left his future PD a brilliant-if not After spending many years as a Druid, two or three good ones." modest-message when accepting the WDGE John did time at AOR WPDH/Pough- KROQ-Los Angeles is the mother of all sta- job. "Hey Brent, it's Nick Carter. I've got some keepsie as air talent. Next was tions in our format. It's not an opinion but a good news and some bad news. The good WRCN/Riverhead, NY as Music matter of public record that Jed the Fish, Kevin news is you've got a morning show. The bad Director/Afternoon drive jock (while getting Tom Calderone coffee). He & Bean, and Sluggo are some of the strongest news is I suck!!!" Somebody take another look then moved to L.A. to be National talents in the format. But they get enough at that set of blueprints, eh? Director of Alternative Promotion at press and attention, so that's allI'll say about I've been hearing about this Andy Savage MCA. While in L.A., John spent time them here. Responsible journalism? Maybe guy, who works for The Edge in Minneapolis, on the air at KROQ. Then it was back not. Space saver? You bet. for the last few months now. What makes him to NY for The Hard Report. After that he wound up doing afternoons at Go north to San Francisco and you'll find Alex so special?I don't know exactly, but it might WDRE. He also currently hosts Bennett on Live 105.If it weren't for Alex, have something to do with the "throw cold "Static" on SW Networks. Howard Stern would have had nothing to base water on your sleeping parents for Nine Inch his act upon and I wouldn't be in radio. In New Nails tickets" bit he did a few months back. Or York City in the '70s, Alex was an the time he offered to help a woman who innovator with his WMCA/AM after- thought her boyfriend was cheating on her. noon talk show, which covered topics Savage called the man and told him he'd won a as far ranging as the Middle East, the dozen roses from the station to be sent to the Ramones, Buddhism, and local UHF significant other of his choice. Without hesita- legend Uncle Floyd (ask Steve Leeds tion the guy blurted out "Sure, for my wife!" to explain). He was the first talk show The woman on the other end, not his wife, host to hang up on me...when I was wigged out. Nothing like outing a cheating hus-

eight years old. After all these years, I band to lighten the load of that morning com- still needed closure, so Icalled him. mute. While his show is still developing, there's Alex has been on LIVE 105 for most no doubt that Savage fills Lassman's criteria for of its nine years, hosting a morning solid Modern Rock talent: "Don't appear to take show that's mostly talk with perhaps it too seriously, know the music and the two songs per hour. The show istop- lifestyle but entertain to all lifestyles.", ical and features a live audience By now I hope I've proven that the every day. Yes every day! "It's not a Alternative radio talent pool isn't a sandbox. But talk show, it's not a music show, it's if it's not, then why is everyone still talking entertainment," says Bennett. about the lack of great talent in this format- How does this guy appeal to the not to mention in radio at large?I don't want to Modern Rock listener? PD Richard sound too '60s, but this could be a simple case Sands says, "Even though the show of us and them. From my side of the micro- doesn't have music, our listeners do phone, PDs have got it made. They sit at a accept it as fitting the station, basical- desk all day taking phone calls from record ly because the overall attitude in guys, staring at that music computer, and going mornings fits what we are the rest of out to lunch. (Okay so maybe I've left out those the day." And what exactly is that meetings with sales guys who call them attitude? Bennett explains, "The "chief" and repeatedly ask them for Mariah music is sometimes out of kilter, a little bit dif- Carey CDs or tickets to Ace of Base. Oh yeah, pDs complain they can't ferent, a little bit outrageous, and sometimes and meetings with GMs who want to talk about find any good ones, rails against things.It's like my style, in a way; sports and strip clubs, and why they don't play GMs don't understand my show is like a Ramones song." that Dada song so much anymore.) Forget them, and many owners Bennett's philosophy is that Modern Rock about GMs and sales guys-to us creative folk, cringe at the thought of audiences have other interests in their lives and they might as well be working at the mall sell- paying them a decent wage. Yes, ladies and that his job is to entertain them beyond playing ing shoes. One jock friend of mine, who shall gentlemen, we're talking about air talent. More music. "It doesn't matter if the morning show remain anonymous, related a story to me about importantly, Modern Rock air talent. Sure, rock plays music, it's more [a question] of if its atti- his GM. In a staff meeting, the GM suggested radio has your Sterns, Mancows, and Mark and tude appeals to the audience that listens to the that he and his sales staff worked "their asses Brians, but our format has yet to put one of our station." off all day, while you guys work an easy four or faces on the Mt. Rushmore of radio personali- Another talent with attitude is Nick Carter, five hour shift and go home. I wish I had it so ties. Of course the word "personalities" would whom Ifirst met in the fall of 1981 at New York good." Needless to say, my friend was blown have scared the living bejeezus out of your University. As he tells it, he couldn't wait to away by the lack of understanding that this

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statement represents. I'd like to sug- something different, [something that] gest that this gap between manage- makes them stretch." They like us! ment and talent is a big part of the They like us! It's kind of like the end of problem. How to Succeed in Business Without Denise Oliver, VP/Programming at Really Trying , with that whole "brother- Westwood One, agrees hood of man" thing. that this gap could be a Hmm. Just think if we all major issue facing the got along and treated each industry. Oliver, who start- other with respect, those ed off as an air talent little talent seeds could before moving into man- grow into big of ratings agement, witnessed first- beanstalks. hand this sometimes Do shortsightedness condescending attitude and fear sometimes stop towards jocks. "I heard a station from developing the way they talked about an air personality? Jacobs talent, and I thought 'That wasn't me." Media consultant Tom Calderone thinks Right smack in the middle of all this so. "Some Modern Rock stations have brouhaha, is our pal, the program direc- been afraid to put personality on in the tor. "There's a preconceived noton morning due to audience response for g.rrYtmer,- about PDs," says Oliver. "GMs think more music," he says. "But in the end they're flakes and air talent thinks of it's personality that gets numbers." The them as pawns of management. We lesson? Take a chance, and support your decision. Good talent needs to be nur- tured and understood. I don't want "The music is sometimes every PD in the format to become Leo Busceglia overnight, but it couldn't hurt. A little hug now and then is comforting. out of kilter, a little bit Remember great jocks are creative people, and sometimes their square peg ideas don't fit into that cozy little round different, a little bit hole way of doing things some PDs have fallen into. THE DEBU7 SINGLE Calderone says that talent must begin outrageous, and sometimes to be developed internally-or stolen from other formats-if Modern Rock stations want to continue to grow. rails against things. It's like WDGE-Providence Program Director Brent Peterson' echoes that advice, saying simply, "You have to look outside my style, in a way; my show the format." And he should know, after all he built that station from scratch. "When I put this station on the air," ALREADYON is like a Ramones song." he says, "I got my first choice for all dayparts. My evening jock comes from KEKO WBRU suffer from categorization. The bottom a classical background. What it comes line is that if we treat each other as down to is you've got to look real hard KGDE WBZC individuals instead of categories, we'd for good talent." That's right, don't be all be better off.I think there's a notion an empty suit, be tenacious. that certain groups have a lock on cre- By now, I hope you've gotten the KLZR WCHZ ativity, but some of the most creative message that great air talent is impor- people I've worked with have been in tant and worth nurturing. Take it from KNNC WHTG sales or engineering.I think we do our- LIVE 105's Richard Sands, who selves a disservice thinking otherwise." describes his air staff as "weapons," KREV WMAD Close the gap, solve many problems. who all have their own individual distinc- "It's a cooperative effort," according tive personalities and make the station KROX WOXY to Alex Bennett. "I don't think that I, as what it is. one person, have all the answers. It's If you're an air talent looking to move KTLC WPUP always nice to have someone around up, keep pounding that pavement, and who has a fairly good ear to bounce take some advice from WOXA- KTOZ WRLG things off of. The problem is some- Harrisburg PD John Moschitta, who times you have a program director who says, "Have some fire, some creativity KXRK WRN you don't respect, who doesn't have a and knowledge of the format." Get the good ear and whose opinion you don't feeling that great talent is important WAQZ WWDX really want to pay attention to. In that from all this?I think we've shared some case, I'd go find another station quality time here and learned some- WBCN WXS because it's never going to get any bet- thing. ter for you where you are." And if you're a PD, the next time you ERROL KOLOSINE Bennett continues: "I have found trip over that box of air checks in your CARO.' NJE RADIO (212) 886-7521 throughout the years, that a lot of pro- office, remember that deep down on gram directors have been in my corner. the bottom, there could be a ratings MANAGEMENT 3, ALAN WOLMARI, FO Cl= t '995 CAROLINE RED 7905 Deep down, they do like creativity and magnet waiting to be heard.

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Back near the back in pre -historic 1973. Many peo- beginning of ple have wondered what CBGB October, Steve stands for. Well, it's Country, Leeds and I were Bluegrass and Blues (and what of the sitting in a "coffeeclubs unofficial subtitle, OMFUG? house" in Amsterdam absorbing the Well, that's short for Other Music for ambiance. As usual, our conversa- Uplifting Gourmandizers. So there). tions revolved around music, the biz, Practically every rock band of every and radio. At the time, Steve was stillgenre at some point in their careers Island's head of Alternative and videoplayed the infamous venue where the promotion. We were in Amsterdam Bowery turns into 3rd Avenue. to catch an amazing performance by CBGB's is still owned and operated Gavin Friday, a punk pioneer who by Kristal, and is still very much a inspired-of all people-Bono from crucible for young bands hoping to U2 (the story goes like this: at the hit the big time. Just ask Live. They end of the '70s there were only two once played CBGB's 34 Mondays in a punk bands in Ireland; Friday's band, row. But we're getting a little bit to: the Virgin Prunes, and U2). ahead of ourselves here. Let's let Anyway, Leeds and I were on the Steve and Hilly chat for a bit. subject of pioneers and he suddenly Visit THE RENT epriseRec.com/ remembered that Hilly Kristal just Steve Leeds: Let's talk about Management: Pal r Atlas/Third Rail started doing something on an AM Hilly Kristal before CBGB's. How station in New York. An hour a night, did you get involved in the enter- five nights a week. Very alternative, tainment and club entrepreneur- and totally free -form. Steve, ever the ial thing? clever idea guy, suggested I do a col- Hilly Kristal: Well, I studied music. MAVERICK,;'' umn on Radio CBGB. This idea From the time I was about five or six, Immediately triggered an alarm in I studied violin.I was raised on a my brain that only goes off when it farm in central Jersey, and I knew senses a condition where actual workHan Grola, who was the headmaster might be required. I suggested to of Curtis Institute. I studied theory, Steve that since he knows Hilly harmony...I was gonna be a concert maybe he should do an interview. He violinist. But, it didn't work out, so I could cover some CBGB history and started singing and studying for the new foray into radio. I thought I opera, and different things. I studied heard Leeds grumble a retort that music all my life, and I was singing Gavin Alternative 6* contained the words "lazy bastard," pop music before there ever was rock but I couldn't be sure. Anyway, he & roll.I was in the Marine Corps, and Modern Rock Monitor #10 agreed. after I got out, I started singing at On tour now with Alanis Morissette Hilly Kristal opened CBGB's on the Radio City.I worked doing all kinds of lower east side of Manhattan way singing and working, you know? Then GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995

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Radioactive On -Line http //radioactive.net radioactive SIE1111ffillIGDSTIIERM the Shirts and a whole lot of groups started influences on other bands throughout the tioned on the same night. The Dead Boys, I coming around, and you know... last ten years, or Hootie & the Blowfish, they thought, were possibly the greatest live punk So I had this festival, and I put up big ads have their own thing, you hear it and you band I saw in all those years-Cheetah and in the Voice and Soho News, and everybody know it's there. Stiv and Jimmy and Johnny and all those came. There must have been about 70 I think record labels do seek things that guys. There are so many great times, you bands, and nobody knew where [they] all are distinctive, and I guess seemingly uncal- know? The Police, the second time they came from. Back then, there weren't that culated. In the last few years, I think a lot of played here, were exceptional. The first time, many bands-especially unknown bands- lyrics are becoming important. One of the they were getting their feet wet, just off the nobody knew what was happening. I waited newest things that's happening, I'd say, is plane, but the second time, they really hit until after the Newport Festival, which was that the singer -songwriter is getting more of their stride, and they were just great. Living held in New York at that point. There was a chance. I guess you'd call them alternative nothing happening, and the writers had singer -songwriters. This is doing very well. nothing to write about, so they all came They have meaning for people, who like down, and that's where they heard every- what they have to say. Also, the melodies thing. That's what kind of kicked it off. They are not calculated melodies. They make came from NME, and Rolling Stone. The sense, but they're also full of surprises. next year, the Ramones finally got signed- There are so many things that work these Patti, the Ramones. days, and I think it's actually very healthy. Who were some of the unsigned groups Record labels, and slowly, I think, radio- you recorded for your 1975 compilation Alternative and Triple-A-are really looking Live at CBGBs? for new sounds, new kinds of things. They're Some of the bands that weren't signed were still keeping their play lists small, but they're the Shirts, Tuff Darts, Mink still looking for new sounds. In that way it's DeVille...Television was in the midst of get- healthier for new artists than it's ever been ting, they were in the midst of gettin a deal before. with some small company. Karen Bird at So, over two decades later, you still do Elektra, was looking at them. Let's see, who this cause you love it. Steve Leeds pictured with Hilly Kristal was unsigned? Blondie was unsigned, Yeah. The most exciting thing is to find Miamis, Talking Heads, and I recorded them something-hear something-that's good, all. Unfortunately, it took more than a live that's just a little different. The next exciting Colour was a band that I felt should get recording to make Blondie sound good. I thing is to try to get somebody interested. signed, and we put them on a lot.I don't mean, they really were good, you know. And the most frustrating thing is when you know why the companies turned them Debbie and Chris wrote some very good find something that's really good and down, almost everybody turned them down. songs; they wrote all those songs that were nobody comes. What's that band from And I just felt that at the beginning, when I on the first record, but the band was so slop- Virginia, I tried to get everybody to see heard them, their music was exceptional, py, it was just the sloppiest band. But them... and that they would get airplay. And we just because Craig Leon is a good producer, and Dave Matthews? kept putting them in for about two years he loved Blondie, he went over and over it. Nobody came. Nobody came. before they got signed. But ultimately we thought it would be worse So probably your biggest challenge is You've dealt with live music for 20 - for them if we put it on a record. So we just recognizing talent, and trying to convey some -odd years. You've worked in man- didn't do it.I introduced Richard Gottehrer to that enthusiasm to somebody at a agement, you've put out a couple of them, and he got them to practice, and all of record company who can take it to the records, even a Christmas single. So a sudden, a few months later, they sounded next level. here it is, 1995, and I received a phone great. [laughter] Yeah. We put Live in here 34 Mondays in a call from you saying, "You know what, You're an observer of this new music. row before they got signed. Thirty-four Steve? I'm doing it." And you launched What defines whether something is Mondays in a row! People paid a little bit of Radio CBGB on an AM station here in new, alternative, punk, or new wave? attention, but that's what it took. We thought New York City. Many years ago, record companies weren't they were really special, we thought, "This It's the alternative to FM. [laughter] seeking this music out, as you know, and band should get a chance. They should get I think that's the thing about Hilly that radio wouldn't play it very much. They just signed. They're good." people need to remember: You're rebelled against it. There were a number of What are some other defining moments,always the alternative guy. You know, stations [that did play some of this music]. looking back over the years here at when nobody could find places to play There was KSAN, one in Elgin, Illinois, BCN CBGB's? For me, I remember seeing Folk music, or Country, or Bluegrass, did, and in New York there was LIR, they did- AC/DC play here, which shook some of you were there. And then there was n't play much, but...there were a few others. the cobwebs off the ceiling, no doubt. this new Modern Rock, or whatever it The college radio scene then wasn't known. You heard them blocks away. [laughter] was at the time...you were there. Now, But I guess through the years it evolved, Surely you have other recollections everyone's playing Modern Rock on FM because all these new things are what kids that are defining moments... radio, and Hilly says, "Ah hah...the want. I think Patti Smith, every time she played, alternative." What makes it work? I used to tell bands was great. I think those seven weeks in a Well, I'm doing this because, for years and the more they could be themselves, truly row...and she didn't develop a following years and years, everyone's complaining themselves, and not copy everybody-not here. As a poet, people knew who she was. that, here we are, the number one communi- that they can't have their roots in this and She was a great artist and had so much cations area in the entire country, and we that, but more the personality of the band or charisma, and just the whole time was great. have very few stations that play new music. I the individual singer that came out-the bet- John Cale did some great things here. He think of late you have a station like 104.3, ter the chance they had, in whatever direc- once went on for a second set at 3 o'clock in that plays probably more new music, but it's tion. Nowadays, almost every band that gets the morning, and nobody let him off until hard. They figured a scheme to play more signed is not necessarily odd, but a little bit 5:30; we just closed the doors and let him new music, but new hard music. And DRE, distinctive, and has its own charisma. play. There were a lot of things like that quite frankly, you can't hear in most of Whether it's something that's far out, like through the years. Manhattan, and certainly not in the whole Sonic Youth, that may not sell millions of What about the Talking Heads? metropolitan area. And at all of those sta- records but is certainly one of the biggest Talking Heads...they and the Shirts audi- tions-I see all the statistics in GAVIN-but

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very little is added every week. who's into, you know, skimming through the hurt radio to isolate a new band here and

I mean, they'll add three or four, have a clubs can see it. It's a big ad, and they're there: "This is something, I'm not sure ifI 40-45 song playlist. Triple -A has longer gonna see it, and they might tune in once or like it, but it's something a lot of people like. ones, which is good, but here, in this big, big twice. I think that's happening. Plus people Let's see what you people think of it," you area, WDRE adds two or three or four songs tell each other, too. know. a week; WNEW adds two or three. They're Ah, word of mouth. NARAS is doing something now. They are coming on and being sort of alternative in We play hardcore. We play singer -song- trying to discover new, undiscovered bands. what they're doing, and that's good. It's bet- writer. We program it pretty well. We don't It just started. In fact, they're advertising, ter than it was. But when I think of alterna- play the biggest bands ever. We don't have which is great-NARAS is advertising on tive,I think to-everyone else plays them. We play up Radio CBGB. They have a wonderful formu- of new and coming bands. We don't only play the la. They're having, literally, a talent contest, music. New newest thing out, we play things that are up- trying to encourage new, interesting bands. music loose- and-coming. We play things they can relate And I guess they're going to have them play ly within to from years ago, you know, so they can get at the Grammys, or have them play at differ- Alternative an idea what happened, like Talking Heads ent clubs around the country. I'm not into and Triple -A, or even old Flipper things or Big Black. Big contests where people compete, you know, and most Black is now Steve, what's his name...Albini, one kind of music against another. Still, at people and look what he's doing. I remember Big least it gets heard, and that's important, and never get a Black did a show here with Scratch Acid, and I think it's good for NARAS to do it. For chance to those were the Jesus Lizard guys. And it's years, they championed the older, estab- hear it. interesting. Great show. Can you imagine lished bands, and I think that for them to get They're Big Black and Scratch Acid the same night? new artists acquainted with them and what never gonna Wonderful show. But it's interesting what they're doing, I think is good. I think they're listen and they've done since, with different people. on the right track. they're never gonna buy anything if they So when we tune in, we're not going to Looking into your proverbial crystal can't hear it. We've been talking about hear the songs they play on 'DRE or ball, what's next? What will be the next "Radio New York" for years and years. And 'NEW? musical trend? What will everybody be of course, the most practical way to make They're gonna hear some of them, but talking about? money is to use the name CBGB's and do a they're also gonna hear the newest releases Well, I don't know what's gonna happen. But national thing, you know, take an hour a we can get our hands on. These are from it's obvious that diverse kinds of singer - week. That's fine, but it's not needed as major companies, and independent compa- songwriters, are becoming more important. I much. I felt, I'm here in this area, let me try nies. Everybody says, "Oh, major compa- recently heard a couple of rock bands from to start something, and that's what I do five nies, they can get stuff played." Bull. They South America that actually sounded like hours a week. I play 25 or 30 new releases a can't get stuff played. They can get some of rock bands, but they also sounded like they week, and repeat it. And while we only play it played, but hey, the Goo Goo Dolls didn't came from the countries they came from, about 13 or 14 songs an hour, people at least get played. [laughter] Luckily, they stuck with which I thought was interesting. They both get a chance to hear what comes out. it. They didn't get played for months and sounded, not like imitation American rock, So you're on WKDM, 1380 AM... months...a little bit here, a little bit there. I'm on five days a week, Monday to Friday, Finally, they caught on. Now, Warners stuck 11 to 12.I think it's an excellent hour, from with that, but a lot of times they don't. You 11 o'clock at night, kids are home, it's after can't stick with everything, you just can't do the prime time hours when people listen a it. lot. If people tune in [to my show], they're Are you the program director of that gonna hear things that may [or may not] hour? become hits, but at least they'll hear them. I'm program director, but as far as music Maybe they'll like it and remember the next director, Luis and I, and the DJs do it. When record. Or maybe [if they like it] they'll go to we were first on, I started to go to 3 o'clock the store and look for it and find out more in the morning. I should have waited another about it. And I think that's the least I can do. few months, because I do need advertising. GAVIN is read by people in the radio but they really sounded like a Brazilian rock But finally, they're coming on. I got a .3 and record industry. So what would be band. I thought that was great, and I'd like to cume rating for one hour, which is in this your advice to them? hear more of that. I'd like to hear more area 50,000 people. That's not little, It's 1/11 As far as radio,I think they should play more music from more artists from around the of what WNEW did. All right, we're just start- new releases. I think they can play more world, and the flavor has to be from who ing with no promotion or anything, I think unknown bands. I know radio stations are they are. that's pretty good. And that was just from not in it for the benefit of record labels, and But the American public tends to be the June, July, and August-now it may be they're not in it for the benefit of music. xenophobic of anything that's not in up to .5, or .6, or .7. So people are listening, I They are in it to survive and make a profit. English. Do you think a band that sings found out, and that's great. I think it can be But I think if they give some of their local in another tongue, or has a different meaningful when people call in, or they things more of a chance, and even some of musical frame of reference, has a write. the national things, they might find they'll chance of being a commercial success So you're on the air Wednesdays? come out on top. I think the stations who are in America? Yeah. to be most commended, are the ones who I think they're going to have to sing in And Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and did the best at finding new talent, and did English, but I think you can mix the two. Friday you have two other disk jock- promote new talent. People in other countries know English, and eys? The people in this country-especially it seems to me that it's going to be the lan- Four of them. young people-like to hear new things. They guage of choice even in South America, or And how are you promoting the show? love to hear things they haven't heard China, or Japan. I don't think American audi- We snipe posters all over the city.I put it in before. That's why all these fanzines are ences are attuned to learning enough lan- my ad which is in the Village Voice and the cropping up, because people like to know guages. I just heard a German punk band New York Press, and that's it.I think some about it. They're all reading because they that sang in English and German, and their other places put it in and list it, too. Anyone want to find out what's new. It's not gonna English sounds great.

38 GAVIN DECEMBER 1,1995 featuring the single "King of the Kerb" echobelly

( on tour with electrafixion Produced by Sean Slade 8 Paul Kolderue - MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH VOIVOD (40) LOVE/HATE VOIVOD Negatron (MMS/Mausoleum) MINISTRY ( 1 1 ) I'm Not Happy (Mayhem) Thanks to heavy spins from WELH(20), Voivod's unparalleled metallic grinds will keep BRUTAL JUICE ( 1 0) DMX(19), WMHB(19) and WGLZ(10) metal radio energized and aliens at bay. Early REIGN (7) Love/Hate claims this week's highest debut spins come from CKWR(6), WKTA(30) and spot. WKNH(2). CROWN OF THORNZ (5) BEYOND (5)

Hard KopyBY ROB FIEND Gavin Rocks Holiday Hell Thanksgiving went by like a blur, remained diligent, like WMITW-Mt. 479 -32 1 OZZY OSBOURNE - Perry Mason (Epic) and now we have to prepare our- Pleasant's Jim Renaud who says, 2 ANTHRAX - Fueled (Elektra Entertainment Grp.) 465 +5 selves for an even more intense "Marilyn Manson and Slayer

3DOWN -Lifer (Elektra Entertainment Grp.) 397 -22 string of holidays which include gift were the two big picks this week.

4 ALICE IN CHAINS - Alice In Chains (Columbia/CRG) 371 +16 giving, eating, and the act of being Six Feet Under also got a lot of nice to one another. Personally, I've response"...KFTH-Memphis's 5DEFTONES -7Words (Maverick) 361 -14 always preferred Thanksgiving, Tommy Davis reports, "I've been 334 +1 6 GRA - Plastic Planet (TVT) because all that's required is stuff- receiving a lot of requests for 7LIFE OF AGONY - Ugly (Roadrunner) 325 +13 ing yourself until you're so bloated Korn, Deftones, Pigface, Marilyn 8 GWAR - Rag Na Rok (Metal Blade) 300 -19 that walking is almost impossible. Manson, and Stuck Mojo"... "I'm 9 WICKER MAN - You Annoy Me (Hollywood) 290 +5 It's not that I'm against acting like getting good response fromWiz/ 10 INTO ANOTHER - Seemless (Hollywood) 278 -31 I'm a nice guy (ask, anybody in the Slayer, Anthrax, Metal Massacre

11NATURE - Nature (Zoo) 264 -55 music industry, and they'll tell you III,and Channel Zero." says they can act like the coolest person KUNV-Las Vegas' Les Stewart... 12IRON MAIDEN -Man On The Edge (CMC International) 260 -14 in the world even when they "First of all, I highly recommend 247 +19 13 SLAYER - Live Intrusion (American) actually despise the person they're visiting Montreal where the hook- 14SKUNK ANANSIE -Selling Jesus (Epic) 242 -63 talking to) or the whole gift ers and strippers are quite friendl) 15CATHEDRAL -The Carnival Bizarre (Earache) 231 -43 exchange thing, I just fear shop- says WELH-Providence's Joey 16 SAVATAGE - Dead Winter Dead (Atlantic) 227 +9 ping. Shopping, whether it's dur- Severance. "On the radio front, 17SMASHING PUMPKINS -Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Virgin) 221 -12 ing the holidays or in the middle however, Cathedral and Voivod are

18 MARILYN MANSON - Smells Like Children (Nothing/Interscope/AG) 219 0 of July, makes me feel trapped. doing extremely well here" ..."My listeners are getting off on Therapy?, 19 KORN, -Shootsand Ladders (Immortal/Epic) 194 +18 I never know what to buy, so I always end up buying crap just so Machines of Loving Grace, and 20AC/DC -Ballbreaker (Elektra Entertainment Grp.) 194 -25 I can get the hell out of the store. I Whorgasm," reports KZRK- 21 BELLADONNA - Rob You Blind (Mausoleum) 180 -50 also don't like being accosted by Amarillo's Eric Slayter....KIOZ-San 22 SIX FEET UNDER - Haunted (Metal Blade) 179 +4 perfume -wielding store clerks who Diego has been dropped due to the 23 SAIGON KICK - Devil in the Details (CMC International) 163 +26 pollute my space by spraying me cancellation of their metal program- 24 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - Magnum Opus (Viceroy Music/Architect) 161 +35 with some funky smelling scent that ming and KEYJ-Abilene has been

25 MASQUERADE - Surface Of Pain (Metal Blade) 156 +5 makes my nose bleed. Those people dropped because of their inconsis-

26 THERAPY? - Misery (A&M) 146 +32 should be behind bars. But the tent reporting habits...GAvIN Rocks worst aspect of shopping has got to welcomes 'WTFX-Louisville to our 27 REPLICANTS - Replicants (Zoo) 146 -15 be waiting in long lines; I actually reporting panel. It's a commercial 28 MY OWN VICTIM - Burning Inside (Century Media) 145 +11 watched my hair grow out during station with 50,000 watts and four 29 HOSTILITY - Brick (Century Media) 140 +17 one wait. I always end up in the hours of hardrock/metal program- 30 NAILBOMB - Proud To Commit Commercial Suicide (Roadrunner) 138 -3 slow line behind some insistently ming. Send your product to WTFX 31LEEWAY - Open Mouth Kiss (Futurist) 124 -16 mumbling person whose gender is a Radio, 520 South 4th Ave., Third 32 BRUCE DICKINSON - Alive In Studio A (CMC International) 117 +21 complete mystery. Do I answer this Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, attention

33 LOVEJHATE - I'mNotHappy (Mayhem) 116 NEW insane person or pretend that I'm Frank Webb. Frank takes music 34 METAL MASSACRE XII - Metal Massacre XII (Metal Blade) 110 NEW deaf? I never know. I do know, calls on Mondays from 10 a.m.-5 however, to never switch lines p.m., and Tuesdays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 35 SEVENTH OMEN - Majestic (Independent) 110 +1 because no matter which line I'm in, at (502) 560-1069...And now for 106 36DANGEROUS TOYS -The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys (DMZ) -6 it will be the slowest. So if you ever something completely different. "The 37THE OBVIOUS -Detached (Grindstone) 104 -5 see me waiting in line, stand in the percentage of bimbos versus indus 38SHELTER - Mantra (Roadrunner) 104 -7 next one, it'll go much faster. If try people at the Marliyn Manson/ 39 PUNK ROCK JUKEBOX - Various Artists (Blackout/Cherrydisc) 102 +6 shopping gives you hives, there is a Clutch show [in Detroit] was hor- 40SILVERCHAIR -Frogstomp (Epic) 102 -19 cure-catalogues. Just order every- rendous," says WSGR-Port Huron's

41 CHANNEL ZERO - Unsafe (Metal Blade) 101 -6 thing by phone and you'll never Mark Morden. "If I only had

42 MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE -Gilt(Mammoth/Atlantic) 101 -15 have to come into contact with the breasts to rub against a local rep, unruly elements that plague all I'd probably have been on the 43LEMONS - Lemons(Mercury) 100 -8 shopping malls...There are two more list." Keep eating twice the amount 44CHASTAIN - SickSociety (Leviathan) 99 -24 weeks of reports, and although sev- of any normal human being, and 45WHITE ZOMBIE -Astro-Creep:2000 (Geffen) 96 7 eral stations reported frozen this you'll soon be ready for a 46 SCHUBERT -ToiletSongs (Mausoleum) 95 +1 week, there were a few who manssiere. 47 -FullSpeed Ahead (Rotten Records) 94 +10

48WHORGASM -Smothered (Royalty) 94 -19 Editor: ROB FIEND Rock reports accepted Mondays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 49 WQ.11 -Clubbin' Seals (Mega Force) 89 NEW and Tuesdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 50INTERNAL BLEEDING -Varacious Contempt (Pavement) 87 -7 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580 t0 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 GAVIN ROCKS Rock Chartbound MINISTRY is the band's eighth album and first ARTIST PROFI The Fall/Reload for MMS/Mausoleum Records, is a *Strange Days 81) Epic (Warner Bros.) searing display of metal, hard rock, It's safe to say that Ministry founder thrash, industrial and any other Home 33 i.6.3) Another Planet 41 THE GATES AI Jourgensen is the grandfather form of extreme rock. This album *Reign ..50) MMS/Mausoleum and, to many, the originator of also introduces new bassist/vocalist Skarhead (26) Another Planet industrial music. He was one of the Eric Forest, who joins founding

*Voivod MMS/Mausoleum first underground artists to clash members drummer Michael metallic guitar riffs with dance Langevin and guitarist Denis Dropped: #33 Fear Factory, #34 Meshuggah, #43 rhythms, sampling, and mutant d'Amour. Voivod's metallic prowess Excel, #44 Kreator noise, and be successful at it.It's is evident from the start with the been a while since we last heard opening track, "Insect." Other TOP REQUESTS from Jourgensen, but thanks to volatile tunes include "Planet Hell," Warner Bros. you should have "Nanoman," and "Meteor." The flar- FROM: Gothenburg, Sweden ANTHRAX received Ministry's new three -song ing guitars of "Project X" and the THE BAND: Tomas Lindberg, OZZY OSBOURNE sampler, The Fall/Reload, which is low -end grinds of "Cosmic vocals; Anders Bjorier, guitars; DOWN just a little teaser until the full- Conspiracy" are worth a listen, par- Martin Larsson, guitars; Jonas LIFE OF AGONY length, Filthpig, arrives on January ticularly since the lyrics of both songs mirror Langevin's belief that GWAR 30. "The Fall" is the first track and Bjorier, bass; Adrian Erlandsson, contains deep brooding rhythms the governments of Earth are secret- drums. that flow around descending melod- ly allowing citizens to be abducted ic chords, and synthesized yells. It's by aliens in exchange for technolog- RADIO PROMOTION CONTACT: Rock Picks a dark, passively aggressive song ical knowledge. If you think ten Joe Guzik (212) 343-9090 that will get the nod from rock and great songs is enough, wait, there's NAPALM DEATH LATEST REIEA,''-"- Alternative radio. "Reload" shoots more. ,Vegatron is also a CD-ROM Greed Killing off the second track and showcases which features the band's video for Slaughter of the Soul (Earache) churning staccato guitar chords, off- "Instinct" as well as interviews, Even if y( e never heard of '0U1 TIE BAPS: "We've been beat drum slams, and clipped Langevin's impressive artwork, and Napalm Death, the name speaks for vocals. It's good progressive track other tidbits. together for five years and have itself. These guys are masters in the that's dripping with industrial spuzz. released three full -lengths and an art aggression, as proved by their REIGN "TVIII" rounds out the sampler and massive record sales and growing Exit Clause EP in Europe. Slaughter of the is my fave with its quick tempoed fan base. Considered the kings of (MMS/Mausoleum) wa-wa guitars, frenzied drum heats, Soul is our Earache debut and will grindcore, Napalms Death's latest Reign hails from the U.K. and is sirens (I love sirens), and clever offering won't let metal radio down. currently clawing its way out of the be our first proper worldwide sampling. Keep this track in a safe Although Greed Killing is just a underground with its sophomore release. It's such a big step for place because you won't find it on effort, Evil Clause. Reign's excruciat- seven -song mini LP, it will appease us, and we're glad to be taking it metal radio until Napalm Death's Filthpig. Hail Ministry. ing full -throttled metallic sound got upcoming full-length, Diatribes, is VOIVOD them added to 31 GAvIN Rocks sta- with Earache." -Lindberg released early next year. More abra- Negatron tions last week, becoming the fourth THOUGHTS ON RADIO: "I've only sive than a brillo pad dipped in sul- (MMS/Mausoleum) most added record. Evil Clause will been on one trip to the U.S. so we're furic acid, Greed Killing blasts off gain popularity at metal radio with with the title track, which features a its heavy metallic riffs, brutal drum just starting to realize how much grueling display of chainsaw guitars, bashing and throaty vocal grows. more important radio is in the U.S. crazed drum bashing, and demonic The title track, "In Isolation," "Dei than in Europe, where it's smaller vocal growls. "Self Betrayal," "My Gratia," "Freakshow," and "Violate" Own Worst Enemy," and "Antibody" are the album's most vicious tracks, and less prevalent." -Lindberg are classic examples of metallic and are best played loud. Reign's "Our goal is to meltdown, saturated with shards of power grooves dabble with a little death metal elements. Also included death metal, hut they also showcase incorporate passionate melodies is a live version of "Plague Rages," gloomy melodic chords which are into focused and well structured strewn all over `Alley Im Arsch" and which I hear, if played at the right extreme death metal without speed, has the potential to summon French-Canadians Voivod have "Abolition (My Release)." Whether demons. Scare away any lingering resurfaced from the North to pre- it's haunting harmonies or brutal sacrificing any of the ferocity or angels with a dose of Napalm sent their latest extreme cyber-punk guitar grinds, Reign delivers raw, aggression." -Lindberg Death. brew to rock radio. Negattym. \\-11i,'11 gritty metal. Give 'em a spin.

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GAMSDc:cisiiirs 1, 1995 MOST ADDED TOP REQUESTS RECORD TO WATCH DARYLE SINGLETARY (79) ALAN JACKSON JOHN ANDERSON .'Paradise.. (L3AA) JOHN ANDERSON (70) TIM McGRAW I took a little ribbing for last week's succinct review of Anderson's Christmas single, but MARTINA MCBRIDE (51) GEORGE STRAIT it bears repeating: John Anderson rules. KFMS, KNIX, KBUL, WI3KK, GARTH BROOKS LINDA DAVIS (41) \\I Rs WYNY, WNOE, KZLA and JOE DIFFIE (35) VINCE GILL 65 others agree.

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1 1 ALAN JACKSON - Tall Tall Trees (Arista) 0199 3 1 Beatles???

3 2 ALABAMA - In Pictures (RCA) 0175 25 2 We'll find out for sure next week, who left earlier for mornings at

6 3 PAM TILLIS - Deep Down (Arista) 0136 66 5 but preliminary sales figures are KMDL-Lafayette...WCAV-Brockton has gone satellite and will no 5 4 VINCE GILL - Go Rest High On That Mountain (MCA) 1 149 43 11 putting those lads from Liverpool a little ahead of Garth Brooks. As longer report. 7 5 AARON TIPPIN - That's As Close As I'll Ever Get To Loving You (RCA) 0159 31 5 you might have read in the Friday ARTIST NEWS 0126 77 4 10 6 JEFF CARSON - The Car (MCG/Curb) Fax, several stations hired Garth Clay Walker broke his collarbone 11 7 TIM McGRAW - Can't Be Really Gone (Curb) 0124 78 5 impersonators to show up in stores in a horseriding accident at his 8 8 TRACY BYRD - Love Lessons (MCA) 0124 74 9 the day Fresh Horses went on sale; Texas home this weekend. He is 12 9 CLINT BLACK - Life Gets Away (RCA) 0108 90 7 apparently some were so convinc- recovering well, and will not have

9 10 THE MAVERICKS - Here Comes The Rain (MCA) 2115 69 20 ing that customers who were plan- to cancel any performances.

1511 BRYAN WHITE - Rebecca Lynn (Asylum) 0 83116 8 ning to buy The Beatles Anthology, Dwight Yoakam will headline a bought Fresh Horses instead so they benefit for the Los Angeles Mission 1312 MARK CHESNUTT - Trouble (Decca) 1 94 93 17 could get it "autographed." See and the Los Angeles Fireman's DOUG STONE - Born In The Dark (Columbia/CRG) 0 71118 14 1413 News for the battle of the big releas- Relief Fund at L.A.'s Viper Room 1614 LEE ROY PARNELL - When A Woman Loves A Man (Career) 1 74110 20 es, and be sure to read this week's December 19. Tickets are $100 a 2 15 LITTLETEXAS -Life Goes On (Warner Bros.) 0148 10 7 Americana section for the lowdown pop for the ultra -exclusive event. 1716 EMILIO -IfsNot The End Of The World (Capitol Nashville) 46310230 on Bruce Springsteen's return to Emilo will join Gloria Estefan, 1917 TERRI CLARK - When Boy Meets Girl (Mercury) 1 2214638 his New Jersey Country roots. Jon Secada, and Paula Abdul as

2218 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - Cowboy Love (Atlantic) 41015936 THE BEST THING I'VE HEARD a performer on the Bravo Honors ALL WEEK... Awards, which will be broadcast 21 19 DWIGHT YOAKAM - Nothing (Reprise) 4 1813644 Brian Hasten of KMMO-Marshall, on Fox December 27. The broad- JOHN BERRY -III Had Any Pride Left At All (Capitol Nashville) 1 1613450 2020 Mo. sent me a tape of his edit of cast is expected to reach 450 mil- 2321 REBA McENTIRE - Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands (MCA) 1 7 14053 John Berry's "Your Love Amazes lion viewers throughout the U.S. 2422 GARTH BROOKS - The Fever (Capitol Nashville) 4 9126 62 Me, with Joel Nava's excellent and Latin America. 3023 FAITH HILL - It Matters To Me (Warner Bros.) 11 3130 68 Spanish version of the song spliced Barbara Mandrell and her hus- 31 24 BLACKHAWK - Like There Ain't No Yesterday (Arista) 6 3107 89 in. Why hasn't Dene Hallam done band Ken Dudney have invested in

2725 WADE HAYES - What I Meant To Say (Columbia/CRG) 3 7105 83 this vet?? a franchise of the Fazoli's restaurant AROUND THE DIAL chain and will open several restau- 4 26 LORRIE MORGAN - Back In Your Arms Again (BNA Records) 1 109 16 12 That was none other than WRCYrants around the Nashville area. 2827 DOUG SUPERNAW - Not Enough Hours In The Night (Giant) 5 3109 81 MD/afternoon driver Dave Dylan AROUND THE ROW 0 7 99 85 2628 TY HERNDON - Heart Half Empty (Epic) playing the role of -Pinnock" on Chrysalis Music Group, which 2529 KEN MELLONS -Rub -a -Dubbin' (Epic) 0 20 93 66 the November 17 episode of NBC's represent the publishing interests 3230 COLLIN RAYE - Not That Different (Epic) 7 1 95 96 Homicide: Life on the Street. of David Bowie, the Smashing 3631 SHANIA TWAIN -If You're Not In It For The Love (Mercury) 10 1 83115 Here's a good way to relieve Pumpkins, and other popsters, 3332 LONE STAR - Tequila Talkin' (BNA Records) 0 66 46 11 stress after your station's been has opened a Nashville office,

3433 RHETT AKINS - She Said Yes (Decca) 412 67 91 bought-join a band. The staff at which will be headed by song- WITL-Lansing are showcasing theirwriter Lewis Anderson. 3734 SHENANDOAH - Always Have, Always Will (Capitol Nashville) 9 0 60111 station band, theLIMARailroad 4335 JOE DIFFIE - Bigger Than The Beatles (Epic) 35 0 41138 next month in Nashville. Band HOLIDAY SCHEDULE! 4036 DAVID LEE MURPHY - Out With A Bang (MCA) 17 0 42132 members include VP/GM Greg HOLIDAY SCHEDULE! 22 0 39136 41 37 SAWYER BROWN - 'Round Here (Curb) Capogna and PD morning talent GAVIN willbeclosedtheweeksof 1838 CLAY WALKER - Who Needs You Baby (Giant) 0 63 31 15 Jay J. McCrae on guitars, midday December 18 and December 25 in obser- vance of Christmas and New Year's. Our 2939 GEORGE STRAIT -Check Yes Or No (MCA) 1 66 15 20 personality A.J. Wilson on lead last chart dayforGavin-Onlys will be 3940 HAL KETCHUM - Veil Of Tears (MCG/Curb) 4 0 51 98 vocals, afternoon talent Johnny Friday, December 15. Dual reporters last

4441 TY ENGLAND - Smoke In Her Eyes (RCA) 8 1 35 90 Deringer on lead guitar and Chief report will be Monday. December 11). We Engineer Kevin Larke on bass. reopen on Tuesday, January 2. N 42 MARTINA McBRIDE - Wild Angels (RCA) 51 0 9126 for reports Rick Knighten (formerly with Please mark these date on your calendars, 4643 KENNY CHESNEY - Grandpa Told Me So (BNA Records) 18 0 16114 KNOE-Monroe) is the new PD at and feel free to fax early if you get the urge. 4244 KIM RICHEY - Those Words We Said (Mercury) 0 2 36 68 KRRV, replacing Bruce Mikells N 45 TRISHA YEARWOOD - On A Bus To St. Cloud (MCA) 29 0 9108

N 46 LINDA DAVIS - Some Things Are Meant To Be (Arista) 41 0 4114 Editor: CYNDI HOELZLE 4947 RICKY SKAGGS - Solid Ground (Atlantic) 12 0 14 89 Consulting Editor: LISA SMITH Assistant.' MICHELE GOLDSWORTHY 5048 LISA BROKOP - She Can't Save Him (Capitol Nashville) 12 0 21 76 Country reports accepted Fridays 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Mondays 8 a.m.-3 p.m. N 49 DARYLE SINGLETARY - Too Much Fun (Giant) 79 0 4100 Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580 48 50 BILLY MONTANA - No Yesterday (Magnatone) 4 0 1777 Nashville Office: (615) 329-3231.Nashville Fax: (615) 329-3339. Total Reports This Week 207 Last Week 208 E-mail: CYNDIGAVIN©aol.com

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HOBBIES: Golf, golf, basketball, ReportsAdds Weeks 80 27 2 RICOCHET - What Do I Know (Columbia/CRG) golf...

74 70 1 * JOHN ANDERSON - Paradise (BNA Records) ON HIS CURRENT SINGLE:

47 13 2 WOODY LEE - Salt and Water (Atlantic) Gill wrote "Go Rest High On That 42 14 2 PAUL OVERSTREET - We've Got To... (Scarlet Moon/Integrity) Mountain" as a tribute to Keith 40 18 1 * CURTIS DAY - My Baby's Cookin' (Asylum) Whitley. "It's got to be my favorite

39 1 3 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION - Oh, Atlanta (Rounder) thing on the whole album. I sat 38 1 6 WESTERN FLYER - His Memory (Step One) down and started writing this 32 17 1 * TOBY KEITH - Santa I'm Right Here (Polydor) song after he passed away. 27 10 1 * COOTER BROWN - Pure Bred Redneck (Reprise)

26 26 1 JAMES BONAMY - She's GotAMind Of Her Own (Epic) I never finished it...then when

135 -Brooks & Dunn, 138 -Dolly & Vince, 145-Contederate Railroa147-Chely Wright, Helen Darling, my brother died in March of '93, es Debuj I took the song back out. It sounds... Courtesy of Country Music Television :el !Ai like a funeral march, real blue - CMT Adds ...... Norman, Oklahoma, 1957 grassy and traditional. Ricky JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - Cowboy Love (Atlantic) PHILIP CLAYPOOL - Strength Of A Woman (Curb) Vince received his first guitar at Skaggs and Patty Loveless had age 10, and was leader of his own to sing on it-they're both NM LID bluegrass band at age 15. Kentuckians like Keith was and GARTH BROOKS - The Old Stuff/Beaches Of Cheyenne/ HE GAVE IT z, UP FOR they're two special people that Rollin'/The Change TIM McGRAW - Renegade COUNTRY: Vince was a men. ber have been a big part of my life OLIN MILLER - Happy Anniversary of Pure Prairie League long for a long, long time." If you haven't heard this yet, don't enough to record three albums. "He's the kind of Country Picks wait any longer. Overstreet wrote That's his lead vocal on their hit man you would hope your daugh- MARTINA McBRIDE this song, a welcome relief from "Wild Angels" (RCA) some of the current in -your -face "Let Me Love You Tonight". ter would marry or you son would This song accomplishes the near - sonic HAIR: Gone. grow up to be." -Max D. Barnes impossible, sounding both unique DARYLE SINGLETARY and comfortably-familar at the same "Too Much Fun" (Giant) time. From Martina's excellent Now that Singletary has proven he album of the same name. can sing the hell out of a ballad, TRISHA YEARWOOD he kicks out the jams with this "On a Bus to St. Cloud" (MCA) Curtis Wright/Jeff Knight song. Trisha is last becoming one oI our JOHN ANDERSON format's best song interpretors. She "Paradise" (BNA Entertainment) throws her heart into this hauntinglyThough this is not a "holiday beautiful Gretchen Peters song. D PREMIEEs release, it should play very well D1 S C JANUARY PAUL OVERSTREET through the season, as more and 1)014 6R, 1996 "We've Got to Keep on Meeting more folks experience the desire Like This" (Scarlet Moon/ to be snowed in with their sweet- Integrity) heart.

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GAVIN DECEMBER1, 1995 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH WHITEMAN'S BURDEN (19/64 spins) THE BEATLES OASIS THE BEATLES (13/666 spins) «,//q/-/) (What's the Stoiy) Morning Glory? (Epic) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The lads from Manchester are out to prove ENYA (7/5 spins) The Ghost of Torn joad (Colionbiti/CRG) something to the rest of the world. DON HENLEY (6/255 spins) The Beatles shatter the record for the highest Their music is guitar -driven and, in the Spin Trend, +564 out of a total of 666 spins, case of "Wonderwall," hooky. TOM PETTY (6/476 spins) debut 011. Bruce Springsteen is off to a roaring These guys are for real. TOY STORY (6/11 spins) ),fart.591 spins, +325, 44-13.

Blue entries highlight a stronger performance than on the combined A3 EDITORS: Gavin A3 KENT/KEITH ZIMMERMAN

COMBINED COMMERCIAL NON-COMMERCIAL

1 1 EMMYLOU HARRIS EIektra/Asiu 1 1 JOHN HIATT (Capitol) 2 1 MELISSA ETHERIDGE (Island)

3 2 BONNIE RAF (Capitol) 3 2 JOHN HIATT (Capitol) 8 2 TRACY CHAPMAN ElektralEEGI

2 3 NATALIE MERCHANT (Elektra/EEG) 4 3 BONNIE RAITT Capitol) 2 3 JOHN HIATT (Capitol) 3 4 (70BER PROJECT (Ech 11 4 ROLLING STONES (Virgin) 9 4 ROLLING STONES (Virgin) 4 5 BONNIE RAITT (Capitol) 6 5 MELISSA ETHERIDGE (Island) 1 5 NATALIE MERCHANT (Elektra/EEG) 7 6 INDIGO GIRLS1Ecici 4 6 PRETENDERS (Sire/Warner Bros.) 5 6 v;7' ,'Ihrbia/CRG 6 DAN ARMATRADING (RCA Vision 10 7 TRACY CHAPMAN (Elektra/EEG) 7 7 7 5 8 lang (Warner Bras .l 5 8 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET (Columbia/CRG) 6 8 BED:a:BS (oNi'vanier Bros.) 11 9 PRETENDERS (Sire/Warner Bros ) 7 9 FRIENDS SOUNDTRACK (Reprise) 11 9 TRACY CHAPMAN (Elektra/EEG) ... 10 9 10 k.d. lang (Warner Bros.) 8 10 'Bo( Gordla/Mercury) 9 XTC-A TESTIMONIAL DINNER NEW 11 THE BEATLES (Capitol) NEW 11 THE BEATLES (Capitol) 13 11 14 12 CHERYL WHEELERlimi 8 12 JOAN OSBORNE (Blue Gorilla/Mercury) 10 12 K 'air (Warner Bros.) 44 13 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia/CRG) 42 13 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia/CRG) 10 13 14 13 14 INDIGO GIRLS (Epic) 15 14 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 'Warner BIOS) 12 ROOMFUL OF BLUES Rounder) 12 15 TEARS FOR FEARS (Epic) 12 15 TEARS FOR FEARS (Epic) 17 15 DAN ZONES 14 16 SON VOLT (Warner Bros.) 16 16 .' AIN (Lava/Atlantic) 18 16 17 ROLLING STONES 19 17 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (Warner Bros.) 41 17 TOM PETTY (MCA) 30 18 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN1Columbia/CRG) 18 18 EDWIN McCAIN (Lava/Atlantic) 13 18 CHRIS ISAAK (Reprise) NEW BEN HARPER (Virgin) 16 19 LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES (DGC) 14 19 SON VOLT (Warner Bros.) 19 19 JOAN BAEZ (Guardian) 49 20 TOM PETTY (MCA) 17 20 INDIGO GIRLS (Epic) 15 20 20 21 OLE (Rykodiscl 17 21 4,ANIS MORISSETTE (Maverick/Reprise) 18 21 ALANIS MORISSETTE (Maverick/Reprise) 22 THE BEATLES (Capitol) 21 22 EMMYLOU HARRIS (Elektra/Asylum) 22 22 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH Atlantic NEW )-J,11 16 23 ) - 15 23 CHRIS ISAAK (Reprise) 19 23 LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES (DGC) 22 24 JOAN ARMATRADING (RCA Victor) 21 24 FREDDY JONES BAND (Capricorn) 27 24 PAUL KELLY 31guard) ERIC MATTHEWS (Sub Pop) 24 25 JONATHA BROOKE AND THE STORY (Blue Thumb) 20 25 JUDE COLE (Island) 28 25 27 26 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic) 23 26 GOO GOO DOLLS (Warner Br( 24 26 ). . oRRO (Parachure(Merciry) 20 27 FRANCIS DUNNERY (Atlantic) 26 27 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING iR :-29 27 BILL MILLER (Warner Bros.) f,;)_'RA fl'CONNELL (Hannibal) 38 28 PASSENGERS (Island) 24 28 Yi orill (Relativity) 21 28 23 29 JUDE COLE (Island) 40 29 PASSENGERS (Island) 31 29 PASSENGERS island) 25 30 FREDDY JONES BAND (Capricorn) 28 30 JOAN ARMATRADING (RCA Victor) 48 30 GREG BROWN iRed House) ))0))),K (RCA) 28 31 LOWEN & NAVARRO (Parachute/Mercury) 43 31 COLLECTIVE SOUL (Atlantic) 25 31 TEARS FOR FEARS (Epic) 30 32 XTC-& TESTIMONIAL DINNER (Thirsty Ear) 31 32 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA) 26 32 26 33 GOO G00 DOLLS (Warner Bros.) 30 33 JONATHA BROOKE AND THE STORY (Blue Thumb) 22 33 LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES (DGC) 34 34 SMASHING PUMPKINS (Virgin) 29 34 LOWEN & NAVARRO (Parachute/Mercury) 34 34 NATALIE MERCHANT (Elektra/EEG) 35 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET :Columbia/CACI 29 35 JOE SATRIANI (Relativity) 34 35 EMMYLOU HARRIS (Elektra/Asylum) 32 JOE GRUSHECKY & THE HOUSEROCKERS (Razor & Tie) 33 36 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) 25 36 STEELY DAN iGianti 36 36 PATTY LARKIN (High Street 32 37 LLOYD COLE (Rykodisc) 27 37 FRANCIS DUNNERY (Atlantic) 35 37 38 JOAN OSBORNE (Blue Gorilla/Mercury) 31 38 DAN DANES (Private Music) 33 38 SMASHING PUMPKINS (Virgin) 33 39 39 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA) 49 39 JULIAN COPE (American//Reprise) 39 39 FRIENDS SOUNDTRACK (Reprise) 50 40 COLLECTIVE SOUL iAilanlic) 47 40 DON HENLEY (Gallen) 38 40 BLUE RODEO (Discovery)

31 41 STEELY DAN (Giant) 38 41 XTC-A TESTIMONIAL DINNER (Thirsty Ear) 23 41 JOE ELY (MCA) OEN ARNOLD IRA HouseiCslumbiaiCRGI 35 42 OCTOBER PROJECT (Epic) 32 42 BRUCE HORNSBY (RGA) 37 42 NEW43 JULIAN COPE (American/Reprise) 45 43 BEN ARNOLD (Rod HouselColornbia/CRG) 44 43 BEN FOLDS FIVE (Caroline) 36 44 BRUCE HORNSBY (RCA) 37 44 LLOYD COLE (Rykodisc) 42 44 DAVID BOWIE (Virgin) 43 45 BEN ARNOLD (Ruff House/Columbia/CRG) 36 45 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (DGC) 49 45 JAMES McMURTRY (Columbia/CRG) 46 46 PAUL KELLY (Vanguard) 35 46 'Discovery) 47 46 HEATHER EATMAN (Oh Boy) CLIFF EBERHARDT (Shanacnie) 42 47 MIKE SCOTT (EMI) 46 47 DAN DANES (Private Music) 46 47 NEW 48 DON HENLEY (Geffen) 39 48 STEVIE VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE (Epic) NEWa ANDERS OSBORNE (0Keh/550 Music) 41 49 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (DGC) 44 49 BETTER THAN EZRA (Swell/Elektra) NEW 49 MII DiFRANCO (Righteous Babe) 40 50 ROB LAUFER (Discovery) NEW 50 MIKE SCOTT (EMI) 41 50 ALANIS MORISSETTE (Maverick/Reprise) DAVID BROZA A3 Picks Stonedoors JARS OF CLAY (Mesa) "Flood" Under Middle Eastern skies, David Broza sings (Silvertone/Essential) the praises of Wyoming. "A Night in Wyoming" signals a whole new direction for David Broza. Rcinellii)crAmerica? Three dudes from Southern Illinois The album started when Broza recorded a song to link up with Adrian Belew in help launch a campaign against reckless driving Music City and record an in Israel. The vibe was so good, an entire album absolutely tremendous, hook - was culled from Broza's hatch of new songs. Broza's Spanish guitar juxtaposed next to a biting laden song. The song is called "Flood," and we bet that after electric guitar and cracking snare is a welcome detour. "Under the Sun" and "0 Captain! My a fewplays,you'll get a flood of calls. You're not supposed to get this until the new year (and we Captain!" (A3 finally meets Walt Whitman!) as well as our favorite, "We Are Two" shows a well- probably shouldn't be writing about it yet), but timed rocky side for Broza, who is still the master we suggest rattling John Butler's cage for a copy. of melding poetry and melody. Call (212) 727-0016. GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 45 ALBUM ADULT ALTERNATIVE A3 ONE-TWO:

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AUDITIES: 1995 ALBUM OF THE YEAR

tra !bon oat eest bands to grace our turntables: the sum of its parts is, simply put, kick ass."

It's been abigyear for John Hiatt, shown here at New York's Mercury Lounge. (L to R) Super Manager Will Botwin, EMI Group's Terri Santisi, Hiatt, "Proving that pop is alive Bonnie Raitt, and Capitol's Tim Devine. Next week, John graces the cover of GAVIN'S A3 salute. and well, P. Hux's harmony - driven songs are some of the ONCE BLUE scene. "It was a pretty big yearfor most radio -friendly and (EMI) fashion/ a lousy year for rock roll," addictive tunes to come out cracks Henley with a cheeky sigh. The this year." unlisted thirteenth track is Henley's version of "Everybody Knows" off the recent Leonard Cohen tribute disc. Turn up "Dirty Laundry" for old times' sake. isthe head k':id vet? "...the perfect recipe CHERYL WHEELER for unforgettable pop gems." Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar (Philo) Cheryl A heeler s latest might seem folky and front-porchy until you're hip to the fact that Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar is moving about a thousand units a week. Hot spots include Boston, D.C., Philly, and Minneapolis, For those of us who dig the Cowboy where Wheeler's following is starting Junkies, Rickie Lee Jones and Lisa to resemble the Kiss Army. If you Loeb, the music of Once Blue is think "Does the Future Look Black?" "This mighty tasty. Once Blue is the boy/girl is a folk song, you got a different disc pop record of the year. NYC duo of Rebecca Martin and Jesse than we did. On the Sunday morning Harris backed by a fine band. Both acoustic front is "School Girls," a duet "Stardust and Snow" and the single with co -producer Jonathan Edwards. "Save Me" have a swinging feel, with ROOMFUL OF BLUES walking upright bass lines, shuffling Turn It On! Turn It Up! "P. Hux is beginning to snare drums with brushes, and (Bullseye Blues/Rounder) create quite a buzz...there is acoustic jazz guitar licks. While pre a lot of great singing and ducer Steve Addabbo and manager playing on DELUXE." Ron Fierstein (the team that handles Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin) help the band maintain an A3 shine, it's obvious the band has a few jazz

k. I skeletons rattling in their closets. Add "Highly recommended for the a few finger snaps, some lilting vocal pop fanatic on your phrasings from Martin, plus the odd Christmas list." marimbas and shakers, and you have the carefree sounding Once Blue. DON HENLEY Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits (Geffen) FROM THE ALBUM "DELUXE" ON BLACK OLIVE RECORDS Actual Aides, a collection culled from Whoa! The ghost of Albert King Don Henley's three fine solo record- (backed by a big band) just walked DISTRIBUTED BY: ings, is primarily an '80s music collec- into the room playing a song called NNI12 tion, with the addition of two 1995 "Blind Love." Roomful of Blues has songs, "The Garden of Allah" (named spent many weeks gathering steam after a famous Hollywood hotel, a and support, including 35 comm

JEFF MCCLUSKY 8 ASSOCIATES Henley fixation) and the bluesy "You and non comm stations. Adds this 415.872.2364 Don't Know Me at All." Both songs week include KSCA and KSPN. FROM THE ALBUM Deluxe emit the steely aloofness that's marked Roomful is a Northeast legend that ONYOUR DESKS Henley's image/persona of a rock has been lighting up roomfuls for at Now! musician simultaneously blessed and least a decade. Those of you who mired in the hedonistic L.A. rock spice things up with blues should 46 GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 EDITORS: KENT/KEITH ZIMMERMAN

TW Title (Label) Spins Trend 4 < L\'i o cs> 4

31 15 11 14 14 14 21 8 11 25 22 5 6 1 JOHN HIATT (Capitol) 911 -49 28 16 10 12 32 12 20 22 8 9 22 23 12 4 15

2 BCNNLE PAITT (Capitol) 895 14 26 23 4 7 28 20 20 42 38 8 21 11 4 6 4 13 28 5 12 14 13 18 14 7 22 32 17 5 6 12 14 8 11 20 26 3 MELISSA ETHERIDGE (Island) 814 +13 28 11 10 12 20 20 21 26 23 23 18 8 8 16 15 29 8

4 =C -TNT (Elektra/EEG) 800 -114 39 18 29 10 4 26 17 18 29 7 10 11 4 17 8 10 14 11 8 20 12 33 34 11 8 17 14 20 14 30 5 4 5 ROLLING STONES (Virgin) 797 +93 30 19 20 6 7 32 19 22 23 15 28 23 6 13 2 12 10 14 18 11 14 11 15 11 9 25 14 5 8 6 Warner Bros.) 792 -27 5 17 5 12 15 18 21 30 8 20 23 4 7 7 11 27 10 14 7 8 8 16 14 5 8 7 TRACY CHAPMAN (Elektra/EEG) 786 +64 40 15 12 23 9 16 22 23 8 14 11 9 9 7 12 27 15 12 10 16 17 14 6 13 5 19 31 26 5 8 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET (ColumbiaJCRG) 779 -33 26 11 30 6 22 12 22 17 11 9 8 2 19 4 18 17 25 6 4 18 5 19 26 4 9 FRIENDS SOUNDTRACK (Reprise) 749 -6 26 11 30 6 14 5 8 21 11 9 7 2 19 18 15 13 14 12 8 13 8 13 14 5 8 10 k.d. lane (Warner Bros.) 677 59 26 18 9 5 12 25 8 21 25 8 19 12 8 4 6 11 19 16 10 11 14 26 4 11 THE BEATLES (Capitol) 666 NEW 8 8 8 19 13 22 25 6 23 12 9 17 15 25 13 8 15 17 27 29 12 JO;.', ''R'!F R.:, Gorilla/Mercury) 663 -81 5 10 17 21 8 11 21 13 9 19 24 15 28 14 19 10 9 11 11 13 12 9 13 13 5 4 13 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Columbia/CRG) 591 +325 30 8 2 12 4 3 17 10 10 10 11 14 2 15 15 14 12 B 16 12 18 5 12 5 8 14 INDIGO GmL5 569 54 24 6 4 5 4 6 11 5 22 11 2 9 2 6 26 10 15 13 14 7 14 6 12 18 5 8 15 TEARS FOR FEARS (Epic) 563 -63 7 16 16 10 22 14 12 23 28 11 10 10 8 8 4 13 6 12 7 5 8 16 SON VOLT (Warner Bros.) 550 -57 9 8 9 25 4 20 11 19 8 5 11 4 10 4 6 5 16 16 17 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (Warner Bros.) 490 6 25 28 10 18 6 10 7 10 9 19 22 11 10 14 7 17 19 19 16 4 18 EDWIN McCAIN (Lava/Atlantic) 480 -27 9 7 6 13 13 6 10 4 12 4 15 11 5 10 8 5 6 10 24 4 4 8 19 LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES (DGC) 479 61 8 10 5 4 9 14 9 4 7 8 4 17 15 10 4 10 22 14 5 3 20 TOM PETTY (MCA) 476 +232 27 15 0 7 22 7 6 23 5 8 9 7 5 8 11 10 6 7 25 4 21 ALANIS MORISSETTE (Maverick/Reprise) 464 -52 22 23 6 6 20 8 14 18 15 30 23 10 8 13 6 8 8 5 22 EMMYLOU HARRIS (Elektra/Asylum) 462 +12 19 12 21 16 7 8 12 9 10 7 13 5 6 15 9 39 23 CHRIS ISAAK (Reprise) 455 91 40 26 9 20 2 12 5 7 12 9 20 5 10 10

17 15 11 12 16 11 1 10 5 8 24 JOAN ARMATRADING (RCA Victor) 443 4 18 6 12 3 25 8 20 11 4 7 10 11 12 4 7 9 7 2 4 8 25 JONATHA BROOKE AND THE STORY (Blue Thumb) 425 -13 14 10 6 12 1 7 15 4 20 11 32 41 26 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic) 398 +2 19 29 14 8 20 9 15 14 10 7 5 27 FRANCIS DUNNERY (Atlantic) 383 -67 5 4 20 3 6 7 1 6 7 5 5 9 14 5 3 9 12 5 6 28 PASSENGERS (Island) 376 +69 28 19 2 6 14 5 8 14 7 14 3 14 17 15 6 29 JUDE COLE (Island) 370 -74 8 6 18 7 11 11 4 4 9 11 10 6 14 13 12 5 17 7 30 FREDDY JONES BAND (Capricorn) 369 -47 14 4 13 24 7 5 4 4 11 15 5 11 5 7 12 13 10 4 6 31 LOWEN & NAVARRO (Parachute/Mercury) 365 -15 10 4 21 9 11 4 4 11 6 4 5 8 32 XTC-A TESTIMONIAL DINNER (Thirsty Ear) 362 +1 19 6 7 14 6 9 5 7 4 13 5 5 11 6 27 4 33 GOO GOO DOLLS (Warner Bros.) 354 .61 12 7 17 6 7 7 20 5 23 6 3 3 34 SMASHING PUMPKINS (Virgin)rg in) 327 +2 10 9 19 3 7 9 14 8 7 20 1 15 4 35 JOE SATRIANI (Relativity) 326 -43 10 18 13 16 10 4 7 8 9 10 4 4 10 22 7 26 4 36 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) 323 -12 40 20 8 13 4 16 4 10 11 7 6 9 4 6 37 LLOYD COLE (Rykodisc) 316 27 5 6 8 7 5 2 5 11 7 9 7 15 4 6 38 DAN LANES (Private Music) 311 .9 9 4 10 2 12 5 7 5 2 13 25 36 39 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA) 311 +11 9 8 20 4 9 8 9 7 11 8 11 5 13 25 40 COLLECTIVE SOUL (Atlantic) 309 +68 28 22 4 11 2 10 11 14 5 11 11 4 9 21 9 4 6 41 STEELY DAN (Giant) 303 -51 3 9 22 20 8 11 10 11 12 5 4 42 OCTOBER PROJECT (Epic) 291 .33 10 12 5 7 7 8 8 6 2 8 14 3 43 JULIAN COPI (American/Reprise) 289 NEW 28 6 3 5 3 6 12 2

19 12 9 9 5 13 4 7 11 10 20 4 44 . HRNSBY (RCA) 285 -37 6 6 10 4 6 45 BEN ARNOLD (Ruff House/Columbia/CRG) 274 6 14 2 4 3 6 2 9 5 7 8 11 5 9 8 4 6 46 PAUL KELLY (Vanguard) 273 +18 14 4 0 8 7 12 2 4 10 9 10 10 9 5 4 47 MIKE SCOTT (EMI) 273 -11 12 5 7 9 2 10 8 12 11 6 1 14 6 18 3 3 48 DON HENLEY (Geffen) 255 NEW 19 6 0 2 1 12 7 12 4 16 9 10 1 10 8 8 49 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (DGC) 254 -33 10 19 8 7 11 11 10 6 14 5 6 13 8 50 ROBCOLD LAUFER (Discovery) 239 -53 9 7 28C2 5 8 5 10 FEE

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JOHN HIATT (Capitol) 13 20 32 11 12 9 12 11 20 14 7 16 10 23 8 18 17 15 16 31 14 15 20 14 16 17 2 15 13 SAME RAITT (Capitol) 12 10 25 21 9 3 12 11 12 14 16 9 21 6 18 7 15 16 17 14 10 10 14 13 33 2 18 14

MELISSA ETHERIDGE (Island) 2 20 34 7 12 21 13 12 22 26 6 6 15 14 14 10 19 14 32 32 33 22 21 37 14 24 NATALIE MERCHANT (Elektra/EEG) 13 20 41 24 21 6 17 14 6 15 12 4 7 16 18 14 15 14 6 4 11 23 ROLLING STONES (Virgin) 15 10 19 21 6 8 12 15 13 12 22 1 6 5 17 15 13 13 14 10 10 14 10 12 7

PRETENDERS (Sire/Warner Bras.) 20 12 31 12 21 12 19 16 7 14 12 9 14 6 5 12 15 16 16 14 15 10 14 16 29 25 8

TRACY CHAPMAN (Elektra/EEG) 19 10 29 9 12 12 9 14 13 13 13 16 10 5 6 18 14 7 18 17 7 15 14 19 21

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET (Columbia/CRG) 10 30 9 21 10 20 21 14 12 14 11 6 20 18 17 14 14 10 18 31 22 38 8 19

FRIENDS SOUNDTRACK (Reprise) 13 10 42 22 16 12 20 21 14 12 10 11 6 12 18 17 14 14 10 16 14 31 22 35 19 k d lug (Warner Bros.) 12 10 30 6 9 7 9 45 12 7 16 3 11 5 8 7 7 7 19 14 15 7 15 1 6 13

THE BEATLES (Capitol) 13 19 21 8 22 24 12 10 6 4 12 4 24 14 10 16 0 10 38 9 asd CddillaiMercury) 12 10 12 18 21 6 6 3 9 6 30 23 9 7 12 24 10 11 5 20 34 1 9 19

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN :olumbia/CRG) 1 5 22 12 8 6 14 7 13 12 6 2 6 15 15 15 6 14 15 9 0 11 35 2 7 17

INDIGO GIRLS (Epic; 10 21 10 12 12 9 10 9 11 12 6 2 6 5 15 16 11 14 4 10 14 15 6 1 24

TEARS FOR HMS (Epic) 10 31 26 12 8 12 9 13 16 8 9 8 19 14 4 5 7 9 7 15 6 1 10 18

SON VOLT (Warner Bros.) 20 31 4 8 6 9 4 21 7 7 16 3 12 6 7 15 15 13 16 7 15 9 4 7 7 5 1 7

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (Warner Bros.) 38 17 21 17 12 9 14 10 16 19 32 34 9 11 7

EDWIN McCAIN (Lava/Atlantic) 15 10 23 12 10 14 12 12 23 7 7 11 5 7 16 7 31 16 18

LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES (DGC) 12 10 30 15 21 17 14 7 6 3 4 9 7 14 10 10 10 12 16 22 22

TOM PETTY (MCA) 11 20 22 7 21 13 20 20 0 6 2 12 4 15 14 9 19 5 13

ALANIS MORISSETTE (Maverick/Reprise) 13 38 28 21 9 3 14 9 7 8 12 19 5 31 1 15

EMMYLOU HARRIS (Elektra/Asylum) 22 7 9 11 6 14 14 16 3 15 14 20 15 4 2 7 CHRIS ISAAK (Reprise) 10 12 26 8 6 5 9 9 4 7 8 10 8 15 9 7 9 21 1 3

1 7 13 JOAN ARMATRADING (RCA Victor) 15 5 9 13 7 14 9 12 12 6 2 6 16 13 7 10 14

1 17 JONATHA BROOKE AND THE STORY (Blue Thumb) 10 17 12 9 9 7 13 22 10 3 12 6 6 9 15 14 13 14 10 14

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic) 18 10 13 21 10 13 25 14 6 4 16 19 8 12 7 18 FRANCIS DUNNERY (Atlantic) 18 10 12 9 2 24 14 6 14 6 6 4 9 7 14 6 11 7 15 7 9 16 5 13 PASSENGERS (Island) 15 5 11 11 8 6 0 5 14 12 4 4 15 7 6 10 14 7 7 5 JUDE COLE (Island) 20 18 4 12 12 9 4 4 6 5 13 4 6 5 8 16 7 8

FREDDY JONES BAND (Capricorn) 10 18 6 12 12 9 4 13 15 2 2 16 8 8 10 10 7 14 13 13

LOWEN & NAVARRO (Parachute/Mercury) 10 15 3 7 22 13 12 5 12 6 3 5 4 14 4 11 7 4 4 9 6 XTC-A TESTIMONIAL DINNER (Thirsty Ear) 29 9 10 6 7 22 4 13 12 4 3 4 15 9 14 15 4 12 32 9 12 12 GOO GOO DOLLS (Warner Bros.) 11 31 21 21 22 12 6 7 16

1 7 SMASHING PUMPKINS (Virgin) 32 12 12 18 22 12 3 7 3 4 33 4 25 8 4 JOE SATRIANI (Relativity) 13 10 12 6 14 12 5 12 5 4 4 9 16 7 12 6 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING (RainMaker/Interscope/AG) 12 9 21 16 18 9 6 15 9 15 10

LLOYD COLE (Rykodisc) 10 17 11 12 9 9 45 6 14 12 4 7 3 13 7 15 4 DAN ZANES (Private Music) 14 14 6 14 16 6 12 3 8 7 7 12 17 10 14 10 35 10 11 7 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA) 5 6 9 13 12 9 3 22 16 12 COLLECTIVE SOUL (Atlantic) 12 22 12 7 8 11 9 12 5 4 7 STEELY DAN (Giant) 10 17 22 14 16 6 10 3 15 5 14 7 6 20 OCTOBER PROJECT (Epic) 9 8 9 9 13 12 6 12 6 2 9 15 14 4 4 11 12 JUUAN COPE (American/Reprise) 5 12 9 12 8 6 3 3 4 13 22 12 5 10 4 3 20 14 BRUCE HORNSBY (RCA) 10 23 9 3 10 16 13 28 14 5

BEN ARNOLD (Ruff House/Columbia/CRG) 9 5 12 3 18 13 12 11 3 17 15 7 9 4 1 27 2 5

PAUL KELLY (Vanguard) 18 9 6 3 12 14 12 5 4 3 4 8 7 15 7 1 12

MIKE SCOTT (EMI) 5 9 6 9 15 9 14 12 5 3 8 15 10 4 3 1 19

DON HENLEY (Geffen) 12 12 9 4 4 1 6 6 5 7 9 10 6 6 5

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (OGG) 23 45 2 3 5 11 10 8 4 7

ROB LAUFER (Discovery) 28 6 12 6 4 5 14 12 2 3 5 5 7 5 5

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GAVIN DECEMBER 1, 1995 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH JAll TO THE WORLD RUSSFREEMAN A WINTER SOLSTICE V 'JAZZ%(13/0 spins) I lohday (GRP) Windham Hill Artists ( Windham Hill) RUSS FREEMAN Leading the holiday pack is Windham Hill core artists (including (5/123 spins) Russ Freeman with a rip- newcomers Jim Brickman, Oystein Sevag, CLOCKERS ping -good festive music and Torcauto Mariano) induce seasonal SOUNDTRACK package. Russ debuts at #49 sanity. Already a hot seller. WORLD(5/111 spins) with 25 reports, 5 new adds, 123 spins, +31.

OnZ CornerBY KEITH ZIMMERMAN Gavin A2 Mixing Acid Jazz, Funk LW TW and Traditional Bop 1 1 FOURPLAY - Elixir (Warner Bros.) 50 0 677 0 We continue our conversation with Which fundamentals do you stress? 2 2 BONEY JAMES - Seduction (Warner Bros.) 51 0 615 +7 Wayne Parkins of Orlando's jazz Pronunciations, dead air and

8 3 RANDY CRAWFORD - Naked And True (Bluemoon) 50 0 527 +47 outlet, WUCF. new music. Anybody can play '50s How do stay on 4 4 MARC ANTOINE - Urban Gypsy (NYC) 47 1 527 +11 Blue Note and '60s Impulse! and top musically? come across as a good jazz station. 7 5 BOB MAMET - Day Into Night (Atlantic) 48 0 519 +23 I need to see for The key is to integrate the new 9 6 GRP ARTISTS'... BEATLES - (I Got No Kick...) Modern Jazz (GRP) 46 0 519 +46 myself that we're music, expose new artists, and 3 7 RICK BRAUN -Beat Street (Bluemoon) 43 0 504 -13 making a retail make the audience aware that jazz 6 8 THE JAllMASTERS feat. PAUL HARDCASTLE -II (JVC) 42 0 493 -9 impact. I talk to is not bygone from the '30s, '40s, 5 9 RICARDO SILVEIRA - Storyteller (Kokopelli) 47 1 477 -26 the record stores '50s, and '60s. It's new and fresh. Wayne Parkins 10 10 PHILIPPE SAISSE - Masques (Verve Forecast) 45 1 464 -4 weekly and I What are your feelings

12 11 SPECIAL EFX feat. G. JINDA/C. MINUCCI - Body Language (JVC)49 0 454 +30 know we're making a sales impact regarding classical music and public radio? 13 12 SIMPLY RED - Fairground (eastwest/EEG) 40 0 443 +27 for mainstream jazz. I find out what gets response from in-store Some classical music programmers 14 13 TOM GRANT - Instinct (Shanachie/Cachet) 48 0 428 +26 play and what's selling. There's no fool themselves about how much 11 14 3RD FORCE - Force Of Nature (Higher Octave) 37 0 401 -30 tradeoff for getting out there. lis- audience they're continuing to lose. 15 15 BOBBY CALDWELL - Soul Survivor (Sin-Drome) 43 1 390 +16 tening to people, and seeing what In my opinion, they're in denial. If 19 16 ALEX BUGNON - Tales From The Bright Side (RCA) 43 0 385 +23 they're buying in the record stores. we're not careful, mainstream jazz 17 17 OLETA ADAMS - Moving On (Mercury) 42 0 378 +10 One 40 -something white male who stations like ours could fall into that

16 18 PEOPLE SOUNDTRACK - People Soundtrack (Lightyear) 39 1 375 +5 bought the new Bobby Shew rcord same trap. We can't come across as

20 19 GRANT GEISSMAN - Business As Usual (Positive Music) 43 0 359 +1 told me he also enjoys the funky holier-than-thou. We have to make stuff we do in the afternoon. ourselves aware of new artists, new 18 20 TORCUATO MARIANO - Last Look (Windham Hill) 37 0 350 -13 How many air talents do you trends, and new audience. We must 21 21 MAYSA - Maysa (Blue Thumb) 38 0 345 +10 work with? be willing to cater and gear some of 22 22 NAJEE - Songs From The Key Of Life (EMI) 45 2 344 +13 Counting myself, we have nine our station's sound to younger 24 23 JONATHAN CAIN - Piano With A View (Higher Octave) 39 2 333 +5 different jocks doing mainstream demographics. If the 60 or 70 -year 23 24 GREGG KARUKAS -You'll Know It's Me (Fahrenheit) 36 0 327 -3 jazz. I have one guy in the after- old jazz society listeners-who are

25 25 STANLEY CLARKE -At The Movies (Epic) 38 0 317 0 noon and five different jocks doing big donors-die off, who will he

28 26 DENNY JIOSA - Moving Pictures (Blue Orchid) 36 1 317 +42 the overnight show. Cool Breezes. tomorrow's supporters? I think NPR What kind of dialogue do you sees that jazz is going to have a bet- 27 27 DAN FOGELBERG & TIM WEISBERG -No Resemblance...(Giant) 29 0 297 0 have with the air staff? ter opportunity for them than classi- 26 28 KEIKO MATSUI - Sapphire (White Cat/Unity Label Group) 33 0 294 -21 We talk about music, things that are cal music in the long haul." 29 29 MARION MEADOWS - Body Rhythm (RCA) 33 0 280 +9 hot. Specifically, we talked about the Who were your biggest 31 30 MICHAEL FRANKS - Abandoned Garden (Warner Bros.) 28 0 264 +3 buzz behind the new Tony Bennett supporters when you boosted 30 31 TONY GABLE & 206 - Seven Hills (Heads Up/Intermix) 30 0 263 -3 record. I'll make available recordings jazz coverage and experimented 32 32 PAUL TAYLOR - On The Horn (Countdown/Unity) 30 0 254 +12 of some of the female jazz vocalists to with acid jazz?

34 33 INCOGNITO -100 Degrees and Rising (Verve Forecast/Talkin Loud)24 0 217 +4 whom Tony is paying tribute. We had phenomenal support from

33 34 BRIAN McKNIGHT -I Remember You (Mercury) 25 0 215 -6 Innovation and tie-ins are key. the local newspaper. The Orlando Anybody can front- and back - Sentinel got behind us like you 43 35 BRIAN KRINEK - Flying High (Positive Music) 27 1 188 +50 announce music. It's important to would not believe. They wrote some 40 36 METRO - Tree People (Lipstick) 16 0 167 +12 identify with listeners without just fantastic articles and did a feature on 37 37 BRIAN SIMPSON - Closer Still (Noteworthy) 20 0 165 -6 being an encyclopedia. People don't us in their Friday radio column. 36 38 J MICHAEL VERTA -The Phoenix (BrainChild) 15 0 163 -21 tune in to hear a lot of talk, but they Every big time city, they said, has a 39 39 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Modern Life (Bluemoon) 15 0 159 -2 like to learn something. Read Tony's jazz radio station. They compared us

35 40 THE WALTER BEASLEY PROJECT - Private Time (Mercury) 26 0 157 -42 quote about Rosemary Clooney, then with the Orlando Magic, in terms of play something from one of her making Orlando a major league city! 44 41 STEVE LAURY - Vineland Dreams (CTI) 26 1 156 +20 Concord records. It's a misnomer to You can't buy that type of exposure. 42 42 JIM BRICKMAN - By Heart (Windham Hill) 25 2 150 +10 take for granted that the audience is Still, it's not enough to reach 350,000 38 43 J. SPENCER -Blue Moon (MoJAll/Motown) 16 0 143 -22 very familiar with the musicians. A potential listeners in the newspaper. 45 44 TOLEDO - Mestizo (Tropijazz) 18 0 140 +14 small percentage are, but overall, they When you listen to other jazz 41 45 KEVIN TONEY - Pastel Mood (Ichiban) 14 0 138 -8 don't know as much as we like to stations in other markets, what - 46 DAVID BENOIT - The Best Of 1987-1995 (GRP) 29 4 135 NEW think they do. The art is to communi- do you listen for? Continued on page 50 46 47 FRANK GAMBALE - Thinking Out Loud (JVC) 21 1 135 +11 cate that knowledge without rambling.

48 WHITNEY HOUSTON - Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack (Arista) 14 1 124 NEW - 49 RUSS FREEMAN - Holiday (GRP) 25 5 123 NEW Editors: KEITH & KENT ZIMMERMAN jazz reports accepted Thursdays - 50 BASIA - Basia On Broadway (Epic) 19 2 119 NEW 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Station Reporting Phone: t95-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580

GAVIN Dl crmiiER 1,1995 9 MOST ADDED TOP TIP RECORD TO WATCH CLARK TERRY (16) RICHARD HINDMAN TRIO RUSSELL GUNN Young Gunn (Muse) HERBIE MANN (15) Once I Loved (Lake Street) He dresses like a hip - CHARLES EARLAND Fifty-eight stations and a half dozen new adds hopper but he blows RUSSELL GUNN ( 1 4 ) squeaks the Richard Hindman Trio into top trumpet like a real debut honors during a soft holidayweek. jazzman. Thirty-eight total RANDY JOHNSTON (13) stations in two weeks for ROYCE CAMPBELL (13) ida young Gunn. Continued from page 49 clusters and keeping everything sub- I listen to see how consistent they dued. Peace Pieces is proving to be sound, their station signal and how Mann's most quickly embraced jazz many hours they program. WCLK in airplay release in quite a while, as Atlanta does a nice job of blending a he salutes the compositional lot of different styles together. I prowess of Evans. Mann, who It-elheard them segue Yellowjackets into recorded with Evans in 1962, brings Gene Ammons. In our market, our bassist Eddie Gomez (who gigged 84 0 72 2 1 MARKWHITFIELD(Verve) audience-not just the purists-are with Evans for 11 years) along for 4 2 DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER (Verve) 82 0 72 0 real particular about consistency. If authenticity. Mann's spry flute 6 3 VANESSA RUBIN(Novus/RCA) 84 0 67 I'm going to market WUCF as a improvisations pump new life into Continued on page 52 5 4 DAVE BRUBECK (Telarc Int'l) 82 0 69 3 straight -ahead jazz station, I better

1 5 McCOY TYNER TRIO (Impulse!) 80 1 68 3 not have Kenny G float in there. confuse people and alienate what I il'hartocrunca 3 6 DON BRADEN (Epicure/550) 77 0 60 3 already have. I listen to see how 7 MARK ISHAM (Columbia/CRG) 79 1 46 6 BIG JOHN PATTON Evidence) 11 other stations handle that. 84 1 34 13 15 8 MULGREW MILLER (Novus/RCA) Does Cool Grooves cause such KEVIN HAYS 31ue Note) 7 9 TONY CAMPISE (Heart Music) 75 0 54 5 confusion? JON MAYER TRIO (Pullen) 55 6 8 10 SONNY FORTUNE (Blue Note) 72 0 We'remarketing it really tough. BHEKI MSELEKU (Verve)

72 1 48 9 14 11 FREDDIE HUBBARD (Music Masters) Our core audience knows no tradi- RUSSELL GUNN (Muse)

67 1 50 5 tional jazz has been played in that 13 12 EDDIE HENDERSON (Milestone) DONALD BROWN (Muse) 10 13 GERALD ALBRIGHT (Atlantic) 65 0 50 3 time slot. When we launched the change and the program guides BRAD GOODE Sunlight) 19 14 TONY BENNETT Tn'umbia/CRG) 78 1 25 19 went out, we carried big write-ups *KEITH SAXTON & KEVIN HOLEVAR KMH) 16 15 PONCHO SANCHEZ Concord Jazz) 71 0 33 11 saying we eliminated classical and GATEWAY (ECM) 9 16 FRANK MORGAN (Telarc Intl) 64 0 47 2 alternative music for this new show. JOEY DeFRANCESCO (Big Mo) 24 17 JOHN SCOFIELD (Blue Note) 76 2 19 16 We do lots of IDs and cross -promo- TURK MAURO (Milestone) 20 18 LARRY GOLDINGS (Warner Bros.) 66 1 35 9 tion, too. Dropped: .4i John McLaughlin, /43 James Moody, 22 19 KENNY BURRELL (Concord Jazz) 64 1 35 Any final comments? 144 Cecilia Smith. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time. 25 20 JIM HALL (Telarc Intl) 63 0 24 4 Don't take yourself too seriously. In this business, some people get 31 21 ART FARMER (Arabesque) 72 2 16 18 caught up in themselves too much A2 Spin Trends1 68 1 20 14 29 22 CHARLES McPHERSON (Arabesque) and forget that it's about good 1. BRIAN KRINEK +50 32 23 ELIANE ELIAS (Blue Note) 66 1 21 11 music, exciting radio, exposing new 23 24 KEITH JARRETT TRIO (ECM) 62 1 26 7 artists, generating sales and having a 2. RANDY CRAWFORD +47 12 25 ".^ICHAEL WOLFF TRIO (Jimco) 61 0 32 9 good time. 3. GRP ARTISTS...BEATLES +3 29 35 26 PHIL WOODS QUINTET (Evidence) 77 3 8 4. DENNY JIOSA +42 27 27 SHAWN "THUNDER" WAUACE (Schoolkids') 68 0 11 14 Jarilli2 Picks 5. RAW STYLUS +39 18 28 CHICK COREA QUARTET (GRP) 60 1 33 8 OLETA ADAMS 6. MICHAEL DAVIS +38 26 29 DENISE JANNAH (Blue Note) 67 2 15 14 Moving On (Mercury) 18 10 30 30 MEL TORME/ROB McCONNELL/THE BOSS BRASS (Concord Jazz) 61 1 Singer Oleta Adams calls her own A2 Chartbound 28 31 BRAD MEHLDAU (Warner Bros.) 61 3 22 8 shots from behind the glass as pro-

38 32 GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET (Telarc Int'l) 71 5 9 24 ducer, for her third solo release on CLOCKERS SOUNDTRACK (MCA) Mercury called Moving On. Oleta 34 33 JOHN FEDCHOCK (Reservoir) 56 1 18 12 STEELY DAN (Giant) has boosted the R&B quotient, the 17 34 JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET (Warner Bros.) 49 0 25 2 vein of Anita, Whitney and Mariah. YELLOWJACKETS (Warner Bros.) 22 14 21 35 B SHARP JAll QUARTET (MAMA Foundation) 53 0 In fact she uses musicians who TAB TWO l'iirgin) 55 1 11 14 36 36 MAYNARD FERGUSON & BIG BOP NOUVEAU (Concord Jazz! played with all three. While she has JESSE COOK (Narada) 65 9 6 23 47 37 KEVIN MAHOGANY (Enja) a soaring richness ripe for Urban STRUNZ & FARAH (Selva)

39 38 MARC COPLAND (Denon) 51 1 17 13 crossover, we prefer the upswinging ANDY NARELL ',Vindham Hill) 48 39 STEVE KUHN °Dslcards) 65 6 5 31 energy of "Slow Motion." Oleta QUINCY JONES i ()west) 40 40 WAYNE SHORTER (Verve) 55 5 9 16 burns and soothes like a sapphire gin martini, straight up, no olive. For MICHAEL DAVIS (Lipstick) 50 41 BILLY PIERCE (Evidence) 61 6 4 23 a twist, try the achingly soulful "You WILLIE & LOBO (Mesa/Bluemoon) 33 42 J P TORRES (Tropijazz) 46 1 14 8 Need To Be Loved." WILL DOWNING (Mercury) RICHARD HINDMAN TRIO Lake Street) 58 6 2 28 HERBIE MANN MAX BENNET (Chase Music Group) 46 44 JIM WIDNER BIG BAND (Chase Music Group) 47 4 6 9 Peace Pieces (Kokopelli) Please Note: All Chartbounders have 49 45 JERRY GONZALEZ & THE FORT APACHE BAND !Milestone) 46 4 9 10 During the lust couple of years, upward Spin Trends. - 06 HERBIE MANN (Kokopelli) 63 15 3 28 doing a record of Bill Evans tunes Dropped: #48 Joe Taylor, Jazz Crusaders, 45 47 CHRIS KASE (Mons) 43 0 6 10 was a jazz way of playing it safe, Stevan Pasero, Mariah Carey. - GIACOMO GATES(DMP) 51 9 4 19 vamping out those brooding chord 37 49 HARGROVE/McBRIDE/SCOTT (Verve) 38 0 11 10 Editors: KEITH & KENT ZIMMERMAN Jazz reports accepted Thursdays 42 50 12 ALAN HARRIS (Mons) 33 0 6 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 GAVIN Fax: (415) 495-2580

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WINDHAM 1111111 1995WJndhom H i 1 1 Records JAZZ/ADULTALTERNATIVE Continued from page 50 neered by Bird and Diz, Clifford and Jones on drums. -JASON OLAINE Barron and George Cables, and this Evans tribute. Go for the Latin Max, Blakey, and Horace Silver. JOE LOCKE numerous sideman gigs with folks like Silver himself calls Grant a "musician Freddy Cole, Eddie Henderson. the charged "Funkallero." "Moment To Moment" DARRELL GRANT worthy of some serious listening...a Mingus Big Band, and Smitty Smith. QUINTET very fine pianist and composer." (Milestone) On this beautiful debut on Milestone, Some favorites from the twelve track Lou ever wonder why there aren't as Locke hooks up with Billy Childs, "The New Bop" selection include the funky, off -kilter many vibraphone players out there as Eddie Gomez, and Gene Jackson to (Criss Cross) "Struttin' To Tangiers;" the Afro- pianists and drummers? I haven't, but rework nine Henry Mancini tunes, An audacious title, perhaps, but Cuban -inspired "Agua Profunda;" a it's not hard to assume why: a vibist each rendered with the kind of pianist Grant does do justice to the delicate rendering of Ellington's needs to have the harmonic and ensemble sound you rarely find from history of swinging hard through "Come Sunday;" the fire -brewed, melodic tools that pianists must be an all-star, get-together group. changes with this, his second Criss cold -filtered burner "Gettin' Mean able to employ at a moment's notice Whether it's a lilting chestnut like Cross release as a leader. With a his- With Mateen;" and the dynamically - to go along with the rhythmic feel and "Moon River," a mid -tempo, toe -tap- tory of bopping with such luminaries conscious, playfully swingin' "The precision drummers must have. Add per like the title cut, a sensuous ballad as Betty Carter, Woody Shaw, Roy Blues We Ain't No More." Great solos to the short list of great vibraphonists such as "Loss of Love," or a groover Haynes, and Tony Williams, Grant throughout, too, with trumpeter Scott the name Joe Locke, a first -call playerlike "Slow Hot Wind," this disc has a takes his tight -knit quintet through Wendholt, tenor saxist Seamus Blake, in New York and a veteran of record- whole day's worth of solid swingers the well -traveled terrain first pin- drummer Brian Blade, and Calvin ing sessions as a leader with Kenny to choose from.-JASON OLAINE

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5 4 3 VANESSA RUBIN - Sings (Novus/RCA) 2 3 3 THE JAllMASTERS feat. PAUL HARDCASTLE -II (JVC)

5 5 MARC ANTOINE - Urban Gypsy (NYC) 1 3 4 McCOY TYNER TRIO - Infinity (Impulse!) 4 RANDY CRAWFORD - Naked And True (Bluemoon) 8 7 5 DAVE BRUBECK - Young Lions & Old Tigers (Telarc 9 6 5

4 6 6 EDDIE HENDERSON - Inspiration (Milestone) 4 4 6 RICK BRAUN - Beat Street (Bluemoon)

2 5 7 DON BRADEN - Organic (Epicure/550) 6 8 7 BOB MAMET - Day Into Night (Atlantic) GRP ARTISTS' CELEBRATION...BEATLES - (I Got No Kick Against) Modern Jazz (GRP) 19 17 8 MULGREW MILLER - Getting To Know You (Novus/RCA) 8 10 8

13 11 9 LARRY GOLDINGS - Whatever It Takes (Warner Bros.) 10 9 9 RICARDO SILVEIRA - Storyteller (Kokopelli)

18 14 10 FREDDIE HUBBARD -MMTC (Music Masters) 11 12 10 SIMPLY RED - Fairground (eastwest/EEG)

14 12 11 PONCHO SANCHEZ - Soul Sauce (Concord Jazz) 13 13 11 BOBBY CALDWELL - Saul Survivor (Sin-Drome) Force Of Nature (Higher Octave) 16 13 12 KENNY BURRELL - Lotus Blossom (Concord Jazz) 7 7 12 3RD FORCE -

17 15 13 TONY CAMPISE - Strange Beauty (Heart Music) 12 11 13 PHILIPPE SAISSE - Masques (Verve Forecast) OLETA ADAMS - Moving On (Mercury) 7 8 14 FRANK MORGAN - Love Lost & Found (Telarc 16 14 14

20 19 15 MARK !SHAM - Blue Sun (Columbia/CRG) 20 15 15 SPECIAL EFX feat. G. JINDA & C. MINUCCI - Body Language (JVC) - 20 16 TONY BENNETT - Here's To The Ladies (Columbia/CRG) 19 16 16 ALEX BUGNON - Tales Ff0111 The Bright Side (RCA) STANLEY CLARKE - At The Movies (Epic) 9 9 17 SONNY FORTUNE - A Better Understanding (Blue Note) 15 17 17

12 10 18 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Giving Myself To You (Atlantic) 18 18 18 MAYSA - Maysa (Blue Thumb) - 28 19 ART FARMER - The Meaning Of Art (Arabesque) 22 21 19 TOM GRANT - Instinct (Shanachie/Cachet) 29 27 20 CHARLES McPHERSON - Come Play With Me (Arabesque) 24 20 20 NAJEE - Songs From The Key Of Life (EMI) PEOPLE SOUNDTRACK - People Soundtrack (Lightyear) - 26 21 JOHN SCOFIELD - Groove Elation (Blue Note) 21 19 21 23 23 22 MEL TORMEIROB McCONNELL & THE BOSS BRASS - Velvet & Brass (Concord Jazz) 17 22 22 TORCUATO MARIANO -Last Look (Windham Hill)

24 24 23 BRAD MEHLDAU - Introducing Brad Mehldau (Warner Bros.) 27 24 23 GREGG KARUKAS - You'll Know It's Me (Fahrenheit) 25 2524 DENISE JANNAH -I Was Born In Love With You (Blue Note) 26 25 24 PAUL TAYLOR - On The Horn (Countdown/Unity) NEW25 PHIL WOODS QUINTET - An Affair To Remember (Evidence) 14 23 25 KEIKO MATSUI - Sapphire (White Cat/Unity Label Group)

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"Closer to Free" of his biggest hits. From the Just when it seemed we'd A3/Jazz/A2 -KENT ZDKMERMANEditor. (Slash/Reprise) moment Q's Jook Joint hit heard itall, along comes KEITH ZIMMERMAN Editor Can a television show revivethe street, stations were something totally different. Vinton ESPARZAA3 Assistant buzzin' about this track, Producer Richard "Rikko" ADULT CONTEMPORARY -RON FELLEditor. a song that has struggled for DIANE RUFERAssociate Editor which sounds so hot on Preuss blends hip -hop with recognition more than once? ALTERNATIVE -MAX TOLICOFFEditor THETC".1 RICH The answer, apparently, is the air. a classic R&B beach (213) 913-2691, FAN: (213) 913-2693 yes. Numerous programmers ROD STEWART sound, and it works...big- SPENCE ABBOTTAssistant "So Far Away" time! The video is blowin' AMERICANA -ROB BLEEISI LIN admit to being baffled that Associate Editor this track didn't happen on (Lava/Atlantic) up on The Box (make COLLEGE -SEANA BARIJEHEditor THE TONY RICH earlier outings, but Party of Twenty-four years ago, sure to see it), as spins COUNTRY -CYNDI HOEIZIE Editor, LISA SMITHCbtzszilting Editor PROJECT Five seems to have made a Rod Stewart was riding high increase in many markets. "Nobody Knows" Heavily played at WILD MICHEL. E GOLDSWORTHYCountry Assistant difference this time around. on the charts with "Maggie RAP -THEMBISA MSHAKAEditor. (LaFace/Arista) Screams f -u -n! May," while Carole King 107, POWER 106. KWIN, JACKIE JONES MCWILUAMSAssistant Detroit native Tony Rich HOOTIE & was making music history KLUC, and KGGI. REGGAE -TAMLI DU EWAConsulting Editor THE BLOWFISH MONIFAH ROCKS -ROB FIENDEditor hails from a family immersed of her own with the Toe 40 -DAVE SHOUNEditor. in music. Making a smooth "Dream Baby" Tapestry album. Who could "I Miss You (Come Back ANNE.. t M. LAIAssociate Editor transition from writer and (Tag/Atlantic) have imagined back then Home)" (Uptown/MCA) URBAN LANDZCAPE -QUINCY MCCOYEditor. STACY BANESAssistant producer to performer, Unquestionably the most that Rod would one day Heavy D gets writing and Tony's debut effort is successful act of 1995 closes ART PRODI '

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