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I N S I D E MUSIC WEEK DAT sneaks in back door te.® ssmm £1.65 U.S.$2.50 ISSN 0265-1548 si^dS BÉEiil Whitney single sets si; ley: who's^in lliis ^ ^ byh,. off chart wars... srs îz. sfssl rSS-S Ss -xsss&ftasa îtœ&s&stai ns SrSSS ÉiSHHE back to head TO PAGE FOUR ► Our Price BRI ».■ jgjtettaga: to , and Sunday is chart day Albert Hall (s move into o new followed by TV^ Te -- mm iiss -il œsmus fenguiini c:/Vi^i-: ORGMESTR/V D l R I nowon 7'(ËDS 2) or 3 IT(EDSX2) EMItelejale* hi- I II ÇOUP-. L A S S I C S SWEET SOUL MUSIC • Arthur Conley IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR • Wilson Pickett J KNOCK ON WOOD © Eddie Floyd SOUL MAN • Sam & Dave RESPECT «Aretha Franklin SEE SAW • Don Covay EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE • Solomon Burke SOUL FINGER • The Bar-Kays STAND BY ME «Ben E. King BABY • Caria Thomas UNDER THE BOARDWALK « The Drifters TRAMP • Otis Redding & Caria Thomas GREEN ONIONS • Booker T. & The MG's WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN • Percy Sledge A TRIBUTE TO A KING • William Bell (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY • Otis Redding * TV CAMPAIGN STARTS GRANADA REGION - 3 WEEKS with 5 différent advertisements. ^BACK-UP CAMPAIGN includes ADSHELS (Bus SMer AdS), BRITISH RAIL Station Posters, LOCAL PRESS ADS, FLYPOSTERS. with-k Posters, MAJOR Nameboards,WINDOW DISPLAYS Sleeves. ir SINGLES to he released include SWEET SOUL MUSIC and RESPECT'. ^ TRACKS FEATURED in tlte ads include 'Soul Man', 'Sweet Soul Music', 'Respect', 'Stand By Me', 'When A Man Loves A Woman' and 'Dock OS The Bay'. Available on Album (WX105) Cassette (WX105C) and SOUL Compact Disc (241138-2) 16 Order (rom the wea Tele- HIT TRACKS order desk on 01 998 5021 ortrom your wea *1. Salesman/Tole-salesperson. HAVE SOUL! PAGE 2 MUSIC WEEK 30 MAY, 1987 MUSIC WEEK Hot Melt's SD licences TC push Noise label = H Roselli's Nigm S Soul sell (or TV ofsfbT AS PART of ils initiative for televi- nationally later and consists of Iwo ^âs t. .e^, rrin9 n"^ b m Atone heads Heart attack Tour tie-m maam for Tina mms te»»» fu DAY-IN DAY-OUT X 2 MUSIC WEEK 30 MAY, 1987 PRiJ gels new HQ as BRIiFINÇ SYDNEY: CBS Australia s terlegally of "soundalikechallengmg therecord- mat-h, restructure contmes Fine fîmes anings injunction of current agamst hits. 1» Telmakso"g A MOVE Ihis week to o new admi- Teleproducts in respect of the nistration headquarters in Chiswick at PolyGram TVSounds marketing No 1, aof 16-trackCharf ganisationmarks the latestot PRT stage Records in the since reor- it JAN TIMMER, président of Poly- compilation of hit covers monthswos acquired ago (MWMarch by Ray Richards 28). two New „outboard : eauipmentcatalogue. is a singles telesales team under the Gram International, will joii '' Musicobtained in Westfrom Germany Countdown and recordHis daughlerlabel and Kim supervise will run the being jsurchased for the PRT stu- Smith.direction of sales manager Tony mittee in Eindhoven with effed CoombeJudge SirMusic Nigel in theBowen UK. re- Marble Arch recording studios increase in post production work "A lot of people have deni- fromof Philips September consumer 1, overseeing electronics ail fused to grant an injunction, divisionfrom this of new the address. opération, A third PRT sub-Di engimfor the team of "wonderful cutting gratedRichards theobserves, PRT "andsales it'sforce," mosl activities. againstbut mode any a restrainingfurther sales der of itcham She also expecls the volume unjust. They're extremely good, but PolyGram supervisory board. Tim- the dise in its présent pack- headed18). A newby Richard logo hasLim (MWAprilbeen de- goodin terms as otthe results product can they only have be asto mer came to PolyGram in 1981 stickeringaging. Telmak the album responded with theby signed for the Ihree constituent di- sell where PRT repertoire is con- frombeen Philipsa key figureSouth Africa,in the develop-and has words "Not Recorded By The verycerned, quickly." We're putting thaï right ment of the compact dise. OriginalThe CBS Artists". action was faken îty is sorting out tîie considérable She stresses lhat, though Ihere beSucceeding David Fine him(above), as président at présent will jointly with Mindbangles, the thePRT mainback taskcatalogue, for newly which appointed will be are obvious links with her falheds executive vice président. Fine, also Themanagement Bangles, companywhose Walk of marketing manager George fromGram SouthUK asAfrica, chiet joinedexecutive Poly- in Like An Egyptian and Walk- WEA,Kwiotkiewicz, MCA and fonmerly PolyGram. with RCA, (pkt) nont and Lyntone, the 1979, and assumed his présent covereding Down on Yourthe LP.Street were Dead tiHes will be deleted, and tionspost in ail1983, countries supervising and ploying opéra- - tialthose will with be continuing reissued insales attractive poten- tordsThe isnew PRT House,address Bennett for PRT Street, Re- major rôle in the recent restruclu NEW YORK: Apple Records new packaging or, in the case ot .ondon W4 2AH (01-995 3031). andStarr formerand George Beatles Harrison Ringo Pickwick lever appealingand John Lennon's against esfatea recent are vestorsMORE THANwere 90,000chasing potenliala slake in-in CD's starring rôle appointed for Fine's présent job acourt major ruling portion which threwof their out Pickwick last week os the com- VPRudi who Gassner, recently anolher left to join executive BMG in breach of contract and fraud over-subscribed.pany's share otfer was hugely the US, will not be replaced. suit againsteY are Capitol Records. When ■ applicc fn trade 'surge' mainingPhilips 10has per now cent acquired Siemens th. hold- .. 5fate a claîm '"fo/sSOm had been otfered for thonthe £8.5m £500r a ing in PolyGram, which operati and(£29.8m) S30m in (E17.9m) punitive in damages alleged wickcompany says sharestfie opplicants available. were Pick i THEand theCOMPACT 1 2-inch singledise, arel.._ the stars period, 1987).cassettes Over dimbed from 28 countries employing 7,000 agesunpaid and royalties, the return other of dam- the small, pirvate inveslors. deliveryof the latest slatistics. BPI Ilssurvey moving of annuel trade lieves56.7m that to 71.3m,"tapes areand taking the BPI prop- be- Beatles master tapes. total1987 forshows the ayear 1 9 perended cent Marchrise in ortionately more oflheis budgetthe and Transaflcmtic HELSINKI: Local commercial COMPACT £377.4mtotal value for to the£449.4m from market gro^ row settled unionradio involvedstations herehave anddecided the March 1 986, and Iwo-lhirds of this of 10.7m i e an annualised volume A H1GH court royalties battle be- to end their existing Gramex CDgain sales, is attributed while the to balancethe growth came in for the..rrent year growth, ending will December hit 20m tween Annie Lennox and Dave Januaryagreement 1 next with year. effect from from cassettes continuing their 1 987. Présent income from each pany,Stewart Transatlantic, and their first recordwas halted com- Gramex contrais payments m "steady upward surge" apparent ofequal, the long-playbut the BPI formats states isthat roughly "CD when the musicians' counsel copyrighton radio airplaymusic on and radio use and of DIGITAL AUDI© registereaAlthough a overalffour per single cent dropsales income is set to run wair ahead of offered a settlement of an undis- TV.that Thetheir radio paymentsstations slateto kVQ, Swte^Oul SWer byover the the buoyantyear, the slide12-inch was market,stowed Transatlantic had sued for royal- comparedGramex are with far the too rest high, of thewhich singles accounted sector for during 29 per January- cent of Europe,Scandinavia and theyand areWest ex- theMarch first 1986quarter and of 33this per year. cent for Coi lemsperiencing as a resuit.financial prob- The BPI1 says vinvl LP sales have cen After the three-day hearing, Performance fees range up "stood_r up reasonaoly— tapes well" and in faceCDs cenper up by 16.6 5 Mr Justice Tucker said he accordingto £3 per minuteto listener broadeast, statis- HIHGIH THE fWJLY, love» 42 Polydor (52.2m tarch 1986, 52.9m at sntCDs at up3.5m. by tionid this between would thebe parties.the end of tics. Majors move house DUT soeaks in JOHANNESBURG:South African record Leadingproduc- ► FROM PAGE ONE toer HiltonLos Angeles,Rosenthal where is moving he n M£KAHDWQ*tH, Stopiyfid digitalpreventing recordings DAT machines as "outrageous" making plansA keyto open figure a studio. in Paul THEand RECORD headindustry is going west soying that the UK relail price of Simon s Graceland project west — to the west of London, that built 28,000 si als£1,500 buying will meana DAT only recorder, profession- fie managerRosenthal herewas inCBS 1978, général and headquartersis. WEA aims toand be intoout newof its Kens-Soho housed nearby. fallingadds lhatto levels he cannotacceptable see toprices the Mme,two yearspne oflafer the country'sfounded whileingfon PolyGrampremises willby relocaleSeptember, in WEA has outgrown ils Broad- consumerHansen forgoes at on:leasl "l'm three not yearstrying tirst mdependent record Hammersmilh by the end of the liredwick Streetof the W1 praclical headquarters problems and to upset people. I honestly believe largeçompanies. rester ofHe ethniesigned acts, a fa)year. has And also BMG been (RCA/Ariola, looking Aris-for which accompany the renewed thishandled is a productby the lhatJapanese is beina and mis- it meluding South Africa's first " - tUOtlCfoGrâ Seggar^ Bonqucf offices further west to house its quiredpopulority a characterof Soho, buildingso it has withac- would be better if il was allowed to ledmulti-raeia! by Johnny group Clegg. Savuka, ^ - COMiKQ ARQiJMD IGilH, Coly SimonArr.io onecentral roof. London opération under car parking in Kensington Court. Rosenthal explains his Compiïed by PolyGram — (Bresently spread runsThe formerto only electric 18,000 lighling sq fl stationbut is lhatWOuldtob move as due to business Music Week Reiearch • 1987 Caroline House, though ifs purpose sufficient to accommodate ail WEA panîckecTovlrf am^ everybody.