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Artist POP ROCK R &B RAP DANCE COUNTRY LATIN CLASSICALusic PRO AUDIO JAll Trio Setting Suits Summers Sept. RIAA Red Ant's Salt 'N Pepa Guitarist Back To Old Approach On RCA Victor Certs Led By Gets 3 -Label Campaign BY PAUL VERNA ic, more cut -and -paste. This one comes and CARRIE BELL out of playing in clubs and improvising BY SHAWNEE SMITH don the Salt 'N Pepa catalog-1987's in space." Pink Floyd, Joel "Hot Cool & Vicious," 1988's "A Salt NEW YORK-After a series of multi - FeaturingSummers on guitar, Tony NEW YORK-In an unprecedented With A Deadly Pepa," and 1990's layered, genre -defying solo albums, Levin on bass, and Greg Bissonette on BY CHRIS MORRIS arrangement, Salt 'N Pepa's fifth al- "Blacks' Magic " -in 1992 through a guitarist Andy Summers has returned drums, "The Last Dance Of Mr. X" is a bum, "Brand New," is being worked licensing agreement. The act's fourth to the stripped-down trio approach that contemporary jazz record colored by LOS ANGELES - Two-CD sets by and released Oct. 21 through three set, "Very Neces- he flourished in as a Summers' singular Pink Floyd and Billy Joel topped labels: Red Ant Entertainment, Lon- sary," was released member of the playing, which September album certifications don Records, and Island Black Music. directly through Police in the late relies as much on from the Recording Industry Assn. "We went looking for one label, and the London in 1993. '70s and early '80s. melodic lyricism as of America (RIAA). Lord blessed us with three," says Salt The group signed Summers' Oct. it does on innova- However, the major news of the 'N Pepa's manager, Darryll Brooks, of with MCA in 1995, 14 release, "The tive soundscapes month was the the group's search for a label to buy out but the contract Last Dance Of Mr. made possible by previously its MCA contract. never resulted in a X," will be his first guitar synthesizers and other process- announced, Officially signed to Red Ant Sept. 17, project. under a long-term ing tools. instantaneous the trio suggested that the label SALT 'N PEPA The MCA con- contract with RCA SUMMERS In keeping with the jazz approach, multi -platinum approach London for a distribution tract did serve to Victor after an "The Last Dance" is made up of a mix- certification of agreement. Recently acquired by establish Salt 'N Pepa's label, Jireh album for the now-defunct German ture of original compositions and inter- Elton John's investment bank Wasserstein Perella Records, and called for the act to sign indie CMP and a string of titles for Pri- pretations of such standards as Wayne tribute single & Co. (Billboard, Aug. 30), Red Ant has four acts each year for four years. The vate Music. Shorter's "The Three Marias" and for Princess no established distribution contracts. act's deal with Red Ant also includes a "The last record I did, `Synaesthe- "Footprints," Horace Silver's "Lonely JOEL Diana, "Candle The group's original label, indepen- similar deal for Jireh. sia,' was pretty differeht from this," Woman," Charles Mingus' "Goodbye In The Wind dent Next Plateau Records, gave Lon- (Continued on page 100) says Summers. "There were a lot more Porkpie Hat," and Mongo Santa - 1997," which reached the 8 million instruments, and it was more cinemat- (Continued on page 108) mark upon its release Sept. 23 (Billboard, Oct. 4). Pink Floyd's Canada's Cole Showcases "The Wall" Reprise, Mercury Hit Market With (Columbia, 1979) and Joel's Pop Side On Metro Blue Set Letterman, Conan Compilations "Greatest Hits BY LARRY LeBLANC released Sept. 25 in Japan and is due Volume I & II" Oct. 21 in Germany and Nov. 3 in the BY CRAIG ROSEN (Columbia, TORONTO -While far from an out- U.K. 1985) reached right pop album, "Dark Dear Heart," Highlighted by its leadoff single, an LOS ANGELES -The late -night TV new certified peaks of 22 million due Oct. 21 in the U.S. on Metro arresting cover of John Lennon and wars are heading to a record store near and 18 million, respectively these Blue /Capitol Records, is Canadian Paul McCartney's "I've Just Seen A you with the release of "Live From 6A: totals represent sales levels of 11 singer Holly Cole's Face," "Dark Dear Great Musical Per- million and 9 million, respectively, most pop -based Heart" is anchored formances From since RIAA certifications are cal- recording to date. M c_) by bassist David `Late Night With culated in multiples of CDs in a set. "[With previous mtro blu Piltch and key - Conan O'Brien,' " The fresh certifications for the releases] I have boardist Aaron out Tuesday (7) on Floyd and Joel titles place the slowly been inching Davis, as well as Mercury, and "Live albums at third and fourth on the my way toward percussionist Jim Kelso and guitarist On Letterman: 311 list of all-time best sellers, trailing pop," says the 33- Kevin Breit. Additionally, there are Music From The Michael Jackson's `Thriller" (Epic, year -old Cole, best contributions by Dean Parks (guitar), `Late Show,' " due Letterman albums to see if it is feasi- 1982, 25 million) and the Eagles' know to date for her COLE Jon Hassell (trumpet), Greg Leisz Nov. 18 from Re- REED ble to release its own collection. "Their Greatest Hits 1971 -1975 jazz- skewed sound. (steel guitar), and Steve Tavaglione prise Records. If an "SNL" album does come to (Elektra, 1976, 24 million). "This [album] is a slightly bigger step." (soprano sax). The release of the two albums has fruition, it will likely go to Mercury, With the certification of Barbra Produced by Larry Klein (Shawn With its 16 Tom Waits compositions, also heated up talk about the possibili- since the label already has a relation- Streisand's 1994 two -CD set "The Colvin, Joni Mitchell), the multihued Cole's previous album, 1995's darkly ty of an album of performances from ship with Broadway Video and Lorne Concert" at 10 million, Streisand album is released Tuesday (7) in Cana- colored "Temptation," marked a piv- "Saturday Night Live." According to a Michaels. Broadway produces the takes the lead as the female vocal - da by Alert Music, distributed by the otal transition for Cole, introducing to source, the "SNL" camp will be keep- O'Brien show and "SNL," and Michaels (Continued on page 96) PolyGram Group Canada affiliate her work for the first time a main - ing a close watch on the O'Brien and (Continued on page 98) A &M/Island/Motown. The album was (Continued on page 99) SONGS WITHOUT wORD5 SONGS WITHOUT WORDS A Windham Hill All -Star Piano Collection Featuring Piano Solos From 16 Of The Greatest Songwriters, Producers & Artists Of The Last 3 Decades. DAVID FOSTER * DESMOND CHILD * DAVID BENOIT * ERIC BAZILIAN * JOHN COREY * WALTER AFANASIEFF * BOB JAMES * MICHAEL KAMEN * DIANE WARREN * JIM BRICKMAN * JEREMY LUBBOCK * BRIAN WILSON * STEPHEN SONDHEIM * MICHAEL WHALEN * JEFF LORBER * CAROLE KING Street Date: October 4, 1997 nvw.windham.com A WINDHAM HILL COLLECTION BILLBOARD OCTOBER 11, 1997 15 www.americanradiohistory.com.