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$5.50 (U.S.), $6.50 (CAN.), £4.50 (U.K.) IN MUSIC NEWS Estefan $S» CCVR ******XM 3 -DIGIT 908 SGEE4EM740M09907441 002 0675 000 BI MAR 2396 1 03 Epic Set MONTY GREENLY 3740 ELM AVE APT A LONG BEACH, CA 90807 -3402 Opens Doors To Variety Of Sounds 1 SEE PAGE 10 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT SEPTEMBER 2, 1995 ADVERTISEMENTS Mul timedia Superstores Have It All RCA's McBride Book /Music Giants The New Rage In Retail Banks On `Angels' BY ED CHRISTMAN Borders Books & Music, which has mu- departments can be found in many in- BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE sic in 69 of its 90 superstores, and New dependent bookstores around the NEW YORK -A plethora of retail York -based Barnes & Noble, which has country. NASHVILLE -In the wake of chains has decided to embrace book music departments in approximately 60 Among music chains, the Minneapo- her successful sophomore album, "The Way That I Am," RCA has .3 Barnes (;,Noble,,,, BORDERS* Booksellers Since /873 hás;tings Philip Anselmo. Pepper Keenan. Kirk Windstein. Todd Strange. Jimmy Bower and music superstores as the shopping of its 280 superstores. In addition, Flo- lis -based Musicland Group has been environments of the future. rence, Ala. -based Books -A- Million and racing to build giant Media Play outlets McBRIDE Ì Over the last three years, at least two Atlanta -based Waterstone's are exper- and small-town On Cue stores; both are major book chains have added music, imenting with music in some of their multimedia stores that have music and high expectations for Martina The album featuring video, and other home entertainment stores. The former is testing music de- books as the main components of their McBride's upcoming "Wild An- "Lifer" and "Stone The Cro" software lines to their offerings, while partments in eight of its 130 stores, and product mix. Musicland claims to be the (Continued on page 117) In stores September 19. two music/video merchants have added the latter has music in one of its 14 U.S. fifth -lest book retailer, with sales of books to their outlets. outlets. the product line now topping $100 mil- It ain't what you think. The book chains that have added mu- Numerous independent book mer- lion. And Tower Records/Video, which Jones To Keynote Produced hy DOWN and Man Thom. sic include Ann Arbor, Mich. -based chants, such as Page One in Albu- has the 14 -unit Tower Books chain un- Gmner: Concrete M.n.eemem. Ne.. York querque, N.M., and the Harvard Coop der its umbrella, has been building new in Cambridge, Mass., also carry music stores containing books and music un- BB Music Vid Meet Majors Reduce as part of their offerings. der the same roof. Most recently, it Moreover, classical music has long opened WOW! in conjunction with the LOS ANGELES -Industry legend CD Single Prices been a staple of bookstores, and small (Continued on page 67) Quincy Jones will keynote this year's Billboard Music Video Conference BY DON JEFFREY and Awards, which will be held Nov. NEW YORK -In an effort to bolster U.K. Hitmakers flagging single sales and establish the Contribute CD as the pre- ferred format for To Bosnian Album the configuration, Charity several major la- BY DOMINIC PRIDE largest mobilization of industry re- bels are reducing the price of the CD sources since Band Aid in 1984 and JONES HASSELHOFF single to that of the cassette. LONDON- Britain's top -selling Live Aid in '85. At press time, artists will record exclusive materi- Titled "Help," the album will fea- 8 -10 at the Loews Santa Monica PolyGram Group al Sept. 4 for an album to aid the ture at least 14 tracks from Blur, Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. PolyGram Distribution, The conference also will feature a THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM which distrib- special appearance by actor /singer U.K BREAKBEAT PIONEERS utes the Mercury, Island, A &M, and Won/ i//S/ed oll page 116) z BAD MICE Motown labels, had informed whole - I N C L U D E S (Continued on page 108) "BOMBSCARE" Jackson A ND Sets Record "HOLD IT DOWN" THE STONE ROSES THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS With No. 1 Bosnian relief charity War Child. the Stone Roses, Portishead, Neneh Studios, publicists, labels, and me- Cherry, the Chemical Brothers, and Hot 100 Debut dia are rushing to help with the pro- the Charlatans, as well as the com- SEE PAGE 5 sm:)e ject, which is shaping up to be the (Continued on page 108) SEE PACE 39 N E W F R O M J O E E L Y L E T T E R T O L AR E D O A B I L L B O A R D S P O T L I G H T "ALI. 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VOLUME 107 NO. 35 Rights Groups To Renew Bar Bill Fight THE BILLBOARD 200 112 * DANGEROUS MINDS SOUNDTRACK MCA Returning Congress To Tackle Other Music Biz Issues BY BILL more note, the record indus- BLUES 36 HOLLAND advising bar and restaurant owners when a On a positive * FROM THE CRADLE ERIC CLAPTON DUCK work will fall in the public domain. try awaits the passage in the House Judicia- WASHINGTON, D.C. -A host of music in- The rights groups are battling to defeat an ry Committee of the Digital Performance CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN 52 dustry- related bills will be considered this fall epidemic of similar state bills, many of which Right Bill, H.R. 1506, which will ensure that * MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST VARIOUS ARTISTS WORD as lawmakers return to Congress from sum- also require local performing rights group of- labels don't lose sales as a result of digital mer recess after the Labor Day weekend. ficials to call ahead before visits and to pre- transmissions of sound recordings. T COUNTRY 33 For ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC officials sent identification, which would make it more The bill grants copyright owners a first- MERCURY NASHVILLE - * THE WOMAN IN ME SHANIA TWAIN o who represent most of the nation's songwrit- difficult for them to catch restaurants and time performance right for the use of sound P GOSPEL ers and music publishers -the autumn will bars that are playing unlicensed repertoire. recordings in digital transmissions. Labels, * KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILY 51 bring the renewal of a fight to defeat legisla- The groups, particularly ASCAP and BMI, artists, and backing musicians will split roy- KIRK FRANKLIN AND THE FAMILY GOSPO- CENTRIC tion backed by the National Restaurant Assn. have been successful in mounting expensive alties. fall, 1506 L HEATSEEKERS and its regional groups. The proposed bill will campaigns to defeat such bills in California, If passed by the House this H.R. 21 * HONOR AMONG THIEVES EDWIN MCCAIN LAVA /ATLAMIC exempt bar and restaurant owners from the Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, will join the Senate companion bill, S. 227, B copyright law provision that requires them to New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Car- which was passed unanimously by the Senate U THE BILLBOARD LATIN 50 pay for background music played in their es- olina, Tennessee, Washington, Wyoming, Aug. 8. A final version will then be sent to M * DREAMING OF YOU SELENA EMI LATIN 38 tablishments. and New Jersey (Billboard, July 1). President Clinton for his signature. S The bill covers only "incidental" music on Eight bills have passed: in Missouri, Col- The bill, with no major opponents, is head- POP CATALOG radio played over elaborate, multispeaker orado, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas, ed for passage this session, say insiders. * THE BEST OF SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET 71 GRATEFUL DEAD WARNER BROS. systems. It does not cover live music or Virginia, and West Virginia. There is legisla- Also pending is copyright reform legisla- records, tapes, jukeboxes, and music videos. tion pending in 28 other states. (Continued on page 118) R &B Nevertheless, ASCAP estimates that such a * THE SHOW SOUNDTRACK DEE JAM / RAL law would allow 42,000 establishments to pro- vide "enhanced" background music to cus- REGGAE 36 tomers for free and would eventually affect * BOOMBASTIC SHAGGY VIRGIN 20% of annual income -an estimated $60 mil- Jackson Makes History Again lion a year-which makes up almost all of the WORLD MUSIC 36 * BEST OF GIPSY KINGS NONESUCH society's general nonbroadcast licensing. "General licensing would evaporate - With Debut At Top Of Hot 100 that's for sure," says Bill Thomas, an ASCAP THE HOT 100 110 * YOU ARE NOT ALONE MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC spokesman. "Because we believe all of them NEW YORK- Michael Jackson is alone in this week. This is the second time that feat [the bar owners] would switch over to that Hot 100 history this week with his new sin- has happened this year. "One More kind of background music." gle, "You Are Not Alone," which debuts at Chance /Stay With Me" by the Notorious ADULT CONTEMPORARY 104 * KISS FROM A ROSE SEAL TUT / SIRE BMI losses, according to spokeswoman No.