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(U.S.), $6.95 (CAN.), £4.95 (U.K.), Y2,500 (JAPAN) $5.95 IN MUSIC NEWS IIBXNCCVR * ****** 3 -DIGIT 908 890807GEE374EM00211 BLBD 598 001 032898 2 126 1205 MONTY GREENLY 3740 ELM AVE APT A LONG BEACH CA 90807 c Green Day Shows Growth On Third Reprise Album ® PAGE 1 1 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT SEPTEMBER 20, 1997 ADVEFTISEMEN I Virgin Retail Sony's RED THE .TOURNEY `Candle' Ignites Globally BEGINS SEPTEMBER 23,1997 Spawns Indie Consolidates Demand High For Elton John Single In Europe A Billboard international staff report. albums, including an all -star tribute Group Red Ink to be released in December, and a BY JEFF CLARK -MEADS LONDON-The rewritten "Candle planned trans -Atlantic concert to be BY DON JEFFREY In The Wind," performed by Elton syndicated worldwide next year. LONDON-Virgin Retail Europe John as a moving tribute to Diana, MTV Networks has donated NEW YORK -A new independent (VRE) aims to become "a genuine pan- Princess of Wales, at $100,000 from ticket label group has been formed by Sony European retailer" with a new man- her funeral here Sept. 6, sales of its Video Music Music's RED Distribution to help agement structure that will see the stands poised to become Awards to the fund and fledgling labels market and promote closure of its long- one of the biggest -sell- is airing John's moving their recordings. The unit, called Red standing headquar- ing global singles ever funeral performance, Ink, will be headed by VP /GM Howard ters. when it reaches retail taken from the official Gabriel, who says that its "mission is But Simon shelves worldwide media pool camera feed, developing artists for the Sony family Burke, chief execu- beginning Sept. 11. as a music video on VHl and for the independent sector." tive of Virgin Retail With proceeds ear- and MTV. He adds, "We're acting as a label for MEGASTORE Group, says that marked to benefit the The centerpiece and the entrepreneurial professional who the increased buy- Diana, Princess of catalyst of the initia- has great ears and great talent but ing power inherent in the new, more Wales Memorial Fund, DIANA, PRINCE SS OF WALES tives, however, is John's doesn't have the opportunity or the coherent management format will not a charity set up in the single. wherewithal to have a staff. We provide be used to intimidate record companies princess' name after her death, the "Candle In The Wind 1997," him with services so he doesn't have to into granting more favorable trading music -business initiative also rewritten by John's lyricist, Bernie staff up." terms. Rather, he states, VRE will aim promises to resonate well beyond Taupin, originally had lyrics refer- Gabriel reports to Ken Antonelli, to move forward in a spirit of coopera- industry confines. ring to Marilyn Monroe. The revised senior VP/GM of RED, which distrib- tion. "I've always believed in the con- The single release is only one of song opens with the lyrics: utes about 285 recordings a year on 23 sultative approach," he says. many music -industry tribute and labels. (Continued on page 84) fund-raising projects expected in the Goodbye England's rose Antonelli says the unit was formed coming weeks and months. Also on May you ever grow in our hearts because many young labels lack finan- tap are several commemorative (Continued on page 82) cial resources and an understanding of distribution, "which makes it difficult A Rival Format (Continued on page 89) For DVD Due On Hot Rap Act Wu -Tang Clan MUSiC TO MY EARS Market In '98 Runs Into Troubled Waters BY SETH GOLDSTEIN and EILEEN FITZPATRICK BY CHRIS MORRIS which has issued no official statement on Wu -Tang Clan's status, has no plans NEW YORK -A new DVD format LOS ANGELES -The chart- topping to drop the group from its roster. should pull into the market next year. Loud Records rap act Wu -Tang Clan is The hardcore rap unit has seen great Six months after the 5 -inch discs and in an apparent state success this year: machines to play them debuted at of disarray. The In June, its two -CD retail, a venture called Digital Video group, members of set "Wu -Tang For- Express on Sept. 9 unwrapped a sys- which are currently ever" entered The tem that adapts DVD technology to under investigation Billboard 200 at No. PRODUCED BY CHRIS STOKES of software for allegedly incit- L04J 1. The album, which permit revenue sharing la__ JAOs LEON HUFF AND KENNY GAMBLE FOR GET HOOKED. INC. to ing a riot at a show has been certified BRION JAMES FOR NAKED SOUL MUSIC O that never has to be returned the JOE HARRINGTON FOR DESIGNATED HITTERS store and that the user can throw away in Indianapolis and triple -platinum, is Epic /Legacy's 'Philly IN ASSOCIATION WITH GENUINE REPRESENTATMON after viewing, at a cost of $5. beating a Loud promotion man after a No. 37 on the chart this issue, in its 14th MANAGEMENT: GET HOOKED, INC. Program suppliers will split rental Chicago -area date, has abruptly left its week; it drops one notch from No. 36. Sound' Set Celebrates and purchase fees with Digital Video, opening slot on Rage Against The The nine -man group, whose 1993 Sophisticated Soul debut The Wu -Tang (36 Cham- MCA G 1997 MCA RECORDS. Inc a joint venture of Circuit City Stores Machine's national tour. "Enter PAGE 5 and a Los Angeles entertainment law "It's a very weird thing," a label bers)" went platinum, has also spawned (Continued on page 86) source says. But he adds that Loud, (Continued on page 83) HUGH PAD &NAM BILLBOARD TRIBUTE The Debut Album Featuring The International Smash Single FOLLOWS PAGE 48 $5.95 US $6.95 CANADA 38> Over 30 Million In Radio Audience With #1 Phones Wherever Its Played! 4 Weeks Straight! i LIFE IN PLASTIC, MCA FANTASTIC! Visit The Aquanet: www.mcarecords.com/aquanet Get AMPed: MCA Records Online: www.mcarecords.com o 4808 02 552 7 dJ 1997 MU 1,mk, W. 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"Boy," Gamble confesses, "nobody's asked me that before, As Gamble reminds, " `Wake Up Everybody' and `Love Train' -that * LEANING INTO THE NIGHT OTTMAR LIEBERT SONY CLASSICAL but this is a key question. It must have been when I was a teenager music was the way we all felt; that's why the songs were trend- starters. O COUNTRY in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, hanging out at a friend's house, With our records, me and Huff were always saying that there is a mes- P * (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITS 36 watching the only TV in my neighborhood. `The Glenn Miller Story' sage in the music, and it's love. A song like `For The Love Of Money,' TRISHA YEARWOOD MCA NASHVILLE came on, with Jimmy Stewart and that woman who played his wife, with a great arrangement by Bobby Martin -that comes from the June Allyson. The picture showed all the ups and downs he had in Scriptures, people doing anything for the root of all evil. And my A HEATSEEKERS 23 bands, having to pawn his instruments all the time. Most people did- mama, she worked scrubbing people's houses is where `Always * BECOMING X SNEAKER PIMPS CLEAN UP -that L n't believe in Miller, but he stuck it out. And there were moments in Love My Mama' comes from. All those lyrics, they're the truth." `The Glenn Miller Story' I'll never forget." Kenneth Gamble was born Aug. 11, 1943, in South Philadelphia, B JAZZ 39 u * LOVE SCENES DIANA KRALL IMPULSE, Like the scene near the start of the 1954 Universal Pictures release the son of Ruby and William Gamble.