PROFILE: The A&R: Having won A&R: It's quietly does industry is to gather the bidding war for it as Food slowly in salute to SIR SEAL, Warner Bros brings Scottish four - GEORGE MARTIN as has high hopes for his piece IDLEWILD to a he retires from music third album larger audience A life in music 10 Talent 15 Talent 17 FOR EVERYONE IN THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC 24 OCT"en music week Phillips set for Warner role by Robert Ashton not sat behind his desk since the contender for the job of running ing directorJeff Golembo has Nick Phillipsis expected to be beginning of the month. the combined PolyGram/Universal taken control of the company on a installed as Rob Dickins' succes- The exact circumstances of his UK operation, a post that is now day-to-daybasis. Onesenior sor at Warner Music following his departure still remain a source of set to be assumed by Kennedy. It source says no immediate sudden departure last week from speculation. Universal refused to is understood that legal discus- changes are expected at Universal the post of managing director at elaborate on a statement issued sions over the nature of Phillips's this side of Christmas, although Universal Music. on Thursday saying:"Itiswith contract with Universal have taken thesituationislikelytobe Hisexit was confirmedat a regret that we announce that Nick place in recent weeks. addressed early in the New Year. meeting attended by senior staff Phillipshas decided toleave Phillips was one of two top Phillips began his career in the atUniversal'sMandeville Place Universal Music (UK). We under- casualties in thePolyGram/ music business aged 15 when he officesin London last Tuesday. stand that he intends to take up a Universal merger to be confirmed joined the post room of ATV Music. During a two-hour discussion con- senior post at another record com- Phillips: sudden departure last week. Rick Dobbis, Five years later he moved to EMI ducted by PolyGram UK chairman pany and we wish him every suc- spokesman declines to comment PolyGram's president of Music becoming talent acquisition John Kennedy and Tim Bowen, cess in the future." on Dickins' successor to beyond Continental Europe, is leaving for manager before joining MCA Music UniversalInternational VP busi- One senior Warner source in the saying, "We are unable to confirm a job in the US outside of the (now Universal Music Publishing) ness affairs and general manager US confirms that Phillips has held any appointment at this time." PolyGram group. Universal Music as creative manager in 1988. In of business development, the extensive talks with Warner Music Phillips, who was installed as Internationalpresident Jorgen 1991 he was promoted to manag- Universaldirectorsweretold International chairman and chief managing director of MCA (now Larsenis expected to assume ing director and VP of MCA Music Phillips would not be returning to executive Ramon Lopez. However, UniversalMusic)inDecember Dobbis's responsibilities. International. Phillips was unavail- work. It is understood Phillips has a WarnerMusicInternational 1993, was originally tipped as a At Universal UK deputy manag able for comment. Blues legend BB King's contribution to black music Vedia blitz helps Cliff back to the Top 10 was honoured at the third Cliff Richard appeared on course radiostations'reluctance to Mobo Awards last Wednesday to achieve his first Top 10 single playlist the singer by sending out (October 14) when he was in more than five years yesterday the single to selected stations given the event's lifetime (Sunday) following a series of ini- under the name of Black Knight. achievement award. The tiatives to widen his profile. This resulted in London's Choice Edge, who played with him on The veteran singer, celebrating FM playing the track 10 times in the U2 single When Love 40 years this year with EMI, has a week, while other dance sta- Comes To Town, presented featured in the unlikely settings tionsincluding London's Kiss him with the award to a of Channel Four's TFI Friday and 100 and Southend -based Vibe standing ovation at London's the magazine Loaded as part of FM have also played the track. Royal Albert Hall. King, who the promotion of his single Can't "What we wanted to do is bring had his 73rd birthday last Keep This Feeling In and new Cliff to a different audience," says month, made his first album Real As I Wanna Be which EMI/Chrysalis director of promo- recordings for Bullet Records is released today (Monday). tions Rebecca Coates. "What in 1949. Among the other Efforts have also been under- we've done is put him into differ- taken to try to shake off many ent areas like TFI." winners at the Malibu - sponsored event were Puff Daddy, receiving both the best international act and Music Week outstanding achievement prizes, and Loose Ends' Carl Macintosh, who won the Mobo Choice FM contribution to black music award. Full story, p5 Geri signs up for long-term deal with EMI Geri Halliwell has ended months No financial details regarding when he quit the UK's then of speculation about her future the move were given in the state- biggestpopactTakeThat. musical career by announcing ment, which simply confirmed However, at press time EMI had she is to sign a long-term record she would be going to EMI. not confirmed which label would contract with EMI Records. The statement added,"After handle her recordings. An announcement was issued four months of speculation as to ConfirmationofHalliwell's late on Friday through her publi- her future plans she is now back move comes seven weeks after cists Freud Communications fol- in the recording studio working on Lisa Anderson, executive produc- lowing a story published in the solo material. Fans can expect er of the Brits, was appointed as nationalpress that day which her first release in the new year." her manager. 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