An Outrage Is Enveloping the Music Indus

Tennessee's

MUSIC 31 AUGUST, 1985 tax U-turn By JOHN LOMAX TOP SO ALBTJlttS NASHVILLE: An outrage is enveloping the music industry here over the state of Tennessee's plan to remove T H BEST master recordings and television productions from the TAKE IT EASY ONE OF THESE NIGHTS list of endeavours exempted from the 73A per cent stole PEACEFUL, EASY FEELING HOTEL CALIFORNIA and local soles lax. DESPERADO NEW KID IN TOWN Such a tax would not only seriously threaten the TEQUILA SUNRISE LIFE IN THE FAST LANE growth of Nashville's music industry, but it might well BEST OF MY LOVE HEARTACHE TONIGHT drive existing recording activity to another stale. LYIN' EYES THE LONG RUN Groans of protest were also detected in Memphis, TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT which is desperately trying to rebuild its recording All their great tracks on one album industry from the ashes of the Slax/Voll financial deba- cle. OEKTS SEKTSC CD: 960 342-2 Would Tennessee actually be foolish enough to pass a tax measure which might gain a few million dollars annually generated by music and tourist enterprises if has taken 40 years to build? Stay tuned, but rest assured ^ that the local industry has temporarily set aside petty The Album grievances to unite in battle against this short-sighted ARE YOU SUREHANK DONE IT THIS WAY proposal. Family Tradition • Kaw Liga ■ Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound ■ Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Women I've Never Had Old Habits- Dixie On MyMind- IfYou Don tLike HankWiluams • Move It On Over Texas Women ' ALABAMA RACKED up their 17th consecutive Ail My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight • If Heaven Ain t A Lot Like Dixie ■ A Country Boy Can Survive number one single recently, a feat which has never been achieved by any artist in any musicdl 240 518-1 Honky Tonkin-• Leave Them Boys Alone-Man Of Steel field. Fort Payne's "fab four" shattered Sonny Distributed by LU60 Records Ltd.OA Warner Communications Co. James' record of 16 straight top slots when Work- in' For A Livin' hit the top in August. The gracious CENTERFIELD Mr James attended the reception held in Alaba- 15 (14) Warner Brothers 925203-1 (W) ma's honour, and noted his pride that they all are from Alabama. 16 <22> HOTEL CALIFORNIA ■isr. The Eagles Asylum K530S1 (W) Kenny Rogers Liberty EMTV 39 (E) AT THE COUNTRY STORE 17 N Crystal Gaylc Country Storc/Starblcnd CST 008 (A) v.'- - THE BEST OF THE EAGLES AT THE. COUNTRY STORE 2 (2) Tho Eagles Asylum EKT 5 (W) 18 N Glen Campbell Country Storc/Starblcnd CST 004 (A) LONE JUSTICE (4) Lone Justice 1 q the best of the Bellamy brothers * ANNE MURRAY (left) and 3 GeffcnGEF 26288(C) ' ^ The Bellamy Brothers MCA MCF 3248 (C) : DR HOOK'S GREATEST HITS Willie Nelson (pictured below) (5) Dr Hook SIMPLY DIVINE v - will host the 19lh annual CMA 4 Capitol EST 26037(E) 20 Philomcna Bcglcy and Ray Lynam Ritz RITZLP 0028 (SP) awards show, scheduled for October 14. Bigger DREAMLAND EXPRESS HIGH COUNTRY SNOWS news than that, however, is that Honk Williams Jr 5 w) John Denver RCA PL 85458 (R) 21 Dan Fogclbcrg has agreed to make his first appearance as a perfor- THE VERY BEST OF BRENDA LEE HIGHWAYMAN mer on the show. Williams was announced as a 6 (5) Brenda Lee MCA LETV 1 (C) 22 (si Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash/Kris Krlstoffcrson CBS 264S6 (C) performer last year, but pulled out several weeks AT THE COUNTRY STORE AT THE COUNTRY STORE before showtime. Critics here feel that Williams is 7 N Slim Whitman Country Store/Starblcnd CST 009 (A) 23 Marty Robbins Country Store/Starblcnd CST 007 (A) long overdue CMA recognition. AT THE COUNTRY STORE 94. LOVE STORIES Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, hailed as the 8 N Tommy Wynettc Country Storc/Starblcnd CST 001 (A) Don Williams K-telNE 1252 (K) queen of the Texas folksingers, has moved to Music DOLLY PARTON'S GREATEST HITS CRYSTAL GAYLE SINGLES ALBUM City just in time to harvest bushels of glittering reviews 9 (10) Dolly Parton RCA PL 84422 (R) 25 ' Crystal Gayle United Artists UAG 30287 (E| for her Once In A Very Blue Moon disc, which she TURN THE PAGE THE VERY BEST 0F THE co-produced with author/singer/writer/producer Jim 10 N Waylon Jennings RCA PL 85428 (Rl •3C(281' The Evcrly Brothers EVERLY BROTHERSWVnrnor BrothersKeBOOB(Wl Rooney on Philo Records. AT THE COUNTRY STORE R Barry Beckett, a long-time legendary session player/ 11 N Blllie Jo Spears Country Slorc/Starblend CST 010 (A) ^97 / N Jim ReevesEEVES COLLECTION Cambra CR 048 (K/CON) producer from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has moved AT THE COUNTRY STORE 98 THE VERY BEST OF JIM REEVES to Nashville to assume the lop A&R post at Warner 12 N Dr Hook Country Storc/Starblend CST 006 (A) N Jim Reeves RCA RCALP 5047 (R) Brothers. TH to| o ''MCIb' The EIREagles GREATEST HITS 71-75 OQ, KERN RIVER MCA unveiled a brilliantly produced (Emory Gordy Asylum K 53017 (W) Merle Haoaard Epic EPC 26432(C) THE JOHN DENVER COLLECTION F0RT W0RTH Jr, and David Hungalej Brenda Lee album, Feels (15) J?„?.-?c- . EVER CROSS YOUR MIND So Right, late in August. Despite massive pop success 14 t ' J John Denver Telstar STAR 2253 (R) MCA MCF 3272 (C) for 25 years and lour appearances in 58 countries, Lee has never earned a number one country single here.

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