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Simple Minds release their long 's brothers, the Jacksons, will release their album '2300 Jackson Street' on awaited album 'Street Fighting Years' June 5. Michael himself sings backing vocals on the title track along with other assorted on May 2. Tracks include their hit sing- members of the Jackson clan including Latoya. les 'Belfast Child' and 'This Is Your This will be the Jacksons' first album in five years, and it follows up their 'Victory' LP. A

Land'. Among the other songs are single, 'Nothin' (That Compares 2U)', will be out on May 2and we're told it's an infectious 'Take A Step Back', 'Kick It In' and 'Let street groove featuring alternating lead socals. Yowsah yonsah. PROSECUTION WITNESS

Sam Brown follows up her world-

wide smash hit 'Stop' with 'Can I Get A Witness' out on May 2. It's Sam's cover version of an old

Holland/Dozier/Holland song and the flip side features 'Walking After It All Come Down'. Cassette and CD Midnight', a track not featured on TOTAL DISINTEGRATION versions will have the extra track her current album. The 12 inch also The cuddlesome Cure release their When Spirits Rise'. features 'Kids' and 'Art Of Pursua- album 'Disintegration' on May 2. It's The Mindies' world tour begins in sion'. their 11th album and features 12 new Italy on May 15 and they'll be kicking songs including their current single 'Lul- off the British leg with a show at Leeds laby'. Other tracks include 'Pictures Of Park on July 23. You', Closedown', 'Fascination Street', and 'Prayers For Rain'.

The Cure begin a massive European tour in May including their first shows

in Hungary and Yugoslavia. They'll be

touring Britain in mid July and the dates will be confirmed soon.

South London rappers the Cookie Crew, pictured here with soul legend Edwin Starr, who's featured on their 'Got To Keep On' single, release their debut album 'Born This Way' this week. The album features 12 essential cuts including 'From The South' and 'Rhymes And

Careers'. The Cookies will also be hitting the road for atour with dates at Lincoln Theatre Royal May 10, Keighleigh Victoria Hall 11, Boardwalk 12, Sheffield 1,eadmill 13,

-Hatfield Forum 14, Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms 16, Camberley Civic Hall 17, Colches- ter Essex University 20, Burberries 21, Leeds University 23, Blue

Coat Arts Centre 25, Guildford Cis ic Hall 27. VAMP TOUR

Those rascally pop pirates Transvi- sion Vamp will be touring in the summer. They'll be playing Bristol Stu- dio June 11, Brighton Top Rank 12, tow Portsmouth Guildhall 13, Oxford Apol- lo 15, Brixton Acaemy 16, Folkstone WIN AGAIN Leas Cliff Hall 17, Birmingham Aston Villa Leisure Centre 18, Leeds Universi- Mad Scottish poppeteers Win release ty 19, Glasgow Barrowlands 21, Aber- their single 'Dusty Heartfelt' on May 2. deen Music Hall 22, Manchester Inter- It's a radically re-recorded version of national II 24, Liverpool Royal Court the song on their 'Freaky Trigger' 25, Nottingham Royal Centre 26, album, and the flip side features 'Peace Cambridge Corn Exchange 27. On Egg'. Over on the 12 inch you'll To coincide with the dates, the Vam- find a specially extended version of pies will be releasing their second 'Dusty Heartfelt'. album, 'Velveteen'.

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Flue And Cry follow up their magnificent hit single, 'Looking For Linda', with 'Violently (Your Words Hit Me)' this week. It's atorrid tale of women breaking down repressed, inhibited men, and the flip side is acover version of Kate Bush's old hit 7" •12" 3 CD •CASSETTE SINGLE 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes'. Hue And Cry start atour this month: Cardiff St David's Hall April 30, Nottingham FEATURING BRAND-NEW REMIXES BY Rock City May 1, Bristol Studio 2, Manchester Apollo 4, Newcastle City Hall 5, Birmingham Town Hall 7, Brighton Top Rank 8, East Anglia University 9, Hammers- DANCIN' DANNY DEE mith Odeon If, Cambridge Corn Exchange 12, Leeds University 13, Liverpool Uni- '‹,A1Wel versity 15, Aberdeen Capitol 16, Dundee Caird Hall 17, Edinburgh Playhouse 19, 20. INCLUDING TIIE 12" VERSION -- OVER 7MINUTES LONG! THIS IS IT MORE MUSES

Pop Will Eat Itself release their Throwing Muses will be touring album 'This Is The Day, This Is The Britain again in June. They'll be kicking Hour, This Is This' on May 2. The off with Glastonbury Festival on June album features 14 fun-packed 16, followed by Birmingham Hum- FROM THE FORTHCOMING tracks, including a re-recorded ver- mingbird 18, Nottingham Rock City mum 'LIFE IS A DANCE -THE REMIX PROJECT' sion of 'Def Con One', their biggest 19, Manchester International II 20, seller to date - 'Can U Dig It' - Cambridge Corn Exchange 23, Liver- and their new single, 'Wise Up pool Royal Court 24, Edinburgh Sucker'. Queens Hall 26, Leeds Polytechnic 27, They also pay homage to James Kilburn National Ballroom 28. The Brown on a track called 'Not Now band will also be supporting REM at DIS'CRIDUTED DI IRA RECORDS LTD. Ca AWARNER CILIBIUNICATIOSS CO. James, We're Busy'. Wembley Arena on June 22. • RELEASES After atwo-year break, Cyndi Louper returns with her single 'I NEWS Drove All Night', out this week. The CONTINUED flip side features 'Maybe He'll Know' while the 12 inch also has a live version of 'Boy Blue'.

Latin Quarter release their third album, 'Swimming Against The Stream', on May 2. The album features 11 new songs, including 'After Maralingo' and 'Dominion', HORSE SENSE STONE ME Latin Quarter will also be playing China Crisis release their fifth lndie faves the Stone Roses release the London Town And Country album, 'Diary Of A Hollow Horse', their debut album, 'Stone Roses', on Club on May 30 and 31. on May 2. Recorded in London, May 2. The 11-track LP includes their Hawaii, Liverpool and New York, GO FOR IT current indie hit, 'Made Of Stone'. The Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam release the album features their current Just bock from a sell-out American band will also be touring with dates at their single 'Little Jackie Wants To single, 'Saint Saviour's Square', and tour, the Go Betweens have lined Portsmouth South Parade Pier April 28, Be A Star' on May 2. The single is nine other tracks. up a British tour. They'll be playing Uxbridge Brunel University 29, Liver- taken from their forthcoming album China Crisis will also be touring in Newcastle Riverside May 28, Man- pool Polytechnic May 4, Widnes 'Straight To The Sky'. May, with dates at Sheffield Uni- chester International 29, Leeds Ware- Queen's Hall 5, Manchester Interna- versity May 20, Manchester Ritz 21, house 30, Liverpool Polytechnic June tional II 6, Sheffield University 7, Leeds Glasgow Pavilion 22, Edinburgh 1, Walsall Junction10 2, Nottingham Warehouse 8, Nottingham Trent Queen's Hall 23, Newcastle Trent Polytechnic 3, Birmingham Irish Polytechnic 11, Dudley JB's 12, Tun- • TOURS Polytechnic 25, Leicester Polytechnic Centre 5, London Town And Country bridge Angel Centre 13, London ICA The Railway Children take a 26, Norwich UEA 27, Birmingham Club 6, Brighton New Zap Club 7. 15, Birmingham Edwards Number 8 break from recording their second Alex Theatre 29, Liverpool Empire To coincide with the tour, the Go Club 17, Aberystwyth University 19, album to play Manchester 30, Nottingham Rock City 31, Lon- Betweens will be re-releasing their London Dingwalls 22, Oxford Boardwalk on May 9. don Dominion June 2, Guildford single 'Streets Of Your Town', taken Polytechnic 24, Shrewsbury Fridge 25, University 3, Bristol Colston from their critically acclaimed album Newport Pagnell Elektra 26, St Helen's Noiseworks will be playing the Hall 4, Brighton Top Rank 5. '16 Lover's Lane'. Citadel 27. London Town And Country Club on May 4. Tickets, priced £8 each, are available from the box office and 1110 Ile U1.11..S. BUIREICCO EEC, usual agents. ,Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney and the Christians are teaming up with Sixties star Gerry Marsden to record asingle to raise money for the Hillsborough Disaster Fund. Thrashing guitar exponents Produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, they're doing acover version of 'Ferry Cross The Mersey', originally a hit for Gerry Birdland will be touring next (Marsden) And The Pacemakers in December 1964. month with dates at Huddersfield Work began on the single last week and it will be out on May 2. The flip side will be the hymn 'Abide With Me', recorded during a Snakepit May 5, Bristol Bierkeller memorial mass in Liverpool for victims of the soccer disaster, which claimed 95 lives. "The disaster was a terrible tragedy," says 11, Reading After Dark 12, Holly Johnson. "Nothing can help the grief of the families, but perhaps being involved in this record will at least show my support at Nottingham Trent Polytechnic 13, this terrible time." Leicester University 16, Leeds A hard-hitting video showing harrowing scenes from the disaster will accompany the single, and at apress conference last week Pete Duchess Of York 18, Manchester Waterman said they were doing this so the full effects of the tragedy would sink in and never be repeated. International 19, Chester Knights He added that on the forthcoming PWL tour, starring Jason , an extra £1 would be added to each ticket, with the money 22, Liverpool Polytechnic 23, Keele going to the Hillsborough fund. University 26, Walsall Junction 10 A concert to raise money for the Hillsborough Fund, starring the Mission, the La's and Pete Wylie, will be held at the Liverpool 27. Royal Court on April 29. Tickets are £9 each. In light of the disaster, Living In A Box have withdrawn their single, 'Gatecrashing', and are asking people not to play it. As autumn gave way to winter last fringe from his pale face and huddles record, since Ifeel it's unfair to inflict year, 23-year-old New Yorker Kurt nervously in awoolly jumper, you feel that sort of thing on fans of asuccessful Ralske's first LP provided the soundtrack like shouting 'summer is nearly here', but group, who'll lap up anything. So Idid to darker days of gloom and decay. you don't because he has asmile like a things the wrong way round. Imade my Razor-sharp fuzzed guitars cut through ray of spring sunshine. personal album before Ultra Vivid Scene to the core of twisted psychedelic became aproper band. I'm currently melodies like bitter November gales, Kurt's full of surprises. 'The Mercy expanding the Ultra Vivid Scene line-up. while whoever had made this icily Seat', which "describes the way sado- I'm going to be singing and playing guitar, beautiful album was hidden in a masochistic sex is similar to slavish and there will be acellist, abassist and a December fog of music biz hype. attitudes in religion", and his LP's chilling drummer. 'Ultra Vivid Scene' was its title — charm put you on guard. That's not credited to a band of that name. Yet no necessary. Kurt has shaken and stirred his "Some of the songs on the LP are such group existed. Getting confused? Sixties 'underground' influences back into tender little things we'll discard, but Then read on, since this is where Kurt life, by treating them with a repetitive, others can be made to rock. Ultra Vivid rejoins our tangled tale. Weeks passed hypnotic drum machine beat that gives Scene are going to play live and do and it became known that he was Ultra them amore contemporary and sinister another album. My role will still be Vivid Scene. twist. Indie idols Syd Barret (Pink Floyd's crucial. Anything we do will be coloured As the late Eighties technical whizz kid original singer) and Lou Reed are by the intensity of where Ilive. It's a of indie pop, he'd written the LP's challenging and dangerous heroes. Both poor part of New York, and in the 'serious' poetic songs, sung them in his have had serious emotional problems. But hallway there's always people taking crack quivering little boy lost voice, and played Kurt's twinkling eyes are full of playful and cocaine. People come round looking all the instruments. And from January to puppydog charm, rather than evil despair. for drugs, because adealer once lived in February he was still Ultra Vivid Scene: "I don't want to be known as aweird, my apartment, and the Police once though he isn't any longer. introverted psycho," he says, "and don't knocked on the door to ask about a Everything will soon be explained, for have much of an interest in becoming a murder. Kurt and Ultra Vivid Scene have now Syd Barret cult figure. You can see I'm "That will be just one side of us released their second single, 'The Mercy not the American footballing type (he's though. When Ultra Vivid Scene play in Seat' (taken from the album). just over five feet tall), but Idon't stay at the UK I'm not promising Guns N' Roses, First, though, it's time to meet the home and watch snuff flicks all day. but I'd like to create a hot and sticky man of mystery. As he pushes his floppy "I wanted to make aself-indulgent atmosphere ...

Henry Williams examines the very strange New York band Ultra Vivid Scene digging your scene

The debut album featuring the U.S. Smash hit single 'SUPERSONIC' and 9other hot rapping cuts

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hat away to begin. The snogging scoop of the year! THE BABBLE W Yes, Iwas there (well, in true POSTBAG snooping spirit), Highgate Woods, London, The postbag is brimming over with eagle- last week, in the rain, eyed sightings of pop stars, sporting INTERNATIONAL and snogging, heroes, TV newsreaders, people who

canoodling, frolicking among the twigs and ION were in 'London's Burning' and the

leaves. Fair made my eyes water. And )ICA occasional international artist. Cor! So they said they were just good friends! what better place to start than Tony SYNil Who are they trying to kid? Er, and when Scoggo from Wigan, who writes, "I saw PIC is the kid? that woman who used to be in the Shake Fleet Street hounds beware, this story is 'N' Vac TV commercial the other day." copyrighted. Steady on, Tony! A Babble mug and set Other woody happenings this week: an COURGETTE OF THE WEEK of tungsten darts are on their way! MFI shelf collapsed on HazeII Dean in Ian Wright of Croydon was delighted, •Yes Duranduran are back. Simon Le Bon has decided that the Miles Wonder Stuff the PWL offices. HazeII has asmall he says, when he saw "Monty Python look he sported on the American leg of their world tour was out of date and now he is swelling on her foot, but feels "fine". funnyman Michael Palin playing tennis Famous drummer from Voice Of The going for the hard rocking man in Canada image — an open neck body stocking, white with his wife." But, he says, "He was Beehive, Woody, collects bottle tops denim jacket with large tyrannical buckles and, of course, the optional tight trousers crap, he couldn't even serve." What a in order to make bright and colourful with toilet roll accessory. Naturally, selling records is all about the size of your willy disappointment, almost as bad was Susan home made birthday cards for his friends. from Wakefield who reports that and Simon is obviously hoping for a top 10 with this one. Nick Rhodes told Babble in Last, and definitely least, Radio IDJ "Michael Aspel isn't as nice as he is on an exclusive revelation that he was "really into Enya", which goes some way to Annie Nightingale has caused a TV. When my friend asked for his rumpus among her neighbours in Brighton explaining his daft vicar look. While John Taylor has apparently taken to licking his autograph he wrote acompletely because the wooden fronting of her house nose. The new members of Duranduran are Sterling and Boston — nice boys I'm sure. different name down and asked us if we is going mouldy and "bringing down the fancied apint." Doesn't sound like the tone of the area". Michael Iknow at all! In the shopping malls of Britain it's been Kitt and Lionel Blair in the VIP front "Aren't you that f***ing prat from Wet John Denver appears to be apopular aswell week for personality sightings — row. My incognito pals inform me that the Wet Wet?" Marti replied, "Marti Pellow sighting among rm readers. Last week Vince Clarke was seen buying some whole gang went for a pizza together wouldn't be seen dead here." Confused. John was seen "buying Dettol" in Stoke- Disprol in Boots, Chelmsford; Robin after the show. Now isn't that nice. the rocking throng left the Wets to drink on-Trent, "dancing" at anightclub in

Gibb spotted buying nails in aGerrard's Cold Cut had a party to celebrate :their pints in relative safety. Airdrie and "drinking apint of Guinness" Cross (Bucks) DIY store; Johnny Marr the launch of their LP. All sorts of famous Across the Channel in aseedy Parisian in Worthing. What ahectic life these was in Laskys, Manchester, looking at the popettes were there apparently. den, the James Taylor Quartet celebrities lead. personal stereos; Lisa Stansfield seen Unfortunately Ihad all my agents staking entertained Vanessa Paradis. Sixties Peter from Boston was "disgusted" purchasing acan of turkey flavour crisps in out Sainsburys in Tottenham Court Road sex hunk Serge Gainsbourg and when he saw in his local aSouth London Fourboys newsagent; and 'cause was going there to famous football personality Michel McDonald's "tucking into acheeseburger from the world of entertainment Bob buy some iced buns. Anyway, the party Platini with their wild instrumental and large fries and, of course, drinking a Holness was obviously unaware that my was "boring" a record company employee sounds. Food, of course, plays a major cup of tea". Not very shocking, but wait spies are everywhere when he popped tells me. Mark E Smith was snogging part in the life of apop star these days. ... he was wearing jeans and an acid into aWavy Line in sleepy Norfolk for a , but there's not much Any personality worth his or her salt is house T-shirt. Is Rick condoning drugs?" pack of travel tissues. Phew! scandal in that is there? well versed in the flavours of the world. I'm sure he wasn't, Pete, it's just fashion. The real happening showbiz gala event Elsewhere in the dizzy London So, it came as no shock when we saw the Someone by the name of Tidge sent us of the week was, of course, Frank nightclubland Wet Wet Wet all went to Inner City threesome getting their awhopping list of popular folk who had Sinatra, Lisa Minnelli and Sammy see a heavy rockin' chick called chompers around some colourful looking all visited her school in Solihull, West Davis Jnr. playing to sell-out celeb Pesh at the Marquee. The club was full grub at aJapanese caf last week. Neither Midlands including Sheena Easton, John crowds at the Royal Albert Hall. The of bikers and hard men of rock who were were we surprised when we saw them Craven, Captain Sensible and Miriam opening night saw sitting alittle put out to see these swish young reading acopy of rm — the magazine Stoppard. Tidge also saw "Vicki from next to Roger Moore, Michael men in designer suits. One leather-clad lad for funky people written by funky people. Fuzzbox buying aCD in Birmingham" Caine. Bob Hoskyns, Eartha approached Marti Pellow and asked, Were they checking out their chart and "Earl from UB40 in Toys R Us, position? No, they were all laughing chatting up the girl at the checkouts", heartily at Babble. Does my ego the world which is something Ifind myself doing of good it does. rather alot of too (in the course of Remember being told that Aisling duty). and Linda of the Reynolds Girls Finally, Tim Pardington from were just two ordinary girls from the Twickenham couldn't hide his excitement streets of Liverpool? Well, it's all amassive when he bumped into "Simon Parkin of con — they both come from the infamous Children's BBC in 7—eleven in Ealing." Reynolds family well known on Merseyside Blimey! because they've all been singing and a dancing since the age of nought. MY FAVOURITE GAME SHOW HOST Furthermore their younger sister played Send your spottings to Katie Rogers in 'Brookside' and their other • This week: Shakin' Stevens says, "My favourite television game show host is without BABBLE, RM, GREATER sister played Jo, amember of Pat ashadow of a doubt Julian Peltifer, who used to present 'Busman's Holiday'. Julian is Hancock's all-girl band. Babble exposé. LONDON HOUSE, bubbling with personality and he never lets the teams get too excited, which is a good Oh well, I'll sign off now, Keep 'em HAMPSTEAD ROAD, thing." peeled 'cause it's better than diced! LONDON NW I 7QZ. 10th Lincoln, Theatre Royal •11th Keighleigh, Victoria Hall* 12th Manchester, Breadwalk •13th Sheffield, Leadmill •14th Hatfield, Forum •16th Tunbridge

Wells, Assembly Rooms • 17th Camberley, Civic Hall •20th Colchester, Essex University •21st Birmingham, Burberries •23rd Leeds, University •24th

Wolverhampton, Poly • 25th Liverpool, Blue Coat Arts Centre • 26th Cambridge, Corn Exchange •27th Guildford, Civic Hall • 28th Bristol, Bierkeller • NDiX EDITED BY ANDY STRICKLAND

with contributions this week from Malu Halasa, Roger Pebody and Chris Twomey

1'Zoom Fat Larry's Band 2'Mivvi Mivvi Mivvi A Man After Midnight' Abba 00 3 'Americanos' Lolly Johnson 4'Pool Hall Richard' Rod 3"c Stewart & the Funny Faces 5'When Love Comes To me, Town' U2 with BB King Cone

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OK, wise up suckers. Have we got a damned fine competition for you this week or what? Pop Will Eat Itself, the nation's (well Index's) favourite scuzz rockers, have done it again with their ace single 'Wise Up! Sucker' hitting the chart. The boys have used their not inconsiderable artistic beat to put together a rather crucial four-track special cassette package that comes packed in a special hi-tech computer graphic sucker of a box and we've got 10 of the devils to give away in this exciting competition. Just correctly answer the three questions below. 1How many Wise Men followed the star to Bethlehem a) three, b) six, c) one to change the light bulb? 2 Who was the late comic partner of Ernie Wise 6'Three Feast High And •a) Dustin Gee, b) Eric Morecombe, c) Colin Moynihan? Rising' De La Soul 3 Footballer Dennis Wise plays for which notorious team 7lolly-buy' the Cure a) Rochdale, b) Scunthorpe United, c) Wimbledon? 8'Handle With Care' Send your answers on a postcard to rm Pop Will Eat Itself' Competition, Traveling Jubleys Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7QZ to arrive by 9'Bridge' Orange Maid Juice closing date May 8. 10'If Paradise Is Half As Nice' Amen Cornet Compiled by the FAB four doodle buggers off!

Yes folks, what can we say? After a mere eight fabulous issues Index's favourite street comic, Doodlebug, has coughed its last. Issue eight arrived this week with the news that such classics as Dad, Benjamin The Bear, Kill The Cartoon Character Of Your Choice, Robo Cod and the promising Jesus! He's A Messiah!, may never be seen again. , we're sure Royston and the gang are far too talented to be lost to the comic world forever, but in the meantime do yourselves a favour and get a historic last ever copy (we hope this isn't a belated April Fool's joke Royston) of Doodlebug for your bottom drawer. Send a cheque or PO for 35p plus an A4 SAE or 65p without SAE to Royston at: 30 Meadowfield Road, Colburn, Catterick, North Yorks, DL9 4NA. We leave you with a classic moment from Dad.

SUCCESSFUL DUETS OF OUR TIME PART 47 Six months ago they were desperate, desolate men, unloved and struggling to pay the rent of their band bedsit. Then singer Dr Robert recorded a duet with Kym Mazelle and last week the Blow Monkeys moved into their new abode, down the road from Elton. This is the life — as they say. earbenders It looks as if young Belfast man Brian Andy Strickland Kennedy is going to be touted as this year's acoustic discovery even before The Black Swan' the Triffids (Island LP) the ink's dry on a recording deal, 'Lolly Lolly' Wendy & Lisa (Virgin 45) Brian has been turning heads and 'Man Child' Neneh Cherry (forthcoming 45) tweaking ears with a series of low key Joe Shutter support slots on this side of the Irish 'Lolly Lolly' Wendy & Lisa (Virgin 45) Sea and has impressed Fairground Attraction enough to be invited to 'Disappointed' PiL (Virgin 45) open the evening on their current 'Forest Fire (remix)' Lloyd Cole And The Commotions (Polydor 45) tour. Brian's subtle sounds rely on a Kevin Murphy sweet vocal and some accomplished 'Blast Holly Johnson (MCA LP) songs, and with his acoustic guitar 'Blaze Of Glory' Joe Jackson (A&M LP) over his shoulder and an impressive mane of hair to his name, Brian 'Spike' Elvis Costello (Warner Bros LP) life of Kennedy is a name you'll be hearing plenty more of this year, brian

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Andy Kershaw's radio programmes have frequently proved that brilliant YOUR FANTASIES COME TRUE! musicians are two-a-penny in the West African country of Mali, but Salit Keita is musical royalty. Which is apt, since Salif actually is part of the Malian royal family, even if it's not quite the same as Fergie strutting her stuff at the Town & County Club. In fact, he comes from awing of the family which is more like our CALL CAROL NOW nobility, but had to be outcast from it in order to break into music. That's Malian royalty's loss and our gain. What makes Salif stand out is the sort of voice we don't often hear in the West — a high, passionate wailing tone that, if you could understand the language, would tell you Mali's history and current problems. 0898 345 658 et 1987's 'Soro' album was a masterpiece, fusing the undiminished Malian tradition with an electronic kick. It also resulted in an appearance at the Nelson Mandela shindig at Wembley and amajor label deal with Island, who've just released his new single, 'Primpin' (best heard on 12 inch, which features an excellent nine-minute Stretch Mix). A new LP will follow in afew weeks, time. (RP) 5p per 12 seconds cheap rate, 8 seconds all other times of day Just over a year ago Canadian singer- Connie Kaldor se- cured the supporting talents of an un- known American called Tracy Chap- man for an appearance at a folk fes- tival. Although the tables have turned a full 180 degrees since then, Connie is sure that, like Ms Chapman, her day will come. She's already a big name in folk and country circles. "In my case it's all happened by word of mouth," she says, "because I haven't had proper management be- hind me until recently." 'Midnight Grocery', her brilliant new album (on Nowyertalkin' records) is the first of three to date to be re- leased in Britain. Combining the spi- cier elements of Canadian folk, coun- I CONNIE CALDOR try and rock (a fusion known locally `waddya mean Ilook as 'rogue folk'), it's a stylish, melodic like Wincey Willis, yer package. Add to that her infectious wit kidding?" and charm, a soon-to-be-televised 'Big World Cafe' appearance and an early summer tour, Connie can't ex- pect to remain 'Canada's best kept secret', as one critic called her, for much longer. Whatever she faces here, it's no- thing to the mess she's just landed herself in at home, where a recent side project — a kiddies' lullaby album no less! — became an unex- pected hit, gaining her a Juno nomination (the Canadian equivalent of a Brit award). "Is it fate?" she ponders. "I've got this adult album on the go, then just to totally confuse people out comes this bilingual lullaby record that's sell- ing so fast they can't keep it in the stores! My manager's going mad at me. Everyone's accusing me of sleep- ing my way to the top!" (CT)

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give Johnny areally big "His voice is remarkable" Q beer gut" "As classy a slice of dance pop as you'll hear all year... Griffins' voice sent shivers up my spine" NME "Clive will soon be very famous indeed" Smash Hits fencing with kirsty "Definitely destined for the big time" Record Mirror "This man is going to be massive"Just 17 The rather wonderful, if a little stroppy and occasionally unenthusiastic "Clive Griffin in my opinion, is one of the most talented powerful and emotional singer/ to come out of Britain this decade. Combine Kirsty MacColl has landed herself in hot water with two of her chums. this with the incredible production and arrangement skills of Richard Niles Kirsty, you see, is a drinking buddy of both former Smith Johnny Marr and a collection of some of the best musicians in the world, and you get the debut album Step by Step'. To pick a standout track would be an impossible and the Mozz himself, and when she appeared singing backing vocals on task. Every song has been crafted to perfection. Buy this album and the fabulous new Morrissey single, 'Interesting Drug', it looked for a while experience the pure brilliance that is Clive Griffin. A Masterpiece!" Mix Mag as if Johnny might get the hump. Quick as a flash and with all debut al bum STEP BY STEP diplomacy of Kurt Waldheim (Are you sure? — Ed) Kirsty arranged a fab photo shoot and decked herself out in a Johnny Marr T-shirt. Phew, just in includes the single be there time eh, Kirst? You can win one of the said T-shirts if you can tell us how LP 836 737-1 MC836 737-4 CD 836 737-2 many times Morrissey's name was mentioned in rm in the past three years and if you can guess the address and closing date for your entries. Ho ho!

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I'VE GOT THOSE OL' ROGER AND OUT captures some of the humour present at COMPILATION ALBUM BLUES • Ithink it's time we had alot more of aT'Pau gig. There is no doubt • Could you please tell me what Roger 'Honcho' Morton in rm from now whatsoever that this song, out of tune or warrants acompilation album and what on. Who can forget his style-setting not, has come out exactly as intended, doesn't? The double standards of the interviews with Yazz, Julia Fordham, 'Mr' and 1for one do not feel ripped off by music industry have struck again. Alex O'Neal, Heart, Wendy & Lisa and T'Pau. The music business's reasons for having Tanita Tikaram, among others? Is the guy If Alan Jones is not capable of writing acompilation chart is so that newer totally adorable or what? Ishould think a an article which does not contain bands have achance of breaking into the weekly rm column or appreciation sweeping and wholly inaccurate big time. So why oh why do we get corner would do, failing that acentrefold statements, then Isuggest he does not albums such as Greatest Hits Fleetwood pin up on aregular basis. He's still bother. II BRYAN FERRY: "what was that? You Mac', 'The Ultimate Collection — Bryan available, yes? Vaughan Bilcock, Biggleswade, Ferry and Roxy Music' and, dare Isay it, won't let me in without atie?" Felix Bedfordshire 'The Greatest Hits Collection' from • Oh Felix, if only your letter had come • You'd have more luck getting Margaret ? Surely these albums are From recent issues of your magazine two weeks earlier, things may have been Thatcher to pose in aSunday Sport T- compilations of hits that have featured on one could be forgiven for thinking that different. For our Rog has gorn shirt than have the Jones boy admit to previous albums? These worthless records bands only gig in London, with perhaps departed... pissed off never to be Ronnie Rogers' massive talent. Jealousy's a not only boost the pockets of flagging the occasional one in Manchester. Please heard from again ... shaved his hair, terrible thing .. . pop stars but also keep new talent from wise up to the fact that great bands play plucked his eyebrows, had 'Iggy is God' the chart. venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle tattooed on his forehead and run off to Please Mr Music Industry Men, if you etc, too. Ifeel some of these concerts some strange religious cult in the Outer are going to have acompilation chart, go should be reviewed. That would balance Hebrides. There he spends his days the whole hog. And wouldn't it be better things better. growing herbs, tending sheep and making to extend the existing top 100 to atop Betty DaII, Edinburgh soap-on-a-rope for Brownie bring-and- 125? It makes sense to me. • We here at rm, coming as we do buy sales while trying to forget that he Andrew Parrott, Harlow, Essex from many corners of this fair isle, would ever asked Hue And Cry's Patrick Kane • Andrew, pouring baby oil and jelly love to cover the myriad and splendid live what he really carried in his lunchbox. His over Kiefer Sutherland's buttocks while outings that occur across this land. The hats will be sadly missed. drinking champagne out of Michael only problem is, as soon as we find Hutchence's shoe makes sense to us, but someone willing to cover the northern, RONNIE ROGERS IN "EXCELLENT you wouldn't get us writing letters to western and midland areas of Britain, they PERFORMER" SHOCK • SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK: "ear, eye nose music papers about it. • All Alan Jones' criticism of T'Pau and bleedin' move to London, don't they. You all about your game, pal" just can't get the staff these days. Of their cover of 'Downtown' shows is his course, if you know anyone whose idea of ignorance concerning the band. He quite SAVE OUR SPUTNIKS agood time is reviewing Terminal obviously has never seen T'Pau live. Ron • As alongtime devoted fan of Sigue Cheesecake at the Cleethorpes Winter Rogers is an excellent performer and this Sigue Sputnik, Ifeel 1must protest at the Gardens for £2.50 and apacket of cheese recording of 'Downtown' successfully scurrilous review of this band in rm's, and onion Walker's crisps, just let us April 15 issue. know When aband decides to attempt something different it is too easy for NA-AY! people to slag them off for not • Why do people (you lot included) keep conforming to the norm. Sputnik are by I KIEFER: "I said mean 'n' moody with a referring to Horse in female terms? far the best band I've ever seen live and Horse is male! 1know! Neal X is the most beautiful man in the chip on my shoulder, not achick" A Nosebag world. So why not try listening to their BOG OFF SOUTHERN SOFTIES • We neither know, nor wish to know, brilliant new album, 'Dress For Excess', • Why don't you, just for achange, where you got your information instead of indulging in cheap diatribes? devote one week's live reviews to gigs Nosebag, but all we can say is you must Michele Frere, Brixton, London that have taken place outside London? have been visiting the wrong stable, and • Cheap diatribes? Michele, Tim After all, you southerners have had it got your mounts mixed up. Horse is as Nicholson 's Sputnik review set us back a your own way for too long. I'm sick and much aShe as Sue Johnston in small fortune. Packets of McVitie's tired of reading reviews that cover the 'Brookside', and that's good enough for Chocolate Hob Nobs cost apretty penny London music scene. us. these days, you know.

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What do you do if you manage o gas station in Connecticut, U to become a rapper? There's a lot of them about nowadays a be distinctive. Well, the answer for Stezo, Sleeping Bag Reco protégé, was to do abit of dancing. "I made up the Steve Martin," a dance featured on a cut frort1 D's album, "and I've got a new dance called the Funky Penguin." It wasn't 'til he did the opening slot on the recent EPMD Stateside tour, often performing to as many as 20,000 people, that Stezo realised he had a talent for getting the crowd hyped-up with his rapping as well as his dancing. So now he's out with a double A-side single, 'It's My Turn'/'To The Max', his own proven ability and a simple, strong image. "I wanna be that real cool person, rocicin' the mic for blacks, whites and hispanics. In the UK a lot of white people are deeply into rap. It's a mixed crowd and that's how the world should be. Ijust take people for what they are, matter what colour, we're all brothers and sisters." Stezo's no heavy politician though. He admits he's the partying type, with good image, a distinctive style, some crazy dances and the right attitude. Check him out. (CM)

Ronnie and Rheji Burrell New York House-N-Authority, is well; about the same mix as the first launched their debut LP last year to a proving to be very popular in UK LP." mixed response from the British music house clubs. The unusual thing about Burrell is press. While some loved their brand of On the first LP they were given too each brother writes his own songs. r8«b soul, others yawned, but the boys much control and this was port of the 'We never write together," states are back ... problem. Rheji explains, "If we hadn't Rheji. "Ronnie may sing on one of 'We're better songwriters and though, we'd have been fighting and mine but the creative decision will instrumentalists today," says Rheji. using our Kung Fu skills ... someone come from me; we are our own "Back then we were on the outside of shoulda stopped us!" The new single, producers." the industry, we didn't have much 'Put Your Trust In The Music', one of Ronnie giggles, "For example, Itook experience." Ronnie leans forward. the stronger songs on the first LP, one of my songs to him yesterday and 'Working on the Nugroove stuff has serves as abridge to their forthcoming he said it sucks ... Idon't care!" made us more aware of studio album. "Actually," Rheji retorts, "it was techniques." After the LP subsided the Happier with the new material, alright, it's just that Iknew a way to brothers got involved in making off- Ronnie puts on atape of the current make it better ..." Bickering aside, do the-wall house records, individually, songs and one in particular jumps out, they ever steal ideas from each other? under pseudonyms like Tech Trax Inc a hard, thumping up-front track that Ronnie laughs, 'We can't because and Metro, for Nugroove. More breathes far more life than anything even if he uses an idea of mine, it still recently Ronnie produced Bâs Noir's on the first record. Ronnie looks represents us. If he's good then I'm 'My Love Is Magic' and Rhe¡i's current pleased. "The funky tracks are gonna good; after all everyone sees us as record, the 'Dykman House' EP by the be raw, but there will be ballads as one!" (PA)

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Something is afoot at Buck House. It all started when trendy Prince Eddie came home with a hip hop album, Master Of The Game', by his N.York cousin, Mark The 45 King. Within minutes, Eddie and his brother Charlie were getting down and spinning on their heads to tracks like 'The 900 Number' and 'Raw Dope Rhyme'. Unfortunately, both men suffered in their enthusiasm, and lost their crowning glories. In the clubs, Mark's present single, `The Black, The Red, The Green' (featuring happenin' rapper La Kim Shabazz), reigns supreme on the dancefloors. HRH Mark (aka plain Mark Jone) says, "I'm really ugly." So his ugly mug doesn't appear on any of his records, instead pictures of the many seven inch discs in his collection adorn the sleeves. Hence his name. Meanwhile, with the Princess Royal in hiding until she gets her moves right, Buck House issued this statement, "Mark's certainly king in this house. We love him!" Fly girls Fergie and Di are getting on the groove tip too. Trouble is they can't quite get the hang of saying YO! instead of YAH! (VM)

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More revelations NUMBER 7 NUMBER 6 Distinguishing features: Greenhouse, collection of Distinguishing features: Its a bungalow, boxing about Britain's best Showaddywaddy records, vegetarian cookbook. trophies, a piano, pink Fiesta. loved blockbusting Deaths: Kate Moses. Deaths: Edna Cross. History: 'Nightmare On Elm Street' has got nothing History: This 'chic maison' originally belonged to soap opera as on the events that took place at number seven dur- chubby computer genius Alan Partridge. He left for ing the summer of 1985. Kate Moses, Sandra the Far East with his wife Samantha (who'd stood Johnny Dee McGee and the singing Cockney, Pat Hancock, him up at the altar twice). Harry Cross and his hen- concludes his two rented this house from grumpy ol' Harry Cross — pecked, gambling wife Edna moved in. After Ralph who was forever snooping while they were out at Hardwick's other half, the wheelchair-bound Grace, part feature on work (they all had jobs at the local hospital). "passed away", he moved in with the couple. Then 'Brookside'. How One day at a fête the threesome met John Clarke disaster struck, Edna was mugged outside the — a name never to be forgotten by long-serving bookies and later suffered a fatal stroke. This left the long did the siege at 'Brookside' addicts. He was a raving looney, he two widowers Harry and Ralph, who quickly became blamed the nurses for the death of his ill mother. In 'Brookside's' comic double act. They soon found number seven last? particular, he blamed Kate and Sandra. After dis- plenty of hobbies to keep them occupied — growing Which house in the covering where they lived he held them hostage at tomatoes, making pancakes and models of the gunpoint. For once Harry and the rest of the curtain Close. Ralph had a romance with lonely-heart con- close didn't have a twitching neighbours minded their own business. As woman Madge Richmond and Harry had a grand- the siege ran into weeks, the nation bit its nails and child to look forward to. Recently Harry's plans to bath? And who are the viewing figures peaked (yes, 'Brookside' is a re-marry flopped — despite his financial prosperity the show's most television programme!). Finally the terror ended, with and willingness to go on aworld cruise. a shot echoing around the Close. Kate, the vegeta- Memorable moments: Damon, Gizzmo and Duckie villainous rian nurse, had been murdered. taking the piss out of Alan Partridge. characters? It took Pat and Sandra a long time before they When that bloke died in the middle of Harry's could return to the house — in the meantime they speech at the Commonwealth and Empire Club. Read on ... fell in love. Terry filled the vacant bedroom and for a The holiday in Torquay with Madge and Julia while things were relatively normal. However, Pat Brogan. became jealous of her doctor friends and hit Sandra. Harry trying to drive. Sensibly, she left. Pat and Terry started a van hire business but that, too, was ill-fated. They squabbled because Pat wasn't pulling his (ample) weight and he was spend- ing too much time (and money) helping out an all- girl band he'd chanced upon at the Swan public house. • RALPH: the Pat left to make his fortune in Saudi Arabia with Fran and Trish, leaving poor Terry out on his ear. demon pancake Talking of Arabia, it was by pretending to be rich freezer of Brookside Arabians that the Rogers family managed to buy Close number seven off Harry. It was quite awise move for Chrissy and Frank, who've taken a year to find out that their son was dyslexic. Iwonder how long it will take them to discover that their youngest daughter looks completely different than she did when they first moved in! Maybe it's something in the air! Memorable moments: Pat putting up a banner on his house that read DHSS Spy' with an arrow point- ing to the Collins' house. The lodgers Mick and Mike. Terry and Pat escorting Tommy McArdle's (pre- tend) mum in Barbados. ER 1 • KAGS: college 1

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•CHRISSIE AND JEFF: together they'll conquer dyslexia AbDiCTI NUMBER 5 TOP TEN GOODIES Distinguishing features: Missing its bath, it's cur- 1Billy Corkhill rently completely empty. 2Terry Sullivan Deaths: Damon Grant. 3Kate Moses History: Not only was Bobby Grant overweight, bad 4Sheila Grant tempered and ill-mannered — he was also very 5Gizzmo forgetful. For weeks on end he'd forget the names of 6Doreen Corkhill his wife Sheila, and their three children. Instead he'd 7 Jack Sullivan (Terry's often-drunk father make up new names for them. Sheila became (Christmas)) "Queen" or occasionally "She", sons Barry and 8Ralph Hardwick Damon were known to Bobby as "soft lad" and 9Damon Grant daughter Karen "girl". 10 Claire Grant The three events that turned the Grant household upside down were Sheila's late-in-life pregnancy, her TOP TEN BADDIES rape and the murder of young scally, Damon. 1Tommy McArdle Baby Claire was the result of a holiday in Spain 2Julia Brogan (Doreen's interfering mum) celebrating Bobby's appointment as a union rep. 3Kirsty (Rod's fiancee — Hawaiian Magenta in- Bobby was over the moon to begin with, telling his deed!) friend Matty Nolan: "There's life in the old dog yet". 4Sizzler (or should we say Sa-sa-sa-sizz-ler) But something needed to be done to calm "the dog" 5Madge Richmond down, so he had "the strings of his banjo" removed 6Mr McGrath (Debbie's Dad) at a private clinic — against both Sheila's Catholic 7Bobby Grant religion and Bobby's socialist politics. The "snip" 8Richard de Saville caused more problems than it healed and their mar- 9Victor and Des (McArdle's henchmen) riage began to crumble. 10 Charlie (Nicholas Black's smackhead mate) After suffering from post-natal depression, Sheila enrolled in a further education course — spurred on by Karen's success at Liverpool University. (She la- ter transferred to the Polytechnic of Central London and left the series.) Whilst returning one evening 'She' was viciously raped. Matty, Pat Hancock and • BARRY: the her teacher were all suspected until ataxi driver was proverbial bad penny convicted. Meanwhile, Sheila's best friend and Mat- ty's wife, Theresa, threw herself off the Mersey ferry. As if all this wasn't enough, her son Damon was killed after he'd eloped with his girlfriend, Debbie. It was all too much and Sheila and Bobby split up. Since then, the house has remained abandoned and we are anxiously waiting for someone to move in. My bet is on Alan Partridge returning from the Far East where his wife Sam was murdered by Pat Hancock and he'll rent out the vacant rooms to Madge Rich- mond and Gizzmo Hawkins! Memorable moments: Matty's affair with Mo. Barry getting beaten up by Tommy McArdle. Damon being head-butted by Debbie's dad. Sheila and her friend Kathy going to a and returning with two blokes. Bobby throwing a brick through the Corkhill's front door. .0 HARRY: Cross name and cross by nature

R "A 23 "We work our backsides off to make Texas work. We rehearse Has all work and no play made Texas dull cowboys? Johnny Dee every single day"

"Simple Minds, Rolling Stones, Early attempts at chat are met with "It's like 'take a person, dress them exas are aserious kettle of they're successful, they're famous. steely glares. Are you sexy? Do you up in a nice suit, give them a disco serious fish. Just look at the song'. We work our backsides off to We're just starting," says drummer photos — these people are not shop at Tesco? Why do you tuck your T make Texas work. We rehearse every Stuart Kerr. jeans into your boots? "We don't your ordinary chirpy pop folk. Of "It's so easy in this business for answer questions like that." "I fail to single day, days mean nothing to us, course, it could just be the weather. people to go 'you're brilliant, you're see the relevance." "You cannae it's constant, constant, constant ..." "We're jinxed," says ace guitar hero brilliant, you're brilliant' and to believe expect us ..." Aren't you ever tempted to let your Ally McErlaine. "It always rains when them," adds Sharlene. "You've got to rm's man with the tripod and hair down, get drunk, go dancing? people come up to Glasgow." stop listening to that, block it out and flashgun had the same problem. A "I tell ya right now," snarls But then, it's not much of an just get on with it." Getting on with it band that tells you that they'd "rather Sharlene. "See bands that tour? excuse. Texas have plenty to be — playing live — is, they say, the do without pictures," don't exactly There's no way they're out it cheerful and chirpy about at the main reason for the success of 'I every night. You'd kill yourself. It's a moment. Their debut single, 'I Don't inspire candid photographs. fact of life. You've got to get up in the Don't Want A Lover'. With no press Want A Lover', exceeded all morning, travel to the next place and and no advertising the only hype was expectations when it became a play your heart out. You've got to word of mouth. massive hit and their LP, 'Southside', exas are not very good at being "Touring definitely paid off," says personalities. Texas are gdod at respect yourself and respect the is already destined to become one of Sharlene. "It's the same with the LP, being musicians. They are also people who pay to come and see the year's most successful releases. T it's definitely people that have seen us incredibly sensible and mature, taking you." Now they've released a new 45, 'Thrill live that are buying it. We've sold success in their stride, being terribly Has Gone', which shows another side more albums than the single and new of Texas' 50p coin musical theory. calm, making sure that they eat ith the critical acclaim, chart bands just don't do that." Not as dusty, rusty, and lusty as properly and get a good night's sleep. hits and growing live 'Lover', it could become one of the Their music is also sensible and following the Texas story so least catchy hits ever. This is a song mature — relaxing, mellow, bluesy, w far has been a major succes. They ith two tours under their with undertow. The slide guitar, so soulsy — all very adult and 'crafted'. seem made for the late Eighties — elastic snake belts already distinctive on 'I Don't Want A Lover', ."I suppose it's mature in the way this year, Texas are about to that we put a lot of thought and hard posh production, (Berlin) 'Take My W is replaced by a more traditional live Breath Away-style vocals, western embark on their third. approach. Before fame, fortune and work into our music," says Ally from guitar, soft rock, serious relationships, "For me playing live is the best part free lunches, Texas would fly to beneath his sulky fringe. "People who serious boots, serious fish. of being in a band," reveals the carin', London for interviews. Now the are serious about music like Texas," sharin' Sharlene. "You've got an claims John. "Southside' is agrower, Americans are going to love them. situation has been reversed — mainly audience in front of you and you're it takes four or five plays before you "I think at the moment we're still due to Ally's aversion to flying. trying to get in our heads what's getting an instant response and begin to like it. With most of the chart "I'd sit there shaking like a leaf," he happened in Britain. When we made reaction." you get bored after four or five plays." admits. 'I Don't Want A Lover' we never "We're not really bothered if 'Thrill' "He had to go into the pilot's cabin "The charts are too full of product thought it was going to be a hit. We is a hit or not," adds John. "We never rather than music," says Sharlene and talk to the captain of the plane set out to be a singles band. We see Spiteri, picking up the anti-pop bait. didn't think it would happen so and ask if everything was alright," quickly. It's really hard to tell people ourselves as a live rock band." reveals bassist John McElhone. how shocked we were. We were on Texas sit rather uncomfortably in Unfortunately readers, this is about tour at the time, when we heard it had the world of pop. Reluctant to play the as open and animated as Texas get. gone straight into the charts at pop trivia game, become party They do seem to take the whole number 45 we thought there'd been a animals or even smile for the business of interviews and mistake, we thought the computer had cameras, their continuing success photographs as avast invasion of gone wrong or something." depends solely on their music, their privacy (or rather, their time). So how are you coping with fame? working their backsides off and being They refuse to talk about anything "We na famo," mumbles Ally. mature and sensible about everything. that doesn't relate to their music.

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THE BEATMASTERS ARE ONE OF THE HOTTEST ACTS IN BRITAIN TODAY, BUT COULD YOU NAME THEM OR SAY WHAT THEIR FAVOURITE COLOURS ARE? TIM JEFFERY GOES IN SEARCH OF THE BEATMASTERS' PERSONALITY AND HITS THE JACKPOT. EXPOSURES BY NORMSKI

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me BEATMASTERS are gathered than Tim or Mark, but we don't have their own records because they're in are! Igive up, I'm not going to buy together in the studio taking adinner loads of people around us thinking up contact with record companies." any more!'. It would be nice to be like break from putting the finishing angles for stories and so on. We don't It's because of their slightly some of these underground American touches to their album and discussing even have amanager! Unless you unfashionable entry into the music producers and remain anonymous." areview of their latest hit 'Who's In swear alot, throw beer over business (they wrote music for The House'. Paul is smarting at the everyone, or become opinionated it adverts and began playing around with reviewer's cynical comment 'It's seems you're not worth writing in their spare time) that HETHER THEY like it or bound to be ahit'. "That's what they about." the Beatmasters haven't received not, the Beatmasters will say about Stock Aitken and the press coverage they deserve. W be under the media Waterman records," he snarls. Manda "With Tim Simenon ànd Mark spotlight more than ever before, since is chuffed that 78 per cent of their HE TRUTH of the matter is not Moore you had ready-made stories," Merlin, who raps on 'Who's In The singles sales are on 12 inch, which Tthat the Beatmasters are boring at says Paul. "It was like 'Look at us, we House', was sentenced to six months means it's clubgoers rather than all. Far from it. They're bright, fun can't play afming note, we don't imprisonment for charges of theft just Brosettes who are buying the record, and very witty, sometimes even quite even know what amusical instrument days before the record was released. whilst Richard couldn't give atoss controversial. The fact that they have looks like, yet we're incredibly The first that they heard about the about the review at all. not sat down and thought out their talented' and all the press are yelling whole affair was when Merlin failed to This is quite typical of the press campaign and got their stories for more! We couldn't do that because show up at the second day of the Beatmasters of course. They happily straight makes them all the more we weren't Dis and because there are video shoot. disagree amongst each other just as fascinating as they argue and musicians in the band. We tried the "We knew that there had been the whole dance music jamboree contradict each other on everything one — 'We'll let the music speak for some trouble in the past but we seems to slightly disagree with the from music to breakfast cereals. But us' but that seems to have failed, it thought it had been sorted out Beatmasters. They have hits, but how what really sets them apart from the doesn't generate enough interest!" because it was along time ago, way many times have you seen them on rest of the endless stream of dance "Rubbish!" shouts Richard from the before he ever got involved with Top Of The Pops', or on the front music producers is that they're not, other side of the room, as he launches Rhythm King, so it was ashock to all cover of amagazine? In photos they never have been, and probably never into avitriolic attack on the media, of us," says Paul. are as uncomfortable with each other will be, DJs. bits of beans and fish spitting furiously "He wasn't allowed to talk to as they are with the camera, like "Basically we're punters," says from his mouth, but before he can get anyone for aweek," says Manda. "He guests in awedding line-up, grinning Manda. "We're the people who go to into his stride he's swiftly interrupted managed to send aletter to Rhythm rather inanely, but wishing they were clubs and buy records, just like most by Manda: "No, the music does speak King. Apparently he's furiously somewhere else. They're the odd ones other people, and that makes us a for itself. 'Burn It Up' was abig chart writing lyrics for raps. He's written a out on the impressive Rhythm King little out on alimb." hit as well as being played at Danny poem all about justice and ignorance roster. So why aren't they familiar "I remember Richard once saying Rampling's underground clubs. That which he enclosed with the letter." household faces like labelmates Tim he was embarassed about being a says it all to me. But we are How much has this upset plans for Simenon and Mark Moore? Do they musician and not being able to say he reconsidering that part of our image the single? smell bad? Do they frighten little was aDJ," says Paul. "But he doesn't and the fact that we don't come across "Not at all really, urn .. ." ponders children? Or are they just too plain, any more. We've realised that Dis very well, because as long as you have Manda thoughtfully. too boring? are really no closer to the music than records in the charts you have to have "Well, quite alot actually," says "Yeah!" shouts Paul, ducking the the people who consume it. People some kind of image to back it up, Richard. disapproving looks of his partners. who dance to the music have just as otherwise sooner or later people will "Totally!" adds Paul. "That's it really. We're insufficiently much understanding of it as the DJs think 'Look I've been listening to Oh well, getting the Beatmasters to remarkable to warrant attention. I who play it. It's just that Dis more these Beatmasters for two years and I agree with each other on something don't think we're any less remarkable often have the opportunity to make still don't know who the f*** they was along shot anyway .. .

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THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT for not knowing who Maureen Tucker Eleanor is. After all, what does a middle-aged drummer mean to yongsters today, eh? If you'd spent the last few preparing for the band's first Blimey, you probably don't go back much months picking up Dave Gedge's tour of Scotland (see tour further than Phil Collins or Luke Goss, Levy socks or changing the strings on news), before heading off for right? Those of you with a sense of Peter Solowka's mandolin, Poland and then the rest of where many of today's bands are coming you'd want to cut out, break Blighty in the summer. from will have at lease one Velvet Under- away and play the fame game "We're aiming very high — to ground record in your collection, and for yourself too. be part of a movement to make Maureen is the woman behind the VU beat. Maureen's kept her head down with So, Wedding Present roadie music the heartbeat of a the exception of asolo LP in 1982 and an John, erstwhile member of generation and not the minor EP, 'MoeladKateBarry'. Together with the Leeds' not-quite-legendary offshoot of the advertising band Half Japanese, Maureen Tucker has Sinister Cleaners combo, got industry it threatens to released her LP, 'Life In Exile After together with Chris, Rob and become." Abdication', and played a few gigs in the Tom and formed Greenhouse, a Lofty ideals indeed, but don't UK to predictably favourable reviews. rather fine blossoming guitar worry. The band's music — as There aren't too many historic rock fi- band, specialising in clean-cut witnessed in the three-track gures still left in the world, and if you're and cultivated punchy pop demo currently doing the waiting on Lou Reed's arrival on these songs. rounds — owes more to simple shores in the summer, you could do "We play guitars because they yet classic guitar sounds than worse than warm up with Maureen's ver- sound good. Simple really," says pop star preaching. Watch their sion of 'Pale Blue Eyes' and her own guitarist John, currently success grow and grow. (EL) compositions on the LP.

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1 (1) Round &Round New Order (Factory) 2 (2) Monkey Gone To Heaven Pixies (4AD) 3 (3) Birdland EP Birdland (lazy) 4 (4) Everything Counts (Live) Depeche Mode (Mute) 5 (6) Crackers Internationol Erasure (Mute) 6 (5) When IGrow Up Michelle Shocked (Cooking Vinyl) 7 (8) Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies (Cooking Vinyl) 8 (7) White Knuckle Ride Danielle Dax (Awesome) 9 (9) Can't Be Sure the Sundays (Rough Trade) 10 (—) Baby Heart Dirt Cardiacs (Alphabet) 11 (11) Made Of Stone Stone Roses (Sllvertone) 12 (20) Blue Monday '88 New Order (Factory) 13 (13) Fine Time New Order (Factory) 14 (25) The Power Of Lord Lard (Alternative Tentacles) 15 (15) Rain, Steam &Speed Men They Couldn't Hang (5ilverione) 16 (14) Uptight Disco 2000 (KU Communications) 17 (17) Hairstyle Of The Devil Momus (Creation) 18 (—) True Faith New Order (Creation) 19 (19) Dizzy Throwing Muses (4,4D) 20 (24) Ship Of Fools Erasure (Mute) SPRING CARDIES 21 (18) A Little Respect Erasure (Mute) Those rather peculiar Cardiacs have shot back into the singles chart this week with 22 (--) Lost Night IDreamt Somebody Loved Me the Smiths (Rough Trade) their strangest offering for some time in the shape of Baby Heart Dirt'. A return to 23 (21) Oh L'Amour Erasure (Mute) the more irrational and not a little staggering Cardiacs' musical mind games of old, it 24 (16) Chains Of Love (Remix) Erasure (Mute) seems the band may have finally conceded defeat in top 40 terms after their last two 25 (29) Justice In Freedom Thee Hypnotics (Situation Two) commerical efforts failed to excite the playlist compilers. 'Baby Heart Dirt' flits and 26 (—) Destroy The Head House Of Love (Creation) stutters like some demented XTC B-side, but we at the Independents section acknow- 27 (27) Who Needs Love Like That Erasure (Mule) ledge the existence of thousands of demented Cardiacs fans out there, and if you 28 (22) Vicious British Boyfriend EP King Of The Slums (Play Hard) haven't already dropped your dinner down your shirts to this one, no doubt you soon 29 (—) The Circus Erasure (Mute) will. 30 (—) Stack-O-Lee Prince Buster & The Trojans (Gais Rockin' Blues)

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TRUDY, TRUDY, TRUDY

Fun pop single of the week comes from the Trudy, in the shape of the effervescent 'Countdown To Love', which apparently contains coded sonic signals in its specially treated grooves, which are supposed to trigger the same behaviour as the love ray in the classic 'Flesh Gordon' movie. The Trudy are well known for showering anyone who'll stand still long enough with bags of sickly sweets that contain enough E numbers to keep acub pack high for afortnight. Thankfully this time round the sugar is reserved for the record itself, which fairly skips along in a 'who remembers the Rezillos' type of way. What more do you need to know?

I/VCbel*T" SIN.< It's not very often we have a band from Tooting to tell you about, is it? So, ladi es and gentlemen, let's hear it for

Kitchens Of Distinction and their second single, 'The Third Time We Opened The C:apsule'. Kitchens Of Distinction

inhabit the now familiar territory of melody and noise combined, but their feed back and ructions never destroy what

is in effect a rather epic pop landscape of the kind favoured by Liverpudlian ban ds a few years back. Brought right up to date with tales of 'undusted corners of the psyche' and the aforementioned noise menace, 'The Third Time We

Opened The Capsule' is a rather fine record that bursts into its chorus with all he force of the Northern Line leaving

South London. Tooting, so much to answer for — doesn't quite work does it? W e reckon by the end of the year

Patrick, Dani and Julian will be living north of the Thames, and we can't say fail^er than that. Compiled MANCHESTER a I bums

MATTERS 1 (1) Technique New Order (Factory) with One of the nation's more erudite

2 (3) The Innocents Erasure (Mute) the magazines has dropped onto the 3 (2) 101 Depeche Mode (Mule) help Independents desk this week, and we're 4 (4) Circus Erasure (Mute)

sure all you Smiths types will be 5 (5) The Trinity Sessions Cowboy Junkies (Cooking Vinyl) of Spotlight clamouring to get your hands on acopy. 6 (6) Short Sharp Shocked Michelle Shocked (Cooking Vinyl) Manchester-based Debris magazine is a 7 (9) Substance New Order (Factory) very comprehensive arts publication with 8 (8) One Man Clopping James (Rough Trade) Research TV, film, books and, of course, music all 9 (10) Surfer Rosa Pixies (4AD) covered with authority and wit. Their 10 (7) Wonderland Erasure (Mute)

latest issue, No. 19, leads with aJohnny 11 (11) Texas Campfire Tapes Michelle Shocked (Cooking Vinyl) and 12 (15) The Man — Best Of Elvis Costello Elvis Costello (Demon) Marr exclusive. The man with the guitar selected talks frankly about the Smiths, the music, 13 (14) Hunkpapa Throwing Muses (4AD) the hype, the fans and his future plans, interview with teacher's pet Colin 14 (—) Never Stop Front 242 (Red Rhino) 15 (16) retail and it makes achange from all those Moynihan, a look at the Guildford pub 1977-1980 Substance Joy Division (Factory) 16 (—) Louder Than Bombs the Smiths (Rough Trade)

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sake of poor down-and-out Donna ID SINGLES furious Sigue Sigue Sputnik-inspired Robinson from 'Neighbours'. 'Don't It Summer, have let Kylie loose on some version of 'C'mon Everybody', which Make You Feel Good' is exactly the OF THE of 's material to show her how would have made afab A-side. sort of record Scott Robinson's older WEEK it should be done. Ialready think I've brother would make, influenced by known this song for three years, and THE PAINTED WORD THE 4 OF US David Bowie and American FM rock the world will be humming it for the 'Worldwide' 'Drag My Bad Name Down' and amillion miles from Scottie's next three. Confectionery perfection. RCA CBS bubblegum pop. His pager won't be Alan McCusker-Thompson, who is the So far, little enthusiasm has been bleeping much after this. Painted Word, looks and sounds like a raised for this bunch. The damning phrase 'quite good' has blocked them potential VFP (Very Famous Person). ID ORANGE ULTRA VIVID SCENE Worldwide' is Prefab Sprout singing at every turn. 'Drag My Bad Name 'Mercy Seat' Sting songs and the lemon-freshness PEEL Down' is certainly alively affair 4A0 of the production is guaranteed to compared to previous outings, KEITH RICHARDS EDIL BRICKELL & THE NEW make your hands feel softer. More fun sounding like aheavily produced 'Make No Mistake' BOHEMIANS than asatsuma binge, less icky than Diesel Park West, but try as Imight, I VIRGIN 'Circle' stepping in melted chocolate and as can't get excited about it. Don't give You might think bright young things GEFFEN satisfying as carving your loved one's up on them just yet. like UVS would have little in common The woman with quite the biggest name in atree. with rock 'n' roll's walking dead. You mouth in showbiz unhinges her jaw THE TRUDY may be right, but Isuspect each could HUE AND CRY and out comes alilting lament to 'Countdown To Love' have asneaking respect for the other. inevitability. Like many of the artists 'Violently' PLANE I- MIRON UV5's Kurt Ralske would consider with singles out this week, Edie fell CIRCA The Trudy would have it that they Keef srecord aclassy bit of Half- asleep for most of the last 20 years, Yes, Iknow this is probably as are all natives of the Planet Miron, speed Memphis soul with ameticulous predictable as losing asock in the but she can be forgiven because the though amore likely origin is Planet production. Keef might say that the sun shines through her music. And tumble drier, but this really is the Tredegar. Riding on the coat tails of UVS record is aclassy bit of half- anyway, who can resist the women best song on Hue And Cry's 'Remote' those Darling Buds, the Trudy get speed dope rock with ameticulous with the flip-top head? album and, even if you've harboured a closer to the authentic Blondie sound production. The truth is, one's ahas- deep dislike for their previous efforts, than most who try. Nothing new, but DIANA ROSS been, the other wishes he was. Take the sheer simplicity of this lolloping then there's nothing new about them out of the rarified atmosphere 'Workin' Overtime' love song will have you swooning into chocolate. of their beloved studios and place EMI your Sugar Puffs. As if that wasn't them in the fresh air at PVVL and There is one significant difference enough, the B-side features a watch them crumple into adusty between this breezy bit of pop dance storming version of Kate Bush's ID 4A LOAO heap. wondrous 'Man With The Child In His and the last two Paula Abdul singles; Eyes' and the melancholy 'Calamity Paula Abdul is apop star, Diana Ross OF PITH John'. Going from strength to is agoddess. Therefore, what would ARETHA AND ELTON STEVIE NICKS strength indeed. otherwise be considered acatchy 'Through The Storm' 'Rooms On Fire' EMI little piece of fluff will be treated with ARISL) undue reverence. What is remarkable Franklin and John, in case you hadn't What is the point of Stsy)..e Nicks is that someone old enough to qualify guessed. Not greatly different from making solo records if tey sound for abus pass can sound young Franklin and Michael, though alot less exactly like every etletck-off every other Fleet*cei calteurnt • enough to be down the Albert sprightly than Michael and John. 'Rooms On Firé' is all swishy and. Dock with the Reynolds Girls. 'Through The Storm' is alumpy dirge, woosy and redÀvélveteen .curtains, truth be told, and little more than a CYNDI LAUPER back-slapping exercise. should pull herself together teeiheier. 'I Drove All Night' EPIC TEXAS HELEN TERKy Cyndi Lauper is very frustrating. 'Thrill Has Gone' 'Fortunate Fool' Occasionally she makes arecord that's PHONOGRAM stupendously wonderful, like 'True What more appropriate title could Helen Terry suffered acare-cr during the wailing bitíci, Colors', and we Cyndi fans feel there be for this dull drag of AOR? Club's 'Church Of The Poison vindicated in our devotion. But then None of the energy or inspiration of she goes and spoils it by toying with a Ever since, she has been trying to live MD EMM 'I Don't Want A Lover' lives here, a style she's not suited to, like the up to her reputation as abacking 'Get Hip To This' ball and chain attached to its best leg Heart-style rock of 'I Drove All singer and failing to translate her REPUBLIC every time it tries to move forward. Night', and Ihave to start making talent into solo -ese. 'Fortunate Fool' Previous M D Emm material has been apologies for her again. This is a is worthless stuff-and-nonsense that leaden and flat, but this hip house rap PUBLIC IMAGE LTD punchy stab at power-driven west really wouldn't be missed. featuring the powerful voice of Nadih 'Disappointed' coast rock. Is that agood enough kicks like anewborn. Nadih slams the VIRGIN apology? acid and ecstasy brigade and their Oh dear. Why is it so difficult for TOM JONES uninteresting drugs while the beat people to accept that they are living 'Move Closer' HOTEL skips rather than stomps on the in the 20th Century? John Lydon once JIVE 'Dancing With The words. epitomised the rejection of pompous Yes, this is the Phyllis Nelson song, Moonlight' old rock lags, before he became one and yes, it is as much of atravesty as PAR40PHoNt himself. This record has never heard 'Kiss'. Close your eyes and imagine KYLIE MINOGUE Hotel, it appears, is Japan's premier of pop music. Jones The Groin slithering his way 'Hand On Your Heart' guitar hero. Promising as that may across the 'Top Of The Pops' stage, Pvv4 seem (or not, as the case may be), STEFAN DENNIS half apacket of Scotties Mansize She's back, she's loud, she's proud, 'Dancing With The Moonlight' is 'Don't It Make You Feel stuffed down his slacks. Tom Jones is she's swapped songs with Sinitta! The pretty ordinary fare in the Robert Good' abrilliant singer, but he's not much PWL workers' co-operative, having Palmer 'Looking For Clues' mould. SUBLIME more than an embarrassing old man sacrificed Kylie's new album for the Flip it over though, and you get a Stefan Dennis is, of course, Paul who insists on playing at pop stars. LIVE EDITED BY TIM NICHOLSON

MICHELLE SHOCKED Hackney Empire, London The atmosphere was brilliant. The Hackney Empire, adeceptively intimate venue that actually packs in about 1200 politically right-on fans, is in thrall to aTexan busker who happens to have become massively successful. Check her high placings in rm's independent charts for yourself, but Idon't think her attitude, freshness and brilliance have changed one iota, despite all the layers that have been added since her first LP was recorded, three years ago on impulse in afield in Texas. It's the songs that count. She arrives on stage solo with an acoustic guitar and shows that she's in an entertaining (rather than angry) mood tonight, giving us friendly

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agood story and abroad-faced lie", ST and amassive cheer goes up when the I ELVIS COSTELLO: Kiiig of America first line of 'Anchorage' is uttered. It's agood story whose lyrics the ELVIS COSTELLO of murder, or so the legend goes. audience know intimately. Long Island University, New York When he does his particular style of There's abrief interlude for a 'The Beloved Entertainer' is the subtitle of Elvis Costello's new album, 'Spike'. gangster rapping, most of it is based guitar-plucking duet with her dad After spending an evening in his company it is easy to understand why. For, having around the simple concrpt of `you're (who's doubling up as aroadie), and won over hearts and souls for years with mere words and music, his live an asshole and I'm not'. Del Jam's performance has become averitable one-man variety show. Choosing atypically then, afew songs later, we're onto Russell Simmons had it off pat when obtuse tour schedule of off-the-beaten-track colleges to reintroduce himself after second album territory with the he said that early Run-DMC was an usually lengthy absence, Elvis appeared at Long Island University unaccompanied addition of drums and electric bass. but for an acoustic guitar. Oh, and a'rapid-fire line of wit, ataste for the based around attitude. Their seminal The folksy side of Michelle isn't theatrical, astory-teller's touch, and avoice that has never sounded finer. track, 'Sucker MCs', built careers. swamped, the political edge just gets Hyperbole? Then let me qualify by saying that these ears found 'Spike' heavy Street kids knew when they got on stronger. The Michael Stewart rap in enough listening to perhaps expect adour approach to the live show. But, the mic they had to be menacing. The the middle of Graffiti Limbo' (about a dressed suggestively like the teddy boy he is at heart, Elvis bounced on stage after least of Just Ice's problems is his snarl. black graffiti artist who was strangled Nick Lowe's warmly appreciated opening slot with the giddy step of anewly- T La Rock performed the first Rick wed. He joked early on that he had been performing longer than most of the to death in the presence of 11 white Rubin-produced rap, 'It's Yours', but audience had been alive, but though they were young, they were also diehards policemen) is even more pointed and never had a bite of the action. He who knew every song — Americans consider Elvis Costello one of their own. chilling than on vinyl. It adds the detail also recorded one of the earliest hip And with good reason: Elvis feeds off and thrives on American culture itself, that the evidence which was "lost" by nowhere better highlighted than on the centrepiece performance of 'God's house tracks before the style was the coroner was Michael Stewart's Comic', which in arambling monologue digs at American TV, literature and named, thereby making his effort eyeballs. "Sometimes justice is blind," politics, while also lampooning Scandinavian royalty and God Himself for good easily forgettable. she tells us. measure. These spoken word sections now rival even Billy Bragg's for length, In comparison, Stezo knows the The final portion of the show takes most likely the result of freedom from the expectations of on-stage musicians. importance of entertaining. Instead of an unexpected turn with the arrival of This lack of responsibility also allows him to take his songs on journeys through pouting, this fresh face kid from other people's: 'Jackie Wilson Said' shows up on 'Radio Sweetheart', ' abrass band! Openly cribbing from Connecticut dances, rhymes, jokes and 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' on 'New Amsterdam' and 'Sign 0' The Lyle Lovett, it is the Unfeasibly Large has awinning modern attitude. He's Times' on an electric 'Pump It Up'. Most of the audience would have been happy Band (sax, trumpet, trombone, tuba, enough to hear just Elvis' own material. In aset that spanned his entire recording so good that his former employers, clarinet, banjo, harmonica, bass, career, at least three albums still went untouched. EPMD, bristle at the mention of his drums), and also following on from Every bit as much as his songs, it was Costello's voice that made this such a debut single. He represents the new Lyle Lovett, it works brilliantly. The memorable night. Of huge range and emotion, he also put it through wailing cat wave. While the rest, if they're not brass players ham it to hell with dance howls during 'Pads, Paws And Claws' and equally piercing screams during 'Mystery careful, will end up back on adeadend steps and Michelle explains that Dance'. Such abuse should ruin any set of lungs, but his remained tender enough street corner. Mohr Halas« "swing is afeeling. Everything else is a to handle ballads like 'Baby Plays Around' and 'Alison' and still send shivers down the spine. style". She plays abunch of new songs As expected, Nick Lowe joined in for acouple of encores ('His Latest Flame' FRONT 242 with the band, so does this mean that and 'What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding?'), after which many Astoria, London her third LP will be brass-based? decided 100 minutes was asatisfactory length of performance and began to leave. Wonders will never cease. Roger Instead, aseven feet tall silk broken heart was wheeled on, and the star re- Front 242 are confusing in many ways. Pebody emerged as Napoleon Dynamite, clutching adevil's fork and wearing apsychedelic There's still agood deal of humour smoking jacket. A fully-costumed VVolfman then brought unsuspecting girls on mileage left in the fact that acountry stage, each of whom got to pull a Deadly Sin from the heart (those of the butt of so many European jokes 'Awesomeness' and 'Trump' again aimed at the home audience) and to request an can produce any kind of music worth JUST ICE Elvis favourite. A wayward scheme that could easily have sunk to the depths of listening to or writing about at all, Tabernacle, London Las Vegas, it actually revealed Elvis at his most charming. These last 45 minutes never mind anything as perverse as straddled the borders of comedy and theatrics as much as music, and .it occurred In hip hop, everyone wants to be to me that this solo Elvis Costello might be here to stay, aone-man show worthy or as bone-crunching as more 'street' than the rest. Just Ice, of its own peak-hours television programme. But when he ended the night with 242. Then there's the cod theory the an alleged girlfriend beater, has been his chilling promise to 'Tramp The Dirt Down' on Maggie's grave, it was obvious group have recently been spouting at bailed out of jail several times by his that Elvis Costello has no desire to be ordained as Safe Family Entertainment. In anyone who'll listen. Much of this record company. He was also accused the meantime, he's still among the very best we've ever seen. Tony Fletcher involves flirting with Nazi-esque means of expression (though not TACKHEAD With Adrian Sherwood providing featuring the killer line 'Love kills ideology) and totalitarian chic. Not Town And Country Club, the live mix, slashes of gunshots, pain on contact', is ferocious. only is this hardly anew idea, it is also London choppers and other such war Tackhead make Living Colour exceptionally wearisome. Front 242 Turn it up. Dub it up. Take it down. craziness for 'All You Bastards In seem positively black and white. want to be mysterious and Tackhead's three commandments. The Services' (a message so obvious They don't just cobble cultures, contentious but they never make any Tackhead come on like asouped- it's crucial), Tackhead become much rock, dub, rap, you name it, they meaningful statements. up Fishbone, averitable bad-assed more than metal monsters. They fuse it. Open your eyes, there's a Live this is exaggerated to the bunch with blue-black bass bruises burn. Even the love song, dedicated hurricane blowing. Tackheadhunters. highest degree. Sporting acliched for trophies. It's agob-smacking jive, to ajailed James Brown and Tony Beard choice of image — all-black clothing, this one, awesome and awestruck. severe haircuts and dark glasses (the Despite this being their first gig stroke was admittedly fierce) — they with abona fide singer, Bernard walk, or perhaps stride is a better Fowler, aTerry Trent D'Arby word, a line between aggression, without the Vegas mannerisms, threat and unintended comedy. Front there's no let-up. Power remains 242 are funny, but humourless, from the priority even if Fowler does like their tense, veins-on-necks stage to get a little soulful persons and sparse industrial electro Tackhead are pretty damn shit- funk soundtrack to their post-goth kickin' brutal, not in alobotomised timelocked audience. Nobody dances Butthole Surfers kinda way though, to this supposed dance music. Not this is more of adub avalanche unless you call jumping up and down attack. Tackhead are aless abrasive on the spot dancing. World Domination Enterprises, The nearest they come to saying sure, the guitars are as loud and anything is 'Jesus is here' and 'No sex loose it's just they don't scrabble so before marriage'. A piss-take of much — despite the Hendrix fundamentalism or randomly selected histrionics, this ain't no white noise

statements? Then they play 'Never freak out. The beat's the thing, this LEVINE Stop' and you realise they have a being real dope-ified stuff. Spliffs a- good-song-new-single like any other

go-go for the punters, skinning up LAURA band. Phil Cheeseman and getting down. Yo! •REM: "I told you we could fill astadium" ULTRAMAGNETIC MC's Dingwalls, London REM There were, supposedly, flare guns Cincinnati, USA outside, while acrowd of fifty or Here's the scene: Michael Stipe stands, away from his microphone, arms folded in mock grandeur, lapping up the roar more bum-rushed the back entrance emanating from 9,000 sets of white adolescent lungs. It is apre-planned pause during an encore of the Velvet Underground's and forced their way in without schmaltzy 'After Hours', but this Cincinnati crowd's deafening response is so stunning that the moment is frozen into what tickets. On the DJ dais inside, seems like an eternity. Long enough, certainly, for the group to imbibe themselves with the spirit of the audience to the Capitol's Tim Westwood joked, extent that when eventually picked up, the final chorus cries out with apassion even the previous two hours couldn't match. "Open that back door. Let's get some As the band leave the stage for the fourth and final time, so departs the crowd, assured that there is still only one major air in here." American rock band that matters. Five-hundred people were packed REM are in the middle of their biggest Stateside tour yet, coinciding with the platinum status of 'Green' and the ludicrous ; in aclub built for athird of that to possibility of 'Stand' becoming anumber one. No longer any fan's closely guarded secret, they sold out Madison Square see Ultramagnetics, agroup that Garden's 20,000 seats in an hour, and in their 'home' city of Atlanta too, waved forever farewell to the theatres for two embody street Stateside hip hop, nights of 'Coliseum Rock'. For those who, like me, remember when London's Lyceum Ballroom seemed too big and balk at although they didn't look it. Wearing the prospect of their favourite club act playing Wembley Arena, prepare for apleasant surprise. REM's growth has always suits and shades, producer/rapper Ced been steady and self-assured, and this new peak is -toieffld as much as achallenge as acelebration. Gee, who has worked with The traditional image of arenas as bastions of the impersonal, for example, is sent up by aback screen that, after a 15 Down Productions, swung his buppie minute opening salvo, flashes up the message 'Are you ready' to rock 'n' roll? It's really great to be in (your city here).' The vodaphone in the air, reluctant to put audience laughs, but also follow instructions to read aloud, the result, intended to promote involvement, stopping only just it down in case of an important short of the frightening intensity of apolitical rally. When the group then charge into 'Orange Crush', with its military beat overseas call. Main rapper Cool Keith and U2 guitar breaks, they demonstrate the ease with which they could become stadium rockers. gave the crowd afew minutes of There are better ways to meet the onslaught of success than write anthems, however, and the continually imaginative use delight by rapping freestyle over of filmic backdrops (a camera dipping in and out of a river during 'Feeling Gravitys Pull', a looped view from the top of a James Brown's 'Funky Drummer' Ferris wheel in 'End Of The World') is one of them. Another is presentation, and this tour will be noted for the emergence before 'doubling up' (i.e. speaking his of Michael Stripe as afront man to compete with the best of them. Whether stripping down to athletic clothing, furiously rhymes over avocal record track) on shadow boxing, singing through amegaphone, lying prone on the floor, seated or stood on achair, he has become the most songs like 'Give The Drummer Some' beguiling performer of his stature. and 'Funky'. Sadly they neglected to But REM are nothing if not agroup, Bill Berry's solid drumming, Mike Mills' lucid bass and Peter Buck's rhythmic guitar do one of their most original tunes, now supplemented by ex-DBs frontman Peter Holsapple on guitar and keyboards. The extra dimension allows new songs 'Travelling At The Speed Of 'Stand' and 'World Leader Pretend' to emulate their recorded versions, and makes possible 'Perfect Circle' from their debut Thought'. album for practically the first time. 'You Are The Everything' finds Berry on bass, Mills on accordion, Buck on mandolin and After four songs, they walked off Stipe accurately declaring "This song really is pretty good". expecting to be wildly applauded back The sacrifice for so much variety is spontaneity; where REM used to play without aset list, they now stick (almost) rigidly on. What they didn't bank on was to one, and Stipes spoken intros and movements are virtually identical night after night. Still, few groups of REM's stature English reserve. When they did come would attempt an untitled new song (as they did in New York), avoid the big hit ('The One ILove') and end their night with out to encore, the girls in the loo songs by Television, Hugo Largo, George Gershwin ('Summertime'), Pylon and the Velvets. That they wound up the show so weren't impressed. They had gotten eclectically seemed to catch the New York audience (hoping for amore raucous climax?) by surprise, but the intensely young in for free and still felt cheated, and crowd in Cincinatti understood perfectly the rareness of surprise in music at this level. Which is where we came in. and they who could blame them. Malu went off. A perfect circle. Tony Fletcher Halasa 33 EDITED BY TIM NICHOLSON

with crass buzz words — 'star wars', ragamuffin 'Ram Dance Hall Session' that should leave you waiting for part 'satellite', 'dance', 'sex', 'Rio', 'future'. or when he remembers legendary two. I'll never snigger at the name These are intended to act as signifiers beginnings of hip hop on 'Going Way Clive again.111ZZIMSteve Masters for the images that they wish to Back' that he comes into his own. convey. 'Star Wars' is supposed to With advanced studio technology, VIRGO make you think of the space age, and anything can sound good. Whether 'Virgo' the fact that the band are so terribly it's meaningful is something else. P.,,,,)1( A, modern. 'Rio' conjures up the image On the back of the record sleeve, Yes, this record is weird. That's the of Latin American riots, thus lending Just Ice has included 'Gomar Oz only way to describe it. After the lyrics a 'current affairs' angle. Yes, Dubar', an Islamic message meaning practically everybody involved with the Sputniks read the papers! the black man is Allah. Judging from going on about areturn But the Big One, SSS's raison this rapper's criminal past, it is an to live sound and real instruments, d'être, is SEX. SEX SEX SEX, they angry, avenging God.ZZ Malu Virgo have hit back with an LP of should have called themselves. That's Helena pure and simple minimalist electronics. what it all boils down to, the idea It's been described as new age house COOKIE CREW that all women want their bodies, and, well, that's what it is! A bass 'Born This Way' Martin Degville's cheekbones, Tony drum, aslow, indistinct bassline, some washing synths and some dippy titles FFRR James' silly hairstyle, Ray Mayhew Three years agc the Cookie Crew pulling the right chicks and posing for like 'Do You Know Who You Are?' and 'In A Vision' are just about all were being touted as Britain's finest the right papparazzi. This, sadly, is the there is to it. rapping team. But they had something sum total of their components. of an attitude problem. Suspicious, Pathetic, isn't it?M David Giles But the music has ahypnotic, dream-like quality which draws you sometimes rightly, of people outside 0 41.4 into the grooves and is, in amellow their own tight-knit scene, their NEVILLE BROTHERS parochialism and tough-girl stance kind of way, really exciting. It's not 'Yellow Moon' going to cause another house music began to get a bit silly. There were revolution, or make everybody else more than afew wry smiles at the If it wasn't for the absence of any rush back to their synthesisers, but it sight of such diminutive girls acting so • ..-,.....iionallialli1111111111m applause between the tracks it would mean and taking themselves so does mark adeparture into another be easy to believe that Yellow Moon seriously. Then they released agood CLIVE GRIFFIN interesting area of dance and sound. was recorded live. Rumbling congas How do you dance to new age record. 'Step By Step' and brassy horns simmer gently while The Cookies have since learnt the MERCURY house? Flop to the beat, or maybe the Neville Brothers and ahandful of idea of fun, figuring that perhaps the When Iwas anipper, Clive was a just sway a little. Whichever way, play friends including Brian Eno exhibit hard bastard image is best left to the name reserved for Physics teachers this loud, slip into something more their impassioned New Orleans Blues. dickheads of hip hop. and people in TV sit-corns. And here comfortable and just let the music For the first time in their I2-year London records have done a we have one with an album that move you. Do you know who you history as a band, the Nevilles have remarkable job in developing the pricks up your ears. arellail• Chris Mellor been allowed to make an album that Cookies, but despite the candyfloss Mr Griffin's voice belies his mild- matches the power and depth of appeal (in rap terms) of singles like mannered looks — having adeep- COMMODORES feeling of their legendary live 'Females' and 'Born This Way', this is throated, gutteral scrape that 'Rock Solid' performances. There are too many essentially ahardcore album. Not sometimes makes him sound like POLYUOR musical influences to mention, as they much hint of aSalt-n -Pepa style Vandross and sometimes makes him The Commodores have been dart from fired-up funk to creole jazz career move here, nor of any hip sound like Mark King. But most of all responsible for some of the most and blues, always with the deepest house mixes. And being girls of he's reminiscent of Rick Astley. The nauseating music ever made. Hateful soulful intent, and with apolitical course, they've more sense than to difference, though, is that this one sludge-slow songs that were the empathy for suffering people do a lover's rap. Thank goodness. album knocks spots off both of Rick's soundtrack in late Seventies everywhere.M.1111113 Tim Jeffery 'Born This Way' remains the put together. when the girls in pencil skirts and definitive choice of what they do best; Set to a backdrop of Level 42- peroxide highlights turned their backs quick-style rapping over afast-firing JUST ICE esque funk/soul rhythms, the high- on their handbags, found afella to beat. Turn up the power on 'From 'The Desolate One' pitched brass pops and the sax wails smooch with and spent the rest of The South' and watch your ornaments SLEEPING BAC over the top of what could otherwise the songs adjusting adventurous hands. march to their own destruction. Desolate is a biblical word. It conjures be a bland arrangement. Clives voice Then aterrible thing happened.

Great stuff.BBMI /12 Phil up the gloomy, wasted landscape of detracts from the weakness of the Lionel Richie left to start asolo Cheeseman Armageddon. No doubt, there is little lyrics (the age-old love theme), and career and suddenly we had two difference between the end of the the backing singers punctuate the rivers of sludge to contend with world and what now goes on in texture adequately with soft yet where there was one. But the SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK America's ravaged inner city. In New confident harmonies. Commodores' public profile was 'Dress For Success' York, the home kids know at least 'Be There' is reminiscent of never quite the same. EMI somebody who has died from crack, Madness' Wings Of A Dove', 'Don't These days they've roughened up a The Sputnik lads have dived head first just as the whites know someone who Make Me Wait' just reminds you of little. Yep, like nearly every other into the treasure trove of pop has died of AIDS. Not exactly the the single that should have been. American soul band they've been memorabilia and tried to cobble stuff pop dreams are made of, but Just Clive really does deserve more listening to Prince and spending time together a 'classic LP' from snatches Ice likes to think of himself as aman acclaim. 'In Another Lifetime' is in the studio coming up with limp of Albinoni (old Italian classical apart. perhaps the weak link in the chain, emulations. Naturally these efforts composer), Eddie Cochran, T Rex — KRS One is aprecocious producer but there asre enough highs to quash size up against agood three or four again — SAW ('Success'), Jayne and agood influence on his friend. the lows. echoes of 'Three Times A Lady'. And, Mansfield, Alvin Stardust and nuclear When Just Ice is not rhyming about If this were afilm, the composition bang up to date, there's a 'rap' on war at the same time, and orgasm himself or his record company, he's would be just right: 'The Way We one track. In ayear or two's time noises. almost smart in 'Welfare Recipients', Touch' is asimple, albeit attention- we'll be seeing all these old American There's 'Rio Rocks!' "It's acity in about the welfare office, the US grabbing start; there's adiverse bands slapping atoken 'house' track shock!" Super! No bombs on this one. equivalent to the DHSS. 'In The middle, full of action; and the final on their albums. It's agruesome The Sputnik language is littered Jungle' is cute. Although, it is on the (title) track makes agood cliff-hanger thought... Phil Cheeseman VISION ON EDITED BY TIM NICHOLSON

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vi «I e Ica cc. mu ci SICA 'AN EVENING WITH ROBIN The ska hit 'Scandal', about the WILLIAMS' , was recorded by legendary Jamaican trumpet player Robin Williams suffers from one debilitating drawback; he lives and Don Drummond before he died in a mental hospital after the vicious •114 ',it is- works in America. He is potentially • the funniest man alive, but faced with murder of his wife. It's 1962 and the ee t an adoring San Francisco audience for British Government is rocked by call whom he can do no wrong, he fails to girls and Government officials into 1••%• choose between the good and the fee...ant S&M. To cash in on the movie with Ponce elulirr tIltf downright ropey material. John Hurt, Joanne Whalley and Ti,,' 'An Evening With Robin Williams' Bridget Fonda, 'Scandal Ska' (Island (CIC) is astraight one man stand-up Records) is acollection of early tunes, scab ea en c routine that lasts for over an hour including two never before released in In keeping with the solemn subject of the film it accompanies, 'Misssissippi and is testimony to his ability to Britain, Skitter's brilliant cold war captivate an audience simply with the Burning' (Island) is abrooding analysis, 'Mr Kurchev .,and asqueaky collection of tracks, most of which use of his frantic body and even more Bob Marley on his first recording, were written for the film by Trevor frantic words. His subjects range from 'Judge Not'. There's no mistaking Jones, composer of the jazz-tinged the superiority of cats, over stupid, Millie Small with Roy on 'We'll Meet' score for Alan Parker's last flim, stupid dogs, San Francisco's gay though, one of the songs from the 'Angel Heart'. Aside from Jones' dark community (verging on the dodgy in pieces, there are also Mahalia album used in the movie soundtrack. the guise of caring, sharing humour), Jackson's beautiful 'Take My Precious Released simultaneously, the black to a Ben Elton-like obsession with his Lord' and Vesta Williams' gospel 'Try wilbur, or 'Mr Happy' as he prefers to he is capable of being funny almost all & white archive video, 'This Is Ska' Jesus'. 'Mississippi Burning' also call it. the time, but in front of acamera, (Island Visual Arts), captures the sheer features some dialogue from the film, Williams' frenetic delivery pummels without an audience, he has to try a exuberance of the music. In the early which is awelcome return to an old tradition with soundtrack albums. the laughs out of the crowd, but if he lot harder. Sixties, Caribbean men arrived enmas! Another impressive score which stopped to think for asecond, he'd Robin Williams should either stick in this country. The more adventurous also features dialogue is Philip Glass' realise that all he has to do is stand white girls went to and to movies or move across the 'Thin Blue Line' (Nonesuch) still and say "f**k" in acomedy voice Atlantic, where at least we'll wait to learned to dance the ska, which had a soundtrack. A heavy mixture of Glass' and the hall would be in stitches. hear ajoke before we curl up and die lot to do with flailing arms or repetitive, synthetic orchestration and 'Good Morning Vietnam' proved that laughing. pretending to be arow boat. In Jamaica, meanwhile, at legendary hotspots like the Sombero Club in Kingston, teenagers like Jimmy Cliff were learning how to sing. They used two microphones and, at times, still no-one could hear them. Even the Maytals looked remarkably clean- shaven in suits and ties before the advent of gana and hairy Rastafari. Also in at the beginning, Prince Buster had incredible presence, while • BOBBY • RORY on the floor, the fashionable, mini-

skirted girls and their sculptured the disturbing progression of the beehives bounced. Ah, nostalgia. miscarriage of justice which forms the For achance to breath in the ganja- film's core, 'Thin Blue Line' is a BOBBY DAVRO VS RORY BREMNER filled air of these releases, Vision On perfectly judged companion to an When Bobby Davro fills your screen on aSaturday evening on ITV you know important film. who he's 'doing' long before he's uttered a word. Thirty six hours of painful has five copies of the video and album Less controversial is the very lovely to give to those of you who can plastic surgery and, as if by magic. Bob looks a lot like, and sounds alittle like John Williams' score for the Oscar- Jimmy Cricket. Bobby Davro is an example of amediocre-talent with a big smile answer the following questions: winning 'Accidental Tourist' whom money can shape into the new Mike Yarwood. I) Which Camden band's debut single (Warner Bros). Gentle violins swoop Rory Bremner, on the other hand, has survived the former hit-and-miss vocal was atribute to Prince Buster? and soar in atimely reminder of this approach, with an emphasis on satire. In his Friday night show, Rory has realised 2) Which Fine Young Cannibal had a cosy, affecting little film. One for the that the one aspect of mimickry we can never tire of is the ability to make one's garden on aSunday afternoon. role in 'Scandal'? voice sound like someone else's. Anyone can wear half a ton of make-up and look 'Working Girl's Oscar was for like their victim, but their voice is something that can't be hidden. 3) What is the capital of Jamaica? the Carly Simon song 'Let The When Bob tells ajoke, he requires abrand new set, afull outfit and the Send your answers on apostcard River Run', which is par for the relevant hat. Never mind the voice, if he says, "Cor, will you look at the size of to rm 'Ska' Competition, Greater course on this (Arista) soundtrack. those t**s", nothing else matters. Rory stands or falls on the strength of his London House, Hampstead Road, AOR reigns supreme as Carly is impression. If the voice isn't right, then agood joke is going to be wasted. What's joined by Chris De Burgh and the remarkable is how rarely that happens. London NW I 7QZ, to arrive by May Pointer Sisters for an album that I No contest. B. Malu Halas« can't imagine anyone wanting to play.

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• Fresh from the success of Pat & who has made 10 visits to the summit in Mick's cover of 'Haven't Stopped all, one with Paul McCartney, one with Dancing Yet', which managed to improve Siedah Garrett, one with USA For on the chart position of the Gonzalez Africa and, like Whitney and Maddy, original, seven alone. are giving their writers' quills arest. After Madonna continues to top both the the release of the new Kylie Minogue singles and albums charts with 'Like A single, 'Hand On Your Heart', which they Prayer' this week. She previously topped did write, they and their fellow Hit Factory both charts simultaneously in 1986, when producer Phil Harding are to release 'Papa Don't Preach' was the number one remakes of no fewer than four classics single at the same time as 'True Blue' was within afortnight. top of the album chart. 'Like A Prayer' has Apart from the widely reported single, the similarly-titled 'it's Holiday Time already done the double in Britain, Spain. Gerry Marsden/Paul McCartney/ Again', was recorded afew months prior Switzerland, Sweden and Finland. Holly Johnson/Christians to 'it's Party Time Again', so if it charts it collaboration on 'Ferry Cross The Mersey', will take the record). • Mixed times for Simon Climie: last recorded in aid of the Hillsborough Always good value and an entertaining month Simon was celebrating the fact that Disaster Fund, SAW have produced read, 'Chartwatch' is available from 17 'My Heart Can't Tell You No', which he Mandy Smith's upcoming update of Springfield, Ilminster, Somerset TA 19 OET. wrote with Nashville-based Dennis the Human League's chart-topper Payment should be made by cheque or Morgan, had reached number five in 'Don't You Want Me?' and Jason postal order, crossed and made payable America for Rod Stewart, equalling Donovan's revival of Brian to Chartwatch. the peak of Rod's biggest Eighties hits, Hyland's 1962 hit 'Sealed With A Kiss'. 'Passion' and 'Young Turks'. Harding, meanwhile, is responsible for • One query raised in 'Chartwatch' which Now, 'Room To Move', which he and Sinitta's re-modelling of Maxine may also have puzzled other readers is Morgan wrote in partnership with Rob Nightingale's 'Right Back Where We why 'The Worlds Of Foster And Allen' Fisher, has entered the top 10 to Started From'. appears in the various artists chart, and become Animotion's biggest hit since not the top 75, which is now the province their introductory smash, 'Obsession', • Michael Curtius writes from of individual artists' albums only. reached number six in 1985. ol Birmingham to bring my attention to what Simply, while Foster & Allen's Unfortunately, Simon's success as a he calls "a remarkable coincidence" — albums have hitherto comprised of their writer — he and Morgan also wrote the 0 specifically that both Prince and Tom work together as aduo, 'The Worlds...', number one hit 'I Knew You Were Jones have had ahit with 'Kiss', and that as its plural designation hints, is made up Waiting (For Me)' for & Aretha Franklin — hasn't helped —à they share the same birthday — June 7— of solo work by each man. One album in •though it has to be admitted that Tom is the double package is by Foster, the other Climie Fisher to become asuccessful 18 years older than Prince. by Allen. The fact that they ordinarily recording act in America. 'Love Changes Michael wonders whether Tom knew 'record together is irrelevant, the album is Everything', which was widely tipped to that he and Prince were born on the just as much a"Various Artists" package as give them their US breakthrough, was same day, and whether this knowledge the similarly ghettoised Telstar album released some weeks ago, and has still to o played any part in him recording 'Kiss'. He bringing together the solo work of chart. o also asks whether any other stars born on Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. the same day have had hits with the same • No such problems for Donny song. CHARTFILE USA Osmond's 'Soldier Of Love'. which As far as Iknow, Tom recorded 'Kiss' It can have come as no surprise to anyone lurches up another eight places this week because, like his new single — aremake that Madonna's latest single and album, to number 15. soon to become Donny's of Phyllis Nelson's 'Move Closer' — it both entitled 'Like A Prayer', biggest US hit since 'Are You Lonesome was asong he performed in concert, for simultaneously moved to the top of the Tonight' peaked at number 14 in 1974. which there was ademand. Idon't think US charts last week. Because of acontractual dispute. 'Soldier he would record it just to force a Madonna has now had three number Of Love' is currently available on two coincidence. And, as far as Ican establish (I one albums and seven number one singles labels in America simultaneously — don't have birthdates for EVERY recording in America. She previously topped the Capitol and Curb. artist) the Tom/Prince situation is unique. album chart with 'Like A Virgin' (1985) The last single to become atop 20 hit and 'True Blue' (1986), while her previous on two labels at the same time was • Issue 29 of the quarterly chart magazine number one singles are 'Like A Virgin' Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand's

,Chartwatch' has just been published. (1984), 'Crazy For You' (1985). 'Live To duet 'No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)' Priced at £1.10, including postage, the 32- Tell' (1986), 'Papa Don't Preach' (1986), — though this was the result of a page publication includes anumber of 'Open Your Heart' and 'Who's That Girl' perfectly amicable agreement that Donna's analyses of 1988, both statistical and (both 1987) — all her number one singles. label, Casablanca, should market the 12 critical, with top singles. albums and artists you will note, comprising three-word titles'. inch, while Barbra's label. Columbia. took rankings for Britain, Germany and the Only one female solo star has had care of the seven inch. The arrangement USA, all derived from applying astylised more number one albums than Madonna worked, with the record reaching number I TOM JONES points system to the weekly chart. There's — Barbra Streisand, who has been one and selling well over amillion copies. spotted recently at a also the results of their readers' poll, an the people's choice no fewer than six Only one other number one has hip London club in-depth analysis of Vince Clarice's times. And none has had more number appeared on two labels at once — the getting down recording career, and awell-researched one singles — though Whitney Troggs' Wild Thing', which, because of list of the oldest recordings to chart, Houston has also had seven. an ownership dispute similar to that now which, like this column did in December, Among all artists, only one has had raging about 'Solider Of Love', came out draws the conclusion that George Van more number one albums than Madonna on both Fontana and Atco. Dusen's Christmas hit, 'It's Party Time in the Eighties — Bruce Springsteen, The dispute rumbled on long enough Again', is the oldest recording to chart, who has topped four times. Similarly. only for the Troggs' follow-up, 'With A Girl having celebrated its 51st birthday earlier one has had more number one singles. Like You', to appear on both labels too. It in 1988 (incidentally. George's "new" That, almost inevitably, is Michael Jackson, peaked at number 29. The latest music videos from Woolworths. (We never had this trouble with Jim Reeves.)

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inch twinpack in seven mixes, the (0-)l19 1/4- instrumental Mr Monday 'Keep On' (Greedy %pm N.Y.C. Vocal (although at first incon- Beat Records): apparently Steve Proctor created cliched samples crammed frantic hip gruously Cockney accented!). 118 /14 -0bpm Jazz Version and N.Y.C. Vocal Without Rap, (0- house-cum-acid Technodelia 'Technodelia' )118 /12 bpm Peech Dub and Bass Mix, (white label); disappointingly dull Paula Adbul- DIRECTORY style jolting Cherrelle 'Affair (Steamy Affair II8 /12 bpm All City Mix and 909 Instrumental Dub Mix 'Back To Life' will, but not until May COMPILED BY JAMES HAMILTON Mix y (Tabu) LPs include the variety filled (17 22. be the remixed follow-up by Soul II Soul, tracks including a bonus 12 inch) but somewhat scrappy and under-produced Coldcut 'What's whose album is so much in demand (as pre- ALL THAT'S UPFRONT ON THE NATION'S That Noise?' (Ahead Of Our Time); typical time- viously reported) that the sleeve of the latest HOTTEST DANCEFLOORS hastily pressed batch is no longer a golden mus- less Delfonics-like sweet PhiIly soul (with some tard colour, having become a cheaper watery chunkier current swingbeat) Blue Magic 'From yellow instead! The Funky Worm's initially Out Of The Blue' (OBR); Master 'The Beat- promoted commercial A-side 'u + me = love creator' Tee produced compilation 'The Rebel (I 2' version)' merely features support singing by Presents (Intrigue/Llnyque Artists), containing hip house, street soul, acieed and straight house Ten City, whose actual rernix is indeed along with an instrumental on the commercial flip — by Too Tuff, Soul Connection, Nemisis, hopefully that clarifies last week's deliberate con- Deluxe, The Beatcreator and The Rebel featuring MC 'Superjam' IB Radical fusion! Sheffield's Living in A Box realised with horror that their new 'Gatecrashing' title Records' 'This Is War' compilation turns out to have divided some of the tracks from the origin- might be seen as insensitive following the disas- ter at the Hillsborough soccer stadium in their al 'Rap Trax Volume One' import set with own home town, and have had the single with- StreetSounds/DJ International Records' drawn Merlin here and Big Daddy Kane rival 'Hip House' compilation. both UK LPs being in the States would appear to be temporarily augmented by a few tracks from other sources out of circulation, the naughty boys! KISS- Radical's Virgo album does indeed contain all fm, already joined by SOLAR's station manager four tracks from the current Virgo Four 12 Tony Monson, has also been joined by Gra- inch import, plus four others I'm sorry Idon't have time to BPM everything immediately, but in ham Gold (at the expense of his own this age of multi-track import singles it often S.O.U.L. plans) to present a stronger united takes me half an hour to monitor just one 12 application as a station for the Grea- ter London VHF/FM incremental licence, with inch — hopefully this sytem which seems to be financial backing headed by printing company evolving, where lat least list and briefly describe Centurion Press ... Disco Mix Club is again what's new, is of some help? Ihear on the organising a special travel and accommodation grapevine that someone reckons that The Club package for New York's New Music Seminar Chart recently contained a white label of which between July 13-20, costing £747 based on shar- allegedly Ihad been sent the only copy, but I ing a twin room at the event's venue, the stag- cannot imagine what this supposedly was as gering Marriott Marquis hotel (the single rate absolutely nothing gets into that chart without is E1,076) — details from John 'Superstar' thoroughly researched sales and/or DJ plays Saunderson on 06286-67276 WEA's man (there isn't any room for flights of fantasy when of the year (last year, that is!). Fred Dove is my main priority is to clear the roadblock of marrying on June 3 Zoe Glitherow, until re- deserving genuine "breakers" that are always cently his assistant in the club promotion depart- struggling to make the 100!) — so think again, ment — any guesses who'll be doing the disco? whoever is spreading such a silly rumour! ... Champion next month release the import DJs, while we're on the subject, please do try to get your charts to us by Wednesday, even when hits by Velma Wright and Doug Lazy „ US newes that Ididn't have time to review in full FAX-ing them, as it's such a frustrating waste BIG DADDY KANE 'Wrath Of Kane' (Cold ChiIlin' W2973T) Finally out here after being huge on this week include (and this one would have been when fresh new ones don't arrive in time — import, this excitingly frenetic fast talking 125'/I-Obpm hip house-ish rap 'n' scratch (coming to an lead review!) the Fly Guys produced terrific also, plugging companies, please stop sending us timelessly trotting Kechia Jenkins 'Still Waiting' abrupt dead stop halfway which DJ Mister "Cee" brings back with a slithery scratching restart) is duplicates of charts we already receive, as they (Profile), 115I/sbpm in its rapidly BPM-ed Fly now flipped for excellent value by the brand new gently jiggling 104 2/3bpm calmly reassuring Rap only confuse the issue! ... Dino's only recently Guy Mix; Fast Eddie remixed Cookie Crew- Summary (Lean On Mer — otherwise only available on the Lean On Me' import soundtrack reviewed '2417' is now out here (Fourth & ish subdued hip house Sweet Tee 'Let's Dance' album — plus his now not so recent album's revamped jittery chatting and scratching 110 5/6 Taw Broadway 12BRW 128), UK pressings being 86 /12 -0bpm with a 115 /14 -0bpm flip — the the - (Profile). likewise 118 4/sbpm in its Hip House (Bernie, this latter being rather too rudely worded for airplay! Mix; Virginia recorded pleasant datedly flavoured 25 year old singer turns out to have been music director of KCEP. the leading black music radio huskily soulful infectious sparse go go-cum- Brookins produced slow tapping jiggly street 106 /12 -106 /12 -0bpm (for fully accurate BPMs of station in Las Vegas, before he began recording swingbeat Dadzie's New Image 'Get You soul Sue Ann 'Pleasure (MCA Records); mono- course. check The Club Chart): Coldcut re- himself ... Istumbled across (while rummaging Girl' (Dadzie Records), 99 2/3-99 5/6bpm in its Ex- tonous now suddenly dated seeming downtem- mixed superb atmospheric slowly jogging and through all my old James Brown albums to try tented Mix, cooed and panted female po rap Public Enemy 'Black Steel In The Hour weaving reggae accented Cleveland Watkiss and trace a sample) the 1969 Marva Whitney Raze '' answering Razette 'Ready Of Chaos' (Def Jam) UK newies similarly 'Spend Some Time' (Urban): urgently rumbling 'It's My Thing' LP and now see that DJ Mark 4 Love' (Da SHEET Records); Masters At include the also lead review worthy CJ Mackin- fast rap Mink featuring 2wic-e The Trouble The 45 King was mistaken in his memory of Work created sparse house instrumental nine- tosh & Dave Dorrell remixed go go/hip hop/ 'Hey! Hey! Can You Relater (EON), title repeat- the title of what turns out to be 'Unwind Your- track (groan!) "Power House" 'It's Power swingbeat Alyson Williams featuring Nikki- ing attractive gently undulating downternpo self, the intro sax of which it is that has particu- House Brooklyn Style' (Nugroove); Robert D 'My Love Is So Raw' (Def Jam). around 0- dated jogging jazz-funky street soul instrumental lar "numerical" significance , Chris Philips & 1110'

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Paul Bennun have their latest Flunk and pur- ple Get On Down night this Thursday (27) at • HOY VINYL ful guy nagged bumpily striding 117V3bpm Exeter Quay's Warehouse Martin Collins, wriggly shuftler that really raises sweat and de- Bob Masters, Simon Dunmore, Gary De- ROOUI serves to be huge, at club level anyway (diffe- nnis, Steve Jason. Tony Fernandez, Chris 'Lover' rent less good more emptily electronic and fully Browne. Dougie Osbourne, Danny Smith, (US Nugroove NG-014) vocal 115 3/4bpm Radio Mix, plus the Indian

Richard Routledge, and Dean N' Richie Rheji Burrell (the more prolific twin!) created tinged dreadful dated (0-)129 /12 -0bpm 'Tea & jock across five separate sessions in two clubs, terrific bright jauntily jiggling 120 /34 bpm girl Sympathy', presumably sung by Biddu himself, Tiffanys and Scruples. at this Sat/Sun/Monday's wailed happy halfway meeting between the hip which seems apity). 2nd Great Yarmouth Soul Weekender, for house and swingbeat rhythms, in five mixes which you arrange your own bed and breakfast (plus acappella), which those DJs more into the TYREE accommodation (full details 0733-558355 office latter beat are van-speeding down to a slower 'Hard Core — Hip House' hours) Jeff Young, Pete Tong, Chris tempo. Dig the Terry Burrus "vibes" especially (US DI International Records DJ 974) Brown, Chris Dinnis, Sean French and Bob in the Super Club Mix! Essential, Actually rapped by Tyree Cooper himself Smith host this Sunday's noon-midnight It's Ab- (rather than by Kool Rock Steady) and remixed out Time Soul Event alldayer at Plymouth's INNER CITY from the various artists 'Acid II — The Sound Academy (details 0752-600978) „. Rick 'Ain't Nobody Better' Of The Underground Vol 2' album on which it CHAKA KHAN `I'm Every Woman (Kelpie Robinson, Mark Carrera, Gary G and guests (US Virgin 0-96559) first appeared, this Bobby Byrd "I'm comm" (Warner Bros W2963T) With the unfamiliar skipper a Sunday midnight-Bank Holiday Monday Once again the US pressing is far better value punctuated bubbly hip house leaper was never new intro that noboby recognised before Chaka 6am disco cruise on the Thames, ElIS if Joined at with six mixes, the already UK released now as strong as 'Turn Up The Bass' but makes a actually arrived on stage at the Albert Hall, Greenwich pier of £18 including a coach trip (13-)119 /14 bpm Duane Bradley 'Detroit's Burn- logical follow-up in its import 123 /34 bpm from Bexleyheath's Drayman „ Bank Holiday ing Mix' and 120-119 1/3-118 1/3-118 /14 bpm Tyree's li-lard Mix, 123 3/s-Obpm Deep House- Dancin' Danny's long awaited clompingly surg- Monday's evening gigs include a Shindig at Magic Juan Trix Mix being joined by the tramental, 123 5/6-123 1/5-123 440bpm Julian ing and swirling 0-114-113 2/3-114-112/14 -113t/z-

Peterborough's Videotek with the inevitable much tighter and better 119V3bpm Duane lumpin' Perez Mix, and piano jangled more 114 1/3-114 /14 (break)-114 2/3-115 1/3-115 2/3-115 1/z- Steve Allen. Nik Graham and more, while Bradley Awesome Mix, powerfully wailed twittery instrumental 123 4/s-Obpm Joe Obpm remix (half an hour to BPM completely, The Big Sleezei is above Gillingham's Catch sparse smacking 119 /14 bpm Master Reese Bass Smooth's Too Deep Mix. However, all totally thanks a ton!) cleverly keeps all the flavour of 22 with Tim Westwood, Pete Tong, Gilles Apella Mix, more flutteringly twittery wrigglier different, out here now at the same time is 1978's original while being drastically different Peterson. Norman jay, , 119 /12 -0bpm Groove Corporation Mix, and — TYREE from the old short 114 1/3-113-113 2/3-114 1/3- Aadil, Maggot, and Craig & Marcus best of the lot! — terrific chinking, twiddling 'Hardcore Hip House' 115 1/zbpm version, included for comparison South Ockendon. Essex, DI Dave Pinney aka and stuttering instrumental (0-)119 /12 -0bpm (DJ. International Records DJINT II, via Westside Re- The Pinney Project (0708-852872) is looking Groove Corporation Manic Remix. Doubtless cords) (along with an edit of the remis). Obviously it for club or pub work while his usual venue is some will be creatively marketed here too, in a bass boomed much altered now subduedly will delight all those who dread the rigidly over- closed Bobby Brown's current 'Every Little soon, but that will involve spending more on shuffling jerkier 121bpm Double Trouble Mix, dubbed modern style of remixing, as Danny Step' import appears to be the theme tune to two singles than this one costs. starkly vocal I23bpm Southside Mix, and twit- appears to have taken little advantage of digital the upcoming 'Ghostbusters II' movie „ tery acidic instrumental 123V3bpm Tyree's Jam, technology! don't know what LWT are playing at: two THE BIDDU ORCHESTRA plus the James Brown scream sampling twittery weekends ago they were back with a full night 'Humanity (Club Mix)' smacking instrumental I22bpm 'Oh Yea' from time TV service in London, advertising 'The Hit (Trax I2TX5, via BMG) the same LP, meaning that there is usefully no Man And Her' at 4am but then lust showing a The Seventies disco star/producer returns in duplication of versions between the US and UK ROBERT BROOIUNS half hour edited highlights version at 4.30am in- strong contemporary style with a surprisinly pressings so that both are viable in their own 'Don't Tease Me (Extended Club stead — again, hiss, boo! W000! YEAH! garage-ish swirling "strings" backed and mourn- right. Mix)' (US MCA Records MCA-23936) M.C. SERGIO Bobby Brown-type huskily pleading strong jit- H I N R G 'In The Name Of Love' tery 112bpm swingbeat wriggler excitingly lur- (US Idlers WAR-039) ching into life through James Brown 'Funky Useful unhurried huskily talking jittery lurching President' samples, with some spluttering scat SINITTA 'Right Back Where We Started From' (Fanfare 12FAN 18), Pete hip house (or "hip hop house", as the lyrics put breaks, police sirens and other effects (In- it), produced and self-sampled by Todd Terry in strumental and Bassapella too), likely to be abit Hammond produced quite classily flying 145/14 bpm remake of Maxine Nightingale's the A-side's 122bpm Club Mix, Club A Dubba of a"grower". catchily ¡aunty 1975 smash, true to the feel of the original (and thus the least irritating and 121 1/5bpm Radio Version, and by Tony D thing Sinitta has done?!), sure to be huge when out fully on May 15; MIKE HEMMER in the flip's four alternative 123bpm mixes NAISHA 'Divine' (Loading Bay Records LBAY-3, via PRT), Italy recorded gruffly shouted (two of which are called simply, and separately, 'One Step At A Time (The Clivillés Dead Or Alive-type (0-)129/12 -0bpm simple dated galloper, ¡ust starting to be big in Hip and Hop!). & Cole 1989 Garage Mix)' our Hi-NRG chart before its demise (not, unfortunately, that the chart could be trusted, (PWL Records PWLT 40) which is why it had to go); THE SMALL TOWN BOYS 'Beatski Mix' (AJK Music T LA ROCK PVVL's first sub-licensed US material, this Clivil-

ONE 6606, via K-tel) effectively enough galloping 130/12 -0bpm remake medley of 'Housin' With The T's' lés & Cole created jerkily skittering frisky here various Bronski Beat oldies (hasn't this, or something very like it, actually been out (US Fresh Records FRE-80130) 124Vsbpm galloper, recently hot on import, Produced by Todd Terry and penned by T 'La has ajauntily wailing "diva" vocal adding to the before?) MANDY 'Don't You Want Me Baby (Cocktail Mix)' (PWL Records Rock' Keaton — enough T's to be housin' previously noted Hi-NRG flavour that doubtless PWLT 37), Pete Hammond produced electronically cantering 1194/5-1193/simm Hu- with? — this bass bubbled 123V3bpm sinuously made it appeal to , flipped by man League remake, still catchy (in multi-tracked nymphet style) but lacking the origin- subtle jumpy hip house bumper is in four mixes, the more starkly freestyle 123 /12 -0bpm The al's depth and power; HIT THE ROOF 'Contact' (One Little Indian Records flipped by the more orthodox wordily jittering Hot Cole & Clivillés Club Mix and LNR "c'mon 15TP12L, via The Cartel), 'Uptight' started and 'Shaft' finished jerkily galloping sparse 102bpm 'T-N-Off in three mixes, both let's work" sampling here slightly edited 123%- 135/34 bpm Edwin Starr remake wailed by Lorita Grahame, sides giving rap fans the best of both worlds. 0bpm Notice The House Dub. RICKSTER presents KLE jointedly juddering jittery 107 2Abpm swingbeat 'We Got The Music (Deep House smacker may prove a bit too jerkily lurching N.Y. Remix)' here, although there are also a totally different RE/MA.10E (US UnderWorld Records AP 137) Serious Intention "oh oh oh" quoting urgently Rick Siepak (of Sound Pak) produced but then flurrying 112 1/3-Obpm Hype Mix and similar Lenny Dee & Frankie Bones remixed good drily TEN CITY 'Devotion (Paradise Re- 112 /14 bpm Dub Version which could be more visited)' (Atfantic A8916TX), quite drummed and James Brown guitar sample prod- useful (108bpm Radio Edit). ded 119 3/s-119 4/s-Obpm sinuous deep house good friskily leaping 123 3/e- thudder with repetitive soulfully nagging effete SPECIAL ED 1232/3bpm FON Force remix that adds male vocal bursts (sparser 11 94/sbpm Deep 'I Got It Made' the percussive drive of their The Voice Dirty House Dub). (US Profile PRO-7245) Of Paradise Mix to 's Howie Tee produced huskily conversational un- fuller "strings" sawed sound, coupled by HENDRIX hurriedly jogging rap in differently backed 'Me Wonna See Ya Donce (Club Mike Dunn's sparsely broken down epi- 95 /12 bpm Original, 96bpm Businesslike and Vocal)' sodic 0-123-1231/3-123-1224/sbpm 97bpm Up Versions, coupled perhaps more (US Easy Street EZS-7547) 'Dunn For Fun' Mix plus the short appealingly by the jauntily plinky plunky banjo West Indian accented mournful guy muttered 1241/3bpm Marshall's Daytime Radio backed 1I3 /12 bpm 'Hoedown', a Fresh Prince- subdued though jauntily burbling 120 3/sbpm style bragging narrative of sexual conquest (re- Mix, SHARON DEE CLARKE 'Some- side to side shuffler, created by Smack Music thing Special (Beat The Street member that "hoe" has another b boy meaning. Productions, with plonking piano and a particu- as in "hoeing your furrow" — get the pic- Mix)' (Urban URBA 31), less effective larly catchy nagging little sax riff that should ture). Also out on import is his lugubriously ACE RECORDS have launched a new label cantering 1233/sbpm remix which re- worm its way into a few minds (120bpm In- rapped and sometimes even more 'X' certifi- specialising in "Classic Dance Music of the 70s" places all the Magic Juan Mix's techno strumental and Vocal Dub), due here imminent- cate album, 'Youngest In Charge' (US Profile with the timely reissue of 1979's Ten City in- ly on Garage Trax. PRO-1280), enlivened only by the girl duetted drive by emphasising the elements of fluencing classic 132-133-132 /12 bpm stratospher- Sharon Redd's old ¡uddery throbbing hip house 'Club Scene', approximately 123 2/3- DÉJÀ ically whinneyed electronically galloping 123 /12 -123 2/3bpm monitored off a promo cas- album version, coupled by that still su- SYLVESTER 'You Make Me Feel (Mighty 'Made To Be Together (12" Mix)' sette. perior (0-)124bpm Magic Juan Mix (10 Records TENX 268) Real)' (Southbound SEWT 700), plus 197I's in plus the previously promo only 1231/2- Good if dated jiggly soulful rolling and bashing STEADY B its day even more influential wukka veukka 123 3/e-1231/26pm Double Trouble mix 12 107 /bpm swingbeat-ish jolter by Curtis Jones 'Serious (Ceereeus BDP Remix)' guitar introed 117-117 /12 -120 1/2-121 /12 -122-0bpm of four 'Urban House' album tracks; DE and his new, Starleana Young replacing, vocal (Jive JIVE T199) moodily surging and brassily stabbed ISAAC LA SOUL 'Me Myself And I' partner Mysty Day, with a more lurchingly per- "This is a remix", producer KRS-One keeps HAYES 'Theme From Shaft' (Southbound cussive 107 1/3-0bpm Dub Version and brassier Neopolitan Mix)' (Big Life BLR declaring as unexpectedly dixieland jazz joins SEWT 701). slinkily keyboarded 107 /12 bpm Jazz Mix, while 7R), yet another Richie Rich/De La the more routine break beats of this 0-101-0- it's slower and even slinkier as the 105 1/6- 101bpm rolling rap, thus making it jauntier and Soul remix, this 113-114 1/4-T141/3bpm 0bpm title track of their Teddy Riley & Gene "Neapolitan sandwich" samples a bit of fresher than most, though with a more straight- TONY REAL Griffin produced album, 'Made To Be forward 10Ibpm LP Mix and Instrumental plus 'My Little Party' Michael Jackson 'Don't Stop 'Til You Together' (10 Records DIX 83) — not out here just the 97 5/6bpm LP Mix of the Joe Tex (US Sunshine Music Ltd SML-2351) Get Enough' bass for Richie's more sub- here until May 15 but promoed already and sampling bumpily jolting 'I Got Cha', drastically Remixed from an album called 'Masters Of duedly trotting first part before cranking anyway on import (US Virgin 91060) — on late on UK release at last. Freestyle' although much more house than Latin which Curtis alone leads the best dancers (so back into the P'funky original and then hip hop, this stutteringly percussive jittery elec- had he been joined by Mysty at that stage?), the the Oblapos Mode import mix, flipped ROYAL HOUSE FEATURING IAN tro judderer is in 121 1/3-0bpm Meltin', smooth jauntily jiggling 108 /14 bpm 'Time Is now by all three of the import's pre- STAR 121 /12 bpm Excalibur, 125 /14 -0bprn Charlie Running Out', 'Fake'-ish buoyant lurchingly viously reviewed bonus tracks, 'What's 'A Better Way' Babie Salsa Club and 12IVsbpm Aldo 8 Benji trucking (0-)113 2/3bpm 'Dance', sleazily harmo- More', 'Ain't Hip To Be Labelled A Hip- (Champion CHAMP 12-201) Cutting House Mixes, coupled with the bonus nised solidly stomping jittery 110 /14 -0bpm Todd Terry's piano chorded mournfully nagged similarly littering percussive but afro chanted pie', 'Brian Washed Follower'. 'Going Crazy' and rolling steadily thumped jittery shuffler had some minor deep house suc- 124 /12 -0bpm OBATALA, SANGO & 112V6bpm 'You Don't Appreciate My Love', cess as an album track last year and now is in OCHUN 'The Beginning (Afrikan Latino Mix)', Mysty handling the sinuously swaying new 120-0bpm Hot Toddy, Rubba Dubba, selling in Central London where Latin/freestyle 101 1/edapm 'Patience & Time' and jerkily Club and Original Mixes. seems to be getting increasingly trendy. smacking Janet/Paula/Pebbles-type 114 /14 bpm BURRELL 'Waiting Downtown', and both duetting the de- THE TODD TERRY PROJECT CORONA 'Put Your Trust In The Music licately weaving romantic 84/42bpm 'More & 'The Circus' 'Give Me Back My Heart' (L.A.'s Garage Mix)' More', tortuously jolting slow 74/37bpm (US Fresh Records FRE-80I28) (US Cutting Records CR -226) (10 Records TENX 264) 'Dreamer' and urgently cranking II4 /12 bpm His old album's "to the Batmobile, let's go" Sung by a frankly style girl in Another total remake by Les Adams, retaining 'Sexy Dancer'. introed fairly dull jerkily shuffling (0)121 /14 - Madonna/Gloria Estefan influenced Latin hip hop just Ronnie and Rheji's now moodier seeming Obpm instrumental with a similar newly reti- pop style (although flashed on the sleeve as vocal, this piano plonked throbbing skittery GUY tled 'It's Just In House' alternative version too, "limited edition house mixes") this cymbal shuffling 120bpm garage treatment is flipped Like (Extended Version)' and probably better more percussive cymbal shushed and bass burbled freestyle jitterer is by the cantering original 12Ibpm Album Ver- (US Uptown Records MCA-23927) schlurped 122-0bpm 'It's Just In Dubs' (quoting another Central London seller, in 120 /12 bpm sion for interesting comparison (plus the Terry Teddy Riley & Gene Griffin's own group can do "Brooklyn's in the house"), flipped rather Extended Club House Mix, 120;ibpm Dirty Burrus prod/penned anxious wriggly lurching no wrong Stateside at the moment but — as boringly by the old 122 /12 -0bpm 'Weekend UK House Mix and (0-)121-0bpm Dirty Dub ver- 109 /14 bpm 'Dominate Me'). briefly mentioned already — this latest dis- Remix' and 'US Dub'. sions.

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Rock & Ron ir w Supreme Records LP Desire I lin white label 67 SS HOUSIN' WITH THE T'S/T-N-OFF (MIXES)TLeRe- US Fresh Records I2in II 2 SLEEP TALK Alyson Williams Def Jam I2in 68 re LOVE TONITE Dave Collins &Jacqui Jones i 'i GTi Records 12in 12 14 GET HIP TO THIS!(MIXES)M-D-Ernrn featuring Nisih Republic Records I2in 69 73 NOT GONNA DO IT (BAM BAM HOUSE MIX)V icky Martin MCA Records I lin 13 42 TAKE SOME TIME OUT (REMIXES)Arnoldlarvis RePublic Records 12M pre-release 70 re RAP SUMMARY (LEAN ON ME)/WRATH OF KANE Big Daddy Kane Cold Chillin' I2in promo 14 13 MAKE MY BODY ROCK (FEEL IT)(US MIXES)Joinandi US I 2in 71 — READY 4LOVE (IN HEAT) (119¼-1 19'/S)/(FRENCH TICKLER) (120-11 9/12 -0)/(MEAN GENE , 15 59 LOVE'S GOT 2BE STRONG (MIXES) Keyman Edwards it Fourth & Broadway I 2in 72 EDIT) (119A-119 2/5-I l9l /14 )/(RADI0) (Ie/s-01Razette featuring Lampa US Da SHEET Recor ds 12i n t 16 6 ONE MAN (ONE MIX)Chanelle Cooltempo I2in THE RAGGAMUFFIN NUMBER (0- I06 5/6)/BREAK BEAT 1( 116)/2 (I 13 /12 )Nomad featuring Daddy 17 29 SHELTER (MIXES) Circuit featuring Koffi Collision Records I lin Harvey Ruma 12in white label I8 5 PEOPLE HOLD ON (DISCO M1X)Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield ‘1,, Ahead Of Our Time 12in 73 -- OUTER SPACE (0-1 27'/2)/LOS CHICANOS (0-125 /12 )/A LITTLE BIT/WE'RE GONNA MOVE ' 19 20 REAL LOVE (EXTENDED VERSION) Jody Watleydffie MCA Records 12ín (126)/THE BASSLINE/MY MISSION (124)/IT'S COCAINE (1251/YEAH C'MON 0-I 25)/FEEL IT 20 II THE REAL LIFE Corporation Of One idcz Desire I2in BABY (94 /12 )"Power House" US Nugroove I2in 21 60 CALM DOWN (VERSIONS) Most Wanted „...... 4.— US The Fever I2in 74 — MR DJ (MIXES) (110) Joyce 'Fenderella' Irby with Doug EFresh Motown I2in pre-release 22 100= U - ME - LOVE (CLUB/DUB) The Funky VVorm + TiPBEFIFThe Fon Force FON I 2in prorno 75 — WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE? (GHETTO MIX) Yazz Big Life I2in 23 12 SAY NO GO/EYE KNOW/ME MYSELF AND1/THE MAGIC NUMBERDe La Soul Big Life LP 76 re BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN (KEVIN SAUNDERSON HARD CORE MIX) Wee Papa Girl Rapers 24 86 SISTER ROSA (12" REMIX/DUB VERSION) The Neville Brothers Breakout I2in jive I2in 25 26 THE 900 NUMBER the 45 King Doctor Beat I2in 77 BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS (RADIO VERSION) (0-91)/(1NSTRUMENTA t 26 30 MAKE MY BODY ROCK (CLUB MIX SWEET) Jomanda RCA I2in (0-90)/CAUGHT, CAN WE GET A WITNESS (PRE BLACK STEEL BALLISTIC FELONY DUB) 27 31 RHYTHM IS THE MASTER Di Chuck ChIllout and Kool Chlp US Mercury I2in (0-1161/T00 MUCH POSSE (104 /12 )/B•S1DE WINS AGAIN (0-106 /14 -0) Public Enemy 28 27 CRUCIAL(DANCE REMIX)New Edmon MCA Records I 2in US DefJam I2in 29 22 LET IT ROLL Raze presents - Doug Lazy US Grove St. 12in 78 33 HELYOM HALIB (ACID ACID ACID/ACID MIX)Cappella Music Man I2in promo 30 47 ROCK TO THE BEAT (STEVE WREN'S THE SLAMMER MIX) Lisa M Jive I2in promo 79 63 SEX 4DAZE (I WANT IT, YOU CAN GET IT) (MIXES) Lake Eerie Champion I2in 31 38 PEOPLE HOLD ON (BLAZE'S NEW JERSEY JAZZ MIX) Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield i4r 80 — HUMANITY (CLUB MIX)The Biddy Orchestra Trae I lin ' Ahead Of Our Time I 2in 81 66 LET IT LOOSE (MIXES) Amylackson US Bigshot Records I2in 32 21 SOMETHING SPECIAL(MAGIC JUAN MIX) Sharon Dee Clarke ..., Urban I 2in 82 96 STRINGS OF LIFE (MIXES) Rhythms Is Rhythim Jack Trax I lin 33 15 VOODOO RAY (ORIGINAL/RICKY ROUGE REMIXES)A Guy CalledGerald Rharn! 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I I LOVE SAW IT Karyn White Warner Brothers 2 3 REAL LOVE Jody Watley MCA 3 5 SLEEP TALK Alyson Del Jam 4 4 CRUCIAL New Edition By arrangement with MCO Concerts MCA 5 6 ILIKE Guy Uptown GLASGOW SE & CC 6 7 START OF A ROMANCE Skyy SATURDAY SOLD OUT BER 7.30pm Atlantic 7 9 DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP EXTRA SHOW Virgin 8 14 FUNKY COLD MEDINA Torse Leo Delicious SUNDAY 3rd DECEMBER 7.30pm 9 2 EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown MCA Tickets £9.50 (plus 50p booking fee). Available from SE 8 CC B/0 Tel 041 248 3000, and in Edinburgh 10 17 TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) the Pasadena, Columbia Irons Ripping Records, South Bridge and usual agents. Postal applications from PO Box 77, Head Post II 18 IF I'M NOT YOUR LOVER Al B. Sure! Office, Edinburgh with cheques/postal orders payable to Regular Music including SAE. Available by Warner Bros Credit Card Tel 031 557 6969 (subject to booking fee) or by personal application from One Up Records 12 I5 LOVESICK Z-Looke Orpheus Aberdeen, Grouchos Dundee, Goldrush Records Perth, Sleeves Records Kirkcaldy, Bridge of Allan 13 11 ROLLIN' WITH KID 'N PLAY Kid 'N Play Roadshow Music, Options Falkirk, Spences Music Shop Hawick, Virgin Records Edinburgh, Just the Select 14 20 BABY ME Chaka Khan Ticket Glasgow, Ripping Records Greenock, Record Market Paisley, Trash Ayr 8 Pink Panther Carlisle. Warner Bros 15 21 BUCK WILD Ell. By arrangement with Regular Music Virgin 16 22 HEAVEN HELP ME Deon Estas Mika BELFAST KINGS HALL 17 12 24/7 Dino 4th & B'Way MONDAY 4th DECEMBER 7.30pm 18 27 STICKS AND STONES Grady Harrell RCA Tickets £10.50 (including booking fee). Available from all branches Makin Tracks or by post from Makin 19 19 NEVER SAY GOODBYE TO LOVE Rene Moore Tracks, Castle Arcade, Belfast, Credit Card bookings Tel 0232 23300, Polydor 20 23 ROMEO AND JULIET Blue Magic Oct Jam By arrangement with MCD Concerts 21 24 IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red Elektra 22 29 TURN THIS MUTHA OUT M.C. Hammer DUBLIN THE POINT Capitol 23 8 AFFAIR.Cherrelle TUESDAY 5th DECEMBER 7.30pm Tabu 24 35 ME MYSELF AND IDe La Soul Tickets £11,50 Irish Punts (including booking fee). Available from all branches HMV or by post from: HMV Tommy Boy Grafton Street, Dublin 2. Credit Card bookings Tel 0001 600000. 25 32 LI KE A PRAYER Madonna Sire 26 38 CHILDREN'S STORY 5lick Rick Dei Jam BOURNEMOUTH INTER ' 'ONAL CENTRE 27 30 JOY AND PAIN Rota Base & Ca J E-Z Rock Profile THURSDAY SOLO OdT ER 7.30pm 28 37 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY Natalie Cole EMI 29 39 MY FIRST LOVE Atlantic Starr Tickets £9.00. Available from Venue Box Office and Pavilion Box Office Tel: 0202 297297 (Credit cards Warner Brothers accepted) and usual agents. 30 10 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Ashberii &Siimpson Capitol 31 I3 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City BRIGHTON CENTRE Atlantic 32 40 IF SHE KNEW An, C. Atlantic FRIDAY 8t SOLO OUT R 7.30pm 33 28 Atli WANT IS FOREVER James "JT Taylor Epic 34 16 REAL LOVE El DeBarge Tickets £9,50 £8,50. Available from Venue Box Office Tel, 0273 202881 (Credit Cards accepted) and all Motown usual agents. 35 — MR D.J. oyce Fenderde Irby Motown 36, —,- THE GOOD, BAD & UGLY Charlie Singleton, LONDON ARENA Epic 37 UH-UH 001-1-0014 LOOK. OUT Roberra Flack SUNDAY/MONDAY 10th/11th DECEMBER 7.30pm Atlantic 38 LITTLE JACKIE WANTS TO 88 A STAR Lisa ja, Tickets £9.50 £8,50. Available by personal application from venue box office (no booking fee) Credit Cards Columbia 01 536 1212 (£1 booking fee/ticket), LTB, Premier, Keith Prowse (Credit Cards 01 741 8989) Ticketmaster, 39 HAVE YOU HAD YOUR LOVE TODAY The Ufa,: EMI Albermarle and Stargreen (All subject to booking fee) or by postal application to London Arena Box 40 -- EVERY LITTLE TIME Kiara Office, 4 Lime Harbour, Isle of Dogs, London Ela (enclosing SAE plus cheque/PO made payable to Arista London Arena.) Allow 50p/ticket booking fee and 28 days for delivery,

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•The Bangles' Eternal Flame' stays at • Morrissey's fourth solo single, number one followed for the third straight 'Interesting Drug', is the highest debuting week by Simply Red's 'If You Don't single this week, entering the chart at Know Me By Now'. The latter record is, number nine. however, still losing ground, and has no Of his previous solo. singles, 'The Last chance of reaching number one. Of The Internationally Famous Playboys' Simply Red have therefore failed in and 'Suedehead' both debuted at number their bid to take aKenny Gamble/ six, and 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' entered Leon Huff song first recorded by at number 12. It subsequently climbed to Harold Melvin and the Blue number nine — which means that all four Notes to number one, where the of Mozza's solo singles to date have been Communards succeeded with 'Don't bigger hits than any of the 16 chart entries Leave Me This Way'. he had as amember of the Smiths. Their They can, however, take some comfort highest chart position was number 10 — from the fact that their album 'A New shared by 1984's 'Heaven Knows I'm Flame' returns to the top of the LP listings. Miserable Now' and 1987's 'Sheila Take A Bow'. • Few would have wagered that the first artist to land two top five singles in 1989 • 'Lullaby' moves up seven notches to would be Holly Johnson, but that's number five to become the biggest Duranduran: "ere Si and John, there's ageezer up there wiv no strides on" just what the erstwhile Frankie Goes success of the Cure's nine year career To Hollywood vocalist has done. as hitmakers, topping the number seven Holly's latest, 'Americanos', holds at peak of I983's 'The Love Cats'. respectively. even though it bears agreat similarity to number four this week — the very same This all augers well for their the 1957 track 'Suzie Q' by Dale position at which his debut solo single, • MRIB point out that 'The Book Of Rock forthcoming debut album on 10 Records. Hawkins and Stan Lewis. 'Love Train', peaked just 11 weeks ago. Stars', written by its directors Dafydd After all, label-mates Soul II Soul's first A US million seller when recorded by Frankie Goes To Hollywood were Rees, Barry LazeII and Luke Crampton, album, 'Club Classics Volume I', debuted Hawkins, 'Suzie Q' never made the grade frequently dismissed as talentless puppets uses the Gallup chart instead of the ILR at number five last week, even though the here, but its melody closely resembles 'Do of producer Trevor Horn, so Holly's Network Chart, which they compile so as three singles lifted from it were far less You Believe In Shame?'. Duranduran success — with self-penned songs — is to maintain uniformity within the Guinness successful than Inner City's opening trilogy. obviously don't, as they have cheekily something of an eye-opener. range of books, which also, of course, True 'Keep On Movin" was abiggie, credited it as by being written by Look for ahigh new entry on next includes the best-selling Hit Singles and Hit reaching number five, but 'Fairplay' peaked Taylor, Rhodes and LeBon. It will week's chart for Holly's first solo album Albums books. Their decision in no way at number 63 and 'Feel Free' at number be interesting to see what happens if 'Blast', which features both hits and an indicates alack of confidence in MRIB's 64. Hawkins and Lewis or their publishers impressive collection of other songs — all own listings. We never thought it did. Jewel Music get to hear the,Duranduran written by Holly alone, with the exception • Duranduran returned to the top 10 song. of 'Atomic City', which he wrote with • Inner City — the duo comprising for the first time since 1986 with their last Dan 'Instant Replay' Hartman. Kevin Saunderson and Paris single 'All She Wants Is ...' and must have • Despite topping the US chart, 'Lost In Sadly, Holly's former FGTH partner Grey — land their third consecutive top had high hopes of making it two in arow Your Eyes', the lead-off single from Paul Rutherford has been less 10 hit this week, as 'Ain't Nobody Better' when 'Do You Believe In Shame?' debuted Debbie Gibson's album 'Electric Youth' successful with his first two solo efforts: his halves its position from number 20 to at number 30 last week. Alas, it dips a peaked at number 34 here acouple of first single, 'Get Real', peaked at number number 10. notch to number 31 this week, and is months ago. The title track is off to a 47, and his remake of Chic's 'I Want Their previous two singles, '' and unlikely to recover — ashame as it is a better start this week, debuting at number Your Love' reached only number 84. 'Good Life', peaked at eight and four superior song to 'All She Wants Is ...' 33.

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TV/ LW 1 2 A NEW FLAME Simply Red Elektra — INTERESTING DRUG Morrissey HMV 2 4 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan With Miami Sound Machine Epic 2 4 WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters With Merlin Rhythm King 3 I WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME Deacon Blue CBS 3 14 LULLABY the Cure Fiction 4 6 THE RAW AND THE COOKED Fine Young Cannibals London 4 2 ETERNAL FLAME Bangles CBS 5 5 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna Sire 5 IS ONE Metalka Vertigo 6 9 EVERYTHING Bangles CBS 6 8 BABY 1DON'T CARE MCA 7 16 KICK INXS Mercury 7 3 AIN'T NOBODY BETTER Inner City 10 Records 8 7 CLUB CLASSICS VOLUME ONE Soul 11 Soul 10 Records 8 I IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red Elektra 9 3 SONIC TEMPLE the Cult Beggars Banquet 9 7 GOT TO KEEP ON Cookie Crew London 10 14 HEY HEY IT'S THE MONKEES — GREATEST HITS Monkees K-Tel 10 9 AMERICANOS Holly Johnson MCA 11 10 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N• Roses Geffei. II 6 KEEP ON MOV1N' Soul ii Soul/Caron Wheeler 10 Records 12 8 NOW THAT'S WHAT ICALL MUSIC 14 Various EMINirgin/Polygram 12 11 ME MYSELF AND IDe La Soul Big Life/Tommy Boy 13 II FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul Siren 13 5 IBEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan Atlantic 14 I 3 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown MCA 14 19 REQUIEM London Boys Teldec/WEA 15 — DOOLITTLE Rules 4AD CAD905CD 15 10 THIS IS YOUR LAND Simple Minds Virgin 16 12 SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF THE STYLE COUNCIL the Style Council Polydor 16 — YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE Poison Capitol 17 17 SOUTHSIDE Texas Mercury 17 13 PEOPLE HOLD ON ColdcLt featuring Lou Stansfield Ahead Of Our Time 18 — BLAZE OF GLORY Joe Jackson A&M CDA5249 18 12 STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul Siren 19 — POP ART Transvision Vamp MCA DMCF3421 19 — WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE? Yazz Big Life 20 20 CHEEK TO CHEEK Various CBS 20 — BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil CBS Compiled by Gallup

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TW LW W/C • TOP 75 ARTIST ALBUMS •• I 1 13 ETERNAL FLAME the Bangles CBS 2 2 4 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red Elektra TW LW W/C 3 3 5 BABY IDON'T CARE Transvision Vamp MCA • 4 4 5 AMERICANOS Holly Johnson MCA I 2 10 A NEW FLAME Simply Red rElektra • 5 12 2 LULLABY the Cure Fiction 2 4 24 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan With Miami Sound Machine Epic 6 5 9 IBEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan Atlantic 3 1 3 WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME Deacon Blue CBS 7 9 3 GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals London 4 7 11 THE RAW AND THE COOKED Fine Young Cannibals London 8 23 2 WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters with Merlin Rhythm King 5 5 2 CLUB CLASSICS VOL. ONE Soul 11 Soul I0 Re cor ds 9 - I INTERESTING DRUG Morrissey HMV POPI621 6 6 5 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna Si re 20 2 AIN'T NOBODY BETTER Inner City 10 Records 7 II 15 EVERYTHING Bangles CBS 24 5 REQUIEM London Boys Teldec/WEA • 8 — 1 DOOLITTLE Ploies 4AD CAD905 2 21 6 BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil Sprint/CBS 9 8 54 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N' Roses =. Geffen 3 18 2 ONE Metallica Vertigo 0 14 75 KICK INXS Mercury 4 6 3 WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN U2 with B B King Island I 3 2 SONIC TEMPLE the Cult Beggars Banquet 5 13 2 THIS IS YOUR LAND Simple Minds Virgin 2 9 20 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown MCA 6 7 9 STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul Siren 3 12 3 HEY HEY IT'S THE MONKEES — GREATEST HITS Monkees K-Tel 7 17 5 GOT TO KEEP ON Cookie Crew London 4 10 3 FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul Siren 8 8 7 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna Sire 5 23 4 POP ART Transvision Vamp 9 10 7 THIS TIME IKNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer MCA Warner Bros 6 16 3 GIPSY KINGS Gipsy Kings 20 11 8 Jason Donovan Telstar PWL 7 15 12 MYSTERY GIRL Roy Orbison 21 14 4 MYSTIFY INXS Virgin Mercury 8 17 6 SOUTHSIDE Texas 22 16 7 KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler Mercury 10 Records 9 13 7 SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF THE STYLE COUNCIL the Styl e Counci lP o lydor • 23 26 4 ME MYSELF AND 1De La Soul Big Life/Tommy Boy •• 20 — I WHAT'S THAT NOISE? Coldcut Ahead Of O ur Ti ene CCUTLP I • • 24 39 3 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY Natalie Cole EMI USA 21 18 86 BAD Michael Jackson 25 15 6 PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield Ahead Of Our Time 22 — 1 UKRAINSKI VISTUPI V JOHNA PEELA the Wedding Present RCA PL74104 • • 26 — I YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE Poison Capitol CL523 23 20 32 ANCIENT HEART Tanita Tikaram ... WEA • • 27 — 1 WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE Yazz Big Life BLR8 24 19 3 THE HEADLESS CHILDREN WASP Cap ito l 28 22 6 IHAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Pat & Mick PWL 25 31 42 KYLIE — THE ALBUM Kylie Minogue • 29 36 4 YOU ON MY MIND Sw ing O utS ister Fontana 26 25 12 ROACHFORD Roachford CBS • • 30 — I I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Bon Jo , Vergito JOV5 27 22 4 1984-1989 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Polydor • 31 30 2 DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME? Duran duran EMI 28 21 5 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK S'Express Rhythm King 32 19 7 PARADISE CITY Guns N' Roses Geffen • 29 — 1 ONE Bee Gees Warner Bros WX252 • • 33 — I ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson Atlantic A8919 30 30 53 THE INNOCENTS Erasure Mute 34 28 6 OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello Mercury idbai 31 — I HEADLESS CROSS Black Sabbath IRS EIRSA1002 35 31 4 REAL LOVE Jody Watley MCA 32 29 28 RATTLE AND HUM U2 Island 36 25 6 MUSICAL FREEDOM Paul Simpso n featuring Adeva Cooltempo 33 27 6 THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING De La Soul Big Life/Tommy Boy 37 35 4 PLEASE DON'T BE SCARED Ba rr y Mani low Arista 34 33 6 ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME Donna Summer Warner Bros 38 27 20 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown MCA 35 28 28 THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION Bananarama * * London 39 32 4 THIS IS YOUR LIFE the Blo w Mo nkeys RCA • 36 — • • 40 65 6 THE LOOK Rosette 1 BLAZE OF GLORY Joe Jackson A&M AMA5249 EMI 37 32 88 HYSTERIA Def Leppard * Bludgeon Riffola • 41 44 2 WISE UP! SUCKER Pop W ill Eat It se lf RCA 38 24 8 STOP Sam Brown A&M • • 42 — I BRING ME EDELWEISS Edel w eiss WEA YZ353 39 34 26 TRAVELING WILBURYS Traveling Wilburys * Warner/Wilbury • 43 49 5 FREE WORLD Kirsty MacColl Virgin 40 45 27 MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits er * * * Vertigo 44 17 2 MAKE MY BODY ROCK (FEEL IT) Jomanda RCA 41 26 2 GOOD DEEDS AND DIRTY RAGS Goodbye Mr Mackenzie Capitol 45 34 5 BEAUTY'S ONLY SKIN DEEP Aswa d Mango 42 38 31 WATERMARK Enya * WEA • 46 29 6 ONLY THE LONELY T'Pa u Siren 43 37 28 THE LEGENDARY ROY ORBISON Roy Orbison * * Telstar 47 51 3 JOY AND PAIN Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock Supreme 44 43 23 WANTED Yazz * Big Life 48 37 10 I'D RATHER JACK Reynolds Girls PWL 45 67 23 GET EVEN Parlophone •• 49 — 1 HEAVEN HELP ME Deon Eons Mika M1KA2 46 42 27 NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS Chris Rea G* WEA • 50 33 4 WHAT DOES IT TAKE? Then Jerico London 47 35 9 THE BIG AREA Then Jerico London 51 41 2 NEVER House Of Love Fontana 48 58 23 LIVING YEARS Mike And The Mechanics :1 WEA 52 48 3 THAT'S HOW I'M LIVING Toni Scott Champion 49 36 12 TECHNIQUE New Order Factory • 53 59 2 COME BACK Epic 50 47 36 CONSCIENCE Womack 8 Womack';.• Fourth & Broadway • 54 58 2 SLAM Humanoid Westside 51 40 54 TRACY CHAPMAN Tracy Chapman * * * Elektra 55 40 10 INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbos WEA 52 39 II SPIKE Elvis Costello W arner Bros • • 56 — I MOVE CLOSER Tom Jones Jive JIVE203 53 51 12 OPEN UP AND SAY ... AAH! Poison Capitol 57 57 13 VOODOO RAY A Guy Called Gerald Rhum! 54 46 22 GREATEST HITS * * Warner Bros 58 60 6 ALL MY LOVE Hernandez Epic 55 41 6 101 Depeche Mode Mute 59 62 4 1CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (REMIX) Johnny Nash Epic 56 54 21 REMOTE Hue And Cry Circa 60 38 4 DEVOTION Ten City Atlantic • 57 — 1 TURNING STONES Judie Tzuke Polydor 8390871 61 46 12 CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine Epic 58 50 7 G N 'R LIES Guns N' Roses Geffen 62 54 5 ORDINARY LIVES Bee Gees Warner Bros 59 44 45 CLOSE Kim Wilde LI MCA • 63 75 6 THAT'S WHEN ITHINK OF YOU 1927 WEA 60 48 II FOUNDATION Ten City Atlantic 64 56 16 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Michael Ball Really Useful 61 55 24 THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Bryan Ferry/R osy Music G* EG 65 64 3 GOOD TIMES Reid Syncopate 62 57 91 HEARSAY/ALL MIXED UP Alexander O'Neal * * G Tabu 66 50 9 SLEEP TALK Alyson Williams Def Jam/CBS 63 53 6 RAW Alyson Williams Def Jam/CBS 67 79 2 LOLLY LOLLY Wendy & Lisa Virgin 64 60 14 NEW YORK Lou Reed Si re 68 91 2 ON THE INSIDE Lynne Hamilton AI 65 56 11 TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly Telstar 69 42 5 SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison Virgin 66 68 108 CIRCUS Erasure :M ute 70 43 THE BEAT(EN) GENERATION The The Epic 67 61 71 RAINTOWN Deacon BlueCBS • • 71 THE RAINDANCE Dare A&M AMY483 68 81 20 SEE THE LIGHT Jeff Healey Band rCBS • 72 -73 II BELFAST CHILD Simple Minds Virgin 69 — 84 THE CREAM OF ERIC CLAPTON Eric Clapton/Crearn Polydor ECTVI 73 53 8 ONE MAN Chanelle Cooltempo 70 59 49 THE FIRST OF A MILLION KISSES Fairground Attraction •• 74 93 3 BREAKIN' UP BREAKIN' DOWN Wild Weekend Parlophone 71 74 99 WHITNEY Whitney Houston * * * * * * Arista 75 45 5 CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? (89 MIX) Brother Beyond Parlophone 72 66 21 RAGE T'Pau Siren •• 76 87 2 MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart Warner Bros 73 70 20 FLAG Yello Mercury •• 77 AFFAIR Cherrelle Tabu 6546737 74 62 28 Pet Shop Boys -.': Parlophone 78 SS TYPICAL! Frazier Chorus Virgin 75 69 115 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Original Cast Polydor POLH33 • 79 77 5 WHEELS OF WONDER Kevin McDermott Island 80 63 2 HE'LL HAVE TO GO Bryan Ferry EG •• 81 — I DO YOU LIKE IT? Kingdom Corne Polydor KCS3 • TOP 20 COMPILATION ALBUMS •• 82 — I ROCKIN' ON THE GO GO SCENE Richie Rich Gee St GEE12 • 83 85 2 NOBODY KNOWS Mike And The Mechanics WEA 92 5 84 LET THE RIVER RUN Carly Simon Arista TW LW W/C • 85 89 3 I'M THE ONE Perri MCA I I 5 NOW THAT'S WHAT ICALL MUSIC 14 Various EMI/Virgin/Polygram 86 74 2 GET BACK the Beatles Apple 2 1 9 CHEEK TO CHEEK Various CBS •• 87 BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN Living In A Box Chrysalis LIB5 3 16 2 DEEP HEAT — THE SECOND BURN Various Telstar • 88 -97 2 DON'T NEED LOVE Johnny Diesel & The Injectors Chrysalis 4 3 16 DIRTY DANCING Original Soundtrack 'RCA •• 89 KING FOR A DAY XTC Virgin VSI177 5 9 3 THE SINGER AND THE SONG Various Stylus •• 90 DAYDREAMIN' Johnny Mathis CBS 6547737 6 4 7 UNFORGETTABLE 2Various EMI •• 91 ROCK TO THE BEAT Lisa M Jive JIVE201 7 5 6 BUSTER Original Soundtrack Virgin •• 92 LOVER'S INTUITION Amy Keys Epic 6548107 8 7 6 PREMIERE COLLECTION Andrew Lloyd Webber Really Useful •• 93 RING MY BELL Collette CBS BELLI 6 0 DEEP HEAT Various Telstar •• 94 LOVE KILLS Vinrue Vincent Invasion Chrysalis INVSI 09 3 THE MARQUEE — 30 LEGENDARY YEARS Various Polydor •• 95 ANGEL EYES Jeff Healey Band Arista 112210 I 1 6 THE BLUES BROTHERS Original Soundtrack Atlantic 96 3 88 SHE GIVES ME LOVE Godfathers Epic 2 4 6 Telstar • • 97 — 1 THE GREATESTSONGS OF BOBLOVE DYLAN VOL 2 Variioous Varus MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr Feelgood EMI EM89 3 3 3 Start • • 98 — I REX BOB LOWENSTEIN Mark Germino RCA PB42769 2 9 AND ALL BECAUSE THE LADY LOVES... Various Dover 99 3 99 SKY HIGH Jigsaw Libido 16 NOW THAT'S WHAT ICALL MUSIC 13 Various EMI/Virgin/Polygram NOW I3 100 95 2 GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME L/Itramagnetic MC's London 6 5 16 THE GREATEST LOVE Various Telstar 7 8 6 HIP HOUSE — 20 HIP HOUSE HITS Various Stylus 8 9 16 MORE DIRTY DANCING Original Soundtrack RCA 9 8 14 COCKTAIL Original Soundtrack Elektra 20 20 16 TOP GUN Original Soundtrack CBS * Platinum (600,000), 1Gold (400,000 sales), )Silver (200,000 sales) G. Triple Platinum (900,000 sales), G G Double Platinum 1600,000 4.4. indicates a sales increase of over 50% sales), G Platinum (300,000 sales), :1 Gold 1100,000 sales). Silver 160,000 4. indicates a sales increase sales). Every star represents 300,000 sales.

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One of the most talked about bands of the last two years are the Gipsy Kings. Record Mirror discovers the secret of their success. ';ip gip hoo-ray, says Robin Smith

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