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musîcweek For Everyone in îhe Business of iVlusic A 13 AUGUST1994 £2.95 RI acte to stem slide JK's high- announcement is due next week. He showed Radio One's audience figures BBC is confident of a turnaround, as of listeners which will be our advisory The station has losL3.4nvlistGners or Wright, Freud and BakeFs shows ail nnectedto boardat who we willare doing."tell us what they think 21%Paul of itsRobinson audiencein-a^car. says the rate at which havereflect been audience signs of lost improvement in April, Therein the Lynneflaffshio Franks non station to help is establish hirine PR a aeencv listen- Bannisterhe stresses* initially confc pr iz z Music rallies to aid Ryvandans b.Ïh'XS.' ^ 1 a release of The Hanser ve Canrs of Build several A Bi London chil- ReliefProject under the \ mdiren's Olympic, choirs. AbbeyProducer Road Bob Sargent vhileitudios Partisan are giving has their offered sei Dewhirstloses Mastercutsjob the compiler of its Mastcrcuts danceThe compilationslabel says the lan twoTîavc Dewjiirst. split "The leap to stardom isn't an issue. Green Day have The promoters of Glasgow s inaugural T In The Park two-day festival, headlined by Bjork Company director Bee Selwooc already got there. It's just 45,000(picfured), over Crowded two days. House Stuart and Clumpas, Blur, are managing hailing thedirector eventa of promotersuccess afterDF Concerts, attendance says topped the butsays, the "We ethos tried of toMastcrcuts let him do is botlthaï that we don't know about the £Mm Tennents-sponsored event came close to making a profit and is now woll on the it yet". 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London The WIN pair 5PE. expect Téléphoné ta announce 0716361553, a roster Fax in ► ►►►►► DUNMORE SHIFTS IN LATEST DANCE REJIG -p4 ► ► ► ► ► ► September. MUSIC WEEK 13 AUGUST1994 V RadioCommercial remains radio is onon a wronghigh as it approacheswavelength ils Zlst birthdaynumber of and 50% is ofnow ail withinradio listening. an ace of The crossing sad thing the magie is Dunmore shite jn thaï,Atlantic with and a few Classic honourable FM - many exceptions of those - gains such haveas sectorcorne not but because because of of positive factors beyondmoves by its the control: independent the increase in the quantity of stations and Radio One s latestdance rejig That'sconscious great décision news for to shareholders. alienate its mass But asaudience. long as so many stations are content simply to ape Capital. it Cooltempo A&R manage doesn't do a whole lot for the music industry. and is as EMl's ItQuick, had to happen. quick...quick, No sooner has quick, it become slow conventional wisdomsuddenly that the thechart singles freezes chart and moves people too complain quickly, that when it asis too it was slow. when Given it was the chart"too fast", is compiled it proves in oncethe same more way successthat the chart of Wet simply Wet Wet, reflects AIM-One. the market. Let Loose, The sustained Aswad catchy,and The mélodie Grid shows songs. that The people real wantchallenge uncomplicated, in breaking findingacts is nothingthe acts to who do withcan turn the chartont songs or formats like that but in Autumn promises bumper albums crop theIt's shapingNineties upso far.as the Ifs mostnot just exciting established autumn acts schedule like REM, of MichaelMinogue, Jackson, but new Sineadacts like O'Connor, Oasis, Portishead, Madonna andDeus. Kylie Mercury sampler bringElastica news and of Slrangelove. another great Almost album. every If this day office seems is any to to hitstreetsearly WEBBO | WoodstockIn case you hadn'tfestival noticed, takes place the 25th at the anniversary weekend. The fansorganisers, this time and - halfthe média,the supposed are only attendance expecting in250,000 1969. hardlyBut what going are tothey want going to sit for? in Thethe sameoriginal conditions audience as are in L_ 1969.a long Most way. of with them kids will and be mortgages, the wrong side and wantof 40, somelife's by astoundingcomforts. (These everyone same by people shelling are out probably S150 a ticket the ones in the IfsStates not thisgoing summer to be the to seeoriginal the Eagles bill - well reunion it could tour). be musicquite difficull, looks likely. thinking So maybe about they'reit! - but going a plethora for the of vibe good Theseof the wholethings eventnever do.But it won't approach the original. toSa go not back. many Maybe good reasons ifs their for children the original trying half to live a million ouf their parents' nostalgia tri p. No, I think ifs just the Conférence season kicks off Woodstock.magie and myth Many surrounding missed it (or a landmark The Isle Of event Wight like or sureBath) as and hell have aren't suffered going theto let lack this of one kudos slip since. through They their fingers.The sad thing is that nostalgie events like these rarely anylive reformedup to expectations. legend these But days, ifs the such same as asThe going Velvets to see or Little Feat or any of the many others. BEiSF~ thoseIf they years are half ago as they good are as likely you rememberto be better, them or at being least ail Whilstmore enjoyabte, I don't want than to 90%sit for of five the daysgigs youin a dofield go again, ta today. byUS surestoned, there unwashed are those and (younger) living off soûls hazelnut who wouldyoghurt, revel l'm in iL How long before we get Altamont 2? Jon Webster's column is a personal view > Ht > ► RETAILERS PREPARE FOR STRONG AUTUMN -p5 ^ ►►► ► ► MUSIC WEEK 13 AUGUST1994 NEWSFILE TheLou Reed,Gutter- Lady on MissSeptembor Kier, CnriySimon, 12, fealuting Mick guest Jagger artisls andBootsï^lins, Siohhan Fahey. The proiecl marks tho controvorsial artist Damion Hirsfs lirst whichcommission appear as on a recordthe album sleeve sleeve designer. (pictured Ho rightlcreated and ail the tho litst images single, beHeart used Of as Stone. a window A sculpture display incorporating al Tower Records' éléments Piccadilly of the covers Circus will branch. The label is backing the releases with largc-scale rausic î director Max Hole says the album is one of the lahel's biggest pre- AsChristmas an artist priorities. andaproducer "Dave he'sStewart had moreis one hits of the tban great most British people talei ha chock-fullhad sliced ofdinners. hit singles. This isThe a recordplan is he's to promote worked it really as a major hard on, releas am the whole of the Christmas season." Stewart spent eight months on the album, linally cutting it down from 20 to 11 tracks. Stewart's Heart Of DAVE STEWART videoStone, shotby co-written Kevin with Godley. Shara Nelson, is released on Augusl22with a Retailers préparé forstrong autumn Retailers are looking forward to a string SEPTEMBER 5 September to kick off the traditionally SUGAR; File Under Easy Listening (Creationl; BOYS:ATTACK: Disco Protection 2 (Parlophone): (Circa);PET AMERICAN SHOP O'Connor,With releases Kylie Minogue, due from Bryan Sinead Ferry JAMES;Mamouna Wah (Virginl; Wah S*M*A*S'H:(Fontana); BRYAN Self Ahused FERRY: MUSIC CLUB: San Francisco (Virgin). and Massive Attack (see table), the (Hi-Risel; SWING OUT SISTER: The Living SEPTEMBERKYUE MINOGUE: 19 Kylie Minogue lationschedules albums appear than less lastyear, reliant accordingon compi- Retum (Mercury). (Deconstruction/RCA); LUTHER VANDROSS: Baker.to Virgin Eetail sales controller Glen SINEADSEPTEMBER O'CONNOR: 12 Universal Mother SongsBeatles (Epie): Had Read THE WONDERSTUFF:Huntor...(Polydar|. If The (Chrysalis); ERIC CLAPTON: From The Cradle SEPTEMBER 26 ingmassive up," hewith says, a capital"Kylie MinogueM." He says will hebe (Warner Bros); ROBERT PALMER; Honey DODGY; Homegrown (A&M): REEL 2 REAL andalso Sineadhas high O'Connor.