MUSIC WEEK MAY 18 1985

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Dancing Domino A NEW dance-orientated label. Domino Re- mand for it in clubs and shops on the south cords, based in Portsmouth, Hants, has taken and south-west coast of England, that Domi- the brave, but calculated, step of reissuing the no's Gary Jones, himself the proprietor of two Status IV's You Ain't Really Down, originally a outlets in the area, decided to acquire the club floor favourite and disco chart success in dormant release rights and supply this region- mid-1983. al demand. The track was originally licensed for the UK Like the original release, the new 12-incher by TMT Records, the one-time collaboration couples Toney Lee's vocal arrangement of the between Dave McAleer (now the Rah Band's number with alternative accapella (also Lee- co-producer) and the brothers Titchener of arranged) and instrumental versions. The cata- dance promo company Rush Release. When logue number is DOM IT, and distribution is the label went out of existence, the 12-inch via Greyhound (01) 385 8238. Alternatively, single (TMTT 4 in its original form) obviously Domino is based at 27 The Tricorn, Market dropped out of circulation. However, such has Way, Portsmouth, Hants POI 4AN, and can be been subsequent dancefloor reaction and de- contacted direct on (0705) 833818. ONE OF the all time greats. The Last Poets

SIMPLY THE BEST SOUL ALBUM OF THE YEAR This is madness — z

Last Poets rstwn CELLULOID (through Streetwave) finally makes one of the Last Poets' greatest albums of the early Seventies available to today's British listeners (This Is Madness, on CELL 6105). The label has also elicited comments about it from Pet Jalal ■ ST Nuriddin. He says: "Recorded in early 1971, This Is Madness is a composite sketch of life during the Johnson and Nixon adminis- trations, a period dominated for many by the war in Vietnam "ROCK ME TONIGHT" and particularly unpopular with US blacks., "As their sons died in Vietnam for some fantasy cause, AVAILABLE ON ALBUM & TAPE inflation was growing and poverty was rising. The Poets try to EJ 24 0316 1/4 make sense from nonsense." In the climate around Paul Hardcaslle's 19 smash and the current 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the album should make interesting listening. FEATURING Rap audiences will, of course, rate it regardless of political THE SUMPTUOUS SINGLE content. "ROCK ME TONIGHT" m £9 (for old times sake) Grand iis€@ — 7-INCH - CL 358 12-INCH - 12 CL 358.

still going strong TWO YEARS ago Music Week wrote a piece on Mike Collier, commenting on his role as "Grandpa Disco" — a veteran music publisher who specialises in dance music. In 1985 Collier is still going strong, having clocked up hits with Break Machine, Village People, Evelyn Thomas, Miguel Brown and Barbara Pennington through his representation of Record Shack Music, and topping the UK charts with Phyllis Nelson's Move Closer, published by his own Jess Music. Collier is currently anticipating success with two forthcoming releases on the Shack label: Boys Come And Go by April written and produced by Jacques Morali and Keep On Walking featur- ing Steve Rodway, written and co-produced by Jack Robinson, the man behind such megabits as Strutt Your Funky Stuff, Do Or Die, Saddle Up and I Love To Love all published by Jess Music. Steve Rodway has topped the US dance charts with his own ORDER NOW FROM EMI TELEPHONE SALES AREA A: 01-561 4646 SCOTLAND. NORTHERN ENGLAND. NORTH WALES ISLE OF MAN production of Don't Stop Trying and recently hit big in the UK AREA B; 01-848 9811 MIDLANDS AND THE NORTH. AREA C: 01-573 3891 SOUTH MIDLANDS. SOUTH WALES AREA D: 01-561 2888 LONDON. with Russ Abbott's Atmosphere which he co-wrote and co- EAST ANGLIA. KENT AREA E: 01-561 4422 SOUTH LONDON. SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WEST ENGLAND. CHANNEL ISLANDS. produced.

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