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Zomba It willRecords market has and opened promote its first ail officerepertoire in on its battle over Girl ower Jive and Silvertone labels, which are being distributed directorthrough Virgin.Steven ZombaHoward Music says thePublishing Zomba Groupmanaging wanted Scandinavia,to create a similar there set-up will now to its be Chicago an office, opération. studios and "In a repertoirecréative rester source of wnter/producersfor the Zomba Group," that will he says. act as a The Spiçi awardofthe winning thêbes Beechwood Music move has moved to new to offices HQ at Littleton TéléphonéHouse, Littleton 01784 Road, 423214 Ashford, and fax Middlesex, 01784 251245. TW151UU. ManiesManie go double Street Preachers' platinum album Everything BRIJSJGLÏ, last week. Must TheGo was compilation certified AHdouble Time platinum Greatest byLove the HardimanThe awards Ibest show folk/traditional was preceded album). by a Songs reached platinum status and two other Spiceshowease G iris, of Peter acts André including and OTT Boyzone, - who wellcompilations, as No Doubt's Wired Tragic and Amour, Kingdom. reached The Homework gold status, as Redwere Box named vonue. best new Irish— acE"=at the album by Daft Punk was certified silver. The performances will feature in a TV .dotmusic From MusicThe latest Week. industry Updated news Mondays On The at Net.18.00 GMT. !>►►►► MORE MUSIC RADCLIFFE WINS INDUSTRY BACKING -p4 ^ ^ ^ httpi//www.dotmusic.com MUSIC WEEK 1MARCH 1997 COMMENT At iast, the indie chart we can live with At Iast we can envisage a day when the indie chart is More music Radcliffe industrydilemmas.no longer included on the "to be resolved" list of The live hig independent distributors have conte up wins industry support turate'svith a new egg, formula has gotto which, the rubber-stampingthough something stage of a thewithout volatile upsetting history anyone. of this debate. Quite an achievement, given by Catherine Eade broadcast outside London and Hughes The new formula takes no account of genre and fails to Mark Raddifle's new Radio One break- Street Preachi says radio promotions executives have Idress the contentious issue of independently- 0 Stay-18 Wheelet; New Pollution - Beck; ofbeen travelling reacting to positively Manchester to the prospect distributed major labels. It's far from perfect - but, after extensiveacclaimfrom use theof music industry - 20 fortracks its morewere Space;Girls S Boys-Prince:Novocaine For DarkThe Soul Clouds- - Eels; been?en orUp more to now, years the of only wrangling, point ail howparties could could it have agree played on Iast Monday's first show. Inferno - Souvlaki; Crosstown Traflic - Hughes en was the fact the existing chart has become movedProducer to ManchesterRhys Hughes, from who London has diraiInterceptor-Ash: Hendrix Expérience: Before Today-Angel meaningless. specifically to take on the rôle, says the BlueEverything Boy: Good But The Enough Girl; -Remember Dodgy: Me - theHowever proposed much chart of a doescompromise represent we've a vast ended improvement up with, two-hourOne's overall show music will aim philosophy. to reflect ItRadio will Discothèque - U2; North Country Boy - The en the existing rundown. As we are now ail acutely stick to the playlist apart from four Charlatans (worm of the week); Corne On withleague Hughes Sally Eial aware, no-one knows exactly what indie is. although "freeco-presenter choice" Marcslots chosenRiley and by Radclifle,Hughes - TheEverybody Love - -The Us3: Source Alright feat - Casr, Candi You've Staton; Got "It's important we keep face to face con- everyone has a good idea of what they imagine the includingnew équivalent the "worm to of Christhe week", Evans' the HisBabies Spirit - Pulp; Wife; Ginger Don't Let- David Go - EnDevant Vogue. & ofindie independent chart should distribution look like. and Somehow, an independent the combination chart "Breakfast show biggie". Tracks played from 7am to Sam, February 17 panel seems to throw up a chart which fits most RadioHughes, Five a producerformer local until radio he DJjoined and people's expectations. It also has the advanlage of - - - - 1995, says there will he will be a les,regular of Alan vistor James to the BBC in andputting the thebreaking spotlîght acts on which the independent are increasingly retail moresector showkey diffc Manchester, while Justin Pritchard of likely to emerge through indie stores. es at least 50% of wha Newthat heSchool is a nationalpromotions plugger says basedthe fact in Therewill attract are already a lot more lirm médiaindications coverage that thanthe new the existingchart ingManchester importance is a of refiection centres of of music the grow- out- supportingrundown. This it. is the strongest reason of ail for Dm the breakfast show. Of course this chart is not a certainty. It needs the BMGseeksretailerhelp status.backing But of theconsidering CSC before the it tortuous can be given route "officiai"which has inbrought its way. us this far. it's hard to imagine anyoneSelina standing Webb in bidtoprotectmargins BMGretallers is lookingas part ofto anstrengthen ongoing battle its relationship to boost the withper- PAULS QUIRKS Brighton'sSpeaking Grand at BMG's Hôtel annualIast Thursday sales conférence(2), ehairman at Time to seize back the control John Preston urged the invitcd retailers to work more : -i The time is fast approaching when the music industry profitclosely margins. with his Company to help protect each other's willcontrols have its to ownface destiny.up to the Jon reality Webster's that it nocomment longer {MW, prietaryHe said pricing BMG has study spent to déterminé more than the £100,000 optimum on a price pro- February 15) that the currentprice-cutting by valuefor music. of music, "The notkey only issue in is the to sensemake ofsure quality we raise but the supermarketsin tears is a fair and refiection other non-traditional of the state of outletsthe market. will end thecommercial marketplace," value ashe wcll says. so "We we candon't get want the mostto see from the Indie dealer prédictions that the tail would eventually goingindustry, the for way the of health America and where creativity retailers of the arc business, strug- SmallêiTiheLiverpudliaii quartet leibyjligsy, who was imraortalised expected,be wagging but the the dog scénario have corne was truea familiar sooner one than and it gling to make thei idded. on the track DigsykDiner on Oasis's album Delinitely Maybe. as there for ail to see. >f that ing stance which will see Gary byGallagher Better Records, plays guilar the 3MV/Vitalon the single distributed Is, which label is released launched on IastMardi year 3 Once record companies started supporting (paying?) superBarlow's deluxe first dealer solo album price when sold itto is trade released at BMG's in June. top It by Tira Abbot, The former Création Records managing director was theirlarge own multiples charts, to which chart recordsincidentally in high bear positions no relation in to continues an initiative started Iast year with both Take also a marketing consultant for Oasis and his book aboutthe the industry-backed CIIM chart, the meltdown had •That's Conférence Greatest report, Hits and p6 Robson & Jcrome's Take Two. 50,000 copies. begun.in the Top Sales 10 before could beit had guaranteed sold a copy by charlinganywhere a singlein the UK. Even better if that single was at the ridiculously low Lamb triumph in snowbound Scotland Bard,price ofthe £1.99 BPI, forCIN the and first and week. other interesled parties stage by trumpet and double ba should gel together now and try to agree a way forward of places for Lamb to Promoters: various, including Metropolis, spectacleaddition gaveand extrahelped dynamism emphasise to First,before we the should industry only shoots use data îtself from in the shops foot that again. use and fledged UKbegin tour, wrilestheir Jakefirst Barncs.fully- BookingCosmos, Agent:Athletico Primary and DF Talent Concerts display the CIN chart, as that would mean the officiai theSuch prospect were the of anyweather more conditions than a handful that Sponsor.Sound: ShanHira MTV chartposition would in a notmultiple's be influenced alternative by companies chart. Second, buying we a of people turning up seemed remote. Dates: Edlnburgh Venue IFeb 18), Glasgow I nicely with Rhodes compo- should encourage a £2.99 two-track CD single (similar But Lamb proved to have the pulling KingBirmingham Tuts (19), Institute Leeds Cockpit (22), Brighton (20), titledsure. Theydébut played album, most including of their self-God to the current single cassette tape) as the norm and difficulties.capacity The By Venue lOpm, was the fllledcity's to400- its Concorde (26), Cambridge Jonction (27), Bless, Cotton Wool and Lusty, closing make this an industry standard. We should also limit with a young, early twenties mix BristolPortsmouth Trinity Wedgewood Hall (Marc 1),Rooms Manchester (28), withthe inévitable their new encore. single Gorecki before featuresstipulate inthat the this chart. format must remain available while it of studentsThe only andreal locals.cause for concem came Riu(4|, Cheers from the crowd were readily Finally, we must agree a minimum price for each format when Lamb's Andrew Barlow intro- duo, whose Cot n Wool indulgedfortheoming, in one most of his often many when fist-wavmg Barlow to quality for the chart or possibly count three 99p sales ducedScotland, himself this iswith the thefirst words, date on"Hello our biggostappeared club in actions or when Rhodes completed a of a single equal to one £2.99 sale. tan particularlyr for a skillful Tuesday vocal night," passag s startedIf we are biting going back. to move forward, it's abouttime the dog The Mercury aig d M h n«l. Uthe a. And it Pau! 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His Canute- still h t their thespokesman voting procédure for the organising will also committee.widen the judging A change panel in quite literally does not k "difficult" n »s that wîshtheir to PA be ataccepted Gavin, to include représentatives from country music knotsit's going. the industryTypical ofis tlt The problcm for the busii ss is hours, had a wo-hourflew 14-and-a-half rest, did a publications, radio, promoters and retailers. !t-and-greet, a three- Métal Hammer ABC up again 1 j the next flight back Heavy métal magazine Mêlai Hammerhas reported its Which brings us t( «British Don'tie. That mistake America The fourth successive ABC circulation increase - up 23% to invasion'. Talk of it every- Decidedly Jittery for America The 34,757Dennis for Publishing the period relaunched July to December the magazine 1996 - in since 1993. tion of radio and mi where. What became howev- Pushover.And itIt only ain't. needs But thea few door good is grungewho have and grownknow hingthrough else. ais hugeless than inertia wholehearted. within the USThe ishand it widea few open. committed people, Porter moves up at Tring Stevepromoted Porter, to finance group fînancial director conlrollerand company of Tring, secrefary. is being PricePorter, Waterhouse. 34, joined the He company replaces in Philip February Keane, 1996 who from is Number one Spice Girls being appointed part-time company services director. MercuryNew creative Records product agency manager launched Candace Strickland unveil plans for new LP inhas London's left the companyLadbroke toGrove. launch Operating her own as creative Strickland agency musicFairhurst industry Productions, and currently the agency represents will spécialisé photographers, in the by Steve Redmi SpiceUS just G iris' four album weeks went after straight release, in asat It'sindividually] been well itand could truly have woi stylists and hair and make-up artists. on the follow p to their début while the single holds at one. Mel 0 added that the fr album Spice. To further support both the single and gota e ideas," she said. "We'n Edel is launcheslaunching a sériés TV thèmes of seven volumes sériés of cuit TV ningSpeaking trip to meetto Music radio Week programmers after a light- at arealbum, due tothe perform five-piece at tonight's girl group (Monday) - who which we're going to begin writing in the thèmes. 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CDs."But If people are;e busyfor the doing dollar. something A more critical else they thing don't is time.have irestedindustry in listeis h ingpeoplc the interested summer holidays, in business got lebusier old days, oecause dur- costskids were $12-$14.1 out of don't school," think he the said. kids "Now have an got album the money." on sale Besides suggesting a renewed emphasis on singles as Mercury priority act Hanson were the top scorers in a hall test of Top bein theoffered UK, heat cheapersaid new initial releases prices by emerging for longer. artists could lers durlng the Gav/nConvention. The act-who internationally,In the future, Solomonincluding predicted consolidation further retailof the growth big ed as a "white Jackson Three" - came top out of chains. 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The andcaters jazz. for "Thethe current shop strlves demand to forprovide trip hop a Music, Westbury Music, Stage procédure will address these theirHerbaliser new LP will 'Blow be playing Your Headphones' live to promote wide cross-section of dance styles and to Music1000, Trueand PaulLove Rodrigez.Music, Active implementationissues and will bein ready1998, foruntil (oui on March 24) and single 'Scene Scottremain McCready. at the cutting edge," says manager The publishers told PRS chief which time it cannot take any beFrom supported Control hyCentre' DJs Ollie(oui today).Teeba and They'l Th0 top ro tracks flying out of Fopp this week are: executive officer John Hutchinson "The point is to stop tinkering Malachi. DJ Amon Tobin will join the tour 'BERRY• 'HIGGLEDY MEDITATION' PJGGLEoy - UNOE - lan (Mo Pooley Wa*l; IForce THE lnc|; GREY they see as an unfair distribution with what might be currently fordates the are: Bristol Co Operage,and Brighton Plymouth dates. (7);The The action.System and demanded immédiate biggerflawed picture.methods and look al the LiverpoolBrook, Soulhampton (14); Underground, (12); Heeby Leeds Geeby's, (15); PRS says it collect £2.8m from "We ail want a statistically The Boom, Hull (20); TBC, Glasgow (21); publishersclubs and discos,believe butthat the money is validwhen systemthis System which is we complété," will have SheffieldHomeless, (23); Dundee Thelka, (22); Bristol The Leadmill, (April 4); predominantly given to Top 40 says Shirley Northley, PRS's ^and The Concorde, Brighton (5). artists, ignoring much of the corporatecomanager.

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Southern and MarchS mm ss, Galaxy and Choice MarchS lly advertised on Channel Four and r.AMPAIGNSOF THE WEEK COMPILATION ARTIST ■ U2-POP TRIPTO THE ANDES 1 Record label: Island Record label: Tumi Dance dE! | Media agency/executive: Target Media agency/executive: Single CD 1 Media/Steve Gill, Ceri Ward ProductMinded manager:Promotions/Tony Adrian SaiersByrne « 1 Senior product manager: AndyTribe Creative concept: Tony Byrne J Creative concept: Steve Averill at ABA Trip To The Andes - the follow-up to OO S| Thebe backed long-awaited by an extensive new U2 album press willand Tumi Dance's Ambient Amazon- o I retail campaign when it is released by beextensive released press on Monday and radio and advertising. backed by Island next Monday. The album will be The album features drum & bass, trip hop and dub sounds inspired press advertised in NME, Melody Maker. Time Out, The Face, O, by Inca music. It will be radio advertised on Kiss 100,102 and 105, Mojo,be a nationwide Loaded, Vox, poster Dazed campaign & Confused, including FHM a and 96-sheet i-D and site there on will Galaxy, Frequency and Choice. Ads will run in Wax, Muzik, MixMag, London's Cromwell Road. Ail of the big multiples and indépendants Maker,The Guardian, Herb Garden, Times, The Observer, Vibe, On, Time Dream Out, Création, Loaded, NME,Wire, EternityMelody will be running in-store and window displays and there will e and Chili Out. In-store displays will run with selected independents m midnightplus album store playbacks openings in selectedacross the club UK venues on the nightaround before the country release and there will be support from multiples. The second phase of the m during the first week of release. campaign will include club nights, posters and, possibly, TV ads. 7s MUSIC WEEK 1 MARCH 1997 00 ALBUMS ■ RELEASES FOR 3 MAR-9 MAR 1997:313 ■ YEAR TO DATE: 2,729 LU m <

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You will have man management skills With at least 3 years experience gained in a client complimented by a high level of numeracy and strong polishedfocused rôle,Communicator you will need with to excellent be a well negotiation presented, skills negotiating abilities. Expérience in a product/buying and the ability to work well in a dynamic, results management position will be an advantage. profilesorientated on environment.WP and computer The maintenance files will require of records you to beand A compétitive rémunération package reflects our PC literate. commitment to attracting the best candidate for this industryThough experiencewould be préférable, gained direefly a strong from will the to musicsucceed is important position. Please send your CV to: thefor youressential career factor development which will and provide rewards a unique that areplatform only David Pegg, Pinnacle Imports, limited by your ability and imagination. 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Battersea, Brilain's Icading independenl record distribulor currentlj bas a vacancy for the position of To advertise in SALES REPRESENTATIVE Music Week Classified call Matt (East Anglia) or Lisa on 0181-316 3015 WANTED or Fax ,n Greyhound"I- Dance Departmentenergetic person 0181-316 3112 rholesale/distribution...disbibi-'— departmenl — Copy deadline is ir a self-employedright person. or part-tim ilion (or the Thursday 10am enclosing CV to: Greyhound Records L (subject to space) )h Road, Battersea, London SW11 2AA Early booking is strongly advisable Music Maestro Manager/Assistant Manager SALES MANAGER CityNew of retail London concept opération. requires a dynamic indiviaual f: SSLhandle required for major sales team controlling a Primary responsibilities will include day to day runr £19,000 1,16 tecruitment team of 12. 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