1992 November SUN MON NE WED TNU FRI Oct6381 SAT WEEKLY 1 Yir 234 56 7 199 E° .., $3.00 "C 8 910111213 14 15 1617181920 21 $2.80 plus .20 GST 22 2324 A 252627 28 1 7.2A Volume 56 No. 15 1 29 30 Week Ending October 10, 1992 181S3 -r143 2- 2 - RPM - October 10, 1992 "It's my understanding that Valente is now Robertson and Berman to talk about NAFTA trying to get trade sanctions against Canada because of the cultural industries exemption," Things are definitely heating up in regard to IDIIID consultation here first." he says. the exemption granted to Canadian cultural Both CRIA and RIAA's member industries under the North American Freecompanies are responsible for about 95 per Warner Music lowers Trade Agreement (NAFTA). cent of pre-recorded music sold in their Jay Berman, the president of therespective countries, so both Berman and boom on Toronto's CFTR kI lit Recording Industry Association of America Robertson carry some clout. But Berman also Toronto radio station CFTR was served with a (RIAA) who recently caused an uproar by has the powerful American film industry lobby notice from Warner Music Canada to cease saying yogurt had a more active culture thansupporting his stand, Robertson says. and desist playing Erotica, Madonna's new Canada, was scheduled to arrive in Toronto on "I know that both the recording industry single, before it was officially released on Friday (Oct. 2) to express his views to his people and the film people, led by Jack Valente, Sept. 30. No. 1 HIT Canadian counterpart, Brian Robertson,were unhappy with the cultural exemption The station reportedly received the track president of the Canadian Recording Industry clause in the NAFTA and feel that, from the from an unknown source in the U.S. CFTR Association (CRIA). Robertson, who worked motionpicturepoint of view, that the Canadian apparently complied with the cease and desist QUEI with Berman to push for more relaxeddistribution control restricts the ability of order, but the single was also leaked to the Greates regulations in the American immigration actsome of the U.S. companies to do their business syndicated Super Radio show out of Boston, SINEAD 0'( to allow Canadian artists easier access to the here the way they want to do it. But there are which airs Saturday nights on CFTR. So again Am I Not Y United States market, says he' ll have plenty to almost no restrictions on the recording industry the single was aired and CFTR effectively talk about. HOUSE 0 apart from the Canadian content regulations." "took that as a cue that they should therefore House 0 "I'm going totry and find out what Part of the argument is about what be allowed to continue to play it, which they motivated the comments he made. Theconstitutes culture and what constitutes started doing again Monday morning," said SINGL Soundti comments were unreasonable, in my view, to commerce. Canadians feel that the 30 per cent Kim Cooke, Warner's vice-president of thepoint of being insulting. We've got nothing Cancon rule is a cultural regulation, while the national promotion and special products. SNAI against them expressing their disappointment, Americans see it as a means of restricting "That was not our view, and we convinced The Madmar SOMETIMES LOVE JUST but to make bad jokes like that is ill-timed and them to only 70 per cent of the airwaves. The them to stop playing it that same afternoon." AIN'T ENOUGH unnecessary. I think it's unnecessary for him RIAA may also look at the Foundation to Warner Bros. in the United States has ERASU Patty Smyth/Don Henley - MCA ; Abba-es to be making statements like that without any Assist Canadian Talent On Records (FACTOR) also been busy issuing cease and desist orders as an unfair subsidy, while CRIA sees it merely "against anyone in the U.S. playing the record." TOM WA Oberstein to supervise as an incentive program for Canadian CFTR is the only known radio station Bone Ma that aired the record before its official release, PolyGram in Canada recording artists. MORE COUNT Robertson hopes his meeting with and they "had a good run with it," says Cooke. Various A A change in leadership of PolyGram UK will Berman will be constructive, but he knows the He is concerned with the unfairness involved ' '' also affect Canada. NAFTA controversy won't fade away quietly. in that one radio station can air a record well SUZANNE Maurice Oberstein will retire as chief in advance of others, several of whom 99F° executive officer of PolyGram UK at the end WASHED AWAY registered complaints with Cooke. BARNEY BE Nov. 6 release date for new Tom Cochrane of the year, but will assume responsibility for Since last week was a hot one for ratings, ,.. .. .. Ain't Life Si Jeff Healey Band album . .. the supervision of PolyGram's Canadian radio stations were heavily involved in SONG INSTEAD OF A KISS operations on behalf of Alain Levy, The Jeff Healey Band's third album, Feel promotions and campaigns to give more Alannah Myles PolyGram's president and chief executive This, will be released by BMG Music Canada prominence to their station. Airing arecord by HIT P on Nov. 6. WREN 1100K INTO YOUR EYES officer, starting on Jan. 1, 1993. a high profile star like Madonna and creating Firehouse The album's first single, Cruel Little controversy has been used effectively over Oberstein will also work as a member of Number, is a sizzling rocker co -written by the the years. RHYTHM IS A DANCER PolyGram International's management team band, Carl Marsh and Justis Walkert. It goes One observer pointed out that record Snap and as executive vice-president with regional to radio on Oct. 19. companies are placed in an uncomfortable WOULD I LIE TO YOU responsibility for Australia and New Zealand. The band's 1988 debut album, See The position when they have to resort to legal Charles & Eddie Light, went triple platinum, while their 1990 action with a radio station. Says Cooke, "We Obersteinwillalsosupporthis DO YOU BELIEVE IN US release, Hell To Pay, has sold more than did issue a cease and desist, but we didn't take replacement, Roger Ames, in an advisory role Jon Secada at PolyGram UK. Ames will relinquish his 200,000 units. it any further than that." ALWAYS responsibilities as managing director of Corey Hart London Records to take on the job. He will Oui ou Non has become alsojoinPolyGram'sinternational a constitutional theme YOU'RE SO TEMPTING management team. Acosta/Russell Quebec's English media are using Motion's WALK ON THE SOUL DOCTOR Toad The Wet new single, Oui ou Non, as a theme for the Foreigner upcoming constitutional referendum. Columb Motion's Jean-Claude Beliveau and FOREVER LOVE Charles David originally wrote the song as a Color Me Badd man's plea to a woman to decide whether or :SUCCESS HAS MADE A FAILURE: not she wants him. In apolitical sense the song OF OUR HOME has a number of parallels to the situation in Sinead O'Connor Quebec, as it says: Yes or no/leave or stay. DROWNING IN YOUR EYES GARTH BRO Oui ou Non is the title track of Motion's Ephraim Lewis The Cha: second album for Warner Music Canada. Their self -titled 1991 debut spawned four Top 20 LOVE YOU BY HEART EXTREMI Lisa Lougheed III Sides To EVE hits in Quebec, including two Top 10 songs. The same album was also released in English WIND ME UP GARTH BRO1 and received airplay across Canada. Paul Janz Beyond The S There's no indication yet if the Clash's JOHNNY HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Should I Stay Or Should I Go will be picked up Silk Toxik, who scored MuchMusic Video PETER GABF awards for Best Metal Video and People's The Rembrants Us Garth Brooks at as a constitutional theme for anglophone Choice, seen accepting gold for Doin' The Nasty recentToronto SkyDome product presentation with RPM's Stan Klees. Canadians. from Capitol's Toronto staff. 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