îmisk wee For Everyone in the Business of iVlusic 6 MAY 1995 £2.95 DîsneytobuyEii? esree that spéculation the long-expected late last weeksale of sug- the theQuoting paper asaid source lhat close although "talks EMI Music Group- toaUS■ -- - ■ ■ werethey arepreliminary continuing". g Thom EMI chairman Sir Col quarter 12 Top stars ^S^suggestthatwhether acclaimD-Influence to Theend companythe day ons share an all-year price rose high 27 ofP And14 Charles Eddie' asfC CO E I ,1 « J 1 Leahy plays down Michaei deai AMD S REISSUE feotures brand ^ Uahy denied the singer has held ► ^ ► ►POLYGRAM DOMINATES IVOR NOMINATIONS-p3 >►►►►►► CSEOOOiVi Music Systems NEWSDESK: 0171 921 5990 NEWSFILE HMV UK plans managing investment director Brian in McLaughlin technology will PolyGram ieads groupannounce at the major company's investment annual plans conférence for the retailing in Brighton thisnumber week. of newMcLaughlin store openings, Is expected an increasing to announce a leastinvestment half the in chain'stechnology stores and over the the refurbishment coming year. of at hrors contenders McLaughlin predicts a "vintage year" for the company. great"Nineteen new productninety four expected was our from besf Michael year ever Jackson, and with headsPolyGram/Island this year's Music40th IvorPublishing Novello posthumous nomination lûrsty^acCotl (MCA Musi^EMl'vp^n1]Music); Simply Red and others we believe 1995 could also theeight catégories. forSurprisingly, highly-rated therenew anac exceed ail expectations," he says. consolidationThe achievement, of the which PolyGram follows andthe whoPeople, are currentlyElastica orsigned Oasi : «Fenton Warner (Shogun Chappell); Music); Beyond Middlcmarch The Clouds by by Stanley George Charlton forms own label Island opérations last spring, is largely receive only one nomination: Pari Myers (Carlin). Gordonleft One Charlton,Little Indian the RecordsA&R man to who establish signed his Bros, own has label, nominateddue to the Regsuccess Presley's of the Love four-times Is Ali Zombieup against by Dolores You Gotta O'Riordan Be by Des'n in th The Joy LuckClubby Rachel^rd Harvey (EMI Music): likely to be called Beautiful Noise. Campbell joined OLI Day,Around which and received East 17'stwo nominations.Stay Another contemporaryBasca général song category.secretary An bÉst^onowci fromacts. EpieThe companyin May 1994 says with he didn'tresponsibility actually tosignsign any pop Chappell,PolyGram's with nearestflve contenders, rival is aheadWarner of goryHarcourt change says this there year. has Thebeen besom bands, although there were several projecls on the boii. ChrysalisEMI Music and Publishing Campbell onConnelly four. MCA, pick theme or song category has beet THE PRS MOST-PERFORM.ED WORK - Slay Leeds hosts Heineken festival Hawken, p'obort Keany (Po^Gram "Misîc Europe s largest free festival, the Heineken Music Kate Thompson, PolyGram/lsland's l Thea film. Radio One Award will also be BackPublishing by Eddie Lld/Porky Grant (Warner Publishing); Chappell); Baby Love Come Is Festival, will take place at Roundhay Park in Leeds ov tor, says she is delighted with its haul. presented for the first tirae at the AUBEST-SELLING Around by Reg SONG Presley - (PolyGram Love Is AU Music).Around by four days from July 20. Previously, the event had toured Besides Presley and East 17, it earns Grosvenorawards, which House will Hôtel be held on May at London's 23. Reg Presley (PolyGram Music) released^ by variousorganisera cities, have but decided afterfive to yearsstage anda larger 1.5m show visitorsthe in on TheDolores Father, O'Riordan composed and Inby TheBono, Name Gavin Of Tickets are available from Basca on location. Around 100 bands, including headline acts 0171436The Ml 2261. list of nominees il Hawken, Robert Keanb (PolyGramI Music/Porky Siouxsie And The Banshees, Mike And The Mechanics, im, Graham STKKINATIUNAL Hi T "OF" THEYÊAR stages.Pulp and Nearly Shane 200,000 MacGowan, free tickets will play will the be fourmade available Tony McAnaney for Crocodile Shoes, 7 Xm (Sc hotllneavailable on for 0891 the 222459. event. For information, call the festival PeterGeorge Ham Fenton and Tomfor Evans,Shadowlands, who receive and CableCMT London Europe has axeddropped by the cable country channelmusic channe Farbmantohead CMT Europe because, it says, "the vast majority do not sayswatch it wouldit reguiarly". have had The to north increase London the cable price operatorof its basic RCA export drive cable package if it retained CMT Europe. "We do not considerbelieve that this the good majority value offor our money," customers says thewould company. PolyGram links with MTV in Asia be Farbman,responsible who for takes marketing up her RCA'spost today UK acts (Monday), to ail ter w PolyGram has struck a joint venture deal with MTV for Marsh. He cites acts such as The&Grid, Annie Lenn< 50% ownership of its two new music channels in Asia, SIeeper, M People, Kylie Minogue and Takc That rightsMTV Mandarin body VPL andstresses MTV thatAsia. the Aspokeswomanforthe move will have no international"Our opération priorities is definitely in the coming going months.to be expandi effect on PolyGram's involvement in the ongoing bebecause sold overseas," of the number he says. of English "It has acts been that a bit are of going rena starteddispute broadeastingbetween VPL onand April MTV, 21 Theand MandarinMTV Asia stationwill actssance seem recently to have for driedRCA. Forup. Thea number good thingof years, is we the no UK™ [ " launch on Friday (May 5). bave half a dozen bands that are ready to go. That m Rugby World Cup sparks releases somethingFarbman, we formerly are really vice going président, to be focusing marketing on." at PolyGram TV is releasing two singles and a compilation RCA's New York office, replaces Chrissie Harwood, who ndent, marketing ant album into Southcoïncide Africa with on the May Rugby 25. On World May Cup22, the which label Unionreleases by singlesLadysmith of theBlack Worldwide Mambazo theme. featuring World vocals In by Evans: moretaSk, Sess music PJ Powers, as well as the officiai England rugby While Chris I anthem. Swing Low Sweet Chariot, which has also breakfast show le Lightning Seeds, The Real McCoy, withbeen Polydorsigningsrecorded by Ladysmith China Black.TheBlack Mambazo album, along applause last :r which concerns Double Impac Anthems, will follow on May 30, featuring both singles, urpriseder Phil Smith, by the even loi though ' andalong Andrew with tracks Strong. by Ail Michael three releasesBail, Barbara have Dicksonbeen EvansIn h played almost.... e adays third inless the current slot, degreeter first. of emphasisThere's going on music." to be a lowei produced by Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey of the music than predecessor Steve Wright, Neil Ferris of Brilliant PR is also a Musicsic & conceptsMedia Partnership. for major sporting The company occasions spécialisés and has accordingIn the totwo-and-a-half Media Monitor data.hour pro- "It'sfan. ail'lis the fresh things and that exemng." radio should he says be." supplied thèmes for the 1988 Olympic Games, World cun-entgrammes, records he played a day, comparedan average witb of 13 driven. Chris Evans is one of the o expectedToda/s to Rgjar show researchthat Radio results One hasare Cup USA '94 and the last Rugby World Cup. average of nearly 19 in the last th DJs who will be big enough to keep suffered another slight drop in its audi- Doug Goldstein weeksMost of of Wright's the current tenure. tracks came fi profileSharp of theEnd's show Robert going Lemonthat way." agi hasence seen figures the butstation that lose the 5mdécliné, listeners which ir Contrary to the impression which may have been given that any drop in music on a radio si the past 18 months, is slowing. Goldsteinlast week's had story,not officially Guns N' signed Roses asmanager the Stone Doug Roses' >!/!>>►►► ROWDISRUPTS AURA DISCUSSIONS-p4 ► ►►►►►► manager prior to his split from the band. MUSIC WEEK 6 MAY 1995 NEWS & COMMENT AmidEMI thefaces clamour uncertain of spéculation future about a possible you'dDisney expect, bid for nothe one EMI in Music the know Group was late saying on Friday, anything. as Aura accusedot Whatcertainly is certain, now in however.play. As the is thatonly Thorn major EMI record is almost effectiuelyCompany not for tied sale. up in a bigger média combine, it is It will be sad to see the last major UK record company creating division fallcase. into Especially foreign hands since, - in as the will wake almost of the certainly Virgin be the takeover,Saddest of EMI ail, hashowever, become is themore equally British inévitable than ever. fact stagedControversy by newly-formed marred the first performers' meeting record company body PPL. But Beverley Craven and Go West man that those who do eventually buy EMI are unlikely to do ~body, cording the Artists Association (Aura), lastof Tuesday. United itsmonths plans of to discussions tackle the withissue, the manage MU or ager Jon Glover said IMF and Basca so because of their love orfeel for music. The meeting, held at the PRS to dis- body the IMF ar -rerfailed the to make-upreach agreeraent of the board. with Pamra Music TV cornes of âge by ssMusicians' plans for itsUnion future, music was disruptedbusiness instead of join royalty They wanted to 'allow by their artist rr directors Tbanks and ta-ra for now to The White Boom, Channel leivisor body Horace for splitting Trubridge, the who performers' criticised collectionTrubridge Society, said, Pamra. "It is crucial to this lawye: Four's first fruitful attempt to repeat the success of the mmunity over new rights contained in battle that we ail stand on the same unreliable. available o Tube.no-bullshit The shows présenter, simple doing formula their -sluff acts, in introduceda stripped by a theTrubridge, European whoUnion claimed rental he directive. had to dis- ground.incredibly I damagingfind it unbelievableto what we are and ail Billy Bragg's manager Pete Jenner down white set- means it is unlikely to earn the trying to achieve that the IMF and cludesaid the any existence possible of collaboration Aura did not withpre- devoted fans of its predecessor.