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THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIOISSUE 1981 NOVEMBER 19 993
, eamAs Seattle's King ins p theeharts,
We Seek Out the Next Seattle(Hint: Take 1-5 South)
This WeekPearl Jam's heat -seeking missileof a new album is called Vs., andthat could stand for any numberof conflicts. One of them has tobe the band's adamant anti -industry stance. No Top 40singles or videos for them. The
wry/ j, result isthat Top
40 is,for themostpart,
slowly picking up on the Pearl,no matter that it's sold nearlytwo million copies in four weeks.And while it tops Alternativestations, college radio is jammedup and jelly tight-againstplaying Pearl Jam. To them, theband is mainstream, hard as itsmembers try to stay connectedto the streets. It can be lonely atthe top.Besides
our lookat
Seattle'sreigninggrungers, we check out onepossible successor to Sea -Townas a hotbed to new rock. It'shome to Rocket From the Crypt(Top). But it is, we caution, onlyone possibility. In News, we tryto stay up with the swirl ofevents in which Michael Jacksonfinds himself enmeshed; wecheck out the latest figures bear-
ing out Countryradio's boom(and, hey,A/C's doingOK, too) andradio's appealas an invest-ment. InCampaign of
the Week, swashbuckling BeverlyMire unsheaths the marketingplans behind the ThreeMusketeers soundtrack album.The Muskies are cutting a swaththrough the Gum -Only GO Chartswith 'All For Love,' by BryanAdams & buddies (above right)along with such other GO -gettersas Jackson Browne (above), GinBlossoms, and Matthew Sweet.Read all about it in Ron Fell's'Connections.'
WE 350,1000 of 'emwithout you.
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their Giant debut,
Sister Sweetly, the
band's had three Top
Ten AOR tracks and
played 170 dates to
more than half a mil-
lion people. All that adds up to unbelievable word of mouth and
350,000 albums that have found new homes all over the U.S.
Almost sounds like the old days, huh?
"BITTERSWEET"After nine months, it's time to deliver this baby.
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RECORD TO WATCHTOP 40
XSCAPE"Understanding" (So So
Def/Columbio)
RAP
VOLUME 10"Pistolgrip-Pump" (Immortal/RCA)
IIPBAN
EARTH, WIND & FIRE"Spend The Night" (Reprise)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
AIMEE MANN"Stupid Thing" (Imago)
COUNTRY
CONFEDERATE RAILROAD"She Never Cried" (Atlantic)
A3NICK HEYWARDFrom Monday To Sunday (Epic)
A77
DEE DEE BRIDGEWATERKeeping Tradition (Verve/PolyGram)
ADULT ALTERNATIVI
ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDERCohan Minstrel (SBORG)
ALTERNATIVE
BOO RADLEYS"Barney (And Me)" (Columbia)
HARD ROCK
SHOTGUN MESSIAH"Violent New Breed" (Relativity)
MOST Anti)
BRYAN ADAMS, ROD STEWART,
STING"All For Love" (A&M/Hollywood)
AEROSMITH"Amazing" (Geffen)
RAP
UMC's"Time To Set It Straight" (Wild Pitch/ERG)
AKINYELE"The Bomb" (Interscope/AtIontic)
URBAN
JODECI"Cry For You" (Uptown/MCA)
WILL DOWNING"Do You Still Love Me" (Mercury)
ADULT CONTEMPORAR
BRYAN ADAMS, ROD STEWART,
STING"All For Love" (A&M/Hollywood)
TONI BRAXTON"Breathe Again" (LciFoce/Arista)
COUNTRY
DIAMOND RIO"Sawmill Road" (Arista)
CONFEDERATE RAILROAD"She Never Cried" (Atlantic)
A3
NICK HEYWARDFrom Monday To Sunday (Epic)
COCTEAU TWINSFour Calendar Cafe (Capitol)
JA
JOE ROCCISANO ORCHESTRAThe Shape I'm In (Landmark)
TONY CAMPISEBallads, Blues And Bebop (Heart Music)
ADULT ALTERNATIVE
ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDEREolian Minstrel (SBK/ERG)
CHARLES MICHAEL BROTMANPacific Rendezvous (Brainchild)
AI TFP^:ATIVE
CHAPTERHOUSEBlood Music (Dedicated/Arista)
INSIDESEuphoria (4-AD/Warner Bros.)
HARD ROCK
STONE FREEA Tribute To Jimi Hendrix (Reprise)
CARCASS"Buried Dreams" (Earache/Columbia)
TOP 40
CULTURE BEAT"Mr. Vain" (550 Music/Epic)
RAP
LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND"Here Come The Lords" (Pendulum/ERG)
URBAN
FREDDIE JACKSON"Make Love Easy" (RCA)
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE"True Love" (MCA)
COUNTRY
CLINT BLACK"State Of Mind" (RCA)
A3
langEven Cowgirls Get The Blues (Sire/Reprise)
JAZZ
CEDAR WALTONAs Long As There's Music (Muse)
V E
Where Is Love (Sin-Drome)
ALTERNATIVE
STONE FREEA Tribute To Jimi Hendrix (Reprise)
HARD ROCK
STONE FREEA Tribute To Jimi Hendrix (Reprise)
Inside4 News
7 That's Sho-biz
26 Media Connection
30 Pearl Jam Vs. theMainstreamAlternative tops the charts,and it's Moshing U.S.A. asEddie Vedder and bandcope with being hurled intothe mainstream. And incities like Chicago, SanDiego, and Chapel Hill,there's talk about "the nextSeattle." But don't take anyof it too seriously.
FORMATS10 Top 40
13 Go Chart
14 Rap
18 Urban
22 Adult Contemporary
26 Chart Connections
28 Country
34 Jazz
36 A2 Adult Alternative
38 A' Album Adult Alternative
40 Gavin Rocks
41 Gavin Rock Profiles
42 Alternative
MANAGEMENT33 P.D. Notebook
21 Ratings & Research
NEXT WEEK
The Chairman of the Boardconvenes a meeting ofmusical minds and comesup with Duets, a landmarkalbum-both for FrankSinatra and for the technol-ogy that allowed him tohook up, without hangingout, with the likes of Bono,Kenny G and LutherVandross. Also, a look backat the younger Frankie.
GAVIN Founded by Bill Gavin -1958
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GAVIN No s EMBER 19. 1993
Willi NEWS
"We cannot know the 'why' ofmarriage and divorce. We can only
allow for it in our budgets."- Lounge singer/author Bud E. Luv
see page 6
More Adults Going to the CountryBY BEN FONG-TORRES
Hank Williams, Jr. could'vebeen singing about radiotoday back in 1986, whenhe had the hit, "Country Stateof Mind."
Country, which accountsfor more than 26 percent ofthe 9900 commercial stationsin the United States, regis-tered major audience gainsthis year, according to the1993 Simmons Study ofMedia and Markets.
Country leadsall formats inadult listening,the recently -issued surveyshowed, with41.6 percent oflisteners 18+counted as regu-lar listeners on aweekly basis.With total listen
Ed Benson
ers up from 66.9 million in1992 to 77.3 million this year,Country has boosted adult
listenership 15percent.
Adult Contem-porary followedwith 31.5 per-cent, whileNews/Talk for-mats registered26.6. (However,All -News stationsscored an addi-tional 9.4 per-
cent.)The top ten rated formats
all registered gains.
Following News/Talk wasTop 40 (25.7), Album (24.4),Oldies (19), Classic Rock(11.7), Urban Contemporary(10.5), Religious (10.2), All -News (9.4), and Classical(7.7).
According to Simmons,"Soft rock," MOR/Nostalgia,and Easy Listening broughtup the rear, with each formattaking slight dips in adult lis-tening.
Country radio and musicsupporters naturally celebrat-
ed the survey findings."This significant
increase...is more quantitativeproof that Country music isAmerica's music of choice,"says Ed Benson, executivedirector of the Country MusicAssociation. "(It) is evidencethat, contrary to what somecritics have predicted, the so-called Country 'boom' showsno signs of waning. In fact,Country music is a lifestyletrend that is continuing togain popularity."
Michael Jackson's Growing PainsBY BEVERLY MIRE
As the press searched forMichael Jackson all overEurope and Asia last week,they knew one place theywouldn't find him: in a Pepsicommercial.
The soft drink company,to which Jackson sold hisname, image and servicesfor nine years, has ended itstour sponsorship, at leasttemporarily, because he hascancelled hisDangerous tourdue to health problemsbrought on by an addictionto pain pills.
"All we're saying is that ifthe tour is over, as we
understand from mediareports, then that would endour sponsorship agreementbecause that would meanthere's nothing left to spon-sor," said PepsiCo Inc.spokesman Gary Hemphill.As for future dealings withJackson, Hemphill demur-red. "I can't comment," hesaid.
Jackson said he wasaddicted to pain killers,which he said he began tak-ing after he had surgery onhis scalp several monthsago. His scalp was burnedduring the filming of a Pepsicommercial nine years ago.A lawyer, speaking for
Jackson at a press confer-ence, said the star becamedependent "to kill not onlythe pain in his heart, but thepain in his mind," caused bythe allegations of childabuse leveled in August by a13 -year -old Los Angeles boy.
Because Jackson is one ofthe world's richest entertain-ers, the tour fees he willlose, estimated at $7 to $10million, won't hurt himmuch. However, Pepsi isthe first sponsor to abandonthe singer, however tem-porarily, since allegationsbecame public.
Radio is still standing byJackson, who has a single,
Investors Turn to RadioAs cable companies haveconsumers poised to puttheir satellite dishes in theinformation superhighway'sfast lane, more and moreinvestors are putting theirdollars into radio.
Since the beginning of thisyear, seven radio corpora-tions, including InfinityBroadcasting, EZ Communi-cations and EvergreenMedia, have put shares upfor public sale. They, along
with 11 other companies,including conglomeratesABC/Cap Cities and Gannett,pushed the index of radiostocks up 52.2% in the peri-od January 31, 1992 toSeptember 30, 1993. TheDow Jones industrial averageduring the same period was10.3. In 1993 alone, 1,143stations have sold for $2.1billion, 88% above the sametime period a year ago.
Investment in radio has
become increasingly attrac-tive over the past year main-ly because the FCC ruledthat companies can own 18AM and 18 FM stations, andmultiple AMs or FMs in asingle market.
According to Standard &Poor's, if it continues at itspresent pace, radio revenue,which is nine percent abovethe levels of a year ago, willreach $10 billion for the firsttime.
"Gone Too Soon," recordedin honor of young AIDS vic-tim Ryan White, set to bereleased November 29.
"We're staying away fromMichael Jackson as a topic,but we've gotten no majorcomplaints about playing hismusic," says WJET-Erie,Penn. program director NealSharpe.
Mike Lommen, musicdirector at KX92 (KXRA)-Alexandria, Minn. agreeswith the theory, adding, "It(the events) hasn't changedhow we present his music atall."
KFFM-Yakima, Wash. pro-gram director Michael JackKirby says his listeners aretalking about Jackson's dis-appearance and reports thatthe child accusing him ofabuse has describedJackson's "private parts.""But," he says, "their sympa-thies are still with him.We're still playing hismusic."
The news of Jackson'saddiction and the fact thatthe child abuse allegationsseem to be headed towardcriminal charges put his par-ticipation in the upcomingTV special, The JacksonFamily Honors, in doubt, asevidenced by a terse state-ment released November 16.
"The Jackson family isconducting their own inde-pendent review of the cir-cumstances currently sur-rounding Michael and willbe making a statementregarding his part in theJackson Family Honorsshortly," said familyspokesperson JohnMcLaughlin, who expectedthe announcement to bemade by November 19.
Meanwhile, Jackson wasmost recently rumored to bein London, Gstaad,Switzerland or the FrenchAlps. His lawyers, who saidhe's "barely able to functionadequately on an intellectuallevel" because of his addic-tion, are assuring the publicthat Jackson will return tothe states as soon as he'srecovered, which theyexpect to be six to eightweeks from now.
TALKINGTURKEYWith Thanksgiving
around the corner, Gavinasks that its Thursdayreporting stations-Rap,Jazz and A2-call in onWednesday, November24. Happy Thanksgiving.everyone.
4 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
NEWS
Boston AcousticsDoes a Number
When it comes to company -sponsored magazines, pub-lished primarily to sell product, there are as many possi-ble approaches as there are magazines.
At one extreme, there's Sony Style, whose magazine iscover -to -cover advertising and product catalog, andwhich charges $4.95 for it. But Sony Style looks hip andslick, loaded with the latest goodies from the leader inpersonal electronics, so it sells.
At the other end is Number, brand new from BostonAcoustics.
The speaker manufacturer's magazine is heavy oneclectic music-jazz, World Beat, folk; the stuff of A2 andA3-and artful art direction-relatively light on advertis-ing, and free of charge.
Number (The first issue is called 01; the next will be02, etc.) is being sent by Boston Acoustics to 30,000 peo-ple who've responded to the company's advertising forits bp Close CD series, in which it offers low-priced musiccompilations, originally produced to help show off itsspeakers. Another 70,000 copies are available at BA'sauthorized dealerships.
Only about 40 percent of the magazine's 60 pages fea-ture speakers. "Straight -ahead product literature is justthat," says Stephanie Kellar of Boston Acoustics. "In the'90s, the age of interpreting things, we thought of a moreenjoyable format."
"Music is what it's all about," said Ira Friedman, thecompany's vice president of marketing. "Number focuseson presenting out -of -the -ordinary musicians and musicalgenres in an eye-catching format while making it easy forreaders to pick up some great CDs."
The magazine furthers Boston Acoustics' connectionwith Sound Delivery, a CD distributor which will sellcompilations of artists featured in Number for $5, as wellas the artists' own CDs.
Inquiries about Number should be directed toStephanie Kellar at Boston Acoustics, (617) 592-9000.
VP Sues Motown,Claims Racial BiasA former vice president atMotown Records has suedthe label, claiming that hewas fired as part of a cam-paign to "racially cleanse"the company's workforce.
Stephen E. Meltzer, whowas Motown's VP of cre-ative services, and who iswhite, says he was dis-missed in January this yearafter Jonathan Clarke, anexecutive consultant toMotown, began a campaignagainst white employees inthe art department.
In his suit, filed in LosAngeles Superior Court,Meltzer said Clarke ridiculedhim because he (Meltzer) isgay and said he was "not
black enough for Motown."His suit charged JherylBusby, Motown's CEO, withfailing to investigateClarke's alleged actions.
Meltzer said that when hewas terminated, he was toldit was for economic rea-sons.
Motown refuted Meltzer'sallegations. In a statement,the company said that it"has always been an equalopportunity employer thathas prided itself on thediverse nature of itsemployees. We condemnany and all forms of unlaw-ful employment discrimina-tion, be it on the basis ofrace or otherwise."
End of an Era:
KLAC LeavesThe Country
BY LISA SMITH
Every day, some radio sta-tion-more likely two orthree-changes formats. So,in passing, it might notseem like a big story thatyet another AM station hasgone to a satellite format.But when KLAC- LosAngeles pulled the plug onCountry and installed AMOnly's format of standards,it marked the end of a 22 -year legend.
In its heyday, KLAC wasone of the pre-eminentCountry stations in theUnited States. To quoteBarbara Mandrell, "It wasCountry when Countrywasn't cool."
Don Langford of theEntertainment MarketingGroup in Sacramento wasKLAC's program directorfrom 1976 to 1982. Heremembers the station'sspecial place in the LosAngeles-and Countryradio-market.
"KLAC developed a fol-lowing that was so uniquethat no one else could re-create the magic," he toldGAVIN. "I still do a lot ofwork in Los Angeles, andtoday-a full ten years afterreal changes started to takeplace at the station-peoplestill come up to me and talkabout what a great stationKLAC was.
"KLAC," he reminded,"was personality radio 24hours a day. From a man-agement viewpoint, it'sprobably easier to have towork with just your morn-ing personality, and lately,research has said listenerswant more music after themorning show. But thatwasn't the case when HarryNewman would launch intoa story or Sammy Jacksonwould talk about the musiche loved. Jay Lawrence andLarry Scott knew who thehot artists were and stayedon top of it for the listeners.That team can't be repro-duced."
Dick Haynes, was hiredas the station's morning per-sonality in 1947 and heldthat position on and off forthe next 33 years. In someways, he was the anchor ofthe airstaff, and when he
took
ar how Fa °IlfI unto' Onds-inilletcsii
Dick Haynes in 1975
died in 1980, the team start-ed breaking up and themagic started seeping away.
Carson Schreiber, RCA'sdirector, western regionpromotion, was musicdirector at KLAC for sixyears. The station's switch,he says, "is a sign of the
times. With the invention ofcompact disc technologyand super clean FM stereoaudio processing, sooner orlater the switch had to bemade. As much of an inno-vator as KLAC was in the'70s, I look at this as thetorch being passed on toKZLA to keep the LosAngeles Country traditionstrong." (KZLA/FM isKLAC's sister station.)
Hal Smith, who pro-grammed KLAC from 1972to 1976 and is now GM atKHLT-Little Rock, sums itup this way: "Good peoplemake a good radio station.KLAC was a great radio sta-tion. It had magic, it was atrendsetter, and Metromediagave management the sup-port required to keep thestation in a Country musicleadership role. While it isan era of Country musicthat has passed, KLAC'saccomplishments havegrown into a legend."
All of us in Country musicshould drink a quiet toast tothe passing of that legend.
RIAA Nixes NARM'sAnti -Theft Device
The RIAA has given athumbs down ruling onNARM's proposed anti -theftdevice, saying the tagsdegraded the sound qualityof cassettes "to an unac-ceptable degree."
Ron Stone, president ofGold Mountain Entertain-ment, sent a private letterto the heads of majorrecord companies lastAugust, voicing concernsabout "any such recom-mendation that places amagnetic field up againstany audio product." NARMdownplayed Stone's fears,but it now appears that hewas not crying wolf.
"The real problem is thatthe industry talks amongstthemselves without consid-
ering the artists and con-sumers-the two groupsmost greatly affected,"Stone told GAVIN. "They re-examined the proposeddevice and came to thesame conclusions that Ifeared."
Sensormatic is the specif-ic system that was deemedunacceptable, but NARM,which can appeal the deci-sion, said it is exploringalternate options to presentto the RIAA. TheAssociation said it remainsconfident that by maintain-ing an open dialogue and acommitment to timelinessan anti -theft system accept-able to all segments of theindustry can be implement-ed. -DAVID BERAN
GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993 5
NEWS
Bud E. Luv Offers State Department to
Words to Lounge ByBY BEN FONG-TORRES
Your Christmas -shoppingworries are over.
Oh, you're welcome.Here's the thing: Just get
all your friends, family,clients, DJs-even the gen-eral manager-copies ofYou Oughta Be Me: How toBe a Lounge Singer and LiveLike One, by The FabulousBud E. Luv.
Yeah, you're right. It's nota radio book. But at $10.95,it's a lot cheaper and farless offensive than the col-lected rants of eitherHoward Stern or RushLimbaugh.
Priced for stuffing stock-ings, it's exactly what itsounds like: A fawning, self -obsessed, and very funnybook by a mock loungesinger, one who's made upa career in which he guidedeveryone from Sinatra toMadonna (the latter actuallyshowed up at one of Luv'sgigs in New York) andwrote everything from "It'sNot Unusual" to "YMCA"and "My Prerogative."
Luv-actually RobertVickers, veteran club per-
former in San Francisco (Hisbrother is Tom, PolyGram'sA&R whiz)-advises would-be lounge singers onwardrobe, jewelry and
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repertoire, but, most of all,on the lounge Attitude.Lounge lizards must spendfreely, whether it's forstretch limos or ex-wives.
"We cannot know the`why' of marriage anddivorce," he writes. "We canonly allow for it in our bud-gets."
He also guides readers onhow to exploit retirementsand terminal illnesses (one'sown or others'), and how to
distinguish between person-al friends (Bud E. lists,among his, QueenElizabeth) and close per-sonal friends ("Joey Bishop.Billy Graham. Fred Rogers.The sultan of Brunei. Thelist is endless.")
The book-co-writtenwith Luv's manager, CortCasady, and singer NedClaflin-elicits chuckleswith chapter titles: "TheMagic of Pants: The TomJones Story," "Something inthe Way He Moves: Bud E.Language," "Betty Ford: TheChick, the Clinic," "WhyYou Always Pay the BandMinimum Wage," and "ToAll the Chicks I LovedBefore Julio Did."
In his act, Luv used towave a small book around,saying it was his memoirsand that it was availableoutside in the casino. Therewas no book, of course, butafter one show in NewYork, an editor from St.Martin's suggested he writeone. So he did.
And now, maybe, you'llbuy it.
Thank you. You're beauti-ful.
Rockers Invade Video GamesBY DAVID BERAN
Video games are the latestvehicle music artists areusing to reach audiences,and Nintendo and Sega areat the forefront of thenewest marriage betweenmusic and visuals.
Nintendo's intergalacticgame BioMetal combinesthe group 2 Unlimited withActivision's Super NintendoSystem, and Sega is set torelease the interactiveDouble Switch, featuringDebbie Harry with a scoreby Thomas Dolby.
2 Unlimited's music punc-tuates the action and pro-vides the background musicfor the futuristic BioMetalgame. Critique Records andActivision's Super Nintendohave teamed up to promotethe video, which is due out
in the first week ofDecember.
Debbie Catalano, directorof publicity at CritiqueRecords, told GAVIN that"Critique is looking forwardto merging two things thatyoung people reallyenjoy-music andvideogames-in a uniquefashion. Five different 2Unlimited songs are heardin the video, and Activisionis going all out to promotethe fact that 2 Unlimited isinvolved with the game."
The promotion campaignincludes spots on MTV,consumer tie-ins offering 2Unlimited cassettes withBioMetal rentals, and a spe-cial BioMetal advertisementprinted in every in -flap of 2Unlimited's No Limits CDsand cassettes.
Sega's journey into the
realm is spearheaded by theinteractive movie mysterygame Double Switch. Theformat is CD, and the gameis accessed by using adevice that connects to theSega Genesis video gamsystem and is attached to atelevision.
The Sega CD systemdebuts in December andSteven Payne, Sega's direc-tor of marketing, describesthe program as a "mini -movie." Double Switchemploys limited -motion livevideo, special effects and a16 -bit digital stereo sound-track to involve game play-ers. Participants are able tointerface with Debbie Harryand the background scorefeatures music by ThomasDolby. Both BioMetal andDouble Switch have suggest-ed retail prices of $59.95.
Cuban Band: No CigarCarlos Santana's favoriteband can't play in theUnited States.
That was the decision ofthe U. S. State Department,which denied visas to theCuban group Grupo Mezcla("Mixed Group"), whichwas scheduled to performin eight cities this fall,including at theSmithsonian Institution.Santana denounced thedecision, and is leading aprotest against the StateDepartment for its action.
The United States has anembargo against Cuba, andoften denies visas to com-mercial artists, saying theirsuccess could benefit thatcountry's communistregime.
Santana described thegroup as Afro -Latin with a
touch of James Brown. "I
was looking forward tomeeting them, talkingabout touring with them,playing with them andmaking videos with them,"he said.
Grupo Mezcla has a limit-ed following in the UnitedStates, and is extremelypopular on Miami's Latinmusic stations.
Sixty-four year old Cubansinger Lazaro Ros, who wasto tour with Grupo Mezclawas granted a visa. TheState Department said Roscould come because he'snot commercial. "Everycase is different," an officialsaid. "We concluded theolder gentleman (Ros)could not be considered aprofessional musician theway Mezcla is."
CAMPAIGN OF THE WEEK
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THE THREE MUSKETEERSOriginal Motion PictureSoundtrack
y Pictures' Theree Musketeers topped
the competition its firstweekend out, raking inS11.5 million. The first sin-
le from the Hollywoodecords soundtrack, Forove," by Bryan Adams,
Rod Stewart and Sting, is a joint release with A&M, and hasbeen picked as an across-the-board winner by program-mers. Contact Jim Martone, vice president/marketing forHolly
LABERADI
Hollywood RecordsSingle, "All For Love," by Bryan Adams, Rod
art and Sting already receiving airplay on Top 40, A/Cand album rock stations. Promotions tied into screeningsin 77 markets.
Major co-op advertising for current quarter.Merchandising items include posters, flats, board andlicensed movie -related toys and products.
Consumer and trade advertising. All film advertis-ing includes soundtrack information.
"All For Love" video on MTV, VH-1, DisneyChannel, etc. Electronic video press kit, including "TheMaking of the Video" footage and interviews with Adams,Stewart and Sting was made available to national and localmedia outlets including MTV News and VH-1 Flix via satel-lite hookup, and it aired on VH-1, E! Entertainment, Turner
tertainment Report, etc.Label is staging a national roller
k promot on signage, single and video play;Soundtrack is on Hollywood, "All For Love," is onA&M/Hollywood. Labels are co -working the single. Disneylicensed products tagged with soundtrack information anddiscount coupon.
On screen in -theatre promotions (1600 screens)wand in -theatre single play (4100
OF SPECIAL INTERE
BY BEVERLY MIRE
6 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
gOIN ACCORDING TO
DAVE SHOLIN
SHO-B IT Z
In Dallas, KJMZ/100.3Jamz radio music directorHelen Little has beenupped to APD. She willretain her MD stripes...Y100-(WPLY) Philadelphia PDEric Johnson makes whatmanagement calls a "lateralmove" and segues to promo-tion director. In as PD,Garen Michaels fromWLAN-Lancaster, Penn.Scott Shannon consultsY100 and has consultedWLAN...At WYHT-Mansfield,Ohio, Kathy Linn steps upfrom APD/MD to PD. Linnproudly notes that all ofWYHT's upper management(GM, GSM, PD) is of thefemale persuasion... SherriNelson, formerly promotionassistant at KNEW/KSAN-Oakland/San Francisco hasbecome the new promotiondirector at crosstown B98(KABL/FM )...New MD atKAGO/FM-Klamath Falls,OR is Sean Addams..104.3The Breeze (KQBR)-Sacramento debuted anAdult Alternative format onNovember 10, replacing thestation's former Countryslant. Now instead ofGarth, listeners will hearGeorge Benson play, ahem,"Breezin- Vice president/director of programming isformer JAZZ -FM in LosAngeles PI) LawrenceTanter...Chris Handlen hassurfaced as productiondirector at KSFM-Sacramento ...Longtime pub -
WHO AM I?My first band was offered arecord deal under the con-dition that we switch to asurf repertoire, but wedeclined. Monkee MikeNesmith wrote my first hitrecord, and a band Irecruited to back me up in1971 later formed theEagles. I was once spottedsinging Christmas carolswith Joni Mitchell, CarlySimon and James Taylor inL.A., and I've had successsinging Country, traditionalMexican and standards.Who am I?See page 9 for answer...
lic affairs talk show hostMary Liz Cortese has beennamed director of promo-tions and public affairs at102.5 KDON-Salinas, Calif.and its sister station K-ROCK...A new management
team is inplace atSonyMusicNashville.AllenButler(left) is
executive vice president/general manager; Paul
Worley(left) isexecutivevice presi-dent; ScottSiman(below) issenior vice
president. Butler andWorley willreportdirectly toSony Musicpresident/COOTommyMottola.
Butler moves from AristaNashville where he wasvice president, promotionand artist development.Worley segues from SonyTree where he was vicepresident, creative services.Siman was a member of theNashville entertainment lawfirm Benson & Siman "Thesolid foundation in countrymusic that Columbia andEpic have built on fordecades will benefit evenfurther from the dynamic,aggressive approach brought
in byAllen, Pauland Scott,"saysMottola..JackWeston(left) has
been tapped to head promo-tion and artist developmentat Arista/Nashville. "Weare tremendously excitedthat Jack has agreed tobecome part of the Aristafamily," said label presidentTim DuBois. "His experi-
ence and knowledge of bothradio and artist developmentwill complement our currentstaff perfectly. At American
Record-ings,MarkNeiter(left) hasjoined asvice presi-dent/
alternative promotion andGaryRichards(left)hasbeen pro-moted tovice presi-dent/poppromotion.
Neiter was national promo-tion manager/modern musicat Reprise Records; for thepast year, Richards has beenbuilding American's tech-no/dance music depart-ment...News from Holly-wood Records has PaulKremen joining the label asdirector of A&R soundtracksand Daniel Makagon join-ing as A&R representative.Kremen was vice presidentof A&R, West Coast, at MCARecords and Makagon helda similar position at ThirstyEar Records...Two namedat Tommy Boy: DianeGirer is project coordinator.She joins from Kid Rhinowhere she was marketingcoordinator. Bryan Adamshas been promoted to assis-tant publicist from artist/media relations administra-tive assistant.. Adam Kaplantakes the product manager'spost at Arista Records. Hewas director of sales andmarketing at Mute Records... Former CarolineRecords director of publicity,video & advertising, KenWeinstein, has been appoint-ed associate director of mediarelations/alternative music forAtlantic Records...In thestory about V-103.9 (KACE)-Los Angeles' decision to dropmusic with violent lyrics(GAVIN, November 5), SonyMusic's Demette Guidry felthis comments weren't indica-tive of his feelings on the sub-ject..111
What are the odds of a TV station being in a record store to do a
story about a new release at the same time a top exec-of the label
that put out the record-happens to be wandering the aisles?
According to a L.A. Times story, that's what took place at Tower on
Sunset when Capitol's senior VP of sales Lou Mann noticed a
KNBC-TV/Channel 4 news crew asking customers how they felt
about the Frank Sinatra Duets album. Ever the vigilant marketeer,
Mann quickly picked up eight copies and went over to pay for them.
That caught the eye of the Channel 4 crew, who shoved a micro-
phone in Mann's face. He proceeded to tell the viewing audience he
was buying CDs for friends and members of his family. The piece
ran on all three of the nightly newscasts. Some red faces at KNBC-
TV are likely to be asking for names and job titles in future stories.
Waaay to go, Lou. Did someone say "Christmas Bonus?"
What a year it's been for Garett Michaels. He began 1993 as
APD/MD of WZPL-Indianapolis (market #37), exiting mid -year
along with then -PD Don London. While London landed at WNVZ-
Norfolk, Garett became PD at WLAN-Lancaster, Penn. (market
#99). Now, as 1994 approaches, he enters market #5 as PD of the
Scott Shannon -consulted WPLY (Y100) -Philadelphia. Former
PD Eric Johnson is named promotion director. Meanwhile at
WLAN, MD Chad Brueske takes over as interim PD.
Looks as though all the chatter about Z104 (WZEE)-Madison PD
"Mr. Ed" Lambert going to WAQQ-Charlotte is just that. Wordis he's staying put.
Might there be some promotions in store for two top level execs at
one East Coast -based label?
ing is certain: he's no longer PD at KMGZ-Lawton, Oklahoma.
ck Walker is interim PD while Ken Saunders remains MD.
owever, Scott was seen at a recent Dallas Cowboys' game-
y mirmill11114W-na-4-App
It was Black Friday (November 12) last week at Chameleon
Records where the staff was told the label will be closing the
doors. VP, promotion Barry Lyons was among those surprised by
the move. Company founder Dan Pritzker will be moving his
group Sonia Dada to another label TBA, while Elektra plans to
pick up The Pogues.
Bill Davis, MD at KROC-Rochester, Minn., takes on new duties
as APD and production director while shifting to middays. All-night
talent Derek Moran is named MD and PM driver with former mid-
day personality Angie Scott moving to overnights.
Big time congrats to Ken Lane, senior
VP, promotion at EMIRG, on the most
important add he's ever gotten. He and
his wife Nancy welcomed their first
child, Ryan Edward, to the world
November 15. Speaking of adds, Ryan
is expecting anyone not currently play-
ing Joshua Kadison's "Jessie," to beon it by the time he celebrates his one -
week birthday.Speaking of Joshua, here
he is with 98PXY (WPXY)-
Rochester, N.Y. PD John Ivey (right).
Hinted at last week and now it's official: KLOL-Houston MD Patty
GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993 7
Martin is indeed replacing Paul Marszalek (now at KFOG-San
Francisco) as MD of WXRT-Chicago. Though admitting it's not
easy leaving, Patty says, "The opportunity to go home and work for
the coolest radio station on the planet was just too hard to turn
down." She'll also be one of those rarities these days: an off -air
MD.
What member of a musical duo, mainstays at A/C, could be issuing
a solo project next year?
Explaining why his par-
ents only gave him one
letter and one number
for a name, here's
Tommy Boy recording
artist K7 with (left to
right) Mike Becce,Tommy Boy's director,
national Top 40 promo-
tion, Keith Clark, PDof JAMMIN 92 (WJMO)-Cleveland, K7 and JAMMIN 92 MD
Don Jackson
Former 894.7 (KEWB)-Redding, Calif. APD Bill Shakespeareis now across the street as PD and PM driver of A/C outlet KARZ.
Will Bill be moving the station in a hotter direction in the near
future?
ter some sou searc ing, KHKS-Dallas PD J.J. McKay hasresigned, choosing to devote all his time to his voiceover business.
In the meantime. MD Sean Phillips continues in the interim PD
role, but don't be surprised to see "interim" dropped from his ti
Over the summer George Francis took over ownership of
WWMM- Greenville, S.C. and turned it into WJMZ. Now comes
news that Francis has purchased crosstown WBBO for that ol'
duopoly thang. No word on plans, but staffers at WBBO have been
given four months' notice to find new employment.
Most everyone will have no trouble spottinc, Columbia's dashing
duo Burt Baumgartner andJerry Blair in this photo. Butwho's that guy with them?
MIX 96 (WVNC)-Canton,N.Y. PD Shannon Steele
trumpets the return of Ed
Thomas as their afternoon
drive personality. Thomas will
also be working on station promotions.
Now that Group W has announced plans to purchase San
Francisco classical outlets KKHI AM/FM, are there intentions to
seek out other properties in the market? Could they be targetting
Viacom's STAR/FM? Rumors are being fueled by talk thatViacom will sell off some stations to help in their bid to merge with
Paramount Communications.
Helen Little. MD and midday air talent at KJMZ (100.3 JAMZ)-Dallas, gets APD stripes.
ALL -HIT 95.9, the new %HI n Ocean City, Md. has several
future full- and part-time openings. Get those T&Rs off real quick to
PD Jack Da Wack, 5700 Coastal Highway, Suite 302, Ocean City,
MD 21842. Jack asks that you use the mail, not the phone.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:Accordions don't play
"Lady Of Spain"People Do!
THAT'S SHO-BIZ
SHO-TALK
Between Neil Young andPaul Simon and ArtGarfunkel there were fivehours of acoustic bliss foran enthusiastic sold -outaudience at this years annu-al benefit concert for theBridge School, a group thatworks with children withcommunication handicaps.Young opened the showwith "Sugar Mountain" andclosed it with an all-starencore of "Rockin' In TheFree World." Some of the
highlights included MelissaEtheridge's (above) mind-blowing free -flowing JanisJoplin classic "Piece Of MyHeart." Sammy Hagar wasaccompanied on piano byEddie Van Halen as theyplayed some Van Halenhits. Eddie would comeback on stage to join Simonand Garfunkel for "Soundsof Silence." Nancy andAnn Wilson were joinedby Young's sister, Astrid fora couple of covers and acouple of Heart songs. Itwas the reunion of Simonand Garfunlde that broughtthe entire audience to theirfeet. The loudest applausecame when Garfunkel did asolo on "Bridge OverTroubled Water." The pur-pose of the concert wasbrought home to everyonewhen a Cambodian scholar-ship student, Thanh Diepused her communicator tointroduce Neil Young dur-ing one of his sets...
Forty years after ElvisPresley made his firstrecord, plans are beingmade for a tribute concertto be held on October 7,1994. Proceeds from theevent will go to St. JudeChildren's Research Hospitaland to the T. J. MartellFoundation. The show isbeing produced by ElvisPresley Enterprises,Avalon Attractions andCreative Artists Agency...
If you're affiliated withthe Elvis Presley Fan Clubyou will know the nameRobin Rosaaen aka
"Rockin' Robin." Over theyears Rosaaen attended 72Elvis concerts and was nick-naned "Rockin' Robin" byThe King, who always rec-ognized her in the audi-ence. Rosaaen's collectionof Elvis memorabilia is oneof the largest in the world,numbering 400,000 items.Recently Bluewood Booksheld a release party in theFairmont Hotel's TongaRoom in San Francisco toshow off items in her col-lection and announce therelease of Rosaaen's bookAll The Kings Things. Grilledbanana and peanut buttersandwiches were servedwith a Blue Hawaiian towash it down and theremust have been five rovingElvis impersonators. Thebook is a photo essay ofonly a fraction of the collec-tion. Each section features acarefully arranged photo-graph of various areas ofher home, from the garagewhere the Elvis licenseplates hang, to a bedroomdecorated with an Elvisbedspread, numerous teddybears and hound dogs to akitchen overflowing withcollector's plates and otheritems such as Elvis wine,cookbooks and snacks.
For the first time in rockand roll comics history,Marvel Comics is produc-ing a newly -colored andredesigned version of oneof their lost classics, "JustDon't Look In Its Eyes" fea-turing the X -Men'sWolverine as part of a lim-ited -edition packaging ofthe eaglerly-awaited newEntombed album,Wolverine Blues. The CDwill be released on Janaury25, 1994. The innovativeCD/comic book package isthe product of a major col-laboration between Marveland Earache/ColumbiaRecords and features a lim-ited edition Wolverinecomic with art by JohnBolton, configured for thefirst time as a 12 -page CD -size booklet. Sweden'sEntombed smashed theirway into the metal scene in1990. Their 1991 full-lengthalbum Clandestine madethem a lot of friends and in1993 they released a six -track CD entitledHollowman. The song"Wolverine Blues" is from aJames Elroy book, The BigNowhere explains drummer
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What's your favoritestation of all-time andwhy?
10 KFRC-San Francisco.(CKLW-Detroit runs a very
Who are the peoplewho have influencedyour career the most?
rBill Drake and PaulDrew. In records, DougMorris and in television,Bob Pittman. In my life,
er,
What are your threefavorite songs of all-time?
e e eBoxtops; -Ramble On" byLed Zeppelin; -1f I WasYour Girl ilend"Prin
If I owned a radiost,.."e better than anyone
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Your favorite sport,player and team'
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My proudest accoplishments:Being the first to test stereoon AM radio at KFRC in1978. Leaving mdio forAtlantic Records. Leavingrecords to contribute inthe development of MTV.caddying on the PGATour and being amongthe first involved in inter-active television, at THEBOX. IM attracted towhat's not been donebefore. On October 20,1993, I shot 75 at PebbleBeach, and dedicated theround to my friend (thelate) Ed Leffler.
8 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
THAT'S SHO-BIZNicke Andersson. "It dealswith a murderer," he says,"who is somewhat taken bythe wolverine. At one pointin the book, they listen toan old blues song called`Wolverine Blues.- Just onthe strength of Hollowman,the pre -orders have begunrollin' in...
Christmas cheer is here inthe form of anotherChristmas oddity.
Meowy Christmas is thefirst effort from the JingleCats. Not since the singingchipmunks and singingdogs have you heard any-thing so bizzare. The 50 -minute CD features thevoices of real cats peform-ing 20 classic holiday tunesincluding "Silent Night,""Deck The Halls," "JingleBells," "0 Christmas Tree"and three songs from "TheNutcracker Suite." It's thebrainchild of Mike Spalla,cat composer and an ideain the works for 12 years.Jingle Cats: MeowyChristmas could literally bethe cat's meow for theupcoming holiday season.For more information or toorder a copy, call toll -free
write toJingle Cats Music, PO Box47, Hollywood, CA 90078...
Wendy and CarnieWilson are planning therelease of eight Christmasclassics on their Hey Santa!album on SBK/ERGRecords. Making a guestappearance on "Hey Santa,"which will also be a video,is their uncle, Beach BoyCarl Wilson. The albumwas co -produced by Camie,Jack Kigell, Marc Tannerand Robbie Buchanan."We have wanted to do thissince we knew aboutChristmas," Carnie says oftheir holiday release. "Wewould always singChristmas carols together.We grew up with TheBeach Boys ChristmasAlbum. I knew 'Little SaintNick' before I knew 'WhiteChristmas'...
MCA Records hasreleased The Jimi HendrixExperience Box Set, a four-CD/cassette collectionincluding the first threeJimi Hendrix ExperienceBand studio albums AreYou Experienced?, Axis:Bold As Love and ElectricLadyland plus The UltimateExperience, a 20 -song retro-spetive.
SHO-PIECESPHIL COLLINSThe Phil Collins single,"Both Sides Of The Story,"was inspired by the open-ing scenes of the filmGrand Canyon in whichKevin Klein's car breaksdown in a crime -infestedLos Angeles neighborhood.PEARL JAMPearl Jam's Epic debutalbum, Ten, has sold morethan five million copies inthe last two years.CARNIE &WENDY WILSONTwo-thirds fo WilsonPhillips, Wendy and CamieWilson, will host aChristmas season special onVH-1 called A Christmas InHarmony. It's scheduled torun six times betweenThanksgiving andChristmas.
GLORIA ESTEFANGloria Estefan has beenchosen as the NationalAcademy of Recording Arts& Sciences' Person Of TheYear for 1994. She'll receivethe award at the Grammyceremonies in New York onFebruary 27.N EIL YOUNGNeil Young is such a modelrailroad nut that he's agreedto work with Lionel Trainsto develop a new line to beused by physically handi-capped persons.LINDA RONSTADTWhen Linda Ronstadt wasmaking her third soloalbum, Linda Ronstadt, in1972, she brought in tworelatively unknown musi-cians, guitarist Glenn Freyand drummer Don Henley.Within a year they hadformed the nucleus of TheEagles.B ETTE MIDLERThe recent sold -out 30 -show run by Bette Midler at
Radio City Music Hall inNew York City grossed $11million and became thehighest grossing continuousconcert engagement by asingle touring act in history.DONNA SUMMERBoston -native DonnaSummer actually got her bigcareer breaks in Germanyand Austria where shestarred in musicals likePorgy & Bess, Showboat,Godspell and The MeNobody Knows.FRANK SINATRAIn 1961 Frank Sinatra leftCapitol Records after beingthere eight years, to formhis own record company,Reprise. A little more thantwo years later, he soldReprise to Warner Bros.Picture Corporation andcontinued to record for thelabel until he returned tothe Capitol fold earlier thisyear.B EE GEESThe Bee Gees had their first#1 single in Australia. It wasin 1967 when they hit withthe dubiously titled "Spicksand Specks."INXS/RAY CHARLESRay Charles was asked tosing with MichaelHutchence on the track"Please" for the band's newalbum. He was able to con-tribute at the last minute butalmost missed the final cut.The track was recorded,mixed and mastered in lessthan two days.ANNE MURRAYBorn in Springhill, NovaScotia, Anne Murray wasthe first Canadian to earn agold record in the UnitedStates when her Snowbirdalbum was certified forsales in excess of 500,000units. She beat out JoniMitchell's Ladies Of TheCanyon by a matter ofweeks.B ILLY IDOLStill searching for the rightone, baby, Pepsi hasdropped Ray Charles as a
WHO AM I?: Linda Rondstadt
spokesman and has signedon cyberpunkster Billy Idol.DIANA ROSSThough she hasn't made afilm since 1978's The Wizwith Michael Jackson, DianaRoss will be seen in amade-fpr-television movie,Out Of Darkness, for ABCearly next year.TONY BENNETTAn accomplished painter,Tony Bennett will have hiswork on exhibit next yearat the SmithsonianInstitution. Also, a completeretrospective of his artworkwill be on display at theButler Museum inYoungstown, Ohio.ELTON JOHNLast December a Britishtabloid, The Sunday Mirror,falsely reported Elton Johnwas on a "Diet of Death."Elton sued and has beenawarded $500,000 for libel.BON JOVIBon Jovi's 1986 albumSlippery When Wet hasjoined the exclusive ranksof those albums that haveaccomplished unit sales inexcess of 10 million.DARYL HALLAs a teenager, Daryl Hallsang backup for theTemptations and TheMiracles when the groupsperformed at the UptownTheater in his nativePhiladelphia.JODY WATLEYAfter a seven year stint inShalamar, Jody Watleymoved to England whereshe did session work withbands like Art Of Noisebefore she decided to makea solo album and single,both titled "Looking For ANew Love." The song'shook, "Hasta la Vista, Baby"was later adopted by ArnoldSchwarzenegger for hismovie Terminator II.JOHN MARTYNThe current John Martynsingle, "Sweet LittleMystery" is a collaborationwith Phil Collins. The pairfirst hooked up in 1980when Phil participated inJohn's album Grace andDanger on AntillesRecords..
Sho-Bitz: Beverly MireSho-Talk: Sheila ReneWho Am I: David BeranFriends Of Radio #30:Dave Sholin/A.M.LaiSho-Pieces: Ron FellSho-Dates: Diane Rufer
Sho-Dates
Our Best Wishes arL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY To:
Bill Gruber WAPS-Akron, OH11/21
Bill Heltemes AtlanticRecords 11/21
Dr. John, AlexJames (Blur),Steven CurtisChapman,Livingston Taylor11 /21
Brian Hanson KARO-Columbia, MO 11/22
Randy Vox KMVR-LasCruces, N.M. 11/22
Kathie Lane KTDY/FM-Lafayette, LA 11/22
Malik Levy Capitol Records11/22
Wendy Moten, TinaWeymouth2 (Talking Heads)11/2
Kiersten Hollars 11/23
Mike Martucci TucciPromotions 11/23
Tracy Johnson 0106 -San Diego, CA 11/23
Bob Harris KFGO-Fargo,N.D. 11/23
Gary Guida WJLK-AsburyPark, N.J. 11/24
Sandi AlexanderWQHO/FM-Salisbury, MD 11/24
Scott Hoffman RCA
Records 11/25
Lori Blumenthal IRS
Records 11/25
Mike Gould KWWW-Wenatchee, WA 11/25
Sue Richard WFAS/FM-
While Plains, N.Y.11/25
Amy Grant, StacyLattisaw 11/25C.J. Lawrence MSS -Camden, ME 11/26
Tina Turner, JohnMcVie 11/26Jimmy Bowen LibertyRecords 11/27Jonathan TurnerVVXTS-Toledo. OH 11/27
Steve Chavez KKOR-Gallup, N.M. 11/27
Eddie Rabbitt 11/27
BIRTHS
Our CONGRATULATIONS to
KEN LANE. Sr VP of Promotion
for EMIRG, and his wife, NANCY,
on the birth of their first child, son,
RYAN EDWARD. Born November
15 at 1:39 p m , weighing
7 lbs. 7 oz.
...CONGRATULATIONS to BIFF
DAWES, Chief Engineer for
Westwood One, and his wife,
ILYCE, on the birth of their
daughter, CHARLOTTE. Born
November 2.
GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
MM TOP 40 ASSOCIATE
1 JANET JACKSON - Again (Virgin) 11
2 MARIAN CAREY - Hero (Columbia) 6
3 ACE OF BASE - All That She Wants (Arista) 12
4 BRYAN ADAMS - Please Forgive Me (A&M) 6
5 ',IEAT LOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA) 13
6 PHIL COLLINS - Both Sides Oi The Story (Atlantic) 5
7 MICHAEL BOLTON - Said I Loved You...But I Lied (Columbia) 4
8 MR. BIG - Wild World (Atlantic) 11
BILLY JOEL - All About Soul (Columbia) 5
TEVIN CAMPBELL - Can We Talk (Owest/Warner Bros.) 8
TONY TONI TONE - Anniversary (Wing/Mercury) 10
JIMMY CLIFF - I Can See Clearly Now (Chaos) 7
XSCAPE - Just Kickin' It (So So Det/Columbia) 10
10,000 MANIACS - Because The Night (Elektra) 5
TONI BRAXTON - Breathe Again (LaFace/Arista) 8
ZHANE - Hey Mr. DJ (Flavor Unit/Epic) 11
BLIND MELON - No Rain (Capitol) 13
JOSHUA KADISON - Jessie (SBK/ERG) 9
THE CRANBERRIES - Linger (Island/PLG) 6
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurls (Warner Bros.) 12
BOBBY BROWN Duet With WHITNEY HOUSTON - Something In Common (MCA) 3
HADDAWAY - What Is Love? (Arista) 14
SALT-N-PEPA - Shoop (Next Plateau/London/PLG) 10
COLOR ME BADD - Time And Chance (Giant/Reprise) 5
CULTURE BEAT - Mr. Vain (550 Music/Epic) 5
HI -FIVE - Never Should Have Let You Go (Jive) 9
EXPOSE - As Long As I Can Dream (Arista) 9
UB40 - Higher Ground (Virgin) 8
MATTHEW SWEET - Time Capsule (Zoo) 8
GIN BLOSSOMS - Found Out About You (A&M) 4
ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - True Love (MCA) 4
JOHN MELLENCAMP - Human Wheels (Mercury) 13
CLIVE GRIFFIN - Commitment Of The Heart (550 Music/Epic) 7
BEE GEES - Paying The Price Of Love (Polydor/PLG) 7
BRUCE HORNSBY - Fields Of Gray (RCA) 11
NEW GABRIELLE - Dreams (London/PLG) 12
11 22 STING - Nothing 'Bout Me (A&M) 14
NEW SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - What's My Name? (Interscope/Atlantic) 4
15 23 SPIN DOCTORS - Jimmy Olsen's Blues (Epic) 11
NEW 40 D.R.S. - Gangsfa Lean (Capitol) 6
* BRYAN ADAMS, ROD STEWART, STING All For Love" (A&M/Hollywood) 182 182 - 0%
AEROSMITH - 'Amazing" (Geffen) 91 78 7 6 0°.
TEARS FOR FEARS - "Goodnight Song" (Mercury) 89 11 42 36 8%
JACKSON BROWNE - "I'm Alive" (Elektra) 86 74 6 6 1%
LINDA RONSTADT Heartbeats Accelerating" (Elektra) 83 18 57 8 1%
PEARL JAM - "Daughter" (Epic) 75 29 13 33 24%
Total Reports This Week 246 Last Week 246.Hit Factor is a percentage of stations playing a record which also have it Top 20. ie:
100 stations playing the record - 60 stations have it in their Top 20 - Hit Factor = 60%
Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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dialEDITOR:DAVE SHOLINEDITOR:ANNETTE M.LAI
HIT
FACTOR
221 0 189 21 9 1 1 99%
230 4 121 55 39 9 2 93%
201 2 163 28 7 1 0 99%
218 2 127 45 32 9 3 94%
189 3 137 40 3 5 1 95%
203 1 11 70 85 25 11 82%
207 4 4 47 104 36 12 75%
155 2 65 63 21 4 0 96%
198 7 6 42 101 37 5 75%
176 8 13 57 65 30 3 77%
135 2 31 59 33 9 1 91%
185 12 3 17 85 52 16 57%
137 5 39 29 37 16 11 77%
181 10 5 9 80 62 15 52°/a
176 19 14 19 52 57 15 48%
114 4 26 30 35 14 5 80%
92 0 24 64 4 0 0 100%
139 9 16 33 46 20 15 68%
169 14 3 10 51 57 34 38%
82 0 20 52 7 2 1 96%
185 12 0 2 40 88 43 23%
70 0 19 40 8 3 0 96%
79 6 13 18 24 16 2 70%
129 11 0 2 39 48 29 32%
125 20 0 10 26 43 26 29%
102 8 4 9 36 28 17 48%
97 0 5 7 42 35 8 56%
127 22 1 3 30 34 37 27%
107 4 5 9 34 38 17 45%
156 22 0 1 18 49 66 12°4
129 6 0 0 17 58 48 13°4
51 0 8 30 13 0 0 100%
88 2 0 5 29 29 23 39%
91 0 0 3 35 35 18 42%
57 0 6 15 18 12 6 68%
68 9 6 12 19 9 13 54%
38 0 11 17 7 2 1 92%
60 4 3 10 19 13 11 53%
33 0 3 14 14 2 0 94%
54 8 8 9 15 9 5 59%
Inside Top 40Last week's column dealt with smallmarket radio and the role it plays indeveloping on -air and programmingtalent, as well as music. Our informalpanel included consultants DonnaHalper, Bill Richards, RandyLane, Garry Mitchell and longtimesmall market consultant GaryCummings. This week, record exec-utives respond and help shed lighton the importance of small marketstations to their game plan.
Most Added
BRYAN ADAMS, ROD
STEWART, STING (182)
AEROSMITH (78)
JACKSON BROWNE (74)
PRINCE (41)
PEARL JAM (29)
RUSH (29)
Top New EntryGABRIELLE"Dreams"(London/PLG)
Not
CULTURE BEAT-Mr. Vain -(550 Music/Epic)
Top Tip
CELINE DION"The Power Of Love"(550 Music/Epic)
RECORD TO WATCH
XSCAPE"Understanding"
(So So Def/Columbia)It's not too tough to
understand what a 47%HIT FACTOR means.
Epic senior vice president, promo-tion Barbara Seltzer, cut her teeth inthe world of promotion as the smallmarket liaison at Atco (now east -
west). Seltzer recalls that when thethen -fledgling label was puttingtogether a staff, she was the first per-son hired, so she felt her role wasvery important. "It helped build meas a promo person," she says, "andover the years I've seen a number ofpeople in both records and radiostart at that level and rise to top posi-tions."
However, Seltzer cites two areas ofconcern. One is that these days artist
10 GAVIN NOVEMBER 191, 1993
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The Past
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TOP 40
Up & ComingReports Adds On Chart
84 8 49 27 BELLY - Gepetto (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
74 12 39 23 CEUNE DION - The Power Of Love (550 Music/Epic)
67 2 41 24 KENNY LOGGINS - This Is It (Columbia)
67 3 42 22 TIA CARRERE - I Never Even Told You (Reprise)
63 4 32 27 LEMONHEADS - Into Your Arms (Atlantic)
61 - 19 42 JODY WATLEY - Your Love Keeps Working On Me (MCA)
56 5 27 24 BABYFACE - Never Keeping Secrets (Epic)
45 6 28 11 PET SHOP BOYS - Go West (EMI/ERG)
44 7 24 13 ROBIN S - What I Do Best (Big Beat/Atlantic)
42 41 1 - * PRINCE - Peach (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
39 12 18 9 AARON NEVILLE - Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight (A&M)
37 1 33 3 JANE CHILD - Do Whatcha Do (Warner Bros.)
37 16 17 4 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Creep (Atlantic)
34 4 6 24 2 PAC - Keep Ya Head Up (Interscope/Atlantic)
34 8 23 3 DEPECNE MODE - One Caress (Sire/Reprise)
33 - 19 14 BRIAN McKNIGIIT - The Way Love Goes (Mercury)
31 2 5 24 ZAPP & ROGER - Slow And Easy (Reprise)
31 29 1 1 * RUSH - Stick It Out (Atlantic)
30 7 11 12 INNER CIRCLE - Rock With You (Big Beat/Atlantic)
29 1 15 13 BEUNDA CARLISLE - It's Too Real (Big Scary Animal) (Virgin)
29 11 16 2 DARYL HALL - Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You (Epic)
26 3 - 23 K7 - Come Baby Come (Tommy Boy)
23 10 12 1 NIS BOY ELROY - Fade To Black (Epic/Immortal)
22 10 5 7 LISETTE MELENDEZ - Goody Goody (Chaos)
20 - 11 9 LONNIE GORDON - Happenin All Over Again (SBK/ERG)
20 8 9 3 KENNY G - Sentimental (Arista)
20 4 16 - CYNDI LAUPER - That's What I Think (Epic)
19 6 2 11 XSCAPE - Understanding (So So Def/Columbia)
15 4 2 9 COLLAGE - I'll Be Loving You (Metropolitan)
15 3 10 2 ROBIN ZANDER - Show Me Heaven (Interscope/Atlantic)
14 10 2 2 *US 3 - Cantaloop (Capitol)
13 1 4 8 NIRVANA - Heart Shaped Box (DGC)
13 3 4 6 R.KELLY - Sex Me (parts CI) (Jive)
12 2 - 10 *DON HENLEY - Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (MCA)
12 3 6 3 *DAS EFX - Freakit (eastwest)
12 8 2 2 * DOMINO Getto Jam (Chaos)
11 2 3 6 * EAZY-E Seal Compton City G's (Ruthless/Relativity)
11 10 - 1 * P.M. DAWN - You Got Me Floatin' (Gee Street/Island/PLG)
11 3 8 - *TONJA DANTZLER - In And Out Of My Life (Tique)
10 1 1 8 REALITY - Yolanda (Strictly Rhythm)
10 - 3 7 U.N.V. - Straight Fm" The Heart (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
10 3 2 5 * JAllY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE - I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me) (Jive)
10 5 2 3 * ULTRA NATE ow Me (Warner Bros.)ii
10 5 2 3 * SH A I - Yours (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
10 - 7 3 7669 - So High (Motown)
Dropped: #30 -Lisa Keith, #35 -Tom Braxton ("Another"), #38-Def Leppard ("Two"),
Dave Koz, Coming Of Age, Robert Plant. Intro, INXS ("Gift").
managers would rather forego build-ing a base with small market stations,choosing instead to go with a hand-ful of key major and large marketoutlets. She adds, "The other difficul-ty is showing a direct link between
small market air-play and sales." Inher opinion it's anarea that hasn'tbeen, but shouldbe explored morefully so that linkcan be uncovered.But with theexpected merger
of several major retail chains, thatmay be even harder to accomplish.
Seltzer advises PDs and MDs to doeverything possible to get retailers touse local rather than national chartnumbers when they decide what tostock. That's a first step. But, Barbarastresses, "The small market program-mers and secondary promo peopleare our future."
For Scot DJ. Finck, A&M'snational singles director, "The valueof secondary markets is almost anintangible, especially in terms ofthings like fostering long-term rela-tionships." By way of explanation,Scot points to one of his favoritemovies, The Coca-Cola Kid. As hetells it, the film revolves around"Coke sending one of their top exec-utives to the most remote region ofAustralia. His job is to create a salescampaign for the soft drink." Scotsaid that the film was an example ofwhy Coke wassuch a successaround the world."They didn't carewhere they sold acan of Coke aslong as they soldone," he says. "I'mamazed that in thisday and age thatany industry, not just ours, can affordto disregard a marketplace. It blowsmy mind. I don't understand it nowand I'll never understand it."
Ask Scot what is on his wish listand he quickly responds, "Actual air-play from small markets," and hepraises stations like KQKY-Kearney,Nebraska, which was profiled onthis page not long ago, for listing thenumber of weekly plays on eachtitle. "That information," Scot says,"empowers me to go to sales and tomarketing. It gives me a valid reasonfor asking them to put additionaleffort into those areas."
For the future, Finck feels it'sincumbent on all stations to track thisvital area. Crediting small marketradio as the spark behind the firstGin Blossoms' hit, "Hey Jealousy,"he says, "I enjoy selling records inPaducah, Kentucky just like I do inProvidence." He agrees with BillRichards' opinion that talent would
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TIA CARRERE
BIRTHPLACE: Hawaii
BIRTHDATE: January 2
LABEL: Reprise
VP, PROMOTION: Marc Ratner
DEBUT ALBUM: Dream
CURRENT SINGLE: "I Never
Even Told You"
FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING
IN "WAYNE'S WORLD":
"Getting my record deal!"
DID YOU KNOW? Tia was
discovered by a film producer
while working as a clerk at a
grocery store.
"There's nothing else I'd rather
be-I'd probably be singing in
Disneyland's Tiki Room doing
covers of old Beach Boys'
songs!"
"Even though the
first single is a ballad, which is
unusual because it's harder to
sell, 'I Never Even Told You' just
has a really nice feel to it. It's
not just words, it's emotions-it's like something you've felt
before, but never heard it
expressed that way."
I T' s SAID: "People know Tia
from her movie background and
their first impressions about her
music may have been
misleading since she was
singing the movie's music, not
her own. Now, with her debut
album, people have been
pleasantly surprised at how Tia
can really sing-she's been
singing all her life and it's her
passion." -Marc Ratner,
VP, promotion, Reprise Records
I' GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
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BRYAN ADAMS - Please Forgive Me (A&M)
JANET JACKSON - Again (Virgin)
MARIAN CAREY - Hero (Columbia)
MEAT LOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA)
ACE OF BASE - All That She Wants (Arista)
PHIL COLLINS - Both Sides Of The Story (Atlantic)
BILLY JOEL - All About Soul (Columbia)
MICHAEL BOLTON - Said I Loved You...But I Lied (Columbia)
MR. BIG - Wild World (Atlantic)
10,000 MANIACS - Because The Night (Elektra)
JIMMY CLIFF - I Can See Clearly Now (Chaos)
TEVIN CAMPBELL - Can We Talk (Owest/Warner Bros.)
JOSHUA KADISON - Jessie (SBK/ERG)
THE CRANBERRIES - Linger (Island/PLG)
MATTHEW SWEET - Time Capsule (Zoo)
TONI BRAXTON - Breathe Again (LaFace/Arista)
TONY TONI TONE - Anniversary (Wing/Mercury)
BOBBY BROWN Duet With WHITNEY HOUSTON - Something In Common (MCA)
GIN BLOSSOMS - Found Out About You (A&M)
BLIND MELON - No Rain (Capitol)
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (Warner Bros.)
XSCAPE - Just Kickin' It (So So Def/Columbia)
ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - True Love (MCA)
EXPOSE - As Long As I Can Dream (Arista)
BEE GEES - Paying The Price Of Love (Polydor/PLG)
BRYAN ADAMS, STING, ROD STEWART - All For Love (A&M/Hollywood)
ZHANE Hey Mr. DJ (Flavor Unit/Epic)
CLIVE GRIFFIN - Commitment Of The Heart (550 Music/Epic)
UB40 - Higher Ground (Virgin)
COLOR ME BADD Time And Chance (Giant/Reprise)
DuL1 Me (A&M)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Goodnight Song (Mercury)
JOHN MELLENCAMP - Human Wheels (Mercury)
KENNY LOGGINS - This Is It (Columbia)
JACKSON BROWNE - I'm Alive (Elektra)
HADDAWAY - What Is Love? (Arista)
BRUCE HORNSBY - Fields Of Gray (RCA)
JODY WATLEY - Your Love Keeps Working On Me (MCA)
BELLY - Gepetto (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
CULTURE BEAT - Mr. Vain (550 Music/Epic)
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have no place to develop withoutsmall markets. "Records would haveno place to develop either," he adds.
A shrinking base of stations onwhich to expose music is not athought that pleases Marc Ratner,VP of promotion at Reprise. Toback up his viewpoint Marc usesnumbers. "In order to go platinum inthe U.S.A., a country with approxi-mately 250 million people, you needto sell a record to one out of every
250 people," Marcargues. "If you'rethinking abouteliminating thesmaller market sta-tions, what you'redoing is allowingfewer and fewerpeople the oppor-
Marc Ratnertunity to listen,
judge and offer their opinions abouta very subjective art form." Marc says
GO STATION PANEL: The GO Chart is based on reports by 135 GAVINcorrespondents who are not part of Radio & Record's or Billboard's panels.Underlines indicate upward movement, while blue entries highlighta stronger performance than on the main Top 40 chart.
Go Chart Most AddedB. ADAMS, R. STEWART,
STING (104)
JACKSON BROWNE (64)
AEROSMITH (43)
one only has to look at radio, wherethere are fewer stations targetingteens and fewer ecletic stations, fur-ther cutting exposure to new music.He says, "Even at the smallest of sta-tions, if a large number of peoplereact, you know you're onto some-thing."
Marc strongly feels that the size ofthe market isn't as important as get-ting a song exposed. He remembersthat during his days with RSO, hepushed a record that was gettingNumber One reports in two smallmarkets. Bill Tanner, then at Y100(WHYD-Miami, said that any timehe saw a record go Number One, hechecked it out. Tanner added it andthe song became a hit. Althoughthat's a rare instance, Marc says itpoints out something he's never for-gotten: "Every single programmer inthe Top 100 markets can hear a songand hate it and someone in market143 will hear it and say, Wow, that'sreally good. I like it.' They put it onand word begins to spread. I don'twant to lose that."
Next week, we'll have final com-ments from PLG's Joe Riccitelli,Columbia's Dana Keil and MCA'sBruce Tenenbaum.
An explosive week in sales andairplay for the 10,000 Maniacs'"Because The Night," which morethan doubles its HIT FACTOR from25% to 52%. Bob Hart, PD at KLYK-Longview/Kelso, Wash. shows it rac-ing into the Top 20 30-19. Other bigconversions at WGRG 31-18, WQMZ32-19, WFMF 28-16, WHHT 21-12,KZZT 22-12, KBUS 24-16, KRQU 25-11 and KZMG 25-16.
"Something In Common," BobbyBrown's duet with WhitneyHouston is the high debut at KSKU-Hutchinson, Kansas, charting at #17.Gains of eight places or more at B9429-21, WNNJ 28-20, WINN 29-18,WXMK 22-13, WAOA 28-20, WVSR30-18, WQCY/FM 24-15, XL93 28-18(31 spins), KKYS 40-30, KZZU 27-19,KAGO 36-25, KWWW 30-20, etc.
It isn't long taking for the GinBlossoms' "Found Out About You"to catch fire as reflected by a ten -point jump at WSBG/FM-Stroudsburg, Penn. 28-18. Alsostrong at WNKO 22-16, 9410( 18-12,WXMK 30-21, WDDJ 25-20, KLRZ 15-11, KX92 31-22 "top ten requests,"WGBQ 24-19, KRRG 37-25, KLIS 29-18, KBUS 35-26 and SWEET 98 28-25. New on: KDUK, KMOK, KWTX,Q99FM, KISF, STAR 94, XL106.7 and
more. Jumps 30-19 on the GOChart.
Former RECORD TO WATCH,D.R.S.' "Gangsta Lean," now boasts a59% HIT FACTOR. Hot at Z93 27-19,POWER 96 26-21, WILL/FM 29-20,92Q 3-1, B95 15-9, KLUC 18-10,KDON 25-16, KFFM 25-16, KJYK 8-6,etc. ADDed at: KPXR, KS104,WQCY/FM, KYYA, WKSS, WYKS,WNDU and WZPL.
It's hard enough to get 100 -plusADDs these days, but BryanAdams, Rod Stewart and Stingdidn't have much trouble picking upnearly twice that. Audience reactionis just as immediate as "All For Love"shows up Top Ten in nightlyrequests for WZPL-Indianpolis.
Single or no single, Pearl Jam ison their way to a Top 40 hit! WTBX-Duluth, Minn. charts it 29-25 andPD/MD Bill Klaproth is tracking TopTen calls for "Daughter" while alsospiking "Elderly Woman" and"Dissident G." "Daughter" is alreadyTop Ten at 98PXY, WPST, 99X, THEEND, KYYY and WCIL "Top Tenrequests -debuts at #8." ADDsinclude: WJMX, WLVY, 93QID,WWZZ, KISF, WVAQ, KQKY, KJ103,KQIX, KTMT, KWWW, WAVT,XL106.7, WSBG/FM and more.
Ask WAPE-Jacksonville PD JeffMcCartney and he'll tell you women25 -plus, familiar with LindaRonstadt, are reacting to"Heartbeats Accelerating" in a bigway, along with the 18-24s who calland ask if it's a new Enya orClannad song. Songs like this defi-nitely stand out. New on: WEYQ,WKXJ, WBEC/FM, 99KG, V100,KIXR, KBKB, WWKF, WQPW,WUVA, KKCK, KKRL/FM, KLIS,KMVR, CANDY 101, KTMT, WYHTand WVSR.
Top 30 stats for Celine Dion's"The Power Of Love" at WBBQ 32-23, WSTO 30-27, WAPE 30-26, 98.9KISS 26-22, KHOK 31-22, KCLD 29-18 and KAGO 28-24. ADDs include:WFMF, WTNY/FM, WQGN, KKYS,KRQU, KDLK, XL93, KFMI, KDUK,etc.
While Xscape's "Just Kickin' It"continues to kick in for many,"Understanding," their follow-up isalready in the Top Ten at 92Q -Baltimore and KMEL-San Francisco.Top 20 at HOT 97, 99.1 KGGI, HOT102, POWER 106, MIX 93.5, B95 andKUBE. ADDed at: KJYK-Tucson,BOSS 97 -Atlantic City, KISS 108 andWJMN-Boston, Q96 -Imperial Valley,Calif. and FM102-Sacramento.
We're entering Thanksgivingweek hell -lots to do in less time. Anyhelp in getting your reports in earlywill getAnnette and I worshippingat your feet. Thanks in advance. Anddon't forget to fill out your GAVINAward nominating ballot. DeadlineisNovember 26
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5 1 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST -Award Tour (Jive)
- 4 2 BLACK MOON - How Many Emcee's (Must Get Dissed) (Wreck/Nervous)
S 1 3 KRS-ONE - Outta Here (Jive)
$ 3 4 SOULS OF MISCHIEF - 93 TI Infinity (Sive)
S 9 5 DAS EFX - Freakit (eastwesf/atlantic group)
$ 2 6 LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL - What's Next? (Elektra)
$ 6 7 DE LA SOUL - Breakadawn, En Focus, In The Woods, Ego Trippin (Tommy Boy)
- 8 8 YZ - The Ghetto's Been Good To Me (Livin' Large)
$ 7 9 ERICK SERMON - Stay Real (Def Jam/Columbia)
- 10 10 TOP QUALITY - Magnum Opus (PMD/RCA)
- 27 11 RAKIM - Heat It Up (MCA)
- 29 12 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Here Come The Lords (Pendulum/ERG)
$ 23 13 JERU THE DAMAJA - Come Clean (Payday/FFRR)
- 14 14 DADDY -0 - Brooklyn Bounce (Brooktown/Island/PLG)
- 16 15 SHADZ OF LINGO - Mad Flavaz (EMI/ERG)
- 19 16 RUMPLETILSKINZ - Is It Alright? (RCA)
$ 11 17 NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Written On Ya Kitten (Tommy Boy)
- 18 18 M.C. LYTE - I Go On (First Priority/Atlantic)
- 15 19 MASTA ACE INCORPORATED - Slaughtahouse (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic)
- 20 20 FAT JOE - Watch The Sound (Relativity)
- 22 21 ED 0.G & DA BULLDOGS - Skinny Dip (Got It Goin' On) (Chemistry/Mercury)
- 30 22 ULTRAMAGNETIC M.C.'S - Raise It Up, Yo Black (Wild Pitch/ERG)
- 13 23 CASUAL - That's How It Is (Jive)
- 12 24 THE TROUBLENECK BROTHERS - Troubleneck Wreck, Gusto (StepSun)
- 37 25 QUEEN LATIFAH - U.N.I.T.Y. (Motown)
- 28 26 DEL THEFUNKYHOMOSAPIEN - Catch A Bad One (Elektra)
- 38 27 ORIGINAL FLAVOR - Can I Get Open (Atlantic)
25 28 [-DOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS - Nobody Move, Da Rill Shit (Profile)
26 29 BIZ MARKIE - Young Girl Bluez (Cold Chillin')
39 30 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - (I Know I Got) Skillz (Jive)
NEW 31 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - What's My Name? (Interscope/Atlantic)
NEW 32 AKINYELE - The Bomb (Interscope/Atlantic)
- 35 33 FATAL - Timber (Atlantic)
NEW 34 THA MEXAKINZ - Phonkie Melodia (Mad Sounds/Motown)
S 21 35 ONYX - Shifttee (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
- 34 36 BOSS - Progress Of Elimination (DJ West/Chaos/Columbia)
- 24 37 DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Return Of The Crazy One (Tommy Boy)
S 17 38 DR. DRE - Let Me Ride (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
w 39 BLOOD OF ABRAHAM - Stabbed By The Steeple (Ruthless/Relativity)
$ 32 40 SALT-N-PEPA - Shoop (Next Plateau/PLG)
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HARD 2 OBTAIN - L. I. Groove (Atlantic)
* HCODRATZ - Murdered Ova Nuttin' (Epic)
* NUBIAN CRACKER - As Them Talk
(Big Beat/Atlantic)
* MAIN SOURCE - What You Need (Wild Pitch/ERG)
RECORD TO WATCH
VOLUME 10Pistolgrip-Pump(Immortal/RCA)
New believers this weekinclude J.P.Chill at WCHP-Mt. Pleasant, Mich. and BillyJam at KUSF-San Francisco.
Reports accepted: Thursday Only 9am - 4pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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AKINYELEThe Bomb(1 nterscope/Atlantic)
MAIN SOURCEWhat You Need(Wild Pitch/ERG)
NUBIAN CRACKERS featuring
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Say What?Another incident that took place overthe Halloween weekend besides 2Pac's run-in with the law in Atlantawas Flavor Flav's arrest for allegedlyshooting at his neighbor. The Source's"Weekly Word" reports that Flaythought he heard his girlfriend havingsex with Thelouizs English, andalthough English showed the rapper
that his girlfriend was not in theapartment, Flay still ordered him outof the building. Flay then shot oneround into the ground, according tothe police. The Public Enemy mem-ber is out on $15,000 hail... In answerto all this violence, Gasoline Alleyrecording act, J.G., will donate alltheir U.S. artist and writers royaltieson the net mechanical sales for theirdebut single, "Put Down The Guns,"to the United Negro College Fund.According to J.G. in a letter toU.N.C.F., "Every day language hastaken on the sound of gunfire. Kidsare beginning to think that a personwith a gun has power, when weclearly know that education is power,for it helps you excel in life. Life isthe most valuable gift we all have andit should not be taken away. If 'PutDown The Guns' can help save a life,we would feel that we've accom-plished a personal goal." For moreinformation call Mark Levy ofGasoline Alley at (310) 275-3377 orBrute Bailey of MCA Records at(800) 622-4668... The Source van, inconjunction with RAL/Def Jam, willbe traveling up the California coastwith DJ West recording artist, Mel-low. Stops include San Diego, LosAngeles, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, SanFrancisco and Sacramento. For moreinformation call Kevin Mitchell at(212) 229-5225 or Mike Kyser at(212) 229-5212... 'Nuff said.
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- 9 2 2 PAC - Keep Ya Head Up (Interscope/Atlantic)
1 2 3 ERICK SERMON - Stay Real (Def Jam/Columbia)
6 5 4 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - (I Know I Got) Skillz (Jive)
11 7 5 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Award Tour (Jive)
3 3 6 DR. DRE - Let Me Ride (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
- 10 7 DAS EFX - Freakit (eastwest)
4 4 8 KRS-ONE - Outta Here (Jive)
12 11 9 TOO SHORT - I'm A Player (Dangerous Music/Jive)
NEW 10 EAZY-E - Real Compton City G's (Ruthless/Relativity)
8 8 11 LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL - What's Next? (Elektra)
NEW 12 BIZ MARKIE - Young Girl Bluez (Cold Chillin')
9 12 13 DE LA SOUL - Breakadawn (Tommy Boy)
15 14 14 ONYX - Shifttee (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
NEW 15 JERU THE DAMAJA - Come Clean (PAYROLL)
16 16 16 NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Written On Ya Kitten (Tommy Boy)
18 18 17 KRIS KROSS - I'm Real (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
17 17 18 WU-TANG CLAN - Protect Ya Neck (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA)
23 20 19 SOULS OF MISCHIEF - 93 'Til Infinity (Jive)
7 13 20 2 PAC - I Get Around (Interscope/Atlantic)
14 15 21 JAllY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE - Boom! Shake The Room (Jive)
22 21 22 GEORGE CLINTON - Paint The White House Black (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
NEW 23 SCARFACE - Now I Feel Ya (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
NEW 24 MC REN - Same 01' S"t (Ruthless/Relativity)
13 22 25 THA ALKAHOLIKS - Make Room (Loud/RCA)
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5 3 1 EAZY-E - Its On (Dr.-) 187um Killa (Ruthless/Relativity)
3 2 2 ERICK SERMON - No Pressure (Def Jam/Columbia)
1 1 3 KRS-ONE - Return Of Da Boom Bap (Jive)
2 4 4 SCARFACE - The World Is Yours (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
16 8 5 TOO SHORT - Get In Where You Fit In (Dangerous Music/Jive)
4 5 6 SPICE 1 - 187 He Wrote (Jive)
7 7 7 2 PAC - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (Interscope/Atlantic)
11 6 8 SALT-N-PEPA - Very Necessary (Next Plateau/London/PLG)
23 12 9 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - Shaq Diesel (Jive)
NEW 10 A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Midnight Marauders (Jive)
6 9 11 DE LA SOUL - Buhloone Mind State (Tommy Boy)
9 10 12 LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL - T.I.M.E. (Elektra)
NEW 13 WU-TANG CLAN - Enter The Wu -Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang/Loud/RCA)
10 11 14 SOULS OF MISCHIEF - 93 'Til Infinity (Jive)
17 15 15 BLACK MOON - Enta Da Stage (Nervous)
8 16 16 ILLEGAL - The Untold Truth (Rowdy)
13 17 17 KRIS KROSS - Da Bomb (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
14 14 18 DR. DRE - The Chronic (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)
12 13 19 DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - The Body -Hat Syndrome (Tommy Boy)
15 18 20 CYPRESS HILL - Black Sunday (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
19 19 21 ONYX - Bacdafucup (JMJ/RAL/Chaos)
18 22 22 M,C. LYTE - Ain't No Other (First Priority/Atlantic)
- 23 23 E-40 - The Mailman (Sic Wid It)
20 20 24 JAllY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE - Code Red (Jive)
22 24 25 POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS - Black Business (Profile)
New ReleasesMAIN SOURCEWhat You Need
(Wild Pitch/ERG)In 1990, Sir Scratch, K -Cut and TheLarge Professor dropped BreakingAtoms which was one of the year'sbest albums and also a solid debutfor this innovative trio from Canadaand Queens respectively. Then sud-denly, because of "creative differ-ences," the group severed ties andlead lyricist Large Professor optedfor a solo career as a producer/artist. Now, three years later, with1987 New Music Seminar MC BattleChampion Mikey D flexin' his skillsas lead lyricist, the group serves upthis overdue single that will makeyour head nod. Produced by K -Cut,who also kicks a few verses, thismidtempo jeep slammer begins withsubtle horn and percussion harmo-ny and then the combination of abass-heavy/phat kick drum beatsmashes you in the grill. Completewith sirens and chorus that repeat,"What you need is the source... theunderground sound from the groupcalled the Main Source," the track isall dat plus extra sauce and is defi-nitely a message out to all thosewho doubted the group would stillbe dope. For a different feel, alsocheck out the B-side, "MerrickBlvd." For a copy contact Scrappyor Marc Genova at (212) 594-5050.
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THA MEXAKINZPhonkie Melodia
(Mad Sounds/Motown)It you thought Chicanos couldn'tflow then it's time to check yourself.Comin' from Long Beach, ThaMexakinz are kickin' some o' thatfly spanglish flavor. These kidsdon't front on the funk. They kickboth a remix and original version of"Phonkie Melodia," spitting differentlyrics on each. The QD III remixdrops a heavy bassline, mild hornsand tight snares to create a solidrhythm which rappers Intellect andSin use to the fullest. As they say onthe track, it's "even more funky thana ghetto sewer." The LP version isjust as fat. Taking tweaked soul gui-tar, keyboards and a down tempobass groove, the duo flow withmore flips between Spanish andEnglish. The B-side, "Push Up N DaWrong 1," changes up the pace. Itwails and grinds to a hectic noize-dusted track and an up -tempo drumpattern. With three different tracks,including a cappella, instrumentaland radio clean version, this 12"packs more flavor than a jalapeno.Contact Ray Tamarra at 213-965-5531 or Barry O'Neil at (213) 468-3555.
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ARTIST PROFILE
HAhuOBTAIN
NAMES: Warren Mason, aka
Taste; Lorenzo Smith, aka DL;
and Kevin Calhoun, aka DJ
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.BEL: Atlantic
PROMOTION CONTACT:
Darryl Lindsey
MANAGEMENT: Bobbito
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LATEST RELEASES;
"L.I. Groove"
FORTHCOMING ALBUM:
Isms and Blues
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Redman, Run-D.M.C., A Tribe
Called Quest, Snoop Doggy
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Rap, to name a few.
FAVORITE RECORDS OUT
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Redman's "Tonight's Da Night"
remix.
IS THERE ANYONE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH
IN THE FUTURE?
Diamond D, Pete Rock,
Premiere, Large Professor,
Buck Wild and T -Ray.
How DID YOU COME UP WITH
THE NAME HARD 2 OBTAIN?
"We were chillin' with some
girls when we came up with
Hard To Oppose. We noticed
that when abbreviated it was
H20. Then we changed it to
Hard 2 Obtain."
FUTURE PLANS: "We're in
the midst of starting a
production company and a
management company. The
name of the corporation will be
Bust Me Down."
GAVIN NOVEMBER 1 9 , 1993
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TEVIN CAMPBELL - Can We Talk (Owest/Warner Bros.)
TONI BRAXTON - Breathe Again (LaFace/Arista)
BABYFACE - Never Keeping Secrets (Epic)
JANET JACKSON - Again (Virgin)
HIFIVE - Never Should Have Let You Go (Jive)
D.R.S. - Gangsta Lean (Capitol)
XSCAPE - Just Kickin' It (So So Def/Columbia)
SALTN-PEPA - Shoop (Next Plateau/London/PLG)
MARIAH CAREY - Hero (Columbia)
COLOR ME BADD - Time And Chance (Giant/Reprise)
JADE - Looking For Mr. Do Right (Giant/Reprise)
LUTHER VANOROSS - Never Let Me Go (LV/Epic)
R.KELLY - Sex Me (parts 1&11) (Jive)
U.N.V. - Straight From The Head (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)
7669 - So High (Motown)
JODY WATLEY - Your Love Keeps Working On Me (MCA)
ZAPP & ROGER - Slow And Easy (Reprise)
TONY TONI TONE - Anniversary (Wing/Mercury)
COMING OF AGE - Coming Home To Love (Zoo)
JOHNNY GILL - Long Way From Home (Motown)
SNOOP DOGGY DOR - What's My Name? (Interscope/Atlantic)
FREDDIE JACKSON - Make Love Easy (RCA)
INTRO - Come Inside (Atlantic)
BRIAN McKNIGHT - After The Love (Mercury)
110 EXTREME - Up On The Roof (Gasoline Alley/MCA)
MAZE Featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY - The Morning After (Warner Bros.)
2 PAC - Keep Ya Head Up (Interscope/Atlantic)
QUEEN LATIFAH - U.N.I.T.Y. (Motown)
EN VOGUE Featuring FMob - Runaway Love (eastwest)
NKRU - Computer Love (RCA)
RAAB - Foreplay (Rip -It)
BOBBY BROWN Duet With WHITNEY HOUSTON - Something In Common (MCA)
THE O'JAYS - Heartbreaker (EMI/ERG)
KEITH WASHINGTON - Stay In My Corner (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
ME 2 U - All Night (RCA)
DOMINO - Getto Jam (Chaos)
KRIS KROSS - I'm Real (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
JAllY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE - I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me) (Jive)
DAS EFX - Freakit (eastwest)
CHRIS WALKER - Love Tonight (Pendulum/ERG)
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:JOHN MARTINUCCI
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Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
JOE - The One For Me" (Mercury) 29 6 7 16
RALPH TRESVANT - "Who's The Mack" (MCA) 29 10 1 18
Total Reports:This Week 55 Last Week 55
Hit Factor is a percentage ofstations which will have it inHeavy or Medium rotation.
Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 3pm Tuesday
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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TONI BRAXTON - Seven Whole Days
COLOR ME BADD - Choose
TONY TONI TONE - I Couldn't Keep It To Myself
GARY TAYLOR - Blind To It All
JOHNNY GILL - Tell Me How U Want It
JODECICry For You-
(Uptown/MCA)
WILL DOWNING"Do You Still Love Me"(Mercury)
Top New EntryDOMINO"GETTO JAM"(Chaos)
Hot
FREDDIE JACKSON"Make Love Easy"(RCA)
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JODECI"Cry For You"(Uptown/MCA)
RECORD TO WATCH
EARTH, WIND & FIRE"Spend The Night"
(Reprise)Earth, Wind & Fire dishes upsound of classic slow jams.
Inside UrbanCan we ta I I.,...No, I mean "Can WeTalk" by Tevin Campbell is ournew #1 single of the week. Heedges out Toni Braxton's"Breathe Again" on the strength ofone more week of rotation pointsaccumulated...Janet's "Again"moves up one place to #4 whileHi -Five's "Never Should Have LetYou Go" moves #7-#5...0therunderlines finishing out the Top 10are: #6-D.R.S.' Gangsta Lean, #8-Salt-N-Pepa's "Shoop," #9-MariahCarey's "Hero" (all for a secondweek), and entering at #10 isColor Me Badd's "Time AndChance"....#11 through #17 arejammed up with underlined, creat-ing a bottleneck. Next week shouldshow significant movement...Freddie Jackson's "Make Love
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26 18 *JODECI - Cry For You (Uptown/MCA)
24 6 *FUNKY POETS - Born In The Ghetto (550 Music/Epic)
22 2 CHERYL PEPSI! RILEY - Guess I'm In Love (Reprise)
22 4 H -TOWN - Keeping My Composure (Luke)
22 3 J.T. TAYLOR - Baby I'm Back (MCA)
21 - MOTIF Featuring POSITIVE K - You Told Me (PayDay/PLG)
21 3 TO BE CONTINUED... - One On One (eastwest/atlantic group)
21 5 *SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - (I Know I Got) Skillz (Jive)
19 3 *FATHER - 69 (Uptown/MCA)
Dropped: 121 -Aaron Hall, v26 -Mint Condition (Nobody), #28 -Teddy Pendergrass, #32 -
Silk, #36 -Prince.* Indicates Debut
JT'S ON THE SO-O-O-OUL-L-L TRAIN
MCA recording artist JT Taylor headlined the "new look" Soul Train, performing the title track
from his new album Baby Fm Back and "Next 2U." His Soul Train appearance. which will be
shown nationally on November 27, was guest hosted by Tyra Banks, supermodel with a recur-
ring role on the TV series. The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. Soul Train founder Don Cornelius main-
tains a vital role with the series as Executive Producer.
Pictured left to right: JT Taylor, Tyra Banks. Don Cornelius
Easy" and Queen Latifah's"U.N.I.T.Y." tied as Hot movers asthey both cruised 12 places in theprocess. Bobby Brown and hiswife, Whitney Houston's duethop up to #32 from their lastweek's debut to the chart pickingup adds from WKKV, WZAK,WZND and WUFO where LenoreWilliams says, "The duet is doingquite well and the response hasbeen nice." Debuts to the chart:Top New Entry, #36 -Domino, #37 -Kris Kross, #38 -Jazzy Jeff &Fresh Prince, #39-Das Efx and#40 -Chris Walker.
On the radio: November 19thended the four -week (20 chal-lenges) Scavenger Hunt for KKBT(92.3 The Beat) worth $25,000 (seeGavin Yellow Pages for story)...Forthe record: In Fashion Magazine ishosting a party for Mint Conditionsometime in January. Billed as aBand Jam Session, bands invitedwill be Joe Public, Tony ToniTone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Lo -Key?, Fishbone, Ohio Players,
Living Colour and the Red HotChili Peppers...Keep your eye onyour mailbox 'cause the FMobalbum Once In A Blue Moon iscoming, created and produced byDenzil Foster and ThomasMcElroy get it?...LaFace Records isreleasing A LaFace FamilyChristmas on November 23. Thealbum features classic favorites andoriginal Christmas music from theLaFace roster including ToniBraxton, TLC, Usher, and new-comers A Few Good Men, Outkastand McArthur.
Congratulations: WILD -Boston'sMD, Dana Hall has added a newtitle to her office nameplate. She'sAPD as well. Good goin', Dana...EnVogue's Cindy Herron and hus-band Glenn Braggs are expectingtheir first child next April. Cindyand Glenn became engaged lastNovember and were married in aprivate ceremony this past June.Watch for the funky divas plus oneto be featured in the upcomingSalt-N-Pepa video, "Whatta Man."
New ReleasesKIARATell Me (BCl/THG/PLG)Greg Charley and John Winston areback at it again, this time on a newlabel. After a three year hiatus,Kiara's serves up "Tell Me," a mid -tempo track with a funky flair thatdemonstrates the duo's growth aswriters and producers.
MINT CONDITIONU Send Me Swingin'
(Perspective/A&M)Ask an} one and they'll tell youMint Condition's strength is theirslow jams. The group's down tern-poed harmony sends you swingin'as it gives you the warm fuzzies.Check out the next chart contenderfrom From The Mint Factory.WILL DOWNINGDo You Still Love Me (Mercury)For his second single from Love'sThe Place To Be, Will worked withmusical talents like BarryEastmond, Marion Meadows,Audrey Wheeler and Cindy Mizelle.Downing presents us with a ques-tion that's soulfully prepared andsweetened by a jazzy accompani-ment.COMPANYAngel (Giant/Reprise)This group's contemporary -sound-ing debut, "Angel," demonstratestheir divine vocals. Hey all youother "real" vocalists on the chart,expect some Company in the nearfuture, as this group exults over aperfect love.MK Featuring ALANALove Changes (Virgin)With a couple of dance hits undertheir belt, this Detroit -based duohas set their sights on crossoverappeal. "Love Changes" is a smoothtoe -tapping debut. Reggae touchesare available on remixes.THA MEXAKINZPhonkie Melodia (Mad Sounds)On this mid -tempo track Intellectand Sin let the lyrics flow likeKool-Aid, and it gets even funkierwhen QD-III adds his touch to theremix. Check out "Push Up N DaWrong 1" on the B-side, and be onthe lookout for Tha Mexakinz'supcoming album. -RoD EDWARDS
ARTI. PROFI
J.T. T"LOR
BIRTHDATE: August 16
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Ramsey, New Jersey
CURRENT SINGLE:
"Baby I'm Back"
CURRENT ALBUM:
Baby I'm Back
LABEL: MCA
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Various Jazz, R&B, Rock
and Roll.
FAVORITE RECORD: Marvin
Gaye's "What's Goin' On?"
LAST RECORD YOU WENT OUT
OF YOUR WAY TO BUY:
Toni Braxton
FAVORITE PASTIME: Staying
active in sports/exercising
PROUDE
ACCOMPLISHMENT:
"Persevering throughout some
of the roadblocks that have
faced my musical career is one
of my proudest accomplish-
ments. Although I have not
reached the plateau I'm
striving for, I'm proud any
amount of success; it brings
happiness and joy to my
family."
IF I WASN'T A RECORDING
ARTIST: "I would have studied
to become a zoologist."
"A country that
deprives its people from
opportunity deprives itself of a
prosperous future."
PLANS: "First and
foremost is to further my
musical career (recording and
stage performance)."
20 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
RATINGS & RESEARCH
"Sign it orforget it"
RHODY BOSLEY
GOOD SAMPLE INCREASE:IS IT A DEAL?
ore sample for radio surveyshas been an issue since 1987.The debate over how this wasto be achieved came to ahead last summer at theArbitron Radio Advisory
la Council meeting. As you mayremember, last spring Arbitron wentaround the country with severalideas to increase sample withoutincreasing cost by rearranging theway the sample would be distrib-uted. There was no agreement.Finally, Arbitron's president SteveMorris responded to the customerpressure with an "offer they can'trefuse." (My quotes, not his, but hewas probably thinking it.) Arbitronoffered a 70% increase in sampleover three years with a surchargeon the Basic License Agreement of2% in 1994 and 4% in 1995 and1996.
Arbitron sent license Addendumforms to all current subscribers inthe Continuous Measurement mar-kets, giving them the opportunity tosign an addendum that will add asurcharge on the Basic LicenseAgreement of 2% in 1994 and 4%each in 1995 and 1996. In return,Arbitron will increase sample by30% starting with winter 1994 andthen increase sample again in 1995to reach the 70% level. Part of thesample increase in the metro is cre-ated by the removal of sample fromthe Total Survey Area in winter andsummer. The proposed start waswinter 1994, assuming there was asufficient number of signatures.Morris indicated that he expected100% of subscribers to underwrite aplan.
Sign or not to sign the LicenseAgreement Addendum, that is thequestion. I guess the signature willdepend on one's personal definitionof a good deal.
Is this a good deal for radio? Yes.A sample size increase of thisnature has the long-term implica-tions of being able to provide datausers more information. Arbitronhas proposed qualitative links at theblock group level. If you're in favorof more qualitative data in radio,sign the addendum.
If a good deal is a very low pricetag, then this sample increase offeris a humdinger of a deal. Arbitronis asking a 2% surcharge in 1994and a 4% surcharge in 1995 and1996 on the station's Basic LicenseAgreement only. That is, Arbitrendsand MaxiMizer and all the otherperipheral "stuff" is not included inthe surcharge percentage. If a gooddeal is to have consistent ratings,then there is going to be wide-spread disappointment. The verynature of radio listening combinedwith probability sampling methodol-ogy, makes it extremely unlikelythat broadcasters will note animproved consistency. If youexpected "bounce" to be eliminatedor severely limited, then don't signthe addendum.
If a good deal means increasedreliability in the ratings, then thisplan will result in about a 30%increase in reliability. By definitionmore sample means greater reliabili-ty, all other things being equal. If agood deal means that a station willhave higher ratings or that radiowill get higher listening levels, youdon't understand the ratings system.The ratings one receives has norelation to the amount of samplebut rather to the percentage of thesample in which the station is men-tioned. If you expected higher rat-ings from this deal, don't sign theaddendum.
If the desire for more sample isdriven by the need to conduct moredetailed analysis on the station'saudience, then more sample mayhelp. For example, if a station had30 male 18-24 diarykeepers before,now there should be 51. Sign theagreement.
Is it a good deal to abolish theestimates of audience in the Total
Survey Area in winter and summer?If your station does not use the TSAestimates, sign the addendum. Ifyour station does use the TSA, con-tact the Advisory Council andArbitron. Tell them you're willing-ness to have and pay for a sampleincrease, but not at the expense ofthe TSA being inconsistent from sur-vey period to survey period.
Is this a good deal for Arbitron?Yes. First it increases their annualgrowth rate, which is a goal of theirparent, Ceridian Corporation.Second, it puts to rest the samplesize issue, which has consumed mil-lions of dollars of time. Third, itwill raise a barrier to research firmswho want to compete with thebehemoth. Fourth, the increasedsample offers the potential for newproducts, based on block groupcoding. Fifth, it blunts AccuRatings'cry of larger samples.
Early this year, Arbitron carried tothe industry, for the Council, a planthat increased sample by changingthe length of the survey period to18 weeks. This would mean 50%more sample in a survey period, butit also meant a major change in theculture of the industry in dealingwith the ratings on a quarterly basisnow to something that just didn'tseem to work.
Suddenly, at the Radio AdvisoryCouncil meeting past August, SteveMorris, the new Arbitron president,offered a 70% increase over the1993 target sample. The industryreaction to the announcementbasked the new leader in the radi-ant sunshine of favorable publicity.Now it is up to the radio industryleadership to sign the license agree-ment addendum.
Arbitron has announced that theyhave enough signatures in 32 mar-kets to permit them to increase sam-ple for the winter survey. Arbitronis keeping the deal for more sampleopen until December 31, whichcould mean a spring start.
The industry screamed so longand so vociferously for increasedsample that Arbitron finally has putthe ball into the signature hand ofthe broadcaster and, in essence,said, "Put your money where yourmouth is!" More sample? It's nowor never! Sign it, or forgetincreased sample.
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MARIAN CAREY - Hero (Columbia)
MICHAEL BOLTON - Said I Loved You...But I Lied (Columbia)
BRUCE HORNSBY - Fields Of Gray (RCA)
BRYAN ADAMS - Please Forgive Me (A&M)
EXPOSE - As Long As I Can Dream (Arista)
JACKSON BROWNE - I'm Alive (Elektra)
BILLY JOEL - All About Soul (Columbia)
STING - Nothing 'Bout Me (A&M)
RICK ASTLEY - Hopelessly (RCA)
TAYLOR DAYNE - Send Me A Lover (Arista)
KENNY G - Sentimental (Arista)
JANET JACKSON - Again (Virgin)
PHIL COLLINS - Both Sides Of The Story (Atlantic)
LAUREN CHRISTY - Steep (Mercury)
LINDA RONSTADT - Heartbeats Accelerating (Elektra)
AARON NEVILLE - Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight (A&M)
ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - True Love (MCA)
LITTLE TEXAS - What Might Have Been (Warner Bros.)
LORI RUSO - Rolling Ocean (Major)
KENNY LOGGINS - This Is It (Columbia)
GLORIA ESTEFAN - If We Were Lovers (Epic)
BEE GEES - Paying The Price Of Love (Polydor/PLG)
JAMES TAYLOR - Secret 0' Life (Columbia)
TONI BRAXTON - Another Sad Love Song (LaFace/Arista)
MEAT LOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA)
ACE OF BASE - All That She Wants (Arista)
JIMMY CLIFF - I Can See Clearly Now (Chaos)
CRUSOE - Lifeline (Caliber)
ROD STEWART From "MTV's Unplugged" - Reason To Believe (Warner Bros.)
CELINE DION - The Power Of Love (550 Music/Epic)
KIKI EBSEN - My Desire (Sin-Drome)
WARREN HILL Featuring MITCH MALLOY - I Still Believe In You (RCA)
POINTER SISTERS - Don't Walk Away (EMI/ERG)
JOHN MELLENCAMP - Human Wheels (Mercury)
BILLY JOEL - The River Of Dreams (Columbia)
DIONNE WARWICK - Friends Can Be Lovers (Arista)
ART GARFUNKEL Duet With JAMES TAYLOR - Crying In The Rain (Columbia)
JACK WAGNER - (You're The) Only One Who Knows (BFEJBMG)
CLIVE GRIFFIN - Commitment Of The Heart (550 Music/Epic)
DAN FOGELBERG - Magic Every Moment (Full Moon/Epic)
EDITOR:RON FELLASSOCIATE EDITOR:DIANE RUFER
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* ADAMS, STEWART & STING - "All For Love" (A&M)
TONI BRAXTON Breathe Again" (LaFace/Arista)
MICHAEL McDONALD - "Hey Girl" (Reprise)
10.000 MANIACS - "Because The Night" (Elektra)
THIN CAMPBELL - "Can We Talk" (Owest/Warner Bros.)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - "Spend The Night" (Reprise)
Total Reports:This Week 233 Last Week 236Hit Factor is a percentage ofstations which will have it inHeavy or Medium rotation.Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 3pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Reports Adds Heavy
104
81
78
65
64
64
104
49
35
45
8
12
3
2
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HIT
FACTOR
220 189 24 97°4
225 162 49 94%
206 162 37 97%
202 144 41 92%
198 149 31 91%
187 107 59 89%
196 92 76 86%
180 107 60 93%
168 99 52 90%
164 108 40 90%
162 55 75 80%
157 61 62 78%
160 41 90 82%
148 59 61 81%
171 24 100 73%
151 81 55 90%
169 30 85 68%
125 52 56 86%
121 47 49 790/0
125 49 57 85%
110 34 58 84%
117 13 69 70%
102 18 65 81%
103 39 42 79%
94 29 46 80°/a
94 23 43 70°/a
101 10 59 6130/0
89 13 54 75%
89 29 35 72%
117 2 53 47%
88 9 49 66%
91 3 47 550/0
80 10 46 700/a
79 23 38 77%
71 28 28 79%
79 3 42 57%
90 1 30 340/0
70 2 35 530/0
69 5 33 55%
62 0 16 21 60%
Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
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17 12 25% 2
16 27 21% 2
8 10 15% 2
20 33 36% 3
18 6 28 3
Gavin A/C #1 Hits 1-1141111'11/29/91 RICHARD MARX - "Keep Coming Back" (Capitol)11/25/88 BARBRA STREISAND & DON JOHNSON -
"'Til I Loved You" (Columbia)11/28/86 BILLY OCEAN - "Love Is Forever" (Jive/Arista)11/25/83 BILLY JOEL - "Uptown Girl" (Columbia)
Most AddedADAMS, STEWART & STING
(104)
TONI BRAXTON (49)
10,000 MANIACS (45)
MICHAEL MCDONALD (35)
*CELINE DION (34)
*DONALD FAGEN (34)
Top lipADAMS, STEWART & STING"All For Love"(A&M)
RECORD TO WATCH
AIMEE MANN"Stupid Thing"
(Imago)
Inside A/CAs predicted last week, MarialiCarey's "Hero" gets to #1 just aheadof Michael Bolton's "Said I LovedYou...But I Lied." Bolton leads intotal stations, but Mariah has 27more HEAVY rotation reports. Bothrecords will be in the 190 HEAVYrange next issue.
Despite being deputized as aMusketeer, Bryan Adams stillmoves upward on his own merit as"Please Forgive Me" is now top 5
ith a 92% HIT FACTOR.
There's only one newcomer to theA/C top ten, and that's Billy Joel's(above) "All About Soul," whichcomes in at #7 with 196 players, an86% HIT FACTOR and 18 ADDsincluding WTPI, KELO, WFAS,KFQD, KELI, KCRE and WJTW.
Hottest two-week move on thechart is Elton and Kiki's "TrueLove." The 21 -rank increase (from#38 to #17) comes with a 42%increase in HIT FACTOR AND 54ADDs in that two week run.
Another great week for a former
22 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
AT RADIO:
Everybody's talking about
Beth Nielsen Chapman!
BETH
NIELSEN
LHAPMAN
YOU
HOLL)
THE
KEY
Beth's new single,
"Say It To Ile Now,"
is at AC now,
BRIAN AVNET/JOHN CUTCLIFFE/RON STONEGOLD MOUNTAIN ENTERTAINMENT
"From the very beginning, Beth Nielsen Chapman
has been on of our most requested artists. A must -
play." - Mike Del Rosso, KESZ, Phoenix
"Her first album was exceptional. Her second album
surpassed our expectations!'
- Tony Schondel and Bob O'Connor,
KIFM, San Diego
"A fabulous songwriter, a gorgeous voice . . . a tal-
ented woman." - Ann Delisi, WDET, Detroit
AT RETAIL:"Her fans were anxiously awaiting the release of You
Hold The Key and have been coming in a steady
stream ever since."
- Tim Freuh, Gem City Records, Kettering, OH
-One of the most prolific singer -songwriters in music
today. She sings from the heart."
- Dave Roy, Transworld Music
IN CONCERT:" A strong stage persona . . . A mesmerizing perfor-
mance." - Bob Kelly, Mid South Concerts,
Memphis, TN
"An extremely talented performer as well as a great
songwriter." - Alex Cooley, Concert Promotions,
Atlanta, GA
IN PRINT:"A natural gift for melody." - Alanna Nash,
Entertainment Weekly
"Beth Nielsen Chapman is one of the few singers
who make you wish the song won't end."
- Jane Scott, Cleveland Plain Dealer01993 REPRISE RECORDS
A/C
Up & ComingReports Adds
57 20 DARYL HALL - Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You (Epic)
45 6 TEARS FOR FEARS - Goodnight Song (Mercury)
41 3 TONY TONI TONE - Anniversary (Wing/Mercury)
37 6 TIA CARRERE - I Never Even Told You (Reprise)
36 26 * AIMEE MANN - Stupid Thing (Imago)
35 10 THE BLENDERS - Stand By Me (Cowtown)
34 12 AARON ALLSTON - Always (Ultra)
34 34 * DONALD FAGEN - Snowbound (Reprise)
*29 10 THE CRANBERRIES - Linger (Island/PLG)
21 5 ' WAVELENGTH - Listen (Ajent)
ed: Mariah Carey (Dream lover), John Waite, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Dave Koz,
Plus Factor LW 1W locuse
CELINE DION - The Power 01 Love (550 Music/Epic) 18 47 29%
LINDA RONSTADT - Heartbeats Accelerating (Elektra) 48 73 25%
MICHAEL McDONALD - Hey Girl (Reprise) 0 21 21%
EARTH. WIND & FIRE - Spend The Night (Reprise) 8 28 20%
TEVIN CAMPBELL - Can We Talk (Owest/Warner Bros.) 18 36 18%
TIA CARRERE lever Even Told You (Reprise) 17 35 18%
MICHAEL BOLTON - Said I Loved You...But I Lied (Columbia) 78 94 16%
ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - True Love (MCA) 52 68 16%
ART GARFUNKEL Duet With JAMES TAYLOR - Crying In The Rain (Dirt? 19 34 15%
DARYL HALL - Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You (Epic) 3 18 15%
JACK WAGNER You're The) Only One Who Knows (BFE/BMG) 39 53 14%
THE BLENDERS 0 14 14%
TEARS FOR FEARS - Goodnight Song (Mercury) 18 31 13%
PHIL COLLINS - Both Sides Of The Story (Atlantic) 70 82 12%
ACE OF BASE - All That She Wants (Arista) 59 70 11%
Records which receive the greatest increase in Hit Factor
RECORD TO WATCH, Ace OfBase's "All That She Wants."Seventy percent of its 94 playersreport quality rotation, includingKORQ, KXLK, WEIM, K99, WCKQ,B100, KSTP/FM and WTSX.
Celine Dion's (below) "Power OfLove" wins this week's PLUS FAC-TOR with a 29% HIT FACTORincrease. Last week's TOP TIP also
ADDED, last week's RECORD TOWATCH, Toni Braxton's (above)"Breathe Again" picks up 49 A/Cs,bringing its station total to 81.Already a 25% HIT FACTOR andnew at WBMX, WEIM, WNYR,WASL, WHFX, WLET/FM, WZDQ,KAYL, KLSS, WMT/FM, KBCQ, K99,WQLR, WSPL, KOSO, KYMG etc, etc.
Aimee Mann's (below) "Stupid
debuts way ahead of all comers at#30 with 117 players and 34 new.
The Bryan Adams, Rod Stewartand Sting single "All For Love" cre-ates its own box office with 104 out -of -the -box ADDs making it 14thMOST ADDED in GAVIN A/C history(tied with Paula Abdul's "Rush,"from the Spring of 1991.)
Qualifying for second MOST
Thing" is this week's RECORD TOWATCH and debuts in UP ANDCOMING. Thirty-six stations playingwith WHAI, WTSX, WXVL, KGWB,WFDL, KORQ, KLZY, KWXX andKLOG among the ADDs.
This coming Thanksgiving week isa normal reporting week. Our dead-line will still be Tuesday at 3 p.m.Pacific. We will print and mail theGAVIN a day earlier than normal sowe can enjoy the holiday. HappyThanksgiving and take care.
-RoN & DIANE
New Releases
OLETA ADAMS"The Day I Stopped Loving You"
(Fontana/Mercury)The David Foster rernix of a DianeWarren song is a subtle yet effectivetweaking of an already brilliantStewart Levine production. Soundslike another "Get Here" to fanslike us.BETH NIELSONCHAPMAN"Say It To Me Now" (Reprise)Iln demanding musical statementis a lyrical landmine. Beth says shecan take the truth that has so faravoided her and sounds preparedfor the worst in what is a greatsong.RAY CHARLES'If I Could" (Warner Bros.)Already well done by Regina Belleearlier this year, but Mr. Charlesturns it inside out and explores amyriad of lyrical possiblities.MICHAEL JACKSON"Gone Too Soon" (Epic)A lushly orchestrated reminder ofthe fragile balance between life anddeath. Whether it's for someonespecific, like Ryan White, or not, thesentimentality is deep.FRANK SINATRA andBARBRA STREISAND"I've Got A Crush On You
(Capitol)Ibis George and Ira Gershwin clas-sic has never sounded this great.These two American icons of popu-lar music met on tape, but produc-ers David Foster and Phil Ramonemake it sound as though they madeeye contact.
ARTIST PROFILE
JACK WAGNER
LABEL: BFE, 114 SW Second
Avenue, Portland, Oregon
97204 (503) 222-6657
FAX: (503) 223-9086
PROMOTION CONTACT:
Keri Stone
CURRENT SINGLE: "(You're
The) Only One Who Knows"
CURRENT ALBUM:
Alone In A Crowd
BIRTHDATE: October 3, 1959
BIRTHPLACE: Washington,
Missouri
CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Los Angeles
MARITAL STATUS: Single
EDUCATION: BFA in Drama -
University of Arizona
"All I Need"
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
FAVORITE PASTIME: Golf
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM:
St. Louis Blues
IF I WEREN'T A RECORDING
ARTIST, I'D BE: A golfer
or actor.
FUTURE PLANS: "To keep
recording albums."
As for juggling
acting, music, golf and family
obligations, Jack remains rather
sanguine. "I'm always on the go
doing something," he says. "But
number one is always my son."
For now, taking the new album
all the way to the top still ranks
sky high on his priority list. But
given Jack Wagner's long-term
acquaintance with success, no
one should be too surprised
that Alone In A Crowd stands
out in the crowd as well.
24 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
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Borrowed Time"Already on:K103 KLWN
WFRO WBLGKKOR KBMG
WHIM KLZYKATW WJJY
WXVL
KITZ
Q93
WTSX
KCHA
THE NEW SINGLE FROM
MY WORLD
Produced by Richard Perry
Mixed by Mick Guzauski
Management: Joe Adorns
IIIE TFVINTEXAS CAMP"What Might
Have Been"Gavin A/C 1 8*
125 Stations 52 Heavy!86% Hit FactorDeb 30* R&R
fll"Can We Mk"
Gavin A/C CHARTBOUND64 Stations 36% Hit Factor
Already on:KMGNKLSS
WCKQ
K99WGMT
WEIM
KORQ
WFRO
093KFQD
KVYN
KEYW
WTSX
WJER
KRTI
NI CHART CONNECTIONSInside
TOP 40
1 JANET JACKSON - Again (Virgin)
21' MARIAN CAREY - Hero (Columbia)
3 ACE OF BASE - All That She Wants (Arista)
41' BRYAN ADAMS - Please Forgive Me (A&M)
5 MEAT LOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA)
61' PHIL COLLINS - Both Sides Of The Story (Atlantic)
71' MICHAEL BOLTON - Said I Loved You...But I Lied (Columbia)
9 ' BILLY JOEL All About Soul (Columbia)
10 t TEVIN CAMPBELL - Can We Talk (Owest/Wamer Bros.)
11 TONY TONI TONE - Anniversary (Wing/Mercury)
121 JIMMY CLIFF - I Can See Clearly Now (Chaos)
13 t XSCAPE - Just Kickin' It (So So Def/Columbia)
15 t TONI BRAXTON - Breathe Again (LaFace/Arista)
21 T BOBBY BROWN Duet With WHITNEY HOUSTON - Something In Common (MCA)
231' SALT-N-PEPA - Shoop (Next Plateau/London/PLG)
24t COLOR ME BADD Time And Chance (Giant/Reprise)
26 t HI -FIVE - Never Should Have Let You Go (Jive)
27 EXPOSE - As Long As I Can Dream (Arista)
31 t ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - True Love (MCA)
32 JOHN MELLENCAMP - Human Wheels (Mercury)
33 CLIVE GRIFFIN - Commitment Of The Head (550 Music/Epic)
34 BEE GEES :,Tho The Price Of Love (Polydor/PLG)
35 BRUCE HORNSBY - Fields Of Gray (RCA)
37 STING nothing ?out Me (A&M)
38 t SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - What's My Name? (Interscope/Atlantic)
401' D.R.S. ,-)angsta Lean (Capitol)
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Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton's "BreatheAgain" and Tevin
10T Campbell's "Can We Talk?"51' will be the next singles to
wrap up all three formatswhen they take numbers onthe A/C chart which will beany day now. If it all comes
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leading edge GAVIN- only reporting stations in the
GAVIN CO char( on page 13
Rod Stewart, Sting & Bryan Adams
together next week thatwould make connected his-tory, as four singles wouldhave triple -format successin the same week.
The big news this week is
that the Three Musketeers,(Bryan Adams, RodStewart and Sting) scored286 ADDS their first weekout with "All For Love."That's one of the best startsfor any record this year. Ithas already debuted on theGAVIN GO Chart at #26, afull week ahead of nextissue's sure debut on themain.
The other exclusive GOChart debut is JacksonBrowne's "I'm Alive" at#35. It pulled in a MostAdded within the mainchart by scoring a strong 74ADDs, putting it right upagainst the hot newAerosmith which has 78ADDs.
Other GO Chart high-lights include the continuedsuccess of MatthewSweet's "Time Capsule,"which is now a top 15 singleon the GO and a top 30 sin-gle on the main. Also, GinBlossoms' "Found Out
bout You" has been discov-ered by a majority of GO -charters and its eleven -pointrank improvement, from #30to #19, is as good as any onthe chart. -RON FEU.
FEATURING THE NEW, IMPROVED
"THE GREATEST LIVING ENGLISHMAN"ADDED AT :
KGLE, KGWB, KLSS, KLKC, KSHR, WDLB,WLHM, WKOK, WTSX
CONTACT: LuLu Cohen Pipeline Records 516 - 681 - 2125
GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
Unfortunately, the lyrics of"Brother, Can You SpareA Dime?" - the anthem ofthe Great Depression -still ring true today formultitudes of homelesspeople. THIS YEAR, THEFIRST NATIONALFUND-RAISING EFFORTFOR THE HOMELESSWILL TAKE PLACEDURING THE ENTIREMONTH OF NOVEMBER,FOCUSING ON THE18TH, WHICH WILL BEKNOWN AS "BROTHER,CAN YOU SPARE ADIME?" DAY. TO HELPTHESi, HOMELESSPEOPLE, YOU CANSEND A DONATION
TLY TO "Brother,are A Dime?"
ay, De ent 27,ashington, D.C. 20055.
One hundred percent ofall monies received will godirectly to The NationalCoalition for theHomeless. Contributionscan also be made bysicking up donation
elopes from specialplays on the counters
of the following recordstores throughout thecountry: Tower Records,HMV Stores, RoseRecords, Strawberries,Waxie Maxie's, SoundWarehouse, and MusicPlus Stores.
Morton Dennis Wax,Producer"Brother, Can YouSpare A Dime?" Day
National Coalitionfor the HomelessDepartment 27Washington, D.C. 20055
GAVIN COUNTRY EDITOR:LISA SMITHASSOCIATE EDITOR:CYNDI HOELZLE
7 5 1 GARTH BROOKS - American Honky-Tonk Bar Association (Liberty) 0 194 117
4 3 2 ALAN JACKSON - Mercury Blues (Arista) 11 0 195 8 1
13 7 3 TRACY LAWRENCE - My Second Home (Atlantic) 13 0 173 33 0
6 4 4 LEE ROY PARNELL - On The Road (Arista) 16 0 182 14 3
15 9 5 TANYA TUCKER - Soon (Liberty) 8 0 148 56 2
17 11 6 LITTLE TEXAS - God Blessed Texas (Warner Bros.) 10 1 153 37 9
12 8 7 PAM TILLIS - Do You Know Where Your Man Is (Arista) 15 2 147 47 6
14 10 8 SAMMY KERSHAW - Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer (Mercury) 13 0 128 66 9
16 12 9 DOUG SUPERNAW - I Don't Call Him Daddy (BNA Entertainment) 9 1 105 97 4
18 14 10 TRISHA YEARWOOD - The Song Remembers When (MCA) 8 0 95 103 7
20 15 11 DWIGHT YOAKAM - Fast As You (Reprise) 7 0 83 114 8
19 16 12 SAWYER BROWN - The Boys And Me (Curb) 8 2 77 116 11
21 17 13 MARK COLLIE - Something's Gonna Change Her Mind (MCA) 12 4 64 116 22
22 18 14 BILLY RAY CYRUS - Somebody New (Mercury) 7 0 48 143 13
24 20 15 DOUG STONE - Never Knew Love (Epic) 6 1 34 156 16
28 23 16 WYNONNA - Is It Over Yet (Curb/MCA) 5 4 18 153 34
3 6 17 /LABAMA - Reckless (RCA) 13 0 127 22 11
26 24 18 SHENANDOAH - I Wanna Be Loved Like That (RCA) 8 2 22 146 33
25 22 19 JOHN BERRY - Kiss Me In The Car (Liberty) 12 3 32 130 32
23 21 20 RADNEY FOSTER - Hammer And Nails (Arista) 9 0 37 123 33
2 1 21 COLLIN RAYE - That Was A River (Epic) 17 0 127 14 13
33 27 22 CLAY WALKER - Live Until I Die (Giant) 5 3 7 157 37
27 25 23 HAL KETCHUM - Someplace Far Away (Curb) 8 0 19 126 50
32 28 24 FAITH HILL - Wild One (Warner Bros.) 8 7 10 148 32
30 26 25 AARON TIPPIN - The Call Of The Wild (RCA) 7 2 4 141 52
10 13 26 MIARTINA McBRIDE - My Baby Loves Me (RCA) 19 0 101 30 10
1 2 27 MARK CHESNUTT - Almost Goodbye (MCA) 13 0 104 23 15
31 29 28 RICK TREVINO - Just Enough Rope (Columbia) 12 5 14 105 60
38 33 29 JOE DIFFIE - John Deere Green (Epic) 4 8 3 116 67
36 32 30 BOY HOWDY - She'd Give Anything (Curb) 5 10 2 108 82
34 31 31 TRACY BYRD - Why Don't That Telephone Ring (MCA) 6 4 2 103 78
- 35 32 TOBY KEITH - A Little Less Talk (And A Lot More Action) (Mercury) 3 13 3 77 111
37 34 33 TRAVIS TRITT - Worth Every Mile (Warner Bros.) 5 7 1 88 88
34 CLINT BLACK - State 01 Mind (RCA) 3 42 0 70 116
- 37 35 BILLY DEAN - We Just Disagree (Liberty) 3 21 1 67 113
- 36 36 STEVE WARINER - Drivin' And Cryin' (Arista) 4 13 0 77 96
NEW 37 PATTY LOVELESS - You Will (Epic) 3 43 1 39 145
- 40 38 BROTHER PHELPS - Were You Really Livin' (Asylum) 4 16 0 61 103
NEW 39 GEORGE JONES - High Tech Redneck (MCA) 4 22 1 43 107
NEW 40 BLACKHAWK - Goodbye Says It All (Arista) 3 33 0 21 126
HIT
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4 Reports Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks
McBRIDE & THE RIDE No More Cryin' (MCA) 130 60 11 119 8% 2
LARRY STEWART - ;.,-; Can Love (RCA) 121 5 43 78 36% 5
TWISTER ALLEY - Nothing In Common But Love (Mercury) 119 13 17 102 14% 5
BOBBIE CRYNER - He Feels Guilty (Epic) 111 10 33 78 30% 5
Total Reports:This Week 206 Last Week 208Hit Factor is a percentage ofstations which will have the songin Heavy or Medium rotation.Reports accepted:Mondays - 8am through 5pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
Album CutsCOMMON THREAD - I Can't Tell You Why (Vince
Gill)/Desperado (Clint Black)/Take It Easy (TravisTritt)/Tequila Sunrise (Alan Jackson)/New Kid In Town(Trisha Yearwood)/Heartache Tonight (John Anderson)/Already Gone (Tanya Tucker)/Peaceful Easy Feelin' (LittleTexas)/Take It To The Limit (Suzy Bogguss)
GARTH BROOKS - Callin' Baton Rouge/The Night I CalledThe Old Man Out /Standing Outside The Fire
BROOKS & DUNN - Rock My World (Little Country Girl)GEORGE STRAIT - Love Bug
Most AddedDIAMOND RIO (95)
CONFEDERATE RAILROAD (79)
MCBRIDE & THE RIDE (60)
TURNER NICHOLS (47)
LORRIE MORGAN (46)
fop RequestsALAN JACKSON
GARTH BROOKS
MARK CHESNUTT
ALABAMA
TANYA TUCKER
RECORD TO WATCH
CONFEDERATE RAILROADShe Never Cried
(Atlantic)80 stations the first week outincluding KSNI, WLLX, KGKL,WAXX, WSCP, KMHL, WGLR,
KPQX, KVAS, WOW, etc.
Inside CountryRADIO HAPPENINGS...Russ Shafer has been promoted toPD at WCLT-Newark, as GregJeffries steps in as MD... KEBC-Oklahoma City MD Bill Reed movesto crosstown KXXY as MD/middays,while Dave Dodson takes over MDduties at KEBC. He will take musiccalls Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m...KNEW/KSAN-San Francisco's SherriNelson moves from promotion assis-tant to Promotion Director atShamrock's other SF property, B98...Doug Montgomery is about to takethe PD reins at WBCT-Grand Rapids,leaving the Gator (WGTR-MyrtleBeach) searching for a new PD... Atrust fund has been set up for formerWYCQ-Nashville PD Robert Lewis,who was severly burned in an acci-
dent a few months ago. The moniesraised will go to help cover Lewis'sextensive medical expenses.Contributions can be made to: theRobert Lewis Fund, Cheatam StateBank, 108 Cumberland Street,Ashland City, TN 37015. TheMavericks have already expressedinterest in doing a benefit-anyother artists interested should contactTCQ's Nancy Johnson at (615)399-1029... WPOC-Baltimore is get-ting their annual "One New Toy"promotion underway with a party onDecember 5. Children of all ages canmeet Santa and get their picturetaken, learn the latest line dancesand get their faces painted, with freerefreshments and free entertainmentto boot. The only admission price is
28 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
COUNTRY
Up Itt ComingReports Adds Weevs
107 95 1 * DIAMOND RIO - Sawmill Road (Arista)
98 22 3 SHAWN CAMP - Confessin' My Love (Warner Bros.)
92 15 3 ROGER BALLARD - You Can't Get There From Here (Atlantic)
88 46 2 LORRIE MORGAN - Crying Time (Fox/BNA Entertainment)
81 23 2 RICKY LYNN GREGG - Three Nickels And A Dime (Liberty)
80 79 1 * CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - She Never Cried (Atlantic)
69 31 2 DARN NORWOOD - If It Wasn't For Her I Wouldn't Have You (Giant)
51 47 1 * TURNER NICHOLS - She Loves To Hear Me Rock (BNA Entertainment)
50 12 2 KENNY CHESNEY - Whatever It Takes (Capricorn)
50 13 2 THE MAVERICKS - What A Crying Shame (MCA)
50 22 2 SHELBY LYNNE - Tell Me I'm Crazy (Morgan Creek/Mercury)
49 41 1 * HONKY TONK ANGELS - Silver Threads And Golden Needles (Columbia)
48 $ 3 STEPHANIE DAVIS - Moonlighter (Asylum)
34 31 1 * CLEVE FRANCIS - I Won't Let You Walk Away (Liberty)
Dropped: #19 -John Anderson, #30 -Brooks & Dunn, #39 -Pirates Of The Mississippi,
Rodney Crowell, Ronnie Milsap, Jamie O'Hara, Ma -shall Tucker Band, Debra Burns.
Top Ten Videos1. MARTINA McBRIDE - My Baby Loves Me (RCA)2. LEE ROY PARNELL - On The Road (Arista)3. JOHN ANDERSON - I Fell In The Water (BNA Entertainment)4. TRACY LAWRENCE - My Second Home (Atlantic)5. TANYA TUCKER - Soon (Liberty)6. LITTLE TEXAS - God Blessed Texas (Warner Bros.)7. ALAN JACKSON - Mercury Blues (Arista)8. SAMMY KERSHAW - Queen Of My Double Wide...(Mercury)9. COLLIN RAVE - That Was A River (Epic)10. DOUG SUPERNAW -I Don't Call Him Daddy (BNA Entertainment)
Courtesy of Country Music Television :SI
a toy to be distributed by WPOC to30 different homeless shelters andsoup kitchens... WQSI-Frederick isgearing up for their annual"Christmas Cash For Kids" promo-tion. Last year, donations exceededS50,000 and became the area's singlelargest provider of children's toys,blankets and clothing for those whowould otherwise have to do with-out... The folks at WKKG-Columbusraised more than $30,000 for theMarch of Dimes in October. The sta-tion teamed with a local conve-nience store chain and sold paperpumpkins for $1 each. They weresigned by the purchaser and postedon the walls and windows of thestores. PD Steve Lee says it was avery successful and low -maintenancepromotion, and if anyone would likemore details, feel free to give him acall at 18121 j72-i-i-+S.
ARTIST HAPPENINGS...Michael Martin Murphey is set tobring his brand of holiday cheer to12 cities this December when hepresents the Cowboy Christmas Ballin venues from California to Texas.Originating back in 1895, the Ballfeatures a mix of traditional and con-temporary Western Christmas tunesand poetry... The Statler Brothers
B lackhawk visit the award -winning Jim &Charlie morning show at their new WFMS-Indianapolis studio. From left:B lackhawk's Van Stephenson and HenryPaul, WFMS's Jim Denny and CharlieMorgan and Blackhawk's Dave Robbins.
recently received five gold and plat -Mum album awards while tapingtheir television show. These repre-sent sales in excess of 4.5 millionalbums...
New ReleasesMCBRIDE and the RIDE"No More Cryin"' (MCA)The first single from the soundtrackof the upcoming 8 Seconds To Gloryfilm on the life of rodeo champ LaneFrost is a great uptempo tune fromTerry McBride and the boys. Theband makes a cameo in the film aswell. Check them out on thismonth's GAVIN Country VideoMagaine.
#1 ONE YEAR AGO TODAYTANYA TUCKER - Two Sparrows In A
Hurricane
#1 FIVE YEARS AGO TODAYRESTLESS HEART - A Tender Lie
#1 TEN YEARS AGO TODAYEARL THOMAS CONLEY - Holding
Her And Loving You
DIAMOND RIO"Sawmill Road" (Arista)Leave it to Diamond Rio to doeverything just a cut above."Sawmill Road" has much moremeat on its hones than most sappy"home sweet home" ballads. Evenwith the joyous singalong chorus,there's a chilling, bittersweet feel tothe song.RICKY LYNN GREGG"Three Nickels And A Dime"
(Liberty)This has been one of our favesfrom Ricky Lynn's Liberty debut. It'sa straight -ahead barroom rocker.CONFEDERATERAILROAD"She Never Cried" (Atlantic)Danny Shirley and the Railroadhave an amazing knack for findingsongs that fit their wacky sense ofhumor. They've got their tonguesplanted firmly in cheek once againon this tale of love gone wrong.TURNER NICHOLS"She Likes To Watch Me Rock"
(BNA Entertainment)This song is so simple and adoles-cent, you just gotta love it. Zackand Tim probably had fun writingthis song; they certainly have a lotof fun singing it.CLEVE FRANCIS"I Won't Let You Walk Away"
(Liberty)cievc is is hack with fervor.This expressive ballad is the kindFrancis can really sink his teethinto, and he gives it his all withoutoverdoing it.SHELBY LYNNE"Tell Me I'm Crazy"(Morgan Creek/Mercury)Give Shelby credit for al \\ doingthings her own way and gi \ e your-self over to her smoky, seductivevoice. You'd swear this song is anold classic, but was in fact writtenby Rory Michael Bourke and MikeReid.
HONKY TONK ANGELS"Silver Threads And Golden
Needles" (Columbia)Dolly, Tammy and Loretta tear intothis song, a hit for the Springfieldsin the 60's and Linda Ronstadt inthe 70s. Their spirited version lit upthe CMA award show. It's sure greatto hear Loretta on the radio again.
ARTIST PROFILE
DIAMOND RIOLABEL: Arista
PROMOTION VP:
Jack Weston
CURRENT SINGLE:
"Sawmill Road"
THEY ARE: Dana Williams,
Gene Johnson, Jimmy Olander,
Marty Roe, Brian Prout and Dan
Truman.
FROM: No southern boys here.
Two are from New York, two
from Ohio, one from Utah and
one from Minnesota.
MUSICAL INT.A1F"JCIS" Dana
Williams, Gene Johnson, Jimmy
Olander- bluegrass; Marty
Roe-traditional Country;
Brian Prout-rock 'n' roll;
Dan Truman-jazz/classical.
SPECIAL DISTINCTIONS:
Marty Roe, Jimmy Olander and
Dana Williams were all child
prodigies who were
professional musicians by the
age of 12.
OTHER GROUP NAMES
CONSIDERED:
T -Town Mavericks.
THEY say: "This band loves
to have fun, and we pretty
much have a riot on stage.
We're really busy a lot of the
time setting up and doing
interviews, travelling and
handling all the tour business,
and when we finally get on
stage, that is what we're doing
this thing for."
-Jimmy Olander
IT'S SAID: "I switched on
CMT, Country Music's MTV
compadre...along came
Diamond Rio. The sound and
look were incredible. I knew I'd
follow this band anywhere."
-Spin
GAVI N NOVEMBER 19, 1993 29
yen if I'm making it upjust now, it's a truismin rock and roll that
Alternative plus commercial suc-cess equals mainstream.
And so it is that Pearl Jam aredragged, kicking and screaming,onto the cover of Time magazineon their way to the top of thealbum sales charts.
In just three weeks of release,their second Epic album, Vs., hassold some 1.5 million copies, with950,000 of those snapped up in itsfirst week out.
But, for all their success, PearlJam are perceived as paying aprice.
Playing the same, intense, hard -edged music that made them thekings of Alternative when theirfirst album, Ten, sold more thansix million units, they now findthemselves deserted by collegeradio, grudgingly played by a still -apprehensive Top 40 radio, andsupported only by stations identi-fied as hard rock and commecialalternative.
Not that Eddie Vedder and com-pany even care. The band refusedto release a video of any of thesongs on Vs., despite the fact thatMTV is credited with propellingthe band, whose followingswelled after a moving perfor-mance of "Black" on MTVUnplugged, and who won fourawards at this year's MTV VideoAwards. "Ten years from now,"says bassist Jeff Ament, "I don'twant people to remember oursongs as videos."
And, while Epic has serviced aCD single of "Go" to Alternativestations, they sent no single toTop 40. "I don't think they thinkthat Top 40 or hit singles is what
it's about," says one Epic employ-ee.
Top 40, for the most part, hasresponded in kind. As of lastweek, despite its status as thehottest rock album of recentyears, only 48 of 235 Top 40reporters to GAVIN were playingPearl Jam, and those that are play-ing them are focusing on"Daughter," one ofthe record's leastedgy tunes.
The resistance ofmainstream Top 40 toPearl Jam may beodd, but by nomeans unprecedent-ed. As Mike Halloran,program director at91X (XETR)-SanDiego, reminds, "PinkFloyd sold millions ofcopies but Top 40never touched it."
"We've neverworked a Pearl Jamsingle at Top 40,"says Stu Bergen ofEpic's NationalAlternative promotiondepartment in NewYork. "So anythingthat's coming back is (program-mers) listening to the record andmaking a decision."
"They're the biggest band in theworld," Bergen says, "so I thinksome of the stations reacted to themarketplace."
But, he adds, Top 40 airplay ofPearl Jam is not a major concernto Epic. "They're an artist thathad little to do with radio. It wasa street, organic thing that hap-pened with the music."
College radio, which for themost part had little to do withPearl Jam from the start, is stayingaway from Vs.
Although Dana Barnes, musicdirector at WUOG-Athens, Ga.,says that the band's astoundingperformance "is making a lot ofcollege stations re -analyze whatthey're doing," and that "a lot ofcollege stations are trying to
become more commercial," asampling of several music direc-tors reveals a united front vs. Vs-and one -chord reasoning: They'vegotten too popular.
"We're not playing it," saysDave Helm, MD at KCSB-SantaBarbara, Calif. "We think collegeradio should be a forum for newmusic, music not being heard onother channels of communication.It's being played all over townand all over the world, so we
BY BEN FONG-TORRES
passed.""Our jocks have 500 things they
should play before Pearl Jam,"says Spott, MD at WXYC-ChapelHill, N.C. "But it's less their soundthan the fact that our lives are sat-urated by Pearl Jam. You pick upUSA Today and read about Pearl
Jam, and not about Wimp Factor14."
Jen Moyse, MD at WPRB-Princeton, New Jersey, says that
shortly after receiving s:, 'Wesold it and bought some (othermusic)." WPRB, she says, plays"Alternative rock, stuff that soundsa little different than everythingelse you're hearing on radiotoday. And Pearl Jam is everythingelse that you're hearing on radiotoday. We don't play bands thatare huge."
As the hugest band around,Pearl Jam has been stripped-atleast by the college corps-of itsAlternative stripes.
Not at Commercial Alternative.Halloran of 91X says he's on
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three tracks from Vs."College stations," hesays, "do have thatattitude-'They'repopular; we'll neverplay it again.' Whatdifference does itmake? It's still thesame album. Thecollege kids willrealize when theyhave to get a realjob in life-that'slike saying, Well,your boss likeswhat you're doing,so are you goingto change it? Tosay, Jeez, I wannafuck everythingup; it's like thatwhole anarchistic
view... "But, says Richard Liversedge of
KSJS-San Jose, Calif., that's theway of college radio (and of free-form rock stations since the '70s.when they embraced, then dis-posed of a string of New Waveacts as they became popular).
"College radio always seems togo mainstream," he says. "In the'80s, Culture Club and DuranDuran were 'Alternative.' Blondiewas 'Alternative.' It's the cycle ofcollege radio."
While Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam'slead singer (who, ironically.began in a San Diego band calledBad Radio), could care less aboutradio airplay and hit records, hedoes apparently seem intent onmaintaining his street credibility.Besides refusing interviews withmainstream media and turning hi,back on Top 40, he has promisedto share the bill on an upcoming12 -week tour with six Alternativebands, among them Cypress Hill,American Music Club, andOverwhelming Colorfast. And hecontinues to maintain a wide-open door and telephone line tofans, writing responses andreturning calls himself.
When Pearl Jam were in SanDiego recently, Halloran recalls,Vedder hit a Jim Carroll spokenword performance at a local club.and then, from his hotel room.called 91X's request line.
"It's like he doesn't understandhow many kids are looking up tohim."
It's like "cool"-a word used byseveral of the college radio pro-grammers who spoke withGAVIN-that Vedder continues tobe his own man, but their admira-tion for him won't get Pearl Jamon the air.
"Totally denying all media iscool," says Helm of KCSB. "Shit isgoing to be written about themwhether they do interviews or
not. We'll respect them for doingthings like that, but we're still notgoing to play their record."
Besides "Alternative to me isalternative," says Helm, "andthey're mainstream."
Whether or not any ofthis is disconcertingto Vedder is
unknown, since he's limitedaccess to the press.
Aside from the obvious show ofsupport from the record -buyingpublic,the band has its defendersas it grapples with big-time suc-cess. As Eddie Roeser of UrgeOverkill says, "They want to make
honest music. It's not their faultthat they're commercially huge."
In the recent Rolling Stonecover story about Pearl Jam byCameron Crowe, Stone Gossard,one of their guitarists, addressedthe issue of getting too big:
"If somebody wants to say, 'Youguys used to be my favorite band,but you got too big' to me, theproblem with getting too big isnot, innately, you get too big andall of a sudden you stop playinggood music...Just being bigdoesn't mean you can't go in yourbasement and write a good song."
It may pie ,He the band to know
that at least one college radio per-son appreciates their success.
"That's great," says Shay Stoneof WXCI-Danbury, Conn. aboutthe band's sales figures. "It kind ofshows that maybe classic rockisn't all that it's made out to be,and maybe there're not as manypeople into Aerosmith as theband's given credit for. Maybethere is a youth movement or arevolution. Maybe it's actuallytime for new music-for rock androll to be called Oldies and for thestuff that's called Alternative to becalled rock now." -WITH REPORTINGBY SEANA BARUTH AND LINDA RYAN
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mashing Pumpkins had just hit thestage in San Diego. Mike Halloran of 91X was in the audience, and he noticed thatthe Chicago band was big enough now that they'd drawn a huge contingent of new fans.
They crowded the front of the stage, he recalled, while the band's "old fans" took up the midsectionof the hall.
"On stage," Halloran says, "Bill Corgan goes, 'Here we are in San Diego. This must be the new Seattle.'And all these kids who didn't know that Billy is Mr. Cynical, they go 'YEAAAAH!' and start screaming. Andafter they stop, everybody else goes, `FUUUUUUCK YOU!'
"'Cause nobody wants this to be the new Seattle."Like it or not, and right or wrong, San Diego is being looked at as the successor to the launching pad of
Nirvana and Pearl Jam.There've also been votes for Chapel Hill, N.C., home to bands like Superchunk, small but strong labels,
like Mammoth and Merge, and a supportive college station, WXYC, and for Chicago, on the strength ofsuch disparate acts as the Pumpkins, Urge Overkill, and Liz Phair and the city's rich musical tradition.
One of Chicago's boosters, in fact, is Gina Arnold, rock critic with the San Diego Reader. "Chicago hasmore, deeper, and richer music," she says. But San Diego enjoys a support system including two commer-cial Alternative stations, 91X and 92.5/'The Flash,' cable outlet KSDT, as well as San Diego State's KCR.
Many observers believe the hype on San Diego is just that: hype.Whatever it is, it's drawn attention from both industry and media, as chronicled in the following report
by Los Angeles -based free-lance writer Lorraine Ali. It is reprinted from the L.A. Weekly.-BEN FONG-TORRES
I lust saw Rocket from the Crypton MTV," laughs Kevin
Chanel, founder of SchemingIntelligentsia, the label he runsout of his house in San DiegoCounty's National City. "Thingsare taking off here to a sickeningdegree. Nothing should happenthis fast."
Ever since early 1992, whenRocket became the center of amajor -label A&R scramble, theAlternative spotlight has turnedfrom Seattle to San Diego. Someobservers have been quick tochristen the town as the next bigscene, but most locals scoff at
the notion. "The whole idea ofthis being the next Seattle is ablind, deceptive thing," saysGlen Galloway, 24 year -oldsinger and guitarist of TrumansWater.
The buzz came to San Diegoaround 1990, when Cargo, theMontreal independent label anddistributor, opened a branch intown, forming an offshoot calledHeadhunter Records, whichbecame home to regional bandslike Rocket and Drive Like Jehu.
On the strength of its liveshows, interest developedaround Rocket From The Crypt.
Rocket released singles on SubPop, North Carolina's Merge andLong Beach's Sympathy for theRecord Industry, but the bandbrought its sound home for itsfirst full-length album, the 1990Cargo release Paint As aFragrance. From there, represen-tatives from major labels startedto venture down below theOrange Curtain and show up atgigs. San Diego was suddenlycaught in a whirlwind that con-tinued to widen, picking upmore bands as it went along.
Clea Hantman, music editor forthe San Diego Reader , is talking
BY LORRAINE ALIGAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
about the City's most popular rockand roll bar. "A year and a halfago," she says, "the Casbahcouldn't pay its employees withthe money it was making. Now itsells out weekly with localbands." Jeff Motch, publisher of360 Degrees, the local fanzine,says, "Record companies call menow asking what bands are goodand who should they sign."
Rumors are constantly flyingabout who's getting signed next.Talk about Rust going to Atlanticcirculated for months before thelabel signed the band in July.Relativity signed Lucy's Fur Coat afew months ago, and A Miniature,which was on SchemingIntelligentsia, was just picked upby Restless.
The country's sixth -largest cityand the second-largest in
California, San Diego has nearlyperfect, sunny weather, anunspoiled coastline, Sea World,and endless pastel coffee shopsalong the 5 freeway. It's not sur-prising one of the main industriesis tourism. Camp Pendleton con-tributes its large population ofconservative Navy families, whileSan Diego State and UCSD attracthordes of students. At first glance,these elements might not seem alikely backdrop for a loud rockscene, but when you scratch thesurface you'll find the same work-ing-class tension that punk thrivedon, which spawned theMinutemen in San Pedro, SocialDistortion in Fullerton andAggression in Oxnard.
Although locals like Gallowayand Chanel deny it there is anidentifiable San Diego sound.Rocket, Jehu, Trumans Water andThree Mile Pilot - each, to somedegree, plays music with deeproots in hardcore. Unlike Seattle,which mixed hardcore and '70shard rock within a sludgy produc-tion style, San Diego blends hard-core with a tighter, sharper rockand roll edge. The "S.D. sound"reacts directly against the compla-cency, false security and sheerboredom kids feel growing up inbland suburbs. "S.D. has this senseof being a bedroom community, asleepy Navy town, conservative,and a resort town," says DavidStampone, a music columnist atthe San Diego Reader. "We wantto be known for more than that."
Though San Diego has twomajor universities, its music sceneis not the typical college -orientedone. "The college students hereare pretty conservative," sayssinger John Reis of Rocket Fromthe Crypt. "S.D. State's known forits business department, andUCSD's the same. And 90 percentof the people that go to shows in
S.D. are not students. The scene ismuch more of an average -Joe -and -Jane thing." Trumans Water'sGalloway sells office equipmentover the phone part-time; ThreeMile Pilot's singer, known only asPall, works in a coffee shop; andthe city's other important bandsare mostly made up of non-colle-giates with jobs. Bands likeCustom Floor and Olivelawn say itin their name - they representworking-class suburbia, andthey're damn proud to rebelagainst it.
The Doubletree Hotel's 1,000-plus -capacity ballroom is
packed with boot -clad kids wait-ing for Trumans Water, DripTank, Honey Glaze and RocketFrom the Crypt to blow their little
Rocket From The Crypt
and rips normal -guy lyrics overhard -edged, wailing tunes.
Tim Mays, who put on theRocket concert at the Doubletree,co -owns the Casbah. He openedthe bar in 1989. Formerly, theclub had been everything from abar called Harp and Shamrock toa gay Western bar. Mays meantfor the Casbah to be an R&B andblues club, but he became soswamped with calls from noisygroups with no place to play thathe returned to booking rock as hedid in his hardcore days.
"Mays has a lot to do with allthe band activity down herenow," says Trumans Water'sGalloway, whose year -old bandsigned to the New York labelHomestead a few months after
learning to play theirinstruments.
When Mays startedbooking San Diegohardcore shows in1983, the only thingpeople wanted tohear was hardcore,he says. "If theyweren't hardcore,everybody hatedthem."
The warp -speedstyle was old newsby 1986. For the next
clean-cut heads apart. InterscopeRecords, the label that signed thetwo -year -old Rocket and singerReis' second band, Drive LikeJehu, for an undisclosed largesum, has packed the guest list, fly-ing 30 industry people fromaround the country to see itsnewest act. "All these record com-pany people are coming downhere, and they don't even knowwhat they're looking for," cracksStimy, the roly-poly singer andguitarist of Inch.
It's a little too loud in thepeach -colored banquet roomwhere the fans are, so the indus-try folk begin to fill the hotel'sglass -and -chrome veranda. Thecrowd becomes as separated asIreland. If you were a tourist whojust happened to walk past theconcert, it would look like a gath-ering of kids and their hip par-ents. When MTV's Kennedyarrives, a couple of locals rolltheir eyes, then employees fromGiant and Capitol records breezein past the ticket table.
When headliners Rocket Fromthe Crypt go on, the crowd jamsin so tight at the front that someaudience members have to bepulled out of the crush and ontothe stage. The band looks like abunch of juvenile delinquentsfrom 1955: Reis, with pomade -soaked locks and a dime -storecomb in his back pocket, bellows
two years, there was nothing todo except watch bad cover bandswhile waiting for smarter, morecreative groups to rise form hard -core's ashes. Bands like Pitchforkand Night Soil Man, the latter ofwhich was led by Rosebud, a six-foot -plus blond woman in a tutuand work boots, broke the dullsilence.
"Night Soil Man was the firstS.D. band to represent the currentwave of alternative bands downhere," says local critic StamponeThese groups spawned a newgeneration of San Diego bandsthat didn't seek respect by con-forming to the national definitionof alternative music. It was DIYthe S.D. way. Night Soil Man andPitchfork began filling clubs. Thenother local bands, includingOlivelawn and Fishwife, sharedthe bills. In the same way thatGreen River spawned Pearl Jamand Mudhoney up in Seattle,Night Soil Man and Pitchfork gavebirth to Rocket From the Cryptand Drive Like Jehu. And, saysKevin Chanel, "There's a genera-tion coming up that are influ-enced by older S.D. bands."
One signature of the S.D. sceneisn't so much a sound as a cama-raderie. Reis of Rocket plays gui-tar in Drive Like Jehu. TimBlankenship, bassist for Rust, isalso the vocalist and bassist forCreedle. The swapping of singers
seems as sordid as a '70sswingers' party, but it's a result ofthe tightness of the S.D. clan.
"The only thing a city reallyneeds to have a scene is a supportsystem," says Jonathan Poneman,who was music director atSeattle's alternative radio stationKCMU before starting Sup Pop in1986. "It can be anything from ahip record store, to a hip venue,to hip fanzines, to a good radiostation that allows communityaccess. Hip is not necessarilytruly, culturally avant-garde, but isreactive to the interests of thecommunity."
"The bands here have alwaysreally stuck together and support-ed each other, because they're allfriends," says Clea Hantman,music editor at the San DiegoReader. "The bulk of audienceswatching local bands at clubs aremembers of other local bands."
But as S.D. has gained attentionfrom the industry, its musiciansare watching each other moretensely. "Every show seems reallycrucial now," says SchemingIntelligentsia's Chanel. "A lot ofsmaller bands want to be on biglabels. To do that, they're sellingout by trying to sound like Rocketor Jehu. Those are also the bandsthat are hip to dissing Rocket andcalling them sellouts."
David Stampone also wonderswhether the camaraderie will fadeif bands become more competi-tive. "There's a hometown -folks -make -good kind of feeling herefor Trumans and Rocket. S.D.feels so insecure in itself underthe shadow of Los Angeles thatlocals are going to get cheeredon. Since the Casbah's really theonly place to play, they don'twant to dis each other. I wonderif being friendly all the time..." hetrails off. "Will the lines get drawnfurther on down the road?"
Reis of Rocket From the Crypt istalking. "I don't think us gettingsigned affected S.D. in a goodway," he says. "It won't benefitthe scene. The best quality aboutS.D. is it's a small group of bandsand friends. I wouldn't say any-thing's been spoiled yet, but Icould see it becoming really, real-ly bad. I think a lot of times peo-ple forget about S.D., and that'swhat makes it a cool place."
"There's a good thing going ondown here, and I think people arereally protective of it," Reis says."Face it, pretty much any placeknown for having good musicgets mined and peters out. It'sweird - I'm doing an interviewon S.D., and it's a place I like alot. If you have a favorite bar orfishing hole, the worst thing youcan do is tell everyone about it."
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P.D. NOTEBOOK BY ERIC NORBERG
ARTISTS WITHOUTJUDGE V ENT
I
received this letter from JimDorman, program director ofCountry station KMIX-AM&FM-Turlock/Hughson, Calif.:
"Here's a problem I haven'tseen in GAVIN: Recorded artistliners. The other day I'm dri-
ving home and listening to my com-petition and I hear this: 'Hi this isKix Brooks...and I'm RonnieDunn...and we're Brooks andDunn...and I don't know how theydo it, but our music just sounds somuch better on K- Country.' I
was so mad I almost went back tothe station and pulled every Brooksand Dunn CD in the control room.
ceived as of little importance-over-looks that competitive positions dochange, and that programmerschange stations.
A programmer who's resentfulabout past treatment may, regret-tably, exact a little revenge when heor she winds up in a position ofreal power in the industry.
I hope no artist has the impres-sion that they must read liners aswritten to avoid reprisals from thestation they're doing them for.There are very few programmers inthis business who will not respect apolite display of integrity.
On another subject, a couple of
"Artists need to start editing the linersthey agree to do so they're notslamming competing stations."
"Maybe I'm in left field on thisone, but I have never been so madat something I heard on the radio.Now, recently I spent a week at afan fair getting liners from about 50artists, and I know artists sometimesdon't read them over before doingthem. Artists need to start editingthe liners they agree to do sothey're not slamming competing sta-tions. Las year I was having BillyRay Cyrus do some liners, andwhen he came across one that men-tioned Travis Tritt he said hecouldn't do one. Well, if Billy RayCyrus can refuse to do a liner he'snot comfortable with, everyone elsecan too.
"One possible solution would befor each station to fax their liners tothe record rep involved, who thenwould arrange for the artist torecord them. This way, linerswould have gone through enoughbands to have been edited."
Jim has a point. Although it'seasy to see why a program directorwould like to have a recognizedartist slam the competition, directly.as they did in this case, or indirectlyby giving an unqualified endorse-ment, it's harder for me to under-stand why any significant artistwould agree to do that. It'sarguable that their careers dependon the widest possible radio airplay,and antagonizing any programmerin this way-even the programdirector of a station currently per -
years back, a series of columnsabout the use of conventional tapecassettes to originate radio musicturned up several stations using thesystems.
Although the cassette machineI've used for that-the superb andeasily -curable Eumig FL-1000-hasbeen out of production for nearly12 years now. Teac has just intro-duced a new deck-the V-8000S-which appears to be the bestreplacement I've seen for it. Theindex display is in "real time" min-utes and seconds and, according tothe literature I've gotten, it can beprogrammed to go to a specificpoint on the tape using this index-ing system. The fidelity is excellent,and as I've pointed out before, agood quality stereo cassette deck isstill capable of enough high fidelityto provide all that a modern AM orFM station is capable of transmit-ting-even without the new DolbyS noise reduction system (withwhich this Teac deck is equipped).
For stations still interested in han-dling their oldies with cassettes-rather than buying a large volumeof expensive tape carts, playingvinyl and styrene records on the air,or spending a fortune to replace theoldies library on CD-I suggest youlook into this Teac deck. List priceis $1,300; it should be available forless. For information, write Teac at7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello,CA 90640.
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9 7 1 RUSSELL MALONE - Black Butterfly (Columbia)
1 1 2 JOSHUA REDMAN - Wish (Warner Bros.)
6 3 3 SHIRLEY HORN - Light Out Of Darkness (Verve/PolyGram)
2 2 4 BENNY GREEN TRIO - That's Right! (Blue Note)
7 5 5 T.S. MONK - Changing Of The Guard (Blue Note)
3 4 6 STANLEY TURRENTINE - If I Could (Music Masters)
11 10 7 THE RAY BROWN TRIO - Bass Face (Telarc)
8 8 8 JOE PASS - My Song (Telarc)
16 11 9 ELIANE ELIAS - Paulistana (Blue Note)
5 6 10 ERIC REED - It's All Right To Swing (MoJazz/Motown)
37 15 11 ANTONIO HART - For Cannonball And Woody (Novus/RCA)
18 13 12 KEVIN EUBANKS - Spirit Talk (Blue Note)
26 18 13 ARTHUR TAYLOR'S WAILERS - Wailin' At The Vanguard (Verve/PolyGram)
4 9 14 J.J. JOHNSON - Let's Hang Out (Verve/PolyGram)
28 20 15 TONY BENNETT - Steppin' Out (Columbia)
46 27 16 MANHATTAN JAll QUINTET - Funky Strut (Sweet Basil)
22 19 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Dave Grusin Presents GRP All -Star Big Band Live! (GRP)
- 33 18 BUCK HILL - The Buck Stops Here (Muse)
39 29 19 CRAIG HANDY - Introducing Three For All Plus One (Arabesque)
38 26 20 McCOY TYNER TRIO - Live At Sweet Basil (Sweet Basil)
41 21 CEDAR WALTON - As Long As There's Music (Muse)
10 12 22 - Good Morning Heartache (Rounder)
15 14 23 TED ROSENTHAL - Images Of Monk (Jazz Alliance)
43 40 24 ROY HAYNES - When It Haynes, It Roars (Dreyfus Jazz)
30 32 25 DAVID MURRAY QUARTET + 1- Fast Life (DIW/Columbia)
21 16 26 SUE MATTHEWS - When You're Around (Positive Music)
31 30 27 KENNY BLAKE - Since You Asked (Heads Up)
25 25 28 BOB BERG - Virtual Reality (Denon)
35 36 29 CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND II - Paint The World (GRP)
- 43 30 CURTIS FULLER QUINTET - Blues-ette Part II (Savoy/Denon)
17 17 31 PETER DELANO - Peter Delano (Verve/PolyGram)
29 37 32 JACK McDUFF - Write On, Capt'n (Concord Jazz)
14 23 33 HOLLY COLE TRIO - Don't Smoke In Bed (Manhattan)
NEW 34 GENE HARRIS QUARTET - A Little Piece Of Heaven (Concord Jazz)
- 42 35 STEVE GROSSMAN - Do It (Dreyfus Jazz)
32 31 36 GREG ABATE - Straight Ahead (Candid/DA)
13 22 37 JOE MORELLO - Going Places (DMP)
38 ERNIE ANDREWS - No Regrets (Muse)
20 24 39 RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON - Volcano Blues (Antilles/PolyGram)
- 48 40 SHEILA JORDAN/MARK MURPHY - One For Junior (Muse)
36 38 41 BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES - Three Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Warner Bros.)
12 21 42 NNENNA FREELON - Heritage (Columbia)
23 28 43 TERRY TROTTER - It's About Time (MAMA Foundation)
- 44 44 PAOUITO D'RIVERA - 40 Years Of Cuban Jam Session (Messidor)
- 49 45 MEL TORME - The Great American Songbook (Telarc)
46 MINGUS BIG BAND 13 - Nostalgia In Times Square (Dreyfus Jazz)
34 39 47 BRUCE FOWLER - Entropy (Fossil)
48 45 48 LEROY VINEAGAR - Walking The Basses (Contemporary)
19 35 49 MILES DAVIS & QUINCY JONES - Live At Montreux (Warner Bros.)
24 34 50 FRED HESS - Sweet Thunder (Capri)
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GENE HARRIS QUARTETA Little Piece Of Heaven(Concord Jazz)One of Concord Jazz's most consis-tent airplay artists makes his moveon this week's chart.
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DEE DEE BRIDGEWATERKeeping Tradition(Verve/PolyGram)
Recorded in Paris. Dee DeeBridgewater sings like she's
the heir apparent to EllaFitzgerald.
ChartbounNAT ADDERLEY (Compose)
JOE FORD --)
CASSANDRA WILSON Slue Note)
* DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Verve PolyGram)
* JOE ROCCISANO ORCHESTRA Landmark)
ANDRE PREVIN
PETE JOLLY TRIO Bainbridge)
* VINCENT HERRING ;Landmark)
* AHMAO JAMAL (Verve/PolyGram)
MARK LADLEY (Altenburgh)
TOM LELLIS ;Concord Jazz)
* OSCAR PETERSON TRIO (Telarc)
* CODY MOFFETT (Telarc)
* ROD WILLIAMS (Muse)
* FRANK SINATRA (n.").7';?'
* GERRY MULLIGAN with JANE DUBOC (Telarc)
* TONY CAMPISE (Heart Music)
BILL CUNLIFFE (Discovery)
* PAUL GLASSE 'Dos!
* WAYNE HENDERSON (PAR)
* RONNY JORDAN (4th & Broadway/Island)
RAMSEY LEWIS (GRP)
* CHARLIE WATTS (Continuum)
Dropped: F46 Conte Candoli,147 Stanley Clarke,
#50 Spyro Gyra, Wayne Johnson, Oscar Castro
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Jazz/Adult Alternative
New ReleasesWARREN HILLDEVOTION (RCA)
When he was a teenager, Canada'sWarren Hill put down his electricguitar, unplugged his amp andimmersed himself into the seductive,lyrical qualities of the saxophone.Devotion is Warren Hill's latest steptoward crossover success. Long afterKenny G kicked the door open, thecompetition between power playerslike Hill, Dave Koz, Richard Elliotand many others remains fierce. AsHill edges toward the top spot ofour A' chart, a shift over to A/C ishis likely next step. The process istricky and requires precise timingand lucky positioning. Power loveballads like "Our First Dance" and"Another Goodbye" representDevotion's appeal, but Hill expands
"I Can't Get You Out Of Mind," thepop vocal pastel "I Still Believe InYou" and the energized "Reed MyLips." Devotion boasts a load of dif-ferent musical styles, but not strictlyfor some forced sense of variety.Rather, it's all about the mixing ofmood,.
ARTIE TRAUMLETTERS FROM JOUBEE
(SHANACHIE)Throughout the past couple ofdecades, the name Traum has beensynonymous with some of the mostprogressive acoustic music. As of afew weeks ago, Artie Traum's LettersFrom Joubee has been on a A' charttear, gaining momentum and believ-ers. With an impressive assemblageof musicians, Artie, a fixture of theWoodstock art and music communi-ty, has released a beautiful balanceof wood and electricity. Letters FromJoubee is much less a "folk" albumthan an instrumental border chaser.No less than players the caliber ofbassist Tony Levin, guitarist (andnext door neighbor) David Torn andpianist Warren Bernhardt contributeto this collection of gems. Whetheryou're looking for feel -good melody(the opening "She's Riding Again")or something a little edgier (like"Behind The Mask"), Letters FromJoubee is all about balance andselection that's adaptable to almostany A' sonic philosophy.
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JAZZ/ADULT ALTERNATIVE
2W LW TW5 4 1 SHIRLEY HORN - Light Out Of Darkness (Verve/PolyGram)
1 2 2 BENNY GREEN TRIO - That's Right! (Blue Note)
9 6 3 RUSSELL MALONE - Black Butterfly (Columbia)
2 1 4 STANLEY TURRENTINE - If I Could (Music Masters)
3 3 5 JOSHUA REDMAN - Wish (Warner Bros.)
7 5 6 T.S. MONK - Changing Of The Guard (Blue Note)
8 9 7 JOE PASS - My Song (Telarc)
11 10 8 THE RAY BROWN TRIO - Bass Face (Telarc)
13 11 9 ELIANE ELIAS - Paulistana (Blue Note)
26 13 10 ANTONIO HART - For Cannonball And Woody (Novus/RCA)
20 15 11 ARTHUR TAYLOR'S WAILERS - Wailin' At The Vanguard (Verve/PolyGram)
18 12 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS - Dave Grusin Presents GRP All -Star Big Band Live! (GRP)
6 7 13 ERIC REED - It's All Right To Swing (MoJazz/Motown)
25 20 14 TONY BENNETT - Steppin' Out (Columbia)
4 8 15 J.J. JOHNSON - Let's Hang Out (Verve/PolyGram)
17 16 16 KEVIN EUBANKS - Spirit Talk (Blue Note)
NEW 17 CEDAR WALTON - As Long As There's Music (Muse)
- 28 18 MANHATTAN JAll QUINTET - Funky Strut (Sweet Basil)
14 14 19 JOHNNY ADAMS - Good Morning Heartache (Rounder)
NEW 20 ERNIE ANDREWS - No Regrets (Muse)
NEW 21 BUCK HILL - The Buck Stops Here (Muse)
- 27 21 CRAIG HANDY - Introducing Three For All Plus One (Arabesque)
NEW 23 ROY HAYNES - When It Haynes, It Roars (Dreyfus Jazz)
- 25 24 McCOY TYNER TRIO - Live At Sweet Basil (Sweet Basil)
24 17 25 SUE MATTHEWS - When You're Around (Positive Music)
NEW 26 MINGUS BIG BAND '93 - Nostalgia In Times Square (Dreyfus Jazz)
19 18 27 RANDY WESTON/MELBA LISTON - Volcano Blues (Antilles/PolyGram)
21 19 28 GREG ABATE - Straight Ahead (Candid/DA)
NEW 29 STEVE GROSSMAN - Do It (Dreyfus Jazz)
NEW 30 CURTIS FULLER QUINTET - Blues-ette Part II (Savoy/Denon)
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WARREN HILL - Devotion (Novus/RCA)
GEORGE BENSON - Love Remembers (Warner Bros.)
FOURPLAY - Between The Sleets (Warner Bros.)
PETER WHITE - Promenade (Sin-Drome)
OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRA - The Hours Between Day + Night (Epic)
8 7 7 BILLY JOE WALKER, JR. - Warm Front (Liberty)
12 9 8 KENNY LOGGINS - Outside From The Redwoods (Columbia)
17 12 9 RONNY JORDAN - The Quiet Revolution (4th & Broadway/Island)
10 10 10 OLETA ADAMS - Evolution (Mercury)
- 23 11 BOW CALDWELL - Where Is Love (Sin-Drome)
19 14 12 CANDY DULFER - Sax -A -Go -Go (RCA)
9 8 13 BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN - You Hold The Key (Reprise)
4 11 14 DAVE KOZ - Lucky Man (Capitol)
13 15 15 SPYRO GYRA - Dreams Beyond Control (GRP)
24 16 16 LARRY CORYELL - Fallen Angel (CTI)
11 18 17 JOHN JARVIS - Balancing Act (Liberty)
18 17 18 DAVID LANZ AND PAUL SPEER - Bridge Of Dreams (Narada)
23 20 19 LEX DE AZEVEDO - Moab (Aubergine)
14 13 20 GREGG KARUKAS - Summerhouse (Positive Music)
20 19 21 RAMSEY LEWIS - Sky Islands (GRP)
22 22 22 WIND MACHINE - Change The Face (Blue Meteor)
NEW 23 RANDY CRAWFORD - Don't Say It's Over (Warner Bros.)
15 21 24 JIM CHAPPELL - Over The Top (Real Music)
- 26 25 BLONKER - The Tree Of Life (Higher Octave)
26 25 26 GEORGE HOWARD - When Summer Comes (GRP)
25 27 27 TELLER & KALLINS - Teller & Kallins (Golden Gate)
27 28 28 DONALD FAGEN - Kamakiriad (Reprise)
30 29 29 ROBBIE DUPREE - Walking On Water (Miramar)
16 30 30 MICHAEL McDONALD - Blink Of An Eye (Reprise)
Post -Bop complied by a sample of Jazz intensive reportsCommercial Adult compiled by a sample of Adult intensive reports
ANTONIO HARTFOR CANNONBALL AND WOODY
(NOVUS/RCA)
On this third release from AntonioHart, entitled For Cannonball AndWoody, the saxophonist speeds uphis personal evolution, from bebopgunslinger to ambitious bandleader,by undertaking an ensemble record-ing that spans the essential works ofCannonball Adderley and WoodyShaw. It seems uncanny that not aweek goes by lately without ourJazz/A' profile subject-regardless ofwhether or not that person is a hardcore bopper-crediting Cannonballas an early influence. Hart's latestfeatures appearances byCannonball/Shaw alumnus likeJimmy Cobb, Nat Adderley, VictorLewis and Slide Hampton, plussome bold extrapolation from Hart'sown group. Hart worked especiallyhard during pre -production of thesesessions to score all the originalsolos. By working with past sidemenfor both legends, he was able topick up a lot of subtle nuances notcaptured on any sheet music.Meanwhile, jazz radio appearsheartily convinced as Hart's latesteasily powers toward the top ten.JOE ROCCISANOTHE SHAPE I'M IN (LANDMARK)God. it , tough enough tor signedsolo jazz artists to record, gatherbookings and keep touring, muchless a guy and his 15 piece orchestralike Joe Roccisano. Alto sax andkeyboardist Roccisano was the darkhorse when it came to this week'stop Most Added GAVIN Jazz honors,totalling 40 first week believers. Inaddition to shaking off the usual bigband cliché, Roccisano's skewedarranging skills provides him withan impressive aerial view as to whatkeeps a large ensemble soundingfresh and a little off balance, in thepositive sense. Roccisano is unpre-dictable in that instead of a tradition-al , constant big -band sound, quiteoften the compositions feature asmall group mentality wrappedinside a larger big hand format."Prism" showcases some mad, CecilTaylor styled piano improvisationamong pounding brass sectionaccents that are equally harmonicallychallenging. Tom Harrell is thispackage's high profile soloist bycontributing some fiery cameos.Roccisano's past associations with
ARTIE TRAM
FROM: Woodstock, NY
LATEST RELEASE: Letters
From Joubee
LABEL: Shanachie
ARTIE TRAUM TALKS
ABOUT:
THE NEW RECORD: "It's an
acoustic fusion -styled record,
which retains other influences
like blues and jazz. This is a
major break from my
reputation as a folkie over the
years. My dream was to record
an eclectic experiment, and
preserve the more melodic
aspects of my acoustic roots. I
enlisted world class players-
Tony Levin, David Torn and
Warren Bernhardt-and it's a
groove -oriented record with
energy and rhythm."
OTHER PROJECTS: "I
produced the last two
Livingston Taylor records. I
wrote a song called 'Amazon,'
which was released by the
Band on their new recording,
Jericho. My brother Happy and I
finished a folk-rock record that
will be released in Japan first.
In January, Sony/Legacy will
release the first two volumes
of Bring It On Home, a live
compilation from our radio
show from National Public
Radio."
CURRENT INFLUENCES:
Pat Metheny, David Torn, David
Grisman
LIKES: Anything rustic, odd
or quirky
DISLIKES: Major industrialcenters
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ADULT ALTERNATIVEEDITORS:KENT/KEITH
ZIMMERMAN
FOURPLAY - Between The Sheets (Warner Bros.)
STANLEY CLARKE - East River Drive (Epic)
OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRA - The Hours Between Day + Night (Epic)
WARREN HILL - Devotion (Novus/RCA)
LARRY CORYELL - Fallen Angel (CTI)
SPYRO GYRA - Dreams Beyond Control (GRP)
JOHN JARVIS - Balancing Act (Liberty)
CANDY DULFER - Sax -A -Go -Go (RCA)
BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN - You Hold The Key (Reprise)
OLETA ADAMS - Evolution (Mercury)
DAVID LANZ AND PAUL SPEER - Bridge Of Dreams (Narada)
RONNY JORDAN - The Quiet Revolution (4th & Broadway/Island)
BOBBY CALDWELL - Where Is Love (Sin-Drome)
RAMSEY LEWIS - Sky Islands (GRP)
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES - Three Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Warner Bros.)
LEX DE AZEVEDO - Moab (Aubergine)
KENNY BLAKE - Since You Asked (Heads Up)
BLONKER - The Tree Of Life (Higher Octave)
GEORGE BENSON - Love Remembers (Warner Bros.)
WIND MACHINE - Change The Face (Blue Meteor)
ROBBIE DUPREE - Walking On Water (Miramar)
BILLY JOE WALKER, JR. - Warm Front (Liberty)
WARREN BERNHARDT - Family Album (DMP)
KENNY LOGGINS - Outside From The Redwoods (Columbia)
PETER WHITE - Promenade (Sin-Drome)
BILL CUNLIFFE & FRIENDS - A Paul Simon Songbook (Discovery)
RANDY CRAWFORD - Don't Say It's Over (Warner Bros.)
CHARLIE BISHARAT - Along The Amazon (GTS)
JIM AT THE MOVIES BAND - A Man And A Woman Sax At The Movies (Discovery)
HISHAM - Somewhere In A Dream (Real Music)
GEORGE JINDA & WORLD NEWS - Reliable Sources (JVC)
DAN REYNOLDS - Never Alone (Positive Music)
DAVE KOZ - Lucky Man (Capitol)
OSCAR CASTRO-NEVES - Tropical Heart (JVC)
GREGG KARUKAS - Summerhouse (Positive Music)
AL STEWART - Famous Last Words (Mesa)
WAYNE HENDERSON - Sketches Of Life (PAR)
ARTIE TRAUM - Letter For Joubee (Shanachie)
NANCEE KAHLER - Midnight Over Tokyo (Artifex)
JIM CHAPPELL - Over The Top (Real Music)
TELLER & KALLINS - Teller & Kallins (Golden Gate)
RICKIE LEE JONES - Traffic From Paradise (Geffen)
MICHAEL McDONALD - Blink Of An Eye (Reprise)
CHIP DAVIS - Impressions (American Gramaphone)
STANLEY TURRENTINE - If I Could (Music Masters)
CLIFFORD CARTER - Walkin' Into The Sun (Nova)
HOLLY COLE TRIO - Don't Smoke In Bed (Manhattan)
FLYING MONKEY ORCHESTRA feat ROB MOUNSEY - Back In The Pool (Monkeyville)
ALEXANDER ZONJIC - Passion (Reprise)
LIVING MIRRORS - In The Heart Of The Stone (Higher Octave)
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Top Tip
WAYNE HENDERSONSketches Of Life (PAR)
ARTIE TRAUMLetters From Joubee (Schanachie)This week's highest and mostdiverse debuts. Crusader trombonistWayne Henderson hits at #37.Woodstocker guitarist Artie Traum ishappy to be at #38.
RECORD TO WATCH
ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDEREolian Minstrel (SBK/ERG)
Andy V's bold new vocalexperiment with Eliza
Gilkyson nets 11 adds includ-ing KIFM, WNUA, KOAI,KTNT, WJJZ, KJZZ and
WFAE.
ALVIN DAVIS (TriStar)
CHARLES MICHAEL BROTMAN (Brainchild)
* WAYNE JOHNSON TRIO IvIoJazz)
* CRAIG T. COOPER (Valley Vue)
PEACOCK & NERY (Pure & Simple)
NOEL POINTER (Shanachie)
IMAGES Fahrenheit)
* ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER (SBK/ERG)
* MARY BLACK Giithorse)
JOHN SERRIE (Miramar)
Dropped: #42 Art Porter, #43 Bob Berg, #44 Pat
Coil, #45 Liv Taylor, #47 Jean Luc Ponty, #48 Joel
Gaines, Eric Essix, Robben Ford, John Nilsen, Eliane
Elias.
big band pioneer Don Ellis perhapssignals the origin of those zany timesignatures and intricate passages.After many years of scoring largeensembles like Toshiko Akioshi andBill Holman, Roccisano, on his firstrecording as a leader, has capturedthe swingin'-est one -of -a -kind bigband since Carla BlcvWALLACE RONEYCRUNCHIN' (MUSE)Muse recordings often otter jazzradio that set -up -and -play freshnessthat excites many programmersthese days. Artists also like recordingon Muse because it affords them achance to broaden their perspectivesand thrash out new ideas withouttoiling under distracting major labelpressure and second guessing. Nodoubt Wallace Roney four Museefforts in the '90s has helped solidi-fied his leadership qualities. Witheach succeeding release Roney'sindividual persona has flourished.Just when you think he's soundingtoo much like Miles again, he'll pol-ish off a few down -turned phrasesthat will make you think again. GeriAllen and Antonio Hart, capable tal-ents on their own, benefit fromRoney's brooding presence onCrunchin'. Allen's hi -brow chordson Thelonious Monks' "Misterioso"or Hart's brassy sax trade-offs on thequirky Latin fueled "You SteppedOut Of A Dream" gives Roney'shand a rollicking spin all its own.DEE DEEBRIDGEWATERICING TRADITION
(VERVE/POLYGRAM)This could he the record that makesmajor jazz airplay inroads for vocal-ist Dee Dee Bridgewater's flashy,scatting vocal attack. Her French triosticks to her phrasings like glue.After spending her formative yearsperforming on Broadway or frontinga wailing jazz big band, Bridgewateris that much more prepared for themore intimate projects like KeepingTradition. Tackling a dozen stan-dards, her technique is a flawless asyou'd expect. Check out our favoritetrack, Horace Silver's "Sister Sadie,"a track where Bridgewater lets looseand, along with her band, roughensup the edges a hit.TOM LELLISNUN TO HEART (CONCORD JAll)One of the more unusual vocalreleases for jazz radio comes fromTom Lellis. On most tracks, TakenTo Heart can best be described asShowbiz Brazil or Samba MeetsVegas. Lellis has a MichaelFeinstein/Harry Connick, Jr. spin tohis vocal delivery. Toninho Horta,himself a fine purveyor of etherealsamba, contributes some keyboardand acoustic guitar-and, no doubt,some vocal consultation on "Milton'sTheme" and "Mountain Flight."
36 GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
AAlbum Adult Alternative
3EDITORS:
KENT/KEITH
ZIMMERMAN
A3 New ReleasesCOWBOY JUNKIESPale Sun, Crescent Moon (RCA)Making music should be as naturalas breathing. After a three yearexpanse, the Cowboy Junkies con-trast on this, their fifth album.Having lived down the fact thatthey recorded their biggest successusing only one digital microphone,the Junkies' subsequent journeyhas included great follow-up aswell as wrestling with the questionof whether or not to expand theirsonic base. Seemingly at peacewith merely being themselves, PaleSun, Crescent Moon isn't really big -
A BARRY LYONS updateAs many of you know, due to themature dismantling of Chameleonrecords, Barry Lyons is looking for tright employment situation. It's haimagine anyone being more dedicatto the adult rock n roll cause. Barry'support during the Boulder Summitimmeasurable. Any label still on thesidelines should consider jumping inand grabbing his services, if in factthey're still available at press time. Iprobably shouldn't print someone'shome phone, but here it is anyway-(212)-721.9767.
A BOOMERS updateA
(WEA-Canada)LIVING
Not a week goes by without a coupleBoomer calls coming into the GAVINswitchboard. As it stands now, theband is talking to a few majors andindies about a U.S. deal. Even a legiof frightened A&Rists can't stop themomentum as Cargo Distributing outChicago is smuggling quantities ofdiscs into the US marketplace. Thatmeans outlets such as Tower will bestocking The Art Of Living. In the mtime, feel free to call me (I enjoy allthe sincere no -hype inquiries), CharlPrevost (310-652-9142) or even Phil!Hertz at Cargo (312-935-5683) withyour queries. Hell, maybe it will takethe passage of NAFTA to finally brinthis fine album to American doorsteMaybe GAVIN will start a regularBoomers column. Stay tuned.
ger, smaller, richer or more spare. Itjust is, borrowing bits and pieces ofwhat the band has learned alongtheir bumpy way. Much of it works,even eclipsing the famous simplici-ty of The Trinity Sessions. If you lis-ten to PS,CM "as a complete workwith a beginning, a middle and anend," you get a gorgeous blend ofcandle -lit and wintry folk rock,roguish dynamics and even a faintblues, held together by deep, beau-tifully resonating bass. Isolatingfaves isn't easy. Ours include "OnThe Sill," "Crescent Moon" and"Anniversary Song."
TEENAGE FANCLUBThirteen (DGC)Since so many of you incorporatethe best of Alternative into your sta-tions and work schedules, it givesus the perfect excuse to stay intouch with lots of young bands thatcould be A' adaptable. You'll lovehow this Glasgow quartet has takenAmerican industry buzzwords like"Radio,' "Commercial Alternative"and "120 Minutes" and turned theminto nifty unrelated love songs.Much of Teenage Fanclub's musichas a rare sweetness, consideringthe tones of their guitar work. Still,to put the Fanclub into the grungearena is extremely premature. Inavoiding the sweaty world of hardrocking and tattoos, TFC still preferto mix moderna with melody, qui-etly proclaiming "We write honesttunes, man...songs. We're notsweaty-not on purpose. anyway."NICK HEYWARDFrom Monday To Sunday (Epic)After a five year break, NickHeyward enters his "purple period,"writing songs in the pop genre withthe necessary depth it takes tosnare a thirtysomething listener.Abandoning "a mush of synthesiz-ers and sequencing," From MondayTo Sunday was hammered out ontwo guitars, bass, drums and subtlekeyboards. On the opening "HeDoesn't Love You Like I Do," you
can hear an early -Costello influ-ence, if only on the lyric line."Caravan" is an "on -the -road" dittychronicling the pastime of theBritish blue -hair set-hauling atrailer over the countryside. As awriter who helped shaped eighties"new music" into aDifford/Tilbrookish pop artform,From Monday to Sunday is amature and edgy graduation fromthe Alternative landscape to A'country, a transition we'll be enjoy-ing the next few years.
BRYAN ADAMS, RODSTEWART & STING"All For Love" (A&M)A few of our radio brethren arealready referring to this as A.S.S.-meaning, of course, Adams,Stewart, Sting. Yes, it's a bit on thegooey side, but the occasion ofthese three crossing swords is cer-tainly worth mentioning. Get on itbefore or until Top 40 and MTVschmushes it into our collectivepsyches. En garde!
CASSANDRA WILSONBlue Light 'Dl Dawn (Blue Note)Hey, we're impressed. A few of youhave already picked up on this,Cassandra Wilson's boldest experi-ment. During the "underground"daze, there was always room for aquiet, dark, soulful moment with anOdetta or Nina Simone. At leastthat's how we remember it. On BlueLight 'TR Dawn you hear an intrigu-ing collision between an outer jazzand folk fringe. One notablemoment includes a cover of AnnPeebles' "I Can't Stand The Rain"with Chris Whitley on NationalResophonic guitar. Quite hip.
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NICK HEYWARD (13)
COCTEAU TWINS (7)
COWBOY JUNKIES (7)
GEOFFREY ORYEMA (7)
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COCTEAU TWINSFour Calendar Cafe (Capitol)Literally, an adult alternative pleaseris our highest A' debut at #44.
RECORD TO WATCH
NICK HEYWARDFrom Monday To Sunday
(Epic)Nick Heyward is back sporting
a new haircut and a MostAdded single.
IBILL MORRISSEY (Rounder)
MELISSA FERRICK (Atlantic)
GIN BLOSSOMS (A&M:,
* DEAD CAN DANCE (4 -AD)
* NICK HEYWARD (Epic)
DAVID HALLEY (Dos)
ANGELA STREHLI (Rounder)
DANKO, FJELD & ANDERSON (Rykodisc)
* GEOFFREY ORYEMA Real Wok,
* NOT DROWNING, WAVING , Reprise)
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MICHAEL McDERMOTT (EMI/EGR)
* PLAINSONG (Mesa)
MORPHINE (Rykodisc)
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ARTIST PROFILE
ANGELASTRFHI IFROM: Lubbock, Texas
LABEL: Rounder
LATEST RELEASE: Blonde &
Blue
ANGELA TALKS ABOUT:
WRITING TUNES: "I had some
time off from the grind of
supportiig a band, so I just
started writing and came up
with sone songs. I went to
Austin to try the tunes with the
band and we knocked them out
in four or five days.
"I sing
in practi:ally every key. It
really depends on the style of
the songs. I have different
ranges far different styles. For
Chicago blues it's going to be
an A; If it's an Elmore James
song it's going to be D; If it's
sort of law it's going to be in
C."
THE AU 3TIN CONNECTION:
"It's pre7ty unusual to have
three wc men break out of the
same town, Austin, doing
blues. 1Me all have distinct
styles. Marcia Ball is definitely
on the Cajun/Creole side and
Lou Ann Barton is a blues
rocker. I consider myself
heavily blues/rhythm & blues."
Influences: "I wasn't really
influenced by that many
women singers. I tend to go for
the less sophisticated singers.
Instead of Bobby Bland or
Little Mi ton, I prefer Elmore
James, Little Walter and J.B.
Hutto."
al E
KINDNESS OFTHE VUMLOIncluding
"Dead to the World"
"Fireman's Wedding"
On tour with
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
featuring The Jayhawks
& Victoria Williams
Because trouble alwayscomes to those
who need it most
Already On: KTAOKTHX WDETWMVY KCRWWYEP WRLTWBOS KTCZKKOS WXPNKRVM KGSRWFUV KFMGWRSI KPIG
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ROUNDER RECORDS AND WORLDCAFE PRESENT THE PHILO 20th
ANNIVERSARY TOURFeaturing some of the finest singer -songwriters in the country
Featuring:
BILL MORRISSEY(A3 GRID BOUND)
CHERYL WHEELER(A3 GRID DEBUT)
KRISTINA OLSEN
and introducingVANCE GILBERT
Two special broadcasts on NPR Satellite.
Decemaber 1st, 1993 live from WNYC studios inNew York City
The Philo 20th Anniversary SpecialThe first hour will feature World Cafe's David Dye
hosting a 20 year retrospective of Philo highlightingmemorable recordings by such artists as Nanci
Griffith, Bill Staines, Maura O'Connel, Patty Larkinand Mary McCaslin.
Then David will be joined by WFUV's Liz Opoka foran hour of live music and conversation with BillMorrissey, Cheryl Wheeler, Kristina Olsen, Vance
Gilbert and special guest Christine Lavin.
10:00 AM E.S.T. ON THE NPR SATELLITECHANNELS 5 AND 6 AND AGAIN AT 10:00 PM,
E.S.T. ON CHANNELS 9 AND 10.
December 10th, 1993Recorded live at the Arch Street Methodist
Church in Philadelphia.
Bill Morrissey, Cheryl Wheeler, Kristina Olsenand Vance Gilbert in concert.
10:00 PM E.S.T. ON THE NPR SATELLITECHANNELS 9 AND 10
Both programs are offered free, regardless of American Public Radio affiliation.For more information contact Brad Paul at Rounder Records 1-617-354-0700
WORLD Philo
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NI ROCKS ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
ROB FIEND
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NEW 49NEW 50
PEARL JAM - Go, Daughter, Rearview Mirror, Rats (Epic)
RUSH - Stick.., Coldfire, Animate (Atlantic)
NIRVANA - Head Shaped, All Apologies, Rape Me, Serve (DGC)
AEROSMITH - Fever, Cryin', Rich, Edge, Get A Grip, Amazing (Geffen)
CRY OF LOVE - Bad Thing (Columbia)
STONE FREE - Pretenders, Clanton, Cure, Body Count (Sire/Warner Bros.)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - Mary Jane's Last Dance (MCA)
HEART - Black On Black II (Capitol)
BROTHER CANE - That Don't Satisfy Me (Virgin)
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Wicked Garden, Creep (Atlantic)
JOHN MELLENCAMP - What If..,Human Wheels, When Jesus... (Mercury)
GUNS N' ROSES - Estranged, Ain't It Fun (Geffen)
ALICE IN CHAINS - Down In A Hole (Columbia)
SOUL ASYLUM - Trace, Runaway Train, Black Gold, Somebody (Columbia)
LENNY KRAVITZ - Is There Any Love In Your Heart (Virgin)
BLIND MELON - No Rain, I Wonder, Tones Of Home (Capitol)
SCORPIONS - "Alien Nation," Wrong (Mercury)
SCREAMING CHEETAH WHEELIES - Shakin' The Blues (Atlantic)
GIN BLOSSOMS - Found, Mrs. Rita, Soul Deep, Shut Up & Smoke, Lost Horizons (A&M)
MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island/PLG)
ROBERT PLANT - I Believe, 29 Palms, Calling (Es Paranza/Atlantic)
JACKSON BROWNE - I'm Alive (Elektra)
DEF LEPPARD - Desert Song, Fractured Love (Mercury)
FIGHT - Immortal Sin, Little Crazy (Epic)
BEAVIS & BUTT -HEAD - White Zombie, Megadeth (Geffen)
PHIL COLLINS - Both Sides (Atlantic)
TOOL - Sober, Undertow (Zoo)
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Today, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA (Virgin)
CANDLEBOX - Change,You (Maverick)
SEPULTURA - Territory (Roadrunner/Epic)
BIG HEAD TODD - Bittersweet, Broken Hearted (Giant/Reprise)
PRIL WINE - That's Love (Import)
CRACKER - Low, Movie Star, Nostalgia (Virgin)
MEAT LOAF - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (MCA)
JOHN HIATT - Perfectly Good Guitar (A&M)
WHITE ZOMBIE - Thunderkiss '65 (Geffen)
THE BAND - Jericho (Pyramid)
10,000 MANIACS - Because The Night (Elektra)
TAD - Greasebox (Giant/Mechanic)
JUDGEMENT NIGHT - Soundtrack (Immortal)
ALAN PARSONS - Try Anything Once (Arista)
JOE SATRIANI - All Alone (Relativity)
SHOTGUN MESSIAH - I'm A Gun, Violent New Breed, Rain, (Relativity)
GEORGE THOROGOOD - Get A Haircut/Howlin' For My Baby (EMI/ERG)
STRIP MIND - Texas Radio Horror (WARNER BROS./REPRISE)
MOTORHEAD - Burner (ZYX/MOTORHEAD)
THE ROBERT CRAY BAND - Shame And A Sin (Mercury)
4 NON BLONDES - Spaceman (Interscope/Atlantic)
STICK - No Groovy (Arista)
URGE OVERKILL - Sister Havana, Bottle, Drop Out, Back On Me (Geffen)
Reports accepted Monday 9am - 5pm and Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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STONE FREE
CARCASS
U2
GUNS N' ROSES
MANTISSA
BLIND MELON
BEAVIS AND BUTT -HEAD
RUSH
Top
MOTORHEAD"Burner"(ZYX/Motor)Lemmy and the boys continue tosurge upward with their hot single,"Burner." Ouch!!
RECORD TO WATCH
SHOTGUN MESSIAHViolent New Breed
(Relativity)Even without airplay from
most Album stations, ShotgunMessiah is still creeping upthe chart thanks to rockin'stations like KQAL, KZRQ,
WXZL, WARY and KVHS whoare reporting 17 to 30 plays -
per -week.
cinartbount* Melvins (Atlantic) 'Money Bucket
Crowbar (Pavement) "Crushing"
* Carcass (Earache/Columbia) "Buried Dreams"
* Type 0 Negative (Roadrunner) "Bloody Kisses"
Life Of Agony (Roadrunner) "This Time"
* Warrior Soul (DGC) "Love Destruction"
Iron Maiden (Capitol) "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
Dropped: #35 Led Zeppelin, #49 My Sister's
Machine, Altered State.
Rock ReleasesSTONE FREEBody Count (Reprise)Stone Fite is the number one mostadded this week thanks to Album sta-tions that are adding and spinning thehell out of Eric Clapton's cover of"Stone Free" and the Pretenders' ren-dition of "Bold As Love." Credit alsois due to college and hard rock radio,who are all over Body Count's excel-lent cover of "Hey Joe" and livingColour's version of "CrosstownTraffic." Ice T's cloudy vocals alongwith the expert guitar wailing byErnie C. and D -Roc capture the truesound of Hendrix and is probably thebest track on the album. listen to thistrack a few times and go back and lis-ten to the original and you'll discoveran evident similarity. Stone Free offersseveral different tracks to choosefrom and one that shouldn't beignored is "Hey Baby (Land Of TheNew Rising Sun)," which is coveredby M.A.C.C. featuring the hefty vocalsof Soundgarden's Chris Cornell.GUNS N' ROSES"The Spaghetti Incident?"
(Geffen)GnR hive been hanging out in themost added section the last fewweeks with their single "Ain't It Fun,"which was originally recorded by theDeadboys in 1978. If this cut caughtyour listeners' ear you may want tocheck out the full album, "TheSpaghetti Incident?" which has 11other cover songs that can either rockhard, like "I Don't Care About You"(Fear, 1982), or tone down a littlewith Johnny Thunder's "You Can'tPut Your Aims Around A Memory,"which features Duff McKagan onvocals, acoustic guitar, bass and evendrums. What a busy guy. Be sure tocheck out "New Rose" (The Damned,1977) and "Down On The Farm" (TheUK Subs,1980). GnR do a commend-able job pumping out the guitar riffson the latter, along with Aid's vocalswhich refrain from tilting the levelmeters but stay in the mid -levels witha hint of a British drawl. The remain-ing tracks are worth a listen too. Giveit a spin.
CARCUSSBuried Dreams
(Earache/Columbia)This is hard butt-kickin' rock thatshould be receiving massive air play.The non -adventurous need not both-er trying to get a copy but your listen-ers will never forgive you. Thefocused track, "Buried Dreams," issaturated with enormous slabs ofmetallic riffs, pounding drums andscathing vocals. The B-side, "ThisMortal Coil," contains heavy metalguitar romps with a few death metalingredients thrown in for spirit. In thename of Metallica and Sepultura,Carcuss is a must add.
MIN ROCKS PROFILE EDITOR:
SHEILA RENE
ARTIST PROFILES
MORBID ANGEL
LINEUP: Vocals/bass DavidVincent; guitarist, Trey Azagthoth;drummer, Pete Sandoval
LABEL Giant
A L et, M: Covenant
PRODDFFD: Morbid Angel andFlemming Rasmussen
DAVID VINCENT TALKS ABOUT
IRVING AZOFF: "I mean this with alllove, no disrespect at all, but hestrikes me as being like a little kid; helikes to have fun. He's so big in theindustry; he's bought and sold record
companies and he managed the
Eagles. I've only met with him once
and he liked our whole package."
THEIR MANAGER: "There are otherpeople who call themselvesmanagers but Gunther Ford is a realmanager. In order to be a goodmanager you have to be just ascreative as the artist. A lot ofmanagers just don't care and end upsigning away everything just to getthe bucks. Or they're trying to ripthe band off, or they're just simplyinept. We've been very lucky."
THE LABEL: "I think Giant is moreorganized than anyone we've everworked with. We haven't had to giveup any of our artistic freedom andGiant has been very supportative.We're also a very thrifty band andhaven't asked for a lot of things.When it comes time for money for avideo and a tour we're trying to bejust as frugal as the next person."
THE ALBUM: "I don't think we'vedone our best work yet. If I've donemy best work already there isn't areason to go on any further. Thisalbum is more agressive and has anangrier feel to it. Blessed Are TheSick,which we recorded in 1991, hadmore of an artsy feel. We try not torepeat ourselves and just do whatwe're feeling at the time. There's noplan and we just try to be as honestwith our emotions as we can."
INF PRODUCER' "We decided nottoo long before we started recordingthat we wanted to use a producer.Previously we had done everything
ourselves. After talking to a fewproducers we settled on Flemming
because he was the closest to havingexperience in heavier music, which iswhat we felt we needed. He was
really keen on the idea of workingwith us and it came out really well."
TOURING: "We just finished a U.S.tour and a European tour. We'replanning a tour of Australia, SouthAmerica and Japan and then we'llstart a second run at both Americaand Europe in 1994."
PARADISE LOST
LINEUP: Vocals, Nick Homes;guitar, Gregor Mackintosh; guitar,Aaron Aedy; drums, Matthew Archer;bass, Stephen Edmondson
H o m ERASE! Halifax, West
Yorkshire, England
LABEL: Metal Blade
ALBUM: Icon
PRODUCER: Simon Efemey
MATTHEW ARCHER TALKS ABOUT:
DEATH METAL: "About seven oreight years ago, English bands likeNapalm and Carcass started thewhole thing. Death metal didn't havethe popularity to get any responsearound the world until moremainstream bands like Death,Obituary and Morbid Angel gotsuccessful."
THE UNDERGROUND "We'vealways known we had anunderground following but we didn'tknow how big it was until weactually arrived in the U.S. It wasour first tour and we didn't knowwhat to expect. It was veryexciting."
THE PRODUCER: "We chose SimonEfemey for this album because wegot along so well with him last timeon the Shades Of God album."
Hard Rock ReleasesSWEATY NIPPLESSweaty Nipples (Nbgaforce)
Sweaty Nipples, what I oncethought was a drink, turns out to bea Hellacious hard rock band. Ontheir debut EP, they deliver a blis-tering concoction of potent tunesthat will bowl you over. listening tthis band is like filling your car upwith jet fuel and jumping the GrandCanyon, something that not eventhe Mach 5 could accomplish unlessof course Speed was listening tothis CD at the time. Sweaty Nippleshas two of everything, two lead gui-tars (Ryan Moore and Scott Heard).two bass guitars (Davey Nipplesand Dave Merrick) and two percus-sionists (Hans Wagner and BrianLehfeldt). The vocal screams areshared by Brian, Dave and Scott,who hurl out lyrics with a serialkiller's enthusiasm. Watch out forthe song which is hidden betweenthe tracks numbered 2 and 3. It'sabout what lingers on the floor ofan adult movie theater. This power-house band offers hard-hitting tunesthat feature pickering guitar slamsand great double drumming thatintensifies with each track. "DemonJuice," the focus track for metalradio, has alternative leanings butstill thrashes with metallic guitarsand slamming bass lines that keepthe crazy drumming in check.Hailing from the Northwest, SweatyNipples' high testosterone levelallows them to create blazing guitarromps and sonic drumming on"Rum Warrior" and "Zipperfish,"which will sound great on anymetal show because they featuredominant metal guitar riffs in bothsongs. If you're looking to energizeyour show, go with Sweaty Nipplesit's not just for breakfast anymore.GOREFESTIVInifiess (Pavement)With a name like Gorefest you canrest assured that this isn't a T40 bandspewing out power ballads destinedto become Casey Kasem's pick ofthe week. A far cry from glam-rock,Gorefest is pure death metal thatboasts a strong metal edge. Some
death metal bands use industrial ele-ments in their music, while othersincorporate metal riffs and drum-ming techniques. Gorefest uses thelatter to create Sabbath -style grindsthat follow the deep vocal growlsthrough a maze of twisted songs thatwill offend the weak minded. It'sunfortunate that some death metalbands get so caught up in deliveringa fast sardonic sound that they looseany sense of rhythm, that makes itdifficult for would be listeners totake them seriously. Even thoughGorefest's music is extremely hardand a bit course at times, they neverloose their sense of rhythm and gru-eling harmony. Heavy guitar grind-ing riff fans will discover new stair-ways to hell with songs like "MentalMisery," "Loss Of Flesh," "Gorefest""Foetal Carnage," "Confessions Of ASerial Killer," "Decomposed" and"Horrors In A Retarded Mind.""Tangled In Gore" and "PutridStench Of Human Remains" willmake some people hurl while otherswill laugh it off. Gorefest is a veryheavy band with a few explicit lyricsso advise your parents not to listen.STRESSBALLStressball (Pavement)
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Climbing out of the New Orleansmusic scene is Stressball with theirhard, guitar-slammin' rock that's amust play. Following in the foot-steps of fellow New Orleans rock-ers, Corrosion Of Conformity,Crowbar, Tungsten and Eyehategod,Stressball will be a pleasure to lis-teners with an ear for rugged metal-lic music. Harder than your averagerock band but less abrasive thanyour typical death metal band,Stressball offers a heavy, guitar -rip-ping experience that showcases theguitar torturing skills of LennonLaviolette and the brutal drummingexploits of Joseph Fazzio. StevenGaille's screeching vocals add to thefelonious sound of Stessballs's pul-verizing guitar -whipping antics.Formed in 1989, this band hasevolved into the classic '90s rockhand using elements of thrash,metal and hard-core, and it will fitin to any metal show. Be sure tocheck out "Column," Pressure,""Time Of Pain," "Overpowering,""Empty Promises," "Strain" and"Unspoken."
GAVI \ \ OVEMBER 1 9 , 1993
BY ROB FIEND4 I
GAVIN ALTERNATIVE EDITOR: LINDA RYANASSOCIATE ED: SEANA BARUTH
2W LW TVI
2 2 1 LEMONHEADS - Into Your Arms, Great Big, Rest Assured (Atlantic)
1 1 2 NIRVANA - Heart Shaped, All Apologies, Rape Me, Serve (DGC)
3 3 3 BREEDERS - Cannonball, Divine Hammer, Invisible Man (4-AD/Elektra)
45 17 4 NO ALTERNATIVE COMPILATION - Soul Asylum, Nirvana (Arista)
8 5 5 AFGHAN WHIGS - Debonair, Sweet, Jail, Curse (Elektra)
6 6 6 DEAD CAN DANCE - Ubiquitous, Yulunga, Ariadne, Spider. (4 -AD)
9 7 7 PEARL JAM - Go, Daughter, Rearview Mirror, Rats (Epic)
4 4 8 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Today, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA (Virgin)
11 10 9 JAMES - Laid, Sometimes, Say Something, No No (Fontana/Mercury)
17 13 10 KATE BUSH - Eat The Music, Rubberband Girl (Columbia)
12 12 11 CONCRETE BLONDE - Heal It Up, Close To Home (Capitol)
23 15 12 SWERVEDRIVER - Duel, Never Lose, A Change Is, You Find (A&M)
5 9 13 BUFFALO TOM - Soda Jerk, Tree House, Latest Monkey (B.Banquet/eastwest)
15 14 14 INXS - Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, I'm Only Looking (Atlantic)
7 8 15 CRACKER - Low, Movie Star, Nostalgia (Virgin)
16 16 16 POGUES - Tuesday Morning (Chameleon/Elektra)
10 11 17 THE CONNELLS - Slackjawed, Hey You, 74-75 (TVT)
41 23 18 BORN TO CHOOSE - R.E.M./N.Merchant, Matthew Sweet (Rykodisc)
19 19 19 COCTEAU TWINS - Evangeline, Summerhead, Bluebeard (Capitol)
- 45 20 STONE FREE - Pretenders, Clapton, Cure, Body Count (Sire/Warner Bros.)
21 21 21 BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD - Miss Teen USA, She Won't, Four Letter (MCA)
49 34 22 TEENAGE FANCLUB - Hang On, Norman 3 (DGC)
24 24 23 MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE - Butterfly Wings (Mammoth/Atlantic)
14 20 24 CURVE - Superblaster (Virgin)
34 30 25 10,000 MANIACS - Because The Night (Elektra)
26 26 26 MAllY STAR - Fade Into You, She's My Baby, So Tonight (Capitol)
37 32 27 GIN BLOSSOMS - Found, Mrs. Rita, Soul Deep, Shut Up & Smoke, Lost Horizons (A&M)
32 28 28 YO LA TENGO - Big Day, Motel 6, Nowhere, Whole (Matador/Atlantic)
29 29 29 KIRSTY MacCOLL - Titanic, Can't Stop, Angel (IRS)
13 22 30 THE WONDER STUFF - On The Ropes, Cabin Fever, Hot Love (Polydor/PLG)
47 31 BLUR - Chemical World (SBK/ERG)
18 18 32 UNREST - Cath Carroll, Make Out Club, Six Layer Cake (4 -AD)
33 33 33 MORPHINE - Cure For Pain, Buena (Rykodisc)
20 31 34 U2 - Lemon, Zooropa, Numb, Stay, Daddy's, Some Days (Island/PLG)
35 TOM WAITS - The Black Rider, November, 'T'aint (Island/PLG)
25 25 36 JUDGMENT NIGHT SOUNDTRACK - Helmet/H.Of Pain, Teenage F./De La Soul (Immortal)
40 39 37 REDD KROSS Jimmy's Fantasy (Mercury)
22 36 38 REVOLTING COCKS - Do You Think I'm Sexy (Reprise)
36 37 39 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams, Linger, Sunday, Waltzing Back, Wanted (Island/PLG)
31 35 40 THRILL KILL KULT - Blue Buddah (Interscope/Atlantic)
27 27 41 THE OCEAN BLUE - Sublime, Don't Believe, Either Or (Reprise)
39 40 42 CATHERINE WHEEL - Crank, Show/Mary, Confess, Rhythm, Pain (Fontana/Mercury)
38 38 43 BELLY - Genetto. Feed The Tree, Slow Dog, Angel (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
44 44 44 UNCLE TUPELO - Long, Give Back, Chickamauga, Fifteen (Sire/Reprise)
30 43 45 THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE - My Sister, For The Birds, Is The Sound (Mammoth/Atlantic)
NEW 46 MAE MOORE - Bohemia (TriStar Music)
NEW 47 THE BOREDOMS - Hey Bore Hey, Okinawa, Pop Tatari (Reprise)
48 48 48 MATTHEW SWEET - The Ugly Truth, Time Capsule, Devil, Do It Again (Zoo)
NEW 49 US 3 - Cantaloop (Capitol)
NEW 50 BODEANS - Closer To Free, Other Side (Reprise)
Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30am - 4pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580
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CHAPTERHOUSE (15)
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Top Tip
TOM WAITSThe Black Rider(Island/PLG)Tom Waits makes a solid debut at#35 this week.
Top RequestsPEARL JAM
SMASHING PUMPKINS
THE BREEDERS
NIRVANA
KATE BUSH
RECORD TO WATCH
THE BOO RADLEYS"Barney & Me"
(Columbia)Six new conversions thisweek, and a tour to boot!
Gotta love The Boo Had leys
Chartbou. au.TAD - Inhaler (Mechanic/Giant)
COUNTING CROWS - August And Everything After
(Geffen)
SMALL 23 - True Zero Hook (Alias)
NICK HEYWARD - From Sunday Monday (Epic)
BUZZCOCKS Tradetest Transmissions (Caroline)
Dropped: #41 Therapy?, #42 The Melvins, #43
Juliana Hatfield, #46 Seam, #49 Stereolab, 150 Cool
Running.
Inside AlternativeSony Music and director of collegemarketing goddess Alyson Shaperohave parted ways. Alyson toldGAVIN, "I've been wanting to doother things for a while now. If youdon't take risks and make a desci-sion for yourself, you'll get nowhere.It was great working for Sony-it's afabulous company, but I needed todo this for me." Alyson loves musicand wants to stay in the industry.She's weighing her options carefully,beacuse as says, "I'm not going tojump just to jump."
As reported earlier, Mark Neiterofficialy takes over as American's VPof alternative. Taking his place asReprise Records' national promotionmanager, modern music and collegeradio, is The Want Adds' JayHarding. In the meantime, all callsfor The Want Adds should be direct-ed to Chuck Arnold at (818) 783-7685.
I love this station! Live 105 -SanFrancisco is celebrating their 7thanniversary with their not -so -tradi-tional Listener Appreciation Party.The theme this year is Cyber Freak'93, and will include the music tal-ents of Urge Overkill, TheCranberries and Duran Duran,among others. what's going to makethis year's event extra special is thefact that the station has hired home-less volunteers to be greeters, pro-gram hosts and attendants. In thesedays of "put up or shut up," Live105 "puts up" quite nicely.
Red Decibel has moved officesand can now be found at 2217Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis,MN. 55404. The new number is(612) 874-2410.
Catch The Connells on TheConan O'Brien Show, FridayNovember 26.
XTC's Andy Partridge joinedAimee Mann onstage at the BottomLine in New York for an encore ofThe Dukes 0' Stratophere's"Kaleidoscope." It's well known thatPartridge suffers from acute stagefright, so what this means as far asfuture live performances from XTCis anybody's guess. Needless to say,those in attendance witnessed a bitof history.
Congratulations to TheLemonheads on their new numberone. The unwavering support forthe band is one reason; the fact thatstations have switched Nirvanatracks-from In Utero to NoAlternative-is the other. In anycase, The Lemonheads are gettingrequests like crazy at KTOZ, 91X,WVXU, WCDB, KRZQ, WFNX andWICB.
Speaking of the No Alternativecompilation, how 'bout that 17-4move?
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ALTERNATIVE
CON \AFRcIAT RADII2W LW TW
5 4 1 NIRVANA - Heart Shaped, Ail Apologies, Rape Me, Serve (DGC)
3 2 2 PEARL JAM - Go, Daughter, Rearview Mirror, Rats (Epic)
1 1 3 LEMONHEADS - Into Your Arms, Great Big, Rest Assured (Atlantic)
11 11 4 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Today, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA (Virgin)
24 8 5 DEAD CAN DANCE - Ubiquitous, Yulunga, Ariadne, Spider. (4 -AD)
6 6 6 BREEDERS - Cannonball, Divine Hammer, Invisible Man (4-AD/Elektra)
7 7 7 JAMES - Laid, Sometimes, Say Something, No No (Fontana/Mercury)
16 15 8 GIN BLOSSOMS - Found, Mrs. Rita, Soul Deep, Shut Up & Smoke, Lost Horizons (A&M)
14 9 9 BELLY - Gepetto, Feed The Tree, Slow Dog, Angel (4-AD/Sire/Reprise)
10 10 10 THE WONDER STUFF - On The Ropes, Cabin Fever, Hot Love (Polydor/PLG)
25 24 11 10,000 MANIACS - Because The Night (Elektra)
12 12 12 CRACKER - Low, Movie Star, Nostalgia (Virgin)
13 13 13 KATE BUSH - Eat The Music, Rubberband Girl (Columbia)
15 14 14 THE CRANBERRIES - Dreams, Linger, Sunday, Waltzing Back, Wanted (Island/PLG)
- 17 15 NO ALTERNATIVE COMPILATION - Soul Asylum, Nirvana (Arista)
29 16 16 BORN TO CHOOSE - R.E.M./N.Merchant, Matthew Sweet (Rykodisc)
2 3 17 INXS - Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, I'm Only Looking (Atlantic)
18 18 18 AFGHAN WHIGS - Debonair, Sweet, Jail, Curse (Elektra)
23 21 19 POGUES - Tuesday Morning (Chameleon/Elektra)
4 5 20 U2 - Lemon, Zooropa, Numb, Stay, Daddy's, Some Days (Island/PLG)
NEW 21 STONE FREE - Pretenders, Clapton, Cure, Body Count (Sire/Warner Bros.)
19 19 22 KIRSTY MacCOLL - Titanic, Can't Stop, Angei (IRS)
20 20 23 CONCRETE BLONDE - Heal It Up, Close To Home (Capitol)
9 23 24 THERAPY? - Screamager, Opal Mantra, Auto Surgery (A&M)
- 27 25 K2 - Cantaloop (Capitol)
8 26 26 BUFFALO TOM - Soda Jerk, Tree House, Latest Monkey (B.Banquet/eastwest)
NEW 27 TEENAGE FANCLUB - Hang On, Norman 3 (DGC)
28 28 28 BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD - Miss Teen USA, She Won't, Four Letter (MCA)
17 25 29 THE CONNELLS - Slackjawed, Hey You, 74-75 (NT)
30 30 30 MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE - Butterfly Wings (Mammoth/Atlantic)
COLLEGE RADI2W LW TW
3 1 1 AFGHAN WHIGS - Debonair, Sweet, Jail, Curse (Elektra)
2 2 2 MAllY STAR - Fade Into You, She's My Baby, So Tonight (Capitol)
14 7 3 SWERVEDRIVER - Duel, Never Lose, A Change Is, You Find (A&M)
26 9 4 COCTEAU TWINS - Evangeline, Summerhead, Bluebeard (Capitol)
4 4 5 NIRVANA - Heart Shaped, All Apologies, Rape Me, Serve (DGC)
5 5 6 BREEDERS - Cannonball, Divine Hammer, Invisible Man (4-AD/Elektra)
NEW 7 NO ALTERNATIVE COMPILATION - Soul Asylum, Nirvana (Arista)
17 16 8 MORPHINE - Cure For Pain, Buena (Rykodisc)
NEW 9 TOM WAITS - The Black Rider, November, 'Taint (Island/PLG)
8 8 10 YO LA TENGO - Big Day, Motel 6, Nowhere, Whole (Matador/Atlantic)
11 11 11 CURVE - Superblaster (Virgin)
6 6 12 BUFFALO TOM - Soda Jerk, Tree House, Latest Monkey (B.Banquet/eastwest)
16 13 13 LEMONHEADS - Into Your Arms, Great Big, Rest Assured (Atlantic)
NEW 14 THE BOREDOMS - Hey Bore Hey, Okinawa, Pop Tatari (Reprise)
15 15 15 REVOLTING COCKS - Do You Think I'm Sexy (Reprise)
1 3 16 DEAD CAN DANCE - Ubiquitous, Yulunga, Ariadne, Spider. (4 -AD)
NEW 17 BORN TO CHOOSE - R.E.M./N.Merchant, Matthew Sweet (Rykodisc)
10 10 18 THE MELVINS - Hooch (Atlantic)
- 19 19 THRILL KILL KULT - Blue Buddah (Interscope/Atlantic)
NEW 20 SMALL 23 - True Zero, Noodles, Chopsocky (Alias)
- 21 21 KMFDM - A Drug Against War (Wax Trax!/TVT)
22 22 22 SEAWEED - Losing, Go Your, Chalk, Oversight, Fade (Sub Pop)
13 17 23 JUDGMENT NIGHT SOUNDTRACK - Helmet/H.Ot Pain, Teenage F./De La Soul (Immortal)
NEW 24 TEENAGE FANCLUB - Hang On, Norman 3 (DGC)
NEW 25 BEST KISSERS IN THE WORLD - Miss Teen USA, She Won't, Four Letter (MCA)
- 26 26 MUDHONEY - No Song III, In The Blood (Reprise)
30 30 27 CONCRETE BLONDE - Heal It Up, Close To Home (Capitol)
28 28 28 REDD KROSS - Jimmy's Fantasy (Mercury)
18 18 29 THE CONNELLS - Slackjawed, Hey You, 74-75 (TVT)
12 12 30 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Cherub Rock, Today, Mayonaise, Disarmed, Geek USA (Virgin)
With a 13-10 jump, Kate Bush is
our other new enrty into the TopTen. Kate continues to win support,as six more stations-KEDJ, WFDU,KCRW, WUMS, WEQX and ThePlanet (KKNB)-report new addsthis week. And with an amazing firstweek recorded by SoundScan(35,000 copies), Kate Bush makesselling records look easy!
With a 25 position leap in its sec-ond week on the chart, this week'sHot pick is Reprise's Stone Free trib-ute to Jimi Hendrix album. Radiojumped all over The Cure's contri-bution, "Purple Haze," includingKDGE, KTOZ, WFIT, KEDJ, WOXY,KLLK and KCRW.
My personal faves, TeenageFanclub, are holding their own,landing at number 22 their thirdweek out. New this week at CFNY,WBNY, WUJC, KCPR, WDCR, WTSRand KCRW.
Blur jump 47-31 and rack up tennew adds as well, which puts themamong the Most Added this week.Their tour starts this week, so lookfor more action to follow.
And our highest debut/Top Tipcomes from the legendary TomWaits. A favorite around the GAVINoffices, this solid chart debut tellsme Mr. Waits is a favorite aroundyour office/airwaves, too. Sevennew this week: KFJC, WVKR,WXYC, WICB, WVXU, WTSR andWXVX.
New Releases
COWBOY JUNKIESPale Sun, Crescent Moon (RCA)
Interesting thing about the CowboyJunkies' career; Trinity Sessions washailed as a fine introduction to theband in a unanimous voice thatechoed from print, sales and radioairplay. One might even say, withthe only -recent popularity of the A'format, that the Junkies were slightlyahead of their time. So why weren'tsubsequent releases as enthusiasti-cally embraced? The question ismoot, as the Cowboys Junkies havecome full circle, delivering theirmost accessible (read: can be playedon Alternative radio) album to date.Check out the beautiful "AnniversarySong" and become a believer. Withfive albums under their belt,Cowboy Junkies might be one of
ARTIST PROFILE
IMAGEFANCLUB
FROM: Glasgow, Scotland
LATEST RELEASE: Thirteen
LABEL: Geffen
THEY ARE: Norman Blake,
Gerry Love, Raymond McGinley,
Brendan O'Hare.
ABOUT THE BAND: "We're the
opposite of muscles and crap
tattoos music, sweaty music.
We're not sweaty-not on
purpose, anyway. We write
honest tunes man,...songs."
-Norman Blake
ON THE GLASGOW MUSIC
SCENE: "We're all friends. We
hang out in the same bars.
There's a total pop thing
happening now in Glasgow.
There's this group called 18
Wheeler who are just brilliant.
Perspex Whiteout broke up,
but Superstar will have a new
record out soon. And (ex -Soup
Dragons) Jim, Sushi! and Paul
have already got a new band
going. I can't remember the
name. When I get home I'll
have to tell him it's not a good
name if I can't remember it!"
-Norman Blake
ON GRUNGE: "Some people
tried to portray us as this sort
of hard group, which we're not
at all. Grunge means fashion
now anyway, it's not an
attitude like it was at the start
with Sub Pop. We had an
affinity with people like Beat
Happening because they had
an affinity with what was
happening in Glasgow. That's
as far as it goes."
-Norman Blake
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ALTERNATIVEthose rare bands that fit into boththe "let's develop artists" and "weneed hit songs" philosophies ofradio programming. Aside from"Anniversary Song," check out thetitle track, "Seven Years," "Hunted"and "Cold Tea Blues." It took awhile, but it sounds as though themusic business has finally caught upwith this band.THE BIG BACKYARDPRESENTSVarious Artists(Raw/Sony Australia)Certainly the college side of theGAVIN panel knows what The BigBackyard is, but for those in thedark, The Big Backyard is a syndi-cated radio show spotlighting thealternative music scene in Australia.This CD isn't the usual MarkDodshon-hosted radio show, butrather a sampling of bands currentlymaking some impressive radiowaves. And with the recentAmerican releases from Smudge,The Earthmen (both included onthis compilation) Pray TV, Godstar,et al, it seems like things are onceagain heating up down under. Myfavorite track comes fromScreamfeeder, whose noisy popoffering, "Wrote You Off," holds thiscollection together. Others to checkout include Custard's "Bedford,"Died Pretty's "Caressing Swine,"Glide's "Thin Faced Man" and TheMandlebrot Set's "More ThanHappy." The Big Backyard is a greatCD worth hunting down.BEAVIS andBUTT -HEADThe Beavis And Butt -head
Experience (Geffen)1 don t know how long radio willplay this before the novelty wearsoff but on the other hand, there'splenty of novelty to go around, andin a variety of formats. Obviously,Alternative types will want to check
111111' mus,c ru VISION
MINUTES
out offerings fromNirvana,
Anthrax,Red HotChili
Peppersand Primus,but as with
the wholeB&B phenome-non, it's notreally the musicthat counts-it'sthe quips about
the music that scores points withfans. And I'm sorry, but the hip quipquotient leans heavy on Cher's con-tribution, a re -worked version of "IGot You Babe" that features somemean guitar work from Johnny Marr.Another big plus is the "hidden"track, an interplay/rap about girlsand relationships, done withPositive K. This doesn't suck, okay?RADIAL SPANGLEIce Cream Headache
(Beggar's Banquet)The first thing that hit me on a dryrun through Ice Cream Headache isthat each of the ten songs is a depar-ture of sorts from the one precedingit. Radial Spangle welds the ultra -dis-torted, harrowing guitar sound withvocals that alternate between naiveand outraged, and mixes things upto keep you second guessing. Thisquartet isn't hanging on the ropes orrolling with punches-they are con-tinually on the offensive and eagerto experiment. "Raze's" assault ismerciless, with two livid guitarsshedding their skins and flexing intoexaggerated wails. The combinationof male and female voices creates asireny gauze that envelopes the lis-tener, and carries over to the slower -paced "Canopy And Shoe." "DreamProblem" is punctuated by a spiral-ing drum beat and a grating guitar,and "Drip's" simple guitar progres-sion benefits from a bass thatexplores both high and low ends ofthe spectrum. Don't miss "Snow's"singsongy little -girl vocals, featuringcharming harmonies and a lullingacoustic guitar, and don't miss achance to see if Radial Spangle'sdelicate interplay holds up live.
-DAVID BFRAN
1. THE LEMONHEA - INTO YOUR ARMS
VHAN WHIGS - DEBONAIR3. SMASHING PUMPKINS - TODAY4. MAZZY STAR - FADE YOU
5. CONCRETE BLONDE - HEAL IT UP
7. URGE OVERKILL - POSITIVE BLEEDING
Wall1P3411=119. JAMES - LAID
Import Indio,BUGSKULLBUGSKULL (QUIXOTIC RECORDS, INC.,
G.P.O. BOX 7296, NEW YORK,
NY 10116)
l'm finding it difficult to determinewhich I prefer-this ten-incher'sliner notes or its contents. In theamusing back -cover testimonial,critic "Prescott Sheng" intimatesthat Bugskull bassist Brendan Bellcollaborated for a time with RaviShankar and suggests vocalist SuziZiegler "might actually be ThomasPynchon." The text, of course, ismisleading, but it's somewhat mis-representative as well, becausethere's a serious, not slapstickundertone to this band's music.Bugskull's largely hookless materialrelies on atmosphere to mesmerizeand hold you. At times, theyremind of a mysterious, less naieveUnrest, an unstructured Red HousePainters, a more melancholic Seam,or a delirious, meanderingSebadoh. "False Alarm's" pared -down moodiness is anchored by acharming series of shy, neuroticnotes and is occasionally interrupt-ed by changing, louder interludesor rare full -on distortion eruptions."Next Wave" seems, by compari-son, sinister. It offers a moreinflected vocal and rare episodes ofSlint-y dissonant plinking. "SunnyDay Song," the least constructedtrack, edges toward sparse ambi-ence and, oddly enough, captures arainy-not sunny-clay mood.
-SEANA BARUTH
SF SEALSBASEBALL TRILOGY (MATADOR,
676 BROADWAY, 4TH FLOOR,
NEW YORK, NY 10012)
In previous columns, I've alludedto the link between indie rock andbaseball, a connection that'sstrengthened by Barbara Manning'slatest EP. Under the moniker SFSeals, she and her band-whichincludes infamous drummer/vocal-ist Melanie Clarin-offer threebaseball-themed tunes to confirmwhat we suspected from the coverof her last full-length-Barbara'sjust mad about baseball. "Joltin' Joe
Dimaggio. ( who, as the EP's linernotes point out, first played proball for the real SF Seals of thePacific Coast League) is a big band-ish, horn -laden romp that makesuse of a "bleacher bums" chorus."The Ballad Of Denny McLain,"another cover, features LincolnAllen on vocals and is the leastwinning song of the lot. A Manningoriginal, "Dock Ellis," winds thingsup (no pun intended) with a darkwhirlpool of quiet vocals, descend-ing hassline and soaring, sonic gui-tar, and strikes me as Babs' bestcomposition in ages. BaseballTrilogy appears on Matador, notHeyday, and confirms the long -whispered rumors that Ms.Manning would be defecting to thatlabel. NNA BARUTH
GARY STEWARTI'M A TEXAN (HIGHTONE RECORDS,
220 4TH STREET, #101 OAKLAND,
CA 94607)Ill admit that I was expecting a justpassable album from an artist whois more than a decade beyond hisprime. Wrong again-I'm A Texanhas so much fire and passion it'salmost frightening. Stewart hasseen his share of hard times, andthis record reflects it. There is noth-ing pretty here-I'm A Texan ishard -ass honky tonk music pureand simple. Though Stewart co -wrote only one of the songs, mostof them sound like they were cus-tom -written for him, and the recordwas produced by Roy Dea, theman behind Stewart's brilliant 70'srecordings (including the classicOut Of Hand) which set the stan-dard for modern honkytonk-haunting, heart -broken and just thisside of psychotic. Stewart's raw,quavering voice conveys pain sowell that you almost feel likeyou're listening in on somethingyou shouldn't; he sounds like he'sjust about to break as he howls hisway through "Stompin' Grounds,""One Night," and "ThoseMemories." Other highlights are hisinspired reading of James Carr's"Dark End Of The Street" (featuringAustin blues belter Tracy Nelson onheavenly harmony vocals) "ComeOn In," "Draggin' Leather," and acrazy, hopped -up version of"Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor."Like fellow honky tonk survivorBilly Joe Shaver (who recentlyreleased a great overlooked record,Shaver) Stewart is nowhere nearready for the cut-out bin; he's mak-ing music as vital as ever.
-CYNDI HOELZLE
EMILUR
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GAVIN NOVEMBER 19, 1993
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GAVIN PICKS
SinglesCHER With BEAVISAND BUTT -HEADI Got You Babe (Geffen)Hey, those B -dudes andthat C -chick are huh-huh-huh-huh, huh, cool, cool,COOL! Nearly 30 yearsago, when Cher teamedwith then -hubby SonnyBono, the wildest cartoonson TV were Rocky andBullwinkle and TheFlintstones. Nowthe two charac-ters that seem tobe everywherethese days joinone half of thatone-time two-some and put a'90s spin on this'60s classic. I agreewith these guys:stations that don'tplay this track-well they suck!DEF LEPPARDMiss You In A Heartbeat(Mercury)Though their name stillconjures up images of rock`n roll abandon, DefLeppard is having quite arun in the ballad arena,just coming off their hugehit, "Two Steps Behind."Taking the acoustic routeagain, The Leps are due toscore major success withthis latest track from RetroActive.
ROZALLAI Love Music(Epic Soundtrax)From the totally hotsoundtrack of Carlito'sWay, which features sever-al retro classics, comesone of the best from theGamble/Huff songbook.
International sensationRozalla and producerJellybean extract everyounce of excitement out ofthis 1976 O'jays hit.
Crossover Picks
1...1ft I I ftMELENDEA.Goody Goody
(Fever/RAL/Chaos)Can we talk slam dunk?KLYV-Dubuque, Iowa's JoeDawson reports, "Big
response immediately"to this first single
from Lisette'snew album,
True To Life.There's a mixfor everybodyincluding hip
hop, house andyes, a no rap edit.Charted Top 20 atKJYK-Tucson andPOWER PIG -Tampa with ADDson: KMEL,
Z106.7, KKCK, KRRG,WSEI, KTDR, WIFX, KCCQand Q96.
MINT CONDITIONU Send Me Swingin'(Perspective/A&M)Urban and Crossover Radiohave been focused on thistrack from Mint Condition'slatest album and the rea-son is fairly obvious-itsounds great. The TwinCities sextet has theirstrongest Top 40 effortsince 1991's "Breakin' MyHeart." "Swingin'" isalready Top 25 at KMEL-San Francisco and FM102-Sacramento, on as an extraat HOT 97.7 -San Jose, andADDed at: POWER 106 -LosAngeles, KHTN-Modesto/Merced, Calif. and 92Q -Baltimore.
By Dave Sholin
Albums
MICHAEL BOLTONThe One Thing
(Columbia)This is Michael Bolton's firstcollection of original mater-ial since 1991's Time, LoveAnd Tenderness. Bolton,along with collaboratorsDiane Warren, DesmondChild, Walter Afanasieff andRobert "Mutt" Lange, is apro at creating pop hitswith killer hooks. The songthat stole my heart is "SoulOf My Soul," which he ded-icates to his three daugh-ters. Couples planning totake that walk down theaisle will enjoy the passion -
Color Me Badd
filled "Completely," andMichael cuts loose on therockin' "Ain't Got NothingIf You Ain't Got Love,"which has a SteveWinwood "Roll With It" feelin its opening bars. I'm alsopartial to "A Time ForLetting Go," and he puts hisown fresh spin on the BillWithers' classic, "Lean OnMe." In all, each song on
The One Thing has singlepotential to succeed hiscurrent hit, "Said I LovedYou...But I Lied." Be pre-pared to hear a lot fromMichael Bolton in 1994.
-ANNETTE M. LAI
COLOR ME BADDTime And Chance
(GianVReprise)The answer: "Time AndChance," "Groovy Now,""Rosanna's Little Sister,""How Deep," "In TheSunshine," "Choose," "TheBells," "Wild-flower," "CloseTo Heaven,""Trust Me,"and "Let's StartWith Forever."The Question:What trackson C.M.B.'ssophomorealbum TimeAnd Chanceguaranteethem multi -format andmulti -platinumsuccess? Emmylou Harris
-JOHN MARTINUCCI
TOM PETTY & THEHEARTBREAKERSGreatest Hits (MCA)True to form, while every-one else pours over
archives in anunabashedstate of boxedset -mania,Tom Petty andtheHeartbreakersrelease onedisc spanning18 years ofhelter skelterconsistency.Measured inprimitive vinylyears, Greatest
Hits, would have been noth-ing more pretentious than a"double -set," as we calledthem in the old days. Yeah,it is a well-timed stockingstuffer, but it's also a com-pact (pardon the pun)chronicle of America'sgreatest musical export.Two new tracks include thealready A3 -charted "MaryJane's Last Dance" and a
nifty cover of ThunderclapNewman's "Something InThe Air" (both produced byRick Rubin). You'll remem-ber it when you hear it.
-KENT ZIMMERMAN
EMMYLOU HARRISCowgirl's Prayer(Asylum)By all accounts, 1994should be the year of thecowgirl, making Cowgirl'sPrayer a well-timed gift.Emmylou covers a wideberth of tunesmiths, includ-
ing Jesse Winchester, DavidOlney, Lucinda Williamsand Tony Joe White. But it'sLeonard Cohen who con-tributes the extended "titletrack" in the form of "BalladOf A Runaway Horse." Co -produced by Allen Reynoldsand Richard Bennett, this isa gentle selection featuringEmmylou's folkier side, abreak from the frantic blue-grass pace of the Ramblers.
-KENT ZIMMERMAN
Tom Petty
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group everyone is talking about .
The single radio is asking for
On your desk now!
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"A match made in heaven..."- L.A. Times
The most celebrated female singer
of the modern pop era takes a seat
alongside the greatest pop singer of
the 40's and beyond. The new single from
The Recording Event Of The Decade.
"I'VE GOTA CRUSHON YOU"the frank sinatra duet with barbra streisand
over 1.2 million units ordered
FRANK SINATRA ON TOUR
November 17-21 Ledyard, CT December 8 San Diego, CA December 10 Phoenix, AZ.1January 20-23 Ft. Lauderdale, FL January 25 Ft. Meyers, FL January 27 Daytona Beach, FL
DON'T MISS the Barbra Streisand interview on 20/20 November 19.
Barbra Streisand New Years in Las Vegas -A Record 1 Million Requests For 30,000 Tickets!
Produced by David Foster and Phil Ramone Co Produced by Hank Cattaneo Executive Producer: Jay Landers Duets Executive Producers: Charles Koppelman, Don Rubin, and Eliot Weisman
Frank Sinatra management: Premier Artists Services Barbra Streisand representation: Martin Erlichman Barbra Streisand appears courtesy of Columbia Records
©1993 Capitol Records, Inc.