1r WEEKLY$3.00$2.80 plus .20 GST

Volume 56 No. 10September 5, 1992

August

1992 , WOf

1

l84 5

190AA

A 3 AAAS22

62s2,

16 11 Ag 28 29nr. ./1

ENIDBarenaked Ladies

INSIDE OUTSue Medley

HUMPIN' AROUND

Bobby Brown

A PENNY MORE

SkydiggersMY DESTINYLionel Richie

HAVE YOU EVER NEEDEDSOMEONE SO BAD

Def Leppard

SHE -LA54-40

THORN IN MY PRIDEBlack Crowes

ALL SHOOK UPBilly Joel

AM I THE SAME GIRL

Swingout Sister

HUNGER STRIKETemple Of The Dog

JEREMYPearl Jam

BANG ONRik Emmett

LAYLAEric Clapton

BREAKING THE GIRLRed Hot Chili Peppers

ONCE IN A LIFETIMELove & Sas

TLCOooh . On The TLC Tip

GUNS N' ROSESUse Your Illusion I

2 UNLIMITEDGet Ready

DANCE MIX'92Various Artists

JOE SATRIANIThe Extremist

GUNS N' ROSESUse Your Illusion II

LIVIN' IN THE 90SBarney Bentall

START THE CARJude Cole

DEEP KISSMitsou

HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIMEThe Beach Boys

SHAKINGInfidels

SHABBA RANKS

Rough N' ReadySHAKESPEAR'S SISTER

Hormonally Yours

HONEYMOON IN VEGASSoundtrack

ROGER DALTREYRocks In The Head

BIG, BAD & GROOVYBootsauce

END OF THE ROADBoyz II Men

REAL LOVE

Slaughter

SeptemberTUE WED NU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30

No. 1 ALBUM

BARENAKED LADIESGordon

Sire/Reprise - CD -26956-P

ALBUM PICK

No. 1 HIT

TimTaylorhas won awards for his :. songwriting and his work with wife, ;; Anita Perras. Now, after releasing his debut Savannah Music album, .. Big Plans, he hopes his solo performing career will bring him .. further acclaim. - Page 7

PATTY SMYTHPatty Smyth

MCA - MCASD-10633-J

THE ONEElton John

MCA

DIGGING IN THE DIRTPeter Gabriel

Geffen

IF THERE HADN'T BEEN YOUBilly Dean

COUNTRYADDS

NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH

WynonnaNEXT THING SMOKIN'

Joe Diffie

LORD HAVE MERCYON THE WORKING MAN

Travis Tritt

IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU

Randy Travis

MOTHER'S EYES

Matthews, Wright & King

Mike ReidKEEP ON WALKIN'

ALL I NEED: Kenny Hess & Darlana Moffatt

2 - RPM - September 5, 1992

A&A's credit line doubled to increase inventoriesA&A Music and Entertainment Inc. shouldhave enough stock to see it through theChristmas season after recently negotiating adoubling of its credit line.

A&A's line of credit had been $7 million,but is now up to $14 million. Toronto's LincolnCapital Corp., partial owners of the homeentertainment chain, has guaranteed up to $2million of the credit line. Securing the bankfinancing was aided in part by a July deal inwhich A&A obtained $2.5 million in financingfrom a numbered company controlled by threeLincoln directors. That move reducedLincoln's ownership to 36 per cent and gavethe numbered company a 51 per cent stake inA&A.

Lincoln also owns a 25 per cent share ofPioneer-Cango Petroleums, but A&A isconsidered the company's most importantasset. For the three months ended May 31,Lincoln reported a net loss of $2.1 million onrevenues of $11.6 million. Almost all of therevenue was from the company's investmentin A&A.

Lincoln took over A&A in April, 1991after the chain's previous owner, Sound InsightLtd., went bankrupt in January of that year andcollapsed under $60 million in debt fromrapid expansion. But because suppliers lostmillions of dollars when A&A originallyfolded, they have been reluctant to extendcredit for stock, making it difficult for thechain to maintain adequate inventories.

In May, A&A presented a business planto Lincoln which called for inventory levelsthat would both drive sales towards 1992'starget amount and give the owners anacceptable return on their equity. The recentdeal is expected to do just that, says DanWhitt, president and chief operating officer ofA&A. "Because we're basically paying cashfor our product and have been since April of1991, with very limited terms, we were notable to inventory our stores properly.

"By not having inventory, sales weren'tthere. And when sales aren't there, profitsdon't measure up to what you expect. But thegood news is, if that's your main problem,then that's a fixable problem. And we've gotthe tools to fix it with now."

Restocking of the stores is expected to becomplete by mid -September and the

Randy Lennox, MCA Canada's vice-presidentof sales, presents platinum award to EltonJohn for sales exceeding 100,000 units on hisalbum, The One, before his Aug. 19 show atToronto's Exhibition Stadium.

installation of a new computer system thatwill allow inventory to be managed from thehead office is also nearing completion.

In June, A&A closed six of its sevenstreet front, freestanding stores and Whittcredits the moves for eliminating a drain onthe company. There are 140 stores located inmalls and those locations are where thecompany will primarily focus its attention inthe future, despite a recent article in B illboardheadlined, Music Sales Shifting From Mall ToFreestanding Stores.

Whitt obviously disagrees with theheadline. "If you've got an achievablemarketing plan, good inventory, promptreplenishment of stock and you're reasonably

priced, then I think you can do business ineither a street front store or a mall.

"We're not excluding any freestandinglocations. If another opportunity came alongthat was freestanding, we'd take a look at itand, if it made sense, we'd open that store."

Whitt had just returned from last week's"successful" meeting of sales managers fromacross the country, and he was impressed bythe attitudes of the major labels toward thechain.

"We were very encouraged by the amountof support we got from the labels, in bothattending our meeting and in giving us theinformation about their new releases, and justbeing supportive. It was a welcomed feelingto have that team effort displayed by thelabels."

Guns N' Roses fans seek class action against DKDIt still has not been decided whether a class-action suit launched against concert promoterDonald K. Donald Productions and OlympicStadium officials for breach of contract willbe allowed to proceed.

During a recent concert at the Montrealstadium by Guns N' Roses, the band's leadsinger, Axl Rose, reportedly gave the finger tohis audience after 55 minutes on stage, andtold them to get a refund. DKD has not offereda refund to ticket holders, which prompted thepetitioning of the court. The show, includingFaith No More's 55 minutes, 75 minutes byMetallica, and the 55 minutes by Guns N'Roses, clocked in at just over three hours.

Apparently there was no on-stage timespecified in the Guns N' Roses contract. Theyhave been known to perform for an hour -and -a -half and up to three hours, but contractually,they weren't obligated or locked into an on-stage time for this particular date. Rose hasbuilt his popularity, at least in part, on beingunpredictable.

As one observerpointed out, as presentersof concerts, promoters aren't involved in theartistic production of the show.

There have been other artists who haveangered fans in Montreal. The 55 -minuteconcert by Harry Connick Jr. at Place Des Artsand the 62 -minute performance by Cher weredenounced as being too short, while the three -

Keith James to take overRawlco's Toronto stationThere is nothing official at press time, but ithas been strongly rumoured that Keith Jameswill exit his post of general manager of 820CHAM Country in Hamilton to take oversimilar duties at Rawlco's soon -to -go -on -theair FM country stereo station in Toronto.

Sources close to the Hamilton operationexpect the transfer will take place over thenext two weeks.

With the CRTC shelving the much soughtafter old CKO frequency, which Rawlco hadhoped to swap for its as yet non -operationalToronto frequency, it's expected the western -based group will be serving the Toronto marketwith FM stereo country before the end of theyear.

hour concert by Bruce Springsteen wascriticized as being too long.

Since the court has not yet made itsdecision, no one at DKD's offices would offerany comment. It's not believed, however, thatRose's comment of "get a refund" promptedhim to return any money to the promoter.

Quite often, promoters come under firefor their profit -motivated and bullying tactics,much of which could be eased with a littlepublic relations and openness to the press.

The profit margin for concerts bysuperstar acts is known to be very slim. It hasbeen estimated that the Guns 'N Roses concertgrossed $1.9 million, but expenses were morethan $1.7 million.

Adams cancels freeLabour Day concertThe proposed free Bryan Adams concert to beheld at Vancouver's Stanley Park on LabourDay has now been officially cancelled afterthe Vancouver parks board refused a demandby Adams' manager, Bruce Allen, to lift anattendance limit of 42,000 people.

The board voted 3-2 to turn down Allen'sdemand at a Monday meeting, saying therewasn't enough time to prepare for a biggerevent.

During his recent sold -out concert at MolsonPark In Barrie, Ont. (Aug. 22), Bryan Adamsand his manager Bruce Allen, presented 0107'sprogram director Joey Vendetta (centre) witha special diamond award for his million selling.Waking Up The Neighbours album,

Canadian unity tackled by new single recordingA lot of songwriters produced songs tocelebrate Canada's 125th birthday earlier thisyear, and now another song has been writtento promote national unity. There's a differencewith this one, though. The composer is abanker.

Duaine Hamilton of Belleville, Ont. waswatching the nightly news last Novemberwhen he asked himself, "What in the world iswrong with this country?" He immediately satdown and put his answer into a song. Twentyminutes later, the first draft of What's WrongWith Canada Today was completed.

Soon after, Hamilton was inspired towrite a second song, Canada For Me, which hehoped would unify Canadians.

Canadian acts to performat European showcasesCanadian acts will receive internationalexposure at three upcoming Europeanshowcases.

Toronto's Acid Test, Rail T.E.C. andTeknicolor Raincoats will join Halifax's Sloanfor a Sept. 14 bill at the University ofManchester in England.

London's Marquee Club will host TribalSon, Box Meat Revolution, Waiting For Jane,The Stomp, Slayed Angel and Morbidox onOct. 4. Tickets are to resemble Canadianpassports and Canadian beer will be available.

Rita Chiarelli and Long John Baldry havebeen invited to Berlin's fifth annualIndependent Days music festival from Oct.26-29. Additional Canadian acts may also beinvited.

CRTC accolades andlicence renewal to YTVThe CRTC has granted a full seven-yearrenewal of YTV's licence for its nationalEnglish -language speciality service.

The commission also gave approval fora one-time rate increase in YTV's anglophoneand francophone markets (Decision CRTC92-571). The new licence term is effectivefrom Sept. 1, 1992 to Aug. 31, 1999.

In announcing the renewal, CRTCchairman Keith Spicerpointed out that "YTV'sdiverse line-up of programming is one of theCanadian broadcasting system's real successstories, offering Canadian youth an importantalternative designed to meet their specificinterests and needs."

Spicer also pointed to the off -screencontribution YTV is making to the countrythrough its Youth Achievement Awards andother programs that recognize and supportyoung Canadians. "It is an excellent exampleof the valuable impact television can havewhen it is used as a positive force in oursociety."

Through the CRTC decision, YTV isgranted a one-time wholesale rate increase ofthree cents in anglophone markets and onecent in francophone markets, bringing themaximum allowable rates to 35 cents and 9cents respectively. The rate increases will beeffective Jan. 1, 1993.

Hamilton enlisted the help of localsingers, musicians and studio people to recordthe two songs for release on both cassette andcompact disc formats. Earl Kirkby sang thefirst song, an upbeat, up -tempo, country -flavoured tune. Susan Walsh sang Canada ForMe, a slow ballad used as a love song to thecountry. Hamilton produced the sessions withKen Harnden, and Randall Prescott and KenFriesen engineered the recording and mixing.

When completed, the recording was sentto all Canadian radio stations, the premiers,the prime minister and other politicians.Hamilton has received responses from manyof the recipients, including Brian Mulroney."I am very impressed with the time, effort andskill you have invested in this work," wrotethe PM, "Your patriotic sentiments areparticularly appreciated."

Hamilton's employer, The Royal Bank,made a video of the song, which forms theframework of the company's 125th birthdayof Canada video project. Other corporationsand members of the media have also showninterest in the songs.

Despite all this, Hamilton says the projectwas a one-off deal and he has no ambition togive up his job at the bank or to further pursuea songwriting career. "I just wanted to make acontribution to unity. The songs seemed to bethe mostpractical way for one person to do it."

July shipments stableafter June's steep dropSales and shipments of recorded musicbounced back a bit in July after a disastrousJune, according to figures released by theCanadian Recording Industry Association(CRIA).

Total shipments in July were down oneper cent from July, 1991 while the net value ofsales was up 12 per cent. June shipments were11 per cent behind the year before and netsales were down seven per cent. June was alsothe first month that shipments of compactdiscs had decreased from the same period theyear before.

CD shipments for July were 25 per centahead of last July's pace, while non -cassettesingles rose by 50 per cent. Cassettes weredown nine per cent, cassette singles weredown 69 per cent and music videos lagged 55per cent.

"We seem to have returned to some degreeof stability, which is encouraging," says CRIApresident, Brian Robertson. "Nobody's thrilledwith the level of retail business, but there issome degree of optimism."

For the year to date, total shipments areless than one per cent behind 1991's figures.Net sales are up five per cent over last year.Robertson says these numbers are right aroundwhere he had projected them to be for this timeof year.

"We seemed to have a month or two therethat was off-track, but it's looking better.There will be some seasonal increase inbusiness. We just hope it' s at the level that wethink it will be."

RPM - September 5, 1992 - 3

Sphere Clown Bandbeefs up tour scheduleToronto -based Sphere Clown Band, one of themost active and popular in the field ofchildren's recordings, is currently featured onKids' World Stage daily at Toronto's CNE.

The band also boasts a gold record, rarein the field of children's recordings. The goldaward, for their second album called Sharing,was presented to the band by Bob Dawson ofWestern Publishing, who made thepresentation on June 24 at Ontario Place'sFestival Stage.

On hand to accept the award were bandmembers Bumper (John Erlendson), Patty(Patricia Silver), Gizmo (Allan Baedak),Pookey (Larry Potter), and John MichaelErlendson, son of Patty and Bumper, whoguested on the album.

The band is also set for an appearance onthe Jerry Lewis Telethon on Sept. 7, followedby the Orillia Fair (12-13), the Brampton Fair(18-19), and the KidStreet Stage of Word OnThe Street in Toronto (27).

They are currently on release with theirthird album, Kid Stuff, distributed throughWhitman Golden.

Riendeau and Pyton makechanges at ShorewoodAnna Pyton has been appointed sales managerfor Shorewood's Montreal office.

Pyton has been employed by LesEmballages Shorewood for 13 years as a clerkand sales service co-ordinator. She takes overtheposition relinquished by Richard Riendeau,who takes the first step in his plannedretirement. After 15 years with Shorewoodand a total of 40 years in Canada's recordingindustry with Capitol and London, Riendeaubecomes an account executive with Shorewoodon a three-day a week basis until 1993, whenhe will officially retire.

The Riendeau name, however, won'tretire with Dick. From the same family,Francois Riendeau takes on the position ofsales service co-ordinator for Les EmballagesShorewood. He brings 15 years experience inmanagementatmusic retail to his newposition,and he recently completed his MBA studies.He will be Pyton's assistant and co-ordinatorof the Montreal office.

Jane Siberry with Brian Eno In WestburyStudios.

- RPM - September 5, 1992

11/2 111-1114-1

with Elvira Capreese

Gino's list still unchallenged ... ! Whenit comes to having a handle on the beautiful,the powerful, and the media -attracted peopleof Toronto, there's no better list than GinoEmpry's. Who would come out to a noondaybirthday party for a Toronto restauranteur?The beautiful, the powerful and the media -attracted people . .. that's who. The occasionwas to celebrate the 71st birthday of Shopsy'sDelicatessen, and the 70th birthday of IzzyShopsowitz, the youngest son of his lateparental founders Harry and Jenny Shopsowitz,who does the greetin' and seatin' at the newlocation across from the O'Keefe Centre. Ginohad them all there. The former mayors -- AllanLamport and Phil Givens -- and the formersupermayor himself, Paul Godfrey. But not

The JUNO AWARDS were orginatedby Walt Grealis and Stan Klees.

The first awards presentation was held atSt. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East,Toronto, Ontario on February 23, 1970

. the prophets of doom, the messengers ofmediocrity, will be overwhelmed by the new,generation of competent,creative,confident artisans, andby all those preceding generations who have alreadydemonstrated their freshness of mind, theirtalent, and their capacity for inspired leadership."

- Pierre Juneau

Di DI Vmg 1 A

published weekly sinceFebruary 24th, 1964, by

RPM MUSIC PUBLICATIONS LTD.6 Brentcliffe RoadToronto, Ontario

M4G 3Y2416-425-0257 FAX: 416-425-8629

Walt Grealis - Editor & PublisherSean LaRose - Layout & Design

Tim Evans - Radio/ChartsSteve McLean - General NewsStan Klees - Special Projects

The MAPL logo was created by Stan Klees for RPMin 1970 and is used extensively by Canadian recordcompanies to identify the quantity of Cancon onlabel copy.

M - Music was composed by a CanadianA - Artist who is featured is a Canadian citizenP - Production was wholly recorded in Canada

L- Lyrics were written by a Canadian

Advertising rates supplied upon request.Second class postage paid in Toronto.

Publications Mail Registration No. 1351

PRINTED IN CANADA

the shadow mayor of Toronto, whoever she is.Even Barrys Bay's favourite son, GaryDunford, dropped by. Also very visible wasSarah Waxman with hubby Al in tow, andDusty Cohl, Louie Jannetta, Martin Onrot,David Garrick, Bob Hall, Jeremy Brown, AlDubin, Reg Bouvaird, Stan Klees, Mike Filey,George Cohon, all the little Shopsowitz's,including Karen who used to work for RPM,and wait . . . Bill Ballard. (EC: Not THE BillBallard . . ?)

A bed and breakfast deal ... ? Have youheard about Hawkstone Manor, the palatialdigs ofone Ronnie Hawkins? Seven bedroomsyet with maid's quarters, and two cottages allon 198 acres of rolling hills on Stoney Lake.(EC: Sounds like it's for rent! ! !). It's for rent.Not really, but Ronnie and Wanda want toshare their beauty spot with travellers. They'reoffering abed and breakfast deal. Gino Emptytells me they'll have two suites and eightsingles available. Sounds like a great locationfor R&R. That is, if Ronnie isn't there, ofcourse. (EC: I'll always remember Ronnie'sfamous lines: "It's Friday night, let's getdrunk and let's rock 'n roll . . . I)

Keith James to the rescue ... ! Could bethat Rawlco can enter the Toronto marketunscathed, in spite of all the posturing that'sbeen going on since they landed on, whatturned out to be, the unwanted 92.5 frequency.Keith James will helm the station as generalmanager, and if he does for the new FMcountry stereo station what he did for 820CHAM Country in Hamilton, then Canada'slargest market will be countrified in no time.The call letters for the new station haven'tbeen revealed, but apparently there's a flurryof excitement in pushing to have the stationon the air by mid or the end of November.(EC: Country keeps going, and going, andgoing . . . 9Michael Crawford's a showstopper!!! Ithought I was in for a boring symphonyorchestra -type of evening with MichaelCrawford and the music of Andrew LloydWebber. Nothing could be further from thetruth. Although he was suffering from a throatproblem, the 50 -year -old Crawford, whocreated the title role in The Phantom of theOpera, was vocally impeccable. Granted, theaudience was pre -sold, but Crawford didn'trest on his fan base. He projected into the veryeaves of the O'Keefe Centre, which broughtthe audience to its feet on too many occasions.He's there until Aug. 30, which isn't toohelpful if you're not among the Friday andSaturday readers of this column. His supportgroup isn't too shabby either, all 12 of them,as they added yet another dimension toWebber's Cats, Phantom, Requiem, JesusChrist Superstar, Joseph, Evita, and StarlightExpress. A highly enjoyable evening ofwarmthand communication. (EC: Now, that's anendorsement . . . !)

On Celine Dion . . . I didn't have theopportunity to catch Celine Dion in concert atToronto's CNE, and unfortunately was lockedinto a CAB conference when she was at theOttawa Exhibition, but judging from the pressshe received, one might think she was the

headliner. Well, let's face it, she was. I'm surethe 9,000 or so who were at the Grandstandwere there to see her, judging by the numberwho reportedly walked out before theheadliner came on. The Star's Lenny Stoutethinks the "Quebec Cookie is still a singer insearch of great songs." Well, aren't they all?Getting into that star status is the toughest taskfor any performer. Getting good song materialcomes naturally. Just ask Anne Murray. (EC:Quebec Cookie . . . ?)

Big things happening at Capitol . . . !Next week, Capitol will be holding one of thebiggest product launches ever seen in thistown. Well, I'm guessing, but when I get aninvitation to a presentation and luncheon atthe SkyDome, with a ticket admitting me tothe playing field, you gotta know it's notgoing to be the expected box lunch and beerbash in some greasy spoon of a joint. I'm noteven going to mention the date, for obviousreasons. On top of that, Capitol, who is alwaysgenerous with tickets, invited me to take in theGarth Brooks concert. Now, that's good PR.Looking after the specialized trade press andthe monthly writers and smaller magazinescan pay off with a lot of very valuablespace . . . and it's free. (EC: There's no freelunch . . . !)

No wonder they're offended!!!! If youcan PICTURE 'three pigs eating out of atrough . . . you can understand why so manypeople feel insulted and offended. Pigs eatingout of a trough??? (EC: Who would be thattasteless???) I'd really be MAD!!! Nothanks!!!

VISITORSJohn Stewart - Raw Energy RecordsSylvia Mason - Savannah RecordsJulian Tuck - A&M RecordsDave Deeley - Epic RecordsDavid Lindores - BMGRoger Bartel - CapitolRick Wharton - MCA RecordsMorris P. Rainville - Rarerabit Music

The RPM Cup fever mounts ... ! Hey! Outof nowhere, Joe Summers' heavy hitters knockoff the Warner Warriors 14-13, and CHUMsacks MIX 21-17, and CHIN is sent packingby the Warner Wackers 42-8. Jim Agnew, theOntario Music Industry Softball League in-house colourizer lays it all out in detail, toolong to run here. He's notbad. I can recommendhim as a writer for a trade, but not this one.(EC: There's another one . . . ?)

MAK OLPOF DI ENCE

What a Ihrld of difference means: more than 20 years experience

we can guide you throughyour custom project quality & service

When it's time to make a difference with the quality of yourCD's & Cassettes - call

World Records1712 Baseline Rd., W.Courtice, Ontario L1E 2S8416-433-0250 686-2828Fax 416-433-1868

WORLD

-1.

RPM - September 5, 1992 - 5

Lollapalooza reflects new youth listening patternsby Steve McLean

The Lollapalooza '92 travelling rock and rollcircus has now left its two Canadian stopsbehind but, for radio's sake, the impressionthese shows left should be a lasting one.

More than 30,000 fans attended atVancouver's Thunderbird Stadium and thesame number attended at Molson Park inBarrie. The Barrie show sold out in a matter ofhours and twice as many tickets probablycould have been sold if the event was at alarger venue.

And what kind of groups were attractingall this attention? It wasn't Bruce Springsteenor Paula Abdul. Instead there was theatmospheric guitar sound of Lush, the heavyyet melodic Pearl Jam, the feedback -ladenJesus And Mary Chain, the aggressive grungerock of Soundgarden, the controversialgangster rap of Ice Cube, the wailing wall ofindustrial noise of Ministry, and the sex -drenched funk -rap of the Red Hot ChiliPeppers. Not exactly household names, arethey? Well, maybe not yet.

Sure the Chili Peppers had a monster hitwith the beautiful ballad, Under The Bridge,but I wonder how many people bought theBlood Sugar Sex Magik album after justhearing that song and then almost had heartfailure when they listened to the rest of theincendiary, hard -pumping tracks. Aside fromthat one song, the Chili Peppers haven'treceived that much airplay. Not enough to

Chris Sheppard addsclub clout to Dance 108Chris Sheppard, affectionately known as theKing of the Clubs, will bring his legion of fansto Dance 108 Burlington/Hamilton, the littlestation that keeps growing and growing andgrowing.

Sheppard, who gained much of hispopularity not only at the club level but throughseven years at CFNY, joins Lee Carter inleaving the station because of newprogramming directives from CFNY's newmanagement.

Sheppard is the latest jock to leave theToronto station for Dance 108. Skot Turnerrecently joined the station as assistant programdirector and music director. He will be on theair in September. Ironically, Sheppard andTurner were regarded as the two mostsuccessful on-airpersonalities at CFNY. Theyboth had #1 shows in the Toronto market.

Sheppard will be heard Friday andSaturday evenings beginning Sept. 18, shortlyafter he returns from Manchester, England,where he will take part in a music festival.

Sheppard has also been busy on therecording scene. He was the collaboratorbehind the successful techno compilations,Techno Trip 1 and 2 (Sheppard's Revenge) onQuality Records.

A third in the series, Sheppard's TrippingAgain, is scheduled for a September release.He will also shortly release an album of hisown material under the moniker of BKS titledFor Those About To Rave, We Salute You.

propel the album to No. 1 on the RPM 100Albums chart and to just a stone's throwaway from triple -platinum status, anyways.But that's exactly what's happened.

Admittedly, the Chili Peppers were theheadliners of the show. But let's take a look atthe other acts that were on the bill and theresponse they've been getting in themarketplace. Epic/Sony reps were atLollapalooza to give Pearl Jam a platinumalbum for surpassing 100,000 units sold fortheir Top 5 album, Ten. Soundgarden has soldin excess of 60,000 copies of theirBadmotorfinger album in Canada, giving ourhome and native land the distinction of beingthe first country in the world to take the albumto gold status. Ministry has sold almost 35,000copies of their aka Psalm 69 album in just amonth. The sales figures for Jesus And MaryChain and Lush fall short of the above groupsbut are still consistent and respectable enough,considering they've been labelled "alternative"acts.

These groups are now selling even morebecause of the interest generated byLollapalooza. But commercial radio doesn'tseem to have caught on yet.

We can take this even further. Temple OfThe Dog, a band made up of members fromPearl Jam and Soundgarden, released a self -titled album in April, 1991 which did verylittle. But with the current success of its twoconstituent bands, it has rocketed onto thecharts. In just four weeks it has vaulted fromNo. 88 to No. 35 to No. 24 to No. 14 on theAlbums chart. The soundtrack from theupcoming film Singles recently entered thechart at No. 47. Who' s on the soundtrack? Thetwo above -mentioned bands and such othernew, cutting -edge acts as Alice In Chains,Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, and SmashingPumpkins.

Groups like Megadeth, Faith No More,Sonic Youth, Danzig and Suicidal Tendencieshave also emerged from the underground andare now making dents on the charts -- alsowithout any significant commercial airplay.

And who were the 30,000 people whocame to., dance, become entranced and losetheir pants (I swear this happened to a fewpeople) at Molson Park? There was a handfulof 30 -somethings but, by an overwhelmingmargin, the demographics fell into the 13-24range. In fact, Clearasil was duking it out withsun tan lotion and pot smoke for the title ofmost predominant odour of the day. And itwasn't any one youth culture segment thataccounted for the flailing bodies in the moshpit in front of the stage or the more relaxedsubdudes lying on blankets hundreds of feetback.

There were punks, hippies, skateboarders,skinheads, suburban yuppies, long hairs,freaks, metal heads, bikers ... and just plain,old curious high school kids who just mayhave felt like relishing their freedom andrebelling for a day by getting a temporarytattoo or having their hair shaved or braided.Why? Simply because -- at Lollapalooza --they could.

And despite buying tickets that costalmost $30, these kids still had money leftover to buy lots of food, drinks, clothes, arts,crafts and the obligatory souvenir concert T-shirt of their favourite band. More than acouple were even spotted with T-shirts fromhalf -a -dozen of the acts. Despite the recession,there still seems to be a lot of disposableincome among today's teens. Advertisers, takenote.

Finally, one of the more surprisingoccurrences of Lollapalooza was the crowd'sresponse to Ice Cube. Here was an almostentirely white Canadian audience jumping upand down, chanting and dancing to an oftenprofane inner-city African -American rapperwhose latest album, Death Certificate, isn'teven available in Canada.

All of this just happened to occur on thesame day that Warner Music announced thatit would release Ice -T's Body Count album inCanada without the controversial song, CopKiller. The debate about that song's contentsand artistic merits is sure to rage on, but itcan't be denied that Soundgarden drew afrenzied cheer when they performed the songand throngs of young people later roared withapproval when Ice Cube proclaimed, "Recordsdon't kill people, cops do!"

Maybe today's youths haven't becomeas big a part of the corporate -driven Pepsigeneration as we've been led to believe overthe past few years. The crowds of teens atbooths outside the main Lollapalooza stage,who wanted to talk to various social/politicalactivist groups about causes ranging fromAIDS research to arms control to thelegalization of hemp, were a strong indicatorof that.

Traditionally teen -oriented CHR stationson AM radio are threatening to go the way offruit -flavoured potato chips because of lowratings, yet they stillpour thousands of dollarsinto the pockets of middle-aged consultantswho they hope can rescue them. Wouldn't itbe cheaper and easier to just take a step backand take a look at what's happening in themarketplace? If they're already down, whynot take a chance? This doesn't have to meana total revamping of formats, just wideningplaylists a bit would be a start.

BMG Music appointmentsfor Valade and WilliamsBMG Music Canada has appointed two newvice-presidents.

Ray Valade has been named vice-president of operations services. He willoversee all activities in production inventorycontrol, marketing services, nationaldistribution, quality control and specialdistribution. Valade joined RCA in SmithFalls in 1954 and moved to Toronto in 1972where he has held three positions, the mostrecent being director of operations services.

Tim Williams has been named vice-president of national sales. He joined RCA in1977 as a sales and promotions representativein Winnipeg. Since then he has worked inCalgary and Toronto and has made his way upthe ranks to his most recent position of directorof national sales.

1,;raTa HIT TRACKS

& where to find themTW LW WO - SEPTEMBER 5, 1992

n 5

El 8

1 2 11 THE ONEElton John - The OneMCA -10614 (MCA comp. # 11/92)-J

2 1 10 THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUNDMadonna - Barcelona GoldWarner Bros. -26974 (Warner comp. # 143)-P

10 LOST TOGETHERBlue Rodeo - Lost TogetherWEA-77633 (Warner comp. # 141)-P

4 4 10 EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THINGU2 - Achtung BabyIsland -510 347 (A&M comp. # 6/92)-0

8 NOVEMBER RAINGuns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion IGeffen -24415 (Promo CD single) -J

6 7 10 RESTLESS HEARTPeter Cetera - World Falling DownWarner Bros. -26894 (Warner comp. # 141)-P

7 3 11 FRIDAY I'M IN LOVEThe Cure - WishElektra-61309 (Wamer comp. # 141)-P

11 5 NOTHING BROKEN BUT MY HEARTCeline Dion - Celine DionColumbia -52473 (Sony comp. # 1)-H

19 5 ENIDBarenaked Lades - GordonSire -26956 (Warner comp. # 144)-P

10 12 6 DO I HAVE TO SAY THE WORDS?Bryan Adams - Waking Up The NeighboursA&M-75021 5367 (A&M comp. # 8/92)-Q

17 3 SOMETIMES LOVE JUST AIN'T ENOUGHPatty Smyth & Don Henley - Patty SmythMCA -10633 (MCA comp. It 14/92)-J

12 14 7 ALL I WANTToad The Wet Sprocket - FearColumbia -47309 (Sony comp. # 42)-H

6 BABY, BABY, BABYTLC - Ocoh ... On The TLC TipArista -73008 26003 (BMG pop comp. # 35)-N

14 15 10 BUZZHaywire - Get OffAttic -1334 (Attic comp. # 24)-Q

15 9 16 JUST ANOTHER DAYJon Secada - Jon SecadaSBK Records -98845 (Capitol comp. #9/92)-F

16 6 13 TAKE THIS HEARTRichard Marx - Rush StreetCapitol -95874 (Capitol comp. # 12)-F

17 18 6 STAYShakespears Sister - Hormonally YoursLondon -868 266 (PolyGram comp. early June/92)-Q

18 10 11 TOO FUNKYGeorge Michael - Red Hot & DanceColumbia -52826 (Sony comp. # 45)-H

19 22 8 GIVING HIM SOMETHING HE CAN FEELEn Vogue - Funky DivasEastwest-92121 (Warner comp. # 142)-P

20 21 5 JESUS HE KNOWS MEGenesis - We Can't DanceAtlantic -82344 (Warner comp. # 145)-P

21 23 3 WALKING ON BROKEN GLASSAnnie Lennox - DivaRCA -06192 10624 (BMG pop comp. # 37)-N

3 NOT ENOUGH TIMEINXS - Welcome To Wherever You AreAtlantic -82394 (Warner come. # 1451-P

In 62 2 INSIDE OUTSue Medley - Inside (341Mercury -314 512 527 (Pre= CD single) -Q

24 24 10 I'VE GOT MINEGlenn Frey - Strange WeatherMCA -10599 (MCA amp. # 11/92)-J

25 25 9 MAD MAD WORLDTom Cochrane - Mad Mad WorldCapitol -97723 (Capitol comp. # 18/92)-F

26 27 3 HOW DO YOU DORosette - TourismCapitol -99929 (Capitol comp. # 19/92)-F

27 31 4 YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMIND MESass Jordan - RacineAquarius -564 (Capitol comp. # 19/92)-F

28 28 3 GIVE IT UPWilson Phillips - Shadows & LightSBK Records - 98924 (Capitol comp. # 19/92)-F

29 29 8 JAMMichael Jackson - DangerousEpic -45400 (Promo CD single) -H

as io ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOWDel Arnita - Change EverythingA&M-75021 5385 (A&M comp. # 5/92)-0

31 32 3 IN YOUR EYESLeslie Spit Treeo - Book Of RejectionCapitol -99646 (Capitol comp. # 19/92)-F

32 16 11 BABY WHEN I CALL YOUR NAMECorey Hart - attitude & virtueWarner Bros. -26815 (Wamer comp. # 141)-P

33 30 8 MOVE THISTechnotronic - Pump Up The JamSBK Records -93422 (Capitol comp. # 16)-F

34 13 14 I'LL BE THEREMariah Carey - UnpluggedColumbia -52758 (Sony comp. # 45)-H

El 20

8

9

EE1 26

30

si171

qL

3 HUMPIN' AROUNDBobby Brown - BobbyMCA -10417 (MCA comp. # 14/92)-J

36 39 4 COME TO MEBonnie Raitt - Luck Of The DrawCapitol -96111 (Capitol romp. # 18/92)-F

n 49 4 A PENNY MORESkydiggers - RestlessFre-00102 (Promo CD single) -F

54 2 MY DESTINYLionel Richie - Back To Front

Motown -668 338 (PolyGram comp. early August/92)-Q5 CALIFORNIA HERE I COME

Sophie B. Hawkins - Tongues & TailsColumbia -46797 (Sony comp. # 1)-H

40 33 11 GOOD STUFF9-52's - Good StuffReprise -26943 (Wamer romp. 140)-P

41 41 6 SENT BY ANGELSArc Angels - Arc AngelsDGC-24465 (MCA comp. # 12/92)-J

42 42 9 WHITE LIES/BLACK TRUTHSlik Toxik - Doin' The NastyCapitol -98115 (Capitol comp. # 14/92)-F

43 44 4 IS IT REALLY LOVEDan Hill - Dance Of LoveQuality -2001 (Promo CD single)

72 2 HAVE YOU EVER NEEDED SOMEONE ...Def Leopard - AdrenalizeVertigo -510 978-0

45 45 4 IT'S NO SECRETStan Meissner - UndertowDuke Street -31077 (MCA comp. # 12/92)-J

57 3 SHE -LA54-40 - Dear DearColumbia -5440-H

47 35 6 DAYS OF LIGHTRoger Daltrey - Rocks In The HeadAtlantic -82359 (Warner comp. # 143)-P

48 48 4 LEAP OF FAITHBruce Spingsteen - Lucky TownColumbia -53001-H

58 3 THORN IN MY PRIDEBlack Crowns - The Southern Harmony & Musical ...Del American -26916-P

50 50 4 ROCK YOU GENTLYJennifer Wames - The HunterAttic -1344 (Attic comp. # 24)-Q

131 77 2 ALL SHOOK UPBilly Joel - Honeymoon In Vegas soundtrackEpic -52845-H

52 53 5 SOMEBODY TOUCHED MEBruce Codsbum - Nothing But A Burning light sTrue North -77 (Sony comp. # 45)-H

4 AM I THE SAME GIRLSwing Out Sister - Get In Touch With YourselfFontana -512 241 (PolyGram comp. early Aug. 92)-Q

71 2 HUNGER STRIKETemple Of The Dog - Temple Of The DogA&M-75021 5350 (A&M comp. # 7/92)-0

55 40 12 DEEP IN MY SOULAcosta/Russell - A Little DirectionEureka -70010 (Promo CD single) -F

56 47 5 WHAT KIND OF LOVERodney Crowell - Life Is MessyColumbia -47985 (Sony comp. # 45)-H

57 34 13 JUST FOR TONIGHTVanessa Williams - The Comfort ZoneMercury -843 522 (PolyGrarn comp. early May/92)-0

73 3 JEREMYPearl Jam - TenEpic Associated -47857 (Promo CD single) -J

68 3 BANG ONRik Emmett - Ipso FactoDuke Street -31079 (MCA comp. # 13/92)-J

98 2 LAYLAEric Clapton - UnpluggedReprise -45024 (Promo CD single) -P

61 NEW 'LIVIN IN THE '90SBarney Bentall - Ain't Life StrangeEpic -80173 (Promo CD single) -H

62 so 16 YOU'VE GOT A WAYKathy Troccoli - Pure AttractionReunion -24453 (MCA romp. # 8/92)-J

78 3 BREAKING THE GIRLRed Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex MagikWarner Bros. -26681 (Promo CD single) -P

64 52 17 AMERICARim Michell - Aural FixationsAlert -81019-F

65 55 14 WHEN THE STARS FALLSue Medley - Inside OutMercury -314 512 527 (PolyGram comp. early June) -0

66 ss 15 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREELuther Vandross/Janet Jackson - Mo' Money SoundtrackA&M-28968 1004 (A&MA/irgin comp. # 5/92)-0

67 51 14 DON'T STOP NOWLove & Sas - Call My NameRCA -6192 10612 (BMG pop comp. # 34)-N

58Canada's Only National 100 Hit Tracks Survey

38

46

44

46

49

El 64

54

58

59

60

63

vAL

RECORD DISTRIBUTOR CODE BMGCAPITOLMCAPOLYGRAMSONY MUSICWARNER MUSIC

68 38 it ACHY BREAKY HEARTBilly Ray Cyrus - Some Gave AllMercury -314 510 635 (PolyGram comp. early June) -Q

69 37 13 ITS PROBABLY ME

Reprise -26989&sEriccomp. 1#Nee,9atrri',1,3soundtrack

79 4 TEARS TO TELLHoward Jones - In The RunningEast West U.K.-76336 (Warner comp. # 143)-P

71 76 9 LOVE VIBELisa Lougheed - World LoveWEA-75476 (Warner cornp. # 139)-P

72 NEW START THE CARJude Cole -Start The CarReprise -26898-P

73 74 6 LAST CHANCEJohn Mellencamp - Wherever We WantedMercury -510 151 (PolyGram comp. early June/92)-0

74 61 lo FALLEN ANGELSBully Sainte -Marie- Coinddence & Likely StoriesChrysalis -21920 (Capitol comp. # 18/92)-F

75 66 12 CRY (If You Want To)Frozen Ghost - Shake Your SpiritWEA-75149 (Warner comp. # 139)-P

91 2 ONCE IN A LIFETIMELove & Sas - Call My NameRCA -6192 10612 (Promo CD single) -N

77 82 9 KEEP ON WALKIN'Ce Ce Peniston - FinallyA&M-75021 5381 (A&M comp. # 5/92)-0

78 43 14 2001Melissa Etheridge - Never EnoughIsland -510 120 (A&MVirgin comp. #5/92-0

79 63 9 WARM IT UPKriss Kross - Totally Krossed OutColumbia -48710 (Sony comp # 45)-H

87 11 IF YOU BELIEVEKenny Loggins - Leap Of FaithColumbia -46140 (Sony comp. # 45)-H

81 65 19 HOLD ON MY HEARTGenesis - We Can't DanceAtlantic -82344 (Warner comp 134)-P

82 NEW DEEP KISSfitsou - Hearing WestIsba-001 (Sony comp. # 1)-H

83 133 4 LITHIUMNirvana - NevermindDGC-24425-J

84 NEW HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIMEThe Beach Boys - Summer In ParadiseAttic -1361 (Attic comp. # 261-Q

85 81 8 LOVE IS ALIVEJoe Cocker- Night CallsCapitol -97801 (Promo CD single) -F

86 NEW SHAKINGInfidels - InfidelsI.R.S.-13110 (Capitol comp # 17/92)-F

87 85 6 HEAVEN SENTINXS - Welcome To Wherever You AreAtlantic -82394-P

88 NEW BIG, BAD & GROOVYBootsauce - Bull

Vertigo -512 027 (PolyGram comp. early Aug/92)-089 70 7 STAY

Giant - Time To BumEpic -48509 (Sony comp. # 45)-H

90 75 20 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVERSophie B. Hawkins - Tongues And TailsColumbia -46797 (Sony comp. # 43)-H

91 84 9 WISHING ON A STARCover Girls - Here It IsEpic -47381 (Promo CD single) -H

92 67 13 MAKE LOVE LIKE A MANDef Leopard - AdrenalizeVertigo -510 978 (PolyGram comp. early June -0

93 92 6 FACES OF LOVENia Peeples - Nia PeeplesVirgin -3137 (A&M comp. # 6/92)-Q

94 so 10 WRONGLindsey Buckingham - Out Of The CradleReprise -26182-P

95 89 20 WHYAnnie Lennox - DivaRCA -06192 10624 (BMG pop comp. # 32)-N

96 NEW END OF THE ROADBoyz II Men - CoolyhighharrnonyMotown -374 636 320 (PolyGram comp. early Aug/92)-0

97 NEW #REAL LOVESlaughter -The Wild UleChrysalis -21911 (Capitol comp. # 19/92)-F

98 so 5 ALRIGHT TONIGHTPaula Abdul - SpellboundVirgin -3050 (A&M comp. #6/92)-0

99 69 21 IF YOU ASKED ME TOCeline Dion - Celine DionColumbia -52473 (Sony comp. # 43)-H

100 8/3 18 YOU WONT SEE ME CRYWilson Phillips - Shadows And LightSBK Records -98924 (Capitol comp. # 10/92)-F

-N-F-J

-H-P

70

76

80

0

COVER STORY - by Steve McLean

Big Plans for Tim Taylor's Savannah Music releaseTim Taylor may still be best-known to countryfans as Anita Perras' duet partner and husband,but he has Big Plans for a solo career, too.

Taylor and Perras released three albumstogether and were named Duo of the Year fourconsecutive times at the Canadian CountryMusic Association (CCMA) Awards. Tayloralso wrote One Smokey Rose for Perras andthe song was named both Single of the Yearand Song of the Year by the CCMA in 1988.

But despite their success as a duo, thetwo decided to split up their recordingrelationship and pursue their own individualmusical styles by launching solo careers.Taylor independently released Farewell Ave.,

: f.t1 :11 C-11111by Tim Evans

No. 2 moves Madonna into No. 2. EltonJohn's The One nudges This Used To Be MyPlayground out of the top spot, after a threeweek stay. Madonna now moves into the No.2 position on the list of the most successfulartists in RPM history. She moves seven pointsahead of The Bee Gees with 894, based on No.1 songs, weeks at No. 1, weeks in the Top 10and weeks in the Top 40. The Beatles are stillthe most successful artist with 1034 points.

Things much the same ... The top of theAlbums chart remains similar to last week.The only change in the Top Five is the ClassicQueen album reclaiming the fifth spot overPearl Jam's Ten. Many people believe neitherof the Top Two albums will last very long.Indeed, a year from now many people won'tremember who was on top. By that sametheory, let's test last year's albums. Name theTop Five albums from one year ago.

Still going! The Beach Boys were on thevery first RPM chart back in June of 1964. IGet Around went on to hit No. 1 the next week.August of 1992 finds The Beach Boys back onthe chart. Their remake of Hot Fun In TheSummertime enters the chart at No. 84. Thelast No. 1 song for the group was Help MeRhonda, which hit the top in June of 1965,although Kokomo hit the Top Five in late '88.

New vs old. Eric Clapton's new version ofLayla could go on to become a bigger hit thanthe original. The new version jumps 38 spotsto No. 60. His original version, with berek &The Dominoes, went to No. 9 in August of '72.

This may start a riot! Guns N' Roses areback in the Top Five. November Rain movesup three notches from No. 8. It isn't theirbiggest hit though. Sweet Child 0' Mine wentto No. 2 four years ago. November Rain hasboosted sales of Use Your Illusion I. Thealbum has been climbing steadily over thepast month and this week bullets to No. 7.

Only a year ago. The Top Five albums oneyear ago were: Natalie Cole's UnforgettableWith Love, Crash Test Dummies' The GhostsThat Haunt Me, Extreme's Pornograffitti,Metallica's self -titled album and Bonnie.Raitt's Luck Of The Draw.

a collection of singles that he consolidatedinto one album, in 1990. And this spring hereleased Big Plans on the Savannah Musiclabel, which is distributed by Warner MusicCanada.

Taylor wrote or co -wrote all 10 songs onBig Plans, nine of them within a 15 -monthperiod which also saw him arrange, recordand produce the album in Nashville with thehelp of engineer Mike Bridges and a group ofsession players. The influence of late -'50sand early -'60s country and rockabilly isstamped all over the album. "It's contemporarycountry based on a little bit of that flavour,"Taylor says.

The first single from the album, LookWho's Loving You, peaked at No. 21 on theRPM 100 Country Tracks chart and currentlysits at No. 22. The Wild One, hasjust been released. Taylor thinks there are fivepotential singles on the album. "I hope eachtime a single goes out it will spark interest," hesays.

Taylor hasn't made videos for the firsttwo singles but tentative plans are in the worksfor two songs, No Better Than This and WeWere Fallin', which he feels lend themselves

RPM - September 5, 1992 - 7

well to the medium.Since he does have a distinctive style,

Taylor decided to produce Big Plans himselfbecause he knew the kind of sound he wantedon the album. While he enjoyed the experience,producing others isn't a priority for him. "Idon't have aspirations to produce a lot ofpeople. I'd rather concentrate on singing andsongwriting.

"Performing and writing are of equalimportance. Writing is more like work. Yousit down and do it and then when it's finishedthere's a lot of satisfaction in it. But when youperform it's immediate."

The 40 -year -old has been doing a lot ofwriting lately, including some with othersongwriters, though none of the songs havebeen demoed or pitched to anyone yet. "I'dlike to get more material to other artists becauseI really haven't done too much of that in thepast," Taylor says.

Taylor has been p laying dates at festivalsand clubs in southern Ontario this summerbuthe would welcome the opportunity to tour ona larger scale to raise his profile among countryfans.

Thatpublic exposure could also be helpedif a planned Savannah Christmas albummaterializes later this year. Taylor has a songwritten, recorded and ready to go for theproject.

More country customers a priority at HMVHMV has launched a major campaign to bringa greater prominence to country music with itsstores in English Canada.

Toronto's Yonge Street superstore haseven opened its doors to country showcasesand autograph sessions. Says HMV presidentPaul Alofs, "I think the move to country is atrend, not a fad. A fad is something that comesand goes very quickly. A trend is somethingthat's with us for a long time.

"I think the growth and interest in countrywill be with us for a very long time."

HMV's campaign is to get more people,who traditionally have been buying throughmail order, into the stores. "We have tomerchandise and make our stores morecustomer friendly for those country fans. Wealso have an opportunity to expand our rangeand selection as we move out of cassettes andlook for more good things to put in the stores.Expanding the catalogue is something HMVwill definitely be doing. The range in selectionof back catalogue now in the country area isgetting much improved."

Alofs also pointed out that the HMVstores in the west, where country sales havebeen good, have their own in-store 1 through10 charts, which he hopes to expand across therest of the chain.

The new breed of young country artistand their message songs have become veryimportant during these recessionary times."They've captured the people's imaginationwith their songs. People can relate to thelyrics, which are interesting and involvingand they grab people's hearts. They're justgood songs.

"Country artists are dealing with issuesin their song material they never dealt with

before: wife abuse, domestic violence. Theirsongs are relevant today, and to a youngeraudience."

With the move toward more recognitionof country music, sparked by the phenomenalU.S. success of Garth Brooks and, morerecently, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alofs views this asa vehicle toward more recognition forCanadian country artists.

"Michelle Wright is an affluent Canadiantreasure. The country -influenced bands likeBlue Rodeo, Prairie Oyster and CowboyJunkies are, in turn, influencing another groupof bands like the Skydiggers and others thatare coming along in the next generation.

"I firmly believe that country music isgoing to be an important and very influencingfactor in the music we'll be hearing in thefuture. Retailers should be paying particularattention to the opportunities that countrymusic can offer at the retail level."

MAKING A RECORD?

We Can Provide You With

Compact DiscsDigitally Duplicated Cassettes

& Cassette SinglesMarketing Consultation

MANUFACTURING

SERVICES67 Mowet Aee Ste. 241, Toronto, Ont., M6K 3E3

T11:1410) 516-8751 Fax: (416) 516-9448Cantaet Aaron Zon

East Casa Tot: (902) 492-1818fax: (902) 422-2929

THE INDEPENDENT SPECIALISTS

8 - RPM - September 5, 1992

Sony Kids' Music launched in CanadaCeline Dion and Bruce Springsteen may attractthe baby boomers to Sony Music Canada, butnow the company wants to cater to theirchildren, too.

Sony Kids' Music and Sony Kids' Videoaim to entertain and educate both children andtheirparents. "We're focusing on the family,"says Therese Garnett, associate productmanager of special marketing for Sony.

"It's not only the children, but the parentsas well. I think people are starting to realizethat the family core is very important."

Sony's New York City offices startedKids' Music just over a year ago, whileCanadians have gotten involved in the past sixmonths. There are more than a dozen newtitles out and Garnett is aiming for a catalogueof 40 titles by the end of the year.

Initial releases on the Kids' Music labelhave come from such artists as Tom Chapin,Dan Crow, Tom Paxton, Kevin Roth, Rory,Lois Young, and Pete Seeger. Sony will alsobe re -issuing catalogue material from its rosterof front-line talent. Artists including GloriaEstefan, Roseanne Cash and Mary -ChapinCarpenter have contributed to a compilationof lullabies. Another album featuring materialby Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylorand others is scheduled to be re -issued withinthe next couple of months.

Sales have been encouraging so far andGarnett says, "It's a market that's

Vancouver's Mr. & Mrs.Smith win Yamaha finalMr. & Mrs. Smith, winners of The Fox'sMolson Canadian Rocks Demo Listen Derby,will soon be off to the Tokyo Music QuestWorld Finals to represent Canada.

The Canadian competition took placeduring the three-day Sunfest music festival

Vancouver's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Frank, Dino,Marci, Tony and Kris) will represent Canada atYamaha Music Quest '92 World Finals.

held at the Industrial Parkland in Gimli, Man.The band caught the attention of the judgeswith three songs in their 15 -minute set:Primitive Urges, Love Me Now, and FootstepsOf Angels. Their sound was described as "apunk -thrash -metal -opera."

In addition to the national finals, theoutdoor festival featured performances bysome of the top names in Canada rock includingTom Cochrane, 54-40, Colin James, KimMitchell and a number of Winnipeg bands.

growing.There is a market out there that reallyhas not been tamed to its fullest degree."

So far, Sony has hired a publicist andsent out press kits to attract attention to Kids'Music. The company is also planning retailpromotions and organizing tours of the label'sartists. A large advertising campaign will belaunched after the catalogue is built up a bitmore.

"Children's music is important and it'ssomething to be taken seriously," Garnettsays. Sony also distributes Oak Street Music,the home of popular children's entertainer,Fred Penner.

The audio and video titles will beavailable through a variety of retail channels,including national and independent music andvideo retailers, book stores and toy stores.

Barbara Fogler boostsElephant PR imageBarbara Fogler has been appointed publicistof Elephant Records. The appointment wasannounced by Steve McNie, who himselfjoined the Sharon, Lois and Bram organizationjust recently as marketing director.

Fogler's first major chore will be themounting of "an aggressive publicity stance"for Sharon, Lois & Bram' s upcoming season.A priority for Fogler will be a majorpromotion push for the trio's first ever madefor home video, Sing A to Z, plus a greatesthits audio collection of 31 favourite songs,entitled Great Big Hits. Over its 14 year career,the trio has released 10 albums, whichcollectively have sold more than 2.3 millioncopies in North America, of which 1.3 millionwere sold in Canada.

Both releases, to be distributed by A&M,will be supported by the most ambitious tourever mounted by the trio. They have beenconfirmed for 36 concerts in 17 cities. Afteran appearance at Vancouver's PNE on Aug.31, they will officially begin their tour onNov. 5 at the Winnipeg Concert Hall, followedby Regina's Centre of the Arts (6), SaskatoonPlace (7), Edmonton's Jubilee Auditorium (9-10), The Corral in Calgary (11), Kelowna'sMemorial Arena (14), the Riverside Coliseumin Kamloops (15), Victoria's Royal Theatre(16), Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre (17),Toronto's Massey Hall (21-22), Montreal'sTheatre St. Denis (29), Hamilton Place (Dec.1-2), Ottawa's National Arts Centre (5-6), theMoncton Coliseum (8), the Halifax MetroCentre (9), and London's Alumi Hall (Jan. 24).

McNie, no stranger to the promotion andpublicity which is paramount with the Sharon,Lois & Bram organization, says, "Publicityplays a major part in our plans. We're goingfor synergy. The hits album, the new videoand our tour combine to present someexceptional opportunities that put the numberof impressions we'll make into the millions."

Fogler will be concentrating on featurecoverage in not only the visible media, butwill also be targeting 1,200 communitynewspapers "where family values are aparticularly strong focus."

Mackey and Q's Vendettahost YTV's Rock'N TalkJanis Mackey and Joey Vendetta have beennamed co -hosts of YTV's Rock'N Talkentertainment and news magazine show.

The new season begins Sept. 7 withweekday updates on entertainment news,music and interviews, as well as reviews ofcurrent movies, albums, and fashion trends.

Mackey is already known to YTV viewersas one of its more popularprogram jockeys. Anative of Owen Sound, Ont., Mackey joinedYTV after being chosen from 450 applicantsto host a new video/talk show called RecRoom in 1989.

Vendetta, recently appointed programdirector of Toronto's Q107, is no stranger tothe Rock'N Talk series, having been a regularcontributor over the past two years.

Also joining the Rock'N Talk team as afield reporter based in Toronto is MarrettGreen. A graduate of broadcasting at Ottawa'sAlgonquin College, Marrett was awarded theCHEZ 106 FM Best On -Air PerformanceAward of 1992.

The first segment of the new series beginswith an interview with Blue Rodeo and aprofile of actor Nicholas Cage of HoneymoonIn Vegas. Acosta/Russell are on tap alongwith Barenaked Ladies for Sept. 8, with aprofile of actress Sarah Jessica Parker of L.A.Story and Honeymoon In Vegas on the 9th.The hosts look at the alternative band/tourevent Lollapalooza on the 10th and a behind -the -scenes look at YTV's Swans Crossingseries. The week's wrap (11) features a visit toWinnipeg's Sunfest Festival with TomCochrane, Colin James, Sue Medley, 54-40,and more. There will also be a feature on themovie Bob Roberts starring Tim Robbins.

Rock'N Talk is currently searching forstringers to file reports from cities acrossCanada. For further information contact YTV' sRuth Dyer at 416-534-1191.

Atlantica to distributeDenon in the MaritimesLloyd Nishimura, manager of Denon' s MusicDivision, has announced the appointment ofAtlantica Music as representative for theMaritime provinces for all Denon distributedmusic products.

Atlantica Music is considered the leadingindependent distributor in the Maritimes. TheHalifax -based firm has been instrumental inthe success of Lennie Gallant, Denis Ryan,Wayne Rostad and The Gospel Heirs.

In making the announcement, Nishimurastressed that challenge of matching DenonCanada's sales growth in the rest of the countrycan now be met with sales representation byAtlantica Music."

Nishimura also revealed an impressivelineup of local releases from Atlantica Music"that reflect the marketplace of the Maritimes."These projects include The Colour Of Amberby Anita Best and Pamela Morgan and a newrelease by Acadian fiddler Emile Benoit"which will be important cornerstones forestablishing Denon Canada's credentials inthe territory."

befell fur ureiisly thirty rein,Of 111, , 11 IJPPRI,jsre 1[ 10 n11 u W,

His MTV Unplugged special from earlier this year was

a sensation, mixing traditional blues with his own

po acoustic setting to stunning effect.

By popular demand Eric Clapton Unplugged is now

available commercially on compact disc, cassette

and video, featuring his recent top five single "Tears

In Heaven" and of course "'Avid" - the "new" single

already blowing out phones nationally.

Produced by Russ Titleman

reprisr

10 - RPM - September 5, 1992

TA II :111 kA

LESLIE SPIT TREED - RockBook of RejectionCapitol -EMI - C2 -99646-FThe eagerly awaited second album fromthis band shouldn't disappoint old fans andcould gain the group new ones. This albumIs, at different times, both harder and softerthan the 1990 debut, Don't Cry Too Hard.The lead track, Angry Lifetime, lives up toits title, while Happy is a sarcastic song theband provided when their record companyrequested an upbeat song for the album.River Through My Fire and Sometimes IWish are both relationship songs and PeopleSay includes strong lyrics about hypocrisyin society. Little Dog combines soothingharmonies with driving rock and roll andalso features a cameo by the Treeo's dog,Tag. She's A Slut's title will probably keepIt off the radio but Its a seething rocker thatallows guitarists Pat Langner and JackNicholsen to show off their guitar skills.However, It's the voice of Laura Hubertwhich makes this band stand out. What Ifaccentuates the country inflections inHubert's powerful voice and her roundedtones effectively complement RandyBachman as he guests on lead guitar on thefirst single, In Your Eyes. The mid -tempoballad was the biggest mover on the RPM100 Hit Tracks chart last week, vaultingfrom No. 78 to No. 32 in its second week.Book of Rejection was produced by ChrisWardman and recorded and mixed by JoeHardy. This album should be displayedprominently at all retail outlets, but I'm sureIt will get a big push at Sam's since theguest keyboardist Is none other than JasonSniderman . - SM

T BONE BURNETT - Folk/RockThe Criminal Under My Own HatColumbia - CK 45213-HBurnett hasn't released a solo album for afew years because he's been too busyproducing other artists, but this disc provesthat he's lost none of his songwriting skillsduring his recording hiatus. Burnett hassome impressive musicians playing withhim here, including Jim Kellner, Van DykeParks, Jerry Scheff and Marc Ribot. Theinstrumentation is primarily acoustic andthe arrangements are quite sparse, but thesimplicity of the album Is Its shining point.Even Burnett's voice, which is at timespretty thin, fits In well with the material.Songs to listen for Include Over You, TearThis Building Down, Humans From Earth,Primitives, Any Time At All, and The LongTime Now. Also of note is It's Not Too Late,which was written by Burnett, album co-producer Bob Neuwirth, and long-timeBurnett cohort, Declan MacManus (ElvisCostello). But despite these three writers,the song sounds hauntingly like somethingKurt Weil might have produced back in hisheyday. - SM

P.J.JACKSON - CountryP.J.JacksonStony Plain - SPCD-1178-PThe elusive P.J. Jackson has finally beenfound, although his Walkin' In A Hard Rainsingle is on Warner CD compilation 135,issued back in May. A few countryprogrammers picked up on the track, butwithout a promotion push, it was ignored.That's a pity, but it's not too late, now thatJackson's album has been shipped. Andwe know that it's the album thatprogrammers are interested in, not the CDcompilations. Anyway, here's a bright newcountry artist who has a natural approach tomusic and lyrics, all of which he wrotehimself. The vocal projection and lyricInterpretation is convincing. Jackson is aborn storyteller, and much of his material isbased on his own hardships that have takenhim from his Nova Scotia birthplace to hisnew home In Vancouver. Jackson has thatcool, handsome look that has becomerecognizable with the new breed ofAmerican country acts and is now surfacingin this country. Looks aside, Jackson has avocal connector that won't go unnoticed, ifpromoted properly. This is the kind of no-nonsense, down to earth type ofcommunicator that country music fans arelooking for. Although all tracks are key,more doors could be opened with Walkin'Tall, Hand In Hand, and Here Comes MondayMorning. J ackson keeps in touch with reality.He still drives a truck. Produced by TomLavin at his Blue Wave Studio in Vancouver.Don't hide this guy away. A front -rackposition will attract the ladies. - WG

VARIOUS ARTISTS - World BeatA World Out Of Time: Henry Kaiser& David Lindley in MadagascarShanachie - 64041American multi -instrumentalist DavidLindley and guitarist Henry Kaiser havelong been known for their adventurousforays Into the music of other cultures intheir own work, but they go one step furtheron this Intriguing new album. The two visitedthe remote African Island of Madagascarand hooked up with more than 60Indigenous musicians, many who wouldotherwise never have played together, on18 songs. Sometimes the outsiders try totit into the Malagasy roots music,sometimes they superimpose their ownmusical Ideas, sometimes they stay out ofthe way and don't play because the musicis so good that they have nothing to add,and sometimes all of the musicians striveto develop new and original cross-culturalcollaborations, as on Rossy's version of IFought The Law. This Is the first of fivediscs recorded in Madagascar that will bereleased by Shanachie. And, along withthe informative 32 -page booklet whichaccompanies It, It acts as a fine primer forthose who want to delve deeper than PaulSimon's cultural plundering and exploreheretofore almost unknown musical styles.

SM

- CountrySHENANDOAHLong Time Comin'RCA - 07863-66001-NThe title track perhaps says it best. A newlabel has obviously given this harmonically -perfect fivesome a new lease on life. Theydidn't do too bad with Rock My Baby, thefirst single, which peaked at #4 on the RPMCountry 100 on July 4/92. They are back onthe charts with the follow-up, Hey Mister (INeed This Job). There are other good singlepotentials here which should give this albuma long life: I Was Young Once Too, SameOld Heart, and Rattle The Windows. A littlemore touring in this country could bringthem into prominence at country radio.Produced by Robert Byrne and KeithStegall. - WG

KANSAS - RockLive At The WhiskyIntersound - CD1 -9107Produced by Kansas drummer Phil Chartand Jeff Glixman, this powerful package ofexquisite vocal harmonies should becomea must for every pop and country station inthe country. Most will remember theirsignature song, Dust In The Wind, and it'shere along with 13 other equally vocally -perfect tracks. What's unique about thispackage is that the band's performancewas recorded in one take at the famous LosAngeles club in April. The performance wasrecorded by Guy Charbonneau's mobilestudio. The bonus track, Lonely Street, wasrecorded at the Agora Ballroom in Clevelandin 1975. Great stuff here, most of which waswritten by Kerry Livgren, who performed asa guest with the band. The band's leadsinger, Steve Walsh, teamed with Livgrenfor Down The Road, Mysteries And Mayhem,and The Wall, all of which are key. This isa front -rack item. There area lot of recordbuyers who remember Kansas and theirsuccess in the '70s. - WG

INXS -RockWelcome To Wherever You AreAtlantic - CD 82394-POn their eighth studio album, Australia'sINXS have returned to their past In manyways. Welcome To Wherever You Are wasproduced by the band in tandem with Mark

Opitz, who previously produced their 1983breakthrough album, Shabooh Shoobah.The lead track, Questions, is reminiscent ofThe Beatles' most mystical work with Itsheavy East Indian and late '60s psychedelicinfluences. It's followed by Heaven Sent,the first track sent to rock, AOR and newmusic stations. The full steam ahead guitarrocker is my pick as the top cut on thealbum. Baby Don't Cry will be aimed at CHRand should do well with its simple anthemicchorus and backing by a 69 -piece orchestra.Not Enough Time is a sexy love song whileBeautiful Girl is a soothing piece of movingpop. Communication is another highlighttrack. Lead singer Michael Hutchence'ssultry looks and vocals, combined with theother band members' strong playing, hasmade INXS one of the world's most popularbands in recent years, and this albumshouldn't detract from their popularity.Welcome To Wherever You Are entered thecharts at No. 1 in the United Kingdom andit should chart strongly here as well. - SM

SLOANPeppermintmurderecords - MUR CD001This Halifax band appears to have a bigfuture ahead of it. After a fierce bidding warfor their talents, they signed with DGC --home of similar minded g rungesters,Nirvana. And while the comparisons withthe Seattle crew are viable, lead singerChris Murphy's voice, at times, soundslike a more in control J. Mascis fromDinosaur Jr. This independently releasedsix -song disc is highlighted by theirunderground hit, Underwhelmed. The songis a piece of bratty, brilliant pop about ananal retentive high school student'srelationship problems with a less thangenius girlfriend. The band's wry sense ofhumour also shines through on Lucky ForMe. Shimmering psychedelia andaggressive pop with strong melodies andchurning guitars can be found on the fourother tracks. Look for Sloan's debut onGeffen in October. - SM

MARK CURRYIt's Only TimeVirgin - V2-86390-0The debut album from this 24 -year -oldCalifornian combines folk, rock and bluesin songs with lean arrangements. Curry'sraw -edged vocals and simple acousticguitar playing are emphasized throughout,with the album's session players (Includingthe ubiquitous Waddy Wachtel on slideguitar) adding fills and unobtrusive backingrhythms. Curry had a poor home life andwas kicked out of the house at age 14, soit's no great surprise that the 11 self -pennedsongs on the album reflect Curry's pastexperiences of getting hurt and growing up.The lead single, Sorry About The Weather,discusses world problems and how they'reoften treated as if they're less importantthan tomorrow's forecast. Blow Me Downand Somehow are also affecting. - SM

- Rock

- Folk/Rock

D1 ghTs ALBUMSI A L -k- (CD's & Cassettes)

1W LW WO - SEPTEMBER 5, 1992

1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5

6 5

El 158 s

9 7

10 to

11 9

12 13

13 11

14 14

15 12

16 ls

17 17

18 16

2619

20

21 21

22 16

23 24

24 20

25 22

26 27

1113 32

28 29

29 28

30 ao

31 25

32 33

33 23

4234

4 BARENAKED LADIESGordon (Sire/Reprise)(CA) 92-69564 (CD) CD -26956-P

14 BILLY RAY CYRUSSome Gave All (Mercury)(CA) 314 510 635-4 (CD) 314 510 635-2-0

7 BLUE RODEOLost Together (WEA)(CA) 17-76334 (CA) CD -77633-P

45 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERSBlood Sugar Sex Magik (Warner Bros.)(CA) 92-66814 (CD) CD -26681-P

24 QUEENClassic Queen (Hollywood)(CA) 96-13114 (CD) CD -61311-P

25 PEARL JAMTen (Epic Associated)(CA) ZT-47857 (CD) 2K -47857-H

47 GUNS N' ROSESUse Your Illusion I (Geffen)(CA) GEFC-24415 (CD) GEFSD-24415-J

9 ELTON JOHNThe One (MCA)(CA) MCAC-10614 (CD) MCASD-10614-J

18 KRIS KROSSTotally Krossed Out (Columbia)(CA) CT -48710 (CD) CK-48710-H

3 INXSWelcome To Wherever You Are (Menlo)(CA) 78-23944 (CD) CD -82394-P

46 TOM COCHRANEMad Mad World (Capitol)(CA) C4-97723 (CD) C2 -97723-F

46 BRYAN ADAMSWaking Up The Neighbours (A&M)(CA) 75021 5367-4 (CD) 75021 5367-2-0

7 JON SECADAJon Secede (SBK Records)(CA) K4-98845 (CD) K2 -98845-F

s TEMPLE OF THE DOGTemple Of The Dog (A&M)(CA) 75021 5350-4 (CD) 75021 5350-2-0

16 THE BLACK CROWESThe Southern Harmony And Musical ... (Def American)(CA) 92-69164 (CD) CD -26916-P

21 CELINE DIONCeline Dion (Columbia)(CA) CT -52473 (CD) CK-52473-H

12 MARIAH CAREYUnplugged (Columbia)(CA) CXT-52758 (CD) CXK-52758-H

22 DEF LEPPARDAdrenalize (Vertigo)(CA) 510 978-4 (CD) 510 978-2-0

12 2 UNLIMITEDGet Ready (Quay)(CAI A (PP) 0QP-2997.

MIX'920,4646,14024§#00:00ig)(001pMAKIIVIMiittiMgingPX-fit,V

38 U2Achtung Baby (Island)(CA) 510 347-4 (CD) 510 347-2-0

8 MO' MONEYSoundtrack (Perspective)(CA) 28968 1004-4 (CD) 28968 1004-2-0

38 GENESISWe Can't Dance (Atlantic)(CA) 78-23444 (CD) CD -82344-P

7 RED HOT & DANCERed Hot & Dance/various artists (Columbia)(CA) CT 52826 (CD) CK 52826-H

18 ANNIE LENNOXDiva (RCA)(CA) 06192-10624-4 (CD) 06192-10624-2-N

12 WILSON PHILLIPSShadows And Ught (SBK Records)(CA) K4-98924 (CD) K2 -98924-F

3 JOE SATRIANIThe Extremist (Relativity)(CA) ZT-90926 (CD) ZK-90926-H

13 ARC ANGELSArc Angels (DGC)(CA) DGC-24465 (CD) DGCD-24465-J

4 MORRISSEYYour Arsenal (Sire)(CA) 92-69944 (CD) CD -26994-P

15 54-40Dear Dear (Columbia)(CA) CT -5440 (CD) CK-5440-H

52 METALLICAMetallica (Elektra)(CA) 96-11134 (CD) CD -61113-P

is FAITH NO MOREAngel Dust (Slash/Reprise)(CA) 92-69434 (CD) CD -26943-P

6 MINISTRYA.KA. Psalm 69 (Sire)(CA) 92-67274 (CD) CD -26727-P

47 GUNS N' ROSESUse Your Illusion II (Geffen)(CA) GEFC-24420 (CD) GEFSD-24420-J

VD

41E1VD

17D

an

Canada's Only

35 37 11

36 39

37 35

38 31 6

39 40 4

40 41 23

41 34 6

42 38 41

43 44 14

55 10

45 43 18

46 49 23

47 47 5

48 46 4

49 48 20

50 5o 36

51 45 4

52 54 22

53 56 3

54 so to

55 59 26

75 2

57 36 15

58 52 28

59 57 13

60 53 5

61 es

62 51 48

63 62 56

64 64 4

65 68 37

66 sa 5

67 70 44

44

56

SOPHIE B. HAWKINSTongues & Tails (Columbia)(CA) CT -46797 (CD) CK-46797-H

28 SASS JORDANRacine (Aquarius)(CA) Q4-564 (CD) 02-564-F

19 ZZ TOPGreatest Hits (Warner Bros.)(CA) 92-68464 (CD) CD -26846-P

MEGADEATHCountdown To Extinction (Capitol)(CA) C4-98531 (CD) C2 -98531-F

BOOMERANGSoundtrack (Laface)(CA) 73008-26006-4 (CD) 73008-26006-2-N

K.D. LANGIngenue (SireNVamer Bros.)(CA) 92-68404 (CD) CD -26840-P

SKYDIGGERSRestless (Fre)(CA) L4,00102 (CD) L2 -00102-F

NIRVANANevermind (DGC)(CA) DGCC-24425 (CD) DGCD-24425-.1

KISSRevenge (Mercury)(CA) 422 848 037-4 (CD) 422 848 037-2-0

TLCOooh ... On The TLC lip (Arista)(CA) 73008 26003-4 (CD) 73008 26003-2-N

THE CUREWish (Elektra)(CA) 96-13094 (CD) CD -61309-P

MELISSA ETHERIDGENever Enough (Island)(CA) 510 120-4 (CD) 510 1202-0

CLINT BLACK .The Hard Way (RCA)(CA) 07863 66003-4 (CD) 07863 66003-2-N

SINGLESSoundtrack (Epic)(CA) ET -52476 (CD) EK-52476-H

KIM MITCHELLAural Fixations (Alert)(CA) Z4-81019 (CD) Z2 -81019-F

SOUNDGARDENBadmotorfinger (A&M)(CA) 75021 5374-2 (CD) 75021 5374-4-0

THE RANKIN FAMILYFare Thee Well Love (Capitol)(CA) C4-99996 (CD) C2 -99996-F

BRUCE SPRINGSTEENHuman Touch (Columbia)(CA) CT -53000 (CD) CK-53000-H

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERSThe Baddest 01 (EMI)(CA) E4-97718 (CD) E2 -97718-F

FY,110,;I

1±11:7

'QV

SUE MEDLEYInside Out (Mercury)(CA) 314 512 527-4 (CD) 314 512 527-2-0

UGLY KID JOEAs Ugly As They Wanna Be (Mercury)(CA) 868 823-4 (CD) 868 82324

SHABBA RANKSRough N' Ready (Epic)(CA) ET -52443 (CD) EK-52443-H

LIONEL RICHIEBack To Front (Motown)(CA) 668 338-4 (CD) 668 338-2-0

MR. BIGLean Into It (Mantic)(CA) 78-22094 (CD) CD -62209-P

SUN JAMMIN' 2Sun Jarnmin' 2/various artists (Sony Music Direct)(CA) TVT-24005 (CD) TVK-24005-H

SONIC YOUTHDirty (DGC)(CA) DGC-24485 (CD) DGCD-24485-J

THE B -52'SGood Stiff (Reprise)(CA) 92-69434 (CD) CD -26943-P

THE COMMITMENTSSoundtrack (MCA)(CA) MCAC-10286 (CD) MCASD-10286-J

SARAH McLACHLANSolace (Nettwerk)(CA) W4-30055 (CD) W2 -30055-F

COOL WORLDSoundtrack (Warner Bros.)(CA) 4-45009 (CD) 2-45009-P

ENYAShepherd Moons (WEA U.K.)(CA) 17-55724 (CD) CD -75572-P

JOE COCKERNight Calls (Capitol)(CA) C4-97801 (CD) C2 -97801-F

JOHN MELLENCAMPWherever We Wanted (Mercury)(CA) 510 151-4 (CD) 510 151-2-Q

(iv

41ti17D

National 100 Album Survey

RECORD DISTRIBUTOR CODE BMG - -NCAPITOL - FMCA JPOLYGRAM -0SONY MUSIC - HWARNER MUSIC - P

68 sl 26 R.S.F.Up (Virgin)(CA) VL4-3144 (CD) C DV -3144-0

69 67 6 SIR MIX -A -LOTMack Daddy (Del American)(CA) 92-67654 (CD) CD -26765-P

70 76 47 GARTH BROOKSRopin' The Wed (Capitol)(CA) C4-96330 (CD) C2 -96330-F

131 92 2 SHAKESPEAR'S SISTERHormonally Yours (London)(CA) 868 266-4 (CD) 868 266-2-0

72 77 la SLAUGHTERThe Wild Life (Chrysalis)(CA) F4-21911 (CD) F2 -21911-F

73 69 13 INDIGO GIRLSRites Of Passage (Epic)(CA) ET -48865 (CD) EK-48865-H

74 73 19 HAREM SCAREMHarem Scarem (WEA)(CA) 17-51504 (CD) CD -75150-P

75 ao 13 EN VOGUEFunky Divas (eastwest)(CA) 79-21214 (CD) CD -92121-P

76 78 5 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAMOut Of The Creole (Reprise)(CA) 92-61824 (CD) CD -26182-P

77 71 6 DANZIG IIIHow The Gods 161I(Def American)(CA) 92-69144 (CD) CD -26914-P

78 as 6 SUICIDAL TENDENCIESThe Art Of Rebellion (Epic)(CA) ET -48864 (CD) EK-48864-H

79 72 24 CONCRETE BLONDEWalking In London (I.R.S.)(CA) X4-13137 (CD) X2 -13137-F

80 es 15 CHRIS DEBURGHPower Of Ten (A&M)(CA) 828 397 188-4 (CD) 828 397188-2-0

81 82 17 XTCNonsvch (Virgin)(CA) VL4-2699 (CD) CDV-2699-0

82 74 24 SIMON & GARFUNKELThe Definitive Collection (Sony Direct)(CA) TVT-24003 (CD) TVK-24003-H

83 N6VJ HONEYMOON IN VEGASSoundtrack (Epic)(CA) ET -52845 (CD) EK-52845-H

:ip4!up,t:::,!ROGER DALTREYRocks In The Head (Atlantic)(CA) 78-23594 (CD) CD -82359-P

85 87 20 LYLE LOVETTJoshua Judges Ruth (MCA)(CA) MCAC-10475 (CD) MCAD-10475-J

86 91 37 MICHAEL JACKSONDangerous (Epic)(CA) ET -45400 (CD) ET -45400-H

87 84 8 EMERSON LAKE & PALMERBlack Moon (Victory)(CA) 422 828 318-4 (CD) 422 828 318-24

88 so 27 WAYNE'S WORLDSoundtrack (Reprise)(CA) 92-68054 (CD) CD -26805-P

89 as 23 VANESSA WILLIAMSThe Comfort Zone (Mercury)(CA) 843 522-4 (CD) 843 522-2-0

90 se 6 ERASUREAbba-esque (Mute/Elektra)(CA) 96-13864 (CD) CD -61386-P

91 81 9 DEEE-LITEInfinity Within (Elektra)(CA) 96-13134 (CD) CD -61313-P

92 97 14 TORI AMOSLittle Earthquakes (eastwest)(CA) 78-23584 (CD) CD -82358-P

93 85 23 TEARS FOR FEARSGreatest Hits (Fontana)(CA) 510 939-4 (CD) 510 939-2-0

94 89 11 TECHNO TRIP 2Techno Trip 2/various artists (Hype/Quality)(CA) QCS-2006 (CD) QCD-2006

95 93 20 WYNONNA JuDDWynonna (MCA)(CA) MCAC-10529 (CD) MCAD-10529-J

96 98 27 LITTLE VILLAGELittle Village (Reprise)(CA) 92-67134 (CD) CD -26713-P

97 96 19 WEIRD AL YANKOVICOff The Deep End (Attic)(CA) SBC-5256 (CD) SBD-5256-Q

98 94 is BEASTIE BOYSCheck Your Head (Capitol)(CA) C4-98938 (CD) C2 -98938-F

99 79 46 OZZY OSBOURNENo More Tears (Epic)(CA) ZT-46795 (CD) ZK-46795-H

100 95 53 COLOR ME BADDC.M.B. (Giant)(CA) 92-44294 (CD) CD -24429-P

10 Is WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AMLee Roy PamelVLove Wthout Mercy/CD track -N(ACarmichaeVG.Griffin)S.Hendricks/B.Beckett (Arista)

5 1 10 BOOT SCOOTIN' BOOGIEBrooks & Dunn/Brand New Man/ CD Track -N(R. Dunn) S. Hendricks/D. Cook (Arista)

6 7 14 IF YOUR HEART AIN'T BUSYTanya Tucker/What Do I Do With Me/Capitol comp 11-F(T.Shapiro/C.Waters) J.Crutchfield (Liberty)

7 9 12 WHAT KIND OF LOVERodney Crowell/life Is Messy/Promo CD single -H(R.CrowelWV.Jennings/R.Otison) L.Klein (Columbia)

8 8 13 WHEN YOU'RE NOT LOVING METracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy/Same/Promo CD -H

(B.Brown) R.Prescott (Columbia)9 13 8 I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU

Vince Gil VVince Gi1VProme CD single -J

(V.Gill/J.B.Jarvis) T.Brown (MCA)15 9 COULD'VE BEEN ME

Billy Ray Cyrus/Some Gave All/CD track(R.Nielsen/M.Powell) J.Scaife/J.Cotton (Mercury)

11 2 11 TAKE A LITTLE TRIPAlabama/No Album/ BMG comp 11-N(B.Rogers/M.Wright)J.Lee/M.Lee/Alabama (RCA)

1121 17 12 STILL IN THE GAMEDon Neilsen/The Other Side ... /Promo CD single(T.Thorney/E.Ehm) M.Francis/T.Thomey (Epic)

13 6 13 THIS ONE'S GONNA HURT YOUMarty Stuart & Travis Tritt/Marty StuarVPromo CD single -J(M.Stuart) R.BennettaRrown (MCA)

14 16 13 A WOMAN LOVESSteve Wainer/1Am Ready/BMG comp 10-N(S.Bogard/R.Giles)S.Hendricks/T.Dubois (Arista)

15 12 13 THE RIVERGarth Brooks/Ropin' The Wind/Promo CD single -F(V.Shaw/G.Brooks)A.Reynolds (Liberty)

16 20 io YARD SALESammy Kershaw/Don't Go Near.../PolyGram comp -Q(LBastion/D.Blackwell) B.Cannon/N.Wilson (Mercury)

17 11 17 BILLY THE KID

;igirrityisoonereHyoowmoarc?fuTpl9,-.F(Liberty)

22 8 ONE TIME AROUNDNIchelb Wright/Now & Then/Promo CD single -N(C.HartfordaPfrimmer) R.Giles/S.Bogard (Arista)

23 7 SO MUCH LIKE MY DADGeorge Strait/Holcing My Own/MCA comp 5-J(C.Moman/B.Em mons) J.Bowen/G.Strait (MCA)

25 9 EVERYBODY KNOWSPrairie Oyster/Everybody Knows/BMG comp 11-N(K.Glass/P.Kennerley) R.Bennett/J.Lee (RCA)

21 14 19 MIDNIGHT IN MONTGOMERYAlan JacKson/Don't Rock The Jukebox/BMG coma 10-N

(A.Jacl.orVD.Sampson)S.Hendricks/K.Steagall (Arista)

El 28 17 LOOK WHO'S LOVING YOUTim Taylor/Big Plans/Warner comp 134-P(T.Taylor) T.Taylor (Savannah)

7 IF YOU WANT LOVEJoan Kennedy/Candle In The Window/MCA comp 4J(Berg/Dipiero) M.Francis (MCA)

31 8 ORANGEDALE WHISTLERankin Family/Fare Thee Well Love/Promo CD single -F

(J.Rankin) C.Irschuck (Capitol)12 CAN'T YOU JUST STAY GONE

Anita Perras/Anita Perras/Warner corny 136-P(S.Ewing/D.Sampson) M.Francis (Savannah)

26 21 12 FIVE O'CLOCK WORLDHal Ketchurn/Past The Point Of Rescue/CD track -F(A.Reynolds) A.Rooney/J.Rooney (Liberty)

27 18 18 WHEN IT COMES TO YOUJohn Anderson/Seminole Wind/CD track -N(M.Knopfler) J.Streud/J.Anderson (BNA/BMG)

Di .1 roll"COUNTRY TRACKS

Ll L A( sr toi snt/g Awl(Songwriter)tuento TPir'ol9ducheer ri(eLatobe1 iln)d Canada's Only National 100 Country SurveyIW LW

El 3WO - SEPTEMBER 5, 1992

II WE TELL OURSELVESClint Black/The Hard Way/BMG corny 11-N(C.Black/H.Nichols) J.Stroud/C.Black (RCA)

IEI 5 11 I'LL THINK OF SOMETHINGMark Chesnutt/Longneck & Short Stories/MCA comp 5-J(J.FosteraRice) M.Wright (MCA)

3 4 14 I FEEL LUCKY 37Mary -Chapin Carpenter/Come On Come On/Promo CD single -H(M.C.Carpenter/D.Schlit) J.Jennings/M.C.Carpenter (Columbia)

4

10

18

19

20

El 2924

nil 30

28 19 19 SHIPS THAT DON'T COME INJoe Diffie/Regular Joe/Sony corny 305-H(P.Nelson/D.Gibson) B.Montgornery/J.Slate (Epic)

34 6 WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A COWBOY 63Chris LeDoux w.Garth Brroks/Whatche Gonna... /Promo CD single(G.Brooks/M.D.Sanders) A.Reynolds/J.Crutchfield (Liberty)

37 8 WARNING LABELSDoug Stone/Doug Stone/Promo CD single -H(K.WIliams/O.Turman) D.Johnson (Epic)

31 27 17 MY BABY LOVES ME JUST THE WAY ...Patricia Conroy/Bad Day.../Wamer comp 134-P(G.Peters) R.PrescolVP.McMakin (WEA)

11SI 39 9 RUNNIN' BEHIND 66Tracy Lawrence/Sticks And Stones/Warner comp 141-P(E.HilVM.D.Sanders) J.Stroud (Atlantic)

33 36 6 CAFE ON THE CORNERSawyer Brown/Cafe On The Comer/Capitol camp 15-F(M.McAnally) R.Scruggs/M.MlIer (Curb)

34 24 19 THE HEART THAT YOU OWNDwight Yoakantrlf There Was A Way/Warner comp 133-P(D.Yeakam) P.Anderson (Reprise)

29

30

10 TWO-TIMIN' METhe Remingtons/Blue Frontier/BMG corny 11-N(R.Mainegra/R.Yancey/J.Griffith) LM.Lee/J.Lee (BNA)

41 9 I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAYAaron Tippin/Read Between The Lines/BMG corny 11-N(A.Tippin/B.Curry) E.Gordy Jr (RCA)

38 10 YOU AND FOREVER AND ME 78Little Texas/Little Texas/VVamer comp 136-P

(P.HoweIVS.Hanis) J.StroucVC.DinapolVB.Grau (Warner Bros)45 4 IN THIS LIFE m90

Collin Raye/Collin Raye/Promo CD single -H(M.Reid/A.Sharnblin) G.Funcis/J.Hobbs (Epic)

26 13 LAST HURRAH mssGary FjellgearcVWinds Of October/Warner comp 135-P(G.Fjellgaard) H.Vickers (Savannah)

33 16 I SAW THE LIGHTWynonna/Wynonna/Promo CD single -J(LEngelle/A.Gold) T.Brown (MCA)

42 11 BLUE MOUNTAIN MEMORIES 85J.K. Gulley/No Album/Tribgy comp 3(J.K.Gulley) J.K.Gulley

63 3 LOVE'S GOT A HOLD ON YOU 83Alan Jadison/Don't Rack The Jukebox/BMG corny 12-N(KStegalVC.Chamberlain)S.HendricKs/S.Stegall (Arista)

15 DADDY'S SCHOOL0,,y, 76 74

Rena Gatle/No Album/CD single OAF(P.GradY/B,WaY) &MacDonald (RORI

7o 3 WRONG SIDE OF MEMPHISTrisha YezaWoodiNearts In kmor/Prorno CO sinale-J(M.BenigG.Hanison)Gfuncis (MCA)

1 THE CRY FOR LOVE 78 67Lennie GallanVBelieving In Better/RDR comp 10 ED(LGallant) M.Zimbell (Revenant)

60 4 HEY MISTER (I Need This Job) 79 82Shenandoah/Long Time Comin7BMG comp 12-N(K.Chater/R.Armand) R.Byme/K.Stegall (RCA)

50 7 GOING OUT OF MY MIND 87McBride & The Ride/Sacred Ground/MCA comp 4-J(Kostas/T.McBride)S.Gibson/T.Brown (MCA)

40 16 SOMETHING IN REDLorrie Morgan/Something In Red/BMG comp 10-N(A.Kaset) R.Lancis (RCA)

49 5 SEND A MESSAGE TO MY HEART 82 84Dwight Yeakam & Patty Loveless/If There.../Warner comp 143-P(D.Yoakam) P.Anderson (Reprise)

51 ME AND MY BABY

Joe Diffie/Regular Joe/Promo CD single -H(Diffie/Monison/Slate) Montgomery/Slate (Columbia)

8 as SUMMER LOVERick Cullen/No Alburn/RDR comp 10(R.Cullen) B.Haggarty

18 73 16 WHERE FOREVER BEGINSNeal McCoy/VVhere Forever Begins/VVarner comp 135-P(T.Brucer McHugh/B.Moulds) J Stroud (Atlantic)

88 4 JESUS AND MAMAConfederate Railroad/Confederate RailroacVWamer comp 142-P(D.B.Mayo/J.D.Hicks) B.Becken (Atlantic)

2 LIKE A PHOENIXLaura VinsorVRise Like A Phoenix/CD track(Vinson/Marfineau/Martineau/LaRose)B.Allen (Homestead)

90 75 19 GONE AS A GIRL CAN GETGeorge StraVHolding My Own/Promo CD single -J(J.M.Lane) J.Bowen (MCA)

19 91 NEW LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE WORKING MANTrams Tritt/Trouble/Warner comp 145-P(Kostas) G.Brown (Wamer Bros)

59 62 7 92 NEW IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOURandy Trams/Greatest Hits Vol. 1/Wamer comp 145-P

(M.PowelVJ.Medders) M.Powell/T.Dubois (Arista) (S.Ewins/M.D.Bames) K.Lehning (Warner Bros)60 NEW SHAKE THE SUGAR TREE 93 93 3 WHEN LOVE COMES AROUND

Pam Till's/Homeward Looking AngeVPromo CD single -N e Dan Seals/Walking The Wire/Wamer comp 143-P(C.Hartford) P.Worley/E.Seay (Ansta) (J.Leo/P.Tillis/M.Wnght) K.Lehning (Warner Bros)

61 64 6 HALF A MIND TO GO CRAZY 94 NEW MOTHER'S EYESD.J.Hopson/A Day In The Life/Promo CD single(C.Rawsona.Brown) T.Miglare (Wellcraft)

35 35

36

38

39

40

41

42

43 32

44

45 47

46

47

48

49

50

51 53

rEll 61

53 54

54 43

55

56

57

58

FY

62

64

65

67

55 8

44 14

48 23

46

4 1:3 97Paul Overstreet/Love Is Strong/BMG comp 12-N Suzy.Bogguss/Aces/Capitol CD 20-F

.

(P.OverstreeVP.Davis) P.Bannister/P.Overstreet (RCA) (D.Cnder/M.Rollings) J.Bowen/S.Bogguss (Liberty)4 WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK .84 NEW NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH

Picky Van Shelton/Honeymoon In Vegas/Promo CD single -H Wynonna/Wynonna/Promo CD single -J(B.CarreIVRMeody)S.Buckingharn (Columbia) (S.Lorber/S.Hanis/J.Colucci) T.Brown (MCA)

5 (You Made A) ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 85 NEW 'NEXT THING SMOKIN'Cinci Cain/No alburn/MACA comp(F.Walker) D.Grashey (Golden Eagle)

THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON TONIGHT 86Dixiana/Dixiana/Promo CD single -I -I(LWIliams/N.VVilliarns/M.W.Francis) B.Montgemery (Epic)

THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ... 87Reba McEntire/For My Broken Heart/CD track

(B.Russell)T.Brown/R.McEntire (MCA)TOO MUCH 88

Pirates Of The Mississippi/Walk The Plank/Capitol comp 15-F(G.Clark/LR.Pamell) J.Bowen/R.Alves (Liberty)

WILDFLOWERSCassandra Vasik/Wildflowers/Promo CD single -H(E.Ehrn/T.Thomey) E.Ehrn/P.Lee (Epic)

NORMA JEAN RILEYDiamond Rio/Diamond Rio/BMG comp 9-N(M.PowelVT.R.Honey) M.PowelVT.Dubels (Arista)

ACHY BREAKY HEARTBilly Ray Cyrus/Some Gave AIVPolyGram comp Spring/92-Q(D.V.Tress) J.Scaile/J.Cotton (Mercury)

NOWHERE BOUNDDiamond Rio/Diamond Rio/CD track -N

52 is ZYDECOBobby Lalonde Band/No album/Bookshop comp(B.Lalonde) B.Lalonde

65 6 IF ANYTHING COULD BEJoel Feeney/Joel Feeney/MCA comp 5-J(T.Thomey/E.Ehm) M.Frands (BEI)

72 6 RUNNIN' IN CIRCLES 97 98 2Mchael Terry/No Album/Roto Nob Fringe comp

TILIP(P.Hotchkiss/R.Cousins/M.Teny) R.Cousins57 8 ROSALEE 98 81 5

Stacy Dean CarnpbeIVLonesome Wins../Promo CD single -H(C.BahardVB.Schlitz/B.Maher) B.Maher (Columbia)

66 7 HOMETOWN RADIO : 99 NEWCurtis Wright/Curtis Wright/Capitol comp 15-F(V.Rust) J.Stroud/L.Peterzell (Liberty)

56 21 ROCK MY BABY 100 92 21Shenandoah/Long Time CominIBMG comp 9-N(B.Spencer/P.Whrtley/C.Wright) (RCA)

68 68

69 58

70

73 59

74

77

80

79

Ca 93

89 99

RECORD DISTRIBUTOR CODE BMG - N

CAPITOL- F

MCA -J

POLYGRAM -O

SONY MUSIC - H

WARNER MUSIC - P

6 I GOT A DATEThe Forester Sisters/1 Got A Date/Warner comp 140-P(D.AllerVT.Bays) R.Byrne/A.Schulman (Warner Bros)

20 ACESSuzy Bogguss/Aces/Capitol comp 6-F(C/Weeler) J.Bowen (Liberty)

5 MOST EVERY NIGHTLisa Logan/No album/Roto Noto Fringe comp(B.Doidge/L.Logan) B.Doidge

2 SEMINOLE WINDJohn AndersorVSeminole Wind/BMG comp 13-N(J.Anderson) J.G.Stroud (BNA)

2 BE MY ANGELLionel Canwright/Lionel Cartwright/Promo CD single -J(D.Seals/B.McDilVJ.10mball) B.Beckett (MCA)

17 THE TIME HAS COMEMarline McBride/The lime Has Come/BMG comp 10-N(LWilson/S.Longacre) P.Worley/E.Seay (RCA)

4 MY LOVELisa Brokop/My Love/CD track

(P.McCann/T.Rocco) P.McCann (Libre)3 HOMETOWN GIRL

Jack Diamond/The Diamond ... /Roto Noto Fringe comp

(J.Diamond) B.Doidge/J.Diamond (Roto Nob)7 SHE TAKES THE SAD OUT ... SATURDAY NIGHT

Clinton Gregory/Freebom Man/MCA comp 4-J(C.Ryle/B.Henderson) R.Pennington (BEI)

5 THAT'S THE THING ABOUT A MEMORYTracy Byrd/Tracy Byrd/Promo CD single -J(K.Stegalla.Byrd/LAnderson) K.Stegall (MCA)

FAMILIAR GROUNDMchael White/Familiar GroundANamer comp 140-P(T.Lancester/M.White) R.Byme/A.A.Shulman (Reprise)

7 DECISIONS, DECISIONSTerry HilVNo alburnarilogy comp 2(G.Macdonald/R.Morrison/J.K.Gulley) J.K.Gulley

3 SHE JUST BEAT ME TO THE DOORPeter WIcVNo album/RDR comp 11(LBach/L.Mercey/B.Troy) L.Mercey

2 THE GREATEST MAN I NEVER KNEWReba McEnire/For My Broken Heart/CD track -J(R.Leigh/R.Martine Jr.) T.Brown/R.McEntl re (MC