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This WeekIn a business in which image iseverything, it's got to be toughbeing an independent promoterThey do difficult and vital work,but for so many years they've

been taintedby association,tied in with theshadier side ofthe recordpromo world,often by mere -rumours and

innuendo . It's enough to inspireanyone who loves music and theindustry to run away screamingfrom even the idea of working inrecord promotion . But the realworld is one in which recordpromoters are needed-perhapsmore than ever, given the frag-menting natureof radio-and inwhich good andhonest promopeople can domuch good-forthe industry aswell as for them-selves. Thing is, the good onesare out there, working hard toshake off old, ill-fitting stereo-types by doing straight -aheadwork and giving labels additionalsupport. As Harry Levy ofradioActive, says, "We're able toput all of our energy into a job,and because of that we're ableto get results." Levy is one of

hundreds ofprogressiveindies. In aneffort to getyou in touchwith them,Gavin has

compiled adirectory of promoters (includ-ing Paul Teske!, top, of AIMMarketing and Jill Ramsdell ofMO Promotion, center ). InNews, Warner Bros. continuesto stabilize with the anticipatedappointments of two veteranUPS to higher posts, while PollyAnthony becomes a president atSony 550. on the GO charts, TomPetty, Seal, Steve Perry andBootie & The Blowfish are mak-ing beautiful music.

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MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER"One Cool Remove" (Columbia)

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GEORGE WINSTONForest (Windham Hill)

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SPELL"Superstar" (Island)

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BEAUMONT HANNANTEvening At The Grange (Astralwerks/Caroline)

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INSULT II INJURYPoint Of This (Century Media)

TOP 40TONI BRAXTON"I Belong To You" (LaFace/Arista)

URGE OVERKILL"Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" (MCA)

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ICE CUBE"What Can I Do?" (Remixes) (Priority)

HARD 2 OBTAIN"Heels Without Souls" (Atlantic)

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TONI BRAXTON"I Belong To You" (LaFace/Arista)

TEVIN CAMPBELL"Don't Say Goodbye Girl" (Nest/Warner Bros.)

A/CJON SECADA"Mental Picture" (SBK/EMI)

BOYZ II MEN"On Bended Knee" (Motown)

COUNTRY

ALAN JACKSON"Gone Country" (Arista)

COLLIN RAYE"My Kind Of Girl" (Epic)

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JOHN HIATTHiatt Comes Alive At Budokan! (A&M)

PEARL JAMVitalogy (Epic)

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GERI ALLEN TRIOTwenty One (Blue Note)

PHAROAH SANDERS QUARTETCrescent With Love (Evidence)

ADULT ALTERNATIVE

ERIC MARIENTHALStreet Dance (GRP)

DOC POWELLInner City Blues (West Coast)

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PEARL JAM"Better Man" (Epic)

TREEPEOPLEActual Re-enactment (C/i)

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PICASSO TRIGGERTaint (Alias)

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PEARL JAMVitalogy (Epic)

FIFTYLASHESHarder (Doctor Dream)

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THA ALKAHOLIKS"Daaam! ! !" (Loud/RCA)

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VANESSA WILLIAMS"The Sweetest Days" (Wing/Mercury)

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ALAN JACKSON"Gone Country" (Arista)

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RON CARTERJazz, My Romance (Blue Note)

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JEFF LORBERWest Side Stories (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)

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PEARL JAMVitalogy (Epic)

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PEARL JAMVitalogy (Epic)

Inside4 News

8 That's Sho-biz

20 Small Market Success

24 The Indie 110Who's whoand what'swhat in thechangingworld ofindependentpromotion.Also, Indiesanswer ourquestion:"What's thetoughest partof being anindie?"

Kevin McDonald,McD Promotion

Jennifer Jones,Jennifer JonesPromotions

FORMATS11 Chart Connections

12 Top 40

15 Go Chart

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21 Urban

26 Adult Contemporary

33 Gavin Rocks

34 Jazz

36 A' Adult Alternative

37 A' Album Adult Alternative

40 Country

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MANAGEMENT31 P.D. Notebook

NEXT WEEK

What's GOing On?The Duke (Dave Sholin)and the Lieutenant (AnnetteM. Lai) survey their panel ofGAVIN Only correspondents,whose wisdom we see inthe What's GOing On col-umn. Our gang list favesongs of the year, predic-tions, offer a bit of musicphilosophy, and lay outsome questions for programdirectors. Look to GAVIN, asalways, for the answers.

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GAVIN NEWSWhen You Care Enough...

The record industry has found another artistic way to com-bat AIDS. "Hope is in the Cards" is a 24 -card boxed set ofholiday cards, each with a design created by art directors ofrecord labels, including Nicholas Gamma of Jive ("The Heartof Angels," above). Produced by LIFEbeat: The MusicIndustry Fights AIDS, the cards go for $24.95 a set. To orderby credit card, call (212) 245-3240. Or send checks (with $4shipping/handling each box) to LIFEbeat, 1290 Ave. of theAmericas, 38th floor, New York NY 10104.

As the corporate atmosphereat Warner Bros. calms after amonth of chaos, new com-pany chairman DannyGoldberg has reportedlybegun solidifying the label'scorporate staff.

According to a memo cir-culated Thursday (November17), Russ Thyret, currentlysenior vice president of mar-keting and promotion, andDavid Altshule, currentlysenior vice president of busi-ness affairs and generalcounsel, will be named vicechairmen.

Thyret has been withWarner Bros. for 25 years,Altshule for 20. Thyret ispopular with companystaffers, artists and man-agers, and will be a bridgebetween the old and newregimes at Warner Bros.Altshule is known as a good

Colorado Talk HostQuits Amid Accusations

Amid threats and accusa-tions from people who sayhis comments aboutPresident Clinton inspired aColorado man to spray gun-fire at the White House,Chuck Baker has quit histalk show on KVOR/AM-Colorado Springs.

Baker, 50, ended hisNovember 15 show with ablast at his critics. "I'm leav-ing," he said. "I'm sure thatwill make you left-wing lib-erals out there very happy."

His show, which hadbeen on the air for sixyears, was reportedly citedby Francisco Marin Duran,the man who fired 27 shots

from an assault rifle at theWhite House last month-as an influence on him.

"So what if the jerk, thewacko, the creep...saidthat," Baker raged. "If thisman thinks I or RushLimbaugh are the reason hewent out there, he needspsychiatric counseling inthe first degree."

Two months before theshooting incident, Bakerurged listeners to takeaction against Clinton'scrime bill, which included aban on some assault rifles.

That day, Duran calledSen. Ben NighthorseCampbell's office, according

to a spokesperson for thesenator, identified himself,"and said, 'This is very bad.I will go to Washington andtake someone out."'

KVOR GM Donn Seidholzsaid Baker was over-whelmed by a flood of hatemail and calls after theWhite House incident andby rumors that investigatorswanted to indict him for co -conspiracy. "Allthat...exploded on him. He'strying to get his headtogether. He will come backto work eventually, I hope."Since Baker's departure, thestation has received callsand letters urging his return.

"What's hard is trying to stop playingthe game . . . to try to treat people

fairly and with respect."- Eddie Vedder

see page 6

Two weeps Reportedly SetFor Leaps at Warner Bros.

BY BEVERLY MIRE deal maker."Both of these men are

well-known to you, and Iam thrilled that they arecommitted to work for us forthe next several years,"Goldberg reportedly said inthe memo.

In the communique,Goldberg also apologized toWarner Bros. staffers withwhom he has not been incontact. "There is no sym-bolism to the fact that I'vespoken with some peopleand not others," he said.

Goldberg, formerly thepresident of AtlanticRecords, took the chairman-ship of Warner Bros. afterMo Ostin opted not torenew his contract and label

president Lenny Waronkerdeclined to take the posi-tion. Goldberg addressedOstin and Waronker's depar-ture in his memo. "I don'tdelude myself that I couldever fill the shoes of Mo orLenny, but I share theirbelief in the Warner Bros.staff, the Warner Bros. cul-ture and, of course, theWarner Bros artists. I lookforward to getting to knowall of you better, and I amconvinced Russ and Davidwill help all of us go for-ward to have a spectacular1995 and beyond."

Goldberg, Thyret andAltshule will officially taketheir new posts on January1, 1995.

The 550 News: Polly

Anthony Is PresidentAfter a successful year asgeneral manager of Sony550 Music, Polly Anthonyhas been upped to presidentof the label and senior vicepresident, Epic RecordsGroup.

"Polly's contribution to thegrowth of the Epic RecordsGroup and Sony Music hasbeen consistent and substan-tial," says Sony MusicEntertainment president/COO Thomas D. Mottola.

"She has proven time andtime again her ability to takeartists, and now labels, tothe next level. I applaudthis appointment."

Just under a year old,Sony 550 Music has enjoyedextraordinary success,thanks to Celine Dion andDes'ree. Prior to helpingwith the formation of 550Music, Anthony was seniorvice president, promotion,for Epic Records. She'sbeen with Columbia or Epicsince 1978.

"When you are fortunateenough to have an executiveof Polly Anthony's capabili-ties you draw on that exper-tise for the benefit of theentire company," said EpicRecords Group chairmanDavid Glew. "It is my honorto be able to provide Pollywith new creative and exec-utive challenges and oppor-tunities for growth."

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KDIA Sold, But Its Eddie Vedder Offers

Pearls of WisdomHistory is SecureKDIA/AM-Oakland, Calif., atage 35 one of the pioneerurban/R&B stations in thenation, has been sold,pending FCC approval.

The buyer is SanFrancisco broadcaster,James Gabbert.

The station, first operatedby the Sonderling Group,which also owned WDIA-Memphis, where the DJsincluded Rufus Thomas, ismoving from black owner-ship (Oakland mayor ElihuHarris, wife Kathy Neal, andCalifornia Assembly SpeakerWillie Brown) to white, andcommunity groups haveexpressed concern over thepossible loss of KDIA as anAfrican -American voice. ButGabbert, who owns a UHFTV station and a Spanish -language AM, both calledKOFY, said he would nottamper with KDIA's format,aimed at an adult urbanaudience with a mix of oldand new urban music.

"I plan to bring backKDIA to what t used to be,

when it was the Boss of theBay," said Gabbert.(Actually, KYA was the Bossof the Bay, while KDIA wassimply "Lucky 13.")

"We'll keep the rhythmand blues format," said

Gabbert, who is paying areported $3 million forKDIA, for which Harris andpartners paid $1.6 million inNovember, 1992. Gabbertsaid he would upgradeKDIA from 5,000 to 50,000watts, provide additionalmarketing, and "plunge thestation into the community."

If he does, KDIA couldregain the luster it had inthe '60s, when it broadcastthe games of the Oakland

Raiders and the A's and hadsuch DJs as a hip musicianwho moonlighted as a jock.On the air, he was SylvesterStewart. On stage, he wasSly Stone. KDIA also servedas a springboard for severalnow -prominent African -American broadcastreporters on television.

Said Dr. Michael Lenoir,who hosts a medical showon KDIA: "KDIA is an insti-tution, (but) institutionshave to be self-sustaining.African Americans cometogether to avert demise.They will need to rally topromote a living institu-tion."

SEMINAR '95NI:the a note of theseimportant numbers:Registration I Iodine(415) 495-3200

Hotel Reservations(800) 233-1234Pkine Ilescnations(800) 747-2144

KLOS Cranks Up the TurnstilesIn an effort "to continue toevolve into a more contem-porary rock station," as pro-gram director Carey Curelopput it, KLOS-Los Angeleshas overhauled its DJ line-up.

Beginning with the dis-patching of long-time albumrock jock Gino Michelini in

late October, KLOS, whichhad experienced ratingsdeclines over the past year,cranked up the ch-ch-ch-changes in mid -Novemberby firing two other veterans,Bob Coburn and JimBenson.

The station has gone tocrosstown KNAC/FM for

replacements, hiring LongPaul and Remy Maxwell,and promoted fill-in RandyMaranz to a full-time shift.taking the mid -day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. shift. Michelini's 2-6p.m. shift goes to LongPaul, while Maxwell coversthe 6-10 p.m. slot formerlyanchored by Benson.

BMI Sets Up Rate CourtBMI-and its licensees-cannow take any disputes tocourt.

The organization, whichcollects and distributes per-forming rights license feesfor more than 150,000 com-posers, writers and publish-ers, said that the U.S.District Court in New Yorkhas granted its motion toestablish a rate -setting pro-cedure through the court.

Clients will be able toapply to the court if theycannot reach agreementwith BMI on fees.

"BMI," saidpresident/CEO Frances W.Preston, "has alwaysbeen...committed to negoti-ation rather than litigation.However, if negotiations donot produce a mutuallyagreeable outcome, havingan established rate court

will help resolve the mat-ter..."

Anyone seeking permis-sion to play music licensedby BMI will be automatical-ly licensed. If, after 60 days,the parties don't agree onfees, the user can apply tothe court for a determina-tion of a "reasonable" fee.BMI said its rate court issimilar to, but separatefrom, ASCAP's rate court.

Eddie Vedder, leader ofPearl Jam, shed some lighton his band's stand on tick-et prices and merchandisingin an interview with the LosAngeles Times.

In recent months, theSeattle band, whose third

album, Vitalogy, is just out,has been locked in a legalbattle with Ticketmasterover ticket prices and ser-vice charges (GAVIN,November 11, 1994).

Talking with the Times'Bob Hilburn, Vedder noted:"Someone wrote a letter (ina magazine) the other dayabout 'Eddie (It's So Hard toBe a Rock Star) Vedder.'Well...it's not hard to be arock star. If you want to goaround (expletive) womenand cleaning a bunch of

teenagers of all their doughbecause they like your bandand charge them up theying for T-shirts and concerttickets, that's easy. That'splaying the game. What'shard is trying to stop play-ing the game...to try to treatpeople fairly and withrespect..."

"Not for You," onVitalogy, includes the line,"All that's sacred comesfrom youth." The song,Vedder said, is about "howyouth is being sold andexploited. I think I felt like Ihad become part of that,too...In the last ten or 15years, there have been a lotof changes in music, andsomehow the percentagesbeing charged (by the con-cert industry) got out ofhand. We also don't want tobe part of all the marketingtools or whatever, butbelieve me, we havebeen...I feel awful about itand I'm not going to do itanymore."

Seminar '95 Will BeRadio -Friendly

The GAVIN Seminar will be a catalog of call letters if earlyresponse to the New Orleans venue is anything to go by.

"We are looking forward to our biggest radio attendanceever for our tenth anniversary Seminar," says GAVIN CEODavid Dalton.

"The event has always enjoyed a national attendancefrom across the country but, hav-ing been in San Francisco for nineyears, we didn't realize quite howmany more stations we could

reach simply by relocating," says Dalton. "In fact there arenumerous major or secondary markets within driving dis-tance of New Orleans."

To cater better than ever to radio, several new servicesand sessions are being added to the mix. For instance,Seminar attendees will be able to "Sign Up For Service,"whereby GAVIN will process requests for record servicefrom radio stations and make sure they get into the handsof the appropriate record company executives.

"Instead of having to track people down during theSeminar, or raising the issue of record service during pre-cious session time, people can fill out a simple form at theSeminar Information Desk and we will take care of therest," Says Dalton.

The deadline for early bird registrations is fastapproaching. To receive the $290 rate, registration cardsmust be returned to GAVIN postmarked December 16. Ifyou have not yet received registration details, phone theHotline number immediately.

6 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

NEWS

'I'm Virtually Cab Calloway, 86, Was

With the Band Hip Before His TimeBY DAVID BERAN

A couple of new CD -ROM -based video games areaimed at wannabe rockstars. Ahead, Inc. has intro-duced the Virtual Guitarand Quest for Fame gamefeaturing the new Aerosmithsong "Walk On Water."

The Virtual Guitar is everycloset rock and roller'sdream. Weighing in at

under five pounds, it feelsand sounds like a real gui-tar. By plugging into a com-puter's serial port and con-necting to the accompany-ing CD-ROM, the guitarsupplies the proper notes,while the players providerhythm. Aspiring playerswithout real guitar experi-ence strum songs like theGin Blossoms' "HeyJealousy" (or any of sevenother tunes) while a videoof the rest of the bandappears on the screen.

The computer animationis where the game truly

becomes an interactiveexperience. Characters inthe virtually real town ofWest Feedback critiqueyour playing, and have noqualms about sending youto the polyester lounge if itisn't up to speed.

Frank Foster, VP of mar-keting at the Newton,Mass. -based Ahead, toldGAVIN that while the game'sprimary target audience is

10-17 year -old boys,"It's really foranyone whowants to bea rock androll star, butnever hadthe time,inclination ortalent."More

adept players will relish theconcept of Quest For Fame.Players jam with membersof Aerosmith, and, if foundworthy, play "Walk onWater" with them at a stadi-um show. To get there,players must master everyrhythmic nuance ofAerosmith classics like"Walk This Way" and"Sweet Emotion."

Ahead Inc. is retailing theVirtual Guitar bundle for$99.95 and the Quest ForFame game for $79.95.Ahead can be reached at 1-800 -U -R -A -STAR.

Cab Calloway, the singerand bandleader who waship before there was hip-ness, is dead at age 86.

Calloway, the flashy, scat-ting, strutting singer of"Minnie the Moocher,"which he wrote in 1931 as aradio theme song and fea-tured the refrain, "Hi -de -hi-de -hi -de -ho," had suffered astroke in June.

But until he became ill,Calloway continued to per-

form, enjoying renewedinterest from fans who sawhim as a mentor to JohnBelushi and Dan Aykroyd inThe Blues Brothers.

Calloway became a fix-ture at the Cotton Club in1930, with its performancesbroadcast regularly on theradio until 1948.

In his time, he once toldGAVIN'S Ben Fong -Torres, hewas doing songs aboutdrugs and witnessed break -

dancing. -Mat's) nothingbut what we called acrobat-ic tap...You take the thingthat the Jackson boy does,"he said, referring to MichaelJackson's moonwalk. "Fiftyyears ago, they called it thebuzz."

Calloway summarized hislife: "It's been very, verylovely. I'd do it all overagain and it'd come out thesame way. I got no kick atall."

lJazzlimes' Had by AllBY JASON OLAINE

The tenth JazzTimes con-vention and schmoozathonlast week brought togethermore than 700 jazz industrypros for three long days andlonger nights of musing andmusic in Manhattan.

While seemingly jadedpanel topics ranged from"Dying for Dollars" and"Stop Calling Me, but Keepin Touch" to "Good forBusiness or Good forNothing" and "GoodReviews & Bad Sales," thegathering had an upbeattone.

BET president RobertJohnson, in his keynote,sounded hopes that thecable giant would launch a24 -hour jazz channel able to

Dino Valenti Dies at 51Dino Valenti, whose song,"Get Together," became ananthem of the '60s genera-tion and who was a leadsinger in QuicksilverMessenger Service, is deadat age 51.

The singer -songwriter,who died November 16 athis home in Santa Rosa,Calif., underwent brainsurgery several years ago,but no specific cause ofdeath was announced.

Born Chester Powers inDanbury, Conn., Valenti,whose songs were also

credited to Chet Powers andDino Valente, worked NewYork's folk clubs beforemoving to San Francisco inthe early '60s.

His "Get Together"became a hit in the hands ofthe Youngbloods and gainedfurther exposure viaJefferson Airplane, the WeFive, and other groups. Italso came to symbolize thevulnerability of artists, asValenti reportedly gave upthe publishing rights to thesong for some $500 cash thathe needed to battle a one -to -

ten year sentence on a dopebust. He was imprisoned fornine months and expressedno regrets for the lost royal-ties from the song. "For tenyears of my life," he said, "Ican write another song."

Valenti also wrote "HeyJoe," which was recordedby Jimi Hendrix and theByrds, made one solo albumand several withQuicksilver, scoring with"What About Me" and"Fresh Air."

Valenti is survived by asister and two sons.

reach 40 million homes."Radio stations need com-panions in their markets,not competitors," he said.

Many labels showed offtheir rosters with showcas-es. Among participants:Atlantic, Blue Note,Columbia, Enja, Epicure,GRP, JVC, MoJazz, Muse,MusicMasters, Telarc,Verve/PolyGram, andWarner Bros.

Perhaps the greatestmoments of all took placeat the tribute to tenor saxo-phone great Sonny Rollins,with a 20 -minute concertvideo of the titan followedby on-stage testimonials byold friends including

Roach, Milt Jackson, TootieHeath, Arthur Taylor, andjazz historian DanMorgenstern.

CAMPAIGN OF THE WEEKVARIOUS ARTISTSl(KSF 103.7 FM SamplerFor AIDS Relief

Adult alternative sta-tion KKSF-San Franciscois kicking off the holidayseason with its fifthalbum of songs whoseproceeds will benefit theSan Francisco AIDSFoundation. Artists.

record companies and publishers are donating the rights tothe music, and have waived all royalties.

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Adult alternative favorite and former Starship1st Cr C ico performed free at a listener party.

Include Bobby Caldwell, Kenny G,Ronny Jordan, Jim Chappel, David Benoit and CarlosSantana.

Available at Tower, Wherehouse. Borders.Stocked by book dealer Barnes & Noble. Ten of 13 Towers

nked the CD #1 the week of November 14.Cassette, $10; CD $15

First four samplers raised $898,000 for SanFrancisco AIDS Foundation. The foundation is a world -model service, education and advocacy organization thatprovides information, education and direct service for peo-ple with HIV and AIDS

BY BEVERLY MIREGAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

BY JULIE GO-RDON. _

Not a lot of raw act vity this week.

Right now the music b z is in a state

of transition, and what will happen

next is not inmadiate y apparent. Tie

following labels nay be doing some

A&R shuff ing Arista, Atlantic, Mercury, MCA, Epic,Columbia, Elektra/eastwest, EMI, bland, Warner Bros. ancGeffen. And the f:silcwing people are A&F execs whc could use a new

home: Karen Dumont, Simon Potts, Ken Kamisar, AmosNewman, Steve Radbovsky, Joe Wissert, Aaron Jacoves,Cheryl Dickman and Patrick Clifford. Eleven labels and nineexecs. Hey, this coilc all work out beautiff.1 y .Wha- happens when

Warners corrpletea the purchase of Interscopet? Dies the moniker

become IWEA or WEAl? Just asking...Is. there truth to the rumor that

Josh Deutsch is leaving Capitol to do A&R for eastwest? .Staff

cuts have bi-imn in the promotion cepartmant a Me-cury Balanciric

out the lawyer turned record executive tend is ite producer t_ried

record executive trend. This is really the way A&R started with pro-

ducers risinc up w th n the ranks ot record companies a la John

Hammond, Jac Holzman, Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun,Lenny Warenker, David Anderle and Jim Ed Norman. The newiwave of proonce,rs turned high level execs incluc es Devitt Sigerson

(EMI), Jimmy toying (Interscspe', and David Kahne (Coi Alin)Maybe these people are knife false heads Mark Hudson a:

Hollywood, Dave Judea at eastwest, Brian Madrid at RICA,Tony Berg a: Geffen. Michael Bienhern at Epic. ChuckPlotkin at Columbia, Bob Thiel at EMI David Foster atAtlantic, and Matt Wallace with a proaction dee at AmJ Thaa lot of creal e ju ce t owing!... This week's gossip has Phil,. head-

ing toward Columbia and not the sunny, and Eteve 9albovsiy is

rumored to to heading to Capitol_ Expect Attar tic's Jason F cm tc be

given his own label early rext Alan Mintz is Sr VP AEA at

Columbia east coast. Jalk has Tom Zutaut exi ing Geffen butwhere is he needed?. Jn mentioning Susan Heederson's mite to

Warner/Chappell starting in January THE FLASK- neglected to me-f--

tion that Sumo will be working under John Titta who continues to do

great things al wtr... Ihe David Lefkowitz-manaced Slider, featur-ing former members at The Spent Poets sac Xtra Large, lavebeen talking with !;&M Records, and alas showcased for Interscope.

Capitol and Atlantic-where wall trey end up?...Rancid has also belt

on a major label bur recently as they consider :flaking the move trcrti

Epitaph What exec are Epic hot So hire? People are wonder ng whc

will fill Vince Bannon's shoes as vice president ot talent deielop-

meat at Sony Music Inc , as he reads off to 550 Music. to gybeSony will gather some Mess. That job certainly has served as a step-

ping stone to bigger things. Missy Worth was the parson win heki

the position first, aic she is new senior vice presidert at

Columbia ._ots d labels looking over at Elektra to see which artists

may be dropped f -Dm their roster. There is spe:al iiterest bra few in:

the fate of Ralbovisy-inked Pleasure.. It appears that Elekt-3 may be

adding Australia band Clouds to tieir raster ...hew hot recording aid

video-Wend Al's "Headline News," a parody of Crash -TestDummies 'Mmm, Mmm, Mmm ...° Th s could be his funniest effort

yet, featuring verses about Bobbiti, thaSinganre caning and Tonya

& Nancy..110

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Veteran programmer DonBensonwas namedcorporatevice presi-dent, oper-ations/pro-grammingfor the

radio division of JeffersonPilot Communicationscompany this week, effec-tive December 12. Formerlyexecutive vice president ofoperations for Burkhart/Douglas & Association,Benson spent 11 years atWQXI/AM&FM-Atlantawhich is now JeffersonPilot's Star 94. He was alsoand executive at KIIS/FM-Los Angeles and at WesternCities Broadcasting whichbecame NationwideBroadcasting...GAviNAward -winner Bill Pashahas joined WQSR-Baltimoreas PD. He's leaving hisposition as vice president/programming for PaxsonBroadcasting to take thejob...Lee Doug as is out asPD of country KYCY/FM-San Francisco...Rock Tonight,a rock -talk show co -hostedby Chicago Tribune criticGreg Kot debuted on TheLoop (WLUP/FM)-Chicagolast week. It's co -hosted bythe station personality BobHeymann...Rob Miller hasbeen named APD atWALK/FM 97.5 -Long Island,NY. He remains eveningpersonality...Shaun Vincent

WHO AM I?I made my film debut act-ing in The Devil's Run,and I also appeared in theStephen King horrormovie Carrie. In 1976 myself -titled album spawneda hit single, and I starredin the movie version of ahit Broadway musical. Myappearance in a new hitfilm has kick-started myacting career, but since Ileft music for the moviesin the mid -'70s I've keptbusy. Who am I? Seepage 10 for the answer.

ACCORDING ToDAVE SHOLIN

No word as to who Danny Goldberg will name as president at

Warner Bros., but there are no doubt lots of smiles around

Burbank (see News for details) with the announcement that senior

VP, marketing and promotion Russ Thyret and senior VP, busi-

ness affairs/general counsel David Altschule have both been

upped to vice chairman at the label.

After stepping out on The Edge in both Las Vegas and Fresno,

Don Parker returned to Top 40 crossover earlier this year at B95

(KBOS)-Fresno. Now he's returning to modern rock, heading to

Houston as PD of new alternative outlet, KRQT (The Rocket.)

Oops-did that city limits sign read Denver or Dayton? Seems Jeff

Ballentine won't be programming KS104 (KQKS)-Denver after

all. According to GM Ron Jamieson, Ballentine told him he decid-

ed to return home to Dayton, Ohio and fill the vacant PD post at hot

A/C WMMX "Mix 107.7." He'd previously programmed WGTZ(Z93) and Ballentine's new boss, WMMX GM Deborah Parenti

says, "When Jeff left I was happy to see him go. Now I'm happy he's

back because now he's with us." Ballentine will also oversee pro-

gramming on WONE, which flips from hot talk/sports to adult stan-

dards on Monday, November 28 as "Star 98." Meanwhile,

Jamieson wasted no time in naming a new programmer, handing

the job over to former KISF-Kansas City PD Mark Feather, who

starts Monday, November 28. Longtime KPBI air talent Laurie

MI a I rosses the street to join the KS104's morning show.

for the betting line on Sire's Seymour St at Elektra? It just jumped from even money to 10 to 1.

wever the odds that VP/GM Howie Klein will join him are

much lower.

Trying to con ro

selves after wine con-

noisseur and industry

legend Joe Smithlaunches another one

liner at the first annual

T.J. Martell Wine &Music AfficionadoDinner are left to right:

Tony Martell, chairman. T.J. Martell Foundation RichardGriffiths, president, Epic Records Terry Ellis, president,Imago Recording Company., Tom Silverman, chairman,Tommy Boy Records; the wine auctioneer himself Joe Smith and

Floyd S. Glinert, president, T.J. Martell Foundation.

Not that many weeks after arriving at KMXV-Kansas City to do

afternoons, longtime programmer Steve Wall gets upped to PD by

director of programming, Tom Land. The move comes as no sur-

prise to most everyone in and out of the market who expected Wall

to eventually take on a programming role at the station. Meanwhile

across the street at KISF, PD Alex Valentine resigns to becomeafternoon personality at KDGE "The Edge" -Dallas. Will there be a

Lone Star state swap with a current Texas programmer possibly

becoming Valentine's replacement?

KHFI-Austin overnighter and college student Krash Kelly gets the

nod as middayer, taking over for MD Carey Edwards, who's head-

ed to KISN-Salt Lake City. Joining KHFI for swing/weekend/vaca-

tion relief duties is KORQ "Q100" -Abilene MD and midday talent

Genny Layne. She'll cover overnites while PD John Roberts

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searches for a permanent replacement. Lastly, KHFI production

director Doug Miller moves to middays/production at KTFM-San

Antonio.

Expect Sweet 98 (KQKQ)-Omaha PD Dan Kieley to name a new

music director this week.

Longtime K101 (KI01/FM)-San Francisco marketing director

Linda Clark resigns to devote more time to home and family.

Philadelphia may be the city of brotherly love, but they can't match

Amarillo, Texas where PD and morning personality Ted Kelly has

hired his brother to join him as a member of the KQIZ "Z -92's"

wake-up crew. At one time, the Kelly brothers worked at competing

stations in New Orleans, but this stint at Z-92 marks their debut

together.

James Phelps, MD/afternoons at KOLA/FM-Manhattan, Kan. has

left the building. Middayer Stephanie Lynn takes over as MD.

Kevin McCann moves from nights to afternoons and part-timer

Shedera is named to fill the evening slot.

alltiAR AS Mr MillillellinMusiCare1994's Person Of The Year is (drum roll, please)-TonyBennett. Bennett will be honored in late February at ceremonies

to be held in Los Angeles.

Deborah Gibson and Changing Faces are la e as I i

long list of. artists participating in LIFEbeat's "Counter Aid" thisSaturday, December 3. The fundraiser, which will help those with

AIDS and HIV. is supported by major record retailers and Hard

Rock Cafes. Among the many celebrities helping out will be Jon

Secada, Heavy D. & The Boyz, Aaliyah, WPLJ's ScottShannon and Todd Pettingill, Rosanne Cash, Me'ShellNdegeOcello, Mary J. Bilge and MTV's Kennedy.

Jeff Foxx is named executive producer of urban programming at

SJS Entertainment.

Only a few short months after joining Power 106 (KPWR) as MD,

Bruce St. James received his initiation and is now an official

Angeleno. In the early hours of Friday morning November18, Bruce

had his car ripped off, only to have the police retrieve it some four

hours later. What was missing? His two cellular phones, check-

book, and phone/address book. However, he did get some scissors,

screwdrivers and a car stereo in return. The cops asked St. James

who the items belonged to if they weren't his-geez, we wonder??

But the worst part? The thieves had the radio tuned to-yup,

Power106! St. James says he'll take the blame if the cume erodes.

Yes, we're told this group takes requests. Jumping on stage to jam

during A&M's recent national meetings is president/CEO Al

"Music Is My Life" Cafaro, adding yet another twist to the

War hit "Low Rider." Helping out left to right are: Chan Kinchla,

guitarist with Blues Traveler; Cafaro at the mic; Bruce Lerner,A&M's director of budgeting, promotion on drums; John Popper,

vocalist/harmonica of Blues Traveler: Al Marks, A&M's executive

director of artist development ano Randy Spendlove,Perspective Records' VP, promotion rockin' out on the guitar.

THAT'S SHO-BIZis the new 10 a.m.-3 p.m.personality at KEDJ "TheEdge" in Phoenix. TheEngland -born Vincentowned and operated twopirate stations inBedfordshire before movingto the U.S. in 1989...KILT/KIKK-HoustonVP/GM Bob Moore hasresigned to join his wifeand daughter in LosAngeles, where he'll be GMat KLSX and KRLA, wherehe worked from 1980 to1991...Steve Wall has beenappointed program directorat Kansas City Top 40 outletKMXV. He has pro-grammed in San Diego,Bakersfield and Monterey,Calif...KISS/FM (WRKS)-New York evening person-ality Jeff Fox will is nowwearing two hats as hebecomes executive produc-er of urban programmingfor SJS Entertaitunent...Invideo, Alan McGlade hasbeen tapped to be presidentand chief executive officerof Video JukeboxNetwork (VJN). He's cur-rently president of StarNet,Inc.ROTATIONS: Nick

Terzo hasreturnedtoColumbiaRecordsas vicepresidentof A&R.

Terzo left the label in 1993to work at HollywoodRecords as vice presidentof A&R. When he leftColumbia, he was seniordirector of A&R...At VirginRecords, Tommy Delaneyhas been named nationalcollege promotion manager.He segues from AtlanticRecords, where he workedin the progressive market-ing department...RozBraunstein is manager,national radio promotion atMute Records U.S. Shewas promotion/publicitymanager at Real WorldRecords/CarolineRecords...Former InnerCircle CommunicationsInc. account executiveCharlene English hasjoined ElektraEntertainment as manag-er, press and artist develop-ment...At Uni Distribution,Denise Fanneli, JimWeatherson and RichGrobecker have all beenelevated to divisional vice

president. Fannelli's basedin the West, WeathersonCentral and GrobeckerEast...Bruce Pollack hasbeen named producer,A&R, RCA SpecialProducts. He was a con-sultant at EMI MusicPublishing...New labelmanager at PRA Recordsis Ellynne Citron, and thelabel's new director of mar-keting and promotion isBuddy Deal. Citron hasbeen freelancing for, amongothers. Maverick Records,and Deal was a researchstaffer at Hits.We apologize for runningthe wrong picture in lastweek's WHO AM I? Youshould have seen AfrikaBambaataa. We congratu-late the Zulu Nation on its20th anniversary...0

SHO-PIECESANITA BAKERThough Anita Baker gavebirth to two childrenbetween her 1990 and 1994albums, she never consid-ered retiring to become afull time mother. "If I had tobe a mother all the timeand couldn't work, Iwouldn't be a good mother" she says, "I need mycareer."MADONNATen years ago this month,Madonna was filming herpart in her first majormotion picture, DesperatelySeeking Susan, withRosanna Arquette.JONI MITCHELLJoni Mitchell has been sepa-rated from her second hus-band, Larry Klein, for threeyears, but that didn't stopthe couple from workingtogether on Mitchell's newalbum, Turbulent Indigo.Klein, Mitchell's co -produc-er, married Mitchell in 1982after playing bass on heralbum Wild Things RunFast.SONIA DADASonia Dada, victims of theclosing of ChameloenRecords last year, havesigned with CapricornRecords. Capricorn willrelease the Chicago -based

riends

Of Radio

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currently fea-tured in TheSwan Princessand on theVareseSarabandealbum, ReelImagination

Princeto . b t no it'sPhoen'

What radio station didyou grow up listeningto?

PITMPOTtre'rfrir40

What stations do you lis-ten to now?

KeYEZ/FM-Los Angeles.

If you owned a radio sta-tion, you'd...

bably play a wideassortment of music, but nothard rock. It would be more

hat's the first recordyou remember buying?It was Barbra Streisand'sThe 3rd Album. My secondwas Billy Joel's The

What's the last recordyou went out of yourway to listen to?

love her voice and what sheadds to the music in a song.She has such an inner

Any singer/musicianyou'd really like to work

ith in the future andwhy?

brie His musicand his voice are so remark-able and I love that; plus, Ireally want to be in one ofh',_.our proudest career

accomplishment to -date'Playing Eponine in the LosAngeles production of LesMiserab

To make an albumoriginal music.

GAVIN NO\-MBER 2 5 , 1994 9

THAT'S SHO-BIZband's self -titled debut album (plustwo new tracks) early next year.EAGLESThe Eagles are the only Americanband to have two albums sell inexcess of 10 million in the States.The first was Greatest Hits 1971-1975, and the second was HotelCalifornia.RICHARD MARXRichard Marx's new single,"Nothing Left Behind Us," is one ofthe few songs he's ever recordedthat was written by someone else.The lyrics, which are aboutRichard's father, were written byFee Waybill who rose to fame asthe lead singer in The Tubes.THE THEMatt Johnson and The The willrelease an album of Hank Williamscovers, including "Your Cheatin'Heart," early next year.R.E.M.R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe says the songthat changed his life as a teenagerwas Patti Smith's "Horses." It waslike a "piano landed on my head."recalls Stipe "I was so moved Icouldn't sleep. I was sick to mystomach from the impact."JOSHUA KADISONJoshua Kadison knows that hesounds like Elton John, but says hisearly influences were Ray Charlesand Leon Russell. He says thatwhile growing up he wasn't a bigElton fan, but he is now and is flat-tered by comparisons.BRYAN FERRYBefore Bryan Ferry became a full-time singer he taught ceramics at aLondon girls school and restroredantique furniture.

EARTH WIND & FIREThe beginning of Earth Wind &Fire's current reunion tour wasmarred by USAir. Seems the airlinelost the band's costumes-all 41 ofthem. The band was forced to playin "street clothes" for the first fivenights. We've heard that some pret-ty well -dressed ground grew werespotted parking planes inPittsburgh recently.JILL COLUCCIJill Colluci wrote Wynonna's 1992#1 single "No One Else On Earth"as well as earlier #1 singles forTravis Tritt, "Anymore" and "I'mGonna Be Somebody."WHITNEY HOUSTONWhitney Houston's self -titled debutalbum didn't qualify her for aGrammy New Artist award becausein the two years prior she had sungduets with Teddy Pendergrass andJermaine Jackson, thus disqualify-ing her as "new" in the eyes andears of Grammy's governing body,NARAS.

Sho-Bltz: Beverly MireWho Am I: David BeranFriends Of Radio #76:Annette M. LaiSho-Pieces: Ron FellSho-Dates: Diane Rufer

'WHO AM l?: 1()1111

Sho-DatesOur Best Wishes and HAPPY BIRTHDAY To:

Jonathan Turner WXTS-Toledo, OH 11/27Jimmy Bowen Liberty Records 11/27Mitch Baker KGBX-Springfield, MO 11/27Eddie Rabbitt, CharlieBurchill (Simple Minds) 11/27

Michael Erickson KMEL-San Francisco

11/28

Kevin "Crash" Davis KYCIO-Wichita,

KS 11/28

Christa Hillhouse (4 Non Blondes),

Berry Gordy, Jr., RandyNewman, Matt Cameron(Soundgarden) 11/28

Judy Asman 11/29Lynn O'Brian WKPQ-Hornell, NY 11/29Scott St. John WWKA-Orlando, FL 11/29Michael Rogers KFQD-Anchorage, AK11/29

Chuck Mangione,_JohnMayall 11/29

Jerry Lembo Columbia Records 11/30

Rick Candea KILT -Houston, TX 11/30

David Forman Columbia Records 11/30

Dick Clark, Billy idol 11/30Bob Hart KLYK-Longview, WA 12/1

Jay Blakesberg 12/1

Mark Anthony KMXL-Joplin, MO 12/1Paul Livingston (Trash Can Sinatras),Bette Midler, Steve Plunkett,Lou Rawls, Lisa Fischer 12/1Scott Emerson A&M Records 12/2

Rick Acker KKXL/FM-Grand Forks, ND 12/2

Dave Pavietich KITI-Centralia, WA 12/2

Dan Watson 096 -Imperial Valley, CA 12/2

Mark Englert (Dramarama), JohnWesley Ryles .12/2Curt Foster WQPO-Harrisonburg, VA 12/3

Dave Martin The Radio Consultants 12/3

Vince Garcia Y92 -Sacramento, CA 12/3

Steve Bise KUIC-Vacaville, CA 12/3

Anne LaVoy KZLA-Los Angeles, CA 12/3

John Douglas (Trash Can Sinatras), OzzyOsborne, Mickey Thomas 12/3

BIRTHS

CONGRATULATIONS to Columbia recording artist

REGINA BELLEBATTLE and her husband, JOHN, on the

birth of their daughter, SYDNEY MILAN. Born November 3 at

10:35 a.m. and weighing 6 lb '7

"Angus We Have Heard On High"

"Deck the Stalls (with Oats and Barley)"

"We Wish You a Dairy Christmas"

"Hallemoojah Chorus"

For more information, call:

McD PromotionKevin/Jill (805) 498-7090

Jeff McClusky & Assoc.Paul Swanson (312) 280-1212

Don Anti PromotionDon Anti (206) 366-3517

Jerome PromotionBill/Sally (404) 441-1740

Morningstar MarketingAlan (805) 565-9552Spinnaker Enterprises

Pat/Buffie (414) 743-6500

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

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BON JOVI - Always (Mercury)

BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown)

ACE OF BASE - Living In Danger (Arista)

GIN BLOSSOMS - Allison Road (A&M)

SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna Do (A&M)

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9 BOYZ II MEN - I'll Make Love To You (Motown) 8

10 EAGLES - Get Over It (Geffen) 22

11 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island) 19

12 1' JOHN MELLENCAMP - Dance Naked (Mercury) 18T

14 JANET JACKSON - You Want This (Virgin) 41'

151' HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic) 341'

16 GLORIA ESTEFAN Turn The Beat Around (Crescent Moon/Epic) 4

181' INI KAMOZE - Here Comes The Hotstepper (Columbia) 13

19 T STING - When We Dance (A&M) 61'

231' VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Day (Wing/Mercury) 101' 241'

27 T JADE - Every Day Of The Week (Giant) 371'

28 BA 3YFACE - When Can I See You (Epic) 23

30 RELING STONES - Out Of Tears (Virgin) 12

341' STEVE PERRY - Missing You (Columbia) 171'

361' JON SECADA Mental Picture (SBK/EMI) 301'

381' TOM PETTY You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.) 401'

40 BRANDY - I Wanna Be Down (Atlantic) 8

ANITA BAKER - Body & Soul (Elektra) 35 28

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masker acting debut inth Century Fox's Dieard: With aengeance. The direc-

tor spotted the adult/alter-native artist's picture on herlatest album cover andsigned her to play JeremyIrons' terrorist girlfriend.The film is due out onMemorial Day,1995...Diana Ross hassecured rights to the 1982French film Diva, and sheintends to star in aremake...Lemonhead EvanDando will appear as LivTyler's love interest infilm Heaty...David Belljust -released comprehesive handbook GettingBest Score For Your Film is amust -have for those inter-ested in the domain ofmovie music. Bell's scoringcredits include Murder, SheWrote and the feature TheLounge People...HowardStern's radio plugs for theChaos/Columbia bandSponge resulted in dou-bled sales of the band'sdebut CD RottingPinata.. Actress TraciLords has cut a technorecord for the MCA -distrib-uted Radioactive label.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipeand Tori Amos were just inL.A. recording their as -yet -unnamed end title duet forthe film Don Juan...TheArista soundtrack to the filmBoys On The Side features acrop of female artists.Sheryl Crow turns in acover of the Derek & TheDominoes song "Keep OnGrowing" and thePretenders do a version ofMorrissey's "Everyday IsLike Sunday." Look for newsongs by Stevie Nicks and

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January release...MCA isreleasing a special doubleholiday box set featuring theReservoir Dogs and PulpFiction soundtracks..Panterarecently shot a video for thesong "Cemetery Gates,"which will be included on

This album cover saneSam Phillips onto the silverscreen.

Atlantic's soundtrack to thefilm Demon Knight. Theupcoming hard rock sound-track includes new cuts byMegadeth, Biohazard andHenry RoMns...Columbia'sPrtot-a-Porter soundtrack fea-tures Sam Phillips' version of"These Boots Are Made ForWalkin"' and new cuts bySah-N-Pepa and the BrandNew Heavies.

Check out ABC's Music InMovies '94 special onDecember 3...Catch NatalieCole's dramatic debut in theUSA Network movie Lily InWinter airing December8...Fox-TV airs the docudra-ma Madonna: InnocenceLost on November29...Nirvana fans will lovethe Geffen Home Videodocumentary Live! Tonight!Sold Out/which featuresconcert footage, interviewsand personal archives of theband...Tune into CBS -TV'shourlong Frank Sinatraspecial Duets on November25.

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TO1)40 EDITOR:DAVE SHOLINASSOCIATE ED ITOR:ANNETTE M.LAI

11111.111=111M1Preports SPINS TREND

1 MADONNA - Secret (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)

2 BON JOVI - Always (Mercury)

3 BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown)

4 THE REAL McCOY - Another Night (Arista)

5 ACE OF BASE - Living In Danger (Arista)

6 GIN BLOSSOMS - Allison Road (A&M)

7 SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna Do (A&M)

8 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Something's Always Wrong (Columbia)

9 BOYZ II MEN - 01 Make Love To You (Motown)

10 EAGLES - Get Over It (Geffen)

11 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island)

12 JOHN MELLENCAMP Dance Naked (Mercury)

13 R F M - What s Tha Frequency, Kenneth? (Warner Bros.) t

14 JANET JACKSON - You Want This (Virgin) t

15 BOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic)

16 GLORIA ESTEFAN - Turn The Beat Around (Crescent Moon/Epic)

17 AEROSMITH - Blind Man (Geffen) t

18 INI KAMOZE - Here Comes The Hotstepper (Columbia) t

19 STING - When We Dance (A&M)

20 CRYSTAL WATERS - 100% Pure Love (Mercury)

21 PRETENDERS - I'll Stand By You (Sire/Warner Bros.)

22 4PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island)

23 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Day (Wing/Mercury)

24 COUNTING CROWS - Rain King (DGC) t

25 DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music)

26 NIRVANA - About A Girl (DGC) t

27 JADE - Every Day Of The Week (Giant)

28 BABYFACE - When Can I See You (Epic)

29 IMMATURE - Never Lie (MCA)

30 TOLLING STONES - Out Of Tears (Virgin)

31 DEADEYE DICK - New Age Girl (Ichiban) t

32 FOUR SEASONS - Oh What A Night (Curb)

33 SASS JORDAN - Sun's Gonna Rise (MCA)

34 STEVE PERRY - Missing You (Columbia)

35 (JAllY STAR - Fade Into You (Capitol)

36 JON SECADA - Mental Picture (SBK/EMI)

37 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Interstate Love Song (Atlantic) t

38 TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.)

39 SEAL - Newborn Friend (Zd/Sire/Warner Bros.)

40 BRANDY - I Wanna Be Down (Atlantic)

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Chartbound Reports Adds SPINS TREND

THE CRANBERRIES "Zombie" (Island) t 89 11 1785 +130

FREEDY JOHNSTON ''Bad Reputation" (Elektra) 86 16 1419 +195

AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - 'House Of Love" (A&M) 76 3 1687 +258

URGE OVERKILL - "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" (MCA) 73 31 838 +237

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Reports accepted Monday and Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm

Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

RECORD TO WATCH

ROWNG STONES"You Got Me Rocking"

(Perfecto Edit)(Virgin)

An act that's top of mind rightnow delivers a track accessi-ble to Top 40 and program-mers are getting it on the air

quickly.

Most Added

TONI BRAXTON (32)"I Belong To You- (LaFace/Arista)

URGE OVERKILL (31)"Girl. You'll Be A Woman Soon -(MCA)

LUTHER VANDROSS (28)"Always And Forever- (LV/Epic)

TOM PETTY (25)"You Don't Know How It Feels -(Warner Bros.)

JON SECADA (21)"Mental Picture" (SBK/EMI)

wo New tenJON SECADA"Mental Picture-(SBK/EMI)

Hot

BOYZ II MEN"On Bended Knee'(Motown)

Top Tip

ANDRU DONALDS"Mishale-(Metro Blue/Capitol)

Crossover ActionURBAN/DANCE

TONI BRAXTON - "I Belong To You" (LaFace/Arista)

CORONA vthm Of The Night" (eastwest)

BARRY WHITE - "Practice What You Preach"

(A&M/Perspective)

KEITH MURRAY - "The Most Beautifullest Thing In

The VVorld'i (Jive)

MARY J. BLIGE - "Be Happy" (Uptown/MCA)

20 FINGERS feat. GILLETTE - Short Shod Man"

(Zoo)

69 BOYZ - "Tootsee Roll" (Downlow/Rip-It)

TLC - "Creep" (LaFace/Arista)

N II U - "I Miss You" (Arista)

ALTERNATIVEPEARL JAM - "Better Man," "Spin The Black Circle"

and "Tremor Christ" (Epic)

HOLE - "Doll Pans" (DGC)

VERUCA SALT - "Seether" (DGC/Minty Fresh)

DISHWALLA 'It's Going To Take Some Time"

(A&M)

JULES SHEAR - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine

Anymore" (Island)

SMASHING PUMPKINS - 'Landslide" (Virgin)

LIVE - "I Alone- (Radioactive)

THE MURMURS - "You Suck" (MCA)

12 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994

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He's an American original."

--Rolling Stone

" ' Bad Reputation' is a gem as good as a pop song gets."

--San Francisco Chronicle

freedy Johnstonbad reputation

the premiere single and video from This Perfect World.

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TOP 40

Up & ComingReports AddsSPINS TRENDS

75 1 1666 -32 HARRY CONNICK, JR. - (I Could Only) Whisper Your Name (Columbia)

71 11 1485 +390 ZHANE - Shame (Hollywood/Jive)

71 20 905 +586 DAN HARTMAN - The Love In Your Eyes (Chaos)

68 10 1304 +309 ANDRU DONALDS - Mishale (Metro Blue/Capitol)

67 2 1484 -281 LUCAS - Lucas With A Lid Off (Big Beat/Atlantic)

62 6 1272 -10 JOSHUA KADISON - Picture Postcards From L.A. (SBK/EMI)

61 7 1470 +245 TLC - Creep (LaFace/Arista)

60 9 1009 +137 LIVE - I Alone (Radioactive)

56 8 1490 +363 CORONA - The Rhythm Of The Night (eastwest)

56 11 912 +297 VERUCA SALT - Seether (DGC/Minty Fresh)

54 8 989 +27 MARTIN PAGE - In The House Of Stone And Light (Mercury)

53 10 769 +226 20 FINGERS featuring GILLETTE - Short Short Man (Zoo)

48 14 810 +228 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Landslide (Virgin)

48 28 329 +93 LUTHER VANDROSS - Always And Forever (LV/Epic)

44 32 420 +265 TONI BRAXTON - I Belong To You (LaFace/Arista)

43 1 861 -208 TOM JONES - If I Only Knew (Interscope/Atlantic)

42 1 796 +26 OFFSPRING - Self Esteem (Epitaph)

39 5 597 +193 TESLA - Need Your Lovin' (Geffen)

34 10 505 +200 JULES SHEAR - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Island)

33 3 529 -1 LIZ PHAIR - Supernova (Matador/Atlantic)

33 7 456 +130 LURE -A World Without You (Girlthing)

31 5 457 +93 BABYFACE & LISA STANSFIELD - Dream Away (Fox/Arista)

30 1 589 -23 GRANT LEE BUFFALO - Mockingbirds (Slash/Reprise)

29 5 447 +123 BARENAKED LADIES - Jane (Sire/Reprise)

27 3 634 +79 MARY J. BUGE - Be Happy (Uptown/MCA)

27 - 599 -85 THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE - Spin The Bottle (RCA)

26 2 489 +73 GO GO'S - The Whole World Lost Its Head (IRS)

24 - 643 -55 JAKI GRAHAM - Ain't Nobody (Avex/Critique)

24 5 285 +92 SARI - I Can't Let Go (Eagle Eye)

23 1 704 +175 2 UNLIMITED - Get Ready For This (Critique/BMG)

23 7 246 +74 ROYAL JELLY - Ceiling (Island)

21 18 105 +81 * ROLLING STONES - You Got Me Rocking (Virgin)

20 1 374 +73 MILLIE JACKSON - Love Quake (Ichiban)

19 - 610 +61 RAPPIN' 4 -TAY - Playaz Club (Chrysalis/EMI/Rag Top)

19 7 306 +40 BLACKSTREET - Before I Let You Go (Interscope/Atlantic)

18 2 401 +174 69 BOYZ - Tootsee Roll (Downlow/Rip-It)

18 6 368 +51 BARRY WHITE - Practice What You Preach (A&M/Perspective)

18 4 242 +28 OASIS - Supersonic (Epic)

16 - 428 +31 BONE THUGS N HARMONY - Thuggish-Ruggish-Bone (Relativity/Ruthless)

16 - 349 +7 MICHAEL BOLTON - Once In A Lifetime (Columbia)

16 16 12 +12 * ALL -4 -ONE - (She's Got) Skillz (Blitzz/Atlantic)

15 - 293 -66 LIGHTNING SEEDS - Lucky You (Trauma

15 6 181 +75

+47

+137

* OURIEL - Did You Know (Vredom Records Intern

LIL' SUZY - Promise Me (Metropolitian)14

14

- 481

4 406 NIIU - I Miss You (Arista)

14 1 274 +48 ARMADA BLUE Sue The Maker (Marble Head)

14 3 254 +61

+4

FLAMING LIPS in Don't Use Jelly (Warner Bros.)

14 2 209 WARREN G. - I , .-Ju See (yiolator/RAL)

13 2 285 +42 CHANGING FACES - Foolin' Around (Big Beat/Atlantic)

13 2 249 +19 KATHY TROCCOLI - If I'm Not In Love (Reunion/RCA)

13 - 219 +48 RICHARD MARX - Nothing Left Behind Us (Capitol)

12 7 139 +80 * CANDLEBOX - Cover Me (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)

12 2 136 +42

+32

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ANITA BAKER- I Apologize (Elektra)

MIRANDA - Round & Round (Sunshine)11 1 307

11 2 177 JAMIE WALTERS - Hold On (Atlantic)

11 - 177 +112 C+C MUSIC FACTORY- Take A Toke (Columbia) ' Indicates 0

Inside Top 40Cruise Austin, Texas on anyWednesday and odds are you'llhear lots of radio listeners exclaim-ing. "Oh wow!" The reason? Aftermore than a two-year run peopleremain hooked on KHFI's weeklyretro feature 1,1;.(0,back 11''ethicsday,during which the Top 40 outletbreaks format from 5:30 in themorning to 6:50 at night.

Such a radical departure from"normal" programming is commonif it happens at a lunchtime or overthe weekend, but devoting morethan 12 prime hours once a weekto late '70s and early '80s Top 40hits would he considered suicidalby most programmers.

KIIFI P1) John Roberts, whoinherited the idea from former PDRoger Allen agrees. saving it'sunlikely he would have signed offon it for all the obvious reasons,such as throwing off cume, notmeeting listener expectations, etc.But he didn't blow it out when hearrived in town because he quicklyrealized that it was working. "It'sthe hottest feature on the station,generating come that isn't with usthe rest of week without losingKHFI's core audience." he says.We get tremendous at -work listen-

ing. but the biggest part of thestory is that we generate exclusivecountry curve who only tune to uson Wednesday and listen to coun-try the other six days of the week!"

Rather than try to canonize thismusic, Roberts' jocks present it witha "tongue in cheek attitude." Butthey don't ever make fun of it.Instead, they have fun WITH it.Another key element to the featureis the cinematic production that sur-rounds the music. "It's the air talentand production that makes it allcool and acceptable to both youngand older listeners," Roberts claims.

As for the music mix, a recentnoontime hour included: CyndiLauper's "Girls just Want To I laveFun," the Ohio Players' "Fire,"Men At Work's "Overkill," DonnaSummer's "Last Dance," After TheFire's "Der Kommissar," the HuesCorporation's "Rock The Boat,"K.C. & The Sunshine Band's "GetDown Tonight," Duran Duran's"Hungry Like The Wolf," ClaudjaBarry's "Boogie Woogie Dancin'Shoes," the Four Seasons'"December, 1963 (Oh What ANight)." Tavares' "More Than AWoman" and Michael Jackson's"Billie Jean."

Now that country also-ran KHHThas flipped to '70s oldies, some arewondering whether Roberts willdrop It'ityback Wednesday, but hedenies thats even a consideration.It's a go TITS but up for reviewevery 90 days, he reports. ThoughHits 93 plays TOs, Roberts pointsout that their music mix of 40 per-cent classic rock, 30 percent Ai Chits and 30 percent of what KIIFIplays makes it vastly differnt instyle and texture, and as of vet ithasn't made any impact. Robertsalso acknowledges that since KIis Austin's Only Top -to station,W'ayback Wednesday is Ices riskybecause listeners have no otheroption. But he also argues it makesa case for breaking the rules andtaking chances, a novel concept formany managers. Meanwhile adver-tisers are lining up to get on theair, and sister station WRVQ-Richmond is now airing a similarall -day feature, Flashback Friday.Roberts, however, prefersWednesday when, hopefully, thosediary keepers :ire getting ready toas he says, "fill .em out and get 'emin the mail." So far, it's a plan that'sworking.

What's GOing OnAn overview of early indications from aselect panel of GAVIN Only Correspondents

JAMM, MD, KIXY/FM-SAN ANGELO,

TEXAS "Toni Braxton's Belong ToLou' is picking up phones alter justabout three weeks.Mike Steele and Ireally like the wayJon Secada's'Mental Picture'sounds on the air.Aerosinith's`Blind Man' is test-ing through theroof like all theirsongs do here."BRENT ACKERMAN, PD, KROC/FM-ROCHESTER, MINN. "We've been testing

Veruca Salt's 'tieether. and are nowmoving it to full-time play becausewe really believe in this track. We'rehaving success with Amy Grant &Vince Gill's 'House Of Love' inmiddays. Curiosity calls forced us onIni Kamoze's 'Here Comes The

Hotstepper.' Iexpect that we'll beadding the RollingStones' 'You GotMe Rocking' nextweek."DAVE EVAN, OM/PD,WILI/FM-WILLIMANTIC,

CONN. e went onthe Rolling Stones'out of the express

pouch. it has terrific energy. We'vealways had requests on All -4 -One's

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994

TOP 40

GAVIN GO CHART1

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4

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MADONNA - Secret (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)

BON JOVI - Always (Mercury)

EAGLES - Get Over It (Geffen)

JIN BLOSSOMS - Allison Road (A&M)

ACE OF BASE - Living In Danger (Arista)

4987

4805

3995

3920

3872

+131

+160

+108

+98

+272

6 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Something's Always Wrong (Columbia) 3681 -24

7 JOHN MELLENCAMP - Dance Naked (Mercury) 3447 +349

8 BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown) 3069 +1174

9 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic) 3048 +255

10 J E.M. - Moat's The Frequency, Kenneth? (Warner Bros.) 3047 +70

11 SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna Do (A&M) 3033 -87

12 THE REAL McCOY - Another Night (Arista) 2845 +198

13 3LORIA ES1EFAN - Turn The Beat Around (Crescent Moon/Epic) 2729 -210

14 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island) 2605 -3

15 STING - Wnen We Dance (A&M) 2575 +204

16 BOYZ II MEN - I'll Make Love To You (Motown) 2524 -145

17 JANET JACKSON - You Want This (Virgin) 2520 +250

18 AEROSMITH - Blind Man (Geffen) 2341 +273

19 - Out Of Tears (Virgin) 2160 -67

20 PRETENDERS - Stand By You (Sire/Warner Bros.) 2051 -24

21 STEVE PERRY - Missing You (Columbia) 2015 +293

22 COUNTING CROWS - Rain King (DGC) 2009 +219

23 '1IRVANA - About A Girl (DGC) 1805 +47

24 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Day (Wing/Mercury) 1764 +572

25 SEAL - Newborn Friend (Ztt/Sire/Warner Bros.) 1704 +192

26 SASS JORDAN - Sun's Gonna Rise (MCA) 1700 +73

27 DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music) 1697 +133

28 TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.) 1605 +444

29 ',1AllY STAR - Fade Into You (Capitol) 1466 -81

30 DEADEYE NICK - New Age Girl (Ichiban) 1382 -10

31 BABYFACE - When Can I See You (Epic) 1375 -71

32 ERIC CLAPTON - Motherless Child (Duck/Reprise) 1374 -18

33 CRYSTAL WATERS - 100% Pure Love (Mercury) 1357 +27

34 JON JOH - Circle Of Life (Hollywood) 1331 -125

35 JON SECADA - Mental Picture (SBK/EMI) 1322 NEW36 INI KAMOZE - Here Comes The Hotstepper (Columbia) 1279 NEW37 AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - House Of Love (A&M) 1274 +156

38 JADE - Every Day Of The Week (Giant) 1221 NEW39 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Interstate Love Song (Atlantic) 1205 +15

40 HARRY CONNICK, JR. - (I Could Only) Whisper Your Name (Columbia) 1197 +26

`(she's got) skillz'-even before 'ISwear' was released. We know ouraudience likes it. The phoneresponse has kicked in on AndruDonalds' Mishale' this week. Arefreshing find in the Christmas pile:the Whirling Dervishes' You're aMean One, Mr. Grinch' onContinuum."STEVE GIUNSKY, PD, WGRG-Bimemmtrom,

N.Y. "We're getting calls onCorona's 'Rhythm Of The Night'

and are testing Andru Donalds'`Mishale,' Toni Braxton's 'I BelongTo You' and Hole's 'Doll Parts."'JON NORTON, MD, KM -BISMARCK, N.D.

"The requests on VanessaWilliams' 'The Sweetest Days' reallykicked in this past weekend and it'snow generating a ton of phones. IniKamoze's 'Here Comes TheHotstepper' has been upped to day-time play. We've gotten somecuriosity calls from adults (some -

GO STATION PANEL The GO Chart is based on reports by 140 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 AddedDAN HARTMAN (15)

JON SECADA (15)

URGE OVERKILL (14)

TONI BRAXTON (12)

LUTHER VANDROSS (12)

thing that rarely happens) on AndruDonalds' 'Mishale.'"TOM BRENGLE, MD, V100 (KFAV)-ST.

PETERS, Mo. "Tom Petty's 'YouDon't Know How It Feels' is thenew phone dominator. Seal's`Newborn Friend' is top five at retail.Strong reaction continues forBarenaked Ladies' Jane. -DICK O'NEIL, PD, WTNY/FM-WATEmiovim,

N.Y. "TLC's 'Creep' is real hot andreally kicked in during the pastweek. Lots of reaction from womento Jon Secada's 'Mental Picture,' alot more than 'Whipped' ever gener-ated."MARK REID, APD/MD, KQKY-KEARNEY,

NEB. "We strongly believe thatAndru Donalds' `Mishale' is a hit! Itsounds great on the air. VerucaSalt's 'Seethe is a sure-fire winner.Play it and watch the phones light

COSMO LEONE, PD, KGRS-BURLINGTON,

IowA "This week's biggest spinsjump goes to Boyz II Men's 'OnBended Knee' with calls pouring in.Martin Page's 'In The House OfStone And Light' is a good poprecord. It's nice to see an artist likeMartin give a call to a station to talkabout the record." (Ed. note "In TheHouse Of Stone And Light" wasadded at WPIJ-New York!)SKIP CARR, MD, WAVT-PonsviLLE, PA.

"Tesia's 'Need Your Lovin" kickssome serious butt! I also like LutherVandross' 'Always And Forever.'Our most requested includes: BonJovi's 'Always,' Boyz H Men's 'OnBended Knee,' Steve Perry's'Missing You' and Ini Kamoze's`Here Comes The Hotstepper."BRIAN GARVIN, PD, KDOG-MANKATO,

MINN. "We're getting great calls fromupper demo males on Veruca Salt's`Seether.' Our buzz tunes are UrgeOverkill's 'Girl, You'll Be A WomanSoon' and the latest from Sugar."TODD WISE, MD, KBKB-FORT MADISON,

IowA "Boyz II Men's 'On BendedKnee,' Vanessa Williams'TheSweetest Days' Tom Petty's 'YouDon't Know How It Feels' and LizPhair's 'Supernova' are all request-ing. We're seeing strong local saleson Nirvana, Jimmy Page & RobertPlant, Offspring, Aerosmith, TomPetty and Boyz II Men."

Since a lot of you have been ask-ing, there WILL be a new HueyLewis & the News single comingout early next week. It will be "LittleBitty Pretty One."

ARTIST PROFILE

trrin on

REAL NAME:

Gordon Matthew Sumner

HOMETOWN: Newcastle, England

LABEL: A&M

SENIOR VP, PROMOTION:

Rick Stone

CURRENT SINGLE:

"When We Dance"

Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting

1984-1994

Sting has

been married since 1992 to Trudie

Styler. The couple have three

children.

STING IS ALSO CURRENTLY

FEATURED ON:, Vanessa Williams'

new album, The Sweetest Days

and the track "Bitter Moon"; Julio

Iglesias' album Crazy with the duet

"Fragile" and "Nice Work If You

Can Get It" on the Glory Of

Gershwin album.

ON HIS WORK WITH THE

POLICE: "I'm very proud of the

legend of The Police. I think it's

intact. And I want to keep it intact.

I'm very proud of the work we

did...l don't want to return to The

Police for nostalgic reasons or for

money. That would spoil it." -as

told to Rex Rutkoski, Rock Flash,

May, 1993

STING'S LIFE THEORY: "Life is

not just falling off a log. It's about

hard work. And the rewards are

infinite." -as told to Chris Mundy,

Rolling Stone, May 27, 1993

No dates have

been confirmed, but he may do a

limited tour schedule in early

1995.

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KEITH MURRAY - The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World (Jive)

BLACK SHEEP - Without A Doubt (Mercury)

LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Tic Toc (Pendulum/ERG)

BRAND NUBIAN - Word Is Bond (Elektra)

GANG STARR - Suckas Need Bodyguards/The ? Remainz (Chrysalis/ERG)

METHOD MAN - Bring The Pain/P.L.O. Style (RAL/Def Jam)

JERU THE DAMAJA - Can't Stop The Prophet (Payday/FFRR)

ARTIFACTS : Mon Wit Da Git Down (Big Beat/Atlantic)

NAS - One Love (Columbia)

CHANNEL LIVE - Mad lzm (Capitol)

COMMON SENSE - i used to love h.e.r./Communism (Relativity)

DIGABLE PLANETS - 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) (Pendulum/EMI)

REDMAN - Rockafella (RAL/Def Jam)

SLICK RICK - Behind Bars (RAL/Def Jam)

RED HOT & COOL: STOLEN MOMENTS - Pharcyde: Rubbers Song/Roots: Proceed Pt II (GRP)

RED HOT LOVER TONE - Number One Player (Select)

tU-SCHNICKENS - Breakdown (Jive)

SCARFACE - I Never Seen A Man Cry (Rap-A-Lot/Noo TrybeNirgin)

FUGEES (Tranzlator Crew) - Vocab (Ruffhouse/Columbia)

CRAIG MACK - Flava In Ya Ear: Edit/Phat Five All -Star Remix (Bad Boy/Arista)

BLACK MOON - Buck 'Em Down/Murder MC's (Nervous)

PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH - Take You There (Elektra)

BOOGIEMONSTERS - Strange (Pendulum/EMI)

NINE - Whutcha Want?! (Profile)

THA ALKAHOLIKS - Daaam!!! (Loud/RCA)

OUTKAST - Gil Up, Git Out (LaFace/Arista)

THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G - Big Poppa/Warning (Bad Boy/Arista)

PARIS - Guerrilla Funk (Priority)

PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH - I Got A Love/The Main Ingredient (Elektra)

D.C. - Born To Live (Wild Pitch)

THE GROUP HOME - Supa Star (Payday/FFRR)

MS KASS - Remain Anonymous/Won't Catch Me Runnin' (Patchwerk)

CELLA DWELLAS - Land Of The LostNle Got It Hemmed (Loud/RCA)

MOBB DEEP - Shook Ones Pt. II (Loud/RCA)

BLACKALICIOUS - Swan Lake/Lyric Fathom (SoleSides)

BIG MIKE - Playa Playa/Havin' Thangs (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)

FRESH SOUNDTRACK - Genius: I Gotcha' Back/Raekwon: Heaven And Hell (Loud/RCA)

GRAVEDIGGAZ - 1-800-SUICIDE/Mommy, What's A Gravedigga? (BLANK LABEL)

LORD FINESSE/J.R. SWINGA - S.K.I.T.S./Chocolate City (Mad Sounds/Motown)

GRAVEDIGGAZ - Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide (Gee Street)

ChartbounICE MBE ',7hat Can I Do? (Remixes)

HOUSE OF PAIN Legend/Word Is Bond

iiomny Boy

FUNKDOOBIEST - Rock On (Immortal)

HARE 2 OBTAIN - Heels Without Souls

Atlantic)

RECORD TO WATCH

RED HOT LOVER TONENumber One Player

(Select)The Red Hot Lover has beenclimbing steadily, but is the"Number One Player" a Top

Ten contender?

Reports accepted: Thursday Only 9am - 4pm

Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

Most Added

ICE CUBEWhat Can I Do? (Remixes)(Priority)

HARD 2 OBTAINHeels Without Souls(Atlantic)

Top Tip

FUNKDOOBIESTRock On(Immortal)

Like The?WHAT CAN HE DO? Score a newGAVIN record of 54 adds for "WhatCan I Do?," the first scorching singlefrom the Bootlegs & B-sides album,that's what! Congrats to Cube andRoddy Rod, Priority's hard-work-ing hustler. The remix by A TribeCalled Quest is dope, but I pumpthe mix by Laylaw/DMaq...KFSR'sVictor Hernandez wanted to thankRod and Dani for rememberingFresno by bringing Lir Half Deadand Don Jagwarr through his area.Apparently, both freestyled on sev-eral of their rap shows and had in -stores packed with fans. Let that bea lesson to all promo reps. Don'tforget Fresno! DJ Red at KJHK-Lawrence wants artists to rollthrough and do shows, so check forhim in January. Or, set somethingup now by calling (913) 865-1580...Both me and Bruce at WERSwant to know why the phone num-ber for underground artist TheGifted One is out of service. Get intouch with one of us and give us anew number, 'cause your record isdope...Rap-A-Lot has movedoffices. Their interim address is11902 Jones Road #L-221, Houston,TX, 77070...KMEL's freestyle "BattleDrill" between Saafir and Casualgot real hot last Friday. Sway willannounce the winner from votescalled in, but I got a feelin' thatSaafir won. Troy Shelton repre-

sented Warner Bros. in support ofSaafir, and offered t -shirts to Saafir'svoters. Eric, I have a tape of thebattle for ya...Skribble is no longerat Big Beat, so direct all inquiriesand servicing needs to JenniferNorwood in L.A. at (310) 205-5720...Sean Thompson is nowdirector of marketing and promo-tion at Loud/SRC. Shout him a con-grats at (212) 475-0013...DarryleLockhart, the former director atLoud/SRC, has started LockhartMarketing, and is rollin' strongwith Virgin and Geffen as clients.His digits are (917) 758-0676...KCSF's Rymeskeme has hadhis show dropped after playingcontinuous rap music on the newly -formatted world beat station. J-Defstill reports as rap director, so stayin touch with him at (415) 804-7363... Looks like Atlantic may beSTRB UP!

Barry White put his voice to STR8-G's new

single "Shadow Of A G." to be released

next month. Ito r: Producer Clint Sands,

Barry White, and STR8-G.

picking up the Ill Biskits project,and I'll keep ya posted since weupped y'all on their flava...KarenMason called to tell me about avery special project. Controversialcommentator/rapper KAM hastaken the idea of an EPK (ElectronicPress Kit) to a new level with histen-minute film The Documeant.Fabulously shot by Neil Frantz, ittakes you through KAM's hood withno holds barred. Eastwest will beservicing it to underground videooutlets as well as mosques andschools across the country nextyear, so be on the lookout forit...Method Man and Redman arecomin' my way this week, and afterhearing about 20-30 minutefreestyles they did on -air at WNYU

16 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994

the debut album..

"Freestyle skills of the next level of nature"MCA, Beastie Boys

"She's an artist, rot a follower"Doug E. Fresh

"In a world of stereotypical roc's and copycat newjacks, Sha-Key is s super-soul-sis that's hard toresist. Her album is where hip -hop tradition andlyrical innovation meet and prosper!"

Havelock Nelson

featuring thesingle SOULSVILLE

ill

RAP

RAP RETAILSINGLES2W LW TW

1 1 1 CRAIG MACK - Flava In Ya Ear (Bad Boy/Arista)

6 2 2 KEITH MURRAY - The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World (Jive)

3 3 3 BONE ENTERPRISE - Thuggish Ruggish Bone (Relativity/Ruthless)

5 5 4 69 BOYZ - Tootsee Roll (Downlow/Rip-It)

9 6 5 INI KAMOZE - Here Comes The Hotstepper (Columbia)

2 4 6 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G - Juicy (Bad Boy/Arista)

15 11 7 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Black Coffee (Uptown/MCA)

8 8 8 FU-SCHNICKENS - Breakdown (Jive)

11 9 9 DIGABLE PLANETS - 9th Wonder (Pendulum/EMI)

4 10 10 ILL AL SKRATCH - I'll Take Her (Mercury)

10 7 11 MAD LION - Take It Easy (Wreck/Nervous)

22 16 12 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Tic Toc (Pendulum/ERG)

14 13 13 SPICE 1- Strap On The Side (Jive)

13 14 14 BRAND NUBIAN - Word Is Bond (Elektra)

25 20 15 METHOD MAN - Bring The Pain/P.L.O. Style (RAL/Def Jam)

7 12 16 DA BRAT - Fa All Y'AII (So So Def/Chaos)

12 15 17 PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH - I Got A Love/The Main Ingredient (Elektra)

- 23 18 SCARFACE - I Never Seen A Man Cry (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)

- 24 19 RED HOT LOVER TONE - Number One Player (Select)

18 18 20 RAPPIN' 4 -TAY - Playaz Club (Chrysalis/EMI/Rag Top)

- 25 21 ARTIFACTS - Come On Wit Da Git Down (Big Beat/Atlantic)

NEW 22 REDMAN - Rockafella (Def Jam/RAL/Chaos)

NEW 23 SLICK RICK - Behind Bars (Def Jam/RAUChaos)

16 17 24 DA YOUNGSTA'S - Hip Hop Ride (eastwest)

11 19 25 BLACK MOON - Buck Em Down/Murder MC's (Nervous)

ALBUMS2W LW TW

1 1 1 MURDER WAS THE CASE - Various Artists (Death Row/Intrscp/Priority/AtI)

2 2 2 SCARFACE - The Diary (Rap-A-Lot/Noo TrybeNirgin)

3 3 3 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G - Ready To Die (Bad Boy/Arista)

4 4 4 CRAIG MACK - Project: Funk Da World (Bad Boy/Arista)

5 5 5 BONE ENTERPRISE - Creepin' On Ah Come -Up EP (Relativity/Ruthless)

6 6 6 THUG LIFE - Volume I (Interscope/Atlantic)

- 11 7 BRAND NUBIAN - Everything Is Everything (Elektra)

11 8 8 JASON'S LYRIC SOUNDTRACK - Jason's Lyric Soundtrack (Mercury)

- 14 9 KEITH MURRAY - The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World (Jive)

7 7 10 BIG MIKE - Somethin' Serious (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)

8 9 11 DA BRAT - Funkdatied (So So Def/Columbia)

9 10 12 ILL AL SKRATCH - Creep Wit Me (Mercury)

NEW 13 METHOD MAN - Tical (RAL/Def Jam)

- 19 14 PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH - The Main Ingredient (Elektra)

24 20 15 FU-SCHNICKENS - Nervous BreakDown (Jive)

- 17 16 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND - Keepers Of The Funk (Pendulum/EMI)

10 12 17 MC EIHT featuring COMPTON'S MOST WANTED - We Come Strapped (Epic Street)

14 15 18 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Nuttin' But Love (Uptown/MCA)

17 16 19 DIGABLE PLANETS - Blowout Comb (Pendulum/EMI)

NEW 20 DA LENCH MOB - Planet Of Da Apes (Priority)

12 21 21 69 BOYZ - 1990uad (Downlow/Rip-It)

13 13 22 WARREN G. - Regulate...G Funk Era (Death Row/Interscope)

NEW 23 ARTIFACTS - Between A Rock And Hard Place (Big Beat/Atlantic)

with Martin Moor, I'm preparingmyself for the dopeness...RayHerbert is on the case doingmixshow/college promotion atRound The Globe...Hope youenjoy the national indie promotionlist we assembled. On the year-endtip, if you need a questionnairefaxed to you whether you're apromo person or a programmer,contact my assistant Jackie andshe'll zip one out to you. They'redue no later than December 2. Wemay use your comments in theyear-end issue. Hope everyone hada great Thanksgiving!

-ONE LOVE, THEMBISA S. MSHAKA

New ReleasesFUNKDOOBIESTRock On

(Immortal/Epic)It's been a while for Funkdoobiest,and they're comin' back full steamwith "Rock On." For those withtheir doubts, the group has definite-ly stepped out from the shadow ofCypress Hill and House of Pain (thevibes are all good tho; DJ Muggssupplies the original edit). This jamis infectious, and the remixes byBuckwild and J&B bring out thebest in this crew. Contact Thad @Immortal (310) 657-9500.

-THEMBISA S. MSHAKA

THE GROUP HOMESupa Star

Payday/FFRRI love it when a group in whom Ialready have faith exceeds myexpectations. At present, TheGroup Home is my favorite exam-ple, representin' The Gang StarrFoundation strong. As Lil' Dap saidduring his cameo on Gang Starr's"I'm The Man," 'the Group home isthick, so all you punks hear this':this duo is kickin' relentless streetknowledge with a slick, fownkytrack from prolific innovator DJPremier. Get yours from Sincere @PLG (212) 603-3918.

-THEMBISA S. MSHAKA

PMDSwing Your Own Thing b/w

Shade' Business

(PMD/RCA)Having shown us the dark side ofbetrayal with his GAVIN Top Five hit"I Saw It Cummin'," PMD brightensthe mood with this second single.Carefree lyrics are delivered withhis signature precision to VaughnMason & Crew's soul classic"Bounce, Rock, Skate & Roll." TheB-side sports the title track, a bitingcommentary on how material andfalse the rap business has become.Terry Ferguson © RCA has yourcopy (212) 930-4565.

-THEMBISA S. MSHAKA

TIST

SAGAT

FROM: Baltimore, Md.

LABEL: Maxi Records

BIGGEST HIT: "(Why Is It)

Funk Dat," an underground

smash from 1993.

CURRENT ALBUM: My Poem

Is...The World According To

Sagat, his self -produced debut.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: "I

grew up listening to hip -hop

and dance music. I can

appreciate any kind of

underground music."

"The

message is lost, and a lot of it

sounds tinny and monotonous.

Part of the reason why is

because house got its respect

and popularity from Europe,

not the East Coast."

FOR THE HIP -HOP HEADS:

"Knok Knok," Put Yo Gun

Down," and "Gotcha Runnin,"

which features Shinehead.

"Those are the tracks that rap

DJs can get with," says Sagat.

Lal ILE KNOWN FACT: Thanks

to the influence of his

Panamanian mother, Sagat has

played timbales and congas

since the age of seven. At

that young age, he played with

a Latin band called Los

Caballeros.

CREATIVE PROCESS: "I

usually start with drums and

build from there. I want to

speak on everyday life, stuff

people can relate to.

Simplicity is where it's at in

music."

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mall Market Success" takes youto Waukegan, Ill., which is locat-ed in one of the state's largestcounties, Lake County. It wasalso comedian Jack Benny's

hometown and is home now to GreatAmerica, one of the nation's biggesttheme/amusement parks. Playing theTop 40 hits for Waukegan is WXLC,better known as Hot 102.3. Musicdirector Dave Michaels provides uswith some insight about the stationand its listeners.Your station is located about 40miles north of Chicago and 40 milessouth of Milwaukee. What does thatdo to your positioning?It puts us in a great situation. We'rethe only mainstream station in eithercity or in between. But we're too faroutside either city to even try to caterto them. We concentrate on what'sright here. Lake County is very loyalto us.

What does Lake County have tooffer?Business and home starts are way up.In fact, 49.4 percent of the people liv-ing in Lake County have moved herein the past five years.This must do great things for you

Great America is practically in ourback yard, so we're very involvedthere. Hot 102.3 is also connectedwith the Big Brother/Big Sister pro-gram here and Lambs Farm, a homefor mentally challenged adults.Do the stations in Chicago andMilwaukee have a great affect onyour station's goals?They have an effect musically, butthey're niche -oriented formats. Theclosest competitor we have musicallyis Q101 (WKQX)-Chicago because oftheir Top 40 approach to new rock.Our main goal right now is musicalconsistency. In the past few years thisstation has leaned adult Top 40, rock

FACT Fll

WXLC Radio

3250 BelvidereWaukegan, IL 60085

(708) 336-7900

Owner: H & D Broadcasting

General manager: Mike Topoll

Program director: Nick Sarella

Music director: Dave Michaels

Consultant: None

Frequency: 102.3 FM

Watts: 3,000

Target demo: 18-34 adults, secondarily

25-40 female

Positioning statement: "Hot 102.3-LakeCounty's Hit Music."Major industries: Watgreen's, Baxter

Labs, Abbott Labs

Top 40 and new rock. Our corporateoffice is very supportive and we'renow ready to give our audience amainstream Top 40. We also need tobe able to give our salespeople anentertaining and effective product tosell.Is your general manager very handson?He stays involved in all areas, butconcentrates on the sales. He lets thedepartment heads run their depart-ments.Tell me about your communicationwith the local record retailers.We talk with them weekly. It's greatbecause I know we're selling music inthis market. Des'ree's "You Gotta Be"is the number five selling single in thearea and we've been the only stationplaying this song. We're also playingthe Rolling Stones' "Out Of Tears" 48times a week and it's the number sixselling single. We watch what's sellingand they watch what we're playing.Do your record reps notice?Some labels pay absolutely no atten-tion to us and with others, we have agreat relationship. I'm treated thesame as everyone else by labels likeMCA, Warner Bros., Geffen and

recently had to go buy a record justto get it on the radio, and that wasbecause my calls and faxes wentunanswered. It's been over 50 callseasily. I realize budgets don't call forgiveaways similar to major markets,but can't you at least return my calland service me with a CD -single?Any last comments?I'm really glad to see that the Top 40format is actually making a come-back. I believe that there'll always bea place for Top 40 on the radio.

Hot 102.3 SAMPLEHOURWednesday, November 16, 4 p.m.

A"Livin' On The Edge"GLORIA ESTEFAN - "Turn The Beat Around"

STING - "When We Dance"

STEVE PERRY - "Missing You"

BON JOVI - "Good

Wear White"

stopset/weather out'"

JANET JACKSON - "Miss You Much"

P"

HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS - "(She's)

Some Kind Of Wonderful"

Night"

***News and stopset***ary Jane's Last Dance"

By PAUL E SWANSON

2( GAVIN NOVEMBER 2 5 , 1994

UN MAN EDITOR: BILL SPEED2W HIT

FACTO

8 4 1 1( -CI Halley - If You Think You're Lonely Now (Uptown/MCA)

1 1 2 BARRY WHITE - Practice What You Preach (A&M/Perspective)

9 5 3 BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown)

5 7 4 JANET JACKSON - You Want This (Virgin)

3 3 5 BLACKSTREET Featuring TEDDY RILEY - Before I Let You Go (Interscope/Atlantic)

16 10 6 TLC - Creep (LaFace/Arista)

2 2 7 BMU (BLACK MEN UNITED) - U Will Know (Mercury)

4 6 8 BRANDY - I Wanna Be Down (Atlantic)

7 9 9 MEN AT LARGE - Let's Talk About It (eastwest)

13 13 10 GERALD LEVERT - I Can't Help Myself (eastwest)

14 11 11 CHANTE MOORE - Old School Lovin' (Silas/MCA)

11 12 12 MARY J. BLIGE - Be Happy (Uptown/MCA)

6 8 13 INI KAMOZE - Here Comes The Hotstepper (Columbia)

21 14 14 BROWNSTONE - If You Love Me (MJJ/Epic)

28 20 15 CHANGING FACES - Foolin' Around (Big Beat/Atlantic)

26 19 16 LUTHER VANDROSS - Always And Forever (LV/Epic)

29 22 17 ZHANE - Shame (Hollywood/Jive)

20 16 18 SILK - I Can Go Deep (Jive/Hollywood)

22 18 19 CASSERINE featuring Cato - Why Not Take All Of Me (Warner Bros.)

20 ANITA BAKER - I Apologize (Elektra)

18 21 21 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ - Black Coffee (Uptown/MCA)

15 17 22 PATTI LA BELLE - All This Love (MCA)

10 15 23 TONY TERRY - When A Man Cries (Virgin)

- 30 24 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Day (Wing/Mercury)

34 32 23 HOWARD HEWETT - This Love Is Forever (Caliber)

33 27 23 LO -KEY? - Tasty (A&M)

35 35 27 RAJA -NEE - Turn It Up (Perspective/A&M)

17 25 23 ANITA BAKER - Body & Soul (Elektra)

- 40 29 KARYN WHITE - Can I Stay With You (Warner Bros.)

NEW 30 GLADYS KNIGHT - End of the Road... (MCA)

NEW 31 H -TOWN - Backseat (Luke)

40 33 32 WHITEHEAD BROS. - Forget I Was A "G" (Motown)

19 23 33 KEITH SWEAT - Get Up On It (Elektra)

30 29 34 BLACKGIRL - Where Did We Go Wrong (Kaper/RCA)

23 26 35 AARON HALL - When You Need Me (Silas/MCA)

NEW 36 TONI BRAXTON - I Belong To You (LaFace/Arista)

NEW 37 JADE - Every Day Of The Week (Giant)

- 34 38 PRINCE - Space (Warner Bros.)

NEW 39 FELICIA ADAMS - Thinking About You (Motown)

- 39 40 EBONY VIBE EVERLASTING - Groove Of Love (Gasoline Alley/MCA)

Chartbound Reports

AAL I YA H "Age Ain't Nothin' But A ..." (Blackground EntainmenVJive

GERALD ALSTON "Stay The Night" (Scotti Bros./Streetlife)

EL DEBARGE "Slide" (Reprise)

Total Reports:This Week 78 Last Week 80

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

38

35

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15

10

21

21

16

21

12

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100%

92%

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97%

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82%

92%

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76%

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68%

77%

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92%

68%

88%

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60%

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88%

33%

38%

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62%

72%

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Adds Heavy Medium Light Hit Factor Weeks

5 3 13 20 42% 2

0 2 13 20 430/0 4

8 2 7 23 29% 3

Album CutsJADE "If The Mood Is Right" (Giant)LUTHER VANDROSS "Coin' in Circles" (LV/Epic)

KAREN WHITE "Make Him Do Right" (Warner Bros.)

Most Added

TONI BRAXTONI Belong To You" (LaFace)

TRISHA COVINGTON"(Why You Wanna) Play Me Out?"

(Columbia)

TEVIN CAMPBELL" -Don't Say Goodbye Girl" (Owest)

H -TOWN"Backseat (No Sheets)" (Luke)

Top Tip

JADE"Everyday Of The Week" (Giant)

RECORD TO WATCH

H -TOWN"Backseat (No Sheets)"

(Luke)

Inside UrbanI spoke with Kevin Evans, presidentof urban music, Streetlife/ScottiBros. records this week; to seewhere he was planning to take thenew label. Evans was in New Yorkworking with his recent signee,Freddie Jackson. Evans is quiet, col-lege -educated and street -smart andrepresents the new breed of urbanrecord executives. He was responsi-ble for the "Be Like Mike" themedMichael Jordan commercials. He wasalso pivitol in the development ofseveral A&M urban music artistsbefore the company merged thatdivision with Perspective Records.Evans has the ability to mix the rightproducers with the right artists, andhe gets results. As president for

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994 21

Produced by Mike "Nice" Chapman and Trent Thomas for Crucial Music Company, Inc.

mane appears courtesy of II!town/Motown Record Company, L.P.

The Movie "A LOW DOWN DIRTY SHAME" opens November 23.

The cast includes writer, director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett,

Salli Richardson and Andrew Divoff.

A.1.1111.1.1r

rP,Ord _(,-1,) 1994 Hollywood Pictures Company 1994 Buena Vlsta Pictures Distribution, Inc.

FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION

PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

A

LOWDOWN

sDIRTYI,

featuring music from

SilkNuttin' NYCe

Tevin CampbellR. KellyAaliyah

Changing FacesSouls of Mischief

CasualSmooth

Organized Konfusionand others

Album in stores November 8!

URBAN

Up & ComingReports

33

Adds

4 SCARFACE - I Never Seen A Man Cry (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)

34 5 NUTTIN' NYCE - Down For Whatever (Jive)

34 3 C+C MUSIC FACTORY - Bounce To The Beat (Columbia)

28 3 KEITH MURRAY - The Most Beautitullest Thing In The World (Jive)

37 11 TRISHA COVINGTON - (Why You Wanna) Play Me Out? (Columbia)

26 - SABELLE - Where Did The Love Go? (Tommy Boy)

32 6 TAKE 6 - All I Need (Is A Chance) (Reprise)

30 2 WARREN G. - Do You See (Violator/RAL)

24 - MELVIN RILEY - What Makes A Man (Wanna Cheat On His Woman) (MCA)

27 4 IMMATURE - Constantly (MCA)

3 - *NIIU - You Don't Have To C Arista

24 - J. UTTLE - The Hump Is On (Atlantic)

23 1 Kansas City Original Sound - Bounce (RCA

31 17 *TFIBMPAMPRFI - Don't Say Goodbye Girl (Owest).,27 11 *AFTER 7 - Not Enough Hours In The Night (Virgin)

26 1 BABYFACE & LISA STANSFIELD - Dream Away (Fox/Arista)

4 *TANYA BLOUNT - Hold On Pol dor

6 *MISS JONES - Where I Wanna Be Bo (Ste Sun

Phil Jerry, Boys II Men, Toni Braxton. Da Brat, Aaliyah,

Streetlife/Scotti Bros. he has alreadysigned Gerald Alston, whose single"Stay The Night" is on the urban upand coming chart; Freddie Jackson'salbum is being completed. He's hadsucess with newcomers Nikki Kixxand Tina Moore and has served asroad manager to Peobo Bryson, andput some muscle behind the ScottiBros. gospel subsideary, LightRecords.

Kevin Evans

What do you hope to accomplish atScotti Bros iStreetlife?I want us to establish a winningUrban music devision. I'm fortunateto be working at a company thatwants to be involved with urbanmusic at a time when many compa-nies are eliminating their urbandepartments and rosters.What was your first music industryjob ?I interned at RCA and at SBK whereI was given encouragement and theopportunity to learn. My career real-ly took off from there. I got a jobwith A&M records while I was

attending Georgia State and I leftthem to become Peabo Bryson'sroad manager. From that point on Iwas on the fast track. I went over toLight records which, with artists likeEdwin Hawkins and the Winans hada strong gospel music roster.How are things different from whenyou fgirst started in the business?

. If you want to be more that com-petitive you have to remain in touchwith the community. You have toremain in touch to what's happeningnow and what going to come.What is your impression of radio?I think that radio lacks vision. Radiois looking for the same type ofsound, or style. We have to gobeyond that because all listeners arenot the same.Do you think that radio is the bestway to break a record ?The best way is to get it to the pub-lic-to reach the buyers period.That's where your street team comesin. Labels that are successful have astrong street team.What do you think of formats suchas NC and Top 40 adding blackartists out of the box? Do you think ofthat as a benefit to a company like

yours?Absolutly. Artists shouldn't bepigeonholed into doing one thing.It's good for them reach to out andgain a new audience.

Urban ReleasesKEITH MURRAY"The Most Beautifullest Thing

In The World"

(JIVE)The latest disciple to emerge fromthe "Green-eyed Bandit" (EricSermon) camp, Keith Murray conicswith a smoove-but-rugged flavor onhis debut. Rolling along to theboomin' beat of the Isley Bros. clas-sic jam, "Between The Sheets," thistrack is ripe for the Urban airwaves.Not to mention that Keith flexes hisvocal chords on the chorus, singing"the most beautifullest thing in theworld" in all his mellowed raspyglory. The remix juices up the trackwith a little help from BootsyCollin's smokin' track "Bootsy GetsLive." Rugged around the edges, yetsmooth as glass, this track delivers awhole heap of soulful funk.

-SPENCEDOOKEY

PARIS"Guerilla Funk"

(Priority/Scarface)San Francisco's Paris (a.k.a. "TheBlack Panther of Hip -hop") is pri-marily known for his undergroundsound and militant lyrical style. For1994, however, Paris has served upa brand new style, delivering afresh slant on the whole G -Funkvibe. "Guerilla Funk" rolls deepand wide with rumbling bass andinfectious synthesizer squiggles,creating mo' funk for your trunk.The track owes a great debt toGeorge Clinton and his P -Funkaggregation ("Guerilla Funk isextremely reminiscent ofParliament's old stand-by "[Not JustlKnee Deep"). Infused with loose,classic funk strains and silkysmooth grooves, it can easily crossthe divide between Rap and Urban.Check it out. -SPENCEDOOKEY

MISS JONES

BIRTHDATES: 10/24

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Queens,

NY

CURRENT SINGLE: "Where I

Wanna Be Boy"

CURRENT ALBUM: Love, Jones

LABEL: StepSun

MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Nancy

Wilson, Stephanie Mills

FAVORITE RECORD: "You Don't

Have To Cry" Rene' & Angela

Getting Signed to StepSun and

being a Hot 97 air personality.

Last Record You Bought:

Changing Faces "Stroke You Up"

FAVORITE FOOD: macaroni &

cheese

SOMETHING YOU DON'T LEAVE

HOME WITHOUT: My cellular

phone.

BEST ADVICE YOU'VE

RECEIVED: Be loyal to

something, and keep my private

business to myself.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST

TREASURED POSSESSION? A

letter my mom wrote me before

she died.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME

YOU CRIED AND WHY? When I

think of my parents that have

passed away.

IF I WASN'T A RECORDING

ARTIST I'D STILL BE

TRYING TO BECOME ONE.

SHE SAYS: "Prayer helps me

remain grounded."

FUTURE PLANS: Countinuingto

pursue my goals in the music

industry and give to childrens

charities.

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994 23

In the last few years, as formats split from each other and radio became morefragmented, the ranks of independent promoters has swelled.

For many, making the plunge isn't easy. Independent promoters still, to someextent, suffer from the payola -wielding image portrayed in books like Hit Men, andthe insensitive "ceme it shoes" jokes just don't seem to die.

But despite the innuendo, indies are thriving. Joining the established companiessuch as Jeff McClusky and Associates, who have been around for 14 years, arepromoters who have spent years with labels, only to be let go when the faces inexecutive suites change. Instead of going back to another major, some have foundit easier to hang out their own shingle and cash in on the contacts they made overthe years.

However, despite experience and hard work it's still hard to shake the image."There is still, unjustifiably, this image that independents are thugs," says Harry

Levy, who started his company, radioActive, four years ago. "Even people outsidethe industry look at us with suspicion."

Tom Barsanti, a senior vice president with Jeff McClusky, acknowledges thatindies have a less -than -savory image, but says it's never been attached to his com-

pany. "We've always had a different image. We're businesslike and have neverbeen viewed as anything other than straight ahead."

What do indies offer that supplement the majors? "Focus," says Levy. "Recordcompany people sometimes get caught up with corporate issues. "We're able toput all of our energy into a job, and because of that we're able to get results."

"Our level of service is higher because the number of stations we work with ismuch smaller, so we have a solid personal relationship with them," says Barsanti.

Starting up an indie and keeping it going isn't as easy as printing up businesscards, calling old friends and staying on the phone. Independent promotion isbecoming more and more competitive, and it takes real work to stay in the mix."You always have to keep changing," says Levy. "If you get complacent, you'rescrewed."

What you may not know is that it's not only labels that rely on indies. They're hiredby, among others, managers. And publishers can make up as much as ten percentof an independent promoter's business.

Despite the growing legion of indies Levy says the competition that existsbetween the majors isn't a factor in independent promotion. "People think thatindies compete with each other, but that's not always the case," he says, and men-tions McClusky as a company with whom he has a close relationship. "We have alot in common."

What indies don't have in common, anymore, is a bad image. Those days are over.- BEVERLY MIRE

WHAT'S THE TOUGHEST PART OF BEING AN INDIE?

GAVIN asked some of the biggest what they find hardest: getting accounts, getting

airplay or getting paid. Not surprisingly, 70 percent answered "getting paid."

"It's like being a detective," one said. "You have to get a bloodhound and try to track

down payment on something you delivered on weeks and weeks and weeks before."

INDEPENDENTS:

Galen Adams402 Terrydale DriveMarietta, GA 3006714041 973-6314Fax: 1404) 578-0212Glen AdamsCountry

Advanced Alternative Media(AAM)121 West 27 St. Suite 401New York, NY 100011212) 924-2929Fax: 1212) 929-6305Jeremy BrownDrew HauserCollege/A3

AEC Music Distribution239 Ethan Allen HighwayRidgefield, CT 0687718001314-8885Fax: 12031 730-2779Larry DavisPaul WashingtonUrban

Aggressive Promotions800 W Cummings ParkSuite 2500Woburn, MA 018011617) 935-7540Fax: (617)935-6866Todd NicholsAlternative/Rock/AOR

AIM Marketing105 White Oak LaneOld Bridge, NJ 0885719081679-9111Fax: 19081 679-6131Paul Yeskel

Gary JayJoanne GrandAnya FeldmanKristen MooreLoretta WindasA3/AOR/Metal-HardRock/College

All That Jazz1526 14th StreetSuite 109Santa Monica, CA 904041310) 395-6995Fax: 1310) 395-9334Cliff GorovTim Fitzgibbon, Jason Gorov,Phil Hay, Kerri RosenblumJazz/A2/A3

Alternative Music PromotionPO. Box 1999Santa Monica, CA 904061310) 581 -6624Fax: 13101 452-8620Michael ScurlockJoel HabbashawAlternative

Alternative Radio MarketingStrategiesARMS Division100 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1830Santa Monica, CA 9040113101 458-1501Fax: 13101 451-3588Del WilliamsLeah SimonAlternative

Lee Arnold Marketing6944 N. Port Washington Rd.Milwaukee, WI 5321714141 351 -9088Fax: 14141 351-6997Lee ArnoldPaulette McCubbinAlbum/A3

Asoma Marketing Services4109 Barnes Ave.Bronx, NY 104661718) 547-5539Fax: 1718) 652-4518August SimsFull Service

Auto Tonic2272 Deadrick Ave.Memphis, TN 381141901) 452-3939Fax: 19011 452-3928Dan MacktaCollege/Alternative

Stephanie B. Promotion1747 West Chester Pike *28Havertown, PA 1908312151 789-7833Fax:: 12151 789-9832Stephanie BarsamianA/C -Top 40

Bi-Coastal Promotion98 Sackett St. .3Brooklyn, NY 1123117181 522-4383Pager: 1917) 894-0581Fax: 17181 522-4383Jamieson GrilloRap

Big Bear Music41 Elmwood AvenueBuffalo, NY 14201(716) 885-4156Fax: 1716) 885-5247John HayAC/Top 40/Album

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

BFI, Inc.50 E. Palisade Ave.Englewood, NJ 07631(201) 816-9322Fax: (201) 568-6262Boo FrazierVerne)) BayneQuiet Storm/Jazz/Gospel/Blues

B. J. Promotions30 Music Square West*206Nashville, TN 37203(6151 726-1910Fax:16(5) 726-2723B.J. McElweeCountry

Donna Brake Promotion2314 Woodmont Blvd.Nashville, TN 37215Donna BrakeJohn BrakeA/C

Jerry Brenner Promotions800 W Cummings Pk.Suite 2500Woburn, MA 01801(6171935-7540Fax: (617) 935-6866Jerry BrennerTop 40

Callahan West & Associates6525 Sunset Blvd.Garden Suite *1Hollywood, CA 90028(2131446-8132Fax: (213) 446-5773Tom CallahanNick BeddingDana GordonMike LeeJazz/A2/A3/AC

Cat's EyePromotion/Marketing300 Mercer St.17th FloorNew York, NY 10003(212) 353-9632Fax: (212) 529-4857Billy CataldoTop 40

Chart Attack1106 16th Ave. SouthNashville, TN 37212(615) 244-7445Fax: (615) 244-7520Stan ByrdFrank LeffelBobby YarboroughCountry

Charterhouse Marketing737 Tennis AvenueMaple Glen, PA 19002(2151 641 -0459Fax:12151 540-0S45William (Biff) KennedyA3

Ann Chrisman3811 Inglewooc Circle SouthNashville, TN 37216(6151 262-1466Fax: (615) 262-2799Ann ChrismanCountry

Michele Clark Promotions88 Golfview Dr veSewell, NJ 08080(6091589-4229Fax: 16091589-1495

12610 Torrey Bluff Drive#382San Diego, CA 9213016191755-1614Fax: 1619) 755-6359Michele Clark (Sewell, NJ)Madeleine Chattah (SanDiego)Jazz/A2/A3

Classified Entertainment4655 Kingswwell Ave.Suite 203Los Angeles, CA 9002712131 913-1584Fax 12131 913-1586Matthew FraumanRap/Urban

Coast II Coast Marketing andPromotion26212 AbdaleSanta Clarita, CA 9132118051 251-6102Fax: 1805) 251-9319Alan LottLygia LottUrban/Urban A/C

Coast To Coast Promotion &Marketing810 Seventh Avenue, FourthFloorNew York, NY 1001912121 603-8705Fax: (2121 603-868465 Ocotillo AvenueNewbury Park, CA 9132018051376-2505Fax: (805) 376-2216Susan Levin (New York)Marco Cutrone (New York)Laura Sunano (New YorkEdith Bellinghausen (New York)Bob Ruttenberg (Newbury Park)Paul Glessner (Newbury Park)Jazz/A2/A3

Concrete Marketing1133 Broadway, Suite 1220New York, NY 100101212) 645-1360/18001666-6382Fax: (2121 645-2607Steve PrueLauren GoldwasserHard Rock

Counterpoint Music GroupP.O. Box 24650Nashville, TN 37202(6151 352-0420Fax: (615) 353-0410E-mail countpoint@aol.comJon GrimsonA3

Crazy Pinoy Promotions1812 East Madison Suite 30

Seattle, WA 98122(2061324-6650Fax: (2061 324-6122Nasty NesJammin' JohnMike ClarkRap

Paul Crowley MusicMarketing4516 Randolph Rd. Suite 132Charlotte, NC 28211(704) 367-2511Fax: (7041 365-4757Paul CrowleyA/C, Jazz

Dejadisc537 LindseySan Marcos, Texas 78666(512) 392-6610Fax: (512) 754-6886Steve WilkisonRock/Folk/Singer-Songwriter

Joe Deters3233 River Oak PlaceLawrenceville, GA 3024414041 978-2676Fax: (4041 736-9966Joe DetersCountry

Dr. Jazz Operations24270 EastwoodOak Park, MI 48237(3131 542-7888Fax: 1313) 548-1764Dr. JazzJazz

DLA Enterprises3355 Nicole LaneCuster, WA 98240(2061 366-3517Fax: 1206) 366-3716Don AntiTop 40

Jerry Duncan Promotions1012 18th Ave. SouthNashville, TN 3721216151 321-2841Fax: (6151 321-0464Jerry DuncanCountry

Dynamic Duo Entertainment72 Wayne St. Suite 1

Jersey City, NJ 07302(212) 841-8636Fax: (2121 247-8825Kevin MitchellGlenn "G -Man" HoltRap/College/Commercial/Street

Ear Bender365 S. CochranLos Angeles, CA 90036(2131 857-5815Fax: (2131 857-6615John RosenfelderCollege/Non-commercial

East- 2 -West559 Wanamaker RoadJenkintown, PA 19046(2151 884-3308Fax: 12151 884-1083Jackie PaulRap

Entertainment Promotion2501 Rochester CourtTroy, MI 48083(8101524-1914Fax: (810) 689-5321Mark BarnowskiSteve GibsonJoan BarnowskiSue RaleighA/C

Joe P Ethridge2628 Haversham Ave.Nashville, TN 37214(6151 316-9200Fax: (615) 316-9200Joe P EthridgeCountry

Tom Evans Marketing16426 65th Avenue WestLynnwood, WA 98037(2061 745-4370Fax: (2061 745-2043Tom EvansTop 40

Dick ForsterMarketing/Promotion andManagement54 Cypress DriveFairfax, CA 94930(415) 453-2005Fax: (4151 453-2596Dick ForsterFull Service

GIRLIE ACTION Media andManagement, Inc.270 Lafayette St. Suite 1201New York City, NY 10012(2121 334-3200Fax: (2121 334-4413Felice EckerVictoria Starr

Girlie Action West1680 North Vine Suite 911Hollywood, CA 90028(2131 467-2600Fax: 1213) 467-2327Brian BumberyAlternative

Don Graham ProgressiveMarketing2768 LaCuestra DriveLos Angeles, CA 90046(2131 969-8422Fax: (213) 969-0272Don GrahamJazz/A2

Jon GrimsonP.O. Box 24650Nashville, TN 37202(6151 352-0420Fax: (6151 353-0410Americana/A3

Groov Marketing6355 Topanga Canyon BlvdSuite 219Woodland Hills, CA 91367(8181 883-5755Fax: (8181 883-3320Neil GorovYnes ZavalaJazz/A2/A3

Guerilla Man MusicMarketing & PromotionPO. Box 724986Atlanta, GA 31139(404) 916-9473Fax:1404) 612-9561E-mail: Guerilla 1@aol.comMick WainmanAlternative/A3

Heavy Lenny Promotions2343 31st StreetSanta Monica, CA 90405(3101 450-6224Fax: (3101 450-8822Heavy LennyA3/Album

Hired Gun MarketingP.O. Box 305Lafayette Hill, PA 19444(6101 825-9698Fax: (6101 825-7329Mitch SatalofAnne Marie DoordanSales, Distribution, MarketingFull Service

Hotline PromotionsLakes By The Boy9901 SW 218th TerraceMiami, FL 331901305) 255-9966Fax: (3051 255-3070Kristin PearsonA2/World Music/Jazz

Idea Promotions6721 Colchester PlaceNorcross, GA 30093(4041908-0926Pager: (4041 280-3947Fax: (4041908-8234Country

Indiego Promotions1633 York St.Denver, CO 8020618001355-3132Fax:(303) 394-4618Michael FittsCollege/A3/AC

Inter -Soul Promotions2287 LothropDetroit, MI 48206(3131894-0710Ernest KelleyR&B

JK Promotion3406 North Knoll DriveHollywood, CA 90068(2131 824-7507Fax: (213) 874-7435Jon KonjoyanDavid KonjoyanA/C

Jennifer Jones Promotion304 Sutherland AvenueNashville, TN 37205(6151 292-6613Fax: (6151 297-3145Jennifer JonesA/C

Jerome Promotions andMarketing1671 Jennings WayNorcross, GA 30093(4041 441-1740Fax: (404) 441-1738Bill JeromeTop 40

Joanie Lawrence Promotions123 Clarendon AvenueNashville, TN 37205(615) 292-1412Fax:16151 383-2556Joanie LawrenceA/C

Mike Leventon235 West 56 St. #32NNew York, NY 1001912121787-8892Fax: (2121 956-5698Mike LeventonA/C

James Lewis MarketingP 0. Box 69Pacific Palisades, CA 90272(3101820-4006Fax: (3101 820-1751Jazz/A2/A3

Libow Unlimited, Inc.20 Sutton Place, Suite 2BNew York, NY1002212121 888-0987Fax: (2121 750-2766Judy LibowBlake WilcoxAlbum Radio

Sandi Lifson Promotion18981 Ventura Blvd. Suite 304Tarzana, CA 91356(8181 345-1891Fax: 1818) 345-1901Sandi LifsonA/C

Libra Promotion2083 Hempstead TurnpikeSuite 188East Meadow, NY 11554(5161 520-0460Fax: (5161520-0461Jesse MaidbreyDarren JohnsonClint WorksRap/Urban

Little Richie JohnsonP.O. Box 3Belen, NM 87002(5051 864-7441Fax: (5051 864-7442Little Richie JohnsonCountry

Lockhart Marketing180 Bethel Loop Suite 10GBrooklyn, NY 11239(718) 642-4935Fax: 17181 642-4935Daryle LockhartR&B/Jazz/Acid Jazz/Hip-hop

Main Street Marketing andPromotion4517 Minnetonka Blvd.Suite 104Minneapolis, MN 55416(6121 927-4487Fax: (6121 927-6427Tom KayJane DysonCyndi SpringerA/C -Top 40/Rock/Modern Rock

Malveme Indie8100 Professional PlaceSuite 112Landover, MD 20785(301) 306-7900Fax: (3011 306-7904Jay Johnson'Van WycoffFull Service

Marco PromotionsPO. Box 24454Nashville, TN 37202(615) 269-7074Fax: (6151 269-0131Nina RossmanJoe RedmondCountry

Matrix Promotions217 Silo CourtNashville, TN 37221(6151 662-1413Fax: 6151662-0512E-mail MMMatrixaDelphi.ComMichael MorycMichael CatalanoJazz/A2

Mazzetta Promotion426 Bloom St.Highland Park, IL 6003517081266-0101Fax: (7081 266-0303Tom MazzettaAC/A2

MC Promotion816 Third StreetMukilteo, WA 982751206) 258-3354Fax: (2061 355-1715Mike CarlsonJazz/A2

Tom McBee Promotions208 Lavar CourtHendersonville, TN 37075(6151 824-5370Tom McBeeCountry

Jeff McClusky & Associates719 West WillowChicago, IL 6061413121280-1212Fax: (3121 280-9549Jeff McCluskyTom BarsantiPaul SwansonFull Service

McD Promotion1384 Camino CristobalThousand Oaks, CA 91369(8051 498-7090Fax: (8051 499-7006Kevin McDonaldJill RamsdellA/C

Tim McFadden1024 17th Ave. SouthNashville, TN 3721216151 320-9480Fax: (6151 329-2148Tim McFaddenCountry

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GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

GAVIN A/C ASSOCIATEEDITOR:RON FELL

EDITOR:DIANE RUFER

SPINS TREND

1 MADONNA - Secret (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 9 223 2 6357 +60 120 64 8

2 JOSHUA KADISON - Picture Postcards From L.A. (SBK/EMI) 11 210 11 5339 +347 89 67 18

3 MICHAEL BOLTON - Once In A Lifetime (Columbia) 8 189 4 4864 +93 83 56 16

4 GLORIA ESTEFAN - Turn The Beat Around (Crescent Moon/Epic) 12 171 1 4506 +35 87 42 15

5 KATHY TROCCOLI - It I'm Not In Love (Reunion/RCA) 11 177 2 4310 +200 65 53 17

6 STING - When We Dance (A&M) 8 179 6 4200 +415 57 57 21

7 AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - House Of Love (A&M) 7 182 12 4027 +647 54 56 29

8 BCYZ II MEN - I'll Make Love To You (Motown) 16 149 0 3817 -651 58 50 8

9 SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna Do (A&M) 19 136 2 3533 -415 60 34 10

10 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Day (Wing/Mercury) 4 184 25 3469 +804 23 61 38

11 ELTON JOHN - Circle Of Life (Hollywood) 18 142 0 3411 -467 54 37 17

12 ROLLING STONES - Out Of Tears (Virgin) 11 130 1 3369 -251 57 44 7

13 CELINE DION - Only One Road (550 Music) 8 153 7 3277 +328 41 25

14 RICHARD MARX - Nothing Left Behind Us (Capitol) 4 165 18 3140 +663 26 35

15 ERIC CLAPTON - Motherless Child (Duck/Reprise) 10 129 4 3112 +84 48 10

16 BONNIE RAITT - Storm Warning (Capitol) 8 144 4 2853 +211 23 20

17 STEVE PERRY - Missing You (Columbia) 5 164 15 2840 +518 14 41

18 JOHN MELLENCAMP - Dance Naked (Mercury) 10 120 5 2837 +276 38 7

19 MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island) 14 104 3 2798 +144 51 8

20 BON JOVI - Always (Mercury) 10 110 10 2531 +287 37 18

21 AMY GRANT - Lucky One (A&M) 17 112 0 2529 -476 37 22

22 EAGLES - Get Over It (Geffen) 7 107 4 2455 +89 34 16

23 BABYFACE - When Can I See You (Epic) 16 105 0 2421 564 28 15

24 GIN BLOSSOMS - Allison Road (A&M) 13 94 6 2037 +197 24 15

25 ACE OF BASE - Living In Danger (Arista) 8 89 9 1881 +144 25 18

26 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Something's Always Wrong (Columbia) 12 91 8 1876 +83 22 15

27 BABYFACE & LISA STANSFIELD - Dream Away (Fox/Arista) 4 126 22 1822 +449 1 43

28 ROXETTE - Crash! Boom! Bang! (EMI) 12 88 1 1687 -70 15 18

29 LUTHER VANDROSS & MARIAN CAREY - Endless Love (Columbia) 13 83 0 1684 -686 17 14

30 JON SECADA - Mental Picture (SBK/EMI) 5 114 48 1620 3 48

31 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Do It Again (JVC) 10 87 7 1611 +214 10 15

32 DAN HARTMAN - The Love In Your Eyes (Chaos) 3 104 32 1497 7 44

33 SARI - I Can't Let Go (Eagle Eye) 10 84 4 1423 +77 10 21

34 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Hold My Hand (Atlantic) 15 68 8 1371 +193 17 15

35 ANITA BAKER - Body & Soul (Elektra) 15 70 0 1344 -710 10 14

36 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - But It's Alright (Elektra) 20 59 1 1276 -285 18 13

37 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH - These Empty Days (Atlantic) 3 77 6 1145NEW 3 28

38 MARK WILLIAMSON - Over And Over (Peak/GRP) 7 74 9 1145NEW 4 26

39 WYNONNA & MICHAEL ENGLISH - Healing (Curb) 6 82 14 1131 NEW 2 38

40 TOM PETTY You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.) 5 68 7 1106N EW 4 19

RECORD TO WATCHChartbound Reports Adds SPINS TREND

CARLY SIMON - "Like A River" (Arista) 79 15 970 +229

BOYZ II MEN 'On Gentled Knee" (Motown) 62 38 1084 +660

JONI MITCHELL - "How Do You Stop" (Reprise) 62 15 783 +202

Total Reports:This Week 234 Last Week 234

Reports accepted:Monday at 8am through 2pm TuesdayStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

SHAWN COLVIN & MARY

CHAPIN CARPENTER"One Cool Remove"

(Columbia)

Gavin A/C #1 Hits From:11/29/91 RICHARD MARX - "Keep Coming Back"12/1/89 PHIL COLLINS - "Another Day In Paradise"12/2/88 WILL TO POWER - "Baby I Love Your Way"11/30/84 PAUL McCARTNEY - "No More Lonely Night"

Most AddedJON SECADA (48)"Metal Picture- (SBK/EMI)

BOYZ II MEN (38)"On Bended Knee" (Motown)

DAN HARTMAN (32)"The Love In Your Eyes" (Chaos)

LUTHER VANDROSS (30)"Always And Forever" (LV/Epic)

SEAL (28)"Newborn Friend"(ZTT/Sire/Warner Bros.)

Top Tip

BOYZ II MEN"On Bended Knee"(Motown)

Inside A/CTHE BIZCongratulations to Angie Handa,program director of WLDR-TraverseCity, Michigan, on her appointmentas program director of Lite A/CWSUY-Charleston, South Carolina.She'll be on the job by December1 2

Celebrating an early "Christmas withKenny G" listening party thanks toArista'i, Mark Rizzo are, left to right;Bill Wertz WQLR-Kalamazoo,Michigan; Rizzo, Kenny G., GeorgeMcIntire WCRZ-Flint, Michigan;Jerry Noble WIOG-Saginaw,Michigan and Ray Marshall WFMK-Lansing, Michigan.

Don't forget, you can save $105 byregistering for the 1995 GAVINSeminar in New Orleans (February15-18) before December 16. Call ourSeminar hotline ar (415) 495-3200.

THE MUSICFirst off, our apologies to CarlySimon and Tom Petty for theiraccidentally omitting them from lastweek's CHARTBOUND section. Bothrecords are alive and well despiteour goof.

A static top four is topped againby Madonna's "Secret," which hasbetter than a thousand spin advan-tage over all corners. It's the onlysingle in the format with an average-,pin commitment of better than 28 aweek.

The two new entries into the topten are "House Of Love," the hotduet between Amy Grant andVince Gill, and "The Sweetest Day"by Vanessa Williams. Grant & Gill

26 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994

THE NEW CLASSIC

FROM THE LONG-AWAITED

GREATEST HITS ALBUM

Froducec by Bob Seger Mixed by Ed Cherney and Bob Seger Management: Punch Andrews/Punch Enterprises, Inc. 01994 Capitol Records Inc.

A/C

Reports AddsSPINS TRENDS

56 2 708 +52 UNITED ARTISTS FOR NATURE - Yes We Can (Pyramid)

53 30 707 +410 LUTHER VANDROSS - Always And Forever (LV/Epic)

40 5 485 +28 NORTHERN VOICES - Tell Me I'm Not Wrong Again (Shadow Mountain)

39 3 520 +82 WAR - Angel (Avenue)

39 10 408 +103 KITARO - Dance Of Sarasvati (Domo)

37 28 453 +309 * SEAL - Newborn Friend (Ztt/Sire/Warner Bros.)

35 19 370 +185 MOODY BLUES - This Is The Moment (Polydor)

34 9 439 +149 EDIE BRICKELL - Tomorrow Comes (Geffen)

33 16 363 +198 ALLDARON WEST - Safe In Your Arms (Atico)

28 6 654 +201 DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music)

26 6 371 +91 FIREFALL - Who Ran Away (Redstone)

26 12 330 +168 JULES SHEAR - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Island)

25 16 298 +164 * PATTY SMYTH - Look What Love Has Done (Theme From Junior) (MCA)

24 5 231 +68 NATALIE COLE - No More Blue Christmas (Elektra)

23 12 274 +141 SUBDUDES - Why Can't I Forget About You? (High Street)

21 18 254 +213 * ANITA BAKER - I Apologize (Elektra)

20 4 388 +78 SASS JORDAN - Sun's Gonna Rise (MCA)

19 3 217 +29 NIKI HARIS & PETER COX - I Only Have Eyes For You (RCA)

20 14 240 +178 * SHAWN COLVIN with M. C. CARPENTER - One Cool Remove (Columbia)

18 3 293 +87 WADE HUBBARD - Castles In The Sky (Vibration)

15 1 386 +40 THE REAL McCOY - Another Night (Arista)

15 5 143 +58 BARRY MANILOW - I Can't Get Started (Arista)

14 2 156 +13 WILLIE NELSON - Healing Hands Of Time (Liberty/SBK/EMI)

14 13 158 +151 * MARIAN CAREY - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Columbia)

12 6 166 +39 * 4PM - Sukiyaki (Next Plateau/Island)

12 1 173 +33 TOM JONES - If I Only Knew (Interscope/Atlantic)

2 213 +26 CROWS - Rain King (DGC)

11

10

11 123 +123 * HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - little Bitty Pretty One (Elektra)

9 88 +81 * WENDY MOTEN - Whatever You Imagine (Fox/EMI)

10 8 106 +87 * SPUTZ - See Saw (Saturn)

: Joe Cocker, Jackson Browne, Robert Palmer, Arnold McCuller, Jon Secada, Sarah McLachlan.

1

have 100 stations at the three playsper day level and Williams' newestis flat-out the HOFFEST growingtrack in the entire format with itsSpincrease of 804 this week. Fourweeks out and 182 stations are onboard. It should clear the magic 200level next week.

Richard Marx is wasting littletime getting back on the chart'shigher rungs. "Nothing Left BehindUs" is averaging better than 40ADDs a week and spins are over the3,100 mark in just four weeks. Newthis issue for WKWK, KTDY, KUDL,WALK, WRQX and KMZQ.

If you remember our old HITFACTOR stat where we showed howwell tracks do when played (whatpercentage of a record playersreported good rotations), then you'llappreciate the current spins per sta-tion stat on Melissa Etheridge's"I'm The Only One." OnlyMadonna's "Secret," at 28.51 getsmore spins per playing station thanMelissa's 26.9

Steve Perry's "Missing You" isripping up the charts where it's nowat #17 with 164 players. It has been

"found" at KLSY, KUDL, WTPI,WMXV, WBMX, KDMX, K103,KQXT, KESZ, KXYQ, K101, WDEF,WMGN and K99.

Top chart debut this week is JonSecada's "Mental Picture," whichbeats out our Top Tip, DanHartman, by two ranks. Secada'salso the #1 MOST ADDED with 48new, while Hartman is #3 MOSTADDED with a 570 spincrease.

Last week's RECORD TO WATCH,Des'ree's "You Gotta Be," takes a201 Spincrease this week. There areonly 28 stations playing it, but it'sgetting 23.36 spins per week onaverage at its playing stations. Topspins include WMXV, KXYQ, WBXX,KVIC KGRC and K99 at 30 or betteralready.

Our new RECORD TO WATCH isShawn Colvin & Mary ChapinCarpenters' "One Cool Remove."Only 20 early believers, but amongthem are some strong rotations likethe two or more a day from KWXX,WAHR, KLMJ, KQMT, KATW, KLOG,KBJJ, WQTU, KJNO and KMCQ.

TOP TIP from a hot batch is BoyzII Men's "On Bended Knee." This

one begs for airplay and probablythe majority of the "yet -to -plays" arecoming from stations still bangin' theold one,"I'll Make Love To You."Nevertheless, it's #2 MOST ADDEDwith 38 new like KBLQ, KVYN,WKHI, KYMG, WASL, WJLK, WCKQ,K101 and WALK.

The aforementioned Tom Pettysingle, "You Don't Know How ItFeels," debuts this week at #40 witha spincrease of 244, while CarlySimon's "Like A River" now topsCHARTBOUND with a third of theformat playing it and spins nearing1,000 thanks to a spincrease of 229this week.

New ReleasesMAIRE BRENNAN"Big Yellow Taxi" (Atlantic)Brennan, from Clannad and who isEnya's sister, covers Joni Mitchell'smore -true -than -ever single from1970 with a fresh approach. It's notnearly as ethereal as Clannad'smusic, and is supported by strongbass and percussion.

BOB SEGER"In Your Time" (Capitol)Fatherhood has had a profoundeffect on Seger as evidenced by hisfirst public man -to -boy talk. It's fullof the hope and wisdom only wiseold experienced men can impart. It'sfrom his just -released Greatest Hitsalbum and will join the ranks of thelegendary tracks that have earnedtheir w:IV onto the set.BASIA"Third Time Lucky" (Epic)Basia and musical partner DannyWhite think so much of this songthat they went back into the studioand reworked it from its originalversion on The Sweetest Illusion. Thevocals are more clearly understoodand the arrangement is, shall wesay, more American? And it is the"third" single from the album.KENNY G"Have Yourself A Merry littleChristmas" (Arista)This is the sexiest soundingChristmas song of the decade. Atleast that's how this standard is laid -out by the master of the sax. It's rea-son enough to buy G's new album,Miracles-The Holiday Album.

ARTIST PROFILE

(HALE OF ROXL.1E)

LABEL: EMI Records

VP OF PROMOTION: Laura

Kuntz

BIRTHDATE &

BIRTHPLACE: January 12,

1959 - Halmstad,, Sweden.

CURRENT RESIDENCE:

Stockholm

MARITAL STATUS: Married

MUSICAL INFLUENCES:

"Tiny Tim."

FAVORITE RECORD BY

ANOTHER ARTIST:

"Revolver by the Beatles."

LIKES: "Harley Davidson's"

DISLIKES: "Suzukis."

FAVORITE PASTIME: "My

wife."

LAST CD YOU

PURCHASED: "Monster by

R.E.M."

MOST TREASURED

MATERIAL POSSESSION:

"My old 1961 Corvette."

AMBITION YOU STILL HAYS

TO FULFILL: "Playing

Madison Square Garden."

BEST ADVICE YOU EVER

RECEIVED: "To relax!"

THREE ESSENTIALS YOU

WOULD NEED TO SURVIVE

ON A DESERT !ISLAND:

"Vermouth, Gin and olives."

28 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994

ANI

The new single and video from Rhythm Of Love.

There's no mistaking he

"Body & Soul," Anita's firs

inspiring

voice, and there's no mistaking how it makespeople react.

single in four years, swept Rhythm Of Loge into the Top 3,.

urn sales of over 'L.6 million in just six weOks.

Produced by Barry:. Eastmond for Eest Bay Music, Inc.Executive Producer Anita Baker

Management' POP Shmem

Z' 1994 Elektra Entertahmeni, a division of Warner Communications Inc A Tone Werner Company.

A/C

S/P/W SPINCREASESSPINS PER WEEK PER STATION RANKED INCREASE IN TOTAL SPINS

MADONNA - Secret (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.) 28.51 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Day (Wing/Mercury) 804

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - I'm The Only One (Island) 26.90 JON SECADA - Mental Picture (SBK/EMI) 731

GLORIA ESTEFAN - Turn The Beat Around (Crescent Moon/Epic) 26.35 RICHARD MARX - Nothing Left Behind Us (Capitol) 663

SHERYL CROW - All I Wanna Do (A&M) 25.98 BOYZ II MEN - On Bended Knee (Motown) 660

ROLLING STONES - Out Of Tears (Virgin) 25.92 AMY GRANT with VINCE GILL - House Of Love (A&M) 647

MICHAEL BOLTON - Once In A Lifetime (Columbia) 25.74 DAN HARTMAN - The Love In Your Eyes (Chaos) 570

BOYZ II MEN - I'll Make Love To You (Motown) 25.62 STEVE PERRY - Missing You (Columbia) 518

JOSHUA KADISON - Picture Postcards From L.A. (SBK/EMI) 25.42 BABYFACE & LISA STANSFIELD - Dream Away (Fox/Arista) 449

KATHY TROCCOLI - If I'm Not In Love (Reunion/RCA) 24.35 STING - When We Dance (A&M) 415

ERIC CLAPTON - Motherless Child (Duck/Reprise) 24.12 LUTHER VANDROSS - Always And Forever (LV/Epic) 410

ELTON JOHN Circle Of Life (Hollywood) 24.02 JOSHUA KADISON - Picture Postcards From L.A. (SBK/EMI) 347

JOHN MELLENCAMP - Dance Naked (Mercury) 23.M CELINE DION - Only One Road (550 Music) 328

STING - When We Dance (A&M) 23.46 SEAL - Newborn Friend (ZtVSire/Warner Bros.) 309

DES'REE - You Gotta Be (550 Music) 23.36 BON JOVI - Always (Mercury) 287

TONI BRAXTON - You Mean The World To Me (LaFace/Arista) 23.21 JOHN MELLENCAMP - Dance Naked (Mercury) 276

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - Come To My Window (Island) 23.11 TOM PETTY - You Don't Know How It Feels (Warner Bros.) 244

BABYFACE When Can I See You (Epic) 23.06 CARLY SIMON - Like A River (Arista) 229

BON JOVI - Always (Mercury) 23.01 PAUL HARDCASTLE - Do It Again (JVC) 214

EAGLES - Get Over It (Geffen) 22.94 ANITA BAKER - I Apologize (Elektra) 213

FOUR SEASONS - Oh What A Night (Curb) 22.62 BONNIE RAITT - Storm Warning (Capitol) 211

Listed above are the top ranked singles based on the division of each song's total stations Into Its total Spins.

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MANAGEMENT

P.D. NOTEBOOK BY ERIC NORBERG

RESPONSE FROMBOISE

In my September 16, 1994 column,country programmer Al Hamilton ofKKAJ-Ardmore, Okla., wonderedwhy many of today's country hits,such as "Queen of My Double Wide"convey a "hokey country bumpkinimage." He added, however, that heproudly played them because they'regood songs. "I have never let mypersonal opinions interfere with mymusic judgment," he said.

Drew Harold, music director ofKBOI/AM in Boise, which has an FMcountry sister KQFC, writes, "Some(not all) of Al's listeners do live inthat big double wide. In this day adouble wide is just like a new home,and those kinds of songs are certain-ly entertaining to most."

Turning to another topic Drewcomments, "As to your continuingstatements about AM stereo, youcouldn't be more right. KBOI has

been AM stereo since 1985, and afull service station since Marthawasn't even a Vandella. We still havegreat ratings and great revenue. Theright mix of personalities, news,sports, airplane traffic reports andthe right A/C music will keep usalive for years to come. We havefound that people come to us formusic and news...people ask us howwe do it; there are three items thatlead us to success: localize, localize,localize."

It's contrary to the myths of thebusiness everybody seems tobelieve, but if you program a musicAM station the way your listenersexpect you to, the statistics frommany different markets of all sizesshow that you can succeed hand-somely. The key is meeting listenerexpectations. If you have an AMwith a big cume and a small share,

you are not meeting your own lis-teners' expectations. Identify theexpectations and fulfill them, and theshare will rise. But responding bychanging format simply dissipatesthe cume and leaves you nothing towork with.

And then there's that matter of AMstereo. KFQD/AM-Anchorageevening personality Dave Taylor hasbeen using the inexpensive SonySRF-42 AM stereo/FM stereoWalkman radio to promote the A/Cstation's AM stereo presentation. Imet Taylor recently, and learned thathis promotional efforts on behalf ofthe AM stereo, mostly voluntary,include taking a demonstration dis-play to every personal appearancehe makes, setting up a permanentdemonstration in the station's lobby,and giving the little Walkman -typeradio away on the air.

Taylor has gotten enough con-sumer demand for this radio atAnchorage retail stores that thisWalkman is now being sold in RadioShacks there. Remember that RadioShack seldom, if ever, sells merchan-dise not in its own catalog. If Davecan accomplish all of this in hisspare time, other programmers cando it in their respective markets.

There are now some 25 millioncars and trucks with AM stereoinstalled as factory equipment dri-ving the streets and highways of theUnited States, and most of them flipto stereo automatically when astereo station is tuned in. The marketis there and the sound quality isexceptional.

For more information about theSony SRF-42, which sells for around$30 retail, contact Jim Pepe at Sony:(201) 930-1000.

"Dance Of Sarasvati"

XX POSITIVE

"Melodic and rhythmic instrumentals actually continu>to have more widespread appeal to the mainstreamA/C audience than many if not most vocal hits do."- Eric Norberg, The Adult Contemporary

Music Research Letter

"It's a great record for A/C Radio"- Dan Brannan, KFYR Bismark ND

"Never had as much response on an instrumentalas this one... it's a keeper!"

- Rob Cutter, WFDL Fond du Lac WI

"We tested the song on the air and our listenerswent wild! We usually get that kind of responsefrom a Michael Bolton record."- Joe Patti, WVLT Vineland NJ

rom hisew albumMandala

1001 CD & CASSETTE

ContactTim Smith

of Triple -Threat(818)762-4309

1994 DOMO RECORDS. IS

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McGathy Promotions119 West 23 St. Suite 609New York, NY 10011(2121 924-7775Fax: (212) 691-8303Jeff SperberCorey SheridanSudi GaascheRob GillCollege/Hard Rock/Album

McKeon Music Marketing1550 140th Avenue NESuite 204Bellevue, WA 98005(206) 649-1525Fax:12061 649-9780Jim McKeonKevin SutterCarolyn PadghamA 3/Album/Alternative

Walt Mitchell Promotions48 Shattuck Square Suite 113Berkeley, CA 9470415101 548-3234Walt MitchellUrban/Top 40

MME Inc.3740 Carnegie AvenueCleveland, Ohio 4411512161 881-0700Fax:12161 881-0777Mike ManocchioTop 40

Modern Music Marketing3210 - 21st St.San Francisco, CA 94110(4151 282-4466Fax:1415) 282-4474Ralph TashjianGreg LawleyBob Margolis

28071 El Dorado PlaceLathrop Village, MI 48076(810) 552-0696Fax: (8101 552-0698Bob Margolis

Moose & Squirrel1015 North King's Road

Suite 101Los Angeles, CA 9006912131 848-7414Fax: (2131848-8029Maxanne SartoriA3

Julia Ann Mucci253 West 72nd St. #406New York, NY 1002312121874-1449Fax: (212) 874-1449Julia Ann MucciA3

Music America Promotions5225 Sheridan DriveWilliamsville, NY 1422117161631-9933Fax:17161 631-9366Steve EvanoffDave MacKayTom StevensTop 40

Music Industry Services Ltd.(MISL)20950 Oxnard St., .16Woodland Hills, CA 91367(8181 346-9687Fax: 18181 346-8808Don WrightJoel NewmanTop 40/Album/Churban

Music Matters200 W 16th St. *6GNew York, NY 10011Tim Hyde1212) 366-5576Fax:12121 366-5759Alternative/College

Mutant Promotions2212 Kenilworth Ave.Los Angeles, CA 90039(2131 913-2691

Fax: (2131 913-2693

800 West Cummings Pk.Suite 2500Woburn, MA 0180116171935-7540Fax: (6171935-6866Max Tolkoff (Los Angeles)Jonathan Lev (Woburn)Alternative

MVP Entertainment1770 Jelinda DriveMontecito, CA 9310818051 565-9552Fax: (805) 565-3382Sam KaiserTop 40

Notional Music Marketing6535 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 101Los Angeles, CA 90048(2131 951-1600Fax: (2131 658-7414Jack HopkeJoe GrossmanBruce ReileyA3/Top 40

New Art Promotions33 Ascan Ave.Forest Hills, NY 11375(7181 261-6458Fax: 17181 261-6458Linda KirishjianAlternative/A3

New World N Jazz270 Perkins StreetSonoma, CA 9547617071935-1767Fax:17071 996-2658Neal SapperJazz/A2

On The Street Promotions843 West Van Buren Suite 266Chicago, IL 606071312) 733-8128Fax: (3121 733-6450Mary DatcherRap/Reggae/Urban

Debbie Gibson Palmer4961 Casa DriveTarzana, CA 91356(8181609-9689Fax: 18001829-2244Debbie Gibson PalmerCountry

Peer Pressure Promotion30844 Mainmast DriveAgoura Hills, CA 91301(8181 991 -7668Fax: 18181 991 -7670Roger LifesetJazz/A2/A3

Pellegrino Entertainment1674 Broadway Suite 7CNew York, NY 10019(2121956-2188Fax: 12121 956-2632Vince PellegrinoTony MonteJohnny DDance/Hip-Hop/R&B

Platinum Music, Inc.100 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1830Santa Monica, CA 904011310) 451-4518Fax: (310) 451-3588Larry FrazinRick (Big Dog) HayesJeff HowardTop 40

Steve Powell Promotions270 Hoydens Walk CourtAlpharetta, GA 3020214041 242-0807Fax: (4041 368-1787Steve PowellCountry

Power Span Marketing3210 - 21 st St.

San Francisco, CA 9411014151282-4466Fax: (4151 282-4474Michael FutagakiCrossover/Churban

Jack Pride5242 Edmondson Pike .1222Nashville, TN 372111615) 331-3008Fax:16151 331-3009Jack PrideCountry

Prime Hits Marketing andPromotion Inc.333 Sandy Springs CircleSuite 209Manta, GA 30328(4041847-9901Fax: (404) 847-9845Bill SmithRita RiceRalph WimmerTop 40

PROMARK Radio and RetailPromotions72-35 112th St. #2DForest Hills, NY 11375(7181 575-5573Fax: 17181 263-6326Marla RosemanJazz/A2

The Promotion Department (c)P.O. Box 93666Los Angeles, CA 900931213) 468-1010Fax: (213) 468-101119005 Fourth Ave. S.W.Seattle, WA 981661206) 244-5050Fax: (2061244-5095Kenny RybackCalvin LewRock *n' Roll

radioActive10850 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 710Los Angeles, CA 90024(310) 470-3220Fax:13101 470-1892Harry LevyLouisa RodriguezSam RussellA3

Redwing Marketing24495 Park GrenadaCalabasas, CA 91302(8181 591-2924Fax: 18181 591-2927Jack HakimJohn HakimTop 40/Selected Album Rock

Diane Richey Promotions1019 17th Ave. South .0Nashville, TN 372121615) 320-7618Fax: (615) 320-1496Diane RicheyCountry

Tony Richland Promotion1814 Bel Aire DriveGlendale, CA 91201(8181548-1332Fax:(818) 548-7423Tony RichlandA/C

Steve Rifkind Company8360 Melrose AvenueLos Angeles, CA 9006912131653-5881Fax: 1213) 653-6250Trev and TommyRap

Rising Star710 Lakeview Avenue NEAtlanta, GA 303081404) 872-1431Fax: (4041 876-1218New Age/Celtic/Electronic andSpace/Ambient/Acoustic/Instrumental/World/Native American

Howard Rosen Promotion Inc.15125 Ventura Blvd. Pent. 203Sherman Oaks, CA 91403(8181907-1122Fax: (8181 907-1133Howard RosenJonathan SussmanTop 40/AC

Rotations16133 Ventura Blvd. Suite 955Encino, CA 91436(8181 783-1077Fax: 18181 783-9935Michael KrumChaz HernandezGrant TresselTerry BettisTop 40

Scalo/Wohl Promotions17357 TribuneGranada Hills, CA 91344(818) 366-0045Fax:1818) 363-3086Tony MuscolaArnie WohlTop 40

Pete Schwartz175 East Olive Suite 304Burbank, CA 9150218181 563-9230Fax:1818) 907-1133Pete SchwartzA/C

Shindler/Turner1111 16th Ave. SouthNashville, TN 3721216151 327-0944Fax:16151 329-2015Bruce ShindlerSusan TurnerSteve BakerLanie MillerCountry

Mike SirIs1106 16th Ave. SouthNashville, TN 37212(6151 244-7255Fax: 1615) 244-7520Mike SirIsCountry

Skateboard Marketing1150 Agnes CourtValley Stream, NY 1158015161328-1103Fax: (5161 328-1103 #4Munsey RicciHard Rock

Roger SmithPromotion/Marketing13101 474-1675Roger SmithCommercial Alternative

Songlines42 Hillside RoodLarchmont, NY 1053819141 833-2554Fax:19141 833-2556Sean CoakleyA3

Soundview Productions17 Soundview Drive

Westport, CT 06880(203) 227-2124Fax: (2031 226-1824Terry CoenA3/Jazz

Skip Stevens803 18th Ave. SouthNashville, TN 37203(6151329-4499Fax:16151 329-4499Skip StevensCountry

Chris Taylor142 Forrest DriveAshland City, TN 3701518001234-2920Fax: (8001234-2920Chris TaylorCountry

Tandem Promotions1111 16th Ave. South .300Nashville, TN16151327-7949Fax:16151 320-7203Rick RockhillTeri LaesCountry

Technicolour Marketing3740 Carnegie Avenue 3rdFloorCleveland, Ohio 4411512161 881-0700Fax: (216) 881-0777Jack SpringerAlternative Rock, New Rock

Third Coast Market1535 Forest Suite 402River Forest, IL 603051708) 771 -9349Paul GallisA2/Jazz/R&B

T.J. Promotion1037 Amherst Dr.Burbank, CA 9150418181841-2253Fax:18181 841-5235Lynda TiceKelly JerumanisTop 40

Top Spin Promotions310 West 52nd St. 2nd FloorNew York, NY 10019(2121765-8120Fax: 12121 765-8302Mark NaylorCollege Alternative

Top Ten Entertainment516 East 188th St.Bronx, NY 1045817181295-0303Fax: (7181 295-9841Stephen HendersonRap/Street

Totally Crazy Promotions &Marketing1535 Sixth Street 5th FloorDetroit, MI 4822613131 961-8236Fax: (3131 961-8254Victor GivensToya HawkinsKaren MorganFull Service

The Tracking Station123 Old Village LaneBethal Park, PA 15102(4121835-1979Fax: (4121 835-3452Mike HurzonJazz/A2

Tri-State Promotions andMarketing, Inc.6010 Clough RoadCincinnati, Ohio 45244(5131 232-9939Fax:15131 232-4476Bill ScullLenny LyonsPete SpasoffTop 40

Triple Threat EntertainmentMorrison Plaza11724 Morrison St. Suite .11North Hollywood, CA 9160118181762-4309Fax: (8181 762-4309Tim SmithA/C

Tucci & Associates17 Tallow LaneLake Grove, NY 11755(5161981-9080Fax:(516) 981-9389Mike MartucciA/C

Twin Vision, Ltd.50 West 34th St. Suite 17C7New York, NY 10001(8001 899-446412121 736-6201Fax:1212) 967-1524Peter HayJeff BartonA3/AC/College/Alternative

Unisound6622 Gerald AvenueVan Nuys, CA 9140618181782-1902Fax: (818) 782-1904Ross HarperJazz/A2

Vision Trust Promotions3145 Geary Blvd. Suite 262San Francisco, CA 9411814151 752-2564Fax: (4151752-3465Stephanie LeBeauCollege/Alternative

The Want Adds7209 Santa Monica Blvd.West Hollywood, CA 90046(213) 845-1210Fax:(213) 845-4665Chuck ArnoldDave SanfordCollege

Bill Wence PromotionsP.O. Box 110829Nashville, TN 3722216151 776-2060Fax: (6151776-2181Bill WenceCountry

Bobby Witte5018 Seminary Rd.Smyrna, TN 37167(6151459-8982Fax: (8001264-8982Bobby WitteCountry

Ken Woods Promotion1601 Jacksons Valley PlaceHermitage, TN 3707616151 885-4313Fax:(615) 871-4229Ken WoodsCountry

Alan Young12211 Eagle Ridge WayNorthridge, CA 9132618181360-3118Fax: (8181 360-3118Alan YoungCountry

These listings will be in the 1995GAVIN Directory. If you aren'tlisted here and would like to beincluded, fax your information to14151495-2580, ATTN: KathyGooden.

32 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

GAVIN ROCKS Assoc IATE EDITOR:

ROB FIEND

1 MEGADETII - Crown Of Worms, Youthanasia (Capitol) 582 +16

2 NATIVITY IN BLACK COMPILATION - White Zombie, Type 0 Negative, (Columbia) 548 0

3 CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Broken Man, Albatross, My Grain, Deliverance (Columbia) 473 -25

4 SLAYER - Ditto Head, Divine Intervention, Killing Fields (American) 470 +4

5 DANZIG - Until You Call On The Dark (American) 455 +25

6 QUEENSRYCHE - I Am I, Promised Land, Disconnected (EMI) 452 -10

7 KORN - Clown (Immortal/Epic) 375 +46

8 TESTAMENT - Low, Chasing Fear, Shades Of War (Atlantic) 355 -6

9 SICK OF IT ALL - Scratch The Surface (eastwest) 286 +13

10 DREAM THEATER - Lie, Voices, 6:00 (eastwest/Atlantic Group) 275 +12

11 KERBDOG - End of Green, Dry Riser, Suspect Device (Mercury) 258 18

12 PEARL JAM - Spin/Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Better Man (Epic) 242 +64

13 BAD RELIGION - Stranger Than, 21st Century, Incomplete, Infected (Atlantic) 233 -20

14 MELVINS - Queen (Atlantic) 230 +25

15 ENGINES OF AGRESSION - All The Rage (Priority) 214 6

16 GODFLESH - Crush My Soul, Heartless (Earache/Columbia) 210 +16

17 WIDOWMAKER - Long Gone, Ready To Fall (CMC International) 208 -8

18 BODYCOUNT - Born Dead (Virgin) 191 -32

19 CINDERELLA - Free Wheelin', Bad Attitude Shuffle (Mercury) 189 -7

20 MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE - Bastard Is..., Moitionless (D -Tribe) 164 -8

21 OFFSPRING - Gotta, Come Out And Play, Self Esteem (Epitaph) 159 -16

22 SOUNDGARDEN - My Wave, Fell On Black, Black Hole, (A&M) 159 -63

23 MERCYFUL FATE - Nightmare Be Thy Name, Time (Metal Blade) 156 +1

24 THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - Kinder Words (Mercury) 150 +11

25 MARY BEATS JANE - Neighborhood Psycho (Geffen) 146 +38

26 GROOVEZILA - Survival (Mausoleum) 145 +10

27 OVERDOSE - Street Law, No Truce (Futurist) 142 +34

28 SAVATAGE - Hand Full Of Rain (Atlantic) 136 -22

29 D GENERATION - No Way Out (Chrysalis/EMI) 132 +11

30 THE CULT - Coming Down (Drug Tongue), Real Grrrl (Sire/Reprise) 125 -6

31 FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY - Millennium (Roadrunner) 120 +15

32 COMPULSION - Delivery, Mall Monarchy (Interscope) 107 -3

33 KILLING JOKE - Millenium, Exorcism (Big Life/Zoo) 107 -25

34 SAMIAM - Capsized (Atlantic) 103 +5

35 MACHINE HEAD - Davidian (Roadrunner) 103 -15

36 RED SQUARE BLACK - Violent Pause (Zoo) 102 +23

37 BIOHAZARD - Tales From The Hard Side (Warner Bros.) 100 +6

38 FUDGE TUNNEL - Rudge With A G (Earache) 100 -4

39 DOWNSET -Anger! Ritual (Mercury) 96 +8

40 NEW IDOL SUN - Reach (Pavement) 95 NEW41 S.F.W. - Monster Magnet, Paw, Marilyn Manson, Hole (A&M) 95 -26

42 TREE - Plant A Tree Or Die (Cherrydisc) 92 ,;NEW

43 GREEN DAY - Basketcase, Paradise, Longview (Reprise) 92 +6

44 HELMET - Milquetoast, Wilma's Rainbow (Interscope/Atlantic) 91 +13

45 BRUTAL TRUTH - Godplayer (Earache) 91 -7

46 LEEWAY - The Simple Life? (Futurist) 90 -3

47 PLANET HATT= - Monster, Mother Are You Mad? (Energy) 89 +1

48 WOODSTODK `94- Metallica, Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails (A&M) 85

49 MOIST - Pusi (EMI) 83 -15

50 ARCADE - Angry (Epic) 81 -25

Reports accepted Monday 9am - 5pm and Tuesday 9am - 2pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

Most AddedPEARL JAM (9)Vitology (Epic)

FIFTYLASHES (8)Harder (Doctor Dream)

TREE (7)Plant A Tree Or Die (Cherrydisc)

FIGHT (7)"Christmas Ride" (Epic)

INSULT II INJURY (6)Point Of This (Century Media)

FLESH (6)Flesh (Colorblind)

Top Tip

NEW IDOL SUNReach(Pavement)San Francisco's New Idol Sun grabsthis week's highest debut thanks togenerous spins from WPCR(8),WSGR(7), DMX(6), THE ROCKS(6),WCWP(6), WKNC(6), WWWQ(6)and WXZR(6).

Most RequestedSLAYER

MEGADETH

NATIVITY IN BLACK

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY

KORN

RECORD TO WATCH

INSULT II INJURYPoint Of This

(Century Media)Look out for this crushing,metallic album! Added this

week at KDUR, WEOS, WFCS,WFSE, WPSU and KUNV.

CFace To Face (77) Over It (Victory/A&M)

* Sheer Terror (68) "Wall" (Blackout!)

* Sweaty Nipples (61) "Demos Juice"

(Megaforce)

* 61.6 (50) Not Even Warm (Cherrydisc)

Dropped: 142 Green Jelly, #43 The Ex -Idols, #48

Toadies, #50 B -Thong.

GAVIN ROCKS WEL-COMES THE FOLLOW-ING STATIONS TO OURREPORTING PANEL:

Kiss 99.9 FM8930 Four Winds Dr. #500San Antonio, TX 78239Phone: (210) 646-0105Fax: (210) 871-6116Watts: 100,000One hour of hard rock/metal programming.Contact: Jave Patterson

KUNV 91.5 FM4505 Maryland ParkwayLas Vegas, NV 89154Phone: (702) 895-3877Fax: (702) 895-3850Watts: 15,000Six hours of hard rock/metal programming.Contact: Les Stewart

WBTZ 100.9 FM3190 Christy Way, Suite #5Saginaw, MI 48603Phone: (517) 695-5115Fax: (517) 695-5376Watts: 50,00024 hours of hard rock/programmingContact: Troy Hanson

WZBC 90.3 FMBoston College, McElroy Rm. 107Chestnut Hill, MA 02167Phone: (617) 552-3511Fax: (617) 558-1218Watts: 1000Four hours of hard rock/metal programmingContact: Steve Woitasek

Inside RockI would like to start of this week'sinside by staying that the 49ers werejust toying with the Rams like a catplays with a doomed mouse. TheNiners made it seem like they wereabout to lose but it was all in jest, sorelax....You'll notice that there areno reviews this week becausebesides Insult II Injury I haven'treceived anything worth reviewingso why bore you with a cushyreview about a band that nobodylikes?...Thanks go out to Sue at Zoo

for the Killing Joke (above) tix. Amust see if they're in your area...That's it...If you're into doing thatturkey thing, eat slow because youcan eat more.

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MARK WHITFIELD (Verve/PolyGram) 88 0 79 8 1

MARCUS ROBERTS (Columbia) 89 0 70 15 4

JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET (Warner Bros.) 87 1 75 9 2

RAY BROWN TRIO (Telarc Intl) 88 0 67 19 2

SHIRLEY HORN (Verve/PolyGram) 87 0 68 13 6

CLAYTON/HAMILTON JAll ORCHESTRA (Lake Street) 87 1 67 14 5

DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN Kokopelli) 82 0 55 23 4

WESSELL ANDERSON (Atlantic) 83 0 53 22 8

JIMMY SMITH TRIO Blue Note) 83 2 55 21 5

MICHEL CAMILO (Columbia) 82 0 46 30 6

KEVIN MAHOGANY (Enja) 87 3 43 30 11

BENNY GREEN (Blue Note) 77 1 45 27 4

BETTY CARTER (Verve/PolyGram) 78 0 35 35 8

GEORGE SHEARING (Telarc Intl) 78 1 28 40 9

BOB CURNOW'S L.A. BIG BAND (MAMA Foundation) 73 2 38 26 7

TIGER OKOSHI (JVC) 76 0 21 43 12

McCOY TYNER & BOBBY HUTCHERSON (Blue Note) 70 0 42 19 9

JAE SINNETT (Positive Music) 66 0 47 13 6

ITZHAK PERLMAN & OSCAR PETERSON (Telarc Intl) 68 0 42 20 6

EDDIE DANIELS (Chesky) 69 0 40 20 9

CONTEMPO TRIO (Jazzline) 69 0 34 26 9

RODNEY KENDRICK (Verve/PolyGram) 68 0 31 26 11

TOOTS THIELEMANS (Private Music) 78 3 18 33 24

BENNY CARTER (Music Masters) 63 0 34 23 6

DAVE BRUBECK (Telarc Intl) 69 1 17 39 12

HUBERT LAWS (Music Masters) 61 0 35 15 11

CECIL BROOKS III (Muse) 73 3 6 40 24

PATRICIA BARBER Premonition) 69 4 11 33 21

GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET (Telarc Intl) 69 2 8 25 34

JOE SAMPLE AND THE SOUL COMMITTEE (Warner Bros.) 52 0 28 15 9

RON CARTER (Blue Note) 72 5 4 27 36

DAVE KIKOSKI (Epicure/Epic) 62 1 6 30 25

JAY HOGGARD (Muse) 71 7 3 26 35

SONNY FORTUNE (Blue Note) 49 0 25 12 12

SHEILA JORDAN (Muse) 65 3 3 24 35

WINSTON WALLS (Schoolkids') 63 7 7 19 30

JOE MORELLO (DMP) 48 0 17 22 9

WINARD HARPER (Epicure/Epic) 67 12 6 16 33

ALAN PASQUA (Postcards) 55 2 4 29 20

THE BRECKER BROTHERS (GRP) 50 2 12 21 15

TERUMASA HINO (Blue Note) 49 1 6 29 13

TEODROSS AVERY (GRP) 60 10 3 22 25

CHARLES BROWN (Verve/PolyGram) 55 8 9 13 26

JOHN GUNTHER/GREG GISBERT (Capri) 46 1 7 26 12

JOSHUA BREAKSTONE QUARTET (Capri) 54 5 2 17 30

CHUCK FLORENCE (Cadence Jazz) 58 4 1 15 38

MICHEL PETRUCCIANI (Blue Note) 50 3 5 25 17

JAll PASSENGERS (High Street/Windham Hill) 41 1 10 19 11

PARTNERS IN TIME (Intersound) 42 2 4 25 11

JAY ANDERSON (DMP) 42 0 5 22 15

Blue numbers indicate new entry

Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pm

Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

Most AddedGERI ALLEN (27)Twenty One (Blue Note)

PHAROAH

SANDERS

QUARTET

(27)CrescentWith Love(Evidence)

WINARD HARPER (12)Be Yourself (Epicure/Epic)

DARRELL GRANT QUARTET

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WINSTON WALLSBoss Of The B-3 (Schoolkids.)

WINARD HARPERBe Yourself (Epicure/Epic)Winston Walls' funky stuff sticks tothe wall at #36. Winard Harper's firstsolo outing is 67 stations strong with12 new adds and a debut at #38.

RECORD TO WATCH

PHAROAH SANDERS

QUARTETCrescent With Love

(Evidence)Pharoah Sanders has a new

ninties master plan. His "cres-cent -fueled" qua rtet is MostAdded and has already col-

lected 33 total reports.

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HANNIBAL (Muse)

RON JACKSON (Muse)

*LASZLO GARDONY (Avenue)

JOE LoCASCIO (Heart)

*DARRELL GRANT QUARTET (Criss Cross)

PETER ERSKINE (ECM)

*SCOTT HAMILTON (Concord Jazz)

*TOM TALBERT JAll ORCHESTRA (Sea Breeze)

*GERI ALLEN TRIO (Blue Note)

DAVID FRIESEN (Burnside)

ROB McCONNELL & BOSS BRASS (Concord

*PHAROAH SANDERS QUARTET (Evidence)

RON AFFIF (Pablo)

*ROBERT MILLER GROUP (Wildcat)

Dropped: ##34 Susannah McCorkle, #37 Helen

Merrill, #44 Dewey Redman, #48 Quiz Show, #49 Pat

Kelley, #50 James Carter, Jazz On The Line.

Announcements!All you jazz/A2 radio and musicindustry types will be receivingvia electronic fax a cover letterand ballot for this year's GAVINawards. As you may have heardor read, there will not be a for-mal awards banquet at the GAVINSeminar. Instead, awards will bepresented at format -specific func-tions. Nominations for jazz/A2will come from radio and indus-try voters directly involved inthese particular genres to insureaccuracy and fairness. The firstballots are due back by fax on orbefore December 5. If you're asubscriber and did not receive aballot and feel you should,please contact us.

Also, if you want to be includ-ed in GAVIN'S Birthdays columnfax your birthday and call lettersor company to Diane Rufer at415-495-2580. Lots of people readthat column, so make sure you'reincluded.

We'd like to thank all the peo-ple who took time to meet andspeak with Keith and Jason at therecent Jazztimes convention. Itwas a big improvement over lastyear and the gigs centeredaround the event were very cool.Thanks to all of you who jammedinto the session that Keith host-ed. The jazz radio contingency atJazztimes was indeed the creamof the whole convention. We leftwith lots of ideas and valuablecomments and suggestions con-cerning GAVIN Seminar '95.

Besides publishing our firstbook project, Rotten, St. Martin'sPress has reissued the New GroveDictionary ofJazz. It's beenreviewed by Beverly Mire fornext week's news section, butwe just wanted to remind jazzfolks that for $50, this 1300 pagereference volume is handy forgaining bottom -line analysis onthe giants of jazz like Coltrane,Duke, Miles, etc. Our old copyused to be two klutzy volumesand four times the price. Whileit's not as updated as we wouldlike it to be, in regards to newnames on the scene (like GeriAllen, Joshua Redman, SteveColeman, etc.), there's loads oftimeless knowledge within. GoodChristmas gift for the controlroom!

Finally, say goodbye to BobCoffee's Coffee & Jazz as Bob isno longer a GAVIN jazz reporter.Adjust your tracking sheets andservice mailing lists effectiveimmediately. Also, we've yet tohear from KHIH as an A2reporter, so we're deleting themfrom our roster as well.

34 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

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MARK WHITFIELD - True Blue (Verve/PolyGram)

MARCUS ROBERTS - Gershwin For Lovers (Columbia)

RAY BROWN TRIO - Don't Get Sassy (Telarc Intl)

JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET - MoodSwing (Warner Bros.)

JIMMY SMITH TRIO - The Master (Blue Note)

CLAYTON/HAMILTON JAll ORCHESTRA - Absolutely! (Lake Street)

WESSELL ANDERSON - Warmdaddy In The Garden Of Swing (Atlantic)

9 KEVIN MAHOGANY - Songs & Moments (Enja)

10 DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN - Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool (Kokopelli)

11 MICHEL CAMILO - One More Once (Columbia)

12 McCOY TYNER & BOBBY HUTCHERSON - Manhattan Moods (Blue Note)

13 BENNY GREEN - The Place To Be (Blue Note)

14 BETTY CARTER - Feed The Fire (Verve/PolyGram)

15 EDDIE DANIELS - Real Time (Chesky)

16 BOB CURNOW'S L.A. BIG BAND - The Music Of Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (MAMA

17 GEORGE SHEARING - That Shearing Sound (Telarc Intl)

18 JAE SINNETT - House And Sinnett (Positive Music)

19 ITZHAK PERLMAN & OSCAR PETERSON - Side By Side (Telarc Int'l)

20 CONTEMPO TRIO - No Jamf's Allowed (Jazzline)

21 RODNEY KENDRICK - Dance World Dance (Verve/PolyGram)

22 BENNY CARTER - Elegy In Blue (Music Masters)

23 HUBERT LAWS - Storm Then The Calm (Music Masters)

24 TOOTS THIELEMANS - East Coast West Coast (Private Music)

25 TIGER OKOSHI - Two Sides To Every Story (JVC)

26 CECIL BROOKS III - Neck Peckin' Jammie (Muse)

27 GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET - Dream A Little Dream (Telarc Intl)

28 DAVE BRUBECK - Just You Just Me (Telarc Int'l)

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JONATHAN BUTLER - Head To Head (Mercury)

RICHARD ELLIOT - After Dark (Blue Note Contemporary)

WARREN HILL - Truth (Novus/RCA)

SPECIAL EFX - Catwalk (JVC)

RUSS FREEMAN & THE RIPPINGTONS - Sahara (GRP)

JOE SAMPLE AND THE SOUL COMMITTEE - Did You Feel That? (Warner Bros.)

10 10 8 NAJEE - Share My World (EMI)

9 8 9 LUTHER VANDROSS - Songs (Epic)

15 13 10 DAVID BENOIT - Shaken Not Stirred (GRP)

7 9 11 PETER WHITE - Reflections (Sin-Drome)

21 16 12 ANDY SNITZER - Ties That Bind (Reprise)

11 12 13 MICHAEL WHITE - So Far Away (Noteworthy)

14 14 14 CRAIG CHAQUICO - Acoustic Planet (Higher Octave)

20 15 15 ROHN LAWRENCE - Hangin' On A String (Atlantic)

27 18 16 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - Against The Grain (GRP)

6 11 17 ART PORTER - Undercover (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)

22 20 18 KIM PENSYL - When You Were Mine (Shanachie/Cachet)

19 17 19 HIROSHIMA - Hiroshima/L.A. (Qwest/Reprise)

NEW 20 JEFF LORBER - West Side Stories (Verve Forecast/PolyGram)

25 24 21 JAN HAMMER - Drive (Miramar)

- 28 22 KISS THE SKY - Millenium Skyway (JVC)

23 22 23 GERALD VEASLEY - Signs (Heads Up)

13 19 24 SWING OUT SISTER - The Living Return (Mercury)

- 26 25 VANESSA WILLIAMS - The Sweetest Days (Mercury)

16 21 26 COLOUR CLUB - Colour Club (JVC)

17 25 27 EVERETTE HARP - Common Ground (Blue Note)

- 30 28 MARC ANTOINE - Classical Soul (NYC)

18 23 29 THE GENE DUNLAP BAND - Groove With You (Avenue)

NEW 30 THE FANTASY BAND - Sweet Dreams (DMP)

Post -Bop compiled by a sample of Jazz Intensive reportsCommercial Aduit compiled by a sample of Adult Intensive reports

Jau/Adult Alternative

New ReleasesGERI ALLEN TRIOTWENTY ONE

(BLUE NOTE)It was when she was a trio pianistwith Paul Motian and Charlie Hadenthat we first felt Geri Allen's spark.Now she re -energizes her trio chopswith Ron Carter and Tony Williamson Twenty One. Like Allen, Carter isvery technically oriented. On theballad, "Old Folks," he displayssome snippets of flashy fingeringand on "A Place Of Power," Carter'swalking pattern is a curious back-drop to Allen's avant garde clusters.Williams, on the other hand, isgraceful and inventive with hisrhythmic crescendos. Allen, whilenot your traditional swing merchant,adapts an edgy, free jazz -inspiredtechnique into something tangibleand perceptible.AVENUE BLUEfeaturing JEFF GOLUB(BLUEMOON)Avenue Blue is a musical conceptfeaturing session guitarist Jeff Golub.As he learned from his own success-ful A2 project, producer Rick Braungives the soundscape a cool noir."Stockholm" thrives on mystery andsubdued arrangements, but Goluband producer Braun are especiallyadept at recreating nifty, elementalrhythm tracks on top of famousoldie soul classics and using them astasty solo guitar vehicles. "Pick UpThe Pieces" is an economic silhou-ette of the original AWB party song.Golub massages the well-knownmelody line over a bed of congas,organ fills and a funky drum loop.On EWF's "That's The Way Of TheWorld," Golub dabbles with asmooth Wes -styled octave swing.The Spinners' "I'll Be Around" getsthe smooth urban treatment with atight combination of vibes, a JamesBrown -like snare loop, R&B femalevocals. The self -penned "West SideSerenade" is sensual and cinematicas Golub cuts a bluesy pose reminis-cent of '60s Atlantic Records soul.LEON PARKERABOVE & BELOW

(EPICURE/EPIC)Leon Parker is much more than yourgarden variety, "tish-tish-boom-boom" drummer. He's a multi-dimensional percussionist whoexpands past conventional high -hat,snare and bass drum back beats.Wood blocks, a single cymbal,impeccable stick work and handdrums figure into a fuller net. Theseantics on "BBBB" into the hypnotic"Evy" work especially well underJoel Dom's spatial production. Formore spare cadences try "All My

ROFILE

JAN ITI iii I

FROM: Prague

LATEST RELEASE: Drive

ABEL: Miramar

JAN'S HOME STUDIO:

"I've done everything through

the last 20 years in an old

rebuilt barn next to my house.

I'm about an hour outside of

New York City (in upstate New

York)."

DRIVE TIME:

"I wanted to do something with

more of a jazz attitude and

feel. That's something I haven't

done for many years. I also

wanted to invite guest players

(like Jeff Beck and Michael

Brecker) as opposed to

working all by myself. It opens

things up past my own world."

REACHING A2 RADIO:"How am I going to get heard

out there? There's only that

many channels available for

instrumental music with some

improvisation. Otherwise, if the

record doesn't fit into the

(Adult Alternative/NAC) hybrid,

I might as well make a tape for

myself and play it in my car."

FUTURE PLANS: "I'm back

doing scoring with two movies,

Mr. 247, an offbeat romantic

comedy, and Kingdom Of The

Blind, which is a dark, heavy

movie. I'm also starting (music

for) a new one hour weekly

television series for first -run

syndication called Vanishing

Sun, which is a combination of

The Fugitive and Kung Fu."

I

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994 35

GAVIN AlADULT ALTERNATIVE

EDITORS:KENT/KEITHZIMMERMAN

3 1 RICHARD ELLIOT (Blue Note Contemporary) 0 44 5

1 2 JOE SAMPLE AND THE SOUL COMMITTEE (Warner Bros.) 0 41 8

2 3 ANITA BAKER (Elektra) 0 41 6

7 4 WARREN HILL (Novus/RCA) 2 34 11

5 5 SPECIAL EFX (JVC) 0 37 7 3

4 6 RUSS FREEMAN & THE RIPPINGTONS (GRP) 0 40 5 0

6 7 JONATHAN BUTLER (Mercury) 0 36 8 3

8 8 DAVID BENOIT 'GRP) 0 21 22 6

11 9 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY (GRP) 2 26 16 3

10 10 CRAIG CHAQUICO (Higher Octave) 0 34 4 3

14 11 ROHN LAWRENCE (Atlantic) 0 19 20 6

13 12 NAJEE (EMI) 2 28 9 3

16 13 ANDY SNITZER (Reprise) 2 17 20 8

18 14 JAN HAMMER (Miramar) 0 14 26 1

15 15 HIROSHIMA (Owest/Reprise) 2 19 15 6

19 16 KIM PENSYL (Shanachie/Cachet) 21 13 2

17 17 MICHAEL WHITE (Noteworthy) 19 13 7

12 18 PETER WHITE (Sin-Drome) 0 20 14 3

9 19 ART PORTER (Verve Forecast/PolyGram) 0 17 18 2

21 20 GERALD VEASLEY (Heads Up) 0 16 14 7

22 21 LUTHER VANDROSS (Epic) 0 23 5 3

- 22 JEFF LORBER (Verve Forecast/PolyGram) 6 7 20 12

20 23 SWING OUT SISTER (Mercury) 0 14 14 5

24 24 ARNOLD McCULLER (Coyote) 0 15 10 7

27 25 RICHY KICKLIGHTER (Ichiban) 4 24 2

26 26 THE FANTASY BAND (DMP) 2 7 16 9

36 27 KISS THE SKY (JVC) 0 11 10 7

25 28 METRO (Lipstick) 0 8 18 3

28 29 MARC ANTOINE (NYC) 4 4 21 4

34 30 VANESSA WILLIAMS (Mercury) 8 9 9

23 31 COLOUR CLUB (JVC) 0 7 12 8

- 32 AVENUE BLUE featuring JEFF GOLUB (Bluemoon) 9 3 10 14

35 33 TIM WEISBERG (Fahrenheit) 7 8 9

31 34 EARL KLUGH (Warner Bros.) 0 7 11 5

29 35 EVERETTE HARP (Blue Note) 0 4 13 8

32 36 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (Atlantic) 0 7 10 5

30 37 THE GENE DUNLAP BAND (Avenue) 4 11 7

40 38 JONI MITCHELL (Reprise) 0 7 6 7

41 39 NESTOR TORRES (Sony Latin) 4 8 8

- 10 DOC POWELL (West Coast) 10 1 10 10

42 41 MIKE TOMARO (Positive Music) 0 5 7 7

50 42 ALVIN DAVIS TriStar Music) 6 0 11 10

38 43 RICK BRAUN (Bluemoon) 0 6 7 4

33 44 AL DI MEOLA (Bluemoon) 0 4 6 10

43 ROBERTO PERERA (Heads Up) 0 5 16

37 46 GEORGE HOWARD (GRP) 0 11 6

43 47 PHIL PERRY (GRP) 0 4 6 6

39 48 PAT KELLEY (Positive Music) 0 3 7 4

- 49 DAN BALMER (Chase Music Group) 0 2 8 3

- 50 CHET ATKINS (Columbia) 0 3 5 2

Blue numbers indicate new entry

Reports accepted Thursday only 9am - 3pm

Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

Most AddedERIC MARIENTHAL (26)Street Dance (GRP)

DOC POWELL (10)Inner City Blues (West Coast)

AVENUE BLUE feat JEFF

GOLUB (9)(Bluemoon)

ALVIN DAVIS (6)Let The Vibes Decide (TriStar)

JEFF LORBER (6)West Side Stories (Verve Forecast)

Top Tip

JEFF LORBERWest Side Stories (Verve Forecast)

AVENUE BLUE featuring JEFF

GOLUB(Bluemoon)The two buzz records of the holidayseason. Jeff Lorber debuts highest at#22 with almost a full sample, 44stations. Avenue Blue is next at #32with 35 reports.

RECORD TO WATCH

GEORGE WINSTONForest

(Windham Hill)While the reporters only num-

ber 11, look at some of thecalls including KKSF, WMGN,KIFM, KSSJ, WTMD, WLOQ

and more.

Chartbound* ERIC MARIENTHAL (GRP)

DR. DAVE (Offshore Music)

GEORGE WINSTON :Windham Hill)

DIONNE WARWICK (Arista)

BRECKER BROTHERS (GRP)

GLORIA ESTEFAN Epic)

TOOTS THIELEMANS (Private Music)

STING (A&M)

Dropped: #44 Steve Reid, #45 Keiko Matsui, #46

Jim Chappell, #47 Bob Mamet, #48 Bobby Lyle, #49

Don Grusin, Kim Waters.

Life," as Parker adds extra color andtexture to a straight 4/4 like nobodyelse. Give this disc some extra lis-tens and dig the wide sterophonichorizon. Those of us complainingabout jazz records sounding toopedestrian and predictable nowhave no reason to moan with Above& Below.

VANESSA WILLIAMS"THE SWEETEST DAYS"

(MERCURY)The reality of major market A2 radiois that there is now a place on theplaylist for pop singers like MariahCarey and Gloria Estefan providedthe song has the right feel. Whilemost of us in A2 discourage thetrack -by -track mentality, it would behard to ignore Vanessa Williams'current single. "The Sweetest Days"is a sensitive and crafted ballad justright for a format that's adding morevocal numbers. This pretty tune willthrow your audience a nice curveand elicit requests.NORMAN HEDMANFLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT (MONAD)One gets the feeling that we'veheard a lot from Norman Hedmanwithout realizing it. He's a percus-sionist who, over two decades, hasplayed with a diverse collection oftalent that includes Darryl Hall,Sister Sledge, the Spinners and NewKids On The Block. Like many ses-sion players, Hedman chose jazz/A2for his instrumental debut project.While a track like "Only You" quali-fies for the urban smooth set, he fol-lows up with "Sweet Thing" and fea-tures a more aggressive blend ofjazz piano. "Island Spice" has a rich,exotic rhythm base of conga anddrums. But wait. Our favorite cut isthe title tune, the set's prime jazzcrossover number with its fine soar-ing improvisation between Jay Lockon vibes, Alex Foster on sopranosax and Charles Blenzig on piano.Dig out Hedman's latest and give ita shot.JAN HAMMERDRIVE (MIRAMAR)Jan Hammer has managed to diversi-fy himself at crucial times through-out his career. When the originalMahavishnu Orchestra split up,Hammer's solo career spiced up bytouring with Jeff Beck. When hissolo career wound down, he madean impact doing the music for theMiami Vice television series. Severalmovie scores later, his music for thecomputer graphic video Beyond TheMind's Eye hit platinum pay dirt.Now Drive is his return to recordingnon -soundtrack music. He brings inJeff Beck and Michael Brecker asspecial guests and while soundingdecidedly pop/A2, there's jazz chordprogressions hidden inside songslike "Curiosity Kills" and "PeacefulSundown."

36 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

GAVIN AAlbum Adult Alternative

3EDITORS:

KENT/KEITH

ZIMMERMAN

Attention Gavin Awards Seekers and Voters!

WATCH YOUR FAX BOX FOR YOUR BALLOT.As most of you might alreadyknow, this year's GAVIN Seminar inNew Orleans is our 10th and weare hell-bent to make it special,starting with revamping the covetedGAVIN Awards. This year there willbe no big dinner, instead we willbe centering on a more intimateformat -specific luncheon gathering.We've added a few more awardscategories, including a few musiccategories and an "at large" A3MVP award making a total of tenawards. We've also changed thevoting procedures.

Rather than allowing the musicindustry at large to select our A3nominees, we are limiting A3 vot-ing to GAve' reporters and a heftysample of industry folks, peopleintimately inv

A3 New Releases

JOHN HIATTHiatt Comes Alive At Budokan

(A&M)John Hiatt in Japan? A cheap trickindeed as Hiatt Comes Alive resem-

day insanity of GAVIN A3.Also, rather than using the mails,

we will be faxing out the new bal-lots. Since time is tight, when youreceive your ballot fill it out prontonominating two choices per catego-ry (the only way we can fight peo-ple voting for themselves).Deadline is Monday, December 5.If you feel you've been overlookedand haven't received your fax bal-lot, don't fret. Call Keith and he willbe glad to fax you out your ballotor better yet, your ballad.

Good luck and may the best winFinalists will be published in ourfinal 1994 issue, dated December16. Winners will be announced iNew Orleans amid a festive envi-ronment of music and discussion'

bles one of those suitcases plasteredwith destination stickers. Hiatt takesthe Perfectly Good Guitar bandnationwide, recording fifteen songsin whistle stop manner. Portland,San Luis Obispo, Lexington,Chicago, Austin, Huntsville-yourproverbial populist democratichandshaker. Hiatt Comes Aliveworks out much better than therecent election, as his contract withhis fans is fulfilled by incorporatingmany of the highlights of his A&Myears including a funky "Memphis InThe Meantime, " "I lave A Little FaithIn Me," "Icy Blue Heart" and "SlowTurning." Last time someone "camealive" for A&M, Peter Frampton builta whole new wing on the recordcompany lot. Here's hoping thatHiatt Comes Alive erects at least anew lunch trailer.

GOODBYE, SHEILA DARLIN'After a near decade on the front-line phonelines, Sheila Rene hasleft Gavin to fulfill a few dreams,namely starting her own cafe inAustin, Texas. We can't begin tocount how many of you askedabout "that voice." TheZimmermen wish Sheila only thebest. Keep on rockin', clear, andthanks so much for the blackCalvin Klein underpants and thefireplace matches. See ya in Tejas.

A WEEK OR TWOREAL WORLDVarious International Artists(Real World)Party at Peter's!Gabriel, that is.Once during anincredibly dullafternoon inLondon (gray,

IN THE

rainy, missing home) I was channelsurfing the TV which is actuallymore like baby pool wading sincemy meager apartment could onlypull in four lousy (and I do meanlousy!) television stations. Anyway,on comes this documentary of PeterGabriel flying in dozens of musiciansfrom all over the world for twoweeks of summer camp collabora-tions. AWOTITRW seems to havebeen recorded in much the same

RECORD TO WATCH

TRIBUTE TO MERLE

HAGGARDTulare Dust(Hightone)

Merle Haggard's working classballads transcend "tribute"

burnout.

Most AddedJOHN HIATT & THE GUILTY

DOGS (12)Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan!(A&M)

PEARL JAM (9)Vitology (Epic)

MAIRE BRENNAN (8)"Big Yellow Taxi" (Atlantic)

BOXING GHANDIS (7)(Mesa/Blue moon)

WOODSTOCK '94 (7)(A&M)

Top Tip

LONE KENTGranite & Sand (Relativity)

WILLY PORTERDog Eared Dream (Don't)A good week for innovative gui-tarists. Lone Kent (the other A3Kent) makes the big move, 36-29-22.Willy Porter reverses himself, 41-33.

Gri* SUGAR (Roo)

CHRIS DUARTE (Silvertone)

BLACK CROWES (American)

WOODSTOCK (A&M)

MATT KEATING (Alias)

KASHTIN Star)

TRIBUTE TO MERLE HAGGARD (Hightone)

DEAD CAN DANCE (4 -AD)

* GREG BROWN (Red House)

* LAURIE ANDERSON (Warner Bros.)

SHERYL CROW (A&M)

* HAPPY RHODES (Aural Gratification)

GOLDEN PALOMINOS (Restless)

* KEB' MO' (OKeh)

DILLON O'BRIAN (RCA)

* JOHN HIATT (A&M)

* BLACK 47 (SBK/EMI)

Dropped: *45 David Broza, Eddi Reader, David Gray,

American Music Club, Smashing Pumpkins, Marshall

Crenshaw, Dag.

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GAVIN A3BOOYER Album "dolt AlternativeEDITORS:

KENT/KEITH

ZIMMERMAN

2W LW TW Artist Title (Label)cz,

3 2 1 TOM PETTY (Warner Bros.)

1 1 2 LOVETT (Curb/MCA)

6 3 3 JONI MITCHELL (Reprise)

2 4 4 ERIC CLAPTON (Duck/Reprise)

4 5 5 R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)

8 6 6 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA)

9 9 7 BOB DYLAN (Columbia)

7 7 8 BRYAN FERRY (Virgin)

10 11 9 NANCI GRIFFITH (Elektra)

5 8 10 SHAWN COLVIN (Columbia)

15 10 11 STING (A&M)

11 12 12 THE CRANBERRIES (Island)

27 13 13 MELROSE PLACE THE MUSIC (Giant)

12 14 14 Bl.,:S TRAvEl FR !,&M)

13 16 15 ROBBIE ROBERTSON & THE RED ROAD ENSEMBLE (Capitol)

22 19 16 EAGLES

23 18 17 TODD SNIDER (Margaritaville/MCA)

14 15 18 BIG CD (Giant)

20 21 19 RUSTED ROOT (Mercury)

18 22 20 BOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic)

17 17 21 BEAT THE RETREAT (Capitol)

36 29 22 LANE tElIT (Relativity)

16 23 23 WIDESPREAD PANIC (Capricorn)

19 20 24 ROLLING STONES (Virgin) 034 30 25 VICTORIA WILLIAMS (Mammoth)

21 24 26 PAULA COLE (Imago)

45 33 27 LOWER & NAVARRO (Parachute/Mercury)

32 32 28 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER (Columbia)

25 25 29 SANTANA BROTHERS (Island)

29 26 30 THE SAMPLES (W.A.R.)

26 28 31 EDIE BRICKELL (Geffen)

28 27 32 BLUE RODEO (Discovery) 040 41 33 WILLY PORTER (Don't)

- 48 34 BOXING GANDHIS (Mesa)

35 35 35 GRANT LEE BUFFALO (Slash/Reprise)

33 31 36 BARENAKED LADIES (Sire/Reprise)

24 36 37 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE (Reprise)

- 39 38 NIRVANA IDGC)

43 43 39 JIMMY PAGE/ROBERT PLANT (unledded) (Atlantic)

44 40 40 LIZ PHAIR (Matador/Allantc)

46 44 41 PAUL KELLY (Vanguard)

31 38 42 WALTER BECKER (Giant)

30 34 43 FREEDY JOHNSTON (Elektra)- 47 44 JEFF BUCKLEY (Columbia)

37 37 45 dada (IRS)

39 42 46 SEAL (ZtUSire/Warner Bros.)

- 50 47 BUDDY GUY (Silvertone)

50 49 48 JEFFREY GAINES (Chrysalis/ERG)

42 46 49 SINEAD O'CONNOR (Chrysalis/Ensign/ERG)

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38 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994

GAVIN A) 001q11 GIIIArtist Title (Label)

Album Adult Alternative

= Heavy = Medium

) = Lite

= Add

TOM PETTY (Warner Bros.)

LYLE LOVETT (Curb/NICA)

JONI MITCHELL (Reprise)

ERIC CLAPTON (Duclaeprise)

R.E.M. (Warner Bros)

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (RCA)

BOB DYLAN (Columbia)

BRYAN FERRY (Virgin)

NMIMI (Eleira)

SHAWN COLVIN (Columbia)

STING (A&M)

THE CRANBERRIES (Island)

MELROSE PLACE. TIE MUSIC (Giant)

BLUES TRAVELER (ACM)

ROBBIE ROBERTSON & THE RED ROAD ENSEMBLE (Capitol)

EAGLES (Geffen)

T DD NI (Margartaville/MCA)

BIG HEAD TODD (Giant)

RUSTED ROOT (Mercury)

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH (Atlantic)

BEAT THE RETREAT (Capitol)

L NE KENT (Relativity)

WIDESPREAD PANIC (Gapricom)

ROLLING STONES (Virgin)

VICTORIA WILLMAIS (Mammoth)

PAULA COLE (Imago)

tOWEN & NAVARRO (tarachale/Mercury)

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER (Columbia)

SANTANA BROTHERS (Island)

THE SAMPLES (WAR.)

EDIE BRICKELL (Geffen)

BLUE RODEO (Discovery)

ROAM (000)BOXING GANDHIS (Ivies)

GRANT LEE BUFFALO (Stash/Revise)

BARENAKED LADIES (Sie/Reprise)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY WORSE (Reprise)

NIRVANA (DGC)

JIMMY PAGE/ROBERT PLANT jimledded) (Atlantic)

LIZ PHAIR )Matador/Atlantic)

PAUL KELLY (Vanguard)

WALTER BECKER (Giant)

FREEDY JOHNSTON (Elettra)

JEFF BUCKLEY (Columbia)

dada (IRS)

SEAL (ZtVSire/Warner Bros.)

BUDDY GUY (Silve,done)

JEFFREY GAINES (Chrysa'is/ERG)

SINEAD O'CONNOR (Chrysalis/Ensign/ERG)

CARLY SIMON (Arista)

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DIONNE FARRISWild Seed -Wild Flower

(Columbia)It you had the unfortunate fate ofbeing a fly on the Zimmermen wallover the past two week, you wouldhave heard a lot of this one.Dionne Farris (formerly of ArrestedDevelopment) has recorded a fan-tastic rock R&B album that's readilyA3 adaptable. Using layers of soulvocals, guitar licks and simplerhythms, Wild Seed -Wild Flower is a'70s throwback and a '90s throwforward. With the recent conquestsof Seal and Boxing Ghandis, R&Bsoul seems to be surfacing as aworthy ingredient for A3 radio. Doyourself a huge favor and live withthis one awhile and see if this onedon't thrill ya. We love "Passion,""Reality," "Don't Ever Touch Me(Again)" and "Now Or Later."

THE BOTTLE ROCKETSThe Brooklyn Side

(East Side Digital)WetImilv, we're discovered a realhip new label. East Side Digital (whobrought us the stunning BloodOranges) has two new releases com-ing your way-The Spanic Familyand The Bottle Rockets. Hailing fromsunny Festus, Missouri, The BottleRockets recall a time when bandslike Brinsley Schwartz and a youngDave Edmunds ruled the earth. TheRockets are valiant rocketeers. TheBrooklyn Side unapologetically mixes"analog tape hiss, a single coil guitarhum, tube crackle and truck noise"with their superior blend of quartetrock. While these guys might looklike trouble at a truck stop, theirbrand of rock n roll is brimming withlove and happiness. Keep it comin'!"Gravity Falls" and "Welfare Music."

Wow! A hugGavin A3 conulations toWarner Bros./Reprise promo-tion ace NancyStein. Not onlydid Tom Pettyknock Lyle Lovettout of the numberone slot he heldfor five weeks ,but four out ofthe top five areWarner/Reprisetitles-all with

O underlines andwell over 50 -sta-tions strong. Welldone, Nancy. Nowtake the rest ofthe day off. LoneKent had agroundbreakingweek with 38 sta-tions and a 29-22jump. VictoriaWilliams (a per-sonal KZ fave)matches LK's sta-tion total, contin-ues its rise 30-25,and hopefullymore adds andupward conver-sions will contin-ue to kick in.Captain Kenttakes off toNashville for a

) week, so co-pilotKeith will twiddlethe knobs

gone.

PHIL ALVINCounty Fair 2000 (Hightone)We found PhilAlvin's County Fair2000 a fascinatingslice of Americana.This is somewhat ofa concept piece,sorta Tommy meets Elvis's KidCreole. Enlisting lots of blues friends,rockers, gospellaires and jazzbos,County Fair 2000 is yet anotherGreat American adventure. Phil's asmart cookie-a mathematician bestknown for duking it out with hisbrother Dave during the Blasters'heyday. In addition to having record-ed with the late legend Sun Ra, Alvinseems to have a knack for mixingroots with progressive spirit, whichhe does here with confidence andskill. There's a lot to discover here,starting with "Keep In Touch."

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25 , 1994 39

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VINCE GILL - When Love Finds You (MCA)

GEORGE STRAIT - The Big One (MCA)

CLINT BLACK - Untangling My Mind (RCA)

ALABAMA - We Can't Love Like This Anymcre (RCA)

JOE DIFFIE - Pickup Man (Epic)

FAITH HILL - Take Me As I Am (Warner Bros.)

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - If You've Got Love (Atlantic)

THE TRACTORS - Baby Likes To Rock It (Arista)

TIM McGRAW - Not A Moment Too Soon (Curb)

DAVID BALL - When The Thought Of You Catches Up With Me (Warner Bros.)

LARI WHITE - Now I Know (RCA)

TANYA TUCKER - You Just Watch Me (Liberty)

MARK CHESNUTT - Going Through The Big D (Decca)

RANDY TRAVIS - This Is Me (Warner Bros.)

RICK TREVINO - Doctor Time (Columbia)

THE MAVERICKS - There Goes My Heart (MCA)

REBA McENTIRE - 'Til You Love Me (MCA)

DIAMOND RIO - Night Is Fallin' In My Heart (Arista)

JOHN BERRY - You And Only You (Liberty)

BROOKS AND DUNN - I'll Never Forgive My Heart (Arista)

MARK COLLIE - Hard Lovin' Woman (MCA)

PAM TILLIS Loca (Arista)

AARON TIPPIN - I Got It Honest (RCA)

HAL KETCHUM - That's What I Get (For Losin' You) (Curb)

DOUG STONE - Little Houses (Epic)

RHETT AKINS - What They're Talkin' About (Decca)

BILLY RAY CYRUS - Storm In The Heartland (Mercury)

PATTY LOVELESS - Here I Am (Epic)

MARTINA McBRIDE - Heart Trouble (RCA)

SAWYER BROWN - This Time (Curb)

KATHY MATTEA - Maybe She's Human (Mercury)

WADE HAYES - Old Enough To Know Better (Columbia)

TRACY BYRD - The First Step (MCA)

ALAN JACKSON - Gone Country (Arista)

CHELY WRIGHT -'Til I Was Loved By You (Polydor)

LITTLE TEXAS - Kick A Little (Warner Bros.)

CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - Summer In Dixie (Atlantic)

.T.LAY WALKER - It I Could Make A Living (Giant)

TRAVIS TRITT - Between An Old Memory And Me (Warner Bros.)

JESSE HUNTER - Long Legged Hannah (From Butte, Montana) (BNA Entertainment)

GEORGE JONES & ALAN JACKSON - A Good Year For The Roses (MCA)

SHENANDOAH - Somewhere In The Vicinity (Liberty)

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - Shut Up And Kiss Me (Columbia)

COLLIN RAYE - My Kind Of Girl (Epic)

JOHN AND AUDREY WIGGINS - She's In The Bedroom Crying (Mercury)

JAMES HOUSE - Little By Little (Epic)

WESTERN FLYER - She Should've Been Mine (Step One)

LISA BROKOP - Take That (Patriot)

TOBY KEITH - Upstairs Downtown (Mercury)

SAMMY KERSHAW - Southbound (Mercury)

EDITOR:CYNDI HOELZLECONSULTING EDITOR:LISA SMITH 11111,.

Total Reports: This Week 210 Last Week 210Hit Factor is a percentage of stations which will have the song in Heavy or Medium rotation.Reports accepted: Mondays - 8am through 5pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

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Most AddedALAN JACKSON (109)Gone Country (Arista)

COLLIN RAYE (102)My Kind Of Girl (Epic)

TOBY KEITH (76)Upstairs Downtown'. (Mercury)

BOY HOWDY (66)True To His World (Curb)

SAMMY KERSHAW (64)-Southbound" (Mercury)

Top Requests

THE TRACTORS

JOE DIME

GEORGE STRAIT

VINCE GILL

JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY

RECORD TO WATCH

BOY HOWDY"True To His Word"

(Curb)Boy Howdy's latest picked upsixty nine stations, includingKKAT, WAXX, WKKX, KEKB,

KCKI AND WBKR.

Inside CountryCHRISTMAS TIME'S ACOMIN'...Please mark your calendar with ourholiday reporting schedule. Yourlast report will he Monday,December 12, with the last issue ofthe year dated December 16. Wewill come hack after the holidayson Tuesday, January 3. We will alsohe pushing up the reporting dead-line to 3 p.m. Pacific time after thefirst of the year. If you anticipate aproblem getting your list filed bythen, please give us a call.RADIO NEWS...They've set the lineup on the newKIKK-Houston: Mornings will hehandled by Country Jones andPeggy Tuck with Andy "Doss"Waldrop on traffic; Jeannie Feverdoes 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Rowdy Yatesis on from 2 p.m. -7 p.m; 7 p.m. tomidnight you've got Dancin'Dave; and Lisa Zamora. a nine-year KIKK vet is onovernights...Yes, that was WFMSOM and morning co -host CharlieMorgan hosting last Sunday's(11/20) American CountryCountdoult.ARTIST NEWS...Congratulations to Garth Brooks,whose No Fences album has soldover 11 million copies, and is nowthe biggest selling album in

40 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

COUNTRY

Reports Adds Weeks

90 6 8 STEVE KOLANDER - Listen To Your Woman (River North)

88 25 2 ARCHER PARK - We Got A Lot In Common (Atlantic)

85 6 4 CLINTON GREGORY - The Gulf And The Shell (Polydor)

83 23 2 LARRY STEWART - Losing Your Love (Columbia)

69 66 1 * BOY HOWDY - True To His Word (Curb)

55 6 3 EAGLES - Girl From Yesterday (Geffen)

54 - 5 GREG HOLLAND - When I Come Back (I Want To Be My Dog) (Warner Bros.)

49 2 6 TRISHA YEARWOOD - It Wasn't His Child (MCA),

35 35 1 * GEORGE DUCAS - Lipstick Promises (Liberty)

34 11 1 * RODNEY CROWELL Don't Fall In Love So Easy (MCA)

31 31 1 * MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - Tender When I Want To Be (Colurnb;a)

30 9 1 * S. ALAN TAYLOR - Savannah By Moonlight (River North)

Dropped: 133 -Tracy Lawrence, 142-Blackhawk #44 -Alan Jackson Liyin' Ricky Lynn Gre .

Top Ten VideosCourtesy of Country Music Television AZili

1. THE TRACTORS - Baby Likes To Rock It (Arista)2. CLAY WALKER - If I Could Make A Living (Giant)3. VINCE GILL - When Love Finds You (MCA)4. DAVID BALL - When The Thought Of You Catches Up... (W.B.)5. CLINT BLACK - Untanglin' My Mind (RCA)6. FAITH HILL - Take Me As I Am (Warner Bros.)7. TRACY LAWRENCE - I See It Now (Atlantic)8. LARI WHITE - Now I Know (RCA)9. LITTLE TEXAS - Kick A Little (Warner Bros.)10. RANDY TRAVIS - This Is Me (Warner Bros.)

Album CutsSKYNYRD FRYNDS - Sweet Home Alabama (Alabama)/l Know

A Little (Sammy Kershaw)/Free Bird (Wynonna)/Don't AskMe No Questions (Travis Tritt) /Call Me The Breeze(The Mavericks)/Simple Man (Confederate Railroad)

GARTH BROOKS - The Red StrokesTAMMY WYNETTE & WVNONNA - Girl Thang

Country music history...NaomiJudd will serve as Grand Marshal inHouston's Bank UnitedThanksgiving Day Parade. An esti-mated 400,000 spectators areexpected to turn out for theparade...Betsy (best known asGarth's sister and bass player) willbe part of the 68th annual Macy'sThanksgiving Day Parade, and willdebut her upcoming song "Doesn'tTake Much" during thebroadcast.... Mercury Nashvillewill release It's Now Or Never-TheTribute To Elvis December 6. Thelive album, produced by Don Wasand recorded at last month'sMemphis tribute concert, featuresDwight Yoakam, The Mavericks,Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, BillyRay Cyrus, Tanya Tucker andFaith Hill, as well as TonyBennett, Chris Isaak, AaronNeville and others...The GibsonMiller Band was honored with agift of rare Seminole handmadepatchwork jackets from Seminolechief James Billie after a perfor-

mance at the Bog Cypress SeminoleIndian Reservation. Other celebswho have been honored with oneof the jackets are DavidLetterman, Tom Petty, BobDylan and John Anderson.INDUSTRY NEWS...The Country Radio Broadcastershas booked comedian JeffFoxworthy to emcee the NewFaces show. He's got the tough jobof replacing Monk FamilyMusic's Charlie Monk, who decid-ed to walk away from it all last yearafter hosting the event for the past25 years. The CRB is also institutingthe CRB Record Awards whichwill be presented at an awards din-ner June 22. Winners, in categorieslike Record Label of the Year andPromotion Head of the Year, willbe chosen by radio registrants atCRS. Finally, if you want your sta-tion considered for the Promotionor Humanitarian Awards, contactthe CRB office at (615) 327-4487...Decca Senior VP/GM SheliaShipley Biddy has been chosen as

the one music industry rep in thisyear's Leadership Nashville pro-gram, a group of top businessexecs who work for the bettermentof Nashville. And if that's notenough, Shipley Biddy will be partof NARAS's Grammy In TheSchools project, teaching twoclasses of high school studentsabout the music industry.

Country ReleasesBOY HOWDY"True To His Word" (Curb)A love song with a twist, this JeffreySteele/Chris Farren/Gary Harrisonsong finds our hero promising tokeep the promises of his sweet-heart's ex.GEORGE DUCAS"Lipstick Promises" (Liberty)The loneliness comes right throughthe speakers on this cool Orbison-sounding song which Ducas co -wrote with Tia Sillers.Programmers are already talkingthis one up big.MARY CHAPINCARPENTER"Tender When I Want To Be"

(Columbia)The second single from Chapin'sgazillion-selling new album, StonesIn The Road, is a fun, upbeatsong-and, as always, her lyrics area cut above. Listen to the line: "Yousaid everyone could be a rock androll like a river too." And yes, that'sTrisha Yearwood on backgroundvocals.RODNEY CROWELL"I Don't Fall In Love So Easy"

(MCA)Thank God for Rodney Crowell.This is a beautiful, mournful lovesong from his excellent new albumLet The Picture Paint Itself. Trisha issinging background vocals here aswell. (She had already shown herlove of this song by covering it onher The Song Remembers Whenalbum).JOHN ANDERSON"BEND UNTIL IT BREAKS"

(BNA ENTERTAINMENT)Here's one of the best cuts fromJohn's current Country 'Tit I Diealbum. It's so good, in fact, that thefolks at BNA pushed up the releasedate to get this one out in time forthe holidays.S. ALAN TAYLOR"Savannah By Moonlight"

(River North)Each of Taylor s singles has been apleasant surprise, and this one's noexception. This time he shows ushe can really master a ballad onthis song he co -wrote with KeithFollesse.

ARTIST PROF'

LITTLE TEXAS

Del Gray from

Hamilton, Ohio; Brady Seals from

Fairfield, Ohio; Tim Rushlow from

Arlington, Texas; Dwayne O'Brien

from Ada, Okla.; Porter Howell

from Longview, Texas and Duane

Propes from Longview, Texas

LABEL- Warner Bros.

PROMOTION VP: Bill Mayne

CURRENT SINGLE:

"Kick A Little"

They're named after a

road in South Nashville called

Little Texas Lane. It is a place

that from the '20s to the '50s

had the reputation of being a

rough area where people could

hide out from the law.

Two Little

Texas cuts were chosen for two

episodes of the new television

series Robin's Hoods.

They were named

World Ambassadors of the Great

State of Texas by Governor Ann

Richards.

ON THEIR CURRENT ALBUM:

"This is the first time we've

gotten to record in Nashville, and

more importantly it's the first

time we were actually able to get

time off from the road to do an

album. So not only were we able

to be home during the recording,

but we were also able to really

focus on the album-to make it

exactly what we wanted without

squeezing in studio time

between road dates."

-Duane Propes

"Little Texas are

unusually seasoned for such

youngsters."-Chicago Tribune

GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994 41

GAVIN ALTERNATIVEEDITOR: LINDA RYAN

ASSOCIATE EDITOR:SEANA BARUTH

1 R.E.M. - What's/Frequency, Bang&Blame, Currencies, Crush (Warner Bros.) 1621 +134

2 NIRVANA - About A Girl, The Man Who, Lake/Fire, Jesus Doesn't (DGC) 1283 +78

3 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Landslide, Frail And Bedazzled (Virgin) 1195 +93

4 THE CRANBERRIES - Zombie, Ode/Family, I Can't Be, Dreaming (Island) 1193 -19

5 PEARL JAM - Spin/Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Better Man (Epic) 1124 +138

6 LIZ PHAIR - Supernova, Whip -Smart (Matador/Atlantic) 1025 +25

7 HOLE - Doll Pans, Miss World, Asking, Violet (DGC) 959 +167

8 VERUCA SALT - Seether, Victrola, Spiderman, Number One (Minty Fresh) 879 -41

9 WEEZER - Buddy Holly, Undone, My Name Is (DGC) 814 +211

10 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Vasoline, Interstate Love Song (Atlantic) 809 +1

11 GREEN DAY - Basketcase, Paradise, Longview (Reprise) 799 -88

12 OFFSPRING - Gotta, Come Out And Play, Self Esteem (Epitaph) 755 -27

13 BAD RELIGION - Stranger Than, 21st Century, Incomplete, Infected (Atlantic) 676 +42

14 CLERKS SOUNDTRACK - Soul Asylum, Alice In Chains (Columbia) 670 -2

15 OASIS - Supersonic, Live Forever, Rock And Roll Star (Epic) 650 +27

16 SOUNDGARDEN - My Wave, Fell On Black, Black Hole, (A&M) 629 -8

17 PULP FICTION SOUNDTRACK - Urge Overkill (MCA) 628 +67

18 MELROSE PLACE, THE MUSIC - Aimee Mann, James, Letters To Cleo (Giant) 539 +85

19 GO GO'S - Whole World Lost (IRS) 535 +129

20 WEEN - Can't Put My Finger On It, Voodoo Lady (Elektra) 530 +41

21 BIG AUDIO - Looking For A Song (Columbia) 517 +92

22 DINOSAUR JR. - Feel The Pain (Sire/Reprise) 504 -83

23 LOVE SPIT LOVE - Am I Wrong, Change In The Weather, Wake Up (Imago) 466 +113

24 PORTISHEAD - Sour Times (London) 430 +89

25 CANDLEBOX - Change, You, Far Behind (Maverick) 412 +77

26 TATURAL BORN KILLERS - Nine Inch Nails, Cowboy Junkies, L7, Lard (Warner Bros.) 398 5

27 HE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - Kinder Words (Mercury) 397 14

28 SOUL COUGHING - Screenwriter's Blues, Chicago Not Chicago (Slash/Warner Bros.) 387 +36

29 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB - Wish The World Away, Can You Help Me? (Reprise) 370 +33

30 SUGAR - Your Favorite Thing, Believe What You're (Rykodisc) 366 +46

31 DEAD CAN DANCE - American Dreaming, Rakim (4 -AD) 358 +9

32 LIVE - Selling The Drama, White Discussion, I Alone (Radioactive) 352 +42

33 IF I WERE A CARPENTER - Sonic Youth, M. Sweet, Redd Kross (A&M) 338 +117

34 BLACK CROWES - A Conspiracy (American) 330 -13

35 PETE DROGE - If You Don't Love Me (American) 322 +113

36 BRYAN FERRY - Mamouna (Virgin) 305 -11

37 THE MURMURS - You Suck (MCA) 300 +25

38 WEDDING PRESENT - Yeah Yeah Yeah, Gazebo (Island) 299 7

39 GRANT LEE BUFFALO - Mockingbirds, Honey Don't Think (Slash/Reprise) 299 -28

40 COMPULSION - Delivery, Mall Monarchy (Interscope) 292 -37

41 THE CRAMPS - Iltra Twist (Medicine/Giant) 290 -26

42 CRANES - Shining Road (Dedicated/Arista) 283 +29

43 WOODSTOCK '94 - Green Day, Cranberries (A&M) 281 NEW44 THE CULT - Coming Down (Drug Tongue), Real Grrrl (Sire/Reprise) 267 -94

45 SARAH McLACHLAN - Good Enough, Possession, Hold On (Nettwerk/Ansta) 266 -48

46 TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Fall Down, Something's Always Wrong (Columbia) 252 -17

47 JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - Orange (Matador) 250 -12

48 PIZZICATO FIVE - Twiggy Vs. James Bond, Baby Love Child (Matador) 249 NEW49 OINK - Green Mind (Capitol) 249 NEW50 RANCID - Roots Radical, Salvation (Epitaph) 240 NEW

Reports accepted Monday 8:30am - 4pm and Tuesday 8:30am - 3pmStation Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

Most Added

PEARL JAM (21)Vitalogy (Epic)

TREEPEOPLE (15)Actual Re -Enactment (C/Z)

BUSH (14)-Everything's Zen"(Trauma/I nterscope/AG)

NINE INCH NAILS (13)"Piggy"(Nothing/IVT/Interscope/AG)

Top Tip

WOODSTOCK '94Various Artists (A&M)The live track from Green Day isleading the way in airplay. Debutsthis week at #43.

Top Requests

CRANBERRIES

WEEZER

PEARL JAM

HOLE

VERUCA SALT

RECORD TO WATCH

SPELL"Superstar"

(Island)Picking up speed as WWDX,

WENZ, WZRH and WOXYcome in with adds this wee

ChartboundSUEDE The Wild Ones' (Nude/Columbia)

JESUS & MARY CHAIN - "Come On" (American)

JAMES - Wah Wah (Fontana/Mercury)

BUSH - "Everything's Zen" (Trauma/lnterscope/AG)

SPELL - "Superstar" (Island)

Inside AlternativeTo tell you the truth, we're going topress early this week because of theThanksgiving holiday and I don'tknow if that means you'll have thisissue before or after Turkey Day. Inany case, I hope you had a wonder-ful holiday and didn't over eat toobadly, drink too much, bum any-thing or got stuck next to yoursmelly uncle or the aunt who pinch-es your cheeks. The thing aboutfamily is that, basically, it choosesyou. Drag.

Radio news: Another drag thisweek is the call I got saying thatKDEO-Honolulu went dark.Apparently, the owners pulled theplug and are in the process of start-ing up Honolulu's third classic rockstation. How's that for a truly geniusmove? In any case, program directorNorm Winter has plenty of irons inthe fire, and is looking into the pos-sibility starting up another stationwithin the next six months. We'llkeep you informed of his progress.

The faxes are coming in fast andfurious aboutAcoustic Christmaslineups and sell-outs. It's so hard tokeep track of who's doing what andwhen. I thought I'd put together alittle Christmas ConcertCalendar to help everyone out.Here goes:KEGE-Minneapolis Twisted Christmas

November 30

Q101 -Chicago Twisted Christmas

December 1

KWOD-Sacramento Acoustic X-Mas

December 7

KOME-San Jose Acoustic X-Mas

December 8

Live 105 -San Fran Green X-Mas

December 9

KROQ-Los Angeles Acoustic X-Mas

December 10 & 11

KPOI-Honolulu Big Melekalikimaka

December 12

91X -San Diego Acoustic X-Mas

December 12

KEDG-Las Vegas Acoustic X-Mas

December 13

WDRE-New York Acoustic X-Mas

December 13 & 14

KEDJ-Phoenix Acoustic X-Mas

December 14

WHFS-Washington D.C. Acoustic X-Mas

December 16

KNDD-Seattle Acoustic X-Mas December

17

X96 -Salt Lake City Punk Rock X -M

December 17

KDGE-Dallas The Edge X-Mas

December 18

WZRH-New Orleans X-Mas Show

December 19

The Flash -San Diego Acoustic X

December eli

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ALTERNATIVECAN'T FIGHT THESEETHER

Hey, we don't know what that means

either, but Veruca Salt's Nina Gordon and

Louise Post are so cute, we don't care.

Coming to a Christmas party in your town

soon.

Don Parker, former Edger (LasVegas and Fresno), is now top gunat The Rocket in Houston. As weunderstand it, he'll be working withJacobs Media and Z -100's SteveKinston on shaping the station'ssound. Don should be settled in theLonestar State by the time you readthis, so give him a call: (713) 968-1000.

KPOI-Honolulu's Ted Taylor justgot back from seeing some pals ofhis perform on Saturday Night Live.Who, you ask? R.E.M.. I tell you.Ted used to be an I.R.S. college rep

back in the good ol' days, and hasstayed friends with the band eversince. Isn't that special? Everyone atonce now: "Awwwwwwww." (Theabove statement is true, by the way.)

Some of the bands making theChristmas rounds this year includeBad Religion, Jesus And MaryChain, Mazzy Star, Hole, SimpleMinds, Love Spit Love, LusciousJackson, Lightning Seeds, VerucaSalt, and if you're station's beenvery, very, good, Tom Jones.

Did you notice KUKQ-Phoenix'ssuper -cool Electrafixion add thisweek? In case you didn't know,Electrafixion is the band reunitingformer Echo And The Bunnymenfrontman Ian McCulloch withEcho's axeman extrodinaire, WillSargent. I guess sometimes dreamsreally do come true. Look for thesingle, "Zephyr," in hip record storesthat sell imports all across America,and coming soon to a mall near you.

I noticed that Electrafixionplayed in London on November 25.I wonder if Lisa Worden, ValariePittman or Marco Collins-all ofwhom bailed to good ol' Blighty forthe Thanksgiving break-had thechance to check 'em out?

Congratulations to the staff atKTOZ-Springfield on their successfulMid By Midwest Music Showcase.The Radio City Music HallRockettes stopped by the Thursdaynight showcase, and no, they didn'tjump onstage. They did kick uptheir heels as spectators, and, I'mtold, had a wonderful time. Also.

1. VERUCA SALT - SEETHER

3. HOLE - DOLL PARTS

5. WEEZER - BUDDY HOLLY

7. MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - KINDER WORDS

9. MAZZY STAR - HALAH

KTOZ is looking for some Christmasmusic (hey, someone actually wantsthe stuff!), so please keep them inmind. You know John Lenac andKevin Kline would do the same foryou.

And since we're on the congratu-lations tip, all the best toSuperfrank, Rob Nicholson andJulie Hoyt from WCHZ-Agusta onthe station's second anniversary.They're celebrating with a big listen-er appreciation party, and hopefullythey'll take lots of pictures for us toprint.

I got a call from Mike Mena thisweek, and he told me that he andhis wife are driving across the coun-try to relocate in Los Angeles. Mike,a native New Yorker, says he's look-ing forward to having a house witha yard. He even said he was lookingforward to driving every day; we'llsee if he changes that tune after he'sspent some time in L.A. commutetraffic!

That's it for this week. Again, Ihope your holiday was a good one.But then, any holiday is a good one,right?

New ReleasesECHOBELLYEverybody's Got One

(Rhythm King)There's quite a bit more toEngland's Echobelly than theirsnappy single, "I Can't Imagine TheWorld Without Me," leads one tobelieve. Don't get me wrong, "ICan't Imagine..." is a damn finepiece of power pop-pure beatand energy, and guaranteed tothrill-but it's the more cerebralsongs on E.G.O. that prove theband has real staying power. And Ihave to admit, the quality of thesesongs-both musically and lyrical-ly-comes as a pleasant surprise,as I was sure Echobelly was goingto be one of those vapid, one -hit -wonder phenomenoms. Au con-trere, mon frere. Favorites include"Insomniac," "Call Me Names,""Father, Ruler, King, Computer,"

and "Close...But." Sometimes it'snice to be proven wrong. -LINDARYAN

SMASHING ORANGE"The Way That I Love You" (MCA)Anyone button -punching whenSmashing Orange's latest is on theair may wonder how come they'venever heard this Doors' songbefore-the vocal resemblance thisguy has to Jim Morrison is down-right eerie! But don't let me lead youastray-"The Way That I Love You"is tougher than anything The Doorsever did, and sounds quite contem-porary along side Pearl Jam,Smashing Pumpkins, etc. In fact, thisis the guitar -oriented, American rocksound many of you are screamingfor. -LINDA RYAN

THE LONDON SUEDEDog Man Star (Nude/Columbia)The foppish gender -benders returnwith an album that sounds lessBowie and less T -Rex. Dog Man Starsounds more London Suede; originaland epic. Some fans might miss thehip -shaking strut and wailing glam-guitar that dominated Chapter Oneof Suede, but they'll find thatChapter Two is a more mature andheartfelt celebration. Those whoenjoyed songs like "Sleeping Pills"and "He's Dead" will appreciate the

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and we'd be remiss not to tell you that

not to mention that

HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISHwith upwards of 15+ spins a week on "Hold My Hand"

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GAVIN C 0 UMALTERNATIVE EDITOR:

LINDA RYANCOLLEGE EDITOR: SEANA BARUTH

,1111=1111=12 1 1 JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION ;ange (Matador)

7 4 2 DEAD CAN DANCE - Toward The Within (4 -AD)

1 2 3 WEDDING PRESENT - Yeah Yeah Yeah, Gazebo (Island)

6 3 4 VERUCA SALT - Seether, Victrola, Spiderman, Number One (Minty Fresh)

4 5 5 LIZ PHAIR - Whip -Smart (Matador/Atlantic)

12 9 6 ROCKSTARSKILL - Boredoms, Spinanes, Team Dresch, Smog (Kill Rockstars)

13 7 7 WEEN - Can't Put My Finger On lt, Voodoo Lady (Elektra)

8 8 8 CRANES - Loved (Dedicated/Arista)

24 10 9 PIZZICATO FIVE - Made In USA (Matador)

5 6 10 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB - Wish The World Away, Can You Help Me? (Reprise)

16 13 11 DOG FACED HERMANS - Those Deep Buds (Alternative Tentacles)

18 16 12 SOUL COUGHING - Screenwriter's Blues, Chicago Not Chicago (Slash/Warner Bros.)

9 15 13 THE CRAMPS - Flamejob (Medicine/Giant)

14 14 14 THE MELVINS - Stoner Witch (Atlantic)

26 18 15 SILVER JEWS - Starlite Walker (Drag City)

23 23 16 HEAVENLY - The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly (K)

11 11 17 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Landslide, Frail And Bedazzled (Virgin)

30 21 18 LISA GERMANO - Geek The Girl (4 -AD)

35 24 19 JUNED - Juned (Up)

10 12 20 BUTTERGLORY - Crumble (Merge)

17 17 21 KICKING GIANT - Alien i-D (K)

22 22 22 R.E.M. - What's/Frequency, Currencies, Crush, Bang&Blame (Warner Bros.)

- 39 23 CATHERINE - Sorry! (TVT)

34 31 24 PORTISHEAD - Sour Times (London)

3 19 25 THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282 - Strangers From The Universe (Matador)

36 26 26 FASTBACKS - Answer The Phone, Dummy (Sub Pop)

44 32 27 LORDS OF ACID - Voodoo U (American/White Label)

28 28 28 SMALL FACTORY - For If You Cannot Fly (Vernon Yard)

25 25 29 GIRLS AGAINST BOYS - Cruise Yourself (Touch & Go)

32 30 30 THE CRANBERRIES - Zombie, Icicle, I Can't Be, Dreaming (Island)

NEW 31 DIGABLE PLANETS - Blowout Comb (Pendulum/EMI)

19 29 32 SHELLAC - At Action Park (Touch & Go)

NEW 33 RED HOT & COOL: STOLEN MOMENTS - Pharcyde, The Roots, MC Solaar (GRP)

41 34 34 GOLDEN PALOMINOS - Pure (Restless)

20 20 35 PULP FICTION SOUNDTRACK - Urge Overkill (MCA)

- 36 36 RADIAL SPANGLE - Syrup Macrame (Beggars Banquet)

NEW 37 SUPERCHUNK - Driveway To Driveway (Merge)

15 35 38 SUGAR - Your Favorite Thing, Believe What You're (Rykodisc)

NEW 39 ECHOBELLY - I Can't Imagine, Father Ruler King, Insomniac (Fauve/Rhythm King)

21 27 40 THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - Kinder Words (Mercury)

37 37 41 BUILT TO SPILL - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (Up)

- 49 42 NIRVANA - About A Girl, The Man Who, Lake/Fire, Jesus Doesn't (DGC)

- 43 43 HEY DRAG CITY - Pavement, Palace Brothers, Smog, King Kong (Drag City)

NEW 44 GODFLESH - Selfless (Earache/Columbia)

38 38 45 CLERKS SOUNDTRACK - Soul Asylum, Alice In Chains (Columbia)

- 46 46 THE CULT - Coming Down (Drug Tongue), Real Grrrl (Sire/Reprise)

NEW 47 LAURIE ANDERSON - Puppet Motel, In Our Sleep, Bright Red (Warner Bros.)

42 42 48 BOYRACER - More Songs... (Slumberland)

NEW 49 COME - Don't Ask Don't Tell (Matador)

33 33 50 JAMES - Jam J, Tomorrow, Honest Joe (Fontana/Mercury)

Reports accepted Monday 9am - 4pm and Tuesday 9am - 3pm

Station Reporting Phone: (415) 495-1990 Gavin Fax: (415) 495-2580

Most Added

TREEPEOPLE (23)Actual Re-enactment (C/Z)

PICASSO TRIGGER (16)Taint (Alias)

THE TECHNICAL JED (15)(spinArt)

CHRIS CONNELLY (15)Shipwreck (Wax Trax!/TVT)

Top Tip

DIGABLE PLANETSBlowout Combs (Pendulum/EMI)Digable Planets blowout the compe-tition with a #31 debut.

RECORD TO WATCH

LIDA HUSIK/BEAUMONT

HANNANTEvening At The Grange(Astralwerks/Caroline)

Lida and Beaumont pulled in13 ADDs their first week out.

ChartbuiummTHE LONDON SUEDE - Dog Man Star

(Nude/Columbia)

ELEVENTH DREAM DAY - Ursa Major

(Atavistic/City Slang)

JESSAMINE - "Your Head Is So Small It's Like A

Little Light" (Sub Pop)

PEGBOY - Earwig (1/4 Stick/Touch & Go)

SHADY - World (Beggars Banquet)

Dropped: #40 Helios Creed, #41 Grant Lee Buffalo,

#44 Sebadoh (sob!), #45 Poster Children, #47

Maleem Mahmoud Ghania & Pharoah Sanders, #50

Eric's Trip.

Inside CollegeAtlantic Records is proud toannounce the hiring of MikeDeitch, who now is CarolynWolfe's West Coast compatriot.Mike will be calling West Coast col-lege stations and can be reached at(310) 205-5910.

Also, Ichiban records in Atlanta islooking for college reps to do alter-native promo in the following cities:New York, Los Angeles, SanFrancisco, Boston, Seattle, Chicago,Minneapolis, Austin, Cleveland,Philadelphia and Norfolk. Interestedparties contact: Lindsay Shannonat (800) 966-4244, ext. 3026 or fax aresume to (404) 419-1230.

Every major -city -dweller I've spo-ken with in the past few days hasspouted the same refrain: "Therewere so many great shows here thisweekend!" San Francisco was noexception-The Wedding Present,Spell, American Music Club, TheWandering Stars and Zumpano allplayed club shows that exceeded my(often extremely high) hopes. TheWedding Present and AmericanMusic Club-and their respectivefront -men, David Gedge and MarkEitzel-are nothing short of legendsin this format, and that kind of demi-god status can be a heavy burden tocarry onstage. Neither man, howev-er, appeared to be hampered by hisaudience's expectations, and Eitzel,who seemed almost comfortable infront of a home -town crowd, evenabandoned his self-effacing shtick.

The parade of Legends -In -My -Own -Mind continued into this weekwith Howe Gelb's visit to the GAVIN

offices. Giant Sand's Howe wasaccompanied by daughter IndiosaPatsy and sometimes-Sandster PaulaBrown, and he and Paula played asmattering of scattered twangy tuneswhile Patsy (and Alternative internEric Shea) played with the shelvesof toys in Linda's office. I thoughtthat at my advanced age and withmy vast experience, I was no longersuseptible to extreme nervousness,but my respect for Gelb-combinedwith his unsettlingly odddemeanor-prompted him toinquire, "Has somebody had toomuch coffee?" I'm so embarrassed.

Kathy McCarty also came by toplay some tunes from her new disc,Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs Of DanielJohnston. Kathy (perhaps youremember her from Austin's long-lived ensemble, Glass Eye), was ona solo promo tour to meet all thepeople who have worked on herbehalf. She came to GAVIN, yes, but Ithink her main intention was to meetthe distribution folks and sales peo-ple that run the machinery behindthe scenes-a genuinely nobleendeavor that she funded herself.That's why it sucked so hard that herrental car got towed while she wasplaying for us. Bummer. Be nice toKathy if you see her-she's great!

From the mailbag: Although theapproaching holidays have slowedthe influx of CDs and singles, themailman recently brought me atreat-in the form of a playlist-fromWVKR. Why is this playlist special,you ask? Because instead of closingwith lame shout -outs and thank-yousand station news, this list includes a"Special WVKR Listener Profile:Kevin from Cornwall," that's accurateand snide enough to make youhowl. An excerpt of the profile, writ-ten by WVKR MD Ben Goldberg:"Those of you who've done collegeradio know you get two kinds of

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ALTERNATIVEregular callers: those who are work-ing the graveyard shift at the localbakery and want to hear someZappa, and those who will not beallowed to listen to the radio if theyget another F on their report cards.Kevin is the epitome of the latter. Athis age I was calling WSOU torequest "Fade To Black" ( a HeavyMetal "Stairway" for those of youwho've never metal -headed). He, onthe other hand, chooses his band ofthe week and requests them untilhe's heard the entire album. This hashappened in the past with Gastr DelSol, God Is My Co -Pilot and ThisKind Of Punishment. Currently, it'sThinking Fellers. I remember longconversations with him where hevoiced his digust with...everybody inhis school who listens to local com-mercial alternative station WDST("How can they listen to that shit?!?").In effect, WVKR has helped him-

aesthetically and socially-to whollyremove himself from the companyof his lackluster peers... We atWVKR applaud young Kevin andthose like him within our listeningrange and around the United Stateswho have become reclusive hermitsway before their years. These preco-cious tykes know what many of ushave taken too long to realize:Thank God for the Underground, forthee provideth a niche from which Ican direct my bitterness." Damn,Ben is brilliant.

And speaking of Ben, WRFL MDSarni Ibrahim offers the followingThanksgiving thoughts, courtesy Ice -T's "Original Gangsta": "Sit on atable like a fool and eatturkey/That's the day your forefa-thers jerked me."

I'll be on vacation next week, sosee you in two with all the gossipthat's good to go and then some.

Colleue AlbumsBAZOOKABLOWHOLE (SST RECORDS,

P.O. BOX 1, LAWNDALE CA 90260)

This Southern California power jazztrio (Tony Atherton on sax/VinceMeghrouni on skins/Bill Crawfordhandling lew-end) blast out drivingjazz rhythms with punk -filled angst.It's an aggressive vibe which hasbeen justly dubbed "jazzcore."Traditional jazz foundations giveway to rolLcking rhythms andmeaty riffs that fill every nook andcranny of heir third full-lengthoffering. Dollops of agro-be-bop,manic vibes and grit filled groovesare the signature on tracks like"The Procedure," which beginswith lilting strands of sax only toculminate in a cascade of drumbeatings and walloping bass throbs."Screwcifer is a molten bass -domi-nated romp with forceful sax blar-ing over the solid groove of thrash -styled back -beats and crashingcymbals. The trio occasionallycome up for air on brief, downtempo tracks like "My FavoritePearl" and 'Five Years In Space."But just as :he listeners catch theirbreath, the boys quickly launchback into their full frontal assault ofterror jazztics. Though essentiallyrooted in trappings of trad jazz,many tracks veer off into ruff funkterritory wish Bazooka gettingswept up in the frenzy of the jam."Terror Bears Have Torn OurLawyers Apart" is ripe with juicybass and drum interplay while"Turkey Tenders" rages on wellpast the ten minute mark. FOOM!BOOM! BAM! Bazooka's cool noizewill hit you upside the cranial wall

with tasty, twisted licks, thickfunkstools and massive jazzafiedriffage. 100% pure hardcore bopol-ogy not recommended for the faintof heart. - SPENCEDOOKEY

THE ASS PONYSELECTRIC ROCK MUSIC (A&M)

With Electric Rock Music finallyout, Ass Ponys fans everywherewill have their fix for the year.Thirteen offerings take their turnshowing off Ass Ponys trademarks.Seating you firmly in the saddle,the first dark strains of "Grim" (alsothe title of their second full-lengtheffort) explode into dissonance andwailing. The band plays low andtense both here and in the threat-ening "Banlon Shirt." "LittleBastard" (which appeared with"Banlon Shirt" on the Little BastardEP) and "Peanut '93" are markedby songwriter Chuck Cleaver's pen-chant for twisted glimpses. Bluesyguitar sounds ramble their waythrough "Lake Brenda" (which fea-tures a great falsetto), the reaffirm-ing "Live Until I Die" and theyouthful twilight of "Ape Hanger."Personal favorites include the sweetinnocence of "Blushing Bride,'which offers a lovely, slow melody;the there -you -go -writing -about -my -life lyrics of "Earth To Grandma"(my grandmother made X-masornaments that bear a scary resem-blance to the disc's cover art);"Place Out There" for its slide gui-tar; the rockin' full sound of "WallEyed Girl," and the rangey, ringingguitar and emotional pull of "OtterSlide." Take your pick with thisalbum-there ain't a bummer in thehatch -13t \-\F. M.MAtt

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songs on Dog Man Star, which kicksoff with the trance -inducing,Eastern -saturated, "Introducing TheBand." "We Are The Pigs" is aswirling and uplifting piece that bestrepresents the band's new direction,but perhaps the most epic tune onthe album is "The Wild Ones," acatchy -as -hell love song that steersclear of becoming a sappy ballad,packing enough power to send lis-teners swooning. The London Suedehave proven their best songs comefrom the heart, and not giving in toexpectations. -ERIC SHEA

S*M*A*S*HSelf Abused (Vernon Yard)S*IVI*A*S*H is a power trio whosound like the bastard sons of theStooges and The Clash. Their newalbum, Self Abused, has the bittermethamphetamine flavor of post -adolescent fueled pop-chaotic, gui-tar -crunching, power pop."Reflections Of You" starts off inclassic boot -stomping, three -chordstuttery punk, and shifts and climbsuntil "Self Abused" hits full -throttlethrough your sound system, molest-ing your speakers. "Real Surreal" is araunchy, bouncy, "radio -friendlyunit shifter" that slaps around TheBoomtown Rats, and gives TheStooges a swift kick. S*WA*S*H'srawness creates a power that's notto be underestimated. If Blur areresponsible for getting the Britishbulldog to bark again, thenS*M*A*S*H are the lads who gave itrabies. -Erne SHEA

LETTERS TO CLEOAurora Gory Alice (Giant)Kay Hanley says she doesn't view thesongwriting process as a preciousthing, but that she hears stuff and itjust comes out as melodies. The sim-plicity of these ten tracks reflects that."Big Star" is the tale of a blossomingromance with instrumental falsestarts, and Hanley conveys apprehen-sion with her chiming vocal style. "ISee" swells with a cool bass line,crystal clear vocals and a must -havechorus. Radio will kick itself if it pass-es up on this song's hooks. Distortedguitars swarm on the rocker "Here &Now," and "Mellie's Comin' Over" isan accessible casserole of scintillatingguitar, sideshow organ and charis-matic singing. The down home styleof "Step Back" combines knee -slap-ping percussion with an acoustic gui-tar, and adds yet another dimensionto LTC's sound. -DAVID BERAN

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CATHERINE

FROM: Chicago

LATEST RELEASE: Sorry!

LABEL: TVT

CONTACT: John Perrone (212)

979-6410

Jerome Brown

(guitar), Neil Jendon (guitar),

Keith Brown (bass), Kerry Brown

(drums) and Mark Rew (guitar).

ON THE THREE -GUITAR

ASSAULT: "The beauty of

having three guitars in the band

is that you don't have to be

super-guitarist-you don't have

to be so busy." -Jendon

"It's the

album we wanted to make as a

band. Half of it was being really

Steely Dan-ish and really, really

overly concerned about the

minute things; the other half of

it was keeping our eyes and ears

wide open, realizing how great

the accidents sounded." -

Jendon

"This year's model

of the indie rock buzz band:

Catherine, five Chicago

youngsters who cut their

musical teeth on '70s rock, '80s

gothic angst and '90s self-

conscious guitarishness." -

Raygun

FUN F ACT: Catherine guitarist

Jerome Brown recently wed

Smashing Pumpkins bassist

D'Arcy.

ROCK AND ROLL HAZARDS:

When shooting publicity photos

for Sorry!, the photographer and

all five members of Catherine

were arrested for trespassing.

They were bailed out by a bail

bondsman who used to play

drums for Crystal Gayle.

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GAVIN PICKS

SinglesMADONNATake A Bow (Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros.)Here's that early Christmaspresent for Top 40. Anemotion -packed entry fromMadonna produced byBabyface. Not much moreof a recommendation isrequired. Programmerswho aren't already playingit are rushing to get it onthe air as you read this.CHANGING FACESFoelin' Around (BigBeat/Atlantic)This duo's debut hit,"Stroke You Up," is justone of those songs thatdoesn't burn no matterhow much it's played. Ofcourse, credit some of thatto their sound and to R.Kelly's production, both of

which are in effect on thissuper smooth slow jam.

SOUNDGARDENFell On Black Days (A&M)Must be something aboutthe color black that inspiresChris Cornell. But it's beenblack that turned into a lotof green for these Seattlerockers. This track shouldpropel those phenomenalsales of their albumSuperunknown evenhigher.

MARIAH CAREYAll I Want For ChristmasIs You (Columbia)Every year there seems tobe at least one new popentry for the holidays. Inthe tradition of those greatPhil Spector Christmas hitsof the early '60s, Mariahand producer WalterAfanasieff collaborate tocreate the one that'll helpus recall Christmas, 1994.

By Dave Sholin

HURDOW! MISS TOUR SPOT IN THE

1995 GAVIN MON PLANNER

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EDITORIALFormats: Top 40 - DaveSholin (Editor). AnnetteM. Lai (Associate Editor);Adult Contemporary -Ron Fell (Editor), DianeRufer (Associate Editor);Urban - Bill Speed

Albums

MIDNIGHT VOICESLate Night At The UpperRoom

(Elephant Leg/Monster)This 6 -track EP is a naturalhigh, much like the vibesfrom the San Francisco -based substance -free,black -owned performancehaven after which it isnamed. Mystic (known asMohammed from MTV'sThe Real World) and WillPower have conceptualizeda rhythmic, passionate jour-ney through the minds ofthe young, gifted andBlack. The elements ofjazz, blues, soul, poetryand hip -hop (DJs Pauseand Mad Mike do work onthe turntables) convergeseamlessly throughout. Mypicks are "Fluid" and"Runaway."

-THEMBISA S. MSHAKA

K. McCARTYDead Dog's Eyeball:

Songs Of Daniel Johnston(Bar None Records,P.O. Box 1704, Hoboken,NJ 07030)Songs as intensely per-sonal as DanielJohnston's are oftendismissed as self-indul-gent, megalomaniacal,or worse, some kind ofjoke. There's probablya fingerful of peoplewho appreciate thepurity of an artist creat-ing entirely on hisown, but isn't that howit's always been? KathyMcCarty (formerly of

Glass Eye) checks all thesetired attitudes at the doorand dons a healthy respectfor Johnston on these 19covers of his songs."Walking The Cow" cap-tures Johnston's tentative,fragile style, and on "RocketShip" McCarty uses helium -stretched vocals that matchthe subject. "SorryEntertainer" is a frolickingrocker with distorted surfpercussion, and "DesperateMan Blues" is a stark read-ing with brooding strings,ragtime piano andMcCarty's countrified,Lucinda Williams -likevocals. McCarty showsrespect for the originalcadence of "Desperate" bykeeping the pronounsintact. The ticking of akitchen clock punctuates "IAm A Baby (In MyUniverse)" and her double -tracked vocals induce anunsettling air of experienceinto the song's innocence.Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youthand firehose hailedJohnston. This is a pricelessintroduction for theunanointed, and a brilliantreading if you're familiarwith the terrain.

-DAVID BERAN

SADEThe Best of Sade(Epic Records)What can be said? A collec-tion of the best songs, plustwo new, by one of themost sensual voices in mod-ern music. What do youthink of when you hearSade singing? Play it and fall

in love. -BEVERLY MIRE

JOHN HIATT & THEGUILTY DOGSHiatt Comes Alive AtBudokan? (A&M)Hiatt is only kidding us aboutrecording this disc at theBudokan Theatre in Japan.Seemingly more fantastic isthe fact that all these livetunes were cut in 1994, andthey cover ten differentvenues across the U.S. In thespirit of such a feverish pace,tunes like "Memphis In TheMeantime," "Thing CalledLove" and "Perfectly GoodGuitar" are rearranged toaccomodate the compressedfury of Hiatt's rockin' GuiltyDog quartet. The VU meterpins on red through many ofthese performances.

-KENT Z1M \ \ \N

ERIC MARIENTHALStreet Dance (GRP)Saxophones, saxophones andmore saxophones. EricMarienthal's sixth for GRPcomes out "swinging"-inboth literal meanings of theword. While rival horn blow-ers like Warren Hill, AndySnitzer, Najee and RichardElliot "smooth" out theirsound horizonally for A2 ears,Marienthal is as unabashedlyfunky as ever. Producer Jeff

Lorber kicks in a brash,slappy sound, givingStreet Dance its chromedigital sheen. "Shake ItLoose," the title cut,"Kid's Stuff' and "Nothin'But Everything" areexplosive alto saxcameos. In 1994 alone,Marienthal will have trav-eled to 34 countries withChick Corea, DavidBenoit or with his ownband. How 'bout thosefrequent -flyer miles?

-KEITH ZIMMERMAN

(Editor): Rap -Thembisa Mshaka(Editor)); CountryCyndi Hoelzle (Editor),Lisa Smith (ConsultingEditor); Alternative -Linda Ryan ( Editor),Seana Baruth (AssociateEditor): Gs \ Rocks -Rob Fiend (AssociateEditor) Sheila Rene(Rock profile editor); A"jazziA' - Kent

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Jackie JonesPaul Gembus, AnthonyMorris, Walt Reed.Contributing Editors Dr.Oren Harari, EricNorbert:. Rhody Bosley

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral Manager BettyHollars (-ms SeminarChief Coordinator KeithZimmerman. CirculationManager Diane Rufer.

Manager. GAVIN RadioServices Dave RothsteinComputer Services GeoffMarshall. ReceptionistSheila Rene. Assistant toCEO Sandra Derian

SALES & MARKETINGLou Galliani ( Roi ) 042-

9999. Fax: (805) 542-9997: Rick Gaillard (. :15)459-3703, Fax (415) 485-1799: Top 40 Marketing

Steve Resnik (818) 951-6700. Fax (818) 951-68001 'roan: Rap Marketing

John Austin (215) 424-6571, Fax (215) 424-5491;Country Marketing LisaD'Addario (615) 356-8729. Fax (615) 356-2818:College/ Alternative/Classified MarketingChris L Mitchell (415)487-8995. Fax (415)487-1753

46 GAVIN NOVEMBER 25, 1994

Some of you have already

seen the light...LINDA SILVER, WRQX - WASHINGTON

"It's an awesome record! It sounds great on the radio. Women love it.Call out is very strong. This is definitely a hit record!"

DANNY CLAYTON, WKTI - MILWAUKEE"It's the #2 song with 29-34females in callout. It's in powerrotation!"

STEVE CONLEY, WMC - MEMPHIS

"This record has the mostexhilarating sound of many ofthe records I've added at myradio station lately. Sounds greaton the air - listeners love it!"

STEFAN RYBAK. WBLI - LONG ISLAND

"Sensational! Dynamic!Inspiring! Terrific!"

the title track from the debut albumfrom MARTIN PAGEfeaturing special guestsRobbie Robertson, The Blue Nile's PaulJoseph Moore, and Nigerian singerGeoffrey Oryema.

also includes contributions from thelegendary Bernie Taupin and PhilCollins.

the writer behind an impressiveroster of hits including "TheseDreams" (Heart), "King Of WishfulThinking" (Go West), and "We BuiltThis City" (Starship).

Added this weekWPLJ - New YorkKXYQ - Portland

KPLZ - Seattle

Gavin Top 40:Up & Coming 54/8

Over 950 Spins!

"Martin Page has produced an altogether compelling solo debut,one heavy with richly layered melodies and potent lyrics"

-Billboard, August 27, 1994

Produced and arranged by Martin PageManagement: Diane Poncher Management

in association with 3rd Roil Entertainment

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IMPACTING POP DECEME ER E.-H.

JUST IN E FJR THE HOLIDA'Y S!

NO MORE BLUE CHRISTMAS'glie premiere sirOP from AA ce; cltw.

NATALIE COLE ON TV: The Ton'ght Show, December 1.

"Lily In Winter,'- her dramatic debut on the USA Network, December E at 9:00 p -n EST. Chr stmas concert special, on PBS throughcut early December.

Produced bk Michael Maser ror Prince Street Productions_ Exect_tiise Produ=ers: Natal e Cale aid Tommy _i Puma_ Management: ik"i Cleary WimagemertA;sociates.

Oi Elekt-a Compact D scs anc im-.Cassettes$.1.1 I rftr. I trienowoll. ivkion Comenollirwin., ele low WArn,