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KEY SONGS IN THE LIFE OF...
DAVE PEARCE
DJ & Presenter, BBC Radio 2
ESCAPED CRUSADERS Brighton's Great Escape took place last week, and the great and the good of the industry headed on down to witness its three days of music. Those papped by the Music Week camera included the crews from UK Music (feat Adam Webb and Dot Levine) and PRS (feat Barney Hooper and new media relations manager Olivia Chapman) - plus Sire Records founder Seymour Stein; Beggars founder Martin Mills (and son); and Glastonbury Festival's Michael Eavis.
First record you remember buying? Hot Butter- Popcorn in 1972. I remember playing it over and over again. As a DJ down the years I must have spent tens of thousands of pounds on records and this kicked it all off.
Last track you downloaded? Sander Van Doorn’s Nothing Inside. This track has a great vocal and just been picked up in the UK by Ministry Of Sound. I think this could be a big club track for me in Europe this year.
Which track would you like played at your funeral? William Orbit’s Adagio For Strings.
ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK May 18, 1961
A specially-produced set of six LPs is set for launch to inaugurate the new Mercury ‘Perfect Presence Sound Series. The LPs are produced by Mercury’s recording directors Hal Mooney and David Carroll… Interdisc has adjusted the retail price of its Prestige International series, which underwent British distribution recently. Initially set to sell at 44s. 9d, they’re now going to be pitched at 39s. 9d “due to economies”… The first releases under EMI’s contract with United Artists are scheduled for next Friday. Ferrante and Teicher’s Exodus, could hit shelves early, however… PRS has announced the formation of the South African Society of Composers Authors and Music Publishers, which will be responsible for the collection of performing rights royalties in South Africa… Finally, London and Provincial Factors have released what they claim is the smallest, lightest tunable two-wave transistor radio in the world. It weighs eight and a half ounces and can be tuned to both long and medium wave. Watch out ‘The Future’, we’re gaining fast.
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 18.05.61
RICKY NELSON Hello Mary Lou EDEN KANE Well I Ask You BOBBY VEE More Than I Can Say As always, critique is thin on the ground in Record Retailer, the Sixties mag preferring to simply shout names ‘You Must Stock’ at its readership. Ricky Nelson’s Hello Mary Lou, Eden Kane’s Well I Ask You
and Bobby Vee’s More Than I Can Say are all among the discs tipped for commercial success.
EPs TOP 5 POS ARTIST
18.05.61 ALBUM
1 THE SHADOWS The Shadows 2 CLIFF RICHARD Cliff’s Silver Discs 3 ADAM FAITH
4 MANTOVANI 5 NINA AND
FREDERIK
Nina And Frederik Vol.1
Adam’s Hit Parade
Exodus And Other Themes
What’s your karaoke speciality? I run a mile from karaoke but I think My Way sung in a Sid Vicious/Sex Pistols-style would be my choice. If you are going to murder a record you have to do it with a little panache.
Which song was the first dance at your wedding? It was Ronnie Laws’ Every Generation, a fantastic jazz/soul record from 1980. It’s got a wonderful warmth.
© Official Charts Company
LPs TOP 5 POS ARTIST
1 ELVIS PRESLEY 18.05.61 SINGLE GI Blues
2 CLIFF RICHARD Listen To Cliff 3 SOUND TRACK 4 GEORGE
South Pacific MITCHELL 5 DUANE EDDY
Black & White Minstrel Show
A Million Dollars... © Official Charts Company
What’s your favourite single/track of all time? Such an impossible question but in terms of a lifesaver it has to be Marvin Gaye’s What's Going On- The whole album really its just a very precious piece of music
Recommend a track Music Week readers may not have heard... I’ve just interviewed Orbital for my new Radio 2 show and I’ve fallen in love with Stringy Acid from their new album Wonky. It sounds like an early Detroit record.
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