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Been snapped with the Bay City Rollers on your iPhone? Got photographic proof of your promotions chief slaying the karaokemachine? Swimming the Bristol Channel for charity and want the industry to rally round? Tell us all about it. And we’ll tell everyone else. Send your out-of-hours snaps and stories to
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KEY SONGS IN THE LIFE OF...
ANDY COPPING Festival booker, Download Festival / Promoter, Live Nation
First record you remember buying? Coz I Luv You, Slade. Totally turnedme on tomusic. The sound, the image, the delivery.
NO HARMAN IT The BPI’s AGMlastweek provided plenty of photo opps for the roaming camera–and not just of the trade body’s CEO Geoff Taylor and chairmanTonyWadsworth to have a chinwagwith Harriet HarmanMP. We also caught speeches fromInfectious exec KordaMarshall andThe Orchard's Scott Cohen, Chase& Statusmingling in the back roomand Dramaticomainman Mike Batt posingwith outgoing BPI indie/trademission rep, JulianWall.
What’s your karaoke speciality? DaydreamBeliever by TheMonkees. The perfect singalong. How could anyone not love this song?
Which song was (or would be) the ‘first dance’ at your wedding? Help! – The Beatles
Which track would you like played at your funeral? MyWay by Frank Sinatra. The lyrics will say it all.
ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK July 15, 1995
RCAMD JeremyMarsh is set to “work his magic” on BMG after being named president of a newly-created division which puts himin charge of all frontline labels including Arista, Deconstruction and BMG Classics… The £70m19,000-capacity NynexManchester Indoor Arena opens to the public this Saturday (July 15) promising
around a third of its 150 events a year will bemusic-related… A Randy Crawford (pictured) covers album Naked & True sees her return to the industry after a two-year break with a band of “seventies funkateers” – including P-Funk stalwarts Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell plus Fred Wesley and his Horns. It’s an “up-tempo” record thatWEA UK productmanager Sonya Skinner hopes will reach a new audience of under 25s… Record companies are again paying serious attention to jazz after it being regarded asmore of an influence than a potent sales force.
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 15.07.95
CATHERINE WHEELWaydown GORKY’S ZYGOTIC MYNCI Bwyd Time Waydown by Catherine Wheel is Single Of The Week, which according to the mag is a “very welcome return for one of the UK’s overlooked talents” who haven’t ever matched the “epic achievement” of 1991 single Black Metallic. It’s a “raw but infectious” and “cracking” tune. Album Of The Week goes to Bwyd Time by young Welsh band Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. The record shows “startling assuredness” and is dubbed “cult listening from the ones to watch”.
POS ARTIST
SINGLES TOP 5 15.07.95 SINGLE
1 THE OUTHERE BROTHERS
2 SUPERGRASS 3 DIANA KING
4 ROBSON & JEROME
BoomBoomBoom Alright/Time Shy Guy
UnchainedMelody/ White Cliffs of Dover
5 EMF / REEVES AND MORTIMER I’mA Believer
© Official Charts Company
ALBUMS TOP 5 15.07.95 POS ARTIST
ALBUM 1 BON JOVI
2 MICHAEL JACKSON
3 ALISON MOYET 4 CELINE DION 5 WET WET WET These Days
History - Past, Present, Future Bk1
Singles
The Colour OfMy Love
Picture This © Official Charts Company
Hey Jude by The Beatles. A song which is totally timeless. Pure brilliance and perfection in songwriting.
What’s your favourite single/track of all time?
I’mLonely Please Stay by Dan Reed Network. I was shocked he and the band weren’t bigger. Great song, great groove and great live.
What was the best artistmeeting of your life? Jay-Z. Theminute he walked into the room, I knew I was in the presence of greatness.
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