38 Music Week 21.11.14 F ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK November 19, 1983
HEADLINE NEWS A gap as wide as 40p now yawns between the lowest and highest prices charged for 7” singles. The most popular price for chart singles is £1.35, chosen by Boots, Woolworths, HMV and Our Price. HMV MD Ian Gray warned: “Dealers who do not match the increase in manufacturers’ price with a rise in shelf price are going to go bust. The margins on singles are far too low. We want to put singles prices up further, but are being forced by others to keep them down.”
ALSO The IFPI is calling for “adequate remuneration” for the use of video clips by broadcast organisations. A statement argues: “The argument that the broadcasting of clips is a promotional exercise for the sale of records is not convincing.”
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 19.11.83
SMELL OF FEMALE The Cramps SILVER LINING Gang Of Four
This recorded live set sees The Cramps slightly less debauched than they have been in the past, but it still shows up everyone else’s trash flirtations for being just that. The tracklist includes half a dozen hits from the original garbagemen, guaranteed to sate the appetites of fans hungry for fresh material. Gang Of Four’s new single is a discordant, rather intricate but likeable
cut from a band who’ve been promising since their earlier days of At Home He’s A Tourist and I Love A Man In Uniform. But it’s probably a bit
too unapproachable for hit-parade needs. AD WATCH
What is love? That’s what this quarter-page ad is asking - and answering. We’re just not sure the answer is ‘Howard Jones the next single’. Actually, for a lot of journalists, love is using correct punctuation, separating Howard Jones’ name from the rest of the copy. Colons don’t take up much space after all. Besides that, was it too much to ask for a bit of artwork? The single’s cover was a black and white shot of Jones looking moody. It would’ve fit right in.
Incorporating fono, MBI, Future Hits, Green Sheet, Hit Music, Promo, Record Mirror and Tours Report
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ALBUMS TOP 10 19.11.83 POS ARTIST
SINGLE
1 CULTURE CLUB Colour By Numbers 2 LIONEL RICHIE 3 THE ROLLING
Can’t Slow Down STONES
4 BILLY JOEL 5 MICHAEL
JACKSON 6 UB40
7 PAUL YOUNG 8 VARIOUS
ARTISTS
9 GENESIS 10 PAUL
Undercover An Innocent Man Thriller Labour Of Love No Parlez The Two Of Us GENESIS MCCARTNEY
Pipes Of Peace © Official Charts Company
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Which song do you wish you’d written and why? Outkast’s Ms. Jackson. I’ve probably listened to that song a billion times and it still sounds fresh today.
Where do you write and what do you write on/with? I write in my studio in Soho Recording Studios in central London. I write on my keyboard/laptop and use FL Studio and Logic to make beats/record.
What is the song you’re proudest of and why? Fancy because it’s my first Billboard No.1, broke so many records and made history!
SINGLES TOP 10 19.11.83 POS ARTIST
SINGLE
1 BILLY JOEL 2 PAUL
3 SHAKIN’ STEVENS 4 LIONEL RICHIE 5 MADNESS 6 ADAM ANT 7 THE CURE 8 MEN WITHOUT HATS Uptown Girl MCCARTNEY... Say Say Say Cry Just A Little Bit
All Night Long (All Night)
The Sun And The Rain Puss ‘N Boots The Love Cats Safety Dance
9 CULTURE CLUB Karma Chameleon 10 ASSEMBLY
Never Never
And the last song you wrote? Can’t tell you what it’s called but it was for miss I-G-G-Y.
What was the first song you ever wrote? A song called Tears when I was 15. It was pretty emotional.
WRITER’S
Top-notch tunesmiths on their history with songs
Kurtis McKenzie
Published by Lateral. Writing credits include Iggy Azelea, Katy B and Rita Ora
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Who is your favourite songwriter of all time? Stevie Wonder (pictured). One of the greatest songwriters to ever walk the face of the Earth. A musical genius.
And your favourite songwriter of the moment? Charli XCX. She’s a boss.
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