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48 Music Week <strong>29.08.14</strong><br />
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RUN-OFF GROOVE<br />
ARCHIVE<br />
MUSIC WEEK August August 21, 1976<br />
HEADLINE NEWS<br />
The long-predicted alliance of independent labels in<br />
a joint sales operation has taken a significant step<br />
towards reality. Virgin has signed a new deal giving<br />
CBS manufacturing and distribution rights, with<br />
Anchor given total sales responsibility. Anchor MD<br />
said: “The addition of the Virgin repertoire will give our<br />
sales force additional credibility with the dealers.”<br />
ALSO<br />
Continued cut-price tactics by majors has forced<br />
independent retailer Old Tape Revolution to knock<br />
90p off the price of all Top 50 albums in two of its<br />
branches in a “last stand”. MD Gary Nesbitt said:<br />
“We are in an all-out war with them - our Croydon<br />
store has suffered badly at the hands of W. H. Smith<br />
and this is the only action left open to us.”<br />
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 21.08.76<br />
AD WATCH<br />
ROCK ME GENTLY James Last<br />
The album is subtitled, A Tribute To The Great Canadian Songwriters,<br />
but the likes of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Paul Anka are nowhere<br />
to be seen. Andy Kim’s Rock Me Gently aptly appears, as does Gordon<br />
Lightfoot’s Sundown and If You Could Leave My Mind, plus Robbie<br />
Robertson’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Lesser-known artists<br />
that fit in with Last’s formula of a chorus, tight arrangements and<br />
danceable tempos will enjoy new attention, as the public is certain to<br />
snap this up in chart-placing quantities.<br />
SINGLES TOP 10 21.08.76<br />
POS ARTIST SINGLE<br />
1<br />
ELTON JOHN AND Don’t Go Breaking<br />
KIKI DEE<br />
My Heart<br />
2 DR. HOOK A Little Bit More<br />
3 DAVID DUNDAS Jeans On<br />
4 JOHNNY<br />
WAKELIN<br />
In Zaire<br />
5 WINGS Let ‘Em In<br />
6 TAVARES<br />
7<br />
JIMMY JAMES<br />
AND THE<br />
VAGABONDS<br />
Heaven Must Be<br />
Missing An Angel<br />
Now Is The Time<br />
8 5000 VOLTS Dr. Kiss Kiss<br />
9 BEE GEES<br />
10<br />
STEVE HARLEY<br />
AND THE<br />
COCKNEY REBEL<br />
You Should Be<br />
Dancing<br />
Here Comes The Sun<br />
ALBUMS TOP 10 21.08.76<br />
POS ARTIST ALBUM<br />
1 BEACH BOYS 20 Golden Greats<br />
2 DEMIS ROUSSOS Forever And Ever<br />
3 NEIL SEDAKA Laughter And Tears<br />
4 NANA<br />
MOUSKOURI<br />
Passport<br />
5 DR HOOK A Little Bit More<br />
WRITER’S<br />
NOTES<br />
Top-notch tunesmiths on<br />
their history with songs<br />
Katie Sky<br />
Published by<br />
Matt Galle<br />
Publishing/UMG<br />
tupq<br />
Written For:<br />
Timeflies,<br />
Topher Jones,<br />
Roksonix<br />
What was the first song you<br />
ever wrote?<br />
I wrote a catchy jingle called<br />
Silly Little Daydream when I was<br />
13. To this day friends back<br />
home sing it at me!<br />
And the last song you wrote?<br />
I wrote one for producer<br />
Martin Kierszenbaum.<br />
What is the song you’re<br />
proudest of and why?<br />
I co-wrote a song for my next EP<br />
called Underwater with Daniel<br />
Lindegren, AKA Tommy Sparks. I<br />
think it’s got heaps of potential.<br />
Spare a thought for the terrified shop assistant in this advert,<br />
whose wide eyes suggest he wasn’t warned a boxer would be<br />
coming into his shop to threaten him. “If you don’t stock this<br />
disc, you are running a risk!” the warning helpfully rhymes.<br />
Pye Records promise that they aren’t really going to send<br />
Muhammad Ali round to ‘help’ you decide to stock Johnny<br />
Wakelin’s new album – but can you really trust them to keep to<br />
that? We’re not so sure, especially when the advert copy half<br />
asks, half warns: “You don’t want to be knocked out in the first<br />
round, do you?”<br />
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“Oh my gosh, look at her butt”<br />
6 ROD STEWART A Night On The Town<br />
7 ABBA Greatest Hits<br />
8 WINGS<br />
Wings At The Speed<br />
Of Sound<br />
9 ROXY MUSIC Viva Roxy Music<br />
10 DAVID BOWIE Changesonebowie<br />
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Which song do you wish you’d<br />
written and why?<br />
Air Balloon or URL Badman by<br />
Lily Allen (pictured). Pure genius!<br />
Where do you write and what<br />
do you write on/with?<br />
I travel a lot - recently I’ve been<br />
to Norway, Sweden and New<br />
York for writing sessions. At<br />
home, I have a set-up in my<br />
room: Mac, midi keyboard,<br />
interface and a good mic.<br />
Who is your favourite<br />
songwriter of all time?<br />
Natasha Bedingfield. She is an<br />
incredible lyricist and always<br />
uses feel-good pop melodies.<br />
And your favourite songwriter<br />
of the moment?<br />
I’d have to say Ryan Tedder.<br />
He co-wrote Ella Henderson’s<br />
Ghost, which I’m obsessed with.
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