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7 JULY 2006 ISSUE #85

Parlophone

Heading up our Parlophone front and back cover double whammy is one of thiscountry’s leading songwriters, the man who put the Northern soul into Wigan.

Having just appeared on the soon to be much missed Top of the Pops performingthis track and on the back of a recent sold out show at Manchester’s Old Trafford

cricket ground the genius (not madness) of King Richard is only too apparent.

This is the 3rd hit to be released from the seminal Keys To The World album.Music Is Power and Break The Night With Colour were both hits, Words Just Get

In The Way will be the hat-trick.

Words Just Get in The WayRecord of the Week

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Hello and welcome to issue #85 of the Hit Sheet!

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The Hit Sheet CD Tracklisting issue 85

1. Words Just Get In The Way Richard Ashcroft (Parlophone)2. I Can’t Look At Your Skin Graham Coxon (Parlophone)3. Glorious Captain (EMI)4. Wuthering Heights The Puppini Sisters (UCJ)5. Chasing Cars Snow Patrol (Fiction)6. Radio On Heather Small (Private & Confidential)7. Without Jack Savoretti (De Angelis)8. Who Loves The Sun Hafdis Huld (MVine/Red Grape)9. Grocer Jack Camp (Mixed Media/Playground)10. Jimmy Daniel Powter (Warners)11. Troubled Times AM (Luna)12. As I Choke Ross Copperman (Phonogenic)13. I Will Kenny Thomas (Curb)

So bird flu developed into world cup fever and we’re now leftas sick as parrots. If you look at my editorial last month Ipredicted that England would lose on penalties in the quarterfinals and that Wayne Rooney would be sent off, so I wasn’ttoo surprised. In my opinion England were doomed as soonas the squad was announced. The 8/1 on Germany at thebeginning of the tournament is now looking very good valueindeed. So farewell then Sven. Good riddance to badrubbish I say.So let’s get on to more important things that are morereliable and happier affairs. The gig circuit has been fairlybusy despite the world cup and the festival season is welland truly under way. We even had a Hit Sheet showcase gigsqueezed in between all the football.We were invited guests of Irving Azoff at The Eagles gig atthe newly refurbished Wembley Arena. The new entrance isa real improvement on the original. The gig was fabulous andit was great to hear so many hits from our childhood beingsung live. Joe Walsh’s Life’s Been Good was a real highlightas were Desperado and Don Henley’s Boys Of Summer.The Paul Weller gig at Koko was a hot ticket affair and wecertainly got our fill of dad rock. Both band and crowdappeared to have a ball. Jo Mango and James Morrison atthe Luminaire was a great double bill. Jo is a Scottish singersongwriter with a very lovely voice and a super personality;we were very impressed with her songs and her Kalimbaplaying. Captain at Bush Hall were good too; their sound ismade for bigger venues but we’re sure they’re heading toarenas in the near future.We found time in our busy schedule to attend an impromptugig by The Storys at the Hard Rock Café’s 35th Birthdayparty, which was great fun. As was the Silver Clef lunchwhere there were gasps when Gary Farrow was given anaward for his charitable deeds; we never thought we’d eversee him lost for words and humbled but we did and it was avery pleasurable experience. Congratulations Gary.The Muse gig at Shepherds Bush Empire was the loudest gigI think I’ve been to in years, my ears are still buzzing. I thinkit’s fair to say that they are one of the best bands in the UKand will be a big hit in the USA with their new album BlackHoles And Revelations released this week. My life was enriched last week when I saw twice Hit Sheetfeatured Regina Spektor live for the first time. What anextraordinary performer and a unique talent, I could havewatched her all night. The lyrics are thought provoking andevery song tells a story in itself. Her new album is brilliant

and should make her the superstar she deserves to be.Meeting her afterwards was also a thrill as she was bothgorgeous and friendly!Finally, the Who gig in Hyde Park was fantastic, PeteTownshend’s guitar playing was an inspiration to all.We were hoping to get some response from Mark Cooperregarding the demise of TOTP as it wasn’t so long ago thathe was on record as saying it could be saved. I think it’s atravesty that the BBC prides itself on its commitment tomusic then has the temerity to cancel the best known musicbranded show ever having run it into the ground. Definitelya case of murder on the dancefloor!Top of the Pops was good when it used to do what it saidon the tin and play the hits at the top of the charts. Theshow certainly lost its way in the Andi Peters era and neverrecovered.Let’s hope that the new TV Music series Live From AbbeyRoad is a huge ratings hit when it launches in the autumn.While on a BBC rant I am very disheartened with the lack ofsupport that our front and back cover UK acts this week aregetting at Radio 1 and ILR stations especially. GeorgeErgoutadis has kindly emailed me to explain that they’vesupported Richard Ashcroft previously and there is just somuch good music around at the moment it’s hard to playlisteverything. With 50% of the Radio 1 A&B playlist given overto USA acts on a regular basis maybe it’s time we had adebate on this matter?I am not xenophobic or ageist, at the end of the day if arecord is good enough play it / buy it / love it…The Mercury nominations are being held on the 18th July…I expect to see Lily Allen, Nerina Pallot, Corinne Bailey Rae,The Feeling, Kate Rusby, Snow Patrol and Richard Hawleyamong the final 12 names on the shortlist. With the diary filling up with festival dates can I point out toyou that the week commencing 4th September will be a verybusy one indeed. Tuesday September 5 sees the Mercury’sfollowed on the Wednesday by the EMI conference by dayand the Hit Sheet gig by night and then, on the following day,the biggest record company in the world will be singing thepraises of the Xmas #1 album by Take That and a definitiveU2 greatest hits compilation with 2 new tracks.

I’m off to apply for the vacant position of England captain…see you on the terrace or the veranda.

Paul Kramer

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BEST SELLERS

10CC In Concert Fri July 7: 22.00 BBC4

Chemical Brothers V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

Dirty Pretty Things Transmission Weds July 5: 01.05 Ch4

Dirty Pretty Things The Friday Night Project Fri July 7: 22.30 Ch4

Feeder Transmission Thurs July 6: 00.55 Ch4

Gram Parsons Fallen Angel Fri July 7: 22.30 BBC4

Jim Noir 4PLay Thurs July 6: 00.40 Ch4

Justice Vs Simian Transmission Thurs July 6: 00.55 Ch4

Kaiser Chiefs V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

KT Tunstall V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

Lily Allen Transmission Weds July 5: 01.05 Ch4

Maroon 5 V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

Oasis V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

Paolo Nutini GMTV Mon July 3: 06.00 ITV1

Pussycat Dolls TBA Fri July 7: 00.35 Ch4

Rooster GMTV Fri July 7: 06.00 ITV1

Shayne Ward GMTV Thurs July 6: 06.00 ITV1

The Automatic Transmission Thurs July 6: 00.55 Ch4

The Debrettes Road To V Thurs July 6: 00.25 Ch4

The Immediate Road To V Thurs July 6: 00.25 Ch4

The Klaxons Transmission Weds July 5: 01.05 Ch4

The Kooks Transmission Weds July 5: 01.05 Ch4

The Long Blondes Transmission Fri July 7: 23.35 Ch4

The Magic Numbers V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

The Streets V Festival Highlights Tues July 4: 01.10 Ch4

The Zutons Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Fri July 7: 22.35 BBC1

The Zutons Transmission Fri July 7: 23.35 Ch4

MOST PLAYED PRE-RELEASEThe Webb Sisters – I Still Hear It

MOST PLAYEDLily Allen – Smile

RADIO 2 RECORD OF THE WEEKCaptain – Glorious

ALBUM OF THE WEEKJohnny Cash – American V. A Hundred Highways

BBC 6 MusicBREAKFAST SHOW SINGLE OF THE WEEKNew York Dolls – Gimme Luv And Turn On The Light

STEVE LAMACQ RECORD OF THE WEEKTapes’n’Tapes – Insistor

EVENING SEQUENCE ‘DAILY DOSE’TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me

REBEL PLAYLIST WINNER 26/5/06Paul Simon – Russian Futurists

ALBUMS OF THE DAYMonday:Muse – Black Holes and Revelations

Tuesday:Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways

Wednesday:Love Is All – Nine Times That Same Song

Friday: TV On The Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain

RADIO 1 RECORDS OF THE WEEK

JO WHILEYBoy Kill Boy – Civil Sin

COLIN & EDITHPrimal Scream – Dolls

SCOTT MILLSOrson – Happiness

ZANE LOWEBugz In The Attic – Move Aside

MTV2 1. Muse Supermassive Black Hole2. Wolfmother Woman3. The Automatic Monster4. The Kooks She Moves In Her Own Way5. Justice Vs. Simian We Are Your Friends

MTV Base 1. Ne-Yo Sexy Love2. T.I. Why You Wanna?3. Busta Rhymes Touch It 4. Pussycat Dolls Buttonz5. Christina Milian Say I

MTV Dance 1. Til West & DJ Delicious Same Man2. Rogue Traders Voodoo Child 3. Solu Music Fade 4. Elysium I Go Crazy5. Armand Van Helden My My My (Re-mix)

MTV Hits 1. Pussycat Dolls Buttonz2. Pink Who Knew?3. Shakira Hips Don't Lie4. Rihanna Unfaithful 5. Fall Out Boy Dance Dance

TV CHARTS

Virgin Megastore Times SquareTW LW Artist Title1 NEW Keane Under the Iron Sea2 NEW Madonna I’m Going to Tell you a Secret3 NEW Nelly Furtado Loose4 NEW Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae5 2 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere6 3 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped7 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium 8 5 Regina Spektor Begin to Hope9 NEW Fatboy Slim Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder10 1 Busta Rhymes The Big Bang

Virgin Megastore Union SquareTW LW Artist Title1 NEW Nelly Furtado Loose2 NEW Madonna I’m Going to Tell You a Secret3 NEW Keane Under the Iron Sea4 2 OCR Jersey Boys:Original Broadway Cast5 4 Gnarls Barkley St Elsewhere6 NEW Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae7 1 Busta Rhymes The Big Bang8 RE All-American Rejects Move Along9 3 OCR The Drowsy Chaperone10 6 Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium

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Released: July 10 Product Manager: Claire O'Brien020 7605 5244claire.obrien@emimusic.comManagement: Jamal Chalabi020 7267 3499jamalchalabi@compuserve.com Press: Chris Latham020 7605 5314chris.latham@emimusic.comRadio/TV: Emma Guirao020 7605 5382emma.guirao@emimusic.comAgent: David LevyITB020 7637 6979www.richardashcroft.com

Words Just Get In The Way Richard Ashcroft Parlophone

The first thing we have to say about Words Just Get In The Way isthat on first listen we thought it was Neil Diamond at his peakwarbling away through our in-house speakers. That is a highcompliment to pay as far as we’re concerned. This is the third singleto be taken from Richard’s third solo album following on frompreviously featured Break The Night With Colour (Hit Sheet April2006) and Music Is Power (Hit Sheet Dec 2005).With this heart-wrenching ballad Richard reinforces his standing asone of the UK’s top singer songwriters. You can see him perform thetrack on the Album Chart Show on Channel 4 this weekend. MTV willbe showing footage of his appearance at the Oxegen Festival andBBC TV will be doing the same from the T in The Park appearance.The track is currently C listed at Radio 2 and B listed at both Capital and Virgin and hopefully we’ll see the album Keys To The World moving back up the charts over theforthcoming weeks.

Released: July 17 Product Manager: Rob Owen020 7605 5000Rob.owen@emimusic.comManagement: James StaffordCMO ManagementInternational020 7316 6969Press: Murray Chalmers020 7605 5000Radio: Kevin McCabeTV: Helena McGeough020 7605 5000www.grahamcoxon.co.uk

I Can’t Look At Your Skin Graham Coxon Parlophone

Come on… come on! Hurry Up Graham, come on…Third time lucky for Graham Coxon as he finally makes it onto a HitSheet (back) cover! This tune is perfect as a wake up call and isnever off the Hit Sheet playlist as it re-energizes us on these lazyhot summer days. If you’re feeling browbeaten or just plain tiredwe recommend you play the whole of the album Love Travels AtIllegal Speeds. I Can’t Look At Your Skin is currently B listed at bothKerrang and 6Music. Why Radio1 and ILR are not being moresupportive is a mystery to us. A good song is a good song nomatter the age of the artist or their background. Graham who hasjust recently found a whole new audience having toured withKaiser Chiefs is making the short trip from his North London abodeto headline at the Rise: London United Festival at Finsbury Park thisSaturday (July 8). Rise: London United is a free, one day festival that promotes anti-racism and is organized bythe Mayor in partnership with the Assembly Against Racism.

Released: July 31Product Manager: Catherine Roe020 7605 5322Catherine.roe@emimusic.comManagement: Justin Pritchard07748 118 308justin_pritchard@msn.comPress: Alice Macnabb020 7605 5218 alice.macnabb@emimusic.comRadio Tina Skinner020 7605 5092 tina.skinner@emimusic.comTV: Kate Hiscox020 7605 5447kate.hiscox@emimusic.com Agent: Ben WinchesterPrimary Talent020 7833 8998ben@primary.uk.com www.captaintheband.com

Glorious Captain EMI

We first featured Captain back in April with their previous singleBroke. That charted at #34 and with Glorious having been madeRecord of the Week at Radio 2, along with all the other key playlistadditions, a higher placing is expected for this release. Both tracks are featured on the superb debut album This Is Hazelvillereleased on August 14th. Produced by Trevor Horn, it is laden withanthemic hook-ridden tracks as exemplified on the new single. Wesaw the band perform both in the small environs of Bush Hall andthe much wider open spaces of Hyde Park at the Wireless festival.We were impressed by both shows and we think that lead singerRick Flynn is an excellent frontman. Comparisons have been madewith a number of 80’s pop bands, Prefab Sprout etc, we think moreMicrodisney… Anyone agree?As well as playing at both T In The Park and Oxegene Festivals this weekend the band are also doing at least 6other festival gigs in July and August as well as a huge tour in their own right.Check them out. They’ll definitely be coming to a town near you. Captains of the music industry, they certainlylead by example.

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Released: July 31Product Manager: Buffie du Pon020 7471 5104 buffie.dupon@umusic.comManagement: Darren Michaelson 020 8455 2014 darren@L25entertainment.co.ukTV: Niki Sanderson 020 8334 9994 nikisanderson@nonstop1.co.ukRadio: Jude Mellor 020 7471 5089 judith.mellor@umusic.comAgent: Emma Banks 020 7376 8501 emmab@helterskelter.co.ukOnline PR: Polly Weeks 0117 9707126 polly@hyperlaunch.com www.thepuppinisisters.com

Wuthering Heights The Puppini Sisters UCJ

We first saw The Puppini Sisters play in a gay club but knewstraight away that they had more than camp appeal. We askedthem to play a Hit Sheet night and they were a great success. Theirblend of old boogie-woogie standards, novel reworkings of oldfavourites and highly visual stage show are sure to win audiencesover. The girls are all accomplished singers and musicians (exTrinity College of Music) and their backing band join in with theentertaining performance. It was their version of this Kate Bush classic that had us totally wonover as they faithfully recreated her exact dance moves. See themat the Latitude Festival (Southwold July 15 and 16), Fruitstock(London Aug 5) or at their residency at London’s Bistrotheque clubduring August for the full effect. Check out their fabulous websitefor helpful make up and cookery tips and a very useful agony auntcolumn. Very classy!

Released: Out NowProduct Manager: Joe Munnsjoe.munns@umusic.comPress:Paul Smernickipaul.smernicki@umusic.comManagement:Big Life020 7554 2100biglife@biglife.co.ukwww.SnowPatrol.com

Chasing Cars Snow Patrol Fiction

This is one of our favourite tracks from Eyes Open the current SnowPatrol album that has spent the last 8 weeks in the top 10 of the albumchart and has sold close to 500,000 copies. The previous album FinalStraw has racked up close to 1.5 million sales setting some target for thecurrent album which, at the current rate, will surpass that figure in the firsthalf of 2007. Just as Run (which we featured in December 2003) was thedefining track on the last album Chasing Cars is this album’s key powerballad, and it’s been a long time since we heard an album with so manypotential singles. You Could Be Happy and the duet with MarthaWainwright, Set The Fire To The Third Bar would both makeexcellent singles.Previous single You’re All I Have charted at #7 and with previoussingles Run charting at #5 and Chocolate at #3 expect this to beeither #1 or #9! The album produced by Garret “Jacknife” Lee (U2, Aqualung) bears all the hallmarks of a groupcomfortable with their sound and an all round maturity that gives us the impression of a band that will be with usfor a long time yet. They are scheduled to play a few dates in July including the Latitude Festival in Suffolk on the14th July and a trip to the Far East later in the month. Then in August they will be doing some very cool one offdates in places such as Belfast Botanical Gardens! They then head off to the USA in September to play at least16 dates there.

Released: July 17Product Manager: Sir Harry/Andy Richmond 020 8977 0632 sirharry@pncmusic.comPress: Linda Valentine0794 9174811 linda@lindavalentine.bizRegional Radio TV: Susie Tomkins 020 8540 8166 susie@tomkinspr.comNational Radio: Jeff Chegwin 07957 939072 jeffchegwin@hotmail.comTV: Niki SandersonNonstop 020 8334 9994 nikisanderson@nonstop1.co.ukAgent: Neil WarnockThe Agency 020 7278 3331agencylondon@theagencygroup.com

Radio On Heather Small Private & Confidential

There are certain voices that are instantly recognisable and Heather Small’s isone of them!Radio On is her first single release for six years. Where does the time go? Herlast hit Proud is currently enjoying a new lease of life thanks to its being‘discovered’ by Oprah and also being adopted by many charitableorganizations and it’s the lead track on the new spelling bee film Akeelah andthe Bee. You don’t have to search for a hero in this film!Radio On is currently on the Radio 2 C list where Terry Wogan has been verysupportive. Heather is also lined up to appear on Woman’s Hour, Loose Ends,Aled Jones Radio 2 show and Jono Coleman’s show on 94.9.The single is taken from the new album Close To A Miracle scheduled to bereleased on 24th July.Heather has become as an icon for sportsmen and women around the world,the black and the gay community also. We last saw Heather perform at theRoyal Albert Hall in December 2004 when she joined 1,500 schoolchildren at aSargeant Young Voices Christmas Concert. This lady has soul in the truemeaning of the word.

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Released: AutumnProduct Manager: Martine McLean020 8994 4600voices@de-angelisrecords.comPress: Sue HarrisRepublic Media020 8960 7449www.jacksavoretti.com

Without Jack Savoretti De-Angelis

Jack Savoretti is the latest in the growing catalogue of bohemiantroubadours that includes Ray Lamontagne, Damien Rice etc. Wediscovered him on myspace a month ago after being tipped off by Abnerand Kamma Pastoll and immediately knew he was something special. Themissing link between Jeff Buckley and Tom Baxter! With a mixedEnglish/Italian parentage and an American accent acquired inSwitzerland(!), the legend has it that he was discovered because hishairdresser gave his demo to Anne Barrett (Natalie Imbruglia’s ex-manager)who liked it so much she formed a new record company. Shelly Poole wasso impressed that she asked him to work on her album Hard Time For A Dreamer.We hope that his impromptu appearance at our last Hit Sheet night (seepage 11) was just a taster for a full performance soon. It was clear to seefrom one song why guys want to be him and girls want to shag him The video for the single was filmed over four days in the holiday resort ofPalma Majorca and directed by Oscar-nominated Bobby Garabedian.

Released: August 7 digital Product Manager: KerryHarvey-Piper07976 272139kerry@mvine.comManagement: Anna RandlesCEC Management020 7837 2517anna@cecmanagement.comPress: Beth Drake Best PR020 7608 4598 beth@bestest.co.ukRadio/ TV: WoolfieHungry Media Ltd020 7722 6992woolfie@hungrylikethewoolf.comAgent: Alex HardeeCODA Agency020 7012 1555www.hafdishuld.com

Who Loves The Sun Hafdis Huld MVine/Red Grape

The first time we heard about Hafdis was backstage at a recent PaulBuchanan gig when tour drummer Liam Bradley and our publisherswapped news about music that they were currently listening to. Liamraved about Hafdis while PK raved about The Feeling and Corinne BaileyRae. We checked out Hafdis the very next day and found that she is signedup to our friends’ Kerry Piper Harvey and Neill MacColl’s MVine label.Originally from Iceland, at just 15 she toured the world with Gus Gus,collaborated with FC Kahuna, worked with producers Ewan Pearson andTom Middleton, made 2 feature films and modelled clothing for Extreme Sports.Who Loves The Sun (originally recorded by the Velvet Underground) is aperfect summer pop record. Featuring ukelele and a radiator as percussionthe track is produced by labelmate and Hit Sheet featured artist BooHewerdine and is taken from her debut solo album Dirty Paper Cupreleased this autumn. It also includes the limited soft release singleTomoko, which sounds like it belongs on an ad or TV soundtrack as domany of her songs.Hafdis is playing live this Wednesday at the G Lounge in Camden, Thurs July 27 at the Boogaloo Bar, Archwayand August 15 at the Betsey Trotwood. We predict a very bright future for this quirky lady.

Release: unscheduledProduct Manager: John Cloud +46 8 615 6780, +46 703 755090cloud@playgroundmusic.comManagement:Mixed Media Management+46 40 290 280info@mixedmediamusic.sePress/Radio/TV: John CloudMixed Media Managementwww.myspace.com/campinternationalwww.campmusic.com

Grocer Jack Camp MixedMedia/Playground

Apparently we are in the very esteemed company of Ray Davies inhaving the original of this song as one of our personal seminaltracks. Originally by Keith West back in 1967 this was subtitledExcerpts From A Teenage Opera (we always wondered whathappened to rest of the opera!) and has here been given a totaltwenty-first century makeover. There are other mixes but we likethis one that stays close to the original. This hops aboard thecurrent nostalgia bandwagon and hangs on for dear life.Camp are a four piece from Sweden and features musicians withtopnotch ABBA credentials, notably bass player RutgerGunnarsson. Vocalist and producer Dan Tillberg, who has had pastsuccess of his own in musical theatre and the European charts, hasdecided to rework some 60s and 70s favourites. The album Top TenOnce Again also features Chip Taylor’s Angel Of The Morning and the Four Seaons’ Who Loves You. The rest ofthe happy Camp-ers are front man Andy Sjoberg, who is currently tipped for big things in Sweden, SvantePersson (keyboards), and Rickard Mattsson (guitars).

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Released: August 14 Product Manager: Emma Newman 020 7368 3523emma.newman@warnermusic.comManagement: Gary StamlerPress: Phoebe Sinclairphoebe.sinclair@warnermusic.comRadio: Pete Black peter.black@warnermusic.comTV: Genny Dwarka genny.dwarka@warnermusic.com www.danielpowter.com

Jimmy Daniel Powter Warners

We have been urging the powers that be at Warners to release this trackfor the best part of a year. Jimmy is the 4th single to be released fromthe 2 million global-selling, eponymously titled album. We had Bad Dayon the Hit Sheet CD exactly a year ago and Jimmy has the same instantmelodic hook and catchy chorus. Daniel’s early influences whengrowing up in British Columbia and Vancouver, were UK acts such asThe Beatles, Duran Duran and Fleetwood Mac. We’re reminded moreof early Elton John on this future hit.We saw Daniel perform at the Islington Academy last December andwe were very impressed with his live show where he won the crowdover with his songs and charismatic personality. Daniel has beenconstantly touring throughout Europe promoting his successful albumand he is back in the UK this summer making his Festival debut playing at V. His debut US tour starts on July 17th, wherewe think he’ll cement his position as the doyen of hat-wearing singer-songwriters.

Troubled Times AM Luna

We first featured the AM track Gone Away back in the Hit Sheet inApril having seen him and his band perform on the same bill asCorinne Bailey Rae on the 18th Floor at Capitol Place as part of aKCRW sponsored night at SXSW.Last week AM was over for some shows in London and we saw himperform 3 times in as many days. He’s that good! Voted BestSinger/Songwriter for 2005 by LA Weekly, when you hear his albumyou’ll understand why.Troubled Times is the first officially released single and it’s takenfrom the self titled album which is released in the UK on July 10th.

Released: July 24Product Manager: Drew Hill020 7401 8877drew@curb-uk.comManagement: Ken Grunbaum07957 421896KGrunbaum@aol.comPress: Louise Malloy-HarrisQuite Great PR01223 410000louise@quitegreat.co.ukRadio/ TV: Karen Leslie07941 476415karenmleslie@aol.comwww.kennythomasmusic.co.uk

I Will Kenny Thomas Curb

We wrap up this week’s CD with a perfect summer tune. I Will is an instantclassic and deserves to be a #1 hit. With hints of Womack & Womack’sLove Wars, The Real Thing’s You To Me Are Everything, the Average WhiteBand, and the jazz funk undertones of a Shakatak tune, this is a perfect soulrecord. Taken from Kenny’s new album Crazy World, his first release onCurb, this is, in fact, a reworking of Garden Party, a top 20 hit for Mezzofortein 1983, with a slowed down melody and added lyrical content. Kenny hasbeen away from the charts for far too long, it’s 15 years since his top 5album Voices and timeless single Thinking About Your Love. His new trackshave had a fantastic response from the connoisseurs of the northern soulclub scene and with endorsements from tastemakers such as TonyBlackburn, Dave Brown and Rosie Kendrick we expect to hear a lot more of Kenny on both BBC and ILR stations.Kenny has soul coming out of every pore and bump!

Released: tbcProduct Manager: Tam Coyle 0141 353 3030tam@lunarecords.co.ukPress: Christina MurninBlueprint Mediawww.AMsounds.com

As I Choke Ross Copperman Phonogenic

In our last issue we featured a track from Ross called That’s All She Wrotethat will see the light of day as a single release later on in the campaign. As I Choke is release #1 and after having seen Ross perform it with hisband at last months Wireless festival we thought it would be rude not tofeature this splendid track. Ross’s performance at the Hyde Park event waseasily one of our favourite memories of the 5 day event. He has amazingstage presence and was at ease with the audience, totally engaging themright from the start of his set. As I Choke evokes memories to us ofRadiohead in their prime when they sold in large quantities. Listen to thissingle and you’ll swear it’s Thom Yorke!Ross will be playing the Borderline on July 10th and also playing at our nextHit Sheet showcase gig on August 2nd. This will be another sellout so booknow at gigs@hitsheet.co.uk.

Released: Sept 18Product manager: Ben Karter020 7384 7561Ben.karter@sonybmg.comManagement: Bill DeutschComcastbilldeutsch@comcast.netPress: David Frossman020 7384 7969David.frossman@sonybmg.comTV: Leighton Woods020 7384 7584Leighton.woods@sonybmg.com Radio: Dylan White Anglo PluggingAgent: Paul FitzgeraldConcorde 020 7602 8822paulfitz@cia.uk.com www.rosscopperman.com

8THE FINAL COUNTDOWNTHE FINAL COUNTDOWN

SO FAREWELL THEN TOTP. WE ASKED WHAT WAS YOURFAVOURITE EVER TOP OF THE POPS MEMORY?

Rick Parfitt & Francis Rossi, Status Quo "We have very fond memories of the Top OfThe Pops shows. We performed on it overone hundred times and at least now it hasgone we know that no one can ever beat ourappearance record! The last time weperformed on the show, Robbie Williamswas also there and he joked that he wantedto eclipse our record, well now he can't!The show lasted for 42 years and StatusQuo has just celebrated our fortieth so nowwe have another milestone to aim for!"

Cat Hockley - Fifth Element PR My favourite ever TOTP memory was when I performed on the show with the likes ofDanni Minogue, Boyzone, East 17 and TheBackstreet Boys. It was a charity record forChildline called Gift Of Christmas. I was in atruly awful band called A.S.A.P – we weremanaged by Tom Watkins – thankfully mypop career died before the show did!

Kevin Milburn, Mercury Music prize REM for the gusto of Michael Stipe’smegaphone-wielding performance ofOrange Crush, and Japan for the glacialstillness of their rendition of Ghosts.

Steve Gallant, Granada Venture For me probably the most iconic/importantperformance was Bowie’s appearance inabout April 72 singing Starman with MickRonson and the rest of the Spiders – itmaybe benefit of hindsight but it seemedeven then to be the start of somethingbigger than all the glam pop stuff that was inthe charts that year.

Rob Challice, Coda AgencyThe surprise of seeing my younger sister asone of the TOTP crowd, with the hairycornflake's arm resting (worryingly) on hershoulder.

Paul Conroy, AdventuresTOTP was THE programme to appear on fornew and breaking artistes. It was the keypiece of the jigsaw in selling of records. Theexcitement of seeing new acts you workedwith, the camaraderie backstage, the buzz.With the move from its regular time onBBC1 and the birth of the video and satelliteshows it lost its importance.What a brand to disappear – for numerousgenerations, it was essential viewing – nowit joins the ranks of 6.5 Special, Juke BoxJury, Ready Steady Go, The Tube etc –

part of Pop/Rock tv history. For me the most exciting moment wasseeing the Kursaals appear with the washingmachines for amps – but so many memoriesand what a library of brilliant performancestoo numerous to mention. TOTP2 – bring itback for the re-runs… everyone will watchand keep Mark Hagen in a job forever.

Zita McQ, Z ManagementWhen I was on it in the early 90’s as abacking vocalist for a Stephen Hagueproduction for Jimmy Somerville of There’sMore To Love Than Boy Meets Girl! Mybrief was to sound breathy like I’d beenrunning round the park with a dog!!!!... Mylyrics were in Italian and my stage name wasRozita W!!! Scarey!!!! My favourite bit waswhen it was over!!!

Lindsay Wesker, MTV EuropeJohn Peel playing mandolin in the middle ofMaggie May.

Max Rushden, BBCEasy - the Roses and the Mondays on thesame show. A cultural watershed that stillresonates today.

Paul Smernicki, FictionIt is obviously Jocky/Jackie Wilson...

Phil Knox-Roberts, Redemption Records,Bowie and Ronson’s Starman. 6th July 1972.Absolutely life-changing.

Tilly RutherfordRecording Bad Manners after show in 15mins for Special Brew insert in cooking pot!!! WOW – That was fun and on the showlooked fantastic. Me shitting myself.

Jono Coleman, BroadcasterINXS on the show and Crowded House...and early Kylie.

Brian Berg, UMTVTelling the BBC that moving it away from it'straditional Thursday peak slot to Fridayagainst Coro would eventually kill the brand.Not the sort of memory you were lookingfor from a sad prophet!

Steve Tannett, BlujayFor me it was getting The Alarm on toperform 68 Guns and feeling like we hadarrived! It was always the benchmark.Equally I remember the most frustrating totpmoment was when our artist Timbuk 3reached 22 in the charts and got the call andturned the show down!!! Whatever way youlook at it it will remain the most importantvehicle ever for UK sales. (Past tense)

Katie Conroy, AdventuresRik Blaxill booking the Ramones for medoing 2 numbers straight in a row – nothingbetter for a plugger than getting your act onTOTP when you were least expecting it!And two numbers!! Even though they wereonly 2 and half minutes long – not thepoint!!!!!!! Everybody guaged their successon whether they got TOTP – I can’t think ofanother tv show in its time that meant thatmuch – and the only one the American actshad heard of and wanted to do!!! Andmemories – Pans People, The Sweet, Carterthe Unstoppable’s Dream the ImpossibleDream, Take That, Mariah insisting no dryice and everyone out of the studio inrehearsals… Fab…

Steve Lillywhite, Sony BMGLike everyone, it has to be Jocky Wilsonbehind Dexys!!

Paul Roberts, Phil McIntryeHot Gossip and Dexys performing withJocky Wilson as a backdrop!

Alan McGeeThe KLF with Dolly Parton (wasn’t it TammyWynette? – Ed) as she sang "We're justifiedand we're ancient and we drive an ice creamvan" she is from Texas!!.Bill Drummond notas good as Mac or Wylie but fuckingamazing sense of the absurd. Best everperformance on TOTP.

Gary Levermore, NettwerkDebbie Harry... Denis... say no more...and I’m sure my Dad agrees!

Phil Nelson, First ColumnDebbie Harry singing Denis definitely mademe go all funny in a way that I didn’tunderstand at the time…

Sir Harry Cowell, P&CDee Dee Wilde from Pan’s People dancingevery Thursday evening.

Paul Scaife, Record of the DayOld memory – Madness, Bad Manners andPirahnas on one show. My music was takingover the world.Recent memory – Gnarls Barkley.

Janice Long, BroadcasterMy most abiding memory of TOTP isn'treally music related. I was told by the gaywardrobe assistant at TOTP that both PaulKing (King) and Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) hadthe biggest genitalia he'd ever seen.Imagine what was going through my mindwhenever I've seen either of them since!

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Anthony Dunning, Antman MusicThere's no particular one, though the PetShop Boys with Neil singing at the front andChris standing behind his keyboard andAtari seemed an almost weekly occurrencein the '80s.The ever changing set, development of theTOTP logo, the onscreen graphics, thedifferent theme tunes and the raft ofpresenters make for the memories. Again forme it's probably the 80s when it looked itwas being filmed in Magaluf nightclub, thechart was counted down to Paul Hardcastle'sThe Wizzard and the likes of Steve Wrightand Gary Davies were there to oversee it all.It's one of the elements that always madeTotP2 so watchable.

Neil AshbyJocky Wilson behind Dexys… you couldn'tmake it up. Obviously Ossie’s Dream too

James Sandom, Supervision ManagementTeardrop Explodes Reward featuring JulianCope on Acid. As a child I rememberthinking what a strange performance it was,"Dad why's that chap jumping on thepiano"?... around 20 years later I read hisbook "Head On", he was loaded full of Acid.Priceless TV moment from the Arch Druid.

Gordon LoncasterMemories as a kid:Dexy's Midnight Runners doing JackieWilson Said in front of a giant back drop offatty darts player Jocky Wilson coz someresearcher got confused.Disinterested heroin chic (before it was chic)waifs swaying like dead willow trees.Kid Jensen's accent. What exactly was thatthen? Mexican with a hint of Urdu?Joe Dolce v. UltravoxMemories as a warm-up man:*Madonna going through the effort to mimea synched pre-rec vocal to a 10 piece bandwho were actually playing live.

*Eels smashing the whole world up. ChrisCowey on talkback saying: "I guess that'sthe take we're going with then."

*Gary from Reef buying everyone pints atthe bar.

*Paula Yates side of stage with babe in armswatching Hutchence in rehearsal adoringly.

*Theakston unable to remember the 3-linelinks.

*Trying to get the kids to go from the Stepsstage to the Def Leppard stage.

*Lopez doubling the population of Elstreewith her staff.

*Robbie being a really regular bloke.*The Tea/Coffee/Uniquench generic brownliquid available at the canteen.

The thing about TOTP is that, yes, it was ill.Not terminal.Just needed a specialist that'sall. But most of us are aware that a certainrecent producer came into the patient'sroom, tripped over the saline drip,disconnecting it, fell onto the ventilator'splug,pulling it from the wall, beforeaccidentally suffocating the patient with apillow, unaware of the damage caused evenwhen the solid tone of a flat-line rang out.We all know who that is and we don't evenneed to mention his name.

Nick Stewart, KorovaPans People. Musical highlights: First appearances fromJimi Hendrix and Procul Harum. Wizzard were also always good value.

Andy Saunders, Velocity PRKurt Cobain doing a fucked up, slow motionversion of Smells Like Teen Spirit withNirvana in 1992 (I think it was '92 anyway...)

Pierre Perrone, JournalistGood riddance too…In my book, it lost it when the Musicians'Union stopped forcing people to rerecordthe tracks before they could appear to mimeto them…Procol Harum doing Whiter Shade Of Pale asthe footage was used to promote the singleinternationally and turned up on French TVin 1967. Thankfully, the film still existswhereas a lot of other classic performanceswere wiped by the BBC…

Ruth Rothwell, Universal PublishingI was in the audience when Vienna byUltravox was at no 2 and Joe Dolce was no1 with Shuttupayouface (Whats a matteryou!!) I was trying to hide!!!!!!!!!!

Nick Raphael, Sony BMGAdam And The Ants’ Prince Charming.

Paul Bolton, Helter SkelterGotta be the Jocky Wilson backdrop… I never did hear whether it was an ironicstatement or a fuck up.

JKMy favourite ever Top of the Pops memorywas when I was doing a live performanceand noticed there was no drive at all to therhythm feel. I sneaked a look over at theband (remember, this was broadcast totallylive) and noticed the percussion player hadgone to sleep and was holding thetambourine upright and silent in one handas he snored!My other fave memory (am I entitled to twosince I have been in every decade of TOTPuntil this one?) was when I had come back

to appear on the show hosted by SimonBates because there was a strike on - noaudience; no live acts at all - everything ontape except Bates and I.I had gone into a shop in New York to get aprop and saw this colourful little toy at theback of the store. I bought it (nobody elsehad, the assistant told me) and went onTOTP telling Simon this Rubiks Cube was thebig new thing in America (it wasn't butinterest exploded in the UK after I was on).After the show I got hundreds of lettersabout the cube including one from aschoolboy enclosing an exercise book withthe solution of how to solve it, asking foradvice on getting it published.I sent it back to him with, I think, a nice letterexplaining no publisher would be interested(I knew all my talk about popularity wasrubbish).Then Rubiks Cube exploded and bloodyhell; a US schoolkid got his solutionpublished and sold millions of copies.I felt awful!Dear old TOTP! I was in the very first Londonbased show.

Mel Brown, Impressive PRNick Heyward forgetting his words on his No1 hit Whistle Down The Wind – a classic

Joel Harrison, UniversalGotta be the Jocky Wilson moment!_

Lewis Jamieson, Hall or NothingThe Smiths, What Difference Does It Make,tons of gladioli and puzzled faces.

David Massey, Sony BMGFirst Wham performance of Young Gunsand first Frankie performance of Relax.

Jon Kutner, Pop OracleSeeing myself appear between B.ARobertson's legs whilst he was singing To Be Or Not To Be in 1979.

Alex Gilbert, 14th FloorNirvana’s Teen Spirit... Those glasses.

Rob Davis, SongwriterBeing on it January 1974. Tiger Feet wasno1, Beat that!

Jamie Spencer, Liberation ManagementMichael Hurll after each Madness performancewould say “Never again, they’re banned’ butwould always have them back only to say‘never again’ after the show.

FORTHCOMING SINGLESFORTHCOMING SINGLES10

July 3

Ferry Corsten Watch Out

Dem Franchize Boyz Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It

Fall Out Boy Sixteen Candles

Grates 19-20-20

Justice V's Simian We Are Your Friends

Lily Allen Smile

George Michael An Easier Affair

Mobb Deep Put Em In Their Place

Paolo Nutini Last Request

Razorlight In The Morning

Regina Spektor On The Radio

Jamie T Sheila

July 10

Richard Ashcroft Words Just Get In The Way

Basement I Caught A Face

James Dean Bradfield That’s No Way To Tell A Lie

Busta Rhymes I Love My Chick

Dirty Pretty Things Deadwood

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly I Spy

Milburn Cheshire Cat Smile

MYNC Project Something On Your Mind

Jim Noir Eanie Meany

Plan B Mama

Rogue Traders Voodoo Child

Rooster Home

Sigur Ros Seglopur

Shayne Ward Stand By Me

Webb Sisters I Still Hear It

July 17

Chamillionaire Ridin'

Belle What The Hell

Chris Brown Gimme That

Graham Coxon I Can’t Look At Your Skin

Death Cab For Cutie I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Flaming Lips WAND

Freelance Hellraisers You Can Cry All You Want

Gnarls Barkley Smiley Faces

Humanzi Diet Pills & Magazines

Heather Small Radio On

McFly Please, Please/Don’t Stop

Me Now

James Morrison You Give Me Something

Sean Paul Never Gonna Be The

Same

Red Hot Chili Peppers Tell Me Baby

Rihanna Unfaithful

She Wants Revenge Tear You Apart

Sleepy Jackson God Leed Your Soul

Wolfmother Woman

July 24

Angels & Airwaves It Hurts

Feeder Save Us

Jackson Analogue Stop

Kasabian Empire

Madonna Get Together

Kenny Thomas I Will

Mumm Ra Black Hurts Day & The

Night Rolls On EP

Pet Shop Boys Minimal

Shapeshifters & Chic Sensitivity

Snow Patrol Chasing Cars

Who Wire & Glass

Zero 7 You're My Flame

July 31

Christina Aguilera Ain't No Other Man

Boy Kill Boy Civil Sin

Captain Glorious

Dirty South Vs Evermore It's Too Late

Frank I'm Not Shy

Paris Hilton Stars Are Blind

Horrors Death At The Chapel

Hughes Corporation What A Feeling

Seth Lakeman Lady Of The Sea

Damian Marley All Night

Mousse T/Dandy Warhols Horny As A Dandy

Panic At The Disco Lying Is The Most Fun…

Pheonix Consolation Prize

Puppini Sisters Wuthering Heights

Claire Sproule Flame

August 7

Aliens Happy Song

Matt Costa Sweet Thursday

DMX Lord Give Me A Sign

Futureheads Worry About It Later

Hope Of The States Left

Hot Chip Colours

Molly McQueen No Sleep Tonight

Orson Happiness

Tom Petty Saving Grace

Primal Scream Dolls

View Wasted Little DJs

August 14

Alesha Lipstick

Beenie Man Feat. Akon Girls

Bell X1 Rocky Took A Lover

Cassie Me & U

Cassius Toop Toop

Cham Ghetto Story

Chocolate Puma Always & Forever

Betty Curse God This Hurts

Divine Comedy To Die A Virgin

Fort Minor Where's You Go

Ghostface Killah Back Like That

Duncan James Can't Stop A River

Ronan Keating Iris

KMC Soul On Fire

Maria Lawson Sleepwalking

Mystery Jets Diamonds In The Dark

Daniel Powter Jimmy

Spinto Band Oh Mandy

Taking Back Sunday Twenty Twenty Surgery

Vega 4 You & Me

Matt Willis Hey Kid

Young Knives Weekends & Black Days

August 21

Beyonce feat. Jay Z Déjà Vu

Crimea Baby Boom

Dario G Ring Of Fire

DJ Shadow Enuff

Field Mobb So What

Ice Cube Why We Thugs

Keane Crystal Ball

Laura Michelle Kelly Communication

Missy Elliott We Run This

Stacie Orrico I’m Not Missing You

Pink Grease Car Lights

Rapture Gotta Get Myself Into It

Rolling Stones Biggest Mistake

Secret Machines All At Once

The Upper Room Never Come Back

Van She Van She EP

August 28

Automatic Recover

Director Easy To Me

Eagles Of Death Metal I Want You So Hard

The Feeling Never Be Lonely

Fratellis Chelsea Dagger

Chris Lake Changes

Larrikin Love Happy As Annie

Less Than Jake TBC

Lupe Fiasco Daydream

Method Man TBC

Omarion Entourage

Pink U & Ur Hand

Route 33 Looking Back

Subways Live EP

TI feat Jamie Foxx Live In The Sky

Justin Timberlake Sexyback

September 4

AFI Love Like Winter

Avenged Sevenfold Seize The Day

Axwell Watch The Sunrise

Battle Demons

Cord Sea Of Trouble

Nelly Furtado Promiscuous Girl

Lemar TBC

Muse Starlight

Outkast Morris Jones

Scissor Sisters Don’t Feel Like Dancing

Sandi Thom What If I’m Right

Wolfmother TBC

September 11

Shawn Colvin Fill Me Up

Fergie London Bridge

Janet Jackson Call On Me

Jet TBC

Milburn TBC

Billy Talent Red Flag

Walkmen Louisiana

September 18

Shawn Emanuel U Better Believe It

Plan B Charmaine

Sound Team Your Eyes Are Liars

Ross Copperman As I Choke

Webb Sisters TBC

September 25

All American Rejects It Ends Tonight

Dirty Pretty Things TBC

Soul Avengerz feat. Javine Don't Let The Morning Come

October 2

Lily Allen TBC

Killers TBC

Razorlight America

Lionel Richie TBC

LeAnn Rimes &

Brian McFadden Everybody’s Someone

October 9

Disturbed TBC

Goo Goo Dolls Stay With You

Just Jack TBC

Young Knives The Decision

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11HIT SHEET GIGHIT SHEET GIG

Our wildly successful Hit Sheet ASCAP sponsored Night on June 26 at the

Cobden Club featured, AM, The Orange Lights, an impromptu performance by

Jack Savoretti, Tom McRae and Joe Purdy. Another great evening of music!

at the Cobden Club

Here are just someof the glowingreviews we receivedin our inbox the next day.

“It was an excellent nightand a great set; twointeresting new songs, an old b-side, a rarity and a bizarre cover. Verymuch unlike any TomMcRae gig I’ve been to.”

“The gig was fabulous!Had a really good time:)I’ve never heard any ofJoe Purdy’s stuff before,but he was amazing!”

“Tom McRae wasamazing, and so were the other acts”

“I went for Tom and as per he was stunning, andit was nice having a littlechat with him later, but Iwas really impressedwith Joe Purdy (who was also very friendly)and AM.”

“We thought the gig wasfantastic. It was a fairlyshort set but we haveabsolutely nothing butgreat things to say aboutit. It would be worth it for one song! It was well organised too. Thank you very much for squeezing us onto the list.”

“Please pass on the newsthat the audience thought it was brilliant.The supporting musicianswere great too.”

“Best gig I’ve been to forquite a while”

“It was great. All the actswere spiffing!”

AM. His real name is LA Confidential!

The future is bright for The Orange Lights

Tom McRae is a contented manWho’s a Purdy boy?Jack Savoretti fulfilling our quota ofeye candy for the evening

You ish my besht friend Dancing with the rebels

Wayne’s World – Flaming James Blunt!Gray’s anatomy

Ray Lamontagne has something stuck in his beard

The Wireless festival was a real hit andmiss affair. Turning up on the first day,Wednesday, it soon became clear thatthere were too many Indians and notenough chiefs.Having secured our wristbands around ourwrists we were sent from pillar to post inthe attempt to actually get in. Having spent40 minutes being sent from one entranceto another we managed to miss 2 of theacts we had wanted to see, namely MilkKan and Gogol Bordello. Getting in didbecome easier as the week went on. Thecalibre of the acts was odd, there werewell-known names headlining but therewere also acts we hadn’t even heard abouton the lesser stages, some of whom I don’tthink were known outside of theirimmediate families!The weather improved throughout theweek as did the quality of acts. OnThursday night Ray Lamontagne, JamesMorrison, Joan As Policewoman and TheWeepies all caught our eyes and ears, but

our star turn of the night was RossCopperman who played a great set in the02 Blueroom Bubble tent. This young manoozes star quality. By Sunday night thegrass in Hyde Park was looking very‘forlawn’! The hosepipe ban doesn’t appearto have affected the neighbours over atBuckingham Palace though. The Sunday line-up was our favourite (inbetween watching England on the bigscreen, thoughtfully provided by theorganizers, struggle to a 1-0 win overEquador). Cord now look like the real dealand lead singer James has matured into afine front man. Also vastly improved areLorraine who, with the addition of adrummer, have a much fuller sound andare set for huge success. On the acousticstage young Roxanne sang her heart outand we wish her luck on the currentWestlife tour. With no time for a cuppa or akippah we headed off to see the ‘rockingrabbi’ Matisyahu, who played a 30 minuteset that got better as it went on. He didn’t

get on our tzitzis and we really enjoyed his song Jerusalem. With what appeared tobe the whole of the population of Essex in Hyde Park, Depeche Mode wrapped up the event and had the best response ofthe night, if not the whole week’sproceedings. Wireless is never going to be seen as a real festival, it’s more like a glorifiedpicnic in the park with corporate brandingat every turn. We’d be interested to knowhow many people were there on a freebieas at the Silver Clef lunch we attended the week before every goodie bag had a pair of free tickets for one of the days of the festival; that’s a couple of thousandfor starters. If Wireless is to improvelessons need to be learned. Let’s hope that next year’s line-up is stronger andperhaps condensing the festival into a 3 day event would be better. And 16different wristbands does seem excessive!

Mo Pitkins

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13BITS ’N’ PIECES

Which non-superstitious MD is releasing his priority acts new album on 9/11 and travelling onholiday on 7/7?

Which marketing boss told us that when it comes to matters of the heart“ it’s not a good idea to fish from the company pier”!?

Which label executive won a cool £98,000 on Magic FM’s mystery voice competition?

Which Press PR told us she’d be doing 4 poofs and a piano at Edinburgh?

Which booking agent told us she was going to “turn” The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie-Sells?

Which radio producer is emigrating to Southern Spain but will fly back at weekends to continueproducing his award winning radio show?

Ged Doherty…Tim Bowen…Eric Nicoli…Alain Levy…Roger Ames…Nick Raphael…Matt Thomas…Peter Lorraine…Amber McKenzie...Bex Colwell…Jon Dunn…Emma Banks…Stuart Galbraith…Harvey Goldsmith…Paul Burger…Irving Azoff…Andy Davies…Katie Conroy…Jeff Chegwin…John Lydon…Janice Long…Anthony Miller…Gary Davies…Tam Coyle…Gordon Loncaster…Seymour Stein…Ron Shapiro…Joe Kentish…Mark Collen… David Joseph…Nick Gatfield…Gordon Charlton…Jo Whiley…Edith Bowman…Paul Craig…Simon Williams

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Featuring 5 great acts• New Lost World (from Denmark)

featured in issue 82• Dollface issue 80• Lord Large issue 83• Ross Copperman issue 84/85• Jack Savoretti issue 85

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Bob LefsetzYesterday was Mike Marrone's fiftieth birthday.And he had the idea that I should substitute forhim on the Loft. So, when I was at XM twoweeks ago, we created six hours ofprogramming. I couldn't turn on the radioyesterday until about four, an hour after I started,but when I pushed the button on my boombox,I was shocked. Because it was my choices. Andthen me, coming over the airwaves.

Now Mike has got 13,000 plus songs in hislibrary. And I was rushing to catch a plane. So, I quickly picked tracks. After hearing myself I was so elated that I fired up my Inno andrecorded what was left of my show. Peoplealways ask me what I listen to, well, here you go.

1. "Over My Head" – Fleetwood MacThey say it's about Stevie Nicks, I've alwaysbeen in love with Christine McVie. She's moreaccessible. And when she sings about being inlove, I feel like it could be me.

2. "White Ladder" – David GrayI don't think he's equaled this effort on his lasttwo albums, but the album from which this is the title track is enchanting. Not just the hit "Babylon", but stuff like "My Oh My" and"Silver Lining".

3. "Never Stop" – Jackson BrowneFrom "The Naked Ride Home".I like Jackson when he's acoustic. But this albumis more rock. But the heartfelt lyrics and groovehere, if you're a fan of his DOWNLOAD THIS!There's a change almost all the way through thatwill not only put you through the bends but willconnect you with everybody you've ever been inlove with. It's just that magical.

4. "A Long Time, A Long Way To Go" – Todd RundgrenThe best Runt song ever. All the talent, all thebeauty, encapsulated in just over two minutes.

5. "New York Tendaberry" – Laura NyroI've been meaning to write something about"Save The Country" for weeks now. Not onlywhere is the antiwar protest, where are thePACIFISTS? But that's a rocker, and this is sointimate and vulnerable... There's heart in thisthat you'll never ever see on television or in themovies.

6. "Sixty Years On" – Elton John"Take Me To The Pilot" got me hooked on Elton.But all these years later it's "Sixty Years On" and"The King Must Die" I keep listening to.

7. "Seasons" – Steve MillerHearing this track on DeepTracks in January2003 sold me on XM. You think Steve Miller isthe dittymaster? Then you haven't heard THIS!EXQUISITE!

8. "Heart Of The Night" – PocoFunnily enough, Poco didn't have hits until all thekey frontmen were gone. Even the SUBSTITUTEfrontmen, like Timothy B. Schmit. Great loopinggroove here.

9. "Isn't Always Love" – Karla Bonoff"Well isn't it always love that makes you hangyour headAnd isn't it always love that makes you cryAnd isn't it always love that takes the tears awayAnd you wouldn't have it any other way"

Unknown by today's generation, but notforgotten by we who bought her debutColumbia album. Truth and vulnerability. Betterthan any Ronstadt record, a MUST HAVE!

10. "This Is Us" – Mark Knopfler/Emmylou HarrisI can't burn out on it!

11. "Hide and Seek" – Howard JonesThe best song off his debut. So quiet, someaningful.

12. "Today" – Jefferson AirplaneSo beautiful as to almost not believe it's real.

13. "Jeannie's Diary" – EelsThe most played song in my iTunes library,presently at 225 complete spins, never mindiPod plays."I don't have a chance at writing the bookI just want to be a page, in Jeannie's diaryOne single page"

14. "Magazines" – Duncan SheikMy favorite song by him. Heard it first on the Loft.

15. "Baby Come Home" – J.D. SoutherMike believes "Black Rose" is the bestsinger/songwriter album of 1976."If you could trust meTry to believe meListen to me when I sayWhen I say that love is a burning fireAnd it will not fade awayNo it will not fade away"

You can break up with them, but you can neverforget them.

16. "Between A Laugh And A Tear" – John MellencampBest song he ever did. With Rickie Lee Jonesduetting. Really, "Scarecrow" was as good as theSpringsteen albums of those years.

17. "Give Me An Inch" – Robert PalmerYou never hear this on the radiio anymore. Thissold me on him, so smooth, so sexy.

18. "Drawn To The Rhythm" – Sarah McLachlanFrom BEFORE she made it. Magical.

19. "The First Cut Is The Deepest" – Rod StewartThe definitive version, even better than the CatStevens original.

20. "The Road" – Danny O'KeefeYou probably only know the cover on JacksonBrowne's "Running On Empty". You'll LOVE theoriginal.

21. "Bitter Creek" – EaglesI could do a whole post on this. I believe I have.Oh, what a middle of the desert late at night feel.OH PEYOTE!!

22. "Sand In My Shoes" – DidoThe second most played track in my iTuneslibrary, with 205 spins. But really, number one,since "Sand In My Shoes" is 4:59 and "Jeannie'sDiary" is 3:37.Don't dismiss Dido. Buy "Life For Rent". It's everybit as good as the singer/songwriter albums ofthe seventies.When you hear Dido sing "But I want to see youagain" you'll feel that pitter-patter in your heartyou get when you fall in love.

23. Jay Ferguson – "Real Life Ain't That Way"Heard first on the Loft. This is the kind of songyou can play ALL DAY! Kind of a cross betweenPablo Cruise, the Doobie Brothers and Chicago.A sax, but so much rock energy. The kind ofchorus Journey popularized, but here, withoutSteve Perry's bombast, you feel so ALIVE!

24. "I Am So Ordinary" – Paula ColeForget the hairy armpits. Forget the hits. This isfrom the debut.Maybe you're self-confident, but for the rest ofus who've felt we weren't good enough..."And when your mother came to boston you disappearedAnd then I saw you three togetherI guess she makes the best impressionWith her charming femininity..."

25. "Oh Yeah" – Roxy MusicIf you haven't heard this, your life is lacking.

26. "Dirty Work" – Ian MatthewsA cover of Steely Dan's truly most famous work.Not as good as the original, but such a great song.

27. "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" –Paul SimonHave you played "Rhymin' Simon" recently? Talkabout HOLDING UP!

28. "Carolina Day" – Livingston TaylorRemember when we bought every album with"Taylor" on it?Brings me right back to September 1970. And I LIKE IT!

29. "Carolina In My Mind" – James TaylorThe original, from the Apple debut. With anelation as opposed to the remakescontemplation. Makes you feel so ALIVE!

30. "Riding On A Railroad" – James TaylorAs I said on the show, I put the CD in an endlessloop. This, "Machine Gun Kelly" and "You CanClose Your Eyes".We are sailing away on a river to the sea, whenI hear this I believe you and me HAVE met again.

31. "I Used To Be A King" – Graham NashWe didn't expect much of Willie. But he put outthe best debut solo album of the three. Doesn'tquite hold up, but I still love this song.

32. "I Don't Know Where I Stand" – Joni MitchellShe gets the concept so right it's almostCREEPY! Do they love you or don't they? Willyou ever be able to fall asleep? Or will you haveto debate it ALL NIGHT? You need them, do theyneed you?

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33. "Diamond In The Rough" – Shawn ColvinSecond song, the one that hooked me on theadvance tape, from my favorite album of thenineties, even if it did come out in the fall of '89.

34. "My Thanksgiving" – Don HenleyNobody has heard this, it's like Henley's "InsideJob" never came out. But it did just as babyboomer acts could no longer get airplay, justtour. And if they did happen to get airplay, itwasn't with rockers. I LOVE THIS!

35. "Hearts In Your Eyes" – The RecordsForget the first album and "Starry Eyes", thesecond is where it's at! With the girl in thegolden disc!

36. "Thirteen" – Big Star"Won't you let me walk you home from schoolWon't you let me meet you at the poolMaybe Friday I canGet tickets for the danceAnd I'll take you"

Won't you tell your dad, get off my backTell him what we said about "Paint It Black"Rock and roll is here to stayCome inside where it's okayAnd I'll shake you

Won't you tell me what you're thinking ofWould you be an outlaw for my loveIf it's so, well, let me knowIf it's no, well, I can goI won't make you"

36. "Motel Blues" – Loudon Wainwright IIIA live version cut at XM.

"In this town television shuts off at twoWhat can a lonely rock & roller doOh the bed's so big and the sheets are cleanAnd your girlfriend said that you were 18The styrofoam ice bucket is full of iceCome up to my motel room treat me nice

I don't wanna make no late night New York callsAnd I don't wanna stare at them ugly grass matwallsChronologically I know you're youngBut when you kissed me in the club you bit mytongueI'll write a song for you, I'll put it on my next L.PCome up to my motel room, sleep with me !

There's a Bible in the drawer don't be afraidI'll put up the sign to warn the clean-up maidYeah there's lots of soap and there's lots of towelsNever mind them desk clerk's scowlsI'll buy you breakfast, they'll think you're my wifeOh come up to my motel room, save my lifeCome up to my motel room, save my life"

37. "Last Night Of The World" – Bruce CockburnAlso cut live at XM.With this song, and this song only, you couldtravel a continent for a MONTH!

38. "Big Sky Country" – Chris WhitleyThe track that built his reputation.

39. "She Talks In Stereo" – Gary MyrickRemember that guitar sound??!!

40. "Really Wanted You" – Emitt RhodesI wanted to play "Love Will Stone You", but thiswill do.

41. "Streetlife Serenader" – Billy JoelBuy Billy's "Songs In The Attic", it will convinceyou that he's not a sap. I only knew this fromthat live album. Then I discovered the original,which has got a street corner feel, but rocks.

42. "The King Must Die" – Elton JohnHere's that other Elton track.

43. "Stranger In A Strange Land" – Leon RussellWhen you dropped the needle and heard thisopening track on Leon's second solo album,your draw dropped. Where did he get thatvoice? And when everybody but the kitchensink comes in at the end you're completelyOVERWHELMED!

44. "What Now America" – Lee MichaelsOnce again, where are the antiwar protestsongs of today?

45. "So Far Away" – Carole King"So far awayDoesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?"

46. "You Can Sleep While I Drive" – Melissa EtheridgeMelissa has become a caricature of herself, butthis song has got the lesbian on the run in hersecret universe vibe DOWN! To the point whereit doesn't matter whether you're gay or straight.

47. "Sossity, You're A Woman" – Jethro TullYou might not believe it, but thirty five yearsago, Jethro Tull was an arena act that wentclean everywhere. Nothing else sounded quitelike Tull, the exotic intimacy, like reading aSherlock Holmes story.

48. "$1000 Wedding" – Gram ParsonsThe song that stuck out on his second soloalbum, which I bought after he died, when thereviews were so good.

49. "Wasted Time" – Eagles"So you can get on with your search, babyAnd I can get on with mineAnd maybe someday we will findThat it wasn't really wasted time"

Why the Eagles are the biggest selling band inhistory, why they sell out every venue. Youmight think it's about the hits, but it's the truth inthe album tracks. When you go to a show andHenley sings these lines every other babyboomer looks up into the sky and sings along,thinking of all the heartbreak and breakupsthey've endured. And wondering if they'vegotten it right, if they'll ever get it right.

50. "My First Night Alone Without You" – Bonnie RaittI play this after every breakup, after everywoman moves out. Positively creepy.

51. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – Simon & GarfunkelThey say that "Waterloo Sunset" is the mostbeautiful song ever written. It's no prettiers thanthis.

52. "A Pirate Looks At Forty" – Jimmy BuffettThe bedrock that allows Jimmy to get 110% of the gross.It's this song that enraptured his hard core.

"I've done a bit of smugglin'And I've run my share of grassI made enough money to buy Miami, But I pissed it away so fastNever meant to lastNever meant to last"

53. "Your Turn Now" – J.D. SoutherMy favorite song from "Black Rose"

"The moon was yellowAnd the sky was coolThe night can make you a promise of loveOr it can make you a fool"AND"How would anybody know itIf the real thing shinedWe've seen so many moviesYou'd probably think it was a line"

54. "What Can I Say" – Pousette-Dart BandI wanted to play "Freezing Hot", but I couldn't find it!

55. "Hollywood Ending" – Brian Vander ArkMy last song before I took off on that jumbo jetfor my hometown, tinseltown.

Meawhile, I just want to write about one moresong, that played before I fired up my Inno.

"20th Century Man" – The KinksThe way this blends acoustic and electricelements, it could almost be a Zeppelin song.From a skiffle beat to pure rock, this has gotTHE energy of rock and roll. This is one of themany reasons Ray Davies is a god.

"Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusionedI'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be hereMy mama said she can't understand meShe can't see my motivationJust give me some securityI'm a paranoid schizoid product of the twentiethcentury"

That's who I am. I don't think I fit into thismodern world. ut when these tracks come outof the speakers, the unfiltered ones, not theones written to advertise the wares ofcorporations, I feel like I fit in.

Bob Lefsetz is a freelance journalist writing from Santa Monica.California. The views expressed are his alone and notnecessarily endorsed by The Hit Sheet

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Life’s more than just a blur for Graham. This is his 3rd release from his latest albumLove Travels At Illegal Speeds. The limited CD and DVD version of the album is

available now. You And I and Standing On My Own Again have already troubled thechart compilers and this double A sided single will do the same.

Graham’s album is a constant travelling companion and we’ve passed throughseveral speed cameras at more than 30mph due to the fact it makes us drive faster

than we should. Can we send our speed ticket fines to you please Graham?Seriously, if this album doesn’t get a deserved Mercury nomination we’ll

eat our hats.

I Can’t Look at Your SkinRecord of the Week

I Can’t Look at Your SkinGraham Coxon