taking care of business

Rip It Up, Issue 230, 1 October 1996, Page 32

taking care of business

FOUNDER LEAVES GO! DISCS ' Andy Macdonald has left the label he started 14 years ago, selling his 51% to Polygram. He claimed that Polygram would not negotiate a deal that preserved the label’s independence. Go! Discs’ acts include Portishead, Paul Weller, Trash Can Sinatras and Beautiful South. MUSHROOM SUCCESS IN UK With the success of their acts Garbage and Peter Andre in the UK, the Australian label Mushroom has now angered UK retailers by deleting Peter Andre’s single ‘Mysterious Girl’ after selling 700,000 copies in 10 weeks. “If people want to buy it, they can buy the album,” said MD Korda Marshall. M2&V2 In the USA MTV has begat a new more adventurous cable video channel called M2 whilst in the UK Richard Branson, the former owner of the Virgin label has begat a new record label V2. MANDRILL STUDIO MASTERS Parnell studio Mandrill Audio Post are culling their masters library. They wish to return the masters to their owners. If you have recorded at Mandrill and stored your masters there fax the details (band, album title, song titles, recording date, name, address) to (09) 379-5236 by January 31,1997. NZ ON AIR KIWI HIT DISC The tracks selected for the Kiwi Hit Disc N 0.22 are: Strawpeople Boxers (Sony) DLT featuring The Mighty Asterix One Love (BMG) Sulata Mancini (Deepgrooves) Teina Love Birds (Birthday) Ngaire The Look Of Love (Festival) Andrea Cook Star River (Sony) Supergroove Only Ever You (BMG) Rikki Morris The Tender Trap (Criminal) Citizen Band Tiger In A Leopard Skin (CB Discs) D’bre Let Me Know (Tangata) Dam Native Behold My Koo! Style (Tangata) Seven A Side Running Back To You (Tangata) Head Like A Hole Cornbag (Wildside) Dancing Azians Elevator (Pagan) Thorazine Shuffle Harry (Chronic) 3Ds Vector 27 (Flying Nun) Shihad La La Land (Wildside) NZ ON AIR RADIO HITS FUNDING The following NZ artists qualified due to “significant airplay achieved”, for funding by the NZ On Air Radio Hits Scheme: Matty J Ruys Love Every Little Thing About You (EMI) Strawpeople Taller Than God (Sony) Ngaire & D Can You Be Strong For Me (Festival) ENZSO with Neil Finn Message To My Girl (Sony) DLT & Che Fu Chains (BMG) Jan Hellriegel Pure Pleasure (Warners) Nothing At All! Busted (Festival) ~ Bike Save My Life (Flying Nun) Garageland Beelines To Heaven (Flying Nun). . Superette Disappear (Flying Nun) 3Ds Dust (Flying Nun) Each Bombard Me With The Truth (Each)