In The Sale Room - A rare Motown seven inch single has fetched a world record price of £25,742 after its seller Kenny Burrell, from Fife, put it up for auction. The copy of unreleased 1965 single Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson is one of only two in the world. Motown boss Berry Gordy had all other copies destroyed after Wilson moved into songwriting and producing. Leicestershire-based record dealer John Manship, who organised the sale, said the buyer wished to remain anonymous.
Festival News - Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has admitted to feeling "embarrassed" at making it into Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. The farmer turned music festival guru is among a handful of high profile Britons to be voted onto the prestigious list. He joins global luminaries like Barack Obama, Tiger Woods and George Clooney. "For a dairy farmer from Somerset, it's not bad is it?" Eavis joked as he spoke to Sky News Online."I can't believe it and I don't quite know how it happened. President Obama is the top man at the moment and, to be honest, I'm embarrassed to be mentioned in the same company as him."
Forever Young - Bob Dylan has topped the UK album chart for the seventh time in his career, nearly 40 years since his last number one LP. Together Through Life is the folk music legend's 33rd studio album, according to the Official Charts Company. He last topped the UK chart with New Morning in 1970. His first, in 1964, was The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan now holds a record, previously held by Tom Jones, for the longest gap between solo number one albums.
(Jim Evans)
