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McRae's Mercury listing underlines Bates' return.
Seasoned A&R executive Dave Bates' return to the big time has been sealed with the Technics Mercury Music Prize shortlisting of his db Records's first signing Tom McRae.
Bates, whose many successful signings while at Phonogram/ Mercury included Def Leppard, James, Texas and Tears For Fears, believes a placing among the competition's final 12 albums is just what is needed to help McRae's self-titled release take off.
"I felt like I was three inches off the ground when the nomination came through," says Bates. "A Mercury nomination is especially valuable for someone like Tom McRae whose album doesn't easily fit into the current radio climate and which has no obvious singles on it."
Bates says that he expects the nomination to rapidly boost sales of McRae's album, which has to date sold a modest 20,000 ...
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