''The Tip Sheet'' (1993–2002) was a weekly magazine and CD insert for UK music industry insiders.

Jonathan King Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King; 6 December 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first came to prominence in 1965 when "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", a song that he wrote and sang while still an undergraduate, ...

founded it and was managing editor until his imprisonment in 2001. His brother, Andy, took over the position, helped by Joe Taylor. ''The Tip Sheet'' promoted artists including

The Corrs The Corrs are an Irish family band consisting of siblings Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, v ...

, The Darkness and

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while they were unsigned or unknown, and publicised future hits like

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's ''Tubthumping'', ''

Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia" (meaning "the experts versus the intellectual elite"), also known as "C vs. I", is a song by English electronic music group the Cuban Boys. The song consists almost in its entirety of an unofficial soundalike Sam ...

'' from the

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and ''

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'' by

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. In 2005 ''The Tip Sheet'' message board and ''Record of the Day'' featured the track ''No Tomorrow'' by then-unknown band Orson. Within days the band had several offers. Within weeks they signed a publishing deal with

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worth an estimated £300,000 and a label deal with

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for a million pounds. The single topped the UK chart, as did their first album. ''The Tip Sheet'' has not been printed since 2002, but an online message board continues. Joe Taylor and fellow-employee Paul Scaife have since been active at ''Record of the Day'', which has similar objectives. From 1998 to 2001 the Tip Sheet CD was compiled and mastered by Phil Kerby t/a Audio Edit Productions using the SADiE Portable DAW at the Tip Sheet offices in

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, London.

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Tipsheet Messageboard site
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