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X-clusive: You Could Appear On An Ash Record Ash and Xfm are staging a competition for unsigned bands to submit cover versions of their favourite Ash single, with the winning entry being included on the B-side of a future Ash single. The award winning band are planning the release of a special 7'' single later in the year and would like to feature a cover version of one of their tracks by an unsigned band on the B-side. Bands are asked to choose a song from Ash’s forthcoming singles compilation album ‘Intergalactic Sonic Sevens’ (see list below), perform it in whatever style they chose, then send their entries on CDR, Mini Disc or DAT .to: Ash Covers Competition, PO Box 4226, London, SW6 2XG (deadline for the entries is Friday 16th August) Ash will pick the winner, who will be announced on August 27th and then invite the lucky band to join them performing the track live on air on the Xfm Breakfast Show on August 30th where Ash will be performing 3 tracks from ‘Intergalactic Sonic Sevens’ in front of a live audience. And as if that wasn’t enough, we’ll put a short list of 10 entries (picked by Ash’s record label) here on Xfm Online so that listeners will be able to vote for their favourite cover. Christian will also invite listeners to e-mail suggestions of tracks they’d like Ash to cover on the day. The listener with the best suggestion will win a manner of wonderful Ash merchandise. E-mail your suggestions by clicking here. Chose a song from: 1. ‘Burn Baby Burn’ 2. ‘Envy’ 3. ‘Girl From Mars’ 4. ‘Shining Light’ 5. ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ 6. ‘Goldfinger’ 7. ‘Jesus Says’ 8. ‘Oh Yeah’ 9. ‘Jack Names The Planets’ 10. ‘Sometimes’ 11. ‘Kung Fu’ 12. ‘Candy’ 13. ‘Angel Interceptor’ 14. ‘Uncle Pat’ 15. ‘Wildsurf’ 16. ‘Walking Barefoot’ 17. ‘Petrol’ 18. ‘There's A Star’ 19. ‘Numbskull’