RECORD sales of jazz sensation Jamie Cullum's album Pointless Nostalgic have gone through the roof after his appearance on the Parkinson show the Saturday before last.

Last month the 23-year-old landed a £1 million, four-album contract with record giant Universal, a long way from playing in and around his hometown of Hullavington.

His album topped sales at the music website amazon.com ahead of superstars such as Madonna and the White Stripes. The distributors of his record, Proper Music, say they cannot keep up with demand as 6,000 CDs were sold in just four days.

Jamie now lives in London and has just started work on his new album, out in early September.

He said: "It is really quite incredible, the album has sold in four days what it did in the last eight months. It just shows the power of the media."

Director of Proper Music, Graham Jones, said another 7,000 copies were on order from the American label Candid but added he doubted any shops in Wiltshire would have any of the CDs in stock. He said: "I have stocked CDs for 15 years but I have never known a reaction like this for any artist.

"Candid is just a small record company and the CD did quite well before his appearance on Parky, but since then we haven't been able to keep up."

Jamie attended Grittleton House School and Sheldon School in Chippenham and started his career in school plays such as Oliver and Bugsy Malone.

The musician had a blitz of media appearances after the news of his record deal, unequalled in jazz history, was announced in the regional and national press.

He has also recently performed at Swindon and Cheltenham Jazz festivals.