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EW 1 GRK -C relu tard clout. which ae. to for 5O% attic dollars that flou through ml read trade. o Jut hot expansion m the rd business sw a bankeard program cited to the National .Assn of Recording chandisen Credit tow accounts for a

ter 159 of disl and tape sales X program. which guarantees Visa and ter Charge rarer of _v'.. and lower to pan aunt outlets. could sise record and tape lees S250.00O in reduced interns costs over sett 12 months not including savings de- I from a quicker turnaround between the er and the bank. re Commerce Bank of Nov Jersey is the mstnuw of the program. which offers checking accounts to members. allow mg Bers tas ante checks against sales slips de- Id ewes the same dis the hank receives e. Chains mas send in sales dips Iront each s-h fr., a central location. The dn-

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SUPER ACTS SPURRING DISK /TAPE SALES.::

Healthy Quarter Ahead -Dealers By ED H

LOS ANGELES Despite diminished record outman) funds for co -op adsertis- ing, September muas earmarked for the most part h5 a steads growth in sales with deal -

en optimistically looking forward ro I

healthy final quarter Some dealer espe- cial!) in the Midwest and South. however. hase set to nouée a veltes turnaround

The sales growth pattern rs hallmarked M. the release of hoes selling albums lis Lot Zeppelin. I meigner. Bob Ils lam. ('hcap Trot Jethro Tull .rod lumus RutTdl An.

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last tic li. 1 leer, mush Alas and others are suppftne dealers wttli high hopes for the Christmas hissing season.

-Were pleased with the acs Septenther o finishing up since its normally a muur-

,u.ls siow month" declares Ben Karol rib

New l iaLhased King Karol "Out sales momentum whmh rcalh .m began in Jamb All. e Ihrougll u, this nsmih and h im prcdis bog .t hog l tomtits whine se. son IConrinurd n pogo 16)

Lieberman Bullish, Sees Upturn By AI al II

LAKE GF.NEYA. Wir Strong as.utee,. that the record industry In `will positioned' for growth in the I9t0sdnminated the mad et the Ltehcmtan Emerpnses national concert- twin here Irrt week at Ihr Play Mi, Rexert

Board chairman David Lieberman ores] a strung curets'. confidence in his keynote address. where he maintained that the Indus-

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n* heat Seeker Robinson 5 LP "WHEN THEBES SMOKE ..." an On Motown Bawds lit nee ircheartmtmr

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sumen have been only lemporanly seared away from record purchases

The live -des fifth annual convention was nuendnt M oboist 2111 I eherntan men and

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Top Speakers Firmed For 1st Video Music Gathering

\I 55 11 mills sad lhcinh.i_ president of ht( A. Ire. Andrew Kohut. president of The Gallup Dr-

ieatum. John lack. president of Warner Cable. and a rap se clan wish industry leaders uoludntg l'mckwrck International's Chuck Smith. RCA's Bob Summer. RSO's AI Court and the RIAAS Stan Gonm- kris will help hunch Billboard's First International Video Miuw Confer- ence. Nos. 15.18 at the Sheraton L noersal in Los Angeles.

More than 300 music and video industry executives are expected In explore how them Indust!, i.

positioned to provide erealive. pre. motion. marketing and distribution muscle for the emerging home video noriaininenl era

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LA /1 Saatlas Retool, tea Weisherg hase lc enc 10I, 1, y .she I. believed tu he the first digital LP instils lise a

major label. artist and .oudlophtle firm

Nautili). h.os also pas red with several major labels. including A&M and Warner Bros.. to issue half - speed mastered product from their catalogs l'or a special Nautilus au- dtophile series Half -speed mastered product is also hemg pioneered hs

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New Policy For Returns By Polygram Be IRV 1.11 Hl MAN 6 tit EPHEN'1RAIMAN

NEW YORK A returns allowance ranging from Igo 22% and a new system of average peeing on returns are key changes among four new sales policies from Polygram Distribution. Inc.

Chief feature of the average pricing on a- lums sets a significant per label approach, rather than a eommgling policy previously in effect.

The per label aspect in addition to complex computer input required for this and Ihn other new pohcles. is seen as an issue that delayed announcement of the new sales directions, originally set to be revealed Sept. 7.

Ifs understood that some labels in the Poly- gram orhit fought for the per label feature. which also pervades other elements of Poly- gram's policy announcement.

John Fnudi. president of the company, states. however. that a reappraisal of company polies was actually initiated al the beginning of this sear ¡Continued ort page IO

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General News

Budget Chain leeks 10%-20% Improvements DENVER -The Budget I apes &

Records stuns will striae for to'- I2; increases in overall profitability aid store additions in 1980 and IO0`'í

tighter relationships helwceit franchiser and the present 90 franchised retailers.

The franchise compawy aims to strengthen its accounting (inks nc,l year, comptroller Jack Kitchell promised during the firm's sales

meeting here, sr that paperwork at

the store Ietel is decreased sharply while the interrelationship 1letncen the home base here and the store, inn privies.

Despite closing eight locations and adding t4 new locations, a record lire changeover for Budget. presi-

dent Flan Lasky expects WM to continue a string of nine come.- 'itch improving years.

".Augusi was the biggest nun - Christin as month in all our history." he said. "We expect eonsenatiie increase, through the close lathe year.

We anticipate a 1(y; -12'f increase also in gross sales

Not only did Budget expand 1.1 locations. friar of which were in three slates new to the chain, but is established outlets expamkkd and remodeled. Lasky noted.

Kitchell, in the tonged contention session, stated that Budget might open its long-awaited Upper Mitt c,i warehouse in 1980.

He and Lasky pledged a more inci- site store supervision through improved cnmpuiericat' . Budget is

studying pent the technology. Lasky slated the upgrading cumpulcrwisc is

stalemated by the lag in the indusir, cunnersiun to bar coding.

By JOHN SIPPEL Kitchell vowed a new series ofant- stereo rigs along Nish collections of Budget ,tore owners complained

Ceti loons, which would more quickly WEA LP and tape product. to Gilrcalh about the overlong time protide the home office accounting Mike Bode, general manager of lag heimecn release of black mini, department with essential data. The PJL Distributing, Budget's Seattle single, and the subsequent album in individual stung were urged to care- base. said he found label, spending which it would be contained. fully study Wrath,. procedures and, more on midrange product and Wa- if twressari, lu add outside account- log goods on tv. Halper pledged ing ',penis, in order to prole the Budget stores would have five or sis best las methodology. different by spots available later !hi,

Advertising dollars hate not dimnn- year. Retailers must make black pa- ished as much a, the indu,tr, thinks, Iron, feel more at home if they want 1VE.A advertising manager Alan Per- In get more of the S750 million in per told representatives of appresi- black mink' business, Eddie Gilrcalh, mately 85 Budget .lures. national director of black music at

Cod of adtentsine media has sky- Warner Bros. Records stressed. rocketed. Perper staled, thus proved- (:ilreath favors black- oriented (a- ing less advertising than last year for dio as the best advertising nudiunt. Store ounces beefed about difli- the same budget period. adding that a concentrated 18 spurts cults they have in small towns getting

He forecast more cross- nterehan- over three conseculine days is the automated formats to play tncallyPftarah. dicing such as a "sweepslaks- " in most telling formula. The Hispanic created new hits. Both Cody and

which a selected 350 accounts na- market interfaces with the black, Gil- Smith agreed "hits are made in

liunwide, wilt gise aka) Marante heath added. Walls Walla and Bozeman."

Jimmy Smith, regional A &M promotion and Frank Cody. program director of KBPI -FM, Denver. asked clore owners to honestly and care- fully report to station researchers. Sales breakouts are especially perti- nent and should he volunteered. Cody said KBPi weekly surveys 30 tu 35 re-

tailer, asking for the top 15 and possible breakouts.

Denver Shops

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Promo Stock Di.NVVFR Ina, Denser .nad on,:

nearly Boulder, Colo., record /tape/ accessories stores were selling. demonstration and radio promotion LPs in guano', last week

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a0 I2251. I found tic I:arecst selection uf

g,I, uric and promos. ln the hundreds. .il Underground Records Ltd.. 724

('earl SI.. Denver The progres- su c- inventoried neighborhood ,hop

F.: Was staffed by hvo girls. both of T. whom are originally Anon Holland.

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played in wire shelf racks un Nall, M throughout the store. More than halt O ofthiscurrent inventory appeared to

o be demo or pronto copies.

O As was the case in all stores vis- iced. the demos "ere either drilled. edges were cut or corners Ncre cut

Promo copies in the main carried the more- than -a- year -old embussed imprinting. eseepl for labels lake Ai. Lowe Arista and some CBS LP product. Nhtch continue to use the gummed label printed promotional Identification.

Ironically. as I was checking out my purchase at the register. one of the two young women was hand -

counting into intcntor, a boy °fap- proximately 40 LPs. the hulk of which appeared to he multiple

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B,nboard photo by Chuck Pain ANTI -NUKERS -Part of an estimated crowd of 200,000 gathers in front of a

stage erected at the foot of New York's towering World Trade Center for a

free outdoor concert and rally, capping five days of anti-nuclear fundraising organized by Musicians United For Safe Energy. See story on page 6.

Moscow Orch. a No -Show By IS HOROWiTZ

NEW PORK -An estimated Columbia Management. however, 5500.000 is e,pested to he refunded indicated a dispute over conductors to hovers of tickets to the aborted was the reason for the cancellation. tour of the closer," Stale Syni- The tour was to open at Carnegie phony Hall here Wednesday (3) and cover

Se, cral Jass ad Intense ncgotia- venues in the Northeast, South and lions h, cxc, nines of (olumhaa An- Midwest before closing in Newark.

N.J.. Nov. 4. Stewart 1Varkow.:,ccuti e direc-

tor or Carnegie Itall. said the,,:.,.,, no alternau,e to refunds .i:i.l o

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1st, thlanaccnaeni early last week failed k, reinstitute the 28- concert Junket called ,.II h, So, let authorities in apparent tear that musician defection, mach! occur.

In recent ,s eík. three R li cram Ind- io linter, .ind lea ,t ,I: is have asked for .a oil rí.í eyed .i..., 'I, in 111C

Tribunal Petition To Seek Higher Royalty

LOS ANGELES - Songwriter. Resources & Senors has embarked on a petition drive, directed at the Copyright Royalty Tribunal to increase royally p.nments to song -

The Tribunal. a lice -person regu- latory and judiciary panel. was appointed by Prc,rdrnt Carter to examine issues and procedures relating to i. p'r,ght regulations.

The organtiation plans to present Its petition to the Tribunal when it meets in 1980. and al the same time urge the Tribunal to recommend to Congress that it he permitted to meet more often. Follosiun the 1980 sleeting, the next scheduled session is 1987 and therca fter even 10 years.

The petition is being circulated to music publishers. Independent sungwruers. the BMI- sponsored Al- ternative Songwriling course, grass - routs songwriters and to ASCAP and BMI in hopes those licensingorgani- zalion, ill distribute the petition to

their members. The petition slates: "We. the un-

Special Notice Due to circumstances beyond our

control,'Urafftc Center, the putt -out chart section in Billboard. will be appearing on an alternate neck schedule elfeelise wish nest neck's issue. it is hops-d the week(, schedule will he resumed at such time Mien this becomes feasible.

Laserdisc Produces First Holograph- Patterned Album LOS ANCiLLFS-- Lascniuc Rao

ords M Burbank, pan of Lasergram Co., has produced what is reported to be the first album impressed with a holographic pattern. Some 200 copies bane been made of the tine - sided, untitled. I 2-inch disk for non- commercial promotional use.

The album follows on the heels of a single, impressed with the deogn. that was made by the firm last June (Billboard, July 7, 1979). "The optical imagery is a lot more pronounced on the LP. It's a more dramatic presentation. The 45 was mostly ,a test pressing. This is a full production model, says Barry Keate. founder of Lasergram with

its C &RV DARLING Jellrc, ,I business manager Day id \ dicek.

the patented process. v. heteI'- ,lufracted ihtec -di- mcn,tunal bol rr.lplu, pattern is

pressed roio 11íe plastic Iacquer before the sound is 1.11d unl,. Ille disk. could help their u, .ul panas,.

"If records are plaited. the pirates would he capable of reproducing the sound but not capable ol'reproducing the optic,. Therefore pirated records would he nnmcdaalels obvious as pirates:' cupi,tins Keats

"Plus. it's something visually interesting to the consumer as well and it's girl label file utili,'auon lily the r:. Ord 10111 pan les. says Von - Sueudlcck.

The record, m.nlírcal and stumped at K -fh't Corp. here. was made in bolls clime ,Ind black crel. "Any color vin, l works but the black is Frio,' oul,lando ,' ,o,íí, Von Sucrdleck liccor, companies have been using d11'Icrent colors sot gin, Is

and we n an led to sec ,I ,one proves, would hold on another color

"The color, shoo aa[, well ,+n

black." stir, Kcal,- "It you print II

on red Il111.1. Ilte him' and ,r:. would shoo up hot the roil ntrgltl Mend Into the record But It can be printed 'n ail, ,Dior

The vil,,, ,- h:,t sign mitten a

light, preferably non -fl,, aesicu. hit, the'url'ici of the disk

Like the single. the album has

been prepared to market the effect as opposed to the nuts,. I loever, the four tracks included by tour different acts -are regularly produced sessions of standard record

quality. "Sound degradation is nil." sl.unu Keate.

licvausc tic patterns can be ap- pl,eJ lo.,n, plastic surface. the possibility cod, to.rpph them to album coo, .utd markcung displays for Nh,ch liurh:mk's Dynamic Plastics h.,, leased rights. Holographic pat- h: may also he used on tape reels, lie reel -to -reel users, and general packaging.

derstgned creators and/or ounel,of musical copyrights urge the U.S.

Copyright Royally Tribunal to increase the existing mechanical rait.

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JURY TRIAL FOR DISTRIB

NEW YORK -A jury trial in a1 Alabama federal court begins Mon - day 1 I 1 for Wesley Max Isbell. ac-

cused of four misdemeanor count, of distributing unauthorized. alleg eddy pirated tapes.

(shell was arrested in Lannett}i. " Ala.. and charged with possession of 3.000 allegedly pirated tapes

Meanwhile. Elton M. Sewell and his son. David. operators of David's Novelties in Opelika. Ala.. were placed on probation after pleading guilts to one count of copyright in- fringement stemming from an FBI raid on the store last Fehruan. which netted 4.300 allegedly pirated tape,

Flit officials say Islip ti as the

supplier of tape, to the Se, ells El- ton received foe star, probation: his ,on reccoed three years proha- 110n

Sales Barometer ANGELLS flow's busi-

ness" Prerecorded cassette, New the

only categnr, of dish -tape products whose sales ,mere up last week. ac-

cording tua n:utonal seines of retailers and one -stop, M Billboar 4r rc,earch department.

SOtite 485, of the respondents sur - , ,ted report prerecorded cassette safe, up. The previous week the figure was 47rí.

Remaining atahi,' last week were LPs 145', venu, 39 5 I. singles 153`, ,crsu, -7,sß. ). prerecorded 8- track, 5Sr, isinu, 4S'.1 and blank tape, t `S'. , chus 395 /.

in the Individual categones. 43: said LP sales were up (37.5% the previous week); 12`6 said down versus 23'%1. For singles, 29% said up (versus 31%) with 184. down (versus 214+). For cassettes, 9% said down (versus 16%) with 43% stable (versus 37 %l. For 8- tracks, 18% said up (versus l5%) with 26`6 down (venus 37 %l. For blank tapes, 32% said up (venus 46`.6) with 10% reporting.. sales down (versus 154,).

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Walking on Sunshine, Living on the Front Line. THE EDDY GRANT STORY, SO FAR Born in Guyana, came to

England in the early '60s Six years as lead guitarist, singer and songwriter with The Equals during the penod of No 1 hits like "Baby Corne Back" and "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" Opened the first black owned and operated recording studios in Europe in 1973. Formed Ice Records in 1974 and acquired his own pressing plant. Top.10 smash in Europe last year with "Living on the Front Line;' mind shattenng reggae -disco crossover single from his new album "Walking on Sunshine' Total commitment

to music on his own terms. Writes all songs, plays nearly every

instrument himself, ditto producing, arranging and singing. His

new album? A hypnotic blend of rhythmically infectious reggae,

pop, R &B and Alncan roots that sounds like nothing but Eddy

Grant, reflecting his struggles, his joy

"I'll try to show all people, black or white or whatever, that it's

possible to seize a chance and make some use of it. I've never

been a great one for talking about something, I've always believed

in doing it And I will do it till I die"

Eddy Grant. "Walking on Sunshine'.' Featuring the title single. A global phenomenon. On Epic Records.



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rienerQl News

Progress Reported By BMA NEW YORK The achieveinen,

and challenges facing the Black Mu- sic Assn. after its first year are spelled out in the organization's first annual membership report.

to the year that it has existed the

organization has structured itself into a viable industry entity and has

accomplished the following. the group says:

It has gained visibility through a White House celebration and the proclamation of June as Black Mu- sic Month by President Carter with media and community celebration, and events around the countrs.

An educational film about the impact of black music on American culture was produced and will be distributed this fall by the Learning Corp. of America.

A Founders Conference was held that brought together 700 industry members for the first time in a

forum to express the "hurt, frustra- tion. hope. aspirations. anger' of the black music community.

The group has gained recognition and support from sister industry groups including the Recording industry Assn. of America. which staged a tribute in Washington in March; the National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers. which honored the association at its convention in Florida. and MIDEM.

The organization has worked

o with the RIAA, Musicians Union. r BMh SESAC and ASCAP to lobbs Cfor passage of the Performing Rights

m Bill HR997.

The United Black Concert Pro- m motets group was formed during the

ñ Founders Conference. and a forum (Continued on page 49)

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LELJ Old Stones LPs

áSpurt In Sales NEW YORK- The Rolling

Stones left London Records in 1970, but the superstars left behind a catalog of 17 albums. currently moving at a more rapid clip than in recent years.

John Harper. national sales manager. says usage of Stones material in two major films this year, "Com- ing Home" and the current "Apoc- alypse Now.' has increased catalog movement 207- this year.

The Stones are heard performing two songs. Out Of Time and "Beg- gars Banquet" in "Coming Home' and they perferm "Satisfaction" in "Apocalypse Now,"

The label is presently reservicing "Satisfaction" to Top 40 radio and is getting an additional plug on the song via 60- second television cons- oler,» for "Apocalypse Now."

l For Its First Year

tsiìbnusn photo by Stan Penchansky

GOING STRONG -Traditional blues singer Ma Yancey performs with Irwin Helfer on piano and Truck Parham on bass at the recent Chicago Jazz Festi- val. Her set was one of the highlights of the week -long event. sponsored by

the city of Chicago and organized with the help of Chicago's Jazz Institute.

Intl Entertainment Expo Set For Vegas Dec. 11 -14

NEW YORK -The latest trends in the management and operation of entertainment complexes. from rock nightclubs and discos to casinos. is the focus of the International Enter- tainment Exposition set for Dec. 11- 14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center

Organized by Victor Harwood's American Expositions Inc of New York. the four -day gathering is expected to attract between 3.000 and 5.000 registrants. More than 150

companies have signed as exhibitors. making it one of the largest such expositions of its type.

Exhibitors include manufacturers and suppliers of lighting and sound systems. video equipment. disco accessories. theatrical stage equip-

PVK Setting Up LONDON -PVK Records has set

up its own independent promotion and distribution operation in the U.S. in conjunction with Sail Rec- ords and Rounder Records of New England, First release will be In The Skies' by guitarist Peter Green. one of the founders of Fleetwood Mac.

NEW YORK SPECTACULAR

Union Fees Cut Anti -Nuke Concert $$ Bi DICK NUSSEIS

NEW YORK -Overtime costs are expected to cut deeply into the profits of the otherwise successful series of concerts benefiting the anti -nu- dear movement held here Wednes- day through Sunday 119 -231.

Although spokesmen for Musi- cians United For Safe Energy say

the final accounting and disburse- ment of the monies received front five shows at Madison Square Gar- den won't be tallied until later this month. estimates of the net sum have been revised downwards from 5750.000 to "less than half a million." The concerts. which began at

7:30 p.m. every night and lasted until 1:30 a.m. the next morning in several instances. necessitated overtime payments to the sizable Garden staff.

Although Showco. promoter Ron Delsener. production coordinator Philip Blum and stage designer Mike Brown all donated their services. less expenses. stage hands, ushers and security forces received their regular salaries.

"There was a lot of overtime that couldn't be helped;' concert spokesman David Fenton explains. We

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ment. decor products. casino gambling equipment. game rooms. outdoor amusements. movies. live entertainment. coin machines. tour and concert equipment.

One of the key topic, according to Harwood. will be the trend toward new wave live music in discos and clubs.

" We want to showcase danceable (Continued on page .50)

In This Issue CAMPUS 46 CLASSICAL 69 CLASSIFIED MART 76, 77 COUNTRY 60 DISCO 55 GOSPEL 59 INTERNATIONAL 64 JAZZ 47 PUBLISHING 67 RADIO 24

SOUNDBUSINESS 42 TALENT 44 TAPE /AUDIO /VIDEO 50

FEATURES Billboard Talent Forum

Coverage 30.41 Commentary 20 Disco Action ._ 56 Inside Track 86 Lifelines..._ 84 Stock Market Quotations 12 Studio Track .. 42 Video Takes .. 51 VoxJox __ 28 CHARTS Top LPs........,. .. 81.83 Singles Radio Action Chart 25.27 Album Radio Action Chart. Boxoffice .. 46 Bubbling Under Top

LPs /Hot100...._. _ ._ 28 Disco Top 100........ ... 58 Gospel LPs ., 59 Jazz LPs 47 Latin LPs 67 Hits Of TheWorld_. .. 68 Hot Soul Singles 48 Soul LPs 49 HotCountrySngles 62 Hot Country LPs 61 Hot 100 Top 50AdullContemporary ... 69 RECORD REVIEWS Album Reviews .. 72 Si ogles _ ....... 70 LPClnseupColumn 74

ExecutiveTurntable Record Companies

Steve Wax resigned as president of Elektra /Asylum Records in Los Angeles after a little more than two years in the position. There wilt be no replacement and future plans for Wax have not been announced .. Brian T. Jostling moves to CBS Records Canada as distribution vice president. Now based in

Toronto. he was formerly vice president and general manager of Capitol -EMI of Canada. Ltd's retail division. .. Basil Marshall is upped at RCA Records in New York to black music product manager. Marshall shares responsibilities with fellow manager KeithJackson. Marshall formerly was national black nni- sic field merchandising manager for RCA.... Michael G. Abramson loins

Marshall Abramson Follese

Chrysalis in New York as director of album promotion. Formerly. he was rector of special marketing projects for RCA.... Alan -Michael Memberee to Fantasy -Prestige -Milestone -Stax in Berkeley. Calif.. as disco promotion special projects national director. He was national promotion director at 1

End Records.... Nick Massi is now field sales manager for the Chicago / waukee market for WEA. He had been working in the WEA Chicago bn since 1971.... Nita Keller moves up in CBS Records consumer panel rese department to associate director. She joined the department staff in 1974: Martin Ceti has departed Riva Records in Los Angeles as general manag the West Coast operation. No one has yet been set to take his place.... Jenne Follese moves up at Ariola in Los Angeles to a &r coordinator. Prior. s

worked in various capacities for Ariola s a &r department during the past year.... Connie Pllimsoul joins Capitol Records in Los An- geles as West Coast publicity manager. For- merly. she was publicity coordinator for Warner Bros. Records Terry (ride moves up at CBS Records in New York to radio advertising and Gotham advertising coordinator. Previously.Iride had been branch coor- Kutler dinator for CBS New York's branch.... Pace

Sherry Winston Joins Elektea /Asylum as college promotion national di She had been in charge of Northeast regional college promotion for the la_

. Ted Kleinman moves to Cachet Records in Los Angeles as control) Kleinman was recently with Capitol Records in its corporate accounting di lion.... Roy B. of Rov B. Promotions. an independent promotion firm -i resigned as president of Emergency Records in New York to form Roy B. R ords in New York.... Bob Gilligan and Joe Lewis join Aries 11 Records Woodland Hills, Calif.. as productions director and sales executive vice pit dent respectively. Gilligan had been RCA's recording studios coordi while Lewis had been with RSO as national singles director.

Marketing Haney Roesler has left Hailona Distributors in Honolulu as manager

buyer to hecomc sales representative for the CBS Records branch in Honor Miles Lee. who has worked at Hailona two years. moves up to general to ayer.... Leroy Sather takes over as regional director for the Southeast refit for MCA Distributing Corp. Recently. he was Denver branch manager fora firm.

Publishing Steve Nelson joins 20th Century-Fox Music Publishing in Los Angeles,

manager of catalog promotion. Formerly. Nelson was a songwriter with In song.... Evan Pace joins Rick's Music and Cafe Americana Music. C hlanca's publishing companies in Los Angeles. as professional manager. was formerly professional manager for Arista Music.... Robin Thomas is West Coast regional director for the American Guild of Authors and Corn ers in Los Angeles. Thomas formerly was a West Coast membership repro.' tativc for ASCAP and director of national publicity for David Gat and Ass elates.

Related Fields Lee Adams takes over as Western regional sales manager for TDK Electron-

ics Corp. in Los .Angeles. Most recently. Adams was with the Federated Group's California audio /video stores as a buyer.... Bruce Weber has left In- lerMttgnctics alien three years as communications lice president to go into freelance writing and public relations in Los Angeles. Prior to his public relations job in the tape industry. he was with Billboard fout s ears as its tape editor.... Margarctha E Bystrom Joins the magnetic tape dis isum at Fuji Photo Film U.S.A.. inc. as advertising manager. She coma front Sons Industries where she was advertising manager.... Billy James joins the staff of Song- writers Ro.ources and Services in Los Angeles for public relations work and )'und r. tonm..i Previously. he was in the n &rdepartntent at RCA in Los Aneeles. He continues to serve as personal manager for the group. Another Roadside Attraction Stanley A. deSzameit comes to TDK Electronics Corp. in Chi- cago as Midwest regional sales manager. He conies from Superscope. Inc. where he was national accounts sales manager.... Jay A. Clark moves tu Am- per Corp in Redwood City. Calif. as public relations director. Formerly. he had been with Rockwell International Corp. as media relations ntanagcr ...

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November 15-18,1979 AGENDA Thursday, November 15

0:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Registration

6 p.m. -7 p.m. Opening reception hosted by Bulboard

0:00 p.m- Midnight Video Showcase highlighting the best creative efforts Of participating record companies. program distributors and independent pro. ducers All 3/4-inch U -Mahe videotapes shown with the new General Eleclnc large- screen PJ.5050 video prolecuon system and a state. of- the -an hi h system Irom Miller 8 Kreisel Sound

Friday, November 16

0:30 a.m. Welcome -Lee Zhao, Billboard Eddor- inChief and Publisher, Steve Traiman, Billboard Tape /Audio /Video Editor and Confer- ence Chaaman

"Video Music -Tomorrow Is Here Today" Participants include Sid Sheinberg. President. MCA Inc

Andrew Kohut, President, The Gallup Organization, John Lack, President, Warner Cable.

"View From The Top" rap session with industry leaders moderated by Lee Zhilo. Billboard Editor -In -Chief and Publisher

Panicipants include C Charles Smith. president. Pickwick inter-

national. Robed Summer. President. RCA Records. Al Coury. Presi- dent. RSO Records. Stan Gortikov. President, RIAA

10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

10:45 a.m- -11:45 a-m. "Videodisk 8 Videocassette -Compatible 8 Cometerrmentary, Hardware update moderated by Larry Finley. Executive Director. ITA

Participants include Kenneth Ingram. Senior Vice President. Sales and Marketing. Magnavox Consumer Electronics. Richard O'Brion, Executive Vice President. US JVC Corp.. Phil Stack. Vice President, Sony Video Products. and representatives of Panasonic antl U.S. Pioneer

11:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. "Video Rights -Legal Jungle" Focus on global music and video copyright, sync and performance rights. and video piracy. moderated by Al Berman, President. Harry Fox Agency

Panicipants include Bob Crothers. Executive Assistant to the President, American Federation of Musicians. Dick Bloeser, Director, Film Security Office, Motion Picture Assn of America

1546 -2:00 p.m. Luncheon

2:00 p -m.-6 p.m. Small group demonstrations of videodisk and videotape recording systems, video equipment studio workshops and video programming presentations, including the Magnavox Magnawsion (Philips' MCA) Videodisk, Sony Video Stud:n. Panasonic Video Studio. Jon Roseman Productions' "Video Jukebox" and Ron Hays "Music Image"

9:00 p.m-- MldnlgM Video Showcase Programming

Saturday, November 17

8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. "Creative Input For a Mass Market." rap session with independent Producers and programmers, moderated by John Weaver. Keel a Co

Participants include Paul Flattery. Executive Producer, Jon Roseman Productions: George Handler. Executive Vice President. Imero Fiorentino Associates. Eric Gardner. President Panacea, Utopia Video. Ron Hays, President, Music Image

9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. "In -House To lo -Store To In- Home" Experience in key areas within record companies using in -store promotional tapes to prepare for the home market, moderated by Jo Bergman, Director, Video and Television. Warner Bros Records

Participants include Peter Van der Velden. Coordinator, Video Operations, Casablanca Records. Steve Kahn. Manager, Audi, Visual Productions, RCA Records, Varley Smith. Director. Film

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Participants include AI Bergamo, President. MCA Distributing, Jim Late. Vice President, Pickwick Inter atibnal: David Henebetry, Vice President, Marketing. RCA SelectaVisron Videodisc: Gene Silverman. President. Video Trend: Bob Vandegritt. Vice President. Consumer Products. Magnetic Video: Al Markim, President, Video Corp. Of America.

11 :45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. "The Retail Connection -Dealer /One Stop Experience." Focus on actual on-store sales reactions to the first videocassette programs and initial wdeodrsks. moderated by Joe Cohen. Executive Vice President, NARM

Participants include Lee Hartstone. President. Integrity En- tertainment /Wherehouse. Noel Gimbel, President, Sound /Video Unlimited, and David Kaye. President. Emerald City Records /Oz, among others

12:45 -1:45 p.m. "Studios -An Audio video Marriage," views of recording and video studios on conversions and joint ventures. moderated by Lola Scobey, Vice President. Wishbone Studios.

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11:45 p.m. -3:80 p.m. Luncheon

3:00 p.m. -&00 p.m. Continuing demonstrations of videodrskrvideotape systems video studios, rodeo programming cresentatons 8 :30 p.m. -1:00 a.m. Special event al the Celebrity Theatre of Trans American Video. co-hosted by the Record Plant. followed by a Visa to the Videodisco at

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Sunday, November 18

8:30 a.m. -9 :30 a.m. Videodisk,Tape Programming Progress." focus on building the first

video catalogs and outlook for future music industry product Participants include Jack Findlater, President. MCA Disco -

Vision, Gary Darinell. President. EMI Videograms; John Lottos. Exec- utive Vice President, Video Tape Network, Sam Szurek. Directo, Music Programming. Time -Lite Video.

530 a.m. -10:30 a.m. "International Video Music Networks." highlights on the growth of video on the international scene in key music markets, moderated by Don MacLean, Managing Director EMI Audio -Visual Services. London

Participants include Klaus Muller- Neuhof. Compton. Hamburg; John Ross -Barnard, Home Video Manager. BBC, London. among others, 10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

1445 a.m.-11:45 a.m. 'Future Technologies- Promise 8 Potential." with updates on new audio and video breakthroughs and their impact on the industry

Participants include Roger Pryor. General Manager, Sony Digital Audio Division; Pobert Plannkuch, President. Bell 8 Howell Video.

11 :45 a.m .-12:45 p.m. "Looking Ahead:' windup session moderated by Stephen Traiman. Billboard Tape /Audio/Video Editor and Conference Chairman, with moderators of all panels participating, plus Todd Rundgren, utopia Video 12:45 p.m. -2 p.m. Farewell Brunch

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_Polygram Conceives New Returns Policy

Continued from pair !

A modilie.ltion of Pohgrant'\ IC

turn. and Jes.uunl practices es

sicwsv) ht lssln Steinberg. exesa I've vice president of Polygram Corp . as an attempt to retosea Eons profit margins in the indusirs which. he clam[+, has: shown s ir- tualls a 505 cut oset the past 21)

Nears..

Two other areas w Ith new pobsles 1nelude minimum order sire and special sera eel royuucn)CIlb

Spo.itiss In each category arc

Ayeraae prn-1ng on returns (cl fertnt Oct 11 For LP and t,lpc product, except el:walcal JnJ ' and

yy__ Inch Angles, cuMoltlen w dl be

lrcrytlucd for rcturns on as craze dollars billed for all purchases of a spe-

ed-re sclevtilon number The present w-da minlmum for

product to remain In the lick) eon. Rnues. meaning a Jan I state for as

erage pncine polies on Insolsed product release' Oct I

A computer w Ill take total dollars billed and do ide hs units purchased on a msnthh ham. to am, , with a

figure per lahrl, with new releases subject to aserage on a rolling 12- month bases.

In addition. multiple Iciation Cus- h.mcrs will base one JycrJ ge price per selection with aevumulated pur- chaxs of all locations Return allowance must he utilized 90 doss from date of I Sue lis Polsgram After 90 lass. the a will expire and thc customer must 1m through this pnxn _lure again

Return allowances (effect's e

Jan I ): there's a new limit on quan- un of product eligible based on a

pecnentage of customer purchases m three prior months. The r a is

determined. with defectives included. on the following customer ckesrfruuun 1004 retailer: 184. 1005 wbdistnbutor 22 subdninh- ulur with 15 -304 retail volume: 214: 315 to 655 retail solume.204: and 664 to 994 retail volume. 195 Thee sill 'recomputed separately for each label instead of cnmingling

According to Fnxlh. the company's returns guidelines have aver- ages 255. with higher rates allowed In the earlier pan of the eor duc to the industry downturn

Excluded from the now r:a. policy arc all ung.ks.. Chnstmas product and descbping anisas as defined by each label dtslnbut0.d. with custom -

notified on this category by each elease

The actuat dollars returned hs the libel is determined hs multiplying the customer's return percentage M -sera crnonthly purchases per lahcl cr Threes_ rri,r m.nlh.

ate. nlontllls tom. el

law., will he added 111 the t.ll,tss ine mouth with the coepuon .11 the cud of Ille salend.11 seat wall the cu,tomei ti.l5I11e Ill'.ugh I ...bowl to use the lull allowance

The new polies includes an 111

will .Illy'e "IalCllli llt" with C.15 h ap poised ria It 1. Ill show tallantes Is tai dollar antuunt charged against his ntonthls allowance. p11111 hat anse and current halante ha inch lohel

Agau1. the overall allowance Is figured on a per c110010e1 per label hases

Vs lute deli:ones arc Included in the r a policy also true of (BS' Ieeentls announced return. pedrsy. cllcc)1ve Jan I. Frisoli slams that Polygram% rate of delestnes based on a random sampling seems lo he minimal und a sen small percentage of returns. 11's difficult. he explains. the tell a true manufaenlrer deft-one sinus a suspect defective

Minimum order size IelTcsuse Oct II a minimum order ofSl_'Son any purchase. essept orders lier ooh 7 -inch singles which must be .

dcrcd in No lot quantities .,I :!

units per selection. All cu.hImcs. m eluding those with multiple outlets. must meet the minimum order requirement of 5125 for each outlet Each outlet is subject to the nun, limn) bay lot requirements for or dering 7Inch singles

Special sersice requirement lelT«uve Oct I) the following special secs ices will be available to customers with multiple retail locations oho request that Polygram. II pick and pack Indus 'dual outlet orders and then ship these orders, in hulk. to the account's warehouse for re- Jninbution The charge for Tho

.erslcc t 14 of the total s aloe of the inso1Ce and Is non -refundable 21

Pick. pack and ship ordersdire.th to the uesount's Indi. idual outlets. The charge for this .perla' mice of the total salue of the invoice and is non -refundable.

Notes Frisait "What we're Joug may not alwass be nght. hut we've pen an ass (id lot of thought u1 this area. and we're not going to turn around all the practices and policies of the past But 6e can make moots to improve the mdustrs's

Steinberg mamtalns the industn's growth pattern ot'er the past 30 year, WAS in large part "fueled by business practices such as a liberal return policy and discount which worked well during a time when marginal gross profits was high These practice, made sense then because of the cluse relationship that developed between airplas and retail avallahiht ei pr,alm'i " .

Pros From 30 Nations At Monte Carlo Disco Huddle

\11ON I L l AMA, 1)i sa. pr a .- s ii: helots ()el I? )1Ìl acier II,al

+lanais from 30 countries arc ex- date and 5375 ut the door. The rate is

petted at Billboard's lint Disco In- S265 for disco DJ,. forum panelists. Iernationali al Locws Monte Carlo students. mlhtars personnel and

Hotel here Dec. 4 -7. The event. spouses.

which follows six successful Bill- Hotel astommieJatiuns and :tir board Disco Forums in the U.S.. is fare are not included In the regular the first such convention having o registration rates. though they are worldwide perspective. Included in three travel packages

Special seminars will focus on Billboard has arranged. The one -

sueh issues as international publish and -Iwo -week group excursions doing and licensing agreements. disco part from L.A.. New York tir Cho marketing techniques, talent devel- cago.

upmenl and programming. The rant package Includes a half The lour levels of the cun,enns.n day sightseeing tour in Monaco. the

lomi.irenter adjacent to the hotel contain second Includes a self -drive car for more than 125 exhibition spaces, seven days and a three -day ski pack -

.uund rooms and meeting facilities age ipllelll in the Alps and the third Registration for the conclave is (Continued on page 116)

General News

WONDER VISIT- Stevie Wonder loins Skeeter Davis onstage at the "Grand Ole ()pry- In Nashville during the Black Music Assn board of di

rector's meeting recently.

2 LABELS GO TO PICKWICK LOS A'st,LLLS Record Mer-

chandising has lust two more labels-- TK and Motown -lo Pickwick Distributing

The sclera % independent Jislnh- Ulet. once the strongest oldie In this market. has also lost A &M and has seen Its hold on strong jar/ lines also diminish. Ohserscrs here say the Sid Talmadge -Sam Rickhn firm may be

in danger of becoming a sidiot of consolidated distribution or of the mass merchant. snaring all the Les

remaining indie lines Pickwick Distribution. wt use

Southern California ',ranch in nearby Sun Volley has been open one year. now represent Arista AVI. Chrysalis. CT!. London Mid. song. Motown. Mushroom. Osanut, Pacific Arts. Tomato and T In an. other move. Fantasy has sw itched to

California Record Distributor, Talmadge. in hostiles, 33 sears

sass the firm has IS lines insludine Prelude. West End. i lesta and Cachet. among others. "But not the big ones." he concedes

Why is he losing his labels! tell me. he parries. "I'n1 very bitter

cannot believe the treatment I get

after 33 sear." Talmadge sass he and Rickhn let

go between 20 -25 people Friday 1281. They also closed their Denser sales office Wednesday 1261 and let three people go. That office was

opened three years ago bs the late Jack I,ewerke. one attic partners in

the tympany As another econonts move. the

liroi Is its San I rancisso sales office 0,411 cis to two people

And it is also scouting her a

smaller hs.I tioti to gel 4w11\ Proni its

present large warehousing liiclhts on BercnJo

Tulutudge says a propusesi merger with Gill Irma Record Ustrihuu,e, was the reason he didn't cut his ot. I

head earlier. That merger tell through

Talmadge says he'd like too get .1

"little store on Pico Blvd.. keep ins

key people and come in when I feel like it

Optimism Reigns At Lieberman Conclave

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atiwws including hIc A DisiiihutIng pie..loll AI Bergamo and ('ltS vise prcoi d li Don Itentpsc

I Ile h:nt that rusk sales Zell oIi sharply this tear was not disguised by 1-lebelittan. l.ucherntan .0151 the mdustrs had been hit by a "son i lomerata 11 of events In 1979 any one of which .June might have been shaken Off However_ both Lieber. Mall and company president Harold ()know offered bullish outlooks on home intertaúunent growth in the 1980s

According to (Ikino's analysis, there will he increasing emphasis in the 'SO. on what he (curled "home - focused" products

David Lieberman stud the Indus. In was rocked this ',Jr as an oul- comle of unrealistic cepectauons- partially a result of 1978's banner sales combined with economic downturn and negatise attitudes about the econonis. Lieberman also coed the disco trend as one of the in- doors "s l979 ills. These factors have temporarily, removed mans consumers from the record and tape m.rkelplace. Lieberman said.

Okmuw and Lieberman revealed that the late August resurgence of buying has not been fell as strongly at rack as at retail They explain that traffic is up at many discount stores as the nccsslonan trend sees much of what is termed "Trading down" to nlilre discount oriented shopping.

"We still have the impact of the recession on our consumer." sass Lieberman. We are usually more recession proof because u( other traffic."

The theme of the convention was "Three Out Of Three AIn'I Bad." a

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to the NAItM rackl.ohhcr ..I the sear award. which has been won by l.lehcrmanconsccolis-els for the last three years.

David Lteherman clashed that the industry downturn promsed to henclil the company by allowing II

to outpace competitors which are not as cfliclrolls run or as niusicon cored as Lieberman.

Lieberman today is servicing ap pruximalcly 2.600 racked departments. The company's sales volume luir the 1978.79 fiscal year ended Mas 31 is more than iÍ30 million. and David Lieberman pictured the company as "growing toward the one-quarter billion" dollar mark

Lieberman recently has taken on several Kmart stores on a letal basis. This marks a break of Kmart's long. standing exclusive relauunship with the Randleman company Report- edly. several Kmart stores have also hccn given to Pickwick in the trial program.

The convention included the by- .

now familiar audio /visual product presentations. with RCA. CBS. WEA. MCA and Capitol showing video footage un act with upcoming product Blank tape suppliers Memores and 3M were also present- ers. as was Disneyland Records Supplier -manned eshihution booths also were on tap. and personal growth seminars in time manage- O nlenl were included in the mncran. n

Live entertainment a Lieberman convention hallmark. included La Co

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Financial -j K.. = Quonsil _-- 1979 Not a 'Bad' Year: Smith Mackey E/A Chairman Says '78 Successes Spoiled Industry

LOS ANGELES -The record business is not having a "bad" sear. according to Joe Smith. Chairman of the hoard of Elektri/ Asylum Records li s having an off year based on the phenomenal successes of the industry in 1978.

Smith predicts. however. that a

new era of constraint will charac tcrre the record industry in 1980 and into the future. The era of fringe excesses like "private jets and limousines" and big deals are Reis W he oser. with both new :trusts and established artists receiving less In the way of advances and royalties.

You are going to see." he says. "a lot sharper pencil in 1980 and a

more cautious approach. Things will he approached with a Int more sense:"

Smith made these observations and others at a spacial Bank of Beverly Hills sponsored seminar Wednesday (26) called "Entertain- ment Industry Business Forecast. 1980 And Beyond."

The seminar. attended by about 200 members of the Los Angeles business community. coincided with the Bank's just -established entertainment division The Bank

By JIM McCULLAUGH promise: a series of such seminar, in the future. Initial seminar look place at the Bisto resiauranl in

Beverly' Hills. Joining South at the seminar

were John P. Shelton, professor of finance at UCLA's graduate school of management: Allan D. Yasnvi. chairman of the hoard. Quinn Martin Productions: and Donald C. Foote Jr_ vice president and media director of Young & Rubicam West. Advertising.

Smith observed: "We thought 1979 was going to he like 1978 and it takes time to react to that. But the music has not stopped. Its too in- grained into the psyche of people under 35. People under 35 are much more involved with music than the generations ahead of them And they will he involved with it for some time."

Smith admitted that the record industry has made some "hor- rendous" deals with artists in the

past few years. And record labels will he writ-

ing off large chunks next year and they will continue to feel it for the next few years or so because of those deals."

The Elektra chairman estimates that perhaps some 400 persons in

all have been laid off in the industry.

"But :' its said. the press equa- tes that with General Motors lay - ing off 75.000. The record industry slump has gotten more coverage than the Pipe's visit.'.

Giving attendees a feel for the evolution if the record business. Smith recounted that true legiti- macy as a business was attained in

the 1977 -78 period after a period of increasing net profit gams for record companies.

He pointed out the unheard of sales plateaus of recent LPs by Fleetwood Mac and the Eagle's and the "freakish" levels of"Satur- day Night Fever" and "Grease.' adding the business world took notice when the "Saturday Night Fe- ver" LP outgrossed the film- Total worldwide sales of that album are estimated at more than 40 million.

"But growth slowed this year. We were coming off a freakish year. It wasn't in the cards to grow at last year's rate. We didn't have albums like that which created the traffic that had consumers also leaving the store with a Billy Joel or a Linda Ronstadt LP. And this year the gas situation affected the young mobile consumer"

Schwartz Bros. 2d Quarter Loss Erases Early Profits

WASHINGTON - Decreased sales and increased costs adversely affected both the wholesale and retail divisions at Schwartz Bros. Inc.. with a net loss the second quarter cndingtuly 31 erasing the first quarter profit.

President Jim Schwartz reports a

loss of S138.457 for April -July. compared to a profit of 576.514 for the corresponding 1978 period on a 94 sales drop to 56.72 million from

$7.388 million the prior year. The is primarily to

the continuing general slowdown in consumer retail purchases.

For the first six months of the current fiscal year. net loss of $96.490 compares with a profit of $116.132 for the February-July 1978 period. Sales volume is off about 4.3% to 513.331 million from 513.937 million a year ago-

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Sales Rise For Altec Lansing

LOS ANGELES -S.11, for the three months ending July I. 1979 for Altec Lansing were up 105 over the same period last year. according to the suburban Anaheim, manufacturer of professional and consumer sound products.

Net sales for the quarter ended July I were 510.574.000. while net sales for the nine -month period ending that same date were $31.986.000.

Net sales for the quarter ending June 25. 1978 were 59.630.000. Net sales for the nine -month period ending June 25. 1978 were 527.117.000.

Sales for the first three quarters of 1979 were up 185 over the same period last sear.

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count rate can be deducted weekly or monthly. and large volume accounts can make special arrangements to have funds wired directly.

The program has far -reaching implications for the recording merchandiser. says NARM executive vice president Joe Cohen. who cites not only the reduced interest rate but the extra business credit card customers can generate.

"We found that the average cash transaction in a record store is 511." Cohen says. The average credit card sale. on the other hand. is 517.

Detroit Stations: Strike Possible DETROIT -ABC's two radio sta-

tions. AOR- formatted WRIF -FM and talk WXYZ -AM. and its television outlet. WXYZ -TV. were brac- ing for a strike by 80 members of AFTRA after negotiations produced a "dismal" prognosis by a union spokesman.

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As the Detroit local continues talks here the national offices of the union are planning to begin negotiations with all radio and iv networks Oct. 9 for a new contract to replace the one that expires Nov. 15.

MCA Kicking Off Elton John Promo

t t t .. \NGELFS Iton John's new "\ icumOfLove- LP will beac- conipanied by a marketing campaign directed at all mediums.

MCA plans to cross categories by taking spots on Top 40. disco. r &b and AOR radio. Trade and consumer ads will be taken in addition to ails in specialized consumer-oriented publications.

s , rnous point -of- purchase mate- oats will Ile available to dealers. in- eluding a four- color, two -foot hs

prise -foot "Back In The USSA" tour

I',isler, which includes John's entire catalog. the new LP announcement and his tour itinerary. which runs

through mid- November.

Card Plan We're talking about a S6 difiere on each transaction"

NARM's research shows only 1

of record retailers offering cred card privileges to their customers, compared with 505- in the rest of the retail trade. Those retailers who do offer credit are now pawn, anywhere from 21/44 to 54. in some cases- without the advantages of the NARM plan.

We already have some members as interested in the plan for the data processing and reporting systems it offers. as for the low rates." Cohen says.

Larger retailers who now enjoy a

2'.i5 rate will be elieihle to have their rate negotiated lower. Cohen adds The bank Says if you do more than 52 million a year in gross credit card sales you can be eligible for a

rate as low as 1.754 :' he notes_ In any event, volume users are

gible for a rate lower than 2!45. Equally attractive is the fact

Commerce Bank employs the tional Data Corp. to tally its p meats and collections. and offe members a breakdown for each store on a weekly' or monthly basis.

"As its simplest level." says Co- hen. "those members who are paying a discount rate higher than 2'/45 will simply be reducing their costs and increasing their profits. A member who now pays 3ih4 and does 5500.000 in credit card sales will save $5.000 annually."

The hank is also cooperating with NARM in promoting credit among the record and tape -buying public. It will he possible for chains or stores grossing 52 million in credit to become eligible to have their name im- printed on the credit card. and retailers will gel extra discounts for bringing new charge accounts in through their store

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14 General News _ `Rise' 45 Raises Alpert's Recording Posture ---

LOS A'. iLLES -With h. angle "Rise" shaping up as a No t

Herb Alpert's confidence in his recording career has been restored.

"Rise" is Alpert's first smash hit since "This Guy's In Love With You" hit No. I in 1968 and "The Lonely Bull" with the Tijuana Brass placed sixth in 1962.

Herb Alpert: his trumpet playing is much more more free

flowing now.

In fact, despite his long career. AI pert includes "Rise" in the same breath as his other "rushes' such as

¢ when Sam Cooke recorded his first

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0 prior to the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.

That meeting. according to Steve Is sauss, president of Pismo Beach, Calif.-based Nautilus, will bring together some 30 firms involved in audiophile disks to discuss such matters as consistent marketing and quality control in that Industn.

Revels In His Current Solo Hit Project song "What A Wonderful World" (penned by Alpert and Lou Adler). the popularity of "The Lonely Bull." his rebounding with "A Tiede Of Honey" ( "after a lull when people didn't feel the Brass was valid"), and "This Guy's In Love With You" ("which caught me off guard ").

Alpert recalls the night he finished "Rise." "I listened to it for my own pleasure." he says, "which was something I haven't done since the Tijuana Brass."

The "Rise" single. penned by Al- pert's nephew Randy Badazz and Andy Armer, was recorded without an album in mind. a change in philosophy from previous Alpert releases. "If I got a hit record first, I

could go into the studio with a lot more confidence," he says. "If'Rise' didn't happen, there wouldn't have been an album. If things don't go tight. you get a little gun -shy"

Although "Rise" wasn't intention- ally cut as a disco record. it did win immediate disco acceptance. "I recognized that dance music was here. tried not to make a disco record but a

dance record. Most feedback to it

was that it was too slow." comments Alpert.

Actually when Badazz and Armer brought the tape to Alpert. it was done faster, but Alpert slowed it down to 100 heats per minute.

flus, Tim W This past SaturJa) and Sunday

(29. 30) flutist Weisberg. who is

signed to MCA, and band cut a digital LP at Producer's Workshop recording studios here using the Soundstream recording process.

The joint venture involves MCA financing the production costs with Nautilus financing the project the rest of the way. Jeri Halsfater, MCA staff attorney, was instrumental in putting the deal together with Nau- tilus.

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Alpert wrote two songs on the .11-

bum (which was recorded on a 3M digital machine), leaving the re- mainder of the material to Joe Sample /Will Jennings, Bill Withers and Badazz /Armer.

"During the 'Lonely Bull' dass. I

used to write a lot. Now I'm better

"It 'Rise' didn't happen, there wouldn't have been an

album."

cquippcu to listen to someone else's songs and inject my own ideas. It's hard to be objective now"

One song Alpert did write. "1980," was written as the possible theme for the 1980 Moscow Olym- pics, after he received a call from Don Ohlmeyer of NBC Sports. "' 1980' is my idea of what the opening of the Olympics should sound like." says Alpen.

He claims his trumpet playing is much more free flowing now. "I had a good experience producing Gato Barbieri's'Caliente: he says. "When making music you have to let it come out by getting into the mood of the song and letting it happen. It becomes more emotional and a better experience as a player and listener.

"I'm not a trumpet player in the traditional sense. I didn't come up through the big bands. I'm a different breed -a record producer trumpet player. I know how to make a

record and the trumpet is part of it. Alpert is taking a cautious "wait

and see" attitude towards any touring. At this stage in the game. Alpert still relates to what transpired in the '60s. "Things have changed so much that I don't know if there is a demand for a tour. I'll wait and see how the album does. And if I do tour, it will be on a selective basis."

Now that his own career is taking

olf again. Alpert says that in all

probability he will curb his produc-

lion activities. He also rules out any

possibility of reforming the Tijuana

Brass. As vice chairman of A &M Rec-

ords. Alpert doesn't view himself a

record company executive. "I'm primarily an artist.] get off playing and

"Things have changed so much that I don't know if

there is a demand fora tour."

making music." he says. "'Rise kr

E gave me the opportunity to go into the studio and make Herb Alpen E`

music."

eisberg Linking Up On Digital L bolorc the end ul the )car with a suggested $15.98 list.

Distribution will be through the Nautilus audio rep network. aimed at stereo retail outlets. as well as

through independent record distributors who cater to record stores em- phasizing audiophile product.

A year down the line. however. according to Krauss. MCA will exer- cise an option to issue the disk under its own logo as a standard analog recording which would then go through normal MCA distribution channels.

Last sear. Weisberg and Dan Fo- gelberg had a duet LP on Full Moon /Epic called "Twin Sons Of Different Mothers" which peaked at 8 on Billboard's Top LP & Tape chart.

Weisberg's last MCA album was issued three months ago. He's due to go into the studio early next year for another MCA LP which will be issued in the first quarter of next year.

The Weisberg digital LP will be pressed on I005 pure virgin vinyl.

Krauss also notes that Nautilus. ss hi. h has blossomed into one of the rnalor audiophile record firms spe- ciahnne in direct- to-disk, digital and hall -speed mastered product. is pursuing more joint ventures of this type with other major labels.

"It's plus business for both labels and artists." explains Krauss. "in that there's more royalties for them. We reach a special market that they don't. It's beneficial to everyone"

Jeff Weber produced the Weis- berg project along with associate producer Bob Jonte of Nautilus Musicians on the date included Rick Jaeger on drums, Bobby Right on keyboards, Todd Robinson on guitar, David Minor on bass, lint Kru- ger on guitar and Mike Utley on keyboards.

MCA also has licensed to Nau- tilus a John Klemmen dirt-et-to-disk project called "Temptst" which appeared previously on the ABC label

before MCA acquired ABC. Nau- Two of those titles instado the

lilus will issue that disk shortly at a Doobie Brothers' "The Captain k 515.98 list. MCA has also granted Me" and Americas "Holiday " SuNe, Nautilus a license to issue one half- gested list will be S14.95. Four other speed mastered product from the titles will be determined short!. MCA catalog with the artist to be de- Recently Nautilus pacted with termined in the next 90 days. Mushroom to issue Heart's "Dream -

The advantages of half -speed boat Annie" LP using half -speed mastering. an audiophile medium mastering and these LPs. according that is gaining in popularity and to Krauss, have begun shipping. spearheaded by such firms as Mo- Krauss points out that the in- bile Fidelity. is that a cleaner groove tended LPs are subject to the ap- is cut, better frequency response and proval of the artists when they listen greater dynamics arc achieved, there to the test pressings. is less intergroove distortion and the Nautilus first got involved with disk doesn't wear out as fast. audiophile recordings in 1974 as

Half -speed mastering, according Orion Marketine when it began Jis- to Krauss, combined with pressing tributing Sheffield direct -to -disk on 100% pure virgin vinyl. results in product. Later the firm began ac- a "vastly superior disk." quiring various audiophile labels.

A &M has granted a license to such asJVC, Cohearent Sound, Fast Nautilus to issue Pablo Cruise's Wind and others for distribution, "Lifelines" and Joan Baez's "Dia- The label issued its first direct - ntonds & Rust" as half -speed mas- disk record under its own Label at tired LPs. Both will have suggested end of 1975 with Randy Sha $14.95 lists. "First In Line." Earlier this

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Dealers Eager, Await Healthy Fall Quarter Continued from page I retailei, ran seared Ih1s cul .111(1

N'h11i iilln,, nlo,rntenl on the stopped buvIne iatalog. S0,11,1,1m-

.1bcwe tnciiiwiled release,. Karol ers are coating w us." ,.1 the Ise, Ion the shein's bright George Levy, president of Eastern

1979 sis 1:1r 1 i.oalo_ .:,les. "Oilier located Sam Goody Inc.. see, no

great shift in sales patterns over the past few months. putting a stamp of "good. steady sales" in this period He's complaining about co -op ads. but notes that "CBS doesn't seem to

have any budget for September. but they're proably saving up fora big push in the months ahead. r'm ex- pecting a good Christmas."

John Kaplan of Handlentan. the

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Helping people to better understand themselves. KSMÓ

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huge Detroit -based r.tcker. claims

business is improving. and "I look to

a good October. November and De-

cember hecaUSe of significant new

product due for release." Jana Brook,. purchasing director

of the Licorice Pizza chain in L.A.,

reports strung sale, through August although the lint two weeks in Sep-

tember have been slow due to the re-

sent heat wave and bus strike in Los

Angeles. "If anything will bring people into the stores. ifs upcoming release, If that doesn't work. then nothing will." states Brooks

As,ilance in preparing this story provided by Iry Lichrman, Gerry Wood, Mike Hyland, Kip Kirks. Alan Penchansky, Cary Darling and .tree Callahan.

Dise-O -Mat. opening its sixth store in the New York area in No- vember. is experiencing a "consider. able pickup" in sales for Septembe}r.. . over August." reports John D'Antoni. field manager.

"The kid, are hack in school. they've spent their money on books and are now to the market to hus records." he sass.

Says Steve Embree. owner of four Port O' Call stores in the Nashville area: "lt seems that business has been getting back in fine within the last six weeks. although it is not as

good as it was Iasi year at this time. However. it looks like were headed for a good Christmas season.-

Says David Keadle. manager of the O7 retail outlet in Birmingham. Ala.: "There has definitely been turnaround. Our sales are just good. if not better than last %ear this time. We've been swamped wi ells about the new Eagles al(_ I Icctwood Mac releases. and I' sure with just those two album, business will greatly increase" sass

Keadle. Says Patrick Berry. owner .md

manager of Leisure Landing in New Orleans: "I saw a turnaround in sales when school first opened. but it

has since dropped again. It's not what I'd like it to be. Ise seen people overlook double record sets because of the price. People Codas are busing less of quantity. Where last year people would buy three and four iI- hums at a tinte. now- they buy only one or two albums."

Mike Conwisher, owner of two Chicago Record Estate stores. once, a canilotis assessment. "It was so bad before that it's getting better." h reasons "But its not schere I want' to he."

Keith Eckerling at Chicag'_ Sounds Good Record, betimes COfl

sumers still must adjust to the qui succession of price increases th 1978 -79 brought. Eckerhn_ remains optimistic. believing that dollar value of prerecorded music purchases again will he recognized by consumers.

"Business has been super." says Bob Delano,, manager and buyer for the Tower Records store in Hol- lywood. "It's dripped off between 154 -204 but that's maims because of school beginning and there aren't a, many tourists"

Delano, says the upcoming Fleet- wood Mac release man increase sales. "They may boost sates because I hr, appeal to everybody. dy. W ith Zep- pelin. most of the people who come in for it arc record freaks anyway. Zeppelin may hase perked business up M S_'txl a day."

The h,l,iwg pattern be Sees now is Ih.o hit i +oxluct and some catalog ..11i, .+i: selling at a steady clip wi` n, blockbuster bringing in the o, lairs. "People are being mure sole,



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General News

Many Dealers Predict Healthy Fall Quarter Crmrinue,7ÍrunrPig,. !n

ove Secondary new groups and al-

barns arc stillermg." he sas, On, Bei chart. Southern t ahtor-

nia regional cl,<rrdmator for adser-

usine lin I,Iwer, noted co -rap advcr- rean_ IN up. "It slowed down a lNIIe but n stalled picking up In Septcm- her -" he ,:r,,, mill the amain reason being the I:til slate of heays releases

: \i Ir.lnl.ltn ! : \I i .jiklln -, in about the price of records and qual- IIna laird. Conn . -:.v. h.sine., has ity control. pointing to pops. clicks turned Noll alie, a good .august and and warpage, Franklin maintains. several ucel, III ìeptember, -'Cos- Co -op advertising is termed a

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that the first call he's gotten in eight

weeks in this regard came from RCA.

The kids tell me they wand hit product in a price range they can afford. This is resulting in far less vol-

ume turnover." says Franklin. Says veteran retailer /merchan-

diser Jack Grossman or the East

Coast Music Market retail chain: "We're overburdened by the complete curtailment of ad dollars. which to me is like trying to save business by turning oil the electric lights.

in general. I'm confident that sales will reflect the need and desire of the consumer to buy music."

In Miami. Spec's Records vice

president Joe Andrulcs says: Our sales have been good and stead

throughout the summer. so its difficult to tell if there is a turnaround " Although sales have not been as

strong as last year. Andruies claims that business has been good. Mrs

Rick Kamiler of Music Makers in

Miami says his business has turned around. "Our sales have not been off in recent months," he says. Our sales have in fact been up 15g -20`7.

Jerry Philips. manager of a

Peaches outlet in Dallas. reports that

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copies of current Atlantic radio sta-

tion copies. 1 purchased the following promo

copies at 53.99: the "Dracut." soundtrack. "Hot Butterfly" bs theme" Inspirations and "gram Tchaikovsky:" the music for "UNI- CEF Concert" for $2.99 and dulled copies of the current Knack and Ca- role King for $3.99. "11110.

Among other titles which I saw in

stock in quantities of up to eight to 10 copies were the soundtracks of the "Wanderers." "Meatballs" and albums by Neil Larsen. Mark Tan- ner. Smokey Robinson and an estimated 60 to 90 other titles, which I was unable to write down- when was in the store.

Underground Records had more demo LPs for sale, primarily at 53.99. Most regular copies of current LPs carded a gum sticker indicating a price markdown from the 55.69 list.

The Basement Albums store at 1158 E 13 St.. Boulder. a much smaller store. compacted its demo and promo LPs. about 250 in all r

browser boxes with hand -pun "new arrivals" alphabetised divid cards.

This campus store carried mostly one to four copies of an equal va ely of titles to that at Underground.

1 purchased the folloumg promo copies there: "All There Is" by Esile. "Images" by Ronnie Milsap. both for $2.50; "Makin' Music" by Roy Clack and Gatenaouth Brown. 52.99: and "The Main Event" by Barbra Streisand for $3.25. Albums of which the store had the greatest number of multiple copies included 'The UNICEF Concert" plus Mark Tanner and Jay McShann.

This store. operated by a person identified as Buddy Day, is opening a Norman, Okla., store.

A young man sold me the following radio promo copies for$3.99: the current Chicago. Ted Nugent "Slate Of Shock;' "Ramsey" by Ramsey Lewis and the Ohio Players "Every- body Up."

This store had few multiple copie and I would estimate ils total Jcmn and promo inventory of current ! h product at fewer than 250 piece

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Carving Up the Golden Goose By BARRIE BERGMAN

Let me make one thing perfectly clear. This article is not being written by a Joie Smgh done. Okay Clive, I said it. Now will you give nie your blessing?

The wonderful thing about the record business is that you can find at least one looney to espouse any point of view. Re- cently, in this same column, j prominent retailer argued that we didn't need har coding because it was easier and more accurate to talk to the store personnel to find out what's selling. I can see Chuck Smith having a meeting at Yankee Stadium to discuss this week's hits.

While I obviously don't agree with this retailer's attitude. he certainly has a right to his opinion. The problem in our industry today is that there are so many solutions to our obvious problems. that the people in decision- making positions don't know who in the hell to listen to.

Unfortunately, several of these folks have solved this problem by not listening to anyone. This tack is suicide for all of us.

As soon as we all understood what was happening to us this year. especially at the manufacturing level. I became quite concerned that someone. probably in the corporate tower and not involved in the record business. would change the rules that had allowed our industry to prosper. 1 am not advocating the status quo. certainly not in an industry that changes almost daily. but the method of doing business has evolved over time and most of it makes sense.

The obvious item for the corporate hot shots to hone in on was the return privilege. Many in the merchandising community have abused it over the years and treated it as a right. During black January and the February horror of 1979. everyone's returns went completely off the chart. reminiscent of our sales just one year earlier.

As the first quarter corporate profits seemed treated by an al- chemist. turning from gold to excrement. the cry to limit or do away with returns was echoed from pillar to post. Many of these cries were heard with European accents, since they had this policy across the waters.

We now sec an appalling trend by some companies to solve credit problems by giving favored status on returns to accounts with payment trouble. This. in effect. penalizes the good guys who pay. Our company is making every effort to get on hold with everyone so we can get our damn returns taken care of.

Some companies have decided one of the solutions to their dilemma is to lower prices of older catalog. 1 think this is less

than a brilliant idea. but unfortunately only one manufacturer cared enough to ask anyone in the merchandising community before reducing the price.

To me. a far more practical idea would be to reduce the retailer or rackjohber's cost. but not to reduce the list price.This would give some terribly needed markup to the merchandiser while ensuring these items of fatemoo more advertising and display attention.

Instead. we were maimed by losing gross sales dollars with little help on the margin side. This is happening at the same time that margins are cut at leas 3T by every major supplier.

This pricing problem brings up my pet peeve about our business. Perhaps it is because I started as a collector and still value the music very highly. but 1

have never felt our product was as price sensitive as the industry has accepted it to be.

Just because a few people of ques- tionable genealogy prostitute the product with ridiculous prices. we have let ourselves believe that the buying public will not pay prices that are reasonable in comparison to other forms of enter - tainment.

I won't go into a discourse on records visa vis books, movies, etc.. but it is painfully obvious that we are not goug ->

ing by charging prices that allow everyone to live. Many of the pressures for lower advertised prices come from the

manufacturing community, using co -op as a carrot. with no regard for the long -range implications. The retailing, rackjobbin end of the business must be healthy for the industry to be healthy.

It was upsetting to realize that during the good years so few of the major users of records were as profitable as they should have been. Now. with a slight to moderate downturn in the economy. the companies who were not in great shape are in real trouble and they threaten to take others down with them.

It may seem that I am too harsh in my judgment of manufacturers. I know that many of the problems come from the other .ido as well, but for so long I witnessed waste and stupidity that if done on the merchandiser side would have bankrupted us all -

Now is the time for us to open a dialog of merchandiser and manufacturer and form the partnership that we have paid lip service to for so many years.

Barrie Bergman: "Perhaps a bonus for keeping returns low would help."

Don't change rules that helped the industry prosper

One only has to realize that the European market is not nearly so successful as the U.S. -based on any criteria one wants to choose -to see wisdom in the more liberal domestic return policy. This policy has led to far more acts breaking faster in this country thiln in any other country' in the world. The American merchandiser has always been willing to lake a

chance.

1 can see wisdom in limiting risk and exposure on returns al the corporate end, but not by taking chances with screwing up the golden goose. Perhaps sonic sort of bonus or incentive for keeping returns low would help.

Another area of major concern is co -op advertising. This is an easy budget to get at when the going gets tough. but with what shout range thinking! When sales erode. you have to gut it out with advertising. Certainly, cut back on the idiotic tour support budgets that were only artist strokes in the first place, but legitimate, selling advertising must go on at the same rate.

Some companies. it seems. have tried to limit co -op ads in a more insidious way. They have hired checking bureaus whose purpose is to drive merchandisers Crary with busy work and inane regulations. Perhaps there have been dishonest uses of advertising. but the majority of honest accounts should not have to suffer for the few had eggs.

Possibly the worst abused area on the merchandising end has been credit Our industry ha, always had liberal credit terms and in the several wondeotlrl Suns of growth proceeding our present malaise. the marketing departments apparent', held the upper hand over the ur:dn guys. Accounts were shipped merchandise without paynienl and were allowed to extend themselves beyond any reasonable ability to pay.

It's time for a true dialog instead of mere lip service

The economy will come back. The election year will bring pump priming and once again people will feel better about ap -orre plying larger amounts of income to luxury items. We will have more "Saturday Night Fevers' and great years. but the lessons of 1979 should not be forgotten- When times are good. the expense accounts should not be quite as large. and the billboards on the strip not so gaudy. "Profitless prosperity" is a term we could do well without.

I've always thought selling records for a living is as good as it gets. When people walk into my office and ohcre's a record playing, they are impressed because I'm "into the music.' What other industry could tolerate an executive enjoying his favorite pastime in his office and being well paid for it?

To use the old ball player's cliche. "I'd do it for nothing." As a business, we can't "do it for nothing." We must have profits to survive. I am confident that we will.

Barrie Bergman is president of the Record Bar Inc., the chain headquartered in Durham, N.C.. which operates 92 stores in 26 states, Bergman is also president of the National Assn. ofRecord- ing Merchandisers.

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Rodio-TV fto9romming Just Like the '40s; WNEW -AM Revives `Make Believe Ballroom'

NEW YORK -The red seeend hand elides past the black minute hand en the shiny new clock on the brown textured wall in the modern new studios at WNEW -AM. 11 is IO

a.m Wllham B. Williams is about to

begin his Sails morn show

The maroon -edged ran is in place

and William B. pushes the square button. Suddenly as if in a Irme- warp shift from -an old Ras Brad- bury story the 40 -year -old strains of Glenn Millers hand fill the studio and the Modernatres are soon singing. "Here's Your Make Belieyc Ballroom time. the hour of sweet ro-

mance. Here's your Make Believe Ballroom. Come on chillun, let's dance. Le -ets Da -once"

As a trumpet solo takes over. Wil- liam B. comes in for a voiceover and explains the show is indeed the "Make Believe Ballroom." And he

tells the listeners that the return of the legendary show hosted by Mar- tin Block in the late 1930, has been greeted by "a marvelous response."

In fact on the first day when the show was reintroduced. the station reports 500 phone calls within the

Rock Music On Kiddie TV Show

Oa 'LW YORK Popular contem-

n porary music will be a principal element of "Hot Hero Sandwich," a

m children- oriented television series o; debuting on NBC -TV Nov. 10.

m The series. produced by Carole and Bruce Hart. who were imvdved m "Sooner Or Later." the film that

w broke Rex Smith. is directed by

w "Midnight Special" director Torn Trbovich. Musical director is Felix

ú Pappalardi, former member of 0 Mountain. who has produced such

rock acts as Creenr and the Dead Boys.

The hour -long shows, to show Saturdays at noon, will feature such acts as Kiss. Eddie Money, Steven Stills, Little River Band, Joe Jack- son, Rex Smith. Sister Sledge and others. Also featured will be the resi- dent Hot Hero Band.

"We wanted a rock'n'roll sound for the show." explains Carole Hart, who says she found Pappalardi through the predictions of a psychic. Pappalardi says he was pareparing to go out on tour with Joe Cocker when he got the job offer, which involves not just working with the live talent but also scoring animated film segments and composing musical introductions. parodies and background sounds.

Because the show uses a noisy neon set- all the musical segments are prerecorded. with some acts simply lipsynching with their records. while others make whole new tracks to go with their appearances. says Pappalardi. Hart adds that all the acts arc paid only union scale.

Musical acts will also be guests on the show. among them Olivia New- ton -John who talks about her ado- lescence with psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Cottle.

Grammys Feb. 27 LOS ANGELES -CBS -TV has

scheduled the two -hour prime time presentation of the 22nd annual Grammy Awards for Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1980. The show will origi- nate from the Shrine Auditorium here. Piene Cossette is executive producer.

By DOUG IIALL lira hour praising the return. Wil- liams goes on to tell his listeners. "There's a hunger to hear the old sounds. the big band sounds. the vocalists you haven't heard in awhile"

On Air: William B. Williams emphasizes a point as he hosts the revived

"Make Believe Ballroom:'

Then aller spinning Jimmy Dor- sev's "So Rare." Williams notes the televising on Monday (241 of The Last Convertible" and its inclusion of portrayals of such big bands as Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey.

Williams then asks the audience if it noticed an error in the tv program and goes on to explain that an actor

GOLDEN WEST TO PRODUCE LOS ANGELES -Golden West

Broadcasters. which operates radio stations in eight major markets. is

now entering radio production with Golden West Broadcasters Radio Productions.

Air personality Roger Carroll is vice president and heads the new firm. He is choosing his staff as well as programming. One of the first efforts. so far untitled. is a weekly three -hour music program with an as yet unselected radio personality. Also planned are entertainment specials. features and commercials.

It has not been decided whether Carroll will keep an air shift at

KMPC -AM, a Golden West adult contemporary outlet here. in conjunction with his nevi duties

Disco Out For Wolfman Jack

LOS ANGELES -What will no doubt be interpreted by some as a sign of the times is the new name for "Wolfman Jack's Disco Party." The radio show, syndicated by Audio Stimulation, will now be known as "Wolfman Jack's Dance Party."

Paul Ward. vice president of programming for the show, comments. "This new direction is based on our SAN DIEGO- Tuesday Produc- view of the evolution of disco." And lions here is offering "A Christmas music director Mike Walker adds, Album:" a 12 -hour syndicated radio "It should be stressed that the new special featuring contemporary show is exactly that and not a mere Christmas music. The special fea- name change. lures music by Barbra Streisand.

"The playlist of the show will re- Elvis Presley. Elton John and the fleet several types of current dance Beach Boys. music and include some recurrents. Already slated to air the show arc crossovers and a ballad: in short, ev- Boston's WROR -FM. Pittsburgh's crything that is danceable and con- WFFM -FM and Cleveland's ducive to a party atmosphere." WWWM -FM.

pl-iiin_ I rank Sit , bra sin s All Or Noihuiy .At VI" siidi 1momy Dor- sey. when .is :+nr nostalgia buff knows. Sinatra .;ing IBM lune not with T.D., but Harry James. two scars before Joining the Dorsey band

Williams fills the shows ii Ili .t

number of comnieriIs like that Ile plays contemporary records Mat lie says are the "more tasteful ones that blend" with the older music

Williams picks every third record. These are the old ones. On this dar he also plays Benns Goodman'. quartet doing "Moongtow." Pam

Page singing "Old Cape Cod" and Gus Lombardo with Bing Crosby singing '"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me." He also plays one Sinatra selection an hour. who he

likes to refer to as "the chairman of the board."

How does Williams like having what had been the "William B Wil- liams Show" turned back to the days of the "Make Believe Ball Room," "I like it," he says. "Sure. 1 have an ego. but I'm not concerned so long as

gel the same pay every two weeks." Williams masons that in a market

the size of New York, with 13 million potential radio listeners, there's got to be a substantial piece of pie for this type of programming. "People over 30 have been neglected. We hope to make up for that neglect." he says.

It's often thought that Williams succeeded Block, when the dean of Dis left the station in the '50s, but Block was actually succeeded by Jerry Marshall, who moved from an afternoon slot. Marshall was succeeded by Art Ford. a one -time host of the WNEW "Milkman's Mati- nee" overnight show. Williams succeeded Ford.

Williams started at WNEW -AM in 1944 and for a time hosted a midday show featuring the live band of Roy Ross and westem singer Denver Darling. He left the station in 1948 and went over to WOV -AM (now WADO -AM) to do ajazz show. He also did stints at WOR -AM and WNBC -AM before returning to WNEW in 1952. The "Make Believe Ballroom" theme and title was dropped in the late 1950s.

When Block was running the show it was on twice daily: from 10

to 1 1:30 a.m. and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Williams now does the show from 10 a.m. to I p.nt.

He has not brought back some of the other trappings of the Crystal Studio and Block's habit of "turning to Stage 2 of the 'Make Believe Ball- room' " to feature 15 minutes of one artist. But he might.

The crystal chandelier is apparently gone forever. however. It was given away years ago in a promotional contest. Williams works under track lighting.

'Christmas Album' Being Syndicated

ANIMAL TALK -Island artist Robert Palmer. right, chats with Jeremy Sav-

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SANTA MONICA'S MAHANEY

Progressive Country Comfy On KCRW By CARY DARLING

LOS ANGEL LS Since last De- hoolie, CMH, Sterra -Briar and Fly - cember. Mike Mahaney has been ing Fish. "states Mahaney. "There is

trumpeting the cause of progressive so much country out there. both new country music as host of "Country and old. A lot of people don't play Liberation," heard Sundays at 7

a.m. over Santa Monica's KCRW- FM.

From his personal collection of 2,500 records. Mahaney hosts a two - hour look at country. folk and blue- grass music which rarely gets airplay elsewhere. "The show gives focus to a lot of the smaller labels like Ar-

Nashville Gala:

ASCAP Honors

50 -Year Veterans NASHVILLE- Fifty -year veter-

ans of the broadcasting industry in Tennessee were honored by ASCAP at a special luncheon Thursday 127) at the Opryland Hotel.

Commemorative plaques were presented to the broadcasters at the annual Tennessee Assn. of Broad- casters convention. Louis Weber, ASCAP's director of broadcast licensing, made the presentations along with Ed Shea. ASCAP's Southern executive regional director. noting, "In giving these awards. ASCAP not only recognizes the radio industry's 50 years of continuous entertainment achievement, but also considers this as a mark of our own 65th birthday celebration."

The week -long broadcasters convention culminated with a buffet dinner Friday (28) that featured a dance and performance of "For Me And My Gal" at Opryland's Gas- light Theatre in honor of 200 guests. The evening's festivities were dedicated to the emory of ASCAP's Howard Connors. who died earlier this year in an automobile accident.

Tennessee broadcasting facilities which qualified for the ASCAP 50- year award included WDOD -AM. Chattanooga; WHBQ -AM, Mem- phis; WLAC -A M. Nashville: WMC -AM, Memphis; WMPS -AM, Memphis; WNOX -AM. Knoxville; WOP1 -AM, Bristol; WREC -AM. Memphis; WRJZ -AM, Knoxville: WSIX -AM. Nashville: and WSM- AM. Nashville.

Commander Cody and they pass oven Jerry Jeff Walker. These artists' may get a hit but as far as playing their albums, no one plays them.

"The obvious question is why isn't there more country music on AM or FM? Besides KLAC -AM, it's all thn ' non -commercial NPR stuff. To me, this music is obviously commercial."

Mahancy's selections range from the Dixie Dregs on the hard country rock end to Kate Wolf on the folk side. "1 pretty much stay away from the hits. People can hear those on KLAC anytime they want. When get an Emmylou Harris album, 1

take It and find something that's nm a hit and play it." he continues.

Fort -_sear -old Mahaney didn't start out as an air personality. "I've been in music for 12 years as a performer and songwriter. 1 conceived the idea for this show, hung out at KCRW and got my license." he says. Until recently, the show had been eohosted by Laurel Kenner but she - left the program.

Besides music, "Country Liber- ation" sometimes interviews artists. Kate Wolf. Chris Darrow and Joe Ely have been the subjects of past. shows. Special features have included spotlights on John Hartford. Don Gibson and the CMH label.

"I call this an Avis type of show. It's for those who haven't made it yet," he states. "I play a lot of instrumental music because that never gets programmed over the air elsewhere."

Mahaney is not exactly sure who his audience is. "I don't know how big my audience is. I do think it's younger than myself. in its mid -20s to mid -30s. To guess. I'd say it's more of a male audience."

2 For Debby Boone NEW YORK -Debby Boone will

headline two one-hou r variety shows on NBC -TV next year. The first show will be telecast in February and the second will come up in the fall of 1980. These specials are he rig

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Disco Still N.Y.'s Favorite Sound NEW YORK -If you want war

gore that disco has peaked in radio. don't look to the New York market as an example. The pulsating format continues to grow in the nation's largest market.

In an exclusive Billboard analysis of Arbrtron rating data for July /Au- gust. disco scores as doe top formal with a 05.4 share of the listening audience 12 years old and older. up from no share at all a year ago and up Irons a 14.0 share in April /May.

By DOUG HALL While disco has hues growing in

the Big Apple, a number of other formats have been losing audience. Beautiful music is down from 15.2 to 13.2. contemporary music is down from 16.3 to 12.0. AOR is down from 5.6 to 4.9. black music is down from 9.7 to 2.2, classical music is down from 3.0 to 1.8. mellow sounds are down from 1.8 to 1.3, and oldies sounds are down from 3.0 to 2.4.

Bucking this trend is MOR. up from 3.0 to 4.8: progressive. up from

2.9 to 3.4: and country. up from 2.7

to 2.9. Among teens. disco has an im-

pressive 37.0 share while contemporary has slipped from 43.4 to 28.7. Disco is also the top format among men 18 to 24. with a 30.2 share; men 25 to 34 with a 20.6 share: women 18

to 24. with a 31.8 share; and women 25 to 34 with a 20.9 share.

Beautiful music is the favorite among men 35 to 44. with a 14.6 share: men 45 to 54. with a 27.6

share; and women 45 to 54, with a

21.7 share. Spanish is the favorite format for

women 35 to 44. with a 16.3 share. Overall Spanish wins a 4.9 share. up from 3.8 a year ago.

In terms of actual listeners per average quarter hour. disco has 3.823 listeners 12 years old and older followed by beautiful with 3.279. contemporary with 2.988. Spanish with 1.219. AOR with 1,217 and MOR with 1.158.

BILLBOARD ARBITRON RATINGS A computation of individual market's formats released by arbitron based on metro average quarter hour and share figures for Monday to Sunday 6 a.m. to midnight. All figures are reported to the nearest 100 people. Figures in lightface are from previous year.

NEW YORK JULY /AUGUST 1979

AVERAGE QUARTER HOUR -METRO SURVEY AREA

Toro TOTAL MEN

PERMS 18- 25- 35- 45- FORMATS n esas

12+ 18+ 24 34 44 54

AAR 1217 827 324 120 38 23

0012 jI

1357 975 322 185 53 II

$5510 1F}Na) 3279 1266 37 133 216 U7

855001140 3749 3709 65 131 254 379

85501 542 516 59 50 85 31

91ACK ?381 1849 350 301 80 75

CLASSICAL 448 443 5 21 21 38

CLASSICAL 717 725 10 37 ea 101

CONTEMP 2981 2227 211 310 132 128

CONIEMPJ 3975 2799 356 338 108 105

COUNTRY 735 719 u 49 Ill 134

COUNTRY 650 633 10 24 59 80

DISCO 312à 2140 SSt 516 167 71

DISCO 0 0 0 0 0

1472 330 323 u 11 29 33

1427 ! sC 298 29 107 26

McLlow 461 418 43 96 16

MELLOW 209 171 25 29 5 1

LAU USA 1126 11 231 132 100

MOR 726 715 16 44 Sa 100

NEWS 2407 2362 a 141 164 72 7

NFWS 2542 46 190 168 262

000105 609 577 55 158 14 It 01 5112 722 686 73 176 68

PROD ROCK 641 723 154 227 28 6

PROG ROCK 721 605 190 150 2 7

SPANISH 1219 1180 72 81 138 71

SPANISH 800 72 105 19 49

100 2289 7269 35 47 69 111

TAUF 2403 2378 IS 65 113 114

WOMEN

55- 54

18. 24

r 25 34

35- 44

45- 54

55- 64

1E180

12 17

FORMATS

418

445

16

16

99

79

89

84

26

66

34

10

21

0

71

70

300

228

23

2

3

41

30

nu 211

264

197

50

106

33

395

3

30

377

506

27

6

661

0

29

40

74

68

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22

31

32

56

90

164

114

66

43

33

20

71

126

159

772

70

320

17

63

335

427

53

86

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0

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46

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33

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29

107

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22

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3

69

120

142

156

33

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2

3

2/7

125

186

125

5

37

465

463

70

109

57

72

231

157

12

71

74

0

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1

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1

127

106

195

256

35

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76

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Above average quarter hour figures are expressed in hundreds (add two zeros).

KRTM Ignoring `Public' Tradition LOS ANGELES-"We're offer-

ing somclhing for everybody. We're not going for the traditional public radio station audience," claims Steve Cilurzo. general manager and air personality on the new KRTM- FM in Temecula, Calif.. in south Riverside County. approximately 175 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

The 100.watt station was established b. Valley Public Radii,

which Cilurzo heads. because the terrain in the area prevented main signals from reaching the area and those that did not often offer news of special interest to people in the area.

"There was no commercial fee quency available out here so we decided to go non -commercial," he says. Revenue is raised by businesses underwriting programs for a mention from lie air talent.

NAB's Cornils To Chair At Musexpo MIAMI BEACH -NAB vrac pres-

ident for radio Wayne Cornils will chair this years Musexpo radio programming and record industry seminar and George Wilson. general manager of KTLK -AM Denver. will moderate the session ter he conducted at the filth mutual international record and music industry market here Nov. 4.8.

Panelists confirmed for the session are Marc Allen. national program director of Sonderling Broadcasting: Warren Potash. general manager of WBAP -AM Fort Worth; Bob Cole. vice president for CBS owned FM stations; and Keith Lee. general manager of W.B. Tanner & Co.

The event will he held at the Konoser Hotel.

SHARES-METRO SURVEY AREA

TOM WOMEN

NEW TBDO

Muss re. 25- 35. 45- 18- 25- 35- 45- 12- 12+ 24 34 44 54 24 34 44 54 17

% % % % % % % % % %

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152 36 9.4 188 30.5 54 94 169 242 15

22 3.2 2.0 5.5 U 15 3.3 2.5 33 13

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to 0.1 09 IA 2.2 00 03 2A 3D 02

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On the air since June 03. the format is adult contemporary. "There was hard rock and beautiful music coming in from other stations so we decided to go with mellow country. mellow jazz. mellow pop and rock," he says.

Approximately 50 songs make up the playlist from which the air staff has a choice of what to play. Broad- casting from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m.. with plans to go 24 hours next year. the staff consists of Cilurzo -whose air name is Steve Hill -Frank Cor- dell. Mike Anderson and Keith and Karen Kelly with a public affairs show. The station is partly auto. mated from 10 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The station employs 15 persons all

Of whom are volunteers. "Hopefully. after the first of the year. well de-

velop a paid sralT." he says.

Smith And Hemion Win Another Emmy

LOS A \GLLF.S-- Producers Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion won their sctitimd straight Emmy Award for television's best comedy - variety or music program Sunday (9) with "Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin :' an NBC -TV special which also featured Oscar Peterson. Samory Davis Jr. and Carol Burnett.

Smith and Hemion won the top music programming prize last year for Bette Midlers "0f Red Hair Is

Back.' also On NBC. The pair lïrsl worn in the category with "Singer Presents Burt Bacharach" on CBS in 1971.

The Lawrences were firm nomi- nated for best music special with their 1975 salute Io George Ger.h win on CBS. Our love Is Here E Slay." also produced M Snrrrh ,x

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Radio-TV Programming

Vox Jox

NEW YORK - WKTU -FM. Disco 92. New York is having its problems. The station, which has

been dropping steadily in the Arhi- tron ratings for the past three rating periods. has been dropping DJs at a

fast pace too. So fast in fact that AFTRA has

filed for four arbitration hearings for its members who have been dropped from air shifts.

Among recent departures from the SJR Communications outlet are "Jersey Joe, ", Dave Mallow and

HISTORIC RAVAN -For the first Time since Les Paul invented sound on sound recording, Genya Rayan makes radio history as she mixes basic tracks live over WPIX -FM New York. Rayan, who is reportedly rock's only woman producer. is shown mixing "Love Isn't Love" and "Steve" from her new 20th Century-Fox album "... And I Mean It." The action was carried live on John Oglé s "Radio, Radio" pro

gram on WPIX.

Randy Place. Meanwhile. the station has been modifying its disco format causing some observers to say the playlist is being "blackened."

General manager Dave Rapaport declines comment on all of these matters. He will not even discuss new additions to the on -air staff noting. "then I'd be calling attention to those who left."

The station, which briefly was nu- mer one. is now second to WBLS- FM New York, which bills itself as offering "Disco And More." Black owned and operated WBLS has always avoided the black format label, but its playlist does seem to he more soul- oriented.

* * At another SJR station, KNUS-

FM Dallas. Jim White has been named program director. White. who moves to this position from consulting TM Programming and afternoon jock on KMGC -F1v1 Dallas. returns to the station after a more than two year absence. While is also bringing back Micheal Sekten to the station to handle the afternoon air shift. White, who has assig nod Roger Cary to morning drive, comments. "Give him a few years of seasoning and he'll he as good. if not better than Dr. Don Rose.

Al Brady is the new operations manager of WABC -AM New York, tilling the programming post that has been vacant for several weeks since Glenn Morgan left. Brady takes over Oct. 15 and moves from his p.d. post at ABC's WRQX -FM Washington. Brady, known as "Just Plain Al" when he was a juck on

WNBC -AM New York a few years

ago, served as p.d. at WHDH -AM Boston before joining ABC in the

Washington position. Succeeding Brady in Washington

is Alan Bums, who moves up in the ABC organization front music director of WLS -AM Chicago. WABC general manager Al Racco says

Brady is "one of leading contemporary programmers. He has a proven track record and is the ideal person to lead WABC programming." Racco no doubt hopes Brady can lead the station hack to the number one position in the market, a position it lost first to WKTU -FM and then WBLS-FM. WABC now stands in third place with a 5.0 share. down from a 9.0 a year ago.

* * * Les Davis has returned to WRVR-

FM New York after a stint on WYNY -FM as morning drive personality.... Lee Fowler has been named program manager at KDKA -AM Pittsburgh. He comes to the Westinghouse outlet from KSD- AM St. Louis, where he was operations manager.

* * WSKZ -FM (K2 -106) Chat -

tanooga operations manager Jim Wood has left that position to he- come operations manager at KZLA- FM Los Angeles. WSKZ has a new on -air lineup as follows: music director David Carroll, 5:30 to 9 a.m.: p.d. Ron Richardson, 9 a.m. to noon; Chris Thomas, noon to 3 p.m.: Gary Beach, 3 to 6 p.m.; Rich Phillips-. just arrived from WGOW -.4M11

Chattanooga -6 to 10 p.m.; Tim Cunningham. 10p.m. to I a.m.: Tun) Davis, t to 6:30 a.m.

* * WRNW.FM Briarcliff Manor,

N.Y.. p.d. Gary Axelbank reports Margaret LoCicero has been named music director. The station continues in a mellow format with the following lineup: Curtis Kaye, 6 to IO a.m.: Axelbank. 10 a.m, to 2 p.m.: Earle Bailey, 2 to 6 p.nt.: Donna Le- miszki, 6 to 10 p.m.: Bruce Figlen, 10

p.m. to 2 a.m.; Ray Haneski, 2 to 6

a.m. *

Gallagher and The Mayer have created a new morning team on WHBQ -AM Memphis. Gallagher comes from KAAY -AM and KLAZ- AM-FM Little Rock. The Mayer is

former morning man and p.d at WIVY -FM (Y -103) Jacksonville and morning man at WAVZ -AM New Haven and KRUX -AM Phoe- nix. . Greg Sleight has been named operations manager at CFGM -AM Richmond Hill. Ont. Card Ambrose has been appointed music director of that station.

* * * Kevin McKewiie has joined

WJDY -AM Salisbury. tild., as p.d. He comes from a similar position at WWTR -FM Bethany Beach. Del. He will work the 3 p.m. to signoff shift. Quis Gullets work, the 6 to 10 a.m. shift and Marc Hahn is on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m . "Dandy" Dan Daniel, one of WMCA -AM New York's "Good Guys" when that station was rocking, has joined WYNY -FM to host a midday show from 9:30 am. to 1 p.m.

Hy DOUG 11A1.1.

Morning drive personality John Langan on KISW -FM Seattle gets a

partner with the arrival of Bob Hav- ana. Hovanes comes from KZOK- AM-FM where he was news dtrector and jock. Jim Corey has been named promotion director of K1SW. ... Hugh Brooks has joined WEZI -FM Memphis as the 6 p.m. to midnight announcer on the Schullee- formatted beautiful station.

Pete Tauriello has left WBRW- AM Somerville. N.J.. where he was r.d, to take up a similar post at WERA -AM Plainfield. Tauriello will also be the morning man at WERA, working from 6 to 9 a.m. The balance of the station lineup is Rich Phoenix, 9 a.nt. to 1:30 p.m.: Bob Morris, 1:30 lob p.m.: Clarence "B" Booker 6 p.m. to signoff.

WLIR -FM Hempstead, N.Y.. is

holding a 20th anniversary party re- union in December. All former em- ployes are invited and should contact Rosie Pisani at the stauen. Her phone is 516.485 -9200.... WLBJ- FM Bowling Green, Ky., p.d. Jay Preston is looking for "a new gig as programmer. music director or announcer in a medium size market. He has been in the business for eight years. His phone is 502 -781 -9797.

KXEL -AM Waterloo, Iowa, is

looking for a part -time staff announcer with a first class license. Those Interested may contact J.R. Hill at P.O. Box 1540, Waterloo. Iowa 50704. . Metromedia's WWMR -FM Philadelphia broadcast the entire "Muse Rally" Sept. 23 live from Battery Park in Manhattan with WHEW -FM p.d. Scott Muni hosting. The station is also planning to broadcast "Super Sunday" Oct. 14, an outdoor concert in Phila- delphia featuring' Cafe Ole, Sweet Jesse and the John Knoblock band.

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_HOT 100 l01 -YOU CAN DO IT, Si Hudson t The Part-

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107 -I DO THE ROCK, Tim Curry, AO 1116

103 -1 JUST CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF. Nature's Shaine, Infirm, 50021 iCACt i

104 -FAMILY TRADITION, Hank Williams lr., Elektra'Curb 46046

105 -YOU GET ME HOT, Timmy "Bo" Horne, Sunshine Sound 1014 (III)

106 -DONT YOU WANT MY LOVE, Debbie lo robs. MCA 41102

107 -IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER, Rose Royce,

Whillield 49049 (Warner Broil 108- EMPTINESS, Sad Gale, AIM 2181

109 -GIVE A LITTLE, Nicolette Larson, Warner Bins. 8251

110-WHATS RIGHT, David Werner, Epic 9.50156

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Top LPs 201- 8148ARA MANDRILL, lust For The

Record, MCA 3165

202- -THE A'S, Arista AB 4238

203 -MEAT LOAF, Bat Out 01 Hell, Cleveland In ternatronal PE 34974 (Epic)

204 -KENNY ROGERS á DOME WEST, Glassta, United Artists UA LA 946 H

205 -POINT BLANK, Airplay, MCA 3160 206 -IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, Pat Innata,,

Chrysalis CHR 1236

207 -VARIOUS ARTISTS, Propaganda, A8M SP 4786

208 -BLUE STEEL, No More lonely Nights, In Tmdy 1NF 9010 (MCA)

209 -THE MOTELS, Capitol Si 1196 210 -PRISM, Armageddon, Affola SW 50063

The station has added the Dr. Dc- memto show on Sundays, 9 le I1 p.m. *

Gary Lee. Schwartz of Gary Lee Schwartz' Music Management in Kingston. N.Y.. adds to our recent list of DJs who recorded records: Murray the K had "Lone Twister" on Atlantic. WKBW AM Buffalo jock Joey Reynolds had "Rats In My Room" with fellow Buffalo jock Dan Neverth. Herb Oscar Anderson who did stints on WMCA -AM, WABC - AM. WHN -AM and WOR -AM

New York recorded a record as did

Ncw York jocks Douglas "Jacko" Henderson, "Cousin" Brucie Mor- row and Clay Cole.

Jay Douglas has resigned as operations director and program and music director of KXEL -AM/ KCNB -FM Waterloo to become operations director of WRSC -AM/ WQWK -FM State College. Pa.. the

home of Penn State Univ. No suc-

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30 Talent Forum Report - - Talent Forum Consensus - Things Not So Bad'

Although the hve talent and ree

ord /tape industry is undergoing unstable economic times, the general consensus is that it's a transi- tory state with the future looking prosperous. These sentiments were expressed throughout 14 sessions relating to all phases of the industry at Billboard's Filth International Talent Forum at the Century Plaza Hotel here Sept. 5.8.

In his keynote address, Bob Fin

kelstein, president of Management III /Concerts West, defined the roles

of lawyer and personal manager in

yer's job is finished when the document is signed and then the man ager takes over. The personal manager's position is not usurped by the lawyer."

By ED HARRISON

where there is legislation pending before Congress.

Although the writer and publisher are compensated for use of their music artists are not paid Sor radio

airplay. "They have a common law

right to it." said Finkelstein. "While some argue that airplay is enough advertisement to promote the rec-

ords, what about a Sinatra whose records aren't played ?"

Finkelstein foresees a performance royalty based on advertising revenues which will be put into a

pot and then distributed according to how much the record is played on the air

Finkelstein also discussed the li-

censing of prerecorded audio /vis-

ual material including the videodisk and stated that there is a debate

Billboard publisher Lee Zhito offi cially opens the 1979 Talent Forum introducing the keynote speaker.

Feyline ?resents Moderator Barry Fey

Attorney Jay Cooper

Keynote speaker Bob Finkelstein of Concerts West and Management

cc

o III

á reply to those who believe that law- 0 yers are now preempting the role of J manager. Fri -The function of the lawyer is to

document and memorialize the r. contract agreement," stated Fin-

kelstein. 'The manager carries it out after documentation. The law. ICM's Steve Jensen

Epic's Don Dempsey

Speakingtrom a lawyer's point of view. Finkelstein discussed per formante royalties for artists Personal manager Herbie Herbert

Frontline Management's Mike Klenfner

going on regarding videodisk rights. "Some make the point that the videodisk is a mechanical reuroduc- lion of the song. The amount it's used, sales and how it's used will all weigh into the eventual license," Finkelstein stated.

During the "Open Season: Speak (Continued on page 4,0.1re

Tip Industry Beginners On Success Routes By 11M McCULLAUGH

Persistence, personal contact. and a clear defining of one's goals are three keys in making it in the music industry according to a wide ranging Forum, panel that should know during the "For Beginners Only" seminar. It touched on a potpourri on music subjects.

Panel members included: Sharon Arden, Jet Records; "Sam" Bel gamy, KMET -FM, Steve Gold. Far Out Management, David Kershenbaum, A&M Records; Bob Levinson; Hal Ray, William Morris Agency; Larry Vallon, Larry Vallon Presents; and Moderator RCA's Roy Battocchio William Morris' Hal Ray Promoter Larry Vallon

A question trom the audience touching on the slowdown state of the record industry prompted Gold to say: "The record industry is paying the price of having been fat, lazy and over indulgent. You've got promotion departments who are busy taking football bets after 2 p.m. rather than doing their jobs.

"Some of the record companies deserve what's happening to them. But there's nothing wrong with this industry. not when it's approached processionally. Sure. it's going through changes because we're not a privileged industry But look at

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ublicist Bob Levrason

David Yarnell, "Rock Concert" pro ducer. Moderating was Roy Bat tocchio of RCA Records.

For example: "The mailing ap. proach," according to Gold, "is a

shotgun approach. Chances are if you send out a mailing it won't get to the right person. The best method is personal contact. If you have a new rehearsal half, hang

s am tSeilamy Manages Steve Gold

aruund where musicians are. Bang on every door, including the bath- room And if someone says they don't want to see you, say 'thank you very much' and come back again the next morning Sure, the competition is tierce out there, but this business has great rewards. Ac cept rejection as a fact of life but don't take it personally."

Jet Records' Sharon Arden

Asked how the current economic climate has affected the concert business, Vallon remarked: "Au- diences are being more selective, not only with concert tickets but with LPs as well The concert business is feeling it. The way to combat it is with more creative promotions, more radio spots, bigger ads. that kind of thing."

"Rock Concert's" David Yar- nell

Asked 10 comment on today's music, Kershenbaum said, "It's the resurgence of a new rock 'n' roll attitude. We're seeing less expensive microscopic productions. Good songs and good commercial melodies will always be popular. t think you are seeing more success by artists that lend themselves to good accessibility."

AMA's David Kershenbaum

some o1 the things that have caused it to become excessive.

"Like twice the number of equip ment trucks at concerts than are necessary. gladiolas in the dressing room, and hanging out at Le Dome restaurant. In some instances you see middle management record company types who have expense

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Talent Forum Report _ -Where Many Acts Are Broken: Clubs & Small Venues

Operators Differ On Gig Length

How t,, break ads suri ,tubs, the ments of radio station tie ins and record company involvement were the topics at the sometimes heated Talent Forum panel dubbed "Clubs And Small Venues -How To Break Acts " Moderator F,ylines Chuck Morris

By CARY DARLING

lin likes to move his acts from a club situation to being second or third billed in an auditorium or arena

"You figuro if 10% of the people in 18,000 seat hall are there for your act, that's 1.800 people Word of mouth will spread for the next time the act conies to town "

Finally, Hansen moves his acts into concert headline status. and he porters to do this as rapidly as pos sible

But how many of those 1,800 actually know who the band was ?"

Michael "Eppy" Epstein of My ewe's Place

Panelists included moderator Chuck Moms of the Denver based Feyline Presents. Danny Eaton. owner of the Dallas Palladium; Eppy Epstein. owner of My Father's Place in Roslyn. L I . Chet Hansen of the Athena booking agency. Da vd Knight. manager of Los An geles' Starwood. Hank LoConti, owner of the Agora Ballrooms and

...Mary Beth Medley of Infinity Rec ords.

There was no denying that acts need small clubs and venues. espe-

,aly in these slow economic times

Fa. Athena Artists' Chet Hansen

"To put 8,000 in McNichols Arena is embarrassing," said Morris of the 16.000 seat facility in his home town. "Put the same act in the Rainbow Music Hall in a two show sellout, and with the right rider. the act can make $10.000 Its better to make a few dollars less and turn people away "

Where the panelists parted ways

was on the question of how long an act should stay at the club level. "The club is the incubator along the food chain in our business." said Hansen. who went on to state that

Agora Ballroom's Hank Lo Conti

responded Eaton You talk of leapfrogging but with the economy the way it is, there's going to be a

slowing process Sometimes, you may have to come back and play a

club again " Hansen stated that this being the

business of illusion. sometimes events have to be made to appear bigger than they are "But I'd rather do two shows in a small hall and sell out 1.400 seats," said Ea

ton An empty hall doesn't appear any bigger to me "

To Hansen. Medley responded.

Dallas Palladium's Danny Eaton

Inhnity Rirnrd: Martbeth Medley

"That's the same kind of thinking that record companies used and now they're seeing 200.000 re-

turns " However. both Morris and Ep

stein concurred with Hansen. 'There's a time to play a club and a

time to leave a club If you come back to clubs. you'll keep playing clubs. Then you'll be off your record label two years later.** stated Mor- ris.

The illusion of the act is impor tant," noted Epstein

Radio station involvement also

Radio Ties Are Rated As Potent ...poi FAA debate. "II yriu give an ex clusivity to one radio station, and work with it. it works better than a

shotgun approach." said LoConti. of clubs tying in with a station for promotion

Eaton believes that with exclusiv

ty. a club's tate rises and falls with the fortunes of the station "I got a

lot of problems because of my vela tionship with one station We got a

lot better situation because we deal with everybody."

All agreed that livecasts are im portant in breaking acts and polish ing the reputation of the Club How ever, record company involvement was another matter "You've got to stop looking to record companies as the answer." said Knight. who sometimes sets up livecasts with

(Continued on page 381

Sound And Lighting Fee Not Exorbitant Sound and iigrI will remain a key

ingredient for artists in the future But costs are escalating as special ists in these areas try to keep a lid on nsing costs while still providing a

high quality service that allows all factors concerned to continue mak ing a healthy profit

These were some of the key ele ments expressed at the Forum's 'Sound A Light Reinforcement'

panel Members consisted of Barry Bozeman Mountain Sound. Larry Hitchcock. FM Productions. Robert

loml>ard. Kramer-Rocklen Studios. Tom L,ttrell. Showco. and Andy Truenan. See Factor Moderator was John Eargle. vice president of market development for JBL

Bozeman indicated that his firm "makes to work with a band a lot,

which is a way of holding costs down " Mountain Sound special izes in custom sound systems for a

small number of acts. such as the Marshall Tucker Band. and because of that. the more you work. the less it costs you."

"A key element," according to Hitchcock. "as far as the financial element goes, is to establish conti Hurry That usually results in a lower costs. This is a very capital intensive business, perhaps the most capital intensive of any segment of the mu sic industry The cost of main taming and upgrading equipment as well as specialists to operate that equipment is high."

-We're selling spectacle." said Litrell. "and it does cost money to

....maintain that spectacle " "But," exclaimed an angry True

man, "we won't be the scapegoats

Consensus

Moderator JBL 's John Eargle FM Productions' Larry Hitchcock

when everyone starts pointing the finger at us claiming we are char& ing exorbitant costs for sound and lighting "

In addition to working on a Ire

quent bais, Littrell emphasized, an

other key element in keeping costs down on the sound and lighting level is adequate planning

"Don't expect," he said, "a 500

Kramer Rocklen Studio's Bob Lombard

quipped Truernan, or else by psy chic when someone is planning a

tour Then after we find out about the tour we have to get together with the right person, which is sometimes ditticult, and find out what the budgets are and things like that Just trying to get a right answer from somebody is frustrat- ing Yes, we are selling spectacle

Mountain Sound's Barry Bozeman

Showco's Tom Luttrell

mile overnight that comes up all of

a sudden not to cost money "

Hitchcock pointed out that the sound company is "usually the last

to know" about a planned tour "We are always in the position of

being the whipping boy," he stated. "We have to be like the CIA."

See Factor's Andy Truman

hut this is a collage industry. And yet when we charge $7,500 a week Inv a service while trying to hold down costs and provide a good sery ice. we are told that we are too ex

pensive Who's kidding who?" An audience member asked it

'here was a trend by major venues 'o install their own sound and light equipment to keep their own costs down which might result in less work for sound and light firms

"No." Bozeman responded Like other panel members. he indicated that bands will stay with firms they are satisfied with

In response to another question concerning colleges building stages in their own venues. Luttrell and Fac tor said the best thing to do is write or call specialists in sound and light reinforcement. That way the novice will get the right advice about build ing a stage that will accommodate the widest range of musical situ allons

Lombard as did Eargle, suggested the coming videodisk era has opened up a whole new world of and o!video on location shooting that is lust beginning to mushroom Newer, more technologically so. phisbcated audio and video record ing is imminent.

"The film and videotape indus try," he suggested. "will become much more important to the music industry and will make money for all segments of the business,"

Panel members also pointed out that their services were not directed strictly at the music business but lu

crative work was coming from van ous industrial and trade sources.



32 Talent Forum Report

Agents Discuss Changed Economics, Demographics By ROMAN KOZAK

Moderator ICM's Torn Ross

Regency Artists' Peter Grosslight

Booking agents, promoters. managers and the acts themselves will have to learn how to do with less in this period of economic uncer. tainty and changing demographics. But now is also a period of great opportunity for a new generation of new acts and new venues.

et That was the general consensus O

of the Forum panelists at the "Booking Agents -Winning In A Pe. nod Of Economic Uncertainty" ses sion.

Moderator of the panel was Tom Ross of iCM Other panelists in eluded Peter Grosslight of Regency Artists, Steve Jensen of ICM, Ron Rainey of Magna Artists and Hal Ray of William Morris. Before the questions began each of the agents gave his summation of the prob. lems, and some of the solutions

In his remarks Rainey said book -

ing agents will now have to look toward longer contracts with their acts, because with less record company support new acts will have to play locally, and it will take them that much longer to break nationally.

Ray said agents will have to do some drastic things to get the bus, ness moving again. Among his solutions: better packaging with three -

act shows, lower ticket prices, lower road and production costs, special attention to record sales in each market, longer contracts and continued resistance to national promoters in order to keep the local promoters in business.

"Difficult times will turn to good times," predicted ICM's Jensen, who said the emphasis must be put on packaging, especially in terms of country and soft rock acts that at tract an older "blue collar" audience. Baby acts. meanwhile. will have to show some radio or sales

Magna's Ron Rainey

action before they can expect any major agency commitment.

Ross added that as far as ICM is

concerned, business this summer was oft by only 10%, and some of the Pine Knob type of outdoor shows actually showed a significant improvement this year. He also noted the increase of 400 to 800 seat clubs around the country as a

source of optimism. To bolster the market where it is

sott, Ross suggested that many ticket prices should be lowered to $6.50 and $7.50. Longer commit ments may be needed, he said, with a greater emphasis on regional tours. Promoters will have to be pressured to "dig in" with such street promotions as posters, flyers and using city buses.

Ross said that acts, too. will have to learn how to economize by cutting their crews and their own luxu

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`We Promoters Have No Power,' But Others

¡Enthusiastic ó For Future

R &B Productions' Moderator Renny Roker

The "Promoters -Winning In Times Of Economic Uncertainty" Forum panel was a lesson, often expressed in blunt terms, as to how tough a business this can be.

Rowe Productions' Leonard Rowe

This is the most exciting business that is legal you can ever get into. We are the Joe Dimaggios and the Joe Namaths to the young marketing grads." said panelist Bill Graham, who was generally pessimistic about the prospects of any young promoter getting mean- ingful help from industry veterans, who, he said, were in the same(economic) lifeboat.

"I certainly don't have any solu fions," said Graham. "Those who are winning can come here and talk about communication, and then they go home and sharpen their knives. You can talk all you want, but when most of us are in a lifeboat, the question is what do you hoard, The winners won't help you They will eat you.

"The battle here is between the promoter and the agent. And that agent has the fear of losing his act to another agent, so he cuts the rider as hard as he can, regardless as to whether it is fair to the promoter or not.

"To make changes you have to have the power to make changes. And we promoters have na power. The power goes from the artist to the manager and the agent and then it stops. If an artist has a price and if you can't meet it, somebody else will."

Not all the other promoters were as pessimistic as Graham, however.

"I would rather have an ally than an adversary," panel moderator Renny Roker of R &B Productions, told the young promoters. "Be- cause if I am only doing the eating, my stomach will be too big and I will not be able to move."

Others on the panel included Danny Bramson, of the Universal Amphitheatre; Nancy Engler, of the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas; Arny Granat, of Jam Productions; and

ries. He said acts that play smaller venues don't need to take "a mass of equipment" on the road with them. That can be rented locally Also, if acts can't draw their guaran tees, then they will have to be low ered. Some acts will have to work on percentages, as most acts did until about five years ago.

"But you also have to be realis tic," pointed out Ray. "lt is easy to say that you have to cut back, but if you do that, there always may be

somebody down the street who may otter something better."

Despite the talk of cutting down, the booking agents in their panel (as did the promoters, facility managers and managers in theirs) acknowledged that most acts have a

career peak of about three years, during which time they have to make as much money as they can.

It is also the period when acts have the most power, and if one agent, promoter or manager can't give them what they want, they can always get it from someone else willing to lose money on them, if

only as a way of gaining entry into the marketplace.

And while the agents noted that with changing demographics some of the established acts are losing their appeal, and others will have to be booked "at more MOR -type of clubs and theatres in the round, it is nevertheless an exciting time in the business because of the fresh new talent coming into it.

"This renaissance in new acts is

William Morris' Hal Ray

ICM's Steve Jensen

due to the fact that a lot of these acts have been living on their live

performances so they know how to please a live audience. In many re-

spects this is a booking agent's dream. Many times you would get an act with a fantastic selling record. but it only played together two times." said Ross.

Maintains Graham

Promoter Bill Graham

Leonard Rowe, of Rowe Produc. [ions.

Granat advised young promoters to learn how to say no, even if it means losing the show to "some asshole down the street," because there is no loss of credibility if somebody else takes a show that loses money.

Rowe said attempts by prompt. ers to unite to force agents to give them better deals have never been

Universal Amphitheatre's Danny Bramson

successful because of the fact that someone will always pay more,

"A lot of agents know that the deal is no good On some shows I

need to gross $82,000 to make $2.000. And if the gross is only $50.000, then lose $30.000. But the problem is just to get the show," said Rowe.

One promoter with an enviable position was Danny Bramson, who this summer did 100 shows in 103 days at the Universal Amphitheatre at Universal City, Calif.. a 5.300 seat outdoor venue, where agents and acts are now fighting to get into Graham compared the Amphi theatre to his Filmares of several years past as venues where the promoter could pretty much call his own shots with the acts who were coming in.

"We have been known to get a rider of 20 pages and handed back a rider of 50 pages But most other venues do not have this clout. You are dealing with tremendous egos. The agent and managers often treat their acts like they were God. But some things we can't allow. You cannot have a provision, as Elton John wanted, where he could cancel up to five days before his date tor any reason," said Bramson.

In replying to questions from promoters trying to get into the bust. Hess, Roker, Rowe and Granat had virtually the same advice.

"No one should be discouraged about getting into this business. If you keep throwing a rock long enough at anything you are bound to hit it," said Rowe.

"Don't give up. But make sure your head is hard enough to hit the wall time and time again," said Granat.

"The most important thing for young promoters is to be in a hurry. but to make the wise choice as to

where to go. Nobody will do busi-

ness with you unless you have ,_9 4..tei,-- mmy- -E,0,0 ,

Granat Says - Some Must Be Negative

Jam Productions' Arny Granat

something to put on the table. And the only way you will have that is through paying your dues and knowing what's going on," said Roker.



Talent Forum Report -Talent Managers Concur: Today's Business Not So Bad

elf sis acs whose picture rill peared on the People cover. the managers of two Susan Munao representing Donna Summer. and Ken Kragen. representing Kenny Rogers. were on the panel Also on the panel were Bud Prager, man ayer of Foreigner and Sniff 'N' the Tears. Fric Gardner Todd

story S1evc Bold was a bit more philosophic

'I don't know why you're so up set," said the outspoken manager -When they print our lies, we love them So why do we complain when they print the lies we don't like. No- body complained when they printed the hype about Donna Summer.

Moderator Frontline Management's Mike Klenfner

Manager Gary Borman Manager Ken Kragen

Manager Forrest Hamilton

There were some Pretty angry managers sitting on the "Man agers- Winning In Uncertain Tunes" Forum panel.

The specific cause of their dis ___N intent was the cover story of that

weeks People magazine which dealt with the current malaise in the business

Manager Susan Munao

Rundgren's manager: Steve Gold War's manager, Gary Borman. why

represents such new acts as Kitty hawk, John Klemmer. Robben Ford and Toni Lee Bradley; and Forrest Hamilton, whose clients include Ronnie Laws. the Dramatics and Five Special.

"Things may be a little harder, but we shouldn't be ringing doom's bell," said Michael Klentner. vice president of Front Line Manage ment and moderator of the panel. leafing through a copy of People 'When there was the gas crisis. I

couldn't see a kid sitting four hours in line and then going to Licorice Pizza (a retail record outlet) But

Manager Steve Gold

that is over now. and with Led Zep- pelin going to No 1 in a week and hot new releases by Bob Dylan. For

eigner and others coming up. maybe now we should be ringing the good news bell."

Both Munao and Kragen said they have protested to the magazine for using their artists in the

Manager Bud Prager

and now it is lust the tail end of the same coin "

When the managers finally got around to discussing their philo- sophies of "winning in times of economic uncertainty" it became ob nous that each had a different outlook based upon the needs of his or her own particular client.

Economic gloom or not. Prager said that Foreigner is now going on the road with the biggest show it has ever had As a manager. he said, he could "only complain" because the ultimate responsibility and decision lies with the musi clans They want the special of

tents. the smoke and strobes "The

Panacea's Eric Gardner

press kills you for t. but the audience loves it." said Prager.

On a smaller act. such as Sniff 'N' the Tears, Prager said he does not believe in going on the road until there are sales and radio play to warrant it Then. he said. the band

lConrinurd nn page JIJ

Ways of cutting costs and at the same tame putting on varied shows that +rill draw large crowds was the topic of the Forum panel. "Facia 'ties-Challenges Facing Facility OP orators."

Participants in the panel. moder ated by Claire Rothman of the In

giewood Calif Forum. were Patrick Darr of the Capitol Centre outside Washington. D C . Robert Franklin of Madison Square Garden, Frank Fried of Rosemont Horizon in Chi cago Bruce Lahti of Olympia Sta drum in Detroit and Shelly Saltman of the 20th Century Fox sports and

.,vision department -I think change is challenge,"

said Rothman. opening the session "In 12 years we have gone from small clubs and venues to arenas. then stadiums. and then we piked

grout renting out Rhode Island for a concert Now we have gone a full circle back into the clubs --

Each of the panelists. however, had ideas on how to make things better for the big venues in his opening remarks.

Lahti, who controls four facilities

Facility Operators Cut Expenses in the Detroit area, said that among the things he has done to cut ex-

penses is to change the lighting at Coto Hall to mercury vapor lamps for use during cleanup operations This alone. he said. cut his electric

and the security personnel into one

T shirted force that is cheaper and can better respond to the kids.

Lahti said that now tickets are being printed in blocks of 26. and can be ready in t': days Also he

has two nurses on duty on all of his

shows, who fill out reports of any in

lures immediately after they hap pen This, he said, cuts insurance costs and discourages frivolous lift gation

Saltman, who is involved in sport mg events and such protects as the

Moderator The Forum's Claire Roth- man

20th Century Fox's Shelly Saltman

ity bill from $15.000 a month t _

$7,800 Other innovations have been ti,

accept Master Charge and Visa by phone for sporting and family shows, and to combine the ushers

concept That will be the extra edge you have "

Along those lines, Darr told of some of the new ideas adopted by the Capitol Centre to attract fans in

Capitol Centre's Patrick Darr

"Battle 01 The Network Stars" and

"The Battle 01 The NFL Cheer leaders" rather than music. sag

vested to the arena operators that they look for new and offbeat prof

eels that would draw customers. Among them, he cited indoor soc

cer and professional rodeo in the

Southwest "lt you are going to survive in this

business, you cannot wait for the agents to call you." Fried told the

facility operators. "You have to

come up with your own ideas You

have to create the situation and the

Olympia Stadium's Bruce Lahti

the normally quiet summer months. The venue has coproduced some concerts at a lower $4.50 price. and has combined some of its concerts with a carnival in the park ing lot. As a result. Darr said, his

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venue was hardly hit at all by the C summer slowdown.

Also claiming to do well was Mach- C son Square Garden, whose Robert Franklin said the facility was put -

Iing on 21 shows in 23 days in Sep- tember

"Our biggest challenge is rising costs. That is no secret to anyone playing the Garden," said Franklin. "It is easy to make tun of backstage requirements, of groups' riders reading five lbs of M &Ms (no yel- lows),' but much more significant are the production costs Where it was once possible to get by with one or two semis, some groups now use eight. nine or 10 "

The questions the arena managers were asked centered around the topics of exclusivity for promoters. and the union situation.

On the former question rt ap peared to be the panel's consensus that a new or struggling hall can benefit from an established pro moler, but in the long run one pro. moler using a hall can get stale, and new people with new ideas may be necessary At the same time it was pointed out that venues are often approached by fledgling pro. meters who do not know the business.

The complexity of the union situation was revealed by Franklin, who said Madison Square Garden has to deal with 17 different unions to put on a show, with different negofia. tons going on almost every week.

Some progress has been made in

cutting down excessive union demands, Franklin said. For instance, it used to be a requirement that three teamsters had to be called for every semi that came into the building. Now it has been reduced so

that after the third semi it is down to two (each at $100).



30

Q o mJ Jam Productions' Jerry Mick

elson

Theatre, Flo & Eddie. television vet

rn eran Ken Ehrlich. A &M's Martin Kirkup, Infinity's Mary Beth Medley and CBS' Arma Andon. Al DeMarino

CC and Ron McCarrell.

m "We'll have to show more dis

Will the greater selectivity im posed on labels as a result of this year's business downturn help or

hinder talent development? That was the main issue discussed al the

Forum's artist development panel chaired by former CBS executive Jonathan Coffins.

Also on the panel were Herbie Herbert, manager of Journey; Jerry Michelson of Jam Productions. Danny Socolof of the Uptown

Talent Forum Report - -/ More Selectivity By Labels Seen In Pacting New Acts cernment in the future," said An-

don. "In the past we've dealt with bands that shouldn't have been signed in the first place.

careful about signing acts, when we

do put an act on the road, we'll go

all out and work it as in the past. Companies most keep believing in

Independent producer Kenny Ehrlich

Moderator Jonathan Coffins Infinity's Mary Beth Medley

a bit, but we're going to have to start looking for promoters and club owners to gamble with us."

Moderator Cottino added:

!pi A &M's Martin Kirkup

said, "when record companies. serve as banks, The idea of a label

taking $200,000 and working on an

act lust won't happen anymore.

Fewer acts will go out on the road

and tours will be regional instead of

national, they'll stem from airplay." Ron McCarrell, vice president of

marketing for Epic, Portrait & Asso

ciated Labels, said, "I'm in the mu

sic business, with an equal empha. sis on music and the business. I'm

Uptown Theatre, Neo -Space Productions' Danny Socolof

Warner BrOS.' Jante Schwartz

Artists Howard "Eddie" Kay. Ian & Mark "Flo" Volman

o i-

Columbia's Arma Andon

"At CBS we started getting more selective 12 or 18 months ago," An- don added. "It had nothing to do with the recession or dip in the industry."

"While we're going to be more

Columbia's Ron McCarrell

artists; it we panic and pull back, we'll be out of superstar bands in 1982.83.

"It can cost $25,000 to $30.000 a week to put an act out ontour," said Andon. "We'll go into the bank

Epic's Al DeMarino Manager Herbie Herbert ".""'

"Record companies went too tar not interested in our signing acts

and got caught up in their own that can't sell large amounts of rec hype. They thought the business ords." was a bottomless pit, and then the But Flo & Eddie disagreed. bottom dropped out. "When you start cutting the acts

"The days are over," Coffins (Continued on page 411

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° Publicists Mull Bad Press: Better Than None At All? Levinson, Morty Wax and Norman Winter.

A&M's Gormley opened the debate when he said, "If a band has had a rough time with the press, I'm not going to mail its new album out to reviewers. They can call up and request it, but I don't think I'd go along with them if I know that the publication hates the group.

"Some writers don't have a lot of professionalism," Gormley ex. Mauled. "A lot of artists have told

press as well as doing it selec- tively."

In keeping with the title of the panel, "Can P.R. Ease The Budget Crunch ?," Gormley stated: "We get exposure for acts at little or no cost. As advertising budgets are reduced, that can be offset by putting an emphasis on the editorial side. A manager might want an ad, and if that can't be delivered. we can make up for it by getting a story."

Independent publicist Bloom

Co- Moderator Atlantic Records' Paul Cooper

LOS ANGELES -Is bad press bet ter than no press at all? That was the most provocative question posed at the Talent Forum publi cist's panel. chaired by Atlantic's Paul Cooper and also including Arista's Dennis Fine, A &M's Mike Gormley, Motown's Bob Jones and independent publicists Howard Bloom, Michael Gershman, Bob

Publicist Norman Winter

Boy Music, who argued, "there's no such thing as good press and bad press: there's only press."

Gormley pointed out that public. ity has come a tong way in recent years. "It used to be finger- popping street stuff," he says, "but now it's fairly sophisticated Publicity strategies can include not doing

Co-Moderator A &M's Mike Gormley

and now it's overcontracting," he

sad. "In any case tht p.r. function re-

mains the same. There are 15,000 consumer outlets for stories in the U.S. and that number doesn't in. crease or decrease because of prob. lems in the record business."

Motown's Jones said his depart-

/Continued on page 41)

Publicist Michael Gershman

me lately that they're tired of talk ing to writers who haven't heard the album and lust come in and say. 'tell me a story: "

Ar sta's Fine agreed with Gorm Ivy's point about avoiding bad press, though he added that the key is to find the writer who is most sympathetic to your artist.

But independent publicist Wax sided with audience member Mi chelle Myer of Kim Fowley's Bad

Publicist Howard Bloom

agreed. "To buy one page ads in People, Us, Rolling Stone and Cur cus would cost the some as a p.r. campaign for an entire year, which, if well done, would secure stories in all of those publications plus more than 500 other stories and breaks."

Gershman reminded those in attendance not to lose perspective as a result of the industry's recent woes. "The record business had overexpanded in the last tewyears / __ . www.americanradiohistory.com


-industry By PAUL GREIN

John Klemmer sparked the Fo rum panel The Buck Stops Here" with an artist's view of the bust ness' recent malaise "I would hate to see an industry problem create a

music problem.' he said "A lot of artists are concerned that they won't be getting tour support and promotion,"

' Yes, there are a lot o1 over indul gent acts that demand six limos and a ping pong table in the dress ing room " hlemmer acknowl edged "But I can't help but think

Talent Forum Report

Overreacting Today, Says Klemmer

William Morns Agency's Moderator Carol Stow

Artist John Klemmer Vision Management's Myers

that lust as the industry over shipped for years, it is now over reacting the other way "

The panel was moderated by Ca rot SMlow of the William Morris Agency and also included Paul Cheslow. Tom Scots manager, at torney John Frankenheimer, man

a¢[cy Conne Pappas, Columbia's 'eter Philbm. Greg Perlott of Bill Graham Presents and Shelly Heber and Leanne Myers of Image Mar keting.

Attorney Frankenheimer added. ...weess bored wrath hearing about the

Leanne

Bill Graham Presents' Greg PedoN

tragedies of the music business. By the time it gets to People Magazine, you know it's old news

"There may be problems for su perstar acts on the road," Frank enheimer said, "but there's a much healthier club scene for new acts.

Six years ago in L A there were two clubs, now there are eight "

Greg Perlott seconded the point about new acts "Three years ago the kids who were 16 to 18 didn't have new bands of their own and the older bands didn't appeal to them We'd lost that age group, but

Manager Paul Cheslow

now with acts like the Knack and Rickie Lee Jones, they're back in."

Peter Phtlbtn added that "a lot of artists who sold records in the '70s won't to the '80s The artists who sold in the '50s mostly didn't survive into the '60s And people will probably again take a hard look at long standing acts "

While Frankenheimer conceded that changes have to be made in

operating procedures throughout the industry. he added that "ad. lustments can be made in areas other than artist deals.

Columbia Records' Peter Phllbin Attorney John Frankenheimer

Image Marketing's Shelly Heber

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"Record companies are trying to hold down royalties and advances." Frankenheimer noted. "but deals don't have to vary that much from prior times. Those of us who repre sent artists shouldn't be leading lambs to the slaughter." OO

Perlott added that one improve ment could be made it common, O cation in the business were better m Promoters can't talk to managers D without first talking to the agent," m

he said "And can't remember the ¡ last time an artist development per al

Columbia's Debbie Newman Manager Connie Pappas (Continued on page 41)

Financing Rock Bands Costlier, And Climbing The awesome sums of money re-

quired to break and maintain a rock act was the subject of discussion at the 'Finances Of Rock'N'Roll" panty at the Forum

Moderator of the panel was Mike Lushka. vice president of Motown Records. The participants included AI Teller. president of Windsong Records. Mark Hammerman of Elektra's artist development department. attorney Needle John

Ira Blacker, manager of Brainstorm; Greg McCutcheon. of Coastal Artists, Ron Rainey of Magna Artists and Toby Mamis of American Entertainment Manage ment.

""'"""The record company is like a

giant cow or pig with a lot of nipples and the rest of the industry sucks off it," said Teller, beginning his rundown of lust what it costs a

record company to break a new act Recording costs for a debut LP

average about $75,000. "if you are

lucky," said Teller. "Throw in an trade ads and you have $3.000 and don't see any money till then lode artist's advance of $10.000 to more pendent promotion on the record

$25,000, and even before you have "This is still before pressing. could cost from $25,000 to a record you may be in for hipping, mailing and basic adver 550.000 It it is an LP act. it has to

Manager Ira Blacker Coastal Artists' Greg McCutcheon

$125,000 Then LP graphics are fising. The records are shipped to a gel out and play. and then you

$8,000 to $10.000 Add ancillary distribution system geared to 90 think in terms of tour support support material, order forms. bins. day and 120 day dating, so you "There has been an unwritten

American Entertainment Inter natñllatt amis

TELLi':R Windsong's Al Teller

T,

Magna's Ron Rainey

rule that record companies must pay to get their acts out on the road. If lucky, that band may earn $500 a

night The rest the company pays." This could go on for several

months, added Teller, during which time the record company also has to provide living expenses for the band. Most debut LPs don't make it, so it the record company makes the decision to go with a second LP, then the whole process starts all over. If a record company is carrying 20 such acts, it can be a tremendous investment. noted Teller.

In his remarks Blacker noted that the breakeven point in record sales has also nsen dramatically. It was about 50.000 units 12 years ago and now it is 150.000. Also, he said. because of booming record sales the last two years, record corn panics have assumed unrealistic expectations. But now they must go back to thinking in terms of what

Weer/need on pate all

Attorney Neville Johnson Efektra /Asylum's Mark Ham- merman



LOS ANGELES -The future of new wave and reggae. the changing face of radio, the rise of new clubs and new labels and the potentials of cheaper audio and video tech nology were all topics discussed at

the "Meeting The Musical Chal-

lenges Of The '80s" Forum panel But whatever the changes. it was

apparent from the panel that the new will be firmly based on the mu-

sic that preceded it.

"Everything in the old wave will come back in the new music. but in

a new way," said Eppy Epstein, of My Father's Place club, who was the moderator.

Others on the panel included reg-

gae poet Linton Johnson, who opened the session by reciting his

Art ist Linton Kwesi Johnson

Talent Forum Report I New Wave & Reggae May Flower Even More In '80s own composition. -Age OI Reality." Also on the panel were Ken Berry, who runs Virgin Records in the U.S..

Dan Bourgoise, of the Bugs Music Group; Bruce Garfield. of Capitol's a &r department; Lister Hewan Lowe from Mango Records; and Warren Smith, from Rocker's Inter national.

In the frequently freewheeling session it was pointed out that much of the impetus for the new music has come from the clubs. which have spawned such acts as the Knack, Blondie and a host of the British new -wavers.

In the U.K. we had the punk movement." said Berry. The record sales from that were strong. and a number of groups have come out of that here. but now they do more songs

In the States the club circuit has grown in a big way, and now U.K. groups can come and do a whole tour paying their own way. Also there are the rock discos that have opened in New York," he continued.

My Father's Place's Moderator Mi.

chael "Eppy" Epstein

out that even with minimal radio play, Bob Marley could still sellout Madison Square Garden.

"When radio sees the demand for the new music, it will adjust, just like the record companies had to

adjust. And lust like in the early

days of progressive rock. there will

be outlaw stations that will struggle for a while," said Capitol's Garfield.

"Radio is changing," added Ep-

stein. "WPIX-FM in New York now

plays stuff the other stations don't have the balls to. And while its book is not that good yet. it has only started doing this. But on the street, that is the station people are listening to."

Most of the panelists agreed that music is going back to the basics, with the Knack LP, for instance costing only $18.000 to make. But how long this would continue was

not certain. "Certain types of bands will con-

tinue to work with 3-track and 16-

track studios, but this will not ex-

pand to other acts. Cheap LPs will

Rockers International's Warren Smith

Bug Music Group's Dan Bourgoise

Virgin Records Ken Barry

"There are acts now that can fill the clubs without radio play. though

notice now radio is asking about them, and going down to the clubs to see them."

While the reggae supporters and some of the new wavers at the session were down on radio as a medium for new music. some noted that in many cases radio can be passed by. Hewan -Lowe pointed

not come across the board." said

Berry. A prediction by David Robinson,

president of Stiff Records, which

appeared in a special Forum issue

of Reggae News, that the singles

market will be the big thing, was

disputed by some panelists. It was.

however, noted that some of the new labels, which began with sin

gles, may become a significant force in the marketplace.

"Blues, rockabilly, reggae and new wave labels are starting up and already have begun, and they are like the small labels of the '50s which began and then grew be

Capitol Records Bruce Garfield

cause the majors then were not in-

terested in rock'n'roll:' said Bour guise. "There already exist alternative methods of distribution, such as JEM," added Bourgoise. who does the publishing for many of the new labels.

While nobody could firmly predict that the videodisk would revolution ice music, or that reggae would 1 the next big thing. there was agreement that music would be much more diversified in the future. with the record companies no longer concentrating on existing acts or

their offshoots. And will the old acts survive into

the '80s? "Talent is the factor," concluded Garfield.

Campus Promoters Expect `Little Or No Label Support' In order for colleges to attract

major acts, the school must either work with a promoter or show a con- vincing amount of professionalism to the agent. Schools must also promote shows with little, r,r na re" -nr<t

and then justify the high ticket prices.

Klipp cited the changing nature of the college student and that college enrollments are on the decline. The Unw. of Arkansas, he says. at

By ED HARRISON

tracts between 20 % -40% student rant $7.50 or more a ticket. Usually audience and to present a show they are touring to promote a new geared to non-students must be album and don't play enough of the justified. old material fans want to hear.

Klipp complained that many acts Osnow stated that at the Univ. of don't give enough of a show to war. Colorado, they have been doubling

and tripling up on concerts while still maintaining professionalism and keeping expenses to a min imum.

Spereno argued that longer sets

and more acts aren't needed as

Michigan State Univ.'s Carl Bressler Univ. New Mexico's Moderator Bar- bara Hubbard

company support due to the eco nomics of the industry.

On the Forum panel entitled "The Campus Circuit: Presenting The Major Acts," panelists includ Ong moderator Barbara Hubbard, New Mexico State Univ.; Carl Bress- ler, Michigan State Univ.; Joe Spe reno, Magna Artists'. Bob Frymire, independent; Joel Klipp, Univ. of Arkansas; Stu Osnow, Univ. of Colo- rado; Larry Butler, Warner Bros. and Tom Sparrow. Auburn Univ., discussed the rising costs in producing a college show as well as what it takes to attract a mayor act

much as more of a show by the performer Spereno said the length of a show, whether 75 minutes or 90 minutes, should be as long as it takes for the act to get its point across.

Bressler commented that from his experience, in order to get the "class A" acts, you have to do the 'B" acts and probably lose money. "You just try to lose as little as po Bible on the B acts," Bressler stated.

Spereno said that just because a school presents two agency acts Magna's Joe Spvrenn 'Q,



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-Accessory Sellers Protest And Fight Pirates The problems of piracy and at

tracting buyers dominated the dis eussion at the Forum panel, "Mer chandising " Once the "illegitimate child of the record industry," as Wmterfand's Del Furano called his trade, he noted that merchandising has become a large part of the mu sic business

The session. moderated by Fu rano. included panelists JoAnn Gel fen of Commodores Entertain ment. Jerry Landry of PromoVision.

ago," noted Miller But legal pro tedious are loose Trying to prose cute is a big problem," said Miller, whose firm handles the morchan drying tor Cheap Trick His rout pony has taken pirates to federal court with some success

per hand. .ill agreed there', not much which can be done about them "In order for us to make a profit, we have to mark up met chandise lour times If we were sell mg golf shirts, they'd be as high as $15 or $16," stated Furano The more items we hove, the longer it takes to check them in and check them out."

With current supplies keeping him and his stall up until 4 a rn at

Another point covered v,.ri why black concertgoers are less likely to buy F shirts than their while coun terparts. "We've worked with sev eral black acts. For some reason, black acts don't sell shirts," voiced Miller

and who is buying your records," said Gelten.

Only briefly touched on were the uses of video Lombard creates video clips for use in stores while Landry distributes such materials "We help record companies mer chandise a record by a video presentation Some bands are boring and you have to do something crea live," said Lombard, whose fee ranges from $60,000 to $30,000 per song

Ken Adamany Associates, Tom Miller

Robot Lombard of the Kramer Rockren Studio and Tom Miller of the Ken Adamany Associates Man agernent Group.

-Piracy is the biggest problem at the concert level." said Furano An artists gross can be cut in halt it there are large groups of pirates outside the hall Its hard to make

,,,.pcal or national authorities aware of the problem "

One of the most valuable tools m batthng piracy is that we had the group's logo copyrighted 21. years

Moderator Wmterland's Del Furano

In many cases. you go to the lo cal community and get the local vending laws changed." urged Fu

rano of what merchandisers can do beyond the concert hall

Competition with pirates is a

problem Although all agreed that a legitimate operation's products are of higher quality, they sometimes lack the gaudy appeal of the pi rates' material "Kids want the Grateful Dead skull so big on their chests that it can be seen two miles away." lamented Furano Because it is often the artists' management firm which controls the design of the shirt, Furano is urging such firms to make their products more competitive,

As for price and selection, two areas in which pirates have the up-

Kramer Rockier Studio's Bob Lombard

ter a concert, Furano does not feel he can handle a larger selection

As for why legitimate operations don't battle it out on the streets with the pirates, instead of staying inside the hall, Miller said. 'You're defeating the whole purpose of taking them to court by putting your self on the same level with them."

the legitimate operation's staff was also mentioned as being put in danger of assaults and robberies.

PromoVision's Jerry Landry

Geffen. whose firm handles merchandising exclusively for the Corn mo tores, noted that T- shirts and souvenir programs are the biggest merchandising sellers for the group However, she revealed other problems "Merchandising is new in the black area Since most of the sales are in the pop market, first your group has to crossover into the white market. If you're only dealing with a specific market, your volume is low "

As for retail licensees. she said. "We have to convince them that we

have enough of a following that's going to make them some money "

Fan clubs, especially when combined with mail order, were mentioned as aids in selling records. "You get a feel of who your market

For television advertising. Landry suggested "going into secondary tv stations Go into non-prime time. Go into Fresno You spend one -

third the money and get back twice the effectiveness." o

Though Furano suggested that9i because of the economy, more O record companies may get involved rrr

in their own merchandising, Landry sarct, "Every time a record company °' tries to do something outside of iñ selling records, it always fails."

The Rollers show why their audience con -

ltlruealir cupana.

Night puts on a first class performance.

M

i

The Rogen unleash their unique breed ul rock,

Flo & Eddie give a side-splitting show.

Moon Martin changes the pace but continues to generate excitement.

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O Chuck Morris of Feyline accepts the

p award for Barry Fey as promoter of m the year.

Small Clubs continue I ¡riini rase ?1

td out going through the record corn- ¢ pang.

m "A club owner should not depend on record company promotion

o people." voiced LoConti. who feels O the club should find novel ways to

obtain patrons. He noted that a

Blackfoot show he staged in his At- lanta venue attracted turnaway crowds as 600 tickets were given away and the stubs from an Eric Clayton show that night in another hall were accepted for entrance.

We caused a not," he noted in ret. rospect.

Hansen added that clubs have to be careful where promotion is placed. "A lot of kids don't read newspapers. With gas at a buck a

gallon. there's less driving up and down the streets and that's where most kids listen to the radio." He suggested more poster advertising where target audiences congregate.

"Lots of concert promoters are opening small clubs to develop talent." said Epstein. It was generally acknowledged that it a concert promotion firm opens its own small hall. it can groom acts and stay with them until they are at the arena level.

Talent Forum Report Prager and Anderson Land Manager Of Year Honors

Bud Prager. manager of For

eigner, and Scott Anderson. manager of the Knack. shared the Fo-

rum's manager of the year award while Berry Fey was named concert promoter of the year and the Knack was named the breakout act of the year

The Talent Forum awards are the only industry awards given to any-

one involved in the business as

Peels of rock'nroll. This was ac-

knowledged by Prager in accepting his award.

"There is a country music hall of fame and a Black Music Assn., and soon we will probably be facing a

disco hall of lame. But there is

never anything for rock'n'roll. It is

food for thought that the industry has never taken the time to recog-

Top talent buyer for hotels, fairs and parks was Sonny Anderson of Disneyland and Disneyworld.

The top talent buyer for colleges was Tracy Gershon of the Univ of California at Santa Barbara. The artist relations /development exec. uhve of the year was Ray Botlocchio from RCA. David Braun was named the top entertainment attorney The top facility manager was Claire Rothman of the Forum in Ingle- wood, Calif. And the award for the top nightclub went to Elmer Valen tine, owner of the Roxy and the Whisky clubs in L.A.

A special Steve Woll Memorial Award went to Hank LoConti of the Agora chain of clubs. This award came from Billboard Magazine it-

self. The other awards were voted by the industry.

Disneyland and Disneyworld's Sonny Anderson gives a large grin receiving his award as top talent buyer for hotels, fairs and parks.

nine the business people in rock'n'roll who have made the whole music industry so much more significant," said Prager.

Other winners included Steve Jensen of ICM as staff booking agent of the year Dan Weiner, pres. ident of Monterey Peninsula, was named the top independent agent.

Bud Prager happily displays his manager of the year award.

Flo & Eddie clown around at the awards presentation.

Feyline's Pam Moore shows off booking agent of the year -staff award won by ICM's Steve Jensen.

Jean Williams presents a shocked Hank Lo Conti with the 1979 Steve

Wolf Memorial Award.

Jeff Cheen of the Inglewood Foru, picks up the facility manager of the year award won by Claire Rothman.

Flo fL Eddie present Steve Jensen's booking agent of the year -staff award. which is picked up by Pam

Moore.

Conference attendees enjoy dinner and conversation prior to the awards presentation.

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Talent Forum Report _,$ Acts Entertain Brightly

Attendees at the Talent Forum had an opportunity to sample a du

verse roster of talent as eight acts performed during the four evenings culminating with the contemporary musical comedy routine of Flo& Ed

due on the final banquet night F10 6 Eddie also gave out the Talent Fo

rum awards (See separate story) Opening the evenings entertain

ment was Kdtyhawk. a tour man fu soon group on EMI Records. They were followed by the straight ahead rock'n'roll of Capitol's Moon Mar tin The evening ended with Night. a seven person progressive rock act on Ptanet Records led by a statu esque woman lead singer All acts

al the Talent I arum played for about 40 minutes each

The next night the entertainment was provided by Blind Date. a lour man hard roch metal band on Windsor% Records. and by the tight blues and basic rock'n'roll sounds of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, a lour man act on Tahoma /Chrysalis Records

The third night was devoted to the music of Ansta's (formerly By City) Rollers, which is now develop ing a harder, more rocking sound Headlining that night was War. the veteran rockijazz;funk group, which received the warmest re spanse of all.

Alvin John Wapitis. program duoc tor at KKTT AM, opens the eve ning's entertainment by introducing Blind Date and the Fabulous

Thunderbirds The Fabulous Thunderbirds display their special blend of blues /rock.

The Fabulous Thunderbirds enjoy rousing applause when they are

showcased

8knd Date presents its special brand of new wave music

War, below. which never lets an audience down, scores again

Wind Date is confident in its approach to new wave music.

Right. Rick Dees. Mushroom recording artist and KHJ AM personality. performs a comedy routine while acting as MC for the evening. Left. husband 'wile team Rick S Julie Dees

upset the house with their comedy act.

War proves it can stand with the best acts. War combines musical ability. show manship and sex appeal.

The Rollers, formerly the Bay City Rollers, have fans crowded into the

lobby rust to catch a glance.

Richard Perry. president of Planet Records, is on hand to introduce his

hot group Night.

Night receives raves for its performance.

Moon Martin's brand of rock'n'roll No stone is left unturned as Katy pla.5 ,hr Aa j. hawk dishes up its jazz/ rock fusion.

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Kittyhawk's musicianship proves outstanding Kittyhawk switches instruments.

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Jerry Weintraub, right, and Bob Finkelstein, left, playfully accost Irving Azoff. From lett, Jerry Weintraub, Irving Azoff and Sal Bonafede are on hand for the Ron Rainey, left, and Al Teller con - keynote speech. fer before entering a session at the

Forum.

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O Nancy Nathan, C3 above, waits 4 for her ques- 00 lion to be an-

swered

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Barbara Hub- bard, above, chats with Yul Woodward fol - lowing a college

session.

John Klemmer, right, listens attentively to conference attendee.

Torn Ross, left, heads a table at one -on -one lunch. Claire Rothman, center, explains concert facility procedures at one -on -one luncheon.

Chet Hansen, left, talks about booking talent at one -on -one luncheon. Mike Klenfner, center, takes questions from those at his table at a one-on -one lunch.

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_Keynote By Finkelstein , ..ntinued from rage ?El

Your Mind" session. Jay Cooper. at torney: Barry Fey. moderator. Fey line Productions. Steve Jensen. ICM; Don Dempsey. Epic Records, Mike Klentner, Front Line Manage ment. Finkelstein and Herbie Her ber!, manager of Journey expressed an optimistic future for the industry.

Cooper stated that the recession ptaguing the industry will help bring it back to a sense of reality Each panelist expressed ways and means to cut costs and get more mileage from each dollar

The session also touched on con tracts and available recourse if an artist breaks the contract. tour sup port and the lack of rt, and the Cali forma statute forbidding a personal

...Reneger from procuring employ ment for an act

Dunng -'The Buck Stops Here" panel, John Klemmer gave an artist's view of the business' recent

,liaise He cited many over indulgent acts and how the industry is now overreacting the other way to minimize costs.

The artist development panel ad dressed itself to whether label selectivity on signing will help or him der talent development

The consensus of panelists of the Booking Agents Winning In A Pe-

riod Of Economic Uncertainty." was that booking agents, man agers. promoters and the acts will have to learn to do with less Now is

More Selectivity 'Thy Labels On Acts

avch can't sell 200.000 albums h time out.- said Flo (Mark Vol

man), -you risk losing creative art rsis, Not every act can reach its potential in two albums."

The dea of dollar concerts as a

method of breaking talent was dis credited by Martin Kirkup, A&M's vice president of artist develop ment- "I don't think they sell records or do the act any good." Kirkup said "You may sellout. but you'll get an audience that's lust there because it's cheap. it won't be a parbcutarfy attentive audience "

Danny Socolof. head of Neo- Space Productions and the Uptown Theatre. noted that small halls rattier than clubs are the ideal sized venue for developing acts. "Any

er can find the right sized all " Socofof said "Just call the

Mann. For or Paramount chains to see if they have an old theatre they're willing to sell "

Veteran television producer /di- ..R.1or Ken Ehrlich asked the panel

ists to keep that medium in mind in developing talent 'Don't give up on tv or be afraid of it." he said "Today for the first time the prime Iv audience was raised on the rock of the '50s. Tv has the capacity to do a lot for you, and you have a lot to offer it."

But he added a cautionary note. "Television can deliver upwards of 30.50 million viewers at a time So it your act has sold three or four mil lion albums. that's still lust a trac Lion of the tv audience. I've heard network executives say, 'your act has sold six million records? If every one of them watches, we'll get a 13 share.' "

Jerry Michelson of Jam Produc lions drew an analogy between de

shlopment of talent in sports and e music business "We'll take

your act and develop it like the farm system in baseball :' he said. "Your act can climb the ladder building in

each evidual market "

Talent Forum Report

also a period of great ulipui l unity for a new generation of arts and venues

On the managers panel panel isls expressed anger over a People Magazine story which dealt with the industry's ailments

Ways of cutting costs and at the same time putting on varied shows that will draw large crowds was the topic of the "Facilities Challenges Facing Facility Operators" panel.

The clubs and small venues ces sion concerned itself with the breaking of acts via clubs, the nier its of radio station tie ins and record company involvement

The "Promoters Winning In Times Of Economic Uncertainty" session focused in on the competi tiveness of the business.

The problems of piracy domi sated the merchandising panel, which is quickly becoming a large part of the music business

The rising cost of sound and lights and how to keep a lid on these rising costs while still providing high quality service was the topic of the "Sound & Light Reinforcement" panel

The future of new wave and reg gae, the changing face of radio, the rise of clubs and new labels were topics discussed at "Meeting The Musical Challenges Of The 805" panel

The most provocative question at

the publicist's panel was whether bad press was better than no press at all. Panelists addressed them selves to this and other questions pertaining to the use of the media in developing an act

The subject of the "Finances Of Rock'N'Roll" panel was the awe, some sums of money required to break and maintain a rock act

The ability of colleges to attract major acts was the core of the col lege panel in which agents. college bookers and record company per sonnel explained what it takes to bring a big name act to a college campus

Panelists on the "For Beginners Only" seminar explained that per sistence. personal contact and a

clear defining of one's goals are the three keys to making it in the music industry

Beginners Are Success -Tipped

( ,urririur,l 0001 (',ii, 'i' accounts bigger than thou salaries And they are all taking each other to lunch and dinner Hey. let people get off their asses and work "

Asked where to concentrate the most effort, if you are the manager of a new act, Gold answered, "II de ponds on the music and the band. There is no general answer You have to understand who the group is and where you want to go. There are no set rules. Rules will inhibit you The record business is the last refuge of laissez taire capitalism. The price you pay for freedom is no security "

Concerning the difficulty in getting a record company to listen to a new tape, Battocchio indicated it is a wise idea to get a strong manager. "Continue to pursue it There are only so many acts a label can sign. release and then place concentra lion on." he said.

Hal Ray urged that a manager as well as a band get the most amount of expert specialization as possible.

Sam Bellamy, in response to a

question about tight FM playlists. indicated that AMU is sensitive to extensive listener surveys and that dictates. to a large degree, what the station plays

On the publicity side, Bob Levin son advised "Don't work in the ab stead Figure out who it is you are and what it is you want to accom plish and then set out to do it You want to communicate a message And those that make it in the industry are the survivors More than anything, it's important to have an attitude of survival."

David Yarnell pointed out that the reason why a group usually has a 20- minute segment on a television show such as "Rock Con cert" is that it takes that long to generate what that group is like in a

concert situation. Anything longer than that

stretches the viewer's short atten lion span Other artists however, given certain justifiable circum stances. like an anniversary, are given a longer shot.

He added that it's a good idea to get a new group on videotape it the manager has designs on getting the group on Iv

Topic: Bad Press & Good Press , from pure 34

ment ser:,ces 1.100 copies of each record "Black support made us what we are," Jones said. "so we

feel obligated to service all black publications "

Independent publicist Winter called for the Recording Industry Assn of America to adopt a couple of practices now carried out in the film industry by the Motion Picture Producers Assn such as evaluating the credentials of music oriented writers and setting up a master calendar of publicity parties and events.

"A kit of labels pass mailing lists around that have become outdated through the years But it all the la

bels lucked on $50 to $100a month, the RIAA could catalog the corre spondents into A and B lists We could review the reviewers.

"And we need a master calendar so that more than one publicity event won't be booked on the same night. It makes no sense to have writers drawn between two conflict- ing press functions."

Another idea was posed by Wax, who estimated that there are 500 publicists employed in the record industry, 75% at labels and 25% at smaller p.r. houses

"We propose to reverse that ra

ho," Wax said "This would not put publicists out of work. but would just change the workload The sea coned veterans would be at the la

bels buying outside p r services. "This wouldn't be unique." ex

plained Wax, "Big companies like General Motors. Coca Cola and Sears all operate with small in

house publicity staffs."

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Talent Managers' Panel c 11111111111 11 ¡crime purr r I expect to be entertained and "This

year we staged 'Bad Girls' and the audiences loved it."

Gold said that production costs depend upon the act, and some acts can be built on the road at a

price much less than $20,000 a

week. He says he now has David Clayton Thomas on the road, building his band as he goes along.

Gardner, Borman and Hamilton also championed smaller club dates for clients, Gardner said Rundgren's recent club tour, where he played 30 cities, was the most successful financially he ever had, not be

cause the grosses were high but because the nets were

He said he had only a lour man crew out with Rundgren, who look only necessary equipment on planes with them as excess bag. gage. Everything else was rented to

catty. With simulcasts arranged in

every city. more excitement was built than if it was lust a regular

College Dates lour. "People want to go to small

venues and touch the entertainers again," said Hamilton "The smaller venues are beginning to work again. Acts want to get back to people They want to smell the steak. not lust see it sizzling "

should go out with the best show it can "When it conies this lall, it will cost $100,000 to build on Atlantic's own promotion I don't think In terms ut economy but on what I

have to do." added Prager, who said he finances all his own prop NCI s

Kragen said Kenny Rogers could go out on his own and please an au dience, but he says. artists some times feel happier with more sup. port behind him When Rogers had a chance to play with an orchestra recently. he put on one of his best shows.

Munao said Summer's music re quires an orchestra for her live shows, though she noted that now that her music is going more toward rock and a rock disco fusion, there will be an attempt to make her band a more sell contained unit

Munao also noted that audiences

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such as Magna's Jon Luc Ponty and Arlo Guthrie, it doesn't mean the school will get an act the stature of Electric Light Orchestra because it's the manager who makes the deci sion as to which markets and venues the act will play.

Larry Butler, who recently as sumed direction of Warner Bros college department. bluntly stated that its doubtful a Rod Stewart or Fleetwood Mac would play a college only because the act is too "big."

Frymire countered by saying that a lot of major acts that aren't selling out are going back to the campuses where there is a high degree of ex citement generated.

He pointed to Supertramp's date at the Univ of Colorado which helped break the actin the Denver market Frymire also cited acts like Peter Frampton and James Taylor which are also playing a number of

college dates. Bressler stated that students

must program as if it were a business "I1 you program solely for the sake of loving the act, you shouldn't be booking," he commented.

Spereno pointed out that it a

school is located in a major market it can expect not to get the major acts If the school is located in a

market "where there is nothing else" and has representation, the school is in a good situation.

Bressler added that with non mainstream shows like jazz and disco, the school is gambling "You must cater to your audience." he

said. Hubbard closed by stating that

promoters and colleges must combine forces to find solutions to the problems of college booking

`Buck Stops' Panelists Conformed hole puxe 35

son called me and asked what I

thought should be done " Sidlow stressed the importance

of retaining a street sense. "In This

business we feed off each other too much," she said "We tell each other the same lies, it's like a mon ster feeding itself.

"When was the last time you went to a record store and bought albums or looked at what other people were buying?"

Philbin said he has always been highly selective in his talent acquisi titan post at Columbia. "In 31/2 years I've signed two acts," he said, "though I go out love nights a week and see or talk with an average of 30 acts a week."

Philbin added that questions he

Rap asks himself about an act include "would it feel at home on a large la

bel ?" and "is its management capable of walking it through the com pany?

"Some acts should be on strati labels," Philbin explained. "Most major labels want George Thoro good. but I think he realizes he

should be on a smaller label like Rounder. That doesn't mean he'll sell more records there, but he may personally grow more than it he

were on MCA or Columbia."

Pappas said in her view the in-

dustry's 1979 downturn will be ben, .tidal in the long run. But she ac

knowledged- "That may not sound right to those who have been unem ployed. It's been a tight squeeze "

Financing Rockers Conhetied from puer 35

they could accomplish traditionally. Spending money on superstars rather than developing acts contrib uted to the problem when super- O stars sales started to dip this year.

Hammerman noted there is no O way of knowing which LPs will take m off and which ones will come back. D But costs are still increasing. so °' that now it costs up to $20.000 a zo week to keep an act on the road, up 50% in five years.

Mamas. who works with many m

new wave acts. pointed out that r tours can still be run al $10,000 a p week and less, and recording costs a can be cut as well as long as there are no unrealistic expectations. He

pointed to the cutrate tours and LPs of such acts as the Knack and the Police which have proved to be successful

Attorney Johnson said the record companies have been strapped ti-

nanctally recently not lust because of tour support. but also because they have been financing retailers and pressing too many records.

The silver lining on this bleak tr nancial cloud was seen by Greg McCutcheon, who pointed out that times of economic uncertainty al. lows the entry of new people into the field. The lack of major product releases opened up slots for younger acts to come into the marketplace. In that respect it was a

good year, he said. Blacker made an interesting ob-

servation that now many promotion departments are reluctant to work "the old warhorses" preferring rn

stead the new acts which now have a major share of sales

Credit box Reporters providing coverage of

the Talent Forum include Roman Kozak, Ed Harrison, Jim McCullaugh, Paul Grein and Cary Darling. Talent Forum photos by Positive Images. with graphic lay outs by Bernie Rollins. Talent show, cases produced by Jerry Landry of PromoVision Inc sound by Al Au.

dio -David Hopkinson & Jerry Nutt; lighting by Sea Factor -John La-

Blanc & Tommy Tucker, staging by West Coast Theatre Supply -Darryl Hayes, and additional special effect lighting supplied by Olsen.



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Sound Business San Francisco

Automatt Studio

Fully Automated

Sound Waves Bs IRWIN I)IFH1.

NEW YORK- Making an instrument "talk" is no longer merely a

figure of speech that refers to a

player's virluosily. Refinements in

signal prrxessing circuitry have led

to several practical devices which can be used to combine voice conso- nants and vowel su inds with the pitched or melodic elements of a

musical Instrument, thus creating a

unique "talking" Instrumental effect.

The Sennheiser Vocoder is one such device installed rcccntts al

Suundmlxers in New York The Vocoder concept. ongmall In- tended for voice or speech analysis and voce coding applications. has

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Bahr Grind's recent LP, "Ancient Medicine." produced at Soundmix- ers for Arista. used Vocoder effects on one of the instrumental tracks.

Though this device may offer Just the sort of "new sound" an artist or producer may he looking for, it's not applicable to every record date. For that matter. it's not limited to record production. Many applications in

film and television commercial sound production are also anticipated.

The Soundmlxer staff sees the Vocoder as an option which allows the artist a basis for exploring new musical horizons.

Another of the Sennheiser family of professional products is the infrared listening system. Introduced by the company to 1975 as a total de- parture from conventional headphone systems. it relies on an infrared -light transmitter and infrared - sensitive. photo -diode receivers mounted in a stethoscope -type headphone.

The Sennheiser system was installed recently for trial demonstration at the Lunt- Fontanne theatre


SAN FRANCISCO -The three- studio Automatt recording studio complex here is now fully automated, according to owner /producer David Rubinson.

Recently installed was a Trident TSM 411 -32 -24 with Allison 65K automation into studio A. Studio B

contains a Harrison 36 -24 with Alti- son 65K automation. while studio C contains a Harrison 40 -32 with Alli- son 65K automation interfaced with the Automates own patented ZI- LOG Z -80 computer system.

Primary lape machines are MCI 24- tracks (lock -ups provide 48 -track capability) and Ampex two- tracks. with monitor speakers including JBL, EIRE! 8I3s, Big Red with Mas- tering Lab crossover. and Aura - tones.

Studio As dimensions are 1.500

square feet, making it tone of the largest rooms in the state as well as

flexible for both large scale orchestral or rock 'n' roll productions, according to Rubinson.

Rubinson recently completed working on the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's -Apo- calypse Now at the Automatt. Other recent clients have included Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison. Journey, Santana and the Clash.

00061E DUO -Doobie Brothers Pat Simmons, left, and Mike McDonald,

listen to an £1ton John track in the control room at Rusk Sound Studios, Los

Angeles, before lending the their vocal assistance to it. The results will be

heard on John's upcoming MCA album.

Studio Track LOS ANGELES -Action at tarrabee: England

Dan and John Ford Coley working on a new LP

protect with Kyle Lehning producing and env neering for Big free. Linda Corbin assshng. The

Miel Brothers producing Bijou for Phonogram!

Mercury, Bob Stone engineering. John Bergman

assisting, Peter Coleman producing and engi-

neering Holly Pennfietd for Chinnlchap

George Tobin producing Robert John's nerf EMI America LP at his own Studio Sound

Recordes.... Albert Man and Dennis Smith

producing Rus Garcia for Discovery Records at

Spectrum using the studio's recently added

Sony PCM 1600 digital recorder, Ame Frager en

gmeenng Prager also producing and engineer

mg Stab/firth for 9 Records on the digital system

wdh Eric Prestidge coengmeenng him Ed Nor-

man also In at Spectrum producing fun Welber for ETektralbsytum wdh Ent Prestidge at thz

console.

Final mixes on the upturning Little Feat al

hum on Warner Brns taking place at Femurs! Neider. The original recording began months

ago in Header's Mobile Unit 1 on location at the

Paramount Ranch Mobile Und I later moved to

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REDISCOVERING A BUILT -IN MUTUAL BENEFIT

The last time Billboard did a spotlight on soundtracks and ongrnal cast recordings, the rndrations were that this type of product was making enough of a comeback (from the rock induced drought since the good old MOR "Sound of Musk" days) to ment taking a closer look "A Star Is Born" had hit No 1. and there was a lot of talk about making soundtracks more viable through the use of contemporary (presumably rock) music. There had been scattered precedents-"The Graduate." "Woodstock," -American Graffiti," and "Tommy" come immediately to mind. Briefly mentioned in

one story in that last soundtrack special of August, 1977, was the upcoming release of a disco soundtrack for a movie to be titled "Saturday Night Fever. An estimated 20 million double and sales later, and followed in 1978 by four more top 10 soundtracks ("Grease," "Sgt. Pepper," 'FM" and "Thank God It's Friday ") -all packages involving contemporary disco or rock music integral to the plots of the movies -the trend continues.

Thus far In 1979 there have been more (25) soundtrack or cast LPs on the charts than In the explosive 1978 (16 total).

although only one so far (the Who's "Kids Are Alright") has broken the top 20.

The cross.promoting of films and soundtracks -films sell records and records sell tickets -has become a tact of life in the industry The relationships between sister film; record companies therefore grow closer Increasingly, contemporary songwriters and artists are in demand tor soundtracks

Technological advances have accelerated to meet the de mands of film audiences who are increasingly critical of sound quality in the theatre that doesn't measure up to their home stereos. Presumably, the better the music sounds in the theatre. the more likely the audience will want to hear it again on record Cast recordings could be in for a comeback too, with the operatic "Sweeney Todd" recently breaking the tot, 100

The following stories examine these issues, through inter views with fop decision makers, creators and technological in

novators in thls'once again vital area of the record business You've seen the show, you've heard the record, maybe even

bought the book and the wind up doll Now read the special issue that brings it all Into locus SUSAN PETERSON



1ihilililí21: \ i}ilil'r' Ni11UNì1iT1EMC1111 . Key label executives analyze

their approach to the marketing of movie music.

By SUSAN PETERSON

Commercially viable music Timing. Film company coopera

Lion on advance planning and tie ins. Music that's integral to

the movie A hit movie. A hit single. A big -name recording star.

A big-name composer. These are a Sew of our favorite things.

sing the marketing people at record companies, when it

comes to selling a soundtrack. RSO president Al Coury feels timing is of the "utmost im-

01 portance" and he should know whereof he speaks Under his

raa guidance in 1977 -78, RSO notched up the two biggest selling

e albums in the history of the music business, both sound-

tracks, both still on the charts as 1979 draws near to a close

( "Saturday Night Fever" and 'Grease" in case anyone has w forgotten). These were followed almost immediately by one of <

the industry's most publicized flops -the infamous "Sgt. Pep.

per." Almost all of the vital ingredients were there for all

three -in fact "Pepper" seemed to have it all in spades (Len. non /McCartney music. the Bee Gees. Peter Frampton. an ex

travagant cross-merchandising campaign) with the also fatal

The Who's "The Kids Are Alright" has been this year's biggest soundtrack so far -a "marketer's fantasy" double whammy

for MCA as both greatest hits and soundtrack package.

By RICK FORREST

exception of "hit movie " But keep in mind, "Saturday Night Fever' and "Grease" were already hit records before the mov-

ies ever opened. Enter timing. Recalls Coury, "With 'Fever' and 'Grease' the timing of the

release of the album (five to six weeks before the film ), the

timing of the release of the singles (before, during and after the album's release) were what we laid out. what proved to be

a successful format. But when we got into the situation with 'Pepper we did not have the luxury of that kind of planning. because everything was pushed up to an early date. The film was originally scheduled to come out Christmas of 1978, but Universal wanted the film out in the summertime. so the pro-

duction schedule was really rushed. We got the album out four or live days before the picture came out, so consequently we

did not have a chance to use the music of 'Sgt. Pepper' to pre.

sell the motion picture. "In looking back, when we released the album, we had ab.

solutely unbelievable acceptance on radio. Every major sta bon from coast to coast put the album on immediately and played almost the entire album the minute they got their hands on it. Then, a few days later, the picture came out and got terrible reviews, and immediately radio backed off. If we

had done it the way we had before. giving the record an eight to 10 week lead, we wouldn't have had the motion picture to compare to. The music would have had a much greater chance to saturate the marketplace, and it would have guar anteed a greater opening for the motion picture.

"Of course," Coury adds, "it couldn't guarantee the picture would be a great success over a long period of time, but a

healthier opening. Now it could very well be that if we did ev-

erything right. it still would have wound up being a disaster. I

can't say that. All I can tell you is the timing is of the utmost importance."

"Meatballs," containing the danceable David Naughton hit "Making It" and Mary MacGregor's -Good Friend" is cur rently doing well for the label, benefitting also from a lot of advance planning with the movie side, and some imaginative promotional tieins. Meatball eating contests have been held at seven Los Angeles Tower Records branches with an "eat off" taking place at the famed Sunset Blvd branch.

According to label sales manager Mitch Huffman. "Similar

contests are taking place across the country We also cross. merchandised with the motion picure, offering a discount on

the album with a movie stub, and vice versa. We watch the boxoflice and at the same time. try to gauge il we are getting the reaction at the boxoflice into the stores. If we see that happening in several markets, we will pursue it."

Coming attractions from RSO include a rockoriented soundtrack for "Times Square," a salsa-flavored package for "Angel," and probably the brightest prospect, "Star Wars" followup, "The Empire Strikes Back." "Empire," due out on

record by March of 1980 and on film in April or May, is already being mapped out to benefit from "a lot of advance time, a lot

of pre.sell time, a lot of time to work on the music with the people who are making the motion picture (George Lucas.

with John Williams on the music side)." states Coury. At Columbia, a label that was synonymous with sound"

(Continued on page ST -6)

Susan Peterson is Assistant Editor of Billpoard's Special Issues

Meatballs, starring Bill Murray, features tracks from David

Naughton, Mary MacGregor and Rick Dees. The RSO sound. track campaign was launched with meatball- eating contests.

finit ll.ii AtiiiilA Schifrin, Hamlisch, Jabara,

Williams, Mancini and more offer insight.

Ever since "Saturday Night Fever" made record history and soundtrack albums such as "Star Wars," "Rocky' and "American Graffiti" hit the top of the charts, the symbiotic relationship of film and music has been of increasing interest to both the film and record industries. More and more, hit ree ords can sell films and hit films can sell lots of records

But the main problem in this growing union of sight and sound lies in maintaining priorities. While a film that is just a glorified promotion for a hit record album may seem like a good idea on paper, the plain truth of it is it doesn't really work that way. Composers and industry experts maintain that unless the music is firmly tied into the content and context of the film, the picture doesn't work and comes off as a rip.off. And while a stupendous soundtrack album may sell despite being part of a bad film, the whole point of music and pictures helping each other is being wasted and in the long run a bad film can be detrimental to even a dynamite soundtrack. The best route is to make a good film that naturally lends itself to a good soundtrack. That way they both help each other.

Despite technical advances. the art of putting together

Henry Mancini: "You have to have a nice place for a song. It has to be organic. so to speak, to grow out of the picture."

sound and film hasn't really changed all that much. The sound recording techniques may be better, the composer may use videotape rather than film to view the visuals and elec. Ironic instruments are now part of the composer's sonic arse, nal. But the bottom line in film scoring still lies in the communication between the director and the composer and the composer with the film.

"Film composing is a work of collaboration." says composer Lalo Schifrin, "It's like playing in a band with other musicians. If the drummer plays in his own way and the bass plays in another way and there is no common goal, then the band isn't going to sound good.

Says composer Marvin Hamlisch: "Like most composers my method is to look at the picture and sit down with the pro. durer or director and have a discussion about the kind of music needed and its style. Then I play it over and over again at home and then sit al the piano and start to create things.

"My philosophy about scoring a film is that if we consider the color of the picture white then I am here to add new color. As a musician, as a composer. don't like to put white on white. like to add and enhance a certain emotion and polsi bly even add an undercurrent of emotion more than dust what you're watching on the screen."

If it's essentially a job of underscoring, then the composer comes in at the stage when the film is already shot and in rough assembly. That way there's no confusion in the directors and composer's conceptions. If the music is more in the foreground. such as in a musical. the music must be written at the script stage, thus setting up a backdrop and timing se quence for the filming,

The public today is much more aware of movie music, both in the old composers such as the late Bernard Herrmann and Max Steiner and in the new elite, the John Williams and the Bee Gees. Airplay is up and so are sales But although there have been prime exceptions such as Williams' scores for "Star Wars" and "Jaws," the traditionally orchestrated score isn't really the big benefactor in this new interest in film music. It's the pop song soundtrack that gets most of the airplay and sales and that's what film producers and record executives are setting their sights on.

"The public is more aware of motion picture music because motion picture music is more into songs now." says Ham

lisch. "Motion pictures have become a vehicle for many songs. When you talk about a resurgence of soundtracks don't know if that really applies to soundtracks in the classical sense. What we have today is more glorified albums of hit art fists than classical soundtracks. Today it's the Bee Gees' 'Sat- urday Night Fever type of albums that appeal to a younger audience that are going to the top."

Hamlisch along with composers such as Henry Mancini say that the hit song film syndrome is not necessarily bad. Good songs and good films are not mutually exclusive. Whatx needed though, they say, is a sense of appropriateness.

"If you go through the history of writing movie music." says Mancini, "a lot of classic songs have been written for film. So the villian in this area is not the songwriter. I've sat down with many lyricists and a lot of times we try to talk a director or pr ducer out of a song for a particular picture because it if"." doesn't tit most critics and audiences are too sophisticated to let it go. They smell np.off.


Rick Forrest is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to Billboard.

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show never leaves New York? Key label executives comment.

Original cast recordings are often lumped together with

movie soundtracks, but when it comes to marketing them,

two very different ballgames are involved. A successful Broad

way musical and original cast album often pave the way for

later success with the movie version, but an original cast

recording is initially destined for a very specialized market. Sim Myers. publicity chief at RCA's Red Seal, who has hail

this year's hottest original cast recording with the operatic.

Stephen Sondheimcomposed "Sweeney Todd," explains the

situation: "Broadway is usually a different kind of music than the pop mainstream today. 'Hair' was an exception, 'Jesus Christ Superstar was an exception, but by and large. Broad way music reaches a different kind of audience, perhaps more

sophisticated, perhaps more mature. They (the Broadway au-

dience) really are motivated when they fall in love with some

- thing. They are not the kind of people who go out and buy a

fa record every week. So your campaign is basiclaly suited to

é reaching them, which means in effect, New Yorker Magazine. in New York, the N.Y. Times, what have you.

Ä "There certainly is a loyal Broadway following," Myers con

E tinues. "I don't think all of them are loyal to the point they will

W.' go out and buy every album, but if it's something that has in

gredients they like and has reviews that appeal to them. you

have a good chance. With an Angela Lansberry, you have one of the hottest stars on Broadway who also draws record buy ers. It's a tremendous combination of what's in the show, how

it's mounted, how it's received by the critics, and beyond that. what the audience feels like. The critics can hate something and the audience will love it, but if the critics are unanimous in

their praise, that creates an audience both for the seats and the record albums."

With "Sweeney Todd," Myers describes the marketing et forts as "the biggest we've had since 'Hair.' When something takes off as this one has, you can have monies for the adver

n tising and promotional expenditure." Ix That expenditure has financed a jot of activity. Myers cites. a 0 m J w

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tracks way back when fever was still something to be treated p with aspirin, Top 40 airplay is the first key that comes to mind

for sales vice president Joe Mansfield. Putting that idea to work with the current " Americathon" campaign, Mansfield states, "We're putting together a Top 40 campaign for radio. If there's nothing Top 40 to play, you are not going to sell any records, so you don't spend any money. except trade announcements to let them know the soundtrack is available on this label.

"On 'Main Event' we were lucky with a top record from Bar. bra Streisand. 'Americathon' will probably be one of our big. gest. with the single from Eddie Money, then cuts from the Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Tom Scott."

Then with "Manhattan" there is George Gershwin. Not exactly a familiar name in the Top 40 these days, but ob. viously still a magic one. This soundtrack's success was apparently a pleasant surprise for Columbia.

Says Mansfield. "New York was a focal point because of the setting, but to some degree, it was a passive campaign. The record is not getting airplay, though. It's crazy. Word of mouth is selling it. We've done some print and radio advertising, but it got up to 50,000 (now over 100,000) real quick."

Columbia also tries for lots of lead planning time with the film company, and looking ahead, will make use of it for the "Star Trek" release, slated for December, "We've already had three or four meetings with the Paramount Pictures people on that. The more lead time you plan together and cross-promote each other, the better off you'll be." Obviously delighted to have landed the Jerry Gotdsmithpenned music, Mansfield says, "Every company bid on this one, and we ended up with it." Already a publicist's dream, the premiere in Washington D.C. in December is to be co- sponsored by no less than NASA.

The biggest soundtrack so far in 1979 has been MCA's top 10 "The Kids Are Alright," and although MCA is certainly no stranger to hit soundtracks, marketing director Sam Passa- mano Jr. describes this Who package as "a marketers fan tasy."

The reason for his enthusiasm is the double LP's "double. pronged package, marketable both as a movie soundtrack and as a greatest hits package -and on top of that. the Who's first greatest hit package."

The dual impact had definite advantages -where the movie hadn't opened yet, MCA went the greatest hits route in its marketing strategy. Additionally, Passamano notes, "During the Christmas season, we will market it everywhere again as a greatest hits package, so it will continue to enjoy a sales bonus."

Another biggie for the Universal sister company is More

A unique promotional tool developed for "Sweeney Todd (The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street)" turned out to be so popular RCA offered them for sale via direct mail. The model is Tony King, RCA director of disco marketing.

"In addition to the trade ads, which were extensive, we adver.

tised tull pages in the N.Y. Times twice, in the N.Y. Post and

other big city dailies (San Francisco, Boston. Philadelphia).

We had consumer ads in New York Magazine. the New Yorker,

New West, Que, After Dark, and in the theatre program. We

had a hugely successful autographing party at New York's

Korvette's with Angela Lansberry and Len Caríou (who star as

the demon barber and his pie baking accomplice) at which

they personalty sold 1,450 albums in two hours." Myers feels that autographing party was really a take -off

point for sales of the LP. Since then it has spread to other ma-

jor cities, and he reports heavy sales in San Francisco. Los An

geles, Cleveland. and Dallas. All this from a show that didn't even start off as a hit. In spite of its rave reviews, sweep of this year's Tony Awards (it won eight) and several "best of the

year" awards among the critics, the show was only doing 60n

capacity at the beginning, Myers reports. It has since climbed to 97% capacity.

As tor cross-marketing, Myers reports "They have worked

with each other in a very complimentary way. They sell a lot of

copies of the album in the theatre lobby, and that takes doing., when people have spent $50 to go to the theatre plus another $25 or $40 to have dinner, and babysitter and parking the car. They've put $100 into a night at the theatre and to add

the cost of a double album suggests they really want it. "There wasn't any real money tie-in (with the show's pro.

ducers) but we have cooperated with them all along the way.

It's been our campaign complementing their campaign, as

opposed to a joint campaign." At Casablanca, the Marvin HamlischCarole Bayer Sager

musical "They're Playing Our Song" has made waves on the pop market, and sales vice president Pete Jones agrees with Myers that "In a case like that, you're zeroing in on the North- east."

Although it has fallen oft the charts, he emphasizes, "We have in no way turned our heads away from that project, in the sense that there will be road shows in the future and we will continue to follow it. There are lots of things you can do wall... playbill magazines throughout the U.S., but it really gets back to airplay being the major factor.


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American Graffitti," which features hits from the sixties. It also enjoys a double whammy impact, both as soundtrack and nostalgia /greatest hits package. Comments Passamano, "In a soundtrack like 'More,' where the songs were chosen because of their sequencing in the movie, the soundtrack in the first place was marketed to enhance the success of the movie, not just as nostalgia, since filmgoers were predicted to be a younger audience for whom the music would not be nostalgia. We tied in very heavily with the Universal people in going after that younger audience." And again, the 24- year old and up goup can be hit now and at Christmas through the nostalgia appeal.

Passamano agrees that Top 40 airplay is desirable, but not always possible. In lieu of that route. he suggests, "You have to follow the openings at the theatres, work with tie ins. With 'More' we had tie -ins with retail stores and fast food chains, contests for beach towels, books, tickets to the movie. This was all done to enhance the initial success of the movie, since it the movie hits big, chances are better for the soundtrack." The budget for this massive campaign, carried out in 35 markets, was amortized through pooling with the book and film companies.

Overall Passamano feels, "The most important thing in marketing soundtracks is to take them individually. look at the potential audience both for the movie and the music, and deal with it that way."

Coming up front MCA is music from "The Yanks," a 19405 period piece, a single, "Love Rhapsody," from "Concord: Air- port '79" and the next big campaign, Loretta Lynn's autobio- graphical "Coal Miner's Daughter." due for 1980 release.

Another veteran in the soundtrack field, Warner Bros., nat. uratly works closely with Warner's film company on many projects, and certainly not all have been as natural a candidate for chart success as last year's "Last Waltz."

They've discovered a jot of trouble areas for the noncom - mercially oriented film music, as product manager Nina Franklin explains, "Often, the soundtrack is the last thing that is pul together for a film. To maximize the impact of a soundtrack, you want to have it available at the same time the film opens. Often we can't do that because we don't get the materials quickly enough. So. we'll have a film that opens in December and an album that comes out in the middle of Jan- uary. Even three weeks later, the impact is gone."

On a major project such as the recent "Superman" extravaganza, however, it was a well -orchestrated and timed cam paign. Franklin recalls, "Warner Communications coordi- nated a massive cross -marketing event with all of its subsidiaries, the book company, records, film, television, doll and novelly items manufacturer, even DC Comics. We spent a jot of money, and I'm not sure you could say how successful that expenditure was." She estimates that at approximately

380.000 units sold todate, the expense averaged at about Pate. per unit. So how could the bestlaid plan go astray?

"There were really two mitigating factors," Franklin believes. "The music wasn't an integral part of the story. and really, the movie didn't do as well as expected."

Coming up for Warners is the soundtrack from Monty Py-

thon's "Life Of Brian," a package that contains only two musical cuts, and a lot of the British comedy team's bizarre humor. Product manager Barry Gross says. "We are going to follow the film in every market that it opens. supporting through the various WEA branches." As for any unusual merchandising approaches, Gross otters, "the film itself. Basically. there is an active cult of Monty Python fanatics out there and this. they feel, will transcend that, because there is a great deal of American humor in the film. Of course we're not going out as if its a 'Saturday Night Fever.' We have a very special type of product here, appealing initially to a very special audience."

Over at Motown, along with RSO and Casablanca, a recent entry into the recordcompanforms -its- own4ilm- companw.y sweepstakes, sales vice president Mike Lushka feels soundtrack success has "a tot to do with the music itself, if its going to be commercially acceptable. There's a lot of good movies out there whose soundtracks don't sell. The exceptional ones are the ones on the charts right now. If the movie end goes in

and gets a good viable producer who is tied into what's hap~ pening in today's music, and you have a marriage of those two, you'll have a viable soundtrack.

"Then add to that a major artist that can sing a title song. If you tie it all in together, you'll have a hit soundtrack and also help the movie."

A good example of the above is Motown's biggest soundtrack todate, "Lady Sings The Blues" that tied Diana Ross, the music and story of Billie Holiday, into a major success. Lushka recalls, "That was one of the first ones that was really advertised on television in conjunction with a movie."

Currently Motown has had "Fastbreak" as a major promo Lion. With its basketball theme. Lushka reports, "We even tied it in with the NBA. We advertised in the NBA book and got the album played during NBA games. We also had contest tie -ups with radio stations where we had one night that the winners would go to an NBA game. There would be a dribbling contest, to win prizes. We also did a lot of cute little things, had sweat- shirts made up and our displays featured backboards with little baskets and little balls to throw through them. We worked very closely with the movie side, went national right away, and it worked very well."

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At the production end, there seems to be a growing concern on the part of studios and movie producers over the quality of sound. Says composer Henry Mancini. "There is a new breed of creative people making movies, spearheaded by George Lucas, who are as concerned with the quality of sound as they are with the overall visual production." He notes that movie

g sound has been left in the backyard" just as has been done _=' with television sound $ Grover Hensley, chief engineer at Heider Scoring Service.

one of the few independent recording studios equipped for Ä movie scoring and staffed by umon personnel. agrees with 8 Mancini. The soundtrack has traditionally been placed at the ñ bottom of a film's budget. So you have a situation where the a last dollar is squeezed and the recording studio is scoring with

three violins, trying to make them sound like 40," he says. He notes another factor in the current move to upgrade: "A lot of pressures coming from the public. Many moviegoers, espe. cially the kids. have quality stereos at home and expect to hear similar sound at the theatre. And they can hear the did. ference."

One motivator of improved sound technology is the sales potential of the soundtrack. Certainly a bonanza like "Satur- day Night Fever" cannot be ignored in future production budget planning sessions. The trend toward better produced.

p marketable soundtracks began in the mid -sixties (although Hollywood producers had long known a hit song was a great

padvertisement for a film) and composer Charles Fox, who has scored items such as "Goodbye Columbus." "Foul Play,"

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themes for "Laverne and Shirley." "Love Boat" and "Happy Days," suggests the turning point was "The Graduate." "The technology has been there for a long time, but it wasn't much used," he says.

Thus for a time, soundtracks with market appeal were re

corded twice -once for the film soundtrack itself and once for the album. Mancini followed this procedure on "Peter Gunn" "Ratan," "Pink Panther" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's." "But now. with stereo and better technology, the soundtracks can be taken straight on the film. That's what's been done with the last four or five of my soundtracks released."

Mancini has recently prepared the soundtrack for Blake Ed ward's "10" at Heider Scoring, which he considers to be one of the best places to record for films. Hensley describes the equipment ("some of it's better than the equipment in our other studios ") and process as practiced at the Heider prem iseo: "Typically we run a 24.track, a three track and possibly a mono recorder simultaneously. In most instances, the music

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The three track, or "three stripe," is the traditional mode of film soundtrack recording, and the tape is sprocketed. run- sing in sync with the film. Later it is remixed together with dia. logue and sound effects and recorded onto the film via an op tical, rather than magnetic, process.

Fox notes no studio has been built from "the ground up" which can handle film scoring since the '30s. Naturally, a few innovations have come along in the intervening years, and Fox has a remedy at hand. Along with partner Artie Butler (composer /arranger working recently with Elton John and Neil Sedaka and others), he has spent the past two years planning and building a state.of- the-art recording studio conf+i ptetely equipped for film scoring.

Built in the shell of the old Magnolia Theatre in Burbank, the new studio has two rooms large enough to accommodate good sized orchestras. With advanced acoustic construction, various areas of the floor have been designed for particular irk struments. Wood reflective surfaces provide reverberation for strings. while the rhythm sections remains acoustically iso- fated by use of traps and baffles. Useful for any session, in films, where the entire orchestra records simultaneously. the acoustic design is a blessing of magnitude.

Fox's studio is designed with the composer in mind and in- tended to masquerade brilliantly a good deal of the time as a

mild- mannered state -of- the -art recording studio; but with the flick of a few switches. it sheds its Clark Kent glasses -sud. denly a screen appears and the recording equipment on two floors is locked in sync with the film protectors upstairs, One of the great innovations is the ability of the engineer to control both the recorders and the projector simultaneously from the console Additionally, the equipment will run both forward and back at four times normal speed. a time -saving feature not commonly found in other scoring facilities.

Dolby continues to make spectacular inroads in sound tracks, offering both stereo and matrix quad. Dolby first came to film sound in 1971, and according to the company. at least 15 films used Dolby prior to "Star Wars." Dolby Lab's incur- sion into the field was apparently the result of film sound people, familiar with Dolby in other applications, desiring to use it in their work on films. By the end of 1979. appro>fi mately 50 Dolbyized films will have been released, including "Star Trek," the sequel "Empire Strikes Back," Disney's "Black Hole" and "Apocalypse Now" -the latter featuring "surround" sound or Dolby quad.

Universal's "Sensurround" continues to provide excitement in the theatres. The system was originally designed by W. O. Watson. Dick Stumpf and some of the equipment was built in house. Says Watson. "We had an idea what we wanted to do, so we built a system and gave a demonstration."

Universal puts up to 700 "sensurround" systems on the road with pictures needing the effects. the equipment utilizing Cerwin Vega and BGW amps and Cerwin -Vega speakers.

With all this concern over sound quality. why is it a film can sound so bad once it arrives in the theatre? There are a number of problems. First, as far as dialogue goes. events have conspired to worsen quality over the years. As Watson explains. two important factors are ambient noise and the zoom lens. In the past 15 years. ambient (background) noise has gone from 70.80 db to as much as 90, 100 or more db- mostly due to the massive numbers of autos and additional r air flighty.

As for zoom lenses, "In the old days. when two people walked down the street talking. you dolleyed along with them. filming and carrying a boom mike over their heads. Now the,. same shot is done from a distance with a zoom lens, so we have to use a radio mike hidden under the clothing to pick up the sound." For a number 01 reasons, Watson says, this method simply can't match the sound quality.

But as Mancini says, "You can't believe what happens to the sound at some of the theatres." Roy Simon. former chief projectionist for the Mann Theatre chain in Los Angeles. tosses the blame back at the studios as he recites a history that makes you marvel at any sound at all. First of all, the optical system (which is currently the most commonly used) is designed with a roll off in the high frequencies to allow tor dis- crepancies between theatres. Then too some theatres still use an old simplex system that chops off at three or four ki. locycles.

However he says with a little arm twisting from the distribu tors, most theatres will upgrade. Most of Mann's theatres have fairly good equipment, he says, noting a recent installation of the Ampex magnetic system in the theatre he is currently working at. The only problem with having quality magnetic equipment is that the studios no longer produce films with magnetic soundtracks, with a few scattered exceptions (His theatre uses the center channel of the magnetic system as the amplifier for the optical track.)

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'If there is a film that can take a track, fine. But if you're going to do a film that demands a lot of disco or rock material and you get a lot of good disco or rock people to do the songs and perform them, then 1 think that kind of score has much more of a chance to get on the charts. Dramatic scores are very hard. There are certain pictures you can't boogie to. You'll destroy whatever dramatic credibility there is."

For several reasons, Barbra Streisand's "A Star Is Born" is

one of the pioneering pop song films of the seventies. It intro duced the use of live recording rather than the traditional lip synching to match dramatic vocal performances to sound. It

introduced several pop songwriters to the world of film scoring. And with its multi platinum chart action, it started to awaken the record industry to the possibilities of film.

"Film is a great attractor to contemporary music artists." says Gary Le Mel, who as vice president. music operations. of First Artists Productions supervised the music of both ''A Star Is Born" and Streisand's newest film, -Main Event." "Films are exciting to them. It's another medium to test their abilities on"

With "A Star Is Born" the songs were so important that they had to be finished first. So Le Mel gathered such pop songwriters as Leon Russell, Kenny Loggins. John Sebastian and Paul Williams, all of whom. except for Williams, were totally unfamiliar with writing for him

" 'A Star Is Born' was the perfect opportunity to use those kinds of writers in the right kind of context. This was a picture that would take Barbra into a whole different area, rock'n'roll. and these writers helped more than lust by writing songs. They gave her a lot of input as to the lifestyle of a rock person, the one -night stands, the huge audiences you have to face And we used all that in the film."

For "Main Event." Le Mel changed the musical focus from rock to disco, recruiting the talents of Paul Jabara, whose song "Last Dance" for "Thank God It's Friday," won an Acad emy Award. The result' the "Main Event" was another hit.

"I wrote the music with the idea of having a hit song for the film." says Jabara, who started his career as an actor ( "Lords of Flatbush," "Midnight Cowboy") and turned to songwriter as a hobby to "keep from going crazy

"I use my theatre sense. Most of my songs tell a story and I

try to use it to fit the film can usually switch any of my songs that are ballads into disco and vice versa. 1 lust try to make them stand up as songs and then lust change the tempo as it fits the film."

If the original contemporary music soundtrack is a route to soundtrack success, the anthology soundtrack, composed of songs already released and known to the public. is another popular and lucrative avenue in the pop music success pattern. An old hit song can lend recognition and a presold au dience to a new film.

"American Graffiti" is a prime example of such a score The "Graffiti" soundtrack, comprised entirely of '50s songs, sold in the millions and launched two soundtrack sequels and a

whole generation of "oldies but goldies" packages. "The idea on the original ' Graffiti' picture of using specific

old music was a joint idea of a lot of people. primarily George Lucas," says Ned Tanen, president of Universal Pictures, which released both the original ^ Graffiti" and the recent se quel "More American Graffiti." "The attitude about it was that it became part of the screenplay, part of the script. The music isn't lust background music and it isn't arbitrarily cho. sen. The point is to try to find music that fits a specific se quence and that can, perhaps even without any dialogue, get you through the sequence and tell an audience more about it than dialogue would."

Tanen maintains that it is infinitely more difficult to put together a good anthology score than an original score. With a non.original soundtrack, publishing companies, record companies and artists all have to be negotiated with as well as selecting the music and having it lyrically and musically fit the particular scene. He says that putting together an oldies soundtrack today is much harder than it was in the "Graffiti" days because the record industry is much more aware of what its old tunes are worth. And putting out a modern pop song anthology soundtrack, as exemplified by "FM," is even harder. The artists are alive and kicking and the record corn. panes even more aware of their value.

After you have a good score, how do you make a successful transition from celluloid to vinyl? The media are different and so have different needs A 30- second musical cue for film may not hold up as an album cut and five minutes of a single harp. sichord note pinging may work wonders under a suspense scene and yet sound totally ridiculous on record.

For large orchestral scores the track record of the composer and the scope and subsequent success of the film are big factors in whether or not a score is even released. And although the release of a pop song soundtrack is a surer bet, the sequencing and selection of songs are important ingredients.

"Sometimes you're lucky and there have to be practically no changes," says Hamlisch "In 'The Way We Were' there was so much music, over 45 minutes, that I lust combined some cues and edited others. didn't even rerecord it I went right oil the score of the film.

"In other pictures I have to rerecord and pnsshty add because there's only maybe 14 minutes or ,ni; .ic in the picture and you've got to flush it out Moo al .,, , ,.,res do not have soundtracks. I'm not a mad n, 1.., r . m ii, don't feel it's go-

mg to be succe ul. II there's not a hit song in the ci there was in 'Th d-eAsl e s n, 'e

selling point to it, tend not to go With it." "For A Star Is Born' and 'Main Event' we recorded the main

title songs lust like we were recording a hit record :' says pro algi ducer Le Mel. "For 'Main Event' we did a 12 minute version that we could later edit down for a three or four minute ver-

sion for the film and a three minute version for the single and

an 11 minute version for the album. We were always thinking, 'what are we going to do for the record ?' "

For promotional value Le Mel likes to name his potential hit song alter the movie.

"I love a song that has the title of the picture in it. That way

it does its lob in promoting the film as well as the album. If a

lock plays a song he doesn't usually tell you what film it's from. So my philosophy is that whenever possible use the title of the song hit as the title of the picture That's why 'Ever-

green' was changed to 'A Star Is Born Theme,' Evergreen.' "

Industry leaders, composers and pop songwriters repeat-

edly assert that the traditional orchestrated score is not on

the wane. It works too well for too many types of films. What is

happening today is a broadening of the scope and range of

movie music and a growing realization of how the record and film industries can help each other.

"It's nice as a songwriter to be at the right place at the right time when movies started to get in bed with contemporary music." says Paul Williams. who began his film songwnting career with "Phantom Of The Paradise" and whose most re. 41 cent soundtrack endeavor is the highly successful "Muppet Movie." "When it's good it's healthy but l think that everybody's approach changed when the soundtrack album started grossing so much and think attitudes change back !

when one of them falls on its face. "The bad thing is forcing the marriage. I always hope I have

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"We're conscious of the media to use to attack that particular audience for a cast package. As the show develops over a

period of time. we certainly make every effort. We made special short films of background on that particular show that we

have available in a number of ways. particularly through television and airlines. We also have put together special packages of 'They're Playing Our Song' for audio only and used that on the airlines that go to N.Y., concentrating on that traf. f ic.

Joe Mansfield, sales vice president at Columbia. agrees that. "Primarily the attack is in the 'culture' cities. New York first because the people there have access to the show Then Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. in the rest of the country, a minimal amount of advertising is done, mainly because those people don't have access to come to N.Y. The cost per region would be so high, you lust don't do it."

Two original cast recordings that have done very well tor Co- lumbia in recent years have been "Chorus Line and "Annie. Both went gold. and according to Mansfield the fact that both sold over half a million units "is pretty phenomenal when there was no hit track that surfaced from either show, on any form of radio. So that spoke well for the shows themselves."

He also agrees that original cast buyers are more loyal than the soundtrack audience. "I think if they go see a show and like the score. they will buy the record. On soundtracks they won't unless it's real repetitive or real familiar."

Motown had an original cast charter in 1973 with 'Pippin," which has proved a good catalog item, and sales vice president Mike Lushka reports, "We're still selling 'Pippin'," and agrees with Jones' point about longevity once a show goes on the road.

He adds, "The buying audience is similar (to soundtracks) once it gets out on the market. It's lust a matter of once it starts opening in other places. you advertise like a sound. track. Maybe not to the degree of money, depending on the protect. but you can do almost the same type of merchandis ing...

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Talent N.Y. Anti -Nuke Series Artistic Success; Net Said Disappointing

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ss oiled liirsi of all to give the au-

dience its money's worth and give

the acts a chance to perform. "We're counting on the proceeds

from the safe of the album and the

movie to make tir Gtr the revenues

lost in overtime" he adds.

Elektra /Asylum win he issuing the albuni. Julain Schlossberg and Danny Goldberg will be producing the movie.

The musicians. who all donated their services include Jackson Browne. Bruce Springstecn. Paul Si- mon. James Taylor. Carly Simon. Re Colder. the Doobie Bros.. John I loll. Chaka Khan. Crosby. Stills & Nash. Poco. Tom Pens. Bonnie Rain. Radio. Gil Scott- Heron. Pe-

ter lush. Jesse -Colin Young, Phoebe Snow. and Sweet Honey in the

Rock. among others.

It was not known at 1iresaime

whether all the musicians would he

represented on the album, although concert spokesmen affirmed that

Bruce Springsteen, whose performance generated the biggest attendance of the five nights. had agreed to

he included in at least" the album. if not the movie.

DIR Broadcasting. which .sndi cater the AOR- oriented "K in g Bu-

cuit Hour.' arranged for a live hookup of the free outdoor rallyand concert Sunday 1231. noshing a

dozen FM stations It was the first

non -commercial shoes undertaken by DIR. which shared the cost of the

broadcast with the participating sta-

tions. The stations were WXR I (Chi-

cago): WMMR (Philadelphia): WDIZ (Winter Park. Fla.): WSHE (Ft. Lauderdale): WQBK (Albany 1:

KTXQ (Dallas): WOUR (Utical. WCOZ (Boston); WWDC (Wash- ington. D.C.): WNEW (New York t.

Once Dependent On Laser Novelties

Blue Oyster Cult Now Leans To Pop By ROMAN KOZAK

NLW YORK -Blue Oyster Cult. the group that more than any other

fir popularized the use of lasers on the

4 road. is now usine them only -105 O of the tinte only tir the stadium

shows.' says singer Eric Bloom. Fi- and artistic reasons are cited

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ta N.C.. and features both traditional and progressive country music. RCA artist Razz, Bailey inaugurated the club. followed by Elektra's Tommy Overstreet.

The Carolina Opry plans to feature nationally known and local talent. and capacity crowds are expected when nearby East Carolina Univ. resumes classc,. The Opry will also present outdoor shows in addition to those already scheduled for the theatre.

Artists scheduled to appear at the Carolina Opry include Johnny Pay- check. Hank Williams Jr.. Ernest Tubb. Gatemouth Brown. Moe Bandy and Gene Watson.

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for cutting down on the light shows. The group is now in the midst of

its "Mirrors tour. playing about 25

dates a monde to support its latest. and eighth. Columbia release. which is different in its own way too. It is

the first time the band has gone outside managers/producers Pearlman & Krugman to record with Tom Werman. who has given the veteran heavy metal band a much more pop - oriented sound.

The single from the LP. In Thee :" in which hand member Allen Lanier wrote about his earlier relationship with Patti Smith. is getting some Top 40 attention as a result of this. It is the first single since "Don't Fear The Reaper" four years ago to don't the singles chart.

About two years ago the group got into some trouble with the U.S. government over its laser light show. forcing the band to make extensive changes in its system in order to protect the audience from any stray laser light.

Bloom says that when Blue Oyster Cult's lighting engineer went to Washington to discuss safety problems. he was confronted with a panel of more than 30 scientists and bu- reaucrats. who forced the band to adopt a number of safety devices including a "dead man's switch" installed on Bloom, so that should he collapse ishile shooting lasers out of hi, 551151, la high point of the show). the system would shut off automati-

Ils.

The 5750.000 laser system which the band owns. has already been paid for. says Bloom. but what is still expensive is the cost of carrying the system around on tour (about S6.000 a week). This stakes it unpractical for secondary markets. Also. concedes Bloom. on a crowded tour schedule setting up a laser system in a hall sometimes takes mote time ih,m it is worth.

And e-e just got tired of the lasers. We are not just a laser group." says Bloom. We began to hear criticism front the outside that we were becoming too dependent on the lasers. and we were starting to look !azy. So now we have to work a little harder to get the audience off. Now we use the lasers only its a special treat on selected giant shows.'

All stations stayed tuned for the entire five -hour broadcast.

The outdoor rally drew a crowd estimated between 180.000 to

200.000 persons. It was held on a vacant landfill adjacent to the World Trade Center Towers in lower Man- hattan.

A spokesman for Madison Square Garden notes that overtime costs generally accrue after the first three hours of a concert "It depends on each individual union." he says. "but we generally tell the promoter that's the basic guide. three hours. And of course. for must of the staff. they punch in before the show begins."

Garden officials say Springsteen s

performance was the only one to sell completely out although they say

most of the others were "nearly sold - out" The only disappointment was the Crosby. Stills & Nash concert Sunday night (23) which drew 12.000 paying customers. This was attributed to the fact that it was only announced the Tuesday before the show.

Everyone involved agrees the concerts and the huge rally went oIT without a hitch. although the rally site. a sandy landfill. proved too soft to occummistate trucks, meaning all stage equipment had to he hauled 1.000 yards and more by hand..md the area had to he policed hs volunteers when sanitation workers balked at entering the site which is on private property

'SENSUAL LP COMING

Captain, Tennillc- Abort `Cute' Image

By JEAN WILLIAMS

LOS ANGELES -Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille. the Captain & Tonsille. arc sporting a new image. The days of smiles. sweetness and light with Tenaille projecting the cule little girl look. are over.

The pair. which recently moved from A &M to Casablanca. says. "This is a new beginning for us." "And for the first time." noies Ten- nille. "the cover of our upcoming LP, 'Make Your Move.' will not have us cute and smiling. It's sensual."

The Captain & Tennille arc going back to the type of shows they produced in nightclubs in the early stages of their career when they performed a variety of material. including blues and country.

Says Termitic: "When 'Love Will Keep Us Together" was released. was 30 years old hut people thought I was 22. Teenage girls started to wear their hair like mine. I was boxed in and needed to get out.

"With this new LP. the songs are not apple pie. were dealing with real life and real situations"

The Captain points out that the duo has never recorded an LP similar to "Make Your Move :' although it has to its credit two platinum and four gold LPs. one platinum and five gold singles.

"We've always recorded what we wanted. the songs that we liked." he

Rock Back At Chi Theatre By ALAN PENCHANSKY

CHICAGO - The 3.400 -seat Granada Theatre here is again being used for concert presentations The last time a rock concert was booked in the famed north side spot was in 1973.

Twogcther Productions, a local artist management company, has negotiated a five -year contract granting it access to the 53- year -old venue. according to Zane Bresloff, one of Twogether's co- principals.

Bresloff and partner Barry Fox presented Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes and David Johansen. Sept. 15. The glamorous old motion picture theatre was almost soldout. with general admission at $8.50. S9.50 the day of the performance.

Neighborhood complaints were voiced at the last attempt to hook rock into the theatre in 1973. At that time the huge Spanish style building had long since seen sagging attend-

ante for film showings. The theatre has not been open for several years.

Periodic announcements of plans to reopen the hall for concerts have been made, but Twogether is first to begin bookings.

Fox and Bresloff reportedly plan to put classical orchestral concerts and legitimate and musical theatre into the hall. in addition to the main diet of rock'n'roll.

Groups including the Boyzz. Eu- rope. Trillion and Sherwin Spector Band are managed by Twogether.

According to Bresloff. a full slate of fall dates is being firmed. Bresloff says the Boyzz has -been booked for Oct. 13.

Bresloff and Fox say they are aware of conflict of interest criticism aimed at managers doubling as concert promoters, and will proceed ac- cordingly.

`New' Brenda Lee Coming bis KII' KIRB1

NASHVILLI' N hen singer Brenda Lee recenth renegotiated her recording contract with MCA Records. she says she told the label to expect some changes.

"1 want to let people know I'm still very much alive and active." she sass emphatically. "A lot of people think that just because they've seen me and heard my records for so many years. I must be a 60 -year -old inca lid by now. They forget that I started my singing career when I was only 10."

Although the petite singer hasn't changed her vocal style. that may be the only thing that isn't being altered in a deliberate move lo create a more sophisticated image for Lee.

She has a new producer, n new

contract with MCA. a new band, new staging for her road show and perhaps most dramatic of all -a totally new look.

Lee flew to New York this summer for a series of make -up. fashion and hair styling sessions that resulted in aT transformation to be launched through her forthcoming album cover graphics.

This move comes on the heels of a 2F -year recording hiatus that found the artist calling a halt to her double decade association with Decca/ MCA Records and scouting other record companies in the interim.

She first burst onto the national recording scene in 1956 at the age of

I L In the next 10 years. Lee cut a

(Continued on page

says. as "1 candle injects. "The nest.

album is consistent. Every song is

about relationships. We threw out a

lot of songs we liked because they

just didn't lit." Tenaille penned half the tunes on

the LP, including the single. "Do That To Me One More Time." set for release this week She also wrote a

tune. "Deep In The Dark." which she says she is also sending to Sarah Vaughan in hopes she will record it.

Speaking of songwrhing. Tennille says she wants the public to know that she wrote several tunes on the

LP. "because it makesa difference in

the way people see you. Unfonu- nalels. people tend to look at female singers and say 'oh it's another girl singer but they respect you more f

when you're also a songwriter." The Captain adds that the main

thing with the new album, set for a

mid -month release. is to let peuple know the LP is out. "Many people didn't know about our last LP." he says.

As to why the duo elected to go with Casablanca. Tennille sass:

"There are several reasons. We wanted to get involved with films and scoring and Casablanca has a

film company. Also Neil (Bogart. the label president) does not spare his dollars in promoting his acts. and we need that kind of support.

"1 believe were good for each

other in that Casablanca is anxious to show its sersatility as a label. In addition. while we could have gone unit other record companies. Casa- blanca is based here and convenient for us to drive to the company. walk I

in and talk to the president if we wish.

"The company is behind us to a

point where. when the single is released. promotion people in the different regions around the counts 1

will hand -carry the record to stations. They will not be just mailed. lt's that kind of personal attention that helps sell product."

Pitman Into Pop PITMAN, NJ.- Clayton Platt

who converted the old Broadway Theatre movie house here into a citadel for country music shows. will blend that musical form with pop fare for the coming season. With the emphasis on major names to help attract patrons from the Philadelphia area, only a half -hour away, Platt i

the only concert promoter in South- ern New Jersey offering such attractions in both country and pop cate- gorics.

In view of the limited seating capacity of the movie house of less than 1.000. the Broadway box -office runs to a $10.75 top with $6.75 for back balcony seats. Each attraction conies in for two shows nightly.

Ushering in the fall and winter season Saturday (22) are the country sounds of Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius along with the comedy of Elmer Fudpucker. Oct. 6 is "Golden Oldies" night with Herman's Her- mits, the Coasters. Joey Dee & the Starliters with others to be added. Freddie Fender is set be a Nov. 3 concert with Jana Jac a special guest star. Rick Nelson comes in Nov 10 with the New Christy Minstrels I:. Nov. 23. it will he a holiday borer with Ronnie McD Margo Smith. the Sunshine

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we resisted temptation. When you've got a band called SHOES,

the one -liners come thick and fast. We were really tempted to say things like,

"These SHOES were made for rocking:' and

"Our SHOES step out in style" or "Rock a mile in our SHOES We could even

have said, 'Don't be a heel, get new SHOES;

or "Our SHOES don't need polish!"

But we didn't.

We decided that we'd just tell you that we

have SHOES, and SHOES has a new album

called Present Tense. And after one listen,

we're sure that you'll

agree with us: SHOES

is one of the most exciting, refreshing

new bands we've heard in years.

So put yourself in our and see if you can resist temptation, too. Ua

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Talent_

Talent In Action ABBA

C'onventn n Center. .I nuhelm, ('ahi.

With the help of a six man band and three

backup singers. Abba did a masterful lob of du

plrcatmg the complex sound of is record his on

this sixth stop of is maiden North American

tour.

What the group needs In wok on rs injecting

more personality into is set Presenting seam

less versions of is many his isn't enough Rte

members have to let us gel to know them on

some personal level How are they finding the

States? Why haven't they toured here belote' tt

doesn't malter what they talk about, but it is im

portant that they relate to the crowd beyond po

tile wiggles and smiles

Coslummg was a Small problem. with the

ladies (AnnFrida Lyngstad and Agnetha Falls -

kog) garbed in identical Wmpswts that made

them look like interchangeable Colddrggers

They would be better off with clothes that suited

their respective personalities

But all of this t5 nitpicking really. considering

that the ample l'. hour. 22-song set included

such aural delights as Voulez Vous." "S O.S."

and 'Take A Chance On Me "

The show lealured a surprising amount at

bold rock'n'roll. including the next 45. "Gimme

Gimme Gimme (A Man Alter Midnight)." which

replaces the old Abba sparkle and effervescence

with a rawer nastier "Hot Stuff" sound, And the

show caught lire toward the end with such ex

hilarating rockers as "Does Your Mother Know."

'Waterloo:. "Dancing Queen "Summer Night

City" and "Hole In Your Soul" Another highlight was a solo spot by Tomas

Ledin, one of the backup singers, who per

lamed a raucous' Not Bad Al All "Ledin is cut

ling a solo IP with Abba engineer Michael B

Tretow, due nett spring

While through much of the show the group

D tad the Jukebox approach and simply dished

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out perfect reproductions ul Its hits, there veer

some small. Ingenious bits of business tha

added new dimensions to the tunes

Fnda at ore point sat on a barslool dangling

a long cigarette holder to accent the sultry

"Money Money Money," while she and Agnetha

flirted suggestively with the guitarist on "Does

Your Mother Know." a sendup of underage WY-

crazy leasers.

The most dramatic bit of staging came on the

soft lullabye '1 Have A Dream," when 20 L A.

area youngsters selected by the local UNICEF

chapter hied onstage to sing along

The group, led by Benny Anderson and Bjorn

plows. did loosen up considerably as the set

progressed. presumably as the warm audience

response eased ds lust time out skittishness. As

the Iota unfolds and Abba continues to loosen

up. the personal Qualities It brings to the show

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sisal standards PAULGREIN

THE WHO .bfudhson Square Garden. New York

The point is not so much whether the Who

was good or bad when it played live soldout con certs Sept 14 18, but that the band played at

all

The Who's recent history is well known, as ale

the Questions as to whether st would ever per term five again So when the tickets to the show

went on sale they were snapped up within a day.

There was much excitement burying Through

the Garden on the last show of the New Yak

stand. as indeed there was through the four pre

veas concerts In that context the Who could do

almost anything it wanted and what it did An

was put together as fine a show as any heard al

the Garden by any rock group at any lime Sure there were changes in the Sept IA show

tram what is seen of the Who m the "Kids Are

Alright" film Kenny Tones is now the drummer

and he does not even attempt to match the

maniacal style of the late Keith Moon And there was a horn section and a keyboard player added

to the New York shows to round out the Quad

rophema" numbers which are being reinlra

duced into the Who repertoire now that the

"Quadrophenia" film is coming out But the basics remained the same at the

band's 140 minute set

John Entwistel was still rock steady holding the band together with his bass. The newly

shorthand Roger Daltrey was slit the rock

singer and. of course nobody can play electric rock guitar like Peter Townshend

There was not much new in the Who's set of

more than 20 songs. The 62nd played basically what the audience knew including "Good Bye

Sister Disco" (there was a big cheer for that

Long Line Roch," "Musts Must Change;' 'Be- hind Blue Eyes." "Who Are You," "Pinball Wu

are (which opened a "Tommy" medley), 'My Generation," Won't Get Fooled Again" and a

host of others The Who's must Is pure power rock'n'roll,

that is as Iresh as anything done by any of the

young new wave bands And while the Who mu

roans are gelling a little bit older, their music

isn't. That will never get old ROMAN KOZAK

BRAND X Resv, Los,4rr1;cles

Crowds crawled over tables and chain Sept

22 to get as close as possible to the must of

Brand X

Its popularity is evident here on the West

Coast with so soldout shows in only three nights

Brand X, an English live man troop. lammed Irom the time it hit the stage through Its 45.

minute, six tune set

Formed back in 1976, Brand X represents a

progressive instrumental linos gawp that has shuffled its membership throughout its last lour albums.

Fortunately, the original unit was here with drummer Phil Collins, lohn Goodsall an guitars,

bassist Percy Jones and Robin Lumley on key

boards, and m addition Peter Robinson doubled keyboards

The quintet rocked the club with "Alton" and "Dante Of The Illegal Aliens." both from its lac

est LP "Product "

from an earlier LP, an extended version of "Malaga Virgin" and "Access to Data." and the group's last legitimate vocal number, Don't Make Waves' *alums drummer Collins Mtn n oho recognized for his work will the rock group

Genesis

Ike call for an encore alter the closing tune.

'Soho." was answered by 'Nuclear Burn,' a fit ring title that represents today's environmental

problems BRUCE BOGUCKI

(ompus Nat{ Broadcaster Chat Oct. 12 -14

LOS ANGLLIoS- The third annual National Student Broadcasters (om'cntiun in Boston Oct. 12 -14 at

the Boston Park Plaza Hotel is sr.:-

peeled to draw 800 delegates from TOO schools.

The convention is again being hosted bs WUMB -FM at the Univ of Massachusetts, Boston. Fifty ses sions are planned that is ill cuver 0,- ery aspect relating to broadcasting.

Among the record companies that wilt be represented are Infinity. Bares Wass: Rounder, Enanne \h'c.nch: Arista. Fran Meyer: Poly - dos. Jim Oct Bat., Atlantic. Bruce Tenenbaum: Eleklra /Asylum. Sherry Winston: RSO, Dawn Livingston: Warner Bros., Mike Simons: To- mato, Leslie Burman: and Island, Marshall Blonstein. president.

The "Advanced Radio Develop- ment' session will have as panelists Robert Haber. College Media Jour- nal: Peter Gordon. "Thirsts Ear" radii syndication: Bruce Tenenbaum. Atlantic: Manen Leighton. Rounder: and Jim Del Balzer. Polydur.

Confirmed for the "Using the Trade Journal" panel are George Meier of the Walrus Report and College Media Journal's Haber.

Other programming sessions include "1.1// Programming," moderated h, Steve Tlntan. WBUR -FM. Boston L iris.. "Feature and Docu- mentary Production:' Jim Cameron, NBC Radio News. New fork: "What's Wrong With College Ra- dia ?" George Meier. plus "Program- ming a Radio Station" and production techniques. among ulhrr,.

Music seminars include "Music And '80s," Oedipus. WBCN -F M. Boston: "Setting Up A Music Department." Bob Cooper, WTRR -FM, Pittsfield. Mass.: "Disco /Rock Sc Disco /Soul: Music Of The 'Hile," Cosmo Wyatt, Pro -

gressive Platter magazine, and a

music directors seminar Preregistration postmarked hs

Oct. 3 is $22.50 and $25 thereafter For mur: information contact Mel- ody Morgan at 1617) 282.2074

Loyola's Radio Meet Nov. 2 -4

CIIICAGO The Loyola N:r- nnnal Radio Conference, one of the largest annual gatherings of college broadcasters, celebrates ils 10th an- niversun' this sear. The conference is scheduled to run Nov. 2.4 at the Water Tower Myatt House hotel here. offering an expanded slate nt panel discussions and technical seminars

Each registration Is sel at S17 50 per person, with the fee rising tu 522.50 after Oct. 15, Once again this year Chicago's WXRT -l'.\1 sill spur m rr an :ur pen,,nalits :ontc,l with Judging of demo tape matron,- slims and the awarding of one hour truie ,talion ao tints to h winner.

Presentations fis record companies, label -sponsored hospitality ,unes and hro:ldcosi eseculis-e keynote addresses also highlight the annual event.

Park Resurrects Music Of the '60s

\',nLl Nt.In. ('alit Rock nsusls of the '60s was to be revived Satur- day and Sunday (29.311) at Six Flags Magic Mountain here. s hen ,s

scheduled taping of a television special. "'60s Rock Scrapbook" was to take place.

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Total ARTI5T- Promoter, Facikty, Dates Ticket

ULNOIES Sellout lE81OilMANCEi Sales

Arenas (6,000 To 20,000)

Tckel Prece Gloss Scale Receipts

l BEE GEES /SWEET INSPIRATIONS -Robert Strgwood /terry Weintraub W /Concerts West, Col

Cleveland, Ohio. Sept 18 & 19 l21

35.000 510.515 í196p00

2 BEE GEES /SWEET INSPIRATIONS -Robert 29.056 110 115 $399p156 Stigwood /leis) Weintraub W %Concerts West, Spectrum, Philadelphia. Pa.. Sept 21 8 22 121

3 THE CARS /NICK GILDER- Perryscope Concerts. 1).500 $9 50 $166,2506 P N E Vancouver. B C.. Sept 22

4 STYX /MORNING STAR -Sunshine Promotions. 19,400 $8 $155,5686 Freedom Hall. Louisville, Ky Sept. 23

5 EARTH, WIND A TYRE -Islam Cd Creershou, 12.367 SASS $9 50 5112,5476 NC. Sept 21

6 BAD COMPANY /CARILLO -S 8 L 13.1 W/ leery 13.000 57.50 58.50 $111,1716 Wemlraub:Concerts West. Scope. Nodolk, Va, Sept

22

7 BLUE OYSTER CULT /RAINBOW -Cross Country 10 663 56.50 S8 50 $86,415 Concerts. Col New Haven. Cl Sept 18

8 BLUE OYSTER CULT /RAINBOW -Brass Ring 8.596 $9.510 $85,231 Productions. Cobo Arena. Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 21

9 THE KINKS /1011N COUGAR -Frank 1 Russo. Inc., 10.196 57.50 S8 50 582,527

Civic Center Providence. R I , Sept 23

10 CHEAP TRICK/SAMMY HAGER- Festaal East, Inc./ 9853 S7 50 $8 50 $82,370 Harvey $ Corky Productions. Merril Aud.. Buffalo. N Y., Sept 22

11 KISS /JUDAS PRIEST- Sunshine Promotions. 8.220 SIG $82200 Robert's Stad Evansville, Ind., Sept. 20

12 1HE CARS /NICK GILDER -john Bauer Concerts. 9,100 $8 50-59 577,27e Edmonsen Pavilon, Seattle via.. Sept 21

13 KISS/JUDAS PRIEST- Sunshine Promotions. Col Ft 7,669 SIO $76,690 Wayne Ind Sept IB

H IAN HUNTER /DAVID IOHANSEN -Belém 9.893 S7 50 S8 50 $75,284 Productions. Col Thea.. Cleveland, Ohio. Sept 22

15 00081E BROTHERS /MIGHT- Entam, Col 9,717 5758 $73,804 Greensboro. N.0 Sept 22

LB KENNY LOGGINS /LOUISE G.OFFIN /HUEY LEWIS- 8.500 $8.50 -59.50 $12,330 Bill Graham Presents' CAL Greek Thea., Berkeley, Calif, Sept. 21

17 BADCOMPANT /CARILLO -S 01BV IN/Jerry 9 000 57.50-58.50 $72,157 Weintraub /Concerts West, Centennial Hall, Univ., Toledo. Onio, Sept. 20

18 DOOBIE BROTHERS /NIGHT- Dim, Civic Center, 8 693 S6 $68,192 Roanoke. Ya Sept 21

19 THE CARS /NICK GILDER -leery Weintraub /Cancels 8.500 SB $9 $68,0006 West, Col Spokane, Wa Sept 23

20 ABBA- Concord Pavilon, Pavilon, Concord. Calif 8.096 S7 50 58 50 $65,5046 Sept 19

Auditoriums (Under 6,000) 1 ELTON 10101-B9 Graham Presents, Community 10.596 SI0-S15 $147,060

Thea Berkeley. Calif, Sept 22 8 24 (3)

2 DIONNE WARWICK -Tara Productions. Ahmanson 0,000 58.50 S15.50 $56,000 Thea L A Cald Sept 22 (2)

3 BLUE OYSTER CULT -Brass Ring Productions. Civic 5.130 Sl 50 S8 50 $42,741 Center, Lansing. Mich.. Sept 22

4 SANTANA -louse Gavle' Presents. Vina Real 4.000 $8 50510 $34,565 McAllen, Tx Sept. 19

5 KENNY LOGGINS/LOUtSE GOM M- Morning Sun 3.976 57 90-58.90 $33 Productions. Wolf 8 Rrssmdler Concerts. Merit! fud. Sacramento. Cald. Sept. 20

,242

6 ANNE MURRAY -Tat Tana Productions. Carnegie 2.800 18 50-115 $31,800 Hall. NYC N Y Sept 19

7 AC /DC /MOLLY HATCHET -Pace Concerts,' Loue 3 005 S7 50 S8 50 $24,3896 Messina. Houston. To.. Sept 20

8 THE CARS /NICK GILDER -John Bauer Concerts. 2.900 58.50 59 5242856 Paramount Thea Portland, Wa., Sept 20

9 STANLEY CLARKE/DIXIE DREGS -Pace Concerts/ louis Messina. Music Hall. Houston, Te Sept 23

2.679 5850 $21,794

10 AC /DC /MOLLY HATCHET -Loure Gavrel Presents. Villa Real McAllen, T., Sein 18

2 439 51 5059 $18,950

11 THE CLASH /SAM 8 DAVE /UNDERTONES -Don law 2,100 17.5058 50 $16,872 Co. Orpheum Boston. Mass. Sept 19

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By ELIO 1 I Ih'C:PL

MONTI RE1 Calif Currcnd, m his 58th sear In ,hem business

human perpetual motion machine Budd, Rich defines his musical et nlcnee as "I go ks plat I don't go to

work. "It's atway, fun I don't lu a it as a

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Always NW Being on the ne.id

most all year nwnd, dome-sheath and globally ". Riding the one

nithter susuu' Posit's Rieh Intl me m a moment of calm before the storm backstage at the rc, ent Mon- ists..., Jan Fehltai

We are seated m the smoky hand bus which has Just arrayed from Los Angela and which will take off post haste for San Francisco once this gig fs complete

It1f `The only time es becomes difficult" Rrh conunues. is when I'm nor on the mad l'se been doing it so

long thai w hen 1 don't do il. it's total boredom The idea of playing even night the physical thing keeps me health, The thought of slowing down neter cia-urs to me

-Even tinsel go to take the bus ifs to a different place. Esenday in my life rm in another situation, another attitude and culture. lit a gift to be able to go here and there"

Rich feels there's probahly more ai the lis es ,( people shodnse

to jobs they don't enjoy doing. Hcaho finds n impractical to only

work moderately before audiences. "It breaks me up when people do three months of concerts and then take two weeks off. You owe it to the people who buy tour records to appear-no matter how small the town Is they hue tn.-

Rich says he's planning his next LP for next month after he's gotten all his new chart, ready His last LPs have been in the direr -to-duk mule which the drummer says "reminded him of the way he cut records in the old 78 Ir p m l days." Anything special about cutting direct -to-duk^ "It wasps' another way to go in and get the God damn thing over with."

Rich defines his current crop of young. aggressive players and the modem music they play. as putting the band in its third stage. with the 1966 band the first stage and the 1973 band phase two.

Each stage as related to the music of that period.

In the tale '60s. "people said. who wanted a big hand during the rock era?' 1 said. 'no one wants it but me

we We opened at the Aladdin Hotel tin Las Vegas) and pulled people from the tables."

Rich speaks of the hand's modern

Jazz au }}77,..1.- .. 1,,sipini; it sit, "We' not a dance band. not a ghost

IL- Buddy Rich' "Jazzmen are not given enough acknowledgement. The Grammys ought to devote more time to the music."

hand, we won't play 'Sung 01 India.' We will bring music to young people who sense there's something other than the Beatles and the Monkees. As they've grown they 's c hcen larlh- ful to us."

Rich feels the Recording .Acad- emy, on the other hand. has not been faithful to Jau. "Jazzmen are not given enough acknowledgement People like Lester 1 Dung, Dizzy Gi1- lespie, Art Tatum. Benny Gostdman, Bird. Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan should all be in the hall of fame These are people who have passed all the tests.

"And the Grammies should de-

tote more tame to Jaz1 dyou're going to be fair about music" Rich is

against the whole idea of hating people compete against each other

Now Senegal Is NElk 1 ORK A series ul 10 Jazz

concerts beginning In mid- Decem- ber is booked for Senegal, West Af- rica

Dexter Gordon. Woody Shaw. Buddy Rich. Gerry Mulligan. Roy Haynes and the Xanadu All Stan are reportedly signed for the event. being produced by Mort) Yost.

Von produced the recent Cara - velle Jazz Festival in Guadeloupe with the sponsorship of Club Merl executive Daniel Haulefcuille The, will be teaming again ten the Sencg,il event along with Bernie Pollak

African and European musicians

for awards "II you're great. you're great," he says. "If you're a bum. you're a bum. You win an award ev-

en night when you think you',c done a good job."

r What about the times when he has

a had night? Any awards'? "When that happens I don't talk to anyone I'm my own crow "

Known for his biting humor. Rich makes Ihcsc observations on curTCnl

things musical: Jazz fusion -'It's marvelous when its sincere. It's kind of funny when a guy from Liverpool says 'gall "

Jaez LP sales "I'm not talking about four million sellers. It might hurt to do something you can't be-

lieve in I'd rather play good music

and whatescr it sells. it sells." On plat mg Jan in a band- "If

Booking a Fest

Busy Jackie Davis X111 11 '1 .,,,trio J. 1,177 .irt'.rnlst

Jackie Davis returns here following a three -week concert tour of Europe. he will appear in a motion picture. "Caddy Shank." now in production in Miami, and finish up his first solo LP for the Pablo label.

Davis also has completed the first of a series of books on organ for Hansen Publications. His Pablo LP with Ella Fitzgerald, "Lady Time." reportedly is among that label's live top sellers.

also will be showcased. and according to Voss, drummers Rich and Haynes will he seen performing with native African percussionists.

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F1LL.IN ACTION -With the Monterey tau Festival in total darkness due to an electric power failure. Dizzy Gillespie and a mime named Feno put on an ins promptu performance for the 7,000 people sitting in the Fairgrounds at the recent three day extravaganza. The blackout halted the international artists

who were performing.

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As one ill the remaining members of an elite corps of musicians big hand leaders Rich look, at the nomadic side of the butiness thusly: "you're on the road doing your job. You're not supposed to go into a Ro- man tub. It's only a grind if you make it one"

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By JEAN N ILL-IAMI" LOS ANGELES -Dnk "The

Hawk" Hawkins, who recently moved over to West End Records as

national promotion director. r &b. will devote nearly all of his tinte to

securing r &b radio play -something the label has been lacking.

The three -year -old label. headed by co- owners Ed Cushin and Mel Cheren, lias a roster of four acts. including Taana Gardner, Billy Nich- ols. Sugar & Spice and Endo Holt & Starluv.

According to Hawkins, although the acts are r &b- oriented. their product has been breaking in discos And while we certainly wont ig-

nore discos because discos have been good to West End. I am going to depend on black -oriented radio to break the product."

Most of West End's sta ff works the disco circuit and Hawk's arrival gives the label. for the first time a

full -lime. formalized r &b division. Hawkins, who publishes The

Hawk's Journal. will continue as

publisher of the newsletter while holding down his West End chores.

West End, an independently distributed label. also has two in -house producers. Kenton Nix and Hershal Dwellinchant.

Gardner has a 12 -inch single. "When You Touch Me." being played in discos, notes Hawkins. "but I'm in the process of servicing

to Nichols also has a disk released.

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w with "You're My Sugar. You're Ms

Om " Spice

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Among the black acts from the three labels with product presently on the charts are Chic. Ashford & Simpson, Funkadelics, David Ruf- fin. Mass Production and Rose Royce.

According to Fields. the company will be coning with impact programs on all breaking records throughout the fall.

He explains that "since black product breaks so fast, it can't be included in the regular discount scheduling plan. Therefore, we will set up discount programs for small volume black music dealers as the product breaks.

"We presently have breaking records by Prince, Stargard, Sly & the Family Stone, the Spinners and :a

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"We have lust secured for her the theme song for the film 'Slarune Over' The music was written M Marvin Ilamlish and Carole Buyer Sager and the film stars Burt Revn- olds"

Ele csplains that one side of Mill,' upcoming single will he the theme song, backed with a cut from her LP She also as set to headline New fork's Metropolitan Opera. Wash- ington's Kennedy Center and Phil,a- delphra'% Shubert Theatre all in November

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The Village People are set to perform In the upenming NBC -TV special "Top 10." set to begin shooting at the network's Burbank studio this month

"Top 10." developed and pru- duced by Jinn Aubrey and Chris Beard. is being prepped as a mid -

season series In addition to performing. the Village People will he

involved in %arlous sketches.

11.0 King IS becoming a regular on Is- with his many guest shots. The singer and his Lucille have recorded the theme song for the new ABC -TV series The Associates." he recently made 415 first appearance on "American Bandstand," he recently appeared on the Crystal Gale special on ('BS. and he is set to appear in a Memorex ad campaign beginning later this fall. , Eugene MCDanheI5. who probably has pro. duced more acts that he can rentein- her, produced the upcoming Mo. town LP "Partners' by Sherri & Susaye- Sherri Payne and Susaate Green are former Supreme,

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1 here aft, Chico: wings. nith a re ported lourth coming. all nded "Red Hot -" Freda Payne s new single (ruin her LP "Hot" bean the title as does Taka Boom. who released the first "Red Hot." Then there's Mary Wd- Son't to be followed by Mongo San lamina's upcoming "Red Hot."

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Tape/Audio/Video Sound, Light, Disco & Video Due At International Entertainment Expo

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rock'n'roll." he says. " We .me Ibn happening in New York and where. where the entertainment e.

part disco. part live rock. and we're

going to bring that up here." There will be 36 seminars on a va-

riety of suhjects. Seminars for hotel and renon spe-

cialists will include panels on disco

and the hotel. entertainment in res-

taurants. theme parks. special events

and promotions. Live entertainment is the focus Of

panels on show room headliners, lounges and colleges. the operation of a showcase club. and a peek at

what rock will be like in the 1980s.

Disco panels will touch on total operations. disco chains and fran- chises. disco technology. disco music trends. disco as a promotion t chicle. international disco operations. and the daily routine of a disco oper-

ation.

Sound and lighting .rra the sub -

Iccis of panels devoted km audio sys-

tems.lighting and engineering. cross

hrecdine 0- lighting displays. special events. the Mate of sound reinforcement. rock tours. equipment supply management. huer technology and safety standards. industrial shows

and live acts. Bill McManus & Associates will

oITer a special program showing how the firm designed the Kiss touring show

Another scnes of seminars will involve casino gambling.

Disco specialists such as New

York. New York's John Addison Studio One's Scott Forbes. audio ex-

pert Alex Rosner. prone otiunal mar,

Tom Hayden. lighting evert Ife, Fiorentino. Shuwcon Jack Masan: stage. light and sound designer Chip Monck. and a host of other veteran entertainment specialists will be

among the panelists

Sony Wireless Mike Keys Pro Audio Push

By STEPHEN NEW YORK -Songs new light-

weight wireless microphone system.

a0 which got its first national television

to exposure on the recent Jerry Lewis zt Labor Day "Muscular Dystrophy

m Telethon." will key an expanded

vi marketing thrust for the professional 6- audio division. general manager

Nick Mortis reports. có A network of 40 to 60 pro audio

dealers is being franchised to handle

m the Sony line of microphones. mix- 0 ers and other electronics. with field

V sales manager Jim Guthrie super- () vising this ongoing activity.

Both the broadcast and pro audio markets are seen as major outlets for the innovative UHF wireless microphone system. which had its first exposure as a prototype at the Novem- ber 1978 Audio Engineering Society Convention here.

The system. selected for Telethon use hs engineer Pete. SanFilipo of Westérn Media Entertainment. weighs only seven ounces and uses the 947 -952 mH UHF band, which offers 14 channels. Other wtecics. mikes use the VHF bands but Sons felt this did not oiler a good testing situation. Morris notes. The result is that Sony has a reported 300 -ki- locycle bandwidth compared with 75 kc for other units currently in use

The system ran be built at a loss er

frequency for movie or broadcast industry special order, hut the 1'111-

TV Tryout: Jerry Lewis gives the new Sony seven -ounce UHF wireless WRT -57 mike its U.S. television debut on his recent Muscular Dys-

trophy Telethon.

TRAM si olTers .,s litany simultaneous operations as possible. and the frequency is generally more controlled than VHF since 947 -952 is allocated by the Federal Communications Com- mission to the broadcast industry.

Both Morris and Guthrie ac- knowledge that the cost of the system is significantly higher than competition from Schaffer -Vega. HME and Swintek, but feel the added flexibility the UHF system offers. and the reported total dynamic range of 94 dB are major plus factors.

A full wireless diversity system would run between $8.000 and $9,000 for one channel. (This compares with $3.450 for the Schaffer - Vega Diversity System. first such unit in the industry.)

While the primary thrust thus far ( Continued on page 541

UI partis Lila' intcrc+l.trc scninn:t on disco technology featuring AI,.

Rosner or Cuslont Sound. Scott Kroopfof Wavelength, Dave Kelsey of ACI /Kelsey_ Richard Lung of Long Associates. Peter Alexander. Robert Lobi of Design Circuits. T.1

McHose of FM Productions. and Jerry Laidman of Sound Chamber.

Seminars on sound systems will feature Bob Heil. Glen Meyer or

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Vocoder Kudos: Bill Wittman, Soundmixers' senior engineer, works with the Sennheiser Vocoder in the New York studio.

Sid Harman Sound Waves _ To Reacquire Sennheiser Units Versatile

transmitted "beams arc invisible n the human eye. Four strategicall.. placed panels are employed in the

Lunt -Fontanne to achieve full cov-

erage of every seat in the theatre.

There are no wires or cables to

hook up between headphones and sound system. Therefore. costly wir- ing ofeach seating location has been

eliminated. Another advantage is

elimination of CB and/oz tv interference. since the light beams arc

unaffected by r.l. interference.

The "Peter Pan" production employs some 40 microphones: seven across the front of the stage,22 in the orchestra pit. six on leading performers plus some additional offs. tage units.

JBL Sound Is .11M McCULL.hI t; 11

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Chicago-based conglomerate, has

signed a letter of intent to sell JBL, Inc. and several Overseas distribution units of its stereo component company, Harman International In- dustries. Inc., to Dr. Sidney Harman and a group of associates.

Harman. a legendary figure in the high fidelity industry. is the founder of Harman -International which was

purchased by Beatrice in August 1977. .

Tite transaction. terms of which are not disclosed, is subject to the ap- pia,val of the board of directors of Beatrice The anticipated closing date of the transaction is expected early next year.

JBL. located in suburban North- ridge here. produces hi ft loud- speakers for consumer use as well as

loudspeaker products for recording studios. sound reinforcement equipment and speakers for other professional applications.

JBL is estimated to have the largest share of market of any other consumer hi fi speaker manufacturer in the U.S. JBL is also estimated to

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here for the nass "Peter Pan" production. "With the infrared listening system operating. there isn't a had seal in the house." states Richard Fitzgerald. president of Sound Asso-

ciates. Inc., the firm that installed the system.

The headphone weighs in at just 2fi ounces and offers superb fidelity. Because of its light weight and quality sound, the receiving system is unobtrusive to the wearer and is ideal for the hearing -impaired.

The overall effect is one of heigh- tened intimacy and environmental involvement. The headphone does not shut out ambient sound of the theatre. but serves more as a supplement.

Applications of the system are many and varied, including outdoor concerts where sound projection and adequate sound power are often difficult to achieve.

The headphones can deliver up to 113 dB of sound level and can easily make up for some of the most severe deficiencies in a listening environ- ment.

The transmitting panels for the infrared listening system are each made up of III light -remitting diodes. The panels are 9 by 14 inches deep. Since the system relies on infrared light to transmit sound, the

TOP SPEAKERS, PRESENTATIONS

Video Music Confab Takes Off Continued from page 1

Among the special small -group demonstrations and presentations confirmed are the Magnavox Mag- nassion optical videodisk system of `1CA /Philips. Sony and Panasonic professional video studios: Pickwick International's Vldeuworks and Channel 1000 in-store displays, and lung -farm programming from Jon Roseman Production: "VideoJuke-

." and Ron Hays' "Music Im-

Lsa'ntng Video Showcases will highlight the best creative efforts from all participating record and film companies. independent producers and artists. All will utilize /+- inch U -Made tapes. with General Ileetnc providing a new PJ -5050 taiga- scrccn projector and tt state -of- the -art hi ti system from Miller & Kreisei Sound,

Saturday night's social event is a

party cohosted by TransAmerican Video and the Record Plant at TAV's Celebrity Theatre, with a

"mystery guest" to entertain, followed by a nightcap at the Video- Disco at the downtown L.A. Con-

ention Center. courtesy of Charles Tepfer, sponsor of the consumer L.A. VideoShow that weekend.

The morning sessions will run the gamut of video involvement, featuring participants front around the globe on topics including creative input, in- house /in- store. legal rights. hardware update. retailing experience. marketing muscle. audio /videostudios, International networks. programming progress and future technologies

A windup "Looking Ahead" session will feature all panel moderators in an assessment of the future. joined M Todd Rundgren of Utopia Video, sine of the first artists to make a major commitment to video.

Following brief remarks by MCA's Sheinberg and Gallup's Ko- hut. to he joined by several other speakers, and the rap session. mod- crated by Lcc Zhito. Billboard's editor-inchief and publisher. panels on legal rights and hardware will round out the opening day.

Legal Rights will be moderated by At Berman, president of the Harry Fux Agency. with participants

including Bob Crothcrs. executive assistant to the president, American Federation of Musicians, and Dick Blaeser, director, Film Security Of- fice. Motion Picture Assn. of Amer- ica.

Hardware Update. chaired by Larry Finley. International Tape Assn. executive director, will have Kenneth Ingram, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Magna- vox Consumer Electronics; Dick O'Brion, executive vice president, U.S. JVC Corp.; Phil Stack. vice president, Sony Video. and representatives from Panasonic and U.S. Pioneer.

Saturday sessions kick ssll with "Creative Input For A Mass Mar- ket" moderated by John Weaver. Keel' & Co., with Paul Flattery. executive producer. Jon Roseman Pro- ductions; George Honchar, executive vice president, Intero Fiorentino Associates: Eric Gardner. president, Panacca /Utopia Video. and Ron Hays. president. Music Image.

"In -House To In -Store To In- Home" is chaired is Jo Bergman.

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NATIONAL TO HAVE $6 MIL -

A/V COMPLEX NEW NORK- National Record

Studios is building an audio /visual studio complex in the old West Side Airlines Terminal here with an estimated price tag of 56.3 -million for construction and equipment costs.

Sugarloaf View is designing the two studios, one of which is destined to be fitted with digital recording equipment, according to Howard Lustig. one of National's owners. Technical specifications weren't available at presstime, but MCI consoles will be used, says Lustig.

National will occupy three floors of the four -story terminal. located on the corner of -10th Ave. and 42nd St. The ground floor will house two 80 by 60 -foot video studios, dressing rooms. executive offices and lounges.

The second floor sound studios will he linked directly to the video studios below, enabling clients to produce videotapes at the same time as they cut 24 -track audio tapes The third floor will contain editing and mixing rooms.

"The studios are being equipped for the future." Lustig sass. "We want to be able to produce music with visual accompaniment in whatever form, disks or tape. We intend to be a major supplier in that area. We can handle complete programming. live, special effects. whatever is required."

The construction, which got underway recently, is part of the city's program for revitalizing the 42nd Si. area. with an emphasis on the entertainment arts.

For that reason, the top floor of the former terminal is being reserved for construction of a theatre that would be built riser the existing roof of the building. DICK NUSSER



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...Sum marketing plan, for the launch of RCA's Seiecl$Vision sidesxll'k system is not espCCted before early December. but definitely will come before year -end. asvordint k+ in- form,' source,. 1 he projected launching date is the fall of 1980. with acorny heightening both al In- dunapoln where hinng is under. *ay aC- a broad arraofmanufac- tunas and engineering job classifications. and in New York. here Herb Schlosser's entire programming marketing staff just moved w 10 Rockefeller Plata Acy Lamm joins as director. creative seniors from art director at RCA Records

Two new video program direc- tories are due soon. reflecting the growth of the home market along uitb other commercial areas Na-

nrJiarrl Viiro CkearinRboane, Syosset. N.Y_ experts to launch a 5500.000 promotion campaign for as The Vida Seam Book" and "Tie Video Prtipmis lades.." edited b, Ken Winslow Soursc Book has 900 pages. 15.000 title,- a,ailable No, 16 at S19 95 Emetic Video. Nev. York will publish its fourth book. ?lc V'liedoc: Prevails For The Hie.' with over 3_500 titles from fdm audios clubs and distributor, in the consumer market Read_, in earl 1980. the new director a ten- tatively pricey at S15

Second annual Haste VNeaSbow, producer in Tepler Publishing ò, 17 -18 at the Los Angeles Con,en-

+bon Center. expects to top last scar', initial 6.000 attendance A Video- disco dance area. with the floor sur- rounded by color tee, main camera, and large -screen projection systems, will augment euhrbrta by such equipment and tape manufacturers as Sanyo. JVC. Ampex. Dupont and TDK. metro retailers including the Federated Group and the I. A Video Center. and virtually all major distributors of prerecorded pro. gramming

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Pro Audio Push For Sony Consumed /kohl pflv 0

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special systems were tailored huh lower frequencies for ABC cval- ualion. Tim Weisberg gave the sys-

tem a nm- through in Las Vegas as

did comic David Brenner at the Desert Inn.

Sony believes that with the problems that interference has caused with other systems. even the higher price is not that much a deterrent.

The dealer network is being structured slowly. as Guthrie emphasizes "it takes a very professional firm to sell and service effectively. and give us sufficient exposure in both the broadcast and pro audio markets"

A leasing program from dealer to user also is being offered, to alleviate the high initial cost and depreciate the equipment. "We're probably the only manufacturer to come up with a lease -buy program like this that will enable a venue. or artist. to lease with an option to buy at perhaps 5300 or 5400 a month.' Guthrie says. "This way the unit can be sup- planted by any improved models that fast -paced technology may develop."

A major factor in the technology breakthrough is the joint work in Ja- pan of Sonys radio frequency and transducer departments which cooperated on the project.

The design of the transmitter is

the key to the small size and weight." Morris says. "The '3D' device for 'multiplying' the unit guarantees the operation of four channels one loot

Tape /Audio /Video Intl Entertainment Expo: Sight & Sound -

apart running simulianeously. while others have proximity transmitter problems as one of their major design defects."

The system again will be highlighted at the upcoming AES. Nov. 2ó ut the Waldorf- Astoria here. along with other pro audio products from Sony.

'We're finally making mileage back on pro audio,' Morris says,

"with the new C38 mike at several studios. including Soundmixers in

New York which gave us a good re-

action. R proves to us that the recording industry wants performance. not looks.

"Many large firms are fighting for their share of the consumer audio market. but in the pro area it's mainly smaller companies. and we

feel we have an excellent chance to build our share."

Video Music

i ,:minned from page 5,1

l lectro- Voice. Tom Walter of Com- munity Light & Sound, Michael Pe-

terson of Shure Bros., Don Pearson of Ultrasound. Ray Kimber. Steve Neal of FM Productions, Jack Maxum of Showco; Stan Miller of Slanal Sound.

Laser is the subject of a panel con- sisting of Ivan Dryer of Laser Im- ages. Bart Johnson of Laser Dis- plays. Carl Schultheiss of Science Faction, and Brian Castello of the Bureau of Radiological Health.

Exhibitors include Amphion Sound, AST Sound & Light. AVAB America. Accurate Sound. ACl/ Kelsey. American Products. Arc Sales, Alice Lansing, A & S Case, Aesthetic Design, AAL Speakers, Audio Logic. Bally Manufacturing, Bela Sigma Corp., Billboard Publi- cations, Buckeye Fireworks. Bureau of Radiological Health. Biamp Sys- tems. Blackstone Manufacturing. Cerwin Vega, Cinema Services.

Confab Taking Off Continued from page 50

director. video and telesision. Warner Bros. Records. with Steve

Kahn. manager. audio /visual productions; RCA Records: Varlet/ Smith. director, film & video production center. Capitol Records: Gi- rard Landry. president. PromoVi- sion. and Peter Van der Velden, coordinator. video operations. Casa- blanca Records;

"Marketing Muscle For New Media." chaired by Ken Winslow, National Video Clearinghouse. will

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"The Retail Connection - Dealer /One -Stop Experience." moderated by Joe Cohen, NARM executive vice president, will have Lee Hailstone. president. Integrity E- tertainment /Wherehouse; Noel Gimbel. president. Sound /Video Unlimited, and David Kaye. president, Emerald City Records /Oz. among others.

"Studios -An Audio /Video Marriage." chaired by Lola Scobey. vice president. Wishbone Studios will have Chris Stone, president. Record Plant (L.A.); Louis Stein- berg, executive vice presidenL Trans American Video; and Bill Marino. chief engineer. Regent Sound. among others.

Sunday discussions lead off with "Videodisk /Tape Program- ming Progress." moderated by Seth Willenson, director of programs. RCA SelectaVision. with Gary Dar - tnelh president, EMI Videograms; Sam Snuck. director. music programming. Time -Life Video, and John Lollos, senior vice president, Video Tape Network.

"International Video Music Networks," chaired by Donald MacLean. managing director. EMI Audio -Visual Services. London, will have Klaus Muller- Neuhuf, Com- plan. Hamburg; Cees Verwoord. publisher. Billboard Benelux, Ant- werp; Ben Okano, publisher. Music Labo, Tokyo. and John Ross -Bar- nard. home video manager. BBC. London.

"Future Technologies -Prom- ise & Potential," moderated by Roger Pryor, general manager. Sony Digital Audio, will feature Bob Pfannkuch, president Bell & Howell Video: Mort Wax, president, M.D. Was & Associates, and representatives from the stereo Iv. cable and satellite broadcast fields.

Registration to the conference. including an opening reception, two luncheons and u closing brunch, is S275. or 5175 for panelists, students and spouses. Full information is available from Billboard Inter- national Video Music Conference. 9000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90069, phone 1213) 213 -7040.

Crest Audio, Creative Engineering. Crown Industries, Computer Ven- turcs. Coreco Research. Concord Manufacturing. Control Devices and Computer Ideas.

Also: Design Circuit, Disco Ex- plosion, Disco Tek Systems. Disco Lighting Systems, Discotronics, Di- versitronics. Dynamo Corp.. Disco Distribution. Disco Tech Manufac- luring. Decor Electronics. Easy Bar, Elton Industries, Electra Displays. Ekkor. Entertainment Dynamics and Entertainment Production Sys- tems.

Also: FM Productions, Falk Engineering. Farrelane Lighting. Frank B. Hall. Galaxy Stage Light. Game Plan. H.C. Edwards Co., Hammond Industries. Illusion Lighting. Interscience Technology. Imsx. Irving Kaye Co.. Illinois Cable. Juliana's Sound. Kiernan Si

Associates. Klein's Attractions, Klieg! Bros.. Kenroy Lighting. Kus- tom Electronic. Jim Kinner Sound. Lumens Corp., Lightwotks, Lance Enterprises. Later Light & Sound. Linear Sound. Limelight Produc- tions. Laser Presentations. Len Tal- ent and Laser Displays.

Also: Multi -Phase Entertain- ment, MF Productions, Mass Laser. Mater Dei Productions. McDonald found, Meta International, Mobil ound. Motion Message, Nameth & o.. Newth Lighting. Neoray Light-

ing. Oleson, Omega Artists. Portman Shore, Packaged Lighting Systems. Phoebus, Polaroid Corp.. Perform- ance Magazine, Party Particulars. PASE. Partee Products. QRK Elec- tronics. Radio City Music Hall Pro- ductions. Roll a Deal, Roctronics. Rosco Labs, Rosner Custom Sound and RKB Industrial Inc. . Also: Saturday Night Lights. Stillwater Group Industries, Strand Century. SCR Digitrol. Sound Chamber, Spectra Sound Produc- tions. Graham Smith, Science Fac-

Dealers Set For N.Y. Hi Fi Show

NEW YORK -Special dealer hours for the third New York Hi Fi Stereo Music Show at the New York Stotler are 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday (4) and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday (7), producer Teresa Rogers reports. Public hours are 5 to IO p.m. Thursday -Fri- day. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to7 p.m. Sunday. with the Sam Goody SuperDisco open one hour later each night.

Admission is 51 with more than 60 manufacturers represented and nearly a dozen retailers in the metro area. Demonstrations of digital recording and AM stereo broadcasting are among new technology highlights. with the crowd expected to equal last year's 40.000 -plus.

Lion. Soundteque International. Sundance Lighting. Skirpan Light- ing. Sound Unlimited Systems. SICO, Total Concept Sound. Talent & Booking. Tivoli Industries, Towards 2000. Tourist Attractions& Parks. Times Square Theatrical. Teaser Wiworks. Teatronics, Telex Communications and Total Enter- tainment Corp.

Also: Vista Lighting. Vue More Manufacturing. Varaxon, Visual Products. Vita Mix. Wing Industries, Wavelength, Williams Electronics. Wood Wilkines. Wicoand Yamaha.

Autosound Group To

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measurement standards for autosound and a specifications disclosure format will be announced Tuesday (2) at a special meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of Car Stereo Manufacturers at the Stotler Hilton here, following the Institute of High Fidelity audio conference program.

Spokesman Jim Twerdahl of Jen- sen Sound Labs reports the nearly 20 companies involved on the committee had endorsed the proposed standards and method of disclosure. with all other manufacturers/im -

porters invited to join the group with their own endorsement. Craig Corp.'s Mack Brown headed the standards committee which drew up the proposals.

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JBL To Harman Continued front page SO

recording studio monitor speakers. Billboard's annual survey of record -r..^ ing studios indicates that 355 of a universe of 699 U.S. and American recording studios use JBLs. followed by Altec with 185 (Billboard. Sept. 29. 1979).

The distribution units to be sold include operations in England. France. Germany. Belgium. Aus- tralia and Japan.

Beatrice had previously announced its intention of selling the Harman -Karon unit of Harman In- ternational to the Shira Shriasuna Electric Corp. of Japan.

Beatrice retains ownership of the Harman Automotive Mirror division as well as the Tannoy Group. a

U.K. based sound distribution company. and Ortofon Manufacturing.,,.,, a Danish -based producer of car- tridges and tonearms.

Harman divested himself of the Harman International group when he was appointed under secretary of commerce in 1976. a post he held for two years.

TOP ACTS IN CES FILM WASHINGTON Pop artists Kenny Rogers and Stevie Wonder. clas-

sical musicians Eugene Foder and Lorin Maazel. Jim Henson of the Muppets and news analyst Eric Seveareid discuss the impact of consumer electronics on their professions. indio [dual careers and on everyone's life in u 25- minute documentary film produced by the Electronic Industries Assn./Consumer Electronics Group.

First of three premieres is Wednesday (10) at Lincoln Center in New York. In conjunction with the fall press reception for the International Winter Consumer Electronics Show, Jan. 5.8 in Las Vegas.

Federal officials, including members of Congress and regulators- agencies, will attend an Oct. 15 showing at the Kennedy Center here. and the West Coast premiere is Oct. 23 at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, during Mc EIA 55th annual fall conference.

The film, and videocassette dupess, will be available to manufacturers, retailers, distributors, manufacturers' reps and industry service groups for new employee training and consumer presentations. it was produced by Frances Thompson Inc., the New York firm which created the "To Fly" film that entertained five million -plus visitors to the Smithsonian's Na- tional Air & Space Museum here the last three rears.



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EXHIBITIONS & COMPETITION Disco

Dr Pepper Disco Promotions Rolling In L.A. LOS AM,/ ,,14- 14xalolliee

of the Dr Pert, 'holding Co. is

sponsonng disco roller stock cshiht rions. competitions and Instruction as part of a pilot pnsmol'nn Ixmg tested in six Southern California

shopping omen Aaonlmg to Barbara Barnard

adenofng and promotion drrectoi

tir the firm's L.A. office. the ctnr tans ma, depending on the succr, of the cuisent program. launch smu-

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Studio 54 Jeans Sell For S30 -S60

\FU I ORK the ads said o- rren.:me could get into Studio 54. but

n did not ruai a chanáe m the door poles of the famous disco here.

Those who had the price 01'530 to SW and fit Sias 24-36 could get Into ;cans soh the 54 logotype stitched

into the hack pockets The pants. called Studio 54 Jeans, were un- seded n a week -long promotion at

Bloomingdale 's prior to the national vk

Copies of the Casablanca album -A \rght At Studio 54" were given alias aitb each pair of trousers sold wkik CBS arasa Sarah Dash. Mi- chael Zager and Cissy Houston nude guest apearances and signed autographs,

01 it W- minute shin staged the elghLmemher Jet II Nisla roller disc group. Nisi, a television notion picture chorcugrapher. de- tgmed Iwo prrxluelinn numbers cs-

',wall) for the promotion The fins Is for three dancers on skates, and the other o It solo number.

Follow Ing the performance. dancers super. Ise an amateur compel'. t using sodunlecn from the am thence The competition Is divided Into three calcgones- men's single+, women's singles and couples Trophies are awarded to the win non

After the competition. Nisla's wife. Elavne, offers free disco roller skating kaums. According to Bar- nard. Elaync Nola is a former national disco roller champion.

In the third pan of the promotion. a fashion show. usually 'homed around roller disco clothing. is featured.

Finally. a drawing is held with winners receiving Dr Pepper T- shirts. towels. beach bags. six -packs and other promotional terns provided M the company. Some of the participating shopping centers also give awns gift certificates

The promotion also extends to a

tie-in with about 19 roller skating rinks in the area. and provides discounts which offer up to 75 cents off the regular admission price to the rinks.

According to Barnard. Dr Pepper began pitching the promotion to

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Nr '. ,', N l'us a, ever. but merit is winning coil medu,crnv." Schlachtr ex-

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major differentes between the present disco market and that of a

year ago. "A year ago. a disco W or radio

programmer had a limited number of releases to go with. and because he needed the music. mediocre product got played. Today. the DJs have far more choices and marginal product doesn't gel the play it used Iii. Disco has come of age and is on a

par with other kinds of music in acceptance." stales Schlachter.

This view is being acted upon at Prelude through an impending "artist" rather than "concept" approach to disco performers.

While not totally negating the "concept" disco record -that is studio- produced efforts with little artist Identity -Schlacter says Prelude is

seeking artists whose Image can be

built for the long haul. A current example is France Joli.

now riding the singles and album charts with "Come To Me" and "France Joli. respectively.

We did a three- market promotion with her presenting her in New


hold M.., Iles.. i', takelt! it.. irilp.l.1 ,old is. tit tuet. dying.' declares Mary Schlachter. co- president of Prelude Records.

"The reality is that disco is is

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NEW YORK -One w. , --I beat- ing the age requirements of most dis. cotheques is to get a hot dancing tune released. with plenty of promotional support. France Jolt. Prelude Records' new discoentertainer. is 16

years old. and probably getting into more clubs these days, if only through her record.

In addition to the widespread club and disco -radio play of her debut song "Come To Me.' Jolt Ls keeping a high visual profile with enough al- hum and jacket exposure to make one wonder If she will be on the 1980

Presidential ballot. The Prelude campaign is aided by

Jolt's sensual features. Long brown hair with golden highlights runs down her hack in smooth defiance of the latest disco coiffure. while ac-

centing the best of her French -Ca- nadian background.

In answer to the age old question of how did a nice girl like you get into a business like this? Joli states:

"I was doing the end of the year school show. singing Barbra Strvi sand songs 'Superman' and 'Ala Heart Belongs To Me' Actually 1

was singing along with the records.' which was no drawback to Tony Green. her discoverer /producer. who caught her that evening last fall.

The next day. Green delivered "Come To Me." and made arrangements to have Joli recorded.

English is no problem for the

singer. who only learned the language two years ago while staying with an English speaking family.

Her original producer. however. wanted to develop her as a French vocalist. not the course Joli and

Green desired. At this point Green hopped in the

drivers seat.

The resulting album. "France Jill." shoots straight for the disco

mainstream with four surging up-

tempo cuts. "'Why don't you have a hallad on

the record?' people ask me." says

Green. who made the plush introduction to "Come To Me" the al-

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Jolt's own dreams extend to the stage and acting. In addition to the singing and variety of dance lessons she has taken. she took an active interest in children's theater before her recording career took off. Yet it's music that sparked her long running


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Disco N.J. Label Claims 1st

NEW ORK -What was (hr first

roller disco record played in a skat-

ing rink? The Disco Dip" created by Ed Chalpin of PPX Enterprises. has until now been credited as the

pioneering roller disco record. Bud according to Astound -A-

Sound Productions. a small New Jersey -based company. its "Roller Paiate" beat out Chalpin product by one day.

Our record was debuted the day

before Chalpin at the Roll-A -Palace in Sheepshead Bay. Brooklyn," says

Mark Wirie, performer and composer of "Roller Palace." "The next

day the other record was played at

that saine rink during WKTU -FM's roller party"

Winter wrote his song at the suggestion of one of his partners In

rlstounli -A- Sound. He finished it in

January and wish his band, the Best

of Everything. performed it in the New York area.

The company has had some feel- ers on the record from some of the major companies. hut as yet has failed to make a deaf.

Schlachter Views Columned front page 55

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"We're about to sign two or three acts. none of whom belongs to the

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10 FOUND A CURE/STAY FmcaosG07 MOPS -leli a

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12 CM'! eta 1111X011 TOM LOTE -ae. loms- Pah., 112 (44.51

13 LOOUsIG FOI LOVE -fit 341ry- 1antase,'1W01 (11

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14 HOES OUGHT -11íp1 5 ne Gant -á ide ILS /12

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4 POW 1P011 /6äp LIGHT-Con o.,. -Me. tmk b0 11,12 mcna

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6 intim -&um P,NN -Einst 11,12m51 7 EONS rGun -Ibn 6 M Gant- takle (1P /11

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10 IXE Stach -Aal Man / -TK (12 m25)

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12 I6MMONT /1011 E a -SCH, line -Lichte (1P(I1 ,MLR

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11 LOON/16 [030 LOPE -NI Larry- 74.1an,WMOT 117

15 M tool RET TO THE RAT -III, F,MI- Ca:álaaa RIP: 1? locht

CHICAGO This Wed

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2 COME to ME-al iati -tua. us- Pnluae ((Pt

3 POP INDI -M Sne 117 oste,

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6 FINO A MRLSTAT IMUMMDT tMOWS -ühyrd A Snnc:on -WUnee II P(12lo(k)

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13 IMMMM/0ON tu LI -Sun lane-Mato 1LP112 metei

14 E =MC -Gat, Mrddn- GuMaata (LP)

15 ONE MY TICM7_P 1pan -N aua (0'12 mea)

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12 FANTASY-8w, Pat. -Eklea rl P'17,n/AI

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11 ptpçEI -cunt¡ Camsnn IN 117 muil

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13 MOLO ON IM MMr-liren Saar-Wu (12 mtlr)

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3 MUSIC MM,RWENCE- Re.aaM -MMnlo (111

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6 HOLD ON nil COMIC -tana Sd.m - Naas 112 (11641

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nchl

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12 SAMIESS N Mt EIPSFNMS Mill NE I0ß -Otwa S(mn- faraaa 11 P/ 17 mea)

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PHILADELPHIA Pa Neu

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9 NWL( 101 -Neale loans. Palyda (Mattel

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11 IMAMMONY -Sae Une -EI,WA (17 ,acni

11 FMTIST -&vai, Psten_Ueuta 11,12 .VI 11 nil TOUR FEET 70 nil D0r- R,e,H /aMT-

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HP,12Inea)

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flit IMM -al Nandu -TO 112,41I

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7 POP 1.11W-M -Sat 111 mahl

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a1 (QUEST- Deslnae.- traefiy (1.,12 moll

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IS UMOA -I at, .IK 112 mí51

MONTREAL y.. nW Wed

1 QT UP MD 1004E- T,Md,e lames -RCA (12011)

i SSMC( LOUEZ -The Rut -lndon (12.) 1 ME UREA -at Mandy-0G Iliad/ A noon STOP TE TOU CET 0101/121-Mtael

/wawa -(BS 02.1 s tdl( TO ME -/once 105 -440.51 112má)

6 ML-ata 60111% M lilt SAM-Auto salers -AG 112

auto

7 M TOUR 1006 M n- Sl,iItn.t Mails -RCA 112 muil

1 YOU 0111 m IT-Al Hudson 6 The PAnen -MCA 112 nchl

9 CM'T TOO EER MT 101E -G,nu , McGae-CAS 117

iv,Pl

M EwMC- Gatq -PolyEO (SPI

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12 NM DAIS 0455 SOUND AJIN -love Dilua -WFA 112nh1

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11 THE SOSS -Usa Rms- Mptaan (IZ.10 IS TIRO SLIMNEAS-M,,,5 Po. -Qwbh 112and1

Compiled by telephone horn Disco D J Top Audience Response Playhsts representing key discotheques to the 16 major U.S. Disco Action Markets. plus sales reports from key disco product retailers /one sto,s.



Major Label Execs Advise Pocono Pool

PUN .il)FI.PHI.i Itc(resenr,t toes of major record label, attend- ing a meeting of the Poxono Record Pool here have called on the aunetct-

auon's member. to assume u more significant pt,.uuon to the pronto- hon. sake and marketing of disco marls.

The meeting, which preceded the

pool's annual awant pans held at

the Ripka dneothe, ue. Sept IS.

brought together a penal of eight record e,ntpan% representatives who offered to place their expertise at the dtapnsel of prod members in an chin to help them lind ways and

sign Clubs For Contest

Cthh I h, Iasi an the 22 markets uns*'bed an the

Tevhnns national dive dance competition haae been signed up by

TRG Communications_ dcaedoper of the caent for the hi fi company.

%lore details are abc. asadahlc on the local competitions. and the

grand final, to be held at Paul ànkas Jubilation disco in La, Vegas

Junng the Winter Consumer Elcc- tnsnaa Sh n. Jan 5 -8

The 22 winning couple, in each market will receive prizes ranging from Rolla cameras to Sanson en- sembles. with tint prize a Technics RSM -63 cassette deck. and a trip to

n the finals valued at 52.000 each Each patiner to the grand prune couple gets a $4.000 salue Technic, protectoral component ,lens

Most local contest., will he held from madNoscmhcr to mud -Dc-

oreetnber. kackrne °IT in Manhattan at a major disco a, be annnunccd soon.

Clubs firmed as of last week include Gmmhas. St. Louis. Uncle Sam's. Houston: Gtrard's. Balu- marc. Cnsal Underground. Wash- ington. D.0 : Stan. Clcseland: Ttf- ras's. Los Angeles: Kranz. Atlanta: Alcwandres. Miami; Center Stage. Detract: Off Bnradway at .Arthur's. Albany. N.Y . Morgan's. San Fran- cisco. VIP -2001. Pittsburgh: Oz. Mmncapoles-St. Paul and Jubila- tion. Lts Vegas. which also wilt have a preliminary contest.

Disco

+nia;i, .r i,nirtls l' +i, .i t. isi lr,l in(. the promotion and marketing of disco iconic.

A second panel of resin label t -e areal' nlallaea outlined then ekes, on the emergence of the no, rods darn formal, an issue whirl, is he-

sonting ltcre.u[tel' important t.', disco deejaya in their programming

Ac\online to Frank Lembo. head of the 150 -member Pocono Reeord Pool. the as,tsetatiun's members ree- ognte that record ntanufactincrs are having serious problem, with sales Ile add,. "We recognize as

well. that they !the labels) have a mg-

ntlicant stake In the continued well- being of the industry ..

Since the continued gn.,, lh of the Jews, industry depend, to a large extent. on the abihts of record manufacturers to produce the " musical fuel" required to keep discos heated. Lembo agree, that spinners wog- nine thin have a reaponathilhy to do more than mcrela alas records

"Greater attention w ill be green to

hinging record,, especially the most promising releases, to the attention of the dancer,. in an effort to create a

greater awareness of these records:" he added.

The decjays will also make greater use of promotional materials and well work more closely with record retailers.

While recognizing the affirms between rick and disco music, and the fact that there is tome croxaovcr of auch records, the pool nun III hcra stress that their lint raspxinathihtc as

to the dances. They fed it would he

a mistake to to to -force" rock music unless there is a definite and significant request for it

Admitting that rock music can be

a marked asset to the disco scene. the decjay, will promote rock in those situation, where rack sounds are parr of the scene. Some discos in the

area already feature rock nights on

slack days to attract other dancer,: and at Some locations, segments are

set aside luir rock music playing As in other musical areas. the

record manufacturer,. feel that there to an untapped sale, market m being ahle Is de,el.tp dtxo:'nck t.r.1- ttccrs MAURIE ORODENKER

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NEW YORK Producers MHhatl tatet and leafy love have brought the Spinners up to dale with Body Language" a 11 inch ii i t p m

disk ham an up and coming Atlantic LP tilled "Dan[n And loom "'

Anangemenls and nielt ,tralion, have a sing llow that combine with the smooth h u ioni, i

lion of the Spinners (who sound similar lo Ihr hermits on this recoidmy) A midtempo beat

MIA stony in Ihn lush tune Thal a one of the

group's liner climb to dale

A local libel horn New Ieney called ICI ha,

come gnou with the most pleasurable release

lulled. in Caught UD' by a new group named

Life Produced by Greg Carmichael and Debbie

Hayey the mu is by New Yak deepy and Disco

Den president lohn Morales the arrangements

by Patrick Adams have style A short bongo Neal overlaps the a cappella refrain of tille for

added punch on This moving disk from Emergency Reca do comes Billy Moore

and 'Co Dance' a pulsating 12 inch 33's r p m

record al ) 05 moules Electronic overtones similar to Moroder's work are in conhasl to the

artist's high pitched vonalitattbn reminiscent of

the four Seasons The beat ro relentless with

sparse vocalization lbs does not +nteiere slut

the riveting tracks

Ocean,knla's 12 inch 33'o I p m disk by

lows Love n finally seeing direction A Ind peed tempo u punctuated Falb handclappmy,

rylophone and a bongo combination bleak over

which sec, breathing is heard

the artist's raunchy vocals further add to the

electronics and rock hie elects on Ihn strongly danceable disk The short version at 715 min

utes was mied by lonalhan Fearing the long

side runs 9 25 and was muta by March Berry

Both Fete produced by Phillip Goldstein

Climbing Higher" n the LP Ille- and ont of

the main cuts from Mt seventh Wonder release

Irom Parachute Records Although much of the

material n not intense Jaco. one cut n deb

Another Club In N.Y. Goes Rock

\1 \1 1ltid , 4Jd.tnother name to the ever growing list of discos here that play rock'n'roll dance moire. Joining the ranks of Hurrah. the Mudd Club. New York Rocker, Stu- dio 10, Club 57. Tomato and the grant new Hear is Stick Ball. located at the ,tile of the old Club 82. one tif the lint new wave venue,

Run h, Mike Quashie. the 375-ca p:tcrn viols IS open ,ta nights a week, and is ....table for pnsate parties un Sunda), Admission is S5

The club opened last Friday (191 with u menu of recorded dance rock'n'roll Iront the '50s. '60, tirai '70, plu, lise acts. Quashie say, the Club will he hooking acts on a regular basis. It is now looking for a

house P.A. system The club ha, not been in use for

two year. since Club 82 dosed. It has been remodeled inside and a new sound system has been put in

Disco Mix Ils H,hkRI I.I I II 141.14

slily worth deepy's attention "Dull With Your

Body' produced and arranged by leery Weaver,

was coined by low Long and Ride Rnera Ibis

selection contains rich and dining arrange

matt, wdh intense energy provided by lull nr

57

chestralwn on this sophisticated disco lare

Many of the culs on the Dream Erpress LP

are loo fast in tempo to guarantee disco play

However. Iwo selections make this release inter ling with the vaned mood they create

Brooklyn Rink Operator Critical Of Record Firms

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Ille nuniher °I roller rinks pluymg UM, mu,iC and record, being made with a roller skating hook. the manager of a major New lurk skating rink feels that record companies have failed to use the market correctly.

('hunles Ayhar. manager of the Roll -APalace rink in Sheepsheud Ray. Brooklyn. is dissatisfied with the record industry's a response tu the "roller disco" movement.

"Despite the fad that we serve In- d-ally thousands of potential record buyers even night, we hardly receive ans promotional product." clairs Ayh:tr "Mans companies have made commitments to serve us. but there has been Iule follow through."

The Roll -A- Palace has been the sise of several record company promotions Ronnie Dyson's roller disco ongle "For Couples Only was highlighted at the nnk by CBS. Ed Chalpin's independently released single "Disco Dip" was debuted at

the rink and De -Lutes roller disco group Cru has appeared there

However. es. with a resent pro lifemtion of roller dise° music, including Cher's charted single "Hell lin Wheels" on C'asahlanc., m[,, companies, asserts Ayhar. have failed to promote ]het material

"They may send out a sample copy to us" he sas,. "hut after we play it and generate interest the ska-

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CHICAGO What is reportedly the biggest disco to the Juliana's international chain. called Cinderella Rimkcfella, will be [pence] here in October.

A S3 million price tag ha, been placed on the new dub. which will he part of the suburban Arlington Park Hilton hotel.

Designed by Robin Jacobsen and Scoli Bromley. Cinderella Rocke- fella will huucc a 1.600 square fool dance floor. lour bar, and more than 5250.000 in light and sound cyuip- menl. reportedly Staging of live acts will he one of the attractions at the new club.

"Not Dols will there he live enter- OS

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know. 'Lip- singing.'" as she calls it.

With my older sister around I was

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at Fire Island. N.Y. this summer. Sharing the bill with the Ritchie Family and Bonnie Pointer. she

reached an audience of 5,000.

Butterfly Bows A 6 -Act Tour

NEW YORK- Buperily Itccords launched a multi -media. multi-city promotional tour for six of as acts

beginning Saturday (18) in Atlanta. Ga

Modeled on Motown *Records' package tours of the 1960s, the disco label's show features performances by St. Tropez. Tuxedo Junction. Destination. Bob McGilpin, Denise McCann and J.T. Connection. A slide and light show is included in

the presentation. The Butterfly package was pre-

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By Songbird By MIKE EISLAND

NASIIVII II. Having rcpr.n madly grossed mare Ilion 5100 mtlh7n. Ind year, the burgeoning gospel mu sic industn has been receiving great deal of attention from the n7..

Jar secular labels. Taking the fir., step toward the gospel field is MCA. Inc. which remits established Songbird Records. its first gospel oncntcd assox auon

The pnncipals involved in Song bird include Michael Erdman. exec tome director: Chris Chnsuun. director of a &r, Charlie Shaw. director of distnbution and marketing; and Doug Corbin. promotion director All have had experience in both secular and Chnsuun music.

"The utilization of a company like MCA allows Songbird to lake a

Christian artist and reach a broader base with distribution, promotion publicity and other services avail able to us via MCA," states Erdman "Their intention is to be a full service label. and gospel music ú included in that philosophy."

Erdman began talking to MCA President Bob Saner about estab- lishing a gospel music division shortly after joining the label almost two scars ago, Erdman had worked within the MCA legal department. and pnor to that. he was in private practice with an entertainment law firm.

"We put together an internal organization to record and market Christian music." explains Erdman. "There are more advantages to take someone from within the company because of their knowledge of how the company operates."

The first release by Songbird is

Dan Peek's already sucxe.+sful single. "AIL Things Possible" The Peek record was a master lease for Fare

Wind Records. a division of Pat Boone Productions. Originally distributed by Word Records. and released on the Lamb & Lion label. Boone bought the master back from Word and leased at to Songbird. Peek's debut album will be released on Songbird in the upcoming weeks.

In addition to Peck. the label is

prepanng a Christmas album which will ship in late October. Titled "On This Christmas Night." the album features selections by BJ. Thomas. Peek. the Boone Sisters. Tennessee Ernie Ford. Reba. B.W. Stevenson. David Meece. Mike Warnke and Amy Grant.

Chns Christian. who produced the Peek album is also compiling the

Christmas package. A pop -oriented marketing plan

for both projects will be undertaken by Songbird which will include in- store point of purchase matenals. ra-

dio spots and consumer and trade advertising.

"We will probably keep the label small for the tint 12 to IA months," claims Erdman. We wane to concentrate on a thorough jib for each

pmjccl and not scatter our atten- tions. We want to build a strung, solid base gradually."

Erdman n commntcd lo the project and has obtained the full support of the MCA Corp. Although the MCA Distrihuung d7smoo is not that familiar with the Christian market. Erdman plain w ulilicc c -seral independent distributors, which will bolster MCA's efforts, until they get a better understanding of the market place for Christian music.

Gospel Presentation: President and Mrs. Carter receive a gift from Gospel Music Assn members W.F. Myers, association president: Shirley Caesar, artist; Mrs. Carter; President Carter; Brock Speer, artist; Frances Preston, chairman of the organization's board; and Don Butler. the association's executive

director.

Carters Hosts To 1,000 Gospel Folk

NASHVILLE -More than 1.000 persons participated in President and Mrs. Jimmy Carters "old fashioned gospel singin " on the south lawn of the White House Sept. 9 for the Gospel Music Assn. and invited guests.

Sixteen acts performed at the 2 -5

p m show. while other artists. record industry. media and GMA guests enjoyed the show. It was the first time that gospel music had been of- ficially presented at the White House.

"Gospel music is really rural music from the country." said Carter. "It has both black and while deriva- tions. Gospel music comes from deep within the heart of human beings."

Earlier in the day. Gospel Music Assn president Jim Myers. executive director Don Butler, board member Frances Preston. and artists Shirley Caesar and Brock Speer presented Caner with a framed pro-

clamation and a Stcubcn glass bowl in appreciation of the day at the White House.

The program was set up by the organization in association with the White House Assn. directors Arnold Ligon. Joe Moschco. Ed Shea. Hal Spencer. Carrot Stout and Pat Zon- dervan, along with other board members. worked to stage the event.

That evening. the board of directors hosted a buffet reception at the Hotel Washington for all While House performers and invited guests.

The performers at the function included the Archers. Jansen Black- wood, Dave Boyer. Shirley Caesar. James Cleveland and the Cleveland Singers. the Happy Goodman Fam- ily. the Howard Univ. Gospel En- semble. Julia & Company. the Kings - men, Barry McGuire, the Mighty Cl.udsofJoy. Lars Norman. Doug Oldham. Reba Rambo. the Speer Family and the Trio.

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SEVERAL LABELS INVOLVED

Gusto & U.K. Firm Cooperate

B) TOM' BYWURTH

NASHVILLE -" The British ,ere

coming" might well he the byword for the country music industry The London /Nashville connection continues to gain strength as an increasing amount of trans -ocean deals are being made.

A further indication of the ever expanding count, music market in

Bream us revealed with the recent deal concluded between Nashville's Gusto Records and the Sounds Ex- press Co. in London.

It's a unique deal in that Gusto produce is not licensed for British manufacture and distribution. In. stead. the U.S. albums are being purchased for direct sales in the Brit- ish Isles by Sounds Lspress, the import- export division of the Midland Record Co., an organüatinn that has hitherto been primarily unsolved in the purchasing and distribution of cutouts and deletions

By importing direct. and selling. to retailers and through our ,tail -order business. we're able lo handle a

quantity of all the product in the Gusto catalog. explains Peter Riley. director of Sounds Express. We order amounts relating to the particular demand for each of the artist's albums."

The Gusto -Sounds Express deal was negotiated during the NARIX1 convention in Miami last spring ,,here Riley met with Gusto sales agent. Lee Trimble. An initial order of 50.000 albums was placed with a

price worked out at a favorable cost to the British market.

Presently each of the LPs -whick take in a number of different labels. including Starday. Federal. King. Hollywood and Powerpak -sellsat a

recommended retail price of $6.50. approximately $4 less than other im._ ported product.

Following the rapid sale of the first shipment, two subsequent orders were placed. with a fourth being shipped following Peter Ri- le,'s recent visit to Nashville to dis- cus, long -term marketing plans with Gusto president. Moe Lytle.

Iodate. some 125.000 LPs have been shipped to the British Isles.

We had an immediate market in Britain with the country fans who were well aware of the Starday and King catalogs and once the albums arrived in our warehouses the country outlets soon started buying the stock." says Riley. He adds that Moon Mullican. George Jones. Cowboy Copas. Skeeter Davis and

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Hello Dolly: Dolly Parton receives the Metronome Award from Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton at a luncheon honoring the songstress for her efforts in promoting the city as a tourist attraction. Parton was featured in Chamber of Commerce advertisements that appeared in many national publications.

Mel Till, are among the fastest selling artists

In addition. the current demand for rockandls product in Britain has created csceptionally large sales of the Dixie- Federal albums. and especially product that contains tracks by such artists as Charlie Feathers and Mac Curtis. Part of the purpose of ins recent visit to Nashville was to

discuss the possibility of releases for the British market specifically. taking note of the rockabilly market and the most popular country acts as

well as reissuing other material that had not been available for many years."

Riley's recent discussions with Moe Lytle secured the exclusive distribution of the Gusto catalog in

Britain by Sounds Express. Plans were also made for the occasional re-

lease of singles within the local market. with the promotional expenses to be shared by both Gusto and Sounds Express. Most likely the first single release will be material by

current Gusto recording artist Red Sovine. an entertainer well known to British count, enthusiasts through regular visit and past record releases.

We will he looking only for singles product which stands a chance with both country and pop buyers. and the British promotion on such releases will be handled by both our own staff and independent promotion people," says Riley.

Already a success. Peter Riles

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To Dolly Parton NASHVILLE -The Nashville

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luncheon Sept. 10 honoring singer Dolly Parton for her participation and support in the organization's tourism and convention advertising program.

Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton proclaimed the date as "Dolly Par-

ton Day" in the city and surprised the entertainer with a special presentation of Metro's 15th annual Metro- nome Award

The award is nude yearly to a person making outstanding contribu- tions to the development of country music and Nashville. noted Fulton adding that Parton's gratis appear ance in magazine ads for the Cham- ber drew record numbers of in- quiries and resulted in a highly successful summer tourist season despite the economic slump and gasp. line shortages.

Chamber of Commerce president Joe Thompson Jr. also presented Parton with a plaque containing re-

productions of its full -color ads that featured her.

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Brenda Lee Says She's Àll New Pro Singer At 10, She's Turning Yet Another Corner

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stnggrrmL label. Iradnit sact', as "no tai' Aretund The t Inn nnn.r. I Iii All Alone Am I" and her 1969 Gr,mmts nominee. "Johnny One lime "

Shoals thereaßcr, hoarser, oiiur:oged by the Incoming Ilood of what she calls "acid nsek and pss -

chcdelic nsusic;' Lee took a break in her recording career. returning in 1972 with a Kris I( nstoffenon song called "Nobody Wons" This tamed out to he her first top 10 counts chart single and paved the way for live more subsequent country, seller,

By 1976. Lee had become disillu- sioned again with the direction her career was taking- "I asked MCA for my release because I didn't feel I was receiving the support and effort from the label that t needed. My records were still selling. hut it seemed as if they were selling more on the strength of my name than on anything the company was doing to help."

When she left MCA. Lee explored other label offers, nearly signing with two others. "It turned out to he one of the most difficult periods in my life" she recalls, "but at least of

gave me the chance to learn that I

really didn't want to he with any other label after all."

The final straw to her independ- ence was a series of recording so- skins Lee had in Muscle Shoals. "It was a disaster," she says. "The producers weren't sure exactly what to do with me. so they had me singing everything from dosed to etch to rock. f sounded like it completely different artist on every cut "

Meanwhile. MCA had undergone internal changes that brought in a

new lineup °I-executives to the label. including the addition of Bob Siner. its president When Lee decided to renegotiate her contract with her former label. she was immediately contacted by Siner and Jim Foglc- song. head of MCA's Nashville office. who worked out the details and put the singer with producer Ron Chancey.

Now, says Lee. she feels securely established in her country groove. Her first single. "Tell Me What It's Like." is being released this week. with an album, her lint in three years, due out in January.

Lee is currently adding the finishing touches to her revamped stage show which was choreographed by New York director Dick Barstow and features special costuming. staging design and lighting. The show will he unveiled later this fall at the Dunes in Las Vegas.

Once plagued by a senes of publi- cued illnesses. Lee says she's now in

perfect health and preparing to em- bark on a rigorous road schedule

(hell no I l l Illellllle III.s II'.Awl t, all pcaninses throughout the II S in the CuminE YC:rr.

And underscoring her strung in- it-motional hdlowml .'broad. she will make an all -cxpru laid tour

on Lipari in January where she is

scheduled lei receive 312.000 for a

five- rmnute live rendition ui the country's national anthem to he performed before a college football game in Japanese

New Look. Brenda Lee, left. as she looked earlier in her career, and right. as

she looks today with her new "vamp" look.

. HER 1ST LP FOR CBS

Promo Gale Behind Gayle VASIIVILLL Withcstensnc

use of demographic research in man) markets across the country. CBS Records has devised a merchandising and advertising campaign on behalf of Crystal Gayle's debut album for the label. "Miss The Mississippi"

The label profiled the artist be- panel

in New York. The results of that panel is reflected in its ongoing campaign.

The foal wave of the campaign included the shipping of a two by two-foot poster utilizing the al- hum's cover graphics to branches several weeks prior to the shipping of the album. In addition, a

two by three -foot personality ponter using the hack cuver front the album was shipped directly to retailers front the label's headquarters in New York.

The radio advertising on behalf of the album began three weeks after its release. According to CBS' marketing director Roy Wunsch. "We're going after the

--Looms whore demographics are in the 22 to 35 -year age bracket"

The second wave of advertising, to begin roughly six weeks after the album s release. will see television advertising in 20 to 25 selected markets. We will be supplementing the ty .Ids with additional radio advertising." adds Wunsch. Also. the label will buy print ads in TV Guide to

coincide with the tv spots. Gayle. scheduled to go on tour

in laie October. will receive extensive tour support from the label in each market and for every date on the tour.

CBS will be aided in its efforts by Gayle s own CBS -TV special. as well as other Iv appearances she is scheduled to make.

The label is also mulling print ads for consumer music publications. "utilizing only the map- Imes that make sense to us," sass

Wunch. CBS announced the release of the new Gavle album via

cover -sized ads in music business publications.

Nashville Scene By KIP KJRBY

Stevie Weider, m Nashville recently for

meetings between viers oI the Bad Musk

Ilsm and the Country Music Foundation, made

a surprise visit to the 'taraud Ole Opry" the

same night He strolled oul onstage during

Brown -Cornelius Duo Is Dividing NASHVILLE Plans for an titi

mincit) split in the duet team of J1n1

Ed Brown und Helen Cornelius have been confirmed by Tandy Rice. president of Top Billing. Inc.. which books the act and manages Brown,

"Although the road show is break - mg up at the end id' dus year. this dots nul preclude further duct recording projects in the future between these two artists.- emphasizes Rice They are making the separa- tion in order to u.ncentrate on the pursuit of their millsldual careers. The split is amicable and without rancor."

The decision P. 'i expected to nl- tect Brown's hosting duties on "Nashville On The Road." the tele-

vision show he cohosts with Jerry Clower.

Both artists will continue solo

recording careers with RCA Rec-

ords. and Top Billing will continue to handle their hooking schedules

and Brown's management As a result of the breakup. how-

ever. both Cornelius and Brown are

regrouping separate stage shows_

Top Bulling is conducting a major

talent search at this time for vocalists

and musicians to fo into the separate

reconfigurations. notes Rice.

Skeeter Dam eel and brought the house down

with his rendition of "$diìed famed Deer>."

(Charle Rich, when were you') Wonders sip'

pearance received thunderous applause and

apparently none d the controversial reaction

caused by soul star James lbw's performance

on the "Opry" earlier Ihn year

Dolly Parton Gt up the "Tmlgat Shwa not

long ago when she appeared on the popular

late night Iv program and performed two num

bas off her current RCA album She then Port

hot limy Cones with a special tune she'd

written about ha show and the boost it had

pen her area Lindy Batlw, coffee-sipping with rade per-

sonality Sammy lactsa on his BU1C -AM show,

"Who Web....," mentioned that he'd finally

landed a guest spot on an upcoming "Ho Had' segment after sit years d trying to get on the N

show. He ended his plug with the comment, "I

sure hope Sam lack isn't listening to this,"

About a week later, Bartow received an air

date schedule from "Het Haw's" production of

(ices a IA. with a handwritten note from lu-

mollo that said, "Thanks lot the plug on RUC -I ow listening, Randy, (trnil'o Is the longtime

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JAPANESE COOKING- Libby, the covergirl on Supertramp's "Breakfast In America" LP, cooks up a storm on Japan's TBS.TV show "Ryon Teugoku

(Cooking Paradise)" during a promotional tour for the group.

McCartney Is Most Honored LONDON -Who is the most hon-

ored composer and performer in

music? Paul McCartney. if you believe the Guinness Book of Records.

Editor Norris McWhirter disclosed here that McCartney now has the unique distinction of three entries in the famous tome:

Most successful composer of all time, thanks to 43 songs written between 1962 -78 which have each sold over one million copies;

Record number of gold disks, with 42 accumulated with the Bea -

Iles, 17 with Wings and one with er Billy Preston; a World's most successful (and en highly paid ?) recording artist. with

estimated disk sales at 100 million ap albums and 100 million singles.

three. add "most highly paid" recording artist in the world. considering the

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Raise Charity $ OF VIENNA -The UNICEF gala U held here Sept. 4 in the Theater An

Der Wien raised $75,000 for the 1979 International Year of the Child Appeal.

Stars appearing included Demis Roussos, Manhattan Transfer, Roger Whittaker, Bianca Jagger, Joan Collins and Sally Oldfield.

terms of the ex- Beatle's relatively recent deal with CBS Records for the U.S. and Canada. not to mention the benefits of re- signing with EMI for the rest of the globe.

McCartney will be presented with a special medallion (cast in rho- dium. apparently more rare and precious than platinum) Oct. 24 at London's Les Ambassadeurs. at a

ceremony to which other distin- guished denizens of the Guinness Book of Records will be invited.

Meanwhile. McCartney's favorite cause, Buddy Holly Week. just wrapped its fourth appearance in

the calendar in as many years. with Wings joining the Crickets on stage at the capital's Hammersmith Odeon.

The seven days to commemorate the late rock'n'roller reportedly cost McCartney $100,000 to finance per year. This time. he even flew Holly's widow to London.

The Crickets concert was free to the public -as well as the new Wings lineup. Don Everly. Ronnie Laine and Alvin Les joined the group in

performance -and McCartney's MPL Communications (which owns the Holly song catalog in the U.S.. though not in Britain. where South- ern Music has control) hosted a pre- show reception.

nternational TO REDUCE IMPACT OF IMPORTS

Stig Anderson's Ploy: Hold HotProductln France, Spain

LOS ANGELES -Despite a move in some quarters to simultaneous worldwide release of blockbuster product. Stig Anderson proposes holding back albums in France and Spain about three weeks to ease the problem of exports from those two markets undercutting local licensees around the world.

The export problem, the global blank cassette boom and the difficulties involved in bartering in Communist countries are among the international issues concerning An- derson as Abba continues its maiden North American tour (Billboard. Sept. 29. 1979).

In Anderson's view. France and to a lesser extent Spain have replaced Canada as the chief culprits in the export game. "Before. we had a big problem in Europe because of the weak Canadian dollar." he says. "We'd find Canadian records all over England. Germany and Scandinavia. But in the past half - year they've changed their prices and we don't foresee any more problem from them.

"But now in France they have a very high value -added tax on their records. And when French exporters sell these records they can deduct the tax. which makes it possible for them to export into other countries very cheaply.

"It's bad for your licensee to have foreign pressings imported into his

territory because in many cases he still has a guarantee to pay.

"It causes us a little extra trouble since we have different licensees in different countries. Its not really a

pleasure for CBS in London to find Vogue records (from France) corning into the U.K. in big quantities. So what we'll have to do is delay releases a few weeks in France and Spain so the other countries can at least get a head start at selling their own product"

By PAUL GREIN

Anderson won't hold the LPs any that led Anderson to try to barter longer than that. he says. or our li- with Russia. Poland. Czechoslo- cessees in France and Spain will get vakia. Hungary and Bulgaria. into the same difficulties with im- "These countries just have a ter- porters shipping into those coon- tain amount of money for importing tries." Discos Columbia is Abba's li- records from Western countries. So censee in Spain. you get a situation where albums go

When the dollar fluctuates on the black market: at one point downward." Anderson says. "Amer- Abba albums were going for 5150 to

¡can records will always find their $200 in Moscow. I don't like to see

way into world markets. especially that. so I tried to barter for foreign high -priced markets like Germany oil." and Japan.' But the efforts at barteringhaveso

Anderson has unmistakable proof far been in vain. according to An- that this is happening now. "On derson. The ministers of culture in

American pressings of Abbas latest these countries mostly just offer album, 'Voulez- Vous," we had an items that are not of any interest im insert for a fan club which we've Western countries. You can prob. started here in the States. And we're ably barter for musical instruments, getting responses back from as far old coins or art. but not oil. away as Germany" "So far the solution has been for

The export problem is aggravated us to be paid in Western currency by the cutout factor. according to when we sell records to them and to

Anderson. "In many cases albums pay in Western currency when we

are still in catalog on the local mar- buy oil:' ket selling for full price, when all of Abba has had three albums on

a sudden they come in from the Melodiya in Russia, with The Al- States as cutouts, selling for nosh- bum" just released there. Negotia- ing." lions are still underway for "Voulez-

It was the export /import situation (Continued on page 66)

Chapin's Vacation Turns SRO- SYDNEY- A family vacation in tormancc o ui ,lotted in for the

Australia was recently transformed. and night. by considerable public demand, into At each of the three Sydney con- an East coast concert tour for Harry certs, critics agreed, Chapin delitotem Chapin. Bred a superlative two-hour show.

which. despite the absence of his

band. earned him stirring encores for adept audience communication. In his acoustic state. he was able to

deliver all of his best -known material. except "Dance Band On The Titanic.'

Chapin also undertook media chores. to good effect among those

notoriously tough nuts. the Austral- ian press.

The balladeer. who was cancelled on the eve of an Australian tour two years ago. agreed to perform one solo, acoustic show each in Sydney and Melbourne for Australian Con- cert Entertainment. during his anti- podean vacation. The rush for tickets in Sydney was such that a second

night had to be added, and shortly afterwards, an early evening per-

LONDON -Raymond Kives has no time for the record industry's pre- vailing atmosphere of gloom.

"You've got to have a positive attitude. I think you can talk yourself into a problem. You can hype yourself into euphoria. and then when things arc a little bad. you do the reverse.

"I'm very upon business I'm very positive on the whole industry. and I

wish more record company presidents were more positive."

As executive vice president of K- tel International. with responsibility for the company's entire global record operation. Kives has cause to be positive.

During the 12 months to June 30. while the hulk of the industry talked of lisle but recession and cutbacks. K -tel had its best year to date. gener- ating more than 5160 million in sales in 19 territories worldwide.

A far cry from the time. hack in 1965. when Kives and his cousin. Philip. packed orders in a tiny Win- nipeg store for "25 Country & West- ern Greats." their first television- promoted album.

Today. Rives manages still to con- vey the impression that the company's success has only just begun. And while much of the industry appears to be going backwards. he's ex-

Kives Of K -tel: Looking For Partners In The Mainstream

ploring new ways of working more closely with the mainstream record manufacturers. working to shift the complete role of K -tel, the way it sees itself in the music business.

Nor is he deterred by the prospect of tougher trading in the failure. more direct competition in the tv album marketplace. "Our whole philosophy is to gel more efficient at what we do. I've never feared competition. I've always said our competitors have got competition.

" A lot of record companies have Tried to go into tv marketing. That's fine: I think every company should do a certain percentage. Where 1

think it's wrong is where they lose grip of their main husiness, which is building artists. They should have a

balance." Kives' solution is for K -eel to

bring its specialist expertise to bear. becoming a distributor for record companies' tv product and freeing their own salesmen to work on developing acts. " I want to be a part-

By NICK ROBERTSHAW

ner to the record companies: they are our bloodline. and 1 want to work with their success to bring more success."

Recent moves by K -tel show clearly how Kives is guiding the firm

Raymond Kives: "There's going to be a revolution in the thinking of the

industry."

towards the mainstream. but they also demonstrate self -imposed limi- tations. "I look upon the disk firms as my partners, and I don't want to

fight with them." On artist development he notes:

"It' there arc artists that no other company wants. then we might work with them. But we've no intention of going into competition

"If some artist came to me and said. 'CBS is prepared to give 5100.000. what are you prepared to give: I would say it's no offer. 'go take the money from CBS.'

"We have a deal with Creole Rec- ords in the U.K. for Ruby Winters. My concept of partnership there is

that the record compam promotes the single. while we promote the album. That way. you get two armies working side by side. and it's not one plus one equals two. it's one plus one equals three."

A second example of this kind of alliance comes with K- tel's"unique" pact with WEA. The major will

handle singles product: K -tel will tv

test the albums, and guarantees a

full national campaign if the tests are successful.

The deal covers Europe. South America and Australasia. For WEA. U.K. deputy managing director. Richard Robinson, observes: "By harnessing the marketing power of K -tel to WEA's qualities. we may have discovered a whole new way to break high quality artists more quickly to the public. If this proves to be the case, it could be the first in

a series of similar deals. and we regard it as a icry important innova- tion...

The Ward deal took a year of careful negotiation, and Kives had found record companies generally require a fair amount of persuading. "They are not overly keen." he ad- mits. "Probably the presidents will he. but my biggest problem is with the marketing managers, because they say. 'if K -tel can do it. then we can do it.'

"I think that's the wrong approach. They should say. 'there are certain things we can do better than K -tel. but they are specialists and maybe in this area they can help

Some months ago, K -let set up its (Continued on page 66)



Radio 208 Disco Out; Charts In

home (a,el i, iclLic ui m o lonnnl WRIT progranuning ;Ouch heat rit features chart reperlooe I he

change comes .rc seau. almost lip ills-

Jas.attct the SI IIt . w: nt J.s... that

succeeding an F \I -.isle albeit, toi

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enhq and its tep Inallon .r a lia

r'meter of muse at taste It signal- what man, leditor, ttes now bche, nawds that the popularity of pure

Jiwr has reached a plateau. and

mas cren he L.sme some ground a. scents p"p material and to the

new n.k -Jiscu hsbnd, lacer per-

formed lis such diverse aeb as

Donna Sunnne, Patrick Heenan der- Kr, Clout and Blondie.

Charts across the Continent ce, wnls reflect this, along with the

prevalence of mainstream pop acts,

such as Smokic. Bony M and Cliff Rkiiard

Of the : hangs. Luxembourg man - Lerne dIrectesr- Alan Keen. noues:

-From now can_ listeners urn he able 10 heat a .han .how ses en nights a

tek This represents a move slahils awns from disco. and re-

fln-ts the consistent popularity of ban program,. a. indicated ris our on rescan.li

Trema Eyes Intl Marts

PARIS -Trema Dises the French -:dependent formed by Rego Talar

:d "VIs Wits" co- composer 30C- guts Revaut in 1969- is planning to beef up ais mternatonal profile in future

The company claims to have sold f 1 million albums and 38 million stogies since its inception (it recently celebrated that 10th anniversary with a spavl four -day reception in Sardinia at the end of September) and has earned 120 gold awards It's cunenth dtetnbuted by RCA. following a period sob Sinopresse.

To dale. Trcrna has concentrated oft the domestic market- but now in- tends to change this Waher and Gone Hofer hast set up an Amen- as firm. Obit. on Trcma's behalf. This his already s iel ded sala results

emehrough Chant. Cunn' disco out- mg, "Get Another Lose.- and an initial artist signing. Beds Bell. All Obie product is being cut in the U.S.. for capon to France if swtahie

Cwrently. Trema's top artist n ' %Irchael Sardou. a singer -songs titer

hose pronounced political views have more than °nee sparked head. Iinemaking disturbances at live shows If anything- the publicity has boosted his disk sales. which now reportedly total about two million

Among other French artists signed to the company arc Anthony Richard. Marcel Amont and Herse Vilard Biggest single succe, however. went to Pierre Gn,s'las. whose "Lady Love" has sold two million copies. its claimed

Wigwam Reunites HELSINKI -Wigwam. Finland's

bat -known rock band on the international scene, has reformed three

,,,,,,,,,Years after breaking up The band is The company is involved in pub- , currently recording a new album fishing- hooking and promoting. and

llh a lineup featuring drummer also has two record stores. one in the Ronnie Oesterherg. bassist Mals capital. one in Hafnarfjordur. Holden and ere are two other record com-

j Pembroke a nucleus. panieeofany size: Steiner LDT and

International COSTLY BUT VITAL?

SURPRISE, SURPRISE- Backstage at New Yorks Nassau Coliseum. Kiss presents Jack Tessler. director of international operations for Aucoin Man- agement, with a special cake. in appreciation of his efforts on their behalf. The band's "Dynasty" album and "I Was Made For Linen' You" single have

been minor chart hits around the world.

Pressing Imminent In Small But $$ Iceland

By IIALLIX)R INCA ANDRFS,SON

RL1 KJAV'IK Iceland's first pressing plant is expected to he operatic e before next Chnstma.s. result of insestmcnt by a consortium which includes two of the avuntn's top disk companies. Falkrnn and Icelan- dic Recordings.

It's one of the world's smallest and most isolated markets, but. nevertheless. boasts a flourishing music industry. with annual salts amount- ing to 542.000 units sold to a population of 250,000 (1978 figures).

In the absence of pressing facilities to date. all product is imported. both foreign repenorc (322.000) and domestic productions (220.000). Much of this is manufactured in the US.. and shipped by air.

The relative strength of the market becomes more impressive in sees

of the high retail prices charged Records arc imported at roughly the same rates obtaining in Bntam or America. but a whole series of taxes is then added: 759 customs tax. then 220 sales tax on the total. then another 249 tax on top of everything else.

The result is that full -pnce albums, S8.98 product in the U.S., retail for around $22.

Some observers see the desire to circumvent this high taxation. specifically the customs levy. as one reason why local pressing is being introduced. Otherwise. annual sales of 542.000 units- though healthy in

terms of Iceland's population -seem only modest when set against the operating economics of a modern pressing plant.

Of the consortium members. Fal- kinn is the nation's oldest record company. which began in the -20s

releasing 78s. Since the introduction of the taxes mentioned above. its output has been less prolific. and is

now around 10 releases annually. Most material n rock or pop. with

Mannakurn and Hinn Islenski Ur- saflokkur the biggest -selling local acts Falkinn u one of the country's two biggest record importen. and owns three retail outlets in the capital Reykjavik

Icelandic Recordings & Music, by contrast was set up only in 1976 and is growing fast. with output around 25 releases so far Top artists are Bjorgvin Halldorsson and Brunali- did

SG Records. Steiner is owned M the major retail chain Karnab, which imports and retails records alongstdc Icelandic fashions and clothing Since it was set up in 1975. Slcmar has released 40 albums and desel- oped a strong hold cm the import trade, with exclustve rights to Co- lumbia and K -tel product. and siz-

able volume front WEA rn Britain. The company also handles distribution for many small labels.

SG Records is celebrating its 15th anniversary with its 200th release. Product covers a wide range- pop. rock. folk. classical. spoken word - and the company owns one of Ice -


French Execs Mull Need For Òne Chart'

It, III '.I+s hAl(N PARIS Iniusirs leaderc h. e i.

displeased at the cucumsumccs that make I tame the 'mils minor record maikel with Ili. nailu11;1i sales OLIO_ hull the chances it one heiii- intro. dosed currenily scan tout. mode

than ever Vogue's Paul e. i, I here

are Iwo problems I i s , a . .i thur. uughly had situation when you base a multiplicity of charts. France has around 40 none of which agree. Sec- ond, without a chart as a guiding light. things like stock Icscls are far more difficult Iii titrt,llc

CBS chid xlain I et s echoes this feeling. while Bars Lis s ise president Jean Fernand, sats simply: "11 is

disgraceful that a country like I ranee should have no chart " f rema Disks' international director.

s laude Ebrard. suggests that since stet of sales are through wholesale channels, a viable chart might be based on returns from that quarter.

Industry organization SNEPA ( Syndicat de l'Ednion Phonogra- phique et Audiovisuelle) has been charged with the responsibility for setting up a chart. President Michel Bonnet also head of Pathc Marconi. describes the difficulties: "We have tried many systems. Some were un- sattsfacton and some were too expensive."

In the former category was the method based on returns supplied by the manufacturers themselves. It quickly became apparent some companies were so reticent about divulg- ing figures that such a chart would never reflect the exact salts situ - atium

In the latter. was the plan to sel up

panel of comae have needed org.' culls( statistics firm $200.000. Some companies prepared to contribute to so.,,. r,

venture. and the idea was dropped More recently it has been revived.

with the intention of redusing the

burden by spreading Mc load to include radio stations. copyright body SACEM and so on Unfortunately. cost estimates have doubled in the meantime. so once again there were

refusals lit participate

"Of course, there are companies willing to pay." says Bennet. "but others are nut. A chart which is not absolutely comprehensive cannot give a true picture" Bennet himself don not feel the absence of a chart is

as serious as others suggest, and feels it makes Tittle difference to sales.

France is presently rated as the world's fifth largest music market by volume, behind the United Slates. Japan. West Germany and Britain all of which have reliable and rclatis -cls accurate national sales charts

Even Russia actually the world's second largest market by volume. though not bs the level of participa- lion in the international market - place-is recognizing the value of charts as the sign of a mature music industry (Billboard. Aug. 25. 1979). Though the state record comp's. Melodisa. and retailer, are not yet involved. an increasing number of publications are publishing regular lists purporting to document the

popularity of certain artists and rec-

ords there.

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Numan Leads Conquering Army °

Briton Scores Double- Headers For Beggars Banquet

LONDON Double first in industry charts arc like holes-in -one in

golf: few and far between. mostly the province of the star names.

When the artist in question turns out to be an unknown newcomer like Britain's Gary Numan, recording for a minor (albeit W EA- distnb- uted) U.K label like Beggars Ban- quet, then the industry has to sit up and take notice.

That was the situation here in mid -July, when Numan's Tubeway Army topped the album best -sellers with "Replicas." and the singles charts with "Are 'Friends' Electric?"

Only IO weeks later, he did it

again. when "Car" took over as the

nation's No. 145, and "The Pleasure

Principle" as the top album. It's a

further indication of how sudden

and substantial Numan's breakthrough has been that "Replicas" and his first album. reissued, are still strongly placed in the charts.

The sales action is not confined to

Britain. either. Ho name has so far

appeared on French. German and

Dutch charts. and on Billboard's U.S. Top LPs & Tape listings. where "Replicas" rs climbing

Neither artist nor label arc cast in

a conventional mold Rather, they're products of the new wave upheaval in this market. a time when hundreds of bands and retailers began to realize that they could take the business of producing and marketing records into their own hands. Nu- man's success typifies that shift of

By NICK ROBERTSHAW

Initiative away from the eslab lishment

Beggars Banquet itself started out as a West London retail store. trading new albums for old back in 1974.

tt was run by an Oxford graduate and an ex- public (that's pnvatc in

Britain) schoolboy. Martin Mills and Nick Austin respectively, Trade prospered; today. there are four stores run on the same lines.

At the. same time like other retail - en specializing in punk /new wave. the shop found itself beginning to

help out some of the bands that came in with tapes to play and ambi- tions to make their own singles.

One such was the Lurkers, whose August 1977 single "Shadows" was

the first release from the newly formed Beggars Banquet Records. The current roster of eight acts shows a markedly eccentric a &r in- clination and for a while the label's only chart success was Ivor Bìggun's novelty number, "The Winker's Song." Gary Numan changed all that.

The consumer press. initially lukewarm when not actually hostile. described him as an "honest po- seur" He dresses in black. dyes his

hair. scowls. His music is futuristic rock. latterly synthesizer -oriented. with lyrics resolving around robots,

clones, aspects of a gloomy tech-

nological future. Numan himself makes great

play of unashamed plagiarism. Many of his ideas. he says, come

Ireini'aher people's songs Ile cites Bowie. Kraftwerk. Eno and punk hand Ultravox as pnmc sources

From the outset. he has been an artist who demands full control over every aspect of his career. Beggars Banquet and licensor WEA tried to have him release as a single his performance of a television jingle for Lee Cooper jeans. doubtless hoping to repeat David Dundas' success with "Jeans On." Numan refused, arguing it Would jeopardize all he wanted to do.

When "Replicas" was release - ready, the label wanted promotional gigs. Numan refused. Aside from Is appearances on rock shows "Old Grey Whistle Test" and "Top of the Pops" he has played no live concerts in more than a year. He makes no bones about being afraid of uncom- mitted audiences and only now. when success guarantees crowd enthusiasm and finances spectacular stage show. has he agreed to tour.

Even before Tubeway Army's first chart entry, he wanted to drop the name. The group was a fluid three - man line -up disguising what was obviously very much a one -man show. but al least it had begun to mean something to the public. Numan said frankly he preferred fame as a

solo star. "Cars" and "The Pleasure Principle" both appear under his

own name. What gives Numan his present

golden touch is not clear Poor press,

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International K -tel Moves To The Mainstream Anderson's Answer: Delay

Release In Spain, France Continued from page 64

Vous." Says Anderson: "It's just a

question of how much currency they have available for this kind of product."

Abba sales in Russia average 200.000 to 500,000. according to An- derson. who says they're hurt by taping off Radio Free Europe and stations beaming from such bordering territories as Finland and Poland.

Melodiya has made numerous requests over the past four or live years for an Abba tour of Russia. according to Anderson. but all have been declined for lack of time. There has also been an offer to perform the night before the Olympic Games open in Moscow next summer. "But we can't set up a tour just for Mos- cow." Anderson says. The initial costs are so high we should do it while we are already touring."

The blank cassette boom is another problem facing the international industry and one that An- derson sees as an even graver ill than piracy.

"When it comes to piracy." says Anderson. "everyone agrees it's illegal and in most countries we have the police and the law with us. But in the case of blank cassettes. this is 100% legal.

"We estimate that 18 million blank cassettes will be sold this year in little Sweden alone," says Ander- son. "But we're working very hard

ra on passing a new law within one or cr two years whereby every time any- o

New Plant For Iceland

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land's three main recording studios. w Others are a 24 -track facility in

m0 Reykjavik part-owned by Icelandic

F- Recordings. and the independent

00 Hot Ice Studio in Hafnarfjordur. Designed by New York -firm Sugar- loaf View. Hot Ice boasts a 24 -track MCI tape machine and console. Charges are about 575 hourly.

There are no specialist music papers in Iceland. and coverage. including charts, is largely through freelance writers working for the daily papers. The biggest of these.

"Morgunbiadid." carries two to foul pages of music copy each weekend.

The Icelandic market is unusual in that there is a very restricted number of releases. maybe only 40 to 50 album titles a year. with a very high success rate. About 50 to 705 of all releases sell 4.000 to 10.000 copies each.

Biggest sellers over the last two years have been. on the domestic front. "Ut Um Graena Grandit" by Sleinar's Gunnar Thordarson and Bjorgvin Halldorsson. and on the foreign side. Meat Loafs "Bat Out Of Hell." Both have achieved sales just short of 20.000.

Among leading Icelandic artists. Gunnar Thordarson is perhaps the best- known. In the limelight since 1964. he has released 17 albums and acquired the sobriquet "Grand- daddy of Icelandic Rock."

Other prominent names include Jakob Magnusson, who has signed to Warner Brothers worldwide and has a debut LP for the label out in America, set to go in Europe. Like Thordarson, he has used many prominent U.K. musicians and session men in his Icelandic recordings.

Also noteworthy are folk /rock band Thursatlokkunnn. currently touring Scandinavia. ballad singer Bjorgvin Halldorsson. country rock outfit Bnmklo, and rock comedy act Halli and Laddi.

one buys a blank cassette he pays a

license fee. The money would go into a pot and be split between writers. publishers. producers and artists."

Anderson acknowledges that the specifics aren't set yet. "First we need a (court) decision that we are entitled to compensation; then the parties involved can meet to deter- mine how much it should be."

Anderson likens the Swedish pro- posal to a German tax in existence for about IO years on open reel tapes.

While Anderson feels that strides have been made in the fight against piracy. he concedes That it is still a

crippling problem in such territories as Malaysia and the Philip- pines, where he estimates that 1305

of all cassettes sold are pirated. But he notes that since he has

been able to copyright Abba's latest album in Taiwan he has seen no pirated copies in that market. And in Hong Kong the situation has eased because the industry has the help of the police, he says.

Anderson will soon be reviewing Abba's foreign distribution contracts. all of which expire over the course of the next nine months.

There have been no changes in its network of licensees in the past three years and only two since 1974. In Greece an independent label was replaced by Music Box. and in Japan Phonogrant was replaced by Disco- mate. a small label which is backed financially by the Tokyo Broad- casting System, according to Ander- son.

Anderson. who earlier promoted Spotniks, a guitar group which en-

joyed success in the early '60s. says the reason he hasn't launched an all - out global push on another Polar act since Abba is that he hasn't found an act that would be suitable in most of the world's markets.

Ted Gardestad. billed simply as Ted. cut an English language album in L.A. which was released in most European territories plus Australia and Japan. but Atlantic turned it down for the U.S.. says Anderson

"His songs are real good." Ander- son says. "but he doesn't have a real strong 45. And to launch a new act in a foreign market, you have to have a good single to start with."

Paris Center Is Given Go -Ahead

PARIS -The French government has finally given the go -ahead to re- development of the controversial Paris abbatoir site at La Villette. which is to be transformed into one of Europe's most prestigious music centers.

Planned just after the last war. the abbatoir project was financially shaky from the outset. and construction work remained incomplete when it was halted nine years ago. with losses of millions of dollars.

Modifications produced the Pa- villon de Paris. France's largest hall, which played host to many big name bands. More recently, though. the reputation of La Villette as a rock and disco center has turned sour. owning to outbreaks of violence among fans there.

Now, after nine years staking up ils mind. the government has decided to totally redesign the site to include a vast concert hall. museums and a 50 -acre park. Architect Roger Taillibert has been retained. and overall responsibility for the scheme given to Paul Dclouvrier. onetime head of the nationalized electrical industry.

Continued from page 64 own label. Arrival Records. in Aus- tralia (Billboard. July 28. 1979). That's one of the territories where the company has been longest established. but again. its involvement has been kept within clear limits. Distribution. for instance. is by RCA.

"We don't feel it's our business to distribute the label ourselves." says Kives. " We're not a singles business. we're not a new anist business. We are prepared to hack it up with a certain amount of money. but we feel if you specialize in what you do. then you do it a lot better."

There is a second Arrival operation. in Sweden. distributing disco - oriented Can't Stop Productions (Village People). Alec Costandinos' this imprint and New York -based Prelude Records. Similarly in Israel. K -tel is handling Chrysalis. Bronze. Midsong and others.

"In some of the minor countries." Kives summarizes, "we're distributing some of the minor labels. Small labels can relate better to K -tel than they can to a major. For ourselves. we're looking at cost efficiency. Deals like these offset our running costs, they give us insurance. they are a source of product.

"We will place and police product- and take a couple of points. but we don't want to stand on anybody else's feet. We've had opportunities to represent singles labels in the U.K. We were offered the Village People there. but because we already had them for Scandinavia. we decided to pass."

K -tel is a tightly knit operation. Worldwide. it employs only 600 or so people. Like many family firms its management structure is direct. non -pyramidal. and Kives values the flexibility this confers too highly to have serious thoughts of acquir- ing many of the conventional record company trappings.

On manufacturing, for instance. he says: 'That's not our business. Last year. we sold in excess of 30 million units. We're a big customer to a lot of plants. We get the service we need."

But his notion of K -tel as an industry partner extends to a joint initiative on the general difficulties facing the business. He has strong views: "I've said before that there are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen. those who watch things happen. and those who don't even know anything is happening.

"I feel the record industry itself really has to stop sitting back and watching things happen. They really have to say. 'OK, the time is for us to get together and make things happen as far as pricing. returns and so on is concerned.' Not just sit there and hope and pray it's all going to gel better. because it won't.

Kives feels K -tel should be a market leader in pricing. "My philosophy has always been to sell Mer- cedes Benz rather than Volkswagen. Records are still cheap entertainment. and with home taping our biggest worry. I feel that if people are going to do it. then at least the initial product should be sold at a sexy high price. Our Christmas product in the U.S. will be sold at 58. If they're going to home tape, then let the first person al least pay top dollar.

He continues: "There's going to be a revolution in the thinking of the industry, the whole marketing concept will change. This is the only business where the best product sells at the lowest price. and the product that sells the least sells for the highest. We want to put out excellent product and condition people to pay a high price.

"I'm one for possibly destroying a

certain amount of returns to try and stop too many deletes floating around. If the industry built a de- struction factor into their initial selling, it would probably help a lot.

"A lot of royally rates are too high. The biggest risks are taken by the record companies and not by the recording artists, and the margins the companies have been working on in the past are too small. When an artist doesn't sell, he figures it's the label's fault. When he does sell. he figures he's fantastic. ft's the record company that makes the artist sell. and it should be the one to benefit."

Looking at K -IeI international operations. Kives claims that "access to information between our people in different parts of the world is as

good as that of any record com- pnay."

He adds. " We've moved our Eu- ropean headquarters to London. because it's one of the three main music capitals in the world. And we

intend to open an office in New York. now the trend is shifting from Los Angeles: George Lukan will open that up.

"Also, when we set up in Brussels. we were in other product. The 'brush salesman' image was becoming a

distraction. however. and now in Europe. we're 1005 records. Today we only market other product in the U.S.. Australasia and a little bit in Japan.

"At one time. that diversification gave us stability. but now my cousin. Philip. is investing a lot of our money in real estate. and now oil and gas in Canada and the U.S. It's a

passive role. but though the returns take a lot longer. they're also a lot larger -so we're spreading our risk that way."

Kivcs regards the European market as a single arena, comparable to the United States. "Isolating one country from another is very difficult because of the overlap in broadcast media. That means that even in

countries with no commercial advertising on air. K -tel's name is known, and we can do business.

"Half of Denmark is covered by German advertising. for instance: Sweden is familiar with our name through Radio Luxembourg. We have franchising operations outside our 19 territories in South Africa. Yugoslavia and East Germany -and the last comes about because right in the middle of the German Demo- cratic Republic. you have Berlin.

"We're looking forward to the day, maybe in a couple of years. when iv is broadcast from Luxembourg out of satellite. and once that happens. we feel France will becomea very big market for us.

"At the moment, though, we have had one or two albums, like the Tom Jones package. that were put out tai.. almost every European territory. We

are looking to national releases, and we have the buying power to do that

Other future involvements will extend to video (though Kives is cony tent at present just to keep an eye on the development of This new me-

dium) and mail order, latter mark- ing a return to the fray because he feels that people will shop more this way in future.

On the future of K -tel's relationship with the industry as a whole. Kives says: "The majors may be a

little afraid to give away their big artists. but I believe a lot of them will work more with us in future. We are basically the most reputable. the most hard -working. we keep our word.

"My philosophy has always been not to burn bridges. You can be tough to a point with stores or with' record companies. but if a firm doesn't want to give me material today. that's OK -maybe it will six months down the line.

"There are certain compan ies. cell tain terntories. that won't work with us.-But if we don't do business with every company everywhere. we do do business with every company somewhere."

Numan's Conquering Army Continued from page 65

no live gigs. comparatively little airplay- Beggars Banquet has no radio promotion staff: he hardly seems to touch any of the essential marketing bases. On the other hand. press coverage. though unenthused, has been extensive. advertising has been considerable and the combination of Beggars Banquet's astute icono- clasm with the more conventional expertise of WEA has proved a powerful alliance.

Martha Mills describes the deal as: "As good as we could possibly wish for." Originally the label was distributed by Island. till Island itself went to EMI, which opted to drop Beggars Banquet. The WEA deal was inked last fall, complete with "eccentricity clause" allowing the label to release non- WEA -ap- proved material. without benefit of the major's promotion.

Beggars Banquet has one or two overseas deals predating WEA: with CNR in Holland, and Aves in West Germany, for instance. In America, a special relationship has developed with Ateo. Mills comments: "We're very happy with them. Doug Morris is a very respected figure: it's a good label to be with. Now the intention is for Beggars Banquet become a custom label. and we are looking into the possibility of having our own people. our own setup there. maybe early in the New Year."

It is by no means a one -act label. Seven Beggars Banquet signings have released singles; six hark...

U.K. chart entries But it is the sudden volume of Numan's sales -gold single. gold album, one of each silver going gold all in the space of a summer -that has turned it into a significant industry force. Observers wonder whether its fresh. astute style of operation will suffer from large - scale commercial success, but there is no question of holding back. MilltP.1 and Austin will push hard for international success, and Numan is the spearhead.

A I5 -date U.K. tour is currently in progress. When it ends. Numan f(ie to the States for promotional appearances. and if the promise of "Replicas" is fulfilled. there will be a

U.S. tour in the New Year. It will be interesting to see how

commercial pressures are reconciled with the label's alternative strategies and with Numan's clear determina- tion to control his own destiny. Still only 21. he is no easily manipulated record biz innocent. He made this clear after signing his first contract when he said: "If I'd started by playing the stuff I do now. I'd never have got anywhere. Get signed. and then you're in and can do what you want"

Still Boycott Polydor LIVERPOOL- Militant record

retailers here have voted to continue their month -old boycott of Polydor product (Billboard. Sept. I. 1979). enforced as a result of the company's reduction in trade profit margin umeng ALgust.



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UPON REFLECTION -Capitol Canada president, Dave Evans, center, (Mena word to Ann. Murray at a special reception to celebrate the singer's sellout concert in New York recently. At belt is Murray's husband, Bill Langstroh.

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PREMATURE BURIAL

disco Will Survive Retorts CBS' Zgarka

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TORONTO --A c meertcsJ media campaign predicune the death of disc K being soCJerousls counter- semi bs the CBS Discs department, and alihaweh airplay of the music

has taken a nose -dive in this market to recall limb. the CBS line is

sueozl supported by fact+. if not opinion.

Speaking for the defense n label disco duectce. Dominique Zgarka. and CBS product manager (rock and pop repertnrc). John Bennett.

+Tbea outspoken reaction comes in the Takeo( bard noised press. radio and n reports that disco has been beaten tri rock. with rock supponcn pornung to the massive success of

is like Led Zeppelin and the Knack is recent weeks.

- Disco has a future. a big future," reports Zgarka. "What people don't realize. or don't want to realize. s that disco is going new wave. Per- haps rock audiences aren't as open minded as the disco audience. judging from these radiojoeks who make a practice out of smashing disco records ea the air.

"Major discotheques in Toronto. Novae and Montreal. the Lune- 10, are nom programming one - boar new wave sets on Saturday meth. Acts like Lame Lovich. The Knack. Blondie- Sparks A radio station fee CHUM -AM labels this new wave. but in a disco it is dance mu-

Notes John Bennett: "Normally I

don't deal with disci music. that is

handled hs the disco department. but recently I am more or less forced into working with the other depart. nent because of the cross -over action on acts such as Earth. Wind A Fire and Lene Losich It seems odd that at a lime when people are saying disco is going the way of the Titanic, it is. tit fact, evolving into an even more successful era "

As for disco not pulling its weight at the cash register desk. Zgarka laughs "Look. the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart have their biggest selling albums ever. the sales impetus being two hugely successful singles and they were huge on radio as well as in the discotheques. At CBS we have Anita Ward ( "Ring My Bell ") and Patrick Hernandez ( "Morn To Be Alive ") with singles that have each sold 200.000 units apiece The albums are gold. Then we have an Ian Dun; who is breaking fast because his "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" is getting crossover action m discotheques and pop radio. The charges just don't hold water." Zgarka says adamantly

Will the U.S. trend of switching department names from disco to

dance music happen in Canada, Zgarka says he doesn't know. but he

waxes that CBS isn't bailing out of disco nghl now In fact the label is

gearing up to hire more independ- ents to work the discotheques. radio and retail markets on their behalf.

Feeney Is Assn. President - TORONTO -Canada's annual Big Country meet staged in this aty the week of Sept 17. attracted es largest audience to date, reaffirmed RCA's top position as a country la- beLcemented Anne Murray's country roots success at home. and elected a new executive board with lack Feeney as its president.

The country music association. abbreviated to ACME. the Academy of Country Music Entertainment. has been burdened with factional In- fighting. impoverished operating budgets and'even labeled as inert in the past Under previous president Dave Charles. the membership made substantial gains. goals were identified. media campaigns mapped out, and radio programmers united in selecting potential and es-

a . tablishcd names at home to promote.

The recent meet at the Skyline Hotel here was the climax to the "new rnrrgv rl ehe asstn.rauun as

one perto er termed it Showcases

were sprinkled across the coy performers from across the country flying or driving in for the gathenng and an all -umc high registration was recorded for the final night presentation awards.

Highlights of this included RCA's Family Brown earning three awards. Anne Murray voted top female singer and anal of the year. Ronnie Prophet's Grand Old Country television program winning the video category and Stan Campbell of country station CFGM (Toronto) picking up the deejay award. He hosts a syndicated country show from that station.

The new executive board under Feeney includes Doug Anderson. Gord Ambrose. Barry Hawn, Don Grashey. Peter Grant. Bill Ander- son. Dave Charles and Dick Dam ron. All members are involved in radio or a&r. with the exception of Damron who is a performer.

First meeting of the new board is schedbted in Toronto. Oct. 27.

UA Catalog To Have 30 Oldies In Fall Shows

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ludords are 11,111 111 ,,.1,I tt .1s 1111..t'.15an. thanks

'largely to nostalgia/anthology shows

Interestingly. roast of them did not originale from the Bro:alwas stage. hul iluuugh films and I in hut Mies.

Harold Scaler, president al LIA Music, believes there's it trend in the slaking that augurs well for the decade ahead.

"The new theatre season." Scaler nutintam+" represents probably the liveliest renewal of haste must: publisher activity in the past 25 sears. More and mure songs arc now 'being stewed as potential creative material from which stage. television and film properties rom and will he developed in the 'ß09o"

Scider noirs that ho t1A Music professional team is :tensely pursuing this throw by presenting en- ure programs of creative sung ideas to theatre. television and film producers for future development Should these projects come off. Set - der promises UA Music's "active co- operation and exploitation support"

Six LtA /Big 3 copynghts appear In "The 1940s Radio hour." currently previewing for an Oct. 7 pre. moere. They include "Blue Moon." "Deep Purple." "How About You?." "1 Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" "Chattanooga Choo-Chois' and At Last."

"Chattanooga Choo Chou" and "At last" are also featured in the upcoming Broadway revue featuring the songs of Harry Warren. The show. "Lullaby also features Warren's "On The Atchi- son, Topeka & The Sante Fe." "I Know Why." "I Yr Yi Yì." "They Met In Rio" and "Down Argentine Way" from the UA catalog.

UA is also represented with four Jimmy McHugh standards in "Sugar Babies," due Oct 4 at the Mark Hettinger Theatre. The songs are "Cuban Love Song." "Don't Blame Me." "1 Feel A Song Comin' On" and "Warm A Willing."

And Elvis Presley's early classic. "All Shook Up," by Otis Blackwell, is presented in a comedy, "Once A Catholic," opening Oct. 10 at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

Broadway may also gis a stage version of the highly regarded MGM film musical, "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers." with a score by Johnny Mercer and Don DePaul and new material by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn- Seven of the original songs in the stage version and new material are published through UA.

Publishing Deals Made By Franklin

NI lv YORK Al V.' Wrtoded Lake Publishing, established six

months ago by American Talent In- ternational president Jeff Franklin with administration through ATV Music. has made two publishing deals.

One involves Germany's Lollipop Records for domestic copublishing rights to six of the label's staff writers. Current Lollipop-writer ac unity here includes "Boogie Woogic Dancin' Shoes," cut by Claudja Barry (Chrysalis) and the CBS album, "Disco Circus." Also, material recorded by singer Ronnie Jones is included in the deal

A second deal involves material by Stales, released here on Chrysa- lis, including an album and single. "My Latest Girl."

Publishing Big 3 Putting Muscle Into Baez Promo

t 11RK hl.. than Iwo ,,tong. 1h1 is 352 page

Boer and Then \\ t, i. r .,., t to a ma lay to the print

the special marketing push i' hosed on the edition's target .1.

special cunlcni. t, co hoof and price (514 95)

1 he laho contains 52 songs conn- posed and recorded by Baer.addi. uonal pages of lyrics in poetry form and 50 of the performer's own sketches along with her special otro ntentary.

Herman Steiger of Rig 3 terms the folio a "library edition for the muss audience. Adds the company chief: "The anthology was deliberately developed as more than a music hook and as somewhat of a literary project to attract a wider audience."

The company's marketing strategy includes music shop window streamers. display boxes. counter brochures and promotional mailers for both dealers and jobbers. Also, a special effort will be made to promote sale of the edition to public libraries and colleges.

A mailer offers a 459 discount on the purchase of 25 or more books.

Big 3 has donated 100 hooks to he

by [Jae? lo raise atlnItes tel :mill till' Vietnamese boa) people

Anthony Writing His Songs Again

By IRV I.ICIITMAN NEW YORK Mika Anthony.

with a series of successful songs starting in 1959. has returned to full - time writing after inactivity since 1971 resulting from a series of back operation

The writer. winner of two BMI Awards for "She Say ((Arm Dooby Doom)." a hit by the Diamonds. and "Poetry In Motion." a big charter by Johnny Tillotson. says he'll he working out of Nashville after having worked basically out of New York.

"Nashville will be my base of operations." he explains. "because f feel there's a special creative atmos- phcre there. not just as the bastion of country music. but as an increasingly sophisticated mecca for all kinds of music."

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CARS, Gary Numan, Beggars Banquet

IF SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY. Bellamy Brothers. Warner Bins

LOVES GOTTA HOLD ON ME.

Dollar, Carter! 5 3 DONT BRING ME DOWN, Electric

.ght Orchestra, let WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE, Cliff

Richard. EMI DREAMING, Blonde, Chrysalis SAIL ON, Commodores, Motown STREET LIFE, Crusaders. ABC

STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF. Franl,que, Philadelphia Intl

SINCE STEVE BEEN GONE. Rainbow, Poly.,

35 WHATEVER YOU WANT, S.lus Quo,

Vertigo TIME FOR ACTION, Secret Altair,

STY 14 CRUEL TO BE KIND, N. Lowe.

Radar IS REGGAE FOR IT NOW, Bin Lovelady.

Charts. 16 29 DON'T STOP'TIL YOU GET

ENOUGH, Michael Jackson, Epn.

17 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST. Randy Van... Island

18 GONE GONE GONE. Johnny Mathis CBS

19 BANG BANG.8 A Robertson, Asylum

20 ANGEL EYES. Roar MusY, Polydor 21 THE PRINCE. Madness, 2Tone 22 GOTTA GO HOME, EL LUTE, Bonet'

M, Atlantic 'Hansa UVE ON STAGE. Kate Bush. EMI VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR,

Buggies, Island DUCHESS, Stranglers, United Artists BOY OH BOY, Racry. RAK

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BACK OF MY HAND. Jags. Islad QUEEN OF HEARTS, Dave Edmunds.

Swan Song DIM ALL THE LIGHTS, Donna

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WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG. Jam, Polydor

36 19 GANGSTERS. Specie., 2 -Tone

37 30 GET IT RIGHT NEKT TIME, Gerry Rafferty, United Adisls

38 28 TOMORROWS GIRLS, UK Subs, Virgin

39 40 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN, Bkkies, A6M

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Atlantic 2 1 THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE. Gary

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Rknard, EMI 4 4 DISCOVERY. Electric Log.

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Zeppelin, Swan Song 6 6 STRING OF HITS, Shadows, EMI 7 5 SLOW TRAIN COMING, Bob Dynan.

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8 NEW REVOLUTION BLUES, Sham 69, Polydor

9 7 AM, Earth. Wb.O L Fore, CBS 10 9 THE BEST DISCO ALBUM IN THE

WORLD. Varous, Warner Bros. 11 12 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA.

Supednmp. AMA 12 10 VOULEZ VOUS, A.. Epic

13 IS STREET LIFE, Crusaders, MCA

14 14 OUTUNDOS D'AMOUR, Ponce. A. 15 8 PARALLEL LINES, Blond,!, Chrys. 16 11 REPLICAS, Tu.way Army, Beggars

Banquet 17 16 NIGHT OWL Gerry Rafferty, United

Artists 18 13 JOIN HANDS, Siouesle a The

Banshees, Poly. 19 17 MANIFESTO. Rory Musk. Polydn 20 18 MIDNIGHT MAGIC, Commodores,

Motown 21 21 DOWN TO EARTH, Rainbow. Poydur 22 23 WELCOME TO THE CRUISE, Judie

Truk! Rocket 23 19 HIGHWAY TO HELL AC.DC.

AtlanlK 24 16 MANILOW MAGIC. Barry Marlow.

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26 29 WAR OF THE WORLDS. Jeff Wayne's Muskat Vergn. CBS

27 31 BAT OUI OF HELL. Meal loaf, Ep,c'Ckveland Intl

28 30 BRIDGES, John Williams. Lotus

29 25 TUBEWAY ARMY. Tubeway Army, Beggars Banque)

30 22 INTO THE MUSIC, Van Morrison, Vertigo

31 20 MORNING DANCE. Spyrn Gyr, InImty

32 24 SOME PRODUCT CARRI ON SU PISTOLS. Virgin

33 NEW NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS. Bonny M.

Atlantic 34 34 UVE KILLERS. Queen. EMI

35 27 SSE BEST OF THE DOOLEYS, GTO

36 NEW LAST THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG. James Last, Polydor

37 NEW CUT. Slits. IslANd

38 NEW STREET MACHINE, Sammy Hagar. CaPa.

39 32 BAD GIRLS. Donna Summer. Casablanca

40 35 FEAR OF MUSIC. Talking /leads, Sire

WEST GERMANY (Courtesy Der Musikmarkt)

As of 10:1'79 SINGLES

This Last Week Week

1 I EL LUTE, Bonet' M. Hansa 2 2 I WAS MADE FOR (OWN' YOU

Kess. Casablanca 3 4 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE,.

Rkhard. EMI 4 7 BOT OH BOY. Racer, RAK

S 3 SO BIST DU, Peter Mafiay, Telefunken

6 10 A WALK IN THE PARK, Nick Straker Bad. Deco

7 6 DONT LIKE MONDAYS. Boomtown Rats, Z ercury

8 14 KINGSTON KINGSTON. Lou A The Hollywood Bananas. Hansa

9 5 MOSKAU. Dschinghis Khan. Jupiter 10 13 WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. Dr Hook,

Capitol 11 8 BRIGHT EYES, Art Garfunkel, CBS

12 9 DAS LIED VON MANUEL. Manuel A

Pony, Polydon

13 12 RING MY BELL. M. Ward. TO

14 15 GLORIA. Umberto Tom. C85 16 16 1.2.34 RED LIGHT. The Tarif.

Hansa 17 17 UNDER FIRE. Clout, Carr. 18 19 MY SHARONA. The Knack. Gplfel 19 21 KNOCK ON WOOD, Amu Stewa,

Hansa

20 26 DON'T BRING ME DOWN, EJectnc Light Orches. Jet

21 22 TU SEI L'UNICA DONNA PER ME.

Man Sortenei, Decry 22 18 WANT YOU TO WANT ME. Cheap

Trick, CBS

23 25 BAD GIRLS, Donna Summer, Casablanca

24 24 DO TO ME, Smoke, RAK

25 23 VOULEZ YOUR. AD.. PotydAr

26 NEW HOW COULD THIS GO WRONG, Erle. RAK

27 NEW BREAKFAST IN America, Supertramp, aLM

28 NEW ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC, Tube.Y Army, Beggars Banquet

29 20 HOT STUFF. Donna Summer. Gsablanta

30 30 SOME GIRLS Racer, RAK

LPs

1 1 EVE, Alan Parsons Protect, Ansla 2 2 DIE STIMME DER PRAERIE. Ronny.

Kiel 3 3 STEPPENWOLF. Peter Matfay,

Telefunken 4 5 ZAUBER DER GITARRE, Rkky King,

Epic 4 TRIUMPF DER GOLOENBEN

STIMME, Karel Gott, Polydon 6 NEW TEENS S LEANS L ROCKNROLL,

Teens, Han. 7 6 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA,

Supertramp, AOM

8 NEW OCEANS OF FANTASY, Bono M. Hansa

9 10 OSCHINGHIS KHAN. Jupilar 10 7 TRAEUMEREIEN, Rkhard

Clayderman, Telefunken 11 R COMMUNIQUE, Dore Straits. Vertiy,o 12 12 DYNASTY. Kiss. Casablanca 13 14 SOUVENIERS AUS GRIECHWNLAND,

Francis Goya A Les Hellemques. Ktel

14 9 VOULEZ VOUS, AbM, Polydon 15 11 DIRE STRAITS, Vertigo 16 13 HAIR, ..Mr.. RCA 17 IS LIVE KILLERS, Oueen. EMI 18 NEW FATE FOR BREAKFAST, Art

Garfunkel, CBS 19 16 DISCOVERY, Electric Light

Orchestra, Jet 70 17 ANGEL STATION, Manfred Mann's

Fxthband, Brunze

AUSTRALIA (Courtesy Kent Musk Report)

As of 9,24'79 SINGLES

This List Week Week

1 1 MY SHARONA. Knack, Capitol 2 7 WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU.

Kist. Caab.n. 3 2 UP THERE CAZALY, Two.Man Bad,

Fable 4 4 SOME GIRLS, Ras try, RAN

6 GOLD. John Stewart, RSO

7 YOU CANT CHANGE THAT, Ray., Arta

7 15 HOT SUMMER NIGHTS. Night Planai

RING MY BELL, Mites Ward. TK

REUNITED. Peaches L Herb. Polydr 10 13 DONT BRING ME DOWN. ELO. let 11 16 BORN TO BE ALIVE. Pair.

Hernandez. CBS

12 8 COOL FOR CATS, UK So mein, AMA

13 10 ONE WAY TICKET, Eruption. RCA

14 12 HIT AND RUN, Jo Jo Zap L Falcons, Mushroom

15 18 BAD CASE OF LOVIN YOU, Robert Palmer, Island

16 14 BRIGHT EYES. Ad Garfunk., CBS 17 NEW JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST.

Randy Vanwrmar, Interfusion POP MUSK. M, MCA WE ARE FAMILY. Softer Sledge.

Cotlllgn THE NIPS ARE GETTING BIGGER,

Mental As Anything, Regina,

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18 SLOW TRAIN COMING. Bob Dylan.

CBS 3 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR. Ld

Zeppelin, Swan Song 5 DYNASTY, Kiss. Casablanca 9 5. J.J. Cale. She. 4 FIRST UNDER THE WIRE, Little

Rover Band, Capitol 6 ENGLISH HISTORY, Jon English,

Mercury 8 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA... 7 THE VERY BEST OF LEO SAYER,

Chrysalis 10 BOMBS AWAY DREAM BABIES,

John Stewart RSO

12 RUST NEVER SLEEPS, Neu Young A

Crazy Horse. Repose 13 FATE FOR BREAKFAST, Art

Garunkel, CBS

14 11 BACK TO THE EGG, Wongs. MPL

15 14 NO EXIT, The Angels. Albert 16 NEW BOP TILL YOU DROP. Ry Goode,,

Warner Bros. 17 20 CANDY O. The Car, Flaktra 18 16 SCREAMING TARGETS. Jo Jo Zep 6

The Falcons, Mushroom 19 15 BAD GIRLS. Donna Summer.

Casablanca 20 17 GRAFTTI CRIMES. MISna. CBS

HOLLAND (Courtesy TROS Radio)

As of 925.79 This Last SINGLES Week week

1 1 QUIEREME MUCHO. Julio Igbstas. CBS

2 ? I DONT LIKE MONDAYS, Boomtown Rats, Mowry

3 3 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE, Cliff Rkhard, EMI

4 4 SURF CITY, Jan L Dean, Dureco 5 6 A BRAND NEW DAY, Wa Stan.

MCA 6 8 WILLEM, Walem Duyn, Philips 7 I9 SAIL ON. Commodores. Motown 8 NEW ARUMBAL Masada Kendan 9 5 GOTTA GO HOME. Coney M, Molar

Fleas

10 11 ANGEL EVES. Rory Music, Polydnr Al 12 MARCHING ON. B.Z.N. Mercury 12 7 DON'T BRING ME DOWN, Electric

Light Orchestra, Jet

13 9 CANT STAND LOSING YOU, Pollee, A6M

14 14 BEAT 7HE CLOCK Sparks, VI', IS HEW GANGSTERS. Sp.,als, Chrysalis 16 NEW IF SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL

BODY. Bellamy Brothers, Warner Bros

17 13 I WAS MADE FOR IOVIN' YOU.

K,s>, Gables Ma 18 NEW DON" STOP'TIL YOU GET

ENOUGH. Mkha. Jackson. (plc 19 10 GIVE UP YOUR GUNS, Buoys, EMI 20 NEW THE WORKER. Fischer Z. United

Artists

ITALY (Courtesy Germano Rus..)

As of 9125179 SINGLES

This Last Week Week

1 I TU SEI l'UNICA DONNA PER ME, A. Sorrel.. EMI

4 SUPER SUPERMAN, Miguel Bou, CDS.CGD.MM

3 2 GLORIA, Umberto tosa,, CGO.MM 3 FORSE. Pupo, Baby,CGD MM

5 10 SOLI. Adriano Celen.no. CIan.CGD MM

7 BALLA, Umberto B4lsamo. Polydor Phonogram

5 IO SONO VIVO, Pooh, CGD MM 6 SPLENDIDO SPLENDENTE. Donatella

Rettore, Ardori 9 9 E U LUNA BU550', Loredana BMe,

CGO MM IO II RICOMINCIAMO, Adrlann

PaPPalardo, RCA

11 R GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings EMI 12 12 ELECTRIC DELIGHT, Rockets,

Rockland, CGD MM 13 13 HOT STUFF. Donna Summer.

Durum

14 NEW COMPRAMI. Vwla Nak.inp, CGD MM

15 15 LADY NIGHT. Patrick luvel. Barday'Rtrard,

16 19 E SALUTALA PER ME, Raffaella Carta, CB,CGOMM

17 NEW BAD GIRLS, Don. Summer. Ounum

18 14 FINE DIUN VIAGGIO, Le Orme. Phlllps, Monogram

19 18 PARANTE, Alunni Del Sole, Ricordi

20 17 WILL SURVIVE, GARA Gaynor. Poly. Monogram

SWEDEN (Courtesy CALF)

AI of 9,28.79 TKS Last SINGLES werk Wnek

1 1 BOBBY BROWN. Frank Zappa, CAS

2 1 BORN TO BE ALIVE. Patrick Hernandez. MariannrA9uariva

3 4 BRIGHT EYES, Art Garfunkel. CBS

4 3 RING MY BELL. An. Ward, TK

S 8 I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS. Boomtown Rats, Mercury

6 5 HOT STUFF Don. Summer, Casablanca

6 POP MUZIK. M, MCA 7 BALLADE POUR ADELINE. Rkhard

CtayOerman, Sonet 9 9 KNOCK ON WOOD, Amu Stewart,

Ano. 10 MEW OH SUSIE, Secret Seevice, Sonet

LPs 2 COMMUNIQUE. One Straits. Vertigo 4 SLOW TRAIN COMING. Bob Dylan.

CBS

1 BORN TO BE ALIVE, Pabkk Hernandez, Mar.nn:Aquan.

4 7 SAXPARTY 6. Ingmar Ncrdstroems, Fr..

3 BAD GIRLS. Don. Summer, Casablanca

6 5 SHEIK YERBOUTI, Frank Zappa. CBS 7 NEW DOES GARAGE PART I, Frank

Zappa, CBS

9 FATE FOR BREAKFAST, Art Garfunkel, CBS

9 6 THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE. City Boy. VMigo

10 NEW EVE. Alan Parsons Prol 1. Arista

SPAIN ICHIHesy El Gran Musical)

Inn Lasl M of 929.79

Week W. SINGLES

1 1 RING MY BELL, Meta War, TK

3 LADY LAURA, Roberto Carlos, CBS

3 4 ONE WAY TICKET. Eruption, Anota 4 2 GLORIA, Umberto Tom, CBS

5 5 GETTING CLOSER. Wogs, EMI 6 7 MELUMAS, Jo. Luis Para..

H,spavo 7 8 RAMA LAMA OING DONG, Rocky

Sharpe L Replays, Moweplay 8 NEW STUMBLIN' IN, Sun Quatro L Clins

Norman. EMI 9 9 VOULEZ VOUS, Milon, Columbia

10 6 BORN TO BE ALIVE. Palnck Hemander, CBS

Lß 1 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA,

Superlramp, ALM 2 2 DISCO OE ORO DE EPIC VOL 2,

Vinous. EDK 3 3 24 OUTOS DE ORO. Juno lg..

CBS 4 4 16 GRANDES EXITOS DE SIEMPRE.

Richard Clay.rnan, Hospar. 5 5 ROCK/ DURCAL GANTA A JUAN

GABRIEL VOL. 3. Rab Dural. Arm.

6 7 COMMUNIQUE. Dire Slinks. Fonogram

7 8 BACK TO THE EGG. Wings EMI B 6 BAD GIRLS, Donna Summer.

Casablanca 9 10 DISCOVERY, ELO. Jet

10 NEW DIRE STRAITS, Fonogram

BELGIUM (Courtesy Billboard Bene1 1

As of 9 28 79

This Last SINGLES Week Week

1 1 QUIEREME MUCHO, Julio Igksks, CBS

2 7 WE DONT TALK ANYMORE, C6t1 Rkhard. EMI

3 3 WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU, KHS. Vogue

4 2 GOTTA GO HOME. Bonet' M, Anola S 8 ALINE. Christophe. Vogue 6 6 GLORIA, Umberto Torr. CBS 7 NEW MY SHARONA, The Knack. Gat. 8 10 DON'T BRING ME DOWN, ELO. Jet 9 S VOULEZ VOUS. Abby, Vogue

10 9 THIS IS MY LIFE. Shinto Besxy, EMI

5 NEW

6 4

7 7

LPs DYNASTY. Koss. Vogue VOULEZ VOUS, Abbe. VOL,. EMOCIONES. Julio Iglesias. CBS A VOUS LES FEMMES, Julia

Iglesias, CBS FATE FOR BREAKFAST, Art

Garfunkel CBS

BREAKFAST IN AMERICA, Su.rtramp. A.

LIVE KILLERS. Queen, EMI

8 NEW THE FANTASTIC SOUND OF CLAUS WUNDERUCH, TN

9 8 COMMUNIQUE, Dire Shans, Vertigo ID NEW BAD GIRLS, Don. Summer,

Casablanca

This Week Week

1 4 DO YA THINK 1'M SEXY. Rod

Stewart. Warner Bros. 2 3 BORN TO BE ALIVE. Pablck

PORTUGAL (Courtesy Musoca L Som)

As of 9115/79

last SINGLES

Hernandez, Rms11

3 2 CHIQUITITA, Alaba, Poydor 1 MOHLER SENTINMENTAL Marca

Paulo. EMI

5 5 TOO MUCH HEAVEN, Bee Gees.

RSO

6 6 FANDANGO DA MOOR, Lara Lo, EMI

7 7 HOORAY HOORAY R'S A HOLA HOLIDAY, Boner M. Anta

8 B LOGICAL SONG. Supertramp, ALM

9 NEW UMA MOCA CNORAVA. Linda De

Suzy. Camre 10 9 BOA SORTE The Fever Odeon

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BREAKFAST IN AMERICA. Supertramp, 00M

MUSIC FOR UNICEF CONCERT, Vara. Arinls. Poly.

TOOLE2 VDQS, Abba Polydor BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN. Rod

Stewart Warner Bros SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN, Bee Clues,

RSO

WHERE SHOULD BE. Peter

Frampton, ALM DISCO STARS, Various Ad,sls.

Polystar COMMUNIQUE, Dire Straits, Vertigo THE MAGIC IS YOU. Sheley 844sey.

UA DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF

TOWN. Bruce Spnngsteen, CBS

JAPAN (Courtesy Musks Labo)

As of 9.24.79 This Last SINGLES Week Week

I KANPAKU- SENGEN. Masashi Sala, Freeing.

2 2 SEXIAL VIOLET NO. 1, Masahiro Kuwana, RCA

3 3 GINGATETSUDO 999. Godego, Nippon Colombo

4 5 OMOIDEZAKE. Sachiko Kohaya.Nl, W. Pioneer

5 8 YOAKE Ch,naru Matsuya,a Canyon 6 6 SMILE ON ME. George Yarsag, L

Rainy Wood. Bonbon 7 7 AMERICAN FEELING. Circus, Ana 8 10 SHINAYAKA.NI- UTATTE. Mon.

YamagucN. C135,50ry 9 4 CALIFORNIA CONNECTION. Yv.ka

M¢IRani, Fa Lit! 10 12 YUUKI GA AREBA, H.dek Srpu.

RCA

11 16 NUI.TOSNEAKFR.NO -KORO. Tunp, Express (Sokol

12 11 POUR STAR. Ju.o Yagami. Doscomaln

13 18 AI.NOSUICHUKA. Keiko Matsu.. CoWmbu

14 9 OMOISUGOSHIMO.K01410LCH1. Southern All Star, InMabon

IS 17 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA. Supertramp, ALM

16 NEW MONDAY MONALI2A CLUB. P. Lady. v,cta

17 19 WANTED. The Doaeys. GTO

18 13 YOSEBA IINONI, To., 1Ioh. Nappy A

Blue. Canyon 19 14 OYMI MOO., Kmkch, Mural,

Phelps 20 IS SHINIUKU MINATOMACHI, Sh.nkN

Mon, V,dpr a LPs

3 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA. Supertramp, ALM

2 2 10 NUMBERS CARAT. 5out.m Dl Stars, mvnabon

3 1 KOKYOSHI GINGATETSUDO 999, Original Sound Track, Columbia

4 4 IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR, Led

Zeppelin, Swan SAID 5 5 NEW HORIZON. Circus. A. 6 6 OLIVE. Yu. MatsWoya. Express 7 10 ALICE 7, Alice, Express 8 8 VOULEZ YODS. ARAa. Discerna(! 9 7 YUME- KUYOU, Maus. Scola,

Freefnght 10 NEW DOWN TO EARTH, Rainbow. P51.111

11 NEW GINGATETSUDO 999 DRAMA.HEN, caume,a

12 15 YOKOHAMA, George Yanag, 6 Runt Wood, Bourbon

13 13 HEART. KNko M.kos., Pdidar 14 19 GET THE KNACK, The Knack.

Capnol 15 NEW SONG FOREVER. Takao Horlguchl,

Esp. 16 9 MORNING. Satoshi K,shlde, CBS'

Sony 17 16 BAD GIRLS. Donna Summer,

Casablanca 18 20 KUWANA NOS, Masahiro Kuwana,

RCA

19 18 SORAóTOBU TORI NO-VOL/NI Chiharu Matsuyama, Canyon

20 12 I10UE1 IN ISH, Ikuá Sakakbara, m67a



Classical Old Spirituals Become Classical Barbara Jordan Narrates Lyrics On Columbia

LOS ANGELI ' 'Ssnsphonic Spirituals With Narration By Bar- ham Jordan" stsmhmcs old Negro spirituals with classical music for what u behrsed to he a first of ln kind LP.

The Columbia LP. produced hs

Dr George Butler. lice president of Jale and rrsagreme music astis at

Columbia Records. features Mc Rosal Philharmonic of London and tenor socahxI William Brown

L)r Paul Freeman. former con- ductor of the Detroit Svniphons, who conducts the y ',Aorta Ssm- phony Onhestra, conducted "Ssm-

"jrhony Spirituals" Butler lopped the work with nar-

ration written by Dick Scut and performed M former l' S Congress- woman Barbara Jordan

es Among the tunes included in the LP. which was predominatrh re-

cordcd in London. are "Lift Es cry Yoke And Sing" and "Deep River," the opening and air n ng tunes.

In addition to old Negro spintu- &b new muenal u featured on the

LP- including an original srompssst-

non by Jacqueline Hairston. profes- ser of music at Oakland's Merritt College. plus a medley of spmtuaLs bs Morton Rule

Abe cnntnbuhne to the project were Hale Smith. profess...d cim-

BING HEADS MIAMI FEST

MIAMI- The Greater Miami Op- en Assn has put forth a plan for a

major contemporary arts feshsal Io

pie produced here in 1982 Sir Ru- dolf Bing. former general manager of the New fork klctropolltan Op- era_ will lone a executise director of the three -week fesu%al. called the

No. World Contemporary Festival of the Ans

Orpnaces basest-cured an moral S1? 2.400 grant from the Dade C.wnn conunusion. with additional county. state and federal funding expected during the next two years.

Organizers say Bing will have re- sponsibthn for festival polie) overall planning and coordination. with local producers and concert man apen functioning as assistant dire,- Ws One of Bind s first tasks repon- edls will be the appointment of

fxpen ads&sory boards to assist in iwmmissioning of new works.

Festival o expected to introduce seerral major world premieres to in- dude at least one full -length opera in addition to symphonic works.

...dumber music. ballet and theatre. Local ans organizations. including the Florida Philharmonic and Judy Drucker'' Great Artist senes, will take pan in the staging of presentations.

Thc festival- to be held in June. was conceived by Roben Herman. general manager of the Miami opera company Herman served as assist ant manager of the Metropolitan Opera during Bings tenure.

`Dream Music' Due LOS ,ANCH ILLS the Indcpend-

cnt Composers Assn. offers an "Eve- ning Of Dream Music" Nov. 9 at the Fnkhman ,Auditorium. Featured will be works M Lou Harrison and Richard Emmet. including the L A

fi\remie,e of "Chimera From Dream Dance, Past" by Emniet

Harrison's compositions will he "Suite For Violin- and "American Gamelin, (', i4'ide 3

It. II s\ St II L \AIS Iyosilh.n,.l 1h l iii. .lt111cctiCUl.

Fredrick 1 illis of Amherst and Don- ald Erb of the Cleveland Institute of Music. uiho dud die arranging. All pcnmu una'sed in the package hase cstcnslsc cl.lsstcul backgrounds. including Butler,

"Thus is my attempt to remind people of lust how nmteh depth these spirituals ss.rtbnn and that the" can he treated dusslcal 's." sass Buller

He believes Jordan gives the l P

impact. "Initial's. Ands Young (former U.N. Amhassaduri was to he narrator, but as the time drew close his schedule would not permit it

"Paul 11 recmanl and I ran lhnsugh a tot of nanas and we were excised at the thought that Barbara Jordan would do it. We believe she was perfect for the LP." Her segment was recorded at an Austin. Tex., studio.

Jordan will he a s it:.1 part 01 the

Record

promotion of the I I'. u ith Huller at

tempting tu set tip a listening ses

sionrpress parts in Issas. with Jot dun on hand as special honored guest

In addition, he is making strides h

tie -in with cahicatiunnl orgamt,i. lions and black-oriented national groups, among other organirau.m, for maximum exposure of the 21.

Although Columbia has the M.0 terworks classical line, "Synrphomc Spirituals With Narration Bs Bar- bara Jordan" will he released this month on the Columbia label

Masterworks is the parent of the discontinued Black Composers Sines. Eugene Move is the sole black performer remaining on Ma, rcrworks. "However. I plan to talk to

Simon Schmidt, who is now vice president and general manager at Masterworks about reactivating the Black Composers Series and signing nos. talent " awn, Buller

ACCEPTS BACH PROJECT.-

Pianist Martins: Digital Bs ALAN PENCII ' .ii\

CHICAGO -New 1 ark classi- den Mond) M..- cal concert promoter Jay K ran Festival. says the recordings Hoffman has launched a new will be issued under license. long -range digital recording Huffman expects to make pres- project involving Brazilian pian- entattons for seseral European tit Joao -Carlos Martins companies, he indicates.

If a company wants to get behind it the, can have something wonderful for the Tricenten- nial. Hoffman contends

Martins will he recording some of the Bash selections for the second time in his career The pianist's Bach recordings were made for Connoisseur Society in the 1960k. including the complete "Well -Tempered Clavier;" a six -

disk set

In 1978. Martins made a successful and well- publicized Car- negie Hall SI admissmn come - hack recital The pianist. a Bach sreclafut. endured an eight -year career hiatus following an mjurs to his hand in a soccer match

The Bach Tricentennial Recording Project, Inc, Hoff- man's new company. expects to tape all of Bach's solo keyboard music with Martins. The project will culminate in 1985. the year of the Tricentennial of Bach's birth. Hoffman says.

The recording project was begun m Los Angeles recently with taping of the six partilas of Bach. Martins is scheduled to record Bach's "Goldberg Vanauons' m

January The recordings are being produced by Heiner Stad- ler of Tomato Records using Soundstream digital equipment.

Hoffman. one of the cotemn-

CINCINNATI LABEL

QCA, Gospel Firm, Now In Classics Expansion Act

CINCINNATI- Classical music is

getting increased representation in

the catalog of QCA /Redmark Rec- ords.

According to QCA sice president and general manager Daryl Kalmus, a world premier recording of Al- berto Ginastera's "First String Quartet" will he released in October. Grnaalera, an Argentinian, et a lead- Ing 20th century composer

QCA also offers half a damn recordings of classical compositions for acoustic string bass. Including two albums by Frank Froto. Cincin- nati Symphony principal ha...ist and composer In residence

Kalmus says the label's interest in classical has developed over the past two years. "We've done some Harz, but basically were Southern gospel." Kalmus explains.

Kalmus credits Pinto with pointing the label toward repertoire that is receiving little competing atten- ti n today

1'rolo s "Sound Of The Bass" vol- umeh-one and two was QCA's first

classical ventures. Other bassists recording for the label are David Walters la recital of Infrequently played bass /piano works) and Barn Green. also a Cincinnati Synaphons player. whose "Bass Evolution,- in-

volves soloist. chamber group and nor-ouor.

Two LPs have been licensed from the French hass virtuoso Francois Rahath, who writes for basses and percussion in a sometimes ja,,- tinged style. Rahath's "Multi-Bass" will he brought out this month.

(iinaslera's Quartet is performed by the Blair Quartet of Nashville in

the new recording. The group also

performs Pr. d.- "String Quarto No I"

CAM -Cohen Link NI Vi'll)kh t \ \I \mcric..ha+

signed Gerard (ohm) hl write material and produce another new CAM signing. artist Allhit Cook. Cohen will be producing ut Ncw York's Power Station

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YOU DECORATED MY UFE Arnnr Rabrrs United Moats 1315 (Music Gt, ASCAP)

AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE frth Wet b Fu., Arc 3 110331Columbal (Nmlh.'Goden Rake /bemg/Fo31er Free BMi tlobetle ASCAPI

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DIFFERENT WORLDS Name.n Mrfmrrn New, 'Curb 8835 (Bonn 8M))

THIS NIGHT WONT LAST FOREVER Michael Johnson (MIN/mot 8019 (Captain Opt., BMI)

SAIL ON Cnmmodoer Metawn 1466 (tobtlelauRu den. ASCAP)

I'll NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN Drone Warmck Odle 419 (thong BMI)

THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE tote Beau RCA 11670 1kull Rost BMI)

LEAD ME ON harm, N.gntmrat. Wildsong 11530 (RCA) (Alma ASCAP)

SO GOOD, SO RIGHT bony Resell Hawn 123 IAMB (Rolland Read 'SCAB)

IF YOU REMEMBER ME Clad Thompson Planet 45904 (Ekktn'Asylum) )Chappell. Red Bulks ASCAP,UnchappN/Begaa Melodies. BM))

GET il RIGHT NEXT TIME Gen, Rane,ty. United ktdts 10501 (Colgems EMI. ASCAPI

GOOD FRIEND Mary Morn-arm RSO 938 (Bernal.ASG /Hal.bmton /Summer Camp/ASCAP'lMI)

LONESOME LOSEN tAtte Roe/ Band CaptO 4148 (Satin Gems EMI, BMI)

ONE FINE DAY Xrta Caohdgr AAM 1169 (Steen Gems EMI. BMI)

SAD EYES Robed bon EMI Amrrua 8015 (Careers BMII

UFE GOES ON Chaile Re, United Muir )307 IMakaMAlon BM))

MAIN EVENT Barba Stre.sand Columbia 3 11008 /P.m.. Artals/Daha /Rack's. BAI)

WHEN 1 THINK OF YOU Led Swell Scoff. Boos 502 (Wank) )Otephard u bid /Sabe, tooth. UM)..

SPOOKY Manta Rlrythm Seiten. Paltdor 2001 (Lowery Muse. BMI)

SUSPICIONS (Abe Rabbit Hotta 46053 1DebDare /Brwtatch. BMI)

MORNING DANCE Spire Grua Infinity SO 011 (MCA) (Madre Mus.c'Crosseyed Beat. BMI)

SHADOWS IN THE MOONUGHI Anne Alum, Captol 4116 (Chappell. ASG4P1n Cnappetl SESAC)

I KNOW A HEARTACHE WHEN I SEE ONE /cobra Wanes Onto 0430 (Chappell ASGIPUnrhmHaell. BMI, To Chappell SESAC

DANCIN' 'ROUND AND 'ROUND (Anse Newton John MCA 7968 (Warne' Tamerlane/Ito Speed, BMI)

BRIGHT EYES Alt Garfunkel Columba 1 11050 (BUcknood ASCAPI

HALF THE WAY

Cmtal Gayle Columba 1 11087 (Chris-wood BMI; Mudeerongs ASCAPI

YOU'RE ONLY LONELY D Soothe,. Columba 1 11079 flea Or ASCAP)

MAMA CANT BUY YOU LOVE ,non John MCA 1)041134hte Bute BMS

ARROW THROUGH ME wngs Columba 111070 (MLP.Wrtbtck. ASCAP)

COOL BREEZE The Lenin, Saucer Band, Mkntn 001 (Pece.1184, ASCAP)

FOOLED BY A FEELING Barbara Mandrel) MCA 410)1 (PI Gem 13140

HOLO ON Is, Comm SIM lot 950711 (Moron BMI)

CRUEL TO BE BIND Nrci lone Columba 3 11018 (Mgb Rork Mban. BMI)

DEPENDIN' ON YOU I006. Bits Warne, Boo. 49070 (So4uet Songs. AICAP'Snug BAIL

RAINBOW CONNECTION Admit The hug Atlent.c 3610 (Weibent. ASCAP)

LADY LYNDA Beach Bon Canbpu 99030 (Boothe, bidme BM)Weio)aruoirMv. lane, MGM")

HEART OF THE NIGHT Pao. MCA 41013 Ilaranlwl ASCAPI

SPY

Crab Simon Bruise 46514 (CBI. ASCAPiCounlry Road. BMI)

UP ON THE ROOF lames Carlin Columba 311005 (Screen Gems EMI. BMI)

TOUCH ME WHEN WERE DANCING era Fu, Fhghl 11679 (RCA) (Halt Gement BMII

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER ))ebb, Boone Monet Curb 49012 Ohba,. ASCAPI

ANGEL EYES

Abbe AIknt.0 3609 (Countless. BMII

LAND OF MANE BELIEVE Chuck Manease ARM 7167 (Gales. BMI)

DREAM ON

Oat Wee Bon. MCA 41078 duchess, BMI)

THE BOSS Duna Ross. Motown 1462 INick I Val. ASCAPI

FOREVER Odors Infinity 9006 (Loud BMI /Orleansdngs. ASCAPI



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Number of singles reviewed

this week 105 Last week 97 coDYr,ee 1979 arllpoarn PyDicah9pS NO

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CHEAP 'TRICK-Dream Police (3:14); producer Tom Wer

man; writer. R Nielsen; publishers Screen Gems EMI /Adult BMI Epic 950774. The title cut of the groups new LP Is what

Cheap Trick is all about. Its a supercharged power pop /rock lune with a fantastic lyuc hook and guitar /drum interplay.

VILLAGE PEOPLE -Sleazy (3:45); producer Jacques Mer ali; wnters: 1. Morali, H. Belolo, P. Hurt. B. Whitehead. pub

fisher. Can't Stop BMI Casablanca NB2213. The group's

most rock onented single Iodate also marks the lead vocal

debut of construction worker David Hodo, who performs the

tune in a campy macho growl While past Village People sin-

eles have been sendups of macho themes, they've been sung

relatively straight. Here the yoke is a bit obvious

THE CARS -Les All 1 Can Do (3:15); producer Roy Thomas

Baker; writer Ric Ocasek. publisher: Lido BMI. Elektra

E46546. The group's second single from "Candy.0" is an

other rocker with a simple melody line and spare inshumen talion. It es, however, not as dynamic and catchy as such past

Cars triumphs as "lust What I Needed" or "Let's Go."

DR. HOOK -Better Lae Next Time (2:59); producer Ron

Haflkine, writers Pieper, Keith. Slate. publisher. House Of

Gold BMI. Capitol P4785 Dr. Hook changes the pace here

trom the batladeering on "Sharing The Night Together" and

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" lo a funkier midtempo lune with broad based appeal.

STEPHANIE MILLS -Better Than Ever 13:40); producers

James Mime, Reggie Lucas, writers: Marvin Hamlrsch, Car.

de Bayer Sager, publishers. Famous Music ASCAP/Ensign

NI. 20th Century-Fox TC2427 Mills' fofowup to'Whatcha Gonna Do With My tonne'' is a classy midtempo ballad lea

Luring her strong, gutsy vocals against a shimmering back

ground of strings.

recommended S THE GREG KINN BAND- Roadrunner (2:55); producers Mat

= thew King Kaufman, Glen Kolotkio, Kenny Laguna; writer: 1.

aó Richman; publisher Modern Love Songs. Beserktey 646542

ai (Elektra)

rm MAXINE NIGHTINJ,ALF- (Bringing Out) The Gil In Me

7. (3:30); producer. Denny (haste; writer R Parker Ir.; pub

so fioher Raydiola ASCAP Windsong 1H11729 (RCA). CC

w VAN MORRISON- Bright Side OI The had (3:441; producer

0 Van Morrison, write: Van Morrison; publisher Essential AMI.

t- Warner Bros WBS49086

o CARLENE CARTER -Do It In A Heartbeat (316); producers

Lance Quinn. Tony Bongiovi. writers C Carter, N. Lowe, 1.

McFee; publishers Rare Blue /Planget Visions ASCAP/Unr

Chappell BMI. Wainer Bros. WBS49063.

WALTER EGAN -That's That (2:41); producer Walter Egan;

writer. W. Egan; publishers: April /Melody Deluxe /Swell

Sounds /Seldak ASCAP. Columbia 1 11116.

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND -Running Like The Wind

(4:25); producer: Stewart Levine; writer Toy Caldwell; pub-

lishers: Marshall Tucker /No Exit BMI. Warner Bros WAS490V8.

ALAN O'DAY -Oh Johnny (3:06); producers: Steve Berri. Alan

O'Day: writer Alan O'Day, publisher WB ASCAP Pacific

PC100 (Atlantic).

HALLOWEEN-Lady Midnight (3:40); prndurrr lerey Marcel.

lino; writer Jerry Marcellino; publisher Irving AMI. Mercury /60LI

THE SINCEROS -Take Me To Your Leader (3:30); producer

toe Wesserf, writer M Kleldsen; publisher Blackwood BMI

Columbia 111115

SNAIL -Tonight (3:33); producers Roy Segal. Snail; writer Bob O'Neill publishers Butler /Blue Ave BMI. Cream

CRE7938.

BISHOP 6 GWINN -Santa Monica Pier (3:06); producers

Fred Molten, Matthew McCauley. writers. R. Bishop, M,

Gwmn, publishers Dav Mel /Hauemore Wantmore BMI. Inlm ityINF50031

DEE D. JACKSON -Fireball (3:26); producer Gary Irwin; writers. G. Unwm, P. Unwm, pubtrsher Sounds of Jupiter BMI. Sire SRE49017 (Warner Bros.)

BLACKJACK -Fa You (3:30); producer Tom Dowd; writer M.

biotin publisher Emboe ASCAP Polydor PD2026

FCC -It Took A Woman Like You (3:11); producers: Clayton

Ivey, Terry Woodford; writer: Jesse Boyce. publisher Song

Tailors BMI Free Flight 1H11744 (RCA).

DENIECE WIWAMS -I Found Love (3:38); producer Ray

Parker, Ir writers J D. Williams, F Basket, R Nichols; Pub.

Usher: none holed. Arc /Columbia 111063. Helped along by a

lingersnapping rhythm, this midtempo dance number fea-

tures the drstinctwe high vocals of Williams Lyrics and beat work together to forge an optimistic mood

recommended PHYLLIS HYMAN -You Brow How To Lae Me (3:29); produc ors lames Mtume Reggie Lucas. writers J Mtume. R. Lucas. publisher Frozen Butterfly BMI Arista A50463

GLADYS KNIGHT -The Best Thing We Can Do Is Say Goodbye

(4:02); producers' lack Gold, Gladys Knight; writers: J. Gold.

A Goland, C. Christiansen. publisher: none listed Columbia 111088

BOB MARLEY 6 THE WAILERS -Wake Up And Live (4:18); producers. Bob Marley 8 The Waders, Alex Sultan; writer

Bob Marley; publishers Bob Marley /Almo ASCAP. Island IS49080.

LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY -That's What You Said (3:32); pro.

ducer: Bunny Sigler; writers: B Sigler R. Wiggrnton; publish-

ers' Henry Suemay /Unichappell BMI Gold Mind G74021

(Seised).

REN WOODS- Everybody Get Up (4:321; producer: Al McKay;

writers' A McKay, H Payne; publisher none listed Arc /Co. lumbia 111074.

CHARME-Do It For Lore (3:46); producer Mahe Segal;

wnters: Banks, Hampton, publisher Irving BMI. RCA

1811727.

HEAVEN 6 EARTH -I Only Have Eyes For You (4:36); produc ers. Clarence Johnson, Riccardo Williams, writer A. Dubin;

publisher Remick ASCAP Mercury 76012

JEAN CARN -Start The Fire (3:20); producers Philip Pugh.

Dexter Wansel: cuter: P. Pugh; publisher Mighty Three OMI

Pluladelphra Inft ZS93721 (CBS)

REVEUfON -Mae On Up (3::20); producers. Benny Diggs,

Arthur Freeman, writers: Benny Diggs, Phillip Ballou. Joseph

Joubert publishers. Six Continents /Nycom AMI RCA

IH11/38

CHAMELEON -Game 01 Lfle (4:21); producers' Fred Wesley,

Azar Lawrence; enters Michael E. Stanton, Greely (Swah)

Snowden; publisher Champri. E(ektra [46538.

MEL McDANILL- Lovin' Starts Where Friendship Ends

(2:37); producer Johnny MacRae. writers Il Linde A Rush;

publisher Combine. BM! Capitol P4784. The record gets off

to a slow start bur alter the first 20 seconds, recovers beau-

tifully with a pelting high energy instrumental /vocal combs.

nation. Fiddles and percussion spice Mc0aniel's latest con-

tender.

JOHN WESLEY RYLES -You Are Always On My Mind

(3:40); producer Bob Montgomery. writers Wayne Carson-

Mark Jameslohn Christopher; publishers: Rose Bridge/ Screen GemsEMI, BMI MCA 41124 Brightly .mixed vocals,

powerful production and the excellence of Ryles' singing

make Oman outstanding cut. Energy builds through a strong

foundation of drums. bass and guitar, while piano adds de

Unitive flourishes and backgrounds add intensity.

HANK WIWAMS, JR.-Whiskey Bent And Hell Booed

(3:09); producer: Jimmy Bowen, writer Hank Williams, Ir..

publisher Bocephus. BMI Flip 0 D 'd In Denver (2:381; Pro.

ducer: Jimmy Bowen. venter Hank Williams. lr ; publisher.

Bocephus, BMI. Elektra [46535. Williams' latest single, from

his lonccoming album, is a double sided hit 'Whiskey Bent

And Hell Bound" follows the pattern established with his last

release. 'Family Tradition." while "0 D'd In Denver" takes a

more uptempo turn Both sides are suitable for country play.

with "Denver" possibly showing up on some pop playlets.

LORETTA LYNN -I've Got A Picture W Us On My Mind

(2:45); producer Owen Bradley, writer. Bobby Harden. pub-

lisher. King Coal. ASCAP MCA 41129 Lynn's latest sparkles

with her familiar vocal interpretation of a blooming love story

Backed by electric and pedal steel guitars, Lynn glides

Through the song with ease. Bradley's production balances

the instruments with taste, and provides a vocal hook on

which they ride.

recommended DR. HOOK -Better Love Next lime (2:59); producer: Ron

Haffkme, writers Prppen/Keith /Slate; publisher Home Of

Gold. BMI Capitol P4785

CARLENE CARTER -Do N In A Heartbeat (3:26); producer Lance Quinn /Tony Bongiovi; writers- Carter/Lowe /McFee.

publishers: Rare Blue / Planget Visions /Unichappell, ASCAP/

BMI Warner Bros. WBS49083.

WOOD NEWTON -So Easy For You (3:19); producer: Even

Stevens; writers: Even Stevens /Rusty Wolle; publisher Deb

Dave /Side Pocket. BMI Elektra [46537

LEAOY VAN DYKE -Save Me A Sat By The fire (3:051; pro

ducer Shelby Singleton, write Don Schlitz; publisher Writers Night, ASCAP. Sun 1146

DONNIE ROHRS -Fort Worth Featherbed (3U0); producer

Vic Adkins, writer Max O. Barns /Rayburn Anthony; pub

Usher: Welbeck /Screen Gems. ASCAP /BMI Ad-Beep 1263.

ABAT MARABLE -Sweet Country Music (3:10); producer Owen Bradley. writer. Tony Ladle: publisher: Outrageous/

Speckled Bird /Sir Continents. BMI. MCA 41125

LONNIE JONES- Nartquake (3:01); producer. Royce G.

Clark, writers Curt Lanham /L. N. Jones; publisher: Day.

dreamer, BMI. Desna D5500

WAYNE WILSON -Same Eyes Always Drive Me Crazy (2:275 producer Wayne Can, writer Lee Bach, publisher: White

Light. BMI Hi.Country HC1102

KIN VASSA -Do I Ever Cron Your Mind (2:505 producer.

Mike Settle; writer D. Parton, publisher. Acepar. AMI.Inter.

national Artists IAS501

ORION- Washing Machine (2:26); producer. Shelby Single-

ton, writer Orion Eckley Darnell, publisher. Boogie Baron Shelby Smglelon. BMI Sun 1147.

DON SILVERS- Goodbye Chicago -lido San *Mane 12:23);

producer Lois Johnson /Don Silvers; ion e: Don Silvers, pub

Usher: Loden. BMI. LMC CPI0001.

aóól -I Adult ño Contemporary

recommended RANDY VANWARMER -Call Me (3:33); producers. John Hot-

brook Ian Kimmel. writer Randy Vanwarmer, publisher.

Fourth Flose ASCAP Bearsvdle ASS49071.

BILL HUGHES -Stalin' My Heart Away (3:34); produce:

Henry Lowy. writer B. Hughes. publishers: Dream Master/

April ASCAP. Epic 950775

Disco recommended

NOEL -Dancing Is Dangerous (3:42); producers: Ron Si Ru3"' o

sell Morel; wnters Ron Mad. Russell Mad: publisher Heben

ASCAP Virgin 0067001 (Atlantic).

FirsETime Around THE SPORTS -Who Lefferts To The Radii (314); producer

Pete Solley, writers. Cummings, Pendlebury; publisher. Aus-

tralian Tumbleweed EMU. Arista AS0468. Already a maw force in its native Australia, group offers a power pop ode to

the radio medium. Sound is reminiscent to the Canard hook

Is infectious

PiUS -a top 30 Atari tow rn the norm. of the row. panel Aid voted foe the rakcuons released nos week: recommended -a tot predicted to land on the Hot 100 Whitten 31 and 100. Remy eNbr- Ed Harrison

This Week's Legal Action Caviano Facing Lugo Demands Injunction $14 Million Suit

LOS ANGELES -Martin Prchm- son of MPM Management here has instituted suit in Superior Court lo- catty against Ray Caviano.

In his filing. Pichinson accuses the disco label executive of stealing an idea which the plaintiff projected W the defendant in 1978.

In exchange for purveying the concept. Caviano allegedly pledged 40% of the business to Pichinson if the idea succeeded. The pleading alleges that Ray Caviano and his brother. Doh, confirmed the deal in a meeting in the office of local attorney Michael Rosenfeld.

Pichinson claims he suffered $IA million in business loss and seeks an additional $4 million in damages.

LOS ANGELES -Featured vus

cabs! Daniel Lugo of the group Des- tination seeks an injunction and damages in Superior Court here against MCARecords, CM Records doing business as Butterfly Records and Elton Farokh Ahi of Of -Oz Pro- ductions.

Lugo is asking $4.5 million in cumulative damages. without getting him to sign a proper artist contract. Ahi contends that he produced the album and had an oral agreement with Lugo in April which was confirmed by a letter agreement signed by Lugo in May 1979. The pact tendered the court shows a

graduated royalty rate of I`T for the first year to 31 over four renewals

A.1. Cervantes of Butterfly in an affidavit has told the court the label

has manufactured 75.000 albums

and has 150.000 mailers and 10,000

posters backing the release which came out in August.

Lugo is asking $4.5 million in cumulative damages.

Judge Jerry Pacht announced an

Oct. 4 hearing date on the request for an injunction against the further distribution of the album. "Begin- ning To End"

Kiss Registered NEW YORK -The rock hand

Kiss has been registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office as a

U.S. Service Mark.

U.S. /Japanese Colleagues Agree NEW YORK-Representatives of

the American Music Conference compared notes with their Japanese counterparts at a recent trade meeting and decided they had a lot in common.

The group. comprised of U.S. instrument manufacturers, heard members of the All Japan Musical Instrument Assn. urge greater coop- eration between wholesalers- retail- ers and manufacturers. the encour- agement of more school music programs and an increase in exports. The same themes have been sounded here by the Amcrcian group.

Robert Campbell. president of CBS Instruments Inc.. told the gathering, held in Hamamatsu, Japan. that the music industry would profit by "accepting the concept that it is

one industry' we arc talking about. not a Japanese industry or an Amer- ican industry."

The Japanese complained about the differences in safety rcgulajipi:o

and voltage requirements between the Iwo markets, as well as the lath of instruction manuals in Japanese and the fact that American firms have a high turnover in personnel. unlike the Japanese who depend on long -term personal contact in business dealings.

Sues His Employer LOS ANGELES -Former Keysor

Century Corp. sales executive Rus- sell W. Peters is suing his former em-

ployer and its executives Howard Hill and Everett Scott for $1 million damages. claiming he was libeled and slandered.

Peters' filing alleges the defendants published a personal action no-

tice discharging Peters. which allegedly stated Peters was joining a

competing company with prior knowledge and failed lo disclose h'



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op KENNY LOGG1NS -Keep She fire, 1C36172. Produced by

Tom Dowd. Loggins thud solo album. and first with Dowd has a broader mix of styles Than by earlier efforts with Phil Ramone and Bob lames The tunes range Irom a goodlume rocker rn the Loggins E Messina mold ( "Mr Night ") to a soul based falsetto number cowniten with Michael McDonald of

the padre Brothers Oho Is II "). The grab bag of styles also includes a calypso number (" lunkanoo Holiday'). a mid tempo soul number maturing Michael Jackson on harmony vocals ('Who's Right. Who's Wrong') and a formula rocker

along the lines of England Dan 8 John Ford Coley ( "Keep The

Fire ) the end result is toggns most diverse and totally sat istying effort todate

Best cuts: Those cited plus "Love Has Crime 01 Age." 'Will Il Last." Now And Then."

Dealers: Soggier' last album went lop 10, on the strength of the top live single "Whenever Call You 'Friend" '

HERB ALPERT -Rise, MM SP 4790. Produced by Herb Al.

pert, Randy Baden. Alpert's latest mues his traditional MOR

sound with Junkier. thud world influences the balance be

tween old and new is what has made the Idle song (presented here in an extended 7 37 version) a top three single and it also sparks several other cuts on the LP. includ mg " Aranjuez (Mon Amour)," which features such lust class session men as Pete Jolly on accordion, Tom Scott on lyncon and Tom Tedesco on lute and balalaika That is perhaps the LP's most interesting track. with a Moroccan section in the middle of a Spanish song Other highlights include "1980:' a

fiery cut Alpert has composed for NBC's coverage of next

year's Olympic Games. and "Angelina," which juxtaposes a

reggae rhythm with a country sounding steel guitar. Best cuts: "Rise." " Aranjuez:' "1980." "Rotation "

Dealers: With a likely No. I single in the title cut one of

the biggest album .selling acts of all time has his best shot in

0 C more than a decade

o SANTANA- Marathon, Columbia FC36154. Produced by

CO Keith Olsen. "Marathon" is Santana's most satisfying album in some lime. Devadip Carlos Santana's guitar playing is as

m potent as ever while the band exercises the most enter- - once it's displayed in many an album. With the exception of

P..! lead singer Alexander Ligedwood. the lineup is Duelly much a' intact Each hack, including the three instrumentals have a

different flavor. each mood setting Santana rs more racking here. although Is trademarked percussive backbeat is still

w intact And the songs are more melodic and upbeat, each en track penned by the group instead of the oldie or two that

O showed up on the last Lew albums Keith Olsen's production o puts Santana right in the commercial mainstream on target. o Best cuts: You Know That Love You,' All I Ever

Wanted" "Stand Up," "Love" Dealers: Santana proves to be as strong as ever here

VILLAGE PEOPLE -Live And Sleazy, Casablanca NBLP27183. Produced by Jacques Morali. Tse gruup s Iilllr LP, and first two record sel. cops the concept of Donna Sum mers bestselling "Live And More" collection Twu ul the sides were recorded in concert at LA's Greek Theatre last

June with lamer lead singer Victor Willis, while the other sides were cut in studio with his replacement Ray Simpson

sharing lead vocal-chores with veteran Villagers David Hodo

and Ala Briley The package includes the People's first bat

lad effort, "Save Me," which is also presented in an uptempo version Several of the disco roch tusan cuts are terrific, es

pcciafly "Ready For the '80s," which will apparently be the followup single to "Sleazy " That cut works less well, because its macho lobe is sledgehammered home. Horace Ott's dell siring and horn arrangements again lend the tunes much of

their punch.

Best cuts: "Ready For The '80s," "Rock 8 Roll Is Back Again" "San Francisco' / "In Hollywood." "In The Navy." "YMCA, "H01 Cop."

Dealers: The group's last two LPs. "Cruisin" and "Go

West.' both went top 10

FOGHAT- Boogie Motel Bearsvilk BHS6990 (WR). Pro- duced by Foghat, Tony Outeda. This album is aptly named as

the lour.puece unit boogies with breakneck intensity on sev eral cuts Basically the tunes, which range Irom last uptempo to slower paced lair, are rooted on American blues and r8b Member Rod Price plays outstanding lead and slide guitar and is complemented by Craig MacGregor on bass. Roger Earl 0e drums and Lonesome Dave on guitar. Dave also shines with an infectious, party like vocal style

Best cuts: 'Somebody's Been Sleeper In My Bed. "Thed Time Lucky." "Boogie Motel.- "Nervous Release"

Dealers: The indefatigable Foghat keeps gelling bigger and bigger

LEO SAYER -Here, Warner Bros. BSK3374. Produced by David Courtney.Sayer re-unites with Courtney who produced the singer's first Iwo LPs as well as penning "long Tall Glasses " The tunes, mining rockers and slow to mdtempo material, mark a return to Sayer's more elemental rock style wnlh r8b and blurry overtones. Sayer's high tenor vocal style is intact here and he's horned by the cream of the crop session players such as percussionist Paulmho Da Costa, bassist Chuck Rainey and guitarists Freddie tackett, and Sieve Coop

per

Best cuts: "The End." "Who Will The Next Fool Be. ' "la km' The Easy Way Out,' "Oh Girl;' "Lost Control"

Dealers: Sayer has a loyal following.

bum Picks. Number of LPs revlet,ticr: tr s week 51 Lost week 50

Recording From The Vatican POPE JOHN PAUL II -Sings At The Festival 01 Sacrosongdnfinity 9899. Pope lohn Paul II made an history journey

to his native Poland last June, making musical history, loo, as he perlormed al the Sacrosong ecumenical festival of

song and music, which he created as the Archbishop o1 Krakow The musical message rs religious, the medium is in the

melodic Polish toll' idiom The music rs quite beautdui, with the Pontiff and others rendering the songs with great

leeling Beautiful packaging with English text of the songs included The album arrives en time for the Popes visit

to the U S this week Infinity acquired nghts to this album Irom Petri Pax, Inc which on turn obtained rights from

Crystal Records in Germany

c Copyright 1979. B ilmard Publications. Inc No part or ma pubu- cation may be reproduced. stored as a retrieval system, or trans. m,11ad, ei any roan or by any means. electron(, rrrechamcai, pnelouepyrng, recording, or otherwise. without me prior wnien parmnuon or the mkt..

-Spotlight r

EAGLES -The Long Run, Asylum 5E508. Produced by

Bit Szymayk. The bust Eagles album since 'Hotel Cal: lornia" was issued in December 1976 is a perfectly bal-

anced sel of midtempo ballads and raw, urgent rockers There's even one oddball number thrown in for comic re

het "The Greeks Don't Ward No Freaks," with its weird

background vocals by the Monstertones leatuneg Timmy

BuRelt Two of the best cuts are "Those Shoes:' lcatar ing a talk box guitar gimmick That seems to say "butt out" and "The Sad Cale a midtempo ballad featuring a

sinking allo saxophone solo by David Sanborn Outside

writers here include Barry DnVorzon, who tom* "In The City" from the film "The Warriors" and Bob Seger

and I D. Souther, who cowrote "Heartache Tonight," the

vital, dynamic rocker that is the first single hem the set Best cuts: "Heartache Tonight." "In The City." The

Disco Strangler," "King Of Hollywood "'The Sad Cale "

Dealers: The somber, stark album art belies the fact

that This is one of the most hotlanticipated albums of

the '70s.

STYX -Cornerstone, ABM SP3711. Produced by Styx. This release does not deviate hone the high gloss. prolessional rock Thal listeners have come to expect from this quintet The nine cuts offer a nice balance between rockers, ballads and

midlempo numbers. One cut. "Boat On The River." sounds like a European folk song white "Why Me" contains a hot

saxophone solo by Steve Eisen. The other songs lit unto the standard rock mold though they are highlighted by the crystal clear harmonies and high musicianship of the band members. High production standards and sumptuous sound male Styx at times sound like Queen or Supertramp Lyrics. reflecting seemingly eternal optimism. sometimes are meted. matt(

Best cuts: "Why Me," "Babe." "Borrowed Time." "lights" Dealers: Group o one of the superstar attractions of the late 1970's.

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BLONDIE -Eat To the Beal, Chrysalis CHE1225. Produced by Mike Chapman. Pure rock lot rock people This rs the

only way lo describe Blondie's energetic and infectious fourth LP release Opening with the current hit "Dreaming," this

quintet lakes on a lour of vannas rock styles There s disco funk ( "The Hardest Parl "), reggae ( "Die Young Stay Pretty "), disco ( "Atomic "), a surreal Talking Heads type of song ( "Victor ") plus Iwo early '60s flavored gid group style ballads

( "Sound A Sleep ". "Shayla ") However, these songs are infused with enough rock energy so that traditional fans won't be turned oil just as they weren't turned off by "Heart of Glass" from the Iasi LP The other six songs here are jawbreak ing, good Irme rock'n'roll in the very best spurn of the power pop movement Paced by the icy but compassionate vocals

of Debbie Harry and the jean but effective styles of the musicians, this album should put the band in the superstar category

Best cuts: "The Hardest Part," "Dreaming." "Accidents Never Happen," "Die Young Stay Pretty." "Atomic," "Eat To

the Beal" Dakrs: Last effort went top 10 and produced the hits "Head rl Glass" and "One Way Or Another."

FUNKADELIC -Uncle lam Wants You, Warner Bros. BSK3371. Produced by Or. Funkenstein. General George Clin

ton needs recruits jot his invading funk army and while he

may not get many, as This effort o lust as eclectic and sub. timely silly al Parlioment /Funkadehc's previous albums. he

shouldn't have many defections either "(Not lust) Knee

Deep" picks up where last year's lop 20 hit 'One Nation Un

der A l'vonve" felt oft It's a tong number running over IS

minutes. but it's hypnotically funky "Field Marmites" is a

J rock instrumental which should garner AOR play while "Freak

al the Week" d disco. The remaining three cuts are just a bd loo weird for much airplay

Best culs: Those mentioned above.

Dealers: Funkadelic does consistently well in soul and has growing pop following.

VERN GOSDIN -The Best Of Vern Gosdm, Eleklra 6E228. Produced by Gary S. Paxton. A lively album with all the most

elements of lraddional country ham the arrangements rely

on tasteful balances of pedal steel guitar, bass, simple per

Cussia and Background vocals to complement COSdin's own

smooth balladeer style. Material is nicely balanced and lea lures lunes that have done well previously on the charts for

Ihis artist Best cuts: "Break My Mind," "Till The End, " "You've Got

Somebody, I've Got Somebody." "Never My Love."

Dealers'. Arlrst displays sturdy cha0 strengths and is a

consistent seller in traditional areas.

STELLA PARTON -The Best Of Stella Parton, Elekdra 6E229. Producers: Jim Malloy, David Malloy, Even Stevens. Stellá s recording career spans a mere lour years. but she has

been able to turn out the hits Thus collection spans those years from her very Tool hit "I Want To Hold You In My

Dreams Tonight." lo her most current "The Room At The Top

01 The Stags." Also included are "Danger Of A Stranger," "Standard Lie Number One," and "Four Little tellers " An

excellent collection. Best cuts: All of them Dealers: Cover graphics coupled with the hit material on

this album should generate excellent sales

TOMMY OVERSTREET -The Real Tommy Over*eet Elektra 6E226. Produced by Bob Millsap. Overstreet's second

album for the label is a continuation of the lirsl. A mu of

uptempo country lunes, soft country ballads, and a rocker t: fled "You " Augmented with tasteful strings. the rhythm sec.

lion cooks on such tunes as "Fadit Renegade" and "Gory Ups Easy. Comm' Down's Hard" Overstreet feels comfort. able through out this finely wafted LP.

Bat opts: "Smokey Mountain Lullabye. " "Lost Her In The

Sun," and those mentioned above Dealers: Overstreet's appeal on this album o across the

board With the expected label support, sales should soar

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FirstTimeAround SHOES- Present Tense, Eleklra 6E244. Produced by Mike

Stone. This very impressive new foursome takes its musical cues Irom the pre. "Sgt Pepper" Beatles and comes up writhe

full dozen of catchy rock'n'roll and pop tunes. that are clean, crop and immediately accessible The songs here deal with young love. treated m a suprismgly mature and understanding manner. There a none of the leanng adokscerríe ma Bo that spoils much of the Knack's work. The songs here

are mostly midtempo with a couple of ballads. and a straight ehead rocker or two, wet played throughout.

Best cuts: "Every Girl. "I Don't Wanna Hear It." "Tumor. now Night." "I Don't Miss You "

Dealers: This sounds like a radio natural from a band vriffPNNI tremendous potential.

LIVE WIRE -Pick It Up, AIM SP4793. Produced by Glyn

Johns. Spare, tense roch is this quartet's forte and it does It

well The sound is reminiscent of the Police complete with some reggae influences and tough street imagery Chris Cut.

lei's guitars are quite good in parts which lends some complexity over the basic rhythms Mike Edwards vocals have

just the right degree of raggedness to fit the genre without being grating or overbearing. Hooks are used throughout making this effort commercial though d has enough of a dark edge to keep it out o1 competition with more lightweight

Dower pop material Best cuts: "Hit 8 Run Driver," "Water Into Wine, " "Super -

strtious." "Lone Car Cruising," -Thinking of You:" Dealers: Play in store

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pop U.K, -Night Alter Night, Potydor PD16234. Produced by Ed- die lobson, lohn Wilton. Recorded Irve al Sun Plaza and Sn' nen Kan halls in Tokyo, this rs a good sample of why Iho British Inc has become a headline commodity in Europe. North America and Asia Led by lobson on lead vocals, key boards and electric violin, this trio plays progressive rack without ever becoming indulgent Many of their fans' favor- ites are here including the rocking "Nothing To Lose" which earned some pop and AOR airplay rn its studio incarnation several months ago Best cuts: "Nothing To Lose," "Ren. devious 6 02. Caesar's Palace Blues," "Night After Night" RUPERT HOLMES- Padnees In Crime, Infinity INF9020. Pro - diced by Raped Holmes, Jim Boyer, Reknowned writer Holmes debuts on Infinity with an album filled with marvelous songs that tell stories Each track is underlined by a

strong melody line that creates a breezy, atmospheric quality. The pop textures are striking and Holmes' voice makes each story come to life Holmes is backed by a session and that doesn't overshadow the lyrics yet knows when to lay down a


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This is ncsecolncr Rosanne t ash', debut release and it's quick 1 gaining her national attention

In oils live weeks of act. it, on the Billboard 1101 ('ountr, Singles chart. Cash's tint ,Ingle, a beautiful duet with Bubb, Rare n(lCd "No Memories Ifangin' Round: is already shimmying into the top 20.

Only 24. this yorngster has already developed a definite sound and -style of her own, ,,ouch is one reason "Right Or W'ron, work, so well. Her range i, effortless- het voice liquid and shimmering. her phrasing polished

Much of the credit for the excellent quality displtyed un this album gees to Cash's producer /husband. Rodney Crowell. a gifted songwriter and former member of Emm_yiou Harris Hot Band.

Crowell\ own roots seen) firmly. grounded in that particular breed of country -rock ilia Cs mite to he tagged "California country.' the same clique that's spawned Linda Ronsladt. Harris. Karla Bonoff and Albert Lee. to name a few

For this project. Crowell called on a brilliant cast of musicians Irons within the rank, of the celebrated -'Malibu Mafia : including Glen D Hardin. Hank DeV no. Tom Brown. John Ware. Union- Gordy le. Rick, Skaggs and Frank Reeked.

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she's also ai ease wit h high -energy rock'n'reJl.

The man clout olle cut. a combus- tive Keith Sykes tune. throbs wilh driving bass and peraussmn. while funky piano. organ, saxophone and guitar Is generate currents of steam

A highlight on side one is also the 1.111, song on the album which Cash wrote herself It's called "This Has Happened Before," and if, a liagile. sensitive ballad of superior caliber

She thread, strand, of weary res- ign atom and ribbons of pain through her voce :n she sings of IoW's hoi embers grown chilly" "All al lour memories st'e'rn to be laughing tit nit pain / ,it rid frying nor to Irsten rn

lake talking. in the rain/ leer love like a candle r ani't take me through the storm /It's bright enough to burn me but inn tt'eak to keep me warn

le a different need. loneliness and desire crowd each other for riksm In Cash's xearneig. sensuous

s ,.rl0n "Take Me. Take Ale.- while 1e eIn1:'i Belies a poignant

st,oued ,Milner composed by e r,seell (who also accompanies l ,1,h on harmonies and guitar betel gleams w !iii her erx,tilhne vrwal ale -

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pi,t tinder her restrained lead and make ihl, anscvng the most moving pieces on the album.

Conner, powerhouse Bobby Bare loins her tin :r classy duel on "No Memories. a cleanly -its led tune with appealing simplicity that's par- Loy ing ('ash's talent, into the cnun- tr, market initially "Couldn't 1)11

Notion' Right." which follow,, is a

smooth hallad punctuated with har- monic guitar chord, and melodic in- strumentation and features glisten- ing hackground vocals by l.mmvinu Harris and Ricky Skaggs.

To her credit. Cash doesn't seem afraid to claim her musical heritage, either. the way many other second- generation performing progeny of famous anvils are these days. She tip, her hat in song In her dad with a

spunky churning rendition of Johnny's Mississippi -flavored "Big Riser." With a biting edge on her in- flections. she proves she can handle Just about any type of song with con- viction

Less rock -oriented than her step - sister, Carlene Carter, and more in- fluenced by toda's musical tastes than her father, Rosanne Cash comes off as an accomplished artist whose instinctive talents have been placed center stage by ('rowell's complementary abililie,

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LOW MOMENT -John Mayall surveys what is left of his Laurel Canyon home following the recent devastating fire there in the Los Angeles area- Phony. gram, which supplied this photo, hopes the release of his new DJM /Mercury

LP in October will offer some cheer to his life.

CHARGE COMISKEY PARK DAMAGE

White Sox Sue California Promoter ( II I('AC;O A breach of con tiacl

lawsuit tiled last week bs the Chi- cago While Sox asks for more than $2 5 million In damage, from a Cali- fornia concert promotion firm

The suit. tiled In Csmk County ('ire-uni Court, resulted front a pair of " C'alrfornra' Jam" concerts held at Comiskey Park in Au,_ust. C'alllor nia Jam Inc. is named a, defendant.

Set era! major league hullgame, were cancelled as a result of alleged damages lo the playing field caused at the Aug 19 performance. Arincll Co. the Sut' parent erg.rnr/atiun. elaires S I 3 million was lust in ticket.

concession and hroadeasi rescnuea, a result of cancellations.

The suit also seeks SI million punni,e damages, in addition to a

full accounting of ticket sales from California Jam Inc. Sox claim ('ali forma Jam was contractually found m leave the premises in the same

condition in which it was found. Another Cook County Circuit

Court .suit stems from the California Jam concerts. Cullen Electric Co. alleges it has not been paid for work in Connection with the concerts. tam Me bulls California Jam and the White Sox as defendants

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JOHNNY MATHIS- Mathis Magic, Columbia 1036316. Pro-

duced by lack Gold. Three of this LP's tracks receive disco treatments The concept wools on a uptempo tune like "That Old Black Magic," but it fizzles on a chestnut Ike' Night And

Day." where all the synthesised silliness only makes you wish it were sung straight in Mathis* classy. romantic style That style does receive an aging in "She Believes In Me" and Billy Joel's "New York State Of Mind " Best cuts: those two titles plus "That Old Black Magic." "To The Ends Of The Earth,' "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind'

GONZALEZ -Move II To The Music, Capitol ST11995. Pro- duced by Pete Bellotte, Group scored big several months ago with the single 'Haven't Stopped Rannn'." On this new, out mg this sizable band continues in the same inn- danceable music with disco and soul touches Linda Taylor and Alan Marshall handle lead vocals while a bevy of instruments and clever arrangements ponde a potpourri of swirling rhythms Best ails: "Love If (You're the One)," 'People's Pady," "That Ain't Ho Way To Treat A lady." "Move It To (he Music

TOM TONES- Rescue Me, MCA MCA31R2, Produced by Mi. chael Stewart Jones' lust LP for MCA stresses brassy dance tracks Iheré s even a last-paced disco version of Don't Cry

for Me Argentina," heretofore only heard as a plaintive open

ate number Most of the upbeat tracks are forgettable, save

Inn a pulsating version of the old Filth Dimension hit "Flash back." Jones n more impressive on the midlempo ballads. including "Dancing Endlessly" and a remake of 'What Be

comes 01 The Brokenhearted " Best cuts: those osed

MEMBERS -AI The Chelsea Nightclub, Virgin International V12120 OEM). Produced by Steve Lillywhite. This somewhat sardonic. but ultimately winning live man-hand from Britain sounds as though very recently it only played slam.barg punk loch, but for an LP release the band decided to be a bit more

pop Sometimes lt works, and sometimes it doesn't. and sometimes the results are quite interesting Best cuts:' Off shore Banking Business, "Solitary Confinement. "Chelsea Nightclub "

SIMPLE MINDS -Life In A Day, PVC PVC7910 (OEM). Pro- duced by lohn keckte. This bye man band from Britain sounds like tl he -.pent a lot of lime listening to the Beatles' -Revolver" LP This release has the same sort nl leel, with good basic rack and pop songs getting a somewhat spacey. slightly disconcerting Treatment. It wnrks very well, with the LP having a good deal of depth and presence to it Culls are

built on disks like this, and sometimes the culls grow large Best cuts: "Pleasantly Disturbed," "No Cure," "t in In A

Day." "Sad Affair," "Murder Slay "

SKIDS -Scared To Dance, Virgin International V12116 (OEM).

Produced by Dave Batchelor. Though !here are no pictures of

the band members on the cover, and their names are never

listed. there is no reason Ior the musicians involved in this to

be ashamed w shy of their work Thu is a good solid rock LP,

neither old wave or new, but somewhere in between There is

a brooding euistentral quality to both the package and the

music that should appeal to the college crowd. Best cuts: "Scared to Dance," "Contusion," "0f One Stun," "Sweet Suburbia'

JOHN TOWNLEY- Townley, Harvest ST12007 (Capitol). Pro- duced by lohn Townley, Christopher Rainbow. Robert Oppere. Townley is a pleasant composer /songwuterrsinger, who lash

ions melodic and soft pop %rock tare with elan He's loaned by

some of England's premier session players such as drummer Henry Spinelli Townley also adds guitar Songs have sensi live and evocative lyrics while the music IS inventively ten

tured. Guitar. percussion and keyboard work stand out. Best

cots: 'Shine On," " "Onii ce Let Me Down," "Woman Of Age."

'Throwing It All Away.- "Eel Angel "

ORSA LIA- Infmity INF9015. Produced by Hal David, Archie lindan. lia is a new snnghud whit had a No 1 adult contem porary hit with "I Neel Said Love You " Her debut album is

Idled with likeable material that displays the wide range of the singer's vocals All material was penned by producers Da-

vid and Jordan with strings. horns and background vocalists adding sweetening to these already sweet and plaintive tunes Best cuts: 'I Never Said Love You," "Love Me Good." "I Cant Hnid On " The Men In My Lite"

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK- Apocalypse Now, Elektra DP90001. Produced by David Rubinson. The

soundtrack lo the epic Vietnam Wat Click opens with the Doors' "The End" and continues him !here with spoken

wad music and sound effects that bring to vinyl what was

seen and heard in the film The soundtrack fills with tensen and alarm and mehoulously sets the desired mood Best cuts: "The F nd "

THE CONTORTIONS -Buy The Contortions, ZF 2E133002 (Arita). Produced by lames While. Avante garde taro in the

Sun fta vein meets rao punk no, this enperrmenl might have worked rt of had not been is ;tuppdy produced the sound is one-dimensional and the band's instruments seem

to be perpetually out of lone. lames Chance's lyrics seem to

have something to say Ihnugh his spitting vocal style renders many of them incomprehensible Best cuts: Pick your own

TANGERINE DREAM -Force Maleure, Virgin International V12111 (OEM). Produced by Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Klaus Krieger. Mau hypnotic. electronic :pare music Irnm one of

the master groups of the genre there me only three cuts on this album with the highlight being the moody and haunting 18 minute tille (rack. The only cut which Is Featly suitable An

airplay is the seven minute "Cloudburst Flight" with some

effective electric guitar interwoven with the synthesiser All

cols are instrumentals though the sound never gets bonne Best cuts: Those mentioned

SYNERGY -Games, Passport PD6003 (OEM). Produced by

tarry Fast. This is a unique recording in that it is recorded with a digital synthesizer Although there are 10 selections, the operatic, symphonic rock comes across as a suite of mu-

sic, dominated by the synthesizer's facile melodies Synergy,

as an electronic rock orchestra, has come up with a style and

originality that should make it commercially attractive Best

cuts: Any one

RAY CONNIFF -1 Will Sumo, Columbia PC36255. Produced

by Ray Conniff. Here's a package that should tickle tans and programmer of beautiful music The patented, smooth Con

riff mood pervades IO cuts drawn from today's pop, as he turns them into cool, dreamy ballads Best cuts: 'I Want Your

love" "I Will Survive.** "If Not Fa You'

NEIL NORMAN 8 HIS COSMIC ORCHESTRA- Greatest Science

Fiction Hits, GNPCrescendo GNPS2I28. Produced by Les

Baiter, Neil Norman. Here's a concept package which gene(

runty offers I8 tracks, all themes of movie and !election shows plus lour originals by the producers II is provocative, unconventional music spiced by weird theremrn and synthe suer sounds, and on some tracks a big, kicking, explosive band rs wisely incorporated for rootlet Best cuts: "Star Trek," -One Step Beyond," 'Star Wars"

SODI BEN WOODS -Out 01 The Woods, ARC /Columbia IC36123. Produced by Al McKay. With McKay producing, it's nut sat priory, that Woods should recall the high energy work of

Earth. Wind 8 Fire. with driving rhythms, beefy brass and soaring strings and percussion Ilers is a fiery vocal style. in

the mold ut Pcriece Williams and the Emotions at the best, though she's capable 01 turning in a thoughtful ballad or two,

as on "I Need Someone to Touch Me" and "I'm In Love With You " Best cuts: Those cited. plus "Everybody Get Up" and "Slicks And Stones"

LOWRELL -1W1 Á01607O. Produced by Eugene Record. Amen Hawed, Tom Tom M. The lormei member of the lost Geier anon debuts as a vocalist and wider His vocals ate aided by some excellent guile, synthesizer and percussion with horns and strings Inr sweetening the material ranges loom the mel low to the upbeat. Best cub: "Mellow Mellow Right On,' "Overdose "

VARIOUS ARTISTS -We F111111 The Best, Salton SA8527 (RCA). This is a compilation of some of the Salsoul (and Gold Rind) labels' recent and current sitcom. including first Choice's Powerful "Love Thong," Instant Funk's gold I Got My Mind Made Up" and Baker Harris Young's sell describing title (rack. Others represented are Cognac with the Salsoul Or

chestra. Bunny Sigler, Skyy and Martha High Best cuts: Most

everything is good

IMPRESSIONS -Come To My Party, Chi -Sound 1596 (20th Century-For). Produced by Carl Days The veteran soul act tackles a wide variety of styles here. and succeeds on all counts, from the punchy disco tempo of ' Spry" to mellow midlempo tunes like "All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You" to the classic rAb ballad silkiness of ' I Could Never Make You

Slay." The Impressions are Fred Cash. Reggie Leman and Sam GOOden Best cuts: Those cited plus "Come To My Party," "Maybe I'm Mistaken"

country JUICE NEWTON -Take Heart, Capitol ST12000. Produced by Otha Young. Newton's third album for the label sparkles with a variety of material and musical styles Her voice shines on cuts like "You Fill My Life" and "The Dream Never Does" Musicians include mainstream rakers like lohn Hug, Milo

Fiutaro and Ruck Schlosser Producer Young has put strings lust where they are needed. with a resulting effect yielding a

tasty album. Best cuts: Sunshine.' "Lay Back In The Arms 01 Someone," "Any Way That You Want Me," and "The Dream Never Dies"

SONNY CURAS- Elektra 6E227. Produced by the Oilmen, Having recorded for more than 10 record labels in the past, this is his latest album in some years Musically, the album s a standout. featuring such session masters as Lanie Londe. Reggie Young. toe Osborne, Bobby Thompson, Buddy Em moose well as Curtis The songs, all written by Curtis. range hom the uptempo ballad "The Cowboy Singer. to the moving "It's Not Easy Being Fifteen.' to a counteyrsh version of "I Fought The law" Best cub: "Do You Remember Roll Over Beethoven, "Tennessee." and those mentioned above

DENNIS WILLIAM WILSON -One Of Those People, Bektn 6E230. Produced by Timmy Bowen, Sterling Whipple. Ai though there are uneven spots in this album. it's a promising debut for newcomer Wilson. whose Own career has been firmly grounded in songwritmg In tact, all of the tunes in eluded in this package are Wilson originals. and the more up tempo tunes show a real energy that transcends the ballads. Production is line and underscores Wilson's vocal delivery Best cuts: "It's lust Me." "Man Made 01 Glass" "lust An ocher Yesterday"

DEADLY EARNEST AND THE HONKY TOOK HEROES -Pacific Arts PACG7134. Produced by Danny Sheridan. An album lull of good of honky-tonk funk, featuring fiddles, sleet guitar. harmonica and a variety of music styles With most of the ma lenal being written by Deadly Earnest himself, the songs range from being "Lonesome' to "No Doubt About It." to Cite " Production betas the material nn this debut release

Best cuts:' "I. cam' For leras. "Wheeler Inn Cale," "Restless



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Son. Nicholas Pearce, to Debbie Genovese and Greg Lewerke in Los Angeles Sept. 22. Father manages Walter Egan; mother is a former producer of "Midnight Special."

r Son. Kevin Charles, to Lynne and

Gray Odell in San Francisco Sept.

13. Father is technical manager of Wally Heider Recording.

r r Son. Casey Brennan, to Tanya and

Jacky Ward, in Nashville Sept. 21.

Father records for Mercury label.

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Son. Charles Oliver, to Peggy and Mike Greene Sept. 10 in Atlanta. Fa-

ther is artist and president of Apogee Studios.

r r Daughter, Megan Theresa, to Em-

mylou Harris and Brian Ahern Sept. 9 in Burbank. Calif. Mother is Warner Bros. artist. Father is a producer.

r r Son, Aaron Ivan, to Betsy and

Luke Lewis Sept. 16 in Dallas. Fa- ttier is sales manager for CBS Rec- ords there.

Marriages David Bromberg to Nancy Joseph -

son last month in Tarrytown. N.Y. Groom, a Fantasy artist. then re-

turned to California to mix his forthcoming "You Should See The Rest

Of The Band" album, r r

Paul Levesque to Louise Desjar- dines in Montreal Sept. 1. Father is

personal manager.

r r r Ron Henry, personal manager of

Moon Martin and the Sanford -

Townsend Band, to Becki Hall, booking and promotion director of the Golden Bear Club. in Huntington Beach. Calif.. Sept. 15.

Deaths Services for Luis V. Sachs. 72. w ill

be held Monday (1) at Vine St. Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati. Sachs. oho died Thursday 1271 is survived by her husband Ritt. a son Bill Jr., a daugh-

ter Sandra Kennedy. oho resides in Columbus. Ohio. and a brother Ear Righter of Cincinnati. Bill Sachs, for 45 years. was executive news editor at Billboard headquartered in Cin- cinnati.

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John B. Simmons, 61 poll- winning acoustic bassist of the '40s and '50s, after a long illness last month in Los Angeles. Ile made hundreds of records, mainly jazz. and worked for four decades with Benny Goodman. Roy Eldridge. Errol Garner, Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong, among others.

By KIP KIRBY NASHVILLE Mercury Records

and Poplar Tunes Record Shops in Memphis recently tied -in a series of promotions designed to highlight the debut release of tarry Raspberry & the Highsteppers.

The album. "No Accident" was shipped at the end of August, and the local promotions were coordi- nated through the efforts of representatives from Poplar. Frank Pe-

ters. regional marketing director for Phonogram /Mercury, and Larry Gibson. Polygram salesman.

WHBQ -AM featured a remote call -in from one of Poplar's three Memphis locations. followed by an

Court Will Decide Paraphernalia Ban CHICAGO A Federal District

Court Judge is expected to decide this month whether prohibitions and controls on sale of drug paraphernalia represent a violation of constitutional rights.

The case under consideration here is one of several in which Midwest record and tape dealers have raised challenges to municipal paraphernalia bans. The decision is expected to set an important prcce-

dent. whüh could affect record and tape dealers nationwide.

Controls of paraphernalia sales

range from outright ban of sales to

minors. to licensing of retailers and enforced record keeping. and re-

strictions on paraphernalia display. Judge George Leighton of the

U.S. District Court is expected to rule this month on a challenge brought by Chicago's Flip Side Rec- ords chain.

in-store appearance by Raspberry

and his group. Later. Poplar sponsored a mid-

night costume party with W MC -FM in conjunction with a showing of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" film. Raspberry distributed copies of his album to attendees. as well as hundreds of dollars in prizes donated by area merchants also supporting "No Accident."

Phonogram /Mercury blanketed the Poplar retail outlets with full - color album blow -ups and posters of the group, and supported album sales through time buys on local Memphis radio stations.

A three -week cross- merchandis- ing promotion between Poplar Tunes and a local ice cream parlor offered discount coupons on the L with purchases of raspberry -fla. vored ice cream and sherbet.

Also in conjunction with th epr- omotional campaign, WZXR -FM featured "No Accident" in a speciai r midnight album hour broadcast. while Memphis State Univ. exhib- ited a 98- minute video presentation of previous performances and interviews by Raspberry and the High - steppers.

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BROADWAY REVIEW

'Evita' Dazzles, But Not That Satisfying

NEW ' ORK -If one can divorce the politics or Peron's Argentina of the 1940s and 1950s front die slsl vela theatrical. almost adulating musical stage documentary " Evita" which opened at the Broadway Theatre here Tuesday (251. then the

production can honestly he defined as a dazzling success.

But it is difficult to divorce one from the other. It is difficult to he so

mesmerized by Hal Prince's stylish staging. Larry Tuner's choreography and the music and lyrics of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tint Rice. to ig- nore the fact that under the Peron.. Argentina went from a land rich in

cattle and gold reserves. to a plun- dered. fascist dictatorship. teetering on the brink of moral and financial bankruptcy.

It has been said that director Prince has made significant revisions in the original version which took the London theatre by storm. These revisions have. to some extent. de- emphasized the halos which Evita wears in her stage image. and accentuated some of the tyrants and selfishness of the woman who preyed on the emotions of simple. adulating Argentinian peons.

Together. Webber and Rice. the same team that brought the out- rageously ca mp "Jesus Christ Super-

cc s tar" to the Broadway stage earlier in

a0 this decade, have created pretty lyr-

m ics and catchy melodies. Although unlikely candidates for major chart

cep successes. they are. nonetheless. pleasantly refreshing. and, under the

N. musical direction of Rena Wiegart. move the show along nicely.

sc Probably hoping for a repeat of w the success of the original cast album m of "Jesus Christ Superstar." " Esita" O has so far spawned three albums. o There is an original Broadway cast O album featuring Patti LuPone. a stu-

dio album with Julio Covington as

the lead vocalist and an original British cast album which is not. at

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Whether or not the albums will have the success that the cast album of "Jesus Christ Superstar" had remains Io be seen. The music. though a pretty blend of Latin pup, is not as annntctctat as the "Superstar" musts. The one strong tune that could possibly be turned into a viable single is the all too familiar theme sine. "Don't Cry Fit Me Argeu- titLl " MCA Records has released the U.S. versions of the albums.

Patti LuPone. in the role of the manipulative. power -hungry Evita is adequate. A relative newcomer to the Broadway stage, LuPone strives enthusiastically to create a convinc- ing Esita Her efforts are successful. after a fashion. Her singing voice works best on the more ballad -like numbers like the theme song. "Don't Cry For Me Argentina."

Bob Gunton toddles inoffensively along as the tool through which Enka wields her power and Mandy Pattnkin. as C'he. does the best he can with the patchwork quilt he is

asked to work with. RADCLIFFE JOE

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includes visits in Paris. Amsterdam and London after the forum.

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appearing on an alternate week schedule effective with next week's

issue. It is hoped the weekly schedule will he resumed at such time when this becomes feasible.

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The four ex- Beatles tiled suit to L.A. Supertor Court last week against the producers and promoters of the stage show "Beatlemania." asking for $60 million in

mouse and exemplary- damages and immediate injunc- tions tustop the proposed film and video ventures as well as the ongoing stage shows. According to Bertram Fields of Shearer, Fields and Shearer, the sun alleges that to

1977 defendants Steven Leber and David Krebs presented the stage production of "Beadcmanta" "In- tending fraudulently to appropriate to themselves the value of said tradenames and of the Beatles' enormous goodwill and fame."

Steve Diener. former precedent of ABC Records, is expected to gel a high position to CBS Records Inter- national. probably in its l'.8. Latin operations CBS Latin product liar been distributed here for the Iasi I I

years by Cayre Industries under the Caytronics label. Joe Cayre says negotiations are now underway between CBS and Cayre to either end or extend this agreement. Issue is

expected to be resolved in the next two weeks. with CBS forming a Discos -CBS label to be distributed through either CBS or Cayre.

Expect Steve Wax to announce his future plans this week in the wake of his exit from the presidency of Elektra /Asylum due to what the label termed "irrecon- cilable polies differences" Wax's duties. which had included much a&r work. w ill now be shouldered by chairman Joe Smith, though insiders at the label expect an a &r vice president to be appointed in the near future. The label has been without one since Charles Plotkin left for Columbia IS months ago.... Elektra reportedly has

nu album rights to the anti-mike benefit concerts held recently in New York. or at least a portion of the five concerts plus one outdoor rally- That rally on Sunday (231 was to be powered entirely by alcohol -burning generators. but the necessary carburetors didn't arrive in time

David Lieberman, board chairman of Lieberman En- terprises. identified disco music as one of the factors that led to the industry's 1979 tailspin in his remarks at last week's Lieberman Enterprises convention. The exec complained that record and tape purchases are being lost to the sales of "disco clothing. disco drinks, disco parking" and also criticized what he said was formulaic "beats per minute" disco. "We're corning hack to the

that rock, folk. jazz and classical." stated Lieberman. "and we should be damned glad of it." .. But take heart. disco lovers: the U.S. National Ballroom Championships have added the hustle to theof- ftcial agenda. along with the fox trot. waltz and tango.

Look for Blondie to he musical guests on the fifth season opener of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" next Satur- day (13). Host is Steve Martin. But Blues Brothers Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi won't he hack this year: they're busy making movies and more records. Blondie will also .ippcar in the rock'n'roll comedy "Roadie," which Shep Cordon's Alive Enterprises is producing for United Artists. Meat Loaf will star in the film. due next summer.. Insomniacs take note: Casablanca's Neil Bogart and Peter Guber will guest on NBC's "Tomor- row" show in the earls hours of Thursday ( IS). Bogarl's Bel Air home was picketed last Thursday (27) by hopeful songwriter Dan Aaronson, who called us to explain that repeated attempts at contacting the la het chief failed and this was a last -ditch attempt to get his attention Aaron- son is the songs.riler whose tunes were critiqued at the

end of a "Tomorrow" show not long ago featuring classic cleffers Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Steve Cropper.

Kenny Leggin should be back in action Wednesday (3) in St. Louis after having to cancel two concerts last week due to a foot injury.... Recording trends in the '80s will he the topic when Chris Stone, owner of the Record Plant studio, speaks at the months} luncheon meeting of the American Society of Music Arrangers Wednesday (3) in L.A. .. And in New York. Ask -A -Pro seminars have been set by the American Guild of Authors & Composers for the month of October with Allan Tepper and Jay Morgenstern of Infinity Music Publishing 14): disco producer Jun Luengo ( I I t: lyricist Sid Wayne (I8) and CPA Leonard Meyerson and guild executive director Lew Bachman 1251.

The Recording Industry Training Program is seeking to place its Interns. who have been classroom- trained in music Uhlustn fundamentals. in on -the -job training situations with New York labels. studios and wholesalers. The program. an outgrowth of actor Ossie Davis' Insti- tute For New Cinema Artists is federally funded to th tune of $300.000. so the program pays all interns' salaries. Wayne Garfield is the man to call for more information at (2121 695-0826.

Sources on both sides of the Atlantic say the purchase of Arista Records by the Ariola Group of Bertelsman AG is going ahead as planned. Artola's Jay Lasker and Arista's Clive Davis both say they know nothing about a reported plan whereby Ariola and Arista will he combined eventually. with D.i is at the helm.... Paul Drew is the man behind the music end of NBC -TV's "Top 10" pilot. airing late this month. The one -hour stanza is now taping in L.A. with the Village People and Michael Jack- son among the guests. If ratings warrant. show will be a

midseason replacement come January.... Atlantic Rec- ords has named Pittsburgh's Bob Clark as promotion :tan of the year and Memphis /Nashville's Erik Mac- Donald. a newcomer to the label. as rookie of the year. At- lantic's new Charles Mingus jazz LP, " Mingus At An- tibes," got some unexpected play on New York's all - classical WQXR -AM /FM Saturday (29) when the station inaugurated its new show. "This Is My Music." New York mayor Ed Koch was guest host on the premiere edition. playing and discussing his favorite records.

Former Count Basie horn men Buddy Collette. Mar- shall Royal and Bill Green are among the session men on the new "Crystal Mansion Album" on 20th Century -Fox, along with erstwhile Om ette Coleman bass player Rich- ard Davis. Could be the big band sound is coming back in the '80s in a new rock framework.... If Diana Ross' four -week stand at Caesars Palace in Vegas Sept 13

through Oct. 10 seems a little long. owe it to the fact that la Belle Ross didn't play the hotel in 1978 and is meeting the two -weeks -a -year requirement of her contract in one stretch. .. Rand Stoll of Hush Productions has been tagged record industry liaison for the Winter Olympics by the Olympic Committee's Fine Arts division. Heil be in charge of arranging talent for a series of concerts at Lake Placid, N.Y. Feb. 13- 26.... Jimmy McCulloch, former lead guitarist with Wings from 1974 -78, was found dead in his London home Thursday (27). Cause of death has not been determined. McCulloch left Wings to join the Small Faces.... Elton John passed out briefly at his piano during the second of 10 concerts Thursday (27) at the Universal Amphitheatre in North Hollywood. John, who was reportedly suffering from the flu. was revived and continued on with his show.

Many Dealers Optimistic Over Fall Sales C'arrlrnncd front page IS

business picked up when collece students started returning to classes in

niid Seplemhcr "Once sales acre tip. they stai Led Icy cling till again hut with the latest way,. .I releases. ti's pick in_ up again.

Howe%er Sally \\orkman. man tiger ot Sou nJ Towu Records in Dal- las. slate. "Business is del -notch, oil. and I don't sec a turnaround in sales It's pretty much the oilier way. We have been haring problems getting product

-t ed ieppchn is about the only album that has created Ir.silk in this state 1 think one of the problems with sales is ail the hs pe about how bad the Indust: is The people un the street are starling to believe what Eh, read and that Is .iftcc tag our sales." sass \Varkni.o,

Maureen Cares. store director for Peaches to Memphis. stales "there has been no lurn.000nd :s tar as local sales are sansei lied. Our business has remained .gals throughout the

couple of iinths We're dosen

from last yi.ii , sales. but Its not oli that dramat calls

Steve Lud.I,, manager of the Peaches outlet in Atlanta. echoes Carey's remark- lis ....tine no sales turnaround. "Business has been goird. but it isn't enough to turn things around at least not yet. The big albums that are out now are not enough to increase our volume to last year .asti." Lucas points to the Christmas se.son as the st,Inine poins of a turnaround.

Bill Barry. manager of three Warehouse stores in New Orleans. also reports no sales turnaround. "We're affected by tao m;gor problems a dertessed market and the local radio statuons phis Ittg :ill new al- Isciais atttiilat lywnsweresals fen listeners lo tape." ct, irrts Berry. "WRNO -t hl here adserused the playing ut the Led Zeppelin album for a week stating to get your machines ready for taping the album. We moved maybe 1.000 Zeppelin albums when we could hase sold

Berry also cites difficulty i71E1 -.

tine product. both new and catalog "Our sales would he at least normal if we could he supplied with cata log." he says.

Max Tuchten. owner of Chicago's three (soon to be four) Here Hear Records outlets. sees business running about 15% behind 1975. Ile sass he sees no real turnaround. nob ing that the top 20 albums behind the four or five big sales leaders are weak.

Adds Roy lmber of Elroy Enter- prises in Freeport. N.Y.. servicing the area's TSS /Record World stores in a "realistically optimistic" tone: "Business has definitely picked up the last three weeks. Right now we're in line will projections we made at the beginning of the sear."

Says Stuart Schwariz of Harmony Hut in the Washington /Baltimore area: "The first week in September came through strong. but then things fell flat again. 1 see some ex citing new product released. but not enough. h doesn't seem that. as in the +art, we h v i r or five strong -nem -ru éas s si "r' .!'

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-Listen to Tom Johnston's first solo album --and you know a rock 'n' roll great.

But, then, Tom Johnston's made a career out of writing and singing rock classics. As the original voice of the Doobie Brothers he kept cars, homes, beaches and bars buzzing with the likes of "China Grove;' "Long Train R and "Rockin' Down the H

to music like that and you know -something about great rock 'n' roll.

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