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Parrot Bows Reno DeckCKOC Leads MLS in Barry Allan TVerNative Component for SeptemberCKOC's music director, one of themost knowledgeable and respectedin the business, has constantlystrived to boost the Canadian imageon this important outlet serving theNiagara peninsula and parts ofToronto. Latest report from NevinGrant shows a listing of twelveCanadian content singles.Leading the pack of native discsis R. Dean Taylor's "Indiana WantsMe ". Mashmakhan's Columbia deck"As the Years Go By" rests atthe No. 13 position with "Corrina,Corrina" by Crowbar on Daffodilmoving into No. 17. "Me and Bob-by McGee", by Gordon Lightfoot,rejected by some MLS members onthe grounds of not having a cate-gory for it, is getting good responseat OC. The Guess Who are in atNo. 21 with "Hand Me Down World"and Anne Murray's "Snowbird"shows a strong 24. Copper Pennyhave made good gains and rest atNo. 30 with Edward Bear's "YouCan't Deny It" finally showingstrong moves. One of the big ones,and one which must be embarass-ing some of the other MLS stations,is the charting by CKOC of "TenPound Note" by Steel River. Theywere one of the first stations torecognize this hot single, soon tobe released in the U.S. "Higherand Higher" by Canada Goose is onthe playlist, as is CatherineMcKinnon's "Peaceful Mountain".

Ritchie Yorke JoinsRPM Team of WritersRPM is pleased to announce thatRitchie Yorke will contributemusicbiz features and items ona weekly basis to RPM.Yorke, one of North America'smost highly respected pop writers,

has also gained considerably onthe international disc scene.Be-sides being the Canadian editorof Billboard Magazine, he writesfor several other North Americannewspapers and magazines. These

Lee Armstrong, vice president ofproduct development for MCA, hasnews of the final scheduling forthe Barry Allan television show asbeing September 23rd. at 9 p.m. EDT.This show will be seen on the en-tire CTV network and will be ofparticular interest to TV audiocritics, in that Bill Porter, famedNashville engineer, will be incharge of sound-a giant step for-ward by the union which guardsthese pots with such possessedstrangeness. One observer recalledan incident in CFTO TV's controlroom when a hired sound consultantbecame so angered at the inadequa-cies and step -and -fetch -it qualitiesof the supplied union man that hemade an attempt to control thesound himself. He was threatenedwith the complete walk -out of allunions if he so dared. He didn't,and he left the show to flounder onits own, which it did.The Allan show, dubbed "ComeTogether", will feature many of thetop -rated Canadian acts as wellas introducing and perhaps launch-ing some lesser -known talents.Set for the opener of this weeklyseries will be New Syndromeproducer/director/arranger/artist/part-owner of Studio Three Product-tions in Vancouver, Tom Northcott.He's currently happening national-ly with his New Syndrome deck,"Crazy Jane". Also skedded forthe opener is Cheyenne Winter, anEdmonton -based group who haveseen action with their Molten re-lease, "Second Thoughts".Allan himself has a Molten singlegoing for him entitled "WednesdayIn Your Garden".

include: the Los Angeles Times;Washington Post; Circus; Fusion;Hit Parader; and Jazz and Pop.Yorke will write for RPM on a

'variety of topics concerning themusic industry. His first contri-bution appears elsewhere in thisissue.The name Yorke has become syn-onymous with the pursuit of Cana-dian music for and by Canadians.He became an important part ofthe national consumer scene asstaff pop writer for the Globe andMail, the first resident critic ofthe pop market the paper had re-tained. He held this position for18 months, leaving to take upsimilar duties with the TorontoTelegram. It's interesting to notethat during the period from July20 through August 26 Yorke'scoverage of the pop scene hadbeen running at a 60% Canadiancontent level.

A&M Offers ExtraDealer DiscountA&M Records are offering an extradiscount to dealers who merchan-dise, promote and display thelabel's product in their stores fromSeptember 1st through the 30th.This promotion includes all A&Mproduct in the current catalogue butdoes not include the new album re-leases of Joe Cocker, "Mad Dogsand Englishmen" or "Close to You"by the Carpenters.Gerry Lacoursiere, managing direc-tor of the Canadian operation, hasoffered several display aids to thedealers. These include:1) Full colour consumer cataloguesto be offered to customers by thedealer.2) Stand-up displays. The dealercan make a choice of "good music"displays ("Greatest Hits", "BurtBacharach" etc.) or contemporarydisplays, featuring such artists asJoe Cocker, Blodwyn Pig, TheMove, Procol Harum, Flying Bur-rito Brothers etc.)3) New and colourful A&M slicksshowing the complete A&M cata-logue.

4) Permanent plastic A&M dividercards featuring more than twentyartists as well as the "GreatestHits".5) Easels on the big sellers.6) Joe Cocker buttons depictinghis latest release.7) Full colour posters on the "MadDogs and Englishmen" LP.8) A&M "Greatest Hits" racks.9) Radio spots and ad mats forlocalized advertising have beensupplied to A&M distribs acrossCanada.Lacoursiere has also arranged foran A&M "mystery shopper" tovisit stores across Canada award-ing special prizes to the storeowner or retail clerk who is doinghis A&M bit at the time of the"mystery shopper's" visit.

It's expected that Yorke will ex-pand his journalistic duties onthe consumer level and is nowconsidering several new avenues.

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Big Mother Promo "Does it" to Van.

RCA's "Big Mother" promo really gave a boost to the company's business in Vancouver, according to a

report from Rich Simons, Promotion Coordinator for RCA Ltd. Promos

backing the sale were carried by all major rock outlets including CKVN,

Vancouver's sky -rocketing hard rock station. All the D.J.'s, Terry

David Mulligan, Tim Burge, Fred Latrimouille, Hal Weaver and Bren

Traff, did the trick in pushing "Big Mother" both in sales and in

response to the tie-in contest. Idea of the contest was for listeners to

submit their conception of "Big Mother" in virtually any form.

Simons says they got exactly that. Winner of the grand prize, picked up

the entire one hundred and fifty LP RCA rock library.

Curtiss Signs With Caprio

One of the first Canadian country signings for the Caprio Agency,

is Dominion recording artist, Clint Curtiss and the Clintsmen. Curtiss picked up national recognition with

his Dominion release of "There's No Price Tag on the Doors in New-

foundland", and has been playing the club circuit throughout Upper

Canada. Curtiss and his group moved into

the Kemptville Hotel for a two-week run (Aug 24) and will be heading for Japan in the latter part of this

year. His record releases will move into the gospel/country vein.

Caprio is headed up by Hal Kent, and is the only agency in Canada

dealing exclusively with gospel/ rock/country groups.

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nox with their switchboard plugged into almost every province in

Canada.

The heavy was Mel Shaw, national promotion coordinator for Quality Records, who has literally grown

up in the industry, from his days at throwing dances in Calgary, produc-

ing teen -oriented television shows and finally to managing of the most

successful group to come out of the west, the Stampeders. Shaw has

produced records, designed pro- motional material as well as album

covers and labels, and is perhaps one of the few people in the industry fully qualified to speak on its

behalf.

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Jim Kale of the Guess Who was plugged in along with Tommy Bank

of Edmonton. Members of the Happy Feeling gave an account of them- selves and Bruce Innes, leader of

the Original Caste, gave his views on the disc scene. In between the chatter, Lennox and

Grigsby peeled off several recent Canadian productions including

those of the Original Caste, the Gainsborough Gallery and the

Guess Who.

"Sunday and Friends" is a weekly series heard each Sunday at 7.30 EDT.

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Toronto Together bowschurch sessionToronto Together, a young andvery progressive production com-pany, have set September 10th asthe release date for the Nimbus 9single, "We're All in This Togeth-er". This sounds like just anotherrelease, but there are several hun-dred Torontonians who will tellyou you're wrong. "We're All inThis Together" is not just anotherrecord. It's uniquely Canadian andhas over five hundred people per-forming on the disc and severalhundred more promoting the bejab-bers out of it.Toronto Together is headed up byTerry Vollum, onetime sound engin-eer with the now -defunct HallmarkStudios, and John deNottbeck.They've been experimenting for acouple of years attempting to latchonto something that would createdisc excitement. They suddenlyhit on the idea of producing a ses-sion in a church with as manypeople supplying background asthey could squeeze into the churchand very "with it" up -front voicespouring out "message" vibrations.They had the voices, Tobi Lark, whoportrays one of the leads in theCanadian production of "Hair" andDave Cairns of the Leigh AshfordGroup. The church acquisition wasa simple maneuver in that Vollumknew Father Cambrey of St. Paul'sCathedral. Being a little unsure ofthemselves, and wanting this to beone of the biggest music "freak -outs" of the century, Vollum anddeNottbeck asked for and receivedthe assistance of Nimbus 9's pro-ducer extraordinaire, Jack Richard-son, and Nimbus' equally famousarranger/composer, Ben McPeek.Musical backup was supplied bytop Toronto musicians. Invitationswere sent out to over a thousandpeople from all fields, but primari-ly to those connected with theentertainment industry, musicians,singers, producers, radio and tele-vision personalities, newspapercritics, their editors and tradewriters.

The night of the big taping was asurprise from the word "go". Thefirst five hundred got in with somedifficulty while the rest quietlycrowded the lobby and steps lead-ing into the church. There werelong hairs, short hairs, no hairs,suits, saris, shorts and jeans,representing just about every walkof life imaginable.The stage was set and at a givencommand from Vollum, who situated

by Walt Grealis

himself in front of the audiencepseudo -conductor style, hundredsof candles were lit (they were sup-plied as the crowd filed into thechurch), deNottbeck gave themusicians their cue and a four hoursession of song and joy, and un-controlled waves of emotion sweptthrough the church. Tears andsmiles and strong voice soundsgave Miss Lark and Cairns theenthusiasm they needed to soul -wipe every note they could laytheir tonsils to.A television film crew moved gin-gerly in and out of the crowd, can-ning one of the hottest televisionproperties to come out of Toronto.This claim was backed almostimmediately after the CBC TV"Kremlin" crew had a look at thefilm. They've bought the rights fortelevising in January.International disc biggies havealso moved in with Atlantic Recordscapping a deal for a U.S. release.Toronto newspapers showed rareform in covering the event. TheGlobe and Mail referred to the ses-sion as "Belting out love music".After Four's (Telegram) RonaPosen reported, "a ceremoniousatmosphere, at times subtle, butmore often vibrating with excite-ment."Perhaps the best coverage camefrom Peter Donato of the Missis-sagua Times who headlined hispiece, "The sound of music in St.Paul's Church". He found that"Friday night, April 3, people,equipment, and a feeling of together-ness and peace erupted St. Paul'smonastic tranquility and addedcredence to the belief that peopleof all colours and of all ages canget together for the common pur-pose of spreading a messagethrough the medium of music."The stage is now set. The soundis taped and the mixing is com-pleted. Audience excitement andparticipation is extremely difficultto mike, particularly when youhave a strong lead voice and top -rated instrumental backing. Con-centration on these two areas haveall but destroyed the "live" effecton some recordings and it is hopedextra care is taken to include thewarmth and sincerity of the St.Paul's well-wishers."We're All in This Together" (pen -

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4 1 SNOWBIRDAnne Murray -Capitol -72623-F(Maclellan) Beechwood-BMI

5 5 YOU WANNA GIVE MEA LIFTLoretta Lynn-Decca-23693-J

6 15 FOR THE GOOD TIMESRay Price -Columbia -45178-H

7 13 MULE SKINNER BLUESDolly Parton -RCA -9863-N

8 14 ODE TO SUBURBIABob Smith -Apex -77112-J(Smith) BMI

9 17 WONDERS OF THE WINEDavid Houston -Epic -10643-H

10 10 TELL ME MY LYINGEYES ARE WRONGGeorge Jones-Musicor-1408-J

11 6 COOL GREEN WATERSDonna Ramsay -Capitol -72608-F(Walker) Central-BMI

12 12 FORTUNATE SONRainvilles-Melbourne-3359-K

13 16 THE WHOLE WORLDCOMES TO MEJack Greene-Decca-32699-J

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selves, with their own company supervising everything from the

recording and pressing to the art- work on the cover. The song was

backed with "Hassan I Sabbah" which they say is the anthem of

the new revolution. The group's members are: Frank

Bach, singer; Bob Rasmussen, lead guitar; Gary Rasmussen, bass; and Scott Bailey, drummer. They are managed by Dave Sinclair,

brother of John Sinclair, who is the leader of the White Panther

Party, currently serving a jail term for possession of marijuana. John

Sinclair wrote the liner notes for the disc from prison.

According to Dave Sinclair, "From the outset, we wanted to make a

record that would render the total on-stage power of the Up with com-

plete clarity and listenability, and at the same time have good com-

mercial appeal. Though "Aborigine" and "Hassan I Sabbah" was our first recording try, we were posi-

tively excited about our results." The Upsters plan to develop their

wholly -owned Sundance label into what will eventually be a national

commercial outlet for what they call "the real music, no matter where

it comes from." If you want to get the record, or information about the group, write to Up Rock and

Roll Company, 1520 Hill Street, Ann Arbor Michigan.

Bill Graham is having an auction on October 12th to benefit peace

candidates running for election this fall in the U.S. All sorts of rock memorabilia will be auctioned off, including one of Pete Town-

shend's mutilated guitars, Mick Jagger's rose petals, Ian Anderson's

flute, and many other items. Fill - more staff members are combing

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'ack Richardson warming up church audience and group.

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Terry Vol lum cues in church audience for first take.

Tobi Lark moves into her soul-wipina delivery.

John de Nottbeck surveys historic church discing scene. Peter Gerretson, Andy Henderson and Fred Guthe dolly in.

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Poppy Family Happening in UKThe Britishers have suddenlydiscovered the Canadian sound.The Poppy Family have sold anincredible 100,000 copies of their"Which Way You Going Billy?"single. Incredible, because thedeck was released in October of1969, became a million seller inCanada a few short months laterand now (August/70) has becomea chart item in dear old Blighty.Most British trades have all butignored the Canadian recordingscene with the exception of theNME coverage by Ritchie Yorke,but Record Mirror, in their August22/70 issue, actually gave photoand story space to this phenome-nal Vancouver group.Unfortunately there has been agreat deal of confusion with re-leases and in Canada we nowfind a complete screw -up. This

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London's president Fraser Jamiesonpresenting RPM Gold to Poppy Family.

Where I Went Wrong" and theTerry Jacks' solo bit, "I'm Gon-na Capture You" having passedthe "outstanding sales" mark,we now have to wait for the restof the world to catch up.

Heintje Single Breakingfor PolydorHeintje, the fourteen year oldDutch boy who has earned 27Gold Discs for his German langu-age albums, has broken into theEnglish market with his Polydorlid, "I Am Your Little Boy".Lori Bruner, national artists pro-motion for the label, promo'd thesingle on her recent trip to Toron-to and found a ready market withMOR outlets.

The single action has also broughtmuch attention to his most recentalbum release, "Heintje" (Poly-dor 543 061). Bruner reports heavyordering of the set from both Van-couver and Toronto. Heavy salesare reported from the Kitchenerarea.

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Toronto Group Scene CNothing succeeds like success.The Toronto group scene is com-ing alive once again. Some of theowners of big clubs are now re-cognizing the potential draw ofCanadian recording groups. SteelRiver can claim much of this re-newed interest. Outside Torontogroups, who have appeared locallyare also responsible for the inter-

est shown by club owners. One ofthese is Montreal's Mashmakhan.The big plus for the club owners,and hopefully it won't last long,is the fact they can get the localvariety of entertainment for lessbucks. One group making theirclub debut is Thecycle. They'replaying the Cambridge Motor Hotel.One of the big crowd pleasers, andthat's hard to do with a boozyover 25 group, is their "Canadianthing". They do a tidy medley ofsongs made famous by Canadiandisc groups from Little Caesarand The Consuls, Five Man Elec-trical Band and right through tothe Poppy Family and Guess Who.It's such an impressive bit theyreceived a standing ovation. Thegroup has a single just off entitled"Walkin' Along" and a solo deck,"Welcome To My Daydream", thelatter picking up good play onMOR stations. This one, with PaulCraig, up front is showing signsof flipping to "Coat Of Colours".Vancouver is also looking goodfor Canadian groups, both recordand club -wise. How about that bigbooster of native talent in Edmon-ton? Kudos and Shalams - weknew you could do it, but whydon't you let the rest of the worldin on your Canadian content ac-tivities. Nice to see so many ofCanada's programmers bustingtheir butts in getting used to whatit will be like to be a pro -Cana-dian servant of the Canadian pub-lic. The big leader in Torontoblew their chance to be the sa-viour of the airwaves and are be-ing clobbered everyday by thatlittle giant killer who, we under-stand, will soon be given a powerboost.

Now that the group scene is hap-pening on its own, many of thedailies and weeklies are givingmore and more space to their localhopefuls. Perhaps some recordcompanies should take stock oftheir promotion men and look into

IT'S ALL MEAT Columbia-ELS 374-H

Very heavy Canadian group. All self pennings. Should be

strong with free formers.

Some cuts too lengthy for

airplay but fans will pick up because of the "head" ma-

terial. Produced in Toronto by "Sunday

Love" very creative and

extremely well done.

SHADES OF BLUE Bette Graham

Birchmount-BM 571-M

Produced at Damon Sound

Studios (Edmonton) by Bette

Graham Productions. Has already received the nod from

several MOR stations. Pot-

pourri of easy listening with

warm instrumental backing

by Ken Jefferson Quartet

plus two.

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Polydor-2425 023-Q With proper exposure this

could become one of the top sellers in the label's catalogue. Heavy country, a little

swamp, cool blues and just

an excellent package of good thinkin' music without the words. Top fare for all

formats.

ALL TIME HITS The Cows i I Is -MGM -GAS 103-M

New Golden Archive Series from Quality includes this

set by famed family. Contains

some of the big ones: "The Rain, The Park & Other

Things", "Indian Lake", "We Can Fly", "River

Blue" and many others. Should be good market for

GAS series.

HEINJE Polydor-543 061-Q

Here's a little Dutch boy who

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the German record bying pub-

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Discs. Current single "I Am

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now showing good gains. Big

MOR guns already program- ming with resultant sales.

TOP 50W CANADIAN CHART

1 1 AS THE YEARS GO BY

Mashmakhan-Columbia C4 -2924-H (Senecal-Mercer

Jackson -Blake)

2 4 SNOWBIRD

Anne Murray -Capitol -72623-F (Maclellan) Beechwood-BMI

3 3 TEN POUND NOTE Steel River -Tuesday -101-M

(Telfer) Belsize-BMI

M A P L

4 7 INDIANA WANTS ME

R.Dean Taylor -Rare Earth 5013-L (Taylor) Jobete.BMI

5 5 ME & BOBBY McGEE Gordon Lightfoot -Reprise 0926-P

6 2 HAND ME DOWN WORLD Guess

Who-Nimbus9-744367-Ne

(Winter) Expressions-BMI

7 8 JEAN Bobby Curtola-Capito172615-F

8 10 HIGHER & HIGHER Canada Goose -Tonsil -0002-M

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9 6 COUNTRY SONG

The Original Caste -Bell 197-M (Innes) Harem-BMI

10 11 YANKEE LADY

Jesse Winchester -Ampex - 11004 -V (Winchester)

11 9 BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell -Reprise -0906-P (Joni Mitchell)

12 13 CHAIN TRAIN Chilli wack-P arrot-350-K

(Lawrence) BMI

13 15 THEME FOR JODY

Christopher Kearney -Apex -- 77113-J (Kearney)

14 18 YOU CAN'T DENY IT

Edward Bear -Capitol - 72622 (Evor)

15 20 CORRINA CORRINA KBB & Crowbar-Daffodil-

DFS-1001-F (P.D.)

16 14 CRAZY JANE Tom Northcott-New Syndrome

106-J (Northcott) BMI

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17 12 CINNAMON GIRL Neil Young -Reprise -0911P (Neil Young)

18 16 IT'S YOUR LIFE

Andy Kim -Dot -727-M (Kim -Barry)

19 17 MOODY MANITOBA MORNING -Rick Neufeld

Warner Bros -5025-P (Neufeld) Laurentian-BMI

34 25 OHIO Crosby -Nash -Stills. -Young

Atlantic -2740-P (Neil Young)

35 35 YOU DON'T NOTICE THE TIME YOU WASTE -It's All

Meat-Columbi a -C4 -2930-H (McKim -MacKay)

36 36 STAY Joey Gregorash-Polydor- 2065 023-Q (Gregorash/

Lampe) Dalrirc BMI

20 19 CROWDED BY EMPTINESS

Ginette Reno -Parrot -40050-K (Butler-Bilyk-Allbut) CAPAC

37 37 THE MYNAH BIRD SONG

Colin Kerr & Rajah -Mynah Bird-MB3360-K (B Kerr)

Berandol Music-BMI

21 24 STOP (Wait A Minute) Copper Penny -Nimbus 9

75-1031-N (Wamil-McDonald) Sunspot-BMI

22 23 HALLELUJAH

Tomorrow's Eyes -London 17386-K

23 21 WEDNESDAY IN YOUR

GARDEN -Barry Allen -Molten GI

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24 22 THE SONG SINGER Dee Higgins-Polydor-2065020-Q

(Neufeld) Laurentian-BMI

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25 33 YOU MAKE ME HIGH

Luke & the Apostles -True North -4-102-H (Gibson/Little/

McKenna)

26 26 YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT Robert E.Lee Brigade -Colum-

bia -C4 -2928-H (

27 2/ FACE OF THE SUN

Anthony Green/Barry Stagg Gamma -5004-K (Green -Stagg) BMI

28 28 CIRCLE GAME Buffy Ste. Marie-Vanguard-

VRS35108-L (Mitchell) Siquomb BMI

25 38 PEACEFUL MOUNTAIN Catherine McKinnon -

Capitol -2867-F PL

30 29 SECOND THOUGHTS

Cheyenne Winter -Molten -1-J (Bachman) BMI

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RainvillesGT3359sK

32 30 TRUCKER'S CAFE

Great Speckled Bird -Ampex 11006-V (Tyson)

33 34 SILKEN SILVER MELODY -Chimo-

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38 32 STARTING A NEW DAY Mother Tucker's Yell'Ow Duck

CapitoI72614-F (Caldwell - McDougall -Law) Beechwood-BMI

33 41 MOONSHINE (friend of mine)

5 Man Electrical Band-Poly- dor-2065 030-Q (Emmerson)

40 43 I DON'T BELIEVE Canada -RCA -75-10 35-N

(Harvey) Dunbar Music BMI

41 47 (I can) FEEL IT COMING al Strange Movies -Van -

2100001 -Q

42 42 YEARS MAY COME, YEARS e MAY GO Irish Rovers-Decca-

732723-J

43 48 WITHCRAFT Merriday Park -Columbia -

C4 -2942-H (Dahl-Breiland)

44 40 WE'LL HAVE IT SOMEDAY

Copaset(ipa c Mv

(Davies) agaf us -Big Chief

6916-E Southern Hills-BMI

45 45 LYNNIE LYNNIE Blakewood Castle -Franklin

641-K(Blake)Sabalora Music

46 46 WELCOME TO MY

DAYDREAM -Paul Craig- Tamarac-TTM640-M

(Clinch) Svengali CAPAC

47 38 DOCTOR TOM Freedom -Aquarius -5005-K

(Hill-St.Jean) Summerlea-BMI

48 49 A NEW DAY

Spring -Coast -C -1972-K (Buckley) Citadel BMI

43 50 THAT'S WHERE I WENT

WRONG -Poppy Family -Lon- don -L139 -K (Jacks) Gone

Fishin' Musi c 50

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(And Not Me) Motherlode- Revolver-REVS008-J

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MLS...following the dodo?Is the Maple Leaf System in dangerof extinction? Several members ofthe cross -Canada radio co-opera-tive see this as a distinct possi-bility.Some members freely admit the MLSwas a last-ditch attempt to wardoff Canadian content legislation bythe CRTC. But for some stations,who were already programmingenough Canadian music to meetwhatever regulations might be im-posed, the system had another pur-pose; the creation of a network withthe power to create massive Cana-dian hits and give these domestichits the impetus to become inter-nationally successful.Bill Gavin saw the potential of theMLS and publicly stated that hewould like to see a similar systemin the United States. Simultaneousexposure in every major marketwould virtually guarantee a recordhit status. In a country like Canadawith what could be described as afragmented market, this would be adesirable industry -building tool.On paper, the MLS is an excellentstructure. Canadian records aresubmitted to MLS headquarters atCKLG in Vancouver by the dis-tributors. Copies of the record aredistributed to all members of theMLS, who are subsequently polledby telephone. Each record receivesa vote ranging from zero to ten. Anyrecord receiving an average of sixpoints or more, is guaranteed twoweeks of airplay by all members.Members are free to program anyrecord rejected by the system, butare obliged to program all records

this was meant to be

by Jim Smithselected."It's a good system" one membersaid, "For example, we tried'Higher and Higher' by CanadaGoose, but dropped it when wedidn't receive any reaction aftertwo weeks. It became a hit. If wehadn't belonged to the MLS, wewould have missed out on a hit"So, why are people unhappy? Theproblem is that certain stations aretoo restrictive in their ideas ofwhat constitutes a hit, and wish toimpose their opinions on other mem-bers."Some stations in the major mar-kets are too pushy," I was told,"they want to be overly restrictivein what constitutes a hit sound.When ten songs come up for review,these stations always reject twoor three outright. That means thatthe song has absolutely no meritwhatsoever. But who really knowswhat could become a hit?" A moveby these stations to discuss theprogramming merits of the recordsbefore voting on their musical meritwas quickly defeated by more open-minded members.A further problem is policing of thesystem. MLS selections are promis-ed exposure equal to that receivedby all other records on the station'splaylist. But complaints have beenfiltering through that some membersdo not strictly abide by this rulingand schedule MLS selections forthe post -midnight slots. Memberswho do follow the agreement feelthat those who do not are behavingin an unethical manner and are im-pugning the judgement of thosemembers who voted for the selec-tion.

Toronto radio station CHUM's en-try into the record production busi-ness has created further tension.The Financial Post, in an articleof a few months ago, proclaim-ed; "...and CHUM's Maple LeafSystem is a ready-made marketingnetwork for its productions." TheMLS is not controlled by CHUM,and has no desire to become amarketing instrument for the station.One member told me, "I don't wantto be duped into playing a recordwhich is not good, but passes ourreviews because one member ownsthat record. When most of the otherstations gave "Doctor Tom", arelease from CHUM's company,a low rating, CHUM voted very highfor it, althouth CHUM normallyvotes lower than the other members.Two other members played the

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CHRISTOPHER KEARNEYAPEX RECORDING ARTIST

From the rural heritage of GordonLightfoot, Ian Tyson, and JoniMitchell, a major new Canadianartist is emerging. Born in TorontoDecember 6, 1948, ChristopherKearney grew up in Northern On-tario. At the age of 17, he lefthome and hitch -hiked to the South-ern United States. His first musi-

cal instrument was a banjo, whichhe bought in Dothan, Alabama.Having spent all his money on thebanjo, it was obviously time tolearn to play it, which he did. Hedrifted to California, where hesurvived playing guitar around theSan Francisco area.The lure of Expo '67 drew himback to Canada, and he performedfor Queen Elizabeth and PrincePhillip in Ottawa.He went to St. John's Newfound-land with his family, and stayedabout a year. Wanderlust struckagain, and he returned to Cali-fornia where his reputation as aperformer/writer started to grow.He returned to Canada in Decem-ber 1969, and now lives in Mon-treal, where he is a vital part ofthe local scene.In June 1970, Early Morning Pro-ductions Limited signed him toan exclusive contract, and pro-duced his first single "Theme ForJody" and "Long Old Train".Lee Armstrong of The CompoCompany Ltd. (MCA) immediatelysigned a distribution contract,and released the single on theApex label. An album is schedul-ed for the near future. Both tuneswere written by Kearney, whowrites exclusively for Early Morn-ing Music (CAPAC).

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Mungo Jerry-Pye-4005-L

2 4WAREdwin Starr-Tamla Motown -7097-L

3 725 OR 6 TO 4Chicago.Columbia.45194.H

5 28LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOORCreedence Clearwater RevivalFantasy.645.R

915HI DE HOBlood Sweat & Tears -Columbia -45204.H

20 25JULIE DO YA LOVE MEBobby ShermanMetromedia-194-L

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AS YEARS GO BYMashmakhan.Columbia-C4-2924-H

8 14 17SNOWBIRDAnne Murray -Capitol -72623.F

O 22 29JOANNEMike Nesmith -RCA -74 0368-N

21 27I'VE LOST YOUElvis Presley.RCA-47.9873-N

11 13 40TEN POUND NOTESteel River-Tuesday.101-M

e 31 64 INDIANA WANTS MER.Dean Taylor -Rare Earth -5013-L

13 7 3SPILL THE WINEEric Burdon & War -MGM -14118-M

14 23 26 EVERYBODY'S GOT THERIGHT TO LOVESupremes-T aml a Motown.1167-L

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGHDiana Ross-Tamla Motown -1169-L

16 16 20ME & BOBBY McGEEGordon Lightfoot -Reprise -0926-P

O 65 79I WHO HAVE NOTHINGTom Jones -Parrot -40051-K

18 28 39GROOVY SITUATION

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Gene Chandler -Mercury -73083-K

19 25 32CANDIDADawn.Be11.903-M

20 8 2 MAKE IT WITH YOUBread-Elektra-45686-P

21 10 14HAND ME DOWN WORLDGuess Who -Nimbus 9-74 03674,1

22 24 30 SING A SONG FORFREEDOMFrijid Pink -Parrot -349-K

23 6 11 OVERTURE FROM TOMMYAssembled Multitude -Atlantic -2737-P

24 30 33 PATCHESCI arence Carter-Atl antic -2748-P

25 32 43 RUBBER DUCKIEErnie -Columbia -45207-H

26 33 41 DON'T PLAY THAT SONGAretha Franklin -Atlantic -2751-P

27 15 9 IF YOU LET ME MAKE LOVE TO YOUTHEN WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOURonnie Dvson-Columbia-45110H

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WIGWAMBob Dylan -Columbia -45199-H

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I'M YOURStevie Wonder.Tamla Motown -54196.L

PEACE WILL COMEMelanie-Buddah-186-M

SOLITARY MANNeil Diamond -Bang -578.0

TELL IT ALL BROTHERRogers/First Edition -Reprise -0923P

33 34 35 YELLOW RIVERChristie -Epic -10626H

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Outstanding Record Sales

I KNOW I'M LOSING YOURare Earth -Rare Earth -5017L

ONLY YOU AND I KNOWDave Mason -Blue Thumb -114-Q

36 44 66 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHERIke & Tina Turner -Liberty -56177-K

37 42 44RIKI TIKI TAVIDonovan -Epic -10649-H

38 43 56BRONTOSAURUSMove-A&M-1197-W

O 67 72 CRACKLIN' ROSIENeil Diamond-Uni-55250-J

40 40 42 GLORY GLORYRascal s-AMantic.27 43-P

41 45 53JEANBobby Curtola-Capitol-72615-F

42 11 6 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON MERobin McNamara -Steed -724-M

O 56 84

44 18 18

NEANDERTHAL MANHotlegsCapito1-2886-F

I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVINGBJ.Thomas-Scepter-12283,1

45 48 48 BORDER SONGElton John-Uni.55246-J

46 53 58 HIGHER AND HIGHERCanada Goose -Tonsil -0002.M

47 47 65 SLY SLICK & WICKEDLost Generation -Brunswick -55436-K

48 12 8 SUMMERTIME BLUESWho-Decca-32708J

49 36 19 CLOSE TO YOUCarpenters-A8avI-1183-W

50 52 54 BALL AND CHAINTommy J ames/Shondel I s-Roulette.7084-T

51 29 37 COUNTRY SONGOriginal Caste -Bell -197-M

52 60... LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MYSONG MA -New

53 26 13 TIGHTER & TIGHTERAlive & Kicking -Roulette -7078-T

54 57 62 YANKEE LADYJesse Winchester -Ampex- 11004-V

55 54 35 RAINBOWMarmal ade-London-20059-K

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SOUL SHAKEDelaney & Bonnie & Friends-Atco-6756-P

SCREAMING NIGHT HOGSteppenwolf.Dunhill-4248.N

58 62... GREEN EYED LADYSugar Loaf -Liberty -56183-K

59 66... SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWNJohnny Cash -Columbia -45212-H

O 71 82 IT AIN'T EASYRon Davies-A&M-1188-W

61 64 68 CLOSER TO HOMEGrand Funk Railroad -Capitol -27432-F

O 97... OUT IN THE COUNTRYThree Dog Night-Dunhili-4250-N

63 50 16

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BIG YELLOW TAXIJoni Mitchell -Reprise -0906-P

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ALL RIGHT NOWFree-Polydor-2001 079-Q

65 59 99 BLACK HANDS, WHITE COTTONCaboose.pEnterprise-EN A 90154

O 81... GOING TO THE COUNTRYSteve Miller Band -Capitol -2878-F

CANADA'S ONLY NATIONAL 100 SINGLE SURVEYCompiled from record company, radio station and record store reports

67 70 75

68 77 86

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70 75 97

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72 73 89

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CHAIN TRAINChilliwack-Parrot-350-K PON THE BEACH5th Dimension -Bell -913-M

SILVER BIRDMark Lindsay -Columbia -45180-H

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO MY LOVEBrotherhood of Man-Deram-85065-K

THEME FOR JODYChristopher KearneytApex.77113-J

MELANIE MAKES ME SMILETony Burrows -Bell -884-M

LOVIN' YOU BABYWhite PI ains-Deram-85066-K

MORNING MUCH BETTERTen Wheel Drive.Polydor-14037-Q

YOU CAN'T DENY ITEdward Bear -Capitol -72622-F

MASHAl de Lory-Capitol-2811-F

GO BACKCrabby Appleton-Elektra-H5687-5-P

COME ON DOWNSavage Grace -Warner= 0924-P

CORRINA CORRINAKing Biscuit Boy & Crowbar -Daffodil-DFS 1001-F

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CINNAMON GIRLNeil Young-Reprise.0911-P es

LOLAKinks-Pye-0930-J

IT'S YOUR LIFEAndy Kim -Steed -727-M

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EVERYTHING'S TUESDAYChairmen of the Board-lnvictus-9079-F

UNCLE JOHN'S BANDGrateful Dead -Warner Bros -7410- P

MOODY MANITOBA MORNINGRick Neufeld-Warner Bros -5025.P

EL CONDOR PASASimon & Garfunkel -Columbia -4523-H

FOR YASGUR'S FARMMountain -Windfall -533-M

DOWN BY THE RIVERBuddy Miles -Mercury -70386-K

CROWDED BY EMPTINESSGinette Reno -Parrot -40050-K 0WE CAN MAKE MUSICTommy Roe -ABC -11273-Q

STOP (Wait a Minute)Copper Penny -Nimbus 9-75 1031-N

I AM YOUR LITTLE BOYHeintje-Polydor-541.072-Q

GOD, LOVE, ROCK AND ROLLTeegarden & Vanwinkle-Westbound-1:0-T

EL CONDOR PASAJames Last-Polydor-2041.060-Q

CHERYL MOANA MARIEJohn Rowles-Kapp.K21024

EXPRESS YOURSELFWatts 103rd St. Rhythm Band -Warner Bros -7417-P

IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVEGlen Campbel I -Cap i to 1 -2905- F

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34 34 35 JESSE WINCHESTERAmpex -A 10104-VM 51004-V M 81004-V

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARSColumbia -KS 30090-HCT 30090-H CT 30090

35 33 31 ON STAGE FEBRUARY 1970Elvis Presley-RCA-LSP 4362-NPK 1594-N P8S 1594-N

LIVE AT LEEDSThe Who-Decca-DL 79175-J739175-J 69175-J

36 31 26 ECOLOGYRare Earth -Rare Earth -RS 514-KR75 514-K R8 1514-K

WOODSTOCKSoundtrack -Cotillion -SD 3-500-P2ACJ500-P 2A8T500-,P

37 26 28 CANDLES IN THE RAINMel anie-Buddah-BDS 5060-MBDC 5060-M BD8TC 5060-M

LET IT BEBeatle4--Apple-SOAL-6351-F4X 06351-F 8X 06351-F

38 40 55 GREATEST HITSGary Puckett & Union Gap; -Columbia -C 1042.-HCT 10 1042-H CA 10 1042-H

CLOSER TO HOMEGrand Funk Railroad-Capitol-SKAO 471-F4XT 471-F 8XT 471-F

Q69. STAGE FRIGHTThe Band-Capitol-SW425-F4XT425-F 8XT425-F

JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIETraffic-Polydor-239 013-QN/A N/A

40 50 57 SESAME ST BOOK & RECORDOriginal TV Cast-Columbia-CS1069-HN/A N/A

TOMMYThe Who-Decca-DXSW 9175-J73-9175-J 6-9175-J

41 39 29 MOUNTAIN CLIMBINGWest/Pappalardi-Windf al k-WF 4501-MWFC 4501-M WF8TC 4501-F

OPEN ROADDonovan -Epic -E 30125-HET 30125-H A 30125-H

42 41 33 SLIM SLO SLIDERJohnny Rivers -Imperial -LP 1600-KN/A N/A

ABSOLUTELY LIVEDoors-Elektra-EKS 9002-PCT2 9002-P T8 9002-P

43 35 34 THIS WAY IS MY WAYAnne Murray -Capitol -ST 6330-F4XT 6330-F 8XT 6330rF

McCARTNEYPaul McCartney -Apple -STAG 3363;-F4XT 3363-F 8XT 3363-F

44 45 51 ASSOCIATION LIVEWarner Bros-2WS 1868-PN/A N/A

MASHMAKHANColumbia-ELS 365-HCT 03651H CA 0365-H

45 47 30 IT AIN'T EASYThree Dog Night,Dunhi II -50078-NN/A N/A

SELF PORTRAITBob Dylan -Columbia -C 30050;-HCT 30050-H CA 30050-H

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ERIC BURDON D.ECLARES WARMGM -SE 4663-ME -C 4663-M E-8TC 4663-M

BARRELLee Michaels-A&M-SP 4249-WCT 4249-W 8TC 4249-W

ON THE WATERSBread-Elektra-EKS 74076-PN/A EK8 4076-P

BAND OF GOLDFreda Payne-Invictus-ST 7301-F4XT 7301-F 8XT 7301-F

AMERICAN WOMANGuess Who-RCA-LPS 4266-NPK 1518-N P8S 1518-N

GET READYRare Earth -Rare Earth -RS 507-KR75 507-K R8 1507-K

WE MADE IT HAPPENEngelbert Humperdinck-Parrot-XP AS 71038-KM 79638-K M 79838-K

WEIGHIN' HEAVYSteel River-Tuesday-GHL 1000-MGHLCT 1000-M CHL8TC 1000-M

ERIC CLAPTONPolydor-238 30210-QN/A N/A

DIANA ROSSTamla Motown -MS 711-LM75 711-L M8 711-L

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERSimon & GarfunkelrColumbia-KCS 9914-HCT 100750-1-1 CA 100750-H

THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENTEnterprise -ENS 1010-MENSC 1010-M ENS8TC 1010-M

HOT TUNARCA-LSP 4353-NPK 1630-N P8S 1630;-N

LADIES OF THE CANYONJoni Mitchell -Reprise -RS 6376-PCRX 6376-P 8RM 6376-P

TEN YEARS TOGETHERPeter, Paul & Mary -Warner Bros -BS 2552-PCWX 2552-P 8WM 2552-P

OFFICIAL MUSICKing Biscuit Boy/Crowbar;-Daffodil-SBA-16001-FN/A N/A

DEJA VUCrosby Stills Nash Young -Atlantic -7200-PAC 7200-P A8TC 7200-P

NUMBER 5Steve Miller Band-Capitol-SKA0436-FN/A N/A

CHICAGOColumbia-KGP 24-HCT BO 0858-H CA BO 0858-H

POCOEpic-BN 26522-HN 16 10257-H N 18 10258-N

ALONE TOGETHERDave Mason; -Blue ThumbpBTS 191Q5075-19-Q 8075-19-Q

GIMME DAT DINGPipkins-capitol-ST 483-F4XT 483-F 8XT 483-F

JAMES GANG RIDES AGAINABC-ABCS 711-Q5022711-Q 8022711-Q

RUMPLE STILTSKINBel I-LTS 6047-MN/A N/A

SIT DOWN YOUNG STRANGERGordon Lightfoot -Reprise -6392-PCRX 6392-P 8RM 6392-P

MUSIC FROM BUTCH CASSIDY AND THESUNDANCE KID -B. Bacharach-A&M-SP 4227-WC 4227-W 8TC 4227-W

MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMENJoe Cocker-A&M-SP6002-WN/A N/A

STEPPENWOLF LIVEDunhill-DSD 50075-NDHX 85075-N DHM 85075-N

GREATEST HITS5th Dimension -Soul City-SCS 33900-KN/A N/A

CANNED HEAT '70 CONCERTLiberty-LST 7641-LN/A N/A

GOLDNeil Diamond-UNI-73084-J173 3084-J 16 3084-J

HAIROriginal Cast -RCA -LSO 1150-NOK 1038-N 08S 10387N

HOMEProcol Harum-A&M-SP 4261-WCS 4261-W 8T 4261-W

HEY JUDEBeatles -Apple -SW 385-F4XT 385-F 8XT 385-F

HONEY WHEAT & LAUGHTERAnne Murray -Capitol -ST 6350-FN/A N/A

MARRYING MAIDENBeautiful Day -Columbia -C 1058-HCT 10 1058-H CA 10 1058-H

EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERENei I Young -Reprise -RS 6349-PCRX 6349-P 8RM 6349-P

MAGNETIC SOUTHMike Nesmith & 1st Nat. Band-RCA-LSP4371-NN/A N/A

WORKINGMAN'S DEADGrateful Dead -Warner Bros -WS 1869,-PCWX 1869-P 8WM 1869-P

SWEET BABY JAMESJames Taylor-Warner Bros-WS 1843-PCWX 1843-P 8WM 1843-P

CANADA'S ONLY NATIONAL 100 ALBUM SURVEYCompiled from record company, radio station and record store reports

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68 72 92

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ELTON JOHNUNI-73090-JN/A N/A

JULY 5TH ALBUMFifth Dimension -Soul City-SCS33901-MN/A N/A

AXERandy Bachman-RCA-LSP 4348-NN/A N/A

JUST FOR LOVEQuicksilver-Capitol-ST498-FN/A N/A

CHANGESBobby Curtol a-Capitol-ST 6354-FN/A

BITCHES BREWMiles Davis;Columbia-GP 26-HCT BO 0908-H CA BO 0908-H

BAND OF G.YPSYSJimi Hendrix -Reprise -RS 5195-PCRX 5195-P 8RM 5195-P

ABCJackson 5-Tamla Motown-MS 709-LM75 709-L M8 1709-L

WORLDWIDE HITSElvis Presley-RCA-LPM6401-NPK6401-N P8S6401-N

THE BEGATTING OF THE PRESIDENTOrson Welles-Mediarts-41-2-JN/A N/A

JETHRO TULL BENEFITReprise -RS 6400-PCRX 6400-P 8RM 6400-P

THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENTOriginal Soundtrack -MGM -25E 14-MN/A N/A

JOE COCKERA&M-SP 4224-WC 4224-W 8TC 4224-W

BETTER TIMES ARE COMINGRhinocerous-Elektra-EKS 74075-PN/A EK8 74075-P

BRUCE COCKBURNTrue North-TN 1-HN/A N/A

TOMTom Jones-Parrot-XPA 570137-KM 79637 -V -K M 79837 -V -K

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDSJoe Cocker-A&M-SP 4182-WCS 4182-W 8TC 4182-W

ECLIPSEEdward Bear-Capitol-SKAO 6349-FN/A N/A

ABBEY ROADBeatles -Apple -SO 383-F4X 383-f 8XT 383-F

A SONG OF JOYMiguel Rios-A&M-SPX 4267-WCS 4267-W 8T 4267-W

CHILLIWACKParrot-PAS 71040-KN/A N/A

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'ith fellow Rodeo artist Mike Graham and

George Taylor after signing with label.

re introduces the Mom & Dads group audience for their first show.

(I to r) RCA's Ont/Man sales mgr. Ed Preston with Danny

Davis (Nashville Brass) and RCA promo mgr. Scott Richards.

RCA's Scott Richards arranged for meeting of Henry Mancini and Toronto's Mayor Dennison and official autograph.

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RCA`s Scott Richards arranged for live coverage of Stone -

man's Horseshoe opening by Toronto's CKFH (Open Lid).

Keith Elshaw (CKFH-Open Lid) and operator Jack Lowe go "live" with Stoneman's opener at Horseshoe Tavern.

ling unit ior Molten Records performing of "Woodstock' flick.

Biff Rose, now on the Buddah label, sitting in with Alex Trebeck who was sitting in for Elwood Glover (CBC-TV).

Steel River's Bob Forrester and Ray Angrove with CBC

radio network's John Kastner (Action Set).

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01.

ARLEE MUSIC - NO GREEN -SKINNEDby Ritchie YorkeOne of the many things which hascontinually bothered me about theCanadian music industry is thelack of aggressive publishers. Inthe U.S., and particularly in Eng-land, many of the biggest sellingrecords became hits because ofthe hustling of publishers' promomen.

In Canada, such song hustlersseem to be non-existent. Maybethey are out there somewhere,pushing someone's song, but Ican only observe that as theCanadian editor of Billboard, Irarely hear a word from them.Probably the reason for this lackof initiative within the local pub-lishing scene was the lack of anysort of music scene here, prior tothe historic CRTC Canadian con-tent announcement.A lot of people might agree withme, and one person who definitelydoes is Sandy Gardiner, who headsup Arelee Music in Ottawa. Sandy,who is also the entertainment edi-tor of the Ottawa Journal and afine writer, is trying to changethings. That, in itself, is a fairly

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monumental task.Arelee's most recent credit (leastyou think this is some green -skinned operation trying to get it-self fast publicity) is "Moonshine(Friend Of Mine)", the recurringsong used in the MGM movie,"Moonshine War", which starsRichard Widmark and Patrick Mc-Goohan. If you know anythingabout publishing, you'll know howhard it is to crack the Hollywoodscene."Moonshine" was penned by LesEmmerson (of the Five Man Elec-trical Band), one of the company'smost prolific and talented writers.One of the things which worriesGardiner, at present, is the fussmany record companies are kickingup over publishing when they'rein the process of signing a Cana-dian act, either direct or throughtheir local branch office.Pointing out that most of the bigU.S. record companies also ownpublishing arms (e.g. Motown hasJobete, Capitol Beechwood, andRCA Sunbury), Gardiner wondersif it is always wise for an artist

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OPERATIONto entrust his publishing to hisrecord company."In too many cases", Gardinersays, "The publishing operationsare very much secondary to therecord companies. How manycover versions have you heardlately of songs by new Canadianwriters?"Considering the amount of ma-terial available to the States,surprisingly little of it returns toCanada on disc. There are excep-tions, of course, like the U.S.based Canadian writers - JoniMitchell and Neil Young, and theU.S. managed Gordon Lightfoot."Gardiner has a point. It wouldseem that many U.S. publishers(affiliated with record companies)have not been doing a fabulousjob of obtaining covers on Cana-dian originals.But what is Gardiner doing aboutthe situation? One of the firstthings he has set up is a visit toToronto by a representative of amajor independent U.S. publisher(Sept. 10). This rep is coming hereto listen to new Canadian writersand songs.If you have a song, or know some-body else who has, and you'relooking to get it published, youmight think about sending anacetate or lead sheet to AreleeMusic.

It won't guarantee a U.S. hit, butaccording to Gardiner, it will en-sure that local composers get thebest possible financial deal inthe international marketplace,and it will protect their futureinterests.

Lightfoot LP EarnsRPM Gold Leaf AwardThe Gordon Lightfoot Reprisealbum, "Sit Down Young Stran-ger" (RS 6392) has qualified foran RPM Gold Leaf Award. Quali-fying date was July 23/70 atwhich time sales of the albumregistered 43,000. Qualifyingsales figures for a Canadian al-bum are 25,000.

Mike Doyle, Merchandising Mana-ger, Warner Bros Records of Cana-da Ltd.,submitted the necessaryapplication forms for the GoldLeaf Award. At time of mailing(Aug 20) almost one month afterqualifying, Doyle reports theLightfoot set as having surpassedsales of 50,000 units.

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to entrust his publishing to his record company.

"In too many cases", Gardiner says, "The publishing operations

are very much secondary to the record companies. How many cover versions have you heard lately of songs by new Canadian

writers? "Considering the amount of ma-

terial available to the States, surprisingly little of it returns to

Canada on disc. There are excep- tions, of course, like the U.S. based Canadian writers - Joni

Mitchell and Neil Young, and the U.S. managed Gordon Lightfoot."

Gardiner has a point. It would seem that many U.S. publishers

(affiliated with record companies) have not been doing a fabulous

job of obtaining covers on Cana- dian originals.

But what is Gardiner doing about the situation? One of the first

things he has set up is a visit to Toronto by a representative of a

major independent U.S. publisher (Sept. 10). This rep is coming here

to listen to new Canadian writers and songs.

If you have a song, or know some- body else who has, and you're

looking to get it published, you might think about sending an

acetate or lead sheet to Arelee Music.

It won't guarantee a U.S. hit, but according to Gardiner, it will en-

sure that local composers get the best possible financial deal in

the international marketplace, and it will protect their future

interests.

Lightfoot LP Earns RPM Gold Leaf Award

The Gordon Lightfoot Reprise album, "Sit Down Young Stran-

ger" (RS 6392) has qualified for

an RPM Gold Leaf Award. Quali- fying date was July 23/70 at

which time sales of the album registered 43,000. Qualifying

sales figures for a Canadian album are 25,000.

Mike Doyle, Merchandising Mana- ger, Warner Bros Records of Cana-

da Ltd.,submitted the necessary application forms for the Gold

Leaf Award. At time of mailing (Aug 20) almost one month after

qualifying, Doyle reports the Lightfoot set as having surpassed

sales of 50,000 units.

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with CKLG's Roy Hennessy (second from right).

Johnny Cash takes time to talk to the common people - here Jimmy Simms (I) with fellow Rodeo artist Mike Graham andRodeo's president George Taylor after signing with label.

with Albert Delong of Barrie Ont. in for the Cash show.

Part of the record breaking crowd that crushed their wayinto the Lake View Pavilion for Mom & Dads big show. CFCW's Bev Monroe introduces the Mom & Dads group

to the enthusiastic audience for their first show.

Edward Bear's Larry Evoy, Danny Marks and Paul Weldon Painter, new recording unit ictr Molten Records performingat Calgary premier of "Woodstock' flick.

(I to r) RCA's Ont/Man sales mgr. Ed PreDavis (Nashville Brass) and RCA promo

RCA's Scott Richards arranged for meetingand Toronto's Mayor Dennison and official

Biff Rose, now on the Buddah label, sittiniTrebeck who was sitting in for Elwood Glo

CHART LISTINGS (alphabetically)

Ain't No Mountain High Enough 15 All Right Now 64 As Years Go By 7

Ball And Chain 50 Big Yellow Taxi 63

Black Hands, White Cotton 65 Border Song 45

Brontosaurus 38 Candida 19

Chain Train 67 Cheryl Moana Marie 98

Cinnamon Girl 82 Closer To Home 61 Close To You 49 Come On Down 78

Corrine Corrina 79 Country Song 51

Cracklin' Rosie 39 Crazy Jane 80

Crowded By Emptiness 92 Don't Play That Song 26 Down By The River 91

El Condor Pasa 97 89 Everybody's Got The Right To Love 14 Everything's Tuesday 86

Express Yourself 99 For Yasgur's Farm 90

Funk 85 Glory Glory 40

Go Back 77 God Love Rock And Roll 96

Going To The Country 66 Green Eyed Lady 58

Groovy Situation 18 Hand Me Down World 21

Hi De Ho 5 Higher And Higher 46

Am Your Little Boy 95 f You Let Me Make Love To You 27

Just Can't Help Believing 44 Know I'm Losing You 34 ndiana Wants Me 12

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t Ain't Easy 60 t's Only Make Believe 100 is Your Life 84

Want To Take You Higher 36 've Lost You 10

Who Have Nothing 17

Jean 41 Joanne 9

Julie Do Ya Love Me 6 Lay A Little Lovin' On Me 42

Lola 83 Lookin' Out My Back Door 4

Look What They've Done To My Song Ma 52 Lovin' You Baby 73

Make It With You 20 Mash 76

Me & Bobby McGee 16 Melanie Makes Me Smile 72

Mongoose 81 Moody Manitoba Morning 88

Morning Much Better 74 Neanderthal Man 43

Only You And I Know 35 On The Beach 68

Out In The Country 62 Overture From Tommy 23 Patches 24

Peace Will Come 30 Rainbow 55

Riki Tiki Tavi 37 Rubber Duckie 25

Screaming Night Hog 57 Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours 29 Silver Bird 69

Sing A Song For Freedom 22 Sly Slick & Wicked 47

Snowbird 8 Solitary Man 31

Spill The Wine 13 Stop (Wait A Minute) 94 Soul Shake 56

Summertime Blues 48 Sunday Morning Coming Down 59

Tell It All Brother 32 Ten Pound Note 11

Theme For Jody 71 Tighter & Tighter 53

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Uncle John's Band 87 War 2

We Can Make Music 93 Where Are You Going To My Love 70

Wigwam 28 Yankee Lady 54 Yellow River 33

You Can't Deny It 75

CANADIAN ARTIST BIO

CHRISTOPHER KEARNEY

APEX RECORDING ARTIST

From the rural heritage of Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson, and Joni Mitchell, a major new Canadian

artist is emerging. Born in Toronto December 6, 1948, Christopher

Kearney grew up in Northern On- tario. At the age of 17, he left home and hitch -hiked to the South-

ern United States. His first musi-

cal instrument was a banjo, which he bought in Dothan, Alabama.

Having spent all his money on the banjo, it was obviously time to learn to play it, which he did. He

drifted to California, where he survived playing guitar around the

San Francisco area. The lure of Expo '67 drew him

back to Canada, and he performed for Queen Elizabeth and Prince

Phillip in Ottawa. He went to St. John's Newfound-

land with his family, and stayed about a year. Wanderlust struck

again, and he returned to Cali- fornia where his reputation as a

performer/writer started to grow. He returned to Canada in Decem- ber 1969, and now lives in Mon-

treal, where he is a vital part of the local scene.

In June 1970, Early Morning Pro- ductions Limited signed him to

an exclusive contract, and produced his first single "Theme For Jody" and "Long Old Train".

Lee Armstrong of The Compo Company Ltd. (MCA) immediately

signed a distribution contract, and released the single on the

Apex label. An album is schedul- ed for the near future. Both tunes

were written by Kearney, who writes exclusively for Early Morn-

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NEW ALBUMSTHE GOOD OLD SONGSThe Vogues -Reprise -6395-PLay a gentle ear on thesesupreme showmen. They'llbring back a lot of oldmemories and stimulatesales among some of theoldsters (25 to 30). RichieValens' "Oh Donna", "SoThis Is Love", "Moody",and Leonard Cohen's "Hey,That's No Way To SayGoodbye".

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British blue-eyed soul forthose who dig more than animitation of the U.S. deepsouth variety. All selectionswith exception of WillieDixon's "Woman You NeedLove" penned by group.Bend an ear to the 0:39"Wet" followed by thesensitive "Keep On Walking".

SCHUMAN: KREISLERIANA& PIANO SONATA No. 2 Op.14Produced by Irving Glick atToronto's Massey Hall - ajoint venture by London Re-cords and the CanadianBroadcasting Corporation.Side 2 (Concerto withoutOrchestra) shows Kuerti'sexcellance at the keyboardwithout the usual backingwhich more than enhancesthis work.

LOVE COUNTRY STYLERay Charles -ABC -S 707-QNo use trying to impress youwith the warmth, deep downsouling of the master. Hemight just as well tack up aGold Disc, This isn't hisbest. He's always best. Per-haps the most hurtin' is theRadcliffe -Scott penning"Show Me The Sunshine"

ROD McKUEN'SGREATEST HITS -2Warner Bros -BS 2560-PShould be as successful asMcKuen's first volume ofhits. "Jean", "A ManAlone", "The BeautifulStrangers" and all the softsensitive McKuen soundsthat communicate so well.

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SHADES OF BLUEBette Graham

Birchmount-BM 571-MProduced at Damon SoundStudios (Edmonton) by BetteGraham Productions. Has al-ready received the nod fromseveral MOR stations. Pot-pourri of easy listening withwarm instrumental backingby Ken Jefferson Quartetplus two.

TRIP IN THE COUNTRYArea Code 615Polydor-2425 023-QWith proper exposure thiscould become one of the topsellers in the label's cata-logue. Heavy country, a littleswamp, cool blues and justan excellent package of goodthinkin' music without thewords. Top fare for allformats,

ALL TIME HITSThe Cowsil Is -MGM -GAS 103-MNew Golden Archive Seriesfrom Quality includes thisset by famed family. Containssome of the big ones: "TheRain, The Park & OtherThings", "Indian Lake","We Can Fly", "RiverBlue" and many others.Should be good market forGAS series,

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6 2 HAND ME DOWN WORLDGuess Who -Nimbus 9 -74.0 367-Ns(Winter) Expressions-BMI

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11 9BIG YELLOW TAXIJoni Mitchell -Reprise -0906-P(Joni Mitchell)

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13 15THEME FOR JODYChristopher Kearney -Apex --77113-J (Kearney)

14 18YOU CAN'T DENY ITEdward Bear -Capitol -72622 (Evor)

15 20CORRINA CORRINAKBB & Crowbar-Daffodil-DFS-1001-F (P.D.)

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Toronto Group Scene Comes Alive

Nothing succeeds like success. The Toronto group scene is coming alive once again. Some of the

owners of big clubs are now re- cognizing the potential draw of Canadian recording groups. Steel

River can claim much of this re- newed interest. Outside Toronto

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est shown by club owners. One of these is Montreal's Mashmakhan.

The big plus for the club owners, and hopefully it won't last long,

is the fact they can get the local variety of entertainment for less bucks. One group making their

club debut is Thecycle. They're playing the Cambridge Motor Hotel.

One of the big crowd pleasers, and that's hard to do with a boozy

over 25 group, is their "Canadian thing". They do a tidy medley of

songs made famous by Canadian disc groups from Little Caesar and The Consuls, Five Man Elec-

trical Band and right through to the Poppy Family and Guess Who. It's such an impressive bit they

received a standing ovation. The group has a single just off entitled

"Walkin' Along" and a solo deck, "Welcome To My Daydream", the

latter picking up good play on MOR stations. This one, with Paul

Craig, up front is showing signs of flipping to "Coat Of Colours".

Vancouver is also looking good for Canadian groups, both record

and club -wise. How about that big booster of native talent in Edmon-

ton? Kudos and Shalams - we knew you could do it, but why don't you let the rest of the world

in on your Canadian content ac- tivities. Nice to see so many of

Canada's programmers busting their butts in getting used to what

it will be like to be a pro -Cana- dian servant of the Canadian pub- lic. The big leader in Toronto

blew their chance to be the sa- viour of the airwaves and are be-

ing clobbered everyday by that little giant killer who, we under-

stand, will soon be given a power boost.

Now that the group scene is happening on its own, many of the dailies and weeklies are giving

more and more space to their local hopefuls. Perhaps some record

companies should take stock of their promotion men and look into

how much information they are making available to the rest of

the nation. London Records has a hot line to their Ontario office

where all information is put together and made available to the trade press. Individulas like Bruce

Bissell of Warner Bros and Barry Ryman of Capitol, both from Van-

couver, and Bobby Nickford, of Warner Bros (Montreal) keep up a steady flow of information and pits. It's not always used be-

cause of space restrictions - but they still submit. Local promotion men (Toronto) have, for the most

part, always been on the bit. RCA's man of the promotion hour,

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Scott Richards, is busy with big big disc happenings. The Copper

Penny have a foot in the door with "Stop (Wait A Minute)", now

established throughout Upper Canada. Simon Caine will soon release a heavy album produced

by George Semkiw. RCA is finally going to release a single from that great album release, "Images" by Lee Roy (Anderson). Winnipeg's

Mongrels will shortly bow the scene with their first single for RCA. They were discovered by

Randy Bachman, who also produced this lid. Bachman, himself,

is making good sales gains with his album, "Axe". One of Scott's

original beliefs, Bush, will soon release "I Can Hear You Calling"

from their Dunhill album release.

Moms & Dads Continue Edward Bear for Western Gains McNair Show

When the Mom and Dads first hit the disc scene of Alberta, little did Arnold Palmer realize he had one of the biggest sales sensa-

tions of the year. It was the biggest because Palmer and his

MCA's Lee Armstrong (left foreground) with famous Mom and Dads.

Record Service hustled the disc into every potential selling area

in the Province. Their "Rangers Waltz" chalked up more than 25,000 sales in less than a month. Their album, under the same title and carrying the Apex ban- ner, quickly tallied up a sale of

12,000 units over a three week period.

By the time the Mom and Dads were ready for their first appear- ance in the Province, their name was a household word. With

CFCW's (Camrose) country per- sonality, Bev Monroe, emceeing

the Lake View Pavilion show attendance records were shatter-

ed for their two shows. The Mom and Dads were almost

booked immediately for a couple of show - one at the Gardens

Ballroom in Calgary and Red Deer's Kinex Exhibition Hall.

Edward Bear, currently off the ground with their Capitol lid "You Can't Deny It", have been skedded

for a taping of the "Barbara McNair Show" during the latter part of

September.

The Bear have just returned from a successful swing through Canada 's

Western Provinces. They moved into Pembroke for an August 26th

date, followed by a one nighter, (28) at Ottawa's Le Hibou.

Coming up for the group is a tour of the Atlantic Provinces with

RCA's Tranquillity Base. They'll also be playing several dates in

Montreal. Bear are now being booked by Toronto's Music Factory.

Edson/Jasper `YR Lineup

Chuck Benson, production manager of CJYR Radio which serves the

Edson and Jasper, Alberta areas, sends along the current pn-air lineup at the station:

6 to 9a.m.-Max Williams 9 to noon-Gord Vance

Noon to 3 p.m.-Gordon Chandler 3 to 6 p.m.-Barry Richards 6 to 9 p.m.-Mike Gray 9 to 1 a.m.-Tony O'Coffey

Topping the 'YR chart is Steel River's "Ten Pound Note" with

Chilliwack's "Chain Train" mov- ing up to the No. 3 berth and the

Guess Who's "Hand Me Down World" listing at No. 4 and "House on

Soul Hill" close behind at No. 5. 'YR has also been doing a good job

of exposing the Mashmakhan single, "As the Years Go By".

Watch for the second Tuesday

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Stooges Pack 'Em InYou can tell something is happen-ing in New York City, in the courseof half an hour in the lobby of theChelsea Hotel. This week I sawlggy Stooge, Johnny Winter, EdgarWinter, Kris Kristofferson allnotorious underground and poppersonalities. The big event which

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drew them all was the opening ofthe Stooges at Ungano's-Ugano's is the only club in NewYork City where rock groups canplay. The Fillmore East is for con-certs, and there are no other clubsin New York as such. The badthing about Ugano's is that theycannot serve liquor, so there isnever much of a crowd there.But for the Stooges, it was packedall three nights, with fans and othermusicians. Some of the stars whoshowed up were: the Winter BrothersEdgar and Johnny, Miss Christineof the GTO's, Genya Ravan andTen Wheel Drive, and Miles Davis.There are a lot of people who donot understand the Stooges' music.They play a very special kind ofhigh-energy music which originatedin Detroit with groups like MC5.There is a lot of feedback and somelong, very strange cuts. But under-neath it all is the kind of rock androll that first turned us all on inhigh school.Iggy himself is outrageous. Heflings himself into the audience,crawls around, has been known torub peanut butter all over himself,

and raw meat....and throughout itall is totally compelling. Somepeople feel that he is ominous,terrifying, hostile. Others feel thathe is parodying Mick Jagger to theextreme. To me, Iggy is none ofthese. I think he is the embodimentof unisexual love and energy-andvery definitely taking Jagger oneor two steps further. Perhaps thegreatest thing about him is that hebecomes anything you want him tobe. The Stooges are one of the mostexciting acts I've ever seen. (Itwas almost too much to have themin New York at the same time asthe Velvet Underground was play-ing at Max's-what a choice). "FunHouse" is the title of the Stooges'new record, released on Elektra,and 1970 should be the year thatAmerica is ready for the Stooges.Greenwich Village also had a sortof revival last week, with twolegendary popular folk singersappearing in clubs there. LoudonWainright was at the Gaslight, andcharmed a devoted group of fanswith his haunting, ironic songs.Kris Kristofferson opened at theBitter End and had a surprise gui-

-tar player alongside- Zally Yanov-sky. Zally hasn't been around muchsince the Lovin' Spoonful days,and it was great to see him, he'salways been one of my favorites.Kris Kristofferson is quite a favor-ite with many here too, he is thecomposer of some great songs,including "Me and Bobby McGee"which everyone seems to be re-cording this year.Many rock groups complain aboutthe problems they have with recordcompanies, but very few groups doanything about controlling theirown product.Up, a high-energy group from theAnn Arbor area, have done justthis. They have released a single,"Just Like An Aborigine" by them-

selves, with their own companysupervising everything from therecording and pressing to the art-work on the cover. The song wasbacked with "Hassan I Sabbah"which they say is the anthem ofthe new revolution.The group's members are: FrankBach, singer; Bob Rasmussen,lead guitar; Gary Rasmussen, bass;and Scott Bailey, drummer. Theyare managed by Dave Sinclair,brother of John Sinclair, who isthe leader of the White PantherParty, currently serving a jail termfor possession of marijuana. JohnSinclair wrote the liner notes forthe disc from prison.According to Dave Sinclair, "Fromthe outset, we wanted to make arecord that would render the totalon-stage power of the Up with com-plete clarity and listenability, andat the same time have good com-mercial appeal. Though "Aborigine"and "Hassan I Sabbah" was ourfirst recording try, we were posi-tively excited about our results."The Upsters plan to develop theirwholly -owned Sundance label intowhat will eventually be a nationalcommercial outlet for what they call"the real music, no matter whereit comes from." If you want to getthe record, or information aboutthe group, write to Up Rock andRoll Company, 1520 Hill Street,Ann Arbor Michigan.Bill Graham is having an auctionon October 12th to benefit peacecandidates running for electionthis fall in the U.S. All sorts ofrock memorabilia will be auctionedoff, including one of Pete Town-shend's mutilated guitars, MickJagger's rose petals, Ian Anderson'sflute, and many other items. Fill -more staff members are combingthe country for other interesting

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television film crew moved gin- rly in and out of the crowd, can- ng one of the hottest television

operties to come out of Toronto. pis claim was backed almost

imediately after the CBC TV Kremlin" crew had a look at the

kn. They've bought the rights for levising in January.

ternational disc biggies have so moved in with Atlantic Records

gypping a deal for a U.S. release. aronto newspapers showed rare

rm in covering the event. The .obe and Mail referred to the ses-

on as "Belting out love music". ter Four's (Telegram) Rona

asen reported, "a ceremonious mosphere, at times subtle, but

are often vibrating with excite- mt."

?rhaps the best coverage came am Peter Donato of the Missis-

,gua Times who headlined his ece, "The sound of music in St. lul's Church". He found that

riday night, April 3, people, iuipment, and a feeling of together-

ss and peace erupted St. Paul's mastic tranquility and added edence to the belief that people

all colours and of all ages can t together for the common pur-

Ise of spreading a message rough the medium of music."

le stage is now set. The sound taped and the mixing is corn- eted. Audience excitement and

rticipation is extremely difficult mike, particularly when you

,ve a strong lead voice and top- ted instrumental backing. Con-

.ntration on these two areas have 1 but destroyed the "live" effect

some recordings and it is hoped :tra care is taken to include the

Irmth and sincerity of the St. lul's well-wishers.

TOP 50 Zi;;171

COUNTRY 1 2 EVERYTHING A MAN

COULD EVER NEED Glen Campbell -Capitol -1260-F

2 3 ME AND BOBBY McGEE Gordon Lightfoot

Reprise -0926-P

VD

3 4 COUNTRYFIED Dick Damron-Apex-77110-J

(Damron) BMI

4 1 SNOWBIRD Anne Murray -Capitol -7 2623-F

(Maclellan) Beechwood-BMI

5 5 YOU WANNA GIVE ME A LIFT

Loretta Lynn-Decca-23693-J

6 15 FOR THE GOOD TIMES Ray Price -Columbia -45178-H

7 13 MULE SKINNER BLUES Dolly Parton -RCA -9863-N

8 14 ODE TO SUBURBIA Bob Smith -Apex -77112-J

(Smith) BMI

9 17 WONDERS OF THE WINE David Houston -Epic -10643-H

10 10 TELL ME MY LYING EYES ARE WRONG George Jones-Musicor-1408-J

11 6 COOL GREEN WATERS Donna Ramsay -Capitol -72608-F

(Walker) Central-BMI

12 12 FORTUNATE SON Rainvilles-Melbourne-3359-K

13 16 THE WHOLE WORLD COMES TO ME

Jack Greene-Decca-32699-J

14 18 ALL FOR THE LOVE OF SUNSHINE

Hank Williams Jr -MGM -14152-M

15 7 PICKIN° UP THE PIECES Mercey Brothers

Col umb i a -C4-29 29-H

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17 8 IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE

(With A Honky Tonk Girl) Faron Young -Mercury -73065-K

18 29 SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

Johnny Cash Columbia -45211-H

19 19 THESE THINGS Mike Graham -Rodeo -3336-K

(Graham) BMI

20 24 DADDY WAS AN OLD TIME PREACHER MAN Porter Wagoner/Dolly Parton

RCA -9875-N

21 21 DON'T KEEP ME HANGIN' ON

Sonny James -Capitol -2834-F

22 11 SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER

Bill Anderson/Jan Howard Decca-32689-J

23 31 HEAVEN EVERYDAY Mel Tillis/Statesiders

MGM -14148-M

24 35 SALUTE TO A SWITCHBLADE

Tom T.Hall-Mercury-30778-K

25 33 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

Doug Kershaw Warner Bros -7413-P

26 39 THE BALLAD OF MUK TUK ANNIE

Jimmy Arthur Ordge Damon -009-J

34 THIS NIGHT (Ain't Fit For Nothing But Drinking)

Dave Dudley -Mercury -73089-K

28 40 ONE MORE TIME BILLY BROWN

Burl Ives -Bell -75014-M

29 22 KETCHUP SONG Tom Connors -Dominion -115-E

(Connors) Crown Detch-CAPAC

30 23 I WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE? Charley Pride -RCA -9855-N

31 36 BILOXI Kenny Price -RCA -9869-N

34 47 THERE MUST BE MORE TO LOVE THAN THIS

Jerry Lee Lewis Mercury -73099-K

32 42 EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT

Claude Gray-Decc a

-32697-J

16 9 TRUCKER'S CAFE P

33 45 BACK WHERE IT'S AT Great Speckled BirdGeorge Hamilton IV

Ampex -11006-V RCA -9890-N (Sylvia Fricker Tyson)

35 49 HOW I GOT TO MEMPHIS Bobby Bare -Mercury -73097-K

36 37 BIG WINDOW Tony White -Columbia

Columbia -C4 2926-H (White)

37 48 ANGELS DON'T LIE Jim Reeves -RCA -9880-N

38 50 THE TAKER Waylon Jennings -RCA -9885-N

39 46 I'M EASY COME EASY GO

Joey Gregorash-Polydor 2065023-0 (Gregorash-Lampe)

40 44 A BIG MAN

Harry Rusk -Dominion -122-E (Jackson) Time Being-BMI

41 32 I'M YOUR PUPPET Dianne Leigh -Chart -5079-L

©A

42 43 UNCLE PEN Blake Fordham/Crowbar

London -17 385-K (Monroe)

43 GOT NO MIND FOR ANOTHER

Jim Caplette-Big Chief 6912-E (Thompson)BMI

44 THE GREAT WHITE HORSE

Buck Owens/Susan Raye Capitol -2871-F

45 DON'T TELL ME A RICH MAN CAN'T CRY -Michael

Sirman/Green Steel Bridge Aragon -411 (Thompson)

46 MONA LISA Dan Beaudry-Big Chief -6913-E

47 RUN WOMAN, RUN Tammy Wynette-Epic-10653-H

48 NO LOVE AT ALL Lynn Anderson

Columbia -45190-H

49 SOUTH Roger Miller -Mercury -7310 2-K

50 .0. KINGDOM OF MY MIND

Johnny Burke -Caribou -8401-E (Rowsell) Morning Music-CAPAC

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Ne're All in This Together" (pen -

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his first single release

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"Sunday & Friends Ze]The CBC Radio network's "Sunda3and Friends" made an effort togive first hand coverage in a re-cent in-depth report on the Canadiarecording scene. August 23rd wasthe date, and the show was hostedby Wayne Grigsby and Doug Len -

Big Mother Promo"Does it" to Van.RCA's "Big Mother" promo reallygave a boost to the company's business in Vancouver, according to areport from Rich Simons, PromotionCoordinator for RCA Ltd. Promosbacking the sale were carried by almajor rock outlets including CKVN,Vancouver's sky -rocketing hardrock station. All the D.J.'s, TerryDavid Mulligan, Tim Burge, FredLatrimouille, Hal Weaver and BrenTraff, did the trick in pushing"Big Mother" both in sales and inresponse to the tie-in contest. Ideaof the contest was for listeners tosubmit their conception of "BigMother" in virtually any form.Simons says they got exactly that.Winner of the grand prize, picked ulthe entire one hundred and fifty LPRCA rock library.

Curtiss Signs WithCaprioOne of the first Canadian countrysignings for the Caprio Agency,is Dominion recording artist, ClintCurtiss and the Clintsmen. Curtisspicked up national recognition withhis Dominion release of "There'sNo Price Tag on the Doors in New-foundland", and has been playingthe club circuit throughout UpperCanada.Curtiss and his group moved intothe Kemptville Hotel for a two-weekrun (Aug 24) and will be headingfor Japan in the latter part of thisyear. His record releases will moveinto the gospel/country vein.Caprio is headed up by Hal Kent,and is the only agency in Canadadealing exclusively with gospel/rock/country groups.

The deadline for ads

in RPM is NOW

TUESDAY NOON

RPM's offices are closed every Friday

A&M Offers Extra Dealer Discount

A&M Records are offering an extra discount to dealers who merchan-

dise, promote and display the label's product in their stores from

September 1st through the 30th. This promotion includes all A&M

product in the current catalogue but does not include the new album re-

leases of Joe Cocker, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" or "Close to You"

by the Carpenters. Gerry Lacoursiere, managing direc-

tor of the Canadian operation, has offered several display aids to the

dealers. These include: 1) Full colour consumer catalogues to be offered to customers by the

dealer. 2) Stand-up displays. The dealer

can make a choice of "good music" displays ("Greatest Hits", "Burt

Bacharach" etc.) or contemporary displays, featuring such artists as

Joe Cocker, Blodwyn Pig, The Move, Procol Harum, Flying Bur-

rito Brothers etc.) 3) New and colourful A&M slicks

showing the complete A&M catalogue.

4) Permanent plastic A&M divider cards featuring more than twenty

artists as well as the "Greatest Hits".

5) Easels on the big sellers. 6) Joe Cocker buttons depicting

his latest release. 7) Full colour posters on the "Mad

Dogs and Englishmen" LP.

8) A&M "Greatest Hits" racks. 9) Radio spots and ad mats for

localized advertising have been supplied to A&M distribs across Canada.

Lacoursiere has also arranged for an A&M "mystery shopper" to

visit stores across Canada award- ing special prizes to the store

owner or retail clerk who is doing his A&M bit at the time of the

"mystery shopper's" visit.

It's expected that Yorke will ex- pand his journalistic duties on

the consumer level and is now considering several new avenues.

Mailing pieces

are OUT !

An ad is IN RPM Weekly

Parrot Bows Reno Deck

Ginette Reno, one of Canada's most successful recording artists, has just returned from the UK with her next Parrot single, "Beautiful

Second Hand Man" (PAR 453).

Les Reed, noted British composer/ producer, has taken over the pro-

duction duties for Miss Reno's recording sessions. She will also

depend, for the most part, on Reed compositions. It was Reed who

penned this new Reno lid.

Miss Reno, voted Top Female Vocalist in the RPM poll for

1969, has experienced much success with her album release (PAS 71032) and her most recent

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ned by Mike McQueen of the Cat), is the plug side with the flip,

"Freedom Train" (a co -effort by deNottbeck and McPeek).Release

will be on the Nimbus 9 label distributed by RCA. Supplying instrumental backup were: Gord Waszek

and Dave Cairns of the Leigh Ashford Group, Kim Mitchell of the recently formed Zoom and George Semkiw and Jim Morgan from RCA's

recording studios.

POP WIRE continued from page 20

items such as Janis Joplin's fur hat, Keith Moon's drum sticks, and

a discarded Johnny Winter guitar. If you know of where any rock

goodies might be located, and want to help peace, contact the Fill -

more. They hope to raise over ten thousand dollars for the cause.

Tom Paxton has signed with Warners/Reprise. Just after he sign-

ed with them, Elektra Records, his former company, was bought by the

same people who own Warners, the Kinney Parking Lot folks. How-

ever, this does not mean that his new company is the same as his old

company-Elektra is going to be continued to be run by the same

people who did it before, and com- pletely independently.

Led Zeppelin members, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, were seen

around New York last week. Both have beards now, and Page's hair

is a lot shorter than when last seen. The group had to cancel some concert dates because John Paul

Jones' father passed away, but they will be in New York at

Madison Square Garden for two concerts September 19th.

James Taylor will be seen soon in a film entitled "TwoLaneBlack-

top", but won't do any singing. The movie is being shot in Los

Angeles, and then will wend its way south to Memphis.

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the new CMID ?

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record for two weeks after it was rejected by the MLS, but encounter-

ed no adverse reaction when it was dropped. On the other hand, CHUM

played it frequently and it is now number eighteen on their chart, I

believe." Now that the CRTC has actually

passed content legislation, those members of the system who joined

to forestall such legislation, have no reason for remaining involved.

The members who joined with good intentions about helping Canadian

music, are becoming progressively less enamoured with the MLS. The

potential seeds of destruction have been sown.

"If any station pulls out now, I know five or six other stations will

follow." a member revealed. "In- stead of improving, relations are

growing worse. It is a shame that the system may fail.

"Canadian music will still be successful even without the MLS, be-

cause Canadian musicians are too good to be ignored. But the system

could make things so much easier for them. "If the system fails, the big losers

will be the Canadian musicians." But even if the system does fail,

many feel the CRTC's 30% regulations will assure Canadian musicians can only be WINNERS!

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The 1967 Monterey InternationalPop Festival on Records At Last.

Otis RedcingThe Jirni Hendrix Experience

WO-well, a lot really-but two special perform-ances we remember from those suspenseful but warmblack nights.

Saturday night and the only man who could climax awhole day and evening of performances by the best rockand roll had to offer: Otis Redding. He was an awakeningfor most of us because we had been innocently white andblack was Chubby Checker or Leadbelly or the Supremes,but not yet Memphis. And here, before all us long haircreeps, stood this giant physical singer in his cornballgreen glow suit. And he stood us up straight, because itwas Respect and Satisfaction and Shake and Try a LittleTenderness and I've Been Loving You Too Long and wehad never seen that kind of energy beaming from one per-son for so long.

We'd never had this before us on a stage. We'd neverbefore been had so good. It was our first pro game.

They had to turn on the lights to put on the brakes thatnight. And walking out of the Fair Grounds in Montereythat night-past the fires in the trash cans and out into themist-was like early high school when we'd just won thehomecoming game and were world champs.

And then there was Sunday night, too.A purple -dressed black man with a fuchsia boa, who

played guitar with his teeth, behind his back, played it likea bedeviled yo-yo. Who dropped to his knees, sprayedRonson lighter fluid on his guitar, and gadzooks lit it up.

That was discovering Jimi Hendrix when it was a newExperience, when we were really younger, even beforeJimi went out as the supporting act to the Monkees.

And we were there as Jimi and Mitch and Noel drove usthrough Rock Me, Baby and Can You See Me and Like aRolling Stone and Wild Thing.

And it was our first honeymoon night with whatwe wouldlater try to call an Aquarian Age.

Time has passed now. Our world has never since beenso right.

It is wrong, though, to think of those light misty nightsin 1967 Monterey as history. Until we heard those tapesplayed back recently, we feared innocence might trick ourmemory.

But no. Yes we were young and yes eager, with a blos-soming awareness.

But they still are real, those nights.Thank you, Lou Adler,for recording it all, and with a fidelity incredible in its fore -planning.

Both performances-Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding-form the honeymoon night of your life. In one new albumcalled OTIS REDDING/JIMI HENDRIX/HISTORIC PER-FORMANCES RECORDED AT THE MONTEREY INTER-NATIONAL POP FESTIVAL.

The album has just been issued.It is on Reprise Records (#2029).On Reprise, where it belongs.

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