ICD 08120 HO V=.r. (:)r;D LOE06 <0 4<-12, t' 1d V AiNE3'c:0 AlNClh 71. MW S47L9 TOO, £L6LII.000 7HS68 >< .. , . , 906 lIOIa-C : , ©ORMAN= $ SPfCl/I f011I0M Follows page 40 R VOLUME 99 NO. 47 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT November 21, 1987/$3.95 (U.S.), $5 (CAN.) CBS /Fox Seeks Copy Depth Many At Coin Meet See 45s As Strong Survivor with `Predator' two -Pack CD Jukeboxes Are Getting Big Play "Predator" two-pack is Jan. 21; indi- and one leading manufacturer Operators Assn. Expo '87, held here BY AL STEWART vidual copies will be available at re- BY MOIRA McCORMICK makes nothing else. Also on the rise Nov. 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency Chi- NEW YORK CBS /Fox Home Vid- tail beginning Feb. 1. CHICAGO While the majority of are video jukeboxes, some using la- cago. More than 7,000 people at- eo will test a novel packaging and According to a major -distributor jukebox manufacturers are confi- ser technology, that manufacturers tended the confab, which featured pricing plan in January, aimed at re- source, the two -pack is likely to be dent that the vinyl 45 will remain a say are steadily gaining in populari- 185 exhibits of amusement, music, lieving what it calls a "critical offered to dealers for a wholesale viable configuration for their indus- ty. and vending equipment. depth -of-copy problem" in the rent- price of $98.99. Single copies, which try, most are beginning to experi- Those were the conclusions Approximately 110,000 of the al market. The move comes in re- (Continued on page 78) ment with compact disk jukeboxes, drawn at the Amusement and Music 250,000 jukeboxes in the U.S. are sponse to what the company de- AMOA- affiliated, and that group scribes as a lack of growth in sales purchased 18 million of the 46 mil- of hit titles. lion 45s sold to the American juke- Under the plan, CBS /Fox will of- future? box industry in 1986, according to fer the Arnold Schwarzenegger ac- Is CBS DAT Software In Sony AMOA communications manager tion feature "Predator" at a re- if Sony buys the world's largest rec- wished to thrust DAT on the record Fred Newton. Consequently, the duced price, but only if dealers buy BY KEN TERRY ord company, it will quickly move to business by aggressively promoting fate of the declining 45 configura- a specially designed package con- NEW YORK With Sony poised to break the deadlock over DAT. But the technology through CBS, the tion depends, to a large extent, on taining two copies of the movie. A take over CBS Records (see story, other record and audio business ex- company would have to consider the decisions made by AMOA members. dealer who intends to purchase a page 3), the question of whether the ecutives argue that Sony wants to repercussions of such a move on its All of the five major jukebox single copy of the film must wait at giant electronics firm would place acquire CBS for many reasons oth- software side, according to these manufacturers were represented: least 10 days after the two-pack is CBS' vast repertoire on digital au- er than the furtherance of its DAT executives. No. 2- ranked Seeburg exhibited released. The street date for the diotape assumes new significance. plans. Bhaskar Menon, chairman of (Continued on page 81) Some industry observers feel that Even if Sony's hardware side (Continued on page 72) Big Labels Wary ADVERTISEMENTS Special -Interest Of Mini -CDs As Videos Compete A &M Plans Push For AVC Awards LOS ANGELES A total of 84 videos BY GEOFF MAYFIELD in 21 special -interest categories rang- NEW YORK Most major labels are ing from documentary to comedy reluctant to produce 3 -inch compact have been named as the finalists in disks as a retail product within the the first American Video Conference immediate future, although A &M Awards competition. The awards are plans to break from the pack with an believed to be the first devoted exclu- initial release during the first quarter sively to the special- interest market. of next year. Winners will be announced at a "I think you have to try it and deal closing -night gala capping the first with it," says David Steffen, A &M se- American Video Conference. The con- nior vice president of sales. He hints ference is being held Thursday to that A &M might have marketed such Saturday (19 -21) at the Hollywood disks sooner, but the company was Roosevelt Hotel here. Hosted by comedian/actor Martin concerned there might not be enough One of the classic voices of the 80's -GLENN JONES. Hot on the It s Better To Travel with Swing Out Sister. Their 1st single Mull, the awards banquet will also adapters -which make the 3- inchers heels of his Nc 1 R&B hit, "We've Only Just Begun," comes "OH "Breakout" was a multi- format chartbuster: Top 10 Pop & Dance compatible with conventional CD GIRL" 5364 -7,J, a song destined to become a classic all over darts; No. 1 A /C; Power Rotation VH1; Heavy Rotation MN. honor 15 winners in the ninth annual players -available on the market. again. "GLENN JONES" 1062 -1-J. The Jones to keep up with -on "Twilight World" (888 484 -7) is their next smash sngle. The Billboard Video Music Awards com- for it on all vidlao outlets! "It's Steffen says the label has a history tour with Barkeys, Levert and The Force M.D.'s. Jive /RCA. vxleo world premiered 11/13-watch petition (Billboard, Nov. 4). Better To Travel" (832 213 -1) on Mercury CD's, Cassettes & (Continued on page 58) i (Continued on page 80) Fecords. 1111111111 "I've taken the tonic each and every day, basking - at least once every four hours - in its cleaning sensual sway, caught up in the undiminished rapture of a classic pop song. In an ideal world, `No Conversation' would be available on the National Health." 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A spokesman at Sony declined not surprised to see negotiations Completion of the deal is expected comment Nov. 11 on the negotia- CAPITOL'S SIMON SAYS dragging on in the proposed sale of next year, when the U.S. corporate tions except to say that to "my to Sony tax rate is scheduled to fall as a re- knowledge, nothing has changed" Simon Potts, Capitol's senior vice president of a&r worldwide, commutes the CBS Records Group Corp. CBS announced Nov. 11 that sult of tax- reform legislation passed since the two parties resumed dis- in his for new talent. In this between Los Angeles and London quest the board had adjourned its regular in 1986. cussions in late October (Billboard, week's One To One,' Potts discusses his job with talent editor Steve monthly meeting without taking ac- CBS chief financial officer Fred Nov. 7). CBS officials declined to Gett. Page 20 tion on Sony's offer, as no agree- Meyer recently told The Wall Street elaborate on the company state- ment had been presented for board Journal he believes there's a 70% ment. Country Record Sales Brisk In October approval. Record retailers say country records sold briskly in October, thanks to Observers point to the complexity of the approximately $2 billion plenty of promotional support from the Na- the CMA awards show and transaction and the number of fi- tional Assn. of Record Merchandisers. Ed Morris reports. Page 32 nancial issues still to be ironed out Can U Guess Who's New 2 by lawyers and accountants. BON JOVI VIDEO Analysts say the major sticking Initial shipments of Bon Jovi's new longform video, "Slippery When Wet: point is the nature of the deal itself.