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a w $1.75 ART AND RECORDINGS DEPARTMENT .mwwwwwwwwww w, w \rwwwv-- National Record Mart Pricing Policy Cover Artists: SUPERTRAM London Moves To Progress In Chicago New Orleans Market Analysis Decision In NY Tel/PSC Case More CBS Convention Highlights Testimony At L.A. Perf. Rights Hearings Island To Relocate To New York KMEL Affects S.F. Radio Mkt. The Obligatory Encore (Ed) www.americanradiohistory.com "_ove Gone By" is tie fastest -growing single Dan FDgelberg's ever had, and it looks like it'll be with us for awhile. BLit that's no surprise when yoL consider the album it comes from. .E 4,81=Netherlands" is the bigcest album of Dan's career. In its fi -st v.reek of release i- was the most added FM album in the coun-'y. In just a fewwccks t went gold-faster than Dan's tvo previous gold albums. Dan Fogelberg t- as achievec airplay and sales success at almost every format. Ncw he's addiig Top 40 to the list. Dan Fogelberg's breakthrough single, 'Love Gone By." On Full Moon/Epic Records. Produced by Dan Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam. A Full Moon P-cdLction Full Moon is a trademark of Ful Moon Productions. Direction: Iry Azof Front Line Maiagement 8380 Melrose Ave_ Los Angeles, Ca. 90048 Agency Represen.ration: The Housard Rose agency, Ltd. *Also available on tape. www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY VOLUME XXXIX - NUMBER 13 - August 13, 1977 GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher cash box editorial GARY COHEN Editor In Chief J. B. CARMICLE General Manager, East Coast JULIAN SHAPIRO Editor, East Coast East Coast Editorial PHIL DIMAURO KEN TERRY CHARLES PAIKERT MARK MEHLER West Coast Editorial The Obligatory DAVE FULTON, Assistant Editor Encore CHUCK COMSTOCK ALAN SUTTON RANDY LEWIS After completing a recent JEFF CROSSAN concert, jazz pianist Keith Jarrett took ten minutes to JEFFREY WEBER explain to the screaming JOE NAZEL and whistling audience his reasons for not wanting to TERRY FULLERTON perform an encore. Comparing the concert to a dinner, Jarrett reprimanded the West Coast Advertising crowd for demanding Research dessert after an enjoyable entree, and added that this was a HOWARD LOWELL standard practice of American concert -goers. Jarrett BOB SPEISMAN remarked quite seriously, LARRY CARLAT "I've enjoyed what I played tonight. Can't we just leave GENE MAHLER it at that?" JEFF RAY There is little doubt that American audiences DAN SEIDEN are spoiled and now expect an CATHY WEIDMAN encore instead of being treated to one. Rarely BILL FEASTER will an act avoid giving "dessert" BETSY IRVINE regardless of the crowd response. In TIM WILLIAMS fact, the encore of today is more the rule than KEN KIRKWOOD the exception. MARK ALDERMAN Coin Machine Managers and promoters pencil in extra time for encores for nearly every Chicago concert. The acts utilize the CAMILLE COMPASIO, Manager encore to give a medley of greatest hits and/or preview Art Director a new song. And the crowd stands patiently waiting to see how long it will take for WOODY HARDING the group or performer to return to the Circulation stage; they want as much for their money as THERESA TORTOSA they can get. Manager It is PUBLICATION OFFICES also interesting to note how each act handles the encore. Led Zeppelin NEW YORK performed 119 West 57th. N.Y., N.Y. 10019 for nearly four hours at a recent engagement, let the audience stand and Phone: (2121 586-2640 Cable Address: Cash Box N.Y. go wild for a lengthy seven minutes and then returned for a very brief greatest hits CALIFORNIA 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) medley. Most other groups are much quicker to get back on the stage Hollywood. Ca. 90028 and keep the Phone: (213) 464-8241 momentum going. NASHVILLE JIM SHARP The point is that many groups on tour do give CARMEN ADAMS exceptional performances and LOLA SCOBEY deserve the crowd adulation, 21 Music Circle East, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 but audiences are no longer discriminating. Encores Phone: (615) 244-2898 are now scripted losing CHICAGO ... the spontaneity that they once represented. CAMILLE COMPASIO Keith Jarrett 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, III. 60602 put it succinctly from the performers' viewpoint: "The music tells me Phone: (312) 346-7272 when to WASHINGTON, D.C. stop." JOANNE OSTROW 4201 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington. D.C. 20016 ENGLAND - ROB THORNE 97 Uxbridge Rd., London W.12 Phone: 01-749-6724 ARGENTINA - MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Belgrano 3252. Piso 4 "B" Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: 89-6796 BRAZIL - H. GANDELMAN Av. Rio Branco. 156 Sala 627 Rio de Janeiro RJ CANADA - DAVID FARRELL 1946 Bioor St. W. Apt. 14 Toronto. Ontario, Canada M6P 3K9 Phone: (4161 766-5978 HOLLAND - PAUL ACKET P.O. Box 11621 (Prinsessegracht 3). The Hague Phone: (70) 624621. Telex: 33083 ITALY - GABRIELE G. ABBATE Viale A, Doria 10, 20124 Milano BELGIUM - ETIENNE SMET Postbus 56. B-2700 Sint-Niklaas Phone: (03) 76-54-39 AUSTRALIA - PETER SMITH 6 Murillo Crt., Doncaster NUMBER ONE Victoria. Australia 3108 Phone: 848-7878 SINGLE OF THE WEEK JAPAN - Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO I JUST WANT TO BE 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi, Minato -Ku. Tokyo Phone: 504-1651 YOUR EVERYTHING Editorial Mgr., FUMIYO TACHIBANA ANDY GIBB 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi, Minato -Ku, Tokyo Phone: 504-1651 RSO/Polydor 872 FRANCE - CLAUDE EM MONNET Writer: Barry Gibb 262 bis Rue des Pyrenees Paris, France 75020 Phone: 797-4261 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $70 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX, 119 West 57th St.. New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., and ad- ditional mailing offices. NUMBER ONE Copyright 1977 by The Cash Box Publishing Co.. ALBUM OF THE WEEK Inc. All rights reserved, Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. RUMOURS POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX. FLEETWOOD MAC 119 West 57th St.. New York. N.Y. 10019. J Warner Brothers BSK 3010 www.americanradiohistory.com r C4SH BOX OP 100 S \GLES August 1 Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 8/6 7/30 Chart 8/6 7/30 Chart 8/6 7/30 Chart 68 SING IT, SHOUT IT 1 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR 36 DON'T WORRY BABY (Capitol 4434) ALM 54 53 9 B J. THOMAS (MCA 40735) ALM 50 65 STARZ EVERYTHING 69 LADY (PUT THE LIGHT ON ANDY GIBB (RSO 872) WB 1 1 17 37 KEEP IT COMING LOVE KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND (TK 1023) CPP 53 70 ME) 2 BEST OF MY LOVE BROWNSVILLE STATION WB 3 14 9 (I THE DAYS EMOTIONS (Columbia 3-10544) 38 REMEMBER (Private Stock PS 45149) WB 48 44 12 3 WHATCHA GONNA DO? OF THE) OLD SCHOOL DEEP (A&M 1920-S) ALM 4 6 19 70 LOVE'S GROWN PABLO CRUISE YARD KENNY NOLAN (20th Century TC -2331) B-3 65 47 19 4 UNDERCOVER ANGEL CAT STEVENS (A&M 1948S) CPP 40 56 WB 2 3 20 71 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE ALAN O'DAY (Pacific/Atlantic PC 001) 39 EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE EAGLES (Asylum 45 403) WB 67 52 14 49 64 5 YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED BEE GEES (RSO 880) WB 72 IN THE MIDDLE 40 MARGARITAVILLE TIM MOORE (Asylum 45394) CH 76 80 6 ME (HIGHER AND HIGHER 24 2 RITA COOLIDGE (A&M 1922) W 6 8 15 JIMMY BUFFETT (ABC AB 12254) WB 33 73 I FEEL LOVE 41 HIGH SCHOOL DANCE DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca NB 884) 84 - 2 6 EASY 18 COMMODORES (Motown M1418) CPP 8 15 12 THE SYLVERS (Capitol 4405) 35 32 74 I BELIEVE IN LOVE TO 42 WAY DOWN KENNY LOGGINS (Columbia 10569) WB 77 84 5 7 MY HEART BELONGS ALM 43 46 ELVIS PRESLEY (RCA 10998) 75 I'M DREAMING ME 87 4 BRA STREISAND (Columbia 3-10555) B-3 5 5 13 43 SUNFLOWER JENNIFER WARNES (Arista 252) ALM 80 GLEN CAMPBELL (Capitol 4445) WB 51 57 8 YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN 76 LOVE GONE BY 44 HARD ROCK CAFE DAN FOGELBERG (Full Moon/Epic 50412) 81 86 5 MAGIC CAROLE KING (Capitol 4455) CPP 57 68 BAY CITY ROLLERS (Arista AS0256) ALM 9 10 11 77 HELP IS ON THE WAY 45 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS LITTLE RIVER BAND (Capitol 4428) 83 89 3 9 YOU AND ME HOT (Big Tree/Atlantic BT 16085) CPP 39 37 27 ALICE COOPER (Warner Bros WBS 8349) WB 11 12 17 78 DOWN THE HALL 46 STAR WARS THEME FOUR SEASONS (Warner/Curb 8407) CPP 82 88 4 10 JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO MECO (Millennium/Casablanca 604) CPP 60 75 CROSBY, STILLS & NASH (Atlantic 3401) WB 14 20 12 79 I BELIEVE YOU 47 A REAL MOTHER DOROTHY MOORE (Malaco/TK 1042) 86 90 4 11 BARRACUDA JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON HEART (Portrait/CBS 6-70004) WB 13 16 12 (DJM/Amherst DJUS 1024) 55 59 80 DAYTIME FRIENDS KENNY ROGERS (United Artists UA XW 1027) 92 2 12 HANDY MAN 48 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A JAMES TAYLOR (Columbia 8-10557) B-3 15 19 10 81 HURRY SUNDOWN SONG OUTLAWS (Arista AS -0258) WB 85 91 5 13 FLOAT ON RONNIE MILSAP (RCA PB -10976) ALM/CPP 58 69 THE FLOATERS (ABC 12284) CPP 21 30 8 82 DEVIL'S GUN 5 49 JUNGLE LOVE C J & CO. (Westbound/Atlantic WB 55400) WB 87 92 14 HOW MUCH LOVE STEVE MILLER BAND (Capitol 4466) 73 LEO SAYER (WB WBS 8319) CPP/ALM 19 25 6 83 HEAVEN IS ON THE 50 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER 15 BLACK BETTY CARLY SIMON (Elektra 45413) B-3 61 74 SEVENTH FLOOR RAM JAM (Epic 8-50357) 18 22 11 PAUL NICHOLAS (RSO/RS 878) - 51 THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL TO BE 16 GIVE A LITTLE BIT SHAUN CASSIDY (WB/Curb 8423) WB 62 77 84 I WOULDN'T WANT SUPERTRAMP (A&M 1938) ALM 20 23 14 LIKE YOU 52 JET AIRLINER (Arista AS 0260) 1 17 DON'T STOP STEVE MILLER BAND (Capitol 3424) WB 29 21 16 ALAN PARSONS - WBS 8413) CPP 23 29 6 FLEETWOOD MAC (WB 53 LONELY BOY 85 NOTHING BUT A BREEZE 18 TELEPHONE LINE ANDREW GOLD (Elektra E45384) WB 37 27 JESSE WINCHESTER ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (Bearsville/WB BSF 0318) WB 91 - 2 22 26 9 ROCK AND ROLL NEVER (United Artists/Jet 1000) B-3 54 86 INDIAN SUMMER FORGETS POCO (ABC AB 12295) 88 95 4 19 I'M IN YOU 56 58 PETER FRAMPTON (A&M 1941) ALM 7 2 12 BOB SEGER (Capitol 4449) CPP 87 IT'S UNCANNY 20 YOU'RE MY WORLD 55 LITTLE DARLING (I NEED HALL & OATES (Atlantic 3397) CH 89 96 3 HELEN REDDY (Capitol 4418) CH/B-3 16 17 16 YOU) 88 DON'T IT MAKE MY 21 SMOKE FROM A DISTANT THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (WB 8408) CPP 63 71 BROWN EYES BLUE FIRE 56 SO YOU WIN AGAIN CRYSTAL GAYLE THE SANFORD-TOWNSEND BAND HOT CHOCOLATE (United Artists UA XW 1016) B-3 93 2 CH 27 34 8 (Big Tree/Atlantic BT 16096) WB 59 62 (Warner Bros.