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Music -Record -Tape Newsweekly CARTRIDGE TV PAGE 33 HOT 100 PAGE 58 0 TOP LP'S PAGES 60, 62 RCA Bows 'Compatible' Anti -Piracy Legal Pot Boils Over; Discrete Disk Concept Court Upholds State Laws By CLAUDE HALL By RADCLIFFE JOE and PAUL JAULUS NEW YORK - RCA Records. who wenttothe matrix system SAN FRANCISCO-The Ninth ant's claim of a "right to copy" DALLAS-The first decision in whichunveils its long-awaited did so only because they'd been Circuit Court of Appeals here has was in no way supported by the fourfederaldistrictcourtsuits, quadrasonic albuminMay,will ledtobelieveadiscrete system ruled that payment of compulsory cases cited. challengingtheconstitutionality begin a massive campaign to line wouldn't be available for three to mechanical royalties as stipulated The court observed, "The de- andlegality ofstatestatutes up otherlabelsfor the discrete four years." in the Copyright Act of 1909, does fendantmayrecordappellants' against record and tape piracy, was album systemstartingaround Compatibility Factor notautomaticallylegitimizethe (Continued on page 4) rendered here in favor of main- April 1. Hugo Montenegrowill RCA Records discrete .quadra- operations of unauthorized music taining the Texas criminal law. probably be featured on the first sonic system eliminates any possi- duplicators. A federaldistrictjudgehere LP release. bility of double inventory,it was The court's landmark decision ruled Feb. 29 that the class action RCA Records president Rocco pointed out. The albums are com- was handed down March 13 fol- suit filed by the Independent Tape Laginestra, pointing out that quad- patible for existing stereo systems. lowingitshearing of an appeal Merchants' Assn. (ITMA), a group rasonic albums will be offered to Dearborn has ordered enough made by59publishersofthe Prepare Black of unlicensed tape duplicator firms, the consumer atthe same prices of a new harder vinyl to produce Harry Fox Agency,againstan against the state attorney general they were paying for stereo rec- 60.000 albums and will start press- earlier District Court decision in Crawford Martin and all local dis- ords,saidhe wastotallycom- ing quadrasonic albums before the favor of defendants. trict attorneys in the state, seeking mitted to the discrete album sys- (Continued on page 8) They include: Martin Stern and Gospel Promos a temporary restraining order halt- tem and that he feltit was the Pearl Rosner doing business as Na- By IAN DOVE ing enforcement of the state stat- most exciting advent in the record tionalManufacturingCo.; Don ute against tape and record coun- industry since the development of Gold doing business as Don Gold NEW YORK-Atlantic Records terfeiting, be dismissed. the 8 -track cartridge system. Increase N.Y. Co. and Don Gold Distributors; is declaring April "Gospel Month" Still pending before federal dis- He thought it would especially Designers' Lithograph; Dick Rich- spearheading their campaign with trict judges are three other recent giveclassical music new vitality. ardsdoing businessas8 -Track; a double album featuring Aretha casesfiledby James L.Fiske, Laginestra will begin a series of Push by UA Leland Broadcasting doing business Franklin and Savoy Records artist, attorney for ITMA, Washington. personal conferences with record at KTKT; Skaggs Drug Centers; James Cleveland together. CBS is In the District of Columbia, Su- label presidents to induce them to By MIKE GROSS Pick -A -Tapedoingbusiness as also getting behind black gospel- perior Sound Tape Co., Oklahoma go tothe discrete system. Record Alley and others. they are preparing a follow up set City,filedsuitinlateJanuary Bill Dearborn, director of record NEW YORK-UnitedArtists In reversing the earlier decision to their "The Gospel Sound" fol- operations for RCA, said that he Records is gearing its operation so againstMartin;JoeBush,Los that there will be increased activity made by the U.S. District Court lowingthesuccessofthefirst Angeles D.A.; Frank S.Hogan, will set up a series of sound dem- inPhoenix,Ariz.,theappellate Tony Heilbut compilation. N.Y. county D.A. and the state's onstrationsforvariousrecord in product area and product court pointed out that the defend- (Continuedon page 64) attorneys inthose states. labels beginning April1, ."includ- development emanating fromits district New York office. Bob Skaff, vice Ina Miamifiling, ITMA sued ing some .of those now committed RobertShevin,Floridaattorney to the matrix quadrasonic system president of the record company general, Richard Gerstein, Miami who've expressedinterestindis- and senior ranking officer in New crete. Some of the record labels York, has started the wheels roll- Mercury's O'Connell Sees D.A., and all Florida's local dis- ing for the buildup of the Eastern trictattorneys,seekingdeclara- operation having already concluded tory judgment and an injunction severaldealsandhasseveral Improving World Liaison against the Florida law. Russian Jukebox others in the offing. By EARL PAIGE Two weeks ago, ITMA filed suit Skaffhas already initiated infederalcourtinHarrisburg Business Grows drivesto meetartists,managers CHICAGO - Mercury Records gram subsidiaries and then by the against Pennsylvania A t t or n e y andtoevaluateproduct.Skaff will effect at least a331/2percent European companies. Whereas,it GeneralJ.Shane Cramer, Leroy By VADIM YURCHENKOV also plans to be in constant touch speed-upinreporting world-wide generally took nine months from Zimmerman of Dauphin County, and all the state's district attorneys. MOSCOW-The Russiancoin with Mike Stewart,president of accrued royalties to its new parent date of sale to final accounting to the record company who is based Polygram group as just one ex- artists, O'Connell hopes to cut this Because of the Harrisburg Seven operated amusement business con- trial dominating the local docket, tinuestoincrease,following the in Los Angeles. He also plans to ample of how the U.S. and Euro- to six months and eventually to a towardselectronic spend about one week a month pean firms can exchange expertise, quarterly basis. "The quarter seems hearing on the complaint has been initialshift (Continued on page 8) Mercury vice president and treas- the most usefulperiod of time transferred to Wilkes-Barre. amusements made in1970 when urer David O'Connell stated this around the world," he said. The Pennsylvania statute, Senate 40 U.S. and West European -made week. One Polygram contribution will bill #1017, makes it unlawful for jukeboxes and coin operated games (Continued on page 4) were shipped to Russia. Financing Aids Just back from a European trip (Continued on page 64) The first batch was introduced with Irwin Steinberg, president of by Sweden's Bo Billings and Co., Franchise Plan Mercury, O'Connell outlined sev- a Bally distributor who introduced eralcrucial developments in the them to Russia through the Czech By JOHN SIPPEL business "guts area" of Mercury's Mexico Hosts Global Execs Parkcentrumcompany, Billings' new direct link with the Polygram NEW YORK-There willbe About 50 percent of the attend- business contact and promoter in HOUSTON - Cleve Howard, group. large global contingent converging ance is coming from the U.S., rep- Eastern Europe. Previous to this founder -president of Budget Tapes Central in the new relationship on Acapulco for the International resentingeverykeymusiccity the amusement business in Russia and Records, nationalretailrec- is the total involvement in music Music Industry Conference (IMIC) center. On theregistrationrolls was limited to primitive outdoor ord store franchise program, has on the part of Polygram and the being held at the Acapulco Prin- from theU.S.and theinterna- parkinstallations - carrousels, obtained additional financial back- fact that Mercury now deals di- cess Hotel April 30 -May 6. tional scene will be representatives etc. ing,"inexcessof$1 million," rect with it rather than as before swings,rides, Therewillberepresentatives of record companies, music pub- Two amusement centerswere which will be used to extend the through North American Philips lishingfirms,artists,managers, chainandgenerallytightenthe (NAP). from every Latin American coun- producers, attorneys, and members (Continued on page 53) operation. One Mercury contribution will try,every European country,as sophisticationin well as a large representation from of the financial community. There Howard, who started the fran- derive from its willalso be representation from chise program here in early July, computer royalty reporting from the Far East. On the European ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. Special Report 1970, opening his own first store, multiple sources such as foreign end, many people are taking ad- now has 58 franchised storesin sales, record club sales and sales vantage of the special fares from A number of companies are tak- French Recording Studios 22 states. He projects a universe through domestic distributors. London which includes a one -week ing advantage of the "junior execu- of 150 more stores in the next 19 Under study is the feasibility of tripandatwo-weektrip.The tive"offer whichgives"middle InThis Issue months. modifying Mercury techniques for latter offers stops in Los Angeles management" personnel under the (Continued on page 64) useinitially by other U.S. Poly- and New York. (Continued on page 8) Advertisement

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WB & A&M Sue YOUTH VOTE Errors In Registration Can STIMULUS SET NASHVILLE - Singer -song- Arthur Leeds writerKris Kristofferson has Lose Copyright For Producer tape recorded appeals to newly By MILDRED HALL enfranchised voters to register And 20 Firms and vote. WASHINGTON - As of last applicant is not clear on what he is put into public sale and/or distri- Steven Whaley, state execu- week, the Copyright Office had tryingtoprotect,therecording bution) the same day. Roberts flew LOS ANGELES-A classac- the work in from Los Angeles to tion on the part of Warner Bros. tive director of the Youth Reg- experienced about five weeks of or the underlying music or nar- istration Union, said airplay of "Form N" copyright applications ration.2.Theapplicant'sbasis make thefirstregistrationof a and A&M records was filed here the Kristofferson tapes started for recordings fixed on or after for claim to copyright is question- claim to copyrightin sound re- last week in superior court against here at WKDA-FM. The cam- Feb. 15, 1972. Although itis too able, as in an album "collection" cording. Arthur Leeds, attorney prominent soon to tell the kinds and extent of of recordings that were obviously Mrs. Keziah said very few ap- as legal consultant toa number paign also got under way here of unauthorized tape with the use of television public registry problems thatwillarise fixed before the official date of plications showed up in the first duplicators servicespotsonWSM-TV, as increasing numbers of applica- Feb. 15, 1972, without "new mat- three weeks, but by mid -March, (Billboard, Feb. 26) and his law WLAC-TV and WSIX-TV. tionsarrive, some basic miscon- ter" or the substantial change from about 50 were on hand, chiefly partners and a number of uniden- The Youth Registration Un- ceptions have begun to show up. the original release on which to musical works, most from record tified companies, whose corporate ion was started under the joint Some mistakesbeing made can base copyright. companies, a few from individuals, names indicate a possible link with sponsorship of the League of costtheproducerhisstatutory The third category of mistakes and some home-made recordings. the tape duplicating and packaging Women Voters, the Tennessee copyright under the new amend- areinthe required "notice" on They came in all forms, LP's, 45's, industry. Howard Smith of Mitch- Education Association, the Na- ment giving recordings copyright recordlabelor package, which and cassettes, with only one car- ell,Silberberg and Knupp repre- tional Movement for the Stu- protection against duplication for must containthe name ofthe tridgeandoneopen -reeltape. sented the plaintiffs. dent Vote, and officials of each the first time in U.S. history. owner, year offirstpublication, Eighteen of the 50 have been reg- Namedasdefendants,along maior political party. Mrs. Dorothy P. Keziah, head of and th,_) newrecord -copyright istered,therestarestillbeing with Leeds, are Daniel M. Gott- Whaley now is seeking more the Music Section of the Examin- symbol (P in an enclosed cir- examined. lieb and Paul T. Locke, his law local name talent to help with ing Division in the Copyright Of- cle). One applicant had the capital About the misunderstandings by partners; and Robert C. and M.J. the campaign. ficetoldBillboardthe main "P" in brackets. Only the closed applicantsforthenewrecord Ronstadt, James D. Eshelman and problem areas thus far are: 1. The circle iscorrect.Unfortunately, copyright-some aresendingan Allen Ray Aubrey, Tapes Limited, under the present copyright law, "E" form, which is used only for Nevko and Goldcrest Electronics, omission of the notice or a mis- copyrighting music, instead of the Inc.; William J. Schnell III, John take resulting in an incorrect no- "N" form, with their recordings. E. and Donny R. Fairfax, William NBC's 'West Side Story tice on a record, or "copy" in- Theseapplicantsapparentlybe- 0.Fraley and Gary Whittaker, validates the copyright. (The pro- lieve they can protect the music Discount Tape Mfg.; Barry and posed revisionbill would soften ontherecordinginthisway. Betty Manso, Nu Sounds Corp.; Tops ABC's Grammy Show these unnecessarily severe penal- Others have sent both sheet music Gene Antista, Denver Sounds, Inc.; ties.) and recording with an "E" appli- Tony Michaels, Complete Packag- NEW YORK - The May 14 numbers.During this same half Instruction Cassette cation, omitting the necessary dates ing Co.; Rita Halpern and S. Laks, livetelecastoftheGrammy hour segment, CBS' "Hawaii Five - Forthehistorians-thevery of publication of either the sheet Alpine Enterprises; Kenneth Man- Awards over the ABC network 0" pulled11.6 and 15percent firstcopyrightapplication to be music or the recording. ning, Mark III Enterprises; R.H. was swampedintheovernight readings.Mery Griffin, on local received on what the Copyright Exact Forms Needed Wesslink,WesternDistributors; Neilsen ratings by the film "West Channel 5,ran 8.2 and 11per- Office now refers to as "N" Day. Different forms must be sent Bernard Mazel, Malibu Records; Side Story" on NBC. cent. was not a musical recording, but to register different categories. A Larry Ancell, Magnetic Sound Inc.; By the time in the award pro- The second half of the Grammy an instructional cassette recording Form "E" is needed to apply for Art Goldman, B -I -G Sounds Corp.; ceedings that Leonard Bernstein, proceedings garnered 16.5 families entitled"Color Photo Processing copyright on music. The new Form K & M Duplicating; Top Tunes who received a special Grammy, and a21percentshare."West CassetteE-4," made by Harold "N" applies for copyright only on Today Co.; September Songs Co.; quipped that he was going home to SideStory" droppedslightlyto and Dorothy Roberts. The record- a sound -recording. Other forms are Gemini Tapes Co.; Cinq Sounds watch "West Side Story," most set (Continued on page 12) ing was made and "published" (i.e., (Continued on page8) Co., and Golden West Music Sales. ownersalreadyhadtheirdials Suit asks an injunction prohibit- firmly fixed to NBC. ing the defendants from duplicat- Neilsenfiguresshowthatin ing magnetic tapes from any part the half hour before the Grammy of any album owned by theli- specialwent ontheair,"West New 7" LP Claims 12" Playtime censed companies, the stopping of Side Story" was viewed in 46.6 By JAYNE FERGUSON and NAT FREEDLAND ads and selling of such product homes withtelevisionsets,with and the use of names and titles a 59 percent share of TV sets in BOSTON, MASS. - Fleetwood the information electronically, we master is cut. Current Fleetwood ofsuchperformers.Complaint use. The Grammy telecast's first Recording, of Revere, is marketing are able to discard most of the microsonically grooved product is chargesdefendantsillegallydu- half hour attracted 14.7 TV homes a 7 -inch LP which holds as much wasted space within a groove. All being pressed by Capitol and RCA. plicated performances from plain- and a 19 percent total share, while music as a standard 12 -inch album the sound is there, we've just cut "We don'texpectour7 -inch tiffs and asks no less than $500,- the Bernstein -scored film had through a process which they call out the empty areas." format to replace the 12 -inch LP 000 damages. whopping45.7and59percent "Microsonic Grooving." The mastering process with mi- through regular distribution chan- Stereo sound quality is just as crosonic grooving is about 25 per- nelsinanyimmediatefuture," good as on a standard album de- cent more expensive than normal said Giarusso."Obviouslythe spite the inclusion of some 1/2 more mastering but this is the only ad- major labels have tied up millions Combats Anti -Rock Bill music on the disk, they claim. A ditionalcostconnected withits of dollars in current hardware sys- By ROB PARTRIDGE 7 -inch disk cut with the micro - manufacture.Diskswithmicro - tems and racking procedures. Also, Staff member, Music Week sonic grooving process can play 18 sonic grooving are fully compati- althoughwehaveappliedfor minutes per side even with regula- ble to any stereo system and can patent ontour concept, I'm sure LONDON-Association of Fes- sibility for all costs involved, in- tion -size center labels. A 12 -inch be pressed at any plant once the Columbia or RCA would have no tival Organisers has been proposed cluding sanitation, medical services disk using this process would con- trouble coming up with their own by Great Western Festivals in an and security personnel. tain as much music as a three -rec- alternate system if they decided to attempt to combat the Night As- Thesecurityarrangementsat ord boxed set. developone." semblies Bill which last week en- festival, under the terms of the Microsonic grooving is achieved However, the increased disk mu- tered the committee stages at the charter will be finalizedin con- by a computer -controlledneedle Col Mapping sic content has wide application House of Commons, andisin- sultationwiththelocalpolice arm which feeds sound information within Fleetwood's own specialty terpreted as anti -rock festival legis- authorities. trafficar- onto a record master more pre- lation. Fire and markets right now as well as being rangements willalso be co-ordi- cisely than ever before possible, it's (Continued on page 12) The company, headed by actor nated with the respective local au- claimed. The process was devel- Porter Albums Stanley Baker and Lord Harlech, thorities.Festival promoters will oped by Fleetwood's chief engineer, NEW YORK-Columbia Rec- has beenaconsistentopponent (Continued on page 12) William Ferruzzi. ords is hopping on the Cole Por- of the bill since it was introduced Wavy Grooves ter 80th Anniversary Year band- Last Poets Form into Parliament by Jerry Wiggin, Vincent Giarusso, a co-owner of wagon.Columbia producer Tom Conservative MP for Weston -super- Fleetwood with Raymond Samora, Shepard and Robert Kimball, Cole True Sound Label Mare last December. The proposed Mercury Sets said, "If you looked at the grooves Porter authority and author of the Associationwillbe open toall of a standard LP through a micro- book, "Cole," are working on an NEW YORK-The Last Poets festivalpromoters, who willbe 'Bown' Program scope you would see they are quite album utilizingrare and private have formed their own record com- required to abide by the standards CHICAGO - In-store displays wavy, to conform with all the high recordingsofPorterperforming pany, True Sound, and will be re- andstipulationssetoutinthe bothpublishedandunpublished leasing a new album on the label Great Western Festivals' of four-color posters and empty and low sound waves.In com- charter. album jackets, intensive advertis- parison, grooves cut with our com- materialneverbeforereleased. sometime inApril.Blue Thumb Certain basic standards for the ing and a promotion man incen- puterizedprocessarepractically The LP isset for early Fall re- will distribute the label. choice of a suitable sitewill be tive plan are some of the aspects straight -edged. By breaking down lease.Also on tap from Colum- ThePoetsarecomprisedof required, together with a legally of a Mercury Records campaign bia is an album of Porter songs Alafia Pudim, Suliaman El-Hadi binding contract in which the fes- to launch British singer -songwriter by Andre Kostelanetz. andpercussionistNilijah.They tival promoter will accept respon- Andy Bown. "Open Your Eyes," Coleman's Hits Inaddition, Columbiaispar- have formed the new record com- a single, will precede the LP "Gone ticipatinginatie-inpromotion pany withtheirmanager, Oba- to My Head." with Holt, Rinehart and Winston, wole Akinwole. Pay Dirt publishers of "Cole." A premium Comstock Adds Some key retailers will be sent The manager said, "The basic album and the book will be of- concept of True Sound is to al- copies of the LP for in-store air- MEMPHIS -A new Memphis fered jointly through the Book -of - Orlando Branch play.Spot radio and printad- recording company is already ne- low the black artist to own and the -Month Club and the Columbia control his own company and to ATLANTA - Comstock Dis- vertising is set for selective mar- gotiatingwith several major re- Record Club. tributing,theColumbia -Master- kets, promotion men will vie for cording firms for distribution of allow him greater leverage of his work dealer for North and South a paid three-day trip to London itsfirst release by saxophone in- product from creation to distribu- Carolina,Georgia,easternTen- for two (winners are those first strumentalistJoeArnoldtitled tion."He added that the label's nessee and Alabama, is now ser- to gain top ten position for the "Brand New Key." Linda Jones Dies intentis to seek out and record vicing the Florida market for Mas- single in their markets). Record Sales Corp. is handling NEW YORK - Linda Jones, relevantblackartists,musicians terwork product and has opened Bown, 24, was withthe En- distribution of Coleman's Records, 27, r&b artiston All -Platinum's and other poets, and he empha- a branch at Orlando. glish group Herd as was guitarist and claims to have moved more Turbo label, died here on March sized new talent. Comstock has been named the Peter Frampton who ison the than 8,000 singles during the first 14. She was filling an engagement outstanding CBS distributor in the Bown LP alongwith drummer 10 days after release. at the Apollo Theatre when she U.S. for the past two years. Frank MickeyWallerwho's drummed Billy Adams and James R. Cole- was stricken with adiabeticat- Ryall will be general manager of with Jeff Beck and on all Rod man are president and vice presi- tack. More Late News the Orlando branch and Dave Mil- Stewart solo LP's. Bown came to dent, respectively, of the new com- Turboiscurrentlyridingthe ler will be salse manager with a Mercury t h r o ugh Gaff -Masters pany, headquartered at Allied chartswithMissJones'single, See Page 64 staff of three. Ltd. which also manages Stewart. Studios. "For Your Precious Love." Billboard is published weekly by Billboard Publications,Inc., 165 W. 46th St., New York, N.Y. 10036. Subscription rate: annual rate, $35; single -copy price, $1.25. Second class postage paid at New York, N. Y., and at additional mailing offices. Current and back copies of Billboard are available on microfilm from 3M/1M Press, P.O. Box720, Times Square Station, New York 10036. Postmaster, please send Form 3579 to Billboard Publications,Inc.. 2160 Patterson St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45214. Area Code 513, 3816450. MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD General News Col Files $250 Million Suit Vs. Unauthorized Duplicators ExecutiveTurntable NEW YORK - Columbia Rec- were unlawful and requesting that quality albums andtapes by sell- ords has filed a $250,000,000 class therecipientsnot purchase and ing reproductions of inferior qual- actionagainstall companies en- sell to the public any unauthorized itywhichthe publicisledto gaged in the business of manufac- reproductions of the albums and believe are the product of the rec- turingandsellingunauthorized tapes manufactured by Columbia. ord companies. record and tape duplications of the CBS has denied those charges and The countersuit seeks $150,000,- original albums and tapes manu- assertsthatthe contents of the 000 in actual damages and $100,- factured and soldby Columbia letter are true. 000,000 in punitive damages under and other record companies. The Dual Counts Count I, and a permanent injunc- till BLEDSOE SHERRILL WALSH REYNOLDS lawsuit,broughtinthefederal The record company's counter- tionagainst unauthorized record district court in Washington, D.C. suit seeks damages and an injunc- and tape duplication under both seeks payment of actual and pu- tion based on state law of unfair counts of the counterclaim. Ron Bledsoe named vice president, Nashville operations, nitive damages and an injunction competitionandtradelibel. Congress recently amended the Columbia Records, and Billy Sherrill vice president country a&r. againstallfutureunauthorized Count Iof the counterclaimal- copyright laws to grant copyright Bledsoe willalso coordinate divisionactivitiesin Memphis, and record and tape duplication. leges that by reproducing the rec- protection againstunauthorized Atlanta, Muscle Shoals as well as Nashville, and handle April The record companies' lawsuit ord companies' hit albums with- duplication,butthenewlaw, isfiled as a counterclaim in an out their consent and without mak- which became effective on Feb. Blackwood Music in these areas. Bledsoe, a former executive vice action initially brought by an as- ing payments eitherto the per- 15,appliesonlytorecordings president, general manager, Liberty/United Artists, is assistant sociationoftapeduplicators former or to the record companies completedafterthatdate.Pro- to the president, Columbia Records. Sherrill, producer and song- against CBS for alleged trade li- therecord and tapeduplicators tection from unauthorized duplica- writer, recently served as executive producer for Columbia and bel.The tape duplicators' com- have violated state law on unfair tion of recordings made prior to plaint alleges that Columbia de- competition. Count II of the coun- that date has been accorded in the Epic/Columbia custom labels in Nashville, John Walsh named famed their product by sending a terclaimallegesthattherecord past through individual court or- managing coordinator, a&r, Epic Records. He was recently prod- lettertoitsdistributors and re- and tape duplicators have dam- ders issued by state courts in New uct manager, Sceptor Records, and was associated with Decca, tailersin1971 pointing out that aged the reputation of the record York, California, Tennessee, and thetapeduplicators' activities Kapp and Columbia. companies as producers of high - Illinois, among others. * * * Evan Reynolds appointed national promotion director, Sun- Appeal Ruling Goes To Publishers flower Records. He isa former national promotion director, Capitol Records and was previously with Mercury. . .. Bruce Continued from page 1 pointedout thatthere was no gress did not halt at injunctive and Marlow appointed advertising coordinator, RCA Records. He reason to apply the statutory con- monetary relief. It prescribed im- joined the record division from RCA's cartridge TV division, songs when he hires musicians, struction rule of ejusdem generis poundment and destruction. While artists SelectaVision. . . . andtechnicians.Instead," to narrow the items to be im- the Joint Committee reporting the Gary Haber named controller, Bearsville it continues, "he steals the genius poundedanddestroyedtothe proposed Act did not elaborate on Records, Bearsville Sound Studios and related Albert B. Gross- and talent of others, and deceives general class of plates, molds and these remedies, they were often man businesses. others into thinking that his tapes matrices. discussed in extensive hearings be- are his own work. Therefore, he It argued, "If ejusdem generis is * * * may not continue his piracy under fore the Joint Senate and House the flag of compulsory licensing. applicable here, it is applicable to Committee held in June and De- Dolores Seymour named executive assistant to Atlantic vice construethewords'etcetera,' cember 1906, and March 1908." In concert with its decision, the not the words 'other means for The defendants have the right president, promotion, Henry Allen. Mrs. Sey- court also directed that all material making such infringing copies.' " to appeal the circuit court's three - mour first served as Allen's secretary and previ- and machinery seized in the initial The court continued, "In deal- raid on the defendants manufac- judge ruling before the Supreme ously worked with Bob Crewe Productions.... turing plants, continue to be im- ing with copyright infringers, Con- Court. James Hammack named central divisional sale pounded pending a hearing on the manager, Custom Music. Corp., St. Louis. Mrs. merits. Barbara A. Gamacho, assistant to CMC's presi- The appellatecourtaddressed allits comments and decision to ITMA Suit Attacks Pa. Statute dent, elected an officer of the company, Ben Mrs. Rosner, the only defendant Continued from pageI Sarzynski elected vice president, director of ad- vidual act in violationof the Penn- SEYMOUR to contest the original seizure order sylvania law is a separate offense, ministration, CMC. . . . Richard D. Williams in which some 25,000 complete any person to transfer for profit punishable on first offense by im- appointed manager of branches, Wurlitzer Distributing Corp., tape recordings and master record- by any means any sound recorded prisonment of not less than one Larry J. Hager named operations manager. ings,as wellas blank tapesas on a phonograph record or tape year or more than three years and cartridges, printed labels, machin- by theauthorized manufacturer. a fine of not more than $25,000; * * * ery, and packing and promotional Ninety days after the law went and imprisonment of three to ten materialswereseizedbyU.S. intoeffect,the law orders state years and fine up to $100,000 or Bob Klein has left MGM as director of international opera- marshalsfromseveralallegedly lawmen to confiscatealldevices both for subsequent offense. The tions. He held a similar post with Capitol before joining MGM. illegalduplicators including Mrs. that do not conform to noticing owner of the recorded performance ...Gil Cabot has been signed as a consultant by Climax man- Rosner's National Manufacturing set forth by the law. Every indi- can sue for treble damages. Co. agers David Cheren and Paul Kessler. Cabot will be affiliated In her successful argument to with the act in production, publishing and exposure. the U.S. District Court, Mrs. Ros- ner objected to the "seize order's" * * * scope, and contended thatsince Darin FormsMusic Co. Gary Downey joins the Merlin Co., Los Angeles -based per- she had filed a statutory Notice of NEW YORK-Bobby Darin is Darin'sfirstmusic publishing sonal management firm owned by Mike Davenport....Merritt Intention to Use under 17 U.S.C. forming a music publishing com- company, T.M. Music, has been 101 (e), after the writ of seizure pany, a BMI affiliate, to be called appointed as general professional Kirk joins the Discount Record Center chain in California as was issued and executed, but be- Bobby Darin Music, Inc. In addi- manager.Burtonwillbe head- general manager, replacing Art Grobart who has left to go into fore the hearing of the preliminary tiontopublishingDarin's own quarteredin New York and his business as a consultant. Kirk has been in retirement for the past injunction,injunctivereliefpro- songs, the company which becomes activitywill be counterparted on hibiting her from using appellants' year and one-half and was formerly in retailing in San Francisco. officiallyoperative onApril1, the West Coast by Darin. Kirk now headquarters in Los Angeles. copyrightedworks wasunavail- will look for new writing talent. Bobby Darin Music will be ad- able. Steve Burton, 21 -year old son ministered in the U.S. and Can- * * * However,theappellatecourt of the late Ed Burton, who ran ada by the Hudson Bay Music Co., which bought T.M. Music from Colman Andrews is now assistant West Coast publicity direc- Commonwealth United Corp. This tor of Atlantic Records, joining Pete Senors staff. Andrews was transaction is whateventually a widely published freelance music journalist. gave Darin the freedom to start his own publishing company again * * * In This Issue because his tieup with CUC had Stu Yahm has joined Capitol Records in the new position of him under contractasawriter national field manager of the Artist Development CAMPUS 27 for T.M. Music through late 1973, and the principals of Hudson Bay department. Yahm has been Paramount Records CARTRIDGE TV 33 Music - Freddy Bienstock, Jerry West Coast promotion director for the past three CLASSICAL 38 Lieber and Mike Stoller - re- years. leased him from his commitment. COUNTRY 42 Worldwide, Bobby Darin Music, Bob Phillips, chairman of the board of Asso- INTERNATIONAL 50 will be represented by Bienstock's ciated Booking Corp., has left the national book- various other companies. JUKEBOX PROGRAMMING 39 ing agency. He is currently vacationing in Europe MARKETPLACE and will probably go into management in Beverly 26 Hills, where he was based. Phillips had been YAHM RADIO 23 Metrotec Is with ABC for 25 years, having joined that agency's Chicago office SOUL 34 in 1947. Billy McDonald, another ABC veteran, has also left and TALENT 16 SQ Licensee formed his own office, the McDonald organization in Hollywood. TAPE CARTRIDGE Frank Rio, vice president, remains in the Beverly Hills ABC 28 NEW YORK - Metrotec Elec- office. Dave Bennett, who had been working for ABC in its FEATURES Hot Country Albums 46 tronicshas been addedto Co- Miami office, joins the Beverly Hills office as office manager. Hot Country Singles lumbia's list of SQ disk licensees. Stock Market Quotations 12 44 Metrotec will manufacture two SQ * * * Vox Jox 24 HOT 100 58 decoder models to be sold by lead- Top 40 Easy Listening ing national high fidelity retailers. Steve Solot, formerly national sales manager of Sanyo Electric CHARTS 38 has been appointed general sales manager of Pioneer Electronics Top LP's 60 In addition to Metrotec, Colum- Best -Selling Soul Albums 36 bia'sSQrosterincludesSony, of America. .. . William Morris, director of finance at Super - Soundesign, Harmon-Kardon, Ken - Best -Selling Soul Singles 34 RECORD REVIEWS scope, has been appointed vice president, finance. . . . Fred wood, Sherwood Electronics, Mas- Schaetzing, district manager of Agfa-Gevaent's Chicago office, Action Records 64 Album Reviews 37 terwork, Lafayette Radio, Radio Hits of the World 54 Pick Singles & Radio Action 56 Shack, Instruteck Corp. and Con- has been appointed president of Agfa-Gevaent Japan Ltd., a naught Equipment Ltd. subsidiary based in Tokyo. 4 MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD acrossplayedscreamed, the h country.s da-i:--ed,heart out pranced for audiencesOn his recent tour Edgar Winter anc theThere muchEdgarhappenstime wasn'tEdgar gets when aanfinisred audience a performer to returnHelike also created music energy as he gives on stage. person sitting by that oily as , wood and the P.pollclivea TheatrenewEdgar's at thetwo W[- andrecent-record tour album is now recordedThe magic that sky A -Go -Go in Holly- happened on his set. part of JerryIncludedAcademyappearanceperformances LaCroix. on"F'oadwork"are of Music byAnd by none inRicka beautifulNew other Derringerand York. than great guest andimmediately.hasJohnny FM beer statiois extraordinary.Winter OreToo-40 went statiorThe in response to Edgar's new aloum on the album BothTo3-4Q EdgarcutDetroit from W theisnter even aloum:-Tobacco on "Roadwork"To sum is things playirg a 17 -minute up it looks like Road:' doing . 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MARCH REG. T.M...IRT7r IT U.SC. A speciallyKEG 312,5 priced 2 -record set Billboard® General News The International Music -Record -Tape Newsweekly NARAS Awards Parties Vary Billboard Publications, Inc., 9000 Sunset Bled., Los Angeles, Calif. 80061 liams, who sang a medley of the Rhythm andBlues Male Vocal Area Code 213, 273-7040 Cable: BILLBOARD NEWYORK Pls see picture page 14 for N.Y. Telex-Billboy 620523 five tunes nominated for Song of Performance,to Lou Rawls for CIIM Publisher: HAL B. COOK Associate Publisher: LEE ZH110 Grammy personages. the Year. Artists who performed "A Natural Man"; and Best Jazz their own nominated songs were Performance by a Group, to the EDITORIAL members of the cast from "God - BillEvans Triofor"TheBill spell," Jerry Reed, Freda Payne. Evans Album." EDITOR IN CHIEF:Lee Zhito (L.A.) EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Paul Ackerman (N.Y.) Table -Hop Fete the Carpenters, "Tammy Wynette, Among those who appeared to NEWS EDITOR: John Sippel(L.A.) B.B. King, the Bill Evans Trio and present the awards on the telecast DEPARTMENT EDITORS NEW YORK -The 14th Annual Grammy Awards,televisedlive Three Dog Night. The audience were Ed Sullivan, the 5th Dimen- MUSIC EDITOR: Paul Ackerman (N.Y.) CLASSICAL MUSIC: Robert Sobel(N.Y.) on March 14 by ABC for the first clapped time to the melodies, lend- sion, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristof- ASSOCIATE MUSIC EDITOR: Mike Gross (N.Y.) COUNTRY MUSIC:Bill Williams (Nash.) time, belonged to Carole King. The ing the show a particularlylive ferson, the Temptations and Rich- RADIO & TV: Claude R. Hall (L.A.) GOSPEL MUSIC: Bill Williams (Nash.) Ode Records composer -singer took quality. ardHarris. The show was pro- TAPE CARTRIDGE: Bruce Weber (L.A.) SOUL MUSIC: Ed Ochs (N.Y.) down four Grammys-Record of Awards announced on theair duced by Pierre Cossette and Burt JUKEBOX PROGRAMMING Earl Paige (Chi.) TALENT: Mike Gross (N.Y.) the Year, for "It's Too Late"; Al- included Carole King's record, al- Sugarman. Marty Pasetta directed. CARTRIDGE TV:Eliot Tiegel(L.A.) CAMPUS: Bob Glassenberg(N.Y.) bum of the Year, for "Tapestry"; bum and song of the year Gram- A special trustee's award went INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR:Ian Dove (N.Y.) Song of the Year (a songwriters' mys; Best Score From an Original tothedefunctBeatles, Leonard SPECIAL ISSUES EDITOR:EliotTiegel(L.A.) award), for "You've Got a Friend"; Cast Show Album, to "Godspell"; Bernstein was citedfor bringing ASSISTANT SPECIAL ISSUES EDITOR:Ian Dove (N.Y.) and Best Pop Vocal Performance, BestCountryMale VocalPer- classical music to young listeners, ASSISTANT RADIO -TV EDITOR:Bob Glassenberg(N.Y.) Female, for "Tapestry." The art- formance, to Jerry Reed for "When and a special Bing Crosby award ASSISTANT CARTRIDGE TV EDITOR: Radcliffe Joe (N.Y.) ist's producer, Lou Adler, accepted You'reHot,You'reHot";Best was given posthumously to Mahalia COPY EDITOR: Robert Sobel (N.Y.) Rhythm and Blues Female Per- Jackson and Louis Armstrong. CHARTS and REVIEWS: Director, Don Ovens (L.A.); Manager, Ira Trachter (L.A.) the Grammys for Miss King, who was unabletoattendthecere- formance, to Aretha Franklin for The New York Grammy Awards EDITORIAL NEWS BUREAUS "Bridge supper was a monies,havingrecentlyhada Over TroubledWater"; friendly, table- CHICAGO,III. 60606, 150 N. Wacker Dr. Area Code 312, CE 6-9818 baby. BestPop,Folk & Rock Vocal hopping affair, which, although a BureauChief,EarlPaige Performance, to the Carpenters for pleasantlatenight music indus- LONDON: 7 Carnaby St., London W.I. Phone: 437-8090 Twelve of the 44 awards were "Carpenters";Best Comedy Re- try clambake, was hardly suitable Cable:Billboard London, Bureau Chief, Mike Hennessey presentedonthetelecastfrom cording, to Lily Tomlin for "This for the presentation of awards to MILAN: Piazzale Loreto9,Milan,Italy.Tel:28.29.158.,Bureau Chief,Germano Ruscitto. MadisonSquareGarden'sFelt Cable:BillboardMilan. IsaRecording";BestCountry artists for excellence in their pro- Forum. The remainder were an- FemaleVocalPerformance,to fession. NASHVILLE, Tenn. 37203, 1719 West End Ave. Area Code 615, 329-3925 nounced at Bureau Chief,BillWilliams NARAS chapter Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make The guests at the Statler Hilton NEW YORK, N.Y. 10036, 165 W. 46th St. Area Code 212, PL 7-2800, Mike Gross awards suppers in New York, Los It Through the Night"; Best Orig- descendedupontheirfood and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 94109, 1331 Washington St. Area Code 415, 771-7008. Bureau Chief, Angeles and Atlanta. inal Score Written for a Motion drinkassoonastheybecame Paul Jaulus The 90 -minute TV special was Picture or a Television Special, to available, and the talk smothered TOKYO: Atlantic Bldg. 4F; 20-6 Azabu likurach Minato-Ku. Tel: 03-585-3368. Bureau Chief, hostedsmoothly by Andy Wil- Isaac Ben Okano Hayesfor"Shaft";Best (Continued on page 8) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005, 733 15th St., N.W. Woodward Bldg., Rm. 533. Area Code 202, 393-2580. Bureau Chief, Mildred Hall FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARGENTINA: Ruben Machado, LavaIle 1783, Buenos Aires. AUSTRALIA: David Elfick, 7 Myrtle St., Crows Nest, Sydney. Tel: 929-0499. AUSTRIA: Manfred Schreiber, 1180 Wien XVIII, Kreuzgasse 27. Tel: 43.30.974. 1971 GRAMMY CHAMPIONS BELGIUM:Al deBoeck,Co-operatorBRT,Zandstraat14,2410Herentals,Belgium.Tel: 014-23848. RECORD OF THE YEAR (Grammys to the Artist and BRAZIL: Henry T. Johnston, Av. Rio Branco 25, Rio de Janeiro. Tel: 233-4977. BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE (OTHER THAN SOUL A&R Producer) GOSPEL) CANADA: Ritchie Yorke, 15 Austin Crescent, Toronto 4, Ontario. It's Too Late -Carole King Let Me Live -Charley Pride (Single) (RCA) CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Dr.Lubomir Doruzka,14, Zeleny pruh, Prague 4 Branik. Tel: 22.09.57. A&R Producer:Lou Adler (Ode) BEST ETHNIC OR TRADITIONAL RECORDING(IN- EIRE: Ken Stewart,Flat5,141, Rathgar Road, Dublin 6,Eire.Tel:97.14.72. ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Grammys to the Artist and CLUDING TRADITIONAL BLUES) FINLAND: KariHelopaltio,Perttula,Finland. Tel: 27.18.36. A&R Producer) They Call Me Muddy Waters -Muddy Waters FRANCE: Michael Way, 41, rue des Favorites, Paris Tapestry -Carole King (Album) (Chess) 15. Tel: 532.81.23. A&R Producer:Lou Adler (Ode) GREECE: Lefty Kongalides, Hellinikos Vorras, Thessaloniki. Tel: 48.000 and 43.329. BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION HOLLAND: Bas Hageman, Hymnestraat 9,Apeldoorn, Holland. Tel: 62735. SONG OF THE YEAR (A Songwriters' Award) Theme From Summer of '42 You've Gota Friend HUNGARY: Paul Gyongy, Derek Utca 6,Budapest, Hungary. Tel: 35.88.90. Songwriter:Carole King Composer:MichelLegrand (WarnerBros.) ISRAEL: Avner Rosenblum, 8 Gezzer St., Tel Aviv, Israel. Tel: 23.92.97. BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR B EST ORIGINAL SCORE WRITTEN FOR A MOTION MEXICO: Enrique Ortiz, Nuelo Radio Mil,Insurgentes Sur 1870, Mexico 20,D.F. Carly Simon (Elektra) PICTURE OR A TELEVISION SPECIAL (A Composer's NEW ZEALAND: J.P. Monaghan, c/o Box 79, Wellington. Award) BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT (An Arranger's Shaft PHILIPPINES: Oskar Salazar, 1032 Matimyas St., Sampaloc, Manila. Award) Composer: IsaacHayes (MGM) POLAND: Roman Waschko, Warszawa 45, Magiera 9 m 37, Poland. Tel: 34.36.04. Theme From Shaft -Isaac Hayes Arrangers: Isaac Hayes and Johnny Allen (Enterprise) BEST SCORE FROM AN ORIGINAL CAST SHOW PORTUGAL: Jose Manuel Nunes, Radio Renascencz, LDA. Rua Capelo, 5-2° LISBON. Tel: 3 01 72. ALBUM (Grammys to the Composer and A&R) Pro- PUERTO RICO: Antonio Contreras, 26 Gertrudis St., Santurce. BEST ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S) ducer) (AnArranger'sAward) SCANDINAVIA (Denmark and Norway): Espen Eriksen, Bestumveien 21d, Oslo,Norway. Tel: Godspell 55.71.30. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey -Paul & Linda McCart- Composer: Stephen Schwartz ney A&R Producer: Stephen Schwartz (Bell) SPAIN:Maria DoloresAracil,Andres Mellado,22.Madrid.Tel:449.14.68. Arranger:Paul McCartney (Apple) SWEDEN: Kjell Genberg,P.O. Box 84, 137 01Vasterhaninge, Stockholm. Tel: 075022465. BEST RECORDING FOR CHILDREN BEST ENGINEERED RECORDING (Other than Classical) SWITZERLAND: Bernie Sigg, Im Sonnenhof, 8371 Oberwangen Switzerland. Tel: 073 41 BillCosby TalkstoKids AboutDrugs -BillCosby 11 72. (An Engineer's Award) (Uni) REPUBLIC OF S. AFRICA: Peter Feldman, 51van Riebeeck Ave., Alberton, Transvaal. Theme From Shaft -Isaac Hayes URUGUAY: Carlos A. Martins, CX8 Radio Sarandi, Montevideo. Engineer:Dave Purple (Enterprise) B EST COMEDY RECORDING ThisIsa Recording -Lily Tomlin (Polydor) U.S.S.R.: V.D. Yurchenkov, 14 RubinsteinSt.,Leningrad. D-25. Tel:15-33-41. BEST ALBUM COVER (Awards to the ArtDirector, WEST GERMANY: Photographer and/or Graphic Artist) B EST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING Munich: Ursula Schuegraf, Prinzregentenstrasse 54, Munich 22. Tel: 29.54.32. Poilution-Pollution Desiderata -LesCrane(WarnerBros.) Hamburg: Walter Mallin, 334 Wolfenbuttel, Hermann-Lons-Weg 6.Tel:(05531) 3267. Album Design: Dean0.Torrance/Kittyhawk Art Direction & Photographer: Gene Brownell BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE BY A SOLOIST YUGOSLAVIA: BorjanKostic, Balkanka 30, Belgrade. Tel:64.56.92. (Prophesy) TheBillEvans Album -BillEvans (Columbia) BEST ALBUM NOTES (Non -Classical Albums)(An BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP SALES Annotator's Award) TheBillEvans Album -Bill Evans Trio (Columbia) Sam, Hard and Heavy -Sam Samudio BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE BY A BIG BAND DIRECTOR OF SALES: Peter Heine (L.A.) Annotator: Sam Samudio (Atlantic) New OrleansSuite -Duke Ellington(Atlantic) ASSISTANT SALES DIRECTOR: Marty Feely(L.A.) BEST POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE, FEMALE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL (Grammys to the EASTERN SALES MANAGER: Mike Eisenkraft (N.Y.) Tapestry -Carole King (Album) Ode) Artist and A&R Producer) NATIONAL TALENT COORDINATOR: Bill Moran (L.A.) BEST POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE, MALE Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes -Tableaux, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SALES: Ron Willman, Mgr. (N.Y.) You'veGot a Friend -James Taylor Piano Music,Sonatas) -Vladimir Horowitz A&R Producer:Richard PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jahn F. Halloran (L.A.) (Single) (Warner Bros.) Killough(Columbia) CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Murray Dorf (N.Y.) BEST POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY A DUO, GROUP BEST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE -ORCHESTRA (A Con- ductor's Award) CIRCULATION MANAGER: Jerry Hobbs(N.Y.) OR CHORUS Carpenters -Carpenters (A&M) Mahler:Sym.No. 1 inD Major REGIONAL OFFICES CarloMariaGiuliniconductingtheChicagoSym- CHICAGO,III. 60606, 150 N. 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Phone: 437-8090, Cable Ain'tNo Sunshine ErichLeinsdorfconductingtheLondonSymphony Billboard,London Songwriter:BillWithers Orchestra Italy: Germano Ruscitto, Billboard Grupposri.,Pizzale Loreto 9, Milan. Tel:28.29.158 A&R Producer: Richard Mohr (RCA) BEST SOUL GOSPEL PERFORMANCE Spain: Rafael Revert, S.E.R. Ave. Jose Antonio 32, 2nd floor, Madrid 13. Tel: 23.28.000 PutYour Hand in theHandoftheMan From BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE Benelux, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,Scandinavia, West Germany: Galilee -Shirley Caesar (Hob) Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann Johan Hoogenhout, Smirnoffstratt 40,s -Hertogenbosch, Holland. Tel: 47688 Leontyne Price (RCA) France: Olivier Zameczkowski, 14 Rue Singer,Paris 16 BEST COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE, FEMALE Help Me Make it Through the Night-Sammi Smith BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE,CLASSICAL (OTHER Mexico: Enrique Ortiz, Nueleo Radio Mil, Insurgentes Sur 1870, Mexico, 20,D.F. 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Continued from page 1 The quadrasonic album has long RCA demanded thata record Continuedfrompage 6 presentedtoallthe contenders been a commercial reality and the had to be developed which could present in Los Angeles. This por- end of the month on a mass pro- VictorCo.of Japanhas been be played 100 times on an or- the announcements of the Grammy tion took nearly an hour and was duction basis for engineering eval- marketing discrete quadrasonic al- dinary stereo system and still pro- winners.BobbyDarinhandled carried in such a confusing man- uation. bums in Japan, including some of MC chores inrelaxed, informal ner that Tina Turner justifiably The mothers will be made in ducehighqualityquadrasonic style, and music was provided by thought the nomination was her New York and shipped the RCA artists through licensing sounds when then played on a tothe arrangements. These albums have quadrasonic system (JVC and Pan- Bobby Rosengarten and His Or- Grammy and made a speech of RCA plantinIndianapolisfor stood up well to quadrasonic wear. chestra, the house musicians for thanks. pressing. At present,thecutting asonic, incidentally are teaming up the Dick Cavett Show.(Rosen- of the lacquers will be done at One of the major criterias de- tounveilaseriesof hardware garten remarked that it was nice Artists present at the L.A. cere- one-third the normal speed, manded by Lapinestra, however, unitstoplaythediscretedisk; mony were: Charley Pride, Tina, but was the elimination of a double in- the software will ostensibly be on to be able to play for more than Neil Diamond and the Pat Boone this will be done away with later ventory at the dealer and, distrib- the market in advance of the hard- 10 seconds between commercials.) Family. Charles Wright and the as techniques improve. The new Many guests left early despite harder vinyl, while a commercial utor levels. He indicated as much ware).Research shows thatthe Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band in a statement during the annual ordinary album is played only 20- the fact that press releases, which performedafterthe nominations reality now, will also be replaced listedthe32 Grammy Awards sometime in the near future when convention of the National Assn. 30 times, Dearborn said. were given out. James B. Conkling of Record Merchandisers in Miami The new decoder developed by announced at the affair, were with- presented a special memorial a harder substanceisdeveloped. held until the end of the program. The twobreakthroughs came two weeks ago while appearing on Dorren picks up an excellent signal award for the late Glenn Wallichs only in recent weeks as a new de- a president's panel. even after 100 plays. And the new whichwasaccepted by Capitol coder and the harder vinyl became discrete disk is even quieter than Records president Bhaskar Menon. realities. The decoder was devel- thehigh -qualityassociatedwith Spark Lacking oped by Lou Dorren of Quadra- World Parley RCA's Red Seal albums, Dearborn castSystemsInc.,SanMateo, said. LOS ANGELES-"Welcome to Capacity Crowd Calif., and achieves a greater sen- Continued front page 1 JVC is currently seeking to clear the Grammy roadshow,"said sitivityandless signal-to-noise age of 30 a chance to broaden the term "quad" for use on its sys- MC Stan Freberg in one of his ATLANTA-A capacity crowd tem and RCA is strongly consider- many biting but under -appreciated of300viewedthe G r a m m y ratio. their thinking as well as to meet barbs at the Century Plaza Hotel leading industry figures from all ing the use of this term on the al- Awards on 9 television sets and over the world. bums, although a decision had not NARAS branchawardsdinner then danced to the music of an been made last week. There is a here. orchestra under thedirectionof It's also been noted that more possibilitythatthe (do industryregistrantsare bringing albumswill The program officially opened Ray McKinley at the Standard C their wives than ever before. This simply be described on the album at 5 p.m., a half hour before the Club here. has been a buildup from previous jacket and the labels as quadra- main awards telecast from New Theinformaleveningstarted sonic. York was transmittedlivewith IMIC programs in which relaxa- First releases will begin in May. with a social hour featuring the Is heir More tion has been intermingled with extremely poor quality to screens music of the Singers and Swing- As a rule, only new product will in the lobby and a stand-up hall EXCITING and PlaUMW) business. ers, a popular local combo. Be- be in quadrasonic and the reason alongside the banquet area. Short- foreviewingthetelecast, When yea stay at the IMIC-4 is sponsored by the Bill- willbe nottoload the board of thedealer lybeforethe show stoppedat NARAS members and their guests BEL AIR SANDS Group publications. down witha doubleinventory. 11:30 p.m., Mac Davis sang to Further information may be ob- By next year, Dearborn hopes that ate an elaborate buffet that was tained from IMIC-4, 300 Madison about one quarter of the house hailed as the chapter's best awards One of America's outstanding all new releases will be only in still remaining. dinner to date. RESORT MOTOR HOTELS on Ave.,NinthFloor, New York, quadrasonic.But he pointsout SUNSET BLVD. and SAN N.Y. 10017, (212) 687-5523. Helen Reddy had half a house Following the TV show, chapter thattherecordswillbe totally for her set 30 minutes earlier and DIEGO FREEWAY (Hwy. 4051 compatiblewith president Bill Lowery announced In the Neighborhood of existingstereo when Roger Miller appeared to the Grammy winners not shown Movie and TV Stars systems. take his turn as MC he faced a on the television show. Unfortu- Education Ahead sea of empty tables. Two Olympic -size Pools selling records or RCA has already begun a series nately, there were no Atlanta win- Wading Pool Children's Play After dinner, during which the ners Area Poolside Dining Private tapes by mail? of indoctrination programs to edu- energetic charts of the Pat Wil- The17pieceorchestrathen Patios Excellam Food cate record producers to new tech- liams band made conversation im- played three hours of dance music Cocktail Lounge our automated plant niques and capabilities of produc- possible, nomination plaques were ing product in quadrasonic sound. from the big -band era. Rotas from $17.50 Single makes us the The label is now evaluating allof - $21.50 Double its mixing facilities. "We already Write for Complete most competitive details and Color know that we'll need different echo Prod Could Lose Copyright Brochure or make in the east. equipmentthan what we now Reservations have," Dearborn said. Continued from page3 has no regular channel of sale or NOW. write or call for our (RCA unveiled the new quadra- distribution. sonic album, third generationin needed for books, lectures, dramas, Over the years, courts have dis- mail order price list. the system, last week in an exclu- etc. agreed on the question of what sive demonstration for Billboard.) The Examining Division's Music constitutesproper"publication" I1/401 E Ft , Dearborn notes that more than Section chief urgesallcopyright for music, books, et al under the INC. a dozen record manufacturers have applicants to remember that two copyright requirements. In doubtful expressed interest in the new dis- steps must precede application to cases, the Copyright Office strongly / 925 n. third street, cretesystem,includingmajor MOTOR HOTEL recordings fixed on or after Feb. suggests consulting a lawyer. phila., pa. 19123 labels such as the Kinney group, 15, 1972: there must be a "publi- One thing is definite: having a 11461 Sunset Blvd. which has so far held off com- cation" (orpublicdistribution at San Diego Freeway (Hwy. 405) mittingitself new record played by a friendly LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90049 (215) 627-2277 to any system. and/or sale)of the copies, and deejay or even a dozen friendly Phone 213-470-1241 each copy (recording) must carry deejays, over the radio, does not FREE GARAGE PARKING (212) 966-3158 thepropernotice.Additionally, constitutepublicationunderthe two "best edition" copies must be law. Mrs. Keziah points out that UA Eastern sent, together with the registration no type of performance makes the fee of $6 per copyright, preferably recordingeligibleforcopyright. in one wellandprotectively There must be some from of dis- Emphasis Set wrapped package. Damaged goods tribution and/or public sale of the cannot be registered. Continued from page1 recordings themselves. Music One applicant sent a collection One of the prime blessings of on the Coast. He's also mapped of some hit recordings of individ- the proposed copyright revision is out a program which willtake ual selections by different bands, that "publication" will no longer News him on the road to key cities East some quite obviously having been be needed to gain statutory copy- arcteer good reason for subscribing to the =I newsweeklv he. .nternat.onal music-recordtape induStIVI) of the Mississippi to talk to pro- previouslyreleased,and"fixed" right protection. All creative works, motion people who he considers before the official date of Feb. 15, from music jottings on scraps of the "pulse of the business." 1972. The applicant did not claim paper,to home-made recordings In Billboard. Publishing Overlap any "new matter" (line 6 on Form will automatically be protected as Skaff will also get involved in N) that would be copyrightable. "fixed" in tangible form. Get into It music publishing projects by main- Nor did he tell which selections The publication aspects of copy- taining a close liaison with Murray were fixed before Feb. 15 (line 7 right were perhaps best explained Deutch, president of the United on the form). bytheRegisterofCopyrights, ArtistsMusicPublishing Group Under the law granting record George Cary, in his article, "The who is based in New York. copyright,reissuesof previously QuietRevolutioninCopyright:

Billboard 2160 Patterson Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 Among Skaff s upcoming proj- recorded material can only obtain The End of the Publication Con- Please fill me in on your exclusive Music News coverage and authoritative ectsarea new buildup for the copyright when they are so dif- cept," published in the May 1967 coverage of all phases of the international music industry first thing, every CorneliusBrothers,andmajor ferentas to be substantiallyall issue of the George Washington Monday. drivesforPeter Thom,singer - new recordings, or when a copy- Law Review, Volume 35, No. 4 composer from Montreal; an al- (Billboard July 15, 1967). 1 year $35 3 years $75 new renewal right is requested for "a substan- payment enclosed bum concept from Bruce Patch tial amount of new recorded mate- bill me later Productions from Boston, and a rial." above subscription rates for Continental U.S. & Canada groupfromWoodstockcalled Rod's 1st LP Dragonfly. This was allexplainedin the Please checknature of business In the move to give the New Copyright Office Circular 56 on 1.Retailers of Records, Tapes 6. Schools, Colleges, Libraries, York office added clout, Skaff has Copyright for Sound Recordings In 2nd Rising Playback Equipment Audiophiles (Billboard, Dec.18,1971 realigned andcoordinated all issue). CHICAGO - Faces,featuring 2. Distributors, Operators, One - 7. Music Publisher, Songwriter, areas of the New York office's It warned that simple reissue of Rod Stewart, set for an eight -city Stops, Rack Jobbers Unions activities to establish closer rap- an older recording in a new form, tourof 3. Radio/TV Management & f theSouthwest,starting 8. Writers, Reviewers, Newspapers port in the areas of promotion, such as from disc to tape, cassette Apr. 21, perform songs from Stew - Broadcasters & Magazines or cartridge does not entitleit to 4. Mfrs./Producers of Records, publicity and artists relations. copyright. art'sfirst Mercury LP.Sales of Tapes, Equipment Assisting Skaffin New York "Handbags & Gladrags," a single Other will be Gene Armond, head of Thorny Query from "The Rod Stewart Album" 5. Talent -Artists, Performers, (please specify) national promotion who will also The whole question of what con- of1969,issparking the second Agents, Managers double asoffice manager; Mary stitutes "publication" of recordings revival of the LP which is nearing Name Greifibger,BarbaraScott,pub- required for copyright (i.e.,distri- 250,000 copies sold. licityonspecialprojects;Ron bution and/or sale of the recolid- Stewart is now recording a fol- I Company Address Eyre,internationalproduct;Stu ings) is a thorny one. There should low-up solo LP to the highly suc- Greenberg, domestic product; be few difficultiesfor new re- cessful"EveryPicturesTellsa City State & Zip GeorgeButler,manager ofthe cordings distributed and sold Story," an album which sparked #6200 Blue Note label in the New York through normal industry channels. the first revival of the 1969 LP. Typeof Business Title office; Randy Roberts, local pop However, the toughest problems Faces'highlightdates: Memphis promotion,andChrisMitchell, willarise for the newcomer, or (21), Louisville (24), Jacksonville, ..E1NOMMENOMMIIIMEMEMiliiiiimagssomaelk. local r&b promotion. one who is making records and Fla. (29) and Tampa (30). 8 MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD February 15 Hollywood Palladium SELL OUT February 18 The Spectrum (Philadelphia) 11,500 PAID February 19 University of Detroit 9,300 PAID Februjy 20 Alexandria (Va.) Roller Rink SELL OUT February 24 Chicago Auditorium SELL OUT February 25 Yorktown (Cleve.) Theatre SELL OUT February 27 Carnegie Hall (N.Y.) SELL OUT And Now,the New T. Rex Single (Already a Smash No.1 in England): "Telegram

Sam" Reprise #1078 General News

Mitch Miller Studio Track 011)11SProducing UA By SAM SUTHERLAND Following hisfirst experiences a variety of tape configurations in- One of the largest, most with assembly -lineproduction cluding 16 and 24 -track MCI ma- 'Sugar' Caster methods, Kenny Loggins, like chines and a Flickinger board. NEW YORK - Mitch Miller, manyyoungartists,naturally The console will be the largest complete inventories of former head of a&r at Columbia leaned toward more elaborate re- in the city, and 32 -channel com- Records, willreturn to the disk cording techniques when contem- puter mixing should be operable 45 rpm oldies in scene as producer of the original plating future recording sessions. by late spring. 28 Dolbys will be cast album of "Sugar" for United "I was making the customary used for noise reduction, and AM the U.S. Artists Records. mistake of over -production," Log - simulation in monitoring will be "Sugar"isthe musical adapta- gins admits. Fortunately, Don El- an integral feature of the facili- tion of the film, "Some Like It lis introduced him to Jim Messina, tiesfor immediate checkingof Hot," with a score by Jule Styne a former engineer at Sunset Sound broadcast quality. All labels...hundreds of and Bob Merrill. Reading the cast who had evolved into a respected Owner Stevens plans to use the are Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, artist and producer during his as- studio for his own work and for hard -to -get items. Cyril Ritchard and Elaine Joyce. sociation with Buffalo Springfield producing one or two other artists, The musical is being produced by and Poco. leaving the remaining studio time David Merrick andisscheduled open for custom work. Staffing Write:Attn.: Ron Singles Messina recognized Loggins' TO ORDER: Warix, to open in New York on April 6. abilities as complementary to his the facility will be Ben Talent as Buyer.Listtitleandartistonly, Forthepastseveralmonths own musical ideas, and the two chief engineer, assisted by David statequantitydesired.Complete Miller has been booked for guest artists began a collaboration which Molloy and Stuart Kiethly. list furnished with first order. conductorshotswith symphony ultimately produced their first Co- Thestudio'sfirstproductions Wholesale only. orchestras in such cities as Phila- lumbiaRecords album,"Kenny willinclude the Holiday Sisters, delphia,Detroit,Pittsburghand Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin' who will be produced by Stevens Minneapolis. He has been set for In." While Messina has focused and henceforth be known as an eight -week tour in the fall with somewhat on Loggins' writing and Butterfly. sound classics, inc. a45 -pieceorchestra.Columbia vocals,therecord bearsthe * * * SC1 ArtistsManagement handleshis stampofhisownproduction At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, 5550 PROGRESS ROAD INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA46241 concert bookings. values,firstsuggested bythe current activity has included Lenny 317-247-8491 Springfield'slast album and de- Williams for Atlantic Records, pro- fined by Poco's first record. duced by Brad Shapiro and Dave MIDWEST'S MOST COMPLETE ONE -STOP, RACK JOBBER AND DISTRIBUTOR Grunt to Release For Messina, record production Crawford. Over 27.000 Square Feet of Record and Tape Know-how poses many of the same problems Stax Records will be bringing in Hot Tuna Product as film production: Notably, the several of their artists during the medium itself can interfere with coming month, with Ben Atkins SAN FRANCISCO-Grunt Rec- its musical content when the pro- and Bobby Manuel slated for open- ordsPresident Bill Thompson has ducer relies on the studio to sup- ers and Carla Thomas scheduled announced that all Hot Tuna prod- ply the record's power. To over- for later sessions. uct will now be released on the come the heady wine ofover- ChiefengineerJerryMasters Grunt label exclusively. All pre- production, Messina and Loggins willbecollaboratingwithBilly vious product by thishit group chose to develop solid "pre -pro- Herbert of Memphis' Bloc 6 Studio appeared on RCA. Grunt is owned duction"methodswhichwould in the production of Harem, an bytheJeffersonAirplaneand permit them to enter the studio all -girl group. manufactured and distributed by with a sense of control and di- * * RCA. rection at the outset of actual re- Gold Star Studios in Hollywood A special promo campaign has cording. iscurrently hosting Z.Z.Hill, been instituted by Grunt and RCA "A board can be just as much produced by Matt Hill. The album to introduce the group's first prod- a guitar or an organ as the in- is scheduled for late spring release uct on the Grunt label. A Hot strumentitself,"Messinanotes, and will be the first release on the Tuna tour of Eastern colleges and "but the studio shouldn't be used new United Artists/Hill label. concert halls has been set from tomanufacture merelypleasant Ella Woods, former lead with April 1 through 15 and will be sounds." Messina is wary of pro- the New Platters, recorded her cur- heavily promoted jointly by both duction polish for its own sake, rent single at Gold Star with pro- Grunt and RCA. and he feels that "There has to duction and engineering by Lewis The promotionwillentaila be a reason for everything that Peters. heavy concentration on the Eastern goes down on tape." * * * press and radio media, along with Consequently, after Loggins At the Record Plant, in New record shop window displays spot- brought his material to Messina, York, John Lennon and Yoko Ono lighting Hot Tuna's new LP and the two artists spent months doing have been working with the Plas- single release on the Grunt label. simplemixesofthetuneson tic Ono Band and Elephant's Mem- In addition, both Grunt and RCA Messina's home equipment. With ory. John, Yoko, and Phil Spector will co-op a party for the group "Vahevala," their single, Loggins are producing, with Roy Cicala immediately following their already notes, "I brought in the song, and engineering the sessions. SRO two -show headliner at New I knew I wanted that Jamaican Also involved with recording at York'sCarnegieHall.Monday, feeling to come out. Beyond that, thestudioareMarshall Efron, April 3. producedforPolydor by Peter though,itwas stripped. We then Siegel with Carmine Rubino engi- sat down and started putting ideas neering; Ronnie Dyson for Colum- together." The final studio track bia, with Stan Vincent producing; Edition's Suit usedsteeldrums and recorders Richard Roundtree, produced by to provide the right atmosphere, Eugene McDanieLl for MGM with Vs TRO Settled with an extra taste of reverb on Tom Flye engineering; Don Covay, LOS ANGELES-Kenny Rogers thebridgevocalstoemphasize for Rag -Mop Productions, with and Terry Williams, principals of Loggins' narrative. Carmine Rubino completing the the First Edition have come to an From rough mixes using only engineering;and Buzzy Linhart, out -of -courtsettlementoftheir guitar and bass, Loggins and Mes- produced for Buddah and engi- suit against TRO publishing. The sina tried to develop "a workable neered by Shelley Yakus. settlement leaves First Edition Pro- situation, one that could be easily InLosAngeles,theRecord ductions,a publishing officeset duplicated on stage," in Messina's Plant has hosted Buddy Miles for up by the original members of the words. Both he and Loggins wanted Mercury, withPhil Shear engi- First Edition and TRO, in control the record to be directed at "the neeringthedate.Engineer Bob of all First Edition songs written people at home," and they con- Hughes has been busy working before Feb.1,1972. Rogers and centrated on a clean, spontaneous, sessions with Fleetwood Mac for Williams are free of their exclusive and realistic style that would be Warner Brothers/Reprise, the Blos- Posters . . . a perfect at- consistent with their concert work. tractionforyourcus- publishing contract as of that date. soms for MGM, and Road, pro- tomers. Studio One can While Messina's past innovations duced for Motown by Tom Wilson. supply you with all the have included pioneering work in ** * popular subjects on the Friedman in stereo panning of drum tracks and Broadway Recording Studios in markettoday. Mood use of compression in mixing gui- New York has recently handled posters. Animals. Super Poppy Push tar lines, his treatment of Loggins' sessions including Robert J. Ballack. Stars. Archie Bunker. work has been subtle with regard producing himself with Ray Dah- Sports posters. NEW YORK - Poppy Records' to technique. He feels that one of rouge's participation for Roulette Harold Friedmanhasscheduled Loggins'strongesttraitsishis Records; Frankie Crocker for Pres- TheMiracleModule another promotion tour on behalf "senseofcharacterization,"and tige; Don Cooper, finishing demos shown here can be added of the label's new album product. such an element might have been for his next Roulette Records al- to. Use two, three or more. Friedman hit theroad a few weeks buriedunderbusierproduction bum; and London Fog, produced Allin one location or ago topreview the new LP's. work. by Billy Tyrell. Pat Jacques and throughout your store. Friedman will tour Miami, Bos- The final outcome of their ef- Richard Leavy provided engineer- ton,Philadelphia, Baltimore,At- forts remains to be seen, but both ing for the sessions. The posters you buy are lanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Los Loggins and Messina are pleased Also at Broadway, Iry Green- displayed in full size for Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, with their work. Messina's use of baum has engineered sessions with the convenience of cus- Detroit and Cleveland over a three- the film analogy remains valid, he Georgina Granados for Vico Rec- tomer selection. week period. feels, and he now thinks of his ords; Yomo Toro for West Side Write us for a full catalog, contributions as producer in terms Records; and Hugo Henriquez, also of the director's function in film for West Side. order form and particulars Brown '60's Albums production. on a complete poster CHICAGO-A two -record LP * * * * * * display. of mid -1960's James Brownin- Nashville's first 24 -track studio Bell Sound has been busy with strumentalsandavocalalbum should be in operation by the end datesfor Kama Sutra,Buddah, from the same period both to sell ofMarch. Ray Stevens' Sound and Cobblestone. For Kama Sutra, StudioOne for $5.98 have been released by Lab, established by the indepen- Dust has been in for sessions pro - 1899 NEW HOPE STREET, Mercury Records. dent producer and artist, will offer (Continued on page 12) NORRISTOWN, PA. 19901 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD We Salute

OurWinners.BEST COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE, MALE "When You're Hot, You're Hot"-Jerry Reed

BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE "Snowbird"-Chet Atkins

BEST SACRED PERFORMANCE (MUSICAL) "Did You Think to Pray"-Charley Pride

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE (OTHER THAN SOUL GOSPEL) "Let Me Live"-Charley Pride

BEST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE -INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST OR SOLOISTS (WITH ORCHESTRA) Julian Bream: "Villa -Lobos: Concerto for Guitar"

BEST OPERA RECORDING Verdi: Aida-Erich Leinsdorf cond. London Sym. John Alldis Choir/Prin. Solos: Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Grace Bumbry, Ruggero Raimondi/A&R Producer: Richard Mohr

BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE "Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann" And allournominees.

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Earnings Off the Ticker Reports Market Quotations RCA Recordsregisteredsales mated it had a 1971 net loss of As of closing, Thursday, March 16, 1972 and profit gains over the preced- $2.3 million. The preliminary esti- CREATIVE MANAGEMENT ASSOC. Year to ing year contributing to the par- mate was reached after taking ac- NAME 1971 Week's Vol. Week's Week's Week's Net Dec. 31 1971 1970 High Low in 100's High Low Close Change ent company's 1971 results of a countofwriteoffstotaling$2.4 Revenues $ 9,277,000 $ 11,310,000 6 percent sales gain and a 20 per- million, including about $600,000 Net income 506,000 986,000 cent rise from continuing opera- from discontinued operations and Per share .52 1.00 Admiral 27 8 612 263/4 23% 243/8 2% A&E Plastik Pak Co. 127/8 3% 290 57/8 51/4 5% 1/2 tion. ... Triangle Industries, New- about $1.8 million in extraordinary 34 AMPEX CORP American Auto Vending 15% 67/e 197 147/8 131/2 133/4 ark,N.J.,declaredaquarterly items. . . . General Electric Co. ABC 673/4 25 1692 673/e 653/4 663/4 3/8 Quarter to Ampex 257/a 7 1761 9 83/8 83/a 1/4 dividend of 20 cents per share, expects 1972 to be its best year, Jan. 29 1972 1971 payable April 10 to holders of rec- Automatic Radio 141/4 5 122 8% 7% 75/s said Fred J. Borch, chairman and Sales $ 54,300,000 $ 82,953,000 ARA 117 194 172 167 172 3 ord March 20. Triangle isadi- chiefexecutive.In1971,GE's Net loss 82,901,000 a 1,350,000 Avco Corp. 1207/e 121/2 1816 20% 193/a 20 1/2 versifiedmanufacturerof music consumer products group con- Nine -month Avnet 15% 81/4 1324 151/8 14% 14% 1/2 systems, coin -operated phonographs Sales 209,600,000 221,913,000 Bell & Howell 651/2 321/8 188 647/a 62 62 3 tributed a net of $106 million from Net loss 86,300,000 a 2,730,000 CapitolInd. 217/a 8 229 133/4 121/4 12% and vending machines. . . . A&E $77 million; sales went up to $2.8 Per share .25 CBS 557/a 301/8 687 541/4 517/a 53 - 13/4 131/8 14 PlasticPak,CityofIndustry, billion from $1.97billion. . . . ColumbiaPictures 17% 65/8 797 141/2 3/8 Calif., parent company of Kraco Craig Corp., Compton, Calif., im- TRIANGLE INDUSTRIES INC. CraigCorp. 9 2% 324 61/e 43/4 51/8 Creative Management 173/4 75/e 225 117/8 10% 11% 3/4 ProductsInc.,Compton,Calif., porter of consumer electronic prod- Year to Disney,Walt 1691/2 77 1525 1553/4 1471/4 1531/2 5/e Dec. 31 1971 1970 auto tape playerimporter,esti- ucts, is appealing a decision by a EMI 6 3 1416 6 51/4 53/4 3/4 U.S.districtcourtinColorado Sales $159,641,000 $165,133,000 General Electric 661/2 527/e 3470 641/8 627/s 631/4 3/4 Income 2,255,000 1,865,000 Gulf & Western 39% 19 1329 381/2 361/2 371/2 5/e thatcertainCraig8 -trackauto b-Spec chg ' 188,000 1,358,000 Hammond Corp. 137/a 81/2 204 111/4 10% 105/8 - 1/2 Anti-Rock Bill models infringe several patents c-Net income 2,067,000 507,000 Handleman 47 293/4 400 32% 293/4 297/8 - 2% held by Gates Learjet Corp. Craig a-Per share 1.12 .92 Harvey Group 87/e 31/a 45 41/4 41/a 41/a - 1/a Continued from page3 a-Based onincomebeforespecial Instruments Systems Corp. 12% 4% 839 73/e 6% 7 Unch. said its counsel believes injunctive charges. b-Primarily from liquidation of ITT 67% 457/e 7932 611/4 565/8 58% - 2 have to provide insurance cover reliefwill be suspended pending operations which were discontinuedin Interstate United 131/2 6 230 11 101/4 10% - 1/2 for the whole event. a decision on the appeal, which 1970. c-Equal to $1.03 a share in 1971 Macke 161/2 83/8 122 161/4 15 151/e - The charteralsoallowslocal it and 25 cents a share in 1970. Matsushita Electric Ind. 28% 161/4 8471 27% 251/4 255/8 - 25/8 estimates will take a year or Mattel Inc. 52% 18% 1205 297/8 273/4 287/8 - 7/8 authoritiesto 341/4 inspectproposed more. The court decision also pro- DATA TECHNOLOGY CORP. MCA 35 173/4 367 34% 335/8 + lie sites and discuss festival arrange- vides for injunctive relief to halt Quarter to Memorex 791/2 191/4 1301 303/4 283/4 293/4 1/4 ments with the organisers.Ifa future sale of the models involved. MGM 267/a 151/2 197 207/8 191/4 191/4 -11/2 Jan. 30 1972 1971 Metromedia 387/a 173/4 459 387/8 367/a 375/8 - 1/8 local councilisunable to agree The court actionprincipallyaf- Sales $ 2,808,000 $ 2,701,000 3M 1447/a 951/8 528 1447/8 142% 144% + 11/2 with the promoter on the suitabil- fects Craig's car stereoline,ac- Net loss 159,000 99,000 Motorola 98% 511/2 641 981/8 93 97% - 3/8 ity of a site,itwill be able to cording to a Craig spokesman. He Loss per share .13 .08 North American Philips 373/4 217/a 285 371/2 327/e 333/4 - 4 Playboy Enterprises 25 163/4 663 24 221/2 22% - 3/4 either propose analternativeor added that while the models in Nine -month Pickwick International 47% 32 124 46 443/4 447/e - 11/2 conveneaspecialtribunalcon- dispute don't represent majority of Sales 8,987,000 8,906,000 RCA 45 26 9906 44% 393/4 421/8 - 23/4 sisting of a council representative the concern's sales, they do repre- Loss Servmat 40% 251/2 274 351/4 34 341/e - We cont oper . 180,000 1,029,000 Sony Corp. 35% 143/4 2144 347/a 321/2 33 - 11/2 a member of the Association and sent a "significant" portion. (See Net Superscope 32% 91/8 451 181/8 16 177/8 + 3/4 a representative of the Law So- separate story in Tape Cartridge disc oper 35,000 d 7,000 Tandy Corp. 49 30% 834 453/6 421/2 42% - 2% Loss 145,000 12 123/6 V2 ciety. section.)... Morse Electro Prod- 1,036,000 Telex 22% 73/4 1489 133/8 - Spec credit 142,000 Tenna Corp. 111/2 41/4 1039 81/2 71/4 81/4 + 1/2 The proposed Association will ucts Corp., New York, plans to Net loss 3,000 1,036,000 Transamerica 231/2 143/8 5147 231/2 217/8 22% + Wa also actively oppose any promo- register with the Securities and Ex- per share .15 .85 Triangle 223/4 143/8 116 197/a 183/4 19 - 1/2 ter not accepting the conditions of change Commissionaproposed d-loss. 20th Century Fox 17 7% 880 16% 14% 15 - 11/2 the charter, and it will assist local Vendo 171/2 97/s 31 14% 133/4 133/4 - 3/4 pubilc offering of about 525,000 Viewlex 127/8 5Ve 1378 121/e 101/2 107/e - 11/s councils in any legal action against common shares. The of f e r in g WarnerCommunications 475/8 257/e 2148 441/2 42 44 - 3/4 such promoters. wouldhaveacurrentmarket Wurlitzer 201/4 101/8 49 183/4 171/8 171/2 - 1 The charter also states that the value of about $15.5 million. Of 7" LP Claims Zenith 547/a 36% 1370 50% 473/4 477/a - 21/2 Association will establish working thetotal,about350,000shares relationships with appropriate na- will be offered by Morse, with cer- As of closing, Thursday, March 16, 1972 tionalorganisationssuchasthe tainselling stockholdersoffering 12" Playtime Week's Week'sWeek's Week's Week's OVER THE COUNTER' OVER THE COUNTER*Week's County CouncilAssociation,the the remaining 175,000 shares. Pro- High Low Close High Low Close Advisory Council on Public Sani- ceedswillbe used for working Continued from page 3 tation and the Association of Rural capital. ... United Artists, a sub- available a 9 91/4 District Health Inspectors. sidiary of Transamerica, has con- tootherlabelsfor AbkcoInd. 53/4 43/4 43/4 Magnetic Tape Eng. 97/a mastering fee. Alltapes 4 31/2 31/2 M. Josephson Assoc. 131/8 12 131/s tinueditsrecovery from a very Audiophonics 43/4 41/2 43/4 Mills Music 17 17 17 gloomy 1970inwhich an $18 Giarusso and Samora founded Bally Mfg. Corp. 48 433/4 433/4 NMC 155/8 131/2 131/2 'West Side Story' million operating loss was recorded, Cartridge TV 353/4 32 353/4 Perception Ventures 37/8 3 31/2 Fleetwood 14 years ago after a 11 47/8 45/e including the problems of the rec- Data Packaging 121/2 111/4 Recoton 4% Continued from page 3 successfulventureinfastfood Gates Learjet 153/8 143/4 15 Schwartz Bros. 11% 111/2 115/e ord and tape divisions, according Goody, Sam 9% 8 9% Telecor Inc. 501/2 463/4 4634 42.6 familiesanda55percent to Bache & Co. Inc., New York. franchising. The label was designed GRT Corp. 6 51/8 51/4 Teletronics Int. 12% 101/4 10% share.During this time segment. The record division had a poor to capitalize on the Boston area's Koss Electronics 141/4 121/2 121/2 United Record Tape 33/4 2% 3 "HawaiiFive -O"managed14.0 1971, but expense controls are be- heatedinterestinallkindsof *Over-the-counter prices shown are "bid" (as opposed to "asked"). Neither the bid nor the and 18 percent figures. The Grif- ing implemented. For 1972, the asked prices of unlisted securities represent actual transactions. Rather, they are a guide to fin show was 7.0 and 9 percent. report states, Transamerica expects sportscompetitions.Theirfirst the range within which thesesecuritiescould have been soldor boughtatthe time of The final half hour ofthe a substantial improvement in the market was the members and fans compilation. Grammy festivities drew 23.6 and record business and a continuing of New England's many drum The above contributed to Billboard by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith,Inc. Member. 33 percent, "West Side Story" had reduction of the subsidiary's loss and bugle corps.Fleetwood has of the New York Stock Exchangeandall principal stock exchanges. been concluded by this t i m e. in this area, chiefly through a com- since averaged 200,000 sales for "Nichols" drewratingsof12.7 bination of revitalizingitsroster albums chronicling the league -win- and 25 percent for NBC. CBS' of recording artists, trimming costs ning seasonsofteams suchas "Cannon"scored20.2and28 and improving marketing methods Boston'sRedSox,Celticsand Record, Tape & Publishing percent. and distribution volume. Bruins plus annual champions like the 1972 Super Bowl winners, the Dallas Cowboys. Revenues Contribute Well They are also heavily involved LOS ANGELES-Records, mu- vided 12 percent of MGM's reve- in producing premium records for sicpublishing and tape accounts nue last year, while Metromedia WANTED manufacturer tie-ins. Fleetwood is for a healthy chunk of business is "benefitting from its music pub- A Complete Music Catalog now heavily involvedinseeking for companies not fully involved in lishing and record wings." giveaway premium deals forits the record industry. Warner Communications gained Vocal-Instrumental microsonic recordings. Production Whileparentcompanies,like about $35,100,000 (before taxes) and manufacturing costs are under MCA, Columbia Pictures Indus- from the Warner Bros. music di- Rock-Easy Listening-Folk-Soul-C&W 50 cents per unit. tries,Walt DisneyProductions, vision (music publishing, records and tapes), or about 65 percent of Interested in Leasing All or Part Own Racked Label Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer, Warner Communications (Kinney), among the entire pre-tax, pre -special items Name Artists Not Necessary Theirfirst marketing arrange- others,derive the bulk of their earnings of the parent company. ment is typical of the outlets they revenues and earnings from other Music operations have jumped 48 are seeking. All Star Dairies, an sources, a sizable portion of itis percent in pre-tax operating earn- Send Sample Listing To: associationof200independent made via the phonograph avenue. ings in three years. P.O. Box 283 dairy companies headquartered in For example, records (Colgems, Greenich, Conn., is installing Bell and Mala), music publishing, Clawson, Michigan 48017 100 -record racks in all the super- broadcasting and TV commercials markets they service. The racks accounted for 25 percent of Co- will hold 7 -inch microsonic records lumbiaPicturesIndustries'reve- Studio retailing at $1.49. nues last year, according to a re- Fleetwood's first completed mi- port by Arnold Bernhard & Co., COMPLETE crosonic album for this series is a New York. Track INVENTORY set of eight complete songs from Another example is Walt Disney IN STOCK! Productions, where music and rec- ASK THE MAN WHO KNOWS "JesusChrist,Superstar,"per- NO WAITING! formed by Boston musicians. Com- ords accounted for 10 percent of Continued from page 10 its revenue and 9 percent ofits about recording tape and cassettes . . . and ing next is an album of "Fiddler how to merchandise from interior displays OntheRoof"highlights.The earnings in 1971. duced by DominicSicilia,Ken label'slibraryofgreatsports MCA's music publishing, phono- Kerner, Kenny Aaronson, Marc for maximum sales profits . . . moments will be drawn on heavily graphs, tapes and records (Decca, Bell, and Richie Wise. Harry Yar- for microsonic albums and Fleet- Coral, Brunswick, Uni and Kapp) mark engineered the date, as well wood already holds rights to cer- contributed 21 percent of revenues asCathy Chamberlain's sessions tain material by stars like Johnny to its coffers last year. "The music producedbyChipTaylorand division is prosperous," states the Trade Martin for the label. Ftwalield Cash and Jeannie C. Riley. Value Line Investment Survey, a Meanwhile, Taylor and Martin FACTORY -TO -YOU SALES REPS. IntheworksareFleetwood published report by the brokerage have been working there with Al KNOWand offer you the know how that goes microsonic albums of current top house. "The rock musical, 'Jesus Gorgoni on the next Gorgoni, Mar- with the profit line from Pfanstiehl. hitsre-recorded by studio musi- Christ, Superstar,' continues to en- tin and Taylor sides for Buddah. cians.Giarussoisalso closeto hance the company's profit pos- Finally, Ruth Brown has been 3300 WASHINGTON ST. BOX 498 completion of a deal which will ture." recordingforCobblestone,with PFANSTIEHLWAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 60 08 5 see a major label's artists reissued Music publishing, tapes and rec- Malcolm Addey engineering the on microsonic albums for a direct ords (MGM, Stormy Forest, Sun- sessions and Johnny Pate produc- mail premium series. flower, DCP and Colossus) pro- ing. 12 MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD 164 awl oAdIAL640.64

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SONG OF THE YEAR BEST FEMALE POP, You've Got A Friend ROCK & FOLK Carole King VOCAL PERFORMANCE Tapestry RECORD OF THE YEAR Carole King It's Too Late Carole King BEST MALE POP, ROCK & FOLK ALBUM OF THE YEAR VOCAL PERFORMANCE Tapestry You've Got A Friend Carole King James Taylor BEST POP, O ROCK & FOLK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE Smackwater Jack Quincy Jones

0 ABAkGiu Ltd DitattAA47 ka(4,-)11)411) Highlights of New York/Atlanta Grammys New York NARAS

Aretha Franklin Rocco Laginestra and Danny Davis B.B. King Father O'Connor

Isaac Hayes Lou Rawls Richard Harris Henry Mancini and Bobby Darin The Carpenters

Atlanta NARAS

Herb Alpert Clive Davis and Stanley Gortikov

Included among a capacity crowd of 300 persons at the Grammy Awards Dinner -Dance of the Atlanta NARAS Chapter are (left to right) WAOK Program Director Burke Johnson, Ray Whitley, Bill Lowery, Ray McKinley and Gwen Kesler of Southland Record Distributing Com- pany. After an elaborate buffet, NARAS members and their guests viewed the Grammy Awards on nine television sets placed throughout the. Standard Country Club. Entertainment was provided by an orches- tra under the direction of Ray McKinley.

Jerry Reed Jerry Moss Stephen Schwartz MCA Promoting Ratchell In Detroit, Dallas Mkts. NEW YORK - MCA -Decca resultedinthree scheduled con- Records has instituted a major pro- cert dates for the group inthat motional campaign in the Dallas city. A live simulcast of the Dallas and Detroit markets for thela- concert will be shown in Houston bel'snewly -signed rockgroup, and Austin to tie-in with the pro- Ratchell. motion. The campaign went into effect InDetroit,a promotion cam- shortlyafter Ed Rhinehart, per- paign for Ratchell is being imple- sonalmanagerofRatchell,re- mented by local MCA promotion turned from a 12 -city survey tour man Pete Gideon, and WKNR and with MCA's branch managers and local department stores will be in- Nostalgic music of the big band erais performed by an orchestra various radio personnel. volved. A Detroitconcertwill under the direction of Ray McKinley at the Grammy Awards Dinner - Heavy airplay on KRLD-FM in follow the promotion. Dance of the Atlanta NARAS Chapter held in the Standard Country Club Dallas, supplemented by the sta- Similar campaigns for Ratchell on Tuesday evening, March 14. Chapter members and their guests tion's purchase of 30 outdoor bill- areslatedfor Los Angeles and Johnny Mann and feasted on an elaborate buffet and viewed the Grammy Awards tele- boards welcoming the group, has Southern California. Kris Kristofferson cast before dancing to the music of McKinley and the orchestra. 14 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Literally dancingup the Best Selling Charts the motion picture SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR

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RECORDS Talent 10 Cities Set Easter Rock Rites LOS ANGELES - Live Easter man, is also on the road rehears- Signings sunrise concerts of the Bible -rock ing with various choirs. Talent In Action "Truth of Truths" album will be In New York City, "Truth of L performed in ten cities and car- Truths" will be heard over WWDJ The Hollies have re-signed with Epic.Theirnewsingle,"The DAVID AMRAM evening with a startling set of ex ried on local radio stations April at 2 a.m. as part of an all-night cellentoriginals. Her v o i c eis 2. In most locations, church choirs rockconcert fromtheCentral Baby," Top 10 in England, was BERNIE TRAVIS warm, sure, and direct, and her will do the vocalizing, backed by Park band shell. In Los Angeles, recently released in the U.S. The guitar and piano are clean and the original instrumental accom- KDAY will carry a broadcast by disk introduces the group's new RAUN MacKINNON lead singer,Mikael Rickfors, of Gaslight II, New York expressive. Raun's songs are fluid, paniment tapes from the album. thealbum'soriginalcastfrom honest works that reflect her love Sweden. . . . Eric Brann, former The concerts will be free and the Greek Theater and $1 contri- His guitar technique comprised of pop music, folk,gospel, and and generally set at outdoor halls. butions will be collected for the leader guitarist and vocalist with a thumb brushed often uncertainly blues, yet her work surfaces as Oak Records, which released the city's YMCAs. the Iron Butterfly, has signed for against the strings of his Martin, her own. album,is underwriting the sound Other broadcast sites, which will personal management with Gerard and his voice occasionally buckled W. Purcell. Brann and his group Miss MacKinnonispresently equipment rentals for each concert also carry a short interdenomina- under the strain of reaching for unsigned. SAM SUTHERLAND and has engineers on theroad tional sermon as part of the pro- will record on the Sunflower label, high,curlingphrases.Withhis overseeing the set-ups. Oak's a&r gram, are: Denver, KIMN; Cin- a subsidiaryof MGM Records, songs spread out before him on a directorconductor,ErnieFree - cinnati, WSAI; Seattle, KJR; At- throughPurcell's GWP Produc- chair,composerDavid Amram SHIRLEY BASSEY lanta, WQXI; Pittsburgh, KQV; tions. Brann will cut his own songs. sometimes lost a line in the shuf- Philadelphia, WFL; San Antonio, . . . SingerSherri James has fleof paper, but a room filled Philharmonic Hall, New York KTSA. In nine additional cities, the signed with Wheel Records. She with old friends, new friends, and In a shimmering gown of pure "Truth of Truths" album will be will be produced by Steve Metz friends -in -the -making was warmed silver that dazzled the audience, broadcast in its entirty as part of and David Lipton of Victrix Pro- byhis honesty andhisgenuine Miss Shirley Bassey, often called Easter special programming. ductions and Norman Bergen. . . . faith in the healing power of music. the female Tom Jones, made her 'K'-- c --- "I'm glad that this promotion The Brass Ring featuring Phil Bod- Amram's musical identity defies concert debut here, March 13th. has so many public service applica- ner has signed with Project 3. The description.Now recordingfor Backed by the overly loud band t1 tions,"said Oak Records topper group's first single for the label RCA Records, he draws from vir- of Woody Herman, she neverthe- Ray Ruff, who produced "Truth has been released. The record is tuallyevery period and e v e r y lesssucceeded in communicating the of Truths," "But let'sface I "Willkomen"(Welcome)f r o m genre, but his Gaslight perform- with the full house and had them it, can't imagine any other way we Cabaret" b/w a Latin treatment ances were marked by informality. begging for more. More, in fact, could have gotten suchmassive of the "Main Theme" from "The He didn't bring his horns or an was what there should have been, nationwide exposure fortheal- Godfather." . . . Wayne Newton orchestra, but he did bring a tin since the United Artists performer evibook bum. I hope we can make these has signed with Chelsea Records, whistle,a bouzouki, and Charlie was on stage for little more than Easter performances of 'Truth of a newly -formed label, which will Chin andhis Spanish guitarto an hour. While she was up there, Truths' an annual event and keep be distributed by RCA. Chelsea provide the underpinnings for his though, she sparkled with her own it a steady catalog title for years has released Newton's initial single observations. As a cosmic Jewish British hit version of "For All We to come." for the label, and an album is on hayseedj a z z m a n, Amram ap- Know," as well as her most recent that the way.... Godfrey Daniel has proaches his audience on personal release "Diamonds Are Forever" signed with Atlantic, which will terms, giving them his songs be- and the classic "Goldfinger." Her Make Music, Volt support the group with a heavy fore the ink has dried. In this in- bump and grind treatment of "The advertising, publicity and point -of- carnation, he may never stun an Lady Is a Tramp" was a knockout In Leaders Push sale merchandising campaign. God- audience with technique, but his and her encore, "My Life," sur- NEW YORK-Myrna March, frey Danielison a nationwide lackofpretensionsuggeststhe passed even the recorded version. representing Make Music, was in tour, with stops scheduled at the roots of his durability. JOE TARAS Memphis last week for meetings Orpheum in Seattle, the Bijou in What first impresses the listener Al Las Vegas, the Strand in Chicago, as primitive and surreal in Am - with Bell,chairmanofthe TEMPTATIONS SELLS... board of Stax/Volt, aimed at co- and the Odeon inTulsa. . . . ram's style eventually emerges as ordinating a campaign of personal Polydor has signed Randy Burns honesteclecticism. Anyone who Copacabana, New York appearances, new recorded product and the Sky Dog Band, who are deals with time travel at the auto- The Temptations, no strangers and exploitation for the Leaders. mat,orspiritualismatDunkin' produced and managed by Barry Donuts, deserves your support. to the Copa, returned March 9th Fidelitone The group is managed and pro- Seidel. and permeated the club with soul. duced for the Volt label by Miss Raun MacKinnon opened the The five -man group, who record March and Bert Keyes. for Motown's Gordy label, kept Prior to the Memphis meetings, the show moving with their rhyth- the leaders were in New York for mic gyrations and solid vocal discussions with the CMA agency From The sound, but unfortunately, many of relativetoacross-country tour the lyrics were lost in the shuffle. being set to coincide with the re- Although they offered their own lease of their new single, "Which Music Capitals unique treatments of other artists Way," written for them by March hits, such as "Smiling Faces Some- and Keyes. of the World times"and"It'sImpossible,"it was their own hits that stole the spotlight, and they were there in IFA and Nems DOMESTIC abundance. From their most recent needle replacement guide release "Take a Look Around" to NEW YORK ing the country with Tom Jones their earlier successes, "My Girl," Enter a Pact ColumbiaRecordshasbeen for six months. . . .Epic artist "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" and NEW YORK - International awarded15certificatesof merit Colin Blunstone is back in London "Ball of Confusion," they proved Famous Agency and Nems Enter- by the Art Director's Club of New following two weeks of interviews why they have stayed at the top prises Ltd. of London have con- York for album covers created by and promotion appearances in the U.S. in conjunction with his debut for the last 10 years. Comic Willie cluded areciprocal arrangement the Columbia art department under Tyler got the evening off toa to represent each other in the vari- the direction of John Berg, creative LP for the label, "One Year," and pleasant start. JOE TARAS ety and light entertainment fields. director, packaging. The label also his current single, "Caroline Good- IFA'sterritorywillincludethe won five certificates of merit in bye." Blunstone met with press New for1972... U.S., Canada and the rest of the the Los Angeles ArtDirector's and visted radio stations in New KINKS Western Hemisphere. Nems' ter- Club Show, the first year that Co- York,Philadelphia,Boston,Los Angeles, LINDISFARNE Fidelitone's Needle Replace. ritory will be the British Isles and lumbia was an entrant.. .. Scep- SanFrancisco,Seattle ment Glide is more than a the Continent. ter artist Beverly Bremers was in and Portland, Ore. His single, "Say Carnegie Hall, New York Each company will cooperate in Hollywood recently to tape "The You Don't Mind," went Top 20 If William F. Buckley, Jr., had Catalog... it is a true selling in England. . . . the development of contemporary DatingGame,""DickClark's RCA's Charlie beenon hand the tool. It contains more cross- music and cafe acts in the light Bandstand" and KHJ-TV's band- Pride opens in the Las Vegas Hil- for Kinks' entertainmentfields. stand ton Hotel's main showroom July 6. March 8 performance, he might referenced entries. More show, "Boss City." . . . have termed it epicene rock. Then ways to find what you're Scepter's Kevin Lindsay willap- He will do two shows a night again, he might have enjoyed the pear on NBC -TV's children's se- through July 17.... Electric tenor looking for. Saves time and British group as much as the sell- ries, "See for Yourself," on Sunday saxist Eddie Harris, an Atlantic out crowd did. effort in determining your . . . Unsurpassed in Quality at any Price (26). Pianist -composer Herbie artist, will appear at the Esquire Fired by the funky lead singing customer's needs. You lo- Hancock, who records for Warner Show Bar in Montreal, April 3-9, of Ray Davies, the Kinks cavorted Bros.,is on a European tour. A and give a concert at the Univer- catethe Fidelitone needle sity of Denver on April 14. His through burlesque turns reminis- number quickly and confi- GLOSSY new album is slated for May re- cent of a London music hall. Let lease.... Aaron Schroeder, of A. new album, "Instant Death," is set joy be unrefined, was the message for April release.. . . dently. It simply helps to Schroeder International Ltd., and Elton John of the evening. Abetting Ray in the sell more needles! PHOTOS his wife Abby are the parents of is touring Germany and Italy, and a willtape a televisionspecialin merriment were his brother, Dave, 100-8x10 $13.95 seven -pound -eleven -ouncegirl. leadguitar;JohnDalton,bass The Fidelitone Needle Re- 1000-8x10 $95.00 Her name is Rachel. Rome on Saturday (25). The Uni guitar; John Gosling, organ and 1000 Postcards The Rock Flowers, a femme trio artistthen performs in Holland, placement Guide isjust a $55.00 following up with a U.S. concert piano; and Nick Avory, drums. COLOR PRINTS which records for the Wheel label, Lurching convulsively about the part of Fidelitone's com- 100-8x10 which RCA distributes, are tour- jaunt. pletemake iteasy merchan- stage,RayDavieswarnedthe $89.00 Glen Campbell, Capitolartist, throng of the evils of "Demon Al- dising program that means 1,000 13x10 COLOR headlines two charity concerts at cohol." With thebeer splashing greater sales and profits for MOUNTED the New Victoria Theater in Lon- out of the bottle he clutched. you every dealer. ENLARGEMENTS $175.00 HUROK FORMS don on Saturday (25). Proceeds go somehow had to doubthissin- 20"x30" $6.50 3,000 Postcards to the Variety Club of Great Brit- cerity. 30"x40" $9.50 Contact your Fidelitone Dis- $120.00 NEW CORP. ain, sponsor of the affair. . . . Among thechestnuts through tributor or write... Special Color NEW YORK-Magna Artists Baron Steak House opens a jazz which the Kinks frolicked were Process Corp. has been formed asa program on Monday (20), when "Lola,"and,ofcourse,"You subsidiary of HurokConcerts, Jackie Paris and Anne Marie Moss Really Got Me." It's been quite Inc. The new corporation, head- make their New York club debut. some time since we've heard that ed by Ed Rubin, will represent . Martin Mull is a regular music incredibly raunchy opening guitar OPY4T contemporary artists. Rubin was writer and lyricist for the new TV riff to "You Really Got Me," but Fidelitone newsseries,"51stState," which when Davies teased the audience Advancing Technology and Merchandising otocropner_r responsible for establishing and airs on WNET, New York.. . . with it before actually playing the With THE TOUCH OF MAGIC A Division of directingtheconcertdepart- 6415 North Ravenswood Avenue JAMES J. KRIEGSMANN ments of Music Corp. of Amer- CapitolactAshton, Gardner & song through, the assemblage blew Chicago, Illinois 60626 165 W. 46th St., N. Y.36 PL 7-0233 ica, General Artists Corp. and Dyke appearatAtlanticCity's its collective mind. International Famous Agency. Steel Pier, April 2.... Merry Clay - If camp is indeed an art form, (Continued on page 20) (Continued on page 20) 16 MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD Capt..5rets.8 WI KA western union Telegram

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SF -1201 (R5-66) Thesearethealbumsthathave been addedthispast week to the nation's leading progressive stations. Inmany cases,aparticularradio station may play allof the cuts on a given album, but the cuts listed here are the preferred cuts by most of the stations.

JESSIE ED DAVIS, "Ululu," Atlan- STEVE MILLER, "Recall The Be- FLASH, "Flash," Sovereign (Im- JESSE COLIN YOUNG, "To- LITTLEFEAT,"Sailin'Shoes," tic ginning . . . A Journey From port) gether," Warner Bros./Raccoon Warner Bros. Cuts: "Ululu," "Farther Down Eden," Capitol Stations: WNCR-FM Cuts:"Good Tunes,""6000 Cuts: "Easy To Slip," "Willin'," The Road," "White Line Fever," Cuts: "Journey From Eden," Miles," "Sweet Little 16," "6 "Cat Fever," "Trouble," "Cold, "Sue Me, Sue You Blues." "Fandango," "Enter Maurice," Days On The Road," "Pastures Cold,Cold,""Texas R o se Stations: WBRU-FM, KFML-FM, "Welcome." JADE WARRIOR, "Released," Ver- of Plenty," "Sweet Little Child," Cafe," "Sailin' Shoes," "Tripe WNCR-FM, KOL-FM, KSAN-FM, Stations: WBRU-FM, KWFM-FM, tigo "Peace Song," "Lovely Day." Face Boogie." WMMR-FM, WCBS-FM, WBUS- WMMR-FM, WBUS-FM, KINK - Cuts:"Barazinbar,""Minna- Stations: WNCR-FM, KSAN-FM, Stations:KOL-FM, WVUD-FM, FM, KINK -FM FM moto's Dream," "Three -Horned WCBS-FM, KWFM-FM KWFM-FM Dragon King." Stations: WNCR-FM, KWFM-FM UNCLE JIM'S MUSIC,"Uncle BONZO DOG BAND, "Let's Make Jim's Music," Decca Up And Be Friendly," (English) Cuts: "All Time Feeling," "You UA RORY GALLAGHER, "Deuce," WB/Reprise Mounts And Country Days," "Home- Cuts: All Atco town Girl." Stations: KMET-FM Cuts: "Used To Be," "Should Stations: WCBS-FM Have Learned MyLesson," "Crest Of A Wave." Merchandising Drive CONCEPTION CORPORATION, VARIOUS ARTISTS, "The Big Sur Stations: KSAN-FM, WMMR-FM "Conception Land AndOther Festival,One Hand Clapping," NEW YORK-Warner Bros./ Easel LP displays are included Columbia is States Of Mind," Cotillion DENNIS COFFEY, "Going For My- Reprise Records supporting its in the merchandising push. These Cuts: All Cuts: "Oh Happy Day," "Jesse self," Sussex March 25 album release with an displays willpromote albums by Stations: WBRU-FM, WNCR-FM, Younger,""HelloInThere," Cuts: "Can You Feel It," "Ride extensive merchandising campaign. the Mystic Moods Orchestra, Tony WEBNFM, KINK -FM, KWFM-FM "Corrina." Sally Ride," "Midnight Blue," The push was mounted by Hal JoeWhite, DeepPurple,Mary Stations: WGLD-FM, WCBS-FM, "Man And Boy," "Toast And Halverstadt, the company's direc- Travers,theKinks,JohnStew- WNCR-FM tor of merchnadising, his staff and art, Goldie Hawn, the Mothers of LEE MICHAELS, "Space and First Jam." Stations: KMET-FM thelabel'screativeservicesde- Invention, Cold Blood, Jethro Tull Takes," A&M partment. and Fleetwood Mac. Cuts: "Own Special Way," J E T H R 0 TULL, "Thick As A Deep Purple'snew "Machine "Hold On To Freedom," "First Brick," Chrysalis (British) TAMI LYNN, "Love Is Here," Cotil- Head" LP will be bolstered by dis- Warner/Repriseisdebuting a Names." Cuts: All lion play pieces including a dimensional new series of black and white art- Stations: WBRU-FM, KWFM-FM, Stations: WBRU-FM, WGLD-FM, Cuts: "Moe Joe Hannah." window/wall display.Posters for ist blow ups on hard stock, cov- WCBS-FM, WMMR-FM, KSAN- WKTK-FM, WBUS-FM, WNCR- Stations: KSAN-FM dealers have been created for Tony ering such performers as the All- FM, KINK -FM FM, KINK -FM Jo White; "A Tribute to Woody man Brothers Band, America, Cra- Guthrie" (an album being released zy Horse, Dion, Fleetwood Mac, NICK DRAKE, "Pink Moon," Island Jerry Garcia, Malo, Bonnie Raitt, ROBBIE BASHO, "Song of the Z.Z. TOP, "Rio Grande Mud," (Import) in two volumes by Warner Bros. in cooperation with Todd Rundgren, Seals & Crofts, Stallion," Takoma London Stations: WNCR-FM Columbia John Stewart and Alex Taylor. Cuts: All Cuts: All Records),Mary Travers,Goldie Stations: KZAP-FM Stations: KMET-FM Hawn, the Mothers of Invention The March release will also be TEN YEARS AFTER, "Alvin Lee & and Jethro Tull. Window stream- backed by a large assortment of Co.," Deram ersfor Cold Blood, "The Kink radio spots, including special two - TODD RUNDGREN, "Something/ KEITH JARRETT, "Facing You," Cuts: "Portable People," "The Kronicles" LP and Deep Purple minute commercials in the form of Anything," Bearsville ECM (Import) Sounds," "Rock Your Mama." will decorate store fronts.Goldie an "adventure serial" for FM sta- Cuts: "I Saw The Light," "Black Cuts: All Stations: WLGD-FM, KSAN-FM Hawn and Cold Blood window de- tions.Dealer, consumer and trade Maria,""It Takes Two Stations: KMET-FM cals will also be used in the cam- print ads are part of the adver- ToT a n g o ," "Breathless," JOE TEX, "From The Roots Came paign. tisingdrive. "Wouldn't Have Made Any Dif- AL KOOPER, "The Childhood's ference." The Rapper," Atlantic End," Columbia Cuts: "Loving Man," "ICan Stations: WCBS-FM Stations: WBUS-FM, WNCR-FM, Do It Better," "Chained In The KSAN-FM Mind." WILD TURKEY, "Battle Hymn," Stations: KSAN-FM Student Union Plans Warner Bros. JOHN KAY, "Forgotten Songs and Cuts:"OneSoleSurvivor," Unsung Heroes," Dunhill "Butterfly," "Sanctuary," "Bat- CHARLIE MINGUS, "Let My Chil- Earth Day Concert tle Hymn." Cuts: "I'm Movin' On," "You dren Hear Music," Columbia Win Again." Cuts: "Adagio Ma Non Troppo," Stations: WMMR-FM, WCBS-FM Stations: KMET-FM, KSAN-FM WASHINGTON-The Student that we needallthethoughtful "The Chill Of Death," "Don't Union Board Association, (SUBA) concentration we can muster." Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid representing five national environ- LOUIE BONFA, "Introspections," Too." Further information on the ben- CCS, "CCS," Rak mentalorganizations,isschedul- efit may be obtained by contact- RCA Stations: KMET-FM Stations: WMMR-FM, WREK-FM ing an Earth Day concert at RFK Cuts: All ing the Student Union Board As- Stations: WBUS-FM Memorial Stadium on April22. sociation, Box 175, American Uni- EDGAR WINTER AND THE WHITE GORDON LIGHTFOOT, "Don Qui- Top rockactsareb e i n gap- versity, Washington, D. C. 20016. TRASH, "Roadwork," Epic xote," Reprise proached to contribute theirser- MIKE QUARTO JAM BAND, "Paint- Cuts: "Jive, Jive Jive," "Turn Cuts: "Ode To Big Blue," "Don vices to the benefit, which seeks ings," Evolution On Your Love Light," "Back Quixote,""ChristianIsland," to emphasize the current problems facingthe Cuts: "Time Spent In Dreams," In TheUSA,""CoolFool," "Ordinary Man," "Beautiful." environmentalmove- "Court Of the Crimson King." "Tobacco Road," "Save The Stations: KMET-FM, WGLD-FM, ment and tosolicitfurther sup- Stations: WBUS-FM Planet," "Rock and Roll WCBS-FM port for these programs. LAURA ABRAMS Hoochie Koo." Spokesman for the SUBA, Ja- VIGRASS AND OSBORNE, Stations: WEBN -FM, WM M R -FM, CAT STEVENS, "I Want To Live son Stern,statesthat the choice co. -writer of "My Day Be- "Queues," Uni KWFM-FM, WNCR-FM, KSAN- In A Wigwam" of a rock concert stemmed from Cuts:"SailAway,""Forever FM, KINK -FM Stations: WBRU-FM the organizers' concern for a fund- gins and Ends With You," Autumn." raising method that would empha- size unification of all those in sup- wishes to express her ap- Stations: WGLD-FM MOTHER HEN, "Mother Hen," APHRODITES CHILD, "666," Ver- portoftheenvironmental cam- preciation to Sig Sakowicz RCA tigo paigns. STEVIE WONDER, "Music Of My Cuts:"MyGranny's Face," Cuts: "Lament," "The Seventh for his beautiful narration Mind," Tamla "Goodbye Old Razzle Dazzle," Seal," "Altamont," "The Fourth Need Names Cuts: "Keep On Running." "Naked King." Horseman." "We're tryingtoreachartists on "The Virginia Graham Stations: WBRU-FM, KSAN-FM Stations: KWFM-FM Stations: WKTK-FM, WNCR-FM with the stature and influence of John Lennon," Sternadded. In Show" as recorded on Mish- letters to various artists, the SUBA 60 MILLION BUFFALO, "Nevada BOBBY WHITLOCK, "Bobby Whit- CURTISS/M ALDON, "Purple," stressedits concern for "the con- awaka Records, 1706A. Jukebox," Atco lock," Dunhill Capitol tinuanceoftheseenvironmental Cuts: "Denver Dame," "Coun- Cuts: "Where There's A Will Cuts: "Man From Afghanistan," programs,"which,Sternasserts, tryGirlAgain,""American " "Back In My Life Again," "Long Long Time," "You Make are "in the doldrums at the mo- Thanks, Sig - Laura Money Blues." "The Scenery HasSI o w I y Me Happy,""FindA Little ment,partiallybecauseofthe Stations: WMMR-FM, WEBN-FM Changed," "A DayWithout Peace," "I'm Waiting." glamor of other issues, and par- Jesus," "A Game Called Life." Stations: KSAN-FM tially because of the natural wan- Stations: WMMR-FM, WCBS-FM, ing ofinterest by thoseinitially CREAM, "Live, Volume II," Atco WNCR-FM Cuts: "Deserted Cities of the CHASE, "Ennea," Epic involved at the fad level." Heart," "White Room," "Sun Cuts: "Night," "Woman of the Letters from representativesof shine of Your Love,""Politi- BUZZY LINHART, "Buzzy Linhart Dark," "Aphrodite, Part I." each group have also been for- cian," "Hideaway." Is Music," Buddah Stations: WCBS-FM wardedtothe performers being Stations: WCBS-FM, WKTK-FM, Cuts: All approached. THE WGLD-FM, WBUS-FM,KSAN- Stations: WKTK-FM The SUBA has stated,"We FM, KINK -FM TIM ROSE, "Tim Rose," Playboy think entertaining people is a bet- Cuts: "It Takes A Little Longer," HUMBLE PIE, "Smokin'," A&M ter way to get their attention than "IfI Were A Carpenter," "Cot- scaring them to death.Panicked KIRKE KOSSOF TETSU RABBIT, Cuts: "Hot and Nasty," "The tonGrowing Man,""Boogie SECOND "KirkeKossofTetsuRabbit," people don't think very well, and Fixer," "Sweet Pea c eand Boogie ,""Cryin' Shame," frankly, the problems are so big Island (Import) Time," "30 Days In The Hole." "Hide Your Love Away." Cuts: All Stations: WBUS-FM, WKTK-FM, Stations: KSAN-FM, WMMR-FM, COMING Stations: WBUS-FM, KMET-FM KSAN-FM, KINK -FM WESN-FM, KZAP-FM Jamie/Guyden Reporters: Ed Sciaky, WMMR-FM, Philadelphia; Dick Bozzi, WCBS-FM;New York; Ed Shane, In Master Deal WGLD-FM, Chicago; Michael Dean, WBUS-FM, Miami Beach; RichFitzgerald, KOL-FM, Seattle; NEW YORK - Jamie/Guyden Pete Larkin, WKTK-FM, Baltimore; Bob Cole, KSAN-FM, San Francisco;Steve Russell, KWFM-FM, Recordswillrelease"Sing Him Tucson; Seth Mason, WNCR-FM, Cleveland; John Rodman, WBRU-FM,Providence; Bruce Funk- A Song." by Shira,aPhiladel- !BOOGIE houser, KINK -FM, Portland; Mike Caldwell, WREK-FM, Atlanta; TomTrunnell, KFML-FM, Den- phia folk-rock group, through a ver; Richard Kimball, KMET-FM, Los Angeles: Steve Downes, WVUD-FM, Dayton; FrankWood, master-purchase/production agree- WEBN-FM, Cincinnati. These are the albums that have been added thispast week to the nation's lead- ment with independent producers ing progressive stations. In many cases, Skip Drinkwater and Dennis Wilen. HNC! a particular radio station may play all of the cuts on a given "Sing Him A Song" is one of album, but the cuts listed here are the preferredcuts by most of the stations. four titles acquired in the deal. BILLBOARD 19 DANIEL BOONE SLAYS REVIEWERS The reviewers are picking Daniel Boone's single"Bea,909MARy"O as acoming hit. Read what they have to say. 'BEHIND THE SCENES' THEE ONE cashboxIsinglesrefiews

BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY ( Newcomer Picks DANIEL BOONE (Mercury 73281) BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY DANIEL BOONE (3:00) (Page full of hits, ASCAP-D. Boone, R. McQueen) A name does not a novelty make. This is serious, happy listening that takes a weekly holiday and turnsitinto a daily hit with "Hitchin" A Ride" exuberance. Should ex- plode ina burst of sunny warmth. Flip: no info. available. Billboard POP DANIEL BOONE-BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY (3:00) (Prod: Larry Page) (Writers: Boone -McQueen) Flip: TED RANDAL no info available. Mercury 73281. TODAY'S TOP TIPS BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY-Daniel Boone-Without question, this week's best entry.

POP MUSIC SURVEY BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY - Daniel Boone (Mercury) This is a great new record from England. Produced by Larry Page who gave us Vanity Fare. Sounds like a hit to me!

11,W124 LVCCDMED 11UCIMI R'3 Pick of The Week: BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY --Daniel Boone (Mere) Best left fielder of the week. Ultra commercial and it sounds right in the "hit groves"!

San Francisco March 10, 1972 THE GAVIN REPORT #888 WEEKLY SUMMARY Should Be Heard

BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY --Daniel Boone (Mercury)

From the Mercury Record Corporation Family of Labels/Mercury, Philips, Vertigo, Dial, Mister Chand. (memu A Product of Mercury Record Productions, Inc./35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601 Radio -TVprogramming KLAC's 'Free Form' Country Format By JAY EHLER LOS ANGELES-Is it possible lasted some 14 years.After high and no full-time country station, to have a Top 40, free -form, AM school, he went to Midwestern U. prior to KBOX, to satisfy them. country music station? Well, may- Wichita Falls, Tex., and worked Afterthesuccessof KBOX, be. Five -thousand -watt, M etro- as a "gopher" at a local station. Ward received a call from a mil- media-owned AM country station That lasted for one semester, then lionaire oilman -turned -radio own- KLAC, here, is finding their pres- it was back to Dallas to do the er, George Cameron, in Burbank. entcountryformat. ARB and night show atWRR, Top 40rock He owned KBLA, a rock station, Pulse figures from six months ago 'n'roll.He attendedArlington that just lost three quarters of a have doubled. College during the day and did million dollars.Cameron wanted As a matter of fact, it was just the midnight to six slot. He doesn't to change from rock to country. about that long ago that KLAC, remember any part of either. Ward flew out, and decided that anon -the -wanecountrystation, Nearing graduation fromcol- because of the limited broadcast got a facelift in personnel. Bruce lege, Ward was offered a job to coverage in their survey area, plus Johnson was hired as general man- work for Gordon McLendon at the fact that the station was lo- ager. He in turn hired Bill Ward one of his stations in Louisville, cated at 1500 and not very strong, asoperationsdirector, who was Ky., WAKY, again Top 40.Bill changing KBYA to country KDJW, country music station in Amarillo welcomes half of Nashville given a free rein to bring in the spent three years there in the after- wouldn't be a good idea. From left: Snuffy Miller,Bill West, Dottie West, Don Bowman, Willie people he felt necessary to give noon driveslot. Then it was to An argument ensued, was Nelson, KDJW operations manager Jonathan Fricke, and Paul English. the station a new appearance. WPRO, Providence,forayear, patched up and later in the evening Nelson, Bowman, and Miss West and the others performed to a near - Part of the secret was the team followed by WPLO, Atlanta, where at dinner, Ward was offered the capacity crowd in the Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium. Mel Tillis and effortat the station - 24 -hour he received his first program di- (Continued on page 24) SherryBryce are set for an April 1 showdate. radioand 24 -hourinvolvement; rectorship. He finally ended up enough money (under the auspices inDallasatrocker KBOX. At ofMetromedia)todoasthey KBOX he became program direc- would like,create likeable ideas tor,staying for two and a half and programming tolockina years. 'Simple Radio' Pays Off For KI01-FM country audience. Also, KLAC has the advantage of being less direc- Thisiswhere countrymusic By PAUL JAULUS happened. KBOX was constantly tional in signal and of having a has surely given competition, both low spot on the dial.They have being beaten by the chief rock sta- SAN FRANCISCO-There was behind this change in attitudes un- the second best, clearest facility in tion in Dallas-KLIF-also oper- a time, not too very long ago, when doubtedly has been the success of AM and FM, many sleepless ated by McLendon. Ward talked AM radio was only concerned with thiscity's KIOI-FM. Founded in nights. the AM Los Angeles market, ac- `Simple' Radio Pitch cording to Ward.Coverage ex- theownersintogoingcountry. its numbers inrelation to other 1957 by James Gabbert anda tends from Bakersfield to San Di- And shortly, following the change AM'ers ina given market. And fellow Stamford University class- In attempting to describe KI0I- ego-both day and night. KLAC in format, KBOX became success- FM station only with competing matewith$2000inborrowed FM's format,itscritics say itis also showed up in Pulse figures in ful.Not, as Ward recalls, because FM'ers.Butthatthinkinghas funds, KIOI-FM has through the rock, others say itis Top 40, and San Diego County! they were programming so well, changedas rock music becomes years evolved to the point where yet others sayit's"allover the but because there were so many more acceptable to the adult lis- it has captured a sizeable segment road." Actually both general man- Ward History country music fans around Dallas, tener. One of the prime reasons of an 18-49 target audience and ager Gabbert and program director Ward started radio at the age BillKeffuryprefertocallit of 15 in 1955 in Italy, Tex.; ac- "simple radio." "In fact," added tually the station where he worked Gabbert,"itissosimple,that was 15 miles away in Waxahachie. other stations,intrying to copy It was the only station in the coun- Staff Makes Free -Form KNAC-FM our format, have failed, since they try.Ward sold spots during the LONG BEACH, Calif.-Acquir- with another station.It ends up time disk jockey position.It was can not get away from the old- week and in return was given a inga good free -form FM radio that way. I'm more concerned in here,also,that hegothisfirst time theory that rock radio must small percentage and a one -hour format is an art. It's all in choos- presenting good programming.It job as program director. have screaming disk jockeys and show on Saturday mornings.In ingtherightpeople,said Ron should have feeling. When you go He returned to Dallas to emcee inanejingles. As aresult,they order to become a DJ at this 500- McCoy, program and music direc- from one record to another there a teenage Top 40 type music show completely lose sight of what we watter, KBEC, he needed an en- tor at progressive rock KNAC-FM should be a nice musical transi- in 1966. He then moved back to are doing, which is simply to play gineer's license, so he attended El- here. With approximately 114,000 tion. The segues and boardwalk Fort Worth and KXOL, a Top 40 rock music, with sophistication, to kins Institutein Texas. He was weekly listeners, and beating out should be a part of the smoothness. operation. He eventually became appeal tothe broadest spectrum stillattending high school at the some of the major competition in The DJ's at KNAC-FM operate program director there. At 25, he of our adult audience. In this con- time. After he received the license the 7 -midnight time slots, McCoy's their own boards, spin their own was offered a programming posi- text, we ignore bubble gum and he was given the afternoon shift theories of radio programming are records,etc.Thereisonly one tion in Dallas, at KVIL which was teensounds.Mostbroadcasters at KBEC, doing mostly rock. obviously paying off. first class required to be on board, AM -FM, Top 40. After returning failtorecognize that theadult Ward's experience in rock radio "I don't really have to compete the chief engineer. from a vacation in England months does appreciate modern music and "Once you grab the audience- later, McCoy realized if he wanted that modern music isrock,itis it's like a concert set, like a really to compete withthebestradio soft,itishard,itissoul. The heavy group, they take over. They people and stations, he'd have to KIOI-FM conceptissimple. We layinareallywell -put -together go to New York, Chicago or Los package this musicinan adult FM Conclave to Argue show. Time between the songs are Angeles. environment and make it exciting, even good." "I arrived in Los Angeles with tener." Once An Act wife and kids in late 1968.I made Since taking up the programming (Continued on page 48) (Continued on page 33) LivevsSyndication McCoy first was hired at KNAC- FM in May, 1969. Originally he'd CHICAGO - Syndicationvs. of WBBM-FM, both in Chicago. come from Dallas, where at the live programming will be one of The convention actually gets un- age of 14 he was a country singer, the major topics of argument at derway Apr.7withakeynote part of the McCoy Kids. They Single College Student the annual conventionthisyear address by NAFMB president John played the Grand Ole Opry and of the National Association of FM Richer. The firstsession of the recorded for Chet Atkins at RCA. Broadcasters. The meeting will be day will deal with signal problems The duo eventuallyparted. Ron Apr. 6-9 at the Palmer House here, and FM receiversincars. Then earned a firstclass license from Survey Yields Bonanza according to Abe J. Voron, execu- comes a panel on research. Friday the Elkins Institute in Dallas, then tive director of the NAFMB. Co- afternoon, there will be the syn- went to work as a floor monkey By EARLPAIGE chairmen of the conventionare dicated vs.live programming de- at a TV station there. CHICAGO-Music is the fore- vey, he saidhis most important RayNordstrand,presidentand bate, plus pricing procedures for He said that he was too much most aspect of a station's image finding is that there is a very in- general manager of WFMT-FM, commercials. ofa ham tostaybehindthe and therefore crucialin molding tense relationship between stations and John Catlett, station manager Topics Saturday will include one camera, so, he set out to find a thebondbetweenstationand and listeners. on the successful alliance between "limelight"job,eventually going listener.Moreover,thisbondis to work in Idabel, Oklahoma, as Other findings: broadcasters and record men. Call much tighterthan many music A record may not be a "mil- letterswillalso be discussed. A a DJ at radio station KEBL "eight directorsrealize, accordingto specialhighlight of the Saturday months of DJing six -hourtrack Greg Budil who has independently lionseller"but canstillbe the meets andfootball gamesina most important on a station's list afternoon sessions will be a dem- surveyedaudiences herefor au- onstrationandpresentationon blockformat."Fromtherehe WBBM-FM, WGLD-FM, W L S , in terms satisfying the total quadrasonic sound. Harold Kas- moved on to a part-time job, still WCFL and WMAQ. dience. sens, assistant chief of the broad- as a jock,in Dallas,at Top 40 If these observations and breadth The importance of music is WRR.KCUL, now KBUY, Fort far over -shadowing the personality cast bureau of the FCC willin- of survey work make Budil seem deejay, who more than ever must cidentally speak Saturday morning, Worth, a 50,000 -watt AM country likea seasoned radio researcher station offered Ron hisfirst full - have something "valuable to con- but whether hewilldiscussthe itisonly because of his intense tribute" or risk irritating and an- looming quadrasonic problems in interestand dedication-Budilis broadcasting is not known at press 19, a sophomore at University of noying the listeners. time. Stations need a quickly recog- Chicago'sCircleCampus when nizable image,tag, two -word The FM Pioneers Breakfast will ATLANTA R&B notoutbuttonholing peopleon phrase foraudiencestoidentify beheldat8:30a.m.,Sunday street corners. with. morning. Thisyear's featured TV SHOW SET Stations must strivefor more Dial -switchingis more prev- speakerwillbe FCC Commis- in-depth studies of audiences, he alent among under -30 males;fe- sioner Robert T. Bartley. ATLANTA - "Sights and believes,though heisquickto Sounds of Soul," a new twice - admit few could possibly do the males ofallagesare more apt Aninnovationinthe 1972 monthlytelevisionshowto exhaustive surveys he does. to give stations "a second chance" NAFMB convention will include a showcase both professional and Budil, majoring in mass com- andover -30adultsswitchvery FRANK Q. HATHAWAY, KARN ra- three-monthpaid -upmembership amateur talent from theAt- munications with a minor in "all little. dio personality,receives aper- inthe organizationforallnew lanta area, has been launched Blacksare becoming more sonal copy of "Love Theme From the rhetoric coursesI can find," non-members attendingthecon- by WSB-TV here. The show, is equally quick to admit he makes conscious of their own culture and The Godfather' " by Roger Wil- vention.Thiscourtesymember- locally -produced by David Bos- resent "tokenism" use of too much liams, right. Williams was in Little mistakes and doesn't know all the ship will entitle them to all mem- ton, will be broadcast at 1:30 answers. soul by stations with an admittedly Rock, Ark., to open one of his ber services, according to NAFMB p.m.Sundays.Thepremiere overwhelmingwhiteaudience Music Centers and he took ad- president Richer. "In preparation show featured Laura Lee and Intense Rapport ("Oreo (cookie) things just don't go vantage of the occasion to visit forfuture NAFMB conventions the Naturals. Boston and Billye Sometimes conducting in -person over with many blacks"). the station. Hathaway isafter- which will be open to NAFMB Williams co -host the show. interviews with as many as 800 to News is a far greater tune -out noon air personality at KARN. members only." 1,000 people for a one -station sur- (Continued on page 36) MARCH 18, 1972, BILLBOARD 23 Radio -TV programming KLAC's'FreeForm' Country Format Continued from page 23 bothare sototallyinvolved in ample, as long asitisin good radio.I'llcall Bruce at 2 a.m. taste. In addition to programming, Vox Jox position, and accepted, as program sometimes to discuss ideas.You Ward, as operations director, is in director.The callletters of the might say we're 'high' on radio." charge of engineering and news. By CLAUDE HALL stationwere changed to KBBQ Making a successful station, for He, along with Carson Shriver, Radio -TV Editor and coverage area was to concen- Ward, is establishing the right air program assistant and recordli- trate primarily on the San Fernan- personalities.Dick Haynes is the brarian, chooses and ok's all the The third annual Country Radio LarryConti, WKBN, 216-782- do Valley.That job lasted four morning man."He's very corny music that goes on the air.Sur- 1144, needs two MOR jocks, plus years. He later became manager veys of record shops, Billboard's Seminar,I want to remind you, and very country. He went from is May 12-13 at the King of the one country air personality. . . . at KBBQ. a 2 share to a 5 share in the most charts and Gavin'sReport help Road Motor Inn, Nashville. Regis- Jay I. Mitchell, program director, Then in September of '71, the recent ratings.Dick is fourth in determine what is played. Ward trationisonly $50 and checks WGLI, Babylon, L.I., N.Y., needs changestookplaceat KLAC, the market in morning drive slot puts all the music in the control should be made out to the Nash- rockjocks,preferably,butnot which had been country for a year for adults, 18-49." room and, keeping inside of his ville Country Radio Seminar and necessarily, with first tickets. prior,inanattempttobetter Harry Newman works the 9 to basic rules, the jocks are given the sent c/o ASCAP, 700 17th Ave- * * * itself.Johnson was hired.He, in noon shift and was, also, part of freedom to create their own show. nue South, Nashville, Tenn. 37202. turn, hired Ward. Ward brought "It's very free -form," Ward states. Bob Holladay puts out this rec- the original crew at KBBQ. Bob "Some stationsare so formated More than70 broadcastersand ord tipsheet of sortscalled Our some new DJ's with him from Jackson, former director of record people attended last year's Promo Sheet and you can get on KBBQ, adopted many new ideas KRAM, Las Vegas, has the noon you can predict when a contest is event and more than 100 are ex- and innovations and presently en- coming or when a fast or slow the mailing list by writing him at to 3spot.He wasalso from song is coming. We don't want pected to attend this year. P.O. Box 15062, Nashville, Tenn. joys the success, according to the KBBQ. Jay Lawrence, who was * * * 37215, or calling him at 615-383- latestPulsefigures,ofhaving part of the original KLAC staff, that at KLAC." KLAC, in the Los Angeles and "My approach to programming Rick (Rick Tyler) Ammon is at 6658. It's a crazy sort of tipsheet, is on 3-7. Sammy Jackson, from WJPS, Evansville, Ind. . . . Bob fullof nonsense sometimes and Orange County areas,rise from the TV series "No Time for Ser- a country station is the same as it Collins has been appointed a vice goodness other times, but enjoy- spot 23 to spot 7 in the over-all geants," has the 7 -midnight show. would be for any station, within ratings."There's a good country the context of what you're play- presidentatWRIT, Milwaukee. able. Especially after a couple of Larry Scott (another KBBQ-er) is . .. Buddy Scott, program director audience in this area. ing: is Coors. Although Bob is basically But I think on the all-night show which has Good radio good radio of KMEN, San Bernardino, Calif., a record promotion man and very country audiences tend to be pretty been built around truckdrivers. whether it's on KHJ or KLAC. A much the same in any area, with countryfanisn'tanydifferent called to report that the 10th an- big in the southern and eastern - "We callitthe'Phantom 570 niversary of the Top 40 station on regionsofthenation,I variations of course.Going into Club.' We have bumper stickers, from anybody else. He might live south a club like the Palimino in North next door, work in Mar. 10 was quite successful with think his promotion sheet is worth membership cards,buttons, even a brokerage former KMEN airpersonalities receiving, especially since it's free Hollywood, you get more ofa watches. Larry did two weeks from firm down the street or be a farm- rock country crowd. In the Long- erupinVentura County.`To such as Chuck Clements, George if you can talk him into putting a truck stop in Whittier. There are Babcock,MarkDennis,Bobby you on his mailing list.I'dtele- horn Ballroom in Dallas, you get more broadcasts like that planned." be country', musically, ineffect, a more traditional one. doesn't necessarily mean sounding West, Johnny Darren, and William phone him and mention the pass- Determining what audiences F. Williams sitting in on the air word "Coors" and see if you can Wide Spread of Music country.More importantly,it's want to hear is done through con- knowing the music.I and such other past personalities get on his list. tactwiththem."BruceandI don't feel as Bill Watson, Dave McCormick, "My leanings or music prefer- asked ourselves how are we going there are that many good country Torn Becker, Jim Mitchell, and T. * * * ence are to where the most people to build this station. We had the DJ's or/program directors.The Michael Jordan calling in for raps Lineupat WNCR-FM, Cleve- listen. KLAC will play from an reason forthat,Ithink,stems land, now includes Digby Welch, opportunity of a lifetime with such on the phone.... The lineup at Ernest Tubb to a Glen Campbell a good facility. We had to have from theunbusinesslikeattitude WOAI, San Antonio, now includes Seth Mason, Lee Andrews, Steve to a Kris Kristofferson. A group CIdon't want to beassociated Capen, Lyn Doyle, Jeff Gelb and the guts to take a stand and do with LarryKent,GeorgeL.Davis, like Poco, we won't play.I think what we thought was right. We hillbillies') of a lot of peo- George Cooper, Bruce Miller, Bob all-night gal Carolyn Thomas. .. . there are too many good country ple." Charla Essex, formerly with got the people we knew we wanted, Moody, and Ken Garcia. . . . artists that should be played first. to reflect the station as we saw it. If an artistis new (unknown), Jack Prince has resigned as general KHEW in Denver,is now with With 104 signals in the market, We received some ridicule at first. most likely he wouldn't be played manager of WTAR, Norfolk, Va. KTLK, Denver. The Top 40 sta- radio and TV, and everyone try- When we brought Haynes in, the at KLAC. Ward is also pro -West * * * tion has just launched a new sur- ing to do so many things,I just `in'peoplesaid,'They'regoing Coast. If two records are of equal IrwinZucker,co -presidentof vey into all of the record stores. want our station to be the best more hillbilly.'And we did for value, but one of theartistsis DoubleShotRecords,213-461- * * * country station thereis and not West Coast and has a following, dilute ourselves with non -country the first few months, just in the 3471, will not only send a copy of Dave McDougall haslefthis music.But thestatisticsprove Ward will chooseitfirst, more the LP "Will the Real Howard noon -3 p.m. slot at WLOB, Port- product.First, you have to lock than likely. your audience in, which we have our success. Hughes Please Stand Up" to any land, Me., to become mid -day per- done at KLAC. We have the larg- "I think a lot of people pro- Other promotional and/or ad- radio people calling him, but will sonality at WIST, Charlotte, N.C. gram radio stations to 'gas' other vertisingfeaturesatthestation also be glad to set up phone in- So the WLOB lineup now reads: est rating in of the includeabillboard Joe Martell 6-9 a.m., Jeff Hender- fivecountrystations.Some of radio people.If I have a philoso- campaign. terviews for broadcast with any of them don't even show up in the phy, it's to 'gas' the people listen- WardandJohnsonestablished the cast on the LP. . . . A note son 9 -noon, Jay Stevens noon -3 ing and to hell with the other peo- "America's Music" and "Califor- from Simon Pontin, WBFB-FM, p.m., program director Bob Ander- ratings. If you want to try to get nia Country" as advertising logos Rochester, son 3-7 p.m., Bobby Ocean 7 -mid- outbeyond,withoutoffending ple in the industry." N.Y.:"This may be your steady -listeners (around 95,- Ward uses the usual ARB and for the station.Syndicated, auto- grabber all of the 'Hurtin' classical night, and Pete Morrow midnight - 000), OK." Pulse surveys to interpret the mar- mated specials are also employed. stationscoulduse.After taking 6 a.m. Weekend duty is handled by ket. He also uses Trendex, a tele- For example, there have been spe- over the drive show in the morn- Don Kelly, a business administra- Ward prefers country music to cials on Elvis Presley, and an up- ingsonthisclassicalstation,I tion major at the University of rock.He feelsitis more com- phone sampling survey. As far as coming one on Jerry Lee Lewis. ran a contest to name the show. I Maine, and George Ryan. And fortable, that the people are more attracting listeners, KLAC's policy There was also one on Bob Wills got a lot of `wachet auf' and other Stan (Jay Stevens) Cape, says that "real," that the audiences and per- is multifold: Bruce Johnson insti- gated an auto racing broadcast of and one, shorter, on Pat Brady, esoteric garbage, but the real ear - WLOB ranthe"AmericanPie formers are "more stable." Rock, one of the Sons of the Pioneers, catcher was: 'Simon's Super Scintil- Commentary" narratedby Bob he feels, is nervous. Every coun- events like the recent Miller 500 at after his death. On Sunday morn- lating Sunshine Show.' And that's Dearborn of WCFL, Chicago, try song tells an easily relatable Ontario Speedway. ings at the close of the religious what it'scalled. The response to "twice within the last two weeks story."That's the beauty ofit. Meet the People services, between 9-10 a.m., Stew- this, plus a modified classical for- to overwhelming listener approval. Fortunately, I think country music "Getting the disk jockeys out art Hamlen does a taped, religi- mat, including some ragtime piano The program is 25 minutes long is finally outgrowing the stigma of ous program.In addition, talk is and humor cuts, all kept down to andiswell worth play on any being 'hillbilly' music.As far as amongthepeople,talkingand keeping in touch is also important. beginning to stir of KLAC initiat- about a 10 minute maximum per small or medium market rocker the change that has taken place ing an "Opry West" type club pat- selection seems to be working. No or contemporary station." init,Ithink the audiences are We also promote music concerts in the Long Beach Auditorium and terned similarly to the Grand Ole big numbersyet,butthemail *** gettingyounger.A lotofthe Opry. response isgreat." change can result from public ex- emcee two shows a week at the Paul O'Brien, who spent the last posure of the music like a Los An- Palomino Club. We have a policy, two years at WWOL, Buffalo,is also,at some clubs whereby we WLW, Cincinnati,willbe 50 the new noon -3 p.m. disk host at geles licensed station like KLAC years old officially on Mar. 23. WUBE, Cincinnati.J.B.Car- doingit,standing out and being mention the club over the air in On Mar. 20 from 6-9 p.m., the proud of it." exchange for them setting up a michael is leaving WUBE to take promotion table for our DJ's. Jay WGMS Slays stationwillbroadcastexcerpts up free-lancework inthe New Wardfeelsthebackbone . . of Lawrence also has a softball and from those 50 years. . WSB, York sector.. . . Perry Fry is new KLAC, and one of the essential bowling league going." Atlanta,isalways doingthings manager of WAEF-FM, Cincin- elements in the success of any sta- that, more than likely, would not nati, which last week adopted the tionsdependsonitsmanager, Between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. the Classical AM work out on any other radio sta- new calllettersof VVLQA-FM. Bruce Johnson. "He's very much music format at KLAC remains WASHINGTON -The move to tion in the nation. On Mar.13. Steve Sanders is new program man- aware of the responsibilities and very much the same.Between 7 change WGMS to a Top 40 opera- the station aired a special, putting ager of the album -good music sta- the market. He allows me the free- p.m. and 5 a.m. there is more tra- tion backfired and the station will a psychiatrist, Dr. Alfred Messer, tion. The latter also mans the 10 dom to program as I see fit. We ditional country music played (be- stay classical,it was learned last on the air cause of thetruckers) and less in two-way raps with a.m. to 1 p.m. slot. Rounding out have a great rapport because we week. Paul Drew, veteran program listeners about their problems. .. . format songs.Sammy Jackson's director, had been slated to switch Fred Greenspan, assistant general (Continued on page 34) show is done a lot by requests. the station to a Drake -style rock manager of WTHE, Mineola, N.Y., Listeners phone in requests to a format,butthecitysuddenly writes to point out that WTHE codaphone duringthe day and showed more classicalfans than plays country,thusrefuting my 45 rpm RECORDS Jackson plays them at night. "That had ever listened to the station (if claim about there being no country Clark Roast oldies by mail isa very definite way to'feel' you judgeitslistenersby past music station in New York City. where our listeners are, musically." ratingssurveys). RKO General, My claim stands, I Jaskson, as well as the other DJ's, as much as Set March 31 also does interviews with music which owns the station, had stated hatetobe unkind, because the that it was not economical to sep- WTHE signal does not penetrate . LOS ANGELES-The Los An- OLDIES personalitiesonhisshow.He arately program both WGMS and the market. Air personalities on geles Promotion Men's Un-Asso- might even get them to sing a song WGMS-FM with classical music. thestationinclude Lee Phillips, ciationhasscheduledadinner from or two. So,after the public outcry, the MikeJay,Mack Sullivan,and roasting Dick Clark March 31 at Ward does notclustersongs FCC suggested that it will waiver Farris Wood. theContinentalHyattHouse. but he does believestrongly in the 50 percent separation of pro- * * Among the roasters will be Char- 1955 blending. The daytime blendis gramming rule that affects combi- WAKR needs two air personali- leyO'Donnell,Freddy Cannon, especiallyimportant. Hefeels nation AM -FM stationsin mar- ties (one with a first class ticket) Fabian, Judy Price and Lew Be- to there must be good balance to the kets of more than 100,000 popula- and a darn good newsman. Con- dell. Tickets are $25 a pair and 1970 programming-i.e., not too many tion. tact Bob Lyons, national program may be obtained from Jan Bash - slow in a row, or fast; not too The major victim in the melee director, WAKR, Akron, Ohio. ... am at Record Merchandising. All original artists. many women singers in a row, or will be the record industry. The For complete catalog send$1.00 men, not a lot of contemporary market has two Top 40 stations, (deductible from any subsequent order) artists in a row, etc.Variety. He but the most viable one is an AM to: also tries to create a positive or daytimer (with FM atnight).It 'up' feeling to the station. He runs was feltthat a new Drake -style BLUE NOTE SHOP 14commercialsperhourand station in the market would be a Radio -TV Mart 156 CentralAre.,Albany,N.Y. 12206 would consider running any sort of definite boost to record sales in SeePage26 commercial, on waterbeds, for ex- the Washington area. 24 MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD That's right! We took Gary's pulse Radio programming aids. THE (normally 72 beats per minutes) im- The development of radio equip- mediately after showing him our plans ment over the years. for the special N.A.B. issue coming Not to mention complete listings of GARY OWENS April 15. We noticed a signficant jingles firms, music houses, and firms increase in Gary's pulse rate-nearly that supply records to radio and TV PULSE 95 beats per minute! stations. And much more! The reason for this significant increase It's all in Billboard's N.A.B. special RATING could be the fact that Billboard is coming April 15. And, it's coming just going all out to build the N.A.B. special in time for a spectacular bonus SURVEY into a useful radio -TV programming tool.distribution at the N.A.B. Convention! We're including everything in this It's an issue that should mark a issue, like: significant increase in your pulse rate. PUTS The growing success of syndicated AD DEADLINE: APRIL 5 BILLBOARD'S radio and television programming. ISSUE DATE: APRIL 15 CALL US NOW AT ANY OF THESE BILLBOARD SALES OFFICES: LOS ANGELES NEW YORK CHICAGO NASHVILLE NAB ISSUE 9000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 415 165 West 46th Street 150 North Wacker Drive1719 West End Avenue Los Angeles, Ca. 90069 New York, N. Y. 10036 Chicago, Ill. 60606 Nashville, Tenn. 37203 213/273-7040 212/757-2800 312/CE 6-9818 615/329-3925 OUT FRONT. And, stay tuned to Billboard for further developments on the N.A.B. Convention. 118010411 MORT

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I am experienced in POSITIONS OPEN MISCELLANEOUS Honolulu, will go progressive rock for- Radio as Jock for 3 years; have done mat. (415) 751-1974 or Box 6006 Billboard, taped radio programs for Rock to 165 West 46th St., New York, N.Y. 10036. Religious. 2 years Radio -TV Produc- wow tionacting abilities from working Young energeticfirstticketan- with A.F.R.T.S. in service, plus char- nouncer looking for that first posi- EasternProgressiveRockstation 45 RECORDS -NEW tion. Formally trained in broadcast- lookingforanexperiencedan- Pop R & B Western acter voices. 3 phone is endorsed. I nouncer. =1 FM'er, young staff, cre- $12.00 per 100. need a change to get better and de- ing. Long on production, personality, ative,fairly free format, pleasant velop my talent, not get older. I am timing, knowledge and dependability, working conditions. If you have been 20 DJ's free SITUATIONS WANTED ambitious, dependable, full of energy but short on experience. Who doesn't or are currently working progressive JUKE BOX 45's (used) and all alone world. All offers will be like money, but what I need is ex- format, have at least a fair voice and $10.00 per 100 answered. Write: Ray Morris, 484-B perience. Will relocate anywhere. In- a good knowledge of the music, and Send M. 0. or cash Culebra DriveM.S.A.S.,Beaufort, terested? Please call or write for are looking for a new home, send a HMI -AS MUSIC CO. S.C. 29902 or phone 846-2211 EXT. more information. All replies will be resume and tape to: Box 475, Bill- 17 S. San Joaquin St. 2237 and ask for Chris. P.S.Ilove answered. Mike Komurka, 9616 Bay- board, Radio -TV Job Mart, 165 W. Stockton, Calif.95202 ap8 Florida and 12 mid to 6:00 air shifts. ard Avenue N.W., Seattle, Washing- 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10036. Write soon! 3/25 ton 98107. (206) 784-5358. 3/25 An equal opportunity Employer M/F. 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Have spent three play by play for all and every sport, ence and plain old hard work are work,Phone:501/376-9292,Little BILLBOARD'S Top 20 from 1950 through have my third endorsed (studying for appreciated. I'm 24, with two years Rock, Arkansas, Ted Snider, Presi- 1954. 44 pages list over 625 records alpha- yearsinEast Africa, Lebanon and the first) and willing to work like a of college, married, three years ex- dent. 4/ 1 betically, year by year. Send $15.00 to: Peru putting up and running broad- newcomer to a nudist colony. So drop perience as program director,air "THE MUSIC DIRECTOR," Box177, me a line, or Bang my Gong over the personality, music director and pro- Chestnut Hill, Massachusettes 02167. cast and recording studios,record Alexander Graham Bell. Make me duction workhorse. As a musician I wow and duplicating plants, training local happier than a coon dog in a garbage have worked with concert and club can. Will relocate ANYWHERE. Box acts;I feelI know what qualifies WOKJ, a 50,000watt soul station in RECORDS -TAPES: OLDIES:20,000IN staff on all operations, maintenance, 479, Radio -TV Job Mart, Billboard, good music and how to present it. I Jackson, Mississippi has opening for stock. Send 3.50 for 2,000 -listing catalog. 165 West 46th St., New York, N.Y. take pride in my work and am fa- experienced newsmen. Must be able Mail orders filled. Record Center, 1895 etc. Have up-to-date knowledge, full 10036. Or phone (501) 3293767. 4/1 miliar with listener involvement both to gather, edit, and report local news. W. 25th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44113. (216) of solutions even without the most on and off the air. Call (813) 688-1295 Send resume and tapetoBruce 241.0107. wow before noon or write to Terry Alan, Payne, Program Director, WOKJ. expensive equipment. Active record- 815 Carole St., Apt. 6, Lakeland, Fla. Jackson, Mississippi. Salary Open. ing engineer: reference records avail- =1 Jock in N.W. Ark. is looking for 33803. 3/25 4/1 able(Philips, Polydor, etc.). Speak ahome in Calif., around L.A. 51/2 years exp. in all phases of music. Not English, French, Spanish and German. a drifter, have had 3 jobs and am COMEDY MATERIAL Make offerto:ChiefEng. Don now working at present job for 2 years. I work H -A -R -D and L -O -N THE McLENDON CORP. WANTS Gerardo, Aptdo. 6191, Lima 1, Peru, hours & LOVE IT. Know my job, YOU If: (A) You are an experienced DJ'S, COMICS, SPEAKERS. NOT JUST telex: 3540276 Limo. music & music people inside & call. WEST COAST PLEASE. Top 40 morn- air personality. (B) You are able to a few pages of two -liners. W.W.J. will Just call Nashville! Sincere & warm ing man. One year experience in entertainwithina well -disciplined send you 28 pages of usable material personality plus able tocommunicate 100,000 plus market. Ten months as new pop music format. Send an air - every week! Sample folio $2.00 Write with listeners. Divorced, 30, Honor- Music -Director. First Phone. 206-827- check and resume to: Ken Dowe, Na- W.W.J., Box 340,Station Q,Toronto, able discharge.3rd with endorse- 1484, ask forPHIL. 4/15 tional Director of Operations, McLen- Ont., Canada. tin ment. Have own T.V. C&W Talk don Executive Offices, 1917 Elm St., Show. Money secondary. Dig early Dallas, Texas 75201. 3/25 "FREE" CATALOG .. .EVERYTHING morning or Drive Slots. Available in for the Deejay!Comedy, books, air - 2 weeks. Call 501-751-0462 after mid- checks, wild tracks, old radio shows, FOR SALE night or write Box 478, Radio -TV FCC tests, and more! Write: Command, Job Mart, Billboard, 165 West 46th Box 26348-B, San Francisco 94126. tin SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS. SEND $2.50 St., New York, N.Y. 10036. Tape & Hi there all you sharp programming - Expanding New York City recording money order for new sample and latest resume upon request. 4/1 oriented people reading this ad. I'm studios. Looking for top Executive- NEW COMEDY! 11,000 RIOTOUS CLAS- offer. Star -3,Rt.2, Box 1944R, Escon- searching for a Top 40 operation. My sifiedgaglines,$10.Unconditionally manager knows I'm looking because need aggressive sales orient adminis- guaranteed. Comedy catalog free. Orrin dido, Calif. 92025. mh25 he told me to. Seriously folks, (did I trator with strong background in re- say that?) there's a format change cording and record industry. Salary Edmund, Mariposa, Calif. 95338. je24 TOUCH THAT DIAL FOR Sheldon taking place at this small market, negotiable. Box 470 Radio -TV Job Green 209-233-5103 Ext. 76. Any For- midwestern (was up -tempo) MOR sta- Mart, Billboard, 165 West 46th St.. mat. Anywhere U.S. or Canada. 3rd. tion and I've got to go. Single, 22, New York, N.Y. 10036. 3/25 SCHOOLS 24.Single. Got My Hand on the draft exempt, college, good pipes, INSTRUCTIONS Phone Now. tight board, 1 yr. experience, cre- WANTED TO BUY 4/1 ative, 3rd endorsed and I don't eat much. For air -check and resume and F.C.C.1ST CLASS LICENSE IN5 references call or write: Jeff Pigeon Team of professionalsin nation's WE ARE NOW CONSTRUCTING A weeks. R.E.I. will train you. For more 811 Oak St., Muscatine, Iowa 52761. 116th market need another member wall to wall carpet record and tame shop. information call toll free: 1-800-237-2251. AM -FM MOR FORMAT SPECIALIST. (319) 263-1012. 4/1 immediately for morning or after- Contemplatestockingaccessories and V.A. approved. tin Currently programmer oftop20 noon drive. Must know Top 40 air novelties. Anything you sell pertaining market major group owned winner! & production and have1stClass to this type of business such as fixtures, Reputationforcapturing primary Ticket. You get good people, good psychedelic lighting for resale to con- demographics with proven formula. pay, and good fringe benefits. Tape sumers, etc. is wanted in catalog or bro- Incisivetroubleshooter.Excellent & resume to Neil Kelly. WKAU AM' chure. Also price sheets.Murphy'sRec- leadership and organizational skill. FM, P.O. Box 1050, Kaukauna, Wis- ord House, North Main St., Yanceyville, 10 year multi -market background. HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED BUMP- consin 54130 ... or call 414-739-9311 N.C. 27379. apt Box 477, Radio -TV Job Mart, Bill- ER CARS ... BUT FOR REAL? Well, for Neil or Jack. 4/1 INTERNATIONAL board, 165 West 46th St., New York. that's been my life as a New York N.Y. 10036. 4/1 City cab driver since recently grad- uating college ...I have four years collegeexperienceinProgressive Wanted Alive: Cookin' Top 40 pros EXCHANGE Rock, MOR, and Top Forty ... third and newsmen for Midwest medium HELP WANTED endorsed . . . Will work at anytime. SKY-Is looking for the sun, Cali- anywhere-even Alaska, but I need market leader. New 24 -hr. Rocker fornia do you need a sharp sport - that all-important start. Take a needs bright morning man, night ANIMATOR TO MANIPULATE AND caster, morning man -production -in- from this hack-send for my tape and time heavy and all night first phone. provide voice for puppets, singing, ad UNITED STATES terviews? 3rd endorsed Exp-MOR-40. you won't get beat on the fare. Call Also newsmen with excellent pi lib, comedy and acting ability a must. Present employer willgive refer- Al at 212-359-5566 or write to Box 480. Only professionals resume to Box 471. The qualified applicant will be under 25, ences. Air Check -Resume -Photo, Bob Radio -TV Job Mart. Billboard,165 Radio -TV Job Mart, Billboard. 165 speak some French and be required to DEALERS - COLLECTORS - RARE Sky, Box 3500, Butte, Mont. 59701 West 46th St., New York, N.Y. 10036 West 46th St., New York, N.Y. 1003E rehearse with very limited compensa- American 45's and LP's, 150 up.Free (406) 792-9111. 3/25 4/1 4/ I tion. For appointment call: Mr. Jackson. catalog. foreign, 4P.O. coupons. Kape (212) 689-4930. mh25 Box 74B, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11234. tin 26 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Campus News

Coffee House CircuitUCLA Campus What's Happening Views New Maturity Store Goes to By SAM SUTHERLAND NEW YORK - While the in- amples of the possibilities forin- The Robert W. Locke Memorial Film. Library has been estab- creasing emphasis on more infor- novation at the coffee house level. lishedat the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. mal styles of campus presentation "The Bijou has evolved into an Music Odyssey The collection will incorporate 75 to 100 titles, including educational, might appear to be a recent trend, extremelyactiveoperation,with documentary, animated and feature films. the need for developing a regular seminars, workshops, and in-house By NAT FREEDLAND * * * campus entertainment program productionsasaregular feature LOS ANGELES - The giant Word from Warners: Bob Glassenberg, now at Warner Brothers that provides regularly scheduled oftheirprogram. Thetheater's UCLA campus has discontinued in Burbank, is currently working on new listings and plates. He dates and opportunities for student operators are themselves involved in improving participationhasalwaysexisted. with performance, and the whole its own student union record store apologizesforhis haste, but he's more interested The Coffee House Circuit, now programhas developeditsown and given the Music Odyssey re- service than handling mail just now. entering its fifth year of operation, style, from logos andt -shirtsto tail discount chain a two-year ex- When he's finished, he plans complete singles and album service was originally established for this regular reviews andparticipation clusiveon -campusfranchisefor for all stations listed. Next in line will be lists for campus program- purpose, as an alternative to larger in outside concerts," Miss Lipsius $49,000 annual rent. mers, bookers, and journalists. campus presentations that limited stated. Music Odyssey won the bidding * * the size of the schedules and in- MissLipsiusnotesthat more for exclusive campus salesrights ABC Dunhill Records held their monthly college seminar at curredcertainrisksforstudent rural campuses generally can't sus- against two other discount chains, Long Beach State College recently. The campus coffee house was promoters. tain such a level of autonomy, but the Wherehouse and Do Re Mi. In its UCLA lease contract, Music site for the meeting, which featured John Klemner in concert and During those years, the Coffee with thecircuit'sassistance, even Bobby Whitlock at the mercy of interviewers. House Circuit has witnessed many the most inexperienced promoters Odyssey agreed to charge competi- * * * changes in the music industry and have been able to attainalevel tive prices consistent with its other of professionalism in their presen- outlets, and to hire as many UCLA At Boston's Berklee College of Music, Jimmy Smith provided in the students served by the cir- at prevailing music and ideas in the form of an unscheduled, informal concert cuit'sacts. The originalpremise tation. The circuit provides a pro- students as possible ofthecircuitremains, however: duction handbook, which iscur- campus wages. and clinic for the capacity audience. Member schools pay anannual rently being expanded to include The UCLA studentstorede- Smith, a Grammy Award winner who has stated his own desire fee, used to defray operating costs detailedexplanations of every cided to get out of the record busi- to establish "a school like Berklee," brought drummer John Kirk- forthecircuit,andtheCoffee phase of concert production and ness last summer when it discov- wood and guitarist Leo Blevins alongfortheride,and,after House Circuit assumes the respon- promotion, as wellasartist rela- ered that it had to sellits "whole- sale"recordsatahigherprice answering questions, decided that music spoke more effectively than sibility of providing the talent and tions. words. the expertise necessary for success- For the artists, the circuit pro- thannearby Westwoodretailers. Steven Gabor,the25 -year -old * * * ful presentation of that talent. gram has permitted the time to two developsolidperformingskills. owner of Music Odyssey,an- New York University's Schoolofthe Arts will be offering When thecircuit had been in McKendree Springs, for example, nounced some unusual sales cam- six -week sessions on film -making this summer, and all aspects of operation for some months, cer- was on the road for a year before paigns for the campus rack. At film and television production-including script writing, film history, tain advantages to both performer their first album was released, and the store's grand opening sale on criticism and esthetics-will be covered.Topprofessionalswill andaudiencebecameapparent. Miss Lipsius notes that theystill March 29, most disks and tapes participate in the program, with courses being sponsored by the Sincecircuitactsremainedon point toward their circuit dates as willbe soldatcost. Afterwards School's Institute of Film and Television, and the graduate Depart- campus forseveraldaysatthe important to their development. the basic price for a $5.98 album least,contact betweenartistand ment of Cinema Studies. As forthecircuit'soperators, will be $3.99. Customers who don't Further information on courses and registration is available from student was greatly increased, thus theironlydirectbenefitliesin like an album can trade it for an- creating an educational experience maintenanceoftheiroperation: other on paying a $1 fee, trade-ins J.Michael Miller, Associate Dean, School of Arts, New York of benefit to both. Since they collect no percentages, will be accepted and there will be University, 111 Second Avenue, New York, N. Y. Marilyn Lipsius, director of the there is little advantage to pushing regular concert ticket raffles. The * * * Coffee House Circuitpointsto- for higher concert fees.Instead, store will also place "free" stick- The Last Poets, having formed their own record label, are now ward the consequences of this proc- they generate interest in their own erson promotionalrecords and setting out to disseminate their ideas through a college tour. The ess in the maturity she now per- acts, as well as in the activities of scatter them in the bins. Any cus- Poets' politics have inflamed and inspired any number of people, ceivesinmany campus concert theirparentorganization,Direc- tomers who finds one of them will and they themselves describe their work in terms of communication programs affiliatedwiththecir- tions Unlimited. be permitted to keep it. cuit. "Many schools have matured rather than entertainment. Either way, to their tour sufficientlytocreatetheirown, should be interesting. autonomous programs withtheir The Poets are Alafia Pudim, Suliaman El-Hadi, and percussionist own talent screening and develop- Nilijah, and their next concerts will be at John Fisher College in ment. While they may stilluse WAYN Seminars Focus Rochester, N. Y., and the New Orleans Republic of New Africa on circuit acts, these schools have also March 29 and 30. become involved with more local * * * talent, often from the student com- PICKS AND PLAYS: SOUTH-Virginia-WMRA-FM, Madi- munity itself. The students them- On Total Campus Radio son College, Harrisonburg, Anthony Segraves reporting: "Meet Me selves are much more fully aware By HARRY TAYLOR . . . WUVT,Virginia Tech, ofthepitfallsofpresentation," On The Corner," Lindisfarne, Elektra. Blacksburg; "Thank You, Babe," Carol Hall, Elektra. . . . Florida- Miss Lipsius suggested, "and many DETROIT - Seminarsatthe Management & Promotion,and of them are now entering manage- WAYN Radio Conference, spon- Engineering. WUSF-FM, University of South Florida, Tampa, David Dial report- ment and production work after sored by station WAYN at Wayne Campusstationactivitysur- ing: "Babbacombe Lee," (LP), Fairport Convention, A&M. . . . graduation." State University during the week- rounding voter registration drives WFPC, Florida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, Steve Graves re- Certain specific campuses have end of March 3, focused on vari- and community news has recently porting: "Burgers," (LP), Hot Tuna, Grunt. . . . South Carolina- enjoyed success with such an ex- ous aspects of campus broadcast- pointed up the value of innovative WUSC, University of South Carolina, Columbia, Alan Reames re- panded format, and Miss Lipsius ing. While program and music di- news programming for station for- porting: 'Eat a Peach," (LP), Allman Brothers Band, Capricorn. . . . cites Rider College's Bijou Theater, rectors attended the Saturday after- mats. The seminar on News & Texas-KSMU, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, Linda Noffer re- Public Affairs seemed to be dom- in Trenton, N. J., and the Univer- noon session on Music, other sta- porting: "Jo Jo Gunne," (LP), Jo Jo Gunne, Asylum. . .. Kentucky- sityTheaterinMinneapolisas tion personnel examined topics in- inated by the question of how news WEKU-FM, Eastern Kentucky Univ., Hal Bouton reporting: "Heads two ofthe more significantex- cluding News & PublicAffairs, could be made relevant to a cam- pusaudienceand how campus and Tales," (LP), Harry Chapin, Elektra. .. Tennessee-WRVU-FM, newsmen could avoid simply ex- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Mike Anzek reporting: "Horse With No panding their broadcasts from con- Name," America, Warner Brothers. Watson Stays Involved ventional commercial news sources. MIDWEST-Wisconsin-WSRM, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, PanelistsMichaelB e n n e r,of Bruce Ravid reporting: "Rockin' With the King," Canned Heat, WRIF-FMinDetroit,andJim UA. .. . WLHA, Univ. ofWisconsin, Madison, Mark Fresh report- Cameron,of WLVR atLehigh With Young Audiences ing: "Tightly Knit," (LP), Climax Blues Band, Sire. . . . WVSS-FM University,Bethlehem,Pa.,dis- By SAM SUTHERLAND cussedtheflexibilityof campus Stout State Univ., Menomonie, Robert Barwa reporting: "Let's Stay news and its opportunities for in- Together," Al Green, Hi. . . . Illinois-WNIU, Northern Illinois NEW YORK-Doc Watson, tra- When asked why his popularity novative coverage. Univ., DeKalb, Curt Stalheim reporting: "Bounty Man," Wilderness ditional countryguitarist and has continued, Doc Watson says. "To discover student reaction to Road, Columbia. ... WIDB,Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, singer, recently visited New York "Well,I guess we've just stuck to campus developments,allthat's Wally Wawro reporting: "Sophisticated Lady," R. E. 0. Speedwagon, for a week of performances at the our guns." Both Doc and his son necessary is a tape recorder and a Epic. . . . WLUC, Loyola Univ.of Chicago, Jim Benz reporting: Gaslight II. During his stay, Watson Merle Watson, who accompanies walkacrossthecampus,"sug- "Always," (LP cut, Chilliwack), Chilliwack, A&M. . . . Michigan- agreed to meet with campus radio his father on second guitar, point gestedCameron, who concurred WNMC, Northwestern Michigan College: "Train of Glory," Jona- interviewers and journalists to talk toward this personal integrity and with Benner that campus newsmen . . State Univ., Detroit, about hislife,his music, and his continuity of style as the source of shouldutilize student opinion as than Edwards, Capricorn. . WAYN, Wayne latest Poppy Records album, and their own musicandthebasic an element in their coverage. Also Rob Wunderlich reporting: "L. A. Midnight," (LP), B. B. King, his comments touched upon many strength of traditional count r y discussed were the problems fac- ABC. . . WJMD, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Paul Raben re- aspectsofhisinvolvementwith music in general. ing attempts to establish a nation- porting: "Sailing Shoes," (LP), Little Feat, Warner Brothers. . . . young audiences over the years. 'It'sthe simplicity of country wide campus news network,the WFRS, Ferris State College, Rich Detro reporting: "Taxi," Harry At the time of his discovery in music," Doc feels, that is respon- problem of audience apathy and Chapin, Elektra. the early'60's. Doc Watson had sible for the diversity of its listen- the tune -out factor for news pro- EAST-Massachusetts-WERS-FM, Emerson College,Boston, already been playing for most of ers."We'reallhuman, and the gramming, as well as possible solu- Gary Berkowitz reporting: "The Monkey Time," Al Kooper, Colum- his 40 years, and hisstyle was musicreflectsthat. That feeling tions to these problems. To provide quicklywelcomedbyaudiences from the performer transcends the an equivalent to network coverage. bia. . . . WTCC, WTCC-FM, Springfield Technical Community that had turned from commercial usual concert." the exchanging of news documen- College, Springfield, Peter Flynn reporting: "Deuce," (LP), Rory formsofmusictoincreasingly By dealingwithbasic human tariesbetween stations was sug- Gallagher, Atco. . . . WATC, American International College, eclectic areas of English and Amer- problems, country music can cut gested. Springfield: "Kongos," (LP) John Kongos, Elektra.. . . New York- ican folk music. A decade later, across geographical and historical Management & Promotion were WNYU, New York Univ., New York, David VanderHeyden report- barriers. Watson points proudly to- the interest in folk music has sub- tackled in a seminar that examined ing: "Pick Up a Bone," (LP), Hine & McIver, Purple/Capitol. . . . sided,despiteitscontinued pres- wardtheincreasingnumberof effective and inexpensive methods WRTC, State Univ. of New York, Potsdam, Bill Thornton reporting: ence as an important stylisticin- older listeners attending his con- of station promotion. One station's . . . SUNY, Albany, Eric fluence on contemporary writers certs as evidence of this,yet he solution was to design a basic sta- "Jump Into the Fire," Nilsson, RCA. and performers. Yet Doc Watson concedes that younger audiences, tion promo sheet, providing either Lonschein reporting: "Conceptionland," (LP), Conception Corpora- continuesto draw campus audi- particularly on college campuses, general station information or play - tion, Cotillion. . . . WONY, StateUniv. College at OneontaBill ences, devoting a substantial slice figure prominently in his work. lists, and tosellthat sheet to a Cangemi reporting: "Peter," (LP), Peter Yarrow, Warner Brothers. of his performing schedule to play- Over the years, the number of single advertiser. In that station's . . . WEOS-FM, Hobartand William Smith Colleges, Geneva, Gary ing college halls. (Continued on page 36) (Continued on page 48) (Continued on page 36) MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD 27 Tape Cartridge International TapeFinancial Analysts Differ Greatly

LONDON-Atlantic's tape program was delayed due tothe Over Tape Industry's Future power crisis at Precision Tape's Dagenham plant.Precision, which duplicates/markets the label's product, is releasing over 40 titles in LOS ANGELES - Wall Street radio, 13 percent; black and white "We estimate annual deprecia- its initial release. views on the tape industry range TV, 8 percent; and other, 12 per- tion charges at $14 million and all the way from ho hum to spec- cent. total interest expense at $13.5 mil- LENINGRAD-East Germany's ORWO has begun distributing tacularly bullish and spectacularly AMPEX-"Currently in deep lion. From what we understand, blank cassettes in Russia at about $7.25 for a C-60, compared with a bearish. trouble, with an on -going audit of leadinginstitutionsareworking Russian -manufactured C-60 at about $5.40. ORWO, which is the An increasing number of ana- itsmusic divisionlikelyto add along with Ampex and there seems only foreign tape company to gain distribution rights in Russia, sells lystsfeelbusinessinconsumer substantial additions to a $40 mil- to be no immediate liquidity crisis. electronicscontinuestorecover lion loss from operations. We as- "Ampex may register a modest product primarily through component stores. Melodiya manufactures from last year's recession, but most sume that the company will grad- profit in fiscal 1972 (ending April (Russian -made) blank cassettes at a factory in Riga, utilizing ORWO also feel the recovery will remain ually work out of its current diffi- 30, 1973.). tape imported from East Germany. moderate in the months ahead but culties as it did a decade ago after EMI LTD.-"EMI is expanding gain momentum as 1972 unfolds. its price reached a low of 10. We its markets for entertainment and estimatethe currentfiscalyear electronics. A newinternational Whileanalystsdiffersharply deficit new low cost about which way theeconomic will be $5.05 a share (a marketing company has been winds will blow this year, the gen- $55 million loss without any allow- formed tosellaudio -video tape eral view isthat corporate earn- ance for tax credits.) and sound products produced by pressure pad made ingsshould improve from 1970 "Our analytical conclusions are EMI Tape Ltd. and Capitol's Au- levels, with the chief thrust com- highlytentative.Untilthe com- dio Devices subsidiary. EMI's au- ing in the second half. pany's accounting firm completes dio/video subsidiary, RM E M I, the music division audit, manage- has just signed a $650,000 video without adhesives The painful recollection of big ment is unable to assess adequately cassette programming contract with losses sustained by many compa- the many uncertainties confront- a British bank to produce a 6 -part nies has left its mark, but the pic- ing the current operations. series for distribution around the ture is gradually changing. "If we assume a totalloss of world. Instead of judging the tape in- $55 million for fiscal1971, the "Capitol industries is continuing dustryasanindustry,however, residual book value per share to return profits. It is successfully mostanalystsprefertoisolate would be about $7.20. Current in- turning around a high -cost, low - companies and put the spotlight stallments of long term debt are yield year and is expected to end on them individually. $7.2 million. 1972 profitably." One analyst, a longtime indus- trybull,stillseesa lotof the "speculative junk around," but he also sees more interest "in what Ampex Chief Changes 'Forces the company is all about, such as its earnings, its prospects and the makeup of its product lines." By Re -drawing WB Contract For example, here is how Arnold SAN FRANCISCO -A m p e x million from $82.9 million. For Bernhard & Co., New York, sizes Corp., its debacle in pre-recorded the nine months, Ampex had a loss up the electronics industry: tape now fully disclosed, has re- of $86.3million compared with SONY-"1971 share earnings negotiateditsduplicating/market- net income of $2.7 million, or 25 broke the record again. The com- ingtapecontractwith Warner cents a share, a year ago. Nine - New Tufcote" Foam Pressure Pads eliminate distortion pany has pushed into higher Communications Inc.,formerly month sales slipped to $209.6 mil- ground in each year since1964. Kinney Services Inc lion from $221.9 million. caused by high -heat adhesive break -down. Reason- no We see little to stop that trend at adhesives are required to make these revolutionary new pads. Under the new pact, Ampex The projected forecast of a loss least through 1974-76. will continue to duplicate (custom) of about $89.3 million for the year A typical combination of mylar - urethane foam "To some degree, the 1971 fig- cartridges and cassettes of Atlan- would reduce the firm's net worth - and ures appeared to benefit from the tic, styrene can be supplied to precise dimensions. Pads are Atco, Warner andReprise to $44.9 million, down from $134.2 revaluation of the yen against the Records, while Warner Communi- million last year. produced by the new Tufcote Process which utilizes the dollar. As reported last year, 1970 cations will sell pre-recorded tapes netincomewas$27.5million. through its recently established dis- The third quarter loss also in- urethane foam as its own adhesive and produces the pads cludeswritedownofinventory in one continuous process. Sony's 1971 annual report restates tribution system. that prior year figure as $32.2 mil- ArthurH.Hausman, Ampex values, changes in accounting meth- Send for samples and prices. We export. lion. Thus, investors may see a president, termed the renegotiated ods, costs of discontinued opera- truer picture by examining the yen contract "satisfactory." tions, provisions for contract set- earnings,ignoring theeffectsof (Ampex signed a three-year con- tlements, unearned amounts under revaluations. tract with Warner Communications royalty guarantees, allowances for cpeciaN Coneeptep,o, Ync. "Stated in yen, then, Sony's year in 1970 whereby Ampex guaran- doubtful accounts and other re- to year gain was 25 percent, not serve and asset revaluations. Delaware Industrial Park teedthe Warner record compa- In short, Ampex was forced to Newark, Delaware 19711 302-738-6800 the 47 percent thatisapparent nies $60 million for tape rights. when 1970's figureare usedas Spokesmenat Ampex admitted, pay the money guaranteed to War- they were reported. however, that sales fell well under ner Communications, and others, "Sony must stress export sales projectedlevels needed to meet even though sales of prerecorded to maintain its rate of growth. It the guarantee.) tape were far below its projections has far from saturated its domes- Beside the new contract, Ampex and expectations. tic market, but it is unlikely that alsodisclosedan$82.9million The bottom fell out of Ampex's A sales in Japan can keep expanding loss for the third quarter ofits Stereo Tape division this way, ac- at about 30 percent annually for fiscal year and estimated its deficit cording to company spokesmen: much longer. It has taken a giant for fiscal1972, ending April 29, When Ampex announced a pro- step toward strengtheningitsex- will be about $90 million. jected $40 million loss for the year Well Stacked port stance by building a color TV The third quarter loss of $82.9 in January, it said the brunt of the assembly plant in San Diego, Calif. million, or $7.62 a share, which loss can be attributable to its music Tape recorders comprise 23 per- ended Jan.31, compared with a division. In February, the company Line cent of sales;hificomponents, profit of $1 4 million, or 12 cents announced that a special audit of calculators and recording tape, 20 a share, during the same period a the music division was under way percent;color TV,24percent; year ago. Sales dropped to $54.3 and warned that losses would be substantially higher than previously /Compact forecast. TRUE SOUND Cas-scotte Ampex stated that reserves es- tablishedforthe music division GRT's Akin Forecasts wereprovinginadequate,since $48.90 guarantees promised to record com- Introductory offer Suggested List panies were "way out of line with $100.32 theflattenedmarket forprere- 96 Pc. Assembled Display Discrete/Matrix Amity corded tape." (Wall or Counter) Some companyofficialssaid, C30s-C60s-C90s SAN FRANCISCO-Ron Akin, month, and is supplying radio sta- (Continued on page 32) mastering department manager of tionKIOI, San Francisco,with PLUS BONUS GRT, feels the two 4 -channel con- selective 1/2 -inch 4 -channel masters HEAD CLEANERS cepts - discrete and matrix - can for on -the -air playing. UP TO 58%MARKUP coexist successfully for many years. The station is playing about 20 A&E PLASTIK (onSellingPrice) "But about 10 years from now, different masters mixed in quadra- when there is more broadcast avail- sonic at GRT's recording studios Exclusive able in discrete format, it is likely fromproductionChess/Checker, SELLS KRACO CSI Feature to be a discrete only market," he ABC -Dunhill,Windfall,Roulette LOS ANGELES-A&E Plas- Packaged Four in said. and Ranwood, among others, Akin tik Pak has agreed in principle Until then, though, the market said. tosellKraco ProductsInc., Reusable "Stacked" will bequicklyfloodedwith Although Akin is firmly behind Compton, auto tape player im- Shingle Blister quadrasonictitles,both on disk a discrete tape concept, he feels a porter,backtoMauriceH. and tape. "It will become a mass discrete disk system isstill a way Kraines, who sold Kracoto marketitem when kids become off. "A lot of engineering remains Empty Norelco Style A&E in1970. more awareof 4 -channel," Akin to be done before discrete disks Kraco's netsalesfor1971 SpecialBoxes, 4 ina Blister believes."Because oftheyouth can be marketable," he said, "while represented 28 percent of A&E's market,andbecause4 -channel aphonographplayercanbe total sales of about $45.9 mil- equipment is inexpensive for auto- adapted inexpensively to handle a lion with pretax profit of about Phone (609) 665-3326 moble installation, the quadrasonic Cassette Services,Inc. matrix concept." $300,000, according to the com- For Immediate Service revolution willfirst break in the GRT isalsomasteringwith pany. Kraco will repay its debt P.O. Box 6, Delair, N.J. 08110 auto." Dolby Type -A professional studio to A&E as a result of the trans- GRT is making its first release equipment to release selected pre- action, A&E said. available in quadrasonic tape this recorded dolbyized cassettes. 28 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD LONDONBELL DUNHILL BUDDAH

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PUPPY BUENA VISTA Tape Cartridge Mallory's Tape Segment La Palm's Promotions Perk GRT's Volume Loomsas#2 Provider SAN FRANCISCO - If Dick Pheasant Run, Caption Capers, the LaPalm, sales promotion and ad- Great Wine Fest and the Greatest LOS ANGELES - Most busi- unanimouslyoptimisticoverits According totheCompetitive vertising manager of GRT Music Hits promotions all were supported nessmen who skim the66 -page future." ManufacturersResearchService, Tapes,hashisway, theprere- by radiospots,dealer merchan- product catalog of Mallory Dis- From thoseinvestigative,pio- "Blank cassette sales in the U.S. corded tape buyer will know be- diser aids and marketing gimmicks. tributorProducts Company,In- neering days - Vendely's initial have increasedalmost 600per- fore he plunks down his money Campus Drive dianapolis,adivisionofP.R. order was $5,000 - Mallory has cent in the last four years and are whether he's buying a tape mar- The newest wrinkle in LaPalm's Mallory & Co., New York, are built an impressive business. Since expectedtomorethandouble keted by GRT. promotion treasure chest is a col- likelyto decide that thereisa then, the company has become one again in the next three years." He's always looking for those legeprogram aimedatpushing company on the move. of the rare firms in the industry. It charts blank tape this way: magical ideas which provide the GRT tapes on campus. Businessmen in the tape indus- Itoffersacomplete consumer 1968-21.5 million units; 1969 conduit to hot, quick profits. For He has hired 12 college student try, however, focus only on the electronicspackage:blanktape, -47 million;1970-82 million; some months now, LaPalm has representatives to service dealers, opening two pages of that bulky players, accessories, batteries and 1971-126 million; 1972-172 been ballyhooing a series of pro- purchase spots on collegeradio product catalog; namely, blank re- burglar alarms. million;1973-222 million;and motional campaigns to lure con- stations, buy ads in campus news- cording tape and cassette tape re- 1974-265 million. sumers into buying GRT licensed papers and generally keep GRT corders. Three years ago Mallory's com- mitment to the tape industry cen- In short, Vendely guessed right product. marketing personnel tuned into Mallory'sinvolvementinthe teredonVendely'sDistributor in 1968, and the company is sup- Judging from conversations with changing music trends. tape industry, although now in full Products Company. Today, it's a porting his pioneering by trumpet- dealers and distributors, GRT is The campus program has been bloom, actually began three years worldwide campaign and a total ing its tape commitment with lots doing its job in stimulating prod- initiatedat Wisconsin, University ago with little fanfare and even company commitment (Billboard, of razzmatazz. uct awareness through a series of ofCaliforniaatSanta Barbara, lessrazzmatazz when Frank P. Princeton, Penn State and Michi- Feb.12). Itannounced theintroduction promotions, like: Vendely,generalsalesmanager, What pleases Vendely the most gan State, among others. took a look at the industry and of four new tapes of blank cas- -MGM Month/"GRT Tracks As part of all programs, LaPalm is the market's continued show of settes, including: the Big Cats" built around trade liked what he saw. strength in the face of unrelenting and consumerads, MGM/GRT has inaugurated radio spots which "A few yearsagotheover- economic pressures. -Professional Duratape, a co- catalogs, dealer drop -in ads with are custom made, oftenin con- And what brings grins to Vende- balt -energized tape for studio qual- junction with record manufacturers whelming consensus in the indus- ity recording. space for four to six tape titles, or retailers. try was cautious optimism about ly,John Buchanan,coordinator radio spots, free postersto con- An example is the outlook for blank tape," Ven- of the program, and the P. R. Mal- -Voicetape, designed for busi- sumers with product buys, direc- a series of 60 - dely said."Our feeling today is lory & Co. is this: ness dictation or in small recorder tor's chairs and megaphones, and second spots recorded by GRT in units. conjunction with Harmony Hut, a sampler tapes. Washington, D.C. record -tape re- -Fliptape, a moderately -priced -"TruthofTruths"built tailchain,topromote MGM product for the youth market. around Producer Ray Ruff's album product. -Duratape, aimed at the mass on Oak Records includedana- In some cases radio spots plug market,with abuilt-inhead tionalpromotional tour for Jim product for 50 seconds, with 10 - cleaner. Backus, the voice of God on the second dealertags,or promote Thelinealsoincludesblank LP; contacted the National Reli- product with record company tags, cartridges and openreel,racks, giousBroadcastersofAmerica. LaPalm said. merchandisers and two monaural Madison, N.J., which gaveitair By planning a handful of major cassetterecorders,model MCR play on 80 religious stations;ra- promotional campaigns and a slew 1211 and MCR 1232 with AM -FM diospots,with thelibrettosent ofongoingmerchandisingaids, radio. to disk jockeys; ordered medallions GRT feelsitis working to boost Twodivisionsaremarketing senttodistributors;contacted profits and maintain a relationship product - Mallory Battery Co., churches and religious groups; and with record companies whichli- New York, and Mallory Distribu- sent the usual dealer posters and cense tape product to the firm. tape tor Products Company, Indianap- displays tied in to consumer -trade Future promotions will be geared advertising. toblues,jazz,gospel,soul and olis. -GRT Super Music Bowl, the Tape Rates Second country. To prove the company's com- triumph mitment, Kasey Bakowsky, exec- utive with Mallory Battery Com- NARM Spotlights Tape pany,says, "The blank cassette tape product line could well be- H pp _71 come Mallory's second most im- portant consumer product.This In Variety of Sessions AUDIO CASSETTE TAPE (Continued on page 32) LOS ANGELES - Tapepost- musicat RCA Records."Con- scripts of the National Association sumersarestillconfusedabout of Record Merchandisers (NARM) configurations(8 -track,cassette, convention in Bal Harbour, Fla., open -reel) and you need a knowl- Lear Jet Wins last week look like this: edgeable salesman to explain the -Four -channelisgoing to be differences." one of the biggest tape/audio items -"The one thing most lacking Patent Action ever tohit the marketplace, but in tape is the proper stocking and only if the industry starts planning merchandising ofit,"saidRuss LOS ANGELES - Gates Lear- for the new wave now and gets Solomon, presidentoftheCali- jet Corp. was awarded a judgment fornia -basedTowerRecords, a in U.S. District Court in Denver behind the configuration. First play, and hundreds more, HDP-71 delivers a sound per- tape -diskretailchain. "We need against Craig Corp.ina patent -TomBonetti,presidentof more ways to let consumers know formance everytime. A new high density oxide formulation infringementsuit. GRT Music Tapes, said that pre- and coating technique meets the most demanding recording recorded tape often sells more than that tape is in the store, and then and playback standards. Performance too good to be true? The court ruled that Craig records in the country market and we need ways of creating traffic Listen for yourself. Samples of our C-60, C-90 and C-120 are violatedfour patents on 8 -track that the retailer in a market such in these tape areas." ready for shipment. Just ask. stereo equipment, according to Ed -"We've tried all types of tape G. Campbell, presidentof Lear as this (country) would do well to packaging, but we can't get any Jet Stereo. keep his inventory accordingly. In real retail consensus on what the MAGNETIC MEDIA short,pinpointingadvertisingto best method is to package tape," Magnetic Media Corp., 616 Fayette Ave., Mamaroneck, N.Y. 10543 Two of the patents related to a the demographics of the audience. Telephone: (914) 698 8660 In Canada Telephone: (514) 735 4463 method of holding the cartridge -Korvetteswillbeopening said Brown Meggs, vice president inplace, athirdcoveredthe some 50 new stores in the future, of Capitol Records. "It would be methodofshiftingthepickup including a number of free-stand- nice to have standardization in this head into position to obtain the ing units. Dave Rothfeld, record area, butit'sgoing to be pretty recording from properchannels, buyer for the chain, feels it is ex- difficult." and the fourth patent related to tremely importantforthe mass -"Documenting the prerecorded the automatic switch that makes merchandiser to become more in- tape buyer is still a problem," said the cartridge play when itisin- volvedintape and audio, both R. A. Harlan of ABC Record and BUY DIRECT (Continued on page 31) serted and activates the radio when hardware and software. He hinted AND SAVE $ $ the carriageiswithdrawn. that some of the free-standing units would be tape/audio-oriented, but #54 STEREO CARTRIDGE CARRYING CASES he didn't elaborate. Scotch Holds 24 8 -Track Tapes -Tape manufacturers, including ScotchRecording Audio Magnetics TDK Electronics, Audio Devices, MAGNETIC TAPE Tape or48 Cassettes Coveredin 4 IMO IWO FEET Le -Bo Products, Recoton and Am- 1 4.35mm 540m, 1800 Ft. 7" Reel SitICOME ll/PICATED handsome Alligator Vinyl Red Storage Bonus of I Mil Polyester pex, were showing a variety - I0 MIL POMPEII MO. Flocked HighImpact Styrene product, ranging from blank tape 7 MN NM MICE FM PROFESSION. LOS ANGELES-Audio Mag- andcarryingcasestocounter insert. neticshasintroducedacassette *150,Factory Fresh;Closeout,$1.95 library cabinet in conjunction with browsers and old doughnut -style per reel, $22.50 den., $1.75 inlotsof THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL stands. 48 or more-Postpaid (Check with order,. a promotion onitsquadrasonic -Fred Rice, national merchan- 50 pcs. $3.00 each high frequency blank cassettes. disingdevelopmentmanagerof =611 The cassette consolette contains Capitol Records, explained a new 1200 ft. 150 pcs.2.75 each 11 QHF C -60s and a head cleaner display he is developing: a listening AMPEX MAGNETIC TAPE 11/2 mil 500pcs.2.65 each and is free when purchased fully browser for new tape and LP re- loaded. The library consolette con- 16 Acetate, 7" reel, professional grade, fac- Cases packed 1 per box and packed 72 pcs. to a skid. leases. The browser features tains 12 black molded flip drawers, new releases and 60 records will tory fresh, shrink wrapped, $1.68 per reel; each of which incorporates hub be included. The 16 cuts will be $18.00 (12); $66.72(48);$120.00 (96)- locks to fit any standard cassette. on a standard 8 -track tape deck Postpaid (Check with order) Custom Case Mfg. Co., Inc. The cabinet is designed for modu- that the consumer can turn on or lar stacking. Wanted: Distributors, 5511-19 Bragg Blvd. Private off. Volume will be at a fixed level SAXITONE TAPE SALES The QHF lineis State-wide P.O. Box 5625, Fayetteville, N.C. labeling a low -noise for earphones. master distributors high -frequencyseriesin30,60, -"Self-serviceisnot the way 1776Columbia Road, N.W. and Reps.NO PHONE ORDERS-BY MAIL ONLY done 90 and 120 -minute cassette lengths toproperlymarkettape,"said Washington, D.C. 20009 and in 5 and 7 -inch reels. Peter Munves, director of classical 30 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Tape Cartridge 3 Makers Releasing Radio Shack Sets Tape Mfg. Facility FORT WORTH-There's more Dolby and chromium dioxide tape startof something bigforus," than a smidgen of truth to all that eventually becoming a high fidelity he said. "I'm convinced there are Audio Equipment noise about Radio Shack doing its medium item,"Shirleysaid. He solid reasons for optimism." own manufacturing of blank tape. also has high hopes for blank cas- Shirley believes that blank tape LOS ANGELES -- Three tape Anotpional HS -23Amicro- Infact,the giantretailchain, settesalesingeneral and blank sales are growing faster than Radio equipmentmanufacturers, 3M/ phone/headset was designed for the quietly and with no fanfare, has cartridges in particular. Shack's rate of growth, which is Wollensak,Sony/Superscope and TC-95L at $20.95. builtits own tape manufacturing "This (blank tape) could be the at about 20 percent annually. Boman Astrosonix have introduced Boman Astrosonixhasintro- plant here "from the ground up" new models. duced a line of 8 -track car stereos, andwillbe"meeting our own SP -88promotionalat Wollensak's model 4515 AC/DC including tape requirements in nine months with AM -FM $29.95, SP -92 at $39.95, BM -909 toayear,"accordingtoJon PROTECT TAPES and CASSETTES cassetterecorder at$49.95, BM -911 4 -channelat Shirley, merchandising manager of radio at $99.95 features a built-in $59.95, BM -21 with built-in bur- the 1,200 -store chain. microphone,tape counter, re- glar alarm at $59.95, SP -190 with for HOME or OFFICE chargeable battery circuit and au- Radio Shack has been marketing built-in FM/multiplex at$79.95, blank cassettes, cartridges and open LAZY SUSAN tomatic end -of -tape stop. BM -9504 -channelwithbuilt-in reel for several years, but only as Retails Sony's model TC-95L is a porta- alarmat$79.95and BM -1950 a private label buyer, from a few 000 $10.95 save space blecassettequarter -trackLearn- with AM-FM/multiplex at $99.95. tape manufacturing sources. be neat ing Laboratory with built-in teach- In the home market, itis intro- It plans to continue buying some ing capabilities through two con- ducing model HA -808, a home and servicesfrom suppliers,but the trols: the teacher/student balancer auto ensemble which includesa bulk of the manufacturing will be 550- and thelearning laboratory/nor- player, cabinet, two speaker boxes. done at the company's new facility. Cassette Susan. mal switch.Itallows two indi- two dual purpose car speakers and Radio Shack's timetable, accord- Holds 24 Cassettes. viduals to participate at different a car bracket at $109.95. An ad- ing to Shirley, is this: It has made Includes times in a teaching/learning situa- ditional unit, also labeled HA -808, itsfirst coating runs and limited 24 Pressure Sensitive tion.It lists at $142.95. is a home unit with speakers. production can be scheduled for 30 Identity Labels FREE. ././5=550- days. It will take nine months to Retails 8 -Track Susan. one year to meet the company's $12.95 Holds 24 Tapes full tape requirements, and it will SOLID WALNUT-OIL HAND RUBBED- be between 12 to15 months to FOR TABLE OR WALL ...... WIMIImme CMIIII. MEMIIMIINEMO 10/1/1 enter the private label business, if = 55B8- .11111110110.1, 11601111111.11. Tape Happenings =4.01114i gra iiiiiil it decides to go in that direction. Holds 48 Cassettes. 1/2/-; 111111111111 &dill111611111M ILINIMM/M. 1111111MIMIN. The retailer now markets blank includes MI 111111 IIIIMMIN111.11 11111111111WRIO 1.1=111. QMINIIIIIIIIIIM OM Mi.mil MIIMMIIIIMMI 011111 al/M1/... . (40and80 -minutes), OINEMMINN. "Improvement in sales of mag- earnings revivalat Memorex by cartridges 48 Pressure Sensitive 111.111 1.1111.=111111 IINIMME11.111110 netic tape products (cassette, car- mid -year," believes Arnold Bern- open reel and four lines of blank Identity Labels FREE tridge and open reel) and a general hard & Co., New York. .. . From cassettes: Concertape (30, 60, 90 economicupturn may spark an the same Wall Street analyst comes and 120), Realistic (30, 60, 90 and Retails $23.95 this: "The divestiture of Mercury 120), low noise (60 and 90) and a Records and a 50 percent interest recently introduced chromium di- 1111111111C101111 56A6- in Chappell & Co., a music pub- oxide (60 and 90). Holds 36 8 -Track Spotlight on Tape lishing business, follows manage- Radio Shack has introduced a 111.11011MI 111.111"111.111.11.4111.18 Tapes cassette deck with a built-in Dolby Continued from page 30 ment's recognition of North Amer- ican Philips' limited success in the noisereductionunitandbias PROTECT HUNDREDS OF0 Tape Sales, Seattle. "We want to creative aspects of the entertain- switch, model SCT-6, at $199.95 Retails )341.Y3 DOLLARS IN TAPES THIS to coincide with the new chromium ATTRACTIVE WAY know who he is. how old he is, how ment field. . . .Superscope, Sun MADE BY much he makes and where he lives. Valley, Calif., has created a new line. Two additional models with Butthisisaverydifficult ob- literature rack for dealers. . . . Dolby systems and bias switches ESMONDINDUSTRIES INC. Abbey Tape Duplicators,North will be offered, one in early fall jective. We're having the Univ. of 666 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019 12121 765-3442 Washington work on a profile sur- Hollywood, Calif., tape duplicator, and a second in mid -1973. (SOLD IN CANADA-T. EATON CO vey for us." has moved to a larger facility. "We havealotoffaithin New! The peopletape for fun and profit

Now you can stock a NEW line of cassettes created for the people -The new Ampex 360 Series High Frequency Cassettes. And what a product you'll be selling! Quality material and manufacture assure sales that stick. You sell at the best price with a profit margin that's a dealer's dream. Ampex High Frequency Cassettes are constructed for dealer and user alike. High impact plastic won't break or deform if dropped. Steel pin roller guides and low friction reduce tape drag. Spring -loaded pressure pad gives better tape -to -head contact for better reproduction. Tensilized polyester base reduces tape breaks. "Living" hinged box keeps cassette clean ... handy for mailing. Shipped in lots of 24. "Impulse -buy" dispenser available at no cost with 144 lots. PROFIT from the fun of stocking the one that sells-Ampex High Frequency Cassettes, the Peopletape. In fact, it's a profitable idea to carry the entire line of Ampex blank tape -cassettes (including chromium dioxide and low noise), cartridges, open reels and accessories. Order from your Ampex Distributor, or contact: Ampex Corporation, Magnetic Tape Division, 401 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063. 415-367-3887, Attn: Jim Lantz, MS.22-2. AMPEX

MARCH25, 1972, BILLBOARD 31 Tape Cartridge

11 Firms Join ITA's Roster Tape Segment Loomsas LOS ANGELES-The Interna- Video Corp., Nightingale -Conant, #2 Provider tional Tape Association announced On -Tape, Specialty Converters, Continued from page 30 tunities "lie in the fact that con- "Our main objective is to estab- that 11 companies have joined its Teletape and Time Magazine. fusion does exist in the minds of lish our tape product line above roster. market is expected to reach $280 consumers, dealers, distributors the brands that are available in They are Audio Devices, Allison Harr yPreston, manager of million at retail or approximately and some manufacturers, as to the the market place at the present AudioProducts,CadetRecords, sound products at Audio Devices, $115 million at distributor prices who, why, where and what relat- time," he stated in a report. Custom Tape Duplicators,Mag- has been named to the ITA ad- in 1972." ing to the whole cassette blank re- neticCommunications,Magnetic visory board. He feels that Mallory's oppor- "There are four basic segments cording market. of the blank cassette market," he said."They aretheaudiophile, general market, business and youth. Looking into the future, most tape manufacturers agreethatthis market (blankcassettes)ispro- jected to grow at the rate of 15 to 20 percent annually for the next five years," Bakowsky stated. Vendely said that each of the new cassette lines is designed for specific segments of the market, and Bakowsky breaks that market down this way in relation to Mal- lory's products: ProfessionalDuratape:Audio- phile marketisthe semi-profes- sional who wants the best in re- production, who does his own dub- bing or editing, who has an ear for sound reproduction and is The highly critical of the high and low tones as wellas noise to sound ratio. (The cobalt energized formula- tion tape can be played on any recorder with no bias or special adjustments. Chromiumdioxide coating, however, requires special Maxellcassette. equipment.) Duratape: General market for the average consumer who buys a recorder for his personal use for parties, singing, family gatherings, etc. Voicetape: Business designed for voicerecordingsinofficeand It's not home, for professional use, or for students. Fliptape: Youth market between 12 and 24 years old. Mallory's tape programisal- most four years old, but it's just the old shellgame. now developing muscles. Ampex Changes Continued from page 28 "Ampex Stereo Tapes became a giant loser when an economic re- cession slowed sales of prerecorded tape and illegal (unlicensed) dupli- cators cut intoour sales and profits." The company also said that Ampex had pumped more tape into the market than it could bear, creatingseriousinventory prob- lems; it also had difficulty collect- ing bills for its tape from dealers, You know the old shell game only pins. This allows friction -free tape doesn't use a welded seal, but distributors and rack merchan- disers. too well. Nine out of ten cassette movement and eliminates a major puts its cassette together with This position was confirmed re- returns are caused by a malfunc- cause of skipping and jumping. precision screws. Once you sell a cently by William Slover, newly appointed vice president and gen- tioning shell. The simple fact is The tape in a Maxell cassette Maxell cassette, it stays sold. eral manager of Ampex's music most manufacturers are still trying never comes loose from the hub This alone makes Maxell worth division He said, among otherthings, to get the bugs out of their shells. because it's anchored in two carrying and recommending. But "Ampexistighteningoperations in several major areas, including Maxell already has succeeded. places - not one. A tough teflon now, Maxell is doing a Ict of pre- returns,accounts receivable, new Maxell has spent seven years (not waxed paper) slip sheet selling-running special ads to tell releases, catalog, etc. We are also tightening our controls on the pay- perfecting its shell. Today, it's keeps the tape -pack tight and flat. our story to the consumer, in pub- ment ofbills. We have far too many overdue accounts and we trouble free. No more bent or nicked tape to lications like Stereo Review and don't intend to live with this situa- Substantially more plastic goes affect soundquality. Rolling Stone. Better stock up now tion." (Billboard, Feb. 26.) into it than into competitive shells. And Maxell before somebody else gets the Unlike other cassettes that use Maxell business. fixed posts, Maxell uses ny- For more information, contact FACTORY 410 your Maxell representative. Or, lon roller guides held in CLOSEOUT TAPES place with stainless steel call 212-986-1844. Liberty -Warner -Ampex, etc. Top Name Artists maxelle Major Labels The answer to all your tape needs. Foreign Inquiries Welcome Write or call:

Maxell Corporation of America, 501 Fifth Avenue, New York. N.Y. 10017 PROMOTION SPECIALTIES 3092 Sierra Norco, California 91760 (714) 897-9448

32 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Cartridge TV

2,,,,,, ,,,,2 Feature Films Top List Sony's,, Many, Actions Of Shows Sears Offers Keep It Progressing CHICAGO - When it comes Sports events include: The Ali - 1-You can see hundreds of pre- By ELIOT TIEGEL right down to it, pre-recorded en- Frazierheavyweightfight;the recorded programs infullcolor tertainment programs are the big worldofautoracing,theJoe any time you want; 2-you can LOS ANGELES - Sony's aggressive moves on several levels of attraction in home cartridge TV Louis -Max Schmelingfightand record your own shows with your cartridge TV development, earmark it as devoted to the medium's viewing. This is evident from the professional football's super bowls own video camera, and 3-any role as a communications tool. first double truck ad Sears placed of 1966-'71. program can be recorded off the recentlyin the Chicago Tribune Sports instruction covers how to airin either black and white or The companyhasdeveloped heralding its involvement with Av- play golf (with Gene Littler) how color for playback whenever you what it claims is a compatible col- co's Cartrivision system whichit to play basketball (with Gail Good- want to. or system which can be played on begins offering in this area in June. rich) and tennis tips (with Arthur Searsacknowledgesthat"no both European and American TV Dealers Of 50 programs listed,17 are Ashe). single system has yet proved itself systems. feature films. Documentaries, home Self-improvement topics include: flatly superior."Yetitis going how to stop smoking, dieting with- Programs made in American or 'Cautious arts and crafts, sports instruction, with the Cartrivision 1/2 -inch vid- Japan will be playable in Europe self-improvement,travel,religion out drugs and reducing executive eotape system because it plays up and artareallrepresented with tension. to 114 -minutes per cartridge; itis on a set equipped with a switch three titlesapiece. Sports events, The music shows encompass the simple to operate; it can play pre- for the 625 -line CCIR system or On Systems educationandmusic/danceare Bolshoi Ballet, Mozart's 40th sym- recordedmaterialfrommany the 525 -line U.S. NTSC system. NEW YORK-Electronics prod- represented with four titles each. phony, Norway and Edward Grieg sources and thereis a broad se- The compatible U-Matic system ucts dealers show a cautious pro- and a country music hall of fame. lection of programs now available. file toward being the first in their The movies include: "Exodus," The full length films will rent will be available on the Continent "Red River," "Casablanca," "High The company's merchandise de- in early 1973, Sony claims. markets to startselling cartridge for around $6. Other pre-recorded TV players. Sierra," "Beauty and the Beast," tapes will range in price from $5 velopment and testing laboratories In connection with its U-Matic "Marriage Italian Style," "Maltese have been analyzing the A v co With the exception of Sears in to $30 depending on the type of system for over one year. system, Sony has also developed Chicago which has its own pro- Falcon," "Darling," "Jazz Singer," entertainment and length of the a new color TV monitor which gram starting in June, many deal- "Night and Day," "Blues in the show. Acknowledgingtheincompati- Night," "That Man From Rio," bility problem with the other de- can play both 525 and 625 -line ers are content to take a wait -and - A 11 -minute blank tape will sell pictures. see attitude and not be the pio- "Treasure Island," "The Day the for $32, with the ad claiming "This velopingandexistingsystems, Earth Stood Still," "I Was a Teen- The company's U-Matic system neers with a product which runs in is only a fraction of what you now Sears states its confidence in Cart- the $1,000 and above category. age Werewolf," "Babe Ruth Story" pay for 8mm or 16mm film run- rivision as the "fittest" system and is moving at a steady pace in this and "Alexander Nevsky." Ifa storeplanstogetinto ning the same length of time." the one that will ultimately become country, with business and indus- CTV, it will need promotional sup- The documentaries include: The tone of the two pages of the standard. trialclients being secured.Most port, warranties and a strong ser- "The Sky Above, the Mud Below," propagandaisveryeducational, The tentative price for a 25 -inch notably, a Salt Lake City firm, vice program from the manufac- "Conquest of Everest," and "Blitz with Sears emphasizing three fac- color console equipped with the TeleMatic, has order around 500 turer. on Britain." tors: videotape player/recorder plus units for sale to its business clients. There are some aggressive deal- black and white camera is $1,600. Sixteen of TelMatic's sales office ers who see the value in the con- A color TV console with the are Sony U-Matic franchise deal- cept and are seeking to arrange but the player/recorder without ers. for demonstrations of the Cart- 'View Before You Go' Goal monochrome camerais$1,350. rivision, Motorola and Sony units The camera can be bought as an Sony's 3/4 -inch videotape sys- -the three systems which so far accessory for $250. tem has already been adopted by have been the most aggressive in Of Travel Agency Service A player only unit is being de- 3M and Japan Victor Co. Seven getting into the dealer field. veloped for $750. A recorder only other firms are also reported plan- Several dealers speak of order- CHICAGO-See & Go Travel Cost to the advertiser, after a attachment is being developed for ning to adopt the Sony 3/4 -inch ing one unit and havingitdis- Serviceisoptingfor Sony's U- first transfer fee of $2,000, is $25 $150. A color camera will retail played in a snazzy area as a sort Matic 3/4 -inch videotape system as for each travel agent that uses the configuration and will reportedly foraround $400 when thatis be marketing units under their own of educational tool to entice the a means of showing prospective tape for six months, or $40 per available, but not immediately. public. clients glimpses of their own para- agent for a full year. logos. Dealers show a concern for a dise. Cartridge TV's move out of the See & Go isa newly formed laboratory and into the living room Sony claims to have orders to- catalog of programs to go with the subsidiaryof Cor-Com,acom- The firm plans to interest 1,000 becomesarealityby June-at talling 20,000 for machines in the system and many are hesitant to travel agents here and in New York municationconsultantcompany. Sears. On Sears easy payment plan U.S. and Japan.It also claims a get into any sort of rental pro- One idea is to offer the same foot- backlog of 70,000 units. gram on the shows - one con- in its service which will consist of age to several advertisers. The firm of course. a player with a TV viewer, ali- Since February of 1971 when it cept with Cartrivision advocates. brary of videocartridges plus bro- believes eventually ad agencies will Demand from the publicwill become involved in producing vid- first announced its U-Matic Sys- motivate many dealers to get into chures. The cost would be $15 a tem, Sony has: month or $180 per year. eocartridges for their own clients. the field. The lower the price the Olson Travel and Olson's Royal RCA Sets developed acolor duplicat- better the chance to sell it,is an- Travel andtourservices,air- Coach Toursisthefirstlocal ing system for $150,000 involving other attitude expressed. lines and hotels will be solicited agent signing up for the program. one master and 20 slaves for sale to send in travel films which will Theservicesshouldbecomea to companies planning to get into be editedand remade intofive working entity within six months, 1st Show Guild Sound Has minute videocartridges which would See & Go claims, with ads placed the field as custom duplicators. include advertisements for the hotel in local markets to herald the con- developedasoftwarerela- 72 EVR Titles or airline. cept seeing before going. tionship with Time -Life Films for LONDON - Guild Sound and For Vidunit sports, science and historical fea- Vision Ltd. has released 72 edu- NEW YORK-RCA will unveil tures. cational programs in the EVR for- itsmagneticvideotapeversion developed a cross -patentli- mat, as part of its recently devel- 'Single Radio' Pays Off For K101 -FM ofitsSelectaVision home CTV censing agreement with 3M where- oped EVR cassette rental project. system at a special showing at its Several hundred additionaltitles Continued from page 23 KIOI-FM'scurrentline-upis by it will sell 3M magnetic tape Indianapolis plant Thursday (23). and 3M willsell videotape units are due for release in the near fu- role in 1968, Keffury has experi- Harry Young with the midnight The unit, which features both under its Wollensak band. ture. mented many times with the music to 6 a.m. slot; Stan Dunn from 6 record and playback modes for According to Norman Abbott, formedS/TVideocassette managing director of Guild Sound policy, all within the larger KIOI- to 10 a.m.; Terry Smith from 10 home and off the air recordings, DuplicatingCorp.jointlywith FM concept, and what has now a.m. to 2 p.m.; Keffury in the 2 is designed as a companion to the & Vision,thecassetteswillbe evolved is a contemporary music oftdelayedSelectaVisionholo- New York -based TeletronicsIn- availabletorentees by mailin to 6 p.m. period; Bill Dodd 6 to ternational to reproduce cartridges speciallydesignedcartons.Also policy aimed at that 18 -to -49 au- 9 p.m.; GM Gabbert 9-11 p.m. and graphic unit, which, according to dience. station manager Michael Lincoln industryreports,isalsosched- for the U-Matic system. enclosed will be labeled, addressed His current music playlist for in the 11 to midnight period. All uled for a May "progress report" formed Teac Video Corp. in mailback containers for return of the station may be the largest and DJ's work asix -day week with showing at the SMPTE Technical conjunction with Teac to develop the cassettes. conference to be held here. Cost of rental of the cassettes most extensive on pop radio to- Carl Grant as the swing and week- and manufacture video equipment, for a two-day period will range day. In any one week itusually end man. Keffury asks his people The magnetic tape unit has been including U-Matic machines. from $5.63 to $13.13. contains 60 current hits and extras, to establish a one-to-one relation- in development at RCA labs for developedacompact, "low Abbott discloses that titles now 20 album cuts and 1,500avail- ship with the listener while mak- several months. It received its first availablearerightsclearedfor ableoldies.Itencompassesthe ing the entire audience an integral cost" color camera for home video- closed -door screening for non -RCA taping, with large scale production distributionin the United King- whole spectrum of music in addi- part of the station's action. And personnel at the firm's recent dis- dom. Additional titles being cleared tionto pop,jazz,country,soul while Keffury is not primarly con- tributor convention inFlorida. lowering the retail price in Japan and even light classics, all with the cerned with breaking records on to around $833, or one -tenth the for early addition to the service Accordingtoreportsfiltering price of the least expensive cam- are in both education and manage- potential to move over into the KIOI-FM, he surely has no ob- ment training areas. pop market. jectionifthe stationisable to outofthat convention, viewers era in its current line. move records. were very impressed with picture Marketing planscallforthe Keffury is quick to realize that quality and other features of the he can not even now be wedded "Radioisabusiness-anex- units to become available in the Philco-Ford Eyes to any one format. He must be citing business-and a business in unit, which could be ready for the U.S. by the middle of the year. flexible, for as the taste of the transition," said Gabbert, "and, consumer market by the end of 3M plans selling units by the fall. VTR in Test Run listener changes, he must be pre- though we happen to appear on next year, should RCA decide to A player/recorder(modelVO- PHILADELPHIA - Philco- pared to change his music policy. the FM dial, we are definitely no go into full-scale production. An 1600) will sell for $1,395; a player Ford's consumer products division Keffury readily admitted that his stepchild." KIOI-FM was the first official announcement on the com- only (model VP -1000) will sell for is turning its attention to cartridge music programming policydoes stereo radio stationin the Cali- pany's production decisionisex- $995. An hour's blank tape will TV. The company has been hinting not appeal to young teens, and for fornia market when it was called pected to be made at Indianapolis. cost $35. to its field sales force that it may the time being, he is content to KPEN-FM. And with his reputa- Theunittobedemonstrated With the magic of Sony's name be developing a videotape recorder leave that audience tohis com- tionasa young radio pioneer, utilizes3/4 -inchvideotape.Itis inelectronics making itone of for showing sometime this year. petition. While Keffury's program- Gabbertintroduced,overtwo not, however, compatible with the the world's best-known companies, A test of the unit would be on ming looks free and sounds free, yearsago,4 -channelstereoor Sony U-Maticunit,whichalso Sony'sCTVproductcertainly a limited basis for the firm's in- itisactuallyverytightlycon- quadrasonic sound to the market utilizes3/4 -inch videotape.The standstogain customer accept- ternal discussion rather than for trolled. And, atthe same time, over KIOI-FM. His continuing ex- RCA unit has been described as ance. And with that, it may just public sale. affords the jockeys the fullest op- periments in this area could very a compact system about the size motivate other hardware firms to The company has a new product portunitytodeveloptheir own well form world standards in 4 - ofan8 -trackcartridgeplayer accept its 3/4 -inch videotape con- show slated for Las Vegas the first identity. channel broadcasting. deck. figuration. week in June. MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD 33 Soul

BillboardSPECIAL SURVEYFor Week Ending 3/25/72 Soul Sauce BEST SELLING !Soul Singles * STAR Performer -LP's registering greatest proportionate upward progressthis week.

This Last TITLE -Artist, Label al Number Weeks on This Last TITLE -Artist, Label & Number Weeks on Week Week (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) Chart Week Week (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) Chart

1 2 INTHE RAIN 5 26 26 MISSING YOU/YOU WERE MADE Dramatics, Volt 4075 (Groovesville, BMI) FOR ME 7 Luther Ingram, Koko 2110 (Stax/Volt) 2 1 I GOTCHA 10 (Klondike,BMI) (Kags, BMI) Joe Tex,Dial1010 (Mercury) (Tree, BMI) 27 27SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS 11 War, United Artists 50867 3 3 NOW RUN & TELL THAT 8 DeniseLaSalle,Westbound192 (United Artists, ASCAP) (Chess/Janus) (Bridgeport,BMI) 28 28 JUNGLE FEVER 12 4 4 DO YOUR THING 5 Chakachas, Polydor 15030 (Chappell/ IsaacHayes,Enterprise 9042 (Stax/Volt) Intersong/U.S.A., ASCAP) (East/Memphis,BMI) 29 14 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF 8 8 I HAD IT ALL THE TIME 4 Donnie Elbert, Avco 4587 (Jobete, BMI) By ED OCHS Tyrone Davis, Dakar 4501(Brunswick) (Julio/Brian, BMI) 30 31IN AND OUT OF MY LIFE 9 10 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW 4 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Gordy SOUL SLICES: For those of us with nothing better to do than 7113 (Motown) (Jobete, BMI) Stylistics,Avco 4591(Bellboy/Assorted. compare Hot Wax and Invictus, here's the latest score. Honey Cone BMI) 31 15 RUNNIN' AWAY 6 one, Capitol nothing.But wait, here's Invictus with LPs offering Sly & the Family Stone, Epic 5-10829 30KING HEROIN 4 (CBS) (Stone Flower, BMI) "Invictus' Greatest Hits," "Best of Freda Payne," the Chairmens' James Brown, Polydor 14116 (Dynatone/ Belinda, BMI) 32 32YOU &ME TOGETHER FOREVER 8 "Bitter Sweet" and General Johnson's "Generally Speaking." Cookin' Freddie North, Mankind 12009 (Nashboro) singles like the Glass House's "Giving Up the Ring" and Capitol's 8 9 (The Day ILost You Was) THE DAY (Williams/Jibaro, BMI) own Persuasions do not a Buddah make, though. The Impressions' I FOUND MYSELF 6 33 36 LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE . 6 Honey Cone, Hot Wax 7113 (Buddah) Kool & the Gang, De-Lite 546 "This Love'n For Real" from their "Times Have Changed" Curtis (GoldForever, BMI) (Stephayna/Delightful, BMI) Mayfield production. the Isleys' "Lay Away" on T -Neck, Dennis 9 6 TALKING LOUD AND SAYING Coffey's "Goin' For Myself" and Eddie Sanay's "Hot Thang" LPs for NOTHING (Part1) 7 42DARLING BABY Sussex (Bill Wither's next), and a corner -turner at 100,000 pieces by James Brown, Polydor 14109 (Dynatone/ Jackie Moore, Atlantic 2861 (Jobete, BMI)3 Brotherly Love on Music Merchant join Hot Wax's 100 Proof at the Belinda,BMI)II 35 38 WHAT IT IS 4 35 HEARSAY UndisputedTruth, Gordy7114(Motown) soul supper table, so you know who's doin' a lot of cookin'. Laura Soul Children, Sfax 0119 (East/Memphis,4 (Jobete, BMI) Lee and the Politicians are working on LPs things too.. . Breaking BMI) 47 ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT 2 from Stevie Wonder's new "Music of My Mind" album, "Love Hav- 11 12 TAURUS 5 Millie Jackson, Spring 123 (Polydor) ing You Around." As for the Motown Sound, no sweat, just plenty of Dennis Coffey 8 theDetroit Guitar Band, (Will-Du/Bill-Lee/Gaucho/Belinda, BMI) numbers. Gladys Knight's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Sussex 233 (Buddah) (Interior, BMI) 37 37 WE GOT TO HAVE PEACE 5 16 TAKE A LOOK AROUND 4 Curtis Mayfield, Curtom 1968 (Buddah) has really hit the fan, despite the tune's so soon revival, and was Temptations,Gordy 7115 (Motown) (Curtom,BMI) last seen passing the quarter million mark. The Temps and Mike (Jobete,BMI) 38 13YOU WANT IT YOU GOT IT 13 Detroit Emeralds, Westbound 192 Jackson are out of sight. Edwin Starr's "Clear From Here" is in the 23BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S (Chess/Janus) (Bridgeport, BMI) hands of the jury. and Jr. Walker just keeps on ticking. Now here HOME 6 39 39 1. comes the Sisters Love with a bluesy "Mr. Fix -It Man." Martha Ann Peebles, Hi 2205 (London) MR. PENGUIN, Pt. 7 (South Memphis, BMI) Lunar Funk, Bell 45-172 Reeves, in and out of our lives, is in again, with an album of "Black (Colgems, ASCAP) 14 7 FLOY JOY 11 Magic . " Identity Crisis Dep't: If Brotherly Love and Donny Os- Supremes, Motown 1194 (Jobete,BMI) 40 22YOU GOT ME WALKING 6 mond are not Michael Jackson, then obviously Bill Brandon is not Jackie Wilson, Brunswick 55467 Itir 18YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE 6 (Julio/Brian, BMI) Johnnie Taylor. Brandon is himself for real on Mercury's Moonsong Linda Jones, Turbo 021 (All Platinum) (Conrad, BMI) 41 24 AFRO -STRUT 13 Label with "Stop This Merry -Go -Round." Now that that's clear, Nite-Liters, RCA 74-0591(Rutri, BMI) 1hr 40ROCKIN' ROBIN 2 we call your attention to the new Johnnie Taylor, "Doing My Own Michael Jackson, Motown 1197 42 46 EVERYTHING GOOD IS BAD 2 Thing," which is what Bill Brandon istrying to do.Oh, never (Recordo, BMI) 100 Proof (Aged In Soul), Hot Wax 7202 (Buddah) (Gold Forever, BMI) mind. ... New Whatnauts on Stang: "Blues Fly Away." In the same 17 11 GIMME SOME MORE 9 hit direction as Linda Jones and Donnie Elbert's "If I Can't Have JB's, People 602 (Polydor) -MY HONEY & ME 1 lir Emotions, Volt 4077 (Klondike, BMI) You." By the way. word is that Elbert's first LP for Avco will be an (Dynatone/Belinda/Unichappell, BMI) 18 17THAT'S WHAT LOVE WILL MAKE ... 8 50IT'S MY FAULT DARLING 2 all -Motown revival package. . . . Blue Thumb will distribute the Last Little Milton, Stax 0111(Trice, BMI) Little Johnny Taylor, Ronn 59 (Jewel) Poets' True Sound label.... New Chi-Lites on Brunswick: "Oh Girl." 34 LAY AWAY 3 (Respect, BMI) . . . Someone at Atlantic is getting serious about Dr. John, and it's IsleyBrothers, T -Neck934(Buddah) - LITTLE GHETTO BOY 1 Jerry Wexler, who produced an r&b remedy called "Ike Iko" from (TripleThree,BMI) Iltt Donny Hathaway, Atco 6880 (Kuumba, ASCAP) the crazy cajumia forthcoming LP, "Gumbo." Dr. John's currently 20 19AIN'T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW . 16 Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager, 46 48GET YOUR BUSINESS STRAIGHT .. 3 on a seven -city tour of the South to break it in the bayous. Mean- Mercury 73255 (Butler/Chappell, ASCAP) Albert Collins, Tumbleweed 1002 while. sign in Patti & the Lovelites on Cotillion with "I'm the One (Famous) (Chrissica, BMI) 21 21 DO WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO....10 You Need." King Floyd's this week, Aretha, Roberta & Denny are Bobby Bland, Duke 472 (Don, BMI) -SWEET SIXTEEN lir B.B. King ,ABC 11319 (Modern Music, BMI)1 rolling home. Jimmy "Bo" Horne won't go way, and Betty Wright, 41 DAY DREAMING 2 Persuaders and Howard Tate are in the teasin' stages, says Dick "The Aretha Franklin, Atlantic 2866 -WALKIN' IN THE RAIN WITH THE Doctor" Klein.... Curtom's cute with Donny Hathaway & June Con- (Pundit, BM!) ONE I LOVE 1 Love Unlimited, Sounds of Memphis 704 quest doing "I thank You," penned and produced by Curtis Mayfield, 23 5 THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA 17 (MGM) (SoundsofMemphis, BMI) of course. . .. Mavis Staples, who recently produced Kitty Hayward Bobby Womack, United Artists 40847 (January/Sa-Vette, BMI) locally, will produce sister Cynthia, as well as uping her song writ- (Unart/Tracebob, BMI) 49 49YUM YUM YUM(I Want Some) EddieFloyd,Stax10109 ing.... Rufus Thomas here with his "Did You Heard Me" single and 33 MAMA'S LITTLE BABY 5 * (East/Memphis, BMI) album.... Soul Sauce Picks & Plays; Dramatics, "In the Rain" (Volt); Brotherly Love, Music Merchant 1004 Aretha Franklin, "Day Dreaming" (Atlantic); Soul Children, "Hear (Capitol)(GoldForever,BMI) - HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH 25 25 SINCEIFELL FOR YOU 4 THE NIGHT 1 Say" (Stax); Temptations, "Take A Look Around" (Gordy); James LauraLee,Hot Wax 10602 (Buddah) Gladys Knight 8 the Pips, Soul 35094 Brown, King Heroin" (Polydor): Ann Peebles, "Breaking Up Some- (Warner Bros., ASCAP) (Motown) (Combine, BMI) body's Home" (Hi):Stylistics. "Betcha By Golly" (Avco); Millie Jackson. "Ask Me What You Want" (Spring): Emotions, "My Honey and Me" (Volt); Isley Bros., "Lay Away" (T -Neck); Donny Hatha- way, "Little Ghetto Boy" (Atco): Betty Wright, "Getting Tired, Baby" (Alston): Junior Walker, "Walk in the Night" (Soul); Al Green, "Look What You Done For Me" (Hi): 8th Day, "Eeny-Meany-Miny-Mo" (Invictus); Joe Tex, "I Gotcha" (Dial); Staple Singers, "I'll Take You There" (Stax): Joe Simon, "Pool of Bad Luck" (Spring); Gladys & Vox Jox the Pips. "Help Me Make It Thru the Night" (Soul); Edwin Starr, "Take Me Clear From Here" (Soul): Billy Preston, "The Bus" (A&M): Continued from page 24 recut the tune and it's good and Isaac Hayes. "Let's Stay Together" (Enterprise): Roberta Flack, "First suggests that other country music Time Ever" (Atlantic): Lost Generation. "Young, Tough & Terrible" the staff areGary Lee, 1-6 p.m.; stations play it.. . . Rich Reim, (Brunswick): Persuaders. "If This Is What You Call Love" (Win Or BillLorman,6-10a m.;Marty operationsmanagerof WYNA, Lose): Jimmy "Bo" Home, "Clean Up Man" (Aleton); Jackie Moore, Garnerette,6 p.m. -midnight, and modern country music station in Brad Winall, midnight -6a.m. islooking for a young "Darling Baby" (Atlantic);Z.Z. Hill, "Hold Back" (Mankind); Sly & Raleigh, the Family Stone, "Brave and Strong" (Epic): Linda Jones, "Your * * * country music air personality. Call Found out about another black him at 919-828-9912. Not much Precious Love" (Turbo): Love Unlimited, "Walking inthe Rain" air personality doing country music experience necessary. (Uni): Black Society, "Look Around You" (Stax): Little Johnny Tay- -Bob Davis,retired frommili- * * * lor, "Something on Your Mind" (Ronn).. . . Musicor's got S.O.U.L., tary service,is working full-time Bill Rock has been named pro- theyscoredinCleveland, andthey'reback withtheirsecond FILLED WITHEMOTIONS. Bill on KRSY, Roswell.This makes gram director of WIRY, Albany, LP. "Can You Feel It." LPs too from Stax's Soul Children, Emotions Cosby finds room in the middle two black air personalities that I a much -soughtjob. . . . Dave and Rufus, Sussex's Dennis Coffey & Eddie Senay, Motown's Stevie of the Emotions, Volt group, who know of doing country music.. . . Sturm, 501-442-9859, needs work. to & Martha . . Held over at the Apollo: Stairsteps & Detroit Emer- recently appeared with Coz on Bob Luningham, general manager Experienced. Think he'dlike tour. The act,lefttoright,is of KRSY and aformer air per- stay in rock, if possible. . .. Talked alds.. . . Soul Sauce would very much like to say "Thank you" for Theresa Davis, Sheila Hutchinson sonalityhimself,wanted me to to a lot of good radio people last the love and loyalty of thousands, both friends and fans, who read. and Wanda Hutchinson, and man- plug "House of Blue Lovers" by week in Miami, but didn't get any write and call Soul Sauce to say "I read Soul Sauce. Do you?"I ager Pervis Staples. "My Honey James O'Gwynn,Plantation Rec- time to listen to any of the radio knew itall the time. and Me" is their latest single. ords.Bob says that O'Gwynn has stations. 34 MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD formerly with the **Watts 103rd. St. Rhythm Band" the man that broughtyou "LOVE Law" is now on cream records with "GOT TO FM) mY BaBY" Cl rahel production

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1 1 LET'S STAY TOGETHER 6 26 12 REVOLUTION OF THE MIND/ Al Green, Hi SHL 32070 (London) RECORDED LIVE AT THE APOLLO .14 James Brown, Polydor PD 3003 5YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK 6 Aretha Franklin, Atlantic SD 7213 27 27 FIFTH DIMENSION LIVE 21 Bell 9000 3 3 GOT TO BE THERE 8 Michael Jackson, Motown M 747 L 28 23 COMMUNICATION 19 HIS FIRST SET. Paul Pena, seated center, relaxes backstage at New Bobby Womack, United Artists UAS 5539 4 2 BLACK MOSES 15 York'sAcademyof Music with manager Peter Casperson,left, and Isaac Hayes, Enterprise ENS 2-5003 (Stax/Volt) 29 22 DIONNE 6 Gunther Weil, right, who produced Pena's first Capitol album. Reaction Dionne Warwicke, Warner Bros. BS 2585 to the young blues -rock artist was pro and strong. 5 6 JACKSON 5's GREATEST HITS 12 30 31 FACE TO FACE WITH THE TRUTH ...7 Motown M 741 L Undisputed Truth, Gordy G 959 L (Motown)

6 7 STYLISTICS 17 DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE... 1 Avco AV 33023 JoeSimon, Spring SPR 5702 (Polydor) Single College Student 32 34 MOODY JR. 7 8WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET 11 10 Dramatics, Volt VOS 6018 Jr. Walker & the All Stars, Soul S 733 L (Motown) Survey Yields Bonanza 8 4SOLID ROCK 9 33 28 I'VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN Temptations, Gordy G 961L (Motown) Free Movement, Columbia KC 31136 Continued from page 23 Hebelievesthestationkept losingcore FM listenerswhile 9 9ALL DAY MUSIC 18 34 21WOMEN'S LOVE RIGHTS 10 on AM; the news tune -out on one War, United Artists UAS 5546 Laura Lee, Hot Wax HA 708 (Buddah) gaining disgruntled AM listeners, FM study was only14percent thoughhebelievesthestation's 35 32SILK & SOUL (because it is less rigidly scheduled, 10 11 DONNY HATHAWAY LIVE 3 4 future looks bright. As for core Atco SD 33-306 Lou Rawls, MGM SE 4809 shorter, done informally). irritation, he said the canned com- 36 36 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE 3 FM audiences haveafar mercials heard everywhere on AM, 11 10QUIET FIRE 16 Betty Wright, Alston SD 33-388 (Atlantic) more intense relationship witha elementsthatperhapsareonly Roberta Flack, Atlantic SD 1594 station. heard once, can be a "shattering 37 30 I'VE BEEN HERE ALL THE TIME 12 Complicated frequency num- experience" for the devoted FM 29 BEALTITUDE/RESPECT YOURSELF 3 Luther Ingram, Koko KOS 2201 (Stax/Volt) listener. Staple Singers, Sfax 3002 bers,however,presentaserious itt 48 CRUSADERS 1 2 challenge for FM station image Budil believes the intense sta- 13 15 THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON 19 Blue Thumb BTS 6601 (Famous) building. tion -listener bond can even be in- Sly 8 the Family Stone, Epic KS 30986 Stereocapability,thewide terpreted economically. "An AM (CBS) 39 37 THE NEED OF LOVE 8 Earth, Wind & Fire, Warner Bros. WS 1958 acceptance of headphones, promise station may have 2to 1 more of four -channelbroadcastingall listeners than an FM station but 14 13 SANTANA 25 IN THE BEGINNING Columbia KC 30595 1 helpsthe growing popularityof thesamecommercialonboth Isaac Hayes, Atlantic SD 1599 FM. could result in a positive response 26 L.A. MIDNIGHT 4 41 43 AL GREEN GETS NEXT TO YOU 27 Automobile FM radio owner- of only 25 percent on the AM B.B. King, ABC ABCX 743 Hi SHL 32062 (London) shipisincreasing (up to11per- station and a 75 percent positive response on the FM." 42 44GOIN' EAST cent in one survey) and an 8 -track 16 16 SOULFUL TAPESTRY 17 16 is Honey Cone, Hot Wax 707 (Buddah) BillyPaul,PhiladelphiaInternational cartridge player with a radio He drew this observation from Z 30580 (CBS) notacontradictionbutrather comments made by people who, 17 18 STREET CORNER SYMPHONY 7 points up the intense interestin in describing their attitude about Persuasions, Capitol ST 872 43 45 DON'T TURN AROUND 3 music, particularly among young an FM station,said,"Ijust dig Black Ivory, Today TLP 1005 (Perception) people. 18 20 INNER CITY BLUES 15 everything thats t a t i o n does," Grover Washington Jr., Kudu KU Q3 (CTI) 44 41 SMACKWATER JACK 22 Budil, cramming a 17 -hour class which Budil extrapolates to mean Quincy Jones, A&M SP 3037 load into a few hours each morn- commercials, news, the totalfor- 19 17 WHAT'S GOING ON 41 ing so he can get his Independent mat. Marvin Gaye, Tamla TS 310 (Motown) 45 46 EVOLUTION 21 Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band, RadioResearchandAudience Butit'snotallthatsimple. Sussex SXBS 7004 (Buddah) Analysis company off the ground, 33 FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM....5 Budil admits there are total con- Esther Philips, Kudu KU 05 (CTI) passed on several hints for survey- 46 39 (For God's Sake) GIVE MORE ing audiences: tradictionsinsurveyingpeople 21 19 RARE EARTH IN CONCERT 6 POWER TO THE PEOPLE 34 about radio. Perhaps, thisis why Rare Earth R 523 D (Motown) Chi-Lites, Brunswick BL 754710 He believesinface-to-facein- he insists that sales figures alone terviews and confronts people al- on records do not tell all there is 22 24 PAIN 6 47 47 IN THE WEST 2 mostallhours of the day and Jimi about why a record should be on Ohio Players, Westbound WB 2015 Hendrix,Reprise MS 2049 night, chiefly in public places. Be- astation. He evencanvasses (Chess/Janus) lievingthat EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' 1 professionalsurvey tavernstosee what peopleare 23 25 STANDING OVATION 10 KingCurtis,AtcoSD 33-385 companies which usethediary - playing on jukeboxes and notes Gladys Knight & the Pips, Soul S 736 L recall methods risk credibility, he that Elvis Presley records and all (Motown) THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE said: "If you give people time to kinds of oldies grab a lot of quar- AND HATE 1 think,theywillput down what 24 14 SHAFT ters (he can pass for over 21). 33 Persuaders, Win Or Lose SD 330387 they feelisthe 'correct' answers Soundtrack/Isaac Hayes,Enterprise/MGM (Atlantic) Stationsjust needalot more ENS 2-5002 (Stax-Volt) rather than what they really be- research to know why a Donny 50 50YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT 2 lieve." He also eschews tapere- Osmond "PuppyLove"offends 40 MALO 4 Detroit Emeralds, Westbound WB 2013 corders "whichfrightenpeople." Warner Bros. WS 2584 (Chess/Janus) great numbersoflisteners who His technique involves a regular are not so offended by "Go Away steno -size loose-leaf notebook sepa- LittleGirl," another Donny Os- rated into sections for "sex" and mond record. "age" under which headings he enters data in five categories. He greets people by quickly identify- ing himself as representing an in- Watson With Youth A NATIONAL dependent radio research agency. Continued from page 27 What's Happening "Itryto appeal to theirintelli- gence and try never to put them musicians in the audience has also on the spot." increased as listeners became more BREAKOUT! Continued from page 27 involved with the music itself. Doc Trend Sources and Merle Watson are both aware "13 Highway" Goldstein reporting: "Stories We Could Tell," (LP), Everly Brothers, Budilsaidhe does not mean of the impact of country music on RCA. .. . WRCU-FM, Colgate Univ., Hamilton, Mike Carey report- to compete with Pulse, ARB and rock, yet Doc is somewhat skep- by ing: "Something/Anything," (LP), Todd Rundgren, Bearsville. . . . other similar ratingservices and tical of the usefulness of electron- Pennsylvania-WRCT, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, Brad Si- that he does not intend for his tip ics:"Electronics should only be LITTLE BOYD used for reproduction. The music mon reporting: "Live," (LP), Donny Hathaway, Atco.... WLVR, sheet to compete with other lists Lamga Records #0002 Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, JimCameronreporting: "Space and First either."Ratingservicesdisclose itself needs to be acoustic." Merle trends - Itrytofind why the Watson agrees in part, finding that Takes," (LP),Lee Michaels, A&M. . . . WACC, Williamsport Area his own music is necessarily acous- Worldwide Community College, Williamsport, John Ruchinsky reporting: "Son trends develop." Distributor: His sheet will not tout records tic, but the younger Watson is fa- of My Father,"Georgio,Dunhill. . . . Washington, D. C.-WRGW, andisaimed primarily at MOR miliar with most progressive rock George Washington Univ.: "Bobby Whitlock," (LP), Bobby Whitlock, musiciansandlistensto many MALYNN ENT., INC. stations anyway, though hesaid ABC. .. . WAMU, American University, Bruce Rosentein reporting: Top 40 and other typestations bands. 1525 So. Berendo St. "Artist Proof," (LP),ChrisDarrow, Fantasy. expressinterest. Watson's popularity, while con- Los Angeles, Ca. WEST-California-KCPK, CaliforniaState Polytechnic Col- As for why a trend develops. sistent, has never been staggering, 213/385-9161 lege, Pomona, Tom Baker reporting: "Burgers," (LP),HotTuna, he said he believes he discovered but his comments on popularity Grunt. . . . KEG, Sacramento State College. Sacramento, Dave w h y"WBBM-FM's listenership and profit point once again toward gained very rapidly and then pla- the basic simplicity of the country Shore reporting: "Run, Run, Run,"Jo Jo Gunne,Asylum. . . . KALX, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Bob Pelzel reporting: "New teaued. WBBM-FM's image gained life."We getallthe work we AM characteristicsthat offended need. . . . I'm not interestedin Say You Saw It in Orleans Music," (LP),Billie & DeDe Pierce,Arhoolie. . . . New the corelistener,as Icall him. being a superstar. There's just no Mexico-KRWG, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces: "Do Your They were losing and gainingat sensein making a pileonly to Billboard Thing," Isaac Hayes, Enterprise. the same time." fieht over it." 36 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD BillboardAlbum Reviews MARCH 25, 1972 artridSeTamily ShoppinclIa&_.)

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STEVIE WONDER- PARTRIDGE FAMILY- MELANIE- LEE MICHAELS- BOBBY SHERMAN'S GREATEST Music Of My Mind. Shopping Bag. FourSidesOf. HITS, Vol. 1- Bell 6072 Buddah BDS 95005 Space &FirstTakes. Tamla T 314 L America's favorite familyis here again with Buddahhascombined someofthemost A&M SP 4336 Metromedia KMD 1048 another LPperformance suretogoright popularMelanie songsintothis2record StevieWonder albums arealwaysanad- tothetop.Produced by Wes Farrell and set, andgracedtheminto a beautifully Anartistwho neverfailstopleasethis Sherman'shitsunderonecover,and an venture as he continuestodevelop his backed by some ofthefinest session illustratedpackage."LayDown,""What new album willbe much loved by allLee elaborate package designspellheavy sales music in many directions. This entire musiciansin thebusiness,thisdynamite Have They Done To My Song Ma," "Nickle Michaels' devotees. The enthusiastic vi- packagewillmove over thecounter with Song,""CarolinaIn My Mind" andjust forthis hotalbum.Featured aresuch packageis a showcase forthegeniusof brancy ofhis organ and piano work have speedandfervor.Includestheirlastkit about every excellent song from the lady's a spell -bindingeffect,while his vocals smash Sherman singlesas "Little Woman," Wonder. Recommended cuts"ILoveEvery "It'sOne of Those Nights,"their current previousBuddah LP releasesarereprised possess a qualityofdeep-rootedurgency. LittleThing AboutYou,""Love Having "Easy Come, Easy Go,""Julie Do You I Losing You," "There'll Come intoa definitive package of material single "Am that The album consistsoffourselections the Love Me" and "Hey Mister Sun." The last You Around" and "Happier Than the Morn- a Time" (penned by Cassidy) and a beautiful made her one of thebestsellingfemale mostnotableofwhich is thedazzling ing Sun." His finest LP to date. ballad "Every SongIs You." artistsin the business. seventeen minutetitlesong. single, "Getting Together" isalso included. WE'VE MILLER Oa i) Qccall fizom cOci

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ADDRISI BROTHERS- EDGAR WINTER'S WHITE TRASH- MARTHA REEVES & THE DENNISCOFFEY- STEVE MILLER BAND- We've Got To GetIt On Again. Roadwork. VANDELLAS- RecalltheBeginning . . . Columbia KC 31296 Epic KEG 31249 Goin'ForMyself. A Journey From Eden. Black Magic. Sussex SXBS 7010 (Buddah) Capitol SMAS 11022 Two splendidsongwriterswiththetalent Thisalbum maywell beconsideredthe Gordy G 958 L toperform their own materialbeautifully. definitiveeffortinthecategoryoflive In all likelihood this will be one of the top SteveMiller and associates have produced Knownbest asthecomposersof"Never recordings. Transcribed at the Apollo, The vivaciousspiritof Martha Reeves and an album they may well be proud of.Less My Love,"the brothersareheadedright Academy of Music and the Whiskey all the the Vandellas lends the needed sparkle to selling instrumental LPs of the year. In this, engulfedinhardrock than their previous for the top.Their current single, the title excitement and sheer dynamism ofthe efforts the prevalentfeelofthe albumis as and tune, isstillclimbingthesingleschart. performancesiseloquently captured.Vocal suchtunes "IWant YouBack" hissecond albumforthelabel,guitarist one of compassionatewarmth with an George Theirhit undercurrent ofhumor."EnterMaurice" Other cutsare further proof ofthe sensi- honors are adeptly handled by Edgar Winter Harrison's"Something." Coffey offers "Ride Sally Ride" and "Toast tive,warmlyricsandfinemelodiesthe (i.e.themonumental 17 minuteversion single "Bless You" and "Your Love Makes capturesthedominatingmoodoffifties Addrisisoffer."Twogether,""I Can Feel of "Tobacco Road"), Johnny Winters ("Rock and Jam." Also includedisthehit single rock. Other enjoyable cuts include "Journey You," "Words and Music"arehighlights. & Roll Hoochie Koo"), Jerry LaCroix ("Jive, ItAllWorthwhile"areincluded inthis From Eden," "Heal Your Heart" and "Some- "One Last Time"is a lovelyballad. Jive,Jive")andRickDerringer. overdue outing. "Taurus." Excellentjob by the band. body, Somewhere Help Me."

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ASHTON, GARDNER, DYKE & CO.- PERCY FAITH & HIS ORCH- KING CURTIS- EVERLY BROTHERS- IMPRESSIONS- Stories What a BloodyLongDay It's Joy. Everybody's Talkin'. We Could Tell. Times Have Changed. Been. RCA LSP-4620 Capitol SMAS 862 Columbia C 31301 Atco SD 33-385 The Everly Brothers are no strangers to the CurtomCRS 8012(Buddah) pop and country buyers and despitetheir Ashton,Gardner & Dyke are purveyorsof Another dynamite Percy Faith package show- Other than the title cut this album alsoin- absence from therecordingscene oflate, True,times have changedbut oneim- goodtimemusic,their soundisbuoyantly casing the precise musicianshipof Mr. thiswillbe an album to watch carefully. portantthingthatremainsstable isthe cludes "You Are the One," "Love the One Delaney enthusiastic, their rhythms contagious. Tony Faith,hisorchestra and hisproducer, Ted & Bonnie, Graham Nash, David masterfulsoundingharmonyoftheIm- Ashtonis and Thumb"all Crosby and John Sebastian arejusta few pressions.In thislatest collection all tunes a versatile and persuasive vocal- Glasser. Highlightsinclude"Shaft,""Old You're With" "Ridin' ist and he receives ample support from the of the sidemen who joinedinon the ses- are written and produced by alumnus restofthegroup. Make specialnoteof FashionedLove Song" and "Diamonds Are superbdemonstrationsofthegreattalent sion."GreenRiver"and"All We Really Curtis Mayfield with the exception of Mar - Forever."Medley:"Sunrise,Sunset -Fiddler "(TheOld) Rock and Roll Boogie Woogie," of the late saxophonist. Fans willlatch on Want To Do" areincluded.Rod Stewart's vin's Gaye's "Inner City Blues." "Stop the "It's A Gonna Be HighTonight,It's A On the Roof" will be a favorite with radio "Mandolin Wind" offer great single poten- Way" and "Our LoveGoes On and On" Drag, I'm A Drag" and "The Falling Song." stations.Superbchartalbum. tothissensationalouting. tial. are highlights.

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MOTHER HEN- ENOCH LIGHT & THELIGHT SOUNDTRACK- THE BEST OF BUDDY ALAN- VERDI: AIDA (Highlights)- Leontyne RCA LSP 4641 BRIGADE- TheGodfather. Capitol ST 11019 Price/VariousArtists/ Paramount PAS 1003 London Symphony Choir. Mother Hen is a formidablenewtalent MovieHits. In addition to the fine cast,director,etc., RCA Red Seal LSC 3275 and her debutalbum is an engrossing Project 3 PR 5036 SD themuchtalkedabout"Godfather" also Alan emerged on the charts with numerous work. Her bitter-sweet songs have a haunt- boasts an excellentsoundtrack LP. The hits over the past year and they're all here Hereisone opera highlight set worthy of inglyliltingquality whichisunder -scored EnochLight,hisLightBrigade,DickHy- background music, composed by Nina Rota, readytoproveanotherchartwinner for the title.LeontynePrice'slush and world- byherunique vocalizations. She sounds man, TonyMottola andJeff Hesthave issuretoattract much attentioninthe him.Spotlightedare suchbig ones as renowned "Aida" sparks some of the most like no one you've ever heard and the total blended their musical talents and produced, film and from heavy radio programming. Al "Cowboy Convention,""IWillDrink Your effect isuplifting.Herback-upmusicians arranged impressive and familiar moments from the andperformedonthissplendid Martinosingsonecut"IHaveButOne Wine," "Fishin'On theMississippi,"and include Clarence White, Danny Kootch, package. It is a programmer's dream Heart"; other highlights include "The Verdispectacle.Solidsupportfrom fellow SneekyPeteandRussKunkel.Harkento withthemusicfrom movies like"The Baptism," "The Pick Up" and "Appollonia." "Lookin' Out My Back Door." Other strong diva Grace Bumbry and tenor Placido "Americ, The Landlord's Dream," "Old Godfather," "The Summer of'42," "Mary, "Connie's Wedding"(byCarmineCappola) items include. "Big Mama's Medicine Before Your Time" and "My Granny's Face." Queen of Scots" and "Fiddler." issuretoreceive much play. Show," and "Lodi." Domingo. Classical Music RCA London Toscanini Drive LONDON-From thecatalog Future 1972 releases will include dredsof Toscanini performances of RCA comes a flood of reissued two more operas,Verdi's"Fal- available to choose from-enough recordingsbythegreatItalian staff"and "Aida," Tchaikovsky's for years to come if need be." Listening conductor Arturo Toscanini. who "Symphony No. 6(Pathetique)" More recorded performances Thesearebestsellingmiddle-of-the-roadsinglescompiledfrom made more than 250 recordings which has never been issued be- from thepastare on the way national retail sales and radio station air play listed which have sold 20 million copies. fore,Mozart's "Symphonies Nos. from RCA on the low -price Vic- in rank order. First release on March 10 was 40 and 41," and Debussy's "La trolalabel,inthree series: from t five performances. all made with Mer" and"Iberia."Total 1972 conductors,pianistsandsingers. the NBC SymphonyOrchestra issues will be 17. Start has already been made with TITLE-Artist, Label & Number which wasspecially formed for All performances have been re - reissues of performances by pianist (Dist. Label) (Pub., Lic.) 0L'c Toscaniniin 1937. Singledisks mastered formodern pressings Josef Lhevinne, followed now by willretailat$2.50, boxed opera from the originaltapes, with no recordings frompianist -composer 2 3 4 ROCK & ROLL LULLABY 7 setsat $3.10 a disk. pseudo -stereointerference.Opera SergeiRachmaninov andpianist B.J. Thomas,Scepter12344(SummerhillSongs/ O Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) The March release includes setswillbe boxed,singledisks Josef Hoffmann. Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in Mas- issued in special double -flap golden Hoffmann will be represented on 7 8 9 EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE 10 chera," out of issue for the past sleeves bearing a central medallion a new disk by some performances O Bobby Vinton,Epic 5-10822 (CBS)(Miller, ASCAP) 15 years,Respighi's "The Pines of Toscanini. never before issued, including ex- 9 32 A HORSE WITH NO NAME 3 of Rome" and "The Fountains of "Our aim," said RCA European perimental recordingsmade in America, Warner Bros. 7555 (WB, ASCAP) Rome" p 1 u s Berlioz's "Roman marketing manager Robert Angles 1935 of Chopin and Liszt works, O Carnival," Mendelssohn's"Italian this week, "is to get all Toscanini's and a series of live recordings of 6 7 14 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION 7 Paul Simon, Columbia 4-45547 (Charing Cross, BMI) Symphony" and Schubert's "Un- recordings back onthemarket, hisencore piecesatconcertsin O finished." Schubert's "Great C probably as quarterly releases.It 1938inPhiladelphia's Academy 5 5 2 THE WAY OF LOVE 9 Major Symphony," and the Brahms will be an all -Europe issue, simul- of Music hall. The Rachmaninov Cher, Kapp 2158 (MCA) (Chappell, ASCAP) "PianoConcertoNo.2"with taneously. Many of the recordings issuewill have his performances O soloist Vladimir Horowitz.issued will now be available for the first of Chopin's Waltzes Op. 34 No. 3 3 4 5 EVERYTHING I OWN 8 for the first time on LP. time on LP, and we have hun- and Op. 70 No. 1. Bread,Elektra 45765 (Screen -Gems -Columbia, BMI) In early summer the conductors' 16 38 A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE 3 serieswillinclude performances Sonny & Cher, Kapp 2163 (MCA) (Chrismarc, BMI) under Willem Mengelberg, Sergei 1 1 1 WITHOUT YOU 14 Koussevitzky and Guido Cantelli. Nilsson,RCA 74-0604(Apple,ASCAP) Karajan Goes Light Mengelberg's recordingof Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, Kous- 4 2 3 SWEET SEASONS 8 CaroleKing, Ode 66022(A&M) (Screen Gems - sevitzky's of Prokofiev's Symphon- O Columbia, BMI) -Does 'Merry Widow' ies No. 5 and the "Classical," and 21 36 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE 3 Cantelli's of Mussorgsky's Pictures 10 LONDON-Turning from more thefirst timeina complete re- at an Exhibition and Hindemith's Roberta Flack, Atlantic 2864 (Storm King, BMI) seriousoperarecordingforthe cording, a British "Widow." She is Mathis der Mahler will be in the 10 6 6 PRECIOUS & FEW 10 firsttime for many years,con- Elizabeth Harwood, former Sad- firstissues. 11 Climax, Rocky Road 30,055(Bell)(Caesar's Music ductorHerbert von Karajanis ler's Wells and now international The great singers series will in- Library/Emerald City, ASCAP) 28 31 37 CANDY MAN 4 conducting a new set for Deutsche opera and recording star. She sang clude recordings by Caruso, Leon- 12 GrammophonofFranzLehar's the role of Jennifer in last year's ard Warren, Geraldine Farrar and Sammy Davis Jr., MGM 14320 (Taradam, BMI) best -loved operetta"The Merry historicPhilipsrecordingofSir Louise Homer, including excerpts 8 12 16 LOVE ME, LOVE ME LOVE 6 Widow." Michael Tippett's opera "The Mid- from opera recordings. 13 Frank Mills, Sunflower 118 (MGM) (North Country, BMI) The recording,already part - summer Marriage," and has also made and due for completion in sung inBritten's opera "A Mid- 14 13 13 12 LION SLEEPS TONIGHT 12 summer inWestBerlin'sDalen summer Night's Dream" recorded Robert John,Atlantic 2846 (Folkways, BMI) by Decca. Rifkin Makes Church with theBerlinPhilhar- 15 15 16 25 COULD IT BE FOREVER 5 monic Orchestra and theBerlin "The Merry Widow," popular N.Y. Recital Bow David Cassidy, Bell 45-187 (Pocketful of Tunes, BMI) State Opera chorus, also has for worldwide sinceitsVienna pre- 12 11 8HURTING EACH OTHER 11 mierein1905, already has two NEW YORK - Joshua Rifkin, 16 Carpenters, A&M 1322 (Andulusian/AndrewScott, older completerecordings still pianist -composer who helped ASCAP) available,Decca's AceofDia- launch the current Scott Joplin re- 18 22 26 SOMETHING TELLS ME (Something's Biggs Month monds set starring Hilde Gueden vival with a Nonesuch recording Gonna Happen Tonight) 5 conducted byRobertStolzand of Joplin's rags in 1970, will give Bobbi Martin, Buddah 286 (Maribus, BMI) EMI's HMV Angel recording un- an all Joplin recital at Alice Tully 11 10 11 WE'VE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN 8 At Columbia der Lovro von Matacic which has HallatLincoln Center on Sun- AddrisiBrothers, Columbia 4-45521 (Blackwood, BMI) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the day (19). The concert is produced 32 NEW YORK - Columbia Widow. by George Cree, and marks Rif- 19 23 24 HEART OF GOLD 4 Masterworks has declared April as The new DGG version has Rene kin's New York recital debut. Neil Young, Reprise 1065 (Silver Fiddle, BMI) E. Power Biggs Month, and will Included in the program of 16 32 37 CRAZY MAMA 3 Kollo, who sang the Walther un- 20 markthecelebrationwithfour der Karajan in EMI's new "Mas- rags dating from 1899to J.J.Cale, Shelter 7314 (Capitol) (Moss Rose, BMI) new releases. 1914 Support plansfor tersingers of Nuremberg," as will be eight from Rifkin's popu- theorganist'sLP'sincludena- 27 27 28 EVERYDAY 5 PrinceDanilo, Greek soprano laralbum:"MapleLeafRag" John Denver, RCA 74-0647 (Peer International, BMI) tional advertising, ad repros, spe- Teresa Strates as Valencienne, and (1899), "The Entertainer" (1902), cial directedfunds, an order 17 15 13 JOY 17 tenor Werner Hollweg as Camille. "The Ragtime Dance" (1906), Apollo 100, Mega 615-0050(Campbell -Connelly, pad including the extensive Biggs Release date for the new Merry "Gladiolus Rag" (1907), "Euphonic ASCAP) catalog, and a special55 -minute Widow has not been finalized, but Sounds" (1909),"Fig Leaf Rag: 37 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW 2 radio show which will be avail- it could be before the end of the HighClass Rag" (1908),"Scott 23 Stylistics,featuringRussellThompkins,Jr.,Avco able toall 4591(Bellboy/Assorted, BMI) markets. year. Joplin's New Rag"(1912),and Therecords tobe promoted Whenrecording sessionsare "MagneticRag" (1914).Other 24 19 20 23WAKING UP ALONE 6 are "The Magnificent Mr. Handel, finishedinJune,Elizabeth Har- pieces to be heard are "Elite Syn- Paul Williams, A&M 1325 (Almo, ASCAP) Vol. 2," "Music for Organ, Brass wood goes to Salzburg with Kara- copations"(1902),"Leola: Two - 25 35 36STEP OUT 4 andPercussion,""Six Concertos jan to sing the Countess is a new Step" (1905), "Rosebud: Two -Step" 25 Mamas and Papas, Dunhill 4301(Star Show, for Organ, After Italian Masters," production of Mozart's "The Mar- (1905), "Pine Apple Rag" (1908), ASCAP) and "E.Power BiggsPlays24 riage of Figaro," which will pos- "Betehena: A Concert Waltz" 26 22 21 21 RING THE LIVING BELL 8 Historic Organs in 8 Coun- sibly be recorded by Decca after (1905), "ParagonRag" (1909), Melanie, Neighborhood 4202 (Famous) (Neighborhood, tries." the end of the Festival. "Solace: AMexicanSerenade" ASCAP) (1909),"ARagtime Two -Step" 27 24 17 17 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 13 (1902). Shirley Bassey, United Artists 50845 (Unart, BMI) - NICE TO BE WITH YOU 1 28 Gallery, Sussex 232 (Buddah) (Interior, BMI) 26 26 29 RUNNIN' AWAY 4 Menges Dies at 29 Sly & The Family Stone, Epic 5-10829 (CBS) (Stone Flower, BMI) 68 in London 30 23 27SLEEPY SHORES 6 30 JohnnyPearson,Mercury 73270(Easy Listening, LONDON-Concert and record ASCAP) ing conductor Herbert Menges, 69, 31 30 30 FROGGY'S FABLE 4 has died last week in London. In 31 Jimmie Rodgers, Epic5-10828 (CBS) (Planetary, the1950's and '60's he made a ASCAP) numberofrecordings the with 32 14 9 10 UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO/WE CAN thenPhilarmonicOrchestrafor MAKE THE MORNING 7 EMI, some of which remainin ElvisPresley,RCA 74-0619(GypsyBoy, ASCAP/ the catalogue. Presley/Surety Songs, BMI) His disk of the Beethoven Piano - VINCENT 1 33 Don McLean, United Artists 50887 (Mayday/Yahweh ConcertoNos. 1 and 2,with Tunes, BMI) pianist Solomon as soloist, made TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LAST 1 in 1958,hasbeenreissuedby Engelbert Humperdinck, Parrot 40069 (London) (Col- MFP; and Solomon isagain his gens/Horizpic, ASCAP) soloist intheGriegConcerto, 35 A MAN WHO SINGS 2 coupled Richard Landis, Dunhill 4302 (Twill/Portobelli Road, with Moura Lympany's ASCAP) performanceof the Schumann - BE MY BABY 1 Concerto, still available on HMW Jody Miller, Epic 5-10835 (CBS) (Mother Bertha/Trio, issued in1959. He also recorded BMI) theAlanRawsthorneConcerto 38 SUAVECITO 2 No. 1, with Moura Lympany and Malo, Warner Bros. 7559 (Centerbury, BMI) the Philharmonic, now deleted. CHANTILLY LACE 1 Menges, brotherofviolinist Jerry Lee Lewis, Mercury 73273 (Glad, BMI) From left to right Joe Petrone, N. Y. Capitol Sales Manager, Tony IsoldeMenges, wasbest known - IF WE ONLY HAVE LOVE 1 Caronia,CapitolSpecialAccountsManager,BeverlySills,Peter forhismusicaldirectorshipof Dionne Warwicke, Warner Bros. 7560 (Hill & Range, Greenough, Morris Weissman, Manager of King Karol's, John Coveney, the Old Vic theatre company from BMI) Angel Artist Director, Fred Sepanlou, Angel National Sales Manager, 1931 until the end of the war, and - - EVERYBODY'S REACHING OUT FOR SOMEONE 2 at autograph session to kick off Angel's first recording by Beverly Sills for his formation and conducting Pat Daisy, RCA 74-0637 (Jack, BMI) "La Traviata" at King Karol's newest retailoutlet, East 49th St. & of the regularly performing Phil- Fifth Ave., New York City. harmonic Orchestra. Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 3/25/72 38 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD ench Studios. Mod & Modeir For many years,by common course, world class studios have Equally, however,relatively new tractirg top line artistsfrom Eu- studios,thissupplementalso consent, the United Kingdom been operating in Paris for many studios have recently been claim- rope and the USA. covers the activities of the major ledtheEuropeanfieldinthe yeartwithoutperhapsgetting ing significant attention in the in- In conjunction withthe spot - French pressing plants and tape technique of recording, and Brit- theirfullshareofrecognition. ternationalrecordingfield,at- light on leading Frenchrecording duplication operations. ishrecording studios were con- stantly echoing to the sounds of European artists and groups con- cerned to get the best possible sound. More recently, however, the continent has been catching up and narrowing the technological -and creative-gap.Justas more and more continental prod- uct is gaining international recog- nition, so, too,is the reputation of the leading continental record- ing studios. And nowhere has this develop- ment been more intensive than inFrance. Insome cases,of

Modernequipment andadroit techniciansproduce excel lent conditions for recording in France as this studio photo (atright) showcases.

rr hebiggestprivatelyowned \ sicalalbumin France"where 1 studio complex inFranceis the musicians' scale for a three- that of Europasonor, run by Jean - hour sessionisabout $25 an Michel Pou-Dubois. hour."It would be possible, he Europasonor Is France's says,tomove aportable 16 - Europasonor was founded track machine into an acoustical. more than ten years ago and the ly sound Paris concerthall,re- complexembraces a 16 -track cord the orchestra and then mix studio in the rue de la Gaite in Top Privately Owned Studio back in the USA. Montparnasse; a 16 -track studio Apart fromthemanytop in the Avenue Wagram near the FrenchartistslikeMichel lee - Arc de Triomphe; an 8 -track stu- the record shops 24 hours after New York and Los Angeles and SaysPou-Dubois:"Threeor grand and Becaud who have re- dio in the Avenue Charcot near the opening night was taped. uses American equipment almost fouryears agoBritishstudios corded at Europasonor, the stu- the Porte d'Italie; and an 8 -track The company works withall exclusively.This includes Scully were supreme in Europe - now, dios have been used by the Hous- studiointherue de Richelieu major French record companies and Ampex tape recorders and -lowever, the French are making ton Symphony Orchestra under near the Opera, which is also the and custom recordingof com- Altec and Tannoy speakers. Also -apid strides and arereally up Pierre Boulez, the Moody Blues, headquartersofthecompany. mercial disks accounts for 60 per- in use are Studer tape recorders to date. Claude Francois, one of ArethaFranklin,JamesBrown Europasonorspecializes par- cent of its turnover. Europasonor and Neumann microphones. France's top artists, used tore- (both recorded at the Olympia) ticularly in on -location recordings also does movie work (20per- The studios normally operate cord regularly in Britain, but now Dizzy Gillespie, Petula Clark, and was responsible for the live cent),television work (10per- on the basis of four three-hour he does almost all of his record- Gary Burton, Cannonball Adder - recording of Gilbert Becaud's re- cent) and advertising work (10 sessions a day between 9 a.m. ing in Paris - and many British leyandLaloSchifrin. Michel cent season at the Olympia The- percent). and midnight and the tariff varies groups are now coming to France Colombier recorded his "Wings" ater. This recording was the sub- Pou-Dubois, who was a sound from 250 francs an hour ($50) to record." album at Europasonor, for A&M, ject of a fantastic rush operation engineer in the Geneix Studios in for 8 -trackrecordingatRiche- Pou-Dubois also points out the and Herb Alpertisexpected to by Pathe-Marconi which had the Paris before starting on his own, lieu to $110 an hour for 16 -track favorable economics for Ameri- returntosupervise other A&M firstpressings of the album in has studied the studio scene in recording at the Gaite studio. can companies of making a clas- recordings later this year.

Jean -Michel Pou-Dubois, Euro- pasonor's director(above) and the company's Richelieu studio (at right). MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Study Sponsored by French Recording Studio Industry FS -1 Strawberry IsSet in the County

The concept of a self-containea tennis court, among other ameni- ties.In July Magne plans toin- I studio and living complex lo- ties. It is even possible, giving 48 stallquadrasonic record i n g cated far from the pace and pres- hours notice, for a private plane equipment in Studio 2 and even to be made available to an artist sures of the cityisnot a new tually the control room of this orgroup toprovidetransport studio will be linked with a third one,butnowhere is itmore from London to Pontoise which imaginativelypursuedthanat studio,now under construction Michel Magne's Strawberry Stu- is only five minutes from Herou- in an adjoining Louis XIV build- ville by car. ing which will be used for brass dios in thehistoric Chateau The Herouville complex con- d'Herouville about 20 milesto sections, string sections and the northwest of Paris. sistsof two studios each with choirs while the nucleus of the 16 -trackequipment, andeach group or orchestraisrecording Magne, a highlysuccessful track Dolby-ized. Studio 1 isin in studio 2. film composer, has in vested a second floor beamed room with Herouville employs 22 people heavily in this idea of a total cre- afine natural resonance and is fulltimeincludingachef and ative environment. Located on a rentable at 450 francs an hour kitchen staff as well as recording 71/2 acre site in the country, the ($90). For bookings over consecu- technicians,anditsuniquefa- chateaud'Herouvilleoffers, in tivedays,therateisreduced cilities havealreadyattracted addition to two ultra modern stu- anditispossible tohirethe such notable artists as T.Rex, dios,living accommodationfor studio for three sessions a day EltonJohn, Memphis Slim, Michel Magne at the console in studio 2 which will shortly offer 32- artists and their families, a res- forthreeconsecutive daysfor Canned Heat, the Grateful Dead, track capability. taurant, a swimming pool, and a $720. Thereare modest extra Bill Wyman, Milt Buckner, Slam chargesformeals and accom- Stewart, Danyel Gerard and the modation. Spontaneous Music Ensemble. The No. 2studio,($110 an Strawberry can also offer on - hour) which has just been com- location 16 -track recordingat STUDIO FREMONTEL JACQUES DENJEAN pleted,isuniqueinFrance.It $200 an hour for a minimum of has excellent living quarters built five hours. Our policy: Eliminationof the time factor (you hire by the day) overit,includingkitchenand The studios are equipped with Pre -fixed budgets (studio and musicians on contract basis) bathroom, and the studioitself Steinway pianos and Hammond Creative working atmosphere (studio located in the heart of has computerized mixingfacili- (Continued on page FS -9) the country, yet only one hour from Paris) 16 track, 2 inch tape, MCI, completely automatic 24 -input console. 5 echo Rue des Dames Stresses Standards chambers including one natural echo. AT the Rue des Dames studio for up to 50 musicians andis runby Phonogramand equipped with a Philips 28 chan- nelconsole,withquadrasonic Rhythm section and string section available Polydor, the emphasis is on high monitoring, a 16 -trackStuder Hire of Studio $560 per day (taxes and tapes extra) quality conforming to thebest tape recorder, plus four -and -two PARIS international standards rather track Philips and Studer tape re- In .041 ' thanon experimentationwith corders, a wide variety of AKG, thelatestelectronic gadgets. Neumann and Beyer micro- Anditisthis element ofrelia- phones and Lockwood and Lan- tCONCHES LE ,IDEIA,3E bility thatis responsible for the sing speakers. fact that 50 percent of the work AkSS.C. Studio B can house up to 15 NO/ done inthe studiosiscustom musicians and has a Philips 20 recording for such companies as EVR E UX SEINCOLIR channel console with an 8 -track ^F CBS and Disc'AZ and for such Studer tape recorder and four - artistsasDalida,MelinaMer- and two -track Philips and Studer couri and many others. Studio Fremontel, le Fidelaire, 27 France. Tel: (16.32) 346060 tape machines asinthe larger Studio A has accommodation studios. CBE RECORDING STUDIOS

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A New Console at Decca Davout LuresTop Foreign Artists Yves Chamberlain who runs the whose theme is sung by Johrny major agencies such as Haves, Will Aid Pop Group Dates four Davout studios, housed Hallyday. J. Walter Thompson and Publicis. he Decca studios in the rue the big A studio can accommo- in a large converted cinema in There are plans for Bill Medley The main studio, A, has a 16 - the 20th arrondissement of Paris, torecordan album therefor track 30 channel consoleplus TBeaujon were completely ren- date 32 musicians andhasa A&M in July and in June CBS will selection of more than 80 micro- three echo chambers and costs ovated in 1970 and a brand new is another recording man who be- hire the studio and a large French around $100 an hour. Studio B console is shortly to be installed. phones.The present console is lieves that the best French stu- orchestra for 17 sessions of re- has 16 tracks, 16 channels and Headed by abrilliant a Neumann with40 channels engineer, dios today are as good as any cordings for the CBS Record Club one echo chamber and costs $80 Jean-ClaudeCertes whois a whichcanbecoupledupto in the world. hits of the year albums. Another 4 -track, 8 -track and 16 -track Stu- an hour and studio C has 16 member of the Audio Engineering Since 1966 when the Davout project is for Miles Davis to make tracks, 28 channels, three echo Society of America, the studios der tape recorders. When the new studios first opened, they have an album withMichelLegrand chambers andcosts$100 an consoleisinstalled, are among the finest inFrance. this equip- recorded material by Jo Dassin, in September. ment will be transferred to B stu- hour. This studio is shortly to be Certes has a passionate regard Michel Legrand, Sammy Davis Jr. Legrand is also involved ina dio. equipped with an Olive quadra- for quality and will be supervis- (forGerman television),Stan 90 minute film of hislife and sonic console worth $140,000. ing the installation of the new 24 - The studio complex includes 5 Getz, Esther Ofarim, Jack Jones, music whichisbeing recorded Studio D is mono/stereo studio track equipment. The studio will cutting cabins, four stereo and Petula Clark, Lisa Minelli, and a at Davout. largely for copying and isavail- also be equipped for quadrasonic. one mono, all equipped with Dol- whole host of movie scores in- Chamberlain says that 50 per- able at $20 an hour. While studio Bisvery much by decoders. cluding those for "The Thomas cent of the studios' workisin Davout employs 18 people in- in demand by pop groups and is The studios handle all kinds of Crown Affair," "Le Mans," "Love the field of custom recording for cluding six engineers, four assist- used extensively for vocal tracks, (Continued on page FS -10) Story," "A Man And A Woman" major record companies; 25 per- ants, and three technicians and andthe latestLelouchfilm, cent encompasses film music and thebuilding includesaprojec- "L'Adventure C'estL'Aventure," 25 percent publicity for all the tion room for film dubbing. STEREO AUBERT 105, rue de Normandie, 92-Courbevoie, France Tel: 333.5879/788.0923 HIGH SPEED DUPLICATION on Ampex BLM 200/3400 high speed duplicator Cassettes and Stereo 8

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FS -8 Study Sponsored by French Recording Studio Industry MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Barclay RenovationArtist Opens New Studio May Cost $120,000 ONE of the first major French artists to establish his own The Barclay recording studios over has gone up by 17 percent. musicpublishing andindepen- inthe Avenue Hoche have And both studios are now due dentrecordproductionopera- produced a large number of hits for renovation at a cost of around tions,ClaudeFrancoishasre- over the yearsby such major $120,000 and this willcertainly cently added a small but sophis- talents as Charles Aznavour, Mi- involve the installation of 24 or ticatedrecording studioathis reilleMathieu, JeanFerrat and 32 track equipment. Disques Fleche headquartersin Jacques Brel. The Barclay studios were the Paris. Certainly among the most at- second in the world to have 3M The studio is equipped with a equipment installed and at pres- tractive studios inParis, from a Grampian amplifier, a TRD tape decor point of view, they are not ent offer 16 -track recording on recorder and aJ.Dauphin BG exactly in the top rank as far as 2 -inchtape,aprojection room technical equipment is concerned. for film music and a cutting ser- 35 cutting machine. vice for acetates. Nevertheless the expertise of The studio has been in opera- engineer Gerhard Lehner is suffi- Cost of four -track recording is tion for just over six months and cientlyprodigiousto overcome $40 an hour and for 16 -track, iscurrentlyturningout demo An empty studio, silent after it has stirred to the sounds of romantic most of the problems posed by a $100 an hour. disks at the rate of 15 a day. music. Order now replaces dynamics. set-up which does not incorpo- rate the latest developments in sound recording. In 1970 the studios' turnover suffered a drop of 16 percent but following the restructuring of the Barclay group and the return as studio chief of M. Chaille, turn - Farmhouse Site Is Rural Facility Anothercountry -basedstudio on the lines of Herouville is that run by film music composer JacquesDenjeanwhichislo- cated just one hour from Paris. Housed in a typically Norman farmhouse isa 20 -channel con- solewith a 16 -tracktapere- corder and five echo chambers, one of which gives the natural echo of a well whichislocated inthegardenand whichhas beenspeciallytreated byan acoustics expert. Denjean hires out the studio by the day only at a cost of $560 and car. provide a resident rhythm section and the use of the string section of the Rouen Chamber Orchestra. Strawberry Continued from page FS -2 organs and Strawberry can also provide Mellotrons, Moogs, elec- tric pianos and afullrange of percussion instruments. Magne's principal aim is to at- tract to the studios topBritish and American groups who will Cassettesor findsuch a relaxedandself- contained environment stimulat- ing to their creativity and who will welcome the opportunity to be able to record at any time of cartridges? the day or night, just as the fancy takes them. to do it in. Let's say it's So, he realistic. Insist more reasonable. But if you on the impossible! Ask Mood Supposing you need 200 demand smaller quantities, Music -143, Rue de Verdun Unique Sound musicassettes or 8 -track and faster, we'll make the a Suresnes (92) France. cartridges, no more. But Continued from page FS -4 effort. Because it's you. And Tel: 772.2146 Telex: 62.772 you need them in ten days, because we're Mood Music. Our main clients: Ades, album and other artists who have no longer. This can happen. At Mood Music, we are Anion, Assimil, AZ, Barclay, recorded there include Lee Hazle- It has happened. We've had always ready. And very wellBBC, CBS, CED, Erato, wood, Danyel Gerard (who made such an order. And we equipped with facilities Pathe-Marconi, Sonopresse, his great internationalhit,"But- delivered. Within ten days. unique in France. That's Vogue . . . why not you? terfly," there), Johnny Hallyday, No longer. why we can provide Mood Sheila, Titanic, Zoo, Gerard Len- Naturally, we'd rather orman and Francoise Hardy. Music quality at the best produce 5,000 cassettes or possible price. That's why The main studio can be hired cartridges and have a month at $110 an hour and the B stu- we satisfy even our difficult dio, which also has 16 tracks and customers. It's natural, space for four musicians, is avail- we've been in tape recording able at $80 an hour. for ten years.

Material written and prepared by Billboard's Londonand Paris offices;photographyby Tom Hanley of London.

MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD Study Sponsored by French Recording Studio Industry FS -9 Pathe-Marconi Leads Pressing Plant List ONEofthemajorpressing cialty is the detection of defects 1.2millionLP'sand 800,000 ters are completely enclosed and One of the smallerpressing plants in France is that of in masters. singles. the compression takes place im- operationsinFrance-SOFRAT- Pathe-Marconi locatedat Catou The factoryhas 40 manual The most important indepen- mediately after the injection has ECSO-merits,nevertheless, a in the western suburbs of Paris. presses for LP records and six dent pressing company in France terminated. This means that the mentionbecauseofthehigh for singles. Automatic presses for temperaturechange is much qualtiy of its work. Operating in This plant, one of the oldest in is Discofrance which has 15 per- LP's will be installed in December cent of the market (Pathe and smaller and this in turn enables a small factory in the suburbs of France, boasts a stock of mas- this year. the time cycle to be reduced and Paris, the plant produces 150,000 ters which makes ita veritable Phonogram have 70 percent be- Allthepressesaremaufac- it also reduces the consumption disks museum of the French record in- tween them). a month-mostly records tured by EMI and work on the ofsteam.Thepowerofthe whose saleis anything between dustry. compression principle. The man- Although itis not always easy presses is three times lower than for a custom pressing operation 2,000 and 5,000 copies. The plant includes a large re- ualpresseshave aproduction for the pure injection system. such as Discofrance to compete Proof of the efficacyof the searchlaboratory whose major capacity of 180 disks an hour Alloperations are automatic, with the big record groups which SOFRATECSO plantisthefact responsibility istostudythe and the automatic presses a ca- including the sleeving of the rec- caneasilycuttheirpressing that the big chemical company, most efficacious mixes ofraw pacity of 200 an hour. ords. An M.A.P. press can pro- prices during slack periods, Dis- Rhone-Progil, which produces the materialand tokeep a strict With the constant demand for duce up to 380 disks an hour raw material for records, test its quality control over the electro- cofrance does have the benefit and a plant using this equipment higher quality occasioned by the of some highly efficient presses product at the plant. plating process.It was this lab- use of more sophisticated playing needs fewer personnel than are oratory which evolved a system equipment, theplant has aug- which are manufactured byits required for other types of press. To maintain its reputation for to control the thickness of the mented and perfected its quality sister company, M.A.P. CBS in the U.K. have invested high quality, the plant is subject masters with the aid of Beta rays control, using automatic fault de- The M.A.P. presses operate on in M.A.P. presses and they have to the daily personal control of -a technique which has been tectors produced by EMI U.K. In a uniqueinjection -compression been exported to the Soviet Un- director M. Bourdarias who adopted by other plantsinthe December last year the factory system. The principle is that the ion,Czechoslovakia, Japan and checks minutely every phase of EMI group. Another Chatou spe- broke its production record with vinylis injected before the mas- Italy. the operation. Cassette, 8 -Track Duplication Handled Well Thilipslauncheditscassette cartridges a day,using Ampex duplication speed was chosen in A newcomer to the tape dupli- duplication bank is a Gauss with system in France in 1966 and duplicating equipment. the interests of high quality. The cation business is Sonotape, an a duplication speed of X 32.It The duplicating set-upincor- ischeckeddailyby a Gauss - with the widespread adoption of Electro Sound mother machine affiliate of the Discofrance group porates four slave machines and a is trained engineer. the system by record companies uses 1/2 -inchtape which which runs the biggest custom because of the growing demand dubbed from master tapes in the pressing business in France. Sonotape's duplication plant is and hardware manufacturers, the itwill cassette was well entrenched by shortly be transferred to Mood Music studios. One of the Sonotape's policy is to put em- located far from Paris and this new premises at Limeil-Brevanne, duplicating banks has inter- the time thefirst8 -trackcar- phasis on quality and with this in creates some difficultiesinthe operating under the name Octo changeableheads enabling a tridges and machines appeared mindthecompanyhasbeen matter of recruiting skilled staff. on the market, particularly as the Studio. switch over from 1/2 -inch tape to quite content to begin operations To help overcome this problem Mood Music, which for many 1/4 -inch tape in 30 minutes. is being equipped with a King - Government put importrestric- years had specialized in the pro- with a relatively small production it tions on Stereo 8 equipment. For cassette loading, Mood Mu- of 1,000 cassettes a day. Load system for automatic load- visionof background music for sic is equipped withElectro ing of cassettes. Itwasin 1968 thatStereo hotels andstores,etc.,moved The policy of the studiore- Sound automatic cutters. Jaubert began making the first into the cassette and cartridge cording the mother tapeisnot Regular clients of Sonotape are French 8 -track cartridges. Today duplication business in 1969. The company is currently pro- to use Dolby except whenitis CBS France and So-nopresse and the factory, which also produces The installation of duplication ducing 15,000 cassettes and car- really indispensable.The studio more recently Pathe-Marconi has hardware and imports King -Sonic equipment was handled by engi- tridges a day and the factory is is equipped with Studer tape re- decidedtohaveitscassettes material from Japan,is turning neers of the American firm Elec- working 24 hours a day ona corders and a whole range of duplicated by Sonotape of in Ger- out around 2,500 cassettes and tro Sound and arelatively low three -shift system. compressers and extenders. The many. A New Console at Decca Continued from page FS -6 percent of these are for the par- ent company.The studiosare recording from film music to pub- much used by companies in Bel- licity spots and incorporate a pro- gium, Holland and Germany. jection room equipped with an RCA 35mm projector. Basiccharge for 8 and16 Bookings arerunningatan track recordingis $72 an hour average of 275 hours a month with a 25 percent surcharge for for studio A and 230 hours a work before 9 a.m. or after 6:30 month for studio B and only 25 p.m.

Frenchinteriors:livingquarters above Michel Magne's studio 2 (left); mod de- sign and pretty face greet avisitor to Disques Fleche (above) and the wide open spaces in Davout's studio A (below).

Care is taken to check the cutting head in the demonstration disk studio at Disques Fleche.

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LP Factor in Finland Programming Trend to Weekly Service By KARI HELOPALTIO Affecting Jukebox Profits HELSINKI-The trendtodi- for. He said RAHA's profits are By EARLPAIGE minishing numbers of singles and donated to charity. the dominance of the 12 -in. album A formerchampionhockey USSR GROWTH NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The have always serviced weekly. worryingU.S. jukebox program- player and member of the Finnish MOSCOW - Now that the frequency w h i c hlocationsare SouthCentralNoveltyinChi- mers isreflectedinthis country nationalteam,hesaidthatal- governmentherehasestab- serviced with recordswillrelate cago,a firm establishedinthe too. But because the jukebox in- though the12 -in. album was in- lished a department of amuse- importantly to developing a better early'30's,"has always checked dustry is well -organized here, pro- fluencingjukebox requirements ment and games under the Min- profit formula for jukebox busi- locations every week," said man- grammers canaskrecord com- the mini jukebox LP hasn't been istry of Culture, the expansion nessmen, according toDr. John ager John Strong. panies to press 45 rpm versions successful. of the jukebox businessis un- Malone, Notre Dame University Now the firms in smaller mar- of popular album tracks. "Around 1953 we had between derway.Itgainedgreatim- Center for Continuing Education kets are moving to weekly service. Lauri Hartti, 39, technical direc- petus last year when the first instructor.Indicationsarethat One reason, according to Lloyd 200 and 300 machines fitted for thefrequencyismoving from Smalley,ownerofChattanooga tor ofFinland'slargest jukebox 331/2mini -LP's,buttheresults Attraktzion '71 was held. operating organization, saidin an were miserable. People didn't want For a full review of the coin every other week to weekly Coin Machine Co.inthat Ten- interviewthatthemostcritical to hear three songs or about eight machinebusinessgrowth in service. nessee city,is to prevent break-in aspect of programming is the de- minutes of straight listening to the RussiaseetheInternational Operators in metropolitan areas losses. mand fordomesticmaterial. A Section inthis issue. havemovedtoweeklyservice However,Smalleyandothers same artists. We also had serious cycles more quickly. In fact, some have discovered that every week growing part of this demand de- problems concerning331/2reper- rives from the popularity ofal- service of new records also steps toire. This kind of product wasn't up volume. Smalley said locations bums, thus the need for occasional manufactured in Finland,and requests for specialpressings for there was no domesticmaterial typically grossing $50 "stepped up the 2,000 boxes Hartti's firm op- at all. The record companies were to $60 and in some cases do much erates. simply unimpressed." Coin Machine World more than that." Smalley is now There are about 2.700 jukeboxes checking 80 percent of his loca- Do you still have LP jukeboxes? tions weekly. here with the bulk of them thus "As forthepresent,allour belongingtoRahaautomaattiyn- current machines can be adapted MOA SEMINARS NAMA GROWTH Itistherelationship between distys (RAHA), the government - for 331/2 volume and commissions Malone records, and we're kind Deadline for room reservations The continuing diversification of wantstogetat.Forhisnext controlled company Hartti works ofreadyforanything.Unfor- for the Music Operators of Amer- tunatelyitseems that mini -LP's street operations is pointed up by Music Operators of America have no future in Finland." ica (MOA) and Notre Dame busi- the listing of 101 new operating (MOA) seminar at Las Vegas Fri - Does this eliminate the cassette nessseminaratthe New York (Continued on page 40) (Continued on page 40) jukebox? Hilton is Mar. 29. The registration Czech Jukebox deadlineisApr.12. The Notre "We are currently examining a Dame Center for Continuing Edu- Wurlitzer cassette jukebox model. cation said 71 registered for the It'shandy, but abitexpensive. seminar Friday (24) in Las Vegas. Market Grows Becauseof my experiencewith WURLITZER OFFERS YOU THE LP jukeboxes,I don't think the cassette jukebox has a chance in ROCK-OLA AWARD Finland." Internacional Comercial Zuliana Polish Machine Have you tried the video juke- S. A.,theVenzuelaRock-Ola boxes with a screen on top? outlet, awarded the factory a spe- By Dr. LUBOMIR DORUZKA "Yes,and we aresurethey cial diploma for the Model 446 WOOL INOMIN PRAGUE-The jukebox market could dowellincertainloca- furniturestylejukeboxincom- IN COIN MACHINE HISTORY in Czechoslovakia is growing with tions.Unfortunatelythesema- petition for the best jukebox in the a slight trend for more location chines are classified as movie pres- opinion of bartenders, waiters and owned machines once rental plans (Continued on page 40) other location people. prove that the jukebox isprofit- able.Moreover,Telsa,a Czech firm, is launching the Polish -made W. VA. Ponicajukeboxhereandwill BUY A handle the programming. I The Ponica jukebox accommo- WURLITZER dates 50 singles and will sell for Gear for 18 -Year -Olds $3,200 or will be available for hire By RAYBRACK for $220 a month. SATELLITE CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Where West Virginia operators The hired boxes will be serviced Expanded jukebox patronage is ex expect to see a measurable increase by Telsa which will replace 10 to petted here when West Virginia. in jukebox play is in the taverns, SELECTOR 15 singles each month. The singles as a number of states have done, aresupplied by Supraphon and licensedforbeer -drinkingonly Panton. lowers the official age of an adult (liquor is available from state stores from 21 to 18. Also, as in other and private clubs only). They pre- SPEAKER There are currently about 2,000 states, programming requirements dictlittle increase in private -club AT THE ESTABLISHED jukeboxes operating in Czechoslo- will be affected in some instances. jukebox play based on the belief vakia but the number is growing LIST PRICE A bill qualifying 18 -year -olds to that club owners are going to dis- and the trend is for clients to hire courage teenage patronage. them for a while and then to buy do everythingfromdrinkingin taverns to going legally into debt Astute industry observor Chris when market reactionhas been Ballard,BelleAmusementCo., tested. (among a hundred new citizenship CHOOSEFREEONE OF THESE privileges) has been passed by one Belle, W. Va. said he thinks the 2 To be a viable proposition the house of the state legislature and new legislation, which he's been machines must earn a minimum is viewed as a cinch to become law. following closely, will make a fa- BEAUTIFUL BRAND NAME GIFTS $250 a month but in the popular The governor has spoken favor- vorably difference in jukebox play WORTH UP TO 5159 cafes and bars the figure is often ablyof the measure, similar to "butitwon't help the clubs too four timesthat.Most jukeboxes legislation passed recently in New much. In the beer places we should (Continued on page 40) York. California and other states. see some increase because we get a lot of play from young people." "More people mean more play," DOMESTIC ILL. CO. HAS 82 is the way a spokesman for Der- rick Music Co. here in Charleston put it. PORTABLE ZIG ZAG 7 -in. LP Growing Concept E.M.Oliver,veteranMont- gomeryoperator(M a m m o t h CHICAGO-The 7 -in. diameter UA director of creative services Amusement Co.) sizes up the de- SEWING MACHINE album emerging asapromotion MartinCerfexplainedherere- velopment this way: "It has to help FAIR TRADED RETAIL VALUE 5159 vehicle by firms such as United centlythatChristopherMilk,a some. But I think the advantage ArtistsRecordsiswelcomed by new group, is being launched via would be in beer places, not the RichardPrutting,head ofLittle the mini -LP. "This is not a singles private clubs." ROYAL CUSTOM III LP's Unlimited of suburban North- group and the audienceis unde- The change in the law will get fieldhere who justreleasedsix termined. We see the mini Chris- the under -21 crowd that has been more jukebox albums (see "Pro- topher Milk album as a hopeful drinking beer elsewhere into the grammer's Potpourri"). PORTABLE large album." taverns where they can play the 111. Prutting, who will soon have 90 Whetherthe UA albumsare jukebox,isoneobservationof different albums available,is not well suited for jukebox play may "Spec" Cruze of Cruze Music Co. TYPEWRITER 441 be a question. "Christopher Milk" in Charleston. For that reason he 44:144, **'' do. sure, however, if new artists can RETAIL VALUE 599.50 be launched in the jukebox market has one cut repeated in mono and predicts a modest increase in beer - viaminiLP's. He saidhehas stereo which would result in du- joint jukebox play. found he must offer proven mate- plication on a jukebox and a com- Mostoperatorsexpectthat -OR - rial although he is constantly of- parison since most jukeboxes are within a year the younger tavern Hamilton His and Hers Watch Set fering product by artists such as stereo. Obviously, the mono -stereo crowdwillgravitatetocertain Cat Stevens who have few singles, optionisprovidedforthe con- locationsforavarietyofobvi- Hamilton Men's Automatic Day and Date Watch therefore, breaking ground in one venience of radio stations. ous and intangible reasons, simpli- Men's or Ladies' American Tourister Luggage Set way at least. Said Prutting: "At least the UA fying jukebox programming.Ini- records show thatthismini -LP tially,however, some diversifica- Olivetti Electric Quanta -T Adding Machine UA Recordsisinvolvedina product is available. Many jukebox tion of the standard country fare Hamilton Beach Blender -Mixer Set program of promotion where exact operators still do not realize how might be tried in some key loca- replicasoffull-sizealbumsare much productisavailable." He tions in an attempt to get the full OFFER EXPIRES MARCH 31, 1972 produced for mailing to radio sta- said he is hopeful jukebox people benefit of the younger patronage. Available From Every U.S. Wurlitzer Distributor and Factory Branch tions and consumers at no charge will start asking one -stops not only That problem isn't as acute right to promote artists. UA is now of- if a cut aired on the radio is avail- now asit might be, the overlap- THE WURLITZER COMPANY/North Tonawanda, N.Y. 14120 feringthealbums throughone - able as a single yet "butifit's ping between Nashville and the stops(Billboard.Mar.18). available on a jukebox album." pop charts being what itis. MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD 39 Jukebox programming What's Playing? Trend to Weekly Service A weekly programming profile of current and oldie Affecting Jukebox Profits selections from locations around the country. Continued from page 39 locationoperatorrelationshipis Baton Rouge, La.; Soul Location: being camouflaged with red money, Current releases: day(24)Malone hopestode- recycled money, loan deals and velop a model of a typical juke- "The Clean-up Man," Jim Bo Home, other factors thatit could all be Joyce Ashford Alston 4606; boxoperatingbusiness.Malone simplified some way." "Darling Baby," Jackie Moore, Atlantic conducts the marketing seminar. programmer; Malone said he thinks the loca- 2861; "I'd like to see a formula where- tion owner could be offered in- State "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey by as the volume of a location in- Novelty Co. Bunch)," Donnie Elbert, Avco 4587. creases, the commission split tends ducements so that as the volume to enlarge. I think so much of the increaseshispartofthe com- Oldie: mission increases proportionately. "Mr. Big Stuff," Jean Knigfht. However, healsobelievesthere Chattanooga, Tenn.; Country Location: is very little basis research avail- Current releases: Finland LP's ableonlocation -operatorrela- "To Get to You," Jerry Wallace, Decca tionships. 32914; Continued from page 39 MOA at its board meeting Mon- "The Day That Love Walked In," David Lloyd Smalley Houston, Epic 10830; entations, and we would have to day (20)willstudya proposed "Kiss an Angel Good Morning," Char- pay a high tax which we can't surveyof jukebox programming programmer; ley Pride, RCA 0550. afford." whichconceivablywillexplore Chattanooga Picks: Is jukeboxprogramming a many facets of the location -oper- Coin Machine "Turnin' Off a Memory," Merle Haggard, problem in Finland? atorrelationshipandespecially Co. Capitol 3294; "Experiencecounts,and we this growing trend to greater fre- "On Our Last Date," Conway Twitty, ROCK-OLA ManufacturingCorp. Decca 32945; know that we can't program a quency of service. isnowshipping the Model 447 "Anything's Better Than Nothing," Mel jukeboxwithmoreforeignre- Malone wantstoexplorethe Tillis, MGM 14365. leases than domestic ones. In fact, deluxefurniturestylejukebox relationshipofmechanicsand with many updated features from Chicago; Soul Location: we can't putin more than 20 routemen andarriveatthe op- Current releases: percent of international material. erator's itspreviouslyintroduced1972 totalinvestment so that "Doing My Thing, Pt. 1 & 2," Johnny We would liketo use more so- the return on investment can be regular jukeboxes. These new fea- Taylor, Stax 0122; called "golden oldies," but some- analyzed Atthefirstseminar turesinclude10 -keyselection Moses Prof itt "Look What You Done For Me," Al operator; Green, Hi 2211; how the public doesn't agree. The here, Malone said he feared op- system,compute -a -flashrecord " 'Til My Bock Ain't Got No Bone," oldest stuff can only besixto erators are receiving a very low playing indicator and the optional John Strong Esther Phillips, Kudo 904. 12 months old, except in certain return on investment-he put the feature of a dollar bill acceptor. programmer; Jazz: locations where older people like estimated figure at 9 percent. The machine is priced about the to hear umpah Bavarian -style brass South Central "Chicago Breakdown," Gene Ammons, Smalley agreed heisinvesting same as a regular 160 -selection Prestige 753; music. In general people want to Novelty Co. "DoesAnybodyReallyKnow What hear today's hits." more money in records. Normally, jukebox. The patrician veneered TimeItIs,"Grant Green,Blue Note How do you select new jukebox he puts on three new records in cabinet has surfaces of decora- 1969. the weekly -checkedstops.Ifit's tive polyester to protect against material? an every other week stop, then five. Hilbert, Wis.: Teen Location: "We have a jury of three people However, where he has wallboxes thehard wearin barsand Current Releases: who meet on the20th day of lounges. Other standard features: "Puppy Love," Donny Osmond, MGM (typically the number is between 14367; each month to decide on the next 10 and15) he will only change electrical total play counter; new "A Horse With No Name," America, month's selection.It's usuallyall Elmer recordseveryother weekeven turntable motor; improved ampli- Schmitz, Jr. WB 17555; newFinnishsingles,ifthey're fier; improved power supply; in- "You Are the One," Sugar Bear,Big good, plus the best of international though the stops may be checked programmer; Tree T1204. weekly. tegratedcircuits; other optional Oldies: pop. We select between 20 and 30 Schmitz "Return to Sender," Elvis Presley, Vic- releases each month. Occasionally "We can check a stop with wall - features: locked cash container; Amusement Co. tor 447-0638; boxesthreetimesfasterifwe alarm system; motorized volume "Sugar & Spice," Cryan Shames, Desti- we ask for a special pressing of nation 133. some popular albumtracks.In don't change records," he said. control; automatic money count- thiscase we havetoorderat Smalleyalsoagreedhis men er;"L" pad; common receiver; Madison, Wis.; High SchoolStudent Location: least1,000 copies before record were perhaps spending more hours auxiliary wallbox power supply; Current Releases: companies will arrange the press- on the route because of the build- microphone kit; wall, ceiling and Lou Glass, "Precious & Few," Climax, Rocky Road ing." 30,000; up of every week checking. corner speakers. As with its earli- operator; "Mother & Child Reunion," Paul Simon, Summarizing,Marttideclared This greater frequency,itsef- er counterpart, the 446, Rock- Columbia 45547; the Finnish jukebox world to be fect on volume and on costs,is Pat Schwartz, "Puppy Love," Donny Osmond, MGM static. There are no rises in play one of many factors, Ola executive vice president Ed programmer; 14367; thus, Ma- Doris said the new machine will "A Horse With No Name," America, costsor changesinthe lawin lone wants to study more care- 7555. continue to Modern sight, and not too much sign of fully in developing a model for- allow operators to Specialty Co. Picks: further expansion. go into locations heretofore preju- "'Day Dreaming," Aretha Franklin, At- mula of jukebox operation. lantic 2866. dicedtoward a regularstyled .1 jukebox. Most often, operators go- Mankato,Minn.; Campus/YoungAdult Location: ingintoentirely new locations Current releases: .1113.11. "A Horse With No Name," America, , ELECTRIC SCOREBOARDS aresuccessfulin a r obtaining WB 7555; NNW 10c 1-ployeror2 -playerby simple Large guarantee of at least $25 a week, plug switchover.Also 2 for 25g play. Barb Walther "A Cowboy's WorkIsNever Done," Easily serviced.Large metal coin box. selection accordingtoseveraloperators programmer; Sonny & Cher, Kapp 2163; and distributors. "Love Me, Love Me Love," Frank Mills, OVERHEAD MODEL of billiard C&N Sales Sunflower 118. (Natural finish hardwood cabinet.) Two-faced. Scores 15-21 and/or cloth, balls Record of month: 50 pts. F.O.B. Chicago $169.50 "Do You Remember These,"Stotler and cue Bros., Mercury 73275. sticks- Heavy -Duty COIN BOX Coin Milwaukee, Wis.; Adult Location: Made of steel with dark Write for Terms: 1A dep., Now ClarenceSmith, Current Releases: brown baked enamel fin- Catalog ish. 100 or 250 opera- bal. C.O.D. or S.D. Machine operator; "A Horse With No Name," America, tion. Large coin capacity Mike Geppert, WB 7555; w/Ntl. Rejectors. Size: MARVEL Mfg. Company programmer; "Mother & Child Reunion," Paul Simon, 8" x 16" x 4". Electric World Columbia 45547; 2845 W. Fullerton, Chicago,III.60647 "Without You,"Nilsson, RCA Victor counter optional. Phone (312) 342.2424 Milwaukee Amusement Co. 0604. REMIMINIRP IMEMIERRIMIR Continued from page 39 company members of the National New Orleans; Soul Location: Automatic Merchandising Associa- Current Releases: tion (NAMA). At least nine firms John Elms,Jr. "In the Rain," Dramatics, Volt 4075; have music or amusement in their "I Had It All the Time," Tyrone Davis, KING'S One S&P service for all operator; Dakar 4501; company titles. NAMA's member- Do Your Thing," Isaac Hayes, Enter- ship drive added 201 total mem- Henry prise 9042; BULK VENDING MACHINE OPERATORS bersin1971. NAMA now has Holzenthal, Picks: 1,923operatingcompaniesand programmer; "Help Me Make It Through the Night," branches, 38 machine makers, 227 Gladys Knight & Pips, Soul 35094. MERCHANDISE-Leafballgum,wrappedgum,charms,filled TACAmusement capsules,pannedcandies,bulk& vacuum packednuts,ball allied members, 21 sustaining mem- "I'll Take You There," Staple Singers, point pens, combs, lc tab, 5c package gum, 5c & 10c vending bers, 54 distributors and 11 sub- (many requests from album ploy on air). pack candy bars. scribers. Trenton, Mo.; Country Location: SUPPLIES-Empty capsulesV-V1-V2,coinweighing scales, counters & wrappers, stamp folders, decals; route cards, pad- locks, spray paints, machine cleaners & lubricants, paper cups for hot nut venders & hot beverages. Current releases: Czech Jukeboxes Bill Welch EQUIPMENT-All Northwestern bulk venders,castironstands, "GiveMyself a Party,"JeannieC. wall brackets, sanitary &' stamp venders, new & reconditioned Continued from page 39 programmer; Riley, MGM 14341; bulk venders of all kinds, parts for all bulk venders. "What Ain't to be Just Might Happen," Automatic Porter Wagoner, RCA 0648; are in state-owned chains of res- Music Co. Mall this coupon for details and prices on theNorthwestern, taurants and cafes but Telsa and "A Song to Sing," Susan Raye, Capitol SUPER SIXTY (illustrated). Vends gum -therms. Also ask for 3289. information on other Northwestern machines. Supraphon do hire out their own machines to individual customers. NAME TITLE DEPENDABLE FAST SERVICE, The Czech performing rights so- Waverly, Mo.; CountryLocation; COMPANY LOWEST PRICES ciety collectsa royalty from all Current releases: ADDRESS FROM LARGEST jukebox proprietors of 5 percent "My Hang Up Is You," Freddie Hart, INVENTORY IN of the gross income and this is dis- Dwight Capitol 3261; CITY STATE ZIP tributed among composers,pub- "Ballad of a Hillbilly," Freddie Wheller, THE U.S. Hilbrenner Columbia 45542; Fillin coupon, clip and mail to: lishers,artistsandrecord com- programmer; "Party Dolls & Wine," Red Stegall, Cap- Send for panies. itol 3244. T. J. prices and Onlylocalsinglesproductis Hilbrenner Coin KING & COMPANY INC. illustrated Equipment Co. Oldies: 2700 W. Lake St. Chicago,III. 60612 used and no equipment to play "For the Good Times," Ray Price; Phone: 13121 533-3302 literature. other than singledisksisavail- "Rose Gorden," Lynn Anderson. L. able. 40 MARCH 25, '1972,BILLBOARD Chances are you know people who think That's why we created the Rock-Ola 447 contemporary rooms yet the overall design their places are too classy for a coin - Console Deluxe. is rich enough to fit gracefully in any operated phonograph. Simply stated, it's beautiful furniture that traditional setting. They think the flashing lights and rain- makes music. On the inside, Rock-Ola parts. The same bow colors would destroy the kind of The 447 fits comfortably into the most maintenance -free reliability you're used to. atmosphere they've paid a decorator thou- sophisticated restaurant or club As for the outside, just look at it. sands to create. We chose Mediterranean styling for its Better still, show it to someone who swore We think they're right. compatibility with a wide range of decors he'd never have a jukebox in the joint. The lines are fine and clean to complement

Show this to people whosworetheydneverhave ajukebox in the joint.

9ll1111101111L,1 THE SOJNE) ONE Country Music Freddie Hart Snares 5 AcademyHonorsCountry Tunes Dip LOS ANGELES-Freddie Hart (Victor);and SteelGuitar-J.D. Man of the Year award went to grabbed fivetop awardsatthe Manness (Tony Booth). Walter Knott, founder of Knott's seventh annual Academy of Coun- Merle Haggard's Strangers Berry Farm, for his consistent ex- try & Western Music feteheld re- posure of top country talent in the here Monday (13)atthe John ceived Best Touring Band; while In European Market Tony Booth took Best (non -tour- Wayne Theater. Bob Nolan of the Wayne Theater of Knott's Berry Sons of the Pioneers, Tex Williams NASHVILLE-The demand for back from Germany to which he Farm in Buena Park here. ing) Band. For the seventh straight year, the Palomino Club, N. Holly- and StuartHamblen received Nashville -originated songs in Eu- will write lyrics. He also has been Hart was awarded Album of wood, walked off with the Country Pioneer awards. Roy Rogersre- rope has undergone a steady de- successful in placing at least one the Year for "Easy Lovin' "; Top Night Club trophy. KLAC here ceived the Jim Reeves Memorial cline, according to veteran song- U.S. artist, Beverly Berlin, on a Male Vocalist; Song of the Year and its all-night DJ, Larry Scott, award. writer Kermit Goell. foreign label. She is signing with for "Easy Lovin' "; Entertainer of took best station and DJ awards, BillyStrangeconductedthe Saying he hoped the criticism Cornet Records of Cologne. the Year; and Single Record of respectively. Roy Clark, who per- show band, which played for per- would be accepted as"construc- Goell will continue to work his the Year for "Easy Lovin' ". formed with the Sound Generation, formers LynnAnderson,Roger tive," Goell gave a report to Bill- Hudson Music, a long established Before a capacity house, the fol- was chosen best Comedy Act. Tony Miller and Kenny Rogers and the board on his return from an ex- ASCAP firm,and he now has lowing instrumental awards were Booth also won Most Promising First Edition and Clark. Dick Clark tended tour of Europe. formed Great Foreign Songs, Inc. given: Bass-Larry Booth of the Male Vocalist, while Barbara Man- emceed the show. "The situation has become very which he will use to import foreign Tony Booth band; Drums-Jerry drell (Columbia) was selected Most bad because of a tendency toward material. Wiggins (Buck Owens); Fiddle- Promising Female Vocalist. Loretta sameness in melody," Goell said. BillyArmstrong(Sonsofthe Lynn and Conway Twitty topped "The European market is basically Pioneers); Lead Guitar-Al Bruno Vocal Groups,with Miss Lynn melody - oriented,andNashville (Nashville); Piano-Floyd Cramer chosen Top Female Vocalist. NSA Elects songs are lyric tunes. So many of Stockholders the good lyrics are using repeat melodies, or something very close to other melodies, that they are To Hear Acuff NOW: A HIT MASTER PICKED Selman Pres. not getting into the foreign mar- UP BY POPULAR DEMAND! NASHVILLE - ClarenceSel- ket." NASHVILLE-NLT, a holding man, writer and publisher with Jim company involved with the Na- Goell, who collaboratedyears tionalLifeand Accident Insur- TONI LEE ReevesEnterprises,waselected ago on the hit tune "Near You" ance Company here, plans an un- Sings president of the Nashville Song- and dozensofothersover the usualtwistatitsstockholders' writers Association, to succeed Ed- years,said dieMiller. that Ray Priceand meeting this week: country music. "Break It To Lynn Anderson were exceptions. Officialsofthe firm are de- Miller had served two consecu- '"Theyhaveperformed melody parting from the tradition of the tivetermsinthepost.Eddie songs, and have done well over- past by inviting Roy Acuff and Me Gently" Noack was named vice president; seas. The others for the most part, Written by Billy C. Cole Pat Floyd, secretary; Dane Bryant, his Smoky Mountain Boys to ap- althoughtheyhaveoutstanding pear duringtheserioussession -Brite Star Records treasurer, and Wayne Walker, ser- lyrics,have oversimplified melo- geant at arms. and p e r f or m. Heretofore,all NOW IN MANY CHARTS across the dies, some of them requiring little stockholders' meetings have been country: How about yours? A primarydiscussionatthe more than a few chords." confined to progress reports,in- Dee jay copies: meeting of the organization cen- Goellsaidthe same sortof formation on dividends and the tered around financing to hire a situation is plaguing the pop mar- like. BRITE STAR PROMOTIONS full-timeadministrator. A group ket overseas. "Even instrumentals, 728 16th Ave. insurance plan also was discussed. This time, however, Acuff will S. Nashville, Tenn. 37203 for the most part, are not melody perform, perhaps mollifying those The outgoing board already has songs anymore." shareholders who otherwise might started on a show for this year, Goell has just begun to write beinclinedtoshow discontent. which would beafund-raising songs of both melody and lyric, However, even this is unlikely. It's project. and hebrought some melodies been a good year. Pat Daisy'snewsingle has blossomed into ahit.

"Everybody's Reaching Out for Some,yve; It's already 23onthe charts.

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* STAR Performer-LP's registering greatest proportionate upward progress this week.

This Last TITLE-Artist, Label & Number Weeks on This Last TITLE-Artist, Label & Number Weeks on Week Week (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) Chart Week Week (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) Chart

1 1 MY HANG-UP IS YOU 9 39 23 SWEET, LOVE ME GOOD WOMAN .. 11 Freddie Hart, Capitol 3261 Tompall & the Glaser Brothers, MGM 14339 (Blue Book, BMI) (Glaser, BMI) 2 3 A THING CALLED LOVE 9 40 42 JANUARY, APRIL & ME 5 Johnny Cash and the Temple Evangel DickCurless,Capitol3267 (CentralSongs, Choir, Columbia 4-45534 (Vector, BMI) BMI)

3 4 CRY 9 41 22 UNTOUCHED 13

Lynn Anderson, Columbia 4-45529 MelTillis, MGM 14329 (Sawgrass,BMI) (Shapiro -Bernstein, ASCAP) 42 39TEN DEGREES AND GETTING 4 2 ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART 11 COLDER 8 Sonny James, Capitol 3232 (Arch, ASCAP) George HamiltonIV, RCA 74-0570 (Early Morning, CAPAC) 5 6 ALL HIS CHILDREN 6 Charley Pride, RCA 74-0624 (Leeds, ASCAP) 43 18ONE'S ON THE WAY 16 Loretta Lynn, Decca 32900 (MCA) 6. 5 GOOD HEARTED WOMAN 12 (EvilEye, BMI) Waylon Jennings, RCA 74-0615 (Baron/Nelson, BMI) 49 LONELY PEOPLE 5 Eddy Arnold, RCA 74-0541 (Wilderness, BMI) 7 7 WHEN YOU SAY LOVE 9 Bob Luman, Epic 5-10823 (CBS) 45 45A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL 7 (Jack & Bill, ASCAP) George Jones, RCA 74-0625 (Raydee, SESAC) 8 8I'LL STILL BE WAITING FOR YOU .. 7 56ME & JESUS 2 Buck Owens & his Buckaroos, Capitol 3262. Tom T. Hall, Mercury 73278 (Hallnote, BMI) (Blue Book, BMI) 47 43 I'M A TRUCK 17 9 10 WE CAN MAKE IT 7 Red Simpson, Capitol George Jones, Epic 5-10831(CBS) (Algae/ (Plaque/Ripcord/Central Songs, BMI) Flagship, BMI) 66IF IT FEELS GOOD DO IT 2 28WHAT AIN'T TO BE, JUST MIGHT It! Dave Dudley, Mercury 73274 Latest Album itr HAPPEN 5 (Passkey, BMI) Porter Wagoner, RCA 74-0648 (Owpar, BMI) nen VICTOR 49 53 DRAGGIN' THE RIVER 5 Published By: 11 9 THE BEST PART OF LIVING 13 Warner Mack, Decca 32926 (MCA) (Page Boy, COME ALONG MartyRobbins,Columbia4-45520 SESAC) AM) WALK (Mariposa, BMI) BLUE CREST 50 50PARTY DOLLS & WINE 11 WITH ME 12 14 COTTON JENNY 10 Red Stegall, Capitol 3244 MUSIC, INC./ Anne Murray, Capitol 3260 (United Artists/Songmill, ASCAP) CONNIE SMITH (Early Morning, CAPAC) 63 ARKANSAS 4 HILL & RANGE 13 11 BEDTIME STORY 13 Wilburn Brothers,Decca 32921 (MCA) Tammy Wynette,Epic5-10818 (CBS) (Sure -Fire,BMI) SONGS, BMI (Algee/Flagship,BMI) 67 ALL THE LONEY WOMEN IN THE 12 14 TO GET TO YOU 13 WORLD 2 Jerry Wallace, Decca 32914 (MCA) BillAnderson,Decca 32930 (MCA) (4 Star, BMI) (Stallion, BMI) Exclusively On: 15 15 THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL 9 64 FOOLS 2 RCA RECORDS Jim Reeves, RCA 74-0626 (Tuckahoe, BMI) Johnny Duncan, Columbia 4-4-5556 (Pi -Gem, 20 FAR FAR AWAY 6 BMI) RCA #LSP-4598 Don Gibson, Hickory 1623 (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 54 54 TWO DIVIDED BY LOVE 7 Kendalls, Dot 17405 (Famous) (Trousdale/ 17 13 ANN (Don't Go Runnin') 13 Tommy Overstreet, Dot 17402 (Famous) Soldier, BMI) (Cason, ASCAP) 55 62 EVENING 4 18 19 I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN Jim Ed Brown, RCA 74-0642(Starsong, 8 ASCAP) Charlie McCoy, Monument 8529 (CBS) (Blue Book, BMI) 56 57YELLOW RIVER 5 CHANTILLY LACE/THINK ABOUT IT Compton Bros.,Dot 17408 (Famous) (Noma, 32 BMI) DARLIN' 3 Jerry Lee Lewis, Mercury 73273 57 61 LOVE ME 3 (Glad, BMI/Jack & Bill, ASCAP) Jeanne Pruett, Decca 32929 (MCA) (Moss Rose, BMI) 25THE DAY THAT LOVE WALKED IN 6 iftr David Houston, Epic 5-10830 (CBS) 58 58THAT'S ALL THIS OLD WORLD (Algee/Flagship, BMI) NEEDS 3 21 16 Stonewall Jackson & the Brentwood IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING 17 Children's Choir, Columbia 4-45546 Faron Young, Mercury 73250 (Vintage, BMI) (Passkey, BMI) ler - BE MY BABY 1 36 DO YOU REMEMBER THESE 3 Jody Miller, Epic 5-10825 (CBS) StatlerBros. Mercury 73275 (House of (Mother Bertha/Trio, BMI) Cash, BMI) 60 60THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH 23 24 EVERYBODY'S REACHING OUT FOR (All Over The World) 7 SOMEONE 6 BrianCollins, Mega 615-0058 (Francis, Pat Daisy, RCA 74-0637 (Jack, BMI) Day & Hunter, ASCAP) 17 24 GIVE MYSELF A PARTY 11 THE KEY'S IN THE MAILBOX 1 Jeannie C. Riley, MGM 14341 Tony Booth, Capitol 3269 (Tree, BMI) (Acuff -Rose, BMI) - I'M THE MAN ON SUSIE'S MIND 1 25 26 I SAW MY LADY 10 Glenn Barber, Hickory 1626 (Acuff -Rose, BMI) Dickie Lee, RCA 74-0608 (April, ASCAP) 63 65 I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BOY AGAIN 5 26 27 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER 10 Lawanda Lindsey, Chart 5133 (Flagship, BMI) Jack Reno, Target 01414 (Mega) (Tree, BMI) 64 69 I CAN'T FACE THE BED ALONE 4 35NEED YOU Henson Cargill, Mega 615-0060 (Terri, David Rogers, Columbia 4-45551 5 ASCAP) Jamie, BMI) 65 46LOVE IS LIKE A SPINNING WHEEL 14 Jan Howard, Decca 32905 (MCA) 34JUST FOR WHAT I AM 4 (Duchess, BMI) ConnieSmith,RCA 74-0655(BlueCrest/ Hill & Range Songs, BMI) - IF YOU EVER NEED MY LOVE 1 Jack Greene, Decca 32939 (MCA) (Sawgrass, 29 29THE BEST IS YET TO COME 10 BMI) Del Reeves, United Artists 50877 (Tree, BMI) 67 72SWEET APPLE WINE 4 30 30WE'VE GOT TO WORK IT OUT Duane Dee,Cartwheel 207 (Jangle, ASCAP) BETWEEN US 10 68 68 WHITE LINE FEVER Diana Trask, Dot 17404 (Famous) 4 (Daydan, ASCAP) Buddy Alan, Capitol 3266 (Blue Book, BMI) 31 33BALLAD OF A HILLBILLY 6 - LEGENDARY CHICKEN FAIRY Freddy Weller, Columbia 4-45542 Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan, Mega (Green Grass, BMI) 615-0063 (100 Oaks/Birdwalk, WI) 41 SOMEONE TO GIVE LOVE 3 Itt - SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE/WE FOUND Johnny Paycheck, Epic 5-10836 (CBS) IT IN EACH OTHERS ARMS 1 (Jack & Bill, ASCAP) Roger Miller, Mercury 73268 (Miller/ Delhaousie, BMI/Tree, BMI) 33 21 OKLAHOMA SUNDAY MORNING 12 Glen Campbell, Capitol 3254 (Kenwood, BMI) - YOU'RE EVERYTHING 1 1k Tommy Cash,Epic 5-10838 (CBS) (Algae/ 40WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE 7 Flagship, BMI) Alice Creech, Target 0144 (Mega) (Lupercalia, ASCAP) - I'D RATHER BE WANTIN' LOVE 1 Leroy Van Dyke, Decca 32933 (MCA) 44YOU'RE MY SHOULDER TO LEAN ON 6 (Convention, SESAC) Lana Rae, Decca 32927 (MCA) (ForrestHills, BMI) 73 74 I AM I SAID 2 BillPhillips, United Artists 50879 52AIN'T NOTHING SHAKIN' 4 (Prophet, ASCAP) Billy "Crash" Craddock, Cartwheel 210 (Popereo, BMI) - GRANDMA HARP 1 MerleHaggard,Capitol3294(BlueBook, 37 38 MISTY MEMORIES 9 BMI) Brenda Lee, Decca 32918 (MCA) (Playback, BMI) - THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. 1 55 TOUCH YOUR WOMAN 3 Donna Fargo,Dot 17409 (Famous) (Prima DollyParton,RCA 74-0662 (Owepar,BMI) Donna, BMI)

44 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD To AM Prosram Directors, Disk Jockeys, Juke Sox Operators & Rack Jobbers.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I'M HAPPY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A GREAT LABEL EP and To Have Such A Great Producer As BILLY SHERRILL Country Music BillboardSPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 3/25/72 NashvilleCOUCALryLP's * STAR Performer-LP's registeringproportionate upward progress this week.

Scene This Last TITLE-Artist, Label & Weeks on Week Week Number (Distributing Label) Chart By BILL WILLIAMS 1 1 SINGS HEART SONGS 18 Jack Linneman,who heads the Charley Pride, RCA LSP 4617 11 the Hilltop Studio here, has gone to Germany for the AmericanEngi- 2 2 LEAD ME ON 7 Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn, Decca DL 75326 (MCA) neeringSociety convention. . . . Charlie Louvinworked in two 3 3 EASY LOVING 27 benefits in five days as part of a Freddie Hart, Capitol ST 838 recent tour. . . . Tom T. Hallwas joined on-stage with an unusual 4 4 I'M A TRUCK 7 choir to sing his most recent hit, Red Simpson, Capitol ST 881 "Me and Jesus." Among the sing- 5 6 MY HANG-UP IS YOU 3 ers wereArchie Campbell, Jean FreddieHart, Capitol SD 11014 worm's Pruitt,Opry managerBud Wen- dell,and his secretary,Ann 6 5 HOW CAN I UNLOVE YOU 17 Lynn Anderson, Columbia C 30925 Cooper. . . . Charlie Walkerand his new bride are expecting their 7 7 SHE'S ALL I GOT 14 firstchild next September. . . . Johnny Paycheck, Epic E 31141 (CBS) Doris Macon,son of the late Uncle Dave Macon,is back performing 15 BIGGEST HITS OF SONNY JAMES 3 Capitol ST 11013 after heart problems. . . . WilmaLee andStoney Cooper are getting an overdue session to- 9 9 THE RIGHT COMBINATION/BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL 9 gether. . . . The Willis Brothers Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, RCA LSP 4628 lolling now appear on seven of the13 commercials on the "Grand Ole 10 11 BILL & JAN (Or Jan & Bill) 7 Opry." . . . Skeeter Daviswas pre- Bill Anderson & Jan Howard, Decca DL 75293 (MCA) sentedapairof hockey skates 11 12 FOR THE GOOD TIMES 82 while in Toronto, and then taken Ray Price, ColumbiaC 30105 out on the ice byGordie Howe Jr. She also brought home a Maple 12 8 (I've Got A) HAPPY HEART 7 Leaf shirt.. . . TheStoney Moun- Susan Raye, CapitolST 875 tainCloggersnow willbe all - family dancing group. Mother and 13 13 THE JOHNNY CASH COLLECTION: HIS dad, Margaret and Ben, and sons GREATEST HITS, VOL.II 23 Mickey and Hal, have been joined Columbia KC 30510 by Debbie and Candy. And there itr 17 GOOD HEARTED WOMAN 4 are more to come. . . . Waylon Jennings, RCA LSP 4647 Kenny EarljoinedConnie Smith 15 10 WE GO TOGETHER 21 intranscribing an Air Force re- George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Epic KE 30802 (CBS) cruiting show. . . . Pete Stamper, featured comedian on the "Renfro It, - IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING 1 Faron Young, Mercury SR 61359 Valley Barn Dance" has cuta comedy album. He came to Nash- 17 18 RANGER'S WALTZ 20 ville to do promotional spots for Mom and Dads, GNP Crescendo GNPS 2061 it. . . . Four registered black angus 18 19 MY FRIEND 8 (Continued on page 48) Jim Reeves, RCA LSP 4646

19 20 LAND OF MANY CHURCHES 14 Merle Haggard, Capitol SWBO 803

45 INTERVIEW 2 C &W Statler Brothers, Mercury SR 61358 21 16 ANNE MURRAY & GLEN CAMPBELL 16 ARTIST Capitol SW 869 22 22THIS IS TOMMY OVERSTREET 5 IN CONCERT Dot DOS 25994 (Famous) 23 23 ROSE GARDEN 66 10,022 Lynn Anderson, Columbia C 30411 24 25 I'M JUST ME 37 Single Performance Charley Pride, RCA LSP 4560 Attendance 25 14TURN YOUR RADIO ON 8 Ray Stevens,Barnaby Z 20809 (CBS) GROSS 26 24 WOULD YOU TAKE ANOTHER CHANCE ON ME 20 Jerry Lee Lewis, Mercury SR 61346

- BEST OF CHARLEY PRIDE, VOL. 2 1 RCA LSP 4682 $60,500 28 29 BEST OF ROGER MILLER 10 Mercury SR 61361 AT JACKSONVILLE 29 28 ME & BOBBY McGEE 25 Kris Kristofferson, Monument Z 30817 (CBS) 30 27 WELCOME TO MY WORLD 17 Ray Price, Columbia G 30876

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CLINTON COUNTRY For Service call collect 'of 7ii7Vsi TheAatJerry Division(901)MemphisEnterprise Stax "D" 278-3000 Organization, ofSeabolt USA Records, Country Music Hall of Fame Attendance Tops Fond Nashville Expectations; 5th Birthday Nears By BILL WILLIAMS Scene NASHVILLE - The Country of the biggest crowds of all times tion employed all sorts of attrac- Continued from page 46 Music Hall of Fame marksits isanticipated. However, the fol- tions to entice visitors. Now there fifthbirthday April 1,withat- lowing Monday the Hall of Fame is never a quiet hour. The heaviest cattle were rustled from the Clyde tendance far beyond the projected will be closed for three days while visiting days are on weekends. Beavers farm.. . . Lynn Burns figure at its outset, and already is the north wing of the structure and her husband, Alton Yancey, is renovated. With the opening of Opryland havejoinedtheClyde Beavers keeping pace with last year's rec- U.S.A. in May, visitors to this city ord mark. The Country Music Foundation, Show. She was a runnerup in the which operates the Hall of Fame, likely will at least double, and a Miss Arkansas pageant. ... Linda When the structure opened its has been adding to theoriginal largepercentageallvisitorsgo K. Lance, looking for a label, has doors in 1967, the hoped -for five- building sinceitsinception. The through the Hall of Fame. Itis been busy doing commercials. . . . Dear FIND Dealers: year figure was a half -million. As library and media center has ex- estimatednowthatattendance Decca's Paul Lovelace reports that ofthis writing thetotalattend- panded appreciably, and other ad- could reach the million mark in Jerry Wallace brings his country You obviously "dig" the January ance (paid) is 719,261, and should ditions have been made. 1974. spectacularApril6-7to Knotts FIND Catalog, as your orders are be about 3,000 higher on the an- More than13,000visitorsat- WilliamIvyisexecutivedi- Berry Farm, along with Rick Nel- niversary date. This is nearly 50% tended during the first10 weeks rector of the Foundation, and Mrs. son, Joe Southand theEverly increasingdaily. Business has above the initial estimate. quadrupledsince the catalog was of this year, a figure comparable SherythaScaifeisthe museum Brothers issued. Since the April 1 date this year to that of a year ago. director. Mrs. Doris Lynch handles WHOO keeps bringing top acts falls on the Easter weekend, one In its earliest days, the Founda- tours. to the Orlando area. The station You can expedite filling of your has made a lot of action waves. ordersbymakingcertainthe . .. Two Corpus Christi couples FIND ordering numbers arein- celebrated their Silver Wedding an- niversaries at the Dripping Springs dicated on each of your customer Staff MakesFree -Form KNAC-FM Reunion. .. . Jim Embry, PDand orders.Otherwise,ifyouonly Continued from page 23 eachnightoffwith'Light My "As you grow older, your life producer atWROZ, has completed indicate artist, title, or manufac- Fire.' Our audience got the idea." mellows out. Our progressive rock the line-up for thestation's 9th turer product number it necessi- the rounds at the major stations. Another Success is a good deal mellower than the Shower of Stars show at Evans- Therewere no openingssoI tatesourlocatingthecorrect The show met with so much boom -boom -boomof AM pro- ville, Ind. On the June 4 event will number; this delays our filling started applying at stations in the gressive rock and Top 40 stations." be Freddie Hart, Don Gibson, Bar- outlying areas.Jerry Mason, then success that in Jan., 1970, McCoy your order. As far as general, AM progres- bara Mandrell, the Compton program directorat KNAC-FM, was elevated to program director Brothers and Billy "Crash" Crad- hired me as a part-time DJ on the and thestation changed to 24 - sive rock, Ron feels it serves as a Inreviewing our January Cata- nicetransitionforpeople who dock....Denver now has six weekends,doing MOR music." hour progressive rock,free -form. night clubs featuring country music, log, itis apparent we don't need Then a change in ownership oc Presently, the four full time DJ's are just now getting into progres- to print such a catalog quarterly. working six hour shifts, are: Jerry sive rock.At KNAC-FM prom- all at once. . . . Wearing an eye - curred.JimHarden, who was ising new artistsalso get played patch, Margie Bowes has fulfilled Therefore, we will issue the com- associated in production with Longden, who recently won Bill- her engagements despite an eye plete catalog in January, May and NBC television, bought KNAC-FM board'sProgressiveRockDisk rather than just established 'hits.' Jockey of the Year award, 6 a.m. Commercialsusuallynumber infection.. . . Jamey Ryan is go- September. Updated supplements and,afterconferringwith Ron ingback intothestudiosafter willbe issued monthly inApril, about the potential of progressive to noon; McCoy, noon to 6 p.m.; eight per hour.Occasionally one ayear'sabsence.Pete six to midnight, Bobby Blue; and ofthejockswillcreate unique nearly June, July, August, October, No- rock, hired him to do a free -form, Drakewill produce her. . . . "underground,"progressiverock midnight to 6 a.m.,John Clark. spots forclients. News and vember, December, February and Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely and format from 9 p.m.to5a.m. Mike Fox and Dion Jackson, work weather are,again, casually pro- March.These supplements will seven days a week in May, 1969. relief. duced, "necessary evils," at KNAC- all of their act took a three-day be printed in Billboard Magazine, During theday, KNAC-FM re- "I've been in radio for nine years FM UPI services the station and if holiday in Florida. . . . Jimmie once a month. The information tained its MOR format, but played now, I'm 28. You kind of get a anitemofgreatnews comes Skinnerinto Nashville to produce contained in the supplements will progressive rock atnight."I led few ideasabout radio program- across the wire a bulletin will be a session for Brite Star Promo- tions.Bob Smallwood of Cleve- becumulativefrommonthto mingthatyou thinkareright. run. Another, special, "ecological" month. You have to get the right people news program compiled incon- land and CarolynCarroll both tostartwith.You don'thire junctionwithEarthmagazine have signed with Brite Star. . The first FIND Supplement will Wills Benefit someone and then try and change in San Francisco is produced by Jeannie C. Riley has concluded an be printed in the April 8th issue him.I'm not of the schoolof Jerry Longden.Itcovers events album for MGM, working with Nets $5,000 progressive rock radio of people of interest, such as ecology, pro- Jim Vienneau. . . . Bruce Boyers of Billboard. This supplement will reportsthattheauditoriumin list who stumbled in off the street and test movements, the college scene, allnew releases added to FORT WORTH-The Bob Wills happenedto know alotabout to the 18-35 year old progressive Charleston,S.C.had asell-out, FIND since the January Catalog; Tribute,performedasabenefit music and nothing aboutradio. rock audience.But none of the even with additional chairs, for the plus product of those labels which here last week, netted the ailing Goodproduction,goodboard sensationalistic, autowrecktype L or e t t a Lynn -Conway Twitty have joined FIND after the cut-off singer$5,000,according to pro- work, good projection, good voice newscastsare foundat KNAC- Show, which grossed $14,300.. . . for our January Catalog. moter J.B. Walling. are all a part of good radio.But FM, said McCoy. When word reached Fulton, Mo., Walling, an official of the Black- a lot of progressive rock stations Promotion for the station is lim- that Porter Wagoner was going to Your FIND Special Order Desk will stoneHotelhere,saidthenet miss that.They hire the wrong ited to ads in papers like the Los play, the show sold out in four then contain the January FIND gate was about $29,000. Of this, people. People that you feel have Angeles Free Press, bumper stick- days. . .. Honorary Wagonmaster Catalog, the latest FIND Supple- $8,500 went fortravel and ex- nothing to offer the listener. My citations were issued to the three ers, occasional production of rock crew members of the Apollo 16 ment and customer order forms. pensesoftheartistswho per- jocks have five, six or seven years concertsin the Long Beach Au- formed, and another $13,000 was of radio experience, anyway." ditorium. When they are in town, lunar module. . . .Jack Barlow's Remember, send your orders to spent on advertising. The rest of In describing his free -form ra- rock personalities like Dave Ma- new single on Dot will be "They the money was for incidental ex- dio concept, Ron explained, Call the Wind Maria." The Four FIND via 1st Class Mail or tele- son or Flash Cadillac will drop by Guys recording of the same song phone themin. Shipmentof penses and staff. "Things that are really fineare and get into casual, on -the -air dis- given their own chance to create. has been delayed. ... Vernon Ox- product to you via UPS willex- A certified check for $5,000 was cussions. ford is back in the recording busi- pediteshipment to you. giventoWills,thecreatorof A good creative DJ doesn't really soundlikeanyoneelse. Sure, "One of the hardest things about ness. His first release in Omni is Country and Western Swing. All my jobisnot being a program artiststaking part donated their they've been influenced by others, "What Color is the Wind," writ- but eventually they get to a point director or being adisk jockey. ten by Galilatin, Tenn disk jockey services.Wills,althoughailing, The hardest thing is being both. Benny Williams came to the performance, and his where they can create their own As a program director you have band played for 30 minutes. show. You hire the guy you can Freddy Hart recently play e d feel;if he is warm, sincere, mel- to know management, be able to three shows in LaFayette, La., and FIND Service International low and on -top -of -it.He obvious- think in dollars and cents, be con- then went to the nearby town of P.O. Box 775 ly has to know his music; he has cerned with ratings, etc.But as a Walker for two more. He drew Terre Haute, Indiana 47803 Time Gets More DJ, when you go in to create a to be relatively in tune with me, show, you can't be concerned if 20,000 in LaFayette, and capacity A. C. 812-466-1282 musically. I believe audiences like houses at Walker.. .. Songwriter and Redding Catalog rock and rollmusic; they don't there's going to be a big rating Ben Peters, who writeshitsfor like a lot of left wing, freak -out overit,or whether or notit's new FIND Service International MACON, Ga-One-third of the everyone, has Carl Smith's stuff,justreally good music.I goingto go over well with the single, "Before My Time."He has Suite 415 rights to the Otis Redding catalog can't define'really good music,' back office.I have two different upcoming singles by Jan Howard, 9000 Sunset Blvd. has been acquired by Time Music, but I can tell by talking to some- hats to wear, and I have to re- Charley Pride (again), Tia Cama- owned and operated by Joe Calkin spond to the requirements of each, Los Angeles, California 90069 one where he's at musically. It has rillo and Kossi Gardner. ... The and Joe Shribman. The deal was accordingly. The difficulty comes A. C. 213-273-7040 arranged through the estate of the a lot to do with experience and when one gets in the way of the G e or g e Jones -Tammy Wynette Candy Tusken latesinger. Time already owned intuition." Show has been set by the Jack No Play List other, like when an administrative Roberts agency for personal ap- (Advertisement) a third of the tunes; the restis question crops up and I'm on the pearancesinPortland,Denver, ownedbyStax/VoltRecords. There is no play list at KNAC- air doing my show." Seattle and Vancouver. Also on After Redding's death in an air- FM. McCoy logs all the records, Thefactthatthefree -form, then puts them in the control room. the billare Patsy Sledd, Harold plane crash, his tune of "Sitting progressiverockradioformat Morrison,andRod Erickson. on the Dock of the Bay" became He also pastes a list of Billboard's seems to be dwindling a bit in pop- his first million -selling single. Top 200 albums on the console so ularitydoesn'tbotherMcCoy. that the DJ's will know what is "There were so many free -form popular. From that point each jock FM stations.A lotof stations Drawl Stumps WAYN Seminars is given freedom to create. "Peo- weren't doing well in their pres- ple often get locked into one way ent formats so they changed. That Waring's Rep Continued from page 27 of doing things and don't allow isn't always the answer. The an- case,a major stereo equipment for creativity. A line in one song swer, again, would be to get good NASHVILLE - FredWaring's chain store subsidized all the print- may spark an idea for a next rec- people to work for you. producer,BillBlackburn,spent ing costs, while station workers as- ord, or an entire set. Musical flow "Thereisas much future for part of last week wandering around sisted in distribution to area rec- and blending are important. A lot free -form FM stationsasthere Music Row here searching for the ord stores. Thus, a useful promo- of progressive rock stations don't is for pop, or Top 40 because there Mega offices. tional campaign was launched at realize that radio is an art, they will always be the respective audi- He was looking for Ovayonda no expense to the station. hire inferior people. We compete ences for each.KNAC-FM will Street. with other stations by not doing continue because it has life,cre- Itwasn'tuntilsomeoneex- An engineering seminar at the that.I am not a statistician. Sure ativity; it's casual, it's professional; WAYN studios offered student en- plained to him that Ovayanda was I use Billboard, and call up local it's together.People listening can the Tennessseeway of saying "over gineers an opportunity to discuss record stores to see what is selling. feelandbelieveinwhat we're yonder." It was at this point that engineering techniques and equip- Butit'sdone ina very casual doing. There is good communica- he found Mega, over yonder, on ment. manner. 48 tion." 17th Avenue. MARCH25,1972,BILLBOARD The Warming Touch, The Hot Acceptance, Of An Outstandingly Beautiful Song!

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London 'Rock Theater' Jazz Federation From The Folds After 4 Months Music Capitals By BOB PARTRIDGE Paper in Vienna Staff Member, Music Week VIENNA-Thenew executive of the World office of Jazz Forum, the official LONDON-Sundancer, thecom- were inthe position where our runners EMI, inabolishing5 pany organ of the European Jazz Fed- BELGRADE responsibleforLondon's debts were more than we could eration, has already begun oper- Twenty-eight new songs will be percent returns. In doing so,RCA Rainbow Theater,thecountry's cope with." ations under chief editor Jan Byr- will increase the dealer margin to first permanent rock music concert presented during a series of TV The company officially ceased czek, who moved from Warsaw to andradiospecialsinthesixth 36 percent. RCA marketing man- revue, went into liquidationlast Vienna in January in accordance ager Geoff HanningtontoldBill- week with reputed debts of $175,- operations on Sunday following a "Vas Stager Sezone" contest. The directors meeting earlier last, week. with the agreement established be- winner will be selected at the final board that exactly what changes 000.John Morris, the company's tween the EJF, thePolish Jazz are implemented depends on the chairman, told Billboard: "There "It cost us $9,000 just to keep the concertinSarajevo'sSkenderija future level of purchase tax, on placeopeneveryweek,"com- Society and Astra Verlag, Vienna. Hall on April 15.. . . The new was no real business control. We Alfi Kabiljo/Milan Grgic musical which a 10-121/2 percent reduction mented Morris. "Very few people Jazz Forum is now published was being forecastat presstime. understand how to run a project bi-monthly and has a circulation "Jalta Jalta" being staged at the of this size. There is so much to Komedia theatre, Zagreb, is highly . . . A special promotion, featur- of 20,000. The Vienna office will ing18 consider, suchas successful. By the beginningof inch -high models of the thestaff,the be responsible for the production Faces,willtour selected dealers building and the concessions. We ofthemagazine,coveringthe March there had been 30 perform- this month. The models were cre- wereundercapitalisedtobegin Western World and the Polish of- ances in only eight weeks and by Aprilthe figureisexpectedto ated by commercial artist Edwin with, which was bad, and when ficewill handle the activitiesin Belchamber,originallyforthe you're trying to provide the best the East European countries. have reached 50. An album from it has to be done correctly." the show will be issued soon by sleeve of the group's album, "A At present Astra Verlag distrib- therecentlyformedproduction Nod'sAs Good As A Wink Sundancer was formed on Sept. utes 15,000 copies to the Western company Studio. The theatre man- To A Blind Horse." The models 15last year with EMI and the countries, including USA and 5,000 agement hasguaranteedtosell have beeninsuredfor$12,000. AIR London group of companies copies go to Eastern Europe. 5,000copiesevenbeforeitis The promotion was initiated by as principal investors. Peter Jen- Mike GillAssociates,inliaison The executive office issued and interest in the musical ner, founder of Blackhill Enter- is located has been shown by producers from with Des Brown of Kinney and prise, was nominated by EMI as atAstra Verlag GmbH, Bank- Brian Shepherd, label manager for Austria, Germany and Italy. . . . a director and Alistair Rainsford, gasse 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria. The Zagreb '72 song competition Mercury in the U.K. The tour will the financial controller and com- willthisyear feature10songs promote all back catalog material pany secretaryof AIRLondon, chosen from 68 entries. To be held by boththe Faces andRod Stew- was appointed company secretary from May 10 to May 13 this 18th art. The models, encased in a per- of Sundancer. edition of the festival will include spex dome, will be on display at The Rainbow project was Mor- 400 Million songs by K. Kovac, D. Novkovic, several major record stores dur- ris'sbrainchild. ing the next few weeks. Previouslythe V. Borislavljevic,Z. Runjic and The Essex Music Group has managing director of New York's B. Bizetic. . . . Jugoton is to issue FillmoreEast,Morris conceived a special album of songs by Split acquired a single from Jonathan the Rainbow as Britain's first per- Expected to writer Zdenko Runjic to mark his King called "Timothy Jones" by SWEDISH ARTIST,StefanDemert, manent rock music theater. 10th year of composing activity. singer -songwriter Rod Thomas. The has been given a gold disk award The company started with an Titled"ZlatniSnovi"(Golden record will be released in the U.K. for each of his first two albums. estimated $250,000 capital. EMI Dreams) after the only new song within the next six weeks on the Demert records for Sonet, the View Euro TV the album featuressinger Kico Cube label, originally called Fly. label based in held 20 percent of the shares, Mor- First releases on Cube will include Lidingo. His first Slabinac. . . . New singles issued LP "Visor For Smutsiga Oron" ris just under 20 percent and AIR LONDON-The British Broad- albums by the Gasoline Band and London 5 percent.The Finsbury casting Corporation estimates that in Yugoslavia includeIsaac Hayes' qualified for its gold trophy last Harvey Andrews. . . .After only Astoria, a vast cinema built in the 400 million people will watch the "Shaft" (RTB), "Sacramento" by six months working for the Gem November with sales in excess of 1930s, was leased from the Rank 1972 Eurovision Song Contest to Middle Of The Road (Jugoton) 25,000. Demert's second album Organisation for three years and be held in the Usher Hall, Edin- andthe "Wild Life" album by group of companies, Rod Buckle "Marsch Pa Er Alla Pannkakor" Wings (Jugoton). will leave at the end of the month was released at that time, and converted into the Rainbow. burgh, Scotland on Saturday (25th). to become international representa- hassincepassedthe25,000 The official opening of the Rain- More than 150 journalists will BORJAN KOSTIC tive for Bernard Chevry's MIDEM mark. Demert is seen, left, hold- bow was a Who concert on Nov. cover the event in which 18 coun- and VIDCA events. Buckle fills ing his award for the second LP 4.Despite excellent concert bills tries are represented including, for LONDON the post left vacant by Roger Wat- presented to him by Lars Petter- however, the company is believed the first time, Malta. kins who has rejoined the London to have been in serious financial RCA will join Pye and Polydor office of Variety.. . son, director-general of Swedish trouble by the end of last year. The show will be compered in in restructuring record prices fol- . Barry Mur- State Railways. This venue was EnglishandFrench by Moira lowingthis ray leaves Pye at the end of the chosen on account of one of the In January, in an attempt to con- Shearer. week'sBudgetdis- month after two years and plans album's songs being about the trolthecompany'sexpenditure, closures. And coinciding with the to develop his own indie record Details of the 18 songs in the increases, RCA willalso follow Swedish railway situation today. (Continued on page 53) contest are: productionunitandhisBona these two companies, and front- Music company. Murray, who was responsible for producing Mingo Jerry's "In The Summertime," will continue to record thisact plus EUROVISION SONG CONTEST,1972 Bronx Cheer and Gene Pitney for 0 Pye under a new non-exclusive 0 contract. Phil Symes has joined EMI to (D COUNTRY SONG TITLE ARTIST SONG WRITERS PUBLISHER RECORD COMPANY work inrecently formed Tamla 2 Motown office. Symes will handle press relations for the label in the U.K. Gordon Frewin, previously 11. Austria Falter im Wind The Milestones an accountant with AEI joins EMI Music: Rigoni/Schoenherz Wien Melodic WM-Produktion Words: Heinz Unger in April as repertoire selector for 16. Belgium A la folie oupas du tout the label. . . . Adrian Newton, Serge et Christine Daniel Melis/Bob Milan Fonogram Philips pressofficerofEMI Records Ghisoland leaves at the end of the month to 3.Eire Ceol an Ghra (The Music of Sadie Jones join RCA Records in New York. Joe Burkett/Liam MacUistin Burlington Music Play Love) He previously worked for RCA in 10. Finland Muistathan (Do You Remember?) London prior tohis EMI post. Paivi Paunu & Jukka Flinck/Nacke Johansson Musiikki Fazer Finnlevy Robin Mackie, who has worked in Kim Floor the EMI press office for the past 2. France 'Come ... Comedic' Betty Mars Frederic Botton Paul Beuscher Pathe Marconi 18 months also leaves at the end 12. of the month. He is joining the Italy I Giorni Dell'Arcobaleno Nicola Di Bari Massini/Pintucci/Di Bari Add (RCA Music RCA of Rome (The Days of Rainbow) Billboard Publication, Record Mir- Group) ror.Jennie Halsall,alsointhe 17. Luxembourg Apres Toi Vicky Leandros press office at EMI, is leaving on Yves Dessca/Mario Panas Tutti-RMS Philips April 7 to join Pye Records as 9. Malta L-Imhabba (Love) Helen & Joseph CharlesCamilleri/Albert Cassola Lem mel Music Redifusion artists liaison manager. Int.'. Music Following recent positive sales 15. Monaco Commeon S'Aime Peter McLane & reactiontorecordings from TV Raymond Bernard/Jean Drejac Continental-RMS Philips - themes, BBC Records is stepping Anne -Marie Godart Production Tutti 18. Netherlands AlsHet Om De Liefde Gaat up its own involvement with re- Sandra & Andres Hans van Hemert/Dries Holten Dayglow Music Phonogram leases of this kind of music. First (If It Regards Love) releases will be the themes from 6. Norway Smaating (LittleThings) two new BBC series,"Spytrap" Grethe Kausland & Ivar Boersum/Kaare Grottum Arne Bendiksen AS Arne Bendiksen AS Benny Borg and the smallscreen adaptations of Dorothy Sayer's Lord Peter Whim- 7. Portugal Festa da Vida (Life Festivity) Carlos Mendes Jose Calvario/Jose Niza J. Calvario-J. Niza Arnaldo Trinda de sey stories. PHILIP PALMER & Cia., Lda. (Oport.) 4. Spain 'Amanecer' (Sunrise) Jaime Morey Augusto Alguero/Ramon Argusa Ed. Musicales Belter LENINGRAD Sagitario 14. Sweden Over 50internationalgroups, Harliga Sommardag (A Lovely Family Four Hakan Elmqvist Multitone Summer's Day) Metronome ensembles, orchestras and soloists Records AB have been signed by Gosconcert 8. Switzerland C'est laChanson De Mon Amour VeroniqueMuller toappearinRussiainMarch. Veronique Muller/CatherineDesage Belletulipe SA Phonogram Among rock groups featured were 5. United Kingdom Beg, Steal Or Borrow New Seekers TonyCole/Graeme Hall/Steve Wolfe Valley Music Polydor Quilapayun groupfromChili, 1. West Germany Nur die Liebe lasst uns leben Mary Roos Joachim Heider/Joachim Relin Intro/Meisel Czech pop singer Marcela Laffe- (Only Love Keeps Us Alive) CBS rova and Plavcy group, Zhuravli (the Cranes) from Yugoslavia and 13. Yugoslavia Muzika ITi(Music And You) TerezaKesovija Nikica Kalogjera/lvica Krajac Jugoton Jugoton popsingersPetrya Tchnerotska, 50 (Continued on page52) MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD NEWS FROM ITALY

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FEBRUARY 27th,1971 WINS FIRST PRIZE AT SANREMO FESTIVAL JANUARY 6th,1972 WINS FIRST PRIZE AT CANZONISSIMA, THE FOUR MONTH TELEVISION CONTEST FEBRUARY 26th,1972 WINS THESANREMO FESTIVAL AGAIN AND WILL PRESENT THE WINNING SONG FROM SANREMO AT THE EUROVISION FESTIVALonMarch 25th International News Reports

Maple Leaf System Canada From The Changes, 100% Cancon Music Capitals By RITCHIE YORKE Executive of the World TORONTO - The Maple Leaf It will also discourage Canadian System this week announced sev- artists from recording foreign rep- Continued from page 50 festival. The record has been pro- eral major changes inits present ertoireforsinglesrelease,said duced by Manolo Diaz and fea- format following its meeting here Turntable Siegfried Walendi, Zoran Georgiev, turesanarrangementby Pepe Grant. Milkana Nikolova. Poland's Skal- during the Programmers weekend. Nieto. . . . From March 1 Movie - The MLS has also decided to dowi and Yugoslavcia's ABC rock As of Apr.1, William Langstroth named cre- play will take on the distribution the MLS will drop its rule about immediate sub- groups (enjoying great popularity of the Mexican label, Discos Or- accept only those recordings satis- mission of new product upon re- ative director Balmur Investments locally) have began their second fyingallfour Canadian content Ltd. A veteran CBC production feon. Among the artists recording lease. "Record companies will be month of concern here.. . . Three for the label are Jorge Negrete, criteriaasformulatedbythe encouraged to bring their 100 per- executive, Langstroth managed chorus companies were herein CRTC. This means that the MLS cent Cancon releases to the MLS Balmur's Anne Murray until Janu- ChavelaVargasandArmando will only vote on disks recorded ary last year and has been writer/ March-chamber choirofChili Manzanero. whenever they feelit to be most University, theGabriel Foret At the recent song festival in and written in Canada by a resi- opportune for the individual artist producer ofallbut two of her chorus from France and Austria dent Canadian. CBC TV specials. Alcobendas, near Madrid, Argen- concerned," Grant stated. Balmur man- Madrigal chorus.. .. List of clas- ages and co-ordinates the business tinian singer Jairo (Showman) won Co-chairman Nevin Grant said: Nor will the MLS publish details sicalperformersappearinghere the first prize and the critics award activities of Miss Murray. . . . "This will effectively obliterate the of its voting results after April1. includes West Germany's Koecker forhisperformanceof`Maria complaints concerning submissions The only information available to Gerry Lyon, formerly withthe quartet, pianist Ewelinde Trenker; Dick James Organization inthe Serena'. Second prize went to Joan by non-resident internationalart- the industry on an MLS vote will conductors Silva Pereira, Charles Baptista Humet (Columbia Espa- ists and will allow the system to be the announcement of the win- U.S. has joined Nimbus 9's pub- Bruk, Karsten Andersen; violinists nola) with the song `En Silencio' concentrate on directly encourag- ner. lishing division. . . . Ted Hopkins Laszlo Kote, Branko Pacvitch and named regional sales manager for and Paco Revuelta (Marfer) was ing the further development of a Zdenek Broz. . . . . "Melodies of third with his song, `Quijote sin 100 percent Canadian music in- "Thus," notes Grant, "the MLS thePolydor'sVancouveroffice. cannot possibly have an inhibiting Friends 72", the annual interna- Dulcinea'.. . . Accion has issued dustry." He was previously a sales repre- tional pop song touring gala show, effect upon the future promotion sentative in the Toronto branch. a Spanish version of the French of a record because it has been re- featuring singers from eight East hit l'Aventura' by local act, the jected. The industry will only hear Europeancountriesand Cuba Chardens. Manolo Diaz, staff pro- openedinVilnius,withfurther of the successes . . . never fail- ducer of Accion, went to Paris to RCA Canada ures." appearances in Leningrad and Mos- supervise the recording of the disk. cow. Set Up Campus Infuture,the MLS willvote Company to Stone and Eric Charden were in each Tuesday, but only if a mini- Melodiya has released a stereo Madrid at the beginning of March mum of five 100 percent Cancon album of the Alexandrov choir of for radio and TV appearances. Radio Meet releases have been received. There Soviet Army in a program of mod- Ariola has issued a new record is a limit of 10 sides per vote. ern Russian composers, an album by Camilo Sesto called "Algo de TORONTO - RCA Records Study French of scored a first here recently with Record executives had been ex- Yugoslavian ABC groupre- Mi" which will also be included the presentation of Canada's first pressing concern that the old MLS corded during their recent stay in on his forthcoming album. The meeting between a record company rules were causing a lack of pro- Russiathreeflexiblesinglesby new material was recorded at the and representatives of campus ra- motion effort. "If your record won Cable TV pop singers Eduard Hill, Svetland Lansdowne studios in London and dio. the MLS, your promotion men Ryazanova, and M. Lukatch sing- featuresarrangementsbyReg PARIS - The State-owned ra- ing current Russian hits.... "Ob- Guest. Another Ariola act, Teddy This part of the media market wouldn't bother to do any work dioandtelevisionorganisation jectiff 71", a Bulgarian gala show Bautista, lead vocalist of Los Ca- has been traditionally neglected in on it,"explained one a&r man, starringBulgarian narios also recently recorded some Canada. "While if it lost, you just had to ORTF and the Posts and Telecom- singerBisser forget it. Either way, you usually municationsMinistry PTT, have Kirov,hascompleteditsfour - tracks at Lansdowne. Bautista was The idea came from Ontario . . lost." formed a joint company to study week tour of Russia. .Peter produced in London by UK record promotionman,JohnMurphy. the future of cable televisionin Meyers, a former clarinet player producer David Pardo. .. . French who feels that campus radio can The industry expressed optimism France. with Dutch Swing College band singer Regine (EMI) has been in have a large influence on record about the new rules of the MLS was here on a private visit to play Barcelona to tape an appearance sales. club, but there were some doubts The company, composed of five representativesfromeachorga- withLeningradDixielandand for `Luces En La Noche', the TVE raised about the necessity of re- other local traditional bands. The first get together went down movingforeignrepertoirefrom nisation, is called Societe Francaise program. so well that another has been pro- consideration. de Teledistribution.Itsprimary "Siberian Souvenir" is the title MARIA DOLORES ARACIL posed for May. Critics said that a residence re- function will be to determine pub- of a four -record set,released by Surprise guestsat the meeting quirementfor MLS submission licneeds inthe cable television Melodiya. ThesetfeaturesSi- werenewly -signed RCA field and also to study other areas berian artists, choruses, symphony TORONTO artists, would have been almost as effec- CHUM in Toronto dropped the the Everly Brothers. The brothers tive,withoutpreventingartists of use, such as a visual telephone orchestras and ensembles.Initial became involved in the debate and system. batchof50,000setshas been Wings' single, "Give Ireland Back from cutting foreign songs ina totheIrish"after"substantial suggested that today's radio pro- suppliedtoretailoutlets. . . . market where aggressive local pub- The only cable televisionsys- negative response from listeners." grammingisdiscriminatoryand lishingactivityisstillapipe tems presentlyoperatinginthe Composer Andrei Petrov is writing too restrictive. dream. country are in remote areas, no- an opera, "Peter the First" and the . . . MCA's Tom Northcott into tably in east and central France. score for a musical film "Aelita." Toronto this week for appearances . . .Lenconcert agency in Lenin- at Grumbles. MCA's Barry Paine Two progressive communities how- mounted a strongtie-in promo- ever,in Grenoble and the Paris grad launched three -concert jazz Canadian Distributor suburb of Creteil, have plans to series in February -March. On the tions campaign. . . . "Oops!" a install cable television to broad- bill featured were leading Lenin- musical satire by David Warrack, grad jazzartists and bands-Jo- at the Theatre in the Dell. . .. cast administrative information and London Records hosted a two-day educational programmes. seph Weinstein's big band, Gamma Ceases Operation The Jazz, David Goloshchekin's combo, sales meeting at its Montreal head- Monte Carlo authorities are also quarters recently. Head office ex- EDMONTON - Van Dusen company has concentrated itsef- interested in the system. With the Leningrad Dixieland. . . . Kom- Brothers, one ofAlberta's most forts in that area. formation ofthe new company somolskaya Pravda, a leading So- ecutives hosted the meet which was prominent record andtapedis- however, the future of the Gren- vietyouthdaily,hasreprinted attended by branch managers from tributors,hasceased Tape Distributors has branches PeteSteger'sarticle on the across the country. . . . Nimbus operation. in Edmonton and Vancouver. Bill oble and Creteil projects will be to- The company had handledsev- uncertain until the results of the day's interrelation of pop and folk released a new album by Home- Maxim, manager ofthe . . . eral major linesin the past,in- record study are known. music stead this week. Kinney has cludingAmpex,Motown, Van- division for several years, will as- switched the A side of new Aaroo sume senior managerial responsi- A private company had planned Melodiya has released an album Space single to "When She Smiles." guard and Capitol. toinstall cable televisioninan- of Giulli Tchohelli in a program bilities with Tape Distributors. .. The decision to close down stems other Paris suburb later this year, of current pop and jazz songs. On . RCAhosted a press party at from the company's entry into the Montreal's Playboy Club to coin- Vice president John Shields said ata cost of $4 link -up fee per three recently issued flexible disks cide appearance by new French rack jobbing field in1969.The that the rack jobbing operation will customer, butitis now believed arefeaturedpopsingersRaisa racker,TapeDistributors,met continuetoexpandthroughout this venture will have to operate Nemenova, Irina Brzevskaya, Mar- Canadian star, Danielle Jourdan. withso much successthatthe Western Canada. under the ORTF-PTT combine. garitaSuvorova,ValentinaTol- Van Records is currently cutting kunova and Vladimir Makarov. pianist/composer, Claudio Medei- ros,Strange Movies andsinger . . Melodiya's current classical reissue is a monaural two -record John Irvine.. .. Bruce Cockburn's set titled "The Art of Oscar Fried" third album, "Sunwheel Dance" is and featuring the German conduc- to be released by True North later torconductingBerlinerOpera's this month-it will mark the first orchestra and USSR State Sym- time Cockburn has used electric phony orchestra. instruments. . . .Columbia Rec- WESSEX ords hosted a press party for True LONDON V ADIM YURCHENKOV North's Syrinx at Grumbles this week. . . . John Lee Hooker fol- MADRID lows King Biscuit Boy into the Colonial. . . . Shirley Bassey at Luciano Fuentes, head of the O'Keefe Centre (21, 22 & 23). ... RCA promotion department, has GRT plans torelease Mainline's WESSEX left the company to join EMI in "Bump 'reGrind" concertasa LONDON a similar capacity. Meanwhile Joa- speciallivealbum. GRT's Ross quin Parejo, the former EMI pro- Reynolds also reports on the re- motion head has moved over to lease of a new re -mixed version of S the company's artistic department. the Joshua single, "Poor Folks." ... T Ediciones Quiroga has signed . . . Capitol is rushing out a new WESSEX a contract with the American mu- Edward Bear single entitled "Mas- LONDON Ii sic publishing firm, Gopam Enter- querade," another original by group 0 prises Inc. for the Spain and Por- member Larry Evoy, who penned tugal territories. The deal covers the recent national hit, "Fly Across 0 all Gopam companies, including the Sea." . . . Jethro Tull play Jodax, Semenyya and Taggie Mu- LONDON S Montreal Forum (Apr. 14), Ottawa sic.... Tony Ronald (Movieplay) Civic Centre (June3),Toronto's has recorded in Spanish the song Maple Leaf Gardens (4), Edmon- "I Love You Baby" by Daniel ton Gardens (8), Calgary Stam- ((,* WESSEX SOUND STUDIOS in partnership with Les Reed FOR DETAILS Vangarde. .. . Accion has released pede (9) and Vancouver Coliseum ,...... _/ 106 HIGHBURY NEW PARK LONDON N5 01-3590051 CONTACT BILLBOARD the latest disk by Aguaviva called (10).... Wild Turkey in Quebec MEMBERS Of THE ASSEXIA DON Of PRODSSIONAI RICORDING STUDIOS "Gianni," the song which was fea- City(23)and Montreal Forum tured at the recent Sam Remo song 52 (24). RITCHIE YORKE MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD International News Reports Russian Jukeboxes-Problems Increased Stereo Disk Production In Russia But A Great Potential MOSCOW-Melodiya record In the beginningof 1970 Melo- has moved into 1972 with the an- diya made an important change Continued from page 1 there are possibilities for other dis- group conducting servicing and a nual overall output exceeding 170 initsproductionpolicy-stereo tributors. sort of programming, occasional million units, and increasing stereo startedtobe replaced by com- established in Moscow and Len- Jukeboxesbecameknownin changing or replacing old disks for recordproduction, said Vasily patible disks. ingrad in early November, 1970, - early monthly payment of 20 rbl. ($25) Russia in the late Fifties Pakhomov, Melodiya generaldi- its withtheinstallationofseveral Sixties, when V/O Mashpriborin- from each location. rector. According to Pakhomov the Melodiya has already had games, as well as several jukeboxes torg, a division of the USSR Min- Thus there is no talk of "how list of the company's releases for "foot in the door" in the prere- installed. Entrance fee was fixed cordedcassette business through istryof Foreign Trade signed a often-how many records changed 1972 carries 1,200 titles, with all its launching compact cassette man- at20kopecks(25w)andplay deal with Poland's foreign trade per service call," or programming new symphony, chamber,opera prices 10, 15 and 20 kopecks. The companies. Under the deal Polish for various age groups. It would recordings. Most of the jazz, rock ufacturingattheRigapressing very first experience of operating industry acquired almost exclusive not be possible to determine the and easy listening material songs factory(utilizingEastGerman the amusement centers reveals the rights of supplying to Russia, Mel- music the customers want on the will be made in stereo. OSWO tape). fact, that coin operated machines omane Hi-Fi monaural jukeboxes, jukeboxes-most of cafes and bars Melodiya's general trend towards Initialbatchesofprerecorded could easily be big profit makers manufacturedbyUnitca-Fonica inRussia have no strong loyal increasing stereo releases is chiefly cassettes (with five sorts of pro- nationally. On a later date, when radio plant in Lodz. Thos 100 se- customer followings. Music played due to the mass production of a grams recorded)sellingat5.40 a Leningrad center was equipped lection, relatively inexpensive, (sold on the jukeboxesischiefly pop relativelyinexpensive home-made rubles ($6.00) a piece have been with more games (totalling 45 ma- at prices, equivalent to $100-$150), songs,easylistening,dancesof stereo phonograph, Accord -Stereo, distributed by Melodiya's record chinesitsoverallearning power though square looking, easily op- Russian -Polish origin(except for 99 rubles ($110), which has at long houses in Leningrad and Moscow. appeared to be over 2,500 roubles erated jukeboxes were located in the few locations where bartenders last appeared on the local market. However, buyers are very few, (about $3,125)aday,and top many Russiancafes,restaurants occasionally obtain some imported Before 1970 Melodiya's stereo the number of cassette recorders profitmakerswereanItalian and other resorts. Now it is rather rock disks). products (though not constituting is very limited in this country and made Crane (with small souvenirs hard to determine what number of Title strips are rather unsavory a large portion of the overall out- owners offirstRussian -made given to the winners). Other top jukeboxes is currently operated in looking. It seems, that in some lo- put) did not enjoy strong sales in- Desna recorder (a replica of an profit makers Wild Kingdom and this country-there is no national cations (particularly in small cities sideRussia for lack of playing earlyPhilips)and severalthou- Sea Devil provided 60 rbl. ($75) organization (like MOA) in charge there is no programming at all- facilities (two or three costly radio - sand imported foreign made re- and 40 rbl. ($50) respectively. After of jukebox handling, and there- disks are kept playing until they phonograph models manufactured corders (most of these Japanese) theinternationalAttraktzion'71 fore no statistics. At a very rough are worn out almost completely, by national industry could be af- cannotnaturallyconstituteany fair, amusement centers are biggest estimation there may be 25,000- then occasionally replaced one by forded by few). serious market yet. daily earning power of 1,500 rbl. 30,000 jukeboxes operating in this one. No quality sound may be (about $1,875)inTbilisi, where country. Since 1971 a brand new naturally expected under these con- only 14 games are operated now. model Fonica M-120 has begun ditions, but price of play is very In Baku, Voroshilovgrad and Kiev, to replace old McLomanes. Fonica low -5 kopecks (60. No royalty where gaming machines have been is also a monaural, 100 selection fees are paid. installed and are operated for the box. first time ever the new amusement Sets of Polish made 45's have AlltheSeeburgs,Rock-Olas, El Bran Hit facilitiesalsoattractwidespread been suppliedalongwithjuke- Wurlitzers,Prestigesandother public interest. There are certain boxes. The Russian record industry stereo jukeboxes exhibited at the possibilitiesforopening gaming ceased manufacturing 45 rpm disks Attraktzion'71fairwerepur- machines centers in several more many years ago (except for special chased by V/O Coyuzattraxtzion De Ni1RM! cities in Russia, even as eastward orders or requests from Melodiya's (and more stereo jukeboxes could as Alma-Ata. foreign distributors). bepossiblyboughtinfuture), One of the chief problems, con- Practically,no45'sare now stereo verses mono ratio locally cerningthegamesandforeign available in the local record stores. can not be considered seriously as made jukeboxesinoperationis But sets or any odd quantities of yet. reliability: some of the machines 45's (either domestic or imported As a matter of factjukebox appear to be weak, construction- fromPoland) may beordered strategy has not yet been worked ally and electronically-they were throughV/OSoyuzinventar, a out nationally, despite thousands PRESENTA A SUS not designed to meet the severe Moscow -basedtradingcompany, of jukeboxes are operated and tens operational requirements in Russia thesub -wholesalerforjukebox ofthousands more can belo- (due toa great public demand). owners. Prices of records vary from catedhereinthenearfuture. Another problem which has not 0,4 to 0,9 rbl. (80,5-$1.10) for a Jukeboxes are not yet real profit yetbeensolvedisthemainte- domestic and about 650fora makers, but they can easily be- DISTRIBUIDORESEXCLUSIVOS nance/spareparts-homemade Polish single. come so, when a good choice of substitutes(thoughaccordingto Jukebox programming, asitis records and adequate programming EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS the deals distributors are to supply understood in the general sense of are provided and playing prices spare parts during thefirst two the term, does not exist in Russia; therefore may be properly regu- years). The machines are serviced in Leningrad the local Public Ca- lated. There is great potentialin ( U. S. A.) now by Russianstaff (most of tering service, which operate local jukeboxes,inthisvastcountry, them with little technical instruc- cafes and restaurants-main juke- whichincreasinglyneedsmore Y CANADA tion or training from the manu- box locations-hasaspecialized and more music. facturers). No technical courses or seminars have been ever held here. cLe Yet at present the Russian staff is capable of coping with everyday maintenance of the equipment. London 'Rock Theater' Closes Interest to the electronic amuse- Continued from page 50 Commented Morris: "We seemed ments is great nationally, problems to have lived a lifetime in four concerning accommodating games EMI together with AIR London months. The group priceswere and stereo jukes are being steadily offered to provide further capital pretty fair and we were getting in solved. More and more coin ma- for Sundancer if certain conditions the position of drawing audiences. chines are needed, thus the national were met. The Sundancer board of The whole operation had just about coinmachine manufacturingin- directors,itisbelieved, did not reached the point of settling down, dustry will be developed shortly. respond to EMI's offer. after we had started the Rainbow Until the national companies are EMI neverthelessputfurther so quickly.The debts, however, strong enough to begin manufac- capitalinto Sundancer, primarily were too much for us." turingdomesticmachines, V/O to ensure that artists were paid, Morris will remaininBritain Soyuzattraktzion will be purchas- although the situation showed no as a theater producer, although no ing foreign made coin machines. improvement by the beginning of specific details of his future career Bo Billing and Amrex, Inc., a New this month and EMI, againto- have yet been announced. He is York trading company are domi- gether with AIR London, proposed part of a European network of nants in the local market and the the company should go into liqui- promoters and Morris told Bill- EN ESPAFJOL foremost expertsinsellingcoin dation. A creditors meeting will be board that he will continue to ful- called in two weeks time. fill his obligations in that field. The operated equipment to Russia. But Rainbow employed about 60 peo- ple, although only a core of the staff will remain with Morris in the future. The future of the theater itself isundecided. Morris told Music (Continued on page 64) Tape Duplication Beginning In Russia-Gelfand NEW YORK - The $300,000 shipment of cassette manufactur- ing marks "the beginning of tape ©WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS DERE (HOS RE SF RVADO S MUNDIALIAENTF duplication" in Russia, according to Audiomatic Corp. head, Milton Gelfand, who set up the deal with the Russian Melodiya firm. Pan American Records, Inc. Gelfand has been doing business with Melodiya since an initial 3751 WEST IFIth. STREET meeting in New York with their representativesthreeyearsago. MILTON GELFAND,president of Audiomatic Corporation, extreme left, The cassette equipment deal started with VasilyI.Pakhomov, director General of Melodia; Allen Weintraub, last June and Gelfand reckons that president of ElectroSound; Dmitri Katzman of Melodia; and Ed Lewin, theplants-twoarelocatedin marketing directorof Electro Sound. (Continued on page 64) when answering ads...Say You Saw It in the Billboard MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD 53 !HITS OF THE WORLD 40 36 HORSE WITH NO NAME- 2 MINA + Mina (PDU) 5 NUESTROS EXITOS DEL ANO ARGENTINA BRAZIL America (Warner Brothers) 3 IMAGINE-John Lennon (Apple) VOL. 1-VariosInterpretes (Courtesy:EscaleraaLa Fan:a) SAO PAULO -Kinney (Ian Samweli) 4 LUCIO BATTISTI-Vol. 40 + (CBS) SINGLES (Courtesy IBOPE) 41 46 BERNADETTE-Four Tops Lucio Battisti (Ricordi) 6SOLEDADES--*Juan Pardo (Zafiro) This LP's (Tamla Motown)-Jobete/ 5 SANTANA-Santana (CBS) 7 CONCIERTO DE BANGLA Week 6 STORIA DI UN MINUTO DESH-Bob Dylan, George This 42 43 MORNING HAS BROKEN- Premiata Forneria Marconi Harrison, etc. (CBS) 1 Month ROSAS A SANDRA-Sabu (M. Cat Stevens (Island)-Paul (Numero Uno) 8 SANTANA-3-Santana (CBS) Hall)-Pamsco-Kleiman 1 ROBERTO CARLOS-Roberto 2 Samwell-Smith (Freshwater) 7 LED ZEPPELIN-Led Zeppelin 9 EL VIOLINISTA EN EL EL FRESCALES-Luis Aguile Carlos (C.B.S.) 43 33 BRAND NEW KEY-Melanie (Atlantic) TEJADO-Soundtrack (Hispavox) (CBS)-Melograf (Buddah)-Peter Schekeryk 8 10 LO MEJOR DEL ANO, VOL. 8- 3 AMARILLO (Is This The Way To) 2 CONSTRUCAO-Chico Buarque PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION- -Tony Christie (MCA)-Flash (Philips) (Neighborhood/KPM Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Island) Some Groups and Artists (CBS) Columbia) 9 MEDDLE-Pink Floyd (Harvest) (Hispavox) 3 MEMORIAS DE UM SARGENTO 44 40 MOON RIVER-Greyhound 10ISLANDS-King Krimson (Island) 4 VEO VE0 . . . QUE VEST- -Martinho da Vila (RCA) (Famous Chappell)-Dave 11 THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA Katunga (RCA)-Relay 4 IMAGINE-John Lennon (Odeon) Bloxham (Trojan) DESH-George Harrison & SWEDEN 5 SE METE SE METE-Sociedad 5 MOACYR-Moacyr Franco 45 42I JUST CAN'T HELP Friends (Apple) Anonima (Odeon)-Relay (Copacabana) BELIEVING-ElvisPresley 12 COLLAGE-Onne (Philips) (Courtesy:RadioSweden) 6 EL SOLDADITO-La Compania RCA (Screen -Gems/ 13 PAWN HEARTS-Vander Graf SINGLES (CBS) Columbia) Generator (Philips) This 7 AMADA AMANTE-Roberto BRITAIN 46 - I'M GONNA BE A 14 BUON ANNIVERSARIO-Charles Week Carlos (CBS) COUNTRY GIRL AGAIN Aznavour (Barclay) 8 POUR UN FLIRT-Sabu (M. Hall); (Courtesy Record & Tape Retailer) 1 PAUL SIMON (LP)-Paul Simon Sebastian Lee (EMI); Fausto *Denotes local origin -Buffy Sainte -Marie 15 FIREBALL-Deep Purple (Harvest) (CBS)-Sonet Papetti (M. Hall); Caravel(CBS) ThisLast Vanguard (Essex)-Bob 2JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 9 SACRAMENTO (A Wonderful Week Week Lurie/Maynard Solomon (LP)-Various Artists (MCA)- Town)-Middle Of The Road 47 - SMOKE GETS IN YOUR JAPAN Universal-Film 1 1 WITHOUT YOU-Nilsson EYES-Blue Haze A&M 3 HIMSELF (LP)-Gilbert O'Sullivan (RCA) (RCA)-Richard Perry (Chappell)-Phillip Swern/ (Courtesy Music Labo Inc.) (MAM)-April 10 CARTAS AMARILLAS-Nino (Apple) Johnny Arthey 4 POPPA JOE-Sweet (RCA)- Bravo (Polydor) 2 2 AMERICAN PIE-Don 48 39 BABY I'M -A WANT YOU- SINGLES This Sweden McLean (United Artists)- Bread (Elektra)--David 5 IS THIS THE WAY TO LP's Ed Freeman (United Gates (Screen Gems/ Week AMARILLO-Tony Christie This Artists) Columbia) 1 CHISANA K01-*Mari Amachi (MCA)-ATV-Kirshner Month 3 4 BEG STEAL OR BORROW- 49 50 STAY WITH ME-Faces (CBS/Sony) Rhythm Music 6 HARVEST (LP)-Neil Young 1 VERANO EN ALTA TENSION- New Seekers-Polydor (Warner Brothers)-Kinney 2 WAKARE NO ASA-Pedoro & (Reprise)-Silver Fiddle Various (RCA) (Valley) David Mackay (Glyn Johns) Capricious (Atlantic) Suiseisha 7 THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA 2 MUSICA EN LIBERTAD, 4 3 SON OF MY FATHER- 50 - SWEET TALKING GUY- 3 SHUCHAKU EKI-*Chiyo DESH (LP)-Various Artists VOL. 3-Various (M. Hall) Chicory Tip (CBS)-R. Chiffons London-(Robert Okumura (Toshiba) Watanabe (CBS)-Various 3 MEDITERRANEO-Joan Manuel Easterby/D. Champ (ATV Mellin) 4 YUKIAKARI NO MACHI- 8 GET ME SOME HELP-Tony Serrat (Odeon) Kirshner) *Rumiko Koyanagi (Reprise) Ronald (Metronome)-Sweden 4ARGENTINISSIMA-Various 5 7 MOTHER AND CHILD Watanabe 988-ORES-REVYN (LP)-Hasse (Microfon) REUNION-Paul Simon FRANCE 5 AME NO AIRPORT -80 Yan Hui Alfredsson, Tage Danielsson & 5 LOS FABULOSOS VEINTE- (CBS)-Paul Simon (Pattern) Hui (Toshiba) Takarajima Gunnar Svensson (Svenska Ljud)- Various (Microfon) 6 9 ALONE AGAIN (Naturally) National 6 TOMODACHI YO NAKUNJYA Various Gilbert O'Sullivan-Main (Courtesy Centre d'Enformatlon et de NAI-*Kensaku Morita (RCA) 10 SACRAMENTO-Middle of the (MAM) Gordon Mills Documentation du Dimple) Sun Music ROAD (RCA)-Edition Liberty 7 6 GOT TO BE THERE- SINGLES 7 TOMODACHI-*Saori Minami AUSTRALIA Michael Jackson (Tamla This (CBS/Sony) Nichion (Courtesy Go Set) Motown)-Hal Davis Week 8 AN OLD-FASHIONED LOVE SWITZERLAND SINGLES (JobetCarlin) SONG-Three Dog Night 8 5 BLUE IS THE COLOUR- 1 ELLE, JE NE VEUX QU'ELLE- (Courses) Radio Suisse Romande) This Ringo Willy Cat (Carrere) (Dunhill) Week Chelsea Football Team 9THAT'S THE WAY A WOMAN SINGLES (Penny Farthing)-Larry 2 L'AVVENTURA-Stone, Eric IS-Messengers (Rare Earth) This 1 AMERICAN PIE-Don McLean Page (Stirling MacQueen) Charden(Discodis) Jobete/Taiyo Week (United Artists) 9 3 POUR LA FIN DU MONDE- 10 MEET ME ON THE CORNER 10 AKUMA GA NIKUI-*Takao 1 SACRAMENTO-Middle of the 2 RANGER'S WALTZ-Mom & Dads -Lindisfarne (Charisma) Gerard Palaprat (Discodis) Hirata & Sellstars (Dan) Road (RCA) (Crescendo) Bob Johnston (Hazy) 4 CE N'EST RIEN-Julien Clerc Tokyo 12 channel 3 (Pathe-Marconi) 2 TELEGRAM SAM-T. Rex (Ariola) BRAND NEW KEY-Melanie 10 15 MOTHER OF MINE-Neil 11 NIJI TO YUKI NO BALLADE- 3 MAGGIE MAY-Rod Stewart (Buddah) Reid (Decca)-Dick Rowe/ 5 DE TOI-Gerard Lenorman (CBS) *Toi et Moi (Liberty) Alfa Music (Mercury) 4 CHERISH-David Cassidy (Bell) Ivor Raymonde (Chappell) 6 VIENS AVEC NOUS-Triangle 12 SHE'S JUST MY KIND GIRL- 4 LET IT ROCK-Rolling Stones 5 MY WORLD-Bee Gees (Spin) 11 16 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (Pathe-Marconi) Bjorn & Benny (Epic) Shinko 6 DAY BY DAY-Colleen Hewitt 7IL-Gerard Lenorman (CBS) (Rock) -Donnie Elbert (Avco) 13 NAZE-*Akira Fuse (King) 5 BLACK DOG-Led Zeppelin (Festival) (Jobete/Carlin) 8JE M'ECLATE AU SENEGAL- Watanabe (Atlantic) 7 ERNIE-Benny Hill (Columbia) 12 12 POPPA JOE-Sweet (RCA)- Martin Circus (Vogue) 14NAMIDA-*Junli Inoue (Philips) 6 SOLEY SOLEY-Middle of the 8 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE Phil Wainman (Chinnichap/ 9 LE RIRE DU SERGENT-Nichel Nippon TV Music Road (RCA) WORLD TO SING- Rak) Sardou (Philips) 15 LOVE-Lettermen (Capitol) Folster 7 New Seekers (Philips) 13 10 L'AMOUR CA FAIT PASSER LE JEEPSTER-T. Rex (Ariola) 8 LOOK WOT YOU DUN- 16 KEKKON SHIYO YO-*Takuro 8 ACROPOLIS ADIEU-Mireille 9 CAPTAIN ZERO-Mixtures (Fable) Slade (Polydor)-Chas. TEMPS-Marcel Ansont (CBS) Yoshida (CBS/Sony) P.M.P. Mathieu (Barclay) 10 COS I LUV YOU-Slade (Polydor) Chandler (Barn/Schroeder) 17 KAMOMEMACHI 9ELLE, JE NE VEUX QU'ELLE- 14 11 STORM IN A TEA CUP- International MINATOMACHI-*Hiroshi Itsuki Ringo (Carrere) LP's Fortunes (Capitol)-R. This (Minoruphone) Nichion 10 UNE ROSE POUR SANDRA- This Cook/R. Greenaway (ATV Week 18 THE MUSIC PLAYED-Udo Jimmy Frey (Philips) Month Kirshner) 1 BABY, I FEEL SO FINE- Jurgens (Polydor) Suiseisha 15 17SAY YOU DON'T MIND- 1 TEASER AND THE FIRECAT- Gilbert Montagne (CBS) 19 AISURU HITO WA HITORI- Cat Stevens (Island) Colin Blunstone (Epic)- 2 POP CONCERTO-Pop Concerto *Kiyohiko Ozaki (Philips) Nichion WEST GERMANY 2 LED ZEPPELIN - Chris White/Ron Argent Orchestra (Discodis) 20 YO GA AKETE-*Sumiko (Srta Florid a) 3 THEME FROM SHAFT-Isaac Sakamoto (CBS/Sony) Nichion (Courtesy Sehaliplatte) 3 TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN- 16 13DAYpa AFTER DAY- Hayes (Polydor) SINGLES Cat Stevens (Island) Badfinger (Apple)-George 4 THE FOOL-Gilbert Montagne This 4 IMAGINE-John Lennon (Apple) Harrison (Apple) (CBS) Week 5 BEST OF THE BEE GEES- 17 19 GIVE IRELAND BACK TO MEXICO (Spin) 5 SAMSON AND DELILAH- 1 SACRAMENTO (A Wonderful 6 BANGLA DESH CONCERT- THE IRISH-Wings (Apple) Middle of the Road (RCA) (Courtesy Radio Mil) Sound)-Middle of the Road Various Artists (Apple) Paul & Linda McCartney 6 RED MAN-Barry Ryan (Polydor) SINGLES (RCA) RCA 7 WILD LIFE-Wings (Apple) (Norther/Kidney Punch) 7 COZ I LUV YOU-Slade (Polydor) This 2 KOMM, GIB MIR DEINE HAND- 8 TRAFALGAR-Bee Gees (Spin) 18 27 FLOY JOY-Supremes-Tamia 8 DA GA DE LI DA-Black Swann Week Tony Marshall (Ariola) 9 BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS, Motown (Jobete/Carlin) (Polydor) Young/Intro W. Robinson 9 MY WAY-Nina Simone (RCA) 1 DESIDERATA-Arturo Benavides VOL. 2-(CBS) 19 25 (Warner Bros.) 3 DU LEBST IN DEINER WELT- 10AZTECS LIVE-(Havoc) IT'S ONE OF THOSE 10 THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW Daisy Door (Ariola) Arabella NIGHTS-Partridge Family ORLEANS-Redbone (Epic) 2 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL- 4I WILL RETURN-Springwater (Bell) Wes Farrell (Screen (Vete Muchachita) Donny Osmond (Polydor) Intro Gems/Columbia) LP's (MGM) 5 ER 1ST NICHT WIE DU- BELGIUM (Dutch) 20 23DESIDERATA-Les Crane This 3 COMO HAS HECHO-Los Lazo Marianne Rosenberg (Philips) LP's (Warner)-Fred Werner/Les Month (Orfeon) Tadio Tele/Intro (Courtesy Humo) Crane (Screen Gems/ ICE N'EST RIEN-Julien Clerc 4 THEM CHANGES (Cambios)- 6 AMARILLO-Tony Christie (MCA) This Columbia) (Pathe-Marco ni) Buddy Miles (Mercury) Kirshner/Intro Month 21 30 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP 2 THIERRY LE LURON, VOL. 2- 5 QUE SEAS FELIZ-Rafael Vazquez 7 SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE Argent-Epic (Berulam) Rod Thierry Le Luron (Pathe-Marconi) (Musart) YOU-Congregation (Columbia) 1 TOP OF THE POPS-Various Argent/Chris White 3 GEORGES BRASSENS-Georges 6 NO TENGO DINERO- MdW Artists (Discobel) 22 21 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE Brassens (Philips) Juan Gabriel (RCA) 8 ICH TRAUME MIT OFFENEN 2 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD-Middle WORLD TO SING-New 4 JEAN FERRAT CHANTE 7 EL AUSENTE-Lorenzo de AUGEN VON DIR-Ulli Martin of the Road (RCA) Seekers (Polydor)-Cookaway ARANGON-Jean Ferrat Monteclaro (Gas) (Philips) Discoton 3 HARVEST-Neil Young (CBS) (Dav Macka (Barclay) 8 EL BORRIQUTTO-Peret (Musart) 9 JEEPSTER-T. Rex (Ariola) 4 DERTIEN HITS VAN NU-Various 23 22FLIRT-id Jonathany)King 5 OLYMPIA '71-Thierry Le Luron 9 MI AMOR ES PARA TI- Sikorski Artists (Polydor) (Decca)-Jonathan King (Pathe-Marconi) Los Solitarios (Peerless) 10 SPOON-Can (United Artists) 5 BANGLA DESH-(Apple) (Leeds) 6 LE RIRE DU SERGENT-Michel 10 ROSAS ROJAS-Massimo Ranieri 24 14 HAVE YOU SEEN HER- Sardou (Philips) (CBS) Chi-Lites (MCA)-Copyright 7 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE YUGOSLAVIA BELGIUM (French) Control (Eugene Record) WEST-Soundtrack (RCA) 25 18 TELEGRAM SAM-T. Rex 8 THE ARISTOCRATS-Soundtrack SOUTH AFRICA SINGLES LP's (T. Rex)-Tony Visconti (Ades) This (Wizard) 9 CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH- (Courtesy: Southern African Record Week (Courtesy Telemoustique) Manufacturers and Distributors Assn.) This 26 37 TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LAST Ravi Shankar, George Harrison 1 LJUBAV/VATRA (Love/Fire)- Month -Engelbert Humperdinck- (Apple/DPI) SINGLES Olivera Katarina (RTB) Decca (Screen Gems/ 10 NOUVEL ALBUM-Joe Dassin This 2 POSLE KAZU CIGA LUD 1 JULIEN CLERC-Julien Clerc (EMI) Columbia) Gordon Mills (CBS) Week (Borriquito)-7 Mladih (RTB) 27 29 THE BABY-Hollies (Polydor) 3 2 1 MOTHER-Barbra Streisand (CBS) SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE SHAFT-Isaac Hayes (Polydor) Don Richards (April) YOU-Congregation (Jugoton) 3 WILD LIFE-Wings (Apple) 28 24 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU HOLLAND Northern, GRC 4 DOK PALME NJISU GRANS 4 JOE DASSIN-Joe Dassin (CBS) -Sonny and Cher (MCA)- 2 BRAND NEW KEY-Melanie 5 POPPYS-Poppys (Barclay) (Courtesy Radio Veronica and Bas (Buddah) Neighborhood, Gallo (While Palms Are Swinging Their United Artists (Snuff *Denotes local origin 3 SOLEY SOLEY-Middle of the Branches)-Dubrovacki Trubaduri 6 BANGLA DESH-Differents Garrett) Columbia (Jugoton) artistes(CBS) 29 SINGLES Road (RCA) Laetrec, Teal 20 MY WORLD-Bee Gees 4I WILL RETURN-Springwater 5 ZALIJ TO CVECE SUZAMA 7 LED ZEPPELIN-Led Zeppelin (Polvdor)-Bee Gees/ This SRECE (Cover These Flowers (Barclay) R. Stigwood (Abigail/Robin Week (Polydor) Jigsaw, Trutone 8 CLAUDE FRANCOIS-Claude 5 MOTHER-John Lennon with Tears of Joy)-Miso Kovac Gibb) 1 SACRAMENTO-Middle of the (Studio) Francois (Philips) 30 28 SLEEPY SHORES-Johnny Road (RCA) Universal (Parlophone) Northern, EMI 9 BLACK MOISES-Isaac Hayes 6(IS THIS THE WAY TO 6 IS THIS THE WAY TO Pearson Orchestra (Penny 2 I SAW YOU-Seemon & Marijke AMARILLO)-Tony Christie AMARILLO-Tony Christie (Polydor) Farthing)-RPM (RPM (A&M Records) Basart (Jugoton) 10 PRINCIPAUX SUCCES--Maurice Prod.) 3 (MCA) Laetrec, Gallo POPPO JOE-Sweet (RCA) 7 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING 7 KUKAVICA (Coo Coo Bird)- Chevalier (Decca) 31 26LET'S STAY TOGETHER- 4I JUST CAN'T HELP Korni Grupa (RTB) Green (London, Burlington) BELIEVIN'-Elvis Presley (RCA) -Elvis Presley (RCA) Laetrec, 8 POPPA JOE-The Sweet (Jugoton) 32 Screen Gems Benelux Teal 38 BROTHER CCS-R AK (CSS/ 8 SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE 9 ANDJELINA (Angelina)-Dusko BRAZIL RAK) Mickie Most 5 SCHONE MAID-Tony Marshall YOU-Congregation (Columbia) Lokin (Jugoton) RIO DE JANEIRO 33 49 HEART OF GOLD-Neil (Ariola) Basart -Cookaway, EMI 10 NE PRICAJ MAMI (Don't Tell (Courtesy IBOPE) Young (Reprise)-Kinney 6 OLLEKE BOLLEKE-*Vader 9 COUSIN NORMAN-Marmalade Mama)-Zoran Milivojevic (RTB) This (Neil Young/Elliot Mazer) Abraham (11Provincien) Bospel (Decca) Catrine, Gallo Month 34 47 WHAT IS LIFE-Olivia 7 MORNING HAS BROKEN-Cat Newton -John (Pye)- Stevens (Island) Dayglow 10I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE LP's 1 ROBERTO CARLOS-Roberto. WORLD TO SING-New This Carlos (CBS) Harrisones (Welch/Farrar) 8L'AVVENTURA-Stone & Eric Seekers (Philips)-Cookaway, Mouth 35 41 THEME FROM THE Charden (Omega)-Gerard Trutone 2 SAMBAS ENREDOS-Varios ONEDIN LINE-Vienna Tournier NV 1 IMAGINE-John Lennon (Jugoton) (AESEG) Philharmonic Orchestra 9 WAT HEB JE GEDAAN, DAAN- 2 A TI SE NE DAJ (And You Don't 3 BANDEIRA 2 INTERNACIONAL (Decca) .Burlington *Adele Bloemendaal (Philips) Give Away)-Drago Mlinarec -Varios (Som Livre) 36 31 LOVING YOU AIN'T EASY Dayglow SPAIN (Jugoton) 4 CONSTRUCAO-Chico Buarque -Pagliaro (Pye)-George 10 HOW DO YOU DO-*Mouth & 3 MISO KOVAC-Miso Kovac (Philips) (Courtesy El Musical) Lagios (ATV Kirshner) McNeal (Decca) Basart *Denotes local origin (Jugoton) 5 TIM MAIA-Tim Maia (Polydor) 37 32 THE PERSUADERS-John 4 WILD LIFE-Wings (Jugoton) 6 EXPORTACAO MUSICAL-The Barry Orchestra (CBS)- LP's 5 BEST OF ELLA-Ella Fitzgerald Fevers (London) ATV Kirshner (John Barry) ITALY This (RTB) 7 MEMORIAS DE UM SARGENTO 38 35JESUS-Cliff Richard Month 6 MAHALIA-Mahalia Jackson DE MILICIAS-Martinho da Vila (Courtesy Discographia Internationale) (Columbia)-Burlington LP's I MEDITERRANE0-*Juan Manuel (RTB) IMAC (Nick Ingman/Norrie Serrat (Zafiro) 7SUPERGROUPS-Various Artists 8 GINE-JohnLennon (Apple) Paramor) This 2 ESCUCHAME-*Mari Trim (RTB) 9 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND-Johnny 39 Month Mathis (CBS) 34 DAY BY DAY-Holly (Hispavox) 8 CHERPI CHERPI, CHEEP- Sherwood (Be11)-Tony 1 NON AL DENARO, NON 3 IMAGINE-John Lennon (EMI) Middle of the Road (Jugoton) 10 MOACIR ESPECIAL-Moacir Orlando (Valanda Chappell) ALL'AMORE NE' AL CIELO 4 WINGS WILD LIFE-The Wings 9 MIKI-Miki Jevremovlc (Jugoton) Franco (Copacabana) (M. Gordon/T. Orlando) Fabrizio De Andre (PROD. ASS.) (EMI) 10 ARSEN-Arsen Dedic (Jugoton) 54 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD "LOVE THEME FRONI Listen to ours. THE GODFAVIER"PAUL NIAURIAT On MGM Records t., (K-14378). The records listed on this page represent the .new TODD RUNDGREN-I SAW THE LIGHT (2:59) BILLY JOEL-TOMORROW IS TODAY (3:25) additions and picks of more than 150 radio stations (prod: ToddRundgren)(writer: Rundgren)(Earmark/Screen Gems - (prod:ArtieRipp)(writer:Joel)(Higher/Rippartha/Mazur, ASCAP) in 50 markets polled each week for Top 40, MOR, Columbia, BMI) Flip: "Marlene" (3:54) Earmark/Screen Gems -Colum- Flip:"Everybody Loves You Now" (2:40) (Higher/Rippartha/Mazur, country and soul, along with the picks of the Bill- bia, EMI) BEARSVILLE 0003 (Warner Bros). ASCAP) FAMILY 0906 (Famous). board Review Board. The picks are basedupon the RADIO ACTION: KQWB (Fargo); WPOP (Hartford). commercial potency of the disc. DR. JOHN-IKI IKO (3:10) AL MARTINO-LOVE THEME FROM "THE GOD- (prod:JerryWexler & HaroldBattiste)(writers:Jones -Jones -Jones - Thomas) (Ace-Trio/Melder, BMI) Flip: No info available. FATHER" (2:59) ATCO 6882. (prod:PeteDe Angelis)(writers:Rota-Kusik) (Famous, ASCAP)Flip: "I Have But One Heart" (2:52) (Famous, ASCAP) CAPITOL 3313. GARY ST. CLAIR-DR. ROCK & ROLL (2:50)

RADIO ACTION: WHDH (Boston); KIRO (Seattle). (prod: Tim O'Brien) (writer:St.Clair) (125th Street, ASCAP) Flip: No POP info available.PARAMOUNT 0155. JAMES DARREN-I THINK SOMEBODY LOVES PAUL SIMON-ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE ME (3:08) SCHOOLYARD (2:40) (prod:Ritchie Adams) (writer:Ingram, Jr.) (Kahl/Power House, BMI) (prod: Flip: No info available. KIRSHNER 63-1012 (RCA). Roy Halee/PaulSimon) (writer:Simon) (CharingCross,BMI) Flip: No info available. COLUMBIA 4-45585. also recommended RADIO ACTION: WMAK (Louisville); WTIX (New Orleans); WSCR (Bir- THINK-IT'S NOT THE WORLD-IT'S THE PEOPLE mingham); WKBW (Buffalo). (3:18) FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION-Love Isthe Way ofLife(The Humble Stranger) (prod: Lou Stallman & Bobby Susser) (writers: Stallman-Susser) (Songs (2:55) (prod:Ray Cork,Jr.)(writers:Shuman -Brooks) (Golden Bough, ASCAP) RCA 74-0679. NEW SEEKERS-BEG, STEAL OR BORROW (2:48) For Everybody, BMI) Flip: "Who Are You To Tell Me What To Do?" (1:58) (Songs For Everybody, BMI) LAURIE 3594. JOHNNIE TAYLOR (The Soul Philosopher)-Doing My Own Thing (Part 1) (prod:David Mackay) (writers: Cole -Hall -Wolfe) (Leeds, ASCAP)Flip; (3:30)(prod: DonDavis(writer:Snyder)(Conquistador, ASCAP Noinfoavailable. ELEKTRA 45780. STAX 0122. CYMARRON-RIGHT CAN BE SO WRONG (3:05) RADIO ACTION: WABQ (Cleveland).

(prod:Chips Moman) (writer:Mainegra)(Press,BMI)Flip: Noinfo RICHIE HAVENS-Where You Gonna Run To? (2:55) (prod:Richie Ha- BETTY WRIGHT-I'M GETTING TIRED BABY/IF available.ENTRANCE 7506 (CBS). vens) (writer: Wilson) (Stormy Forest, ASCAP) STORMY FORREST Opp., YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME 664 (MGM). ... I (2:45/2:59) CHARLES WRIGHT AND THE WATTS 103rd STREET BAND-I've Got MAC & KATIE KISSOON-I'VE FOUND MY FREE- Love (2:32) (prod: Charles Wright) (writer: Power/Warner-Tamer- (prod:Willie Clarke & Clarence Reid) (writers: Reid -Clarke) (Sherlyn, lane, BMI) WARNER BROS. 7577. BMI) ALSTON 4609 (Atlantic) DOM (2:10) (prod:MikiDalton)(writers:Ritchie -Spence)(Hill& Range Songs, FLUDD-Get Up, Get Out and Move On (3:06) (prod: Adam Mitchell) RADIO ACTION: WGIV (Charlotte,North Carolina); WABC (Cleveland); BMI)Flip:"Love Came Today"(2:20)(Campbell -Connelly, ASCAP) (writers:Pilling -Pilling)(Underwater,ASCAP) WARNER BROS. KGFJ (Los Angeles) BELL 45-198. 7576.

AL WILSON-Heavy Church (2:55) (prod: Marc Gordon) (writer:Day) (Viva/Wren, BMI) ROCKY ROAD 30,060 (Bell). RINGO STARR-BACK OFF BOOGALOO (3:21) HOLLIES-THE BABY (3:38) MAL-Mighty Mighty and RolyPoly(2:38)(prod:GiacomoTosti) (prod: George Harrison) (writer: Starkey) (Startling, BMI) Flip: "Blind (prod: RonRichards) - (writer:Taylor)(Blackwood/Back Road,BMI) (writers: Stott-Capuano-Capuano) (Sunbury, ASCAP) RCA 74-0682. man" (2:41) (Startling, BMI) APPLE 1849 Flip: No info available. EPIC 5-10842 (CBS). RADIO ACTION: WDRC (Hartford) WINDOWS-How Do You Do (3:40)(writers:Van Hemert-VanHoof) (Warner Bros, ASCAP) VIRGO 501(Roulette). ED AMES-AND I LOVE YOU SO (3:52) SIG SAKOWICA with DAVID ROMAINE ORCH-My DayBegins And Ends With You (2:11)(writers: Trace -Romaine -Abrams) (Brandon, LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND-MOTHER OF MINE/ (prod:Joe Reisman) (writer:McLean) (Mayday/Yahweh Tunes, BMI) ASCAP) MISKAWAKA 1706. LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL (2:26/ Flip: "The Ship" (3:12) (Leeds, ASCAP) RCA 74-0678. RED, WILDER, BLUE-I Believe In You (2:41) (prod: Al Schmitt) (writ- 2:15) er; Ballew)(Dimension,BMI) PENTAGRAM 212(ifiva/W (prod: Alan Osmond-Mike Curb -Don Costa/Mike Curb & Perry Botkin, R. DEAN TAYLOR-TAOS NEW MEXICO (3:10) Bros). Jr.)(Writer:Parkinson/Kingsley) (Chappell, ASCAP/Burda/Virgin Ear, (prod:R. Dean Taylor) (writer:Taylor) (Jobette, BMI)Flip:No info AL TRACE ORCH with EDDY HOWARD-Little Lost Angel (2:40) (writers: ASCAP) MGM 14376. available.RARE EARTH 5041 (Motown). Trace -Trace -Romaine) (Forster, ASCAP) MISHAWAKA 1900.

SMILEY MONROE-Secret Agent Seven *Double* 0 (2:20) (prod: Gene Breedon) (writers: McMillan -Monroe -Simpson) (Central Songs/ Plague, BMI) PORTLAND 1006. i;o1COUNTRY RADIO ACTION: KFDI (Wichita). also recommended BILL MACK-Adonna (Keeps Blowin' My Mind) (1:53) (prod:Bill Mack) ANTHONY ARMSTRONG JONES-IT'S A CRYIN' (writer: Mack) (Acuff -Rose, BMI) HICKORY 1628. FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION-Love Isthe WayofLife(TheHumble SHAME (2:34) Stranger) (See Pop Pick). (prod:Cliff Williamson)(writers:Lambert -Potter)(Trousdale/Soldier, CHARLES WRIGHT and the Watts 103rd Street Band-I've Got Love BMI) Flip: "Mine, Mine, Mine" (2:06)(Click, ASCAP) CHART 5157. (See Pop Pick). RADIO ACTION: WINN (Louisville); KFDI (Wichita); WEXL (Detroit).

EL DORADOS-Loose Booty (Part1)(2:40) (prod:Flubadub) (writers: SOUL Bass-Mondrus) (Pollyday, BMI) PAULA 369 (Jewel). ARLENE HARDEN-A SPECIAL DAY (2:58) WI (prod: Frank Jones) (writer: Harden) (Two Rivers, BMI) Flip: No info BETTY WRIGHT - I'M GETTIN' TIRED BABY/IF SOUL-TellItLikeItIs(2:48)(prod:SteveFeldman -RichardTal- available.COLUMBIA 4-45577. madge)(writers: Hancock -Hawkins)(Catalogue,BMI)MUSICOR YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME 1454. (See Pop Pick) O.B. McCLINTON-DEEP IN THE HEART OF ME BAD SMOKE-CrawlY'All(Part 1 (2:59)(prod:MarlinMcNichols) (writers:Davis-Williams-Flemister)(Andromeda/Tedrolee, ASCAP) (2:43) JOHNNIE TAYLOR (THE SOUL PHILOSOPHER- CHESS 2124. (prod: Jim Malloy)(writer:Bullard)(East/Memphis,BMI)Flip:No info available.ENTERPRISE 9044 (Stax/Volt). DOING MY OWN THING (PART I) RADIO ACTION: WMQM (Memphis); KWJJ (Portland). (See Pop Pick)

NORRO WILSON-THE SWEET LIPS THAT KISS BILL BRANDON-STOP THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND ME GOOD MORNING (2:51) (3:09) HOT CHART (prod: Bob Ferguson) (writer: McAlpin) (Acclaim, BMI) Flip: "The Gift (prod:Clinton Moon/Sam Dees)(writers: Moon -Dees -Gardner) (Moon - of Love" (2:54) (Gallico/Altam, BMI) RCA 74-0677. song,BMI)Flip:"I'm a Believer Now" (3:403 (Moonsong,BMI) MOONSONG 9001 (Mercury). RADIO ACTION: WAOK (Atlanta); WDIA (Memphis); WAWA (Milwaukee); ACTION WABQ (Cleveland). 14 *(33) ROCKIN' ROBIN-Michael Jackson (Motown) also recommended ROSCOE ROBINSON-DON'T SET ME FREE (2:55) 17 *(42) FIRST TIME EVERI SAW YOUR FACE-Roberta Flack, Atlan- tic. (prod:WillieHutch)(writers:Hutch -Wakefield)(Jobete,BMI)Flip: Satisfied" (3:00) (Su -Ma, BMI) PAULA 365 (Jewel). 18 *(30) BETCHA, BY GOLLY, WOW-Stylistics, Avco FLOYD CRAMER-Detour (2:40) (prod: Chet Atkins) (writer: Westmore- land) (Hill & Range Songs, BMI) RCA 74-0674. 32 (58) DAY DREAMING-Aretha Franklin Atlantic. REX ALLEN, JR.-1 Honky TonkedAllThe Way Back Home (2:38) SISTERS LOVE-MR. FIX -IT MAN (2:59) 37 *(63) GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH-Wings, Apple. (prod:Steve S. Singleton) (writers:Burch -Dinning) (GreenIsle/ (prod:WillieHutch)(writers:Hutch -Wakefield)(Jobete,BMI)Flip: Burch, BMI) PLANTATION 89 (SSS International). No info available.MIWEST 5014 (Motown). 53 *(78) VINCENT-Don McLean, United Artists.

I 56 MARCH 25, 1972, BILLBOARD The M.O.R. Smash "THEeANDYeklAN" CK- 143201 bYgAMMYDAVIg also breakingTop 40 in Philadelphia,Detroit,Seattle,Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Hartford from his new album "SAMMY DAVIS JR. NOW" (SE -48321

972 MGM Record Corp. MGMY 1 le TITLE, Weeks On Chart TITLE, Weeks On Chart )c TITLE, Weeks On Chart VOW V2m4 V),LaJ Ei STAR PERFORMER- 3 Artist (Producer) Label, Number (Distributing Label) H".35 Artist (Producer) Label, Number (Distributing Label) I- 53 Artist (Producer) Label, Number (Distributing Label) ordsshowinggreats increaseinretailsail activity over the previo * 2A HORSE WITH NO NAME 6 34 35 GLORY BOUND 7 68 64 (Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me a) America(IanSamwell), Warner Bros. 7555 Grass week, based on actu Roots(SteveBarri),Dunhill 4302 MERCEDES BENZ 9 market reports. GooseCreek Symphony (GooseCreekSymphony), 1 HEART OF GOLD 8 35 39 EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE 9 Capitol3246 Neil Young (Elliot Mazer & Neil Young), Bobby Vinton (Jimmy Bowen), Epic 5-10822 (CBS) Reprise1065 69 57 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 9 36 37 NO ONE TO DEPEND ON 7 Shirley Bassey (JohnBarry), United Artists 50845 3 LION SLEEPS TONIGHT 13 Santana (Santana),Columbia4-4552 Robert John (Hank Medress & Dave Appell), 70 75 Records Industry Assoc Atlantic2846 LIVING WITHOUT YOU 5 Of Americo seal 63 GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH 3 ManfredMann's EarthBand(David Mackay), Wings (The McCartneys), Apple 1847 Polydor 14113 certificationas "milli* lor 9 PUPPY LOVE 5 seller."(Sealindicated Donny Osmond (Mike Curb & Don Costa), 45 71 73 MGM 14367 (The Day IFound You Was) WHAT IT IS 5 by bullet.) Undisputed Truth (Norman Whitfield), THE DAY I FOUND MYSELF 6 Gordy 7114 (Motowr) 5 6 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION 8 Honey Cone(Staff),Hot Wax 7113(Buddah) Paul Simon(RoyHalee/PaulSimon), 72 76 BE MY LOVER Columbia4-45547 39 41 COULD IT BE FOREVER 6 For Week Ending Alice Cooper (BobEzrin), Warne March 25, 1972 DavidCassidy(Wes Farrell),Bell45-187 Bros. 756E 6 4 WITHOUT YOU 15 Nilsson(RichardPerry),RCA 74-0604 43 DO YOUR THING 5 73 67 DO WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO 5 Isaac Hayes (IsaacHayes), Enterprise 9042 BobbyBland(JayWellington),Duke472 8 THE WAY OF LOVE 9 (Stax/Volt) Cher (SnuffGarrett),Kapp 2158 (MCA) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT 1 50 SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS 10 Gladys Knight & thePips (Johnny Bristol) 11 JUNGLE FEVER 11 War(JerryGoldstein),UnitedArtists50867 Soul 35094 (Motown) Chakachas (RolandKluger),Polydor15030 42 27TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING 88 TAXI 3 5 EVERYTHING I OWN 9 0 (PT. 1) 7 Harry Chapin (Jac Holzman), Elektra 45770 Bread(DavidGates),Elektra 45765 JamesBrown(JamesBrown -BrotherProduction), Polydor14109 76 74 MR. PENGUIN Pt.1 8 14 I GOTCHA 10 Lunar Funk (TedroleeProd.),Bell45,172 Joe Tex (Buddy Killen), Dial1010 (Mercury) 43 31 RING THE LIVING BELL 9 Melanie(PeterShekeryk),Neighborhood 4202 77 79 SINCE I FELL FOR YOU 4 10 10 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER (Famous) LauraLee (William Weatherspoon), Hot Wax 10602 Osmonds (MichaelLloyd & Alan Osmond), (Buddah: MGM 14324 44 48 KING HEROIN 4 James Brown(JamesBrown),Polydor14116 BABY BLUE 1 7 PRECIOUS & FEW 17 Badfinger (Todd Rundgren) Apple 1844 Climax (LarryCox),Rocky Road 30,055 (Bell) 45 38 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 9 THE FAMILY OF MAN 1 17 IN THE RAIN 5 Three Dog Night (Richard Podolor) Dunhill 4306 Dramatics (Tony Hester under the supervision Donnie Elbert (Donnie Elbert), Avco 4587 of Don Davis), Volt 4075 46 47 NOW RUN AND TELL THAT 8 90 RUN, RUN, RUN 2 0 JoJo Gunne (Jo Jo Gunne), 33 ROCKIN' ROBIN 3 DeniseLaSalle (CrajonEnts.), Westbound 201 (Chess/Janus) Asylum 11003 (Atlantic) MichaelJackson(MelLarson & Jerry Marcellino), Motown 1197 53 TINY DANCER 4 81 81 EVERYDAY 3 John Denver (Milton Okun), RCA 74-0647 13 BANG A GONG (Get It On) 13 EltonJohn (GusDudgeon),Uni55318 (MCA) T.Rex (Tony Visconti), Reprise 1032 48 34 SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU 10 82 82 NICE TO BE WITH YOU 5 EnglishCongregation(JohnBurgess),Atco6865 Gallery(Mike Theodore & DennisCoffey), 18 ROCK AND ROLL LULLABY 7 Sussex 232 (Buddah) B.J.Thomas (SteveTyrell-Al Gorgoni), 56 SUAVECITO 4 Scepter 12344 83 84 YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE 5 itr Maio(DavidRubinson),WarnerBros. 7559 LindaJones(J.Robinson & G. Harris), 42 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE 4 Turbo021 (AllPlatinum) RobertaFlack(JoelDorn),Atlantic 2864 55 CHANTILLY LACE 4 JerryLeeLewis(JerryKennedy), Mercury 73273 84 86 IF WE ONLY HAVE LOVE 4 30 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW 5 Dionne Warwicke (Burt Bacharach & Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins Jr. 51 44 YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT 12 HalDavid), WarnerBros.7560 (ThomBell), Avco 4591 DetroitEmeralds(KatouzzionProd.), Westbound 192 (Chess/Janus) 85 89 CANDY MAN 3 23 A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE 5 Sammy Davis Jr. (Mike Curb & Don Costa), Sonny & Cher (Sonny Bono & Snuff Garrett), 66 HEARTBROKEN BOPPER 4 MGM 14320 Kapp 2163 (MCA) Guess Who (Jack Richardson for Nimbus 9), RCA 74-0659 I HAD IT ALL THE TIME 1 28 ROUNDABOUT 7 Tyrone Davis (Willie Henderson) Dakar 4501 Yes (Yes and EddieOfford), Atlantic 2854 78 VINCENT 2 (Brunswick) Don McLean (Ed Freeman), United Artists 50887 21 AIN'T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW 16 94 HEARSAY 2 JerryButler & Brenda Lee Eager (Gerald Sims & 59 AFRO STRUT 5 Soul Children (Jim Stewart & Al Jackson), JerryButler),Mercury 73255 Nile -Liters (FuquaIIIProductions), RCA 74-0591 Stax 0119

2 20AMERICAN PIE . 18 60SON OF MY FATHER 4 100 NUT ROCKER 2 Don McLean (Ed Freeman), United Artists 50856 0 Giorgio(StopInternationalProd.),Dunhill4304 Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Greg Lake), Cotillion 44151 23 25 RUNNIN' AWAY 8 56 49 UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO 9 Sly & theFamily Stone(SlyStone), ElvisPresley, RCA 74-0619 POOL OF BAD LUCK 1 Epic5-10829(CBS) Joe Simon (Staff) Spring 124 (Polydor) 57 61 GOIN' DOWN (On the Road to LA.) 7 24 12 HURTING EACH OTHER 11 TerryBlack& LaurelWard(BillGilliland -Roger LEGEND IN YOUR OWN TIME 1 Carpenters (Jack Daugherty), A&M 1322 Cook-Ahed Prod.), Kama Sutra 540 (Buddah) Carly Simon (Paul Samuel -Smith) Elektra 45774

25 26 WE'VE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN 10 58 52 IRON MAN 9 91 91 SON OF MY FATHER 3 AddrisiBrothers (NorbertPutnam), Black Sabbath(RodgerBain), Warner Bros. 7530 Chicory (Roger Easterby & Des Champ/Stop Columbia4-45521 Intern'1),Epic 5-10837 (CBS) 59 51 LOVE ME, LOVE ME LOVE 9 92 92 JOSIE 3 26 29 CRAZY MAMA 9 FrankMills(FrankMills),Sunflower118 (MGM) Kris Kristofferson (Fred Foster), Monument J.J.Cale (Audie Ashworth), Shelter 7314 (Capitol) 8536 (CBS) 60 54 NICKEL SONG 10 Melanie(PeterSchekeryk),Buddah 268 27 15 JOY 13 93 99 ROCKIN' WITH THE KING 2 Apollo100(MikiDalton),Mega 615-0050 Canned Heat (Skip & Jim Taylor),United Artists 80 DOCTOR MY EYES 2 50892 Jackson Browne (RichardSanfordOrshoff), 24 FLOY JOY 12 Asylum 11004 (Atlantic) YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A LADY 1 Supremes("Smokey"), Motown1195 94 April Wine (Ralph Murphy) Big Tree 133 (Bell) 72 MONEY RUNNER 3 16 SWEET SEASONS 9 Quincy Jones (Quincy Jones), Reprise 1072 95 95YOU ARE THE ONE 3 Carole King (Lou Adler), Ode 66022 (A&M) Sugar Bears (Jimmy Bowen), Big Tree 122 (Bell) 77 ROCK AND ROLL 2 96 97 TO GET TO YOU 2 19 DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER 15 Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page), Atlantic 2865 Jerry Wallace (Joe Johnson), Decca 32914 (MCA) Beverly Bremers(VictrixProd.),Scepter12315 87 JUMP INTO THE FIRE 2 97 98 THANK GOD FOR YOU BABY 2 36TAURUS 6 0 Nilsson (RichardPerry), RCA 74-0673 PG&E (JohnHill),Columbia 4-45519 DennisCoffey and theDetroitGuitar Band (MikeTheodore), 98 HOT ROD LINCOLN 1 Sussex 233 (Buddah) 65 65 CHEER 8 Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Potliquor(JimBrown),Janus179 (Bob Cohen & Commander Cody) Paramount 0146 58 DAY DREAMING 2 ArethaFranklin (JerryWexler -TomDowd-Arif 99 ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT 1 Mardin), Atlantic 2866 66 68 WAKING UP ALONE 6 PaulWilliams(MichaelJackson), A&M 1325 Millie Jackson (Raeford Gerald & Don French) Spring 123 (Polydor) 40 TAKE A LOOK AROUND 4 Temptations (NormanWhitfield),Gordy 7115 67 71 LOUISIANNA 4 100 JUBILATION 1 (Motown) Mike Kennedy (Alain Milhaud), ABC 11309 Paul Anka (Johnny Harris) Buddah 294

Het4,,M4igVilicecomItbiZatin JungleFever(Intersong, Now Run And Tell That Roundabout (Cotillion,BMI) 20 Thank God for You Baby 4 USA/Chappell,ASCAP) 8 (BM1)Ordena/Bridgeport, RuBn, Run,BMI Run (Hallenbeck- (Screen Gems -Columbia, A Horse With Na Name HOT 100 A -Z -(Publisher -Licensee) King Heroin (Dynatone/ 46 ulge, ) ao BMI) 97 )WO, ASCAP) Nut Rocker (Room Seven, Tiny Dancer (James, BMI) 47 AfroStrut(Dunbar,BMI) S4 Crasy Mama (MossRose, Every Day of My Life Belinda, BMI) 44 Runnin' Away (Stone Flower, Not Rod Lincoln (4 Star, BMI) 98 BMI Cl BMI) To Get to You (4 Star, 96 Ain'tUnderstanding Mellow BMI) 26 (Miller, ASCAP) 35 23 HurtingEachOther Legend In Your Own Time (Boller/Chappell, ASCAP) 21 Everything I Own (Screen (Oh Lord, Won't You Buy UntilIt's Time for You tofro (Andalusian/Andrew Scott, (Quackenbush, ASCAP) 90 Since I Fell Far You (Warner AmericanPie(Yahweh/ Day Dreaming (Pundit, BMI) 32 Gems -Columbia, BMI) 9 Me a) Mercedes Bens (Gypsy Boy, ASCAP) 56 ASCAP) 24 LionSleeps Tonight Bros., ASCAP) 77 Mayday,BMI) 22 (The Day I Found You Was) (StrongArm, ASCAP) 68 The Family of Man (Aline/ (Folkways,BMI) 3 Slippin'Into Darkness (United Vincent (Mayday/Yahweh TheDay I Found Myself I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Ask Ma What You Want Grass Key, ASCAP) 79 LivingWithout Yau Artists, ASCAP) 41 OVIII-Du/Bill-leo/Gatacha/ (GoldForever,BMI) 38 Pie,HoneyBunch) Poolof Bad Lusk (Assorted, Tunes, BMI) 33 The First Time EverI Saw Your (January,BMI) 70 BMI) 89 Softly Whispering I Lave Too Belinds,BMI) Diamonds (JobeteBMI) 4510 99 Are Face(StormKing,BMI) 17 Lauisianna (Wingate, ASCAP) 67 Precious and Few (Caesar's (Meribus. BMI) aWaking Up Alone (Almo, (Unart, BMI) 69 Flay Joy (Jobeto, BMI) 28 I Gotcha(Tree,BMI) ASCAP) 66 Baby Blue (Apple, MAP) 78 Love Me, Love Me Love (North MusicLibrary/Emerald Son of My Fatter (Giorgio) Do What You Set Out toDo I HadItAll The Time (Julio Country, BMI) 59 (Trousdale.BMI) 55 The Way of Love (Chappell, Bong Gong (GetItOn) Give Ireland Back to the Irish City,ASCAP) 12 (Don, BMI) 73 nan, 86 Son of My Father (Chicory) !MAP) 7 (Tra-Essex,ASCAP) 15 (Macien/KidneyPunch, If We Only Have Lowe Money Runner (Screen Gents - Puppy Love (Spanks, BMI).. 4 We've Gat to Get It on Again Do Tour Thing(East/ BMI) Trousdale,BMI) 91 Be My Lover (Fora, BMI) 72 37 (Hill & Range, BMI) 84 Columbia, BMI) 62 Ring theLivingBell (BlackwoodBMI) 25 Memphis, BMI) 40 GloryBound(Wingate, IntheRain,(Groovesville, Mother and Child Reunion Summito (Centerbury, BMI) . 49 What Betcha By Golly, Wow (Neighborhood, ASCAP) 43 ItIs(Jobete, KMI) 71 Doctor My Eyes (Open Window/ ASCAP) 34 BMI) 13 (Charing Cross,BMI) Sweet Seasons (Screen Gems - (Bellboy/Assorted, BMI).. 18 Rock andRoll(Superbelm, Without You (Apple, ASCAP) 6 Companion,BMI) 61 Goin' Down (On the Road Iron Man (Tro.Andaver, Mr. Penguin Pt. 1 (Colgems, Columbia, BMI) 29 ASCAP) 63 Candy Man garadam, BMI) . 85 toL.A.) (James, BMI) 57 ASCAP) 58 ASCAP) 76 You Are the One (Tow. Don't Say You Don't Remember Take a Chantilly Lam (Glad,BMI) 50 Rock and Roll Lullaby Look Around (Jobete, Crier,BMn 95 (Sunbeam, BMI) 30 92 Nice to Be With You (SummerhillSongs/Screen BMI) 33 Cheer(Flypaper,BMI) 65 You Could Have Been ALady Down bythe Lam River III:Yrt"Yof(EaLMrSTIPwheir''FITIP, j"ieJoy (Campbell(R"""MI) -Connelly, (Interior,BMI) 82 Gems -Columbia, BMI) 16 Talking Loud and Saying 94 CouldIt (Rak/Buddah, ASCAP) Be Forever (Koloh, BMI) II BMI) 2 ASCAP) 27 Nickel Song (Kama Rippe/ Rockin' Robin(Recordo, Nothing (Dy eeeeee / You Want It, You GotIt (PocketfulofTunes,BMI) 39 HeartbrokenBottom (Dunbar/ Jubilation (Spanks, BMI) 100 Ainelaine ASCAP) 60 BMI) 14 Belinda, MI) 42 (Bridgeport,BMI) 51 A Cowboys WorkIsNewer Everyday (Peer I Tonal, Walrus-Moore/Expressions/ Jump Into theFire(Blackwood, No One to Depend On 31 Done (Chrismarc,BMI) Raskin With the King (Unart/ Taurus (Interior, BMI) Tour Precious Lowe (Conrad, 19 BM!) 81 Cirrus/Sunspot,BMI) 52 Jump 64 (Petro,BMI) 36 Payton, BMI) 93Taxi(Story Songs, ASCAP) 75 BMI) 83 Compiled fromnational retail sales and radio airplay by the Music PopularityCharts Dept. of Billboard. XDES 18064

ALVIN LEE & COMPANY AnewLR

This is TEN YEARS AFTER as you first discovered them.That incredible rock'n'roll that made an indelible mark on the music world.

ALVIN LEE & COMPANY is the kind of LP that keeps rock perpetuating.

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TAPE Compiled from National Retail Stores by TAPE TAPE PACKAGES the Music Popularity Chart Department PACKAGES PACKAGES .c AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE 't0 andthe Record Market Research Depart- 't 2Awarded RIAA seal for sales of 1 Million Ng Ng * ,,, 5went ofBillboard. STAR PERFORMER-LP's registering great-_, = kie C.i) dollars at manufacturer's level. RIAA seal 1.1 IA.1 = estproportionate upwardprogressthis au al Lai 0 . LU 1.I =audit available and optional toall manu- Lai Lai 0 NA Indicates not available Lai ire Li.' Li' 0 week. facturers. (Seal indicated by red bullet). . Ng rg Li' .r -0 LJ . Ne L-- 0 r-- . '1.1 i... cn 1- 4 ARTIST a 4wARTIST < tg . en 1- a ARTIST < 1.13 -I w .., L,, ce ,, `" : w `a a', v) .1, = cn ' Title, Label, Number (Dist. Label) 6 ',,i, Z.'S 5 3

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5 6 7 PAUL SIMON 41 44 24 SANTANA 77 62 9 Columbia KS 30750 DIONNE WARWICKE Columbia KC 30595 Dionne 6 4 10 YES NA NA Warner Bros. BS 2585 42 42 17 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Fragile E Pluribus Funk 78 81 8 DETROIT EMERALDS NA Atlantic SD 7211 Grand Funk Railroad SW 853 (Capitol) You Want It, You Got It Westbound WB 2013 (Chess/Janus) 7 3 20 DON McLEAN 43 35 16 ISAAC HAYES American Pie Black Moses 79 79 5 FIRESIGN THEATER UnitedArtists UAS 5535 Enterprise ENS 2-5003 (Stax/Volt) Dear Friends

Columbia KG 31099 8 8 16 CAROLE KING 44 34 20 CHICAGO Music At Carnegie Hall 80 83 13 GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. NA Ode SP 77013 (A&M) Columbia C4X 30865 Inner City Blues Kudu KU 03 (CTI) 9 10 12 ROLLING STONES 45 49 19 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE NA Hot Rocks, 1964-1971 There's a Riot Goin' On 81 80 70 JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR London 2PS 606/7 Epic KE 30986 (CBS) Various Artists 10 11 7 AL GREEN 46 46 8A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Decca DXSA 7206 (MCA) Let's Stay Together Soundtrack 82 78 32 SHAFT HiSHL 32070 (London) Warner Bros. BS 2573 Soundtrack/Isaac Hayes NA Enterprise/MGM ENS 2-5002 (Sfax/Volt) 11 9 12 GEORGEHARRISON/FRIENDS 47 48 6APOLLO 100 NA Concert for Bangla Desh Joy 83 84 30 AL GREEN NA Apple STCX 3385 Mega M31-1010 Getsxt toeu Yo 12 13 4 HiSHNL32062 (London) JIMI HENDRIX 48 40 23THREE DOG NIGHT In the West Harmony 98 2 SAVOY BROWN Reprise MS 2049 Dunhill DSX 30108 Hellbound Train *32 2 ALLMAN BROTHERS 49 41 18 CARLY SIMON NA Parrot XPAS 71052 (London) Eat A Peach Anticipation 85 87 5JO JO GUNNE NA Capricorn 2CP 0102 (Warner Bros.) Elektra EKS 75016 Asylum SD 5053 (Atlantic) 50 43 7 ELVIS PRESLEY NA 14 12 18LED ZEPPELIN NA ' Elvis Now AtlanticSD 7208 86 72 39YES ALBUM NA RCA LSP NA Atlantic SD 8283 15 15 6 MICHAEL JACKSON 51 51 14 BADFINGER4671 NA Got to Be There Straight Up 87 91 30 BLACK SABBATH Motown M 747 L Apple ST 3387 Master of Reality 16 17 6ARETHA FRANKLIN NA 52 56 9 JERRY GARCIA Young, Gifted & Black Garcia *129 2 CABARET NA Atlantic SD 8213 Warner Bros. BS 2582 Soundtrack ABC ABCD 752 17 14 9 OSMONDS NA 71 10 J.J. CALE NA Phase III Naturally 109 2 GUESS WHO NA MGM SE 4796 Shelter SW 8098 (Capitol) *31 6 GEORGE CARLIN NA Rockin'RP 4602 54 45 43 CARPENTERS FM -AM 90 90 32 MOODY BLUES Little David LD 7214 (Atlantic) A&M SP 3502 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 19 18 7 DAVID CASSIDY Threshold THS 5 (London) 55 47 41 ROD STEWART NA Cherish Every Picture Tells a Story 91 92 4 JIM CAPALDI NA Bell 6070 Mercury SRM1-609 Oh How We Danced Island SW 9314 (Capitol) 20 22 10 DRAMATICS 73 2 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON NA Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get Border Lord *134 2 FREDDIE HART Volt VOS 6018 Monument KZ 31302 (CBS) M y Hang Up Is You

Capitol SD 11014 21 21 16TRAFFIC NA 65 5 DAVE MASON NA Low Spark of High -Heeled Boys * NA Headkeeper 93 95 36 ALLMAN BROS. BAND Island SW 9306 (Capitol) Blue Thumb BTS 34 (Famous) At Fillmore East

22 19 25CAT STEVENS Capricorn SD 2-802 (Atco) 58 60 22 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Teaser & the Firecat Soundtrack *159 4 CANNED HEAT A&M SP 4313 United Artists UAS 10900 Historical Figures & Ancient Heads 23 20 51 CAROLE KING United Artists UAS 5557 59 53 14 WINGS NA NA Tapestry Wild Life 95 93 21 HUMBLE PIE Ode SP 77009 (A&M) Apple SW 3386 Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore 24 25 9 NA A&M SP 3506 TEMPTATIONS 60 50 20 MELANIE NA Solid Rock Gather Me 96 86 10 KING CRIMSON NA Gordy G 961L (Motown) Neighborhood NRS 47001 (Famous) Islands 25 16 15 FACES Atlantic SD 7212 61 55 7 DOORS NA NA A Nod Is as Good as a Wink to a Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine *183 2 HOT TUNA Blind Horse Elektra8E-6001 Burgers Warner Bros. BS 2574 Grunt FTR 1004 (RCA) 76 5 STAPLE SINGERS 26 26 10 EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER NA Bealtitude/Respect Yourself *- 1 GORDON LIGHTFOOT Pictures at an Exhibition Stax STS 3002 Don Quixote Cotillion ELP 66666 Reprise MS 2056 63 61 14 JAMES BROWN NA 27 29 5 SONNY & CHER NA Revolution of the Mind/Recorded 99 102 12 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS All I Ever Need Is You Live at the Apollo Standing Ovation Kapp KS 3660 (MCA) Polydor PD 3003 SoulS 736 (Motown) 100 85 16 HONEY CONE1 28 23 15STYLISTICS NA 64 66 20NEIL DIAMOND Avco AV 33023 Ston93106es Soulful Ta pestry Uni (MCA) Hot Wax HA 707 (Buddah) 29 24 18 ELTON JOHN 28 NA 65 68 5 B.B. KING 101 89 JOHN LENNON Madman Across the Water L.A. Midnight Imagine Uni 93120 (MCA) ABC ABCX743 Apple 3379 30 27 17 ALICE COOPER NA 102 99 77 SANTANA 66 63 17 CHARLEY PRIDE Killer Sings Heart Songs Abraxas Warner Bros. BS 2567 RCA LSP 4617 Columbia KC 30130 106 1 ROBERTA FLACK 103 103 5 ISAAC HAYES NA 67 57 21 DONNY OSMOND First Take To You With Love In the Beginning Atlantic SD 8230 MGM SE 4797 Atlantic SD 1599

104 82 19 ALL IN THE FAMILY NA 32 28 27 CHEECH & CHONG NA 68 54 7 JAMMING WITH EDWARD NA Ode SP 77010 (A&M) Various Artists TV Cast Rolling Stone COC 39100 (Atco) Atlantic SD 7210 33 3e 21T. REX 69 70 7 Electric Warrior OSIBISA 105 94 11 MARK -ALMOND II NA Reprise RS 6466 Woyaya Blue Thumb BTS 32 (Famous) Decca DL 75327 (MCA) 106 101 24QUINCY JONES 34 37 7 MALO 70 64 18 PETER NERO NA Warner Bros. BS 2584 Summer of '42 SmackwaterJack A&M SP 30 58 Columbia C 31105 * 3 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS 107 107 42 MARVIN GAYE NA 71 Greatest Hits 74 46 JETHRO TULL Aqualung What's Going On Columbia KC 31170 Tamla TS 310 (Motown) 36 33 16 Reprise MS 2035 BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS 108 115 4 CONWAY TWITTY &LORETTA LYNN VOL. 2 72 67 27 CHER Lead Me On Columbia KG 31120 Kapp KS 3649 (MCA) Decca DL 75326 (MCA) The mouth that knowsnofear hastwochoice words for NARAS Thankyou.And that's the truth

Lily Tomlin's album "This Is A Recording" has been confirmed the best comedy album of the year ...Grammy Award winner/1971. And that's the truth.

LILY TOMLIN This is Recording

1 24-4055 Polydor congratulates Lily Tomlin in the best way they know how; by backing her new forthcoming album with a massive promotion, publicity, advertising and merchandising campaign. Since nobody sells an album better than the artist, here's a list of her TV appearances and concerts: David Frost Show March 28 Tonight Show March 21 Mike Douglas Show March 29 Main Point-Philadelphia, Pa. March 23-26 Dick Cavett Show March 30 Carnegie Hall-New York March 31 Kleinhaus Music Hall-Buffalo, New York April 1 Symphony Hall-Boston, Mass. April 6 Ford Auditorium-Detroit, Mich. April 7 Bushnell Auditorium-Hartford, Conn. April 9 Music Hall-Houston, Texas-April 21 McFarlin Auditorium-Dallas, Texas April 22 Portland Oregon Concert April 27 Seattle Wash. Concert April 28 Vancouver B.C. Concert April 30 Bitter End-New York May 31 -June 5 Fairmount Hotel-San Francisco June 8-28 Mr. Kelly's-Chicago, III. July 10-23

ULY TOMLIN asEdith Ann And that's the truth

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Awarded RIAA seal for sales of 1 ment ofBillboard. Million at wae dollars at manufacturer's level. RIAA seal TAPE NA Indicates not available audit available and optional to all manu- PACKAGES 3: facturers. (Seal indicated by red bullet). 40 AVAILABLE VS ARTIST ARTIST tn NC NC 0 STAR PERFORMER-LP's registering great - L...1 ii.i p- 5 Title, Label, Number (Dist. Label) Title, Label, Number (Dist. Label) Liu = estproportionate upward progressthis c week. 3u.i 139 100 3 PAPA JOHN CREACH PETER YARROW V) 4, ARTIST Grunt FTR 1003 (RCA) E .en Peter t- 5 3 Title, Label, Number (Dist. Label) 140 144 7 RAY CONIFF & THE SINGERS Warner Bros. BS 2599 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing 8 DENNIS LaSALLE NA 128 2CHARLEY PRIDE Columbia KS 31220 Trapped By a Thing Called Love Best of, Vol. II 141 146 80 CARPENTERS Westbound WB 2012 (Chess/Janus) RCA LSP 4682 Close to You 1 PARTRIDGE FAMILY 110 110 26 SONNY & CHER LIVE AGM SP 4271 Shopping Bag Kapp KS 3654 (MCA) 142 136 33 WHO Bell 6072 Who's Next 173 178 17 SEALS & CROFTS 111 116 7 BLACK OAK ARKANSAS NA Decca DL 79182 (MCA) Year of Sunday Keep the Faith 143 141 73 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE'S Warner Bros. 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NA 116 88 7 PERSUASIONS NA Bell 6059 Street Corner Symphony & CHORUS 148149 2 VENTURES Capitol ST 872 Big Screen, Little Screen Joy RCA LSP 4630 117 119 9 LAURA LEE NA United Artists UAS 5575 179 186 4 Women's Love Rights QUINCY JONES NA Ndeda Hot Wax HA 708 (Buddah) 149 148 111 CHICAGO Mercury SRM 2-623 +.. 164 4 Columbia KGP 24 CRUSADERS NA t 180 Blue Thumb 181 4 OHIO PLAYERS NA BTS 6001 (Famous) 1 EDGAR WINTER'S WHITE TRASH Pain 119 104 15 MOUNTAIN Roadwork Westbound WS 2015 (Chess/Janus) Epic KEG 31249 (CBS) Flowers ofEvil 181 195 4 151 152 57 THREE DOG NIGHT BOBBY SHORT LOVES COLE PORTER NA Windfall5501(Bell) Atlantic SD 2-606 199 2 SHIRLEY BASSEY Golden Bisquits DunhillDS 50098 I Capricorn 182 189 8 P G & E NA United Artists UAS 5565 152 157 5 KEITH EMERSON WITH THE NICE NA NA ColumbiaC 30362 Int, 188 2 SPIRIT MercurySRM 26500 183 187 j 3 PERSUADERS NA Feedback Thin Line Between Love & Hate, Epic KE 31175 (CBS) 153 143 20 ROD STEWART ALBUM Win Or Lose 197 2 JAMES GANG Mercury SR61327 33-387 (Atlantic) Straight Shooter 184 151 12 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER ABC ABCX 741 154 160 32CHI-LITES NA (For God's Sake) Give More Power Soundtrack 123 126 5 BETTY WRIGHT United Artists UAS 5220 to the People I Love the Way You Love 185 185 9 MAHAVISHNU ORCH/JOHN NA NA AlstonSD 33-388(Atlantic) Brunswick BL 754170 McLAUGHLIN 124 97 8 REDBONE NA *- 1 STEVIE WONDER Music Of My Mind The Inner Mounting Flame Message From a Drum Columbia KC 31067 Epic KE 30815 (CBS) Tamla T 314 L (Motown) 156120 7 DON McLEAN 186 133 8 KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION *!198 2 JACKSON BROWNE Tapestry Ballad of Calico Asylum SD 5051(Atlantic) United Artists UAS 5522 Reprise 2XS 6476 .187 193 2 ESTHER PHILLIPS NA 126 111 22VAN MORRISON 131 12 HILLSIDE SINGERS NA I'd Like to Teach Le World to Sing From a Whisper To A Scream Tupelo Honey Kudu KU 05 (CTI) Warner Bros. WS 1950 Metromedia KMD 1051 158 167 NA 188 192 16 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY NA '137 7 LEO KOTTKE NA 18COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime Greenhouse Columbia KS 30734 Capitol ST 11000 Ozone Paramount PAS 6017 (Famous) 189 196 2 KENNY LOGGINS WITH JIM MESSINA 128 118 7 RY COODER 159 163 17 URIAH HEEP NA Sittin'In Into the Purple Valley Columbia C 31044 Reprise MS 2052 Look at Yourself 190 1 TODD RUNDGREN 129 '108 29SUMMER OF '42 Mercury SRM 1-614 - 160 155 24 JACKSON 5/SOUNDTRACK NA Something/Anything? Soundtrack Dearsville 2BX 2066 (Warner Bros.) Warner Bros. WS 1925 Goin' Back to Indiana Motown M 742 L 191 - 1 DENNIS COFFEY NA 130 122 19 WHO Goin' for Myself - 1 JESSE COLIN YOUNG Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy Together Sussex SXBS 7010 (Buddah) Decca DL 79184 (MCA) * Warner Bros. BS 2588 192 - 1 LEE MICHAELS NA 131 132 14 LAURA NYRO 162 158 27ARETHA FRANKLIN 'NA Space & First Takes Gonna Take a Miracle Aretha's Greatest Hits A&M SP 4336 Columbia KC 30987 Atlantic SD 8295 193176 11 LUTHER INGRAM 132 135 2 JOHN LEE HOOKER 163 140 14 NEW SEEKERS I've Been Here All the Time KoKo MOS 2201 I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (Stax/Volt) ABC ABCX 736 Elektra EKS 74115 194 - 1 DAVID BROMBERG NA 164 105 13 Columbia C 31104 133 112 19 JONATHAN EDWARDS NA ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK Live at the Riviera, Las Vegas Capricorn SD 862 (Atco) 195 - 1 JOE SIMON NA Parrot XPAS 71051(London) Drowning In the Sea of Love 134 ;127 17 LEON RUSSELL & MARC BENNO NA 165 123 20 JERRY BUTLER NA Spring SPR 5702 (Polydor) Asylum Choir II Sagittarius Movement 196 145 6 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Shelter SW 8910 (Capitol) Mercury SR 61347 Spotlight Kid 135 96 11 EARTH, WIND & FIRE 166 156 17 BOBBY WOMACK Reprise MS 2050 The Need of Love Communications 197 - 1 KING CURTIS NA Warner Bros. WS 1958 United Artists UAS 5539 Everybody's Ta I kin' Atco 136 1125 8 SD 33-385 UNDISPUTED TRUTH NA 167 175 7 LINDA RONSTADT NA 198 1 BOBBY SHERMAN'S GREATEST HITS NA Face to Face With the Truth Capitol SMAS 635 Gordy G 959 L (Motown) VOL. I Metromedia KMD 1048 ( 194 3 MICHEL LEGRAND NA 168 171 6 POTLIQUOR 199 1 LILY TOMLIN NA "Brian's Song" Themes & Variations Levee Blues - Bell 6071 Janus JLS 53033 And That's The Truth Polydor PD 5023 200 138 138 5 MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND 2 THE MUSIC PEOPLE NA 200 - - FAIRPORT CONVENTION NA Polydor PD 5015 Various Artists Babbacombe Lee Columbia C3X 31280 A&M SP 4333 Dennis Coffey 75, 191 HillsideSingers 157 Lettermen 146 Commander Cody 158 Persuasions 116 StapleSingers 62 TOP LP% &TAPE Honey Cone 100 Gordon Lightfoot 98 Esther Phillips Ry Cooder 128 John Lee Hooker 187 Cat Stevens...... 22, 74 A-7 (LISTED BYARTtSTS) Alice Cooper 132 Kenny Loggins W/Jim Messina .189 Wilson Pickett 176 Ray Stevens 175 30 Hot Tuna 97 Potliquor Papa John Creach 139 Don McLean 7, 156 168 Rod Stewart 55,153 Allman Brothers Band 13, 93 Hudson & Landry 76 ElvisPresley 50 Crusaders Mahavishnu Orch/McLaughlin . Stylistics 28 America 118 Humble Pie 95 185 1 Malo 34 Charley Pride 66,109 T. Rex Apollo100 Detroit Emeralds 78 EngelbertHumperdinck..... 164 33 47 Henry Mancini 178 RareEarth 73 Temptations 24 Neil Diamond 64 Luther Ingram 193 Badfinger 51 Doors Herbie Mann 145 Redbone 124 Three Dog Night 48, 151 Shirley Bassey 61 It'sa Beautiful Day 188 Manfred Mann's Earth Bard ....138 120 Dramatics 20 Kenny Rogers & the First Edition186 Lily Tomlin 199 Leonard Bernstein Michael Jackson Mark -Almond 105 Rolling Stones 115 Bob Dylan 36 15 9 Traffic 21 Black Oak Arkansas 111 Jackson 5 37, 160 Dave Mason 57 LindaRonstadt 167 T.V. Cast: Black Sabbath Earth, Wind & Fire 135 James Gang Melanie 60 Todd Rundgren 190 87, 114 Jonathan 122 All in The Family .... 104 Blood,Sweat & Tears 35 Edwards 133 Jamming With Edward 68 Lee Michaels 192 Leon Russell & Marc Benno .134 Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn 108 Bread Keith Emerson 152 Jesus Christ, Superstar Mom & Dads 113 3 81 Santana 41,102 Undisputed Truth 136 DavidBromberg 194 Emerson, Lake & Palmer 26 Jethro Tull 71 Moody Blues 90 James Brown Van Morrison SavoyBrown 84 UriahHeep 159 63 Faces 25 Jo Jo Gunne 85 126 Seals & Crofts JacksonBrowne Elton Mountain 173 Ventures 148 125 Fairport Convention 200 John 29 119 BobbySherman 198 Jerry Butler 165 Quincy Jones Music People Firesign Theater 79 106, 179 169 BobbyShort 181 War 38 J.J. Cale Roberta Flack 31, 40 Peter Nero 70 Carly Simon Dionne Warwicke 77 53 Aretha Franklin B. B. King 65 49 Canned Heat 94 16, 162 Carole King New Seekers 163 Joe Simon 195 Grover Washington, Jr. 80 Jim Capaldi 8,23 91 JerryGarcia 52 KingCrimson 96 Nilsson 4 Paul Simon 5 Who 130, 142 Captain Beefheart 196 Marvin Gaye 107 KingCurtis 197 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.. 177 Sly & The Family Stone ....45, 143 Paul Williams 144 George Carlin is Grand Funk Railroad 42 Gladys Knight & The Pips 99 Laura Nyro 131 Sonny & Cher 27, 110 Wings 59 Carpenters 54, AlGreen Edgar Winter's White Trash 150 141 10,83 Leo Kottke 127 OhioPlayers 180 Soundtracks David Cassidy 19 Guess Who Kris Bobby Womack 166 89 Kristofferson 56 Osibisa 69 Cabaret 88 Harry Chapin 174 A Clockwork Orange Stevie Wonder 155 George Harrison & Friends 11 Denise Lasalle Donny Osmond 67 46 Creech & Chong 32 171 Diamonds Are Forever 184 Betty Wright 123 Cher Freddie Hart 92 Led Zeppelin Osmonds 17 72 Donny Hathaway 14 Fiddler on theRoof 58 Peter Yarrow Chicago 39 Laura Lee 117 170 44, 149 Isaac Hayes P G & E 182 Shaft 82 Yes Chi -L it es 43, 103 Michel LeGrand 137 6,86 154 Jimi Hendrix PartridgeFamily ...112,147, 172 Summer of '42 129 12 John Lennon 101 Jesse Colin Young ...... 161 Persuaders 183 Spirit 121 Neil Young 2 "...After love, record collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all..."

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CE, WBUNH .EAECONDS) RECORDS Late News SG -Col Issues Songbooks NEW YORK -Screen Gems- "Country Gold" contains piano, Franchise Plan ColumbiaPublicationshasre- vocal and guitar arrangements of leasedthreenewsongs,"Kris 21 country hits. Represented in the ®61I 0 N Kristofferson: Artist/Composer," songbookareJoeSouth,with Acquires $$$ "Country Gold" and "Sounds of "Games People Play" and "Fool Today." Me"; Lynn Anderson,with"(I Continued from page 1 The Kristofferson book is a col- Never Promised You a) Rose Gar- Records lection of piano, vocal and guitar den" and "(How Can I) Unlove "We will open our fifth ware- arrangements of 22 of the artist's You"; and Tammy Wynette, with house in early summer, probably tunes,including"Jodyandthe "Stand by Your Man," "He Loves in N.J.," Howard said. The fran- ( NATIONALBREAKOUTS ) Kid," "Vietnam Blues," "To Beat Me All the Way" and "We Sure chiser'swarehousesare nowin the Devil" and "The Shadow of Can Love Each Other." Other se- Denver, Indianapolis, Atlanta and SINGLES Her Mind." lectionsinclude"Kingofthe here. They are called Ramada Rec- There are no national breakouts this week. Road," "Green Green Grass of ord and Tape Distrs. Howard in- dicated that the additional money Home" and "Make the World Go ALBUMS Away." willenable BTAR topenetrate La'mga Label both the East and West Coasts. GORDON LIGHTFOOT Don Quixote (Reprise MS 2096) "Sounds of Today" is Dan Fox's The franchiser provides a com- LOS ANGELES-Lamga Rec- secondguitarsongbookbearing ords, a new blues outlet, has en- that title. The book features tunes pleteturn -keyoperationforan REGIONAL BREAKOUTS teredthelocal market withits from motion openinginvestmentof$12,000. debut single by harmonica pictures,television This includes selection of a store man and Broadway. The new book in- SINGLES LittleBoydplaying"13High- cludes18 site by the franchiser, who pro- way." movie, TV and stage vides an opening inventory of tape, HOT THANG ...Eddie Senay, Sussex 230 (Buddah) (Interior:Sorn, BMI (DETROIT) tunes, arranged by Fox. The col- READY OR NOT Al Greenaway, Segue 104 (Razzle Dazzle, BMI) Guy Ward's Malynn Enterprises lectionhighlights albums and tape carrying cases, is CaroleKing's burglarprotection,fixtures,cash WALKIN' IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE ILOVE Love Unlimited, Uni 55319 handling distribution and has "Pocket Money,"thetitlesong (MCA) (January/Sa-Vette, BMI set Record Merchandising as the from Paul Newman's new film; register,adding machine,every- localoutlet.Duffy thing needed to run the store. Hooks, a andthethemesfrom"Brian's ALBUMS young producer,isthe head of Song," "Bless The Beasts and Chil- The franchise purchases allin- Lamga. Heis ventory from Ramada on a 100% BUCKWHEAT Movin' On, London P3 609 (Chicago) workingoutof dren" and "Nicholas and Alex- STEVE MILLER BAND (Recall the Beginning) Record Merchandising offices. andra " return privileges. All national ad- A Journey From Eden vertisingisfully paid by BTAR, Capitol SMAS 11022 (San Francisco) while the home office foots 80 percent of local advertising. Stores Afl & Col Gospel sellall$5.98 albums for $3.99; Campaigns $4.98 LP's for $2.99 and $6.98 Bubbling Under The Continued from page 1 place July 1-9 in New York. The tape for $4.99, with weekly na- Radio City Music Hall tionally -designated specials on T h eFranklin -Clevelandjoint willbe $5.98 product from $2.89 to $3.29 venture is a double $9.98 package, used for Sunday morning gospel concerts, whichisbeing put to- and $4.98 leaders from $2.59 to according to Atlantic, and was re- gether for the George Wein office $2.69.Storesstockonly "heavy corded on the West Coast, pro- by Tony Heilbut. rock product." Point of purchase 101. ALL HIS CHILDREN Charley Pride, RCA 74-0624 duced by Atlantic vice president, material and signsare also pro- 102. LAY AWAY lsleyBros.,T -Neck 934 (Buddah) Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin. Heilbut organized CBS' "Gospel vided by the home officegratis. 103. SWEET SIXTEEN B B. King, ABC 11319 Sound" albums and is the author Theadditional Clevelandappearsby permis- of a book about the gospel world. financinewas 104. BREAKING UP SOMEBODY'S HOME Ann Peebles, Hi 2205 (London) sion of Savoy Records, who signed provided by Edward T.Dicker, 105. ROCK ME ON THE WATER Linda Ronstadt, Capitol 3273 Atlantic'sWexlercommented: chief of Dicker investments. Dal- him over a decade ago. CBS di- "We will be aiming the Franklin 106. TRAIN OF GLORY/EVERYBODY KNOWS HER Jonathan Edwards, Atco 6881 rector of talent acquisition John - las.a domestic and international 107. COTTON JENNY Anne Murray, Capitol 3260 Hammond Cleveland album at every possible house; and Barnard 0. Luce Jr. 108. MISSING YOU/YOU WERE MADE FOR ME iswritingtheliner market. Gospel at present is prob- Luther Ingram, Koko 2110 notes for the album. ably at a cult level with certain of London. England, a scion of (Stax/Volt) the Luce Time -Life publishing em- 109. SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM Buckwheat, London 45-176 Both Atlantic and CBS are aim- segments of the youth market -it pire. ing their campaigns to the youth will be an attempt on our part to 110. BRANDY Scott English, Janus 171 market and rock press. Herman broaden it." Howard emphasized that he will 111. VAHEEVELLA Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina, Columbia 4-45550 Lubinsky, Savoy's president, reports continuetourgefranchiseesto 112. WILLPOWER WEAK -TEMPTATION STRONG Bullet, Big Tree 131 (Bell) Wexler andArif Mardin re - opena400to600 -square -foot that black gospelis"sellingin- corded the two artists before a live 113. EVERYTHING GOOD IS BAD, EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD creasingly" to the pop market. He store,which would requirefre- 100% Proof Aged in Soul, Hot Wax 7202 (Buddah) congregation at the New Temple quent turnover. At present. How- 114. STEP OUT added: "The trend which began Baptist Church, South Broadway, Mamas & Papas, Dunhill 4301 in the Fifties, has picked up mark- ard is nrenaring a TV snecial with 115. LEAVIN' IT'S OVER Hudson, Playboy 50001 Los Angeles. Herman Snero. New York pro- 116. ONE GOOD WOMAN edly over the last couple of years. CBS isalsoreadyinga Ma - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, Dunhill 4305 With regard to the black gospel ducer who recently moved from 117. SUGAREE Jerry Garcia, Warner Bros. 7569 halia Jackson album for release his previous Cleveland base, where market,gospelispartofthe and will be underlining the gospel 118. MY BONNIE & ME Emotions, Volt 4077 weekly budget." he nroduced the record -teen -ori- 119. WALKIN' IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE Love Unlimited, aspect of the "1967 Spirituals To ented "Upbeat" syndicated show Black gospel will also make an Swing" concert album, produced for a number of years. Other ex- Uni 55319 (MCA) appearance at the Newport Jazz aspart of the company's John 120. DARLING BABY Jackie Moore, Atlantic 2861 Festivalthisyear,whichtakes pansion will be announced in the 121.IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO Tony Christie, Kapp 2161 (MCA) Hammond Collection. near future. Howard stated. 122. TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LAST ....Engelbert Humperdinck, Parrot 40069 (London) 123. LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME Al Green, Hi 2211 (London)

124. WALK IN THE NIGHT . . Jr. Walker & the All Stars, Soul 35095 (Motown) Polygram 'Umbrella'Explained 125. MISTER CAN'T YOU SEE Buffy Sainte -Marie, Vanguard 35151 Continued from page 1 U.S. Polygram subsidiaries such as 126. CHANCES David Bowie, RCA 74-0605 on an expansion program in the 127. MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens, A&M 1335 be the simplification of Mercury Polydorand MGM (thelatter early '50's and carried it out, re- accounting procedures which were pending an agreement in principle mains the same. "What happened formerly set up for a manufactur- for a Polygram acquisition). O'Con- is that (the company) changed its ing typeofconcern-i.e. NAP. nell understands the U.S. subsidi- mind about how they should hold Polygram procedures were set up aries will operate autonomously. certainactivitiesinAmerica" - Bubbling Under The "The decisionsto move into thus the NAP sale of Mercury. from scratch for a recording com- common areas pany keyed toalltheinherent of endeavor are O'Connell pointed out that this peculiarities of this business. yet to be made. For example, we eliminated the minority interest will have completely separate ac- that is, NAP was not owned com-- 0 O _y "Our new method of accounting 0 will give great emphasis to three counting departments, completely pletely by Philips people. "Now 201. GRIN separate clerical staffs and every- when we enter into a transaction 1 + 1, Spindizzy Z 31038 (CBS) key areas because they are key thing else initially," he said. 202. GODSPELL Original Cast, Bell 1102 areas around the world. You are withPhilips companiesinother 203. SOUL CHILDREN O'Connellseescompetitionin Best of Two Worlds, Stax always concerned with how much parts of the world, all the money 204. MAC DAVIS I Believe In Music, Columbia C 30926 money is paid in advance to artists, a&r also autonomous except pos- goestothe one(Philips) com- 205. IAN MATTHEWS sibly in areas of bidding on key pany." Tigers Will Survive, Vertigo VEL 1010 (Mercury) with accounts receivable because 206. FANNY Fanny Hill, Reprise MS 2058 of the return situation and the na- world talent. "There will be an Onesideeventoccurred.In exchange of ideas. We willnot 1964, PPI, owned by the Dutch, 207. LES McCANN Invitation to Op , Atlanta SD 1603 ture of sales terms, and with the both (Mercury and Polydor) go 208. BUCKWHEAT Movin' On, London PS 609 obsolesce and evaluation of inven- company N.V. Philips Gloeilampen 209. STEVE MILLERBAND(Recall the Beginning) tory," he said. after something like a 'Jesus Christ, Fabrieken, and Deutsche Grammo- A Journey From Eden Superstar' type of property." Capitol SMAS 11022 Evaluation ofartistadvances, phon Gesellschaft (DGG), owned 210. NITE-LITERS Instrumental Directions, RCA LSP 4580 accounts receivables and inventory New Wings Established by the West German company In a separate interview,Stein- 211. CLIMAX BLUESBAND Tightly Knit, Sire SI 5903 (Polydor) are what O'Connell calls "the guts" Siemens AG, exchanged stock. 212. JACKIE LOMAX of the record business. bergsaid two committees were Thus, Philips Gloeilampen ended Three, Warner Bros. BS 2591 formed during the meeting; one on 213. WILDERNESS ROAD Columbia C 31118 Another crucial development is up owning half of DGG and half 214. BLUE OYSTER CULT Columbia C 31063 Mercury's severing of ties to NAP product and one on marketing. of PPI and Siemens ended up own- even in pressing and duplication There has been set up a Phono- ing half of DGG and half of PPI. (see separate story). gramInc.organizationin New Onlyrecentlyhavechangesin "Mercury willnot beinthe York and O'Connell sees several European law enabled such a re- administrativetiesworking from organization. Tape Dup Starts in Russia manufacturing business," he said, this in such areas as group insur- indicating that the European meet- Therefore, a new c o m p an y, Continued from page 53 Audiomatic Corp. is the interna- ance, pension plans and so forth. PhonogramInternational,w a s ing developed ways in which Mer- He said Mercury is committed tionalrepresentativeofViewlex cury can "Work the best possible formed. The stockofthis new Georgia and one will be situated Inc. deal in the way of getting service to remaining in Chicago, although company is owned by Polygram around Moscow -will be in op- and accommodations f r o m our he revealed the firm is looking for International,Polygrambeinga erationbeforetheendofthe suppliers." different quarters here. He stressed contractionofPhonogramand summer. 'Rock Theater' Folds O'Connell said, however, that in the central location of Chicago and Polydor.PolygramInternational the fact that Mercury has offices thus owns stock in two companies Said Gelfand: "I've made several Continued from page 53 fairness to NAP it never stood in trips to Russia and other Eastern the way of Mercury's third party in New York, Los Angeles and -one the German called Polydor Week last November that he hoped pressing at other plants. Nashville. International and one the Dutch European countries and I feel that to diversify the entertainment at The change in brand image is called Phonogram International. currently thereis more emphasis Another development concerns than the theater, and current specula- Mercury's relationship with other very subtle just as are the changes He said he simply tellsartists everbeforeonconsumer tion suggests that the Rank Or- inthecorporatereorganization. goods. This shipment isjust the that the new relationship "is bet- beginning and as soon as the hard- ganisation could attempt a similar Phonogram Inc. will now appear ter for them and better for us." operation. A spokesman for Rank around the edge of the Mercury He sees no problem in marketing ware catches up it will be a huge FM -Action market. however, said this week: "We will labels. strategies. As for distributors, he presumably take the theater back Essentially, the long-range phi- said:"Theyjust See page 19 havetowrite "The consumer goods potential afterthecreditorsmeeting, al - losophy of Philips Phonographische Phonogram Inc. on their checks is fantastic in all the Eastern Euro- though there are no plans for it Industrie(PPI), which embarked to us instead of Mercury." 64 pean countries." at the moment." MARCH 25, 1972,BILLBOARD JOHNNY FONTANE alias AL MARTINO sings in the long awaited motionpicture 'THE GODFATHER':

Hear himonCapitol singing SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE (Love Theme From'The Godfather"

b/w I HAVE BUT ONE HEART3313 Produced, arranged and conducted by Pete DeAngelis Capitol . ANOTHER MONSTER FROM APPLE