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INTERNATIONAL PolyGram Policies For '80s Outlined At Directors' Meet MFG (continued from page 8) both the artist and publishing company, Schellevis concluded by emphasizing and compensating for the general increase the importance of continuing PRO's vitality in business costs attendant to every by maintaining a highly competent ex- business organization in America today," ecutive and middle -management staff - Steinberg concluded. for hit records are often as dependent on A final highlight of the directors' meeting board meetings as they are on recording was a speech by former Secretary of State, studio sessions, he said. Dr. Henry Kissinger. Following his speech, Narrowing the focus to the American which focused more on world politics market, PolyGram executive vice president rather than the music business, Dr. Irwin Steinberg explained a new ten-year Kissinger was presented with the nine plan to the gathered executives. Steinberg Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven explained that in the coming decade, PRO Symphonies (autographed by conductor will emphasize the discovery and develop- Herbert von Karajan) and the first complete ment of new artistic talent. edition of Mozart's works, 114 LPs assem- 10 -Year Program bled in 16 boxes. "Our past acquisition program speaks for itself," said Steinberg, "both that which BPI Denies Reports Of we acquired and that which we chose not to acquire. The discovery and development of Quitting `Spoiler' Study our first ten-year program will be preserved LONDON - Claims by a London evening and accelerated to the maximum in the newspaper that the British Phonographic midst of a cost explosion and increased Industry (BPI) has abandoned plans for the CINDY & ROY JOIN WEA INTERNATIONAL Recording competitive pressure." introduction of a 'spoiler' signal on pre- - artists Cindy & Roy recently signed with WEA International for European Steinberg also discussed the changing recorded tapes and records to discourage distribution. The duo's debut single, "Can You Feel lt,"is rush -releasing throughout nature of the American music industry, home -taping were firmly denied. Europe and will be followed by their LP in July. Pic- tured standing are (l -r): Roy which now requires a greater volume of BPI director general John Deacon Waldman; Nesuhi Ertegun, president, WEA International and Walter Kahn, president, The Sunshine Group. Seated business to be done if a record company is emphasized that research is continuing in the front row is Cindy Hund. to achieve a reasonable rate of return on its and technical experts are still trying to find investment. Based on studies conducted ways of introducing an inaudible signal on INTERNATIONAL DATELINE by PolyGram's financial experts, Steinberg pre-recorded software that will effectively Vanda and George Young reported that in order to realize an accep- make it impossible to transfer a program of of the '60s pop Australia group The Easybeats. table rate of return and pre-tax profits, a music onto a blank cassette. Vanda and Young fully -staffed record company in the United Unacceptable Noise SYDNEY - Festival promotions officer Ian have established themselves as top Hook landed himself producers, working States would have to have a net volume of As Deacon explained, "Any effect on the in some hot water out of Alberts Studios recently when he in Sydney, making approximately $100 million. playing quality of a pre-recorded record or wore (in public) a Stiff records with people like "The $100 million would permit the tape would be clearly unacceptable. Records, T-Shirt bearing the slogan, "If it John Paul Young, AC -DC and The Angels. ain't Stiff, it Flash theoretical record company to break even However, we always realized that this was ain't worth a ----." Hook and the Pan's debut self -titled album was arrested Epic domestically, with its profits flowing from an extremely difficult problem to solve and and charged with displaying on has already received a great deal of an obscene object in public and had FM airplay, foreign royalties," said Steinberg. research will continue until a system is per- - the initially through KSAN. "This theoretical company reflects the fected. T-shirt confiscated by the police as Previously available only on import, the evidence Visiting album has impact of the 100% return privilege, the ser- "With the amount of money that the ... British pop band already shipped 100,000 units, Smokte made use of some free time bet- according to reports here. vicing of more than 7,000 radio stations, in- record industry is now losing due to in - ween concerts re creasingly rapid increases in the cost of home taping there is obviously no question to -mix their next single at allan webster the EMI vinyl, absorbing higher royalty rates for of us abandoning the search." studio complex near Sydney. They were sufficiently impressed to say they'd be France back again early next year to record an PARIS "Outlandos d'amour," Police's album. - first album with A&M Records, is already in Regular records, one of the dozens of in- the Top 30 of the American album charts dependent labels to spring up over the past and they've had single successes in France couple of years, has signed a distribution with "Can't Stand Losing You" and in deal with Festival, making it the first "indie" Holland with "So Lonely." Their current to enter the general marketplace. Most of single "Roxanne," at No. 12 in the British the independents to date have concen- charts this week, seems set to consolidate trated on limited edition singles and EPs, their success in Europe in the very near more in an effort to expose otherwise unac- future. When Police arrived in Paris last ceptable (to the majors) acts. Regular's month for their first concert in France, they Mental As Anything however, has were escorted from the airport to their hotel received an offer from England's Virgin by four ladies in police uniforms riding Records. Regular also plans to pick up the motorcycles. CASH BOX MEETS PINK LADY a recent A&M group chairman Jerry - On visit to Japan, Cash Box president and options on several albums that were publisher George Albert visited the Tokyo Moss timed his visit to Paris to coincide with office and met Pink Lady, Japan's #1 female passed over by the majors. singing duo. Pictured are (l -r): Kozo Otsuka, the Police concert. In their agenda this year, editorial manager, Cash Box Japan; Mie Epic Records has signed studio group Nemoto, Pink Lady; Albert and Kei Masuda, Pink Lady. there is a second tour in the States which Flash and the Pan, better known as Harry will be followed immediately by another (continued on page 53) INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERS Australia Brasil TOP TEN 45s (Rio de Janeiro) Canada TOP TEN 45s TOP TEN 45s 1 Lay Your Love On Me Racey Rak - - 1 Nao Chore Mais Gilberto Gil WEA 1 Heart Of Glass Blondie 2 Knock On Wood Amii Stewart RCA - - - Chrysalis - - 2 Por Muitas Razoes Eu Te Cuero Jane-Herondy RCA 2 Knock On Wood Amii 3 Lucky Number Lena Lovich Stiff - - - Stewart - Ariola - - 3 Ate Parece Que Foi Sonho Fabio Odeon 3 Reunited Peaches Herb 4 On The Inside Lynne Hamilton RCA - - - & - PolyGram - - 4 Fique Mais Um Pouco Rosana Odeon 4 In The Navy Village People 5 Heart Of Glass Blondie Chrysalis - - - - Casablanca - - 5 Pal Fabio Junior Som Livre 5 Shake Your Body 6 Baby It's You Promises EMI - - - Jacksons - CBS - - 6 Gosto de Maca - Wando Copacabana 6 Hot Stuff Donna Summer Casablanca 7 I Will Survive - - - - Gloria Gaynor Polydor 7 Too Much - Heaven Bee Gees PolyGram 7 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 8 Dream Lover Glenn Shorrock EMI - - - - PolyGram - - 8 Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn CBS 8 Stumblin' In Suzi 9 In The Navy Village People RCA - - - Quatro & Chris Norman - RSO - - 9 Alouette - Denise Emmer Tapecar 9 Rasputin Boney M 10 Fire - Pointer Sisters Planet - - - Atlantic - 10 A Little More Love - Olivia Newton -John - Odeon 10 The Logical Song - Supertramp - A&M TOP TEN LPs TOP TEN LPs TOP TEN LPs 1 The Bob Seger Collection - Capitol 1 Pai Herol various artists Som Livre 1 Breakfast In America 2 Breakfast In America Supertramp A&M - - - Supertramp - A&M - - 2 Lady Laura/Cafe da Manha Roberto Carlos CBS 2 Parallel Lines Blondie 3 Rickie Lee Jones Warner Bros. - - - - Chrysalis - 3 Momentos - various artists Som Livre 3 Live At Budokan Cheap Trick 4 Bob Dylan At Budokan CBS - - - CBS - 4 Pai Heroi (International) - various artists Som Livre 4 Dire Straits Mercury 5 Parallel Lines Blondie Chrysalis - - - - 5 Alibi Maria Bethania PolyGram 5 Go West Village People 6 Minute By Minute Doobie Bros. 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