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Direct Disk Test As Of 5/1/78 Compiled from selected rackjobbers by the Record Market Research Dept. of Billboard. Continued from page 58 1 NIGHT FEVER -Bee Gees -RSO 889 21 IT'S A HEARTACHE -Bonnie Tyler - rinth Records, Toronto. Sixty thou- RCA 11249 2 I CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU - sand copies pressed on red vinyl are Barry Manilow- Arista 0305 22 TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO ordered, Harris reveals. The disk, "A LATE- Johnny Mathis & Deniece 3 DUST IN THE WIND- Kansas- Williams Sound Odyssey," was released origi- Kirshner 84274 -Columbia 310693 23 TWO DOORS DOWN -Dolly nally through Radio Shack outlets in 4 JACK & JILL -Raydio- Arista 0283 Canada. Parton -RCA 11240 5 GOODBYE GIRL -David Gates - 24 THUNDER ISLAND -Jay Ferguson - "Our Canadian operation had Elektra 45450 Asylum 45444 some success with the same record 6 STAYIN' ALIVE -Bee Gees - 25 POOR POOR PITIFUL ME -Linda on a test basis earlier this year," the RSO 885 Ronstadt -Asylum 45462 buyer explains. "Principals of the 26 NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE GOLDEN REEL-Among most recent Golden Reel Awards presented by Am- 7 WITH A LITTLE LUCK- Wings- - company are very enthusiastic about Capitol 4559 England Dan & John Ford pex to million -seller albums mastered on its tape is the Warner Bros. "Fleet- Coley -Big Tree 16110 it, based on the experience of Can- 8 THANK YOU FOR BEING wood Mac" release, with Sound City studios of Van Nuys, Calif., the master- 27 EGO -Elton John -MCA 40892 ada." A FRIEND -Andrew Gold - ing site, getting its own plaque. From left are studio manager Jemima Eddy, Asylum 45456 28 EMOTION -Samantha Sang- Private According to Harris, half a dozen Stock 45178 assistant to producer Wendy Bergdoll, producer Keith Olsen, Ampex sales 9 COUNT ON ME- Jefferson labels have approached Radio 29 THIS TIME I'M IN FOR LOVE reps Andy Vagi and Kim Paladino, and Sound City owner Joe Gottfried. Starship-Grunt FB -11196 (RCA) - Shack about producing audiophile Player, RSO 890 recordings for the chain. Quotations 10 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - 30 FOOLING YOURSELF-Styx- Queen- Elektra 45441 on production costs are running be- A&M 2007 Neve Sells Japanese 11 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU- Yvonne 31 DEACON BLUES -Steely Dan - tween $40,000 and $50,000 per disk, Elliman -RSO 884 ABC 12355 he notes. 32 SWEET TALKING WOMAN -Electric Broadcast Consoles 12 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT - Reportedly, Radio Shack's Cana- Light Orchestra -Jet 1145 LONDON -Neve Electronics In- John Travolta & Olivia Newton - dian operation has sold almost all of John-RSO 891 (United Artist) ternational is finding Japan a prom- 33 FANTASY -Earth, Wind & Fire its original allotment of 5,000 copies 13 EBONY EYES -Bob Welch - Buy Your for sophisticated - Columbia 310688 ising market of the Labyrinth production. The Capitol 4543 broadcast studio consoles, with re- 34 SHORT PEOPLE -Randy Newman - disk was recorded at Phase One stu- 14 THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU - Warner Bros. 8492 cent orders totaling over $750,000 Roberta Flack- Atlantic 3463 Needles, dio, with players of the Toronto 35 THEME FROM "CLOSE from CBS /Sony in Tokyo and Symphony. 15 MOVIN' OUT -Billy Joel - ENCOUNTERS" -John Williams, Mainichi Television in Osaka. Columbia 3.10708 Arista 0300 Space in Shack fliers and news- CBS /Sony is getting three 40- 16 FEELS SO GOOD -Chuck 36 HOLLYWOOD -Boz Scaggs- Cartridges paper inserts will be turned over to Mangione -A &M 2001 Columbia 310679 channel, 24 -bus, 32 -track custom promoting the record, and there are consoles and a 40- channel quadra- 17 SHADOW DANCING -Andy Gibb- 37 LAY DOWN SALLY -Eric Clapton- plans for it to be displayed on the RSO 893 RSO 886 & Accessories phonic -mixdown console with 38 HEARTLESS -Heart, Mushroom cover of the next annual catalog, as 18 IMAGINARY LOVER -Atlanta Neve's proprietary NECAM com- 7031 part of a total component system. Rhythm Section -Polydor 14459 puter- controlled mixdown system. 39 WONDERFUL WORLD -Art Harris, who has adopted a "wait 19 BABY HOLD ON -Eddie Money, Direct from the Mainichi, which has a standard 8024 Garfunkel with James Tayor & and see" attitude about the release, Columbia 3.10663 Paul Simon- Columbia 3 -10676 sound console with 24- channel, 24- says a "direct disk of the month" 20 WEREWOLVES OF LONDON - 40 YOU BELONG TO ME-Carly track mixing facilities for its radio Manufacturer program already is envisioned by Warren Zevon -Asylum 45472 Simon - Elektra 45477 operations, just received a custom certain Radio Shack executives. television production console with save! 12- channel sub -mixing facilities. ...and 130 Exhibit At Rack II' Best Sellers c copyright 1978, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, Write for catalog with our complete Russ Hi Fi System Expo stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical, U.K. Hi Fi photocopying. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. line of diamond needles, cassettes, Russian national MOSCOW- LONDON -A final tally of exhib- tapes, CB equipment, record care electronics companies are consumer itors at the High Fidelity '78 spring As Of 5/1/78 and other tape accessories. Feniks stereo Compiled from selected rackjobbers by the Record Market Research Dept. of Billboard. manufacturing the 001 exhibition at the Cunard Inter- at retail 1 record player system, $1,400 national Hotel last week in West SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER- 21 SIMPLE DREAMS -Linda the most sophisticated and expen- .Soundtrack-RSO RS -2 -4001 Ronstadt -Asylum 6E -104 London (2 -4) shows 58 companies here. Awarded the 2 EVEN NOW -Barry Manilow- Arista 22 sive marketed fi YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE-Debby THE and more than 130 hi product AB 4164 Duotone®BEST IN OUAUTV PERFORMANCE gold medal at the 1975 international Boone- Warner /Curb WBS 8455 lines. 3 LONDON TOWN -Wings -Capitol trade fair at Leipzig, East Germany, 23 SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR Participating for the first time SW 11777 - Duotone co ., Inc. P.O. Box 1 168 the system includes a built -in ampli- Jimmy Buffett -ABC AA 1046 South Miami, Florida 33143 were Philips, STD, Griffin, ITT, Me- 4 POINT OF KNOW RETURN - fier and two 15 -watt speakers. Pye and, from Kansas- Kirshner JZ 24 SLOWHAND -Eric Clapton- ridian Superscope, RSO RS1 -3030 Norway, SEAS. 34929 (Epic) FOREIGNER -Atlantic SD 18215 in- 5 RUNNING ON EMPTY -Jackson 25 Principal U.K. companies Browne -Asylum 6E 113 cluded ADC, AKG, BIB, Cecil E. 26 OUT OF THE BLUE -Electric Light 6 RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac- Orchestra -Jet JTLA 823 Watts, Condor, Contek Magnetics, Warner Bros. BSK 3010 (United Artists) Ferrograph, Fogg, Garrard, JR 7 SHAUN CASSIDY-Shaun Cassidy- 27 AJA- Steely Dan -ABC AB 1006 Loudspeakers, KEF, Koss, Lecson Warner /Curb BS 3067 28 THE STORY OF STAR WARS Moni- 8 NEWS OF THE WORLD- Queen- - Systems, Metrosound Audio, Soundtrack -20th Century T -550 tor, Mission, Ross Electronics, A.R. Elektra 6E -112 29 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE -Johnny Sugden, Uher and Zerostat instru- 9 TEN YEARS OF GOLD -Kenny Rogers- United Artists Mathis-Columbia JC 35259 ments. UALA 835H 30 ALL'N' ALL -Earth, Wind & Fire - 10 FOOT LOOSE & FANCY FREE -Rod Columbia JC 34905 Warner Bros. BSK 3092 Stewart- 31 WEEKEND IN L.A.- George 11 THE STRANGER -Billy Joel- Benson -Warner Bros. 2WB 3139 Columbia JC 34987 32 DOUBLE LIVE GONZO -Ted 12 FEELS SO GOOD -Chuck Nugent -Epic KEZ -35069 Mangione -A &M SP -4658 33 STREET SURVIVORS- Lynyrd 13 BORN LATE -Shaun Cassidy- Skynyrd -MCA 3029 Warner /Curb BSK 3126 14 MAGAZINE- Heart- Mushroom 34 HERE AT LAST ... LIVE -Bee MRS 5008 Gees -RSO RS-2 -3901 (Polydor) 15 EARTH- Jefferson Starship -Grunt 35 THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - BXL1 2515 (RCA) 1975 -Eagles -Asylum 6E -105 16 LIVE -Barry Manilow- Arista 36 HE WALKS BESIDE ME -Elvis AL 8500 Presley -RCA AFL1 -2772 17 CHAMPAGNE JAM -Atlanta Rhythm 37 BOSTON -Epic PE 34188 Section - Polydor PD 16134 38 EXCITABLE BOY- Warren Zevon- 18 ALIVE II- Kiss -NBLP 7076 Asylum 6E -118 19 WAYLON & WILLIE- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson- 39 LETS GET SMALL -Steve Martin - RCA AFL12686 Warner Bros. BSK 3090 20 THE GRAND ILLUSION -Styx -A&M 40 STAR WARS /SOUNDTRACK -20th Approved by several major companies as SP 4637 Century 2T 541 their high quality supplier. We have fully - automatic equipment and our weekly pro- CODED CARTRIDGE - Perhaps a duction is 200M cassettes and cartridges. forecast of things to come is exter- 11,000 Entries In Promotional Contest nal bar code label on videotape car- For excellent service, HIGH QUALITY AND tridges used in RCA's TCR -100 for LOS ANGELES -More than Campus Promotions of New York, LOW PRICES, call Don Gabor collect at 212- electronic identification of new au- 11,000 entries were submitted in a took the form of a 24- question trivia 943 -7860. tomation accessory. Unveiled at the campus promotional contest spon- quiz about CBS artists and record recent NAB in Las Vegas, the sys- sored by Budweiser, CBS Records product. Entry forms appeared on tem integrates TCR -100 into a tele- and Sansui. This is a return rate of AMERICAN TAPE CORPORATION campus bulletin boards, in campus r-41- 1116 Edgewater Avenue vision station's technical automa- better than one -third, since an esti- drinking spots and in collegiate Ridgefield. N.J. 07657 tion system, with potential applica- mated 30,000 entry forms were cir- Tel. (201) 943 -7860 tions for radio broadcast libraries of culated. newspapers from Feb. 1 to March music cartridges. The contest, developed by 30.