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for therecord NIGHTS ARE FOREVER — England Dan & John POINTS WEST — Dick Clark is finally getting his own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, — Big Ford Coley Tree BT 89517 — Producer: Kyle adjacent to the corner entrance of Home Savings and Loan Association on the northeast \ Lehning — List: 6.98 corner of Sunset & Vine. Dedication ceremony will be conducted Wednesday, Aug. 4 at j A pleasant offering of smooth movers that leans 1 . 1:30 a.m. Money magazine enhanced its July issue story, “The Economics of Being in the direction of a Seals & Crofts feel. Clean in- Single, ” with a full-color photo of the lovely MCA visage Joan Bullard. Shields & Yarnell, strumentation and finely-honed string arrange- a mime duo spotlighted on Mac Davis’ recent TV series have been signed as regulars on ments perfectly complement the vocals of England Sonny & Cher. Of course, that’s not record news, but apparently the two sing as well, as and John Ford Coley. Dan Several cuts will make Lambert & Potter are at least one record interest who have met with the team about a their mark on the FM market, particularly the . possible recording . Stan Findelle has resigned his position as advisor to Sound Promo- Eagles-flavored ‘‘Westward Wind." The entire tions of Santa Monica. is well thought album out with respect to the pop SUMMER VACATION DEPT.: John Oates is going to school, studying piano and music market; all of the tunes are short and sweet — well writing. Oates, a fast learner, just wrote a song for the next Peter Fonda movie, “Outlaw suited for AM play and they’ll surely grace those Blues” . Meanwhile, partner Darryl Hall is producing Ruth Copeland and Steven Dee airwaves. (both RCArtists) before skipping town on an “archaeological expedition" of some un- disclosed sort . Chappell Music is releasing a comprehensive 88-page Janis Joplin songbook featuring songs and photographs spanning the career of the artist. Soft cover, CROSS WORDS — Larry Hosford — Shelter SRL $6.95 retail . Almo Music has negotiated a deal for the use of the Paul Williams/Roger Nichols composition “Let 52003 — Producers: Dino Airali, Larry Hosford — Me Be The One” by ABC- TV. Tune will be changed to “Let Us Be The One,” to the List: 6.98 be used as flagship theme for the ABC fall season promotion. Spots have already begun and will continue through the fall . Larry Hosford is bound to join the swelling ranks season Barbara Gos a of The Manage- ment Company (a division of Steve Binder Productions) has the of C&W artists who are finding eager audiences in announced completion of the first live Tim Weisberg the pop market. This collection of straightforward LP recorded at the Troubadour in L.A. “Live At Last!” will be released through tunes presents a pleasantly palatable introduction A&M this month. Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart have also recorded a live “in-concert” during their tour to this talented singer-songwriter, who is joined on LP of the Orient. Performance taped at Tokyo’s . this outing by such heavies as George Harrison and Yobin Chokin Hall Jimmy Dean will follow up his Mother’s Day smash, “I.O. U.,” with a single called “Angel With will Tom Scott. Hosford’s “jes’ folks” stance is uncom- An Apron.” Dean visit L.A. early in September to tape plicated and believable — the kind of music you can a TV commercial for Capitol Records’ Firestone Christmas Album on which he is to be featured. While in town the will kick back and unwind to. ‘‘Direct Me” and "Nobody sausage mogul also do a “Dinah!” show on . Mark Lindsay, Remembers The Losers" are choice cuts. CBS lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders, is attempting a comeback with “Sing Your Own Song,” a solo effort via Greedy Records. REEL TO REEL: Ken Mansfield (producer) and Barry Rudolph (engineer) are in Sound Labs for Laguna Productions' Robb Strandlund LP to be released via Polydor . Also, a SHAKE SOME ACTION — Flamin’ Groovies — few names through Village Recorder: The Band, Neil Diamond, Ta Ta Vega, Average Sire/ABC SASD 7521 — Producer: Dave Edmunds White Band, Eddie Harris, Donovan, Olivia Newton-John, Eric Clapton, Arif Mardin and — List: 6.98 Robbie Robertson (all on separate projects) . Finally, Angel is back on the touring track The Flamin’ Groovies have been around for some after being put out of commission when their equipment was stolen. The Casablanca time, taking their individualized brand of music from group had parked their truck in front of a St. Louis hotel where they were staying and dur- San Francisco to England — which is where you'll ing the night bandits hijacked the vehicle along with some $60,000 worth of electronic find now. With them many groups presently drawing goods. Tour manager Bill Schereck went on KMOX-TV news to ask viewers for help and heavily on the music of the early sixties, it’s no sur- shortly thereafter the truck re-appeared, cargo intact. Two suspects have been arrested. prise that a group has surfaced that does with the Stephen fuchs British what did with fifties pop sound Sha Na Na EAST COASTINGS — John Lennon is finally safe at home, here in New York, that is, after rock 'n' roll. The Groovies have the look, the sound fighting four and one-half years of court battles to establish permanent residence in the and the material to flawlessly recreate the excite- United States. The turning point in that legal dispute came last October, when the deporta- ment that reigned in the earliest days of the British tion order resultant from Lennon’s 1968 British conviction for posession of marijuana was invasion. Pop programmers will delight at the overturned. At that time, the Court of Appeals saw Lennon's long struggle as a “testimony thought of spinnin' this disk and we wouldn't be sur- to his faith in the American dream.” The hearing for final permanent resident status in- prised if the FM programmers have some fun with it cluded a list of celebrated character witnesses, including Gloria Swanson, who testified to as well — the entire album is well done! Lennon’s importance in the lives of American youth, and Norman Mailer, who called the former Beatle "one of the great artists of the western world . " As to why he was so dead-set upon residing in the states, Lennon said the U.S.A. is the modern-day center of culture: LIFE GOES ON — Faith, Hope & Charity — RCA “This is where the action is.” APL 1-1821 — Producer: Van McCoy — List: 6.98 CRIMESTOPPERS’ TEXTBOOK — One of America’s most famous hard-line law and A slick offering from Faith, Hope & Charity that order comic strips, Dick Tracy, has begun fighting evil and corruption in the record in- represents a fine blending of funky soul and disco. dustry. The singing group is the Gallstones, a scrubbed, crew-cutted trio of collegiates that F.H&C always show off a finely-honed vocal exper- far surpasses the conservatism of any examples of today’s moral resurgence (we don’t tise, but this time they have outdone themselves. All think Dick Tracy recognizes that the Lettermen haven’t had many hit singles lately). Their of the elements are here: great arrangements by pirating, exploitive manager is a pony-tailed sharpie named Bolo, and the undercover Van McCoy that feature his velvety touch with a Tracy affects tousled hair and a scruffy beard. Tune in next week . Gene Palma, theslick- string section, a forceful rhythm section and pure haired street drummer who appears in the film “Taxi Driver,” was playing out on the lead and backup vocals. The R&B market will flip for sidewalk opposite to Cash Box's New York offices last week, as he has many times this this one and the chances of it hitting the pop air- summer. Checking his collection box for coins deposited while he was executing a grand waves are also quite good. Give a listen to finale in the style of Gene Krupa, Palma found an envelope, the contents of which tuned out "Gradually” and “Positive Thinking.” to be five crisp twenty dollar bills in a wrapper . Those who remember at the Melody Maker say that Peter Frampton’s recent trouser-tearing incident in Connecticut was a repetition of a similar embarrassing moment that occurred on U.K. national television BEGINNING OF THE END — Beginning Of The when he was a member of the Herd , . Meanwhile, Rick Derringer wore his old “good-luck End — Alston 4403 — Producer: Teddy Randazzo pants” on stage in Chicago, notatalltroubled that they offered more than ample ventilation a Broadway — List: 6.98 in the rear . The producers of “The Night That Made America Famous,” only weeks, be called Tight funk is what Beginning Of The End is all show featuring Harry Chapin which closed after running a few may about. Judging by the super-tight horns, funky per- upon to return nearly $400,000 in investments, due to failure to comply with laws regarding cussion and upfront R&B vocals, we’d say that this transferral of shares under New York State law. group should have been called Beginning Of The ON THE SOAP-BOX —“Reissues are a rip-off,” exclaimed master alto saxophonist Phil Beginning, 'cause they're going nowhere but up! Woods who is currently represented on repackages of albums he recorded on several early twenties. explained that record companies The overall instrumental quality is good, but the labels, some in his late teens and Woods royalties voluntarily, and that the legal expenses in- solos really cook.

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