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The cassette -single is housed in its plete Into The Fire LP on one side and 10 meeting (Mar. 9) at Toronto's Inn on the chain Summers. He's referring to the launch of the own unique special casing and packaging, (a selected cuts from various LPs on the other. Parkandannouncedchangesinits Balms new Bryan Adams album and single. Orders plasticwrap -aroundlockcase)called Trade listening sessions are now being 16 -member Board of Directors. forthe album, CD and cassetteexceed plastipak. set up for several cities across the country. On Newly -elected to the Board were Wayne are tr 200,000, while orders for the single, between There will also be a merchandising piece Sunday Mar. 22 an A&M rep will turn over Baguley of Starrider Productions; Michael the re the 7" and cassette -singleare now over which includes a 7" single and the cassette an Into The Fire CD toselected program- Godin, personal manager for recording artist tists, 50,000, (Mar. 11). single available to retail Mar. 17. A counter mers, and immediately after airing, the CD ecuti The single, Heat Of The Night, was merchandizer that will hold 25 singles and 9 will be secured by the rep, so as not to allow retail( released to radio Mar. 10, and initial response cassette -singles will also be available. "This is any one station or market to have an unfair broad has been "stunning" says Summers. the first time a cassette -single has been mer- advantage over others. well E chandized," Summers points out. "Thiswhole campaignhasbecome organ CRIA statistics reveal The Into The Fire LP, CD and cassette mind -boggling," concludes Summers, "and willbereleasedtoradio Mar. 25and it's designed to maintain Bryan's superstar Natio CDs bouying marketplace simultaneously to retail Mar. 30. The CDs are status ... which isn't hard to do, considering Fink( being manufactured by Montreal's Americ the incredible product he's supplied us." Recor The Compact Disc configuration has had Disc. such a positive impact at retail that the year- Vas end statistics for 1986 actually indicate in- To accommodate these configurations, a Review now underway on free-standing merchandising unit has been creased sales over the previous year by 11 per- assembled, and will sco cent, whereas total product shipments (which be shipped to1500 Caplan-Sauvageau report retailers. The unit will allow for the display of On M include CDs) slipped by a percentage point. The Standing Committee on Communica- 25 LPs, 25 CDs, and 50 cassettes, or a com- histor According to recently released CRIA bination of the configurations. Four-colour tions and Culture isfinally reviewing the statistics, last year's sales totals topped $326 Caplan-Sauvageau report on Broadcasting. static)] million, half of which was supplied by the The review will take place in two stages: the pie's Three of the retiring Directors of CARAS cassette configuration ($174 million). Vinyl Polydor is first to firstwilllookatthose recommendations Board with their mini Junos (Ito r) Jane Bell, relating to a new Broadcast Act, and in the CFUP discs (albums), accounted for $91 million and Andrew Hermant, and Lynne Partridge. tests the CD over $48 million. The remainder was introduce mid -price CDs second phase, the Committee will examine split betweeen 7" and 12" singles, totalling the other recommendations. Airlin Polydor has introduced their mid -price CD Bon Jovi's Slippery LP began nearly $13 million. line,"the firstlabel, domestically, to in- Flora MacDonald, the Minister of Com- Interestingly enough, both single and munications, has committed herself to a new award troduce mid -price CDs in Canada," says the heading for 600,000 sales travel album shipments decreased by 15 and 13 per- label's Vice Presidentof Promotion and Broadcast Act, and requires the Committee The Bon Jovi album, Slippery When Wet, cent respectively, while the cassette figure in- Media Relations, Bob Ansel]. "We're coming to report by Apr. 15th. which has been No. 1 on the RPM 100 album creased by 3 percent. Shipments of 12" pro- listen( with 27 titles off the front end and the sales survey for the past 4 weeks, is now heading millio duct decreased in 1986 from the previous force is out selling right now. Reaction to the Current's Young gears up for the 600,000 sales mark. This is quite an Lima, year's total of slightly under 26 million units line is fantastic." Commercial shipping date "street" label launch impressive sales figure, considering they are "mak to 22.4 million. for the line is Mar. 27. only into their second single off the album. However, cassettes continue to show Included in the titles are the Bee Gees' Gerry Young, President of Current Records, The LP was released Sept. 5/86. Their cur- travel healthy sales increases.In 1986, the $174 Best Of Volume 1, 10 CC's Original Sound- saysthat over the next few months, he rent single, Livin' On A Prayer, topped the million figure represents an increase of 11 track, Nana Mouskouri's Passport, Great expectstorelease RPM 100 singles chart this past week as well. Mar. percent over 1985 ($157 million) with net Melodies by Mantovani, and product from. productfromthe Bon Jovi's 2 previous albums, 7800 shipments also increasing from 41 million Latrei Level 42, Kool & The Gang, The Jam, newly formed Cur- Fahrenheit, and Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, have begin units to 42 million. Cream, and The Everly Bros, among others. rent Street label. He also experienced metal status, with both go- Ting anticipatesalbums ing gold. am (N, Golden Reel awards to Collins and Daltrey from Mystery Romance, and Changes and signings to enhan Ampex Golden Reel Awards were presented Besides Daltrey, Golden Reel Award pla- Breeding Ground. this year to Roger Daltrey and Phil Collins. queswerepresentedtoproducer Alan "Becausethe Last year Current Records released albums hopes The Daltrey award was for his album Under Shacklock, and engineers Will Gosling, Mark cost of recording an from The Parachute Club, M+M, and Double Advai A Raging Moon, which was recorded and Wallis and Roger Dobson. Odyssey and RAK album these days is Dare,allof which label president Gerry while masteredexclusivelyon Ampex Grand Studios in London were also presented with sosteep,"heex- Young believed would achieve some degree of produ Master (R) 456 Audio Tape. The presentation award plaques. plains, "there's only Gerry Young internationalsuccess.However,only David was made at Odyssey Recording Studios in Inthetradition ofallGolden Reel a certain type of band being signed to the ma- Parachute Club look to stand a chance of didat( London, by Tony Shields, Ampex sales rep. Awards, Ampex Corporationmakesa jor labels. Therefore, bands that normally breaking in foreign territories. presentation of $1,000 to a non-profit charity M+M are apparently contemplating a contir wouldn't get a shot ... well, I'm giving them of the performer's choice. Daltrey selected a shot." permanent move to either the U.K. or Los tional the Broadoak United Football and Boys Club Young's "boutique" label will basically Angeles, and Double Dare are busy writing part ni in Sussex, England, as his charity. sign bands, record them within their own ex- songs. of gre Collins received his award for the No pectationsandlimitations,thenobtain "There were some mistakes made," says still sE Jacket Required album, which was also distribution, and with "major promotion Young, of the Double Dare effort, "But I'm I can mastered entirely on Ampex Grand Master dollars," he adds, "get them the exposure not going to point any fingers.