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March 26, 1977 Zoslaw's Request For Injunction Denied Cover Artist: Variable List Pricing Causes Difficulties UA's Sales Hit $89M In 76 Arista Has Best Month Ever; QUEEN Manilow Catalog Surges Stones Re-sign With Atlantic Wallich's Chapter XI Filing; England Resigns ABC Post; Byrd Named Enough Blame All Around (Ed) www.americanradiohistory.com Les Dudek plays such an "Say No More;'an explosive extraordinary brand of rock and new album from Les Dudek. roll that great musicians On Columbia Records naturally come to depend on him. and Tapes. Dickie Betts relied on him on the Allman Brothers' "Brothers LES DUDEK SAY NO MORE and Sistcrs"album. So did Steve including: Jailabamboozle/Old Judge Jones Miller. Boz Scaggs not only Lady You're Nasty/Avatar/What's It Gonna Be played on and produced Les' first album, but likes to have him sit in every chance he's free. Now Les explodes on his own with"Say No More;'an album which mixes the best of the Atlanta sound with freewheeling jazz guitar improvisations. www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WE VOLUME XXXVIII -- NUMBER 45 - March 26, 1977 GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President GARY COHEN Editor In Chief JULIAN SHAPIRO East Coast Editor New York Editorial PHIL DIMAURO cast; box editorial KEN TERRY CHARLES PAIKERT MARK MEHLER Hollywood Editorial COOKIE AMERSON MIKE FALCON To On Wallichs CHUCK COMSTOCK Enough Blame Go Around ALAN SUTTON RANDY LEWIS JEFF CROSSAN Street talk in Los Angeles the last few weeks regarding the Chapter XI filing of JEFFREY WEBER Wallichs Music City, is that the chain did "too little too late" to keep up with its J.B. CARMICLE West Coast Advertising Competitior. Unfortunately for the industry, that statement is true not just for Research HOWARD LOWELL Wallichs, but for others as well. STEVE OSTROW XI filing? blame can be placed at BOB SPEISMAN Who is responsible for the latest Chapter Surely LARRY CARLAT there is more blame to go JEFF RAY the door of the Wallichs chain owners and executives, but WAYNE MARECI BILL FEASTER around than can be placed at Wallich's doorstep. CAROL RANDAL at not JUDY ALBERT We'd like to suggest that perhaps the record manufacturers are fault, for DAN SEIDEN your is CATHY WEIDMAN helping Wallichs move into the seventies. After all, when all of competition GENE MAHLER selling records for under $4 and you're selling them for over $5, how long can you Coin Machine Chicago stay in business? And when one of your competitors opens down the street with sub CAMILLE COMPASIO, Manager $4 pricing, the time to retaliate is now, not later. Art Director WOODY HARDING It is evident how Peaches has been "welcomed" to the markets it has moved into. Circulation THERESA TORTOSA Korvettes, Venture stores and others have "greeted" them with aggressive Manager merchandising and pricing, to prevent business slippage and erosion. And in many PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK cases, the moves have at least partially worked. 119 West 57th. N.Y., N.Y. 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 were astute enough to make these retaliatory moves on Cable Address. Cash Box N.Y. But Korvettes and others CALIFORNIA their own; Wallichs needed to be prodded, but nobody did the prodding. 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) Hollywood, Ca. 90028 Phone- (213) 464-8241 When Wallichs' record business started to slip, did any of the manufacturers go NASHVILLE Did they push Wallichs into a more JUANITA JONES in and try to turn the situation around? BARBARA O'DELL CARMEN ADAMS aggressive advertising and merchandising policy? Or did they continue with 1511 Sigler St., Nashville Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 244-2898 "business as usual," thinking that Music Plus, Licorice Pizza, Wherehouse and CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO Tower were creating "extra business," and not taking business away from the 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, III. 60602 Phone: (312) 346-7272 Wallichs -type stores. WASHINGTON, D.C. JOANNE OSTROW It is upon the record manufacturer that we are all dependent. For music. 6120 Robinwood Road Bethesda, MD 20034 Marketing. Merchandising. Distribution. Promotion. Advertising. Maybe the ENGLAND - KIM THORNE 97 Uxbridge Rd., London W.12 owe it to themselves to be more aggressive in the field of account Phone: 01-749-6724 manufacturers ARGENTINA - MIGUEL SMIRNOFF support and guidance. Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: 89-6796 Mel Posner and George Steele told us at lunch the other day that Elektra/Asylum BRAZIL - H. GANDELMAN is to tailor their marketing approaches to the needs of individual Av. Rio Branco, 156 Sala 627 attempting Rio de Janeiro RJ customers. That approach is most certainly needed throughout the entire industry CANADA - DAVID FARRELL 1946 Bioor St. W. Apt. 14 100 on Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P 3K9 by every manufacturer. For only then, will the manufacturer get paid cents Phone: (416) 766-5978 the dollar, nothing less, and not have to settle for Chapter Xl. HOLLAND - PAUL ACKET P.O. Box 11621 (Prinsessegracht 3), The Hague Phone: (70) 624621, Telex: 33083 ITALY - GABRIELE G. ABBATE Viale A, Doria 10, 20124 Milano BELGIUM - ETIENNE SMET Postbus 56, B-2700 Sint-Niklaas Phone: (03) 76-54-39 AUSTRALIA - PETER SMITH 6 Murillo Crt., Doncaster Victoria, Australia 3108 NUMBER ONE Phone: 848-7878 SINGLE OF THE WEEK JAPAN - Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi, Minato -Ku. Tokyo RICH GIRL Phone: 504-1651 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES Editorial Mgr.. 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BSK 3010 s www.americanradiohistory.com CASH BOX TO31OOSNCLES March 26. 1977 Weeks Weeks - Weeks On On On 3/26 3/19 Chart 3/26 3/19 Chart 3/26 3/19 Chart ' RICH GIRL 31 AT MIDNIGHT (MY LOVE 69 SOMETHIN"BOUT'CHA DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES LATIMORE (Glades/TK 1739) 66 71 8 (RCA PB 0860) 3 7 10 WILL LIFT YOU UP) RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN 70 ROCK AND ROLL STAR 2 LOVE THEME FROM "A (ABC 12239) 32 34 8 CHAMPAGNE (Ariosa America/Capitol P7658) 74 85 3 STAR IS BORN" 32 GO YOUR OWN WAY O9 DANCING MAN (EVERGREEN) FLEETWOOD MAC (Reprise 8304) 23 12 12 Q (Epic 8-50335) 93 97 3 STREISA D (Columbia 3-10450) 1 16 33 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE 72 SAILING SHIPS DANCING QUEEN STEVE MILLER (Capitol 4372) 15 15 15 MESA (Ariola America/Capitol 7654) 72 79 7 ABBA (Atlantic 3372) 4 5 16 34 SAM 73 HELLO STRANGER DON'T GIVE UP ON US OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN (MCA 40670) 36 41 9 YVONNE ELLIMAN (RSO/Polydor 871) 88 - 2 DAVID SOUL (Private Stock 45129) 5 11 9 35 BOOGIE CHILD 74 REACHING FOR THE BEE 867) 29 14 11 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WORLD 36 NEW KID IN TOWN HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES WAY EAGLES (Asylum E45373) 31 23 16 (ABC 12240) 77 84 5 THELMA HOUSTON (Tamla/Motown T54278F) 6 10 14 37 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT 75 OLD FASHIONED BOY THINGS WE DO FOR CLIMAX BLUES BAND (Sire/ABC SAA 736) 46 57 7 THE 38 LIVING NEXT DOOR TO (YOU'RE THE ONE) LOVE STALLION (Casablanca NB 877) 85 100 3 10CC (Mercury 73875) 8 9 13 ALICE SMOKIE (RSO/Polydor 860) 33 22 17 76 ARRESTED FOR DRIVING 7 CARRY ON WAYWARD 39 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT WHILE BLIND SON MANFRED MANN (Warner Bros. WBS 8252) 35 27 18 ZZ TOP (London 251) 79 87 4 KANSAS (Kirshner/Epic ZS8-4267) 7 8 16 40 ENJOY YOURSELF 77 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST 8 TORN BETWEEN TWO JACKSONS (Epic 8-50289) 37 35 20 TIME I LOVERS 41 WANNA GET NEXT TO FOREIGNER (Atlantic 3394) - 1 MARY MACGREGOR YOU (Ariola America/Capitol 7638) 2 2 20 ROSE ROYCE (MCA 40662) 56 73 4 78 LOVE IS BETTER IN THE A.M. 9 I 42 LOST WITHOUT YOUR LIKE DREAMIN' JOHNNIE TAYLOR (Columbia 3-10478) 81 89 4 KENNY NOLAN (20th Century 2287) 9 3 20 LOVE 10 SO IN TO YOU BREAD (Elektra E45365) 38 36 19 79 THERE WILL COME A DAY SMOKEY ROBINSON (Tamla/Motown 154279F) ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (Polydor 14373) 14 t7 10 43 I WISH 84 92 3 11 MAYBE I'M AMAZED STEVIE WONDER (Tamla/Motown T54274F) 40 39 17 80 SING WINGS 13 16 7 (Capitol 4385) 44 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (Elektra E45387) 87 91 3 12 YEAR OF THE CAT HOT (Big BT 16085) 57 ,68 7 AL STEWART (Janus J266) 10 4 16 81 PART TIME LOVE 45 WALK THIS WAY KERRY CHATER (Warner Bros. 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