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D utdoor Concerts (Ed)...Industryites To I: Music Reflects, Doesn't Promote Use. Yetnikoff Details CBS Intl Growth Rate ...Gabler Leases Commodore Line To Atlantic ...Col Signs Association ... Maple Leaf Junket Plans 3 Concerts ROBERTA FLACK: 'FIRST TIME,' FOR EVERYONE www.americanradiohistory.com and Simon's"Me and J is a smash. Even bigger than Child Reunion' In just three weeks PAUL SIMON'S "Me and Julio Down by NEW SINGLE, the Schoolyard" has sold "ME AND JULIO DOWN over 250,000 copies.And it's zooming up the charts, BY THE SCHOOLYARD." already bullet36 in Billboard, Still another great song to bullet 29 in Cash Box, bullet add to his unparalleled 25 in Record World. succession of hits. On Columbia Records - c -COLUMBIA," MARCAS REG PRINTED IN U S A. www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY 1 ! lï Jill Vol. XXXIII - Number 44/April 22, 1972 Publication Office/1780 Broadway, New York, New York 10019/Telephone: JUdson 6-2640/Cable Address Cash Box, N. Y. GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Vice President and Editorial Director CHRISTIE BARTER West Coast Director ED KELLEHER KENNY KERNER ROBERT ADELS MARK PINES TODD EVERETT RESEARCH MIKE MARTUCCI Research Director ANTHONY LANZETTA Assoc. Dir. BOBBY SIEGEL Securing Outdoor ADVERTISING STAN SOIFER Advertising Manager Account Executives ED New York Concerts ADLUM, WOODY HARDING Art Director COIN MACHINE & VENDING ED ADLUM General Manager DON DROSSELL CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago SHERYL BAKER, Hollywood CIRCULATION Mgr. THERESA TORTOSA, It's become a worthwhile ritual, in trol of crowds and contain ample HOLLYWOOD our view, to underscore at this time facilities for food and toilets. One sug- CHRISTIE BARTER-TODD EVERETT 6565 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 525), Hollywood, Calif. 90028 of the year the outdoor concert sea- gestion calls for a week-long event at Phone: (213) Hollywood 9-2966 son ahead. In sheer volume of re- a site such as the Garden. NASHVILLE cording fans who attend various With conveniences like air-condi- JUANITA JONES 806 J6th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 events, whether they be festivals or tioning in all key indoor arenas, this Phone: (615) 244-2898 packaged engagements, the summer concept for summertime musical en- CHICAGO personal appearance is un- a CAMILLE COMPASIO period tertainment has lot going for it. Yet, 29 E Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 equaled. there seems to be something unrea- ENGLAND HOLLAND Unfortunately, there are signs that sonable about containing these events DORRIS LAND PAUL ACKET chaos and even tragedy that have indoors during a time of year when 3 Cork Street Theresiastraat 59-63 London WI The Hague stalked outdoor music events in re- the outdoors can be inviting and add Tel. 01-7342374 Tel: 837700 cent years may hover over similar much to the goings-on on stage. There GERMANY ITALY events this year. This is true despite have, of course, been any number of CHRISTIAN TOERSLEFF GABRIELE G. ABBATE our feeling that the highly combus- stadium -packed engagements where 2 Hamburg 56 Viale A. Doria 10 Leuchttrum Weg 30 20124 Milano tible mixture of politics and music was such that they came off Tel: 0411/34 72 486 security BELGIUM will probably prove to be a minimum without incident. Last year's Shea Sta- BRAZIL ETIENNE SUET factor, even in elec- by Funk Railroad PEDRO FRAZAO this Presidential dium concert Grand Postbus 56 DO VASCONCELOS B-2700 Sint-Niklaas tion year. comes to mind, among many others. Rue Frei Caneca II, Apt. 13 Tel: (03) 76-54-39 Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil The outdoor concert season cer- We believe it's a matter of well - Tel: 257-05-58 AUSTRALIA tainly got off to a sad start at the ill- planned precaution in terms of securi- ARGENTANA PETER SMITH fated Mar Y Sol festival in Puerto ty that will reduce chaos to a mini- MIGUEL SM1RNOFF 40 Winters Way Belgrano 3252, !Piso 4 "B" Doncaster 3108 Rico earlier this month, with one per- mum. In particular, music festivals Buenos Aires, Argentina Victoria, Australia Tel: 89-6'196 son stabbed to death, and two drown- that run into several days are the sore JAPAN CANADA ings. This horror was compounded by point, and it is here that local commu- WALT GREALIS Adv. Mgr. what appears to have been incredibly nities must continue to press for tight SACHIO SAITO RPM bad financial management. control months before these events 1560 Bayview Ave. I -II 2-Chome Shinbashi Toronto, 17, Ontario Minato -Ku, Tokyo There are some promoters who are are scheduled. Acts, too, must be Tel: (416) 489-2166 Tel: 504-1651 now calling for an end to summer given assurances in these matters, FRANCE Editorial Mgr. FRANK LITSIK FUMIYO TACHIBANA concerts at large outdoor arenas, otherwise they are hardly being re- 5 Rue Alfred Dormeuil I -II 2-Chome Shinbashi simply on the basis that no amount sponsible to their fans. 78 Croissy Minato -Ku, Tokyo Tel: 225-26-31 Tel: 504-1651 of security can handle the hoards of It is truly a sad state of affairs when SUBSCRIPTION RATES $35 per year anywhere in the youngsters who appear at these gath- music fans fnust be imprisoned, so to U.S.A., Published weekly at 34 N. Crystal St., E. Strouds- erings. These promoters feel that speak, when burg. Pa. by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. the summer months cry 10019. Second cuass postage paid at New York, N.Y., U.S.A. and additional offices. week-long events in large in -door out for music under the sun or stars. opyright © 1972 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. showcases, like New York's Madison Well pre -planned events can achieve All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. 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