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DEDICATED TO THE NEEDS OF THE MUSIC/RECORD INDUSTRY ONE DOLLAR '7-,113ER 18, 1971 WHO IN THE WORLL 'V 6' c )1,/3 Jacksonmania Spreads to TV 0/ `-) filk; With the Jackson 5's First Special, 'Goin' Back to Indiana,' A Motown Production, Airing Sunday, Sept. 19, Via ABC. The Motown Label Supergroup's Story Appears in This Issue. PICKS OF THE WEEK DAWN, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY?" (Pocket THE LETTERMEN, "LOVE" (Maclen Music,BM!). ARETHA FRANKLIN, "ARETHA'S GREATEST HITS." Full of Tunes, BMI). Featuring Tony It's about time someone thought of "SpanishHarlem,""Baby, I LoveYou,""A Orlando onceagain,Dawn's chart Oreleasing John Lennon's classic mel- Natural Woman," "Don't Play That Song,""I success cannot be denied. This out- ody as a single. No strangers to the Say aLittlePrayer,""Bridge Over Troubled ing shouldbe asbigas "Knock charts,theLettermen might have Water,""Respect,""ChainofFools,""Call ThreeTimes."Bouncytunewith their biggest single yet. Perfect ar- Me," "Dr. Feelgood." Atlantic SD 8295. fullproductiontreatment,keyto rangement from the boys' forthcom- the turning out of hit records. Bell ing "Love Book" LP. Could goall 45141. the way. Relax and listen.Capitol 6315. CAT STEVENS, "PEACE TRAIN" (Irving Music, BMI). LINDISFARNE, "LADY ELEANOR" CR & M Music, POCO, "FROM THE INSIDE." Poco may not have The Cat continually keeps us in awe, ASCAP). British group's first outing rocketed to supergroupdom as quickly as some Amand this one is no exception. Beau- issuretoturn some heads.Fine groups, but they have steadily and deservedly tifulfollow-upto"Moon Shadow" blending of lyric and melody so in- built a following. This album provides allthe and "Wide World."Delightfulpro- digenous to Great Britain. Rock and reasons why. Try "Hoe Down" and "01'For- duction can't help but please. For- rollflipjustasgood.Bothcuts giver" first. Epic KE 30753. ever acrossover with top 40 and from their new LP, "Nicely Out of underground. A&M 1291-S. Tune." B/w "Down" (R & M Music, ASCAP). Elektra EKS 45744. DELANEY &BONNIE, "ONLY YOU KNOW AND I THE PIONEERS, "LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH" (Irv- DR. JOHN THENIGHT TRIPPER,"THE SUN KNOW" (Irving,BMI).Dave Mason ing Music, BMI). Pioneers seem hit - MOON & HERBS." Dr. John has an increasing did quitewellwithhis own song bound with a clever combination of segment of the buying public tripping on him. a while back. Now, one of the more music and production. Already #1 Ina world ofbizarre musicians he remains famoushusbandandwifeteams in England, success looms likely on very much inthe musical vanguard. "Where should achieve instant success. bothsidesoftheAtlantic.Good Ya at Mule" excels. Atco SD 33-362. Finally, Delaney & Bonnie don't need harmonies. Fine record. Yeah, yeah, allthefriends.Greatrockerby yeah! B w "More Love" (Interglobal great rockers. Atco 45-6838. Music,ASCAP). BigTree BT 124 (Ampex). FREDA PAYNE, "YOU BROUGHT THE JOY" (Forever JODY MILLER, "BABY,I'MYOURS" (Blackwood THE ISLEY BROTHERS, "GIVIN' IT BACK." The Music,BMI).Freda'sfollow-upto Music. BMI). Establishedcountry Isley Brothers have taken offthe fancy duds and gotten way, way down to the nitty gritty Invictus"Bring the Boys Home" will greatly songstresshasbeenknockingat Recordsadd to her growing number of fans. the door of top 40 charts. Timing on his new album. They don't do that many Rock androllHolland -Doziertune is right for the Barbara Lewis smash songs, but what they do is intelligent and beau- hasalltheingredients necessary. toreturn.Tastefulproductionby tiful. T -Neck TNS 3008 (Buddah). Flipis good enough to create two- BillySherrill. One expects the ob- sided hit.B w "SuddenlyIt's Yes- vious crossovers. Epic 5-10785. terday" (Forever Music, BMI) Invic- tus Is -9100 (Capitol). $3 Million in Pirated Tapes Seized A SCAP Gives Awards Dave Kapralik on Sly Dialogue: Bell's Bossin on Indie Distribution Frankie Laine Forms Coda Productions UA Intro's 42 LPs at Three - Day Meet Jack Schechtman to Columbia AmericanRadioHistory.Com Jefferson Airplane onthe Grunt label zshippingnow FTR-1001 cerfifed goldP8FT-1001 PKFT-1001 Records %-/- Tapes GRUNT logo (0 1971 Afterthought Productions Corp. AmericanRadioHistory.Com Dedicated to the Needs September 18. 1971 Of the Music/Record Industry Dave Kapralik On: $3 Million in Pirated Dr. Stewart & Mr. Sly Tapes Seized in N.Y. Tom Jones, Columbia's Johnny By DAVE FINKLE as if he were discussing the NEW YORK-A record sei- zure of more than 400,000 pirat-Cash, Apple's Paul McCartney twins in an old Bette Davis film Stills, NEW YORK- David Kapra--one good and one bad.Ited and counterfeit 8 -track tapeand Atlantic'sCrosby, lik, who manages Epic's Slymight be recalled that in the Nash & Young. Stone (Sylvester Stewart) and cartridges was made last week Assistant District Attorney early'60sthe much -traveledby the New York County Dis- the Family Stone, is currentlyrecord man formed Kapsil Pro- Roy R. Kulcsar estimated the embarked on clearing Sylvester trict Attorney's office. The raidvalue of the seized tapes and ductions with Eddie Silvers to other equipment at over $3 mil- Stewart's name of what he feelsrecord Miss Davis.) was part of a continuing inves- are unjustified raps- the focal tigation by that office into thelion. He also had high praise point right now being a de- Kapralik contends that it isproduction and sale of bootlegfor many members of the legit- cision by the City of New Yorkthe "life -affirming" Stewartrecordings. imate recording industry who, not to allow Sly to give a freewhom the city has been denying Thetitlesseizedincludedhe said, made the investigation concert here as promised bythe chance to give a free con-most of the recent best-sellers.and subsequent arrestspos- Kapralik after last year's Rand -cert. He attests that the mayor'sAmong them were Simon &sible. Kulcsar added that "the all's Island mishaps. office said no to a free concertGarfunkel's "Bridge Overinvestigation is, of course, con- In discussing Stewart and theafter Stewart was reported toTroubled Waters" (Columbia),tinuing and,as had already clearing of his name, Kapralikhave touchedofflast year'sGeorge Harrison's "All Things beendemonstrated,the New is careful to point out that heriot in Chicago's Grant Park. Must Pass" (Apple), Joe Cock-York statutes which prescribe thinks of Sly Stone and Sylves- Kapraliksaidthatdocu-er's "Mad Dogs & Englishmen"record and tape piracy and ter Stewart as two people, andmented proof exists establish-(A&M), "Hello Dolly Sound-counterfeiting will be strictly that in no way is he bound toing Stewart as having beentrack" (Twentieth Century Mu- enforced." offer cop-outs for Sly Stone.about to arrive to that particu-sic) and recordings by Parrot's (Continued on page 36) (Kapralik, in fact, talks aboutlar concert 15 minutes early, the two personalities of Stone (Continued on page 36) Luine Forms Production Co. Coast," and Ray Barr, "my con- ASCAP Announces ductor who came to me for two weeks 11 years ago." '71-72 Annual Awards "We have had Frankie Laine Enterprises for years, in pub- ASCAP has announced theman and Billy Taylor; and such lishing, writing and sometimes results of the 11th annual meet-writing -performing groups as handling talent, but this is the ings of its Awards Panels forBlack Sabbath, Chase and Led first time we've gone into re- the 1971-1972 distrubution year.Zeppelin. cording with our own loot," These awards are designed to In its report of the awards explainedLaine."We'veal- recognize and encourage themade in the Popular Field, the ready cut an album with Joe continuing contribution ofPanel noted that it had given Pass, the guitarist, called 'Bet- ASCAP members toa wideawards to several new groups ter Days Are Coming.' We think spectrum of contemporary mu-including Hammer, If and Man- it'ssomethingspecial. We sic, from rock to classical. drill,as well as more estab- Record World Editor Doug McClel- didn't want it to be a rock LP, Included among the list oflished groups such as Cactus, land, Frankie Laine, Record Worldbecause Joe is too mature for award recipients are SpoletoMountain and War. Publisher Bob Austin. acceptance there. And a middle- Festivaldirector GianCarlo The Panel also listed a large of-the-road package might have Menotti; Virgil Thomson, com-number of new awards recipi- By DOUG McCLELLAND limited him to the old timers. poser; Steven Schwartz, writerents whose impact has been NEW YORK - FrankieSpeaking commercially, a jazz of the hit rock musical "God -felt in the music world in the Laine,whosegritty,uniquealbum seemed unwise. We have spell"and collaborator withrecent year,including Jacobstyle was the antecedent of to-triedtobridgethegap.It LeonardBernstein ontheBrackman who co -wrote "That'sday's preponderance of whitesounds like a wonderful blend "Mass" which Bernstein com-the Way I've Always Heard itsoul singers, has added anotherof contemporary and MOR with posed to inaugurate the JohnShould Be" with award recipi-first to his multi -million record -jazz overtones. Only an artist F. Kennedy Center for the Per-ent Carly Simon; James Doris,selling career: his own record (Continued on page 33) forming Arts in Washington ;writer of "Oh Me, Oh My"; such Nashvillians as Jerry Fos- production company, Coda Mu- Janis Gwin and Linda Martinsic Productions, Inc. ter and Bill Rice; soul writerwho co -wrote "Chick -a -Boom"; Visiting Record World lastDavis, Schein Rufus Thomas; Ornette Cole -Dorothea Joyce who wrote theweek during an Eastern per- 5thDimensionhit"Loves.forming -promotiontrek,theCBS Directors England Returning Lines, Angles and Rhymes": Coast -basedLaine-aseager CliveJ.Davis,President, and Livingston Taylor, writerand vital as when he had hisCBS/Records Group, and Har- To Columbia? of "Carolina Day." firstsmash, "That's My De-vey L. Schein, President, CBS/ At press time last week, it Other award winners whosesire," in the '40s-revealed thatColumbiaGroup,havebeen was rumored that Don Englandsongs made the charts this yearhis new company would be lo-elected Directors of Columbia was returning to Columbia Rec-were Kent Lavoie, writer of thecated in Hollywood.