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SINGLES EAG -ES, "HOTEL " (prod. by Bill SPINNERS; "YOU'RE THROWING A GOOD LOVE AMERICA, "HARBOR." This trio has Szymczyk) (writers: Felder -Henley - AWAY" (prod. by ) (writ- mastered a form-easy-going, soft rock Frey) (pub. not listed) (6:08). Prob- ers: S. Marshall & T. Wortham) built around three-part harmonies and ably America's hottest group on bath (Mighty Three, BMI) (3:36). The group (on its more recent Ips) the sweet pro- the and singles levels, The has slowed the tempo from its romp- duction and arrangements of George Eagles have followed the stunning ing "Rubberband Man" but main- Martin. "Don't Cry Baby," -Now She's success of "New Kid In Town" with tains the eclectic sound that has Gone" and "Sergeant Darkness" fill the the title track from their platinum made them a major force through- prescription most eloquently. They'll Ip. A mild reggae flavor pervades out pop and souldom. The track is never be in dry dock. Warner Bros. BSK the tune. Asylum 45386. from their forthcoming Ip. Atl. 3382. 3017 (7.98). THE , "IT FEELS SO GOOD TO THE ISLEY BROTHERS, "THE PRIDE" (prod. by BAC -ëMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, "FREE- ItF LOVED SO BAD' (prod. by The The Isley Brothers) (R. Isley-O. Isley- WAYS." With "Freeways," BTO has Manhattans Co./Bobby Martin) (Raze R. Isley-C. Jasper -E.. Isley-M.Isley) reached a new stage of its career. zle Dazzle, BMI) (3:58). The group (Bovina, ASCAP) (3:25). A growling Hinted at previously _but fully devel- opens the tune with one of its by and loping bass sound sets oped now, the group has retained its now obligatory narrative exhorta- the pace for the group's best effort power while moving to a more tions which sets the tors. A ballad in recent at empts. The pride in the and vocal -oriented sound. Side one is about being in love, it is delivered is c nveyed in the lyric and Band -like; side two is good, (loose fun. in the style that has made them a helps set it apart from all the rest. Will appeal to older rock fans, too. best selling outfit. Col 3 10495. T Neck ZS8 2262 (CBS). Mercury SRM-1-3700 (7.98). JOHN '.e:,iVER, "MY SWEET LADY" (prod. by EARTH, WIND & FIRE, "ON YOUR FACE" (prod. "." This is the man CI>Milton Okun) (writer: John Denver) by & Charles Step- whose voice had become the trademark Lane, (Cherry ASCAP) (4:47). The ney) (writers: M. White -C. Stepney - of Horold Melvin & the Bluenotes up song which is already a part of P. Bailey) (Saggifire, BMI) (2:59). The until about a year ago. Pendergrass' Denver's second volume of greatest track has been edited down from the solo effort, with contributions from hits should soon place the "Rocky "Spirit" album without compromis- many of the major music -makers in Mountain" singer back on top. A lilt- ing any of the flavor that has made , simply sparkles with vital- ing string arrangement complements it a stand out. The group is on its ity on ballads and up -tempo numbers his sincere vocal and gentle acoustic way toward another crossover suc- alike. Beautiful. Phila. Intl. PZ 34390 guitar work. RCA 10911.. cess. Columbia 3 10492. (CBS) (6.98).

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ding, Boyle Trade Charges Wonder, Benson Take Four Grammys Each; tiC Payola Hearings Continue Starland, Corea, Also Big Winners By MICHAEL SHAIN NEW YORK-, Male; and his overall effort who seems to dominate the bal- brought him the award for Best JGTON-Egmont Son - week of hearings into allegations loting every time he releases an Pop Vocal Performance. 1e 71 -year old white that WOL disc jockeys have been album, and George Benson, who Benson, whose "Breezin' " al- WOL-AM in Washing - coercing artists to perform for capped several years of rising bum and "" city's top -rated black their concert production com- popularity with a hit single and single headed , r&b and pop id last week that two pany or to cut them in on concert album in 1976, dominated last singles and albums charts, saw rt promoters attempted profits earned in the Washington week's 19th Grammy Awards the latter effort named Record of e sale of his radio sta - market. Sonderling struck back at with four selections each. The the Year, while the album was em at a below -market the concert promoters, Jack Boyle Starland Vocal Band, Chick honored as Best Engineered Re- neatening to go to the of Cellar Door Concerts and Wil- cording (Non -Classical) Best ommunications Com- liam Washington of Dimensions Corea, Chicago and Artur and Rubinstein and Daniel Baren- Pop Instrumental Performance. th allegations of wrong- Unlimited, after Boyle testified boim were also multiple winners. His "Theme From Good King WOL. Sonderling's that he and Washington had of- Bad" was also named Best R&B ne during the second fered in mid -1976 to pay $3 mil- Wonder's " In the Key Instrumental Performance. lion for the station "out of Of Life" earned Album of the The awards ceremony again Born' Album frustration." Year honors; Wonder himself was emanated from Hollywood on Sonderling told reporters dur- named Best Producer for his work CBS -TV, Feb. 19. While marred, undtrack Record ing a break in the proceedings on it; his performance on "I (Continued on page 46) y LENNY BEER that he considered a May 17, 1976 Wish," the first single from the Jndtrack to "A Star Is (Continued on page 116) Ip, was cited as Best R&B Vocal, )lumbia) remained at Softer Sounds Show of this week's album tough the tremendous Videodisc's Impact on Industry Renewed Chart Strength !xisted between it and May Be Less Than Expected By BARRY TAYLOR s' "Hotel California," NEW YORK - The recent at #$2 has decreased By SAMUEL GRAHAM plethora of rock records domi- y. By holding onto the - Current pro- Two major competing systems, nating the Record World singles on, "A Star Is Born" jections for market availability Philips/MCA's Vision and chart have been overtaken by the breaks the record and preliminary retailing plans RCA's SelectaVision, continue softer sound of songs that have for a soundtrack re- suggest that the videodisc, once their race to the marketplace, either crossed over from the maining at the top. touted as a potential windfall for with MCA apparently edging MOR side or simultaneously 'IS "The " previ - the record retail business, will ahead according to its current broken out of both markets. A #1 for four weeks and have less of an impact on the timetable. But spokesmen for total of 42 per cent of the ind effort now has re - record industry than originally both companies indicated that records in the top 100 this week (Continued on page 6) expected. sales of video software for the reflect the new trend. new systems, originally expected Of these, six are curently in to center within the record re- the top ten: "Torn Between Two tail structure, may now be made (Continued on page 108) through a FIEL I FTD Wind] SALES N broader range of retail IIIIIu1111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIuIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOnIIIII111Illllr outlets, possibly including de- FILMS partment and book stores as well RW Radio Seminar Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb Feb Feb. 'Safes Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb Feb. as record stores. 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The seminar will begin be kept distinctly separate from at 1:30 p.m. and run until ap- 150.0 standard record operations. proximately 5 p.m. Festivities 23.7 will begin with a cocktail and 130.0 Norman Glenn, vice president hors d'oeuvres hour and then in charge of marketing and pro- proceed to a discussion of the I I I 110.0 gramming for Philips/MCA's n compilation of the Record 85.7 Disco Vision, told RW that they 90.0 World charts, features of the hope to have their system ready magazine and research tech- for purchase by December of 70.0 niques in general. There will this year. A controlled prelimi- I I also be a discussion of the n nary market (not a test market- Los Angeles market. Glenn stressed that "we have 11111 All radio and dealer per- (Continued on page 108) on of quantitative sales data sonnel in the area are invited acros the country. The base 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,111111111111111111111111111* of these quantitative reports to attend. 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VP & MANAGING EDITOR dominating sales to the exclusion contains three former members According to sources in the MIKE SIGMAN of newer releases is continuing, of the Allman Brothers band, and U.S. Atorney's office in Memphis, LENNY BEER/VP, MARKETING and may even be gaining Soul, Williams and MacGregor Klein, along with postal official HOWARD LEVITT/ASSOCIATE EDITOR momentum. Of the 100 albums have been aided greatly by hit EDITOR Robert Neil Wamnack, is charged TONI PROFERA/RESEARCH on the chart this week, 21 were singles. MICHAEL SCHANZER/ART DIRECTOR with conspiring to violate two there six months ago; last year, With FM radio, long the new Ira Mayer/Reviews Editor Federal statues: the first, which David McGee/Assistant Editor only 12 Ips had such longevity, artist's principal avenue of ex- concerns itself .with stealing Barry Taylor/Assistant Editor and five years ago, only nine posure, continuing to decline as mail, the second, using the Marc Kirkeby/Assistant Editor albums had been around that a showcase medium for untested Pat Baird/Assistant Editor mails in the furtherance of fraud. length of time. talent, and increasingly mono- Mike Vallone/ Assistant Research Editor There are also two substantive Dede Dabney/R&B Editor With competition for the top polized by those same artists counts in the indictment that Stephen Kling/Assistant Art Director slots on the chart rarely allowing who are dominating album sales, deal specifically with three Joyce Reitzer/ Production more than one new entry into the prospects for a brightening Speight Jenkins/Classical Editor stolen letters, allegedly taken the top 10 in any given week, of the new artist's horizons do Vince Aletti /Discotheque Editor from the Arbitron company. Michael Shain/Washington Correspondent simply making the top 100 has aid not seem good. One possible Robert Palmer/Jazz Editor become an even greater achieve- to getting the attention of the Letters ment. Nine new albums enter marketplace, the smaller or cus- Klein, along with postman Stan Soifer/Advertising Sales Wamnack, is charged with steal- the chart this week, led by Jethro tom label, may be making WEST COAST Tull (Chrysalis) at 44 -bullet, greater inroads, The Album ing three letters containing five SPENCE BERLAND bringing to 51 the number of Ips Chart indicates. Arbitron books that dealt with VICE PRESIDENT WEST COAST MANAGER added since the first of the year. Of those 51 discs to reach the the rating period from April 22 May 10, 1974 and pro- Sam Sutherland/West Coast Editor In the first two months of 1976, chart, nine have been on cus- through Samuel Graham/Assistant Editor 60 albums gained at least a foot- tom labels, including those by viding information. According to John Mankiewicz/Assistant Editor hold on the chart. Grover Washington Jr. (Kudu), the U.S. Attorney's office, Linda Nelson/Production Portia Giovinazzo/ Research Assistant More telling, perhaps, is that (Tamla), Jeffer- WHBQ's ratings "jumped from Thelma Houston 6290 Sunset Boulevard only five of those 51 charted (Continued on page 103) (Continued on page 18) Hollywood, Calif. 90028 albums are the work of new Phone: (213) 465-6126 artists David Soul (Private - Record -High Revenues NASHVILLE Stock), Sea Level (Capricorn), ASCAP Reports JOHN STURDIVANT Satuday Night Live (Arista), De - NEW YORK - The American $85 million, which also covered VICE PRESIDENT Society of Composers, Authors income from U.S. and foreign SOUTHEASTERN MANAGER performances of ASCAP licensed Luke Lewis/Southeastern Editor Warner Bros. Creates and Publishers (ASCAP) has Marie Ratliff/ Research reported record -breaking 1976 music. Vicki Branson / Research Career Devel. Dept. revenues of $94,057,000. With "This healthy growth reflects Red O'Donnell/Nashville Report ASCAP president Stanley Adams the continuing success of our 49 Music Square West LOS ANGELES - Mo Ostin, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 chairman of the board and presi- presiding, more than 400 com- vigorous licensing programs, the Phone: (615) 329.1111 dent of Warner Bros. Records posers, lyricists and music pub- excellent 1976 enjoyed by our lishers assembled at the Beverly customers and our LATIN AMERICAN OFFICE has announced the formation of broadcast TOMAS FUNDORA a new career development de- Hilton Hotel last Thursday (24) commitment to the progressive VICE PRESIDENT partment. The department will for the organization's semi-an- management that a large and 3140 W. 8th Ave., Hialeah, Fla. 33012 be headed by vice president Bob nual west coast membership complex music licensing opera - (305) 823-8491 Regehr and will encompass both meeting, responded enthusiasti- tion requires today," Adams NOEL GAY ORGANISATION the artist relations and publicity cally as screen -scorer George stated. 24 Denmark St., London, W.C. 2, England department of the company. Duning, vice president of the "ASCAP's 25,000 members live Phone: 8363941 Each department will retain its music licensing organization, in regions JAPAN and create in all of the ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE individual identity under the re- the absence of ASCAP's treasurer U. S. and we license and collect CBON Queen Building Ernest R. Farmer, do- 18-12 Roppongl 7-chome vised structure, but will be co- announced license fees in these areas. We Mlnato-ku, Tokyo label mestic receipts of $80,338,000 S. ordinated to offer artists license more U. music users CANADA career guidance and opportu- and foreign income of $13,719,- and collect more for our mem- ROBERT CHARLES-DUNNE 000. 19 Yorkville Avenue nities. bers than anyone else does and Toronto, Ontario Canada M4W IL1 Carl Scott has been named by Adams noted that these figures (Continued on page 102) (416) 964-8406 Regehr to be artist relations reflected that 1976 was ASCAP's _1,11111111111111111,111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,1.. GERMANY director and Bob Merlis will be greatest year since it was founded JIM SAMPSON Llebherrst 19 national publicity director, Re - on Feb. 13, 1914. In 1975 ASCAP Capitol Raising 8000 Muenchen 22, Germany (Continued on page 102) set a new income record with FRANCE Catalogue Prices GILLES PETARD 8, Quai de Stalingrad, Boulogne 92, France NEW YORK-Record World Phone: 520-79.67 has learned that Rec- Capitol SPAIN Powerhouse Picks ords will become the first ma- JOSE'CLIMENT Avenida de America 35, Piso 5 No. 7 (Due to airplay and sales in projectable markets, these records jor company to raise general Madrid 2, Spain Phone: 416-7161 exhibit top five potential) catalogue prices. Effective Phew.: 4: is March 1, Capitol albums bear- William Bell (Mercury) "Trying To Love Two." ing the prefixes SO, SMAS = SMAL, SWBO, SV Springing from r&b roots, this record has been #1 in SWAL will carry a $ Spartanburg for four consecutive weeks and is now gested list price. Al showing half -chart jumps in Detroit and as on Capitol's Angel a dia lines will be ra is yelling smash( well. Everybody $6.98 to $7.98. 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MacGregor' strong sales and airplay reported. being afforded to the title is now out as single and this week and was only reported now has recorded four weeks at Thelma Houston (Tamla) picked which Chart as by about 50 percent of the ac- the top of the singles list and up some strong airplay this week debuts on The Singles Overall sales in the counts contacted, but it did have added the #1 position on The which will add to its sales poten- Chartmaker. a nation also picked up a bit again some strong first week rack Country Singles Chart to her tial and give this, her first hit, this week, as evidenced by The movement which compensated credit. The single has caused strong chance to enter and do in the top 10. 10cc was Record World Sales Index, and for the stock situation and almost such a rage that it is now re- well is doing one of the biggest reasons was enabled it to outdistance Tull. ceiving some r&b play, and it mentioned above and and Hall & Oates (RCA) the strong sales reaction to the Natalie Cole was also extremely has also led to the explosion very well, could have their biggest ever new (WB). In only strong in her first week, with of a single on Mercury by picking up mo- its second week in the street, it black sales reports exceptional William Bell called "Trying To with "Rich Girl" weekly. Interestingly, the moved to #9 with rack sales (she currently has the #1 r&b Love Two," which is an r&b- mentum on the Hall & Oates has catching up very quickly with the single from the new album) and based tune about a man who action 100 percent single strong retail movement. Also very pop sales movement also good. loves two women, the reverse of caused almost has not yet strong in the top 10 is George Benson the MacGregor situation. The sales reaction and album sales. (Columbia), in its third week of Other hot numbers this week William Bell single is this week's affected finally re- charting, now at #7. were George Benson (WB) with Powerhouse Pick and moves from The Eagles (Asylum) leased much demanded and Bob Seger the follow-up to his Grammy 70 to 46. Mercury's other biggie their much aired "Hotel California" The teens scored heavily in winning "Breezin'" set scoring is 10cc, currently at 15 with a on as Chart - sales and are represented by well at 26 bullet; Quincy Jones bullet and heading toward the cur, which came the Week at 56. Other three especially solid items which (A&M), selling up a storm with top 10. maker of were David continued to fight their way up. the "Roots" soundtrack at 35 The top 10 saw only one new hot items of note which is Bob Seger (Capitol) inched up to bullet; Neil Diamond (Columbia), entry this week, and that was Soul (Private Stock), believers of everyone and #15 this week with retail still exploding from 77 to 39 with his ABBA (Atlantic), with their biggest making to go all the leading but rack action not too live set, which should pick up hit ever in this country jumping has the potential way if things pull together as they far behind. Kansas (Kirshner) is significantly again next week from 11 to 7 and exploding in Natalie Cole (Capitol), solid across-the-board at rack and from reaction to his television sales. Inside the select circle, Bob should; well weekly at pop radio retail accounts and charts at #17, special; Marshall Tucker Band Seger (Capitol) made the biggest gaining and still the r&b tune in the while Rufus (ABC) is strongest at (Capricorn), with strong retail move, from 9 to 6, with strong #1 Glen (Capitol), retail and of course in black response for the second straight sales reported everywhere on his country; Campbell population areas in the big cities. week; Utopia (Bearsville), scoring "Night Moves." Kenny Nolan which has now wrapped up play and is spreading Immediate Hits well this week and breaking into (20th Century) also picked up and in the south Warnes This week's overall sales pic- the top 100; and Sea Level (Capri- moved from 10 to 8. elsewhere; and Jennifer around for ture was also brightened by the corn), with their first release Outside the top 10 are five (Arista), which hung a in secondary mar- addition of three major immedi- blasting into the top 100 in only strong hit records. Fleetwood Mac few weeks kets and then popped wide open ate hit albums: Jethro Tull its second week in the streets. (WB) is peaking now, especially (Chrysalis), John Denver (RCA) with the release of their album last week. taking sales away from the single, Of special interest this week is the emergence of Peter Gab- REGIONAL BREAKOUTS, riel (Atco), with his new album CPME To Honor scoring heavy breakout action Albums and debuting at 108 with a bullet. Ahmet Ertegun iss This activity is consistent with the NEW YORK-Ahmet Ertegun, sales interest generated by the chairman of the board and chief latest Genesis album, currently at of Atlantic (Columbia) Jethro Tull (Chrysalis) 28. Gabriel, of course, was the executive officer Natalie Cole (Capitol) to re- lead singer for Genesis. Records, has been chosen South: John Denver (RCA) ceive the 6th annual "Humani- Manhattans (Columbia) Enchantment (United Artists) Renaissance (Sire) tarian Award" from the Confer- Atlanta Rhythm Section ence of Personal Managers East, (Polydor) South: New Stewart Pubbery was announced by Buddy William Bell (Mercury) it Jethro Tull (Chrysalis) luncheon committee chair- Allen, Midwest: Sea Level (Capricorn) Dubbed 'Interworld man of the CPME. John Denver (RCA) LOS ANGELES Michael will be presented at David Soul (Private Stock) Marshall Tucker (Capricorn) - The award (Capitol) Stewart, who recently resigned cocktail party and Natalie Cole (Capitol) an exclusive Natalie Cole (Capitol) as chairman and president of honor at Olivia Newton -John (MCA) luncheon in Ertegun's Midwest: United Artists Music Publishing Roof in William Bell (Mercury) the St. Regis Jethro Tull (Chrysalis) i Group, has revealed that Inter - noon. 500 on Friday, April 29, at West: John Denver (RCA) world Music Group, Inc. will be (Bearsville) friends and leading entertainment Utopia the name of the new interna- to David Soul (Private Stock) MarshalllTucker (Capricorn) industry figures are expected Wings (Capitol) tional music firm that he will set which will Peter Gabriel (Atco) attend the luncheon, Atlanta Rhythm Section up in Los Angeles next month. Scheck, (Polydor) be hosted by George West: Affiliation president. Natalie Cole (Capitol) CPME Jethro Tull (Chrysalis) Interworld, which will be en- Previous recipients of the John Denver (RCA) gaged in the American and "Humanitarian Award" include Natalie Cole (Capitol) Sea Level (Capricorn) international music publishing William B. Williams last year, Joe Marshall Tucker (Capricorn) industry, is an affiliate of the Phil Greenwald Kipnes in 1975, Bertlesmann Group of Com- Ed McMahon in 1973 in 1974, panies. and Geraldo Rivera in 1972.

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S service developed from a suc- the most sophisticated record scribers eight 22 -minute pro- fidi has been Sire's director cessful English retail promotion, market that the whole audio grams, rather than a single tape, promotion for the past two ye is refining the airplay and mer- point -of -purchase approach had with each subscriber to choose With his new position, Scat chandising balance that has to be refined and added to for the any thus four segments from the serv- will oversee the areas of marl far enabled the young U.S." ice's operation projected selection of na- ing, promotion and publicity to build a network of over 5000 Among Dane's revisions of the tional pop, r&b, country, jazz and new promotion director will participating stores. Wilde Rock format are fixed play - mood music programs. named shortly. Retail Network dates designed to provide partici- Dane reports that approximate- In related moves, Stein pating Soundaround's retail network manufacturers with more ly 82 percent of his subscribers also announced the appointor precise information is supplied weekly with 90 mi- about when are using eight -track tapes, which of Ken Kushnick, most rece their records are nute tapes featuring selections being program- Soundaround is encouraging due Gull Records' American rer med; an incentives from albums and key singles sub- program to the configuration's continuous sentative, as director of a which rewards individual retail mitted by participating record play feature. Because of the size development; Myke Dewitt, r subscribers companies. With a disc jockey through premium to- of the phone staff and the com- duct and sales coordinator kens if reading lead-in copy designed to the tape is being played puterized data bank, Dane claims David Kastens, formerly with when the location is called; an draw the customer to the actual Soundaround can provide ac- ABC Burbank branch as No increasing release, and point -of-purchase emphasis on visual curate market readings of sales coast coordinator. Kastens merchandising designed to display materials for the store rein- activity on a given title within a be based in Los Angeles force programming keyed to album the actual tape program- week. "It's going to be six weeks will work closely with all dep ming and narration; and, in graphics and conventional mer- forth- before their computers start rnents of ABC Records, Si coming programming, chandising pieces, Martin Dane, a variety showing up that feedback," he national distributor. president of the company, asserts of formats designed to tailor the asserts. his subscribing locations are see- programming to the general Thus far, , Haley To ing added business, both in sin- clientele of each location. Speak , Elektra/Asylum gle impulse buys and extra busi- Four Programs Records, Warner Bros. Records, At NARM Meet ness from regular customers. At present, Soundaround has RSO Records and NEW YORK - Alex Haley, Operational Link completed four weekly programs, have become participants in the author of "Roots," will be spe Much of the operation's early with each store retaining the tape programming, with several other ing to the NARM general ass( momentum in acquiring both for two weeks; at the end of a labels represented in the pro- bly on Sunday, March 6, imr business week, a second retail subscribers and label ad- tape is gramming and waiting to see the diately preceding the panel i provided, so that vertisers - who pay a flat 121/2 each store has results before using the service cussion on the topic "Black a total of three hours' cent rate per minute of program, program- on a full-time basis. Among re- Beautiful ... Bottom Line." JL per store, per week, to have their ming. Overlapping use of tapes tailers, Soundaround has based Malamud, president of NAF records included in the program- permits retailers to utilize fresh much of its initial testing on the has also announced that all bi ming - can be attributed to material each week while ex- response from the Korvettes rec- ness meetings of the 1977 NA Soundaround's operational link ploiting each program's selec- ord departments, which were the Convention will be open to d( a with Quality Business Systems, a tions for two-week period. Thus (Continued on page 42) gates' wives. large telephone sales office supply distributor. Working from an ini- tial list of retail contacts, Sound - around has used its telephone Cooperation, Competitive Spirit Highlight UA Mktng. Meet staff and WATS switchboard to - Close co-operation and international marketplace The conference resulted in expand and revise its subscriber and a competitive spirit charac- and placed heavy emphasis on establishment of priorities file to include information on in- terized na- complete communication and co- goals for the company and dividual store locations covering tional marketing meeting held ordination between all depart - definition of UA's new mark both the average sales activity, its Feb. 20, 21 & 22 in Dallas, Texas. ments. Gordon Bossin, vice pres- ing philosophy. Country crc structure within any parent chain UA's sales, promotion and mer- ident of marketing, also stressed overs ranked high on the n (and number of other store loca- chandising specialists from across the importance of communica- priority list along with the furt: tions), and tape configuration the U.S. joined label executives tion, inviting every employee to development of artists on ini at needed for instore play. the conference for a series of draw knowledge from the com- pendent labels distributed by I Dane formed the company meetings designed to expand pany's department heads. Though still in its format current efforts here in October, together with and explore new Pat Pipolo, vice president of stages, the company's basic m avenues Chris Whittaker, secretary/treas- of approach for 1977. promotion, Larry Cohen, vice keting philosophy involves c urer; Boyd Berlind, chairman; Artie Mogull, president of president of merchandising and tomized campaign developm. and the Hon. David Sharpies, vice United Artists Records, de- Joe Carbone, director of sales for each artist and tight comml fined president. The basic behind the importance of the headed seminars with their teams ication and follow-through on the service began in England, label's catalogue in the domestic of professionals. levels. however. "A very famous and trendy London store, back in 1971, started having an in-store jock," Dane explained, "and they found that having a jock on duty produced a remarkable rise in sales for those records featured." Refinement Wilde Rock Promotions then took the idea to a more refined level, pre -recording the shows and duplicating them on tape to provide broader coverage. "I was The U.A. merchandising team (left photo, standing brought in as an left to right): Howard Bernstein, Charlie Stewart, Larry Cohen, Tom Chamb outside finan- Dennis Armond, Dennis Osowski, (seated) Kathi Jamison and Stella White. The company's sales department, from left, is N cial consultant," Dane recalled, Wienstroer, Bob Wilder, Lynn Shults, Eileen Sanders, Jim McHugh, Bryan Blatt, Dave Skolnick, Ken Sawyer and Joe Carbone.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Chairman: Ed Wright, president, G.E.I. Communications 9:00-5:00 p.m.-CONVENTION REGISTRATION California Lounge Panel: , president, Tabu Records Eugene J. Boykins, product manager, 10:00 a.m.- RACK JOBBERS WORKSHOP Westwood Room Carnation Co. Topic: "The Current Market Crisis" Kenny Gamble, chairman, Philadelphia Intl. Records Chairman: George Souvall, president, Alta Distributing Co. & chairman, John Marmaduke, director, Western Merchandisers Rack Jobbers Advisory Committee LeBaron Taylor, VP marketing & special products, CBS Records Speaker: Dr. Alfred R. Oxenfeldt, professor of marketing, Jerry Wexler, consultant, Atlantic Records Segment II: "Record Industry Advertising: This Is How It's Done - 12:00 noon - INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURERS LUNCHEON This Is How It Should Be Done" Brentwood Room Chairman: Barry Grieff, VP, advertising, merchandising & special Bel -Air Room projects, A&M Records Encino Room Panel: Don Dempsey, VP, marketing, Meeting: "The Era Of The Professional" Pacific Palisades Room Jerry Della Femina, president, Della Femina, Tarvisano & Partners Chairman: Eugene Silverman, president, Music Trend & chairman, George Hirsch, publisher & president, New York Times Magazine Independent Distributors Advisory Committee 12:15 p.m. - INSTALLATION & AWARDS LUNCHEON Los Angeles Room Panelists: Neil Bogart, president, Casablanca Records Installation of NARM Officers & Directors Terry Records Ellis, president, Chrysalis Presentation of the Rack Jobber of the Year Award and the Arthur Mogull, president, United Artists Records Retailer of the Year Award Speaker: Ira Heilicher, VP, Pickwick Intl. - "Inventory Control" Entertainment: Ronnie Milsap, Association Male Vocalist 12:00 noon YOUNG TURKS LUNCHEON MEETING Pacific Palisades Room - of the Year, RCA Records Chairman: Joseph Cohen, associate .director, corporate planning, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. - EXHIBIT AREA VISITING California Drive American Broadcasting Company 8:00 p.m. NARM SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION DINNER Los Angeles Ballroom 3:00 p.m. - RETAILERS WORKSHOP Westwood Room - Topic: "The Current Market Crisis" Presentation of annual NARM Scholarships Chairman: John Cohen, president, Disc Records & president, Featured Speaker: Jacqueline Wexler, president, Hunter College Retailers Advisory Committee Entertainment: Shirley Bassey - United Artists Records Speaker: Dr. Alfred R. Oxenfeldt, professor of marketing, Columbia University 7:00 p.m. - COCKTAIL RECEPTION Host: ABC Records MONDAY, MARCH 7 Registration desk will be open in the California Lounge 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. 7:45 a.m. BREAKFAST MEETING Beverly Hills Room 8:30 p.m. - BUFFET DINNER Los Angeles Ballroom - Entertainment: Spectacular, courtesy Featured Speaker: Dr. Alfred R. Oxenfeldt, professor of marketing, Columbia University "The Record Industry: How A Marketing Expert SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Sees Its Future" 10:00 a.m. SEMINAR SESSIONS Registration Desk will be open in the California Lounge 8:00 - 12:00 noon - a.m. 8:00 a.m.- BREAKFAST Beverly Hills Room Session I. 10:00 a.m. -11:30 II. 11:35 a.m.- 1:05 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - OPENING BUSINESS SESSION Los Angeles Room Session below will be twice, Chairman of the Day: John Cohen, president, Disc Records & chairman, Each of the seminars listed given 1977 NARM Convention once in each time slot SHOCK?" Welcome: Daniel Heilicher, senior VP, Pickwick Intl. & NARM chairman "FUTURE RADIO-FUTURE of the board Chairman: George Burns, president, Burns Media Consultants Pacific Palisades Room Keynote Address: Walter Yetnikoff, president, CBS Records Group "A Century Of Sound" Panel: Lee Abrams, partner in Burkhart -Abrams Featured Speaker: Dr. Pierre Rinmret, president, Rinmret Associates Harold Childs, VP, promotion, A&M Records "A Different Drummer: New Economic Roles" Ira Heilicher, VP, Pickwick Intl. Group Panel Moderator: Irwin Steinberg, president, Polygram Records Group Steve Marshall, national programming consultants, CBS -FM VP, Records Kenneth Glancy, president, RCA Records Stan Monteiro, national promotion, Columbia Jerry Moss, president, A&M Records Kim Sullivan, VP & general manager, KHJ, Los Angeles IDEAS THAT WORK" Cy Leslie, chairman, Pickwick Intl. "THE MERCHANDISE MART: UNIQUE Room Jerold Rubinstein, president, ABC Records Chairman: Sidney Davis, Music Retailer Magazine Westwood L. University 12:00 noon-CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION California Lounge Presentation: James Lewis, Columbia Disc Records 12:30 p.m. - LUNCHEON -MEETING Los Angeles Room Panel: Gary Arnold, Host: David Crockett, Father's & Sun's Bar Featured Speaker: Dr. Mortimer Feinberg David DeFravio, Record "Corporate Bigamy" Stephen Salsberg, Lieberman Enterprises FORESEEABLE REALITY" 3:00.6:00 p.m. - EXHIBIT AREA VISITING California Drive "AN INDUSTRY PRODUCT CODE -A director, RIAA Casino Room Refreshments During All Visiting Hours Courtesy Surplus Record & Chairman: Henry Brief, executive Tape Distributors Speaker: Dr. Shelley Harrison, president, Symbol Technologies with 7:00 p.m. - COCKTAIL RECEPTION California Lounge Harold Okinow, VP, Lieberman Enterprises; Host: THE POLYGRAM CORPORATION and THE POLYGRAM RECORD GROUP William Robertson, director, management information 8:30 p.m. - Entertainment: Columbia Records and Artists - services, Capitol Records Janis Ian & Engelbert Humperdinck "THE GRAMMYS: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT" Chairman: Jay Cooper, president of NARAS Brentwood Room 1:05 - EXHIBIT AREA LUNCHEON California Drive VISITING California Drive SUNDAY, MARCH 6 1:30 - 5:30 - EXHIBIT AREA Los Angeles Ballroom Registration Desk will be open in the California Lounge 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. 7:00 - NARM AWARDS COCKTAIL RECEPTION 7:45 a.m. - BREAKFAST -MEETING Beverly Hills Room Host: Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Distributing Corp. Featured Speaker: Elliot Minsker, editor, Knowledge Industry Publications 8:30-NARM AWARDS BANQUET Los Angeles Ballroom Topic: "New Horizons In Video???" Master of Ceremonies: Joe Smith, chairman, Elektra/Asylum 9:15 a.m.- GENERAL BUSINESS SESSION Santa Monica Room Presentation of annual NARM Awards Segment I: "Black Is Beautiful ... Bottom Line" Entertainment: Tony Orlando & Dawn,

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Northern California's Only Stocking Apparently Cohen and Spector were first introduced awhile back by mutual friend Marty Machat. Early contenders for a new Cohen Distributor contract reportedly include , who was indeed chummy with the artist during Sunday's lavish Arista brunch. MIKE PAIKOS-SALES MGR. WALL OF FISTS: As for Spector, he was making the rounds of L. A. JOHN VOTAVA-OFFICE MGR. clubs last week, including a stopover at The Whisky to investigate outre punk chic as demonstrated by the Ramones and Blondie. Our PHIL PRUSKI-PROMOTION informant narrowly escaped bodily injury when the mixmeister was accosted by last week's COAST co-star, manager Malcolm FRED AVNER-PROMOTION McLaren, who reportedly got rough-however briefly-with Spector. y Meanwhile, COAST this week awards its Golden Gloves Feather- LARRY SLOVIN-SALES weight honors to attorney Brian Rohan, who also receives the Brunch 4 DAVIS INMAN-SALES Bringdown Citation. Special mention for referee -of -the -moment goes to John Hartmann. RUMORS DENIED: There is no truth to the rumor that Telly Savalas We Represent- and Paul McCartney's father-in-law have entered into a partnership for a photographic empire to be called Eastman Kojak . . . Official ALLIGATOR - ALL PLATINUM - ALSTON sources have dismissed reports that 's answering service handles calls in his absence by noting "Anka's away ... " ANNUIT COEPTIS - AVI - BARNARY DOLPHIN PROJECT: Japanese and American members of the Dol- phin Project Japan Concert Committee held a press conference last BEAM JUNCTION - CADET - CAT - CREED week to unveil plans for an environmental festival and concert to be held in Tokyo April 8, 9 and 10. Already expected among the per- CHECKER - CHESS - CHIMNEYVILLE - COCO formers: "The Rolling Coconut Review," featuring John Sebastian, Fred Neil, Peter Childs, Harvey Brooks and Richard Bell; John David Sou- CON BRIO - D&M SOUND - DELITE ther; Jackson Browne and David Lindley; Eric Andersen; Jimmy Buf- fett; Country Joe McDonald; Odetta; and the Paul Winter Consort, DELMARK - EVEREST - FESTIVAL - GLADES with others expected to join the roster. ROADWORK: Return To Forever, recently realigned by GREEDY - - GRT as a nine -piece unit, will kick off a 43 -date national tour on March 25, following sessions at Caribou for their next Columbia album . H.S.E. - I.C.A. - INNER CITY - IRDA Al Stewart has been forced to cancel the last three weeks' dates on his current tour, due to physical exhaustion and an understandably shot JANUS - JEWEL - LAFF - LIGHT voice. He's recovering in L. A.... West coast street dogs will have their first glimpse of John Cale onstage since the Velvet Underground MAINSTREAM - MALACO - MARLIN played here during the Pleistocene when Cale brings his new band to the Starwood 4 next Monday (9), sharing the bill with Orange .. . MUSHROOM - NASHBORO - N.S.D. REO Speedwagon kicks off national tour later this month, with be- tween 40 and 60 dates expected to focus on 's first live OLD TOWN - PAULA - PRELUDE album, due from Epic shortly. Greg Philbin has left the band, to be replaced by new bassist Bruce Hall. RANWOOD - REPUBLIC - REQUEST - SAM NOT FAMOUS YET: Nathan's came to the Strip last week, with Big Apple exiles and visiting sophisticates embracing shamelessly, SHADYBROOK - SOUL CITY - SHOCK reminiscing about poverty and comparing precipitation levels. Thus, the Whiskey seemed closer to Max's as homesteaders Bob Merlis, SOUND BIRD - STANG - TAKOMA - T.K. Allen Rinde, R. Meltzer and Connie Geller, along with honorary east coast urban type Gene Sculatti, joined forces with Susan Blond, Joseph 20TH CENTURY - WESTBOUND Fleury, Planets manager Barbara Bothwell, Ramones' manager Danny Fields and Lisa Robinson to overturn reliable demographic expecta- tions. And still, no egg creams. 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One of the bands he Advantages found was Wild Cherry which Carl Maduri; who founded was originally a rock group. Bob New York debut at Steve Village (Atlantic), making his first American tour, had his Sweet City and partners the label Parissi, the group's lead singer recently, opening for ELO. Following a well -received set, Madison Square Garden with Mike and Jules Belkin told re-formed them into a band Hillage (second from left) met backstage with Jerry Greenberg, Atlantic Records and with groups such as president; Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic chairman; and Jim Delehant, a&r director for Record World that he viewed his touring the label. native Cleveland as a hotbed of Santana, AWB and the Isley musical activity and a gateway to Brothers, the group's first single, the midwest, two reasons which "Play That Funky Music" took off. prompted his decision to run the "We wanted to run Sweet City company from out of that market. on a semi-independent basis," THE F00LIO CHART "Everybody thought that Cleve- Maduri explained. CBS and Epic land was not a strong market," distributes us, but we run the ARTIST PUBLISHER LIST PRICE he said, "but there is a lot of label as if it was an independent tremendous talent in the mid - with our own national promotion 1 Stevie Wonder/Songs in the a lot of director, sales manager and PR/ Key of Life Columbia $ 7.95 west. There are also stations in Cleveland. artist relations man. We have a 2 Beatles/Complete WB $12.95 strong radio is one of the biggest real strength in those areas with 3 Eagles/Greatest Hits WB $ 6.95 WMMS-FM but there are also my national promo man working 4 Peter Frampton/Comes Alive Almo $ 5.95 in the country, good top 40 and r&b stations with Epic's national promo man 5 A Star Is Born/Soundtrack WB $ 6.95 there as well. As far as promo- and their merchandising man 6 John Denver/Songbook Cherry Lane $ 5.95 tion, you get cities like Cincin- working with mine. We also have 7 /This One's nati, Pittsburgh and New York our own art department and we For You Columbia $ 5.95 which is just a one hour flight. work with a couple of local re- 8 Simon & Garfunkel/Greatest You could really do a bang-up cording studios so it's all pretty Hits Big Bells $ 4.95 job promoting a record. In addi- much self-contained." 9 Kiss/Destroyer Almo $ 5.95 tion, you have access to a lot of Other acts signed to Sweet City To Get 10 Barry Manilow/Trying bands in the mid -west." include Blaze, a group from Cin- $ 5.95 the Feeling Columbia Location cinnati; a group called Q from $ 5.95 11 Bread/Greatest Hits Columbia Despite the advantages Maduri Beaver Falls and songstresses Cherry Lane $ 5.95 12 John Denver/Spirit foresaw, he ran into trouble con- Laura Greene and Samona Cooke. 13 Hits WB $ 5.95 /Greatest vincing people that a Cleveland - "We're going to try to keep the Big Three $ 6.95 14 Wings/Wings Over America based label could get off the label down to four or five artists. 15 Boston/Boston Columbia $ 6.95 ground. "I pursued a label deal I believe in putting a record out 16 Jim Croce/Greatest Hits Big Three $ 4.95 for two years," he said. "It was and working it to death. That's Big Three $ 5.95 17 Queen/A Night at the Opera a tremendous problem because the only way you can give an $ 4.95 18 Beach Boys/Endless Summer Almo of our location. Nobody thought artist a shot." $ 6.95 19 John Denver/An Evening With Cherry Lane that a label could kick off from $ 5.95 20 America/History WB that part of the country, but they CBS Promotes Mankoff probably said the same thing (A survey of the top -selling individual artists folios at III NEW YORK-Gary Mankoff has and Philadelphia." retail and rack accounts throughout the U.S.) about Chicago been appointed to the position of director of marketing -finance A 'Night' To Remember and administration, CBS Records. EXPOSE The announcement was made by Jack Craigo, senior vice president YOURSELF* and general manager, marketing, *To over 7,000 retail accounts CBS Records. In this newly created position, & T-shirt shops Mankoff has responsibility for *1,000 discount stores analyzing marketing growth and With iron -on T-shirt transfers profit opportunities, developing from Holoubek Studios. We resource allocations and organi- not only provide you with zational structures required to achieve objectives, T-shirts & iron-ons for your management promotion, we can put you in and providing financial and pro- for and touch with our 8,000 retail cedural guidelines short decisions. accounts. long term operating Mankoff was most recently For further information call director, marketing finance for toll free 1/800/558/0566. and Britt Ekland were joined for an informal platinum (times two for "A CRU. He joined CBS in 1969 and Night On The Town") and gold (for "Tonight's The Night") record presentation by has served as manager, profit See us at the NARM Show Warner Bros. Board Chairman and President Mo Ostin (far right) and Evelyn Ostin improvement, and director, finan- Look or listen for Norm Winter (left) at Rod's home in Los Angeles. The Ostins dropped by just prior to Rod's departure for Australia on his continuing world tour. cial planning and analysis.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com RADIO W RLD CBS -Radar Study Confirms Growth of FM Audience AM ACTI N By MARC KIRKEBY (Compiled by the Record World research department) NEW YORK - FM's share of audience at 41.5 percent (total Thelma Houston (Tamla). An exceptional week here, average quarter-hours, the total radio audience con- persons, as several key pure pop markets take the plunge and Monday through Sunday, six a.m. tinues to grow steadily, according go with the record. Among them are KTLK, KJR and of Radar to midnight). This marks an in- to a CBS Radio analysis WSAI, along with WHBQ and WMET. Still going strong data for the spring and crease from the 39.6 percent ratings in all other areas where on: 3-3 WRKO, 4-3 Z93, 13-6 fall of last year. During the eve- level recorded in the fall '75 - WGCL, 10-7 WQAM, 10-8 Y100, 13-9 KSLQ, 29-23 KLIF, ning hours, FM is now close to spring '76 Radar. KHJ, 8-7 KXOK, 18-11 WMPS, 7-4 parity with the AM band, the FM's share is strongest, and 22-18 WCOL, 24-21 The base study shows, and on Sunday eve- increasing most quickly, at night, WQXI, #13 WFIL and #13 WABC. secondary nings has actually taken the lead. from seven p.m. to midnight, continues filling in with KJRB, WERC, KSLY, KEZY The results were announced by the study shows. Almost half - and WNDE (30). Some good moves on that level include J. Robert Cole, vice president for 49.6 percent-of the nighttime 24-18 KAAY, 27-18 WKIX, 18-11 CK101, 27-22 KCBQ, the CBS owned FM stations. audience now tunes to FM sta- 10-6 WPRO-FM, 19-13 WBSR, 19-13 WVBF and HB -13 WBBF. The information puts in a na- tions, up from 46.7 percent in Wings, (Capitol). Garners KHJ, WRKO (29), Y100 and similar con- the previous survey. And on tional perspective KJR this week on top of WSAI (29-24) , WLAC and KSLQ Sunday evenings, FM now clusions reached by an Arbitron (33-30) last week. Some other numbers are 30-24 WCOL, that showed radio reaches 53.7 percent of the audi- study last fall 28-19 WABC, 18-15 KTLK, 25-22 KLIF, 26-24 WMET, in the nation's largest ence. The radio audience is audiences 20-18 WFIL, 28-23 WGCL and extra -25 KXOK, along markets slowly shifting their al- usually smaller on Sunday nights with #17 WMPS and #23 WPGC. legiance to FM, and in some than on other evenings, and cities making the FM band pre- many stations, particularly those David Soul (Private Stock). Con- domiinant with AM steadily on the AM band, have tradi- tinues to burn up the airwaves in all declining. tionally used those hours for pub- markets and is on its way to becoming and other non -music The CBS Radar analysis puts lic affairs a bona fide smash. 29-19 Z93, 39-30 broadcasting. FM's share of the nationwide KTLK, 15-11 WSAI, 22-17 WHBQ, 16-7 WCOL, 19-16 WRKO, 21-18 KJR, 23-15 Cleveland Kawasaki Contest WGCL, 23-20 KXOK, HB -24 WFIL, 27-21 WMPS, 20-15 WOKY, 16-14 KHJ and 29-26 Wings WQXI. (Note: The LP has now shown a steady growth pattern and pops the top 100 this week at 92 with a bullet.) William Bell (Mercury). This top 10 r&b record explodes nationally this week, gaining support from WHBQ, KSLQ, KLIF, WMPS, WDRQ, WERC, WABB and WFLI. Halfchart jumps reported in Detroit (25-16 CKLW),

Atlanta (26-18 Z93 and 26-18 WQXI) , and #1 WORD for the fourth week! 29-22 KILT, 31-25 WRFC, 29-21 WGLF, 27-24 WJDX, HB -33 WBSR, HB -25 98Q, HB -28 WBBQ and HB -28 WAIR, plus more. (Note: This week's Powerhouse Pick.) Natalie Cole (Capitol). #1 r&b for the second week in a row and making sweeping attempts in that direction on a top 40 level with incredible Ryo Kawasaki's current RCA Records album, "Juice," and a drawing for a Kawasaki success. 13-9 CKLW, 18-14 KSLQ, 29-25 motor bike prize and an extensive radio campaign on WLYT were the ingredients of a WPGC, 18-14 WGCL, HB -26 WSAR, HB -21 promotion recently run at Peaches stores and Rick Case Kawasaki shops in Cleveland. Initiated by Hank Zarembski, RCA's Cleveland promotion manager, the enterprise suc- WKIX and HB -27 WCUE. New on KXOK, WCAO, cessfully focused attention on and resulted in sales of Ryo's RCA Ip debut. Shown David Soul WCOL, WBSR and WGSV. here around the Kawasaki display at Peaches are (from left, standing): Ron Case, representing brother Rick; John London, Peaches store manager; RCA's Cleveland John Travolta (Midland Interna- branch manager Dom Violini; Bill Becker, general manager, WLYT; and (kneeling) tional). Enjoying a very positive response in its Zarembski and Jeff Keyes, program director of WLYT. second week on the street. New airplay on WMPS, WPGC, George Klein Indicted WSAI, WCAO, WGLF, 10Q and WJON as well as others. It jumps 29-24 WOKY, 30-27 WGCL, 39-25 WCOL, HB -26 (Continued from page 4) Classified Advertisement HB -29 WGUY, HB -32 WKIX and HB -39 7th to 2nd" in the period in- KJRB, 27-21 KCPX, Pacifica Radio KPFK, Los An- Klein and Wamnack WCUE. Much programmer enthusiasm. geles, seeks General Manager. volved. Challenging, creative position. face a maximum penalty of five CROSSOVER Manager gives fiscal, adminis- years for each of the four counts, The Wilton Place Street Band (Island). An r&b disc trative, programming leadership a total of 20 years. of some magnitude, the pop action is starting to roll to talented hardworking staff Klein had left the employ of in now with adds on WOKY, KSLQ and WDRQ. Originally and volunteers. Affirmative WHBQ last September and has started pop on KCBQ (HB -29), WCAO (HB -30), KSLY action important. Send resume then been working in a since 26-22) and B100 (30-25). and statement of interest by public relations capacity for a March 15, 1977, to LPS, PO Memphis area amusement park. NEW ACTION Box 8639, Universal City, CA. He could not be reached for The Eagles (Asylum) "Hotel California." Title cut 91608. comment at presstime. (Continued on page 108)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com IVarriers Goes Grammys Record of theYear "THIS MASQUER.ADE;' George Benson Tommy LiPuma, Producer

Best Engineered Recording [Non -Classical] BREEZIN: George Benson Al Schmitt, Engineer

Best Pop Instrumental Performance BREEZIN; George Benson

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female ELITE HOTEL, Emmylou Harris

Best Comedy Recording [Spoken Word or Musical] BICENTENNIAL NIGGER, Richard Pryor

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com 8°GUEDIA 11i;' Mike Berniker On the Function & Future of A&R By PAT BAIRD more control over its destiny. Despite claims to the contrary, I of a better phrase- Mike Berniker, division vice think that the more creative input-for want with, the more likely president, popular artists and the a&r department provides its company its investment. To just be a repertoire, joined RCA Records they are to have a better control over to be a receptacle or just accept the in 1974 after nearly 15 years as recipient of goods, simply a is not enough for a record company. A record an independent and staff record results of deal, in what it releases. If I can't producer. During his eight years company must have a greater say I'm trying to sell to -my own company, they cer- at Columbia Records, Berniker justify the music it well. I find that the mix of backgrounds of a&r was responsible for recordings by tainly can't sell in the business varies very widely. Many come out of , Steve Lawrence, directors come out of sales. I think, I'm not sure, I think Eydie Gorme, Jerry Vale and Skitch promotion, many is directly out of the studio. When I first Henderson, among others. He re- I'm one of the few who company, many people said, "with the market being ceived three Grammy Awards in joined the is, what does Berniker know about rock," and so forth. If the early '60s for records he pro- what it a responsibility and if you are intelligent at all about duced with Streisand and Gorme you inherit the first jazz what you're doing, you better learn quickly. and later instituted Mike Berniker a study and I hope I've learned enough to date to bring series on Epic Records, involving I'm quick we were last year. I think I've learned a little bit recordings by , and others. Prior us further than more every month. The things you learn are to trust your gut and to joining RCA he headed his own independent production com- to not rely too much on prevailing winds. There's a mix you have pany. In the following Dialogue, Berniker discusses the function and make out of an emerging trend-in other words sometimes when future of the RCA a&r department. to you catch a trend, when you've noticed it's arrived - it's already Record World: You have a very strong background in MOR and well over. In a lot of cases there's something in the ether that shows jazz and yet most of your signings here have been rock artists. you an emergence of a certain kind. You have to say after having Mike Berniker: It's a change in the demands of the job. When I heard nine examples of that, that that isn't enough to fill the ether. developed, this that will rise above it and bring it to fruition. came in I was hired as executive producer. As time You have to get the one that I a and job became a managerial one in which the responsibilities I think we've done it of late. So you have to smell trend had involved the commercial welfare of the company. My job now then make sure that you have the artist who is strong enough to encompasses the entire spectrum of contemporary music. I had to make that trend an actuality. Of course, in my opinion, artists make in approach, if right job in promoting that market. sign that which I thought would sell. My change their own markets. If you do the you will, was dictated by the commercial demands of the company. 1111 1 I , II I II M11111111111111111111111111, I chose to make that change. think there's a prehistoric rock and RW: What exactly are you listening to for potential signings? I use word prehistoric Berniker: I'm listening to competitive records, first of all. I'm roll revival. the 99 also going to clubs to catch new artists. That's where I'm getting in the literal sense of the term. I see a on the staff whose advice I my ideas. I also have young people constant renaissance of a certain kind take. Once you've made a commitment and take care of busi- ness as far as the company is concerned, doing the commercial of . things best for it, there's no middle ground. You have to do every- thing you can to learn as quickly as you can. By learn I mean what RW: Do you feel there is a trend in the ether at this point? I a rock and is commercial in my competitor's record, what is commercial in a Berniker: I certainly do. think there's prehistoric literal sense of the new act that is related to a ethereal trend that may be developing, roll revival. I use the word prehistoric in the kind rock and etc. That's what I've been devoting my life to. term. I see a constant renaissance of a certain of RW: Do you still produce? roll. Not rock-rock and roll-I'm being much more specific. We Berniker: Very, very rarely. It's become a standing joke here. I have a band to the third power. If there's something don't have time to, really. If I'm to devote myself to making us known as punk rock I think the best thing to do is to go get the I It's not enough to just say there is such viable as a commercial record company, I have to spend my time very best one can find. isn't a studying and learning. It really is a learning process. I also have a thing, I'll have one of those. You have to say, there such I then try and sum it to spend a lot of time with the acts that we have signed and thing, it looks like there might be, and will believe in, helping them shape themselves technically and musically all up with this group. Which is what we've done with Flame, who in the process. Here is where my background becomes a valuable we feel sums up that ethereal, to be specific, that trend in the ether

aid. If I didn't have that-whatever it was, whether it was middle that hasn't quite exploded. of the road or jazz background-I probably wouldn't be able to RW: When somebody sends you a tape, regardless of what kind is, is it that you are listening for? apply the musical values I use in helping to shape the careers or of music it what a man. The that I'm recordings as they go. I think that gives me an advantage as an Berniker: Well, the song. I'm song first thing I is The thing I'm looking for is the a&r director over my competitors. I think the fact that am a musi- looking for the song. second for is whether or not even in cian sort of person-not sort of, I am a -and the fact that singer. The third thing I'm looking it's I've made so many records, and I know the process so well, only its rudimentary form it has been shaped in some way where I it in that helps the artist that we sign. That's a big plus I think. translatable for a producer to make of it. would put RW: How specifically do you help? kind or order. The days of the old demo are pretty well over. The Berniker: For instance, someone will have hade an edit, let's say business has become so sophisticated that what we receive as for a singer, and added something which they think enhances their "demos are in such a form that it is quite easy for a guy with my recordings. Without interfering in their creative autonomy, which background practically to decipher. The songs are usually arranged is very important for any producer or artist, sometimes a guy with almost to a fine point. The singers are rehearsed. It's almost ready, my kind of background, who is not talking off the top of his head but not quite. It makes my job a little tougher in terms of discretion. but with practical musical experience, can objectively help them After all, if the professional demo making has reached the state make a decision as to.whether it's too much or too little, or whatever. of the art that it has, it makes the judgment factor that much RW: It seems more record companies are going back to the idea harder. So you have to be that much more musical in the think- of having a&r people who are also record producers. ing process and that much more discriminating. on page 96) Berniker: Well, I think the record business itself wants to have (Continued

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com RISK WAKE M1V\ WI IITE HOCK "White Rock" is the original soundtrack album to the film of t h e Innsbruck Winter Games. Courage, endurance, aggression, speed, and artistry are the ele- ments of Innsbruck. And the musical ingredients Rick Wakeman has created to capture them. With the aid of synthesizers, grand pianos, mellotrons, clavinets, pipe organs, and electric pianos, Rick Wakeman has written and per- formed new music for "White Rock" that recaptures the purity and excitement of such classics as his "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" and "Journey To The Centre Of The Earth'.' White RodcThe Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Of The tnsbnx.k Waster Gar re All of which makes"White Rock" Composed, Performed,med, And ProducedBy a unique moment in the sport of music. RICK WAKEMAN And a truly chilling experience. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of The Innsbruck Winter Games SPh 4 ON A&M RECORDS & TAPES Composed, performed and produced by Rick Wakeman

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Justin Time New Y rk, N.Y. By IRA MAYER & BARRY TAYLOR WE'RE NOT MUCH ON TREND -SPOTTING: But Flashmakers fashion consultant says, "That's okay, you're not too much on trend- setting, either." That being the case, we have noticed a proliferation of the Multiple Producer Syndrome on some recent albums-mostly by black artists. The CBS and Warner families are leading the way, with Teddy Pender- grass' new Phila. Intl. album boasting six names-Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen and Sherman Marshall-and the current Mystique (Curtom) Ip, which de- serves some kind of award, no doubt, for the eight producers it lists: Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, Lowrell Simon, Rich Tufo, Bunny Sigler, Rodney Massey, Gene McDaniels and Keith Echols (let it never be said we don't get people's names into this column. Valerie Carter tried- Justin Hayward has just released his first solo Ip. "Songwriter" on Deram Records (distributed by London). Justin was in New York last week for a promotional visit and George Massenburg is listed as producer, but Lowell George and was the guest of honor at a dinner given to launch the album in the Plaza Hotel. Maurice White co -produced one cut each. And Buddah, which has Pictured in Trader Vics are, from left: Harry Aposterleris, president -Alpha Distributing used this approach several times in the past, promises that the next Corporation, New York: London Records vice president of °Br. Walt Maguire; Justin Gladys Knight Ip will be in the running; NARAS could go broke if two Hayward and Don Wardell, creative services director of London Records, Inc. or three of these albums should win producer Grammys in any given year. Douglas and Harmony Arista/Careers Music ALL THESE ACCENTS. WE ALMOST ENLISTED IAN DOVE AS AN Announce Merger Signs Michael Masser INTERPRETER: Justin Hayward may be called "the voice of ," but despite his press releases, his first solo project, NEW YORK - Alan Douglas, NEW YORK - Composer and "Songwriter," should surprise many of the group's afficionados. In president of Douglas Records, producer Michael Masser has addition to some of the lushly arranged numbers that typified the and Stuart Shapiro, president of been signed to Arista/Careers sound of the Moody Blues throughout the early '70s, there are quite International Harmony Films, Music publishing, it was an- have announced the merger of nounced by company president a few surprises-like the perky "Tightrope" and the standout, a song Clive Davis. called "Country Girl," which with the assistance of songstress A) Web- the two companies and the for- -media Masser, who will be working ber could be mistaken for an ABBA song. Hayward, who played guitar, mation of a multi complex closely with Arista's music piano, drums, keyboards, percussion, brass, synthesizer and horns on now called Douglas/Harmony. pub- Douglas Records is distributed lishing vice president and gen- the (p, described "Songwriter" as "more definite and entertaining" by Casablanca Records in the eral manager Billy Meshel, is the and nixed rumors of a Moody Blues reunion in the near future when . The first Ip re- first major composer signed to he visited N.Y., N.Y. last week. Hayward will be touring in the spring. leased under the arrangement is the company. (Continued on page 41) by the Charlie Rouse Band, en- Michael Masser has been most titled "Cinnamon Flower." Forth- noted for his work with Diana coming soon is an Ip set of avant Ross. Beginning with his com- garde N.Y. loft jazz called the position "Touch Me In The "wildflower series," a new Last Morning" for Ms. Ross, Masser Poets album, a new Bernard has written and produced several Purdie and others. of the singer's greatest successes. In films, Douglas/Harmony has recently become involved in the Solters Taps Pepe ownership and production of U NEW YORK-Barbara Pepe has "Bahia," a Brazilian film directed by Marcel Camous. been named to head up the east In addition to Douglas and coast music division of Solters and Roskin, Inc. Shapiro, Douglas / Harmony has hired Charles Lourie to coordi- Ms. Pepe has been London nate all record activities. Records' publicity director since July, 1975. Prior to that, she was Diamond editorial coordinator for the Screening Famous Music Corporation and a publicist for Atlantic Records. ABC Relocates E. Coast Offices NEW YORK-ABC Records east coast operations has been re- located to offices at 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New York 10019. Located there are Mark Meyer- son, vice president and head of eastern operations; the eastern press office, headed by Marylou February has been a month of multi- media releases for Columbia Records' Nei Capes; Barbara Harris, east coast

Diamond . The airing last Monday (21) of director of artist relations; and his first television special, an hour-long Earlean Fisher, regional r&b pro- segment of his SRO concerts in Los An- motion director. Mickey Wallach, geles' Greek Theatre last year, was co- who does pop promotion NOTHING ABSTRACT! ordinated with the release of his new al- and op- bum, "Love At The Greek." Columbia erates out of the ABC Records Records held several press screenings of branch in Woodside, also has an the Diamond TV special prior to its airing. office in the new location. Neil is shown here with Walter Yetnikoff, The president, CBS Records Group at the Los main switchboard number Angeles screening. is (212) 593-9350.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Co-illion announces the release of a sensational new band. Slave. A spectacular 9 - piece band, with a debut album as powerful and full of energy as their no-oriously aston- ishing multi -media stEge show. So. let Cotillion's lat3st discovery be yours. Slave is released and there's no holding ba:k. On Cotillion

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Lu ndvall, Rubinstein, Simon Upbeat at New School Class line to draw to say there's a By DAVID McGEE finds product by artists of differ- of the price structure, particu- persuasion achieving larly by Jimmy's Music World, moral issue here and we're over- NEW YORK-Three top execu- ent musical continues?" Lundvall stated, stepping our bounds." tives from three major record large sales volumes. - "The future of the retailer is Rubinstein, Simon and Lund- companies visited Ron Zalkind's "Traditional classifications of secure in every market. There is vall took issue with a student New School class on the music music are disappearing," stated some question about the expan- whose question implied that industry Tuesday (22) and told Rubinstein. "The lines of distinc- sion of the rack jobbing busi- record companies sometimes students that the industry's future tion are eroding. Different buying must be ness. Marketing and merchandis- sign artists and then fail to pro- is bright, its rewards many, and patterns are present. We ing is the key good, strong, mote them. "If every artist were its career opportunities abundant. aware that when we sign artists - creative merchandising to attract advertised," said Simon, "we'd During the 90 -minute -plus ses- we don't have to categorize them customers. There's not a great money. You're talking sion, Bruce Lundvall (president, or their music." be out of deal manufacturers can do about a heavy outlay of cash." Records), Lou Simon (execu- Careers about CBS prices." tive VP and general manager, On the subject of a career in "We have to look at our com- "The industry will not be put Polydor Inc.) and Jerry Rubin- the music business, Simon urged mitment to the artist, look at the out of business by sharpshooter stein (chairman of the board, the class members to "start at potential of the artist, look at his prices," Simon interjected. "Some ABC Records) also answered any level and keep plugging. track record, and listen to the things just take care of them- student's questions concerning They key is to make yourself product," explained Rubinstein. selves. My advice is to take a artist managers, promotion, re- known." Lundvall, pointing out "Sometimes we're disappointed deep breath and hold on." turns, control of "suggestive" that the music business is hard to with the product, so we'll give All three excutives agreed that lyrics, the future of retailers, and get into "because it is kind of a the artist the opportunity to good artist management, or other topics. small business in terms of man- buy it back, to take it to another such, is a peren- power," said it is wise to take rather finding label or to put it out without a Wide Range of Talent nial Rubinstein told any job in order to get a foot problem. campaign." In their opening remarks, the class that the best managers, in the door. But, he added, "We know the demographics the three executives agreed that after they have acquired a stable "People do move along very of our major artists," added effective marketing and develop- of successful artists, are often the quickly in this industry." Rubin- Lundvall. "We know where to ing of product for growing unwilling to take a risk on a stein seconded Lundvall's state- advertise. With new artists you adult market is crucial to the in- new artist, thus placing much of ment: "There's an opportunity to have to sell the company, you dustry's continued success. the burden of career develop- grow and grow fast, but you have have to sell the trades, and you Simon told the class that finding ment on the record company. to be willing to work. Oppor- have to sell consumers. It's a creative talerit, rather than "We'll have to help build the tunity in the music business is as long process. But I don't know of watching trends, is Polydor Inc.'s managers of tomorrow," he said. great or greater than in any other a single album release that primary concern. He noted, as "We have no choice. There business I know of." hasn't had a marketing plan be- did Lundvall, that talent is, and aren't enough good ones around a regarding hind it." will continue, coming from a Fielding question now." the effect of retailers- wider range of the population- cutthroat "There aren't more than 10 Do record companies ever to be around to from 16 -year -olds to 30-, 40- and "Who's going top-flight managers around," re- consider the philosophical or 50 -year -olds; a concurrent trend sell your records if the erosion plied Lundvall. sociological implications of their Then, in the evening's dramatic records, or is their job strictly moment, Rubinstein stated accounting and marketing? Lund- forcefully, "There is no ques- vall answered that any "creative" tion that good music standing by record company makes a con- itself is no longer a reason for scious effort to be aware of its signing an artist." artists' messages. He added, Asked if record companies however, that there are prob- will respond to Rev. Jesse Jack- ably more entertainers than son's call for closer scrutiny of there are artists in the business. "suggestive" song lyrics (see "We have a responsibility to Record World, Feb. 26), Rubin- sell records," said Rubinstein, stein answered for all in saying, stressing the bottom line. "We'd "We have to be careful with pre - be kidding ourselves to say our censoring of product; we have to responsibility is to know where be careful in telling people how these records end up or what to expresss their art. It's a tough their effect is." New School Chart Discussion

As part of a course offered at The New School on the workings of the music industry, RW publisher Bob Austin recently took part in a panel discussion on "What Do Charts Really Mean To The Industry?" Joining Austin were Ben Karol of King Karol Stores and Marty Ostrow, executive vice president of Cashbox. The discussion centered on the use of the charts as another tool for the creation of additional sales and airplay. Karol commented that, although his knowledge of consumer demands comes directly from the public, the charts are an important aid to the industry. Pictured here are, from left: Ben Karol, Bob Austin and Ron Zalkind of the New School, moderator of the panel.

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New York and Boston are just two of the areas getting excited about Jonathan Edwards' new Sailboat album. Across the country, radio is taking a big liking to the Minnesota -born, Nova Scotian "Sunshine" boy's best album yet. Songs by Jesse Winchester, Curtis Mayfield and Jonathan Edwards. Guest appearances by Emmylou Harris and band. And the incomparable Jonathan Edwards voice gliding smoothly through a sterling Brian Ahern production. Jonathan Edwards/Sailboat Featuring "Blow On Chilly Wind" and "Girl from the Canyon" Produced by Brian Ahern for Happy Sack Productions on Warner Bros. records & tapes. BS 3020 i IoA

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com A&M Restructures Davis Hosts Post -Grammy Bash E. Coast Pub. Dept. NEW YORK - Gil Friesen, senior vice president of A&M Records, has announced a re- structuring of the company's east coast publicity operation. Mike Ledgerwood, who has worked as publicity director for A&M's London office for almost Ulf New on ceremonies and attracted guests four years, has moved to A post -Grammy Award party was hosted by Clive Davis in Hollywood the day after the -camera Ray Davies, and George Benson, York City and becomes east such as , Linda Ronstadt, Peter Asher, , Barry Manilow, Birnbaum, Davis and Bob Feiden. In the center photo are Ray coast publicity director for A&M. among others. Seen here at the picture on the left are Arista's Reger and Paul Simon. On the right are movie agent Sue Mengers and David Geffen. Ledgerwood has wide media ex- Davies, Tony Gibbons perience, having worked in music trade press, provincial : Changing, Growing with the Era newspapers and on BBC radio in Jackson told Record World re- seem remarkably the same. "We England. In his new position, By MARC KIRKEBY cently. "Our fans get older, we still get the same excitement. Ledgerwood will have an overall NEW YORK - In talking with can't do what we They're still mainly 16 or 17, but responsibility for A&M's press Michael Jackson, one gets the get older-we did five years ago. You've got to you see people from 50 on and public relations on the east sense of a wisdom beyond his change with the era. Look at the down." coast, working closely with years that would be unlikely for 'How Can You The group seems well on its A&M's promotion, sales and an 18 -year -old were it not for -from Mend A Broken Heart' to 'You way to duplicating its recorded creative services departments. the fact that he has behind him Should Be Dancing.' " success on television, where the Janis Cercone has been pro- seven years as the focus of one Jackson said his tastes extend Jacksons established themselves moted to the position of pub- of the most popular groups of kind of music, last summer with a "summer licity director for A&M New this decade, the Jackson Five. to almost every but "I like ballad type songs replacement" series that achieved York, Ms. Cercone will have Now, as the Jacksons, the best. It shows the talent of a fine ratings against entrenched special responsibility for press group (having lost brother singer with a ballad there's competition. and television emanating from Jermaine to a solo career) has - nothing for you to hide behind." Michael Jackson also has act- the city. begun a new association with The group's sound has begun to ing aspirations, he revealed. A Debbie Hawkins will act as Epic Records, that has produced a more mellow side schedule commitment kept him publicity administrator, in charge one album, "The Jacksons," and show their association with from taking part in "Roots," but of day-to-day operation and yet another single hit to add to through and Leon another made -for -TV movie is in functioning of the office. its collection, "Enjoy Yourself." Kenneth Gamble Huff, who produced "The Jack - the works, he said. The Jack - The restructuring of the pub- The group's sound "is a more sons," and who Jackson called sons will also continue their licity office is part of the overall mellow sound, it has something "really good, really smart." The fast -paced touring schedule, expansion of A&M in the east. in it for everybody," Michael Jacksons will return to Sigma with visits to Africa, the Philip- Sound in Philadelphia next pines and 15 American cities month to work with Gamble and planned after the next album is Huff a second time. completed. Having seen or worked with Has the seven-year success almost every major talent in story that began with appear- popular music, Michael Jackson ances in and around the group's said his favorites are "legends, Gary, Indiana home, continued people who've contributed a through the J5's Ed Sullivan lot to music. These are the Show debut, and has culminated people who don't always get in record sales totalling over 60 the credit for what they've done million units, kept the brothers -, , from just being teenagers? ." He cited Stevie "We get a chance to do cer- Wonder, Bread and tain things that kids do," Michael as major influences on the Jackson said, and listed his group. goals as "producing myself, Jackson said that, although he the group and other people, to and his brothers have changed go into acting, and to keep over the years, their audiences learning."

Michael Jackson of Epic Records' The Jacksons was in New York recently and made a special trip up to the Record World offices to say hello to Dede Dabney and RW VP and managing editor Mike Sigman. The Jacksons' current single, their debut on Epic, "Enjoy Yourself," has just been certified gold by the RIAA and is currently enjoying top 10 status as is their album, "The Jacksons." Shown from left are: Steve Manning, CBS Records publicist; Dede Dabney; Mike Sigman; Michael Jackson; and Susan Blond, director, press and public information, Epic Records and the Associated Labels.

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FRANNIE GOLDE-Atlantic 3386 CHAMPAGNE-Ariola America 7658 PAUL DA VINCI-Epic 8 50336 I'M HYPNOTIZED (prod. by DeLugg & Callelo) ROCK AND ROLL STAR (prod. by Martin Duiser) EVERY SINGLE WORD (LULLABY FOR GROWN UPS) (writers: Golde-Burns-Mayoff) (Braintree/Golde's (writers: Duiser & Tax) (Dayglow, ASCAP) (prod. by Gary Lyons & John Sinclair) (writer: Gold, BMI) (2:42) (2:52) DaVinci) (Geoff Stephens, ASCAP) (2:54) One of the best white disco records we've This European group crosses the Manhat- The first solo single by the lead singer heard in some time, the arrangement tan Transfer with ABBA and comes up of the Rubettes introduces a new, unique brims with dancing strings and percolat- with a very appealing sound. There should talent. He has a remarkable falsetto which ing percussion under a great vocal. be no holding this one back. is at the core of the tune.

BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND-Warner Bros. THE HAPPENINGS-Midland Intl. 10897 ELLISON -Big Tree 16086 8328 (RCA) (Atlantic) THE PINOCCHIO THEORY (prod. by G. Clinton & THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU (prod. by Medress & YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE (prod. by Kyle Lehning) W. Collins) (writers: same as prod.) Appell) (writers: Gold & Garfin) (writers: Chase -Haberman -Jacobson) (Rubber Band, BMI) (4:02) (Luckyou/Diaper, BMI) (3:11) (Kaskat, BMI) (4:00) The elastic sound of the Rubber Band Those who remember the group's warm Chase has had several near misses re- stretches over the four minutes of this harmony sound will not be disappointed cently, but now he's poised to go all the tune. Bootsy continues to roll with a spirit with this comeback effort. It's quite clear way. The brisk tune is punctuated by that mixes Zappa with a disco strut. that they've still got what it takes. sharp rhythms and a crafty arrangement.

ALAN O'DAY-Pacific 001 (Atlantic) MAJOR LANCE-Columbia 3 10488 THE HUES CORPORATION-Warner Bros. UNDERCOVER ANGEL (prod. by Steve Barri & COME ON, HAVE YOURSELF A GOOD TIME (prod. by 8334

Michael Omartian) (writer: O'Day) Lance & Leaville) (writer: F. Wallace) I CAUGHT YOUR ACT (prod. by Wally Holmes) (WB, ASCAP) (3:24) (3:43) (writer: Wally Holmes) (JiMi/Ensign, BMI) (3:34) The first single for the label (what better It's been quite some time since the Major The "Rock the Boat" group has changed distributor?) is strictly in the pop vein. was riding high on the charts, but this its label affiliation, but has kept its storm- The Barri-Omartian production team has seething tune has all the potential to send ing, danceable groove. They're going to scored another winner. him to the top once again. be making waves all over again.

BILLY SWAN-Columbia 3 10486 EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS-Island 082 -Warner Bros. 8342 SWEPT AWAY (prod. by Billy Swan) (writers: Linde GET OUT OF DENVER (prod. by Ed Hollis) DISCO BOY (prod. by Frank Zappa) (writer: Zappa) & Swan) (Combine, BMI) (3:20) (writer: Bob Seger) (Gear, ASCAP) (3:20) (Munchkin, ASCAP) (5:28) There's less of a rock and roll feel to this A track from the group's live U.K. ep, Zappa is at his best with this sardonic mid -tempo balled than Swan's last few they exude a power and flash that is usu- send-up of the disco scene. Scenemakers: outings. Crossover action could come ally associated with the '60s. The Bob you better listen to the lyrics-they may from out of a pop, MOR or country base. Seger song is the perfect vehicle. be describing you.

MARK ASHTON-20th Century 2329 DIONNE WARWICK-Musicor 6303 -Marlin 3309 (TK) TALKIN' ABOUT IT (prod. by Christopher Bond) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART (prod. by LIFE IS MUSIC (prod. by ) (writer: Mark Ashton) (Trident/Feldman, ASCAP( Bacharach & David) (writers: same as prod.) (writers: Morali-Gazzola-Rome-Belolo-Hurtt) (2:41) (Arch, BMI) (2:53) (Can't Stop, BMI) (3:44) A former member of the group, Rare Bird, The label has recently released some of The group's tempestuous rhythms con- Ashton has headed on a funky course with Dionne's great -Hal David tinue to erupt on the disco level and this his first solo effort. Strings and horns lend material which is just as timely today as track has been no exception for them. a soulful feel to the song. this lovely ballad suggests. Vocals and horns create a dynamic force.

KEITH BARROW-Columbia 3 10494 SUZANNE STEVENS-Capitol 4395 ORCHESTRA MONTEGO- 45020 MR. MAGIC MAN (prod. by Bobby Eli) (writers: HIGHER MOUNTAIN (prod. by Spencer Proffer) I SHOT THE SHERIFF (prod. by Terrence P. Minogue) Eli & Fisher) (Friday's Child/Erva, BMI) (3:32) (writer: Eaton) (Captain Crystal, BMI) (3:35) (writer: Bob Marley) (Cayman, ASCAP) (3:14) Pop or r&b stations should delight to this The Canadian songstress exhibits strong Reggae goes disco with this unique treat- breezy number sparked by the deft pro- below the border potential with this tune ment of the Bob Marley song, complete duction touch of Bobby Eli. He's pulling from the "Crystal Carriage" Ip. The Steve with the sound of gun shots. It should another winner out of his hat here. Eaton composition could be her ticket. pick up some r&b action.

JOHNNY MATHIS-Columbia 3 10496 THE MOVIES-Arista 0235 ANGEL-Casablanca 878 LOVING YOU -LOSING YOU (prod. by Thom Bell) AHEAD OF THE GAME (prod. by Vini Poncio) THAT MAGIC TOUCH (prod. by Eddie Kramer) (writers: L. Bell & T. Bell) (Mighty Three, BMI) (writers: Barnes & Morgan) (Columbia Pictures, (writers: Meadows-Giuffria-DiMino) (3:46) ASCAP) (2:50) (White Angel/Hudson Bay, BMI) (3:29) A perennial favorite, Mathis should make A lighthearted tune from the soundtrack Angel's hard rockin' brand of music gets an intimate connection with his many to "Fun With Dick and Jane," the song is a lift here with a strong melody. Laying fans through this ballad. The Thom Bell perfectly suited to the breezy style of the back just enough on this single, they collaboration adds an eloquent touch. group. Give it a close listen. could take off on the charts.

FONTELLA BASS-Epic 8 50341 JUMBO-Prelude 71088 BABYFACE-ASI 1010 SOON AS I TOUCHED HIM (prod. by Michael Zager) TO LOVE (prod. by C. Orieux & I. Cramer) MAKE WAY MIAMI (prod. by Dan R. Holmes) (writers: Helms & Hirsch) (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI; (writers: same as prod.) (Heath Levy, ASCAP) (writers: Bednarchuk & Jensen) (Tektra, BMI) Coldems-EMI, ASCAP) (3:23) (3:30) (3:05) The songstress whose name at once A moody, atmospheric song in two parts, The song tells the story about someone evokes the haunting chorus to "Rescue it has already picked up considerable leaving the big city behind for the Miami Me" is on the verge of a comeback. This disco action. Now in commercial release, sun. The tune carries an easy listening balled shows she's still got style. it should pick up widescale action. slant which should result in much airplay.

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AIN'T IT A GOOD FEELING THE GAP BAND ELOISE LAWS-Invictus (CBS) (6.98) Tattoo BJL1-2168 (RCA) (6.98) en- Flautist Hubert Laws' sister, Eloise, is a The Gap Band is a sophisticated funk forthright singer given semble with roots firmly implanted in an interesting production setting by Brian gospel -influenced soul ala "God Is Watch- Holland-a combination of '60s ing You," "Hang On (To Yourself)," "Not and latter-day disco that highlights the Guilty" and "Little Bit of Love." Especially brightness of her voice perfectly. "You strong horn and percussion tracks help of Me Loving You Again and-"Where propel the band forward. First Ip for the Did We Go Wrong" are particularly fine. label. BAREBACK PART TIME LOVE RICHARD TORRANCE-Capitol SW 11610 (6.98) KERRY CHATER-WB BS 3008 (6.98) Torrance's new label affiliation bears the A writer/singer/guitarist, Chater was once mark of a straight -forward rock album in the source of Union Gap's material. Here which the tempos, arrangements, sources he works with a number of writing part- and playing are widely varied. The con- ners to excellent effect. The songs have trast between "Moonlight Trippin'" and hooks, and memorable choruses; as a vo- "Stay Young" is itself indicative of Tor- calist, he gives potent readings without rance's branching out into new terri- over -emoting. Try "No Love On the Black Ride 'em, and listen! Keys" and "One More Time Tonight." tories. THE LADY WANTS TO BE A STAR AMNESIA POUSE llART RAND MARTEE LEBOUS-Image IM 301 (Audio Fidelity) POUSETTE-DART BAND-Capitol SW 11608 (6.981 (6.98) The Pousette-Dart Band has grown in so- Ms. Lebous is a 20 year old songwriter, phistication tremendously since its debut singer and pianist given a loving produc- Ip more than a year ago. Aided by one of tion by Charlie Calello. A slight vibrato Norbert Putnam's better recent produc- in her voice makes her vocals distinctive tion efforts, the band has a jazzy tinge in while the writing is more mature than her its instrumental work while the folky har - Aßtnesia years would suggest. Title track and "My huis wiltinue to lie the Inspiration" top. focal point. IN: SANITY SAILBOAT 360 DEGREE MUSIC EXPERIENCE-Black Saint JONATHAN EDWARDS-Warner Bros. BS 3020 BSR 0006/(JCOA) (6.98) The Beaver Harris -led ensemble is part of If the sound is familiar, credit producer JCOA's first U.S. release of the Brian Ahern (Emmylou Harris) and such label's output. As with the group's first Ip, top country -rock session personnel as much is readily accessible to any contem- Hank DeVito, Richard Greene, Herb Pe- porary jazz audience, with , dersen and vocalists Harris and Dianne Cecil McBee and Azar Lawrence among Brooks. Half the songs are originals, by those familiar to American listeners. Hoyt Axton, Jesse Winchester. THE SOURCE NYTRO , JACKIE McLEAN- Whitfield WH 3019 (WB) (6.98) Inner City 2020 (6.98) Producer Norman Whitfield is currently With much attention centering on Gor - riding high on the charts with the sound- don's return to the United States, and his track to "Car Wash." NYTRO is a solid up -coming Columbia Ip, this 1973 Stee- soul group whose attitude is best ex- pleChase set from Copenhagen will help pressed by such titles as "Atomic Funk," put the reed man's work in perspective. To- "What It Is" and "Where's the Party." The gether with McLean and a rhythm section eight -man band is a considerable power- he performs , Gershwin, Char- house. lie Parker and Gordon tunes.

PURIFY BROS.-JAMES & BOBBY BLUES IS TRUTH Mercury SRM-1-1134 (6.98) BROWNIE McGHEE-Blue Labor BL 117 The Purify Bros. have a way with short An exceptional set from a legendary (mostly 2-3 minute) soulful gems, taking bluesman most renowned for his work such numbers as "Starting All Over Again," with Sonny Terry but joined here by "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" guitarist/harmonica player Louisiana Red, and "When A Man Loves A Woman" and pianist Sammy Price, and a number of revitalizing them through the economy of younger instrumentalists coming into their vocal arrangements. Produced by their own. Don Schroeder. (Continued on page 112)

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AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING LOOK INTO YOUR HEART Curtis Mayfield 15 & Michael Lloyd (Jobete, (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI) 86 ASCAP 52 LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE David AFTER THE LOVIN' Joel Diamond & Gates (Kipahulu, ASCAP) 18 MARCH 5, 1977 Charlie Calello (Silver Blue, ASCAP) .... 28 LOVE IS BETTER IN THE A.M. Don 98 MAR. ALL STRUNG OUT ON YOU Davis (Groovesville, BMI) FEB. Perren 5 26 (Daddy Sam, ASCAP) 65 LOVE ME Freddie (Unichappell, ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS Clayton Ivey, BMI) 95 101 101 YOU KNOW LIKE I KNOW OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS- Terry Woodford (Song Tailors, BMI/ Bee Gees & Albhy A&M 1888 (Lost Cabin, BMI) I've Got The Music, ASCAP) 97 Galuten (Casserole/Unichappell, BMI).... 88 LOVE WILL LIFT YOU LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" 102 102 I'LL ALWAYS CALL YOUR NAME LITTLE RIVER BAND- AT MIDNIGHT (MY UP) Rufus (American Broadcasting/ (EVERGREEN) Barbra Streisand & Phil Capitol P 4380 (Australian Tumbleweed, BMI) Elainea, ASCAP) 49 Ramone (First Artists/Emanuel/20Th 103 103 JENNIFER STYX-A&M 1900 (Almo/Stygian, ASCAP) BABY DON'T YOU KNOW Robert Parisi Century, ASCAP) 2 Music, 72 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR Lou Reizner 104 104 YOU d- ME LOVE UNDISPUTED TRUTH-Whitfield 8231 (WB) (Berna ASCAP) = BE MY GIRL Michael Henderson (Comet, ASCAP) 85 (Stone Diamond, BMI) (ElectrocoBITE 66 MAYBE I'M AMAZED Paul McCartney 34 105 115 LOVE IN 'C' MINOR CERRONE-Cotillion 44215 (Atlantic) YOUSCAP)YOURR LIP (GET UP AND DANCE) (Maclen, BMI) Dudgeon (Big Pig/Leeds, ASCAP).... 42 MOODY BLUE (Screen (Fefee, Cerrone, SACEM) Gus Manfred Mann Gems-EMI/Sweet Glory, BMI) 54 106 118 THEME FROM "CHARLIE'S ANGELS" - (Laurel Canyon, ASCAP) 3 MORE THAN A FEELING John Boylan 67 RCA 10888 (Spellgold, BMI) BODYHEAT James Brown (Dynatone/ & Tom Scholz (Pure, BMI) 90 MUSKRAT LOVE Captain & Toni Tenille RAIN 2014 (Barnegat, BMI) Belinda/Unichappell, BMI) 107 116 SPRING SILVETTI-Salsoul Bee Gees (Stigwood/ 64 108 108 GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM "ROCKY") RHYTHM HERITAGE- Unichappell, BMI) 25 N(ADIA SoTHEMEC(THE YOUNG AND THE ABC 12243 (UA, ASCAP; Unart, BMI) RESTLESS) Barry DeVorzon & Perry CAR WASH Norman Whitfield (Duchess, (Screen -Gems EMI, ASCAP).. 63 17 Botkin, Jr., 109 110 SPACE AGE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-Atlantic 3375 (Jimpire, BMI) BMI) NEW KID IN TOWN Bill Szymczyk 110 113 CARNIVAL -RSO RS 868 (Polydor) CARRY ON WAYWARD SON Jeff (publisher not listed) 9 Glixman (, BMI) 12 (Stigwood/Unichappell, BMI) NIGHT MOVES Jac Richardson Vernon WAY GENESIS-Atco 7076 (Warner Bros., ASCAP) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT Mike (Gear, ASCAP) 6 111 - YOUR OWN SPECIAL (Bleu Disque, ASCAP) 100 PHANTOM WRITER (High 112 RACE AMONG THE RUINS GORDON LIGHTFOOT- - CRACKERBOX PALACE Wave, ASCAP) 73 Reprise RPS 1380 (WB) (Moose, CAPACI (Ganga B.V., BMI) 29 REACH Charles Plotkin (Siren, BMI) 57 (Jet Lag, BMI) CRAZY Peter (Tree, BMI) 80 113 120 ROMEO MR. 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WBS 8318 DRIVIN' WHEEL Dan Hartman SHE THINKS I STILL CARE Elvis Presley (Knee Trembler, ASCAP) 82 (Jack Glad, BMI) 54 (Ray Stevens, BMI) ENJOY YOURSELF Kenneth Gamble & SO IN TO YOU Buddy Buie (Low -Sal, BMI) 45 123 126 SAILING SHIPS MESA-Ariola America P 7654 (Capitol) 10 Leon Huff (Mighty Three, BMI) SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen (Queen/ (Song Tailors/ Everybodys/ Intercontinental, BMI) FANCY DANCER James Carmichael & Beachwood, ASCAP) 68 124 130 DANCIN' CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR-De-Lite 1588 The Commodores (Jobete/Commodores SOMEONE TO LAY DOWN BESIDE ME (Delightful/Cabrini, BMI) Ent., ASCAP) 71 Peter Asher (Sky Harbor, BMI) 80 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE Steve Miller 125 128 FEEL FREE FOUR TOPS-ABC 12236 (ABC-Dunhill/Rail, BMI) SOMETHING 'BOUT CHA S. Alaimo (Sailor, ASCAP) 5 126 129 GET UP AND DANCE MEMPHIS HORNS-RCA PB 10836 (Sherlyn, BMI) 74 FREE Maurice White & Charley Stepney SOMETIMES Millie Jackson (Stallion, BMI) 75 (Bridgewood, ASCAP) (Kee-Drick, BMI) 35 127 127 YOU'RE MOVING OUT TODAY BETTE MIDLER-Atlantic 3379 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Gary Klein (Warner GLORIA Michael Stokes (Desert Moon/ Tamerlane/Marsaint, BMI) 55 (Divine/Begonia/Unichappell/Fedora, BMI) Willow Girl, BMI) 50 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST 128 132 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW RUBINOES-Beserkly B 5741 GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac WORD Gus Dudgeon (Big Pig/Leeds, with Richard Rashut & Ken Caillat (Playboy) (Patricia, BMI) ASCAP) 41 Sounds, BMI) 11 FLY (THEME FROM "ROCKY") CURRENT- (Gentoo/Now STAND TALL Richard Perry (Shillelegh, 129 134 GONNA NOW Lane HA CHA CHA (FUNKTION) Jeff BMI) 53 Playboy 6098 (UA, ASCAP/Unart, BMI) (Desert Moon Songs/Jeffmar, BMI) 87 THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST Tom 130 131 IF WE COULD LIVE OUR LOVE OVER NICK NOBLE-Epic 8 50327 HARD LUCK Kramer WOMAN Eddie Dowd (Duchess, BMI) 47 (Debcon, ASCAP( (Cafe Americana/Kiss Songs, ASCAP) .... 27 THE RUBBERBAND MAN Thom Bell HERE COME THOSE TEARS AGAIN 131 119 TURN LOOSE OF MY LEG JIM STAFFORD-Warner Bros. WBS 8299 (Mighty Three, BMI) 31 ASCAP( Jon Landau (Swallow Turn/WB, (Famous/Jamburger, ASCAP, Open Window/Warner- THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 10cc 132 141 PART TIME LOVE KERRY CHATER-Warner Bros. 8310 Tamerlane, BMI) 44 (Man -Ken, BMI) 15 (Meadowridge, ASCAP) HERE IS WHERE YOUR LOVE BELONGS THERE WILL COME A DAY (I'M GONNA HAPPEN 133 136 TRY IT ON EXILE-Atco 7072 (Chinnichap/ Island, BMI) Keith Olsen (JSH, ASCAP) 83 TO YOU) Michael Sutton (Jobete, ASCAP; Stone Diamond, BMI).. 89 134 BENIHANA MARILYN CHAMBERS-Roulette R 7206 HOTEL CALIFORNIA Bill Szymczyk - TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (GONNA BE (Pub. not listed) 56 (Planetary/Louise Jack, ASCAP; Big Seven, BMI) ALRIGHT) Tom Dowd (Cock & HOT LINE Freddie Perren (Bull Pen, TO ME Trumpet, ASCAP) 38 135 123 BABY, YOU LOOK GOOD TONIGHT JOHN DENVER- BMI; Perren-Vibes, ASCAP) 22 TOO HOT TO STOP Allan Jones RCA PB 10854 (Cherry Lane, ASCAP( I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN Casey/Finch (Bar Kay/Dunbar, BMI) 91 136 - AIN'T GONNA BUMP (WITH NO BIG FAT WOMAN) JOE TEX- (Sherlyn, Herrick, BMI) 96 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS P. Yarrow Epic 8 50313 (Tree, BMI) I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND Chuck & B. Beckett (Muscle Shoals, BMI/ Jackson and Marvin Yancy (Jay's Ent./ 137 KEEP IT COOL ELVIN BISHOP-Capricorn 0269 (WB( (Crabshaw, ASCAP( Silver Dawn, ASCAP) 1 - Chappell Co., & ASCAP) 33 138 137 JUST ANOTHER DAY PEABO BRYSON-Bullet 02 (Bang) (Web IV, BMI) TRYING TO LOVE TWO William Bell & I JUST CAN'T SAY NO TO YOU Paul Mitchell (Bell -Kat, BMI) 46 BE BDA K. Lehning (Dawnbreaker, BMI) 60 139 133 MY GIRL MICHAEL HENDERSON-Buddah 552 WALK THIS WAY Jack Douglas (Daksel, (Electrocord, ASCAP( I LIKE DREAMING Kenny Nolan & BMI) Charlie Calello (Sound of Nolan/ 21 140 148 SO CLOSE HELEN SCHNEIDER-Windsong CB 10904 Chelsea, BMI) 8 WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND Ron Dante (Out of Business, BMI) and Barry Manilow (Unart/Piano Picker, I NEVER CRY Bob Ezrin (Ezra/Early BMI) 13 141 138 WORN OUT BROKEN HEART LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY-Gold Mind 4000 Frost, BMI) 51 WHEN I NEED YOU Richard Perry BMI( I'LL BE BY Dan (Salsoul) (Moonsong, STANDING Hartman (Unichappell/Begonia/Albert Hammond, (Knee Trembler, BMI) 92 142 139 GOIN' UP IN SMOKE EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla T 54277F (Motown) ASCAP) 78 I WANNA DO IT TO YOU Jerry Butler (Stone Diamond, BMI) John Davis & Sam (Jobete & Butler, ASCAP) 94 143 142 SWEET DREAMS EMMYLOU HARRIS-Reprise RPS 1371 (WB) Weiss (Mighty Three Music, BMI) 94 I WISH Steve Wonder (Jobete/Black Bull, (Acuff -Rose, BMI) WHISPERING/CHERCHEZ LA FEMME/ ASCAP) 19 C'EST SE SI BON Sandy Linzer 144 143 BODY ENGLISH KING FLOYD-Chimneyville 10212 (TK( (Tree, BMI( (Miller/ IN THE MOOD Prod, not listed (Shapiro, Fisher -Pink Pelican, BMI) 69 Bernstein & Co./ Lewis, 145 144 EASY TO LOVE JOE SIMON-Spring 169 (Polydor) (Combine, BMI) ASCAP) 76 WINTER MELODY/SPRING AFFAIR JEANS ON AIR Prod. (Moth/Dick James, & Pete Ballotte, 146 145 ISN'T IT A SHAME LABELLE-Epic 8 50315 (Hastings, BMI) BMI) 40 Rick's, BMI) 58 147 146 IT AIN'T EASY COMING DOWN CHARLENE-Prodigal 0632 (Motown) KONG Dickie Goodman (Unichappell, YEAR OF THE CAT Alan Parsons (Stone Diamond, BMI) BMI) 48 (Dick James/Unichappell, BMI) 4 LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE YOU ARE THE WOMAN Jim Mason 148 147 HAIL! HAIL! ROCK & ROLL STARLAND VOCAL BAND- M. Chapman with Nicky Chin (, BMI) 70 Windsong MB 10855 (RCA) (Cherry Lane, ASCAP( (Chiinnichap, BMI) 39 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR LIVIN' TO BE 149 125 SHAKEY GROUND PHOEBE SNOW-Columbia 3 10463 (Jobete, ASCAP) THING Jeff Lynne (Unart/Jet, IN MY SHOW Don Davis (Groovesville, BMI) 43 BMI) 36 150 135 MY PEARL AUTOMATIC MAN-Island IS 063 LONG TIME John Boylan and Tom YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING (Island/Automatic Man, BMI) Scholz (Pure, 8Ml) 26 Richard Perry (Brainstorm, BMI) 20

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47 I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND NATALIE COLE/Capitol P 4360 5 82 76 DRIVIN' WHEEL FOGHAT/Bearsville BSS 0313 (WB) 16 43 MAYBE I'M AMAZED WINGS/Capitol SPRO 8571 4 83 80 HERE IS WHERE YOUR LOVE BELONGS SONS OF CHAMPLIN/ ® 41 FREE DENIECE WILLIAMS/Columbia 3 10429 17 Ariola America P 7653 (Capitol) 6 84 36 30 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR (TO BE IN MY SHOW) 82 DO IT TO MY MIND JOHNNY BRISTOL/Atlantic 3360 16 MARILYN McCOO & , JR./ABC 12208 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR 26 - AMBROSIA/20th Century TC 2327 1 44 DO YA /United Artists XW939Y 4 90 LOOK INTO YOUR HEART /Atlantic 3373 3 38 31 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (GONNA BE ALRIGHT) 87 89 HA CHA CHA (FUNKTION) BRASS CONSTRUCTION/ ROD STEWART/Warner Bros. WBS 8262 23 United Artists XW921 Y 5 39 40 LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE SMOKIE/RSO 860 (Polydor) 13 88 81 LOVE SO RIGHT BEE GEES/RSO 859 (Polydor) 19 40 39 JEANS ON DAVID DUNDAS/Chrysalis 2094 20 m - THERE WILL COME A DAY (I'M GONNA HAPPEN TO YOU) 41 SMOKEY 32 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD ELTON JOHN/ ROBINSON/Tamla T 54279F (Motown) 1 90 MCA/Rocket 40645 17 92 BODYHEAT JAMES BROWN/Polydor 14360 5 42 45 BITE YOUR LIP (GET UP AND DANCE) ELTON JOHN/ 91 93 TOO HOT TO STOP BAR KAYS/Mercury 73888 3 MCA/Rocket 40677 4 92 I'LL BE STANDING - BY FOGHAT/Bearsville 0315 (WB) 1 43 38 LIVIN' THING ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/ 93 ROOTS MEDLEY - QUINCY JONES/A&M 1909 1 United Artists Y XW888 19 94 I - WANNA DO IT TO YOU JERRY BUTLER/Motown M 1414F 1 50 HERE COME THOSE m TEARS AGAIN JACKSON BROWNE/ 95 68 LOVE ME YVONNE ELLIMAN/RSO 858 (Polydor) 19 Asylum 45379 5 96 - I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/ 51 SO IN TO YOU ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION/Polydor PD TK1022 1 m 97 ANGEL 14373 5 - IN YOUR ARMS HOT/Big Tree BT 16085 (Atlantic) 1 70 TRYING TO LOVE TWO WILLIAM BELL/Mercury 73839 4 98 - LOVE IS BETTER IN THE A.M. JOHNNIE TAYLOR/Columbia 57 THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST ROD STEWART/ 3 10478 1 Warner Bros. WBS 8321 4 99 94 WHEN LOVE IS NEW ARTHUR PRYSOCK/Old Town 1000 9 48 48 KONG DICKIE GOODMAN/Shock SH 6 (Janus) 5 100 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT - CLIMAX BLUES BAND/Sire 736 (ABC? 1

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BLUES-Country Joe SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward WIOQ-FM/PHILADELPHIA GOODBYE HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- McDonald-Fantasy RAINMAKER Asylum -Deram ADDS: -Capitol IaSna HAYWARD I LIKE YOUR STYLE-Tony Wilson HARBOR-America-WB HEAVY ACTION (airplay): HARBOR-America-WB -Bearsville MARSCAPE-Lancaster / Lumley- LOVE ME-Yvonne Elliman-RSO NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col RSO THE AIRWAVES- PIPER-A&M BOSTON-Epic SAILBOAT-Jonathan Edwards- LOVE ON Gallagher & Lyle-A&M ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- DAY AT THE RACES-Queen- WB Elektra ROOTS (soundtrack)-Quincy Jones Atlanta Rhythm Section- SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward -A&M Polydor FLY LIKE AN EAGLE-Steve Miller -Deram Hayward- RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB Band-Capitol SONGWRITER-Justin Deram SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista LOW--RCA HEAVY ACTION (airplay, phones): UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE-Booker T SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- & the MGs-Asylum Tull-Chrysalis Capitol AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB Capitol BIG WHA KOO-ABC HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, SONGWRITER SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista phones): DOWNTOWN TONIGHT-Racing THE KEY OF LIFE- JUSTIN HAYWARD WLIR-FM/LONG ISLAND SONGS IN Cars-Chrysalis ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col Stevie Wonder-Tamla Deram ADDS: LOVE ON THE AIRWAYS- CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall YEAR OF THE CAT-Al Stewart & Lyle-A&M Tucker Band-Capricorn BE BOP 'N' HOLLA-Andy -Janus Gallagher Fairweather Low-A&M MAIN -Wendy Waldman CHANGES IN LATITUDES-Jimmy Buffett}-ABC BIG CITY-Lenny White- -WB Nemperor RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB HEAT TREATMENT--Mercury COLLECTOR'S ITEM-Heartsfield WBLM-FM/MAINE SANFORD-TOWNSEND BAND-WB ADDS: NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger ADDED -Col SEA LEVEL-Capricorn MOST Capitol GOODBYE BLUES-Country Joe AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista McDonald-Fantasy Capitol ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- -Deram SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor HARBOR-America-WB HARBOR-America-WB BE BOP 'N' HOLLA-Andy Tull-Chrysalis Fairweather Low-A&M RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner LONE STAR-Col SEA LEVEL-Capricorn Overdrive-Mercury ELLIOTT RANDALL'S NEW YORK- CHANGES IN LATITUDES-Jimmy PETER GABRIEL-Atco Kirshner Buffett-ABC SLEEPING GYPSY-Michael Franks BAREBACK-Richard Torrance SAILBOAT-Jonathan Edwards -Asylum WHFS-FM/WASHINGTON -WB -Capitol -WB PETER GABRIEL-Atco ADDS: SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro SHOW ME TO THE STAGE- Tull-Chrysalis SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward I'M EVERYONE I'VE EVER LOVED FOLLOWING MORNING-Eberhard Gross-Lifesong Henry -Deram -Martin Mull-ABC Weber-ECM A PLACE IN THE SUN- Pablo Cruise-A&M TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY- SEA LEVEL-Capricorn GOODBYE BLUES-Country Joe Gene Clark-RSO SEA LEVEL-Capricorn SHOW ME TO THE STAGE-Henry McDonald-Fantasy TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY- Gross-Lifesong HYMNS d SPHERES-Keith Jarrett WINZ-FM/MIAMI HEAVY ACTION (airplay, in Gene Clark-RSO descending order): SLEEPING GYPSY-Michael Franks -ECM ADDS: -WB I LIKE YOUR STYLE-Tony Wilson RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- STRANGER IN THE CITY-John -Bearsville Capitol HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- Miles-London SAFE IN THEIR HOMES-Hoodoo HARBOR-America-WB WNEW-FM/NEW YORK Asylum Rhythm Devils-World ALBUM- ADDS: WINGS OVER AMERICA-Capitol HEAVY ACTION (airplay, in IN LOVE-- descending order): STAY Little David BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- WINTERS BROTHERS BAND- Epic SHOW ME TO THE STAGE- Capitol Atlantic RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB STRATOSFEAR-Tangerine Dream Henry Gross-Lifesong HARBOR-America-WB SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista NO STRINGS-Ace-Anchor -Virgin SONGS FROM THE WOOD- EVER LOVED- NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- I'M EVERYONE I'VE MUSIC FUH YA-Taj Mahal-WB TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY- Jethro Tull-Chrysalis Martin Mull-ABC Capitol JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY- Gene Clark-RSO STRANGER IN THE CITY-John MIDNIGHT SON-Son Seals- BOSTON-Epic Valerie Carter-Col Miles-London Alligator PETER HEAVY ACTION (airplay, GABRIEL-Atco SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista phones, in descending order): ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN- SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro ALIAS 1-Dirk Hamilton-ABC SEA LEVEL-Capricorn HEAVY ACTION (airplay, Angel-Casablanca Tull -Chrysalis NOVELLA-Renaissance-Sire phones): OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD- JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY- QUEEN SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE- SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col Flame-RCA Stevie Wonder-Tamla Valerie Carter-Col Tull-Chrysalis CHANGES IN LATITUDES- d LOWDOWN-Mama's CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall UPTOWN JOAN ARMATRADING-A&M Jimmy Buffett-ABC Pride-Arco Tucker Band-Capricorn HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- VOLUNTEERS-Arista BLACKJACK CHOIR-James Talley WBAB-FM/LONG ISLAND Asylum -Capitol Asylum HEAVY ACTION (airplay, in ADDS: IMAGINARY VOYAGE-Jean Luc descending order): BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- Ponty-Atlantic RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB Capitol WCMF-FM/ROCHESTER ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- WQDR-FM/ RALEIGH Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- BLONDIE CHAPLIN-Asylum ADDS: Deram HARBOR-America-WB ADDS: RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- Floyd-Col SEA LEVEL-Capricorn ANIMALS-Pink KA LAPANA-Abattoi r Capitol ALBEDO 0.39-Vangelis-RCA RANKIN ALBUM-Little CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall TEJAS-ZZ Top-London KENNY SAFE IN THEIR HOMES-Hoodoo BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- Tucker Band-Capricorn David Rhythm Devils-World Capitol WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PETER GABRIEL-Atco Hayward DINNER AT THE RITZ-City Boy- PICTURE-Andrew Gold- SONGWRITER-Justin BE BOP 'N' HOLLA-Andy Asylum SEA LEVEL-Capricorn -Deram Fairweather Low-A&M Mercury YEAR OF THE CAT-Al Stewart- DEAN FRIEDMAN-Lifesong FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner SEA LEVEL-Capricorn HEAVY ACTION (airplay, in Janus SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista descending order): Overdrive-Mercury SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista - PIPER-A&M RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, -Col RA-Utopia-Bearsvi I le SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro phones, in descending order): SEA LEVEL-Capricorn Tull-Chrysalis CHANGES IN LATITUDES-Jimmy WMMS-FM/CLEVELAND SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall Buffett-ABC ADDS: WBCN-FM/BOSTON Tucker Band-Capricorn -Deram WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS ADDS: NO STRINGS-Ace-Anchor TRUE STORY-Jelly-Asylum PICTURE-Andrew Gold- FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner Overdrive-Mercury THE BABYS-Chrysalis PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise UPTOWN it LOWDOWN-Mama's Asylum HARBOR-America-WB BLACKJACK CHOIR-James Talley -A&M Pride-Atco SEA LEVEL-Capricorn -Capitol SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward LUXURY LINER-Emmylou Harris- HARD AGAIN-- HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, Blue Sky PETER GABRIEL-Atco -Deram phones, in descending order): Reprise PRIDE (single)-Isley Brothers- LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES- BOSTON-Epic HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista T-Neck Gallegher & Lyle-A&M PETER GABRIEL-Atco Asylum JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY- NIGHT AFTER NIGHT-Bill IF THE LIGHTS DON'T GET YOU- PRETENDER-Jackson Browne- Valerie Carter-Col HEAVY (sales, airplay): Quateman-RCA Stanky Brown Group-Sire Asylum ACTION ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- NOVELLA-Renaissance-Sire NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor Atlanta Rhythm ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN- Section-Polydor HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- Angel-Casablanca NOVELLA-Renaissance-Sire BOSTON-Epic Asylum SONGS FROM THE WOOD-Jethro PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise NIGHT ON THE TOWN- NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA WCOZ-FM/BOSTON Tull-Chrysalis -A&M Rod Stewart-WB NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- ADDS: LEFTOVERTURE-Kansas-Kirshner ROLLIN!' ON-Steve Gibbons Band Capitol -MCA COLLECTOR'S ITEM-Heartsfield PETER GABRIEL-Arco RA-Utopia-Bea rsvi I le -Col IF THE LIGHTS DON'T GET YOU- SEA LEVEL-Capricorn WQSR-FM/TAMPA RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WE FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner Stanky Brown Group-Sire ADDS: WIND d WUTHERING-Genesis- HEAVY ACTION (airplay): Overdrive-Mercury ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN- AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- HARBOR-America-WB Angel-Casablanca ALIAS I-Dirk Hamilton-ABC WINGS OVER AMERICA-Capitol YEAR OF THE Capitol I LIKE YOUR STYLE-Tony Wilson CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall BIG CITY-Lenny White- CAT-Al Stewart- BOSTON-Epic -Bearsvil le Tucker Band-Capricorn Nemperor Janus

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Edwards- WXRT-FM/CHICAGO CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall HEAVY ACTION (airplay): SAILBOAT-Jonathan TOP AIRPLAY WB Tucker Band-Capricorn ALIAS I-Dirk Hamilton-ABC ADDS: SHOW ME TO THE STAGE- ELI-Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux- BIG CITY-Lenny White- Henry Gross-Lifesong ALBERT LIVE--Utopia Atlantic Nemperor AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- SONGS FROM THE WOODS- R A-Utopia-Bea rsvi l l e PETER GABRIEL-Atco Capitol Jethro Tull-Chrysalis RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB GEESE & THE GHOST-Anthony BIG CITY-Lenny White- SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- SEA LEVEL-Capricorn Phillips-Passport Nemperor De ram SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista GOODBYE BLUES-Country Joe FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner McDonald-Fantasy HEAVY ACTION (sales, airplay, Overdrive-Mercury SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- in descending order): De ra m JOYOUS LAKE-Pat Martino-WB PETER GABRIEL-Atco MARSCAPE-Lancaster / Lumley- ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- GOODBYE BLUES-Country Joe RSO Atlanta Rhythm Section- McDonald-Fantasy Polydor KSHE-FM/ST. LOUIS QUEEN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD- SONGS FROM THE WOOD- Flame-RCA HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles-- Jethro Tull-Chrysalis ADDS: Nakamura- Asylum Hayward- AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- RISING SUN-Teruo SONGWRITER-Justin Polydor RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB RUMOURS Deram Capitol TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY- WIND & WUTHERING-Genesis- TO EVERY STORY- BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- FLEETWOOD MAC TWO SIDES Gene Clark-RSO Atco Gene Clark-RSO Capitol WB SAMMY HAGAR-Capitol UPTOWN & LOWDOWN- FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner NEXT-Journey-Col Mama's Pride-Atco Overdrive-Mercury DENVER SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista PETER GABRIEL-Arco KBPI-FM/ HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise MOST AIRPLAY phones): ROCK THE WORLD-Hydra- ADDS: Polydor -A&M RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col ALBEDO 0.39-Vangelis-RCA ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col -WB SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- Deram LIGHT OF SMILES-Gary Wright- HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- Asylum Capitol WB WHITE ROCK-Rick Wakeman- Asylum SEA LEVEL-Capricorn NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA A&M TO THE ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col NIGHT AFTER NIGHT- SHOW ME STAGE- SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista Bill Quateman-RCA HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, Henry Gross-Lifesong KSAN-FM/SAN FRANCISCO phones): NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, ADDS: t Cap tol ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col phones, in descending order): Capitol ALBERT LIVE-Albert King-Utopia ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE DAY AT THE RACES-Queen- ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner -Atlanta Rhythm Section Elektra Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col Overdrive-Mercury -Polydor RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- SONGS FROM THE WOOD- HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- HARBOR-America-WB SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE- Asylum Jethro Tull-Chrysalis Asylum LIVE (MORE OR LESS)-Richard Stevie Wonder-Tamla LIGHT OF SMILES-Gary Wright- SEA LEVEL-Capricorn IN THE KEY OF LIFE- Thompson-Island TEJAS-ZZ Top-London WB SONGS BOSTON-Epic Stevie Wonder-Tamla LOVE GOES TO BUILDING ON FIRE WIND & WUTHERING-Genesis- LOW-David Bowie-RCA CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall WIND & WUTHERING-Genesis- (single)-Talking Heads-Sire Atco NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA Tucker Band -Capricorn Atco SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- Deram Capitol WZMF-FM/MILWAUKEE Capitol SUNDAY STREET- RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB WYDD-FM/PITTSBURGH ADDS: BC STON-Epic -Philo SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista LEFTO V E RTU RE-Kan sas-Kirshner ADDS: ALESSI-A&M HEAVY ACTION (airplay): TEJAS-ZZ Top-London PRETENDER-Jackson Browne- AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall Asylum ALBERT LIVE-Albert King-Utopia Capital Tucker Band-Capricorn ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col Torrance- CHEAP TRICK-Epic KZEW-FM/ DALLAS BAREBACK-Richard SAMMY HAGAR-Capitol Capitol FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner ADDS: HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- PETER GABRIEL-Atco Overdrive-Mercury KWST-FM/LOS ANGELES FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner Asylum JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY- HARBOR-America-WB ADDS: Carter-Col Overdrive-Mercury LEGS DIAMOND-Mercury Valerie LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES- AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise & Lyle-A&M PLAYING THE FOOL-Gentle Giant PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise Gallagher Capitol -A&M PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise -Capitol -A&M BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- KENNY RANKIN ALBUM- -A&M QUEEN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD- RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB Little David Capitol SHOW ME TO THE STAGE- Flame-RCA SEA LEVEL-Capricorn SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- Henry Gross-Lifesong DENIM-Epic SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista Deram SONGWRITER-Justin Hayword- Deram FREEWAYS-Bachman-Turner Deram Overdrive-Mercury TRUE STORY-Jelly-Asylum HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales): ACTION (airplay, sales, HEAVY PETER GABRIEL-Atco CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall HEAVY ACTION (airplay, sales, phones, in descending order): phones, in descending order): LEGS DIAMOND-Mercury Tucker Band-Capricorn RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB KZEL-FM/EUGENE RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB ROCK THE WORLD-Hydra- HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col ADDS: Asylum LEFTOVERTURE-Kansas-Ki rshner Polydor FROM THE WOOD- LIGHT OF SMILES-Gary Wright- SONGS WHITE ROCK-Rick Wakeman- HARBOR-America-WB HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- Jethro Tull-Chrysalis Elliman-RSO WB Asylum A&M LOVE ME-Yvonne NEXT-Journey-Col HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES- BOSTON-Epic sales, ROLL ALTERNATIVE- Asylum HEAVY ACTION (airplay, Gallagher & Lyle-A&M ROCK AND NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- phones): Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor LEFTOVERTURE-Kansas-Kirshner MAKIN' IT ON THE STREET- Capitol ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA YEAR OF THE CAT-Al Stewart- Corky Laing-Elektra BAND-WB Janus CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall SANFORD-TOWNSEND DAY AT THE RACES-Queen- MARQUEE MOON-Television- Tucker Band-Capricorn SLEEPING GYPSY-Michael Franks Elektra LIGHT OF SMILES- Elektra -WB LIGHT OF SMILES-Gary Wright- Gary Wright-WB SAMMY HAGAR-Capitol PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE- WB PRETENDER-Jackson Browne- HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- -A&M Stevie Wonder-Tamla Asylum WIND & WUTHERING-Genesis- Asylum KENNY RANKIN ALBUM- TEJAS-ZZ Top-London Atco TEJAS-ZZ Top-London NEW WORLD RECORD-ELO-UA Little David ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col IN FLIGHT-George Benson-WB NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- SHOW ME TO THE STAGE- WWWW-FM/DETROIT Capitol Henry Gross-Lifesong ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- SONGWRITER-Justin Hayward- ADDS: KQRS-FM/ KPFT-FM/HOUSTON Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor Deram ADDS: PETER GABRIEL-Atco ADDS: RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY- RA-Utopia-Bea rsvi I l e NEXT-Journey-Col FOR THE RECORD-Bruce McElheny SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista Gene Clark-RSO STRANGER IN THE CITY-John REACHING FOR THE WORLD- -Buttermilk SONGS FROM THE WOOD- HEAVY ACTION (airplay, Miles-London Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes HEAVEN-Michael Boothman- Jethro Tull-Chrysalis phones): -ABC Tabu HEAVY ACTION (airplay): EARL SCRUGGS REVUE LIVE-Col AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- KIDNAPPED-Guthrie Thomas- SHADES-Keith Jarrett-Impulse Capitol BOSTON-Epic Carmen KOME-FM/SAN JOSE CAROLINA DREAMS-Marshall Van Ronk ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col SUNDAY STREET-Dave LIVE (MORE OR LESS)-Richard Tucker Band-Capricorn ADDS: -Philo Thompson-Island BLACKJACK CHOIR-James Talley DAY AT THE RACES-Queen- TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY- -Capitol MARQUEE MOON-Television- AMNESIA-Pousette-Dart Band- Elektra Gene Clark-RSO CHANGES IN LATITUDES- Elektra Capitol HOTEL CALIFORNIA-Eagles- WATER BABIES-Miles Davis-Col Jimmy Buffett-ABC Asylum PART TIME LOVE-Kerry Chater- BIG CITY-Lenny White- WHITE ROCK-Rick Wakeman- WB Nemperor IN FLIGHT-George Benson-WB LEFTOVERTURE-Kansas-Kirshner A&M LIGHT OF SMILES-Gary Wright- PLACE IN THE SUN-Pablo Cruise PETER GABRIEL-Atco JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY- -A&M Valerie WB HEAVY ACTION (airplay)i MARSCAPES-Lancaster / Lumley- Carter-Col SAFE IN THEIR HOMES-Hoodoo NIGHT MOVES-Bob Seger- RSO RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB Cap toi ANIMALS-Pink Floyd-Col Rhythm Devils-World SEA ELLIOTT RANDALL'S NEW YORK- LEVEL-Capricorn BAREBACK-Richard Torrance- SHOW ME TO THE STAGE- ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE- Kirshner SLEEPWALKER-Kinks-Arista Atlanta Rhythm Section-Polydor Capitol Henry Gross-Lifesong RUMOURS-Fleetwood Mac-WB BIG CITY-Lenny White- UPTOWN & LOWDOWN-Mama's KENNY RANKIN ALBUM- SONGS FROM THE WOOD- TEJAS-ZZ Top-London Nemperor Pride-Atco Little David Jethro Tull-Chrysalis

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ree Epic Records bands, Boston, Starcastle and Sou hside Johnny and the Asbury Lettrell and Gary Strater; (center photo) Paul Ahern, Boston's manager, Alexenburg, kes, shared a bill recently at the Nassau Coliseum, and afterwards were guests at Charlie McKenzie, Boston's manager, Erin Kull, and Barry Goudreau of Boston; (right party in their honor thrown by the label. Shown there are (left photo) Ron photcd in the back row, Jukes La Bamba Rosenburg, Rick Gazda, Billy Rush, Alan exenburg, senior vice president, Epic and Associated Labels (center) with Starcastle Berger, Tony Pallagrosi, Keeie Kavanaugh, Kenny Pentifallo and , and, embers (from left) Steve Hassler, Steve Hagler, Herb Schildt, Matthew Stewart, Terry in front, , and Alexenburg. Picker Named Chairman For Image Awards view York, N.Y. (Continued from page 24) LOS ANGELES - David V. president Maggie Hathaway and ut his itinerary will be confined to Britain when he goes out with a Picker, vice chairman of Para- Image Awards chairman Bill and that will include Mel Galley, and Ken Freeman. mount Pictures Corporation and Lane. Also visiting Nut Central last week was Alan Freeman, top rated president of the motion picture The annual Image Awards pro- BC disc jockey who flew in to catch the Genesis concert at the Gar- division, has been named gram was en. Freeman's program is only three hours a week, but is one of the established by the honorary chairman of the Tenth lost widely listened to shows of its kind, using a progressive format Beverly Hills -Hollywood branch ith rock, classical and live tapes of new and established groups. Annual Image Awards Show and to honor those in the fields of Presentations sponsored After the abovementioned Genesis concert, Atlantic hosted a bash by the motion pictures, television and Beverly a downtown restaurant which was well attended by the brass Hills-Hollywood branch recording industries who have Jesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Greenberg, Dave Glew, Dickie Klein, the barely of the National Association for done most to enhance the sible but always audible Earl McGrath, Barbara Carr) and artists on the Advancement of Colored "images" of all minorities. le label's People. roster including , Peter Gabriel, Date id Mick Jones, Ian McDonald and Ed Gagliardi of Foreigner. Also Selection The presentations and show upping by to say hello at what must have been the friendliest party The selection of Picker was have been scheduled for April 24, f the year were Justin Hayward, Terry Gilliam, Larry Fast and the RW jointly revealed by founder - at the W.A.T. team (see below). Century Plaza Hotel. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE LOST, EVERYBODY STILL WANTS TO BE STAR: Congratulations to Newsweek's Maureen Orth for her score f 27 on The Gong Show last week. She performed her college pom- iom routine . . . And further congratulations to the winners of the Garland hoose A New Name For The Midland International Label Contest, lut a prize will not be forthcoming (unless they'd like a cake) because Jeffreys to name Midsong International was chosen over hundreds of entries y Bob Reno and Co. themselves. No points for originality there .. . is on he forthcoming Bob Seger tour now appears to be in jeopardy due the near fatal accident of drummer Charlie Allen Martin. his way HE SAID HE'D DO IT BEFORE, BUT WILL HE BE FORCED TO DO IT DR REAL NOW? John David Kalodner, still bearded owing to the to you. access of the Firefall album last year, has ventured forth with a second rediction, putting his whiskers on the line once again. Kalodner has romised Atlantic president Jerry Greenberg and members of this staff iat he will shave it all off if the Foreigner album (to be released dur- ig the first week of March) does not attain RIAA certified gold status. . picture report will follow. SWINE FLU SALLY WAS CAPTURED BY MARAUDING FJORDS ON HE ROOF OF THE ASTOR HOTEL, OR ELSE THIS WOULD HAVE .PPEARED IN COPY WRITES: Atlantic's Pacific label (bet you thought ie couldn't get those two that close without an and), which debuted its week with Alan O'Day's "Undercover Angel," is the brainchild of Varner Brothers Music men Ed Silvers and Mel Bly. Publisher credit n the label? WB Music Corp., of course. And it seems that the "un- ercover" part applied to the label as well as the angel; the record ame as a surprise to some of those around the Atlantic offices. RUMORS YOU'VE HEARD ELSEWHERE BUT WE SAY THEY'RE TRUE: ack Ford will be named associate publisher of ... The ate Jonathan "Broke Down Piece of Man" Skiba will be reincarnated n time for the Flashmakers spring season. Only this time around Skiba vill appear in the person of the world's first topless/bottomless soft - tall cheerleader ... Bob Sherwood ... Felix Cavaliere to Epic .. . "he new Heavy Metal magazine is not about music ... The Stargate lallroom, a new N.Y. music club, will open with Cheap Trick on larch 12. NOTE TO ALL SCREWHEADS: Atlantic Records' tour publicist and n -house photographer Nikki McGee is protected at all times by that elite force, the Record World S.W.A.T. team, a punk killing machine f ever there was one. Forewarned is forearmed.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Blondie Bash Capitol Names Derfler N.Y. District Manager IS LOS ANGELES - Ira Derfler, Capitol Records district manager for the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area, is being trans- fered to a similar position in New York beginning March 1, according to Dennis White, CRI vice president, sales. Derfler, who will continue to report directly to Walter Lee, national sales manager, replaces Renny Martini, who has been promoted to the position of director, special markets. Derfler first became a district On hand was Larry manager in Prior Blondie (Private Stock) was recently feted at the Whisky Au Go Go after their opening night engagement. March, 1976. the right are Uttal, Private Stock president, who is seen on the left with Deborah Harry, Blondie's lead singer. Pictured on to that he was special accounts Uttal; Rosie Guevera, music director, KHJ; and Harry. manager in Los Angeles for a year. He first started with Capi- WFO Finalizes Chrysalis Plans ABC Releases Eleven tol in May, 1973, as territory LOS ANGELES - ABC Records manager in his native Philadel- License Pacts 'Tull Month will end February with an 11 - phia. During the previous four LOS ANGELES-The Wes Far- LOS ANGELES - Sal Licata, album release, headed by John years, he worked in sales for rell Organization finalized some Chrysalis' vice president of sales Handy's "Carnival" on Impulse. several other record companies. of its most important exclusive & promotion, has announced Also on the label is "The Other licensee arrangements for its that the month of March will be Village Vanguard Tapes," previ- Chelsea Records label at the dubbed "Jethro Tull Month," ously unreleased recordings by Capricorn Moves Rush MIDEM festival, it was announced honoring the group and their , and by Wes Farrell, president of both discography. McCoy Tyner. To W. Coast Office WFO and Chelsea Records. A merchandising campaign On ABC, the Masqueraders' LOS ANGELES - Phil Rush, Farrell set three-year licensee has been developed for the "Love Anonymous," John May - Capricorn Records' national contracts for Chelsea with Bar- event, including posters, mobiles all's "Lots of People" and Delbert director of promotion, has an- clay for France and Belgium; Ri- and special projects to be co- McClinton's "Love Rustler" are nounced his relocation to the cordi, Italy; Bellaphon, Germany; ordinated through the company's due out. 's label's Burbank offices and the Teal, South Africa; Better, independent distributors. Heavy "Rusty Tracks" will be his ABC/ appointment of Robin Wren to Spain and Portugal; Victor, The advertising will be employed in Hickory debut, and that label will the Denver -based position of Philippines; Pye, United King- both radio and print, including also release Don Everly's "Broth- west coast regional promotion dom; Gamma, Mexico and Fer- a two -page spread in 12" x 12", er Jukebox." manager. mata, Brazil. featuring the Tull discography, ABC will release the Loving Artists and a cardboard standup of Ian Sisters' "Running Short of Love" The new licensees will manu- Anderson, similar to the cover of on the Peacock label, and will Soundaround facture and distribute product the newest Ip, "Songs From The add three classical Ips to its (Continued from page 8) covering such artists as Wayne Wood." Westminster Gold roster, Haydn's first major locations to become Newton, Anson Williams, Hall "Jethro Tull Month" will "The Last Seven Words of subscribers; Dane told RW that and Oates, Lulu, Rick Springfield, coincide with the band's current Christ," Mozart's "Sinfonia" and the current subscribers print-out Disco Tex and the Sexolettes, New U.S. tour, which begins the end volume IV of the Russian Key- represents 115 retail operations, York City, April Stevens and Nino of February and runs through board Masters, featuring Yakov each representing five stores or Tempo, and others. March. Flier. more. WFO is continuing to set up its Although the project is still in network of licensees after re- Capitol Signs its infancy, Dane noted that at cently dissolving its worldwide least one nationwide retail chain deal with Polydor. is already considering developing its own in-store discs, a sign he Amerama Taps Urband interprets as proof of Sound- NEW YORK-Maury Benkoil, around's early impact. Because of VP & general manager of the rate structure, he is stressing Amerama Records, has an- the broad gap between cost -per - nounced that Robert M. Urband listener for his service and cost - has been appointed general per -reader in conventional na- counsel and elected secretary tional print media and radio ad of Amerama Records. campaigns. Sample comparisons, based on his research, indicate that a week's spot schedule on EUROPEAN IMPORTS KHJ would reach an estimated 805 listeners, while Soundaround 200 Independent Domestic Labels programming at the same cost level Soundtracks, Shows, Classical, would reach 8000 potential Jazz, Personalities, Nostalgia. customers in-store. Pointing tow- ard his own subscribers who WHOLESALE ONLY - suggest that 57 percent Rupert Perry, vice president, A&R, Capitol Records, Inc., has of all pur- Call or write for our announced the signing of singer -songwriter -guitarist Lonnie Mack to an exclusive worldwide recording agree- chases are impulse buys - Dane free catalogs, labels & price lists ment. Pictured from left at the signing are: Bob Young, CRI vice president, business also notes that in-store person- R. A. M. affairs; Richard Landis, CRI director, east coast talent acquisition; Don Zimmermann, nel will also be influenced by CRI executive vice president Recorded Auditory Materials, Inc. and chief operating officer; Joe Gregg, a partner in Code the programming and make cor- 160 West 46th St., N.Y.C. 10036 615 Productions; Ben Edmonds, director, west coast talent acquisition; Lonnie Mack; (212)765-2585 Don Light, Mack's manager; Rupert Perry, CRI vice president, a&r; and Norbert Put- responding suggestions to cus- nam, a partner in Code 615 Productions. tomers.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Grammys (Continued from page 3) as such live presentations often Best New Artist of the Year: Starland Best Country Vocal Performance by a Best Classical Performance, instrumental are, by an occasional gaffe, the Vocal Band (Windsong); Duo or Group: "The End Is Not in Sight (The Soloist or Soloists (Without Orchestra): Best Instrumental Arrangement: "Lepre- Cowboy Tune)"-Amazing Rhythm Aces Horowitz Concerts: 1975/76 - Vladimir program was highlighted by sev- chaun' Dream"-Chick Corea; Chick Corea, (ABC); Horowitz, piano (RCA); eral memorable performances. arranger (Polydor); Best Country Instrumental Performance: Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance: Perhaps most notable was that Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal- "Chester & Lester"-, Les Paul Herbert: Music of Victor Herbert-Beverly Leave Me Now"-Chicago; (RCA); of the Oak Ridge Boys, who sang ists: "If You Sills (Angel); Jimmie Haskell & James William Guercio, Best Country Song: "Broken Lady"- Best Engineered Recording, Classical: excerpts from the various gospel arrangers (Col); , songwriter; Gershwyn: Rhapsody in Blue-George Getsh- nominees. Best Arrangement for Voices (Duo, Group Best Inspirational Performance: "The wyn (1925 Piano Roll) & Michael Tilson Double Winners or Chorus): "Afternoon Delight"-Starland Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incred- Thomas conducting the Columbia ; Vocal Band, arrangers The Windsong quartet was Vocal Band; Starland ible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary Edward Graham, Ray Moore, Milton Cherin, (Windsong); S. Paxton"-Gary S. Paxton (Newpax); engineers (Col). named Best New Artist of the Best Engineered Recording (Non -Classi- Best Gospel Performance (Other Than HALL OF FAME AWARDS De- cal): "Breezin"-George Benson; Al Schmitt. Soul Gospel): "Where The Soul Never Dies" Year and its hit, "Afternoon Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier (Com- engineer (Warner Bros.); -Oak Ridge Boys (Col); light," was honored as Best Ar- plete)-Wanda Landowska; released in 1949 Best Album Package: "Chicago X"-Chi- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording: through 1954 (RCA Victor); rangement For Voices. Chicago cago; John Berg. art director (Col); "Mark Twang"-John Hartford (Flying Fish); Beethoven: Symphonies (9)-Arturo Tos- added to its Grammy achieve- Best Album Notes: "The Changing Face Best Latin Recording: "Unfinished Mas- canini conducting the NBC Symphony; re- of Harlem, The Savoy Sessions"-Dan Mor- terpiece"-Eddie Palmieri (Coco); ments with two citations for "If leased in 1950 through 1953 (RCA Victor); genstern, annotator (Savoy); Best Recording for Children: Prokofiev: You Leave Me Now," named Best "Begin The Beguine"-Arte Shaw; re- Best Producer of the Year: Stevie Wonder /Saint Haens: Carnival leased in 1938 (Bluebird); Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, -"Songs in the Key of Life" (Tamla); of the Animals-Hermione Gingold, Karl "My Fair Lady"-Original Broadway Cast Group or Chorus as well as Best Best Jazz Vocal Performance: "Fitzgerald Bohm (DG); Album with Rex Harrison and Julie An- & Pass ...Again"- (Pablo); Best Comedy Recording: "Bicentennial Arrangement Accompanying Vo- drews; released in 1956 (Columbia); Best Jazz Performance by A Soloist: Count Nigger"-Richard Pryor (Warner Bros.); calists. The group's most recent "Singin' The Blues"-Frankie Trumbauer Basie for the album "Basie & Zoot" (Pablo); Best Spoken Word Recording: "Great and his Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke Ip, "Chicago X," also won Best Best Jazz Performance by a Group: "The American Documents"-Orson Welles, Henry on cornet; released in 1927 (Okeh). Album Package honors. Leprechaun"-Chick Corea (Polydor); Fonda, Helen Hayes, James Earl Jones Chick Corea, who also won a Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band: (CBS); Grammy last year, earned ""- Best Instrumental Composition: "Bella- (Pablo); via"-Chuck Mangione; Chuck Mangione, A.A./Wonderland two awards, for Best Instru- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: composer; mental Arrangement ("Lepre- "Hasten Down the Wind"-Linda Ronstadt Album of Best Original Score Writers Raises Prices chaun's Dream") and Best Jazz (Asylum); for a Motion Picture or a Television Spe- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: cial: "Car Wash"-Norman Whitfield, com- NEW YORK-A.A./Wonderland Performance By A Group ("The "Songs in the Key of Life"-Stevie Wonder poser (MCA); Records, Inc. marketing vice pres- Leprechaun" album). Arthur Ru- (Tamla); Best Cast Show Album: "Bubbling Brown ident Bob Goemann has an- binstein and Daniel Barenboim's Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Sugar"-Hugo & Luigi, producers (H&L); nounced an increase in suggested collaboration on Beethoven's Five Group or Chorus: "If You Leave Me Now"- Album of The Year, Classical: Beethoven: Chicago (Col); Five Piano Concertos-Arthur Rubinstein & list prices for the entire Wonder- Piano Concertos was named Clas- Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Daniel Barenboim conducting the London land catalogue of children's Album the Year Best Philharmonic sical of and "Breezin'"-George Benson (Warner Bros.); Max Wilcox, producer (RCA); product and for the company's Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Best Classical Orchestral Performance: Classical Performance Instru- budget Merry line, effective April mental Soloist. "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra-Sir Georg Lady)"-Natalie Cole (Capitol); Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony; Ray 1. The increase to the distributor its of In keeping with habit Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: "I Symphony Chorus: Andre Previn conducting will be in direct proportion to continuing to favor past winners, Wish"-Stevie Wonder (Tamla); London Symphony Orchestra (Angel); the increase to the consumer in a Duo, Best The the Academy honored for the Best R&B Vocal Performance by Chamber Music Performance: order to maintain the distributor's second consecutive year Natalie Group or Chorus: "You Don't Have To Be a Art of Courtly Love-David Munrow con - Star (To Be in My Show)"-Marilyn McCoo, Arthur Oldham, chorus master of London established profit margins. Cole, Linda Ronstadt, Eddie Pal- Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC); Minshull, produced (London); The entire Wonderland line mieri, Richard Pryor and Sir Georg Best R&B Instrumental Performance: Best Opera Recording: Gershwin: Porgy that previously carried a suggest- Solti and the Chicago Symphony. "Theme from Good King Bad"-George Ben- & Bess; Lorin Maazal conducting the Cleve- son (CTI); land Orchestra & Chorus; Michael Woolcock, ed list of $2.39 will go to $2.98. The following is a complete list Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "Lowdown" producer (London); Seven-inch book and record sets of this year's Grammy winners: -Boz Scaggs; Boz Scaggs, David Paich, Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other that sold for $1.29 will now sell Record of the Year:: "This Masquerade" (Col); Than Opera): Rachmaninoff: The Bells- at $1.49. Seven-inch, 45 rpm EPs -George Benson; Tommy Lipuma, producer Best Soul Gospel Performance: "How I ducting Early Music Consort of London (Warner Bros.); Got Over"-Mahalia Jackson (Col); (Seraphim); will move from 59 cents to 69 Album of the Year: "Songs in the Key of Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Best Classical Performance, Instrumental cents and the budget albums for Life"-Stevie Wonder; Stevie Wonder, pro- "Elite Hotel"-Emmylou Harris (Reprise); Soloist or Soloists (With Orchestra): Beeth- children that carry the Merry ducer (Tarala); Best country Vocal Performance, Male: oven: The Five Piano Concertos-Artur label will increase from $1.49 to Song of the Year: ""- "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"-Ronnie Rubinstein, piano (Daniel Barenboim con- Bruce Johnston, songwriter; Milsap (RCA); ducting London Philharmonic) (RCA); $1.98.

Grammy winners, Grammy presenters: (top row from left) Ringo Starr, Linda Ronstadt cepting for her brother, Stevie Wonder; Chet Atkins, , Freddy Fender and and Paul Williams; Ella Fitzgerald and George Benson; Bruce Johnston, Marilyn McCoo Les Paul; Tommy LiPuma, Barbra Streisand and George Benson; Brian Wilson, Carl and Billy Davis Jr.; Natalie Cole; (bottom row) Bette Midler and Renee Hayward, ac- Wilson, the four members of the Starland Vocal Band and .

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Fast Asleep d The MOR Report (Listings are in alphabetical order, by title) Active Most Acids DANCING QUEEN-ABBA- 5. MY SWEET LADY- Atlantic John Denver-RCA NEW KID IN TOWN-Eagles- ALL STRUNG OUT ON YOU- Asylum NOW I = John Travolta-Midland Intl. KNOW-Jean Gabin- Private Stock E 'ROOTS' MEDLEY-Quincy Jones- = A&M YOU TAKE MY HEART AWAY- GOODBYE OLD BUDDIES- Bill Conti-UA = Seals & Crofts-WB E. I'M SCARED-Burton Cummings- WBAL/BALTIMORE Portrait Adds Most Active MY SWEET LADY-John Denver- RCA I LIKE DREAMING-Kenny Nolan At a recent performance at the country music Palomino Club, Capitol's "Western ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A E , were joined on-stage by and Norton -20th Century HEART-Dionne Warwick- Swingers," E THE THINGS WE DO FOR recording his first solo album for Capitol). After the show, the LOVE- Musicor Buffalo (who is busy = 10cc-Mercury band was greeted by top Capitol executives. Pictured from left are Don Zimmermann, WHEN I NEED YOU-Leo Sayer TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS- executive vice president and chief operating officer; bandmembers Leroy -W B Capitol's = Mary MacGregor- YOU NEVER CAN TELL- Preston and Chris O'Connell; Bhaskar Menon, Capitol's chairman, president and chief ! Ariola America Emmylou Harris-WB executive officer; band member Ray Benson; and Dennis White, Capitol's vice presi- dent, sales. WHDH/BOSTON WLW/CINCINNATI Adds Adds FBI Seizes Tapes Scrimshaw, Jazz Pact DON'T GIVE UP ON US- ALL STRUNG OUT ON YOU- NEW YORK quantity of LOS ANGELES - Scrimshaw David Soul-Private Stock -A John Travolta-Midland Intl. ME AND THE ELEPHANTS-Bobby allegedly illegally duplicated 8 - Records, a subsidiary of Scrim- CRACKERBOX PALACE-George Goldsboro-Epic (!fight rotation) a Harrison-Dark Horse track stereo tape cartridges and shaw Productions, has set long THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - I'M SCARED-Burton Cummings- cassettes, master tapes, duplicat- term international distribution 1 0cc-Mercury Portrait ing equipment and some 300,000 agreement with Jazz Records, it MY SWEET LADY-John Denver- Active RCA labels were seized in a raid by was announced jointly by Bob DON'T GIVE UP ON US- SPRING RAIN-Silvetti-Salsoul FBI agents on Simtek Tape, Inc., Gentille, president of Scrimshaw David Soul-Private Stock Avenue here. J. Productions and Jack Tracy, THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - 443 Park South 1 0cc-Mercury WGN/CHICAGO Wallace La Prade, assistant direc- president of Jazz Records. YEAR OF THE CAT-Al Stewart- Adds tor of the FBI in charge of the Ja nus Initial Single ALL STRUNG OUT ON YOU- New York office, valued the John Travolta-Midland Intl. Under the agreement, Jazz WBZ/BOSTON ANGELINE-Babyface-ASI seized material at more than Adds ANYTHING BUT LEAVING-Larry $500 thousand. Records will distribute Scrim- FLY LIKE AN EAGLE-Steve Miller Gatlin-First Generation shaw's initial single release, Band-Capitol ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE "Don't Worry," by Guy Pastor. I'M SCARED-Burton Cummings- BLIND-ZZ Top-London Fresh Tour Set BE SOMEBODY-Melissa Portrait LOS ANGELES-Fresh (MCA) RACE AMONG THE RUINS- Manchester-Arista Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX begins a 20 -date, month -long O'Jays Set Tour -Isaac Hayes & Dionne RICH GIRL-Hall & Oates-RCA tour this week in support its Warwick-ABC of LOS ANGELES-Tieing in with new Ip. The Active MY SWEET LADY-John Denver group will concen- their 20th anniversary this year, -RCA DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY- trate on "breakout" markets in the O'Jays will embark on a 75 NEXT TIME 1 SEE YOU- Thelma Houston-Tamla the south and midwest, covering Susan Cowsill-WB plus city concert tour, which will I LIKE DREAMING-Kenny Nolan 'ROOTS' MEDLEY-Quincy Jones eight states, while opening for begin May 10 at the Memorial -20th Century -A&M LOVE THEME FROM 'A STAR IS Wild Cherry, Brass Construc- Auditorium in Canton, Ohio. SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME- BORN' (EVERGREEN)-Barbra tion, the Jacksons and Rufus. A The announcement came from Streisand-Col John Davidson -20th Century SHINE ON HARVEST MOON- five day stand at Ivanhoe in the O'Jays' personal manager, THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - Leon Redbone-WB Chicago is also slated for mid - 1 Occ-Mercury Barbara Kennedy of BK Manage- SOUND AND VISION-David TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS- March. Bowie-RCA ment, Inc. Mary MacGregor-Ariola THEME FROM 'CHARLIE'S ANGELS America -The Ventures-UA WHAM/ROCHESTER THERE'S ALWAYS GOODBYE- Mercury Signs Hero Randy Rich-Little Angel Adds BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX- KFI/LOS ANGELES Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick -ABC Active GOODBYE OLD BUDDIES- DANCING QUEEN-ABBA- Seals & Crofts-WB Atlantic MY SWEET LADY-John Denver FLY LIKE AN EAGLE-Steve Miller RCA Band-Capitol 'ROOTS' MEDLEY-Quincy Jones GO YOUR OWN WAY-Fleetwood -A&M Mac-WB Active I LIKE DREAMING-Kenny Nolan -20th Century IBYE, BYE FRAULEIN-Micky- LOVE THEME FROM 'A STAR IS Ariola America BORN' (EVERGREEN)-Barbra I CAN'T SAY NO TO YOU- Streisand-Col Parker McGee-Big Tree MAYBE I'M AMAZED-Wings- Canitol 'EW/NEW YORK THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - Adds 1 Occ-Mere try CRACKERBOX PALACE-George TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS- Harrison-Dark Horse Mary MacGregor-Ariola DON'T GIVE UP ON US- America David Soul-Private Stock YEAR OF THE CAT-Al Stewart- MOODY BLUE-Elvis Presley-RCA Janus NEW KID IN TOWN-Eagles- Phonogram, Inc./Mercury Records has signed the group Hero to an exclusive recording Asylum Also reporting this week, contract. Seen with members of Hero at the signing are Charles Fach (third from left), SAY YOU'LL STAY UNTIL WIP, KMBZ, WSB, WTMJ, WIOD, executive vice president/general manager of Phonogram/Mercury; Michael Lloyd TOMORROW-Tom Jones-Epic WSM, KSFO, WGAR, KMOX. (standing, center) of Mike Curb Productions, who produced the album; Denny Rosen- crantz (standing, third from right), west coast a&r director; and Conn Merten (right), manager of Hero. The group's debut album, "Hero," has just been released.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com In an industry where precise definitions can be nearly impossible to determine, we are faced with the challenge of defining the custom label. On the face of it, this should be a simple matter. Once one begins to consider the variety of finan- cial and artistic set-ups that are involved, however, the subject can become confusing, the fine lines almost impossible to delineate. At this juncture of record industry history, it is perhaps best to use the term in the loosest possible sense. In that way we can examine a variety of different companies, analyze the individual character of each and, hopefully, arrive at some general conclusions about the state of the custom label situation, its purpose and its effect on the marketplace. The place to begin is with the differentiation between the custom label that emerges from a specific artist, genre of music or production relationship and that which is underwritten with the intention of developing a full service label. The former instance is generally characterized by the establishment of a label head who acts as liaison between the major company and the artist/producer; the latter is more often a self-contained unit whose reliance on the parent label is primarily for the purpose of distribution. Again, there are no hard-and-fast rules. Some artist/production deals blossom into full entities while some "full service" labels rely heavily on the parent com- pany in any one or more areas such as promotion, publicity, merchandising, marketing or a&r. The examples fill the pages of this special section of Record World and place prominently on the charts. The success of the distributed label is perhaps most immediately apparent on The Singles Chart where last month Ariola America placed in the number one position for two weeks with Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers" while the RSO label was represented with six positions in the top 100. Success, however, cannot be calibrated by chart positions alone. The resurgent interest in jazz, for example, has seen the reactivation of several custom labels and a step-up in the release schedule of new and re -issued material. Specialty labels such as EmArcy, Savoy, Freedom, Kudu, Horizon, ECM, Pablo, Verve and Blue Note have come into the fore as some of the most important purveyors of traditional and contemporary jazz. Although this product is not likely to place on the top 100 chart and sales do not figure to be competitive with rock releases, the custom label set-up is advantageous as it allows for marketing concentration into racks and areas the labels may otherwise not penetrate. The identification factor of these "image" labels by the consumer is another key factor. Whether the name of the label itself connotes a specialization in jazz as with the above mentioned examples: the r&b of Philadelphia International, Hi, Soul Train, Cotillion, Spring, TSOP or the WMOT label; or the strong artist association of Blue Sky, Swan Song, Rocket or Rolling Stones, the custom format becomes a strong selling point. It is, then, a matter of definition by illustration. Much is dependent upon whom you ask when seeking to determine what a custom label is. For some labels distribution is the key factor; for others it is a&r. Regardless, it is clear that the custom label is a growing factor in today's record market. LABL EXPLOSION

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com THE CBS FAMILY OF LABELS: WE'VE 60T THE MUSIC WITH THE MOPES. Any major record company with a group of associated labels under its wing can, if it isn't care- ful, turn into a music -business solar system: one big, bright im- portant sun with a trail of less im- portant satellites. That isn't the way we see things here ...and frankly, it's not the way we like to see things anywhere. We don't quarantine our labels by category-which is why you're likely to find such a wide variety of great music all in the same place. It's a stimulus all the way round: in attracting and sign- ing new artists and new labels, in sales, in promotion, in advertising, in every phase of our operation. The result: music that makes its own moves-on the charts, out of the racks and in your feet. Move with it. The BLUE SKY RECORDS story couldn't be clearer. To begin with, there's the incredible MUDDY WATERS. "Hard Again;' Muddy's first Blue Sky album, has already begun to pull in critical and consumer reaction by the truckload-all of it highly positive. (With Muddy playing, JOHNNY WINTER producing, and both Muddy and Johnny currently on a sold -out national tour with , how could it be anything but positive?)

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com After that history -making Artists of the caliber of the the past fifteen years of his life tour, JOHNNY WINTER is look- L.A. EXPRESS, with their non- making them, as a founding mem- ing forward to starting his first stop jazz/rock and solid -selling ber of -perhaps studio album in two years. It'll albums; and JAMES VINCENT, the greatest American band ever. feature several new Winter origi- a guitarist with very few peers and But when Dennis wanted a solo nals, as well as songs written espe- a dynamic solo album-will see to career too, he knew where to go to cially for Johnny by some of rock's it that Caribou maintains its repu- look for it: Caribou. And "Pacific most respected writers. tation as one of the more visionary Ocean Blues" is the album that he EDGAR WINTER is busy labels around. created. With Dennis's big, big finishing pre -production on his And artists like these two talent and stunning new songs, new album, which is to be pro- help to give that vision a firm the appearances he'll be making duced by the Philadelphia hit - grounding: O.C. SMITH was one in '77 with the Beach Boys, and makers Gamble 8b Huff. of the CBS Records family with the thrust behind this album-the Add to that roster DAN his hits ";' makings are all there for the HARTMAN, whose "Son of a Hickory Holler Tramp" biggest album of the year. work, and songwriting and "By the Time I Get to helped make the Edgar Winter Phoenix'.' His soon -to -be -released Group sparkle. His first Blue Sky debut Caribou album "Together" INVICTUS: The Latin word effort, "Images;' showcased the (produced by John Guerin and for "Unconquered'.' And multifaceted talents of this very Max Bennett of the L.A. Express) INVICTUS RECORDS founders exciting new artist. brings him back to us. EDDIE and BRIAN HOLLAND And wrap things up with DENNIS WILSON knows (of H -D -H songwriting fame) DERRINGER, one of America's pretty much everything there is to don't plan on ever being anything hottest, most in -demand young know about hit records: he's spent but.

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Derringer Johnny Winter James Vincent rock acts-now touring the coun- There's not much chance of try virtually nonstop. (Derringer's it, either, with artists like NEW just -released album, "Sweet Evil;' YORK PORT AUTHORITY, a is produced by Jack Douglas.) band that's going to bring new With label head STEVE meaning to the words "funk -rock" PAUL as prime mover, Blue Sky's with their debut album "Three future hasn't got a cloud in sight. Thousand Miles From Home:' Or the totally amazing The caribou may be an en- ELOISE LAWS. Her first Invictus dangered species, but CARIBOU LP "Ain't It Good Feeling Good" RECORDS certainly isn't, and has just shipped, and with her that's the way founder JAMES vocal feats, Eddie Holland/Brian WILLIAM GUERCIO intends to Holland songs and a Brian Holland keep it. production, it's all going to feel very good very soon.

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com The glory story at O'Jays have probably got more Among Philly International's KIRSHNER RECORDS is, as platinum than Tiffany's... and very hottest acts right now: BILLY ever, the ongoing phenomenal there's a new album due in May. PAUL, a major artist with a major success of KANSAS. It's gold - LOU RAWLS: A musical album, "Let 'Em In; and a smash going -platinum for their current giant, but it took us to deliver to single in "How Good Is Your album "Leftoverture; and total this colossal talent his first -ever Game"; keyboard wizard sales for this very hot band are platinum album -"All Things in DEXTER WANSEL, whose new closing in on the two -million mark. Time:' You can be sure we're LP "What the World Is Coming But that's not the only thing looking to repeat ourselves with To" will ship soon; and the lovely making rock impresario and label Lou's upcoming "Unmistakably JEAN CARN, with a very big hit founder DON KIRSHNER very Lou'.' single in "Free Love" from her happy these days: there's singer In his days as lead singer with first solo album "Jean Cam" LISA HARTMAN, for one, and Harold Melvin 86 The Blue Notes, (which is also a hit). ELLIOTT RANDALL, for an- TEDDY PENDERGRASS put Philadelphia International: it's other, whose first Kirshner album his vocal stamp on hits like "If almost a talent monopoly. "Elliott Randall's New York" has You Don't Know Me By Now," When you say T NECK just shipped ...and the whole "The Love I Lost; "Wake Up RECORDS,what you're really country is going to be Elliott's Everybody," "Bad Luck" and so saying is THE ISLEY Big Apple before he's through. (No many others. BROTHERS... And when you less an authority than Led Now, after two and a half mil- say The Isleys, what you mean is Zeppelin's called lion albums, and five -million sin- platinum action! Before their asso- Elliott "America's greatest guitar gles, Teddy Pendergrass goes solo ciation with us, The Isleys were a player," and this album proves it.) musical legend-but the legend

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Wansel Elliott Randall O Jays Lou Rawls Dexter The PHILADELPHIA -and his first solo album "Teddy found a new meaning in a string of INTERNATIONAL story is one Pendergrass" is already exploding million -selling albums. Their of success unparalleled and on the street-after just a few forthcoming album "Go for Your undiminished. With KENNY days out. Guns" ( which features their cur- GAMBLE and LEON HUFF- Success continues with rent hit single "The Pride") will The Smashmasters-at the helm, MFSB, the original disco orches- take them even further. Hot gets PIR has risen over the years until tra, as they put the finishing hotter-on T Neck! virtually unchal- touches on their latest LP; and now it stands founder lenged. ARCHIE BELL & THE Under the auspices of What PIR is all about is an act DRELLS, those perennial disco Richard Branson in London, like THE O'JAYS. Right now favorites, who are selling so solidly VIRGIN RECORDS is blossoming hottest with "Where Will You Go When into a winner. Artists contributing they're probably the single include black act around-and one of the the Party's Over." to this smashing success groups ever. And GONG (new LP "Expresso"), greatest black (building up likely to remain so: by now the SUPERCHARGE

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com the voltage with their upcoming "Horizontal Refreshment"), reggae's MIGHTY DIAMONDS (their latest jewel, "Ice on Fire;' was produced in New Orleans by Allen Toussaint 86 Marshall Sehorn), and MALLARD, Virgin's first American group-with a debut album now in the works. Big news from MIKE OLDFIELD: the young British composer who scored so spectac- ularly with "Tubular Bells" and "Ommadawn" is now in the studio at work on another rock - symphonic masterpiece. Look for it later in '77. TANGERINE DREAM, those sorcerers of synthesizer, are currently very hot indeed with a new album, "Stratosfear," and a big tour of the U.S. with the famed light show Laserium (the

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We salute the outstanding success of our Associated Labels and their artists: Blue Sky, Caribou, Invictus, Kirshner, Philadelphia International, T Neck, Virgin. Let's keep on keeping it in the family:

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Retailers Assess Custom Label Impact By DAVID McGEE f major market IN In the following Dialogue, six retailers representing Anthony: "The biggest value is the extra areas discuss the merchandising, advertising and value of custom labels. Additionally, Record World has asked these retailers to assess effort that the custom labels expend when the impact of the $7.98 list price on multiple purchases, cutthroat retailers, the seemingly moribund concept of variable pricing and they have a good piece of music." the growing market in cutout and economy albums.

uwlllllpwi u w ilill0luwuilllluwlum nil IIIIImuuuillllllpnnllilill1111111uuilllllluuilllllllppy)I0111llll.11lplllllillllllllllllllillIllllllli Do you How do you merchandise custom labels in your stores? include anything in the Columbia family. We've never run a sale on use any special displays or attention -getters? custom label product exclusively, but there are periods when we'd merchandise custom labels Barrie Bergman, Record Bar: We don't run a Columbia ad, an r&b ad, and nine -tenths of the product adver- them. per se. We merchandise them with the labels that distribute tised would be Philly International. Kern Dobin, Waxie Maxie: We're not really a label -oriented com- Bressi: We include all custom label product in ads with major label, pany, like Korvettes. They have step down arrangements, all by label product. but we give no special attention to labels. Keenan: Whatever label an album is on we advertise for that label between Joe Bressi, Stark Records: We really don't distinguish separately. custom labels and the labels that distribute them. If it's a Columbia Anthony: Ordinarily we do cooperative advertising. That comes really the way we handle custom label, it's just Columbia, and that's from a company, through Tape City for instance, our retail division. merchan- it. The strength of the product determines how it will be And we're getting product from a distributor that handles all lines, dised in the stores. If it merits merchandising in a viewer display or in a including custom labels. There's no variance on that. waterfall display it'll be there; other than that it's just in artist bins. Bayer: All the time. In other words, if I'm running a Warner We really do not distinguish labels to our customers. Brothers ad I'll throw in Capricorn if it has a hot record. Occasionally The only time we use special Tom Keenan, Everybody's Records: I'll have a custom label sale. If there's a new Marshall Tucker, and go out and display is when a custom label has its own representative Warners gives me a buy on it, I'll run Capricorn only. That happens has its help push a particular product. RSO is a good example. RSO all the time. own people who will go around and promote something and at What, in your opinion, is the major value of custom labels from a various times these people have come in and helped set up things in retailing standpoint? addition to whatever Phonodisc has done. But other than a specific Bergman: The distribution comes through the branches and makes to situation like that where there's a crew going from store store- it easier to get hold of the products. It's just a better means of dis- special for custom labels. I can't say that we do anything tribution for us. A smaller label would be difficult to promote, but Don Anthony, Tape City: We don't really merchandise in our with the product coming from the mother label it's just easier to com- stores to distinguish between labels. We do distinguish between bine it and spend more money on it. different types of music. Obviously during Christmas and times like Dobin: Certainly you have different promotional people pushing that-seasonally-certain product does merit extra added merchan- custom albums. For instance, if the O'Jays, and Jean Carn were on dising: but as far as custom labels, per se, there is no special mer- Columbia you'd have Columbia with about seven or eight major chandising. r&b acts at once, and certainly some records would get lost. But Brace Bayer, Independent Records: I merchandise all records by separate promotional people working the customs enables more artists, using browsers, waterfall displays, floor displays. I don't dis- product to get exposure and therefore more of it sells. tinguish between labels. Another advantage of custom labels is that customers associate Which custom label artists have been most successful in your stores? artists with that custom label. For instance, Thad Jones and Mel Bergman: We've been very successful with Gamble -Huff product. Lewis on Horizon indicates a special kind of album directed to the And we've also done well with Midland International. We did very jazz buff. If they put an album out on A&M, though, it might mean well with Chrysalis when they were with Warners. an MOR album to customers. If the O'Jays put out an album on Dobin: Jean Carn on Philly International, Mass Production on Co- Columbia, their fans might look at that and wonder what happened tillion, Undisputed Truth on Whitfield, Carol Douglas on Midland to . The Undisputed Truth being on Whitfield indi- International, Renaissance on Sire, George Harrison on Dark Horse. cates that the group is still associated with Norman Whitfield. We've also done well with the Horizon series, specifically the Karma Bressi: The real advantage I can think of is that service is better album. from major labels such as Columbia and RCA. There's less problems with backorders; less shipping problems-if the product gets hot we Bressi: Just off the top of my head I'd say Philadelphia International have it right there. Plus the advertising dollars are easier to get has been most successful. through the major label distributors.

11 _1 11111,1111 111111111111111111, 1.1111,11,1 1 11,11.11,1 ,1111111111, 1,11 Keenan: I don't think there is an advantage from a retailing stand- is from an artist's standpoint. There's real advantage a custom point. But there an advantage Bressi: "The [of more of an emphasis on people dealing with the artist. label] is that service is better from major Anthony: That's hard to say. The biggest value is the extra effort that the custom labels expend when they have a good piece of music. labels ... There's less problems with back- In some cases I find the custom labels listening and reacting to the response of a small retailer who's selling their product. They seem orders; less shipping problems ..." to respond a little more quickly, seem to be a little more open to input, than major labels. And for obvious reasons.

1111111 1,111111,1111111111 ,11111111 1_ 111111111,1111111,111 111,11111111111111111,1111.111111 1,111111,111 11111111111111111,11111111111111,11,111111111,1,111,111111 11 111111,,11,11111,1111111111,1111111 Bayer: Good exposure in r&b for sure. Real good. Philly Interna- one Keenan: No, I couldn't single anyone out. But RSO has to be tional has greatly helped Columbia break out soul. Definitely good of the best worked custom labels. on jazz, like Blue Note with UA. Just product- I think Anthony: The first thing that comes to mind is Salsoul-the Salsoul custom labels know a hell of a lot more than major companies do Orchestra has done very well. More so today than six months ago, about rhythm and blues and soul. progressive jazz seems to be doing better and better, and a lot of it is Have higher list prices affected multiple purchases in your stores?

I I if a thing now; think once again on custom labels. don't know it's Bergman: So far they have not. I think they probably will to a the American public, in search of something new and different, is certain degree, but it's too early to tell how much. turning to progressive jazz. Dobin: Again, right at the beginning it may. A person, having just Bayer: I'd say Philly International and Capricorn still. gotten his paycheck, might walk in and see a release a little bit higher Do you include custom label product in ads with major label prod- than expected and only be able to buy one album. But we're getting uct, or is it advertised apart from other product? a fairly good indication that within three months everything is going Bergman: We advertise them together. That's the way the coop to be up to $7.98. Eventually, if a customer wants a Fleetwood Mac ad money comes down. and a Beach Boys album at the same time, he'll buy them both, re - Dobin: We do include it. If we're running a Columbia ad we'll (Continued on page 24)

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In a bit over half a standpoint but they also wanted makes Alexenburg and his staff Labels has taken place with an decade, seven labels covering the benefits of the CBS Records know there's a potential for sub- ease that is envied within the every type of music from soul to promotion and merchandising stantial hitmaking ready to flower music industry. As the man who classic rock have discovered that force." in that label. "We aren't trying to has taken the division from its working within the CBS structure 'An Artist Company' add labels for the point of build- smallest stages to the giant that means multiplied profitability, Tony Martell amplified on the ing numbers," declares Gordon exists in 1977, Ron Alexenburg thereby encouraging exploration Associated Labels concept: "First Anderson. "We make commit- discusses the attraction of an in - among the labels' programs, and and foremost we are an artist ments to the label and to the dependent to the CBS umbrella. fostering the confidence that company, not a company of artists on the label. We're trying "A perfect example of why peo - comes from knowing that every labels or musical categories. The to develop artists' careers, and it ple want to come to us is the release will be treated to reach its concept has been to give new can be a long process." Martell lsley Brothers-they had an highest potential. artists and established superstars emphasizes, "We will not make enormous hit with 'It's Your a not Profitability the kind of individualized atten- new label arrangements for Thing,' but that album did go hit. We look at the artistic gold. Their first single for us, Similarly, from the standpoint tion each label desires. They have quick values involved-the producers, 'Who's That Lady,' was gold, and of CBS' senior vice president of gone into the business to achieve the fast that the acts are working the album of that name was plati- Epic and Associated Labels, Ron a certain image. The promotion acts with good management, the num." Alexenburg, Tony Martell (vice and merchandising of each artist's longevity factor. In the end, what president and general manager) music along with the develop- Buyer Patterns we look for is the most basic in- and Gordon Anderson (director ment of individual images is the Jim Tyrrell, vice president, mar - of all-music that makes of promotion), Associated Labels core of our job at the Associated gredient keting, Epic Records and the As - have leapt from a half a million Labels. it. sociated Labels, stated, "We be - dollar operation to a $25 million "And it has been the artists, Specialization lieve that every record is unique a year division. However, accord- backed by the excellent direction "We're living in an age of spe- and it's up to us to identify the ing to Alexenburg, there's far between the labels and CBS, that cialization and concentration; buyer pattern. We are aware that more than paper profits repre- have made those labels house- each of our labels is a specialist. everything we do has a great im- senting CBS' beliefs in the value hold words, and their products Each represents a unique musical pact on the personal lives and of its Associated Labels. "We sought after by millions of con- point of view, from the pop rock careers of artists. An ongoing strive to give each label its own sumers." 'n' roll genius of Steve Paul's Blue dialogue exists between manage - independence within CBS and, at Strict Criteria Sky to the classic music making of ment, artists and the company at the same time, the family feeling The statistics concerning the Jimmy Guercio's Caribou, to the all times. in being part of a team," he said seven organizations which consti- pop culture shaper, Don Kirsh- "The feeling I often get from "You see, we believe that we tute CBS' Associated Labels ner's Kirshner Records, to the other places is that artist devel- have we have the best branch and speak for themselves. The corn- great artistry of Gamble and opment is the responsibility of distribution set-up of anyone in pany is successful with each and Huff's Philadelphia International. the principals of an Associated the business. Our sales and pro- every one of its labels, yet CBS Rounding out the portrait of suc- Label. Not so. Our artist develop - motion men have the business refuses to jump on bandwagons cess are the lsley Brothers and ment is part of our merchandis- acumen people want to deal with. and acquire more labels for the T -Neck, Invictus, operated by the (Continued on page 32) Flexibility and Exposure Key RCA Custom Operation LOS ANGELES - Operational RCA currently distributes pop entrance into major accounts, tain of a small ship rather than a flexibility, musical identity and product for Midland Internation- which is crucial in the early stages big one, you can skirt around increased exposure for both new al, r&b records released through of any record's development. obstacles faster," Weiner com- artists and established recording the Soul Train label, pop and rock "That's not to say you don't mented. Moreover, both custom acts are among the principal ben- acts for Windsong, jazz artists on benefit from independent distrib- label and manufacturer benefit efits to both major manufacturers Pablo, pop product for Tattoo Rec- ution," he added. However, the from that smaller scale by re- and their custom labels as detail- ords, pop and r&b product for volume of titles represented by a duced reaction time. "If a custom ed by Mort Weiner, director of Taboo, and avant garde projects major and its custom label affi- label sees an artist they want," custom labels for RCA Records. for Utopia Records. Grunt Rec- liates affords custom labels the Weiner said, "that's it. There's no Involvement ords, RCA's longest continuing greater leverage enjoyed by a step-by-step procedure that has Weiner is himself the veteran custom label operation, contin- major, which represents a larger to be taken in approviing the act of a custom label operation, hav- ues to be distributed by the com- share of a given account's busi- and closing the deal. ing helped direct Metromedia pany but is administered through ness than a small independent "That means RCA may be com- Records' operations. In his cur- RCA's product management strut- label can usually attain. peting with one of its own custom rent position, Weiner oversees ture, while Weiner is additional- Weiner is quick to point to labels for a given artist." That the operations of seven RCA -dis- ly responsible for RCA's own Blue equally significant benefits for competition, Weiner asserted, tributed custom labels encompas- Bird catalogue of vintage blues the major itself. "I think that a benefits both major and custom sing jazz, r&b, pop and avant and jazz titles. custom label usually puts you affiliate, since the potential act is garde catalogues. That level of Weiner reviewed the emergence into an area that your inhouse provided with a broader range of involvement with personalized of custom labels during the past product may not be able to put options in negotiating a deal. "It label operations - running from decade as the outgrowth of both you in as strongly," he explained, gives you, as a major, more tools simple production agreements to general industry expansion and pointing to the diversity of musi - to go out and sell more artists." separately staffed labels employ- the rise of individual major man- cal styles represented by RCA's At the sales and marketing lev- ing their own promotion and ufacturers. "As the majors got custom labels as indicative of that el, the custom label provides add- marketing chiefs - is a com- into the distribution business, added penetration into different ed definition to the major manu- paratively recent development at they could offer many more ad- stylistic areas. facturer's range of available prod- RCA, and Weiner points to the vantages to smaller labels than Flexibility uct, Weiner suggested. "lt helps growth of the company's custom the independents," Weiner ex- "Because they're smaller, an RCA distribution center to stable as indicative of RCA's suc- plained. "For a small label to tag they're more flexible, there's have those custom labels be - cess with those affiliates. along with a major, he has an more latitude. If you're the cap- (Continued on page 30)

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Also part of the is Mystique, the ford, country great Hank Williams, ner Bros. marketing expertise to Warner Bros. executives arrives in Burbank alliance led former Impres- Jr., Travis Wammack, Larry Groce, the advantage of their artists and Macon for Capricorn's famed pic- new group by LeRoy The Hues Corporation, California principals. In recent years, many nic. The companies are more con- sions lead ; and the new- Music, and a number of others. A new affiliates have aligned with ventionally linked . via telephone Hutson; Barbara Mason. The new Four Seasons album is cur- Warners with the results a testi- and through Capricorn's west ly signed with the rently in preparation and The mony to the material benefits coast office, located a few blocks label is currently hot and their single, Bellamys return this month with Warner Bros. distribution affords. from Warner's in Burbank. Two of Mystique album of Macon's "What Would The World Be an album titled "Plain and "We treat our affiliates as part the hottest examples efforts to bring southern Without Music." Fancy." of the greater Warners family," ongoing the world are The Mar- Dark Horse Records, which Another Warner affiliate head- comments Stan Cornyn, Warner music to Tucker Band's new "Caro- headquarters out of Warner ed by a famed producer is Phil Bros. executive vice president and shall the debut of Bros.' home office, is one of the Spector's Warner -Spector Rec- director of creative services. "The lina Dreams" and band which most recent additions to Warners a venture which brings relationship between Warner Sea Level, an eclectic ords, includes four former Allman affiliate line-up. Most notable art- Spector his first label since the Bros. Records and its affiliate la- Brothers Band members. The ist and label founder is, of course, era of . The label is one of mutual respect and bels relationship George Harrison, whose debut for the source of both Spec- cooperation-that's one of the Capricorn -Warner's has been is so strong that the next Gregg Dark Horse, "33 1/3," is his latest tor -produced and independently main reasons why so many of album, to be titled gold album. Dennis Morgan is the produced material since it became them have chosen to work with Allman solo "Playing Up A Storm," is cur- company's operations director part of the Warner Bros. family in us; we couldn't be more pleased with War- and the roster includes a great The most exciting news with their contribution to our cur- rently in production 1974. vice president and director diversity of talent including The from Warner -Spector is the cur- rent success." ner's of a&r Lenny Waronker and staff Attitudes, Splinter, Stairsteps, and rent "Phil Spector's Greatest Hits" Bearsville producer Russ Titelman sharing Kenny Burke. The label is ready- album, a two record set featuring The first of the major affiliate producer chores. Other artists af- ing a new Attitudes album for re- hits by , Crystals, labels to come into the Warner filiated with Capricorn include lease early this spring while Har- Darlene Love, Ben E. King, and Bros. fold was Bearsville Records. Bonnie Bramlett, Easy Street from rison's "Crackerbox Palace" con- many others. As ever, media and , who founded England, Dobie Gray, Grinder - tinues to represent Dark Horse on public interest in the enigmatic the label, and Paul Fishkin, also a switch. The Philharmonics, South the singles chart. Spector and his work is high with principal, who serves as its chief Africa's Rabbitt, Billy Joe Shaver, Warner -Curb Records is the the album generating good retail operating officer, brought Bears - Percy Sledge and Stillwater. domain of Mike Curb, a producer activity as well. Bros. in 1971. credits ville to Warner Curtom, the Chicago label with an impressive list of Whitfield Records is the first has en- for Since then, the company headed by Curtis Mayfield and and a renowned track venture of producer Norman joyed great success with Foghat, Mary Stuart, has been an impor- attracting and establishing hit acts. Whitfield, famed for his work on Winches- by Todd Rundgren, Jesse tant factor in Warner Bros. grow- The Four Seasons, produced the production staff at Motown. Utopia ter, Paul Butterfield, and ing involvement in black music. Bob Gaudio, started off the Curb The most notable current act on launching the late 1975 and is currently Mayfield has not only been a suc- label with a bang in the Whitfield Records is The Undis- co- solo career of Hot Chocolate cessful artist in his own right (his with two hits in a row- "Who puted Truth, whose album, offices founder Tony Wilson. With latest album is "Never Say You Loves You" and "December, "Method To The Madness," and New in , in upstate Can't Survive"), but has produced 1963." Soon after, The Bellamy single, "You + Me = Love," are are York (where Bearsville studios both pop and r&b chart successes. of- located), as well as a London Also part of the Whitfield roster under the aegis of Ian Kim- RSO Scoring under Coury fice is Rose Royce, the group whose Los Records Eric Clapton, most of them in mett, and a newly opened LOS ANGELES - RSO "Car Wash" single from the film Bearsville has (distributed by Polydor) and its their original packages, with the Angeles operation, soundtrack was a national num- limited Al Coury, find them- original liner notes and original parlayed an intentionally president, ber one hit. Whitfield is also the one of the best selves in a happy position, with sequencing. artist roster into home of Nytro, a self-contained in- Coury took Other recent releases include hit -per -release ratios in the many successes since group whose first album has just include last April. such diverse entities as the "Two dustry. Current releases the helm been released. Foghat's gold "Night Shift;" "Ra" Releases Sides to Every Story" album by Paradise Records is an enter- from Utopia, featuring Todd The releases which have turned Gene Clark, formerly of ; prise founded and headed by Rundgren, Roger Powell, John platinum and gold under Coury "Marscape," debut album by Jack . Russell, who divides Wilcox, and Kasim Sulton; "I Like identify the success the company Lancaster and ; his time between Los Angeles and Your Style" by Tony Wilson. Soon has had since he took over at "Dis -Gorilla," Rick Dees' last sin- Tulsa, maintains offices at War- to come is Jesse Winchester's RSO. On the one hand, the per- gle; "Carnival," new single by ner's home office and is himself next album, which is currently ennial favorites, the Bee Gees, are Clapton; "Boogie Child," new a Paradise recording artist. He being produced in Toronto by as hot as they've ever been, single by the Bee Gees; "Never joined with his wife Mary to re- Brian Ahern; Winchester's return with their "Children of the Gonna Let You Get Away," the cord last year's "Wedding Album" to the United States this spring World" platinum album, their new Lady Flash trio single; "Gim- Paul Harri- for the label. is an event eagerly anticipated by "" and me Some Time," the label Bearsville, Warner Bros., and the "Love So Right" gold singles and son single; Yvonne Elliman's Another artist -originated media. their "Bee Gees Gold" and "Love Me" album and single; in the Warner camp is The Beach "Midnight Cafe," album and new Boys' . This past Capricorn is another Warner "Odessa" albums. single; "Living Next Door to year saw Brother score with the Bros. affiliate which has reaped And, on the other hand, from by the top British group, "15 Big Ones" album which also rewards of Warner Bros. dis- out of nowhere came Rick Dees Alice," the their debut on signaled the active return of Brian tribution for quite some time. The and his "Disco Duck" single, now Smokie, making RSO; and "Rockicks Inside," the Wilson to the group's endeavors. Macon -based label headed by verging on double platinum, and debut album by Rockicks. "The Beach Boys Love You," Phil Walden and Frank Fenter now the newly released "Disco Immediately forthcoming are their new Brian Wilson -produced made history with the Allman Duck" album. Kenny Passarelly's debut single album, looms as another major Brothers Band shortly after com- RSO last month released nine for RSO,"l'm Never Gonna Break hit for Brother and , ing to Warner Bros. in 1972 and albums of , featuring Faith, Your Heart," and Rick Dees' , , Dennis has since launched The Marshall the names of Cream, Blind "Barely White." Wilson, and Brian. Tucker Band, Wet Willie, Elvin Derek and the Dominos and

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Through In April, 1976, nearly four years World." to Cotillion by the Isley Brothers, over, at the same time expanding the and , Atlantic con- since its last release (ELP's "Tri- Mass Production is produced and its musical base to include singer- tinuously presented new names logy" in midsummer '72), Cotil- managed by Ed Ellerbe and under songwriters Andy Pratt and Rob - that, even today, harken back to lion was re -activated by Atlantic they are pursuing bin Thompson. age of rock and r&b chairman Ahmet Ertegun. At the his direction, a golden itinerary this Nat Weiss, whose name has the world. same time, Ertegun appointed an active touring heard 'round been associated over the years Expansion Henry Allen as the new president season. Balance with the likes of Brian Epstein, Yet it was not until the late - of Cotillion. Allen, former senior and a With the newest additions to , John McLaughlin and '60s, when Atlantic's expansion vice president of Atlantic its roster the 9 -piece self-con- a host of pop luminaries, began into the pop spectrum was gear- quarter -century veteran with the - to tained band from Dayton, Ohio his Nemperor label in Tate -'74 ing into full swing, that the con- company, set out immediately known as Slave, and the smash with pivotal jazz-rock fusion al- cept of strategically utilizing these establish a base for new artists. French disco album and single bums from Stanley Clarke and the custom labels for special projects Working with Allen is Cotillion "Love In C Minor" by Cerrone Jan Hammer/Jerry Goodman duo. came sharply into focus. With vice president Eddie Holland, - Cotillion has obtained the perfect Clarke, bassist for Return To For- three labels in particular RSO, former midwestern r&b promo- - of new and established ever, also composed, arranged Capricorn and Asylum the cus- tion director for Atlantic. balance - talent, with more on the way. and produced his Ip, which spent tom label became more than a At the start, Luther ("It's Good Joseph Embryo more than six months on the pop, sub -distributed entity. It became for the Soul") and Margie Feel the Feel- Embryo's recent re -activation r&b and jazz charts. an image in itself with which cer- ("Hear the Words, (mid -January '77) with Herbie One year later, follow-up al- tain artists and/or musical styles ing") scored high r&b chart posi- of Mann back at the helm, is a wel- bums came from Clarke and became identified over the years. tions with Cotillion's first pair albums, come addition to the Atlantic Hammer, as well as the solo debut So the unforgettable music of singles. Their follow-up year group. Now, as before, Embryo is of (then) Return To Forever drum- Cream, Eric Clapton and the Bee along with Ips through the Jackson, living up to its name, seeking to mer Lenny White, "Venusian Gees all took shape on the RSO by Lou Donaldson, Willis showcase new young talent, most- Summer," which he also com- banner when that label was as- and John Edwards (who has since as Philippe ly being heard for the first time. posed, arranged and produced. sociated with Atlantic. And the joined the Spinners Exploring the complex jazz/rock/ Within six months (summer '76) career of the Allman Brothers Wynn's replacement), put Cotil- r&b crossover scene, Embryo's Clarke and Hammer had new al- Band, through their original three lion squarely in the marketplace. first signings include guitarist bums out, increasing their Nem- Ips with Duane Allman (including Impressions 20 -year Danny Toan, Googie and Tom peror catalogue to those Ips each. the classic "Live at the Fillmore Chicago's Impressions, sphere, Copolla (formerly Air), and the Pop Signings East") remains synonymous with hitmakers in the pop/r&b in the Mullen & Morrissey duo. To "in- Nemperor, meanwhile, had Capricorn Records' tenure as part joined the Cotillion roster first al- augurate" the label, Embryo's first taken steps to expand into the of the Atlantic group. Similarly, fall ('76), releasing their spring and summer releases will pop field with two signings: Andy the premiere albums from Jack- bum for their new label, "It's these six be backed up with a double-Ip Pratt ("Resolution") is the Boston- son Browne and the Eagles (along About Time." Together, a of tunes anthology set, entitled "Embryo: based artist whose first Nemperor with Joni Mitchell's "For the acts contributed pair Ahead of Its Time," chronicling Ip (his first recording in three Roses") on , dur- apiece for Cotillion's popular representative music first heard (Continued on page 34) ing the period in which Atlantic "Funky Christmas" collection. was its distributor, provided the foundation upon which Asylum's Mercury Enters Custom Fray with EmArcy and First Artists (now Elektra/Asylum's) phenom- six According to Gary LeMel, di- of a March exhibition at the In- growth would be built. CHICAGO - The past enal of rector of music operations for the stitute, and later on throughout Label Roles months have seen the birth for the Phono- film company as well as vice the U.S. and Canada. Although the faces have two custom labels Records fam- president of First Artists Records, Artwork changed in the '70s, the general gram, Inc./Mercury of 1976 saw the "We'll not be just a label laying "The excellent artwork is only role of the custom label within ily. November a series of double -album out soundtracks. Our primary part of the success of the series the Atlantic operation has remain- first of packages released on the EmArcy thrust is to break new artists. thus far," said Harry Losk, na- ed the same. Each of the nine to reissuing clas- We're committed to the record tional sales manager. "Robin Mc- labels which Atlantic distributes label, dedicated sides, and in January of business totally, and we're going Bride (Mercury international a&r has established its own certain sic jazz a distribution deal was to be competitive in the market director) and his staff conducted image and direction through its this year Artists Records, in every way possible." exhaustive research and the mu- selection of artists; most maintain signed with First Artists Produc- Irwin H. Steinberg, president of sical selections really make this their own a&r, production and a division of First film company. the PolyGram Record Group and series outstanding. promotion staffs, all of whom tions Co., Ltd., the First Artists Phonogram/Mercury, pointed out "We've seen a virtual sellout of coordinate their activities with been a film that the new association will these packages in every store that their counterparts within Atlantic. First Artists has since its inception, but "give both companies opportuni- has displayed them. We have al- he result is a diversity of product company with the field of ties in the film area which didn't ways felt that the Mercury/Em- encompasses virtually every its association that exist before." Arcy Jazz archives were among extant today. music has been especially active muslcal format EmArcy the best, and this shows it." Cotillion the past 14 months, mainly and its pub- The EmArcy Jazz Series kicked March Release The story of Cotillion Records through film contacts off last November with the re- Another seven double -pocket encapsulizes Atlantic's commit- lishing arm. Stockholders lease of seven albums by Dinah albums are set for release in ment to its custom labels. First stockholders in First Washington, , March featuring , instituted in 1969, Cotillion's ca- The major Steve McQueen, , Clifford Brown, Can- Roland Kirk, Sarah Vaughn, Clif- talogue thrived for three years Artists include Hoffman, Paul Newman, nonball Adderly, ford Brown, , Max on the strength of Emerson, Lake Dustin Poitier and Barbra Strei- and Maynard Ferguson. Roach and Helen Merril. & Palmer, Danny O'Keefe, the Sidney Feldman will serve as The artwork on the Dinah With the EmArcy label recycling Velvet Underground, Brook Ben- sand. Phil of the label. Phono- Washington album, "The Jazz the old, and First Artists Records ton, , , president will be respons- Sides," has been awarded a certi- about to bring the new, custom Otis Rush and Ronnie Hawkins; gram/Mercury ible distributing and market- ficate by the American Institute labels are flourishing through its prestigious gospel series was for the label. of Graphic Arts and will be part Phonogram/Mercury. led by Marion Williams, Myrna ing

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Hickory enters history and others) with four "custom Ramsey is currently playing clubs also drew praise from the press 25th year with a proud labels": Sire and Passport, Shelter in the southwest and will record and their next is also scheduled that includes hits by Sue Thomp- and Hickory. Entering into distri- his long awaited follow-up upon for release in the spring. Round- son, The Newbeats, and Chris bution agreements with these in- completion of his home studio. ing out the Shelter roster is Jenson. Although Hickory has dependent labels has broadened Dwight Twilley Band Matthew Moore, best known for been relatively quiet in recent ABC's roster and catalogue with The Dwight Twilley Band, Torn writing "Shambala" (Three Dog years, the current roster indicates what Herb Belkin, vice president Petty and Lyons & Clark are three Night), and a number of tunes that Hickory is moving back into of marketing and creative serv- new critically acclaimed artists recorded by Joe Cocker. Moore is the forefront of country music. The roster includes ices, ABC Records, calls "ex- who represent the new, broader currently in the studio working Hickory tremely viable corrolaries repre- based Shelter sound. Ron Henry on his first Shelter album. Newbury, Don Gibson, Don Ever- Catalogue ly, Jim Chestnut, Carl Smith, senting a diversity of musical explains that "when Leon and the New - taste and direction that ABC might Denny first got Shelter together Like the Shelter roster, Woody and Doug Owen. not otherwise reflect." there really was a 'Shelter Sound' Shelter catalogue is not large, but bury is one of the premier Shelter influenced by Leon's particular is consistently strong throughout. singer/songwriters in country and He had a is a unique blend of country, gospel, blues Of the seven Leon Russell albums pop today. hit with his songs and distinctive label that reflects and rock. Now we feel the only that are available, four have "American Trilogy," and the unique and distinctive taste of really consistent thing about our achieved gold status and the "Best have been recorded by Elvis Pres- president/co-founder Denny Cor- artists is their high quality." of Leon" is still selling well. In ley, , Waylon Jen- dell. Formed in Tulsa in Decem- The Dwight Twilley Band, corn- addition to J.J. Cale's first three nings, Don Williams, Kenny ber of 1970 by Cordell, successful prised of Twilley and partner Phil albums, other catalogue high- Rogers, Joan Baez and Jerry Lee producer (, Moody Seymour, is currently working on lights include Phoebe Snow's re- Lewis, to name just a few. New - Best Blues, Joe Cocker et al.) and Leon album #2, set for spring release. markable debut effort, "The bury's first Hickory single, "Hand by is - Russel!, Shelter was distributed Tom Petty's first album, "Torn of Freddie King," and albums Me Another Of Those," climb Ip, briefly by Blue Thumb, then by Petty and The Heartbreakers," Mary McCreary, D.J. Rogers, Rich- ing the country charts, and his Capitol and MCA before entering was produced by Cordell. The al- and Torrance and Larry Hosford. "Rusty Tracks," will be released into the current distribution bum has a hard rock sound that Shelter and its associated publish- this month. agreement with ABC in June, harkens back to the early days of ing companies, Skyhill Publishing Don Everly 1976. the British Invasion of the mid and Tarka Music, bring an added Don Everly is one half of the Throughout its history, Shelter '60s and is getting a lot of pro- dimension to the ABC family. team that helped create country rock from the mid '50s through has maintained a strong identity . He as a label that concentrates on a '70s-The Pacts is small roster of high calibre art 1976 Sees Two Key Island an excellent composer and Island best known ists, predominantly performers LOS ANGELES-In 1976 some of Nesmith's singer who draws heavily upon of Shel- who are also fine songwriters, and Records signed major distribution songs ("Joanne," "Some his Nashville roots in his first two unique, ley's Blues" and "Different Hickory Ip, "Brother Juke Box," as a label that is particularly strong agreements with and an all new album re- produced Rose. The in the album market. fairly small record companies: Drum") by Wesley Roster the Pacific Arts Corporation and corded in Nashville in late '76, first single off the album is "Since To The Shelter's roster currently con- True North Records. While Is- "From A Radio Engine You Broke My Heart." two Photon The latter is set Don Gibson, such sists of six artists: J.J. Cale, Willis land's association with the Wing." composer of Alan Ramsey, Lyons & Clark, The labels is still relatively new, fu- for an early March release. standards as "I Can't Stop Loving for Dwight Twilley Band, Tom Petty Lure plans involve numerous Other aritsts recordings You" and "Oh Lonesome Me," Kaleidoscope, has a (& The Heartbreakers) and Matt projects in a variety of areas based Pacific Arts include new single, "Fan The Moore. Shelter general manager on long term relationships. the near -legendary Southern Cali- Flame, Feed The Fire," and an al - Dar- Ron Henry said that "we feel that Pacific Arts fornia band featuring Chris bum, "I'm All Wrapped Up In Dirt we have the strongest and broad The Pacific Arts Corporation row (from the Nitty Gritty You." Traditional country artists Lindley (Jack- Jim est based line-up of talent in was founded by Michael Nesmith Band) and David Chestnut and Carl Smith have Shelter's history and we are con- in 1972. Based in Carmel -by -the- son Browne's famed sideman). new singles with "California centrating all of our efforts on de- Sea, California, Pacific Arts is a Kaleidoscope's recent reunion al- Lady" and "Show Me A Brick veloping these artists. We believe revolutionary concept in artist- bum, "When Scopes Collide," is Wall," respectively. that through our new relation- oriented media systems. Pacific also available through Pacific Direction ship with ABC these artists can Arts is not merely a record corn- Arts/Island. Future plans for Pa -Hickory has been a mainstream gain the same level of acceptance pany but an over-all entity span- cific Arts include the expansion of country label for some time, but from the record buying public that ning the gamut of artistic me- its artist roster as well as a variety there is a definite move on the they have already received from diums from music to films to of projects in all fields of the part of the company to make in - the press, and that Shelter will books to live theatrical produc- arts. New works from Nesmith roads into the pop -rock areas. therefore achieve the same kind Lions and video. and Kaleidoscope are also upcom Woody and Doug Owen are i of success in the singles field that Nesmith had previously been ing. Plans are also being made to young performers who, under the we have always had in the album president of Countryside Records, form a foundation for artists work- direction of David Castle and Roy market." a Los Angeles based label that ing in all mediums that would be Baker, are giving Hickory a new levels from J.J. Cale, the veteran of the Shel- operated under the auspices of artist controlled on all dimension. The company has es- ter roster, scored again last year then Elektra head Jac Holzman. artistic conception to production, pecially high hopes for Woody's with his fourth Shelter Ip, "Trou- Nesmith is not only Pacific Arts' marketing, advertising and distri- first single, "Morning Girl." badour," and with the single administrative and creative chief bution. Herb Belkin emphasized ABC's True Records is a Cana "Cocaine." Cale is a top notch but also one of the label's major North commitment to its custom labels: recording artist and the composer recording artists. Albums by dian based label with a small but "We are privileged to have a close of such fine tunes as "After Mid- Nesmith released on Pacific Arts exceptional roster of artists. Run association with these labels and night" (Eric Clapton), "Magnolia" (and either presently or soon to jointly by Bernie Finkelstein and their related music houses. The (Poco) and "Call Me the Breeze" he available through Island) in- Bernie Fiedler, True North has relationships have already been (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Willis Alan elude "The Prison," an elaborate been associated with Island in the mutually advantageous and, from Ramsay has been with Shelter al- book/record concept work, U.S. since September of last year. all signs, they will be even more of on page 39) beneficial in most as long as Cale, but so far "Compilation," a collection (Continued the future."

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com At Casablanca, Custom Labels Are a Prime Commitment LOS ANGELES-At Casablanca supporting Biegel's statement that aging for Roscoe & Mabel as This album combines current jazz Record and FilmWorks, custom Millennium is "making a total well." stylings and Brazilian trends in a labels are a prime commitment. commitment to building our art- Holmes has a definite vision for mass -appeal musical setting. Casablanca is now affiliated with ist's careers and longevity." Chocolate City. "We're trying not Making up the second part of four custom labels-Millennium, Said Larry Harris, executive vice to get overloaded with product. the initial release is the five -part the new label formed by Jimmy president at Casablanca, "I feel We're concentrating on r&b ori- "Wildflower" series, a historic lenner and Iry Biegel; Cecil Hol- that the Jimmy Zenner/Iry Biegel ented artists, basically, with an live package gathering the bright- mes' Chocolate City Records; Millennium label is one of the emphasis on building all-around est young lights of the new jazz Alan Douglas' Douglas label; and most exciting projects ever careers. We'll keep it selective movement. A series of concerts Oasis Records, headed by Giorgio to come to Casablanca." "I'm and make it into a very strong was held in fall 1976 in the en- Moroder. genuinely excited about the rela- company under the wing of Casa- virons of New York's famed Lofts, Casablanca has a highly selec- tionship with Casablanca," says blanca." the current hub of jazz ferment. tive attitude toward custom la- lenner. "I can't see anything hold- Douglas Alan Douglas and well-known bels. Neil Bogart, president of ing us back." Casablanca Record and Film - producer organ- Casablanca, says, "We're careful Chocolate City Works recently welcomed the ized the event, held under the about the new independent labels Cecil Holmes' Chocolate City prestigious Douglas label to the auspices of noted musician Sam that we choose to distribute. They Records is Casablanca's longest fold. Douglas is well-known for Rivers, and the participants in- must fit into our overall approach established custom label, and it is its adventurous jazz -oriented clude luminaries like Anthony to the record business and have structurally unified with the par- product and innovative acts like Braxton, , Michael something unique to offer. It must ent Casablanca organization. the Last Poets, and label presi- Jackson, , Ken McIn- be a mutually beneficial relation- Chocolate City boasts a select dent Alan Douglas is confident tyre, Sonny Murray, Randy Wes- ship. We have to be custom-made roster. Established hitmakers that Casablanca is the right com- ton and Rivers himself. for each other." Brenda & The Tabulations have pany to reach a broad audience "This is not jazz as people com- Millenium already enjoyed a chartmaking spectrum with Douglas' product. monly think of jazz," says Doug- The newest custom label at single on Chocolate City in 1976, "We're delighted to be with Casa- las. "This is new jazz, using elec- Casablanca is Millennium Rec- and currently have an album in blanca. Neil Bogart is the man that trical instruments and short, funky ords. Because of Jimmy lenner's production. Cameo is a new got me back into the record busi- songs, with complete crossover track record as a producer and group from New York whose ness. I'm very excited because potential." Upcoming Douglas re- Iry Biegel's strong reputation as "Rigor Mortis" single is a certified Neil is one of the few people who leases also reflect the new wider - vice president, sales, at Private hit in the Apple and is spreading can sell our kind of product, based direction, including a new Stock and Bell Records, their new rapidly across the country. New which has broad appeal but album by the Last Poets, com- label project was a hot property duo Roscoe & Mabel are also en- hasn't been properly marketed, menting on a broad range of top- desired by a number of compa- joying initial success with their and I know he will deal with it ical concerns, and a tribute to nies. In choosing Casablanca, debut single, "United We Stand." in a tasteful manner. I'm also Duke Ellington by the illustrious lenner said, "The thing that "Everything is coming along confident of Neil's ability to deal young jazz pianist , knocked me out about the com- fine," says Cecil Holmes, Choco- with the independent distribution recorded on Ellington's own pany is the excitement there. It's late City president. "In Brenda we network on our behalf." piano. Says Douglas, "We believe not run like a mechanical forma- have great potential for develop- Douglas bows with a two-part that the appeal of our new wave tion. There's a feeling that if ment. With her past successes, release, the first being the Charlie music will be very broad." something is breaking, then you there's no reason why we can't Rouse Band's "Cinnamon Flower" Also represented in the Casa- chase it, you get excited about rekindle it and make her into a album. Saxophonist Rouse was blanca custom label group is it." Said Biegel, "I was most im- super artist. Cameo is brand new featured soloist with Thelonius Oasis Records, helmed by Giorgio pressed by Casablanca's being an and the early response has been Monk, a position held earlier by Moroder, discoverer and pro- independent label with proven great, and the signs are encour- John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. ducer of Donna Summer and a capability to build acts like Kiss, noted recording artist in his Donna Summer, Parliament... It own right. Giorgio's records, like also affords me the chance to get Tremors from Beserkley his acclaimed, attention -getting involved with the independent IN SAN FRANCISCO - Beserkley tating visibility and handling. "Knights In White Satin" album, distributors I've done business Records, headed by "reigning This transparent plastic market- appear on the Oasis label, as do with for 20 years. There's a certain looney" Matthew King Kaufman ing device, known as the Show- those of Roberta Kelly, whose excitement at Casablanca that's and his enigmatic partner Steve off, has been trademarked and "Love Power" Ip was generally infectious." Levine, may be the world's small- copyrighted by Beserkley Records regarded as one of the most ex- lenner sees Millennium as a est record company, but that isn't and is available to record com- citing disco -styled discoveries of label with unlimited potential. "I holding them back. panies, retailers, or collectors. 1976. New releases by Giorgio could see it being one of the Roster 'Special Projects' and Roberta Kelly are forthcom- monsters very soon. I want to take The roster consists of fresh tal- Kaufman professes to be close i ng. it as far as it can possibly go, and ent like hard rock movers and to street level of the business with Casablanca Record and Film - have a hell of a time on the way shakers Earth Quake, founding his ear always tuned to the Works is convinced that its cus- up," he says. partners in the label, gifted Greg ground. He refers to marketing tom labels have unlimited poten- Musically, the label will span Kihn, jovial Jonathan Richman records to cult followings as "spe- tial for broad -based success, a the entire spectrum of contem- and the Modern Lovers, refresh- cial projects," such as his personal feeling shared by Casablanca's porary music. "I don't want to ing Rubinoos, insightful and favorite act on the label, Son of network of independent distribu- see any area of music left out," hilarious Scoop Nisker, and Son Pete, who was discovered per- tors. Dick Sherman, Casablanca's says lenner. "As a producer I was of Pete, a figure shrouded in mys- forming pornography on the vice president, sales, sums up the involved with a wide range of tery whose three Beserkley re- streets of Berkeley. His first "offi- sentiment: "We welcome the op- music, and with Millennium we leases have all been singles. cial" record for Beserkley was the portunity to sell records by the want to touch every base we can." 'Six Pack' country's first bicentennial rec- creative people who operate our Millennium makes its debut The latest hot product from the ord, a moving and staggering custom labels. These are people with a single by the label's pre- fledgling label is the "six-pack," rendition of "Stars and Stripes we might not get to deal with if miere signing, Bruce Foster. Foster which Kaufman planned to invig- Forever," accompanied by an it weren't for the custom label is a highly -regarded session musi- orate the lagging singles trade in unidentified machine. His second situation. It broadens our scope as cian and songwriter, whose ma- the record industry. Featuring and latest is a silent three -minute a label." The scope of Casablanca terial has been recorded by sev- new 45s from all five acts , intended as a peaen to Record and FilmWorks will con- eral well-known acts. His first re- label, the six 45s-with the sixth pizza chefs the world over. He is tinue to broaden in the months lease is titled "Born To Break My single featuring each different currently planning his first album, to come as Millennium, Choco- Heart," and will be the subject act on the label-came packed "The Official Test Record." late City, Douglas and Oasis Rec- of a major promotional campaign, in a polyethylene package, facili - (Cotinued on page 26) ords develop and flourish.

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The current Gold- and publicity efforts on behalf of Springboard Distributing Compa- roster to enable more individual hawke roster includes Roger Dal- Goldhawke and its roster, and ny, headed by Bob Demain, vice attention to be paid to its acts in trey as a solo artist, Law, and the came to Goldhawke at its incep- president of sales, has its own order that they can better reach Steve Gibbons Band. tion. national distribution network, their maximum potential, has also Daltrey, an international super- In the United States, staffing with some thirty-eight field men, been very selective with custom star known for his work with The Goldhawke's recently opened warehouses in Los Angeles, Chi- label agreements. In fact, the very Who and for his film appearances New York office are Anne Weldon cago and Rahway, N.J., and their same concept of individual at- and first solo album, issued his and Regis Boff. They coordinate own manufacturing facility in tention that guides MCA with re- second solo Ip, "Ride A Rock the efforts of MCA Records, Pre- Rahway, it was logical for them spect to its own artist roster, is Horse," as the first release under mier Talent (booking agency for to get into custom distribution. also a key to the custom labels the MCA/Goldhawke logo in , Steve Gibbons Band Springboard actively entered that MCA distributes, which in- 1975. His third solo effort, tenta- and Law), and independent pub- the custom field this past Decem- tively clude the Rocket Record Compa- titled "One Of The Boys," licity and promotion consultants ber with Zodiac Records, a coun- ny, Legend Records and MCA/ is now being recorded with a with Goldhawke's efforts. Gold- try -pop label based in Los An- Goldhawke Records. tentative release date in April. hawke's New York office also co- geles and Nashville, and Enoch Law is a The combined custom label five -piece band original- ordinates the U.S. business affairs Light's Project 3 album line, ly artist roster is a testament to from Ohio, whose debut al- for MCA's The Who, although which Springboard will handle in MCA's continuing efforts to make bum, "Breakin' It," has just been they aren't under the Goldhawke certain markets. At MIDEM this released. The available to the North American Steve Gibbons Band aegis. January, where Springboard es- record buying public some of the is the first to release' a second The long relationship that The tablished an especially strong finest and most pleasing popular album, "Rollin' On," for the label. Who, particularly Roger Daltrey presence, they made an agree- Key music from both the United States staff of Goldhawke Rec- and Bill Curbishley, have had ment for the distribution in se- and abroad. ords starts, naturally, with Bill with MCA was a major factor in lected markets of Sandcastle Rec- Of the three MCA distributed Curbishley, overall director of the their signing for distribution with ords, whose artist roster includes operation in labels, The Rocket Record Com- addition to his duties MCA. An on -going rapport with the Irish Rovers and the Dukes of as manager of The The pany has the largest artist roster, Who. the staff and a thorough under- . home base of Goldhawke is in including Kiki Dee, Cliff Richard, standing of the workings of the Debut product from Zodiac London, where Curbishley Brian and Brenda Russell, Colin spends company afford Goldhawke every Records includes the albums most of his working Blunstone, , Davey days. Also in chance to utilize the resources of "Fairy Tales" by jazz/rock guitar- the London office is Johnstone, , Solu- managing MCA to the fullest. ist Larry Coryell; "That's What director Chris tion and Howard Werth. Chappell, who is Any overall musical concept Like About The South" by leg- closely involved with the day-to- behind Goldhawke has not had 1976 was the most successful endary entertainer Phil Harris; day operation of the company, in- time to emerge, but for now it is and period in Rocket's three-year his- "Midnight Symphony" by cluding much of the liaison with safe to say that Goldhawke's sign- tory. Tony King, who took over singer/composer Dan Williams, a the distributing companies (MCA ings have been selective. as executive vice president in late (Continued on page 39) 1975 (running the label in the United States and Canada), ac- Sire: A T hri ving Music knowledged that Rocket Records Maker NEW YORK - The Sire label tom label CBS had outside the recognize this new wave was awarded more RIAA gold soon, was formed 10 years ago by U.S. It possibly could have been they're just awards in 1976 than in the entire foolish because it's Seymour Stein and Richard Got- the first custom label they had in growing all history of the label. Rocket also over." tehrer as an outgrowth of a pro- the U.S. as well." The first release The Ramones received its first platinum Ip this are embarking on duction company that leased sev- on Blue Horizon was the Fleet- a two month tour of Europe next year for Elton John's MCA/Rocket eral records to CBS. One these, of wood Mac album, which became month and will be supported by release, "." a single by the group Chain Re- their biggest record to originate another Sire group, Talking Heads. Besides close coordination of action, was the first record made from the U.K. Chicken Shack, an- Their first Ip will be released in marketing plans between the by Steven Tyler, who now, of other early release, followed it up the spring as will the first record Rocket and MCA staffs, much of course, is the lead singer with the chart and gave the label two by the label's latest acquisition, Rocket's success can be credited Aerosmith. records in the top 10 simul- . to their basic philosophy, which, As a custom label, Sire has been taneously. "That signing is particularly sat- according to Tony King, is to distributed by London, Polydor, "It was only then that the rec- isfying to me," Stein says of Hell, work closely with every artist on Famous Music and now ABC, with ord companies started looking for "because it marks a reunion be- a personal level to develop the which it has spent the last three progressive groups and formed tween myself and Richard Got- most effective and appropriate years. subsidiary labels for them," Stein tehrer, who is producing him." exposure for each artist. The com- Credited as the first U.S. label said. "Decca had Deram and its Other future Sire releases in- bined effort is working. With Lynn to have successes with continental first record was 'Whiter Shade Of clude the soundtrack album to Adam, director of national pro- rock groups in America, Sire has Pale.' EMI formed Harvest and put "Banjo Man," which includes per- motion, and Ronnie Lippin, direc- scored two gold albums with Pink the Floyd on the label." formances by the Earl Scruggs Re- tor of national publicity, supple- Dutch group Focus. Recently, Sire re-signed Renais- vue, Joan Baez, the Byrds, the menting the efforts of the MCA Stein, who is now president of sance for the world, a deal Stein Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rambling Records national staffs, the Rocket the label, having dissolved the calls "the outgrowth of a very Jack Elliott and Doc and Merle Record Company has a firm team partnership with Gottehrer 18 successful three year involve- Watson; Jean Ritchie; Martha working together with each artist months ago, is a close observer ment." Velez; the Paley Brothers and a to establish strong and faithful of the British and continental Other albums that Sire is en- fourth volume in the "History of followings. If 1976 a was land- European music scenes. He first joying success with in its current British Rock" series. mark year in the history of the became fascinated by them in the release are "Gold Plated" by the On the Passport label, which label, then certainly 1977 can only '60s. "There were only four labels Climax Blues Band, "If The Lights Sire owns with Jem, there have continue to be strong and Rocket that meant anything back then: Don't Get You, The Helots Will" been recent releases by Brand and every artist on the roster X will EMI, Decca, Philips and Pye," he by the Stanky Brown Group and and former Genesis guitarist continue to grow in popularity says. "The Ramones Leave Home," the . The Passport la- and success. It was during one of his many group's second album. bel, which has grown away from Goldhawke Records was found- trips to England in 1967 that he "Basically, I think the role of its initial intention of specializing ed in 1975 by Roger Daltrey (lead helped form the Blue Horizon our company and most custom in progressive European music, is singer of The Who) and Bill Curb- label with Mike Vernon and later labels is to set trends and set the planning its most commercial re- ishley (The Who's manager) with became a partner. pace for the rest of the industry lease for next March, an album distribution in the U.S. and Can- "Blue Horizon was the first cus- to follow. If the majors don't from the Chicago -based Pez Band.

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Bressi: Not yet. I expect it will; it always does. But it's really too exceptions-they'll all be $7.98. Unless they're going to do more soon to tell. To be honest with you, what's out there now at $7.98 special promotions like Atlantic did with a Barrabas album a while is not selling too well for us in single purchases yet. ago, releasing it at $4.98. That was a great success, yet the only other Keenan: We think so. Our basic contention is that if they stock album they've done it on was a Sonny and greatest hits, which with the hit artists and, presuming that those artists are consistent wasn't really a good album to try it on. with good material, it's not going to affect them. I think CTI's move Bressi: I think they'll have to in the near future. It's not so much to all new releases at $7.98 is going to drastically alter how much the new artists that will be helped by this, because they have to be they sell on new artists. broken on the radio; but variable pricing will help on the catalogue Anthony: Not so long as the price of tapes doesn't rise too dras- product, especially with the adult consumer. I don't think the young tically. I believe we can absorb the album price, primarily because consumer-the rock customer, per se-is that price conscious. He'll of the large volume of 8 -tracks and cassettes that we sell. Personally shop all the various stores and watch the ads and make his decision I'd Eke to see a day when 8 -tracks and albums sold for the same price. on the hits. But with the catalogue buyer, the adult consumer who I'm not saying I'd like to see albums shoot up to match the 8 -tracks, buys catalogue, variable pricing can be a positive factor. but I'd like to see both of them come down to a sensible common Keenan: Very definitely. We think that's one of the reasons why denominator, instead of that dollar difference. And catalogue-what cutouts have done so well. The things that seem to sell really well are about those old master and studio times? Those are all old prices. things that have not done well as a regular release. It's the same It may cost more to press them up now, but what is the main differ- record inside, it just happens to be a couple of bucks cheaper. We ence, really, in price? So I'd like to see catalogue priced at, say, a can sell a ton of it that way. We think it's a very important factor, dollar lower than new product. especially in breaking a new artist. Variable pricing is going to be the key in the future to breaking new artists. Keenan: "We think it's a very important Anthony: I think, for one, different concerts cost different money. A lower rated concert is going to charge less than Variable pricing is going to be the factor ... or Elton John. Yeah, I think record companies are going to have to key in the future to breaking new artists." decide which acts deserve to be sold for more. I think also one of the

, biggest problems for the industry-record shops themselves-is one

Bayer: It's too early to tell. Do I think it will? Yeah. And I think of embarrassment or awkwardness one on one with the customer it's going to help cutouts. who asks, "Why is this album $7.98 and the one right next to it In the long run, will higher prices put a damper on cutthroat $6.98? They're both single albums." What you get is a certain amount retailing? of credibility loss and you get people coming in saying things like Bergman: I'm not very optimistic. I think the same people who have "You're trying to cheat me. That's not fair. How can you do that?" been giving the product away will up the price a little bit, but they'll I think maybe record companies should have made available to re- still give it away. The profit structure will be different but they'll still tailers a little sign or something, or maybe a sticker attached to give it away. It might have an effect-psychological-on the consumer albums, explaining why some albums are more than others. Take the mind once the price does go up. pressure off the retailer. He's got enough problems as it is. Dobin: We don't see that much here. It's highly competitive here, Some companies will reconsider the concept, some won't, but but we haven't seen any prices that we're surprised at-no $2.99s or basically it'll be wait and see. The custom labels will be looking to $3.49s. Generally $3.99 is the lowball price on $6.98; on $7.98 the see what the major labels do, the major companies are going to look best I've seen is $4.84 and we're going to $4.99. We're not that to see what the custom labels are going to do and it'll probably drag affected down here. on forever. The biggest mistake I think the record industry made is in changing prices. This is a time, instead Bressi: I think it's going to help. It's going to push the shelf price of getting hacked off and to at least $4.99. saying we have to live with it, to find out how we should cope with Keenan: Probably not. If anything it's going to make it more pre- these prices. I don't think people are going to quit buying albums; valent because of the cost factors. For instance, most people have I don't think there's going to be less people buying albums this year. been pricing $7.98s a dollar above $6.98s, where cost is only 60 or 70 The number's going to increase. So we should begin to think about best I've seen is $4.84 and we're going to $4.99. variable offers for the customers. Inevitably catalogue is getting larger and larger and it Anthony: There's so many answers to that question. I think what would probably be a very pragmatic thing for record has happened is that you've got large retailers versus small retailers. companies to consider some of the catalogue prices as a counter to Inevitably, whoever buys the most is going to be able to sustain the the price increase. longest. If things got to a standoff the person that could sustain more Bayer: No, I really don't. I have experimented personally with the quantity seemingly is going to be the winner in that contest. It's un- Horizon series at $5.98, and found that a dollar off didn't make any fortunate. One of these days some of the cutthroat prices might realize difference in sales. I don't think people come into a store and pick that there is enough room for everyone to see records. Within the something up because it's a dollar cheaper.

I l l l l m m m n m m n n w w m m i l l l t.1,,.011111111111111111111111111111111 u... 1. 1.,,,,,,,,..11111,1111 1 I, 1,1111,..,,,,,,,,,,,.11,1,,,,1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I1 I I I 1111111111111111111,111,1.,,.1 I.I 1 1 I,1I 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tape City organization, our primary concern is Tape City organization, L I1rZ1 11 i 11 1 i i1 11 i.. our primary concern is Tape City and servicing our customers. When Dobin: "... the cutouts that are selling for we stop recognizing the needs and desires of our customers and start over two dollars listening to every Tom, Dick and Harry along the line who wants to are not that desirable for blow albums out at $2.99, we're not making the most pragmatic move. us, because there isn't that big a price differ- You get to a point where you just have to say, "Hey, there's going ence between ... new albums and higher to be those who want to use that price as a merchandising too." In the long run it will affect them. Inevitably some will be hurt and some priced cutouts." will have enough cash flow from their $2.99 records to maintain their 1...... businesses. Will you be more aggresive in merchandising cutouts and economy

Bayer: I think so, unless cutthroat retailers are complete idiots. Ips as $7.98 becomes the industry standard?

It's just a good way to pick up extra bucks. I hope it does. Bergman: No, I don't think so. We've gotten into cutout merchan- Record companies seem to have rejected the concept of variable dising fairly aggressively already, and we won't change our stance pricing. Do you think they now ought to reconsider this concept as with the higher prices. You get to a point where you want to sell a

it relates to new & established acts? Does variable pricing work? percentage of our total sales in cutouts, and I think we're achieving

Bergman: I certainly think they should go to variable pricing. It that. works so well in the book business. As an industry, we're crazy. We Dobin: I hadn't thought about that, but I'd say we would be. Right make the consumer so aware of price-that's half of what we make now the cutouts that are selling for over two dollars are not that them think about. The book industry has a different price for every desireable for us, because there isn't that big a price difference between regular priced new albums and book and I think it should be like that for records. It makes sense- higher priced cutouts. Now some records are worth more than others. there will be a greater difference, so an album at $2.99 is going to be a Dobin: It looks like for the next three months virtually all the major (Continued on page 36)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com UA Scores with Jet, Roadshow and Chi -Sound LOS ANGELES - United Artists men," Arden said, "Ron Middag Records. Artists signed to Road - and the Dakar artist roster. While Records currently has three cus- who works eleven western states; show Records currently include at Brunswick, Davis was instru- tom label associations, with Jet, Ron Below covers the midwest Detroit based r&b/pop vocalists mental in the successes of such Roadshow and Chi -Sound Rec- and Greg Kimmelman works out Enchantment, whose debut al- artists as Jackie Wilson, Barbara ords. With the former specializ- of Boston and oversees the east- bum, "Enchantment," is on the Acklin, Tyrone Davis and the ing in English rock and the likes ern seaboard. Marty Capune does charts and being well received; Chi -Lites. During this period he of ELO and Widowmaker, and national field promotion and mar- singer-songwriter and arranger also produced many jazz giants, the latter two working with a keting for Jet and works directly Mark Radice; Shirley Caesar, the including , Lionel range of new r&b and jazz talents, with retail and rack accounts. Kirt reigning first lady of gospel; and Hampton and . UA's custom labels bring a Daniels handles retail coordina- a new r&b/jazz/pop fusion called Davis resigned from Brunswick breadth of musical styles to the tion with Capune." Morning Noon and Night, whose in June of 1976 to form Chi -Town company's roster of artists. Ria Lewerke is the United Art- debut album is being produced Records (the title was later Jet Records (distributed world- ists art director who has been re- by Michael Stokes, a producer for changed to Chi -Sound). He im- wide by United Artists Records) sponsible for all merchandising, Roadshow. mediately set a label distribution was founded three years ago in advertising, promotional and dis- Sid Maurer, co -president of deal with United Artists Records. London by music industry veteran play materials created for Jet. Roadshow, is responsible for per- Under the agreement, Chi - Don Arden. Both Electric Light Orchestra sonal management, bookings, Sound is required to produce six "The name Jet was selected be- and Widowmaker have under- tour liaison, and all areas of man- or seven acts, and then is free to cause it has contemporary indi- taken many extensive U.S. tours. agement as well as overseeing all - place other acts with other labels. cations and produces the feeling Don Arden and Greg Lewerke feel graphics used in merchandising To date, UA appears interested of upward swift mobility," ex- bands should be visible and that campaigns. in all acts signed to Chi -Sound, plains Arden. live performances also expose the Frank and Maurer are backed which includes Indianapolis based Registered in the U.K., the key Jet label during the circuit proc- up by executive vice president pop group Ebony Rhythm Funk staff of Jet's London office in- ess. "Most studio bands don't sell and general manager Nick Albar - Campaign; a new act, Man - cludes Ronnie Fowler, label man- records over an extended period ano, former director of marketing child; a self-contained r&b act, ager; Adrian Williams and Allan of time," offers Arden. "ELO in at Epic Records and general man- Windy City; songstress Margie Cunningham in promotion and particular doesn't subscribe to ager at Chess/Janus Records. Alexander and vocalist Walter Arthur Sharp, who runs artists re- mystique or a low profile. Music Expanding on the concept of a Jackson, whose Ip, "Feeling lations. Jet Music Publishing, groups and bands should be tour- self-contained independent label, Good," has generated considera- which represents Jeff Lynne, Bev ing and all Jet acts now and in Albarano explains that "Road - ble critical attention and sales. Bevan and , among the future will be in the public show is actively involved in every Davis' plans for discovering and others, is operated by Stephen eye. facet of our artists development developing a distinct Chicago Russell. "The intention of Jet is to from beginning to end. We ac- sound and musical identity are The current Jet Records stable widen our publishing house and tively pursue airplay and perform varied and complete. They in- As a includes Electric Light Orchestra, attract new talent to both U.S. all functions of marketing. clude everything from a new logo the label's hottest act which has and U.K. operations," he con- complete label we create, and and album cover photos shot in been available through UA since tinued. "We also want to break work with products on all levels and around the Chicago area to a 1972, and Widowmaker. at least one new album a year. until it reaches the consumer's program to bring music students In July, 1976 a U.S. branch of Kingfish will be joining Jet short- hands." from local high schools into the Jet was opened in Century City. ly. Initial papers have not been Chi -Sound Records is a prime studio to rate and comment on "The Jet label was an extension signed. We want to show that example of a new and aggressive product in the making. man- we're not just an English label independent label providing crea- and progression from the Chi -Sound's staff is Carl Davis, in English product to tive and responsive outlets for agement company," states Arden. bringing president and head or creative ac- Jet wants to and intends and committed to "The advantages of an indepen- America. rising talent, tivities; George Davis, vice presi- American involvement on all levels to dent label is that we've got to ac- to develop and nourish total dent/administration; Tom Wash- cept the fact that a major record talent as well. its artists. ington, chief arranger; Sonny forward to Speaking from the nearly com- company doesn't have the time to "Jet Records look Sanders, music director; and Otis Arden. 17 room which devote 24 hours a day to a par- its second year," says Don pleted building Leaville, director of artists rela- of ticular group. We can put in the "Jet has achieved my dream will serve as the label's Chicago tions. 24 hours to secure success." independent success. We've had headquarters, Chi -Sound founder Besides the senior Arden, the a relationship with UA for five and president Carl Davis explains Beserkley Los Angeles complex of Jet in- years and we're very happy to that he has limited the label to (Continued from page 19) cludes daughter Sharon Arden, as- renew our association with United ten acts, "because I want to have veteran en- sistant to Don and in charge of Artists worldwide three months time to concentrate on each act Co -produced with administration, son David Arden, ago. In the past we had close ties individually." gineer Glen Kolotkin, Kaufman co -manager of ELO and general with Mike Stewart and now Artie Davis began his career as a has prepared a number of albums with his acts, for release once advisor for Jet in England and the Mogull. In today's non -personal promotion man for various Chi- due all United States. Greg Lewerke is atmosphere, the Jet Records fami- cago distributors, eventually be- the weather gets better and The American label head who joined ly continues to function as a close coming an independant producer signs point positive. second Kreg Kihn a vastly superior Jet in January, 1976, formerly in knit label overlooking all details after scoring with his production album, international a&r for United Art- of our still growing success." of "Duke of Earl" by Gene product to his strong and con- fine be ists and a&r for . Roadshaw Records was started Chandler, at a time when a mil- sistently debut, will along The Linda Clark, director of national five years ago by Fred Frank, a lion seller by a black performer shortly. debut album by the promotion and artist relations, former national promotion man was very rare. Rubinoos - eagerly awaited by scores of unaware pubescent came to Jet in August, 1976 fol- at Chess/Janus and Epic Records. Columbia Records hired Davis fanzine readers all over the coun- lowing a tenure at UA as an ad- It was Frank's concept to create to manage and produce for their try-is also done and may come ministrative assistant in advertis- a self-contained independent r&b label, Okeh. He immediately out sometime soon (or may wait ing and artists relations, and prior label offering a full line of serv- began turning out hits by Major longer). Jonathan Richman and to that, was program director at ices to a select roster. He formed Lance, Walter Jackson, The Vibra- the Modern Lovers also have a KPRI-FM in San Diego. Polly Roadshow along these lines and tions, Billy Butler and others as new album waiting to be released. Brown Russell is executive assist- began to sign acts. One of the :yell as hiring and working close - ant to Lewerke. She joined Jet in first was B.T. Express, a million - 'y with Curtis Mayfield. Earth Quake is currently work- January, 1977 from the Midnight selling group. It marked an auspi- Davis left Okeh and Columbia ing on their third album for the Special staff. Jet Records publicity cious beginning for the label. in 1965 to join Brunswick Records label, and Kaufman imported is handled exclusively in the U.S. Another important event for os executive vice president, bring- Kenny Laguna from the New York by Danny Goldberg, Inc. Roadshow came in a recent dis- ing with him his record company, bubblegum scene to help get "We employ three regional tribution pact with United Artists Dakar, his publishing company Earth Quake high on the charts.

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In-store displays that suit the in ten years, "Texas Woman"), Washington has achieved total pop, VP of marketing Mike Lushka label image, tied into key retail- Jerry Foster, Rick Tucker, Marty crossover in both r&b and his current stated that Motown faces a per- ers who specialize and cater to Mitchell and newcomers Lloyd while still retaining the jazz plexing challenge with its custom certain types of music, are con- Schoonmaker and Wendel Ad- number one status in - new album, labels. sidered vital in the exposure of kins (his debut album, "Sundown charts with his "A was recently released). Secret Place." "Motown is successful in mu- new label product. ers," sic. The difficulty is, people know Timing of product-to coincide Ruff also attributed the label's Crawford is showing similar with his latest what we are trying to do in the with artist tours and promotions rise in quality to the mixing of crossover potential the Crawford's Back." pop/rock market, and our efforts by manufacturers-and visibility producers. Ruff has produced album, "Hank have been measurably more scru- were also cited by Lushka as pri- majority of the material along Ju-Par, acquired in an exclusive tinized. mary aims in marketing the prod- with outside producers Mike distribution agreement, brings "We have also been successful uct. Curb, Jimmy Bowen, Steve Stone, four new artists to Motown: the Jack Gilmer. in an area where most other com- In the last eight months, Hits - Jerry Styner and Ju-Par Universal Orchestra, Sly, panies have only just recently ville has made its presence felt Focusing mostly on the singles Slick & Wicked, Flavor, and the acknowledged. Their efforts, in in the country market. Headed by market, Ruff said the label would Esquires. comparison, are seldom criticized. Ray Ruff, Hitsville has placed 14 be stepping -up production in the "Moods and Grooves," the de- We're just starting from a differ- of its 18 releases in the charts, coming months and pursuing the but album for the Ju-Par Universal ent point to achieve the same end six in the Top 30. album market. Orchestra and the label, is r&b -a total music concept." Ruff feels that the reason for Ruff explained that singles prod- rooted, with anticipated cross- Lushka emphasized, "The pur- the progress is "a higher level of uct would continue to be a focal over appeal into other markets. pose of our labels is to capture product, which in turn has en- point of the label, and will be It is expected that forthcoming every kind of music. The amount hanced radio play and our credi- utilized in introducing new al- releases by Flavor and The Es- of labels is not important, it is the bility with disc jockeys and pro- bums. quires will help to develop a quality of the product." gressives." Grooming of artists for cross- definitive musical direction for the In the past year, custom labels Hitsville's current roster is led over appeal in the pop market, label. at Motown nudged closer to achieving their own identity and Savoy, Freedom credibility. Paving the way were Arista Makes Gospel, Jazz Inroads with re- Hitsville and Prodigal. In recent NEW YORK Two of Arista is unquestionably some of the be a newly recorded album - This months, the Ju-Par label was also Records' most successful ventures most influential music of its era. leased on the Savoy label. acquired, and the company con- in the two years of its existence The prestige this label has gar- will be the long-awaited solo out- tinues to distribute selective prod- have been the company's two nered will be maintained with the ing, "Home In The Country," by now well- uct on the CTI label. custom labels, and latest Savoy releases, which in- Pee Wee Ellis, until as musical Prodigal is Motown's newest Arista/Freedom. clude ' "Opus De Bop;" known for his work progressive label. Although still In 1975, Arista acquired the as- the album, "The director for James Brown and in its infant stages after being sets of the prestigious Savoy Rec- First Q;" the latest Esther Phillips. inde- christened in the spring of last ords. Savoy is internationally release, "Encores;" 's Steve Backer, exclusive Rec- year, the label has attracted po- known for its collection of jazz "Fat Girl;" 's "Discov- pendent producer for Arista tentially viable new talent and es- and gospel recordings by some of eries;" and the two record set ords and director of progressive tablished name acts. the most influential artists in both "All Star Swing Groups." product, has from the beginning and Says Lushka, "Our intent is to areas of music. All of the jazz Savoy's gospel division includes supervised the coordination build major artists from our stable recordings, long recognized for the entire catalogue and current production of the jazz packages of new talent, and hopefully ex- their timeless value and historic product by one of the biggest along with noted discographer ploit our more established artists importance, had been virtually selling artists in this field - Rev- Bob Porter. Ery Bagley is sales and to the fullest." unavailable in recent years. erend James Cleveland. Several marketing manager for Savoy/ on Mary Lou Webb handles Prodigal now boosts a roster of Wide Range of Cleveland's albums are still gospel. seven artists: Michael Quatro, One of the first companies to the most recent gospel charts promotion for the jazz product. to be Kathe Green, Tattoo, Fantasy Hill, feature a wide range of jazz prod- long after their original release Fred Mendelsohn continues Charlene Duncan, duo Dunn & uct, Savoy absorbed many inde- (including "Peace Be Still," which general manager of Savoy, a posi- Rubini, and recently signed rock- pendent labels of the '40s and has sold in excess of a million tion he has held for more than er Delaney Bramlett. '50s, making it the definitive be- units). In 1975 Cleveland had the 20 years. New product by Michael Quatro bop label of that time. Today, honor of receiving three Grammy Label Relationship ("Gettin' Ready"), and debut al- it features numerous never -before nominations out of a possible five Regarding Savoy Records rela- bums by Bramlett ("Delaney released sessions by such major in the soul -gospel category. In tionship to Arista, Fred Mendel- Bramlett & Friends, Class Reun- musical figures as Charlie Parker, 1976 he received two more nomi- sohn states that, "I have always ion") and Charlene Duncan John Coltrane, , nations. felt that gospel music was the ("Charlene") lead the label's first Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Haw- Among the label's new releases step -child of the record business, releases this year. kins, , Errol Garner, are albums by the Williams Broth- but now that we have been Bramlett's album features , Donald ers, Reverend Maceo Woods, the 'adopted' by Arista and with the George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Byrd, , Charles Min- Christian Tabernacle Chorale, promotion and sales force of a Stevie Wonder and Eric Clapton, gus, , Modern Jazz Hula Gene Hurley and her major label, we are making peo- and the label anticipates it will Quartet, , daughter, Carolyne, the Thorns ple sit up and notice the poten- gospel. The volume of be their most successful release and many others. In most cases Trio, Brother Napoleon Brown tial of the has since this alliance to date. the original session acetates are and The Southern Sisters, sales tripled was created. We notice with in- Prodigal and Hitsville creative still in existence and profile the Gabriel Hardeman Delegation, Donald Vails Choraleers, and terest that Record World is now director Ray Ruff confirmed that artists' most significant work. The the the Angelic Choir. tracking gospel albums due to the the label was pursuing a variety Charlie Parker material spans This for the first time inroads this music has made in of musical directions: "We are -ecordings made during the peak year, (Continued on page 39) working to produce the best pos- of his creativity, comprising what since the early '60s, there will

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com RCA(Continued from page 10) cause they have that spark deriv- Achieving that representation a month, where I'll only put out ord on Midland International ing from their previous hit acts. also forces Weiner to sometimes four. Because if RCA has a heavy scheduled, why should they go The more a custom label gets ac- serve as the major label advocate release schedule, then we have out with something directly com- complished, the more it helps us as well. "When you're an inde- to be careful not to overextend petitive? The directors of the cus- establish an overall identity for pendent operation, and you've got custom releases. If I see three new toms, people like Bob Reno, RCA," he said. a hit record, you want it out to- female performers, for example, Sherwin Bash, , "If you're selling those records morrow. I have to be here to hold coming out on RCA, why would I Jerry Weintraub, are all smart as a local salesman, the label these people back, so that pro- want to put out a record by a people. They've been in the busi- doesn't matter that much," he grams can be properly coordi- girl on one of the custom labels? ness a long time, and they know noted, commenting on the inter- nated. "Similarly, RCA can get scared enough not to put a record out face between individual retailers "Let's take a major label re- by what the customs are doing. at the same time if it's competing and RCA's field sales force. "But lease. RCA may put out 35 albums If there's a Silver Convention rec- directly with something else in as a promotion man, it's different: the release." the custom label product provides Bearsville Keeps Up the Flow While the coordinating of both clear advantages. The outlook for RCA and custom label releases is NEW YORK the promotion man is that if he - Bearsville Rec- ance it out-you also have to be mandatory, and Weiner sees one ords joined forces with Warner aware brings in nine records, three of of building new acts as you added benefit in custom deals as Brothers in September, 1971 go To them on RCA and the remainder fol- along." that end, Bearsville a more efficient utilization of ex- lowing the on customs, he won't be satisfied demise of Ampex recently signed ex -Hot Chocolate isting RCA staffs, he emphasizes RCA Records, which had previously leader Tony Wilson, whose with two out of three titles. "I Like budgetary autonomy as a key distributed Bearsville. He'll want to get something from Bearsville's Your Style" has just been released, factor in achieving effective ex- was the first Midland International or Wind- custom label deal and has other signings in the posure for custom label artists. made by Warner Brothers. works. song or Tattoo or whatever the "We're a fully organized profit label may be on as well." Paul Fishkin, president and Still, Fishkin said, a custom la- center," he asserts. "We've got The very diversity that provides partner in Bearsville with Albert bel must pick its artists carefully. to pay our own way. both manufacturer and custom Grossman, the label's founder, re- "We can't afford to sign 10 and "I have working under me a label with marketing advantages calls that they had considered be- make five mistakes, so we have staff off our salaried RCA people, poses obvious problems for the coming independent, but that the to consider every aspect much along with five full-time indepen- distributor, however, and Weiner business climate for independents more carefully than the parent dent promotion staffers. When we examined those obstacles and was much less favorable than it is company," he said. "We look for feel it's time to advertise some- their consequent effect on RCA's today. strong management, an under- thing, no one's going to say, 'I custom label strategy. "It was just at that time that standing that they'd have to tour can't because you're over Recalling the smaller custom WEA distribution coalesced," and work with bud- us-above all, a get'. label commitment the company Fishkin said. "Independents in willing attitude. By being so small, had at the time of his arrival, those days were fraught with all we're much more involved on a "We're highly competitive with RCA Weiner reviewed the develop- the problems of just staying in day-to-day basis, and if an artist product management staff ment of the current custom label business, and of marketing their wasn't interested, we just couldn't on these programs. And it's a healthy division aas a gradual one. "It records. Independents now are handle it." competition, one that benefits was never really a different de- much stronger." Fishkin drew distinctions be- both of us," he con- cluded. partment until I got there," he Bearsville joined Warners in the tween what he sees as the two recalled. "When Ken Glancy came red, Fishkin said, not just because major types of custom labels, RCA's custom label success, into the company as chief execu- of a large, unwieldy artist roster, "manager -oriented" and "pro- then, continued on a number of tive, we started actively seeking but because the label had yet to ducer -oriented" ones, claiming levels in 1976. Jerry Weintraub's custom labels. Both Ken and Mel produce a top -selling artist. that the latter have naturally con- Windsong label broke through Ilberman were enthusiastic about "The interesting part of our centrated just upon making rec- with notable speed, via the Star- the potential there." deal was that we were the only ords, which they know best, while land Vocal Band's pop, MOR and That addition of new custom custom label without an act that the manager -oriented labels-he country hit, "Afternoon Delight." operations quickly posed a broad was already making a lot of pointed to Bearsville, Terry Ellis's For Midland International (see range of responsibilities for the money. Terry (Ellis) had Jethro, Chrysalis and Phil Walden's Cap- separate story), a similar break- new division. "Each deal is differ- Capricorn had the Allmans. What ricorn as examples-have shown through for "Welcome Back, Kot- ent," Weiner emphasized, "with they (Warners) were signing "more concern with seeing an ter" star John Travolta propelled some labels having their own really was Albert's ability to bring artist all the way through, not just the company, headed by Bob promotion staffs while Pablo, for in new talent." with records." Reno, to new heights, fueled by example, is really just a produc- As it turned out, however, what "These labels have naturally further successes by Silver Con- ing label, an outlet for the sides Bearsville brought to its distribu- developed more a sense, more of vention. Norman Granz produces. So I'm tor was not new talent, but the an overview rather than just The popularity of Grunt Rec- basically performing the job of a development of acts it had already churning out records," he said. ords' continued promotion, marketing, merchan- signed, notably Todd Rundgren "We became more of an active to grow, as demonstrated by the dising and artist relations director, and Foghat. Those two acts be- record company, because I was top five status achieved by the depending on the individual came what Fishkin calls Bears- more of a promotion -oriented group's "Spitfire" during the year. deal, for each label." ville's "major projects," while the guy. It created a style of interre- , the other principal Weiner serves as liaison be- company continued to devote at- lationship with Warner Brothers. Grunt band, also had success with tween the labels and the individ- tention to two less prolific artists, The one function we don't involve its latest, "Hoppkorv." And the ual RCA departments. "It's almost Paul Butterfield and Jesse Win- ourselves in at all is sales." company started the year with like being an a&r man at those chester. Another six or seven art- Fishkin said that Bearsville in "," a compendium of levels. Once the product is a ists, including Hungry Chuck, 1977 "will in effect try to move to hits by the and master, I'm pitching it out front to Lazarus and Bobby Charles, were another level, because we had all its collective and individual the sales department, the promo- dropped. such a good year last year. We'll stepchildren, that seemed certain tion department, and so on," he The success of Rundgren and be increasing our roster and our be a solid sales item. observed. That "pitching" is cru- Foghat, along with Fishkin and staff by two or three, which is a Tattoo Records has just released cial to the success of each label, Grossman's unpleasant memories lot for a small company. an album by the Gap Band, and Weiner noted, explaining, "If of a large roster, kept them from "Once you have a certain suc- plans to follow up the 1976 de - you're going to be in the custom signing any new artists for five cess, it becomes important to )ut of Becky Hobbs. And a full label business, you have to have years, until the inking of Felix have a flow, to keep up the ex- card of releases for Tabu, Pablo, the flexibility to allow full label Cavaliere in 1974. Fishkin now citement, otherwise you just be- Soul Train and Utopia promise to representation, since each label feels "we may have been too ex- come another fat little record make 1977 a most notable one wants, and deserves, full repres- treme in our reaction to our situa- company with one or two hit for the entire RCA Records cus- entation." tion at the start. You have to bal- artists." tom label family.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com CBS (Continued from page 10) Salsoul Labels Derringer (the ing. We have a person who is able tire operation, when he says, Muddy Waters and Reach Prominence to get an act with an album the "The whole name of the division latter two are represented with NEW YORK -Salsoul Records right performing venue at a part- is growth. We look for the next new 1ps). Caribou artists include reached international prominence ticular time." five years to be a major growth James Vincent (whose "Space within a year of its formation via Jim Tyrrell's beliefs are given period for CBS Records. A divi- Traveler" has received significant the producing of albums and the further emphasis by Bruce Harris, sion that will give a small label, FM attention), L.A. Express, Ger- promoting of artists like The Sal - director of merchandising and an artist associated with a pro- ard, Dennis Wilson (slated for a soul Orchestra, Double Exposure, product management, Epic and ducer, caught in a machinery of new Ip in March) and O.C. Smith Moment of Truth, Carol Williams Associated Labels, who oversees the industry, the expertise he can (with a new record due in April.) and Silvetti and the signing of the strategies which encourage only get in a major company. We T -Neck artists the lsley Brothers talents like Eddie Holman. In ad- record buyers' awareness of the plan on being selective, but we're will have a new album, "Go For dition to its achievements with its Associated Labels. "I think Phila- still searching for the best. There Your Guns," shipped in March. own artists, Salsoul has further delphia International and Gamble are still a lot of artists, producers, Kirshner Records' roster is led established its growth pattern and Huff really opened the doors and independent record com- by Kansas, whose "Leftoverture" which is clearly indicated by its to the very important job of mar- panies out there, and we feel we is the label's first gold album, and acquisition of the Gold Mind and keting black music in the '70s. can build them better than any- also includes Elliott Randall, Free Spirit labels for worldwide Ron's decision was really timely; one else." whose debut album has just ship- distribution, and the develop- it's paid off in the bottom line "We feel our Associated ped, Lisa Hartman, the Kids from ment of these talents. and from a cultural standpoint as Labels are the envy of the in- C.A.P.E.R. and Sands of Time. Late last year, Joe Cayre, presi- well. Since that time, the trend dustry," said Tony Martell. "We Currently signed to Philadel- dent of Salsoul Records, an- we started is evident in the music are very proud of their accom- phia International Records are nounced an agreement with Nor- industry. plishments to date and their po- the O'Jays, Lou Rawls, due for a man Harris to distribute, via Sal - "Packaging is the key area. We tential for the future. Our associ- new album in April, Archie Bell soul Records, Harris' newly have an obligation to maintain ation goes much deeper than the & the Drells, Teddy Pendergrass formed Gold Mind label on an the labels' unique looks in ad- high level distribution and mar- (former lead singer for Harold exclusive, long-term international vertising and style. 'Get Down keting process we provide. We Melvin & the Bluenotes), Bunny basis. with the Philly Sound' told the really share a great mutual re- Sigler, Jean Carn, Dexter Wansel, Norman "The Harris Machine" story of that label. We believe the spect and admiration with these Don Covay, Force Of Nature, Harris first came to Salsoul as lead consumer of each label tends to people. We are in touch on a day Billy Paul, and Dee - guitarist with The Salsoul Or- have a particular sense of the to day basis. We share in each Dee Sharp. chestra, though his previous things it's about-pop-rock for other's excitement about music Virgin Records' roster of Eng- credits would make him the back- Blue Sky, esoterica for Virgin. The and records and the ever-chang- lish, European and American art- bone of the sound of Philadel- consumer who buys Caribou ing marketplace. I think that's ists includes Gong, Supercharge, phia. product will be interested in other really what makes the relation- Tangerine Dream, the Mighty Production for Gold Mind Rec- Caribou product. A record on ship function so well." Diamonds, Mallard and Philip ords will be executed by Baker - Philadelphia International is a rec- The roster of Blue Sky Records Glass. Under the Invictus banner Harris -Young Productions. Ron ord of a certain quality. is currently comprised of Johnny are Eloise Laws and the New York "This year one of our specific and Edgar Winter, Dan Hartman, Port Authority. Baker, who wrote and produced "That's Where The Happy People goals is to make Virgin Records explode. We're going to develop Go" for , is currently Bob Reno: on its look and style with bands like putting the finishing touches Tangerine Dream and Gong. But Eddie Holman's album. Earl further, we are concentrating on Midland As Self -Contained Custom Label Young, the award -winning drum- is the taking the potential of each label i NEW YORK - "We've done a the bulk of the international op- mer of the Trammps, in an by a to its limits. And as we have thousand things on a handshake," eration. But as a company, we've studio completing album found with the Associated Label said Midland International presi- kept up weekly communication new group called Trojan Horse. concept, there are no limits to dent Bob Reno of the relationship with every RCA branch for two The premiere release resulting what we can accomplish, because between the custom label he years. We even have our own from the union with Gold Mind Records was "Worn Out Broken a large part of our job lies in heads and RCA. Midland, now promotion report which we know fostering awareness of image, and ending its third year, has seen people read because we spice it Heart," the first major recording derives from the people on the tremendous growth in a relative- up with clippings from Screw and by Loleatta Holloway since her r&b hit of a year ago, "Cry To labels themselves." ly short time, racking up sales of things like that. If I had one wish On every level of Associated approximately $6 million dollars it would be control of advertising Me." Both tunes were penned by Label activities, 1977 promises to in 1976. Reno is optimistic about placement. I'm a firm believer in , and the current one, now on the charts, was be a boom year, financially and the present year and projects a consumer advertising along the produced creatively. Decisions about re- gross figure twice that amount. lines of what Neil Bogart's done by Floyd Smith. "Dreamin'" is leases, their scheduling and pre- "We've just about doubled our at Casablanca." also getting chart action and is sentation, are affected by parties staff in the last two weeks," Reno Reno has, he explains, sought garnering airplay. Both songs are who act in a spirit of mutual ad- said over lunch recently. With a variety of artists from different from Holloway's recently released miration. Everyone gains as a re- Noel Love and Howard Rosen hav- musical genres simply for the sake album, "Loleatta," on Gold Mind. sult, whether it be the new re- ing been added to the promo- of diversity, not "for company Other artists signed to Gold Mind include First who leases of Kirshner's Elliott Ran- tion department, Reno has had to image. But I know we're big now. Choice, dall, Philadelphia's Jean Carn, and expand the work force in other We've got to change our name. will be remembered for "Armed Invictus' Eloise Laws, or the hard areas as well, which has made When we started we didn't rep- and Extremely Dangerous," Love work that has pushed Kansas' for some physical problems as resent a threat. Now Midland CB Committee with lead singer Ron "Letfoverture" to gold status for well, forcing the installation of claims they have the rights to the Tyson, which recently had an r&b Kirshner. Jim Guercio's creative a new phone system, further name for recordings even though hit with "Heaven Only Knows," genius is expressed in the first cramping an already crowded they haven't made a record in 18 and making his solo album by Dennis Wilson and space problem and putting him years. Now that people know who recording debut as a solo artist. San Francisco's James Vincent, in the position of having to insti- we are they've filed papers. So The Free Spirit label also be- who has gotten acclaim from jazz, tute some formal office proce- we'll be changing our name on came a major factor with the first rock and r&b critics. The Associ- dures where more informal ones or about April 1." release in twenty years of Paul ated Label staff exhibits open ad- previously sufficed. What will the new name be? Mauriat's classic, "Love Is Still miration for 26 -year -old Virgin "We're self-contained," he "I haven't the faintest idea," an- Blue," in an up -dated, contempo - Records founder Richard Bran- added brightly. "We do every- swered Reno directly. "I named nary version on single, "giant 45" son. thing but press and distribute our the company Midland in the first and album. Also on the Free Spirit Gordon Anderson neatly caps records. We handle our own pro- place because I live on Midland label is a new, young comedy the pride which infuses the en- motion, publicity, artist relations, Avenue." threesome, Creme de Coco.

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Now we're selling album. has seen a number of changes in Boston, Washington and New with a good company that has Upcoming Releases the small company, but with the York that included receptions for good financing, good distribution Vanderbilt reports that Carr and recent signing of a worldwide dis- print and broadcast media and and good people to work with. Le Blanc have joined forces and tribution agreement with Warner Harrison's heralded appearance That's half the battle." will release an album in April, a Brothers Records, a new period in on NBC -TV's "Saturday Night." For Big Tree, the battle that month after England Dan and that history is certainly at hand. According to Morgan, "331/2" vice president Dick Vanderbilt re- John Ford Coley's latest effort; Dark Horse's staff now consists has been a major step toward es- fers to above began in 1970, when Hot Chocolate will have a new of Dennis Morgan, vice president tablishing a positive "label iden- Bob for Dark Horse, he and current Big Tree president album ready in May, as will Peter and general manager, Cato, tity" one that was Doug Morris left Laurie Records Carr (his second solo album). creative consultant, Paul Wasser- underscored by the release of a (where they served, respectively, "We're taking five, six, maybe man, press officer, Myrna Harris, special "dialogue album" for on chief accountant, and Linda Arias radio stations and press, which as director of national promotion eight artists and concentrating and Muriel Housman, adminis- featured an interview with Harri- and as general manager). As an in- them," says Vanderbilt. "You dependent company, distributed have to have the right act, the trative assistants. The label's son about the new album and his headquarters is now located on plans for Dark Horse. by Ampex, Big Tree scored a suc- right songs, the right promotion, garden level the Warner Forthcoming from Horse cess straight away with the the right management, the right the of Dark Neighborhood's cover version of booking-you've got to have complex at 3300 Warner Boule- will be the second album by Atti- tudes, a west Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi," everything working together or vard in Burbank. coast based band a The company's most successful consisting of David Foster, Jim and followed that with a string of you'll have lot of problems.' has Keltner, Danny Lobo hits. 'Keep Building' effort to date been the first Kortchmar and Of Big Tree's plans for the fu- release by George Harrison on his Paul Stallworth. A tour for the First Million Seller ture, Vanderbilt smiles and says, own label, "331/3." Launched by group is also planned. From 1972 to 1974 Big Tree, "Keep building." Plain and sim- a five -city tour of this country that Also due later this year is the distributed then by Bell Records, ple. was highly beneficial from both latest album by Stairsteps, and racked up its first million seller the solo debut of Keni Burke, bass in Lobo's Love You To Want "I'd player and vocalist for the group. Me," and had another hit with (Continued from page 14) Atlantic Also projected for the fall is the Station's "Smokin' In Brownsville years, produced by Arif Mardin) ly Love To See You Tonight," and latest album by Splinter (Bob the Boy's Room." Big Tree be- was enthusiastically received by their Ip, "Nights Are Forever," Purvis and Bill Elliott). came an Atlantic custom label as fans and critics alike; and relative both certified RIAA gold by the Dark Horse also plans an entry 1974 came to a close. And though newcomer Robbin Thompson's end of the year. into films and soundtracks with a the company has changed its dis- debut Ip of original material (pro- The combination of Dan and project entitled "Dark Horse Rec- every two years since its tributor duced by Jim Mason of Firefall, John working with material by ords Goes To The Movies," which inception, Big Tree is now, ac- Volunteers renown) was backed Parker McGee (who also wrote will feature a 35mm stereo film to Vanderbilt, set. "We're cording up with the single release of the the follow-up, "Nights Are For- version of Harrison's "This Song" very happy and very comfortable tune that won him 1976's Amer- ever Without You"), and producer and "Crackerbox Palace" to be with Atlantic." It was with Atlan- ican Song Festival award, "Boy Kyle Lehning led to the signing co - released nationwide with tic, in fact, that Big Tree has had From Boston." Another singer - of McGee, whose debut was pro- "Winter Equinox," opening later its greatest success, primarily with songwriter is set for his Nemperor duced by Lehning. Lehning, sub- this month. There will be radio Dan John Ford Coley, England and debut upcoming in '77, Harlan sequently named a&r director for station and account tie-ins sched- and with novelty Hot Chocolate Collins. Big Tree in Nashville, has also uled to coincide with the opening. items such as "Run Joey Run" and Concentration on produced his wife Vicki ("Me and The Bleachers." "Blind Man In groups and singer -songwriters has the Elephant"), songwriter Ellison Total Attention always been a priority at Big Tree Chase ("You're the Only One"), AA/Wonderland Vanderbilt cites the ability to Records. The label's current rec- and of course Dan and John's devote total attention to product ording activity centers in three second Big Tree album, "Dowdy Distribs Kid Stuff development as being a custom areas: Muscle Shoals, Alabama Ferry Road," a March, '77 release. NEW YORK-One of the most label's greatest selling point. "As (with the Lenny LeBlanc/Pete At the suggestion of perennial respected labels in the children's a small label we don't have to Carr Band and Hot); England Muscle Shoals booster Jerry Wex- record field, A.A. / Wonderland a large staff. We can con- have (where Mickie Most produces Hot ler, Big Tree signed two of the Records, recently joined forces on acquiring product and centrate Chocolate); and Nashville (with towns veterans, singer -songwriter with top TV personality Bob he explains. "Then promoting it," newly-oppointed a&r director Lenny LeBlanc, as well as his McAllister, host of Wonderama, we watch the sales through At- Kyle Lehning, who also produces producer/arranger/guitarist (and who has formed his own label, check lantic's staff and constantly England Dan & John Ford Coley, composer) Pete Carr. After sepa- Kid Stuff Records. "Oh Gee! It's to get a feel with their branches singer -songwriter Parker McGee, rate Ips and singles, they've Great To Be A Kid" by McAllister on. We don't for what's going Vicki Lehning, and Ellison Chase). teamed up as the LeBlanc -Carr is the first album to be released have to spend all our time doing Big Tree is distributed in the Band, with an Ip, "Midnight under the exclusive, long-term the collections and production U.S. and Canada by Atlantic, the Light," due in April, '77. Also from agreement signed in November, and all that, which is a pain for result of a renewal agreement en- Muscle Shoals comes the Clayton 1976 by marketing vice president us. We want to get at the meat of tered into last January, 1976, by Ivey/Terry Woodford production Bob Goemann, representing A.A./ the matter." Big Tree's president Doug Mor- of "Angel In Your Arms" by Hot, Wonderland, and Kid Stuff execu- Albums ris, vice president Dick Vander - the first signing by Big Tree's tives McAllister, Artie Kaplan and Getting at the meat of the mat- hilt, and Atlantic president Jerry west coast general manager Mardi Dick Mullen. ter for Big Tree in 1977 means fur- Greenberg. The agreement coin- Nehrbass. Big Tree's staff is now Personal appearances in record ther evolution as an album com- cided with RIAA gold certification rounded out by Suzanne Emil stores and shopping centers by pany. Vanderbilt recalls "starting that month of Hot Chocolate's (secondary market promotion Bob McAllister have spurred sales out of desperation" in 1970, trying 'You Sexy Thing," Big Tree's first from New York), and Reen Nalli of the Ip. "Oh Gee! It's Great To to make money quick on hit sin- :IAA gold with Atlantic. (national promotion out of Ann Be A Kid" features original mater- gles. But as the profit structure on Big Tree's first worldwide dis- Arbor). ial written by McAllister and singles has changed, it has be- ribution agreement was signed Little David Records returned music business veteran Artie come incumbent upon a company last August with WEA Internation- to Atlantic worldwide distribution Kaplan, as well as "Harmony," to become album -oriented. To al president Nesuhi Ertegun. The in July, '75, and released albums the song that will be the theme this end, Big Tree, in the last initial release under that arrange- by the end of the year from two of this year's Music Educators year, has signed Lenny LeBlanc, ment was England Dan & John of its most important artists, co - National Conference and "Music Pete Carr and the aforemen- Ford Coley's hit single, "I'd Real- (Continued on page 38) In Our Schools Week."

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Polydor Custom Labels Pack Sales Punch NEW YORK-The Polydor fam- new ones will be specially -priced signed" with Polydor in April, tinguished soloists such as Martha ily of custom labels-RSO, ECM, two -record sets featuring com- 1976 and the marriage of Kolob Argerich, the Amadeus Quartet, Verve, MGM, Oyster, Spring, missioned artwork design, author- to Polydor was complete. Recent- Lazar Berman, Dietrich Fischer- Polydor/Kolob and Deutsche itative liner notes and merchan- ly, "Donny and Marie Featuring Dieskau, Emil Gilels, Nathan Mil- Grammophon - has steadily dising posters. Songs From Their TV Show" was stein, Maurizio Pollini, Narcisco grown commercially and artisti- MGM was represented in Poly- certified gold and the popular Yeyes and Nicanor Zabaleta are cally to the point where Polydor dor Inc.'s February release with duo's latest chart Ip, "New Sea- but a few of the names that lend Incorporated has reported its larg- "24 Greatest Hits by son," appears sure to follow suit. recognition to the label. est net sales and profit in the com- and His Texas Playboys," a spe- The Osmonds "Family Christmas" Sales have grown significantly pany's history for 1976. The year cially priced two -record set. album scored heavily on the through the past years as DG built ahead will see more strides in Oyster label artists include such racks. Donny and Marie's latest its U.S. reputation and repertoire. artist development as well as sig- British talent as Blackmore's Rain- single, "Ain't Nothin' Like The In retail record stores, large, 4 - nificant leaps in popularity for al- bow, whose "Rainbow Rising" Real Thing," has placed highly on color artist showcards catch con- ready established artists. was a '76 highlight, the Strawbs, the singles chart. Upcoming sumer's eyes as well as the famous Polydor, having recently ac- who explored new pop direc- Koiob Ips include a March re- DG yellow -label trademark-now quired distribution rights to RSO, tions with "Deep Cuts," and the lease by Marie, a solo effort by accepted as a symbol of quality now has such chart -topping art- Ian Gillan Band with "Child in Donny, plus Ips by The Osmonds all over the world. ists as the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton Time." To be expected in '77 is and Donny and Marie. DG's custom label, Archive, and Lady Flash. The Bee Gees' a new album from Roger Glover, In 1962 Deutsche Grammophon was introduced into the U.S. mar- "" has given tentatively titled "Eyes of Ome- was the first major record label ket in 1962. It has established it- birth to three hit singles ("You ga," and a new Rainbow Ip in to be imported into the U.S. and self as one of the most respected Should Be Dancing," "Love So the spring. it has continued to dominate the series concentrating on medieval, Right" and "Boogie Child") and Spring artists Millie Jackson, Joe imported record market with its renaissance and baroque music. shows no signs of faltering. Clap - Simon and The Fatback Band were fine European pressings ever Archive was the first to actively ton's "No Reason to Cry" pre- extremely active in '76. Millie since. During its 15 years of promote performances of this mu- sented an array of superstars such Jackson recorded two hit albums, growth in the U.S., DG has sic using the original instruments as Bob Dylan and The Band, while "Free and In Love" and "Lovingly spiraled from a largely German - and performance practices of that Lady Flash embarked on a coast - Yours," while her market success oriented label into an interna- day. to -coast tour with Barry Manilow spread to Europe, resulting in tional concern featuring the to support their "Beauties in the bookings and added chart action. world's greatest classical artists. Night" album. Joe Simon made "Joe Simon To- Repertoire has branched from Internationalization masters (Bach, Product day" and then connected again standard German Spring Records Current and future product with the album "Easy to Love" Beethoven, Brahms) to the litera- At YORK an inde- from RSO includes the re-release and the hit title song. The Fatback ture of great composers of all NEW - "For of nine classic albums by Cream, Band continued their disco dom- countries and centuries (Joplin, pendent record label, we've made Eric Clapton, Blind Faith and nination with "Night Fever" and Elgar, Franck). quite an impact on the interna- Derek and the Dominos, Yvonne promise to break even bigger with Herbert von Karajan leads the tional marketplace," states Julie Elliman's "Love Me," Rockicks' their new single, "Double -Dutch," prestigious list of world-renowned Rifkind, president of Spring Rec- "Inside," Rick Dees' "The Orig- and album, "NYCNYUSA," sched- conductors on DG's roster, which ords. inal Disco Duck," Gene Clark's uled for March release. includes Claudio Abbado, Daniel In England for example, Spring "Two Sides to Every Story," "Mar- The Kolob/Polydor label is the Barenboim, Karl Bohm, Carlos is the hottest independent label, scape" by Jack Lancaster and exclusive domain for all record- Kleiber, Rafael Kubelik and Seiji sporting such talent as The Fat- Robin Lumley (the duo behind ing projects of the multi -talented Ozawa. Carlo Maria Giulini and back Band, Millie Jackson, and last year's rock version of Peter Osmond family. Originally asso- Leonard Bernstein, famed con- Joe Simon. The last three Fat- Ips & The Wolf) and the debut of ciated with MGM in 1970 when ductor par excellence, have re- back Band cleared 100,000 the youngest Gibb brother, Andy, that company provided The Os- cently signed up with DG for an units and are still strong sell- with "I Just Want to be Your monds with their own special important series of recordings. All ers. Their forthcoming album, Everything." facilities in Los Angeles, Os- orchestras that record for the label titled "NYCNYUSA" (New York Polydor Inc.'s ECM jazz line monds' product under the Kolob are among the world's most for- City, New York, United States of continued its spiraling popularity logo accounted for 16 gold rec- midable: Berlin Philharmonic, America), will be released simul- with the '76 ECM Festival Tour, ords in the years 1971-1972 alone. Boston Symphony, Chicago Sym- taneously i1 Europe and in the which presented under one roof After MGM was absorbed into the phony and Vienna Philharmonic U.S. on March 1. The album in- the combined talents of several Polydor fold, The Osmonds "re- Orchestras, to name a few. Dis - cludes "Double Dutch," the latest of the label's artists including single release for which the band Gary Burton, Jack DeJohnette's has developed a new dance, and Directions featuring John Aber- Retailers Dialogue as usual will be distributed crombie, Terje Rypdal, Eberhard (Continued from page 24) through Polydor. Spring has also Weber's Colours and Pat Meth- bargain and customers are likely to pick it up. released "The Fatback Band's eny Bressi: Absolutely. We've already started, as a matter of fact. I think Greatest Hits," available in Eu- Scheduled for ECM Records in the large cutout dealers are feeling very good right now about their rope only at this point. 1977 are Keith Jarret's two -record business. The higher prices probably caused a lot of cutouts at first, Millie Jackson set of organ solos "Hymns and those cutouts are worth much more. We're certainly looking at Millie Jackson is on the verge Spheres," "Pictures" by Jack De- getting $3.99 for prime cutouts right now. That will still be three of breaking in England. Her "Lov- Johnette's Directions, Eberhard dollars under our shelf price on $7.98. There seems to be a flood of ingly Yours" album is selling well, Weber's "The Following Morn- nice product in cutouts right now, and we've noticed the increase in as is the single from the Ip, "Can't ing," Ralph Towner's "Diary," and business as a result. Say Goodbye." "The Best of Mil- new discs by , and Keenan: I think there's no choice in that matter: we'll have to. Of lie Jackson" is also doing well, the duet of Gary Burton and course it's unfortunately up to the manufacturers as to what's available. released recently only in Europe. Eberhard Weber. There was a real limit on what was available about six or eight months "We hope to have Millie appear Polydor Inc.'s ago, but all of a sudden things have started to pick up. There's been at Ronnie Scott's, London's lead- will continue its much heralded a lot of titles out now. We devote about five percent of our store space ing , in the very near jazz reissue series with the March to cutouts. They are basically the first records a person sees upon future," comments Rifkind. release of Billie Holiday, Lester entering the store. We have our cutout and overstock racks placed so The new Joe Simon album, Young, Count Basie and Jazz At that they're the first ones people will encounter. They pass them com- "Easy To Love," ships this week The Philharmonic sets. As with ing into the main body of the store and going out of the main body in the U.S. and Europe. The title the 14 Verve reissues of '76, these (Continued on page 39) (Continued on page 38)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Atlantic (Continued from page 34) median and song duced by Michael Stewart and ar- singer Allee Willis, whose first al- logue albums from the Pretty stylist Kenny Rankin. ranged and conducted by Don bum, "Big Words," was produced Things and Maggie Bell; plus up- Since its inception in late 1971, Costa), is the artist's fourth Ip on by Scheaffer. coming debuts this spring and via the first pair of albums from the label (following "Like A See," Two of the record industry's summer from England's Dave Ed- (also a vice president "Silver Morning" and "Inside"). most important, respected, and munds and a new group, De- of Little David), Little David has 's first album for the consistently successful labels are tective. gone on to collect RIAA gold for label is "Hummin'," whose title Rolling Stones Records and Swan At the other end of the musical three more albums by George tune was recently issued as a Song Records, both distributed by spectrum, Atlantic is especially Carlin, "Class Clown," "Occupa- single. Atlantic Records - via the WEA proud of its classical label, Fin - tion: Foole!" and "FM & AM." Producer Steve Scheaffer's uni- Distribution Corporation in the nadar Records. Headed by elec- Carlin's most recent Ip is "An que little Wing And A Prayer Rec- U.S., and WEA International tronic music composer and jazz Evening with Wally Londo featur- ords came under Atlantic distribu- worldwide. producer Ilhan Mimaroglu, Fin - ing Bill Slaszo," and his next (a tion worldwide in early 1975. An In April, 1971, the Rolling nadar has established itself at spring '77 release) is titled "On independent label at the time, it Stones emerged with their newly - the vanguard of 20th century the Road." was patted to Atlantic after Con- created label, Rolling Stones Rec- classical music, with a recondite Complementing the comedy of sumer Rapport's original cover ords, via the single, "Brown output that spans the contem- Wilson and Carlin, Little David version of "Ease On Down the Sugar," and the album which porary, experimental, electronic president signed Road," from the Tony award -win- quickly followed, "Sticky Fingers." and the exotic. young Los Angeles comedian - ning Broadway musical "The The band established its own pace Besides three albums of Mimar- actor Franklyn Ajaye. "Don't Wiz," took New York's local pop/ at that point, celebrating RIAA oglu's work, Finnadar's rich ca- Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair!" was r&b/disco charts by storm. gold within two weeks of release talogue includes music by Jean the label debut of Ajaye, who cur- The label's namesake, the Wing for every one of their million - Dubuffet, pianist Idil Biret, violist rently stars in the Universal film And A Prayer Fife And Drum selling albums: "Sticky Fingers," Karen Phillips, pianist/composer "Car Wash" (and MGM's soon -to- Corps (WAAPFADC), scored first "Exile On Main Street," "Goats Frederic Rzewski, contrabassist be -released "Sweet Revenge"), with their disco smash, "Baby- Head Soup" (with its RIAA gold Bertram Turetzky, the Columbia - and :'s signed to an exclusive face," then the follow-up Ip of single, "Angie"), "It's Only Rock Princeton Electronic Music Center series development contract with the same title, and another suc- 'N Roll," "Made In the Shade" (of which Mimaroglu is an affiliate NBC-TV. Another comedy on Lit- cessful single, "Eleanor Rigby." and last year's "Black and Blue," composer for more than 15 years), tle David was "The Watergate Mid -1977 now sees the release which was also certified RIAA Eric Salzman and George Flynn. Comedy Hour" (with Jack Burns of Consumer Rapport's long- platinum under the new 1976 Its latest entry, a March, '77 re- and Avery Schreiber), re -issued on awaited debut album, along with standards. lease, is by avant garde pianist the 4th anniversary of the in- the second set of familiar stand- Alongside the Rolling Stones' Doris Hays, who plays the music famous break-in last summer. ards updated disco -style by output on their label are the of Henry Cowell. Little David's music roster is WAAPFADC, titled "Babyface pair of "solo" albums recorded When considered together, At- headed by Kenny Rankin and Nat Strikes Back." And making her by bassist / composer / arranger / lantic's group of custom labels Adderley. A brand-new release, debut on the label this year is producer Bill Wyman, 1974's forms a vital part of the record "The Kenny Rankin Album" (pro- Los Angeles -based writer and "Monkey Grip" and 1976's "Stone company's operation. Working Alone." hand -in -hand with the depart- After five multi -million selling ments at Atlantic that are their albums on Atlantic Records be- counterparts, each label obtains tween 1969-73 (each certified its own personal identity on both RIAA gold within two weeks of the industry and consumer level. release), formed Relying on the strength of the D their own label, Swan Song Rec- sales and promotion forces of the ords. Bad Company, the first WEA Distribution Corporation in group signed to the label, took the U.S., and WEA International the world by storm when their worldwide, the relationship of ,...... -_-COV first single, "Can't Get Enough," Atlantic and its custom labels re- and album, "Bad Co.," skyrocket- mains a firm commitment today. ed to the number one chart posi- It is this spirit of cooperation and tions all over the world. 1975's inter -dependence that has always "Straight Shooter" album was characterized Atlantic -1- _ Records, ,0-1_ their second immediate million - and continues to define the com- seller; and 1976's "Run With pany's role as a leader through- The Pack" was certified RIAA pla- out the 1970s. tinum under the 1976 standards. 0-= =CO Their long-awaited fourth album, "Burnin' Sky," is a March '77 re- Spring lease. (Continued from page g I YEAR (52 NEWS PACKED ISSUES) FOR $60.00 " 36) Led Zeppelin released their track was an r&b hit, and is still ISSUES) FOR i 2 YEARS (104 $100.00 first Swan Song album in early riding high on the charts. 1 AIR MAIL: $100.00 -FOREIGN AIR MAIL: $105.00 1975, "Physical Graffiti," another "From our three top acts alone, million -seller for the label. Then the next quarter in England CIRCULATION DEPT. / 595 BROADWAY, N.Y., N.Y. 10012 Ill I in 1976, the band made RIAA should bring in anywhere from Ill ENCLOSED IS CHECK FOR: CHECK ONE history: "Presence" (their seventh 800,000 to one million pounds in studio Ip) and "The Song Remains 5illing," says Rifkind. "We are 1Il I YEAR/$60.00 2 YEARS/$100.00 o n n the Same" (the double-Ip sound- obviously a vital force in inter- AIR MAIL/$100.00 C FOREIGN AIR MAIL/$105.00 ; track from their smash Warner national record sales. As we Bros. film) were both certified emerged from within the Polydor 1 DEALER ONE STOP D DISTRIB RACK JOBBER D COIN FIRM D OTHER 111 platinum under the new stand- organization, we pioneered the I1 rds, making Led Zeppelin one of 'ndependent having a self-con- I NAME only three acts to score back-to- tained promotional, marketing back platinum in 1976. and management staff. We did COMPANY Under the direction of Peter -lot want to be limited to just ADDRESS Grant, attorney Steve Weiss, and supplying product. Polydor recog- the four members of Led Zep- nized the advantages of such a :CITY STATE ZIP CODE pelin, Swan Song now boasts an set-up, and our relationship has *m s ------im-u--_-mai>.-am artist roster that includes cata- benefitted as a result."

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Arista (Continued from page 28) Island (Continued from page 18) the last three years." Piece of the Apple," moves con- Since that time True North/Island mid -February. The album is Cock - Arista/Freedom came into exis- vincingly from the avant garde to has released albums by the label's burn's seventh, but the first to be tence in 1975 when a distribution inventive rock compositions. two premier talents, Murray Mc- released in the U.S. since the late deal was set with Alan Bates' Arista/Freedom is coordinated Lauchlan and Bruce Cockburn. sixties. Among the artists who , a European by Steve Backer for Arista Rec- McLauchlan, who has a wide base have covered Cockburn's mate- company known for its extensive ords and Michael Cuscuna for of support in the Philadelphia, rial are Anne Murray and Tom catalogue containing some of the Freedom. Minneapolis -St. Paul and north- Rush. Plans for Cockburn to tour best recordings by major jazz Steve Backer, who is intrinsical- west regions of the country, will the States are also in the works. artists of the 1960s and '70s. To- ly involved with both Savoy and soon tour the U.S. with his band, day, 50 percent of the label's Arista/Freedom, points out that, the Silver Tractors. The band is Springboard output is newly recorded albums "Both custom lines have pro- also featured on McLauchlan's (Continued from page 22) including , as well duced at least one classic album new album, "Boulevard," and a new pop/country artist from as cross -over fusion groups. The including the Jazz Albums of 1975 single from the Ip, "Slingback Texas. first releases from the Freedom and 1976. Both are involved in Shoes," has just been released. Project 3 catalogue included works by Or - extraordinarily adventurous high Bruce Cockburn Enoch Light's Project 3 Records nette Coleman, Ron Carter and art as opposed to pop art jazz and Bruce Cockburn's new album, will be distributed by Springboard , , Don yet both are profitable for the "In The Falling Dark," was re- in selected markets. The Ips Cherry, Marion Brown and Roland parent company." leased by True North/Island in "Honky Tonkerman," "Big Hits Hanna. There were three albums of the '70s - Volume issued for the first time anywhere, II" and "Big and Hits" albums from including 's "Silent (Continued from page 36) the '30s, Retailers Dialogue '40s and '50s are the first Project Tongues" plus 's of the store. 3 new "Flexible Flyer" releases going through and Randy Wes - Anthony: No. We're not a big cutout company. But aside from Springboard. ton's "Carnival." cutouts, I think all retailers this year, as a result of the prices, are The Springboard Distributing Among the most recent Arista/ going to have to be more aggressive when it comes to in-store mer- Company has contributed to the Freedom releases are Archie chandising. Tape City, though, is currently negotiating a feasibility success achieved recently by Shepp's "Montreux Two." This study of the cutout market in more depth. As for plans, there are no Springboard International Rec- album present the second record- specific ones as of now. ords. Heralding its growing status ed edition of Shepp's stunning Bayer: Yeah. Cutouts are 20 percent of my business, and that fig- as a leading factor in all aspects appearance at the Montreux Jazz ure's going up all the itme. And I'm getting into used records. I've of the record business, Spring- Festival. Roswell Rudd's "Inside got a good 400 square feet devoted to cutouts: I've got stepdowns; board International completed Job" captures a magical live per- I've got them on , on the floor; I've got them alphabetized in the most successful month in its formance by this gifted trombon- rock; I've got a separate cutout section for jazz and a separate cutout history this past ist. The December, with second John Payne Band section for country records. I keep them as near their sections as sales hitting the $5 million mark. album, "Razor's Edge," features possible. I also stack them on the floor in front if they're good num- The distribution of custom labels dynamic jazz and jazz-rock ex- bers. I'll put a Joe Walsh up front and mix it in with my sales albums, will continue to be an important plorations. New York Mary's "A but price it for less. e growth area for Springboard. Happy to be associated with the CBS Family with our -0,'e- Wild Cherry Laura Greene Current LP: Current Single: // "Wild Cherry" "You Take My Heart Away (Theme from "Rocky") Soon to be released LP: "Electrified Funk" Simona Cook New product forthcoming Q Current Single: Blaze "Dancin' Man" New product forthcoming

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TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number, (Distributing Label) 56 AHH ... THE NAME IS BOOTSY, BABY! BOOTSY'S MAR. FEB. WKS. ON 5 26 CHART RUBBER BAND/Warner Bros. BS 2972 4 F 59 CHANGES IN LATITUDES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDES 1 1 A STAR IS BORN JIMMY BUFFETT/ABC AB 990 3 F (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) íI 48 29 FESTIVAL SANTANA/Columbia PC 34423 7 F JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 JOHN DENVER/ JS m- Columbia 34403 RCA CPL( 2195 1 G (5th Week) 13 X 50 50 SILK DEGREES BOZ SCAGGS/Columbia PC 33920 51 F 51 31 SPIRIT EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia PC 34241 21 F 52 55 A ROCK AND ROLL ALTERNATIVE ATLANTA RHYTHM 2 2 HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES/Asylum 7E 1084 11 F SECTION/Polydor PD 1 6080 8 F 3 3 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE STEVIE WONDER/Tamla T13 53 58 ARRIVAL ABBA/Atlantic SD 18207 5 F 340C2 (Motown) 21 K 54 52 DOUBLE TIME LEON REDBONE/Warner Bros. BS 2971 6 F 4 4 BOSTON/Epic PE 34188 24 F ® 73 SLEEPWALKER KINKS/Arista 4106 2 F 5 5 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE STEVE MILLER BAND/Capitol ST 11497 41 F 56 47 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER CAPTAIN & TENNILLE/ 6 6 GREATEST HITS LINDA RONSTADT/Asylum 7E 1092 12 F A&M SP 4552 100 F 9 ANIMALS PINK FLOYD/Columbia JC 34474 3 G El UNPREDICTABLE NATALIE COLE/Capitol SO 11600 1 I 8 7 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE PETER FRAMPTON/A&M SP 3703 58 G 68 AN EVENING WITH DIANA ROSS/Motown M7 877 R2 4 G 24 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC/Warner Bros. 3010 2 G Ell 59 48 CHICAGO X/Columbia PC 34200 36 F 10 8 WINGS OVER AMERICA/Capitol SWCO 11593 11 K 60 60 ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD LYNYRD SKYNYRD/MCA 2 11 11 BEST OF THE DOOBIES DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros. 6001 23 G BS 2978 16 F 61 63 FLIGHT LOG (1966-1976) JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/Grunt 12 13 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU BARRY MANILOW/Arista 4090 29 F CYL2 1255 (RCA) 5 X 62 46 BRICK/Bang 408 15 F 13 14 A NEW WORLD RECORD ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/ GOOD HIGH 63 51 THIRTY THREE & 1/3 GEORGE HARRISON/Dark Horse DH United Artists LA679 G 18 F 3005 (WB) 13 F 14 10 YEAR OF THE CAT AL STEWART/Janus JXS 7022 20 F 64 53 ROCKS AEROSMITH/Columbia PC 34165 41 F 17 NIGHT MOVES BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND/ 65 45 A SECRET PLACE GROVER WASHINGTON, JR./Kudu KU Capitol ST 11557 16 F 32S1 (Motown) 8 F 16 16 TOYS IN THE ATTIC AEROSMITH/Columbia PC 33479 70 F 66 67 NIGHTS ARE FOREVER ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD 19 LEFTOVERTURE KANSAS/Kirshner PZ 34224 (CBS) 16 F m COLEY/Big Tree BT 89517 (Atlantic) 27 F 18 12 TEJAS ZZ TOP/London PS 680 8 F 67 69 ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT THELMA HOUSTON/Tamla T6 23 ASK RUFUS RUFUS/ABC AB 975 5 F 345S1 (Motown) 6 F

20 20 ROCK AND ROLL OVER KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7037 15 F 68 49 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/MCA 2223 16 F F 21 15 LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE BREAD/Elektra 7E 1094 7 69 71 VIBRATIONS ROY AYERS UBIQUITY/Polydor PD 1 6091 7 F 22 18 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN ROD STEWART/Warner Bros. BS 70 54 MIRACLE ROW JANIS IAN/Columbia PC 34440 6 F F 2938 33 71 72 UNFINISHED BUSINESS BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy F 9518 13 F 23 21 A DAY AT THE RACES QUEEN/Elektra 6E 101 8 G 72 61 LIVE BULLET BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND/ 24 25 LOW DAVID BOWIE/RCA CPL1 2030 5 G Capitol SKBB 11523 15 F

25 27 THE ROARING SILENCE MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND/ 73 75 FOUNTAINS OF LIGHT STARCASTLE/Epic PE 34375 4 F BS 10 F Warner Bros. 2965 74 80 THIS IS DENIECE WILLIAMS/Columbia PC 34242 8 F m 36 IN FLIGHT GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BSK 2983 4 G ® 100 CAROLINA DREAMS MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/Capricorn 27 22 DREAMBOAT ANNIE HEART/Mushroom MRS 5005 43 F CPK 0180 (WB) 2 G

28 30 WIND & WUTHERING GENESIS/Atco SD 36 144 7 F 76 82 GREATEST HITS ABBA/Atlantic SD 18189 22 F

29 26 THE LIGHT OF SMILES GARY WRIGHT/Warner Bros. BS 2951 7 F 77 62 SPIRIT JOHN DENVER/RCA APL1 1694 27 F

30 28 THEIR GREATEST HITS: 1971-1975 EAGLES/Asylum 7E 1052 53 F 78 66 THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/

31 33 DESTROYER KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7020 35 F LED ZEPPELIN/Swan Song SS 2 201 (Atlantic) 18 32 32 CAR WASH (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK)/MCA 2 6000 15 G 79 76 FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE DONNA SUMMER/Casablanca NBLP 7038 19 F 33 34 KISS ALIVE KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7020 74 G 80 84 METHOD TO THE MADNESS UNDISPUTED TRUTH/Whitfield 34 35 SONG OF JOY CAPTAIN & TENNILLE/A&M SP 4570 51 F WH 2967 (WB) 4 F ® 57 ROOTS QUINCY JONES/A&M SP 4626 2 F 81 64 BLUE MOVES ELTON JOHN/MCA/Rocket 2 11004 17 J 30 38 AFTER THE LOVIN' ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK/Epic PE 111 RA 34381 12 F 111 UTOPIA/Bearsville BR 6965 (WB) 1 F 8;f 85 REACHING FOR THE WORLD HAROLD MELVIN AND THE 37 39 LUXURY LINER EMMYLOU HARRIS/Warner Bros. BS 2998 6 F BLUE NOTES/ABC AB 969 4 F 43 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS MARY MacGREGOR/ 125 SEA LEVEL/Capricorn CP 0178 (WB) 1 F Ariola America SMAS 50015 (Capitol) 5 F 85 87 DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL "SAVANNAH BAND"/RCA 77 LOVE AT THE GREEK NEIL DIAMOND/Columbia KC2 34404 2 Ell APL1 1504 28 F 40 37 FLEETWOOD MAC/Reprise MS 2225 (WB) 84 F 86 65 HEJIRA JONI MITCHELL/Asylum 7E 1087 13 F 41 40 GREATEST HITS JAMES TAYLOR/Warner Bros. BS 2979 14 F 87 88 BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES/

42 41 CHILDREN OF THE WORLD BEE GEES/RSO RS 1 3003 RCA APL1 1467 27 F (Polydor) 24 F 88 70 FREE-FOR-ALL TED NUGENT/Epic PE 34121 24 F 43 44 PERSON TO PERSON AVERAGE WHITE BAND/Atlantic 89 74 I HOPE WE GET TO LOVE IN TIME MARILYN McCOO & SD2 1002 7 H BILLY DAVIS, JR./ABC ABCD 952 18 F 90 78 SUMMERTIME DREAM GORDON LIGHTFOOT/Reprise MS 2246 (WB) 37 F 101 NEXT JOURNEY/Columbia PC 131 34311 1 F CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK 108 DAVID SOUL/Private Cra Stock PS 2019 1 F 93 96 ENDLESS SUMMER BEACH BOYS/Capitol SVBB 11307 31 F SONGS FROM THE WOOD m - 94 98 TRAMMPS/Atlantic SD 18211 2 F JETHRO TULL 112 NOVELLA RENAISSANCE/Sire CB SA 7526 (ABC) 1 F 115 TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING BARRY Chrysalis CHR 1132 F m MANILOW/Arista 4060 1 F 97 79 CHICAGO'S GREATEST HITS/Columbia PC 33900 67 F

98 81 BRASS CONSTRUCTION II/United Artists LA677 G 15 F 99 86 NIGHT SHIFT FOGHAT/Bearsville BR 6962 (WB) 16 F 45 42 THE PRETENDER JACKSON BROWNE/Asylum 7E 1079 15 F 100 83 /Arista 4107 10 F

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PZ 33957 (CBS) JOHN LEE & GERRY BROWN/ 102 90 MY SPANISH HEART CHICK COREA/Polydor PD 2 9003 158 DEEP IN MY SOUL SMOKEY Blue Note BN LA701 G (UA) 103 93 ENDLESS FLIGHT LEO SAYER/Warner Bros. BS 2962 ROBINSON/Tamla T6 35051 182 SAILIN' KIM CARNES/ A&M SP 4606 (Motown) 183 SEE THE LIGHT EDDIE RUSS/ 104 109 BEST OF BREAD/Elektra EKS 75056 159 JENNIFER WARNES/Arista 4062 Monument MG 7606 105 107 CALIENTE GATO BARBIERI/A&M SP 4597 160 A PLACE IN THE SUN PABLO 184 JOAN ARMATRADING/ CRUISE/A&M SP 4625 A&M SP 4588 106 702 GREATEST HITS ELTON JOHN/MCA 2128 161 THE KENNY RANKIN ALBUM 185 BEST OF /London 107 1.03 DONNY & MARIE-FEATURING SONGS FROM THEIR KENNY RANKIN/Little David LC 50000 LD 186 EVITA/MCA 2 1 100 3 TELEVISION SHOW/Polydor PD 1 6068 1013 (Atlantic) 162 SHADES KEITH JARRETT/ABC/ 187 THE BABYS/Chrysalis CHR 1129 108 PETER GABRIEL/Atco SD 36 147 Impulse ASD 9322 188 SAYYOU'LL( STAY UNTIL 109 113 THE JACKSONS/Epic PE 34229 163 SHOW ME TO THE STAGE TOMORROW TOM JONES/ HENRY GROSS/Lifesong LS Epic PE 34468 WARWICKE/ 6010 110 123 A MAN AND A WOMAN ISAAC HAYES & DIONNE 164 MUSIC FUH YA (MUSICA PARA TU) 189 BIRD IN A SILVER CAGE ABC AB 996 2 TAJ MAHAL/Warner Bros. HERBIE MANN/Atlantic SD 18209 111 91 BURTON CUMMINGS/Portrait PR 34261 BS 2994 190 SOLID MICHAEL HENDERSON/ 165 LED ZEPPELIN IV/Atlantic SD 7208 Buddah 5662 1105 JEAN LUC PONTY/Atlantic SD 18195 112 IMAGINARY VOYAGE 166 THE WINTERS BROTHERS BAND/ . 191 PHOTOGRAPHIC SMILE MR. BIG/ Arista 4083 113 106 THE PLANETS TOMITA/RCA Red APL1 1919 Atco SD 36 145 167 KING SIZE B. B. KING/ABC AB 977 192 BIG WHA KOO ABC AB 971 114 92 LEO KOTTKE/Chrysalis CHR 1105 168 WHITE ROCK (ORIGINAL 193 DONNY GERRARD/Greedy G 1002 115 94 WAYLON LIVE /RCA APL1 1108 SOUNDTRACK) RICK WAKEMAN/ 194 COLLECTORS ITEM HEARTSFIELD/ A&M SP 4614 Columbia PC 34456 Bros. 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BS 2981 BLUE OYSTER CULT 142 139 BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND 46 MASS PRODUCTION 137 MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS 131 126 GEORGE BENSON IN CONCERT-CARNEGIE HALL/ BOSTON 4 JR 89 DAVID BOWIE 24 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES 83 MICKEY CTI 6072 51 (Motown) BRASS CONSTRUCTION 98 MOUSE CLUB 132 BREAD 21, 104 STEVE MILLER BAND 5 142 THE ALL NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB/Disneyland 2501 BRICK 62 JONI MITCHELL 86 WALTER MURPHY BAND ® JACKSON BROWNE 45 128 THE OFFICIAL LIVE GENTLE SKBB 11592 OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN 68 133 135 GIANT/Capitol JIMMY BUFFETT 47 TED NUGENT 88 134 129 ALICE COOPER GOES TO HELL/Warner Bros. BS 2896 DR. BUZZARD'S ORIG. 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Berniker: You can be. Someone could, I would like to think must be on the case that minute, I think, in terms of what's going I'm not. on with the producers and what they're making. It's critical. RW: Do you still use independent producers? RW: What are the chances of a young producer coming to your Berniker: Surely. I think we all-when I say all-the record busi- attention? ness has made a mix out of all of it. We are now returning to a Berniker: Well, I think his chances are damn good. As a matter much more in-house concept than we used to have. But we still of fact, if they don't come to my attention, the future of the busi- rely heavily on marriages between producers and artists we've signed. ness is in trouble. Not because of me, but because the entire industry Very often the independent producer brings in the artist with him. must be aware of new producers. I think that's probably one of our But we are a company that I think has now a made pretty fair mix great faults, the fact that we spend too much time with credit lines. of independent producers, its in house concept and its outside We don't really analyze what it is that particular guy has done to labels. When you get the right blend of all of those factors you contribute to its success of that record at that particular itme. We are probably doing the right thing. I don't think one can any more have two young boys now-one of whom has never made a record, say that you can be in the record business without an in house staff. who I think is brilliant. You would say, how do I know he's bril- The jobs to be done are very, very important and can lead to a liant if he's never made a record? My answer would be that the multitude of things from re -packaging to the signing of acts. Some questions he asks me about the sound and his analysis of records of our producers will, in many cases, sign an act, not produce it we play together are indicative of great future talent. I think it's as themselves, but oversee them, as in the case of Bill Quateman. It important to me, in my job, to spend as much time developing him looks like he's exploded out of the box for us. as a producer as we would develop a new artist. I think that is the RW: If a group came to you with a producer, would they have most important aspect of our business. any advantage? RW: Do you find that the younger producers are more involved Berniker: Not necessarily. I would still always rely on my ears. with the advanced studio techniques? That's the only way to do it. The producer in some instances who's Berniker: currently hot, of course, will have a greater edge if you like, over Yes. As a matter of fact the advanced studio techniques have created a whole new breed of producers. When you get 24 the artists coming in without that attachment, but I don't think there's to a difference at all. I've heard some very hot producers doing some or 32 track, you're immediately delving into options mentally that awful work, and I've heard some very great artists come in without I never had to confront. It would be very simple to balance eight producers at all. or 16 tracks into a dual track mix. When you start talking about RW Are you saying that it is no longer important for an artist recombining 24, your whole recording process changes. The whole to have a producer/manager/publisher package before signing to way in which you envision your dream is a completely different a record company? matter. The esthetic process of making records has radically changed in the last five years through technical advances. The Berniker: It's loosened up quite a bit. I think that really it's helped young pro- ducer, if he can grasp what those engineering options are artists in many ways. With all the competition, I think it has loosened about, up, yes. The fact of the matter is, that all gets tied up very quickly coupled with musicality, you've got yourself a heavy in him. The one way or the other. biggest trouble most of the older producers have is that they have only been coping with perhaps two RW: What would be your criteria in choosing a producer for a thirds of the current options. group? RW: What is it that made you sign Hall and Oates and Dr. Buz- zard's Berniker: First thing of course is to know what the producer has Original Savannah Band? Berniker: With Hall and made. One important thing about this job is that you have to be Oates, getting back to my original busi- ness of learning-I have to be aware of my competitors. I also, at fairly conversant with what the producer has done in the past. I one point of my life, was a I have a tendency-I admit-it may be to a fault, of pegging producers critic. know that is a shocking piece of information. I for certain kinds of productions. That may be awfully grandiose of was overwhelmed by Hall and Oates' first album and I had written so. I've been very conscious me. I think that there's a great difference in the ways that producers of both of their abilities since they I make records. Gus Dudgeon may have one style of making records began and couldn't understand why they weren't sell- ing the way they should have. The group I I and Jimmy lovine has another. They each have a tendency, it seems knew what knew. got a call from Tommy to me, for certain kinds of artists and music. We're talking about Mottola, saying "How would you like Hall & Oates?" I said helping to make marriages which is one of the things we do in immediately "Come right over." At that point I'm sure we all knew that they hadn't sold I this department. We try to limit our odds by choosing a producer that well and must say that everybody here went with me. After all, you who is conversant with our artists' musical approach, as much as can't cry wolf too often as an a&r director when it comes to grabbing possible, which requires me to listen to my competitors as part of an act. This is a case where I said "Do not wait." It was that my learning process. If I'm not aware of what a Jimmy lovine is type of situation; all guns fired and we doing, for instance, or Charlie Calello, whatever, no matter where made it. That's part of my job, too. I'm always or what interested in why an act is not selling as well as it should. Very they're doing, not six months ago, but I mean this month, often another label will be asleep at the switch when the talent is there, meaning songwriting talent, performing talent. I could name Flip-ing Out a few now that I'm interested in, but I won't get into that. You begin to feel a little bit like a general manager of a basketball team. You see a player on another team who is not motivated properly, and you say, "Aha, let me see if I can grab him and bring him to my team." And then with the proper motivation and guidance of the company, you become a champion. That's part of the job of an a&r director. To be able to spot even the talent that's on another label and get it. That's the Hall & Oates story. And you know what happened. I think the company can be terribly proud of what it's done. And we really had a lot of fun doing it. Dr. Buzzard was another story. Tommy Mottola and I had a rela- tionship based upon the signing of Hall & Oates. Tommy called me one day and said, "You must come down and see this at SIR," and I went down and saw this unbelievable thing. I said to Tommy at the time-and I never do this by the way-I said, "That's it; don't move." I hadn't even discussed it with the management of the com- pany. I don't think I stopped talking about Savannah for nine months. One must in this job have some Little David recording artist (and vice president) Flip Wilson was recently chosen to vision. After all, beyond what I serve as host and official spokesperson for "Festival '77," public television's third had to learn I have to be able to see a little bit into the future. That's annual fund-raising campaign, supported nationally by the PBS. Wilson began his a big part of the a&r thing, it's a kind of an immodest thing to say duties in New York last week, attending the keynote press conference held by PBS. that one has visionary capacity, but you have Shown in the offices of Atlantic Records are, from left: Atlantic's vice president/direc- to have it. You've got to be able to tor of special markets Hillery Johnson, president Jerry Greenberg, Little David Records say something's going to happen when no one president Monte Kay, and Wilson. (Continued on page 109)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com IF YOU WAN DISCO FILE TO HEAR YOUR DISC FILE CASH REGISTER RING. TOP 2 (A weekly report on current and upcoming discotheque breakouts) THEN RING YOUR MARCH 5, 1977 By VINCE ALETTI DISTRIbUTOR FOR 1. DISCO INFERNO/BODY CONTACT A mixed bag of new material by women this week, headed by new CONTRACT albums from TRAMMPS-Atlantic (Ip cuts) Gloria Gaynor and Minnie Riperton. Gaynor's, titled sim- TITIS FIRST LP 2. DREAMIN'/HIT AND RUN ply "Glorious" (Polydor), is her first Ip without the DCA production LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY-Gold Mind (Ip cuts) team, Monardo, Bongiovi & Ellis, and the first to depart from the b LOCUST. 3. LOVE IN C MINOR format that had set the GG/DCA albums apart from the beginning: CERRONE-Cotillion/Alligator (Ip cut) the heavily percussive 4. DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY three -song medley that always filled side one THELMA HOUSTON-Tamla (Ip cut) has been dispensed with. The result is a more balanced album but 5. SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN/HURRY one whose impact is considerably more diffused. Producers Gregg UP AND WAIT ORIGINALS-Soul (Ip cuts) Diamond (hot right now with George McCrae and Andrea True) and 6. LOVE IN C MINOR Joe Beck (the guitarist featured on all of Esther Phillips' recent albums) HEART & SOUL ORCHESTRA-Casablanca (disco disc) haven't totally dispensed with Gloria Gaynor tradition-there is a 7. LADY LUCK/LIFE IS MUSIC remake -of -a -standard, in this case "As Time Goes By," sung in a RITCHIE FAMILY-Marlin (Ip cuts) rather 8. LOVE IN MOTION/GIVIN' BACK sluggish drone and the least successful cut here-but for once THE FEELING the singer isn't forced to scream over an impossibly overblown in- GEORGE McCRAE-TK (Ip cuts) strumental track and the effect is at once less compelling 9. BLACK IS BLACK/MIDNIGHT LADY and more CERRONE-Cotillion/Alligator (Ip cuts) bearable in the long run. All but one of the tracks are upbeat, with 10. DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO "We Can Start Over Again," "Why Should I Pay" and "Life T CONNECTION-TK (disco disc) Ain't 11. DON'T BURN NO BRIDGES/STARVIN' Worth Living" standing'out as the most spunky, but the most interest- TRA.MMPS-Atlantic (Ip cuts) ing thing on the album is also the most unexpected and uncharac- 12. FREE LOVE/IF YOU WANNA teristic. This is a long (9:15) AC 1004 GO BACK track called "Most of All," which is largely JEAN CARN-Phila. Intl. (Ip cuts) instrumental, gorgeously string -laced, and sounds nothing like any- Locust transforms rock 13. RIPPED OFF thing either Gaynor or Diamond have done LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY-Gold Mind before. "Most of all," music into heart throbbing (Ip cut) GG sings, in a hushed voice that sounds like a combination of Carol excitement and their debut 14. UPTOWN FESTIVAL Douglas in "Midnight Love Affair" and SHALAMAR-Soul Train (diso disc) Donna Summer in "Winter LP promises to be a smash Melody," "I wanna 15. YOU ARE A BLESSING TO ME love you like you've never been loved before." hit all across America. With ORIGINALS-Soul (Ip cut) 16. DISCO REGGAE (Continued on page 98) more and more stations add- KALYAN-MCA (Ip cut) ing 17. THEME FROM KING KONG Locust to their playlists, LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - you can't afford to be caught 20th Century (disco disc) 18. SPRING RAIN Discotheque Hit Parade short. So if you want to hear SILVETTI-Salsoul (disco disc) your cash register ring, then 19. FUNK DE MAMBO (Listings are in alpha betical order, by title) KARMA-Horizon (disco call your distributor and disc) LOST AND FOUND/ INFINITY/NEW 20. TATTOO MAN YORK now. After DENISE McCANN-Polydor WASHINGTON, D.C. DJ: Bobby Guttadaro place your order (import disco disc) to lose DJ: Bill Owens ARE YOU IN THERE?-Andy Williams- all, you've got nothing BODY CONTACT CONTRACT/DISCO Columbia but business. INFERNO/DON'T BURN NO BRIDGES/ DISCO INFERNO/BODY Rivers Sues CONTACT To order your Ips, phone the UA STARVIN'-Trammps-Atlantic (Ip cuts) CONTRACT-Trammps-Atlantic LOS ANGELES distributor nearest you. - Based in part DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO-T (Ip cuts) upon a recently completed audit Connection-TK (disco disc) ATLANTA HIALEAH, FL DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO- Heilicher Tone DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY-Thelma report, has filed a T Connection-TK (disco disc) 404-696-1050 305.000-1605 Houston-Tamla (Ip cut) lawsuit for nearly $3 million in DREAMIN'/HIT AND RUN- DALTIMORE LOS ANGELES HIT AND RUN/RIPPED OFF/DREAMIN'- Zamoiski MS Loleatta Los Angeles Superior Court Loleatta Holloway-Gold Mind (Ip cuts) Holloway-Gold Mind 301-644-2900 213-875-3960 (Ip against United Artists Records, IF YOU WANNA GO BACK/FREE LOVE/ cuts) DOSTON MINNEAPOLIS TIME WAITS FALLIN' IN LOVE WITH YOU- Molverne Heilicher alleging underpayment of domes- FOR NO ONE-Jean 617-423-3820 612-544-4201 Carn-Philo. Intl. (Ip cuts) Jimmy Ruffin-Epic (disco disc) tic royalties amounting to $483,- DUFFALO NEW ORLEANS LET YOURSELF GO/I DON'T WANT TO BE LOVE IN C MINOR-Cerrone-- Dest All South 129.63, and estimated foreign TIED DOWN-Supremes-Motown Cotillion (Ip cut) 716-026-9560 504-522-1157 CHICAGO NEW YORK royalties of in excess (Ip cuts) LOVE IN C MINOR-Heart & of $500 MS Molverne LOVE IN C MINOR/MIDNIGHT thousand. In addition, Rivers al- LADY- Soul Orchestra-Casablanca 312-478-1133 212-392-5700 Cerrone-Cotillion (Ip cuts) (disco leges that United Artists violated disc) CHARLOTTE PHILADELPHIA LOVE IN C MINOR-Heart & Soul PARTY LIGHTS-Natalie Cole-Capitol Dib Chips the implied covenant of good Orchestra-Casablanca (disco disc) (Ip cut) 704-527-0040 215-226-4600 faith and fair dealing with respect UPTOWN FESTIVAL-Shalama--Soul STICK TOGETHER-Minnie Riperton- CLEVELAND PHOENIX Train (disco Action Alto to the existing catalogue of. Riv- disc) Epic 216-243-0300 602-269-1411 YOU GOT ME LOVING YOU AGAIN- UPTOWN FESTIVAL-Shalamar- ers' product. DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO Eloise Laws-Invictus (Ip cut) Soul Train (disco disc) Dig States Pacific The suit also seeks to recover 214-631-1100 415-653-8727 for alleged fraud PIPPINS/NEW YORK CORK & BOTTLE/NEW YORK DETROIT SEATTLE and conspiracy, Arc Joy Kay ADC DJ: Reggie T Experience seeking substantial punitive dam- DJ: Freddie Mendoza 313-491-7900 206-763-0600 DANCE BAND-Donald ages of $1 million. Byrd-Blue BODY CONTACT CONTRACT/DISCO HARTFORD SHREVEPORT Note lip cut) INFERNO/STARVIN'-Trammps- Molverne Stone Attorneys 413.783-6030 310-222-7182 for United Artists had DISCO INFERNO/BODY CONTACT Atlantic (Ip cuts) no comment CONTRACT/DON'T HAWAII ST. LOUIS on the, suit last BURN NO BRIDGES DOWN TO LOVE TOWN/SIX MILLION Eric Heilicher week. -Trammps-Atlantic (Ip cuts) DOLLAR MAN/YOU ARE A BLESSING 000-946-6522 314-977.1800 DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO-T TO ME-Originals-Soul (Ip cuts) Connection-TK (disco disc) HIT AND RUN/DREAMIN'-Loleatta Harold Joins Rocket DREAMIN'/HIT AND RUN-Loleatta Holloway-Gold Mind (Ip cuts) Holloway-Gold Mind Op cuts) LADY LUCK/LIFE IS MUSIC- LOS ANGELES - Rick Harold I BELIEVE IN LOVE-Barbra Streisand Ritchie Family-Marlin (Ip cuts) ("A Star Is has joined the staff of Rocket Born" Soundtrack)- LOVE IN C MINOR/MIDNIGHT LADY- Columbia Records in (Ip cut) Cerrone-Cotillion (Ip cuts) charge of national LOVE HANGOVER/LET'S GROOVE- ar12w :u, secondary promotion, OPEN SESAME-Kool & the Gang- it was an- Players' Association-Vanguard Delite (disco disc) .:.:«w nounced by lip cuts) THE Tony King, executive PIPER-Herbie Mann-Atlantic N!1ººNNMIIMMMMs:..r: vice president of the label. LOVE IN C MINOR/BLACK IS BLACK- (Ip cut) Cerrone-Cotillion Background (Ip cuts) SIR DUKE/I WISH/ISN'T SHE LOVELY- STANDING UP FOR LOVE-Three Stevie Wonder-Tamla Prior (Ip cuts) to joining the staff of Degrees-Epic (Ip cut) TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY- Rocket Records, Harold THE WORLD IS A GHETTO-George Barbara Pennington-UA (disco worked disc) *Annuit Coepi is is pronounced :An -u -ii Benson-Warner Bros. (disco disc) UP JUMPED THE in local promotion in Los An- DEVIL-John Davis & Sep -Gs and it means"God watches", er YOU TAKE MY HEART AWAY-Laura the geles at United Monster Orchestra-Sam our endeavors'.' Artists Records. Green-Epic (disco disc) (disco disc) ANNL`IT COEPTIS RI;1'/ll:Ilti RECORD WORLD MARCH 5, 1977 CROYDON. PA 1911'2l1 PHONE 21 i -G98-77117

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Casablanca Salutes KDAY S ULTRUTH By DEDE DABNEY NEW YORK: Personal Pick: "You're Throwing A Good Love Away" -inners (Atlantic). Bell's golden dust has sprinkled this group with many hits. This particular tune is no exception; the flavoring is there for good chart reaction. DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: "The Pinoc- chio Theory" - Bootsy's Rubber Band KDAY, Casablanca Record and Filmworks and Parliament recently joined forces to Los Angeles high schools. The Brothers); "Slow And Easy" B.B. King raise over $30,000 in sports equipment donations to (Warner - fund-raising drive took place after several school athletic programs had been curtailed Goods (ABC) ; "I Don't Wanna Be Reminded" - Jerry Butler for lack of equipment and was held with the cooperation of Rawlings Sporting (Motown). Co. Following the program's completion, Casablanca Record and FilmWorks executives the drive's success. Pictured from left York's premier entertainment center, presented KDAY with awards commemorating Smucker's, New are Cecil Holmes, senior vice president, Casablanca, Jheryl Busby, western regional will open its cabaret level April 1st. The highlight r&b promotion, Jim Maddox, KDAY P.D., Jean Tillman, KDAY community affairs and and Film - of the opening will be a disco -restaurant downstairs Renny Roker, national r&b sales and promotion director, Casablanca Record Works. and a cabaret upstairs, bringing in name acts such as Ralph MacDonald, Vicki Sue Robinson, Earl Klugh, (Continued from page 97) Blue Ma&ic etc. It seats 600 patrons which will Disco File "provide something for everyone, from chamber music But the prime lyric dispenses with all others: "We don't need no to jazz and reggae and Latin sounds." It's words-let the music speak for itself." And it speaks quite beauti- conveniently located in downtown Brooklyn. fully-a little slow for some crowds, perhaps, but the sound is so This year's Grammy Awards were held as a 90 minute rich and creamy I find it hard to resist. Riperton's "Stay in Love" (subtitled "A Romantic Fantasy special, showing off the award winners as they were Minnie Set to Music," on Epic), is also a change -of -pace for her under the announced. However, we feel that all the winners direction of producer Freddie Perren. As usual, Minnie is sexy and have been placed in their proper categories should sensuous, but Perren takes the precious edge off her music and instead of in one general category. Some of the makes it more propulsive and sharp. The standout cut is the longest: nominees were placed in rhythm and blues, but most "Stick Together" (6:18), written in part by Stevie Wonder and Riper- weren't. Of course, it's a natural when Stevie ton, set to a comfortably pulsing beat and accented by some of Min- Wonder has hit product on the market for him to walk nie's familiar vocal acrobatics. Bobby DJ, back at Infinity in New York, away with Producer Of The Year, Album Of The Year, put the two-part single version on his top 10 this week but now it's Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male ("Songs In The Key available on the album and on a promotional 12 -inch pressing as Of Life") and Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male well. Also worth checking out: "How Could I Love You More." Note: and back-up vocalists as- ("I Wish"). among the impressive cast of musicians there's one name we're more accustomed to seeing on Natalie Cole handed over many great performances sembled here, movie marquees: Pam Grier, who makes an appearance on "Stick for which she garnered a Grammy for Best R&B Together." Lady"). Performance By a Female ("Sophisticated Other notable releases by women: Natalie Cole's new album, "Un- George Benson and his unique playing warranted predictable" (Capitol), features a terrific, snappy number called "Party Grammys in Record Of The Year for "This Masquerade," Lights"-not the Claudine Clark classic but a new song with a similar Best Engineered Recording (non -classical) for theme that has Natalie singing "C'mon party with me children;" her "Breezin'," and Best R&B Instrumental Performance enthusiasm is catching ... Yvonne Elliman's latest, "Love Me" (RSO), for "Theme From Good King Bad." was produced by Freddie Perren and includes, in a generally high- a re Peace of the Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. , having split from level assortment, nice -make of "Uphill Mind," The 5th Dimension, walked off with a Grammy for "You Gospel Truth single that had some scattered success last year, and a Don't Have To Be A Star." sweet mid -tempo tune called "(I Don't Know Why) I Keep Hangin' On;" Elliman's versions of Barbara Lewis' "Hello Stranger" and the On the other side of the coin, the 19th Grammy Bee Gees' "Love Me" are also fine ... Valerie Carter's debut on Co- Awards Show proved one thing: that rhythm & blues lumbia lists everyone from Linda Ronstadt to Deniece Williams, from does play a significant role in the music spectrum Jackson Browne to , on the back -cover credits and the of today. one cut with disco possibilities, "City Lights," was co -produced by Several months ago a situation again arose from Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White, so Carter's in very good com- Newark, but it wasn't the recent investigations into pany. "City Lights" is in the EW&F mold with a good pumping beat, payola. Radio Station WNJR-AM's manager, Harvey great rushes of horns and kind of whispy but effective vocals; should (Continued on page 106) (Continued on page 100) R&B PICKS OF THE WEEK

W ISAAC HAYES AND DIONNE WARWICK, G.C. CAMERON, "YOU'RE WHAT'S MISS- NATALIE COLE, "UNPREDICT- W e "BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOE- a ING IN MY LIFE" (Holland - ABLE." Ms. Cole has graced her abcNIX"/"SAY A LITTLE PRAYER" W Dozier -Holland Music, Inc. & court with two other albums, and Z abc Co., BMI/Mills Music, W Jobete Music Co., Inc., ASCAP/ -' now she puts pen in hand to ASCAP). As executive producers, Stone Diamond Music Corp., < show off her writing ability with Hayes and Warwick have got- N BMI). A devastating rhythm her third Ip. Ms. Cole wrote such ten together to fuse their indi- track enhances the vocal capa- winners as "Peaceful Living" vidual talents, with the final bilities of this veteran artist. and "Your Eyes," and we can outcome a compelling album Cameron, one-time Spinner, definitely predict that this one and single. Audience reaction literally croons the melody will go all the way. She reigns filters in and out of this disc, as written by Brian and Eddie supreme with "Be Mine Tonight'. they have graced their many Holland, which should do very and "I'm Catching Hell." Capitol fans with a tremendous treat. well in the chart area. Mo- SO 11600. Watch it for huge breakouts town M 1412F. throughout the country. ABC AB -12253.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com HACKIE WILSON'S "Nobody But You"

754212 From His Hit L.P Is Now A Smash Single "Nobody But You" On Brunswick

ALSO AVAILABLE ON 8 TRACK AND CASSETTE TAPE

BRUNSWICK DAKAR

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Disco File (Continued from page 98) THE R&B go over with fans of ' "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" though it lacks that song's sting ... On the disco disc front, there's SINGLES CHART "I Gotta Keep Dancin'" by Carrie Lucas (Soul Train) whose theme is the now familiar dance -to -keep -from -crying, but it's treated with a MARCH 5, 1977 light, pleasant touch and the production is full and substantial enough MAR. FEB. to sustain it at a good level for just over five minutes ... Pat Lundy's 5 26 disco disc on Pyramid is a version of the Oscar Brown chain -gang 1 1 I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND NATALIE COLE- lament, "Work Song," which is already showing up on some playlists Capitol P 4360 because of its well -wrought production, Lundy sounds like Yvonne 4 SOMETIMES FACTS OF LIFE-Kayvette 5128 (TK) © can out the lyrics okay but it's not until she finishes 3 3 GLORIA ENCHANTMENT-United Artists XW912 Y Fair and she belt 4 2 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY THELMA HOUSTON- that the song really picks up disco -wise. Tamla T 54278F (Motown) Craig Bundy, our favorite Arista employee, stopped by the other T 54274F (Motown) 5 5 I WISH STEVIE WONDER-Tamla night with two excellent off-the-wall cuts from two new rock albums 6 7 SOMETHING 'BOUT 'CHA LATIMORE-Glades 1739 (TK) that deserve immediate attention. One is "Danceorama" (5:46) by 7 8 BE MY GIRL DRAMATICS-ABC 12235 through so 8 6 FREE DENIECE WILLIAMS-Columbia 3 10429 a four -man English group called Slik (Arista), which goes 9 9 CAR WASH ROSE ROYCE-MCA 40615 many odd changes that it's sure to throw dancers off the first time 10 14 TRYING TO LOVE TWO WILLIAM BELL-Mercury 73839 around, but the ending is so strong it makes up for everything. The song begins with a burst of dramatic church organ, breaks into a 11 10 DAZZ 51 TIME IS MOVIN' rumbling, thick bass guitar, then vocals with a slight English accent BRICK-Bang 727 CD BLACKBYRDS-Fantasy 787 that resolve themselves into a 12 11 FANCY DANCER 50 THE WAY YOU MAKE and an almost bubblegum simplicity COMMODORES-Motown m ME FEEL dance, dance, dance everybody." It sounds alter- M 1408F chorus of "C'mon MELBA MOORE-Buddah 562 several breaks later, the church organ 13 12 I LIKE TO DO IT nately flimsy and bold until, 66 I WANNA BE NEXT TO YOU KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND- m ROSE ROYCE-MCA 40662 in again and the instrumental section that follows takes you TK 1020 comes 14 15 BODYHEAT 47 49 EVER LOVIN' GIRL soaring in a whole new direction. Very unusual and exciting. The JAMES BROWN-Polydor 14360 TYRONE DAVIS-Dakar DK 4561 15 1ó SPRING AFFAIR/WINTER (Brunswick) other cut is from the new John Miles album-"Stranger in the City" MELODY 54 RIGOR MORTIS (London), produced in London by Rupert Holmes-and it's called DONNA SUMMER-Casablanca COI CAMEO-Chocolate City 005 as it, the 874 55 DISCO LUCY "Slow Down" (4:46) although it sounds, Craig put "like 16 17 LOOK INTO YOUR HEART WILTON PLACE STREET BAND- Bee Gees on speed." "Slow Down" has the drive and energy of ARETHA FRANKLIN-Atlantic Island 078 3373 and Miles 50 35 GET UP AND DANCE "You Should Be Dancing" but at nearly double the pace, 22 AT MIDNIGHT (MY LOVE m MEMPHIS HORNS-RCA yells the vocals like a rocker gone wild. In a class with Randy Pie's WILL LIFT YOU UP) PB 10836 RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA 51 52 SAY YOU LOVE ME "Highway Driver," Rockin' Horse's "Love Do Me Right," and the KHAN-ABC 12239 PATTI AUSTIN-CTI 0J33 best of the Bee Gees or Babe Ruth, both these tracks could get very 23 LOVE IS BETTER IN THE A.M. m 52 53 FEEL THE BEAT (EVERYBODY JOHNNIE TAYLOR-Columbia hot very fast. 3 10478 DISCO) OHIO PLAYERS-Mercury 73881 19 19 HA CHA CHA (FUNKTION) Our favorite single this week begins with this familiar voice calling BRASS CONSTRUCTION- 59 AIN'T GONNA BUMP (WITH the other: Hartman! Mary Hartman!" United Artists XW921 Y ® from one speaker to "Mary NO BIG FAT WOMAN) 20 13 DARLIN' DARLIN' BABY JOE TEX-Epic 8 50313 and slips immediately into a great Salsoul Orchestra -style instru- (SWEET TENDER LOVE) 61 WELCOME TO OUR WORLD O'JAYS-Phila. Intl. ZS8 3610 ED mental that quickly becomes one of the most immediately appeal- (CBS) (OF MERRY LOVE) MASS PRODUCTION-Cotillion ing and enjoyable records we've heard in weeks. It's called "Mary ENJOY YOURSELF 21 18 44213 (Atlantic) THE JACKSONS-Epic 8 50289 Hartman, Mary Hartman," was recorded by a group of studio musi- 22 20 WHEN LOVE IS NEW 55 56 THERE'S LOVE IN THE ARTHUR PRYSOCK-Old Town WORLD (TELL THE LONELY cians going under the name of Sounds of Inner City and produced 1000 PEOPLE) by Vince Montana (no wonder it sounds so much like Salsoul) 28 REACHING FOR THE WORLD MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY- 12241 End (254 West ® HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE ABC and is due out now on Mel Cheren's new label, West NOTES-ABC 12240 65 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN 54, New York 10019). Basically, "MH, MH" is top-level disco orches- 29 DANCIN' m KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND- E1:1 CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR- TK 1022 tration with occasional swoony vocals repeating the title over and De-Lite DE 1588 57 58 LIFE GOES ON over-nothing new, really, but here it works so well it sounds fresh 25 21 EASY TO LOVE FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY- JOE SIMON-Spring 169 RCA PB 10865 all over again. It runs 6:19 and I played it four times the first time I (Polydor) 64 MY LOVE IS FREE heard it. Watch out, "Disco Lucy." 26 24 BE MY GIRL DOUBLE EXPOSURE-Salsoul MICHAEL HENDERSON-Buddah SZ 2012 552 59 60 STAY AWHILE WITH ME 31 SPACE AGE DONNIE GERRARD-Greedy JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH- 0109 Atlantic 3375 60 67 I'M QUALIFIED TO 33 THEME FROM KING KONG SATISFY YOU R&B REGIONAL BREAKOUTS,, (PART I) BARRY WHITE -20th Century LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - TC 2328 20th Century TC 2325 29 30 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE 61 63 I'VE GOT THE SPIRIT Albums BILLY PRESTON-A&M 1893 Singles DANCING / f LEO Bros. 69 LOVE IN 'C' MINOR ` SAYER-Warner WBS 8283 m CERRONE-Cotillion 44215 N 30 25 HOT LINE (Atlantic) East: East: P 4336 SYLVERS-Capitol I WANNA DO IT TO YOU 31 32 ISN'T IT A: SHAME m M 1414F Billy Paul (Phila. Intl.) JERRY BUTLER-Motown Blackbyrds (Fantasy) LABELLE-Epic 8 50315 Manhattans (Columbia) 64 68 COMIN' ROUND THE Rose Royce (MCA) 32 26 I KINDA MISS YOU Enchantment (United Artists) MANHATTANS-Columbia MOUNTAIN KC & The Sunshine Band (TK) Bros. 8309 3 10430 FUNKADELIC-Warner Trammps (Atlantic) 33 36 JUST ANOTHER DAY 65 70 SHO FEELS GOOD South: PEABO BRYSON-Bullet 02 CON FUNK SHUN-Mercury (Bang) 73883 South: Billy Paul (Phila. Intl.) 34 37 WAKE UP AND BE (Columbia) 66 - DISCO INFERNO Rose Royce (MCA) Manhattans SOMEBODY TRAMMPS-Atlantic 3389 Diana Ross (Motown) BRAIN STORM-Tabu 10811 Joe Tex (Epic) (RCA) - PARTY Band (TK) Mass Production (Cotillion) SILK-Prelude 71084 KC & The Sunshine 47 THERE WILL COME A DAY Mass Production (Cotillion) 68 72 YOUR REAL GOOD THING'S Midwest: ® (I'M GONNA HAPPEN Butler (Motown) ABOUT TO COME TO AN Jerry Enchantment (United Artists) TO YOU) Trammps (Atlantic) SMOKEY ROBINSON-Tamla END Mass Production (Cotillion) T 54279F (Motown) PAULETTE REEVES-Blue Candle Millie Jackson (Spring) 1518 (TK) 41 BOOGIE CHILD West: BEE GEES-RSO RS 867 (Polydor) 75 WHERE IS THE LOVE m RALPH MacDONALD-Marlin Midwest: 45 BLESSED IS THE WOMAN Billy Paul (Phila. Intl.) 3308 (TK) Melba Moore (Buddah) (WITH A MAN LIKE MINE) Diana Ross (Motown) 70 LET'S STEAL AWAY TO THE SHIRLEY BROWN-Arista 0231 - Rose Royce (MCA) HIDEAWAY 38 38 FEEL FREE Jerry Butler (Motown) LUTuER INGRAM-Koko 724 FOUR TOPS-ABC 12236 Trammps (Atlantic) 71 Rs .IS MEDLEY 44 TOO HOT TO STOP QUINCY JONES-A&M 1909 Luther Ingram (Koko) BAR KAYS-Mercury 73888 72 74 FOR ELISE 40 46 I TRIED TO TELL MYSELF PH I LARMON ICS-Capricorn -Hi 2322 (London) 0286 (W B) West: 41 42 LOVE TO THE WORLD 73 - DOUBLE DUTCH Quincy Jones (A&M) LTD-A&M 1897 FATBACK BAND-Spring SP 171 42 40 SPY FOR THE BROTHERHOOD (Polydor) MIRACLES-Columbia 3 10464 74 - I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE 43 BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW MILLIE JACKSON-Spring 170 43 (Polydor) NORM A N CONNORS FEATURING 75 - DR. FUNKENSTEIN -Buddah BDA 554 PARLIAMENT-Casablanca 875 100 RECORD WORLD MARCH 5, 1977

www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com 19t THE R&B §9t3:),0 THE JAll LP CHART LP CHART VVORLD JAZZ u MARCH 5, 1977 By ROBERT PALMER e MARCH 5, 1977 1. SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE Horizon, Delmark, Black Saint, Muse, and Fantasy/Prestige/Miles- STEVIE WONDER/Tamla 113 340C2 1. IN FLIGHT (Motown) tone have all come up with multiple releases during the last two GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BSK 2983 weeks, and that's a 2. ASK RUFUS lot of jazz. When combined with smaller releases 2. A SECRET PLACE RUFUS/ABC AB 975 from other companies, it's a bit too much to absorb at GROVER WASHINGTON, JR./Kudu KU all once. But 3251 (Motown) 3. AHH ... THE NAME IS BOOTSY, our turntables have been humming, and are some firm 3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS BABY! personal favorites. THE BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy F 9518 BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND/Warner Bros. BS 2972 We've said it before and we'll say it again: A&M Horizon's policy 4. ROOTS QUINCY JONES/A&M SP 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS of recording a variety of musical styles is an intelligent and com- 4626 BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy F 9518 mendable approach to the marketing of jazz. Nothing in the new 5. IMAGINARY VOYAGE JEAN LUC PONTY/Atlantic SD 18195 5. CAR WASH (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) Horizon release is quite as earth -shaking as Charlie Haden's "Close- MCA 2 6000 ness," the Revolutionary Ensemble's "The People's Republic," 6. VIBRATIONS or ROY AYERS UBIQUITY/Polydor PD 1 6091 6. THIS IS NIECY Sonny Fortune's two albums, but it's a DENIECE WILLIAMS/Columbia PC 34232 solid release and, of course, 7. CALIENTE a well-balanced one. Mel Lewis GATO BARBIERI/A&M SP 7. ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT has taken a holiday from the big 4597 THELMA HOUSTON/Tamla T6 345S1 band he co -leads with Thad Jones to record a small band date, "Mel 8. MY SPANISH HEART (Motown) Lewis and Friends," and with , Ron Carter, Hank CHICK COREA/Polydor PD 9003 8. PERSON TO PERSON Jones, Michael Brecker,, Cecil Bridgewater, 9. GEORGE BENSON IN CONCERT- AVERAGE WHITE BAND/Atlantic SD2 and Gregory Herbert in- 1002 cluded in the cast, and a notable absence of amplified CARNEGIE HALL instruments, CTI 6072 S1 (Motown) 9. IN FLIGHT the result swings. has his first American release in some GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BSK 2983 10. RENAISSANCE years on Horizon, titled "Don Cherry." The trumpet style LONNIE LISTON 10. THE JACKSONS he intro- SMITH/RCA APL1 1822 Epic PE 34229 duced as a member of the original quartet has 11. BREEZIN' 11. A SECRET PLACE been updated with amplification and an ostinato -based rhythmic GEORGE BENSON/Warner Bros. BS 2919 GROVER WASHINGTON, JR./Kudu KU 32S1 (Motown) style. Also new from Horizon: "25th Anniversary Reunion" by the 12. CARICATURES DONALD BYRD/Blue Note BN LA633 G 12. GOOD HIGH Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring, of course, Paul Desmond, Gene BRICK/Bang 408 Wright, and Joe Morello, and "Gerry Niewood and Timepiece" 13. MAIN SQUEEZE by CHUCK MANGIONE/A&M SP 4618 13. LET 'EM IN the former Chuck Mangione saxophonist, a BILLY PAUL/Phila. Intl. PZ 34389 (CBS) fronting group which in- cludes Rick Laird and Dave 14. MAN WITH THE SAD FACE 14. JOY RIDE Samuels. STANLEY TURRENTINE/Fantasy F 9519 DRAMATICS/ABC ABCD 955 Delmark has begun a series of albums releasing for the first time 15. SCHOOL DAYS 15. UNPREDICTABLE performances from the vaults STANLEY CLARKE/Nemperor NE 439 NATALIE COLE/Capitol SO 11600 of one of the earliest black -owned in- (Atlantic) 16. ROOTS dependent record companies, United. The first three 1ps are "Some- 16. I HEARD THAT!! QUINCY JONES/A&M SP 4626 body Done Stole My Blues" by Chris Woods, "Bad Bascomb" by QUINCY JONES/A&M SP 3705 17. DISCO INFERNO Paul Bascomb, and "Because of You" by Tab Smith, and they consist THE TRAMMPS/Atlantic SD 18211 17. SOPHISTICATED FUNK of masters from the 1950s by three excellent JACK McDUFF/Chess 19004 (All Platinum) 18. METHOD TO THE MADNESS saxophonists, fronting UNDISPUTED TRUTH/Whitfield WH 2967 jumping, blues -based jazz combos. The veteran blues and jazz singer 18. BAREFOOT BALLET (WB) JOHN KLEMMER/ABC Edith Wilson has a new Ip on Delmark, "He May Be Your Man (But ABCD 950 19. REACHING FOR THE WORLD 19. SOLID HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE He Comes to See Me Sometimes)," with an all-star backing group NOTES/ MICHAEL HENDERSON/Buddah 5662 ABC AB 969 featuring Little Brother Montgomery, Franz and Preston Jackson, and 20. BIRD IN A SILVER CAGE 20. CARICATURES Truck Parham. Delmark has also released an DONALD BYRD/Blue Note LA633 G (UA) album of New Orleans HERBIE MANN/Atlantic SD 18209 jazz by trombonist Jim Robinson on its 21. BRASS CONSTRUCTION II Pearl subsidiary, "Economy 21. STILL CAN'T SAY ENOUGH United Artists LA677 G Hall Breakdown." JOHN LEE & GERRY BROWN/Blue Note BN LA701 G 22. IT FEELS (UA) SO GOOD The most significant of the new releases in terms of contemporary MANHATTANS/Columbia PC 34450 22. HAPPINESS HEARTACHES 23. A MAN AND A WOMAN developments are five from the Italian Black Saint label, which is BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS/ Warner Bros. BS ISAAC HAYES & DIONNE WARWICK/ distributed here through New Music Distribution Service, 6 West 2981 ABC AB 996 2 95th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027. "In: Sanity" by the 360 Degree 23. SHADES 24. AN EVENING WITH DIANA ROSS KEITH JARRETT/ABC/Impulse ASD 9322 Motown M7 877R2 Musical Experience of Beaver Harris and Dave Burrell is a virtual 24. HANK CRAWFORD'S BACK 25. DO IT YOUR WAY epic, a two -record set that combines a steel drum ensemble, flute, HANK CROWN CRAWFORD/Kudu 33S1 (Motown) HEIGHTS AFFAIR/De-Lite 2022 and sitar with the more conventional jazz instruments of Burrell, 26. SO SO SATISFIED 25. LIVING INSIDE YOUR LOVE ASHFORD & SIMPSON/Warner Bros. Harris, bassist Cecil McBee, and saxophonists Azar Lawrence and EARL KLUGH/Blue Note BN LA667 G (UA) BS 2992 Hamiet Bluiett. "Holding Together" is the long-awaited first album 26. SEAWIND 27. JEAN CARN by saxophonist Oliver Lake's quartet, and it is a is CTI 5002 Phila. Intl. PZ 34394 (CBS) gem. "Trickles" 27. PASTELS 28. DEEP IN MY SOUL the first album by soprano saxophonist to be widely avail- RON CARTER/Milestone M 9073 SMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla T6 350 S1 able here in some years. It was Lacy who pioneered the use of the (Motown) soprano, now the most popular of , in modern jazz. 28. JIMMY OWENS 29. TOO HOT TO STOP With Horizon SP 712 (A&M)

BAR KAYS/Mercury SRM 1 1099 him on this excellent album are trombonist Roswell Rudd, bassist 29. IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW 30. FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE Kent Carter, and drummer Beaver Harris. The other Black Saints are PHOEBE SNOW/Columbia PC 34387 DONNA SUMMER/Casablanca NBLP 7038 "Healing Force," a solo piano album by Don Pullen, and "Il Giro Del 31. SPIRIT 30. SLEEPING GYPSY MICHAEL FRANKS/Warner Bros. BS 3004 EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia PC 34241 Giorno In 80 Mondi" by trumpeter Enrico Rava, a 1972 session which 32. FEELING GOOD the label is reissuing. 31. THE BEST OF THE CRUSADERS ABC Blue Thumb BTSY 6072/2 WALTER JACKSON/ChiSound CH The transformation of tenor titan Sonny Rollins into Mr. Funk is LA656 G (UA) 32. SOUND OF A DRUM 33. VIBRATIONS complete on Rollins' new Milestone album, "The Way I Feel." RALPH MacDONALD/Marlin 2202 (TK) ROY AYERS UBIQUITY/Polydor PD 1 6091 Patrice Rushen, Billy Cobham, Bill Summers, Lee Ritenour, and Alex 33. THE LION AND THE RAM 34. ENCHANTMENT Blake help out, and whether one likes the direction or not, the album LARRY CORYELL/Arista 4109 United Artists LA682 G 34. CAPRICORN PRINCESS is certainly a more coherent statement than Rollins' previous funk 35. OPEN SESAME ESTHER PHILLIPS/Kudu 31 (CTI) KOOL & THE GANG/De-Lite 2023 effort on Milestone, "Nucleus." Also new from Milestone, and more 35. MISTER MAGIC 36. PART 3 predictably fusion -oriented, is the GROVER WASHINGTON/Kudu KU2OS1 label debut of bassist Ron Carter, (Motown) KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND/TK 605 whose "Pastels" features Kenny Barron, Harvey Mason, and a string THAT 36. UNPREDICTABLE 37. AIN'T A BITCH NATALIE JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON/DJM ensemble arranged by Carter and Don Sebesky. In the same F/P/M COLE/Capitol SO 11600 DJLPA 3 (Amherst) release, vibraphonist Cal Tjader has "At Grace Cathedral," a live 37. THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR 38. WELCOME TO OUR WORLD recording. LETTA MBULU/A&M SP 4609 MASS PRODUCTION/Cotillion 38. VERY TOGETHER SD 9910 (Atlantic) Kenny Barron turns up again on another bassist's album, "Crystal DEODATO/MCA 2219 39. THE CLONES OF DR. FUNKENSTEIN Reflections" by (Muse). Included on the date are 39. #2 PARLIAMENT/Casablanca NBLP 7014 COUNT BASIE/Pablo 2310 Roy Ayers, , and , all having a good time in 786 (RCA) 40. KING SIZE 40. FOCAL POINT B. B. KING/ABC AB 977 (Continued on page 108) McCOY TYNER/Milestone M 9072

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com RW Hosts Classical Awards Party

At the Opera Club of the Metropolitan Opera on February 14, stars, critics and record, Ernest Gilbert and Red Seal director, Thomas A. Shepard. RW editor -in -chief record executives gathered to celebrate the fourth annual Record World Classical Sid Parnes and publisher Bob Austin have a before -awards drink with RCA's Herb Critics Awards. For the first time we had a solo winner in the Keyboard category, Heiman and Angel's John Coveney, while the N.Y. Post's Robert Kimball chats with Paul Jacobs, who recorded Debussy Etudes for Nonesuch; he is shown above left Shepard. Jim Frey of DG gives the party a light touch and wins the laughter of Angel's chatting with Donald Martino, whose "Paradiso Choruses" Golden Crest won the Tony Caronia and Austin, but things really get going when Coveney leads Tracey citation for Best Contemporary Work of 1976. Smiling as he accepts the award for from Sterne of Nonesuch in a Viennese wa tz. The question that seems to come to Nancy RW's Classical Editor Speight Jenkins, Jacobs then has a few words with Columbia Zannini's mind as she watches these proceedings has nothing to do with the several producer Andrew Kazdia, responsible for two of Columbia's award winning discs. Few awards Philips received. An even more arresting moment for N.Y. music comes in the records have as notable sponsors as Miss Alice Tully, above in deep conversation with survey of food about to be eaten by RW panelist and N.Y. Times music critic John Robert White, the tenor who made a hit with his "When You and I Were Young Rockwell by the Metropolitan Opera's Wendy Hanson and her colleague David Reu- Maggie," disc, an album of American songs with an Irish lilt originally suggested by ben. The verdict must have been positive, for Rockwell ate some mare as he talked Miss Tullly. The lady next has a word with two RCA executives responsible for the with Jenkins and met RW art director Michael Schanzer.

New WB Department ASCAP Revenues (Continued from page 4) Casablanca Taps Mackie (Continued from page 4) .ve intend to maintain this leader- ASCAP's William "Billy" Tay- LOS ANGELES - Casablanca gehr will report directly to board ship-which is visible not only in lor, noted composer -conductor Record and FilmWorks has chairman and president Mo income figures but in last week's and a prominent jazz music fig- named Gene Mackie director of Ostin. Grammy Awards. With hard ure, presented the report of the credit and accounting services, Expansion work, we hope to do even better executive committee. Gerald effective immediately,. In his new Regehr states that the depart- in 1977. ASCAP has always been Marks, chairman of the public post, Mackie will oversee all number one because we have al- relations committee, addressed and ment will be concerned with a credit accounting systems concept of artist career services ways had the greats-right from the membership on ASCAP's pub- for the Casablanca organization. including, tours, personal ap- the start-in 1914-and we still lic relations activities since the Mackie comes to Casablanca license three generations of mu- last west coast in Sep- pearances, television, radio, meeting from ABC Records where he sical greats today." press, and broadcast news. tember. served for the past eight years as Regehr also revealed that in the Report manager of systems and billing. next few weeks both Merlis and Prior to the general business 'Car Wash' Platinum Previously, he was with Columbia Scott will be announcing per- meeting, ASCAP's general coun- LOS ANGELES - "Car Wash," Records. sonnel expansions in their re- sel, Bernard Korman and legal the MCA single from the film Mackie will be headquartered spective areas, in line with the assistant Fred Konigsberg gave a soundtrack of the same name, at Casablanca's recently expand- widened scope of the depart- report on the new copyright law performed by Rose Royce, has ed Los Angeles offices and will ments comprehensive artist and its impact and future appli- been certified platinum by the report to Ed Conway, director of coverage program. cation. RIAA. finance.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com CLASSICAL WORLD Angel Promotes Wilson Audio Arts Taps LOS ANGELES-Alex Wilson, an employee of Capitol Records Barbara Lawrence for the past four years, has been LOS ANGELES - Madelon RETAIL REPORT named classical regional man- Baker, president of Audio Arts, ager for the midwest, according Inc., has appointed Barbara MARCH 5, 1977 FOSS: PRAIRIE-Foss-Turnabout to Raoul Montano, general Lawrence, recent director of CLASSIC OF THE WEEK JEAN PIERRE RAMPAL PLAYS MOZART manager, Angel public relations for the Los FLUTE CONCERTOS-RCA Records. An- MEYERBEER' geles Bicentennial Committee, LEPROPNETE JEAN PIERRE RAMPAL PLAYS Wilson will be responsible for HORNE SCOTTO M'CRACKEN ROMANTIC FLUTE CONCERTOS-RCA sales and promotion of all classi- to direct marketing and public MOZART, ROSSINI: ARIAS-Von Stade- cal product on the Angel/Sera- relations for the Hollywood Philips phim/Capitol Of The World music establishment's interests. OFFENBACH: LA VIE PARISIENNE- labels While handling promotion Crespin-Angel beginning March 1. He for will be based in Chicago. Audio Arts recording studios FREDERICA VON STADE SINGS FRENCH and music publishing company, OPERA ARIAS-Columbia Background which includes a VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO-Price, large Jimmy Domingo, Milnes, Levine-RCA Wilson joined Capitol in 1972 Webb catalogue, Ms. Lawrence WEILL RETROSPECTIVE-DG as a customer service representa- will direct a marketing campaign MEYERBEER tive in the Los Angeles branch for the mini -synthesizer, Stylo - LE PROPHETE ROSE DISCOUNT/CHICAGO office where he has spent the phone 350s, for which Audio Arts HORNE, SCOTTO, McCRACKEN, last three and a half years as a has acquired national distribu- JOSE CARRERAS SINGS RARE ITALIAN salesman. LEWIS OPERA ARIAS-Philips tion rights. Columbia : A LEGENDARY PERFORMER-RCA y(Continued from page 4) C1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111/11111111111,1111111111111111111111111111..11111111112 GLUCK: ARIAS-Baker-Philips LP Activit BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK son Airplane (Grunt), Mary MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Horne, Mac- above artists were making their MEYERBEER: LE PROPHETE-Horne, Gregor, Undisputed Levine-RCA Truth (Whit- recording debuts indicates s Scotto, McCracken, Lewis- that MEYERBEER: LE PROPHETE-Horne, Scotto, field), Marshall Tucker Band and Columbia even for a smaller label McCracken, Lewis-Columbia Sea Level (Capricorn), Renais- able to `_- FREDERICA VON STADE SINGS OFFENBACH: LE VIE PARISIIENNE-Crespin sance (Sire) and concentrate its efforts on just a E FRENCH OPERA ARIAS-Columbia Utopia (Bears - -Angel ville). The few artists, VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO- fact that only Mac- the process of expo- FREDERICA VON STADE SINGS FRENCH Price, Domingo, Milnes, Levine Gregor and Sea Level of the sure is not an - OPERA ARIAS-Columb a easy one. RCA TOMITA: PLANETS-RCA VERDI: MACBETH-Cossotto, Milnes, Muti-Angel VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO-Price, :1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ionuuum11111111111111111111111111111 j Domingo, Milnes, Levine-RCA The Number One Classical WAGNER: DIE MEISTERSINGER-Kollo, KORVETTES/U.S. Bailey, Solti-London Record Of 1976 Continues BIZET: CARMEN, L'ARLESIENNE SUITES- Stokowski-Columbia TOWER RECORDS/SAN DIEGO To Shine In 1977! JOSE CARRERAS SINGS RARE ITALIAN BACH: BRANDENBURG OPERA ARIAS-Philips CONCERTOS- Muenchinger-London DONIZETTI: GEMMA DI VERGY-Caballe, Queler-Columbia BARBER: VANESSA-Steber, Mitropolous IN HIS FIRST JAZZ RECORDING MEYERBEER: LE PROPHETE-Horne, Scotto, -RCA McCracken, Lewis-Columbia HAYDN: MINUETS-Dorati-London JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL, Flutist MOZART, ROSSINI: ARIAS-Von Stade- Philips MEYERBEER: LE PROPHETE-Horne, Scotto, SUITE FOR FLUTE McCracken, Lewis-Columbia JEAN PIERRE RAMPAL PLAYS MOZART FLUTE CONCERTOS-RCA LUCIANO PAVAROTTI SINGS FAVORITE AND SACRED MUSIC-London FREDERICA VON STADE SINGS FRENCH CLAUDE BOLLING, OPERA ARIAS-Columbia JEAN PIERRE RAMPAL PLAYS ROMANTIC SIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 1, FINLANDIA FLUTE CONCERTOS-RCA Pianist/Composer -Davis-Philips RENATA SCOTTO IN SERENATA- MARCEL SABIANI, DRUMS VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO-Price, Columbia MAX HÉDIGUER, STRING BASS Domingo, Milnes, Levine-RCA SIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 1, FINLANDIA VERDI: MACBETH-Cossotto, Milnes, Muti -Angel -Davis-Philips TOMITA: THE PLANETS-RCA SAM GOODY/EAST COAST TOWER RECORDS/ BACH: CANTATAS, VOL. VI-Harnoncourt -Telefunken SAN FRANCISCO BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 5, PIANO BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS- CONCERTO-Bernstein-DG Muenchinger-London CONCERT OF THE CENTURY-Columbia BERLIOZ: ROMEO ET JULIETTE-Ozawa- MOZART, ROSSINI: ARIAS-Von Stade- DG Philips DONIZETTI: GEMMA DE VERGY-Caballe, FREDERICA VON STADE SINGS FRENCH Queler-Columbia OPERA ARIAS-Columbia M 33233 GRIEG: SONGS-Flagstad-London VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO-Price, Domingo, Milnes, Muti-RCA HAYDN: MINUETS-Dorati-London VERDI: MACBETH: Cossotto, Milnes, Muti MEYERBEER: = -Angel LE PROPHETE-Horne, Scotto, Rampal and Bolling McCracken, WEILL RETROSPECTIVE-DG Lewis-Columbia PACHELBEL: KANON-Paillard-RCA Fast Turnover KING KAROL/N.Y. VERDI: MACBETH-Cossotto, Milnes, Muti -Angel BEETHOVEN: "WALDSTEIN," OTHER SONATAS-Ax-RCA WEILL RETROSPECTIVE-DG JOSE CARRERAS SINGS RARE ITALIAN WOLF FERRARI: SECRET OF SUZANNE- OPERA ARIAS-Philips London

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com RECORD WORLD ...LATIN AMERICAN Record World en Miami By RICKY CORREOSO DESDE NUESTR Es motivo de preocupación, el bien conocido como el "Ameri- hecho de que en la "Capital del cano Terrífico", quien a la vez INTERNACIONAL Sol" haya bajado de popularidad dice que él encuentra todo esto RINCON la llamada música "salsa". El muy extraño. "En un viaje recien- programa que hasta hace tres se- te aquí - nos sigue diciendo - By TOMAS FUNDORA Las actuaciones de Raphael en el "Felt Forum" manas venía patrocinando Fania Johnny Pacheco trajo a 5000 per- Square Garden de Nueva York, fue- Records en la emisora local sonas al lugar donde actuaba, del Madison exitosas. Con una capacidad de WFAB con la animación de Art conjuntamente con Celia Cruz," ron en extremo Raphael logró lleno en dos funcio- Kapper (Arturito) agrava esta si- Adalberto Santiago y los Kimbos, 5000 personas, a las claras que el artista espa- tuación. 2000 y así puedo seguir dando nes, lo cual indica más maduro y ya en pleno dominio de sus Como ya se sabe, el contrato números, lo cual indica que cada ñol, aligeradas totalmente de sus explosio- que mantenía la firma disquera y vez que uno de estos músicos o facultades, nes de ego, muy normales en un artista que como la United Broadcasting Co. Em- artistas vienen a Miami a dar un multitudes, vuelve a recuperar presa ésta, que opera a WFAB baile, traen gente. Arturito es la Raphael conquistó los mercados donde se encontraba (Miami), Kali (L.A.) y WBNX (N. persona que puso de moda y ori- cada uno de sea aún más consolidada su posición ar- York), no se pudieron poner de ginalmente trajo la "salsa" a Mia- débil. Quizás ahora las actuaciones del cantante n6 fueron tan exi- acuerdo en la renovación de éste. mi, cuando animaba un show en tística. Por supuesto, hace tosas comercialmente en sus presentaciones en Tampa, Florida, pero Héctor Viera una emisora local en inglés, ya cerca de 8 ó 10 años. Actual- el hecho no cae totalmente en la responsabilidad de sus represen- La "salsa" ha bajado de popu- en un night tantes o del artista específicamente, ya que el área se encuentra mo- laridad entre los programadores mente está de D.J. de esta ciudad. Era el que vilizada en contra de la única estación radial que lanza al aire música de música en las diferentes - club el show de Fania local- latina y por consiguiente lleva fuertemente la promoción de cualquier soras Latinas del área. Cuando le animaba mente. espectáculo en esa especialidad. El grato amigo Woody García, que preguntamos a Héctor Viera, di- por más de 17 años dirigió las actividades en Español de esa muy rector de programas de WCMQ- Actualmente, es- popular emisora entre la comunidad latina en gran parte debido a AM, si la salsa estaba muriendo tá tratando de negociar tres ho- su tesonera labor, ha sido separado abruptamen- en Miami, éste contestó: "La ras diarias en alguna emisora lo- te de sus labores radiales, ya sea de modo directo "salsa" murió hace mucho tiem- cal aunque todavía no se conoce o indirecto, por los ejecutivos de Radio WSOL. po debido a la fuerza que cuál. Esperamos que así sea, para aquí," Responsable ante la comunidad por el hecho de ha cobrado al "disco music" en que nuestra herencia latina no haber sido declarado Tampa, condado bilingüe Miami. "Hemos hecho un "sur- muera a través de la música. Las en la Florida y multitud de funciones y empeños vey" con una compañía de Me- Compañías de discos que tienen a favor de la comunidad, las instituciones cívicas dia Research y éste indicó, que "salsa" entre sus catálogos, tie- y comerciales del área han mostrado un frente la salsa no era del agrado de nen la palabra. unido y de apoyo total a Woody García, en con- nuestra audiencia." Greta tra de la decisión de la planta radial. Es muy po- Nuestra emisora hermana en sible que el amigo se ubique en otra emisora, decidida a ir tam- FM programaba este tipo de mú- Record World bién hacia lo latino ante la agresividad y energía que está mostrando sica par de años atrás. Cuando área últimamente y que por años se mostró dormida. tratamos de definir !a personali- En Colombia ese (La Fabulosa) de Miami, del dad de esta emisora cambiándo- By WILLIAM VINASCO CH. La otrora pujante estación radial WFAB Richard Eaton ha salido le el formato de programación, Se acabó la primera emisora conglomerado radial de esta semana y según el F.C.C., (Federal a baladas y balada beat e instru- musical de Bogotá. "Radio Te- del aire siempre. Du- mental, en otras palabras, lo que quendama" que siempre había Communications Bureau) será para 12 la Fabulosa dirigió los des- se conoce como "Mor Station," marcado la pauta de los éxitos, rante más de años, (middle of the Road) aumenta- llegando a convertirse en la tinos noticiosos y musicales de Miami, brindando a la co- mos la audiencia, lo cual demues- emisora "lanzadiscos" por exce- en ocasiones amplios y fecundos servicios Fueron mu- tra también, que fué un éxito el lencia, y a través de la cual des- munidad que le daba vida y vigencia. cambio." filaron las más importantes fi- chas las irregularidades condenadas por el F.C.C. la pero para mí, la más Cuco Arias de WOCN nos dice: guras del mundo del disco, cam- Charlie Palmieri en los manejos de planta, "Sin duda alguna, la salsa está bió de dueños y actualmente dolorosa fué la total y absoluta apatía con que los decayendo", sin embargo, la salsa sigue una línea musical indefini- altos dignatarios de la empresa la condujeron. Fueron muchos los siempre mantendrá su público." da. Parece, sin embargo - para hombres los que dedicaron sus mejores años a la superación de la "Actualmente programamos tres satisfacción de la gente de buen WFAB, pero todos al final recibieron el mismo pago. números de salsa por hora. Espe- gusto - que el vacío que se Harvey Averne de Coco Records producirá una larga duración de ramos continuar con el mismo siente en los 770 khz comienza Eydie Gormé y Danny Rivera, cantando a dúo. La formato de programación, en el a cubrirlo en buena forma la grabación es un esfuerzo mancomunado de Gala futuro, esto depende por supues- nueva "Radio Musical" orienta- Records y Graffitti, ambas distribuidas por Coco. to, de nuestra puntuación en los da por Gonzalo Ayala, quien ... CBS lanzó en Colombia el álbum titulado próximos surveys. Pero estamos pretende repetir el éxito logrado "Greta Vol. 2" por esta intérprete. ¡Muy comercial conscientes de que la salsa sí está con "Radio Tequendama", lo el repertorio!... Charlie Palmieri "teipeó" una se- WMEW- decayendo. que seguramente no será tarea cuencia del programa "Black News" para Mayito Ruiz de WQBA "La Cu- fácil dado el auge que entre la TV (Canal 5) de Nueva York. La entrevista fué con- Como Records lanzó banísica" cuenta que "mantienen juventud han tomado las dos Claudio Roman ducida por Marion Watson... "Páginas del Alma" del de tres a cuatro números por ho- emisoras vecinas en el dial de el sencillo conteniendo Ralph Lew ha sido nombrado ra en su programación" también. "Radio Musical": "Radio Capital nuevo álbum de Yolandita Monge... Nueva Considero que la salsa ha decaído y "Radio Visión." La labor es du- Director de Publicidad y Propaganda de Fania Records en Está éxito Fernando Calle en Colombia en un 15% debido a las peticio- ra pero no imposible. Esperamos York. ¡Saludos Ralph!... de talentoso compositor argen- nes de nuestros oyentes. ver triunfar a la mejor! con "Te Necesito" en el sello CBS...El estuvo varios días de visita en Miami, reponien- Johnny Pacheco Rafaella Carra se anota otro tino Claudio Román (Continued on page 105) Localizamos a Arturito, más (Continued on page 105)

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Raphael from Spain was a smash success at the Felt Forum at Madi- En (Continued from page 104) son Square Garden in New York last week. Over 9000 fans attended Colombia éxito en Colombia al the two performances of the singer, showing very clearly that he is "pegar" si- ducción de Danny Daniel, se en- multáneamente again at the top after a period of four years. Raphael, the singer who las versiones en cuentra un derroche de calidad y completely changed the picture in the Latin and Spanish music world, Italiano y Español de su nuevo buen gusto que seguramente la is showing a lot more of professionalism without any kind of ego ex- tema "En el amor todo es empe- llevará una vez más a ocupar los plosion, which clearly demonstrates that now, after an already suc- zar." primeros lugares en las listas del Trino Mora, del cessful career, he is totally sharp as a singer and even more so, as sello "Scor- mundo. pio" lanza el reemplazo de "De- Apareció el segundo a very cooperative and understanding artist. I do not doubt that he número will stay at the top for years to come. On the other hand, his per- sesperanza". Se trata de una de "Discjockey", el mejor catálo- formances in Tampa, Fla. were not so successful, but not because of atractiva versión del tema "Mi de- go de música culta para los colec- lirio" que se ubicara his faults or those of his representative but because of a very peculiar muy bien cionistas de nuestro país. crisis among the civil and commercial associations and radio station hace ya bastante tiempo en la Raphael voz de WSOL located in Tampa. Woody García, responsible for the success Astrud Gilberto. "El Hotel Tequendama" anun- of their programming in Spanish during 17 years, had, been forced, Increíble el grado de publici- cia da presentación para los días dad que ha alcanzado la cantante either directly or indirectly, to step out of his position as such. Even 3 y 4 de Marzo del "Monstruo de Claudia though Woody is considering several offers from other radio stations en los últimos meses, y la canción", el hispano Raphael. todo sin que la CBS, su disquera, in the area that are contemplating taking a bite of the Latin market Crece la expectativa en momen- gaste un in that territory, which is showing aggressiveness and stamina, the solo centavo. Primero tos en que Hispavox ha puesto en problem is heavy since most of the advertisers have been cancelling fué el "bombazo" de su matri- circulación un extenso que inclu- con their contracts with the radio station in order to back up the man monio el publicista Rodrigo ye magníficas interpretaciones de Restrepo, considerado como la that made possible for Tampa to be declared a "bilingual county" tradicionales temas latinoameri- and many other civic accomplishments and goals obtained through boda del '76, y luego los insisten- canos, presentados con carátula the development of his career serving WSOL and the Latin com- tes rumores de un inminente di- de lujo. munity in the area. vorcio. Ahora parece que con el Amparito; quien llevó la repre- anuncio de una próxima visita de sentación de nuestro Latin radio station WFAB in Miami, the number one station for país al pa- la "cigüeña" Claudia seguirá sado festival de la O.T.I., prepara a period of 14 years, went off the air last week following a lot siendo no solamente "de Colom- maletas para continuar su reco- of complaints and irregularities that the FCC had been closely follow- bia" sino también de Restrepo. rrido por el mundo, pero esta vez ing. Now, after a lot of fights in the courts, the station has been forced Todo hace pensar que éste se- como vocalista de la famosa So- to step out of the business. Many of the irregularities considered by rá el año de Tony Carpenter en nora Matancera cuyos directores the FCC are easy to understand when a radio station has not been Colombia. Así lo da a entender apreciaron su pegajoso working in an organized way, but the fact that really works against estilo la secuencia con que sus cancio- afro -cubano en la pasada the radio station in the Latin community is the great efforts achieved "Feria nes adquieren popularidad en de Cali". by most of the executives that expend years of hard work making nuestro medio: "Pequeña Flor", Ojalá en la próxima gira que a very successful operation out of the station, receiving at the end "Eres ya Mujer", "Por Amor", y realizará Betty Missiego more or less the same treatment from the top executives that were por nues- ahora "Sígueme." tro continente, esté incluida managing the station, owned and operated by Richard Eaton. Co- Con Donna Hightower, el sello lombia. Conocedores de la cali- Harvey Averne from Coco Records is producing an Ip featuring Columbia continúa su onda as- dad de esta peruana radicada en Eydie Gorme and Danny Rivera as a duo. The recording is a joint ef- cendente en hits discográficos. España, estamos seguros de que fort lay the Gala and Graffitti labels, both distributed by Coco ... CBS En su último lp bajo la dirección sus actuaciones serían aquí todo (Continued on page 106) de Juan Carlos Calderón y la pro - un éxito.

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Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 105) LATIN AMERICAN released in Colombia an album titled "Greta Vol. 2" by this singer. A very commercial package!... Charlie Palmieri taped a segment for "Black News" for WNEW-TV (Channel 5) in New York. The interview ALBUM PICKS was handled by Marion Watson, host of the show. A live music seg- MIGUEL GALLARDO 2 ment was also taped as Charlie performed with the Allegre -All Stars MIGUEL GALLARDO-EMI-Odeon 1J064-21262 Square Garden on February 4th ...Ralph Lew has been at Madison Con arreglos de Alfredo Domenech y res- and advertising director for Fania Records in appointed promotion paldo por la labor de brillantes músicos, York. Congratulations Ralph! ... Coco Records released a single New el nuevo triunfador español Miguel Ga- Monge titled "Páginas del Alma" from her album "Ho- by Yolandita Ilardo brinda aquí un repertorio muy co- Calle is selling big in Colombia with "Te Ne- reciendo"...Fernando mercial, sentimental y hermoso. "Y tú Argentinian composer Claudio Román was in Mia- cesito" (CBS) ... dónde estás?" (Gallardo), "Canción de after an illness. Gas Records released, mi for a few days recovering amor" (Duncan-Hernner-Gallardo), "Hoy weeks ago in Mexico, where Claudio established his per- several tengo ganas de tí" (Gallardo) y "Tú" (Ga- an album titled "Tangos por el Mundo" with ar- manent residence, llardo). by Mario Marzan. Claudio commented very seriously on rangements With arrangements by Alfredo Domenech and backed by superb the way SADAIC (Argentinian Composers Association) is treating musicians, Miguel Gallardo offers a very commercial and romantic and their creations in the world. He is promising very their members repertoire. "Hay un lugar" (Gallardo), "Quien" (Gallardo), "Y tú comments. important dónde estás?" (Gallardo) and "Love Song." INCREIBLE Caytronics, Melody Pact TANIA-Top Hits TH 2014 La triunfadora Tania de Venezuela en nue- va grabación con temas rítmicos y román- ticos. Arreglos de Víctor Mendoza. "Di corazón" (S. Rexach), "Y porque yo voy a morir" (P. Hernández), "Niégalo" (G. 'Rodríguez) y "Se acabó el amor" (G. Ro- dríguez). Tania from Venezuela in a new package of rhythmical and roman- tic tunes. Arrangements by Víctor Mendoza. "Si llego a besarte" (L.C. Romero), "Al oír tu nombre" (Ramón Acosta Arias), more. RECONSTRUCCION RICARDO RAY & BOBBY CRUZ-Vaya JMVS 57 Vuelven los populares Ray y Cruz en un Joe Cayre and Rinel Sousa from Caytronics Corp., and Ignacio Morales, president of despliegue de ritmo salsero en bella crea- Records, recently signed a distributional agreement in New York, through Melody tividad. El ritmo y la alegría de los músi- which Caytronics will distribute the Melody product in the States, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. cos descubre hermosos mensajes espiri- tuales. Aplausos, reconocimiento y triunfo merece esta producción. "Algo Diferen- te," "Nadie se acuerda de tí," "Vanidad de Vanidades," "El Pregonero" y "Te In- vito a mi casa." Todos los temas de Ricar- Box 921, Beverly Hills do Ray y Bobby Cruz. Calif. 90213 213/276-2726 The very popular Ray and Cruz are back in this beautiful produc- 19 Feb. 1977 tion. The tropical rhythms of salsa carry deep religious messages. Quite a combination! "La Oportunidad," "Juan en la Ciudad," "Cosas Bellas" and "Soy tan Feliz." Mr. Eddie Palmieri CORAZON, CORAZONCITO Coco Records OMAR SANCHEZ-Pronto PHX 2008 Con arreglos de Horacio Malvicino y Ar- New York 10019 mando Patrono, los talentos de la compo- sición Dino Ramos y Omar Sánchez se únen para lograr una muy comercial y Dear Eddie, romántica producción en la cual Omar On Broadway, 7th and 10th Avenues they're call- prueba su talento como intérprete. "Hace Muchas mujeres que te extraño" (Ramos - ing you "Jack, the Giant Killer". Ho ho ! When you Sánchez), "Pero Vives" (Ramos -Ch. Nova- began recording our tunes we recognized you as a rro), "Amnesia" (Ramos -Sánchez) y otras. winner. Everyone's "Masterpiece" should be so With arrangements by H. Malvicino and A. Patrono, Omar Sán- chez from Argentina performs a very commercial and romantic pack- "Unfinished" ! All your friends on the Coast send age, written mostly by Dino Ramos and himself. Good production! ycu their love and congratulations on your Grammy "Hay tristezas" (Ramos -Sánchez), "Una Noche no es bastante," "Tu dcuble-whammy. amor y el Mío," "Alas Nuevas" and "Vuélvete."

Fondly, Soul Trut h(Continued from page 98) Lynch was being investigated about trade-outs in advertising on that station and failure to pay taxes Oliver Ugerfcner on unreported income received over a period of three years. It is alleged that Lynch had not paid taxes on monies earned and had received goods which were Hall of Fame Music Co. * Editorial Musicabana advertised. When contacted, Lynch's attorney, Ms. Lucille Watts,. informed this editor that his "nuestra música es la del pueblo" trial date was scheduled for the beginning of Febru- ary but was postponed. Ms. Watts is part of National Alliance For Black Communicators, which was formed some time ago.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Charlie Cale/%: 111.1111111111111111IIII1111111111111111111111111131111111,11111111111111111 Court Awards Heart CLUB REVIEW Still Producing Hit Arrangements Tapes To Mushroom Andrew Gold Settling By PAT BAIRD SEATTLE - On Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1977, Down As A Solo Artist NEW YORK-"There are a lot sections on two of Springsteen's Federal District Court in NEW YORK-This of advantages (for the artist) to "Born to Run" tracks. Seattle, Wash., awarded was Andrew have an arranger/producer. Mushroom Records the studio Gold's (Asylum) first tour as a Even "When I took the project I was when master tapes to songs previously solo artist, out of the shadow of I'm hired as an arranger, I very busy and didn't have the recorded by Heart Linda Ronstadt, for whom he has still basically produce." chance to really listen to the for the group's second album, entitled "Maga- been opening concerts and play- Charlie Calello has played one songs," he said. "When I met zine." Heart was further re- ing guitar for some time. And or both of those roles on a string Bruce at the studio to listen to strained from recording, produc- while his writing talents were as of hit records beginning in the the tracks I said it sounded like ing, or selling such songs obvious as ever, his abilities as early '60s with The Four Seasons' rock and roll Dylan, something he during the pendency of the a performer were partially hidden "Dawn," "Rag Doll" and "Walk took immediate offense to. Later District Court action. by an apparent difficulty in settl- Like A Man." He's currently on that night, as I was starting to do The court refused to hold ing down with a new band and the Record World charts with lungleland' I got completely into a new that Heart had terminated its set. records by Engelbert Humper- where his head was at. I was so recording agreement with Mush- Bottom Line Dates dinck, Kenny Nolan and Dr. Buz- completely intimidated by that room Records. In addition, by Gold played a few dates at the zard's Savannah Band. In between, song I wrote what is, in my opin- restraining Mushroom from re- Bottom Line recently, opening he produced and arranged the ion, the best string arrangement leasing the songs for "Maga- for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Eli and The Thir- I've ever done. The next day I zine," the court encouraged the (UA), and the contrast between teenth Confession" and "Smile" apologized to Bruce for not un- parties to cooperate in releasing the two acts was instructive. The albums, "Lightening Strikes derstanding where he was at as an the new album. Dirt Band's emphasis has always Again" by Lou Christie and "The artist and a writer. He's probably The resolution of all issues, been on its playing, on the inter- Name Game' by Shirley Ellis. As one of the most brilliant people including those relating to action between the various in- an arranger he has worked with I've ever recorded." Heart's contractual relationship struments first and on songs , Bruce Springsteen, During his career, Calello has with Mushrom has been deferred second, .whereas Gold is primarily , Glen Campbell, Eric worked with artists in every area until the trial, to a songwriter, accustomed cer- Carmen and others. of music but feel that "record be held on a future date yet to be determined. tainly to fitting in as part of a "I consider myself a record company people categorize peo- band, but inexperienced in get- junkie," he said. "I shoot up on ple. Arranger/producers have a ting a group of players to do hits." much wider scope than most peo- Bread Tour Set what he wants, to bring out in ple understand." In line with that Calello was a high schooler LOS ANGELES-The first tour performance the sound he hears statement, his most recent proj- as a playing in a Newark, N.J. bar band in more than four years by Elektra composer. ects have been the production when Frankie Valli (then a local Records group Bread will start Such, in capsule, was his prob- and arrangement of the"The Lady hero as a member of the Four March 8 at Kansas State Univer- lem at the Bottom Line. His best Wants to Be A Star" album by Lovers) asked him to write ar- sity, Manhattan, Kansas. It is the songs-"Lonely Boy" and "End- Maree Lebous on Image rangements for his group. Calello and the first tour for the group since less Flight," among others first recordings by "Happy - credits Valli with not only giving Days" re-forming and recording the cur- shone through, but neither as star Anson Williams. him his start in the music busi- His next rent single and album, "Lost brightly nor as feelingly as they project will be production ness, but also opening the and ar- Without Your Love." might have. If Gold often seemed door rangement for many predominantly "lounge" for Frank Sinatra. distracted, he had reason to be- bands. While Calello is now spending the drum sound was incongru- more and more time as a Delite Names Bailey "The group thing didn't really record ously heavy-handed, and on all producer, he finds no difficulty but a start until the late '60s," Calello in NEW YORK - Ronald Bailey few songs the group continuing as an arranger as well. seemed said, "but Frankie had the sense has been appointed to direct the to be playing at cross "I don't think I'll ever give purposes. to know he had to record. He was up newly created department of writing arrangements to become artist relations instrumental in bringing us all to at Delite Records, Wistful Presence a full-fledged producer," he said. announced Fred Fioto, New York. I'll never forget as long president Gold himself has a languour- "I'm too much of a ham." of the label. as I live, every Thursday morning ous, wistful stage presence that Frankie would knock at my door some would call Southern Cali- and we'd drive into the city to see International Affair fornia, but it is a likeable one, managers, labels and club pro- and will improve with time and moters." polish. His choice of rhythm and Through Valli, Calello met pro- blues and rock 'n' roll gems to ducer Bob Crewe and that associ- flesh out his albums and his live ation produced all the early Sea- sets discloses a taste that may sons' hits and the classic "A be his salvation, and so far has Lover's Concerto" by The Toys on spared his music the ersatz c&w Crewe's DynoVoice label. trappings and cowboy lyrics that "People weren't aware of all plague other performers with backgrounds similar the places I stole my ideas from," to his. he said. "It wasn't until I started Appealing as those oldies are, though, working with Bob Crewe that I Gold is not likely to realized I was a 30 cent thief achieve solo stardom through compared to Crewe who was a "Stay" and "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," and Brink's bandit. I learned that one one wonders why of the most important things in his label has concentrated on the music business is to become them as single choices when a good thief." songs that sound to many like hits-"Lonely Boy" in Calello later became a staff particular passed producer for Columbia Records -are over. The ensemble playing presents but has been an independent ar- a problem need- ing correction, ranger/producer since completing but other song- writers - turned - performers have the "Eli and The Thirteenth Con- Neil Bogart, president of Casablanca Records and FilmWorks recently met with execu- handled it. Andrew Gold's writ- fession" album. As an arranger he tives of Durium, SPA of Italy to discuss the expanded role Casablanca's Italian licen- see ing ability, if given the chance, feels that one of his most impor- will play in the company's international development. Pictured from left are Elisa - bel Mintangian, Durium's international director, should take care of the rest. tant assignments was -the string Neil Bogart, Krikor Mintangian, presi- dent and general manager, Durium SPA and Joyce Bogart. Marc Kirkeby

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Video Disc Epic Names Gould Ariola Signs Mac McAnal'Iy (Continued from page 3) To Hartford Post made a major capital invest- HARTFORD-Deby Gould has ment" that goes well beyond been appointed to the position of experimentation) remains unde- local promotion manager, Hart- termined, although Glenn ad- fo:d, Epic Records and Associated mitted it wouldn't be revealed Labels. yet even if it were known. Ms. Gould will be responsible The Philips/MCA hardware, for all promotion activities for which consists of a player costing product on the Epic and Associ- about $500 that will optically ated Labels in Hartford. She will scan the aluminized, injection - coordinate Epic and Associated molded videodisc and project label artist appearances in the its contents on any television Hartford area. She will report set, will be manufactured and directly to Balsam. sold by the Magnavox Corp.; From 1974 to 1976 Ms. Gould Glenn indicated that estimates worked as a college rep for CBS for actual availability are largely Records in the Washington -Balti- dependent on Magnavox. Soft- more area. ware will also be sold by Magna- vox, in addition to the afore- Soft Sounds Jay Lasker, president of Ariola , has announced the signing of 19 - mentioned stores. The individual who comes from Belmont, Mississlpp , (Continued from page 3) year-old singer -songwriter Mac McAnally. Mac, discs, which will be one hour will make his recording debut with an album entitled "Mac." Pictured (standing, long and include subjects as Lovers" by Mary MacGregor from left): Terry Woodford, who produced the album with Clayton Ivey; Ed Sherman, for Woodford and McAnally; Harvey Bruce, director of A&R for Ariola and varied as a Julia Child cooking (Ariola America), "Love Theme attorney Jay Lasker. Seated: Mac McAnally. exhibition or a Gene Littler golf from 'A Star Is Born' " by Barbra lesson ("We have several hun- Streisand (Columbia), "Year of dred titles," Glenn said), are the Cat" by Al Stewart (Janus), expected to cost about $6. They "Dancing Queen" by ABBA (At- AM Actio n (Continued from page 18) will also have a catalogue of lantic), "I Like Dreamin '" by from the #2 LP in the country (already top 10 in movies. (20th Century) and Kenny Nolan Memphis, top 15 in San Francisco and close behind in As far as recording artists are "New Kid In Town" by Eagles few other areas) , now available as a single, is concerned, Glenn mentioned (Asylum). Three of the above a the honors, as major that Elton John's manager, John records ("Torn Between Two awarded Chartmaker of Week Reid, has expressed some interest Lovers," "Love Theme From 'A stations put it into power single rotation. Here's in a videodisc featuring a John Star Is Born'" and "I Like the picture: New on WRKO, KILT, WQXI, Z93 and moves concert. Glenn added that dis- Dreamin'") are credited with 30-19 KDWB, 12-10 WMPS, 22-14 KFRC, 40-34 WCOL, cussions are also underway taking off on the pop listings HB -24 KJR, 30-27 KSLQ, 16-11 WPGC, 25-22 KHJ, on with other musical acts for after establishing an MOR base. WLAC, extra KXOK. The secondary base is there as a videodisc presentations ("We are Comeback records by Bread solid foundation. HB -7 WJBQ, HB -30 KRBE, HB -29 WCAO, keenly interested in acquiring (Elektra), Tom Jones (Epic), 33-24 WGSV, 27-23 10Q, 17-14 KSLY and new on WBBQ, music"). Englebert Humperdinck (Epic), WPRO-FM, B100, WRFC, WDRC, WCPX and loads of others. A spokesman at RCA told Jackson Browne (Asylum) and RW that SelectaVision, which Burton Cummings (Portrait) have Ambrosia (20th Century) "Magical Msytery Tour." has been in the works for some seemed to precipitate the trend Culled from the recent soundtrack LP, "All This and ten years, "is now classed as a while artists like the Eagles, World War II," instant adds include KTLK, WGCL, WLAC project but should be a full- ABBA, Barry Manilow (Arista), (last week) and KILT (HB -40). Off to a strong start. fledged business by 1978." The Bee Gees (RSO), Wings (Capitol), RCA hardware, which will be in Elton John (MCA/Rocket), Cap- the $400-$600 range, will work tain & Tennille (A&M), Electric (Continued from page 101) according to a theory similar to Light Orchestra (UA), Elvis Pres- Jazz a bassist, the great Richard record turntables, with a stylus ley (RCA), Olivia Newton -John largely acoustic format. Still another actually playing the disc; images (MCA), Linda Ronstadt (Asylum), Davis, plays duets with pianist Jill McManus on "As One," recorded the Fugue in New York and also on Muse. The rest of will be transmitted to a TV John Travolta (Midland Intl.) and live at City screen, as in the Philips/MCA Glen Campbell (Capitol) among the Muse release is given over to saxophonists. David Schnitter, who system. RCA's merchandising others continue to hit the charts has been playing hard -toned tenor with Art Blakey's Jazz Mes- techniques are not yet completely consistently with each release. sengers recently, waxed his first album, "Invitation," in San Fran- formulated, though the spokes- Of the charted easy listening cisco. In "My Buddy," plays for the late Gene Ammons. Stan Bronstein, of Elephant's Memory fame, has a second Muse al- man mentioned rental as a dis- records in the top 100, 13 are by "Living The Avenue." tinct possibility in addition to new artists. The list is headed by bum, On sales; like Philips/MCA, RCA has Mary McGregor and the duo of The Smithsonian Institution's jazz program, directed by Martin not yet chosen an initial market Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Williams, has come up with "The Development of An American for its product. The RCA cata- Jr. (ABC), both of whom went to Artist," a valuable portrait of the early years of Dizzy Gillespie. logue of software will apparently the number one position with Drawing from a variety of labels, the two -record set collects Gil- include the same types of sub- their first release. Other new- lespie features recorded under the leadership of Cab Calloway, jects as Disco Vision, i.e. movies, comers include TV personality Coleman Hawkins, , , and others. In cultural material, instruction, David Soul who is currently bul- addition, there are some of the legendary wire recordings from etc., with little emphasis on leted at #24 with "Don't Give Monroe's Uptown House, circa 1941. This is an intelligently pro- presentations of music separate Up On Us" (Private Stock), a grammed gem, and is available only by mail from the Smithsonian from records. The RCA spokes- former charttopper in the U.K.; Collection, P.O. Box 1641, Washington, D.C. 20013... The Sack- man, pointing out that there are Stephen Bishop who is at #32 ville label in Toronto has released two new items, available from many millions of color televi- with "Save It For A Rainy Day" New Music Distribution Service or Record People. "Joseph Bowie/ sions already in use that could (ABC), David Dundas at #40 Oliver Lake" is a duo between the trombonist and alto saxophon- be easily adapted for the new with "Jeans On" (Chrysalis) and ist, recorded live in Toronto. "All Kinds of Time" is another duo, medium, expressed the opinion Parker McGee, the author of the by vibraphonist Karl Berger and bassist Dave Holland... Airto's that "the videodisc will mark the last two England Dan and John latest, "Promises of the Sun" on Arista, has an all -Brazilian cast

first new consumer electronics Ford Coley hits with his own "I and cooks mightily . . . Among the musicians on Vanguard's jazz/ product since the advent of color Can't Say No To You" (Big disco experiment, "The Player's Association," are Joe Farrell, Bob TV in 1954." Tree) at #60. Mover, John Faddis, and Mike Mandel.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Queen Backstage in Boston Dialogue (Continued from page 96) knows what the hell you're talking about. Well what I saw were two brilliant minds-Stoney Browder and, August Darnell-taking music through literally four decades and bringing and shaping it

into a total whole. I kept describing this thing, I kept running about the building saying we will be going in and out of time zones, and you will be seeing some of the maddest combinations of events you've ever seen. Some of the most original music, combined in the whole, that you've ever seen. Everybody said, "Enough, please!" you know. But the reason I signed them was totally from the gut. Back to another point I made earlier, Savannah upgraded something that was in the air. Which was nostalgia-nostalgia beyond the pre- historic rock and roll trend, if nostalgia was in the ether coming through disco, then what would happen if original music sounded nostalgic? More important, through arrangement and conception of instrumental devices, the listener found lyrics that were contempo- rary, that brought these years through these various times almost During their current nationwide U.S. tour, Elektra recording artists Queen were visited within seconds of each other. That's my proudest signing to date I backstage at the Boston Garden after their SRO concert by various local personalities. would have to say. Shown congratulating the band are, from left: Les Garland, program director of WRKO RW: Did you realize that both groups had crossover potential? radio; John Deacon of Queen; Kurt Nerlinger, local promotion representative for Elektra/Asylum Records; Brian May, Queen; Ric Aliberte, northeast regional promotion Berniker: Yeah, I certainly I did with Hall & Oates because knew manager for E/A; New England Aquarium's own Paula the Penguin; Maxanne, that of "She's Gone" when it first appeared. My interest with them WBCN-FM disc jockey; and Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor of Queen. was always as songwriters. The crossover potential was there because ter. I don't think we're a rock oriented roster as we should be. I think I realized that they were doing Philadelphia, as it were. They had we have to beat the bushes a little more outside of the city. We've just studied too. They are very, very, bright guys and learned their Craft. released an album by a group from Atlanta that interests me because You take original good songs coupled with an understanding of the it's the kind of music I love. It's a group named Beaverteeth commercial potential of knew and we funk-I that they had terrific cross- ventured out, not just going over potential. to the rehearsal hall. We're getting clues from some of our own people in the field and going down RW: Do you still work with jazz artists? and investigating. That's another thing. The old myths of regional Berniker: I don't feel I have the luxury to get involved with any- music are coming to a close. People in Dallas, people in Spokane thing but the signing of jazz artists with commercial potential. I are hearing very sophisticated amalgams of music. The people who mean, I'm really very dedicated to this. I love jazz. I adore it. Yes, are drawing up their new bands now are using that as a lot of their I adore it as I would a fine novel or theater. I adore it in the same clues. You're getting a whole different kind of geography. I don't as I I way do all art, but don't sign theater or novelties. I have to want to get intellectual, but McLuhan spoke about the global village. sign acts that I believe will sell records for RCA. That's not an idle That's what's starting to happen to music here. We're having a kind I statement. don't feel I have the luxury of doing that which I love of interesting new music growing. The new bands, the younger new the most. I have to do the thing the company needs me to do. The players are using all sorts of different influences than they ever used company needs me to sign acts that will sell the most records. before because the amalgam of radio that they're listening to is RW: Have you been successful with any jazz to so pop crossover much larger. It's so much artists? more to draw upon. RW: Wouldn't you say that that was Berniker: I'd love that. more true of places other than As a matter of fact, that was one of my the great metropolitan first centers and that New York bands want to tries. We tried Blue Mitchell early. There is nothing I would sound like New York bands, want to be identified as New York bands have preferred than to see it happen out of the box. To have had and L.A. bands the same? a George Benson or a Stanley Turrentine, or that kind of artist. We Berniker: I think that all of these even though that's true and almost made it with Blue and we certainly made it with Lonnie Liston we've been talking about that I still believe that this overwhelming Smith, although that is not something I can take personal credit for. influence of amalgamated programming has a lot to do with the I am still dedicated to anything that can cross over. I think there formation of new groups all over the country. I hear a sniff of George might still be some jazz artists who have not been produced in that Benson in I something, hear a sniff of . . . it doesn't matter I can manner. Don't forget that when we talk about crossovers, the term name any number of different things I've heard has now become much more in the same eight complicated than it used to be. The bars. That's in some instances part of the commercial reasoning I use. term crossover originally meant a that particular artist or record a I'm great believer in resonance. I believe that people hear things went from its base market to another market and doubled its sales. they once heard before and don't even know that they're hearing it. Now it means much more. Now we're getting demos that are cross- If I can recognize that early enough as I did with Buzzard then we're overs, if you know what I mean. It's a much more appreciated term. also on the case. RW: Do you think that all musical definitions will just merge RW: I noticed you have a degree some day? in philosophy. How do you apply that education to your current position? Berniker: I think that's happening right now. We, for instance, Berniker: I think my job is basically a problem solving have merged r&b and pop in this department. one. Cer- tainly any managerial job is, but in this job it is, as a mental problem RW: What are the advantages of merging the two departments? solver. Things I have to deal with on a decision making basis, that Berniker: Radio is so diversified, the programming of FM for particular educational background helped I instance, is greatly because have to so diversified a matter that the public right now Is grow- think very quickly and logic plays a large part in what I ing up on a blend try to bring of music. They are listening to George Benson to my, artists and producers. The more sense that I can make out of and Peter Frampton at the same time. That's quite a bouilliabaise when the musical problems-and I did minor in music-I'm faced with, you think about it because that's very different kinds of music. There the I better am at my job and I think that particular background has is almost total crossover, if you will, as a sociological event now. helped. I have a very disciplined way of thinking that is Crossover now is a partially the much more complicated matter. Radio in itself result of that education. is a crossover. RW: What is the present structure of the a&r department? RW: What do you envision for the future artists' roster at RCA? Berniker: I think that one of the points we are making is that RCA Berniker: I don't think our roster is as particularly rock oriented Records, like any other major record company, has to be a total as it should be. I think we have a ways to go there. I've spent a lot music company. My background musically of time going over the question is an aid when it comes to we are talking about. Often when I get jazz and the middle of the road, which is something we have to deal on the road I and talk about music to our own I people tell them that with on a daily basis with and Henry my main is Mancini. The staff aim to fill holes in the roster where I feel we're weakest. of producers that work for me are very varied in their backgrounds I'm trying to in some instances stopgap and in other instances antici- musically. For instance, we have Frank Driggs who is in charge of the pate futures. I don't want to be imitative; let me put it that way. Thé Bluebird series. Mike Lipskin, who is, in his own right, a great stride minute you notice you've got a hole in your roster, you might in the pianist and is working in fusion jazz. We have same breath be Bruce Somerfeld who noticing that a trend is over. So there's a very gentle is our contemporary rock and roll person, I would say Jerome Gasper line between knowing when you're late and knowing when it's time. is a new man who is knowledgeable about black music. Neil Portnow Again timing is the factor here. Knowing and analyzing your ros - (Continued on page 113)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com RECORD WORLD INTERNATIONAL ENGLAND CANADA By RON McCREIGHT By ROBERT CHARLES-DUNNE LONDON - Mick Jagger's comment on new EMI deal made im- TORONTO - Love And Money Dept.: Music Shoppe Interna- mediately prior to leaving for America-"Since this is Jubilee Year tional recently held the first of what promises to become an annual

I think it is only fitting that we sign for a British company." Now event-an awards evening. The booking agency handed out Dol- EMI has an unbeatable list of international superstars, adding The lar and Heart awards, the former going to those who helped the Stones to its roster, which already boasts Wings, Elton John and company make money, the latter going to those who supplied Queen. goodwill. President Ron Scribner did the honors and recipients in- Important acquisition for another British major, Pye Records, cluded Rush, Max Webster, Liverpool, Rose, S.R.O. Productions, which has concluded a long-term licensing agreement with Neil Pizzaz Productions, CHUM -FM, Concert Productions International and Bogart's Casablanca Records. Bogart referred to the deal as being Donald K. Donald Productions. The entertainment was truly enter- "an immensely rewarding negotiation," not surprising since it is taining. Mentalist Mike Mandel, who prefaces his name with "In- believed to have involved six figures. However, Casablanca will re- credible," took a cross-section of the local business and, by the ciprocate by distributing an album by Jimmy James, produced by power of suggestion, made them do a wide variety of silly things. Biddu for Pye. Much like illusionist Doug Henning before him, Mike is working Harry Nilsson extends his stay in London to record his 14th album with a number of rock acts which would be difficult for a lesser for RCA at Audio International studios with Robin Cable as co- performer. Definitely keep an eye open for this fellow. producer, while his musical, "The Point," has been nominated for Wall Street Shuffle: GRT of Canada recently made cutbacks in staff End the best of the year award by the Society of West Theatres. in order to rectify some budgetary problems. While the label is is in town for a shorter period, promoting his first Epic doing very well with domestic acts, some of the larger catalogues single, "Sandman," before returning to New York where he will which GRT distributes have not generated the revenues anticipated. an with Hank Medress and Dave Appell producing. complete album Company spokesmen expect a full return of staff within the next Ian Ralfini has announced the signing of George Hamilton IV to few months. David Marsden, previously both AM and FM jock and (Continued on page 111) head of his own production house, has taken over the reins at Thunder Sound in Toronto. Former CHUM -FM salesman Fred Frenett assumes the vice president's mantle and will concentrate on client PR and sales, while Marsden will bring some new technical talent GERMANY to the facility which boasts an excellent array of studio hardware. By JIM SAMPSON Former studio chief Willie Webster will continue his own Mitre MUNICH - Outstanding tour reports are coming in, with several Productions from another location. very tong schedules (Roger Whittaker, Udo Lindenberg) sold out well My Degeneration Dept.: British art schools have always been no- in advance. Fritz Rau and Mike Schiller have added nine new dates torious breeding grounds for socially unacceptable music and the The scalpers' favorite has to the SRO Manhattan Transfer itinerary. same situation is developing here. The Ontario College of Art re- and MaMa been Pink Floyd. Marcel Avram Mario Klappholz of Con- cently presented "3D" with The Dishes, The Diodes and The Don - certs added a third Munich show for the group at the Olympiahalle. casters. To call it an anarchic evening would be understatement. The MaMa has left Frankfurt and is now based in Munich at Incidentally, Doncasters featured a miniskirted singer/Farfisa organist and a re- Sendlinger Strasse 51. In their concerts, ABBA stayed mostly with old pertoire that included suitably amateur versions of "Poison Ivy," material, which was just fine with the assembled multitudes. Mean- "Kicks," "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" and "Every Time That You Frank Zappa continued to blaze new trails, playing to larger while, Walk In The Room." The Diodes, a mix of Ramones attitude and groups than ever before. Sex Pistols punk stance, came on with a six word warning: "We're a 15 the recorded Classical music has about percent chunk of the Diodes and we're asleep." Talk about creative boredom. Be- a pie, market in West Germany. Bellaphon now wants piece of that tween sips of it the ever-present milkshake, the vocalist announced DGG and has named Otto Gerdes, former producer/conductor with interchangeable tunes like "I'm In A Coma," "Basement Rock," "Sex and recently BASF, as head of its new classical department. Details Life" and "Jerry Hall" ("about my favorite picture"). Aside from a marketing program have of the Bellaphon classical production and healthy stock of Freddy Prinze jokes, these boys also have strange BASF has been not been released. Most of the classical catalogue names: Laser Burns and Teddy Boys on , Nicky Diode on DGG has announced that Leon- absorbed by Deutsche Austrophon. bass and Brent Van Musen on drums. The Dishes, the oldest sur- record several of his own with the ard Bernstein will compositions viving purveyors of The Thornhill Sound, topped the bill in magnifi- Israel Philharmonic in August in Berlin, followed by a new "Fidelio" cent style with drummer Steven Dish nattily attired in a green gar- late this year in Vienna. RCA has released an Erato recording of bage bag T-shirt. Gounod's Faust with Montserrat Caballe. EMI and DGG have shipped previously unavailable material by Wilhelm Furtwaengler. Bits And Pieces: Quality's Wednesday preparing to tour western Peter Kirsten has picked up 's Medicine Hat Canada until mid -April. Bruce Cockburn is touring to support his Music Publishing for his Global Music Group, giving Global rights new album, "In The Falling Dark," and the tour is expected to hit for the eagerly awaited Band "farewell" concert album. At least two 25 cities between now and mid -May. Clive Davis has been an- Muencheners were thrilled to see Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between nounced as the keynote speaker at this year's Juno Award festivi- Two Lovers" atop the RW singles chart: Ariola president Monti ties. When Ray Materick returns from Montreux he will embark on Lueftner, and Ralph Siegel, who snapped up publishing rights to the a western Canadian tour. WEA's Christopher Ward has a new single song at MIDEM. Margot Werner producer Abi Ofarim has signed an out which came from sessions featuring AWB's , Randy agreement with UFA Publishing. and Michael Brecker, Stuff's Mark Egan, Guido Basso, Moe Koffman After placing a want ad for a new lead singer, members of the and Rob McConnell, with Jack Richardson producing. Local jazz German funk -rock band Randy Pie flew to London to audition 60 singing institution Salome Bey is currently on Broadway with the applicants. The winner: Peter French, ex -Atomic Rooster, ex -Cactus. popular production of "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God." Also new to the group is lead guitarist Frank Diez (formerly with Confirm or Deny: Will there shortly be a shake-up in the a&r de- Atlantis). Randy Pie now heads for the United States, where Polydor partment at Capitol? Will Attic reservice Stanley Frank's wants to have a new album produced by an experienced American incredible producer. After completing a new album in Brazil, Frank Valdor re- "S'cool Days" for a fifth time? Will Jack Morrow and Manny Brot turned to Germany for a bunch of fasching/carnival costume balls. successfully present James Brown at Maple Leaf Gardens, the first The French rock group Wallenstein is working with Dieter Dierks on non -CPI presented gig in the facility in over three years? Will Chilli- a new album. wack sign a management deal with Martin Onrot?

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com WEA Intl., Hispavox Re -Pact ENGLAND'S TAP 25 Singles

1 WHEN I NEED YOU LEO SAYER/Chrysalis 2 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA JULIE COVINGTON/MCA 3 DON'T GIVE UP ON US DAVID SOUL/Private Stock 4 BOOGIE NIGHTS HEATWAVE/GTO 5 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY HAROLD MELVIN/BLUENOTES/CBS 6 CHANSON D'AMOUR MANHATTAN TRANSFER/Atlantic 7 JACK IN THE BOX MOMENTS/All Platinum 8 SING ME THE BROTHERS/Bus Stop 9 SIDE SHOW BARRY BIGGS/Dynamic 10 THIS IS TOMORROW BRYAN FERRY/Polydor

Nesuhi Ertegun, president of WEA International, has announced the extension of the 11 ROMEO MR. BIG/EMI license agreement that has existed for several years between WEA International and 12 Hispavox of Spain. Discussions took place upon Ertegun's recent visit to Madrid. WHAT CAN I SAY BOZ SCAGGS/CBS Pictured from left: Luis Vidal Zapater, general manager of Hispavox; Nesuhi Erte9un, 13 DADDY COOL BONEY M/Atlantic president of WEA International; Brigitta Peschko, managing director of the European coordinating office; Jose Manuel Vidal Zapater, member of the board of directors of 14 ISN'T SHE LOVELY DAVID PARTON/Pye Hispavox. 15 CAR WASH ROSE ROYCE/MCA Davidson Takes Over Duplicating Equipment 16 THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY RACING CARS/Chrysalis 17 BABY I KNOW RUBETTES/State Humperdinck Mgmt. Seized in FBI Raid 18 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS MARY MacGREGOR/Ariola LONDON - Harold Davidson CHICAGO - About $1 million 19 SUSPICION ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA has taken over the personal man- worth of equipment used in the agement of Engelbert Humper- unauthorized duplication of 8 - 20 SOUND AND VISION DAVID BOWIE/RCA dinck from Gordon Mills. David- track stereo tapes was seized by 21 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY THELMA HOUSTON/Motown son and Mills are both directors FBI agents in a raid on a resid- 22 MORE THAN of the MAM agency here but ence at 1701 So. 7th Ave., St. A FEELING BOSTON/Epic Davidson will now be spending Charles, . 23 YOU'RE MORE THAN A NUMBER IN MY LITTLE RED BOOK DRIFTERS/ more time in Los Angeles in an William Beane, special agent in Aristo effort to expand the company's charge of the FBI's Chicago of- 24 DARLIN' DARLIN' BABY O'JAYS/Phila. operations. Rumors that Humper- fice, said the seized equipment Intl. dinck asked for the change be- and winders, 85 master tapes, 650 25 MIGHTY POWER OF LOVE TAVARES/Capitol cause Mills was too involved in included high-speed duplicators the career of Tom Jones have pancakes, plus labels and pack- been denied by all parties. aging materials. Albums 1 20 GOLDEN GREATS SHADOWS/EMI d(Continued from page 110) Englan 2 ANIMALS PINK FLOYD/Harvest Anchor Records worldwide, and his first album for the label, titled 3 RED RIVER VALLEY SLIM WHITMAN/UA "Fine Lace & Homespun Cloth," was released on February 11th to coincide with a 30 date British tour and the screening of Hamilton's 4 EVITA VARIOUS ARTISTS/MCA Canadian TV series on three commercial stations in the U.K. and 5 ENDLESS FLIGHT LEO SAYER/Chrysalis Eire. 6 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE STEVIE WONDER/Motown Kiki Dee also hits the TV screen, being the latest booking for BBC's 7 MOTORVATIN' "Sight & Sound" simultaneous radio/TV show, which is trans- CHUCK BERRY/Mercury mitted on February 26th, the day following the release of her new 8 DAVID SOUL/Private Stock Rocket album, 9 LOW DAVID BOWIE/RCA Polydor will launch an album by new Oyster signings Paice, 10 Ashton and Lord in March when the group undertakes its first live HEARTBREAKERS VARIOUS ARTISTS/K-Tel date together in Copenhagen. The band is comprised of former 11 ARRIVAL ABBA/Epic Deep Purple members and , together with Tony Ashton 12 HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES/Asylum (keyboards), (guitar) and Paul Martinez (bass). Other ex -Purple man Ritchie Blackmore makes personnel changes in 13 GREATEST HITS ABBA/Epic Rainbow with Tony Carey (keyboards) and Jimmy Bain (bass) leav- 14 WINGS OVER AMERICA/ ing the band, and although replacements have not yet been an- 15 BOSTON/Epic nounced, appointments are expected to be made in time to meet the groups album recording schedule taking place next month in 16 GREATEST HITS SHOWADDYWADDY/Arista Hamburg. A&M's newest signing is another prominent British guitar- 17 WIND AND WUTHERING GENESIS/Charisma ist, Bryn Haworth, who is currently recording in Olympic Studios with behind the controls. 18 WHITE ROCK RICK WAKEMAN/A&M "Moody Blue" is the 100th Elvis Presley single to be issued by RCA 19 DANCE TO THE MUSIC VARIOUS ARTISTS/K-Tel in the U.K. and it follows "Suspicion," which is still sustaining heavy 20 22 sales. GOLDEN GUITAR GREATS BERT WEEDON/Warwick RCA is also responsible for the return of top British rock star of 21 A NEW WORLD the sixties, Paul Jones, whose first single for the label, "Stop Stop RECORD ELO/Jet Stop," was written and produced by John Lange, the man behind the 22 A DAY AT THE RACES QUEEN/EMI latest Graham Parker and City Boy albums. Nostalgia time too from 23 THEIR GREATEST HITS: 1971-1975 Capitol, which reinstates its old logo on some re-releases, including EAGLES/Asylum "Say Mama" by , and Nancy Wilson's "End Of Our 24 LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES /A&M Love." 25 JOHNNY THE FOX THIN LIZZY/Vertigo

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com The Report Album Picks Impert page 32) (Continued from NOUVEAU CHAPEAU 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,,,,,,11111111111111111111111111111111111111 LOVE CHRONICLES-Al Stewart- FREE BEER-RCA APL1-2072 (6.98) TOP SALES CBS Free Beer has traded in the country per- HOLLIES LIVE-CBS MIDNIGHT IN SAN JUAN- 801 LIVE-Island Danny Kirwan-DJM sona of its debut album for a more mid- TEENAGE DEPRESSION-Eddie and OLD HAG YOU HAVE KILLED ME- dle-of-the-road approach, leaning heavily the Hot Rods-Island Bothy Band-Polydor on New York studio players to comple- _,,,,,,,111,1,11,11111111111111111111111111111111111,111111111 ORANGE-Al Stewart-CBS ment the trio's own vocal and guitar work. REVOLVER-The Beatles- the DISCOUNT RECORDS -AURA Parlophone Utah Phillips' "Going Away and title SOUNDE/NATIONAL SILLY SISTERS-Maddy Prior & song have the greatest potential for a last- June Tabor-Chrysalis ing impression. GREATEST HITS-Fleetwood STORY OF THE WHO-Polydor Mac-CBS TEENAGE DEPRESSION-Eddie and P- lhg lªlling dark bruce cuckCur. GREATEST HITS-Nazareth-A&M IN THE FALLING DARK the Hot Rods-Island HOLLIES LIVE-CBS BRUCE COCKBURN-True North ILTN 9463 (Island) (6.98) LIVE AT THE PALLADIUM- Carpenters-A&M RECORD RENDEZVOUS/ Cockburn has been a major attraction in LOTUS-Santana-CBS CLEVELAND his native Canada for some years, his folk - LOVE CHRONICLES-Al Stewart- AGROPHOBIA-Suzi Quatro-RAK based songs drawing on many traditions. CBS BOXED-Mike Oldfield-Virgin Here he sounds sometimes like Gordon OFFICIAL CEREMONY OF THE 801 LIVE-Island Lightfoot ("Lord of the Starfield"), at OLYMPIC GAMES-Polydor PAUL SIMON SONGBOOK-CBS GREATEST HITS-Fleetwood others like the now defunct English band Mac-CBS STRATOSFEAR-Tangerine Dream Pentangle (title track, "Little Seahorse"). GUITAR/VOCALS-Richard past -Virgin Thompson-Island More accessible than efforts. THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT ON HELEN OF TROY-John Cale- IN LONG BEACH-ELO-WB II\O\sILI\ Island LIVING ON THE AVENUE -I`\ MILK 'N' COOKIES-Island STAN BRONSTEIN-Muse MR 5113 (6.98) RECORD WORLD/TSS STRATOSFEAR-Tangerine Dream Bronstein is Muse's effort at taking a Virgin STORES/LONG ISLAND rocker and putting him in a jazz TEENAGE DEPRESSION-Eddie and context- BEST OF KC & THE SUNSHINE the Hot Rods-Island an effect readily achieved through the ef- BAND-Jay Boy THE HERMIT-John Renborne- forts of producer Larry Rosen and the 801 LIVE-Island Transatlantic saxman. The record has humor, and some IHOLLIES LIVE-CBS fine keyboard work by Danny Salzman. IN A GLASS HOUSE- MUSHROOM/ Gentle Giant-WWA The title song and "Sunday Kind of Love" JOHN DENVER LIVE-RCA NEW ORLEANS have pop potential. (LIVE AT THE PALLADIUM- A.F.T.-Charisma 801 LIVE-Island Carpenters-A&M SILENCE MICHAEL MANTLER ONCE UPON A DREAM-Bay City HOLLIES LIVE-CBS MICHAEL MANTLER-Watt 5 (JCOA) HYMNS-SPHERES-Keith Jarrett- Rollers-Bell The Harold Pinter play is adapted to a 11111111111. STACK O' TRACKS-Beach Boys- ECM EMI JUNCO PARTNER-James musical environment by Mantler, with CARLA BLEY STRAIGHT - Booker-HELP Kevin Coyne, Carla Bley and Robert Wy- UP-Badfinger-Apple WYATT LIVE (EP)-Jess Roden ROBERT THE HERMIT-John Renborne- Band- att among the "players." It is an eerie re- KEVIN COYNE Transatlantic Island MILK 'N' COOKIES-Island cording, but one that seems in keeping RON McCLURE PHOENIX-Epic with Pinter's spirit. The second side in- t-AROID%NTER PANTASIA/ TEENAGE DEPRESSION-Eddie and cludes some shorter passages that might NEW YORK CITY the Hot Rods-Island even be suitable for radio programming. VICIOUS BUT FAIR-Streetwalkers DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP -Vertigo -AC/ DC-Atlantic JOHNNY HARTMAN, JOHNNY HOLLIES LIVE-CBS HARTMAN LIVE IN JAPAN-BBA-CBS PEACHES/ DALLAS Musicor MUS 2502 (Springboard) OUT ON THE STREET-David Essex-CBS ANGEL'S EGG-Gong-Virgin Jazz vocalist Hartman serves up his first BEST OF KC & THE SUNSHINE MATCH-G Band-CBS Ip in BAND-Jay Boy two or three years, with more than QUANTUM JUMP-Electric BLIND FAITH-Polydor the title among his bows to contempo- SHOUTS ACROSS THE STREET- FISH RISING-Steve Alan Price-Polydor Hillage- rary popdom. "Starting Now" is an at- Virgin SISTER KING KONG-Udo tempt at a modern r&b/disco mold; but Lindenberg-Teldec GREATEST HITS-Fleetwood Mac-CBS the voice rings truest on "Suzanne," "If SOLO CASTING-Billy Lyall-EMI PERFORMANCE (Original I Could Only See You Again" and "I've TEENAGE DEPRESSION-Eddie and Soundtrack)-WB the Hot Rods-Island Only Myself to Blame." STRATOSFEAR-Tangerine Dream-Virgin CARMEL BY THE SEA RECORD THEATRE/ THE BEATLES' GREATEST HITS- JACK Parlophone DAUGHERTY ORCHESTRA-Monterey BUFFALO MS -100 (6.98) THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT ON A.F.T.-Charisma IN LONG BEACH-ELO-WB A big band composed primarily of horns, DOING A MOONLIGHT-Alkatraz 20 GREATEST HITS-Various equally capable of playing slow, lyrical -Rockfield/UA Artists-Spector Intl. DOWNTOWN TONIGHT-Racing ballads (Stevie Wonder's "You and I," Cars-Chrysalis with a Leon Thomas -like lead vocal by LIVE AT THE PALLADIUM- INDEPENDENT/ DENVER Ron Starr; Daugherty's own "Solo Flight") Carpenters-A&M CACTUS CHOIR-Dave or discofied dance tunes ("When's It uy City -Warner Bros. Gonna Hit," "Cleared For Take -Off"). Rollers-Bell 801 LIVE-Island ROLLIN'-Bay City Rollers-Bell MARSCAPE-Various Artists-RSO STACK O' TRACKS-Beach Boys- MACULA TRANSFER-Edgar LUCKY EMI Froese-Virgin STEVE MARCH-UA LA 674-G (6.98) STORY OF THE WHO-Polydor NEVER NEVER LAND-Pink Fairies A TRIUMPH-Attic singer/songwriter/keyboardist with a -Polydor distinct west coast bent (reinforced by WOULDN'T YOU LIKE IT- ROLLIN'-Bay City Rollers-Bell Bay City Rollers-Bell SARABANDE-John Lord-Purple some two dozen of L.A.'s best). "These STORIES FROM THE HUMAN ZOO Are the Times" is somewhat Sedaka-ish HARVARD COOP/ -Keith Christmas-Manticore in its up -tempo style; "I Don't Claim To STRATOSFEAR-Tangerine Dream Be A Writer" is an CAMBRIDGE -Virgin unusually arranged bal- lad; appears to he his VICIOU e- wa er "Lucky" theme song LOTUS-Santana-CBS -Vertigo and statement of fact.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com On The Go With ELO CLUB REVIEW Capitol Names Gauthier Split Enz' Theatrics Intl Promo Manager Score at the Roxy LOS ANGELES - Gilles "Frenchy" Gauthier has been re- LOS ANGELES Split Enz' - hired by Capitol Records, Inc., (Chrysalis) Southern Califetwia to work in the position of man- debut was a showcase at the Roxy ager, international promotion, on Tuesday, February 8. After the according to Joe Petrone, CRI audience had been pampered director, international marketing. with a catered dinner and un- nerved by a slightly awry knife - Gauthier spent four years as throwing exhibition, the band ran Capitol's promotion man in the through a lengthy and well -paced Boston area before joining RSO set. Records for the last eight months The seven members of Split as the northeast regional pro- motion man. Prior to joining Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne (left), Electric Light Orchestra Enz hail from New Zealand, but Capitol, he worked as the man- drummer (middle) and Peter Frampton compare musical notes at a party given in their musical approach is similar honor of Electric Light Orchestra at the New York discotheque and supper club Regine's to that of numerous British ager of a record store in Boston following ELO's sold -out concert at Madison Square Garden. The party was thrown groups. The most obvious ante- for two years. by United Artists president Artie Mogull and ELO's manager, Don Arden. cedents are the grandiose chord- Gauthier will be responsible ing of Procol Harum and the com- for all artist relations, tour support, (Continued from page 109) plex, self-consciously arty orches- promotion and other Dialogue trations of King Crimson and Roxy marketing activities outside the who is a new man with us, recently hired, who I think is well versed Music; Split Enz adds little of U.S. in many areas. There's a new man on the coast now, Alan Abrahams, their own other than an attractive Gauthier, whose new duties who is fast becoming our man on the west coast. Ethel Gabriel is also and purposely eccentric vaude- were previously handled by Brian a member of the staff and her knowledge of our catalogue is en- villian/music hall stance (as in Shepherd, will report directly to cyclopedic. "Late Last Night," one of several Petrone. RW: Other than administrative duties, how else are you involved selections from their "Mental in the production of records here? Notes" album). Harold Joins Rocket Berniker: I try to keep my eye and ear on the record in progress. Lacking strong musical support, LOS ANGELES I think that's a critical part of my job. Very often we have to start Split Enz must rely on their im- - Rick Harold has joined the staff Rocket again or make suggestions, such as adding a chorus and so forth. pact as stage performers, which of Records in Again, I do it regularly where someone will bring in a finished record is considerable. Lead singer/ charge of national secondary promotion, it was and we're trying to figure out how to get a single out of it and I very spokesman Tim Finn and percus- an- often will say, "Well, if you make an edit here, and we add a chorus sionist Noel Crombie are the ob- nounced by Tony King, executive in the second chorus, and delete 8 bars of the intro we'll have our- vious focal points, what with their vice president of the label. I Harold will report to Lynn selves a record." Or, will not like a project that's started, and if I bizarre Blue Meany hair styles and Adam, national have the opportunity contractually, I will stop it and restart it- Buster Keaton -in -white face an- director of promotion. because the one thing I can't do in this job is let our guys down. tics; Crombie's presence in fact Prior to joining the staff of I a feel terrific responsibility in making sure that the final records seemed mainly a visual ploy, as Rocket Records, Harold worked that they get are the best that I can give them. And the only way I he added little in the way of tan- in local promotion in Los An- can do that is by applying that history of mine to the making of the gible musical contributions save geles at United Artists Records. records. This is I I I where think again, have a terrific edge. Because for a delightful solo on the spoons His background includes work as may not always be right about the corrections, but I have very rarely near the set's conclusion. Their a disc jockey in San Jose and seen a producer or artist come to me and say, "Gee, he's getting in timing and interaction was ex- Whittier. our way." They are usually thankful. Because they do lose objectivity. tremely effective, reinforcing the Changes in record production are very important things. It's not an feeling that Split Enz' appeal is Tull Takes Gold ego trip. For some people doing that, is a lot of fun. It becomes an more that of a theatrical troupe LOS ANGELES Jethro Tull's indulgence. You know, making a change. To me it doesn't have any- - than a rock and roll band. On newest Ip, "Songs From The thing to do with an ego trip. It has to do with whether or not the stage, that will serve them well. Wood," has been certified as record in its final form can be made better because I know enough to Samuel Graham gold by the RIAA. be sure that I am making a proper musical suggestion. I'm not inter- ested in credit. I also do produce once in a while, but I've learned more about the business as a whole in the last year than probably the Columbia Fetes Egan 15 before it. In my job now, I have to have a total musical perspective. I have to be aware of every kind of music that we deal with. It's very heavy. It requires a lot of mental energy, to be able to find distinctive- ness which contains the resonance in the air that I spoke of before. It is quite an interesting trip. RW: At what point do you draw the line in your involvement with a production?

Berniker: When I feel that it's in tow, when I feel that the project is shaping well. You can, after all these years and all the time I spend on this kind of question, you can tell about a third to midway through whether the project is shaping or not. RW: Who do you think the next big RCA act will be?

Berniker: Every single one of ours, of course. I have very, very high hopes for Bill Quateman. I think it's happening right out of the box. When I say out of the box, I see within one week we're listed as one of the most added FM albums. There was great dedication and love involved in that album. That's the most rewarding part of the job, when you have a dream a year ago and see the thing come to fruition. Columbia Records recently hosted a By fruition, I mean play and sales. That's when all the headaches are party for Walter Egan at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles. Egan, whose Columbia debut album "Fundamental Roll," is scheduled for worth it. I would say that within the next three or four months, Quate- immediate release, previewed the Ip and greeted numerous friends, man and Flame including Fleet- will certainly make it. Tommy Mottola also brought in wood Mac members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, producers of Egan's initial an absolutely lovely group called Odyssey Trio. We have a number outing. From left David Krebs and Greg Lewerke, co -managers of Walter Egan; Mike Pillot, national FM promotion director, Columbia Records; of other surprises, but I would say that's pretty good, I'll take those Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie three. Nicks (atop piano), Walter Egan, Tom Ross and Hal Lazareff of ICM, and Steve Wolf of Wolf/Rismiller Productions.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com ALBUMS AND TAPES ORO Gospel Picks Of The Week RECORDS THAT CREATE SALES (The records listed below are Record -World's choices as the top gospel releases of the past two weeks) FROM THE HOUSE OF GOSPEL Soul Contemporary NASHBORO & Spiritual & Inspirational 1011 Woodland Street Nashville, Tn. 37203 A Child of God Birthplace THE CRESCENT GROUP RECORDS The Bostonians The Downings Presented by and featuring Impact R 3431 Rev. Oris Mays I Am Determined Jewel LPS 0120 Teddy Grover & Joy Satisfaction Guaranteed Greentree R 3442 Reverend Cleavant Derricks Praise and Family Dallas Holm Canaan -CAS 9793 (Word) Greentree R 3441 RIDE THE SHIP TO ZION NOTHING TO LOSE THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES THE CONSOLERS Job's Greatest Problem Chris Christian Nashboro 7172 Nashboro 7175 Rev. Clay Evans Chris Christian Jewel LPS 0122 Myrrh-MSA 6569

Gotta Find a Better Home Diary The Angelic Gospel Singers Tim Sheppard Nashboro 7178 Greentree R 3394

Impact Premiers Fitzgerald Joins Gusto NASHVILLE Gusto Records, REACH OUT THE BEST OF THE - CONSOLERS Latest THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES NASHBORO Musical Inc. president Moe Lytle has an- Nashboro 7147 tP 7048 f NASHVILLE-"Greater Is He," nounced the appointment of Bill written by Lanny Wolfe, is the Fitzgerald as sales manager, latest musical from the Impact gospel music product. aotl Ghls label, a division of the Benson Fitzgerald was recently an in- Company. "Greater Is He" was dependent consultant to the premiered on January 26 at the Nashville music trade after serv- Benson Music Ministers' Re- ing CBS -Nashville as manager of treat, the What -Cha -Ma -Call -It a&r administration for Columbia - East. The retreat was held at Epic. Previously, he was VP - Lake Barkley Lodge in Kentucky. general manager of the Sam GOTTA FIND A BETTER HOME WHY WAS I BORN THE ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS SLIM AND THE SUPREME ANGELS Over 300 music ministers from Phillips' Sun Records recording Nashboro 7178 Nashboro 7177 across the nation atended. The and publishing complex in musicians spent three days in Memphis, Tennessee. seminars, reading sessions, and devotions. The highlight of the Gospel Seminar Plans retreat was the taped presenta- tion of "Greater Is He." The "Greater Is He" album was produced by Don Marsh and Phil Johnson, with Don Marsh also the arranger and orchestra- I'M BOUND FOR MT. ZION SHAME ON YOU THE ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS THE SUPREME ANGELS tor. Choir arrangements were Nashboro 7150 Nashboro 7141 highlighted by words and music

REV. IÔA/C DOIK:LAS fEYEREhD by Dallas Holm, Sharon Haygood, CIEOPkUS Ben Speer, Joy McGuire, Dony OB/tfSON McGuire, the Downings, Marietta Wolfe, and the Lanny Wolfe trio.

Jim Black (seated), 1977 chairman of the Gospel Radio Seminar, discusses responsi- lFalbil,.{,r.. Praise Trio too* hart bilities with helpers (from left) Tom Walls, Charlie Monk and Sylvia Mays. The event YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GET THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL WIN Joins Holm TO KNOW HIM REVEREND CLEOPHUS ROBINSON will be held May 6-7 at the Nashville REV. ISAAC DOUGLAS & Nashboro 7173 (2 record set) NASHVILLE - Dallas Holm, Airport Hilton. This year's theme is "Re- THE ISAAC DOUGLAS SINGERS alizing Your Potential." Creed 3075 featured soloist for the David Wilkerson Crusades for the past Scorpion Signs Nielsen seven years, has added a new NASHVILLE - Slim Williamson his dimension to performance. has announced that his Scorpion Praise, a vocal -instrumental trio, label has signed Sean Nielsen as is now appearing with him and exclusive recording artist with his joining him on his recordings. first release already shipped. Nielsen will be hitting Consisting of Tim and Ladonna the major stations in the south along THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL THERE'S ONLY ONE BRIDGE Johnson and Randy Adams, the his manager, Harrison REV. ISAAC DOUGLAS REV. CLEOPHUS ROBINSON with Tyner, WITH THE JOHNSON ENSEMBLE Nashboro 7149 trio adds keyboard, tambourine promoting his new release en- Creed 3056 and bass guitar. titled "Sweet Affection."

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com SOUL & SPIRITUAL CONTEMPORARY G 8c)SPEL & INSPIRATIONAL MARCH 5, 1977 G SPEL Marijohn Wilkin 1. LOVE ALIVE WALTER HAWKINS & LOVE CENTER MARCH 5, 1977 CHOIR -Light 5686 (Word) is the winner Gospel Music Assn.'s 1975 2. THIS IS ANOTHER DAY 1. ALLELUIA ANDRAE' CROUCH & THE DISCIPLES - THE BILL GAITHER TRIO -Impact R 3171 Light 5683 (Word) Dove Award for "SONG OF THE YEAR", 3. WONDERFUL 2. LIVE A NIGHT OF INSPIRATION THE INSPIRATIONS -Canaan 9803 (Word) EDWIN HAWKINS & EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS -Birthright IRS 4005 3. 12TH ANNIVERSARY "ONE DAY AT A TIME" 4. RIDE THE'SHIP TO ZION THE INSPIRATIONS -Canaan CAS 9792 THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES-Nashboro 7172 (Word) 5. JAMES CLEVELAND & CHARLES 4. THIS, IS ANOTHER DAY and writer of current gospel hits .. . FOLD SINGERS VOL. II ANDRAE CROUCH -Light LS 5683 (Word) Savoy DBL 7009 (Arista) 5. LIVE 6. MOTHER IS ON THAT TRAIN THE HINSONS-Calvery STAV 5121 "SCARS IN THE HANDS OF JESUS" ERNEST FRANKLIN -Jewel LPS 0114 7. JESUS IS THE BEST THING THAT 6. IN THE NAME OF JESUS 114 "I HAVE RETURNED" EVER HAPENED TO ME JIMMY SWAGGART-JIM (Word) JAMES CLEVELAND & CHARLES FOLD 7. 99 44/100% GOODMANS SINGERS -Savoy SGL 7005 (Arista) THE HAPPY GOODMAN FAMILY - "WHERE I'M GOING" 8. BEAUTIFUL ZION Canaan 9789 (Word) REV. ISAAC DOUGLAS PRESENTS 8. GOD'S GONNA BLESS HOUSTON TEXAS MASS CHOIR - Creed 3072 (Nashboro) JIMMY SWAGGART-JIM 125 (Word) and NOW ... Marijohn delivers her best in this, 9. REACH OUT 9. SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL THE GOSPEL KEYNOTES-Nashboro 7147 THE BILL GAITHER TRIO -Impact R 3337 her third HIT album from Myrrh 10. LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL 10. PRECIOUS MEMORIES ANDRAE' CROUCH -Light LS 6602 (Word) TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD -Capitol SVBB 11. MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN 11382 BILL MOSS & THE CELESTIALS -Jewel LPS 0121 11. JESUS THIS IS JIM 12. TO THE GLORY OF GOD BOBBY GROVES-QCA 1 JAMES CLEVELAND & SOUTHERN 12. TOP 10 OF '76 COMMUNITY CHOIR -Savoy SGL VARIOUS ARTISTS -Heartwarming R 14260 (Arista) 3436/Canaan 9802 (Word) 13. TESSIE HILL "Reach Up ABC/Peacock-PLP 59222 13. BEST OF ANDRAE' CROUCH -Light LS 5678 (Word) 14. SEE YOU IN THE RAPTURE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES-ABC/ 14. A BRAND NEW TOUCH Peacock PLP 59227 THE LANNY WOLFE TRIO-Impact R 3407 15. AMAZING GRACE 15. HE LOVES YOU ARETHA FRANKLIN/JAMES CLEVELAND THE FLORIDA BOYS -Canaan CAS 9799 -Atlantic SD 2906 and Touch (Word) 16. DRY BONES REV. WILLINGHAM-Nashboro 7166 16. JUST BECAUSE 17. NO CHARGE THE IMPERIALS-Impact R 3390 SHIRLEY CAESAR -Hob 2176 17. ONLY JESUS 18. BY THE GRACE OF GOD JIMMY SWAGGART-Jim 123 (Word) REV. ISAAC DOUGLAS-Creed 3064 (Nashboro) 18. GENTLE MOMENTS God's Hand" 19. GOD'S GOODNESS EVIE TOURNQUIST-Word WST 8714 WILLIE BANKS AND THE MESSENGERS- 19. PRAISE BE TO JESUS HSE 1478 THE BILL GAITHER TRIO -Impact R 3408 MSA 6559 20. I FOUND JESUS AND I'M GLAD 20. ALIVE & PICKIN' MYRNA SUMMERS & COMBINED CHOIR OF THE REFRESHING SPRINGS THE LEWIS FAMILY -Canaan 9798 (Word) C.O.G.I.C.-Savoy SGL 14407 (Arista) 21. HIGH VOLTAGE 21. TAKE ME BACK THE HINSONS-Calvery-STAV 5130 ANDRAE' CROUCH & DISCIPLES - Light LS 5637 (Word) 22. LEARNING TO LEAN THE BLACKWOOD BROTHERS-Skylite 22. BE CAREFUL OF THE STONES YOU SLY 6161 THROW SHIRLEY CAESAR -Hob HBX 2181 23. LET'S JUST PRAISE 23. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL THE BILL GAITHER TRIO -Impact R 3209 REV. ISAAC DOUGLAS & JOHNSON 24. LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL ENSEMBLE -Creed 3056 (nashboro) ANDRAE' CROUCH -Light LS 5602 (Word) 24. RECORDED IN NEW YORK 25. COVERED IN WARMTH GOSPEL WORKSHOP MASS -Savoy SGL 7006 (Arista THE HAPPY GOODMANS-Canaan 9789 25. HE TOUCHED ME (Word) THE BROOKLYN ALLSTARS -Jewel 26. COUNTRY RAMBO'S LPS 0109 THE RAMBOS-Impact R 3429 26. GIVE IT TO ME 27. IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK JAMES CLEVELAND & SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY CHOIR- THE SECOND CHAPTER OF ACTS - Savoy-SGL 14412 (Arista) Myrrh MSA 6542 (Word) 27. GOD HAS SMILED ON ME 28. ONE LIVE FAMILY JAMES CLEVELAND & VOICES OF THE HEMPHILLS-Impact R 3352 TABERNACLE -Savoy SGL 14352 (Arista) 29. WE'RE NOT GETTING OLDER (JUST 28. THE BEST OF THE EDWIN CLOSER TO HEAVEN) HAWKINS SINGERS & Buddah BDS 25666 WENDY BAGWELL SUNLIGHTERS- Canaan 9794 (Word) 29. I HAVE A DREAM THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 30. HOMESICK FOR HEAVEN Creed 3201 (Nashboro) JERRY & THE SINGING GOEFFS- 30. DESTINY Songs Of Faith-SOF 165 GOSPEL KEYNOTES-Nashboro 7159 31. SUNDAY MORNING WITH 31. PICKINEM UP AND LAYINEM DOWN CHARLEY PRIDE TROY RAMEY AND THE SOUL RCA SPL1 1359 SEARCHERS-Nashboro 7171 32. BEST OF 32. THE KING IS COMING ANDRAE' CROUCH -Light LS 5678 (Word) THE BILL GAITHER TRIO -Impact R 3083 33. LIVE IN CONCERT VOL. I 33. GLIMPSE OF GLORY VARIOUS ARTISTS-Nashboro 27170 THE HINSONS-Calvery STAY 5110 34. IN TIMES LIKE THESE 34. SONGS THAT ANSWER QUESTIONS BENNY CUMMINGS & KINGS TEMPLE TRUTH CHOIR -Creed 3071 (Nashboro) -Impact R 3404 35. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM BY NOW 35. GLOW IN THE DARK THE SWANEE QUINTET -Creed 3070 CHUCK GIRARD -Good News-GNR 8103 (Nashboro) 36. IT MADE NEWS IN HEAVEN 36. COME TO JESUS THE KINGSMEN-Canaan CAS 9788 JAMES JOHNSON & JOHNSON (Word) ENSEMBLE -Creed 3073 (Nashville) division of Word, Inc. Waco, Texas 37. DOUG OLDHAM & FRIENDS 37. AT HER BEST `1119111111, DOUG OLDHAM -Impact R 3393 DOROTHY NORWOOD-Jewel LPS 0118 38. LADY 38. J. J. FARLEY & ORIGINAL SOUL REBA RAMBO-Impact R 3430 STIRRERS D. J. copies available HSE 1493 39. THERE IS A RIVER JIMMY SWAGGART-Jim LP 114 (Word) 39. LORD HELP ME TO HOLD OUT 40. OLD BUCKHORN MUSIC JAMES CLEVELAND PRESENTS THE FASHIONED ,DOWN HOME, HAROLD SMITH MAJESTICS- FOOT STOMPIN, SOUTHERN 1007 17th Ave. So. Savoy SGL 14319 (Arista) STYLE GOSPEL Nashville, Tn. 37212 40. HE'S COMING BACK GOSPEL QUARTET -THE OAK RIDGE THE GERALD SISTERS-HSE 1479 BOYS-Columbia KC 39935

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com FCC Hearings (Continued from page 3) letter from Boyle and Washington out a story of the EWF show which Edwards said, but to sell their promoters, that were paying the seeking the possible sale as a alleged that the WOL deejays rights to Boyle and Washington deejays, Boyle said. "I received thinly -veiled threat to either sell threatened the group's managers, at the best possible price. Boyle the same amount of money out or face an FCC inquiry later. Joe Ruffalo and Bob Cavallo, with testified, however, that the whether I did (pay) or didn't," he Sonderling said WOL was worth loss of airplay if DJP were not $14,000 figure was stipulated by testified. The payments to DJP "in excess of $3 million." An FCC allowed to produce the band's Cavallo and Ruffalo. "That was were listed along with other con- press officer put the market value appearance here. In order to $2,000 apiece for seven disc cert expenses, Boyle explained, of the station at $10-12 million. avoid a confrontation, Ruffalo, jockeys," Boyle said. which merely raised the level of Boyle testified that the idea of Boyle said, signed a letter giving Also under FCC investigation the concert's "split" point, that buying WOL was first raised "kid- the deejays the right of first re- are concerts presented by Boyle is, the break-even figure plus an dingly" by his attorney, Jason fusal of a 1975 EWF show in and Washington at the Capitol agreed -upon reasonable profit for Shrinsky, when they were discuss- Washington. The following year, Centre between 1974 and 1976 the promoter. All receipts over ing how to keep the WOL jocks Boyle and Washington who pro- featuring Al Green, Rufus, Aretha the split are shared between the from "interfering" with their moted the show jointly, paid DJP Franklin, the Isley Brothers and act and the promoter, in the case shows. Shrinsky said last week $14,000 in "blood money" as Natalie Cole. Boyle and Washing- of the EWF show, 70 percent to that the $3 million offer was one Washington put it, to buy out ton charge that DJP extorted pay- the act, 30 percent to the pro- "that could not be cast aside as their first refusal rights. ments from them by threatening moter. The group's guarantee is not serious" at the time it was Mel Edwards, a WOL jock and not to play the records of up- included in the break-even costs. "Then, its made about a year ago. president of DJP, now out of coming acts unless they were paid stripped of legal niceties," FCC administrative law Boyle, 42, told the FCC last business, said the deejays wanted a "saturation promotion" fee. judge Joseph Stirmer asked Boyle, week that he had used his exclu- to produce the 1975 EWF show Boyle said he went along with "it was Earth, Wind & Fire that sive agreement and personal themselves but were frozen the payments for the EWF and out paid DJP Productions?" cachet with the management of of the Capitol Centre, the only other shows because he was per- "That's exactly right," Boyle the Capitol Centre, an 18,000 seat hall in the area large enough to mitted to add the alleged payoffs replied. arena in suburban Washington, to handle the group, by Boyle's veto. to his concert expenses. In es- Sonderling, who took the wit - keep the WOL deejays from pro- The deejays had no other choice, sence, it was the groups, not the (Continued on page 117) ducing shows there. Boyle said he didn't like the disc jockeys' "business ethics. They forced groups to play for them," he said. Media Coverage Adds Intrigue to FCC Probe Cellar Door Concerts, which By MICHAEL SHAIN FCC is news a Boyle owns equally with Sam investigation on to complain about the piece even L'Hommedieu, effectively domi- WASHINGTON - "SCARED par with the specific allegations though it did not appear under nates the live music market from ROCK FIGURES WANT SECRET being hashed over. McCollum's byline. Washington to Miami. The com- HEARING" read the front page The media attention is being as Despite Boyle's and Washing- used by in pany enjoys an exclusive contract headline on the bulldog edition deftly the principals ton's reluctance to testify with with the Capitol Centre to pro- of the February 15 Washington the case, Boyle, Washington and the public present, they proved duce pop music shows there. At Star, the day before the FCC was the deejays, as it has been by the to be unshrinking, confident wit- one time, Cellar Door also had to open hearings on allegations FCC, which elected to open the nesses. Boyle, at several points in hearings the same type of agreement with of payola-plugola the D.C. to the press apparently during his day -long appearance, the Omni in Atlanta. The Capitol market. The story beneath it, in an attempt to dramatize what visibly struggled to hold back his Centre agreement "does not give which more than fortuitously re- it sees as a continuing problem anger. When asked how much me total and complete control" ported that two local concert in the radio business. front money he routinely puts up in fear The Star's story, for instance, is over who else may produce shows promoters were for their to get acts to perform for him, lives if were forced said by sources at Star to there, he testified. But Boyle often they to testify the Boyle grew testy. "That's not a in public against a group of disc have been placed by Cellar Door - business practice that needs to serves as a "friend of the court" jockeys, raised the level of ten- Dimensions Unlimited attorney be discussed here," he snapped. as he put it, to the Centre's man- sion surrounding the FCC inves- Jason Shrinsky. The stocky, agement. "I cannot say that peo- At another point, when asked tigation another notch. And it bearded, 42 -year old Jack Boyle by the FCC prosecutor if he had ple will not be allowed in. I will was just one more indication says he has always disliked per- say, however, that they have that ever been threatened by disc in music sonal publicity, preferring to keep never gone against my recom- payola the business still jockeys in other markets where mendations." makes good copy (and good TV a low profile. William Washing- he promoted shows, Boyle was news footage) nearly 20 years ton, too, was unhappy about the quick to say: "I never said I was Boyle and Washington rou- after flagrant abuses were exposed TV cameras hovering outside the threatened by any deejays. I don't tinely co -produce black shows at by the government. hearing room door. "I'm crazy want to be quoted saying that, the Capitol Centre and elsewhere The hearings have brought out (to be) here," Washington, 34, there are too many people writ- around Washington. Together every major local news organiza- said from the stand at one point. ing strange things as it is now." they promote an average of four tion in the city, including the What Shrinsky could not put One local TV reporter, Pat Col- to six shows a month at the big Washington Post, Star, AP, all into his legal brief requesting a lins, of the local CBS affiliate, is arena. Despite their substantial three network -affiliated TV sta- closed hearing was his clients' relishing the timing of the hear- association, Boyle denied that he tions, four radio stations and the professed fear of physical repri- ings. He had just completed a or any of his associates has a full complement of trade repor- sals for testifying. His brief cited five -part series for the local news financial interest in Dimensions ters. All the reporters assigned to the "severe social and economic show called "So You Want To Be Unlimited, nor does he have a the hearings are in it for the as - pressures" that public testimony A Rock 'n' Roll Star?," a behind - binding, long-term agreement yet unspecified duration, not just might bring. The Star story pro- the -scenes glimpse at the ma- with Washington for access to the for one -shots. That's a somewhat vided Shrinsky with the ultimate chinations of the music industry, Centre. Capitol unusual occurence considering argument for closing the hearings when the FCC hearings opened. When the WOL air personali- the drawn-out and parochial na- without having to possibly em- "I couldn't have been luckier," ties, through their concert com- ture of these hearings. Journal- barrass himself before the judge he said. All last week, his reports pany, DJ Productions, first ap- ists, both print and electronic, by having to substantiate their from the FCC ran just before in- proached the Capitol Centre to fears. have made up nearly two-thirds stallments of his rock series on produce a show in late 1974, Oddly enough, however, Shrins- the late night news. of the 30 or so spectators who Boyle testified, "I said under no ky apparently did not check out Even the FCC administrative each day have filed into the sec- circumstances should they be al- the planting of the story with his law judge presiding over the in- ond floor FCC hearing room to lowed in." Boyle said he learned client s. Sam L'Hommedieu, vestigation, Joseph Stirmer, has of DJP's "business ethics" after watch the proceedings over the Boyle's partner in Cellar Door, taken an interest in the coverage. a June 1974 Earth, Wind & Fire last two weeks. For the music in- called the Star's music reporter, Last Wednesday (23), Stirmer put concert at the Centre. Boyle laid dustry, such deep coverage of the Charlie McCollum, the next day (Continued on page 117)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com FCC Hearings (Continued from page 116) Bradley Visits Gotham ness stand on Wednesday and Radio stations, especially in me- Thursday (23 and 24), stood be- dium-sized and smaller markets, hind his disc jockeys. He said that are a major source of concert pro- he disregarded letters from Wil- motions stretching back to the liam Washington sent as early as beginning of commercial radio 1974 complaining about an al- itself. Boyle and Washington are leged conflict of interest between charging at these hearings that the radio station and the concert because stations have the ability promotion company. The letters to grant or withhold airplay they from Washington's corporate at- have an unfair competitive edge torney, Burton Yavener, were "in- over independent promoters. Art- definite and undefined, dealing ists think of performing for radio with rumors and under -currents. station -sponsored concerts "as a

I considered it a crank letter," necessary evil," Washington testi- Sonderling said. fied earlier in the hearings. Wash- "What was your understanding ington added that booking agents and talent managers are reluctant When Jerry Bradley, division vice president, Nashville operations, recently visited RCA of Mr. Washington's problem?" night of to work for deejay/promoters be- executives in New York, one of the things he did was attend the opening asked FCC prosecutor Keith Lone Star Cafe, a new outlet for country music in Gotham. Shown here (from left) Fagan. cause they can shortchange per- are Mel Ilberman, division vice president, domestic operations, RCA Records; Mort formers with relative impunity Cooperman Howard Keenan, proprietors of the club, and Bradley. "Mr. Washington would not and because of their power over brook competition from anybody programming. else," Sonderling answered. Atco Signs Hunter Country Music Academy Publicity When DJP promoted a Rufus NEW YORK Steve Hunter WOL, Sonderling said, encour- concert in early 1975, Boyle re- - Honors KLAC Radio called, he telephoned Dick Allen has been signed to an exclusive aged its air personalities "to be long-term recording contract with LOS ANGELES - KLAC, seen all over town. We always of the William Morris office in Metromedia Radio in Los An- Atlantic/Atco Records, it was an- felt that the exposure (afforded by Los Angeles. After Boyle asked geles, has been named "Station why his company had not been nounced by Jerry Greenberg, concert promotions), the pub- president. of the Year" by the Academy of offered the Washington Rufus Music its 12th annual licity, just bringing artists to the "Swept Away," Hunter's debut Country at public is an asset to the station." date, Allen allegedly replied that awards presentation at the Shrine 1 album on Atco Records, was co - Rufus's label, ABC Records, had Auditorium, on February 17. But the concert promotion ac- produced by Bob Ezrin and Brian "decided to play with the deejays KLAC has been the recipient tivities of the WOL jocks came to Christian for Migration Records, in order to get the airplay." of this honor for seven consecu- an abrupt halt in April, 1976 after Inc., and is set for March 15 re- years, ever since the academy Boyle and Washington retained a Boyle then called Bob Gibson, lease. tive communications lawyer to handle then an executive with ABC, who Hunter comes to the label via created the category in 1970. Judging is conducted nationally their case before the FCC. In di- allegedly told him: "It's not his association with Ezrin since by representatives of the pub- rect response to the promoters' standard practice, but if Otis says 1971, when Ezrin produced Mitch lishing and recording industries. complaints, Sonderling Broadcast- play for the deejays, I don't have Ryder's Detroit, Hunter's first ing instituted new restrictions at a choice." Boyle said he assumed professional band. Since then, WOL. Intros and outros which Gibson was referring to ABC Hunter has toured and recorded Press Coverage mentioned upcoming personal Records vice president Otis with Alice Cooper ("Billion Dol- appearances were eliminated; Smith. lar Babies," "Welcome To My Of Payola Hearings artist interviews on the air were Other managers, Boyle testi- Nightmare," and "Alice Goes To (Continued from page 116) banned; the right of disc jockeys fied, have "stood up" to disc Hell," all produced by Ezrin) and to promote concerts featuring jockeys' pressure. Natalie Nielson, Lou Reed ("Berlin," "Rock 'n Roll in a request for a press bundle major artists in the D.C. area was the manager of Graham Central Animal," "Live"), plus additional on the hearings from the FCC's usual- terminated; the deejays were for- Station, called Boyle, the pro- recordings with Flo & Eddie, Jack chief press officer. Judges bidden to produce any other con- moter said, to tell him that "War- Bruce and Dr. John. Hunter also ly avoid the publicity surrounding certs for the first of 1976; and ner Brothers wants me to play for plays on the newly -released Atco cases they are hearing out of con- Mel Edwards' resignation as WOL Mel Edwards and the deejays in album, "Peter Gabriel," the solo cern for prejudicing their ulti- music director was accepted. Washington and Richmond." Niel- debut of the former Genesis lead- mate judgments. These hearings, however, are investigatory, and son eventualy turned down the er, produced by Ezrin; and is the 1976 Restrictions Stirmer will not be called upon Sonderling had no such restric- offer from deejay productions and featured guest star on Gabriel's for a finding of guilt or in- tions on outside activities until her group performed for Boyle first U.S. tour, opening next and Washington. week. nocence. the spring of 1976, "because we Limited Coverage were not aware of the potential Coverage of the payola allega- conflict of interest," Sonderling Goody's Honors Manilow tions has yet to spill over into testified. The union contract be- the national news media. The tween WOL and the disc jockeys charges being bandied about at forbade also the management the FCC are confined to Wash- from "unreasonably" restricting ington and too limited to bring the deejays' outside activities. But in the networks or the out of when the WOL license was ap- town papers. But when these parently put in jeopardy by the hearings travel to Chicago, Det- FCC proceedings, Sonderling in- roit, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles stituted the new rules despite the as is currently planned, the po- AFTRA contract. tential for more black eyes in and The FCC hearing is investiga- around the music industry grows tory, guilt or innocence will not geometrically. In the end, the be judged after its completion negative publicity, some of it sometime this week. The com- bordering on the hysterical, some mission says it is gathering infor- of it just plain unfactual, could be mation on the need to strengthen far more damaging to both radio the laws forbidding payola- Arista Records artist Barry Manilow took time off from a sold out four date engage- and music than any restrictive plugola. The WOL situation-in ment at Philadelphia's Academy of Music to receive an award from Sam Goody's as legislation for which the FCC the "Top Selling Male Artist" at a luncheon in the performer's honor. Pictured flanking its most general terms-is com- says these hearings are gathering the artist and presenting him the award are Tom Seaman (left) and Joe DiMartino of mon throughout the country. Goody's. information.

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com 2142° RECORD WORLD COUNTRY Imä WORLD MacGregor Disc Is First Single To Top Mickey Gilley Takes Top Honors Country, Pop Charts Since 'The Streak' At Acad. of Country Mus is Awards By LUKE LEWIS a LOS ANGELES-Mickey Gilley Loretta Lynn and Conway NASHVILLE-For the first time cording to Jay Lasker, president (Playboy) made a clean sweep of Twitty (MCA) were voted Top three a single has of Ariola America, the label in nearly years the Academy of Country Music's Vocal Group and Moe Bandy reached the top spot on RW's "felt from the beginning that 12th Annual Award Show by win- (Col), one of the only three ma- charts simul- Mary could be a very important pop and country ning five separate categories, in- jor winners who was not present Mary MacGregor's country act, but when we first taneously. cluding Entertainer of the Year to accept the awards in person, "Torn Between Two Lovers" put this record out we put it out and Male Vocalist of the Year. was named Most Promising Male (Ariola America) retained its as a pop cut." When the label Gilley, who was in Los Angeles Vocalist of the Year. No. 1 position on The Singles got a few nibbles and thought to attend the awards concert on Roy Clark (ABC Dot), who was Chart and jumped to the top it might have possibilities in February 17, appeared almost unable to appear at the Shrine spot on The Country Singles country, they hired two inde- embarrassed as he kept returning Auditorium, received the Jim Chart this week, making it the pendent promotion men to work to the stage to accept his honors Reeves Memorial Award, and first record to achieve the posi- in that direction. "They met a for Album of the Year ("Gilley's Owen Bradley received the Pio- tions concurrently since Ray lot of resistance," Lasker said. Smokin'"), Single Record of the neer Award. Stevens' "The Streak" (Barnaby). "They didn't think it was country Year ("Bring It On Home"), Band The new label's first hit single enough." The Palamino in North Holly- of the Year (Red Rose Express) has an interesting history. Ac- Lasker decided to regroup. He wood, California, was named and Entertainer and Male Vocalist Nightclub of the Year, Los An- called a meeting with Peter Yar- of the Year. row and Barry Beckett, co -pro- geles station KLAC was again Deaton Elected "Don't The Girls Get Prettier At voted Radio Station of the Year ducers for MacGregor, to discuss Closing Time," another Gilley hit, NATD President the situation. They all knew and Charlie Douglas of WWL in was named Song of the Year, New Orleans was named Disc that they had a "huge country NASHVILLE - At its last technically a writer's award going Jockey of the Year. monthly meeting, the Nashville song" and that it might only be to Baker Knight, but in actuality Awards for individual musi- Association of Talent Directors a matter of time before someone another tribute to the artist who cians were given to Curtis Stone, elected Billy Deaton its president else cut a country version. "At in 1964 was named Most Promis- bass; Billy Armstrong, fiddle; Ar- for 1977. Deaton heads his own one point we decided to cut a ing Male Vocalist by the Acad- chie Francis, drums; Danny Mi- agency in this city, Billy Deaton country version ourselves," emy. chaels, lead guitar; Hargus "Pig" Talent. Lasker recalled, "but we all Crystal Gayle (UA), last year's Robbins, piano; J.D. Maness, NATD member agencies in- thought that would be unfair to Most Promising Female Vocalist, steel; Jerry Inman, rhythm guitar; clude Top Billing, Inc., The Mary. fulfilled her title when she was and Possum Holler, George Lavender -Blake Agency, Chardon, "We also considered recutting named 1976's Female Vocalist of Jones' band, was voted Band of Inc., Buddy Lee Attractions, Al it with some steel to give it the Year. Billie Joe Spears (UA) - the Year (non -touring). Embry International, Century II more of a country sound," said cheerfully accepted her award as Promotions, One Niters, The (Continued on page 119) Most Promising Female Vocalist. Wilhite Agency, and Music Park Talent, as well as the Deaton agency. NASHVILLE REP RT Pacts Rising Star By RED O'DONNELL With World Intl. Hold on to your tusk! considered writing to an ele- NASHVILLE - Col. Dave Have you ever Mathes, president of Rising Star phant? If so, MCA artist Kenny Starr is the man to see. Records, has signed a national distribution agreement with He can help in your correspondence. Mickey Gilley, winner of six awards at the Academy of Music World International Group, Inc. Kenny has compiled what may be the most Country Awards, list in pachyderm doux" is congratulated backstage by Playboy Rising Star Records, a division complete mailing "billet Records operations director Eddie Kilroy of NRS Records & Tapes, Inc., history. (center) and Tom Takayoshi, vice presi- currently has five artists signed It contains the names and addresses of some dent and general manager of Playboy. Gilley collected awards label. A member of the of the more famous elephants. Alive and well! for Best Album to their of the Year, "Gilley's Smokin';" Best Independent Label Association, Naturally, there is a gimmick to Starr's bright idea. He has mailed Single of the Year, "Bring It On Home their first release under the new his latest recording, "Me and the Elephants," to elephants in zoos To Me;" Best Touring Band of the Year agreement will be by The Capi- across the country. A beastly ingenious promotion bit, you'll agree. (Red Rose Express); Best Male Vocalist; Entertainer of the Year; and Best Re- an eight piece -self contained It was shipped to such trunk -toting types as "Tundra" and "Sandra" tals, corded Song of the Year, "Don't The group. (Continued on page 120) Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time." COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEK tL DON WILLIAMS, "SOME BROKEN HEARTS W RUTH BUZZI, "YOU OUGHTA HEAR THE e MARSHALL CHAPMAN, "ME I'M NEVER SONG" (R. Bowling/J. Emer- FEELIN' FREE." This songwriter/ MEND" (W. Holyfield; D. BM)). This is son; Brougham Hall, BMI/ singer may be one of the biggest z Maplehill/Vogue, tL the first single from the "Vis- 611 Warhawk BMI). Yup. This is surprises to come out of Nashville is soaring up -a the same Ruth Buzzi who made this year. Producer Ben Tallent ions" Ip which N the album chart and can only you laugh at "Laugh In" on has done an excellent job, cap- be helped on its way to the the tube. This is serious though, turing both her tough and her top by this fine offering. Wil- and her voice carries as much tender moments as she delivers liams could be looking at no. clout as her purse. You defi- a collection of country blues like

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com Fowler Named VP By Top Billing C UNTRY HOTLINE TWO i NASHVILLE-Don Fowler has By MARIE been named vice president of RATLIFF FROM Top Billing, Inc. The announce- FEARLESS FORECAST: "The Bluest CON BRIO ment of Fowler's appointment Heartache of the Year" may come on was made (with enthusiasm) by TBI president strong as the country song of the year Tandy Rice. via the efforts of Kenny Dale! It Fowler joins Rice and Andrea started in Texas on-the Earthrider Smith as agent -officers of the After THREE Weeks label, was picked up by Capitol Rec- talent firm. A veteran of 10 years ords, and is on the Billboard ,, as a booking agent for country way to national prominence! It's already music atractions, he joined Top strong at Record World Billing in 1975. KBOX, WIVK, WBAP, KHEY, KAYO, KDJW, m KIKK, KENR, KTTS, WJQS and KKYX. Anatural programmer ! Cashbox BMI Names Silverstein To take advantage of interest in the pop version of "Living Next Door to Alice," ABC Dot has decided "I'VE GOT YOU Special Projects Director to release a country disc of the song by Johnny (To Come Home To)" Carver, although his new "Sweet CBK #116 i NASHVILLE - Clara E. Silver- City Woman" is stein has been named director climbing well. However, programmers in droves are of special switching to "Alice" projects for the Broad- and it looks like an airplay hit ! cast Music, Inc. Nashville office First week believers include KXLR, KERE, WUBE, by its vice president, Frances WKDA, KFDI, KWMT, KDJM, WSLC and WCMS. Preston. Ms. Silverstein will be primarily responsible for press is drawing instant re- and publicity contacts with area action to "I Need You All The Time" based publications. with adds at KNIX, WMC, KKYX, WHOO, Background WSDS, KFDI, WCMS, WGBG, KJJJ, KERE and Prior to joining BMI in 1976, WCMS. Bill Green's "Texas Greats" Ms. Silverstein was an officer of moving in San Antonio and Wichita. the First American National Bank, Willie Nelson has teamed up with actively involved in music in- Darrell McCall for a straight country DON KING dustry business development. rendering of the classic western She is a special member of the Kenny Dale ballad "Lily Dale." Better Business Bureau Nashville Action early in Miami, Houston, After ONE Week Springfield, Des Moines, Knoxville branch, member of the 1977 and Wichita. Already on 112 Stations Nashville Symphony support Warner Brothers drive business and industry divi- has re -shipped the Buck "I'M SAVIN' UP sion committee, and chairman Owens' single, changing the name of this year's Westminster of the motel to "World Famous Paradise SUNSHINE" School music Inn," with appropriate lyric festival entertain- changes, CBK #117 ment committee. which you should have received by now. It's starting to show well in the southwest. Mike Bovd's "Whisky," on MacGregor the MBI label, getting adds in Texas Single Rayburn Anthony markets. (Continued from page 118) Lasker, "and then we thought Barbara Fairchild has a strong entry with "Let Me about putting out two versions, Love You One More Time" at WWVA, WTSO, KKYX, KERE, one with steel and one without." KSO, KTTS, WIVK, KFDI and WCMS. That option could have resulted Rayburn Anthony's "Lonely Eyes" is an early add at in a "very complicated market- WDEE; Mike Finnegan's "Misery Loves ing thing' Company" with people hearing charted at KBOX (#45). one version and possibly buying the other in the stores. Mares Smith's "Love's Explosion" exploding in DALE midwest markets; Dale McBride's "I'm Promising Reports Saving Up Sunshine" looking good in the southwest. McBRIDE Before they could firm -up any decision on the matter, they Super Strong: Vern Gosdin, Conway Twitty, Narvel Look for Dale's New started getting a few more Felts, T. G. Sheppard. Upcoming Album: promising reports from country SURE radio. Lasker says, "At that point SHOTS "THE ORDINARY Don Gibson - "Fan The Flame, Feed we hired two very strong inde- The Fire" MAN ALBUM" Don Williams - "Some Broken Hearts Never pendent country promotion men Mend" CBLP #051 -Wade Pepper in Atlanta and Red Steaaªll - "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" Bruce Hinton in L.A.-and Exclusively On they LEFT FIELDERS did a really remarkable job. As Karon Blackwell "Up To CON BRIO soon as they got it on the air the - Now" Ruth Buzzi phones were incredible and that - "You Oughta Hear the Song" RECORDS Dale McBride is encouraging to the program- - "I'm Saving Up Sunshine" Distributed by Ruby Falls mers." - "Bush Dance" Nationwide Sound Dist. The record Pepper and Hinton P.O. Box AREA ACTION 23262 went with was the original and Nashville, Tenn. 37202 Sammy Johns "Mr. Dreamer" chances are if you turn on your - (WBAM) 615/385-2704 Marshall radio right now and twist the Chapman - "Somewhere South of Macon" Con Brio Publishing Group Suite 407, 49 dial you will hear "Torn Be- (WAME) Music Square West Nashville, Tenn. 37203 tween Two Lovers" - with no Roy Clayborne - "Different Kind of Flower" 615/329-1944 steel. (KCUB)

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www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com CeUNTRY Getting the Drift SINGLE PICKS COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEK KARON BLACKWELL-Blackland 255 UP TO NOW (K. P. Powell; Acuff -Rose, BMI) That's Kay -ron for those who haven't heard her up to now. The lady can sing and she's got a solid, stone country song that could well be a smash. Hank Williams original band, The Drifting Cowboys, have completed their first record- ing session in nearly 25 years. The album features The Drifting Cowboys and singer/ songwriter/actor Jim Owen. Produced by Charlie Daniels, the album includes songs BOBBY BARE-RCA JB 10902 penned by Hank Williams, The Drifting Cowboys, and Jim Owen. Daniels performs as of the Charlie Daniels Band perform on most of LOOK WHO I'M CHEATING ON TONIGHT/IF YOU THINK I'M CRAZY NOW a guest vocalist and various members the albums tracks. Album recording was done at Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville. (YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME WHEN I WAS A KID) (B. McDill; Hall Pictured (from left, standing) are Charlie Hayward, Joel "Taz" Digregorio, Fred Ed- Clement, BMI) wards, Jim Owen, Bob McNett, Jerry Rivers, Hillous Butrum, Don Helms, Lamar Morris. Both of these sides were penned by NSAI's Songwriter of the Year, Seated are Charlie Daniels and engineer Rex Collier. Bob McDill. Country programmers will probably lean towards the while the flip side should appeal to more progressive for- "A" s'de (Continued from page 118) mats. Take your pick. Nashville Report in Topeka, "Ole Diamond" in Knoxville and "Laverne" in the Bronx, DON GIBSON-ABC/Hickory 54010 N.Y. City. ASCAP) FAN THE FLAME, FEED THE FIRE (E. Raven; "The list," says Starr, "is available to anyone who has a yen to Raven wrote it and Gibson has stoked it up with Great song! Eddie become a pen pal of an elephant. and production. Take a simmering vocals. Superb instrumentation "Who knows where this may lead?" he asks with a straight face, bow, Wesley Rose. if not a straight forward. "I may become the first recording artist with a fan club made up of RED STEAGALL-ABC/Dot 17684 ASCAP) elephants. I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO (D. Cross/G. Cory; General, "I sure," he assures, "won't be the one to tell them they can't swings it and the results are so stunning you'll wonder why it Red join." (With peanuts for membership dues?) hasn't been done this way before. A definite chart contender. P. S.: Starr's address is MCA Records, 27 Music Square East, Nashville and "Baby Penny" answers-hang up! LINDA HARGROVE-Capitol 4390 37203. And if you phone Star on Music Row, address of Record World in OLD FASHIONED LOVE (C. Mack/J. Johnson; Warner Bros., ASCAP) The Four Building is Building," so named by its new owner, Sounds like Linda smiled her way through this remake of a Bob Wills Nashville, now the "Signor wife Carole Signor rates an classic. It feels good and should swing its way up the charts. Burt Signor of New York City. (Attractive assist in the selection.) MARGO SMITH-Warner Bros. 8339 Signor is pronounced "Sig -nor" and what will you bet some folks LOVE'S EXPLOSION (N. D. Wilson/M. Smith; Jidobi/AI Gallico, BMI) won't call it "Sign -or"? Margo puts her distinctive voice to an uplifting mid -tempo number Whatever, Signor tells me that singer Frankie Laine is going to be one and comes up with a winner. Watch for it. of his tenants on or before April 1. "Frankie," said Signor," will maintain an office full-time in the build- BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC/Dot 17682 ing and there is a possibility he'll rent or buy a home in Nashville. JUST A LITTLE THING (L. Martine, Jr.; Ray Stevens, BMI) He'll also do some recording here in a month or so." This upbeat rocker is just the thing for Crash to do his stuff on. Sounds good for programmers and jukes alike. CMA Releases Broadcasters Kit NASHVILLE The Country prepared by CMA for its radio PAL RAKES-Warner Bros. 8340 - Music Association has announced station and organizational mem- THAT'S WHEN THE LYIN' STOPS (AND THE LOVIN' STARTS) (N. D. Wilson/ that its 1977 Radio Station bers. For more information, P. Rakes/Russ Faith) Kit is on the way to contact: CMA, 7 Music Circle Here's an up -tempo bedtime story that should help spice up the play - Broadcasters North, Nashville, Tennessee lists. Marked by rich -textured instrumentation, it should do well. member radio stations and organizations in the United 37203; phone: (615) 244-2840. States and Canada. BRENDA LEE-MCA 40683 Designed to provide existing Acuff -Rose To Host RUBY'S LOUNGE (S. H. Dorff/M. L. Brown; Hobby Horse, BMI) and new member stations with Ruby is not only the proprietor of the bar, but also a loving mama the latest ideas and statistics in Golf Tournament to her little girl on this cut. Both Brenda's vocals and the string ar- areas of sales, promotion NASHVILLE Acuff -Rose Pub- rangements shine. the - and programming, the CMA kit lications, Inc., will host its First is sectionalized to permit use by Annual Golf Invitational Tourna- JOHNNY CARVER-ABC/Dot 17685 various departments within the ment on Monday and Tuesday, ALICE (M. Chinn/M. Chapman; Chinnichap/ LIVING NEXT DOOR TO stations. the 16th and 17th of May at Island, BMI) Among the topics in the new Henry Horton State Park in with his previous countrified "covers" of Carver has met with success kit: current methods of research- Chapel Hill, Tennessee. Wesley current pop hits, and it sounds like he may do it again with this ren- ing a radio market; up-to-date Rose will serve as chairman and dition. statistics which apply to product Bob Jennings as tournament sales; new demographic studies director. LLOYD GREEN-October 1009 of music listeners; a This tournament will be ex- FEELINGS (M. Albert; Fermata International Melodies, ASCAP) country of the top 20 songs clusively for music people, A mellow instrumental of Morris Albert's smash features Green's tabulation since 1944, as well as lists of primarily from Nashville. More impeccable crying steel licks. Should be a good programmer. booking agencies, ID/jingles and information and personal invita- THE WUNDERFULS-MCA 40684 cated radio programs, RIAA certi- tions will follow in the near BEER DRINKIN' MUSIC (J. L. Wallace/T. Skinner; Widget, BMI) fied gold country albums and future. Any ladies interested in This good-time toe -tapper can't miss; not only are these guys funny, singles and more. being scorekeepers please con- but Ihey're also adept musically-and they are due. The kit is one of the benefits tact Bob Jennings at 385-3031.

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