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$1.50 Is The Indus cession Proof? (Ed) ABC To Market GTG In U.S., Canada Prager To Form New RCA Labe' blan Adds Lathower. Na es Harris Veep Ro ette Expands: Ads Act, Execs Capit _ & W Ré -Alignment 1Y4 e. I.VLJMeW, MerwKw MIN uuwu.aw. ... at the age of thirty seven she realized she'd never ride through Paris in a sportscar with the warm wind in her hair..:' * "The Ballad of Lucy Jordon" as sung by Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show Written by Shel Silverstein Produced by Ron Haffkine On Columbia Records t 3-10032 * Evil Eye Music, Inc. 0 1974 Reprinted by permission THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY BOX ASHVOLUME XXXVI-NUMBER 20- September 28, 1974 President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Vice President PHIL JAFFE Vice President and cash box editorial Director of Advertising West Coast ED ADLUM Managing Editor Is The Industry Editorial `Recession Proof'? New York MICHAEL DAVID STEVE MARKS Continued sales gains-or at least no drastic slides - during recent Hollywood "economic adjustment" or "mild recession" periods have led many in the DAVID BUDGE RON BARON industry to feel that the market for recordings is recession -proof. Obviously, if BEAU EURELL one bases the industry's performance during the last major economic Research turndown in 1969-70, the industry's ability to weather MIKE MARTUCCI negative economic Research Manager developments carries some weight. It's true that youth takes a "necessity" Art Director rather than a "luxury" approach to the WOODY HARDING recorded product they want; it's true Coin Machine that major purchases may be deferred during economic instability in favor of ED ADLUM - Manager financially smaller, but CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago desired acquisitions such as recordings. Yet, Circulation we must emphasize, how far can the industry carry this admittedly THERESA TORTOSA comforting view vs. Manager of industry economic developments before one realizes that the state of business and its welfare is directly related to the economic PUBLICATION OFFICES problems that face NEW YORK America and, for that matter, the rest of the world? As 119 West 57th St., N.Y.. N Y. 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 members of the world of recordings and music are well aware, the continually Cable Address: Cash Box N.Y. rising CALIFORNIA cost of doing business has had its impact in the area where it all counts, 6565 Sunset Blvd (Suite 520) Hollywood, Ca. 90028 the bottom -line. Assuming that the market for recordings remains viable, Phone: (213) 469-2966 where is the health of the industry when it cannot maintain adequate profit NASHVILLE margins in JUANITA JONES the face of the steady growth of the inflation spiral? And what if 1511 Sigler St., Nashville Tenn. 37203 economic news worsens beyond the point of the previous Phone: ( 615) 244-2898 downturn, greatly CHICAGO affecting the purchasing power of youth and other segments of the CAMILLE COMPASIO 29 E. Madison St.. Chicago Ill. record -buying public? Phone: (312) 346-7272 ENGLAND While we would agree that the record industry has had a "recession -proof" DORRIS LAND 3 Cork St.. London WI experience in recent years, this period cannot be seized as an example of how Phone: 01-7342374 well it would ARGENTINA stand-up to more unfortunate circumstances. At what point will MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Belgrano 3252, Piso 4"B" the "necessity" become a "luxury"? We hope that the industry as well as other Buenos Aires. Argentina Phone: 89-6796 business areas are never tested, and that, indeed, there will be a resurgence in CANADA economic growth and stability. But, the recording WALT GREALIS industry must view itself as 6 Brentclifte Road part of the total mix in the Toronto 17, Ontario, Canada complex and difficult task of beating our economic Phone: (416) 425-0257 woes. FRANCE FRANK LIPSIK To take unwise comfort in the industry's prowess in the face of economic 5 Rue Alfred Dormeuil. 78 Croissy Phone: 225-26-31 uncertainty is a dangerous delusion. The recording and music industry is a HOLLAND PAUL ACKET unique entity, to be sure, but it is hardly isolated from the economic world and Theresiastraat 59-63. The Hague Phone: 837700 the events that take place in it. ITALY GABRIELE G. ABBATE Viale A. Doria 10, 20124 Milano BELGIUM ETIENNE SMET Postbus 56, B-2700 Sint-Niklaas Phone: (031) 76-54-39 AUSTRALIA PETER SMITH NUMBER ONE 40 Winters Way. Doncaster 3108 SINGLE OF THE WEEK Victoria. Australia ROCK ME GENTLY SYLFlLL/r NIGNLSS' fIBíINA JAPAN Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO ANDY KIM-Capitol 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi, Minato -Ku. Tokyo Writer: Andy Kim Phone:504-1651 Pub: Joachim/BMI ; ,. Editorial Mgr.. FUMIYO TACHIBANA 1-11-2-Chome Shinbashi, Minato -Ku. Tokyo Phone: 504-1651 " SUBSCRIPTION RATES $40 per year anywhere in the U.S.A, Published weekly by CASH BOX, 119 West 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. and at additional NUMBER ONE mailing offices. ALBUM OF THE WEEK Copyright 1974 by The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal FULFILLINGNESS FIRST FINALE Copyright Convention. 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