ATLANTIC PARTY - Atlantic Records hosted a holiday party at the New York, New York Rolling Stones Records president; Phil Manzanera and Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music. Pic- disco/restaurant recently. More than 1,000 people attended the bash including a number tured (l-r) in the bottom row of photos are: England Dan and John Ford Coley; Foreigner's of celebrities such as Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi (the Blues Brothers), Roberta Flack, Ed Gagliardi; Roberta Flack and Aykroyd and Belushi; Michael Klenfner, Atlantic senior England Dan & John Ford Coley, and Peter Tosh. Pictured (l-r) in the top row of photos are: vice president; Scott Muni, WNEW-FM program director; Paula Dorf, Atlantic artist rela- Sheldon Vogel, Atlantic executive vice president; Fran Wakschal, (holding platinum rec- tions manager and Bud Prager, Foreigner's manager; Paul Uterano; Aykroyd; Sal Uterano, ord honoring her 30 years with Atlantic); Nesuhi Ertegun, WEA International president and Atlantic vice president of sales; Belushi and Tunc Erim, Atlantic national pop album Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic chairman; John Belushi; Dan Aykroyd; WEA's Nick Maria and promotion director. Also on hand for the party were members of Foreigner, the Trammps Bruce Tesman; Jerry Greenberg, Atlantic president and Stacy Greenberg; Earl McGrath, and Average White Band. New Studio Album And Tour $400 Million UA Suit Claims Keep Saxman Scott Busy CBS Violated Antitrust Laws (continued from page 8) (continued from page 5) lived," Scott notes. "It was easier to write that a substantial portion of the UA inven- "Woodstock" on his "Great Scott" album than a film score because it was my own after April 1, 1978. tory was defective. caught the author's attention and Scott's story, my own spark and I let my imagina- Interestingly, according to court papers -That the defendants instituted career shifted directions. Mitchell tion go from there. I wasn't filed by the UA co-chairmen, when they asked locked into the "baseless, duplicitious and harassing him to play on her "For The Roses" LP, and action someone else had written. But I sought to purchase United Artists Records got litigation" in an effort to "deplete the finan- later she requested that his whole band, the to use the skills I learned in translating from Transamerica they initially went to other cial resources" of UA and to expose the L.A. Express, work with her. In 1974 the L.A. people's stories to music. CBS for financing. The proposal fell company to "public obloquy, ridicule and Express went out with Mitchell on a tour "I often have trouble deciding which through, however, and Mogull and disapproval." preserved on vinyl on her "Miles Of Aisles" direction to move in, so the suite idea was Rubinstein obtained financing elsewhere -That CBS Records, LP. By the time the tour was over, Scott had great for my album because it gave me a for the purchase. through Yetnikoff, breached a long-standing record club reached a new level of popularity with ar- clear direction. But now I don't know what Block Sale agreement tists and the public alike. Everyone from I'm going to do for a followup album. Right Although CBS allegedly acquired ap- between United Artists Records former Beatles to mainstream jazz artists now I'm leaning toward something harder proximately 475,000 "Out Of The Blue" and Columbia House by "informing the president wanted his help on their projects. and funkier than my last three LPs. I've albums, as well as the right to manufacture of the Columbia House record club that unless Meanwhile, Scott had also become a been using the same band for three LPs and sell additional copies of the album as Columbia House dis- honored and breached its agreement with leading TV and film score composer. and I think it's time for a change of players part of its agreement with Jet, Mogull and Mogull Starting with a "Dan August" show in 1969, as well." Rubinstein charge that CBS and Jet con- and Rubinstein's company, Yet- nikoff would he has scored a long list of TV shows and in Beside cutting his first album in his new spired to block the sale of UA's "Out Of The terminate the license of CBS 1972 he did his first on many movie Crimson Sound Studio around March, Blue" returns, in violation of the Sherman Records of its enormous repertoire to soundtracks for "The Culpepper Cattle Scott's plans after finishing his tour include Act. Specifically, they allege: Columbia House and in addition Columbia House Company." But by 1975, his weekly com- co -producing the next Boz Scaggs album -That CBS Records and Yetnikoff "ex- would not be allowed to press its albums at CBS posing for "Baretta" and his desire to get and looking at film projects. One possible plicitly made an agreement" whereby CBS -owned pressing plants." serious about his solo career convinced film project in the works is the story of how would purchase UA's "Out Of The Blue" in- -That during the months of October and Scott to cut back his session work. the Blues Brothers, the half -serious blues ventory for $3.00 per album, excluding November 1978, defendants took out full - "I used to do seven to 10 dates a week in act put together by "Saturday Night Live" defectives, and that CBS subsequently page ads in trade journals and newspapers the studio, but I had to cut back to concen- funnymen John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd breached the agreement under the pretext with national and international circulation, trate on my own career," remembers Scott. with Scott in the horn section, got together. which encouraged a public boycott of "Now I'm doing far fewer sessions but ones A screenplay is now being written by Mogull and Rubinstein's product. I enjoy more. Now I know the artists I work Aykroyd. -That defendants contacted recording with, but before, that wasn't always true." But whatever specific projects he under- artists under contract to UA and have "at- Still considered a "session player" by takes, Scott is enthusiastic about his poten- tempted to induce them to breach their many, Scott objects only to the constric- tial in a music scene increasingly open to contract" with the label. tions of being placed in the category. his type of music. In addition to treble damages under "If I'm limited by the 'session player' title "After all the guitar -dominated years, it's the antitrust laws, Mogull and Rubinstein I'm against it because I want to be judged by natural for listeners to open to other instru- are seeking punitive and exemplary the work I'm doing now. But there's nothing ments," says the sax-lyricon expert. "The damages in excess of $400 million. They wrong with doing sessions. In fact, doing a sax is clearly on the upswing in rock music, are also asking for injunctive relief. lot of sessions is one of the best ways to be which is part of the growing acceptance of A spokesman for CBS declined to com- in on what's happening on the music scene, horn music. I'm not sure exactly where con- ment on the antitrust complaint. literally." temporary music is going, but I'm confident GRAY VISITS WGIV - Infinity Recording On his new "Intimate Strangers" LP, of one thing - it won't go backwards." artist, Dobie Gray stopped at WGIV in Prism Will Distribute Scott got his first chance to use film scoring Charlotte, while on tour promoting his new techniques on his own albums. The suite on `Gish' Album Goes Gold album. Pictured (l -r) are: Gray; Chuck First Favelas Album side one tells the story of a brief affair bet- Margona, MCA salesperson; Bob Osborn, LOS ANGELES - "Rock Solid," the debut ween a musician on the road and a woman LOS ANGELES - "Bish," Stephen Infinity's southeast regional representative; album by Chi Chi Favelas, has been licen- in the audience. Bishop's second LP for ABC Records, Joanne, WGIV air personality; and Lee sed by Prism Records for distribution in the "The suite is based on a story I roughly recently was certified gold by the RIAA. Michaels, WGIV operations manager. U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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