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'''''''"'" www.americanradiohistory.com VOLUME XLIII - NUMBER 13 - August 15, 1981 THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY CASH BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MEL ALBERT Executive Vice President and General Manager EDITORIAL Audiophile Gold NICK ALBARANO As little as two years ago, digital, half -speed For record retailers, a hard audience to win over, Vice President mastered and direct -disc LPs were generally con- the proof of the pudding has been in sales. With a ALAN SUTTON Vice President and Editor In Chief sidered "for audiophiles only," aimed at purists with hefty built-in profit margin, audiophile records have J.B. CARMICLE thousands of dollars of stereo equipment. Some sold through with little or no discounting. The major Vice President and General Manager. East Coast manufacturers of this product even began labels are more receptive than ever to licensing JIM SHARP Vice President. Nashville marketing the records as "components," dealing product, now realizing that the LPs won't undermine RICHARD IMAMURA almost exclusively with a network of small audio catalog sales and licensing fees are pure profit. Managing Editor specialty salons that primarily sold hardware. The result of all this will be that this fall and winter MARK ALBERT Marketing Director But a funny thing happened on the way to the consumers will see a group of audiophile releases East Coast Editorial marketplace. Full -service record retailers began to unlike any in the history of the business. What was FRED GOODMAN - DAVE SCHULPS DAN NOOGER stock small amounts of product, particularly half - once the domain of little known, esoteric artists will West Coast Editorial speed mastered titles, and no sooner would they now be filled with the likes of Billy Joel, REO MARK ALBERT. Radio Editor MARC CETNER - MICHAEL GLYNN reach the bins, than they would be gone. Sensing a Speedwagon, Air Supply, Neil Diamond, Rod MICHAEL MARTINEZ growing market, major labels such as CBS got into Stewart and Genesis, to name but a few of the acts Research KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager the act and soon leading audiophile recording which will be represented on half -speed mastered BILL FEASTER - LEN CHODOSH MIKE PLACHETKA - JEFF LAINE manufacturers like Mobile Fidelity and Nautilus releases. And audiophile manufacturers them- HARALD TAUBENREUTHER were aggressively competing with one another to selves are actively gearing marketing and merchan- Nashville Editorial/Research JENNIFER BOHLER, Nashville Editor license the best available product, including proven dising towards the record retailer. Can the first JUANITA BUTLER - TIM STICHNOTH TOM ROLAND pop and rock hits. audiophile gold record be far behind? Art Director LARRY CRAYCRAFT Circulation THERESA TORTOSA. Manager PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK 1775 Broadway. New York NY 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Cable Address: Cash Box NY Telex: 666123 HOLLYWOOD 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) a warm greeting Hollywood CA 90028 Reagan Administration's tax -cut bill receives Phone: (213) 464-8241 labels (page 5). NASHVILLE from corporate -controlled 21 Music Circle East, Nashville TN 37203 Phone. (615) 244-2898 Labels contesting California tax law (page 5). CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO, Coin Machine. Mgr. 1442 S. 61st Ave.. Cicero IL 60650 The Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" and "Mr. Briefcase" by Lee Phone: (312) 863-7440 WASHINGTON, D.C. Ritenour (new and developing artist) are the top Cash Box EARL B. ABRAMS 3518 N. Utah St.. Single Picks (page 9). Arlington VA 22207 Phone: (703) 243-5664 "Pretenders II" and the self -titled debut LP by Larry John MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Director of South American Operations McNally (new and developing artist) are the top Cash Box ARGENTINA - MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" Album Picks (page 11). Buenos Aires. Argentina Phone: 89-6796 AUSTRALIA - ALLAN WEBSTER 699 Drummond Street Carlton, Victoria. Australia 3054 Phone: 347-0518 TOP POP DEBUTS BRASIL - CHRISTOPHER PICKARD Av. Borges de Mederios. 2475 71 ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) - Christopher Cross - Warner Bros. Apt. 503. Lagoa SINGLES Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Phone: 246-8349 CANADA - KIRK LaPOINTE 25 BELLA DONNA - Stevie Nicks - Modern/Atlantic 835A Bloor Street West - Unit E ALBUMS Toronto, Ontario. Canada M6G 1M1 Phone: (416) 536-8824 FRANCE - DILEK KOC 12 Boulevard Exelmans POP SINGLE POP ALBUM Paris, France 75016 Phone: NUMBER 524-4784 ENDLESS LOVE PRECIOUS MIME GERMANY - GERHARD AUGUSTIN Oettingenstrasse 66 Diana Ross and Lionel Richie Pat Benatar 8 Munich 22 Motown Chrysalis Phone: 089-221363 Telex: 5-29378 ITALY - MARIO DE LUIGI "Musica e Dischi" Via Giannone 2 SINGLE ONES B/CALBUM 20154 Milan, Italy B/C Phone: (02) 389-059/389-936 JAPAN - Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET STREET SONGS Editorial Mgr., KOZO OTSUKA Rick James 3rd Floor of Chuo-Tatemono bldg. Stacy Lattisaw 2-chome. 11-1. Shinbashi. Minato-ku, Cotillion/Atlantic Gordy/Motown Tokyo Japan. 105 Phone: 504-1651 NETHERLANDS - CONSTANT MEIJERS P.O. Box 1807 COUNTRY SINGLE COUNTRY ALBUM 1200 BV Hilversum Phone: 035-19841 SPAIN- ANGEL ALVAREZ I DON'T NEED YOU FANCY FREE Lopez de Hoyos 178. 5 CD Kenny Rogers The Oak Ridge Boys Madrid - 2 Spain Phone: 415 23 98 Liberty MCA UNITED KINGDOM- PAUL BRIDGE 608 Kings Road. London SW6 England Phone: 01-731-2452 JAll CLASSICAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES $110 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX (ISSN 0008- 7289). 1775 Broadway, New York. N.Y. 10019. Printed in THE MAN WITH THE HORN LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York. N.Y.. Miles Davis Pavarotti, Horne and additional mailing offices. "Copyright 1981 by the Sutherland, Cash Box Publishing Co.. Inc. All rights reserved. Columbia London Digital Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX, 1775 Mlles Davls Broadway. New York, N.Y. 10019. www.americanradiohistory.com czs PDX O'flOOSfl\CLES August 15, 1981 Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 8/8 Chart 8/8 Chart 8/8 Chart "'ENDLESS LOVE SO RIGHT TEMPTED DIANA ROSS and LIONEL RICHIE ALABAMA (RCA PB -12236) 37 10 (A&M 2345) 74 4 (Motown M 1519F) 6 7 EVERLASTING LOVE SUPER FREAK (PART 2 THEME FROM "THE GREATEST REX SMITH/RACHEL SWEET RICK JAMES (Gordy/Motown G7205) 80 2 AMERICAN HERO" (Columbia 18-02169) 38 8 STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART JOEY SCARBURY (Elektra E-47147) 1 14 REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND GARY WRIGHT (Warner Bros. WBS 49769) 39 7 (Arista AS 0618) 77 3 3 SLOW HAND POINTER SISTERS (Planet/Elektra P-47929) 4 12 0 THAT OLD SONG 71 ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT RAY PARKER, JR. & RAYDIO P YOU CAN DO) 4 JESSIE'S GIRL (Arista AS 0616) 41 6 CHRISTOPHER CROSS 21 RICK SPRINGFIELD (RCA PB -12201) 3 (Warner Bros. WBS 49787) 1 38 THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY - 5 ELVIRA (Capitol P 5030) 43 4 72 THE SENSITIVE KIND THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (MCA -51084) 2 15 SANTANA (Columbia 18-02178) 79 39 DOUBLE DUTCH BUS 3 6 I DON'T NEED YOU FRANKIE SMITH (WMOT 4W85351( 29 12 73 THE SUN AIN'T GONNA KENNY ROGERS (Liberty 1415) 5 10 40 FOR YOUR EYES SHINE ANYMORE ONLY NIELSEN/PEARSON 7 THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE SHEENA EASTON (Liberty P 1418) 49 4 (Capitol P 5032) 84 2 AIR SUPPLY (Arista AS 0604) 7 14 41 THE VOICE 74 FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN 8 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY #fd THE MOODY BLUES MICHAEL STANLEY BAND MANHATTAN TRANSFER (Threshold/PolyGram TR 602) 62 2 (EMI -America 8090) 83 2 (Atlantic 3816) 8 13 75 NICOLE 9 HEARTS fle 42 I COULD NEVER MISS YOU POINT BLANK (MCA -51132) 85 8 MARTY BALIN (EMI America 8084) 9 13 (MORE THAN I DO) 76 A HEART IN NEW YORK LULU ALF-7006) 3 10 QUEEN OF HEARTS (ALFA 56 ART GARFUNKEL (Columbia 18-02307) 85 2 JUICE NEWTON (Capitol P-4997) 10 12 43 NIGHTWALKER 77 WE'RE IN THIS LOVE 11 BETTE DAVIS EYES GINO VANNELLI (Arista AS 0613) 45 8 TOGETHER KIM CARNES (EMI -America 8077) 11 21 44 IT'S NOW OR NEVER AL JARREAU (Warner Bros. WBS 49746) 81 3 JOHN 12 LADY (YOU BRING ME UP) SCHNEIDER 78 BACKFIRED COMMODORES (Motown M1514F) 16 9 (Scotti Bros./CBS ZS6 02105) 32 12 CO DEBBIE HARRY (Chrysalis CHS 2526) - 1 13 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS 45 BREAKING AWAY DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES BALANCE (Portrait/CBS 24-02177) 50 6 79 SHAKE IT UP TONIGHT CHERYL LYNN (Columbia 11-02102) 86 2 (RCA PB -12217) 12 16 46 DON'T WANT TO WAIT 14 TIME ANYMORE 80 DEDICATED TO THE ONE THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT TUBES (Capitol P 5007) 35 9 I LOVE (Arista AS 0598) 14 18 BERNADETTE PETERS (MCA -51152) 87 2 47 GIVE IT TO ME BABY 15 URGENT RICK JAMES (Gordy/Motown G 7197F1) 42 13 81 WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOREIGNER (Atlantic 22 7 ICEHOUSE (Chrysalis CHS 2530) 89 2 3831) 48 WINNING 16 (THERE'S) NO GETTIN' OVER ME SANTANA (Columbia 11-01050) 26 19 82 IS IT YOU R NNIE MILSAP (RCA PH -12264) 18 8 LEE RITENOUR (Elektra E-47124) 51 18 49 DON'T LET HIM GO 17 TOUCH ME WHEN WE'RE REO SPEEDWAGON (Epic 19-02127) 44 10 83 SEVEN YEAR ACHE ROSANNE CASH (Columbia 11-11426) 64 19 DANCING CARPENTERS (A&M 2344) 17 9 50 CHLOE ELTON JOHN (Geffen GEF 49788) 57 4 84 I LOVE YOU CLIMAX BLUES BAND 18 THE STROKE (Warner Bros.