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SPRING EVENT fr pg. 9 UA PUB con't fr pg. 9 maintained despite the company's in- Reminiscing briefly, UA Music volvement with Polydor Records, which, Publishing has been nominated in each Roy Rifkind notes, involves a "very loose of the past ten years for the song of the agreement, since we sell and promote year Oscar. winning in 1955 with "Love our own product." "We are provided with Is A Many Splendored Thing," in 1954 a record ng budget with which we can with "3 Coins In The Fountain," "The cut any lumber of acts. Polydor really Shadow of Your Smile" in 1965 and acts as a selling agent, with distribution "Talk To The Animals" in 1967. rights in the U.S. and worldwide." One of the key facets of the UA Music Apparently, the arrangement has Publishing Group is its print division worked out to both party's satisfaction. A headquartered in New York and run by year ago, a new five was year deal music veteran Herman Steiger. This negotiated, continuing an association division, which last year billed over $5 that started in 1970. million, handles not only all of the United The two Rifkinds and Spitalsky have ! 3 Artists catalog print business, but the been partners for the past seven years. GOT ANY PANAMA RED? Columbia recording group New Riders of the Purple Aberbach group, all Jim Croce material. They started in 1967 with a Sage recently visited New York for a four -show production Beachwood Publishing, Wes Farrell special engagement at the Academy company, Guardian Productions, which of Music. The concerts came in the middle of an east coast tour for the New Riders. Organization's publishing, Combine, and is now the parent entity of Spring/Event. Tree International. The group, whose most recent album, "Brujo," is currently on the charts, was given a The trio formed Event Records after a special reception at Luchows Restaurant prior to their opening night performance. It is the responsibility the good deal of dissatisfaction in the man- of UA Music Shown above at the affair are (I to r): Bruce Lundvall, vice president and general ner in which their master deals were be- Publishing print division to publish music manager at Columbia Records; Buddy Cage (pedal steel); Dave Nelson (guitar, books ing handled. Soon after, a hit single was ("how-to books," for instance), vocals); John "Marmaduke" Dawson (vocals, guitar); Skip Battin (bass, vocals); Irwin born, "Medicine Man" by the Buchanan sheet music, lead sheets for orchestras, Segelstein. president of CBS Records; Spencer Dryden (drums, vocals); Don Ellis, Bros. Spring Records was part of a deal school marching bands, etc. and, even vice president of west coast a&r; and Joe Kerr, the group's manager. with the rising to bring Clack product to MGM through a costs of paper and other deal arranged by Jerry Schoenbaum, materials, this cog in the machine con- Atlantic Earns who held a key exec post in the MGM or- tinues to show steady profit, as does the Joni Mitchell Ships Gold ganization. After "the bottom fell out" at entire firm. Seven Art Awards LOS ANGELES-"Miles of Aisles," Joni MGM, the deal was made with Polydor, But the success story of the United NEW YORK - Bob Defrin, art director Mitchell's eighth album and third to be again under the aegis of Schoenbaum, Artists Music Publishing Group is told in for Atlantic/ATCO records has an- recorded for the Asylum label, has been who had joined the company as presi- much the way a Tolstoy novel is written nounced that seven Atlantic album cov- certified as a Gold Album by the R.I.A.A.; dent. - in many complex yet interweaving ers have won awards in the 17th Annual the new two -record set, the first live Looking ahead, Roy Rifkind sums up levels. Certainly the collaboration of Society of Illustrators exhibition. Those album recorded by Mitchell, shipped the company's future philosophy as "to veteran geniuses such as Stewart and albums designated for awards were: Gold. continue to prove the viability of the Schuster are the cornerstones, but when "The Mad Twenties" by Bobby Short. With the certification for "Miles of black market by selling more acts to this you consider the contributions of a "Magic Dragon" by Hanson, "Experience Aisles." Joni Mitchell has earned five market in album form." Dominic Frontiere who wrote the WFL And Judgment" by Andy Bey. "School gold albums to date. Earlier awards went football theme, the TVS game of the Punks" by Brownsville Station, "Fanfare to "Ladies of the Canyon" and "Blue," re- DIAMOND ROSNER fr pg. 10 week, theme for the premiere college For The Warriors" by the Art Ensemble corded for Reprise Records, and to "For to maintain the highest degree of self- basketball game of the week (to air Dec. of Chicago, "Is It In" by Eddie Harris, and The Roses" and "Court and Spark," both sufficiency possible. Our copyrights will 13) and the NBC hockey theme for 1976, "Herbie Mann Reggae" by Herbie Mann. released by Asylum Records. be efficiently managed as to take full ad- you begin to get the picture of total de- vantage cf our creative thrust." dication and professionalism that for Diamond emphasized that he hoped to years has earmarked the success of one see Bicycle perform all the activities of the driving forces in music publishing. needed to nurture new talent "that some Excitement is the key word, and Stewart and Schuster together put the necessary of the publishing firms I was associated with at the start of my career ignored - ingredients into play that ensure the con- WE'VE KEPT THE SECRET either out of indifference or lack of tinued growth of United Artists Music knowledge." Publishing Group as a major force in the First appointment to Bicycle's pro- future. LONG ENOUGH! fessional staff is Tom Gantz, who was trained as a concert pianist and switched TODD RUNDGREN AND MOODY KLINGMAN'S to music in He SHELTER VISION fr pg. 9 pop-rcck the '60s. has PERSONAL been a professional musician in Los The Lone Star Music Specials will 16 TRACK RECORDING STUDIO Angeles and New York and has toured feature Willie Nelson as host and the ten- T with various groups before switching to tative list of his guests includes: Willis T 3 the publishing/production field several Alan Ramsey, Jimmy Buffet, Jerry Jeff IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC years ago. "He is both a professional Walker, B. W. Stevenson, Michael musical person and a business ex- Murphy, Rusty Weir, Steve Fromholtz. GRAND FUNK'S LOCOMOTION ecutive," Rosner emphasized, "and Kenneth Threadgill, Sami Smith. Ray knows how to deal and empathize with Wiley Hubbard, Greasy Wheels, Kinky HALL AND OATE'S WAR BABIES both essential elements in our business." Friedman, Asleep at the Wheel. and TODD RUNDGREN'S TODD Gantz cones to Bicycle after 21/2 years Silver City Saddle Tramps. with (Snuff) Garrett Music Enterprises. The video taping will take place on GRAND FUNK'S SHININ' ON location NMPA tr pg. 12 at Nelson's ranch as well as TODD RUNDGREN'S UTOPIA other sites in and around Austin, Texas, the varicus in the countries Common and will feature candid conversation with FELIX CAVALIERE'S SOLO ALBUM Market as a contributor to the of difficulty the artists in the series. The intent of the merchanical royalty calculations. Export programs is to capture the essence of from one country to various of its ALL RECENTLY RECORDED AT the Austin music scene and to spotlight neighbors of printed music is also an ad- its many nationally acclaimed ditional complicating factor in the pic- performers. One of the shows will be ture. taped in an Austin recording studio ! (Odyssey Recording Studio), while in the errelyr- CONTINENTAL ROCK fr pg. 10 process of recording an album New Label Formed ShelterVision's four channel video tape Oa:illb Last July, Peters International started recorder will enable the viewer to ob- their own label in this country, Cosmoa, serve all stages of the recording which will be devoted solely to pro- simultaneously. t gressive continental music. They cur- Lone Star Beer has taken a very in- rently have six albums in their catalog by novative stance in presenting the Cross 7 PE2 HC;Ui some of the bigger European acts, such Country Music Specials for they will air as: Osanna (Italy), Equinox (Sweden), without commercial breaks. Lone Star 16 TRACK NOISE REDUCTION NO EXTRA CHARGE and Secret Oyster Sahara (Germany), believes that commercials tend to inter- 212- 675 9876 BETWEEN 1 p.m. AND 6:30 p.m. (Denmark). These albums have also rupt the flow and dynamics of music pro- been distributed to record shops that do gramming; therefore the only form of ad- 147 WEST 24 STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10011 not specialize in imports. vertising on their behalf will be the long - Stocker travels extensively through- necked Lone Star beer bottles as they out Germany, Italy, and Scandinavia naturally appear at any Texas music each year in search of talent for Peters. event.

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