EAST COASTINGS / POINTS WEST

EAST COASTINGS - STRANGER THAN TRUTH IS FICTION- If you thought that Artists On The Air "Fernwood Tonight's" punk rock band, Fifteen And Free, was one for the books, take a look at what they're cooking up in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York. The company is Death Melissa Manchester, Melanie, Richie Havens and Frankie Valli Blood, Sweat & Tears, Records, billed as the "first major independent 'new wave' label to surface on Long Island," "Music of the Beatles," slated for Nov. 26. will be guests on NBC TV's special, the band is Jimi Laumla and the Psychotic Frogs, and the single is "Death To Disco," b/w on the Sept. 23 edition of "The Midnight Special." Backing up Roger Daltrey will perform "Death To Disco Boogie." According to the perpetrators, the single is "dedicated to Van (Who), Jimmy McCullough (formerly of Wings) and Keith Daltrey will be John Entwistle McCoy." Norman Lear and his gang only wish they could have thought of that one. Moon (Who). THE ZAP IS BACK - The first Frank Zappa album on his new Phonogram -distributed of television appearances scheduled for October. They will be Pablo Cruise has a series Zappa label will be entitled "Lather," which looks like "lather" but is actually pronounced Show" on Oct. 3, "Dinah" on Oct. 6 and "Don Kirshner's New seen on "The Mery Griffin more like "leather." This umlauted monicker continues Zappa's fascination with the pun Rock Concert" sometime in October. potential of foreign words and idioms, on "The Lynn Gordon Show" for fall airing. The talk show is syn- Henry Mancini guests evidenced by the title of his last album, dicated throughout Canada. "Zoot Allures," a corruption of the French "American Bandstand" on Sept. 24 over ABC- Paul Nicholas will appear on Dick Clark's exclamation, "Zut alors." ... Marc Bolan, TV. leader of British rock group T -Rex, was killed Sept. 26, outside London when the 3 Join Butterfly Records In Expansion car he was riding in crashed into a tree. A NEW HIGH - 's new album, entitled "Heroes," is ready, and the LP will feature Brian Eno, as well as and members of Bowie's regular group. The song titles seem to suggest a few new thematic directions. Examples: "Beauty RABBITT & CASH BOX - Elektra/Asylum And The Beast," "Joe The Lion," "Moss recording artist Eddie Rabbitt stopped in at Garden," and "The Secret Life Of Arabia." the New York offices of Cash Box while ap- ... Coincidentally, yet another project pearing locally at the Lone Star Cafe. Pic- which included the sometimes incognito tured (l -r) are: J.B. Carmicle, Cash Box former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp general manager, east coast; Rabbitt and is just about done this week. It's the first Phil DiMauro, Cash Box editorial. Daryl Hall solo album, of which Hall told Melody Maker, "I have never made music so easily as this." While the solo LP took about three weeks to record, Daryl Hall & John Oates albums usually take more like two months, and Hall apparently still is not pleased with the way they've been sounding. "To my ears, the Carbone Ruppert Rosen result of our albums is sterile and cold," he said. Hall pretty much discounted any notion of a complete Hall -Oates split, but it is likely that they will be seeking some new production LOS ANGELES - Fred Ruppert, Joe Car- Rosen is Butterfly's new national promo- assistance in the future. bone and Rondi Rosen have been named to tion director and, at age 23, is the youngest WHAT'S A BP? - The old oil company advertising campaign could be revived for a new 33 major positions with Butterfly Records as female to hold that position. She comes to rpm disc configuration that will be marketed by Big Sound Records. BP stands for big play, part of the label's personnel expansion. the label after having worked at Private and its a twelve -inch disc that's somewhere between the EP and the familiar American LP. Ruppert has been appointed vice- Stock, Polydor, Buddah and Famous The first BP will feature six songs by the Scratch Band, approximately 30 minutes of music, president of promotion, coming to Butterfly Music. and it's list -priced at $3.79. Among the other advantages are wider -spaced grooves for from Polydor in New York, where he was Less than six months old, Butterfly higher fidelity. national production director. He has also already has scored some initial success SHOT - The Other End in New York will host an event September 20 and 21 when Mud worked for Buddah, Famous Music Corp., with "Je T'Aime" by Saint Tropez and "Just Acres breezes into town. Represented by an album on Rounder Records called Paramount, Bell and RCA. Folks ... A Firesign Chat," by Firesign "Woodstock Mountains: More Music From Mud Acres," the group is an incredible assem- Carbone, former national sales director Theatre. blage of folk artists, including Eric Anderson, John Herald, Happy Traum, Artie Traum, for United Artists Records, has been According to A.J. Cervantes, president Jim Rooney, Bill Keith, Rory Block, Patrick named vice-president of sales at Butterfly. of the label, "We have experienced tremen- Alger, and Rory Salley. Heavy special sur- Before joining UA, Carbone served as dous growth, but it was only the first step. prise guests are expected ... The Bonzo marketing -merchandise director for ABC - Now, with our massive release schedule, Dog Doo Dah Band, cult legends in Dunhill supervising regional sales we are thrilled to have such talent join our England during the 1960s, have reformed managers. staff." under the guidance of originators Vivian Stanshall and "Legs" Larry Smith, and are i Label Release Announcements now recording with Steve Winwood as producer ... New York's Music Farm Large September MCA Schedules Studio will officially open its doors on Sep- tember 30 ... Muddy Waters and Paul But- Mercury Release Five LP Releases terfield have been added to the lineup for the Foghat Blues Tribute Benefit for the CHEAP TRICK DRAWS NUGENT Epic CHICAGO The September release from - - LOS ANGELES - MCA's five mid - New York Public Library, which will be at recording artist Ted Nugent was among Phonogram/Mercury will be large, con- Mix" by September releases will be "Rough New York's Palladium on September 30 ... those in the audience to see Cheap Trick sisting of the debut of the First Artists label, Peter Townshend; "On The Shoreline" by Soundtrack News: Steve Cagan has been during the group's recent show in Los seven new Mercury albums and four Peter -John Morse; "Gone To Earth" by signed to score Radley Metzger's "The Cat Angeles. Pictured backstage (l -r) are: Tom releases on the Monument label, marketed Barclay James Harvest; "Magazine" by And The Canary"; Charles Fox and Paul Werman and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick; Phonogram/Mercury. by Sherbet; and "Golden Earring Live." Williams wrote the theme song for the Nugent and Jim Chame, Epic associate "Funzone" is first the act and album on ABC-TV series, "Love Boat"; and Artie director of product management. First Artists Records. The new Mercury LP Issued Kane has been contracted to write music for next season's "Wonder Woman" ... The Diamond Is A Hard New Babys albums include "A Kitchen will be showing videotapes recorded at CBGB's by Metropolis Video from August Rock" by Legs Diamond; "You've Come A LOS ANGELES "Broken Heart," the - to September of 1975, which furnish a unique document of the early developmental Long Way Baby" by Esther Phillips: "It's second album by The Babys, was released periods of many figures in New York's "new wave" rock scene. On tape are the Necessary" by Jimmy Smith; Don Harri- last week by Chrysalis Records. Heartbreakers (with both Johnny Thunder and Richard Hell), Orchestra Luna, Tuff Darts son's "Not Far From The Free;" "Sierra" by (with Robert Gordon) and the Talking Heads ... A new British album for former Roxy name; the group of the same "Jamerican Music guitarist Phil Mazanera includes Kevin Godley and Loi Creme (ex-10cc), Brian Eno, Men" by David Oliver, and "The Boomtown Oxygene, Tillis Eddie Jobson, and drummer Simon Phillips of the Jack Bruce Band. Rats" by the group of the same name. NOTES Wishing a speedy recovery to Ed Lyons, vice president of the Record Theatre The albums are "Coun- - four Monument Albums Lead Off retail chain, who underwent open heart surgery last Monday. Last we heard, he was doing try Cookin' " by Charlie McCoy; "Bare- fine at Buffalo General Hospital ... Cash Box also sends best wishes to friend and helper footin' " by Barefoot Jerry; "Cowboy Clas- Polydor Release Laurie Steinberg of CBS Records, who is recuperating from a serious fall at New York's sics" by Grady Martin; and "Loose Change" Mount Sinai Hospital ... Mark Avsec married Lenore on August 27, and groomsmen in the by Larry Jon Wilson. NEW YORK - "Oxygene," an album of electronic sound by Jean-Michel Jarre, wedding party included Robert Parissl, Bryan Basset, Allen Wentz, Ron Bettie and Coogle Stewart LP And Tour heads the list of Polydor Inc. releases for Stoddart, fellow band members in Wild Cherry. Guess who played at the reception? September. KEEP DREAMING - By the time of publication, a new album by Brooklyn Dreams will Coincides For Fall Other albums on tap for this month are have hit the streets. At an informal preview hosted at Millennium Records by Don lenner, a first a fusion of rock and soul elements, a few refreshing surprises, and LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros. Records is "Mel Tillis' 24 Greatest Hits" and "Mel listening revealed preparing the new album by Rod Stewart Street," the Polydor debut LP by the artist the kind of toughness that it takes to outlast the competition. phil dimauro for a release which will coincide with the of the same name. start of his 11 -week, 41 -city tour scheduled POINTS WEST - MYSTERIOUS MEETING - Amidst a massive party atmosphere at to begin October 1 in Vancouver. Bee Gees 45 Out L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills, a serious meeting was taking place between Irwin Steinberg, The album, entitled "Foot Loose 'N' president of Polygram Record Group, which includes Phonogram/Mercury, Polydor & ANGELES Deep Is Your Fancy Free," will feature material largely LOS - "How Phonodisc, Nell Bogart, president of Casablanca Record and FilmWorks and other top with mem- Love," the new Bee Gees' single on RSO, written by Stewart, or co -written Polygram officials and attorneys. The subject? Still a closely guarded and hotly denied The musicians who back has been released worldwide. The single is bers of the band. rumor about a new affiliation between Phonodisc and Casablanca for distribution of the LP ones who the first release from the upcoming RSO Stewart on the are the same latter's product; or even a change of ownership for the L.A.-based label. Both sides still will appear on the British singer's first solo soundtrack album to the film "Saturday North American tour. Night Fever." (continued on page 16)

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