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*************3- DIG' T 908 000817973 4401 8816 MAR90042 MONTY GREENLY APT 3740 ELM LONG BEACH CA 90807 Follows page 44 I VOLUME 100 NO. 17 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT April 23, 1988/S3.95 (U.S.), $5 (CAN.) Metropolitan Broadcasting Bills Pending In 19 States Target Sex, Violence Sale Hits New Pay -Out High VIDEO RETAILERS UNDER FIRE shareholders of Legacy Broadcast- in the entertainment media. kinds of titles to minors. BY PETER LUDWIG ing. Sillerman Acquisition was BY BILL HOLLAND Both the Video Software Dealers Currently, more than 60 different NEW YORK In the largest radio formed for the sole purpose of ac- WASHINGTON Over the past year, Assn. and the Motion Picture Assn. bills along this line are pending in 19 transaction to date, New York - quiring Metropolitan. state lawmakers across the country of America say they are astonished states. Illinois, Tennessee, Maryland, based Sillerman Acquisition Corp. The $300 million deal surpasses have increasingly focused on video by the number of pending bills in Colorado, and Georgia have passed will acquire New York -based Met- the $285 million paid in 1986 by top retailers in response to the demands state legislatures that would man- measures that await only the gover- ropolitan Broadcasting Corp. for management of Metromedia and of parents' and citizens' groups that date either MPAA labeling of prod- nors' signature to become law. Other $40 million in cash and $260 million Morgan Stanley & Co. to purchase they curb the availability to minors of uct or dealer enforcement of rules bills are wending their way through in debt assumption. (Continued on page 14) violent and sexually explicit material against renting or selling certain the statehouses of New Jersey, Metropolitan owns and operates Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vir- seven stations -KTWV "the ginia, Alabama, Nebraska, New Wave" Los Angeles; WNEW -AM- York, Michigan, Hawaii, California, FM New York; WMMR Philadel- Kansas, Pennsylvania, Massachu- phia; WWBA Tampa /St. Peters- Ma/or Labels Eye Airplay Alternatives setts, and Missouri. burg, Fla.; KRLD Dallas; and This story was prepared by Dave At several major labels, alterna- For their part, the college and al- The VSDA and MPAA say that the WOMC Detroit -as well as the DiMartino and Yvonne Olson. tive- marketing teams have been es- ternative outlets contacted by Bill- impetus for this tidal wave of legisla- Texas State Radio Network. tablished, often with the goal of board confirm increased interest- tion is coming not just from conserva- Sillerman Acquisition is an affil- LOS ANGELES The growing im- crossing college /alternative hits to and promotional support-from the tive, antipornography groups, but iate of the investment firm of Sil- portance of college and alternative the top 40 market. In some cases, majors. from moderate and liberal constitu- lerman -Magee Communications radio in breaking new artists is in- this enables them to bypass once -ad- These outlets, however, can ents as well. Management Corp. -the largest creasingly reflected by major -label venturous album rock outlets en- sometimes pose problems for the (Continued on page 81) efforts to maximize such exposure. tirely. (Continued on page 19) L.A. Judge Finds ADVERTISEMENTS Arista's `Super' ORIGNAL NOTION PICTLRI SOUNDTRACK Price Point On Pisello Guilty MCD\S UCK Of Tax Evasion Hall & Oates CD BY CHRIS MORRIS BY GEOFF MAYFIELD LOS ANGELES Salvatore Pisello NEW YORK Arista and BMG Dis- was found guilty in U.S. District tribution will market the compact Court here April 8 of evading feder- disk of the new Daryl Hall & John al income taxes on nearly $400,000 Oates album, "Ooh Yeah," at a cost during the years 1984 -1985. below their usual front -line price. It is The verdict, which came on the the first time a superstar CD has eighth day of the nonjury trial of been introduced at such a price. the reputed Gambino crime -family "Rather than deal our way down, figure, climaxed a week of some- we are coming out with the CD at a times sensational testimony delin- much lower price -almost a whole eating Pisello's labyrinthine deal- dollar off wholesale," says Jim Caw- Qucn:u CoMMXr,Arimn Rtx WxuH ings in the record business. ley, vice president of sales for Arista. Cawley stresses, however, that the The major bombshell was WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IS EVERYWHERE! dropped during defense testimony A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT'S AMORE!!! In only six weeks, Starfish, the debut Arista album from The move should not be construed as a April 7 by New Jersey -based whole- Now the songs from the film that struck everyone's heart Church is exploding at retail. "Under The Milky Way" is No. 1 at commitment by either Arista or its saler John Gervasoni, who claimed are available on Cassette, Record, and Compact Disc. alternative radio, Top 5 at AOR, and now off to a blazing start at distributors to establish a new price that in 1984 cutout broker Ranji Moonstruck. From Capitol. Top 40. Starfish has been called "Their Best Album" by Rolling point. "This is just a one -selection sit - Stone, Creem, CMJ, Rockpool, and others. ARISTA. We're on a (Continued on page 77) (Continued on page 77) crusade to break The Church. e i Finally, the X album that proves what we've known all along. After ten years of critical raves, America's most acclaimed alternative rock band brings it all back home. And they co mean business. X -LIVE AT THE WHISKY 'A GO -GO ON THE FABULOUS SUNSET STRIP A retrospective. A rave -up. A raucous night of real rock and roll. E Two dozen live X- amples of classic X music (including 4 new tracks) on specially -priced double album or single cassette /CD I I Y S S E E S R S M P A C T D C S 0 N E L E K T R A S U P E R I O R- Q U A T C A T T R E C O D A N D C O .© ADVERTISEMENT www.americanradiohistory.com FEEL THE PASSION AND POWER OF MIDNIGHT OIL. FC40967 The album from Australia's No.1 band. The album is expiating- 40,000 copies sold in one week and heading for gold! And the single, "Beds Are Burning," 38. 07433 already No. 1 Alternative, an AOR breaker, and a CHR smash on over 100 stations. "'Diesel And Dust' is socloed in real gas fumes and caked with real grit; it shakes and roars and throes like the giant double -trailer trucks that chew up the thin asphalt ribbons and rough dirt tracks stretched across the Red (elite, Australia's desert heart." * * * * - Rolling Stone "Diesel And Dust" Tour: 4/14 Santa Barbara, CA, 4/15 San Diego, CA, 4/16 Los Angeles, Cq, 4/17 San Francisco, CA, 4/19 Santa Clara, CA, 4/21 Seattle, WA, 4/22 Vancouver, BC, 4/24 Calgary, CN, 4.'27 Minneapolis, MN, 4/28 Madison, WI, 4/29 Champaign, IL, 4/30 Chicago, IL, 5/2 Cincinnati, OH, 5/3 Detroit, MI, 5/4 Pittsburgh, PA, 5/6 Rochester, NY, 5/7 Cambridge, CN, 5/8 Tor ito, CN, 5/9 Montreal, CN, 5/11 -12 Boston, MA, 5/13 New York, NY "DIESEL AND DUST IS WHAT WE BREATHE. THIS LAND DON'T CHANGE AND WE DON'T LEAVE..."* NO Compromises...NO Excuses...NO Holding Back! MIDNIGHT OIL. On Columbia Records, Cassettes and Compact Discs. 'kJ 1987 Sprint Music PTY LTD. (APRA) Administer.d by WornerTomerlone Publishing Corp. (BMI( All Rights Reserved. J¢d by Fermission. Produced by Vorne Livesey and Midnight Oil. Management: Gary Morris. "Columbia," CLT are trademarks of CBS Inc c 1988 CBS Records Inc. www.americanradiohistory.com _ __ _--__ ___ ___ ___-MM MIN__- Roy Disney Group Buys Music Plus - -Billboad --- _ Shamrock Holdings Gets Its Chain ------rm.= ......_ t - --_ - - ..m.. ..... I= t_ Music Plus owners, with Lou Fogel- 74 units of Musicland here -was BY EARL PAIGE man remaining as president and eventually acquired in February by LOS ANGELES The acquisition of CEO and retaining his equity inter- New York investment firm Adler & VOLUME 100 NO. 17 April 23, 1988 the 54 -store Music Plus by Sham- est (Billboard, April 16). Shaykin. rock Holdings here is viewed as part The acquisition follows the The Music Plus deal comes on the NAB RALLIES BROADCASTERS of a buying spree affecting all seg- monthslong ownership struggle at heels of the sale of Musicland to its At the National Assn. of Broadcasters's 66th annual convention, NAB ments of the retail industry. the 210 -store Wherehouse Enter- top executives (Billboard, Feb. 29). chain, of an un- "The music business has had two leaders called on broadcasters to unite and to take a more active role in Under terms of the deal, officially tainment the target announced April 7, Burbank, Calif. - successful hostile takeover by good years back -to- back," says the fight for or against key pieces of legislation (page 6). The convention, based Shamrock, an investment Shamrock. James Bonk, executive vice presi- held April 9 -12 in Las Vegas, also featured a seminar on the FCC's inde- firm headed by Roy E. Disney, has Wherehouse -which competes dent at 215 -store Camelot Music in cency standards, listeners' right to privacy, and other "on -air perils" agreed to pay an undisclosed sum of with Music Plus along with 11 Tow- Ohio, operating in 28 states. "We're (page 10). Page 29 cash for all capital shares of the five er Record /Tower Video stores and attractive again." But Bonk sees interest in music Sting Dons New Hat retail deals as part of a general re- Home entertainment re- Sting, a crusader for esoteric music, has co- founded Pangaea Records, tail trend.