MAY 9, 1981 CRT Commissioners Address Senate WEA Hikes List, Customer Costs; On Copyright and Other Issues Dealers Debate Impact on Sales By BILL HOLLAND By DAVID McGEE WASHINGTON - Commis- The Tribunal also asked the NEW YORK - The Warner/ August 21. sioners from the Copyright Congress for subpoena power. Elektra/Atlantic Corporation has The base increase finds all $5.98 Royalty Tribunal, under fire for The Tribunal told Congress it announced an approximately five releases moving from $3.24 to their decisions recently, testified "found it most unsatisfactory percent increase in base price for $3.43; all $7.98s moving from before the Senate Judiciary Com- during the 1980 royalty adjust- albums, singles and tapes, and $4.66 to $4.82; all $8.98s from mittee last week on cable TV ment proceedings to be placed has also raised all $7.98 albums $5.24 to $5.44; and all $9.98s copyright issues, and also took in the position of receiving only and tapes to an $8.98 suggested from $5.81 to $6.03. Pure whole- the opportunity to present their the evidence which 'parties chose list price. Also, 69 multiple -album salers will receive a nine percent views on all the other statutory to present." sets have been raised two dollars discount, while retailers will be issueswithin their jurisdiction. All of the positions taken by in suggested list price, with the entitled to discounts of up to This included the mechanical the Tribunal, the commissioners exception of the "Woodstock" seven percent based on total an- royalty fee adjustment decision, sought to point out to the com- soundtrack, which will be raised nual volume of business. Combi- which is being appealed both by mittee, are outgrowths of the three dollars, from $14.98 to nation retail / wholesale opera- record the industry and com- "dominant policy trend" estab- $17.98. The changes will become tions will receive a nine percent posers and publishers. lished by Congress in revising effective May 25, with returns at discount on a pro rata share of At the request of the Com- (Continued on page 48) the present price levels through purchases for wholesaler activity, mittee, the Tribunal commission- and a retail discount of up to ers not only addressed cable TV seven percent keyed to total an- compulsory licensees, but also FCC Relaxes Rules For Public Broadcasting nual volume. sought to CRT's explain the posi- By BILL HOLLAND WEA's announcement, in a let- tion on royalty fee distribution, U WASHINGTON The FCC Washburn's statement reflects ter dated April 24, ended weeks the jukebox royalty fee, - public last week relaxed the rules for an FCC concern over public of speculation regarding the com- broadcasting royalty fees and public broadcasting for unpaid broadcasting fundraising prob- pany's next move in the wake of even the proposed performer announcements promoting goods lems even as it faces drastic cuts recent increases in suggested list royalty, which has not even made and services, fundraising time in its budget (Record World, price by other major manufac- it full to mark-up in Congress. limits, contributor identification April 11). However, the FCC turers. At that, the base price and acknowledgments, and re- wants to ensure the differences increase struck many dealers as Buddy Huey To Head motes from business locations in between commercial and non- untimely, coming as it does during an effort to help public broad- commercial broadcasting. "Ad- a period of slack activity in the New CBS Gospel Label casting generate greater revenue mittedly," Washburn told the stores, and unwise, particularly NEW YORK-Dick Asher, dep- in the face of budget cuts. subcommittee, "there may at as it pertains to the fate of cata- uty president and chief operating FCC commissioner Abbott times be a fine line between logue albums and releases by officer, CBS/Records Group, has Washburn told the subcommittee vigorous fundraising efforts and new and developing artists. Some announced the establishment of on telecommunications, consu- maintaining commercial -free ser- dealers expressed fears that the a CBS Records gospel label to be mer protection and finance that vice. But the innovations . increase marks the beginning of headed by Buddy Huey. Huey such liberalizations in the rules provide for that delicate bal- the end of the successful mid - has been named vice president will help increase "both the total ance." Public broadcasting suc- (Continued on page 23) and general manager of the label, contributions and the number of cess, he said, depends in large the name of which will be an- private contributors" and that the part on what he calls "a careful Keepnews Named nounced shortly. He will report increased breadth of private sup- exercise of discretion." to Bruce Lundvall, president, CBS port should help public broad- He also suggested that the two RW Managing Editor public broadcasting bills on the Records Division. casting be "less dependent upon NEW YORK - Record World Hill be loosened up as well. The label, which will be based federal support for its operation has announced the promotion of (Continued on page 29) (Continued on page 46) and programming." Peter Keepnews to managing edi- tor. In his new position, Keepnews Jones, Mandrell Win will oversee all facets of the mag- ^eccw^Vim^° azine's editorial operation. Sates Index Top Country Awards By ELIOT SEKULER Last This LOS ANGELES-George Jones Albums Year - Year Singles f 300.0 - won three awards and Barbara 270.0 - Mandrelf was named Entertainer 240.0 of the Year at the Sixteenth An- 210.0- nual Academy of Country Music 180.0 - 150.0 - Awards, televised live by NBC-TV 120.0 - from the Shrine Auditorium here 90.0 -' last Thursday (30). Jones' awards Peter Keepnews 60.0 - included honors in the Top Male Keepnews joined RW in August 30.0 -1 Vocalist category, while Dolly 1980 as senior editor. Prior to 3/28 414 4/11 4118 4/25 5/2 3128 4 1 4/ 8 4/ 5 2 Parton won as Top Female Vocal- that, he had been managing edi- The Record World Sales Index is based on a broad cross-section of quantitative sales data reported ist and the Top Vocal Group tor of JAZZ Magazine; before to Record World from retailers, rack jobbers and one -stops across the country. The base figure for both award went to Alabama. that he was a publicist at CBS the singles and album indices is a smoothed average of these quantitative repots during periods in June, 1979, with each weekly figure being a percentage increase or decrease on the base. The base No single label dominated the Records and a reporter for the figure for both singles and albums is 100.0. (Continued on page 49) New York Post. 3 www.americanradiohistory.comAmericanRadioHistory.Com 27 Nominated for Record NMPA Board Election NEW YORK-A total of 27 World p ublishers have been nominated Page 8. Tanks, pre-release advertising for two-year terms on the board and a garbage dump all figure prominently of directors of the National Mu- 1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 Phone: (2121 765-5020 in to promote Elektra/Asylum's campaign sic Publishers' Association, NMPA PUBLISHER "There Goes the Neighborhood," the new president Leonard Feist has an- SID PARNES by Joe Walsh (shown here with E/A nounced. 18 album of the nominees will SR. VICE PRESIDENT/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF director of film/video operations Sherry be elected to the board. MIKE SIGMAN Goldsher). In this week's issue, RW gets the The nominating committee, VICE PRESIDENt/MARKETING TOM RODDEN lowdown on one of the industry's more in- which consists of Stanley Mills VP/RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT teresting promotions. (chairman), Leeds Levy, Burton L. MIKE VALLONE Litwin, Bill Lowery, and Ralph PETER KEEPNEWS/MANAGING EDITOR Peer II, named as candidates Jo- DAVID SKINNER/ART DIRECTOR DAVID McGEE/ASST. MANAGING EDITOR seph Auslander (Edward B. Marks Page 22. Anyone who admired the smart DOREE BERG/RESEARCH DIRECTOR stepping Motown groups of the '60s should Music), Al Brackman (T.R.O. Inc.), Sophia Midas/Assistant Editor meet Leon J. Brettler (Shapiro, Bern- Joseph Ianello/Assistant Editor Cholly Atkins, who developed the Jeffrey Peisch/Assistant Editor technique he calls "vocal choreography" in stein & Co.), Arnold Broido Phil DiMauro/Assistant Editor the '50s and has refined it through the years (Theodore Presser Company), Carl Skiba/Assistant Research Editor Buzz Cason (Buzz Cason Publi- Greg Brodsky/Assistant Editor to meet the demands of the day. Atkins is Frank Murray/Assistant Research Editar profiled in this week's issue. cations), Salvatore T. Chiantia Nelson George/Black Music Editor (MCA Music), Mary Reeves Davis Jan Pavloski/Assistant Research Editor (Tuckahoe Music), Herbert N. Speight Jenkins/Classical Editor B rian Chin/Discotheque Editor Eiseman (Twentieth Century Mu- Bill Holland/Washington Correspondent sic Corp.), Lance Freed (Irving MORT HILLMAN Music), Leonard Golove (Warner DIRECTOR, EAST COAST SALES Joyce Reitzer Panzer Bros. Music), Robert (Jo - departments Gordy Assoc. Dir. East Coast Sales/Production bete Music Co.), Sidney B. Her- Fanny Chung/Controller A/C Chart Page 30 Cover Story Page 16 man (Famous Music Corporation), WEST COAST Disco Page 21 Dean Kay (T.B. Harms Company), SAMUEL GRAHAM/WEST COAST EDITOR Album Airplay Eliot Sekuler/Associate Editor File Top 40 Page 21 Burton L. Litwin (Belwin-Mills Report Pages 26-27 Disco Terry Droltz/Production Publishing Corp.), and William Suzanne Miller/Asst. Research Editor Album Chart Page 32 Gospel Pages 46-47 Lowery (The Lowery Group). 6255 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, Calif. 90028 International Pages 38-39 Also nominated were Susan Phone: (2131 465.6126 Album Picks Page 14 McCusker (Sumac Music/Louise- Canada Page 39 NASHVILLE Black Oriented England Page 38 Jack Publishing), Stanley Mills AL CUNNIFF Music Pages 35-36 England's Top 25 Page 39 (September Music Corp.), Ivan SOUTHEASTERN EDITOR/MANAGER Japan Page 38 Mogull MARIE RATLIFF Picks of the Week Page 35 (Ivan Mogull Music Cor- COUNTRY RESEARCH DIRECTOR Black Oriented Jazz Pages 40-41 poration), Ralph Peer II (Peer In- Pam Lee/Assistant Editor 49 Music Square West Singles Chart Page 36 Jazz LP Chart Page 41 ternational Corporation), Irwin Z.