Labels Revamp Stocking Deals
08120 EEB04 9GREENLYMONT00 NEWSPAPER MONTY AP4P3 GREENLY 03 10 3740 ELM CTY LONG BEACH CA 90807 A Billboard Publication The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment March 13, 1982 $3 (U S ) Labels Revamp Stocking Deals MATHIAS AMENDMENT RCA, WEA, CBS Seeking Deeper Catalog Commitment Betamax Bill Adds By JOHN SIPPEL LOS ANGELES -In a dramatic yearly consolidated ordering on se- log, with accounts receiving a 10` Audio Clause, Fee I confluence of program introduc- lected titles in its Red Seal classical discount and 120 days billing. By BILL HOLLAND tions, branch -distributed labels are catalog (see story, page 3). CBS is yet to officially commit to attempting to induce accounts to And at WEA, Henry Droz, presi- radical programs of the sort coming WASHINGTON -A new amend- ularity of the Betamax Bill, intro- make deeper catalog stocking and dent, confirms that the distribution from RCA and WEA, but it may not ment covering audio home taping duced in late November by Sen. consolidated ordering through on- giant will announce Monday (8) "a be far down the road. The company and the creation of a compulsory li- Dennis DeConcini (D -Az), as a con- going discount and dating opportu- much more flexible program than recently tested a classical program cense to compensate copyright own- sumer issue, the new amendment fo- nities. any thus far." The WEA program wherein dealers were urged to con- ers of music and recordings whose cuses significant Congressional and RCA Records has introduced a will operate on a monthly basis from solidate their monthly order for the works are being taped at home by consumer attention for the first time "Great Artists /Great Performances" a selection of 170 jazz- oriented al- third week of the month, receiving as consumers was introduced Monday on the substantial financial losses 72) program, tagged to three -times- hums and the entire Nonesuch cata- an incentive an additional 5% and (1) by Sen.
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