MUSIC WEEK AUGUST 27, 1977 D C Q l\ n Dubliners LP on Ram New Hawk Devotion. Recommended retail price RAM RECORDS launched two new is £4.22. LP from f albums at a reception at the Songs of Sondhcim (Ram RMLP Shclbourne Hotel, Dublin. 1026) Includes 13 songs by Stephen The Dubliners 15 Years On (Ram Sondhcim sung by Tony Kenny, the Indians y RMLP 1025) is a double album with Gemma Craven, Lorcto O'Connor HAWK RECORDS released Dance 24 tracks consisting of roughly half and Gay Byrne in Side By Side By On With The Indians, the band's in half of the best known Dubliners' Sondhcim. which is currently sixth album in six years. songs and new material. Among the running at the Shclbourne Hotel. The Indians, a leading attraction T songs are The Wild Rover, Black The album was recorded at the on the Irish ballroom circuit, dress Velvet Band, Seven Drunken Nights. Gaiety Theatre and was produced to suit the name and arc known as Wei la Weila Waile, Four Green and edited by Jim Doherty. The Spotted Tail (Dcrry), Silting Bull Jr. Fields, Carrickfcrgus, Spancil Hill, recommended retail price is £2.90. (Eamon). Crazy Horse (Brian), Dull McAlpine's Fusiliers, O'Carolan's Knife (John), Big Chief Flaming A Star (Noel), Little Thunder (Chris), A Medicine Crow (Shay). Cotton Mill The new album includes three EDITED originals by Irish writers — Big GERALDINE'S NEW single will be promoted in Ireland by CBS. It's called by Chief Flaming Star by Peter Eadcs Romano (CBS 5534) and it was released simultaneously in Germany, France, Boys stay KEN of the Miami Showband, The Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Italy. She represented Luxembourg two STEWART Outlaw by Fergus McElligol, a years ago in Stockholm at the Eurovision Song Contest and she sang Toi into fifth place. at the top member of Glen Curtin's band, and J Redskin Rescue written by Carolyn Romano, another song written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, was THE COTTON Mill Boys arc Swift and Jim Doherty and heard on performed by Geraldine in the Tokyo Song Contest — and it was second by currently splitting their appearance RTE Television on the Christmas just one point. between the ballrooms and the Wanderly Wagon show. Before she went solo, Geraldine sang with her brothers, Donal and Delcan, cabaret scene. Butler- The album includes pop, country in a trio with the family name, the Branagans. "It didn't happen without a few rock and instrumentals. It was In the photo, Geraldine is seen with CBS Ireland general manager David problems," says band leader Gerry recorded at Lombard Sound Duke. Madigan. "We developed a visual Studios. Dance On With the Indians show for the cabaret scene which has Dempsey is on Hawk HALPX 170. 7 proved highly successful and really is Thin Lizzf well received. However we realised that we had to be careful to change 45 on CBS Vince Hill tour headlines our programme for the ballrooms." VINCE HILL will visit Ireland for a The Cotton Mill Boys' recent CBS IRELAND issued a single by tour during August/September, single was a cover version of Lucille Butler-Dcmpsey, All Ashore, a song starting on August 28. festiwai and their album, Orange Blossom they wrote for a musical version of He will sing at the Rose of Tralee Special was number one on the best the James McKenna play, The THIN LIZZY will headline Dublin's sellers for several weeks. The band Scatterin', set in Dublin in the Festival in County Kerry, and at first major open-air rock festival on Fifties, deals with the problems of venues in Limerick, Longford, Sunday, August 21, at Dalymount don't plan to have a new album unemployment. Dublin and Cork. f. A released until the late autumn. Pi Park. The bill includes Graham In the autumn, BBC Northern Pearsc Butler and Fran Dempsey Parker and the Rumour, Fairpon Ireland will screen the half-hour wrote several songs for The EMI offer Convention, Boomtown Rats, "a show filmed with the Cotton Mill Scatterin' and staged the musical at very special surprise guest," and the Boys a few weeks ago. They will be the Oscar Theatre in Dublin and, EMI IRELAND'S sales campaign compere is Ken Stewart. more recently, at the Cork Opera whereby retailers arc required to buy The festival will be from 3-10.30 seen on the Johnny McEvoy show 25 albums on one particular label is on August 30. House. p.m. Tickets are £4 in advance or On September 20, they fly by Buller-Dempsey were the main proving very popular around the £4.75 at the gate. Pat Murphy is the songwriters in the now-disbanded country and it has been extended to promoter. private plane to Wick, in the North the end of July. of Scotland, for a concert. The group, Duffie. Dempsey has The first prize is a two-week organisers have gone to a great deal appeared on stage and television. holiday for two in Spain in Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy pictured of trouble to get the band, even to Hie sings The Air That I Breathe in September, with the addition of with the award for sales in Ireland of the extent of making sure there was television's 'Smoking damages your second and third prizes of transistor £50,000 for the band's Polydor an airstrip available and hiring the health,' ad. radios. product. plane. All Ashore is on CBS 5491. D C n i n FROM PAGE 32 THE MUSIC business seems announcer, called Sally. This is somewhat more than usually syndicated to some 320 stations and involved with the film world these Ready when you are, RS... will in the near future move into days. another field that Brown terms Robert Stigwood, for example, experimental. It will be satire and has just completed Saturday Night, Cannes Film Festival this year. With Colorado festival isn't merely a fan SOAP OPERA Records has been song, all lied into the current news. is in the middle of Grease (starring Fish music will be an important pan fair but a trade convention and this formed with the express purpose of Earth News ships its information Olivia Newton-John in what is called — Stromberg is trying to snare Earth year it attracted a record 225 cashing in on the immense soap across the country on disc and a lot her first film, the ill fated Wind and Fire. "The soundtrack registrants from all over the US and opera business that tv does, having of the interviewing is done on "Toomorrow" quickie of some promotes interest in the film and Canada. Talent showcases, business everybody from housewives to location — in offices, backstage, years ago justifiably forgotten) and vice versa," affirms Stromberg. discussions, award ceremonies, college students glued to daytime tv recording studios, etc. Now Earth is about to start on Sgl. Pepper's "We found that out when we had exhibitor booths, banquets, the watching America's versions of News is building its own studio Lonely Hearts Club Band. Director Norman Whitfield, a proven talent, Colorado Hall of Fame names and Crossroads. operation and the network is looking will be Michael "Car Wash" score the music for Car Wash. And even the ubiquitous celeb, golf Albums from Soap Opera towards ground lines to transmit the Schultz. we want to sell the albums in tournament were all part of the week Records will have an original script programme to their affiliates in the The Pepper film will have a climax theatres where the film is being long celebration. Nashville's dramatised from a selected soaper future. that is apparently going to be the shown." Country Music Association was with the other side of the LP Los Angeles rock promoters, ultimate in rock'n'roll logistics. One Jim Aubrey, former MGM Films represented by executive director Jo containing a "formal" music Wolf and Rismuller recently hundred — count 'em, 100 — president, meanwhile, is intent on Walker who commented that the version of the score, either estimated that 20 percent of their "major rock stars" will be included, selling some kind of speed record Tennessee organisation had no instrumental or vocal. promotions lost money, considering according to screenwriter, Henry with his film-with-music, Record regional chapters itself which was Rock 'n' roll news is getting this necessary to build up acts for the Edwards, as part of a band that will City. Based around the activities in a why they encouraged others "to voguish. Basically these are daily future. They recall they lost money march through the Culver City lot. record store, using videotape stait them". five minute news and information on Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull the Right now such rock heavies as techniques Aubrey shot his film in snippets that arc usually filtered into first time the groups appeared in agent Frank Barsalona, manager 16, 10 hour days for just under a rock programmes, Earth News, a California. The industry — labels Dee Anthony, television director. million dollars (cheap at today's syndicated newscast — the news and promoters — is going through Burl Sugarman and Stigwood prices). With a four week editing All part of deals with the music and allied its usual breast beating about Talent himself are leaning heavily on all the period and a certain amount of cultural activities — has announced of the Future, and where is it? It contacts they know to get this scene pre-production and post production that more than 400 stations across accounts for some merging between to have the strongest impact.