APRIL 5, 1969 SEVENTY -FIFTH YEAR 1.00 COIN MACHINE PAGES 45 TO 50 The International Music -Record Newsweekly U. K.'s Sales, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2 HOTELS SRO Atlantic Tops Billboard's Hot 100 Album Prod. -REGISTRATION TO IMIC OPEN Label Chart Action Report in Qtr. Soared in '68 By MIKE GROSS NEW YORK It''s SRO at By GRAEME ANDREWS - NEW YORK - The Atlan- cent share and six titles. Plac- ords placed second with a 5.5 the two hotels that have been tic Records label topped the ing fourth was Reprise Records per cent share and seven titles; LONDON - Britain's record booked at special conference "Hot 100" field for the first with 4.4 per cent and 10 titles; Columbia came in third with a industry hit an all -time high in rates for the International Mu- quarter of 1969 in the initial Motown Records was fifth with 5.3 per cent share and seven sales, exports and album pro- sic Industry Conference in the survey compiled by Billboard's a 4.2 per cent share and six titles; Uni placed fourth with a duction in 1968, according to Charts Department. Atlantic had titles. Rounding out the "top 4.3 and Bahamas April 20 -23. Accom- per cent share four Ministry of Technology statis- 6.8 per cent of the chart action 10" in their respective order titles, and Tamla took fifth with tics. The results show that the modations have been exhausted during the first three months of were: Epic, Stax, Atco, Colum- a 4.0 per cent share and four industry managed to ride out at the Paradise Island Hotel & the year and placed 20 titles on bia and Uni. titles. Rounding out the "top 10" two increases in purchase tax, Villas and the Britannia Beach the "Hot 100" singles chart. However, in the five issues of for March, in their respective which was doubled during the Hotel & Beach Inn. Capitol Records took second March that were surveyed, Cap- order were: Atlantic, Motown, year. place with a 5.2 per cent share itol Records took over first place Atco, Dunhill and Date. Registrations for IMIC, how- Most notable upsurge was an and 12 titles. In third place was with 6.2 per cent of the action The analysis is based on a 11 million increase in album ever, are still being accepted. Tamla Records with a 4.7 per and seven titles. Reprise Rec- detailed computation of Bill- output to 49,184,000. This was New registrants requiring assist- board's "Hot 100" charts cov- a fractional 23,000 units ahead ance in securing suitable rooms ering the five issues of March of singles, the first time album should write or phone, person- 1969, and for the Jan. 1 -March output has been higher. Main Barclay Forms Audio Firm; 31, 1969, period. ally or through their travel cause was an exceptionally high (Continued on page 8) October and November LP out- agent, Harcourt Bastian, Tropi- CBS- France in Instruments put of nearly 12 million units. cal Tours Limited, East Shirley These were the only two months Street, P.O. Box 938, Nassau, By MICHAEL WAY that LP pressings actually ex- Disk Vender ceeded singles Bahamas; Phone 2 -4409. Bas- PARIS - Two major French set, which picks up three dif- production, al- record companies, Barclay and though the two ran close in tian will make every attempt to ferent stations depending on many have registrants CBS -France, are forming new which way it is orientated; a To Ove rsea s other months. The under- accommodated affiliate lying trend would suggest LP's in the superior first -class hotels companies to widen the portable record player designed scope of their activities. Barclay to play By will easily outdistance singles in of Nassau. Billboard will provide pliable disks; a corn - BRUCE WEBER 1969. has formed Barclay Industries, bined 2, 4 and 8 -track cartridge transportation to the meeting LOS Total place at appropriate times. to manufacture, promote and player and radio receiver; and a ANGELES - The 45 manufacturer sales were r.p.m. record vender will worth $72.4 million, market a range of audio equip- stereo tape cassette player for be in- nearly $5 The Conference is being spon- ment, troduced in Europe within 90 (Continued on page 74) and CBS -France has an- autombile use. sored by Billboard and its Lon- nounced that it will create a The new pliable minidisk will days. David T. Gorwitz, de- don -based sister publication, Rec- musical instrument division in also be sold on a large scale, veloper of the machine, and ord Retailer, and is being organ- M ay. with heavy concentration on Disc -O -Mat National, distribu- ized by James O. Rice Asso- The Barclay enterprise initi- major chain stores and super- tors of the record vender, will Mfrs. Push ciates. ally will produce four new prod - markets. The company intends set up distributorships in Eng- Illlllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ucts-a "cube" transistor radio (Continued on page 74) land, France and Germany. 'Talk' Tapes The company is hoping to work with European record com- By HANK FOX panies to vend Hot 100, top LP's and, eventually, tape prod- NEW YORK -Claiming that uct simultaneously with their re- literary tape CARtridges can lease to radio stations, racks and achieve a greater market pene- regular distributors. tration than their disk counter- (Continued on page 74) parts, four companies are giv- ing their spoken word tape cat- alogs a major thrust. Ki to Record PlayTape, Booktapes (a newly formed company), International Tape Cartridge Corp. (ITCC), Ghetto Talent and Spoken Arts are all initiating By CLAUDE HALL different types of spoken word :artridge packages, each disre- NEW YORK - Ki Records, garding previous performance a new label formed by the part- records of similar spoken work nership of Felix Cavaliere and disk product. John Calagna, has opened a PlayTape is launching a new drive to develop ghetto talent. `Live" series featuring short. A private show at the Fillmore provocative interviews and talks East, March 25, featured 32 pf controversial and political acts screened from more than figures such as Timothy Leary, 150, according to Calagna, pres- Decca's dynamic international star, Brenda Lee, is up Eldridge Cleaver, Richard Nix - climbing The Flying Burrito Bros. -Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons on ident of the label. Cavaliere is rn, Lenny Bruce, Robert Ken- the best seller lists by way of her smash hit single, "Johnny rhythm guitar and vocals, Chris Ethridge on bass and Sneaky a member of the Rascals, At- nedy and Allan Ginsberg, among One Time" #32428. Having just completed recording her new Pete on pedal steel guitar. Their first album, "The Gilded lantic Records group. He will do )thers. album in New York, Brenda leaves on a national two month Palace of Sin" (SP 4175), was released last week on A&M most of the producing. (Continued on page 18) schedule of personal appearances. (Advertisement) Records. ( Advertisement) (Continued on page 4) (Advertisement) IMPERIAL REALLY MEANS $BUSINESS $ 2R IMPERIAL JOHNNY WINTER ALBUM CLASSICS IV ALBUM ALBERT COLLINS ALBUM LP-12431 LP-12428 LP 12429 Speaking of charts... This Grammy- winning, RIAA- certified million dollar L.P THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING RCA VICTOR OYHAGROOVE HAIR RECORDING THE AMERJCAN TRIML E-ROCK MUSICAL K & IYRIC S: GEROME. 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The Miller organiza- executives are Harald Kirsten, WASHINGTON The Con- O'Connor, general manager an integral Miller In- label will emerge this year in - KFML, Denver; Ed Koepke, tion will become managing director of cert Music Broadcasters Asso- part of MCA Records Interna- ternational; Dr. Eric Beurmann, all markets on the Continent de- general manager of KDEN -FM, will be ciation-an organization tional under the direction of a director and creative serv- and special emphasis classical mu- Denver; Ron Schmidt, general &r of voted to furthering William P. Gallagher, MCA ices director; and Wilhelm placed on the development here manager of KLEF -FM, Hous- as sic radio -was formed vice -president. Wille, a &r director for folk and local artists in each country, March 23 by 11 of the nation's ton; Durwood Tucker, general staff well as on American talent, WRR -FM, Dallas. In the Miller International classical product. 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