MUSIC WEEK, APRIL21, 1979

'Son of Woodstock' Village People, attempt V From IRA MAVER NEW YORK: Another Woodstock- Bowie head TV ivne rock festival is being planned venuefor the still weekend to be announcedof August 14-16 at a Tagged Woodstock 2, it will be presented by John Morris, who was album blitz I involved with the 1969 event, and Michael Wadleigh, who directed the THE NEW Village People album — one of several spring albums to I Woodstock movie. Frank Barsalona come in for TV treatment (see MW April 14) — will differ in its UK of Premier Talent is setting up the version from those released elsewhere. Go West (Mercury 9109621) artist roster and is hoping to secure has been re-cut to include the single hit YMCA as well as current chart the services of at least 50 per cent of single In The Navy. the artists who appeared at the The LP is set for release on April original Woodstock occasion. 20 and the TV campaign gets A total of 300,000 tickets will be underway in the Trident area on available at S37.50 each April 24, eventually covering the (approximately £18.75) and film and whole of the country. Trade press r record rights to the event have been ads are planned for a later date and advertising will be greatly increased taken up by CBS. dealer window displays with full once the initial results have been ,45 RECENTLY announced in Music Week, EMI Inlernalionl were colour posters, stickers and sleeves assessed." guaranteeing that the album Deep Purple 'Mark 2 Purple Sing es SCOTIA SONGS, a subsidiary of distributed. Clips of promo films for The British album, with eight (TPS 3514) would be a collectors item, never to be repeated. On tne the conglomerate Scotia the two singles will also be made tracks, has twice as many as the April 6, ex Deep Purple drummer, Ian Pake attended the EMI Factory in Investments, is launching its own available to dealers. American version. Full in-store label distributed by EMI Records. displays, including life-size cut outs Hayes for the 'official destruction ceremony' and Ian is seen in the enclosed First three single releases have FOLLOWING THE successful test of Sylvester will be available and photograph with EMI Factory personnel after personally destroying the plates already been scheduled for release, in the STV and Grampian television there will be extensive press with the aid of one knife! by French singer Dick Rivers, areas, the TV campaign for the advertising. comedian Dick Emery and former Average White Band's album, Feel EMI TAPE is marketing a full range band plays a UK tour in May, Opportunity Knocks winners, The No Fret (XL 13063), is to be POLYDOR IS boosting the Bee of video cassettes in the VHS format including a week at London's Brothers. Chairman of Scotia Songs extended to the Granada area. Six Gees' Spirits Having Flown with ads throughout the country this month. Hammersmith Odeon. is Peter Frohlich — a director also of thirty second spots of peak viewing in the London and Southern TV The blank cassettes are the parent company — while time have been booked during April. areas this month. manufacturing for the company in PENETRATION'S FIRST single managing director Bob Bloomficld Japan, and EMI Tape has this year — Danger Signs, in both will also be in charge of record RCA IS to TV advertise the new AN INVISIBLE single (almost) is negotiated a licence agreement to use seven inch (VS 257) and twelve inch production for the new label. David Bowie album, Lodger (BOW the latest marketing ploy from the VHS trademark. (VS 257 12) — will be released on LPT), released May 25. The TV ads Arista. You Can't Change That by April 20 and will be backed by ads in will begin in late June in selected Raydio (ARIST 249) will be THE NEW Tubes' single. Prime all the consumers, plus Music Week. areas. In addition there will be initially released as a limited edition Time, released by A&M on April 20 A promo film is available for dealers News in extensive advertising in the music, in transparent vinyl, in clear bags. and taken from their current album. and 2,000 two colour streamers have music trade and national papers, These are available to dealers from Remote Control, is to be available in been printed. The release date co- plus 500 window/in-store displays now, and those wanting the clear four different coloured vinyls — incides with the start of a nationwide plus posters on London records rather than the ordinary blue, red, yellow and green. The tour extending into May. briefs Underground sites. black versions (which are being A single taken from the album, issued at the same time) should use Boys Keep Swinging/Fantastic the special order number ARICV. Former Bus Stop Records Voyage, is released April 21, backed promotion man Garry James is with ads in all the trades and music VCL VIDEO Services is hoping for director of artist development and consumer weeklies. the first video hit for a pop act exploitation. Other appointments The album, co-produced by Bowie specially recorded for home usage. McPicture album include Andrea Cassel (co- and Tony Visconti, was recorded in VCL staged and recorded a concert A SCOTS independent label is staking a £52,000 budget on what it ordinator) and Brian Eagles (legal Switzerland and New York. given by Tina Turner at London's claims is the world's first tartan picture disc, a 20-track compilation and business controller). The Apollo Theatre last month and a 30 tilled The Tartan Album and retailing at £4.99. It is being packaged company is based at 51 South SYLVESTER'S NEW Fantasy minute video cassette is set for in a cut-out sleeve so that the Buchanan tartan of the disc appears Audley Street, VV.l. (499-0104). album. Stars (FTA 3009), released release in the first week of May. as the bag of a set of bagpipes which dominates the cover. NEW ALBUM from The Pop May 11, is to be backed with a The cassettes will appear in VHS, Mel Benlon, marketing director of REL Records in Edinburgh Group—Y (Radar RAD 20)— £50,000 TV ad campaign in the ATV Beta and VCR Long Play domestic plans to concentrate initially on the home market where Clyde originally scheduled for April 20 and Granada areas for three weeks video formats and RRP will be Factors of Glasgow has exclusive distribution. With 14 million releases, has been put back a week to from May 21. £19.27 for VHS and Beta, with the tourists expected in Scotland this year, REL plans to "turn tartan co-incide with a tour by the group, Said a spokesman: "TV VCR version set at £37.80. into gold". Mel Benton flies to Canada next month to finalise which starts in Cambridge on April release of the album via CBS in both Canada and the USA. 27 and carries on through into May. The LP comprises contributions from a number of a ethnic Music press ads and badges are performers including the Queen's Own Highlanders and Mary planned to back the LP which Sandeman. includes a special poster containing TAN the lyrics.

I'VE GOT GET TO INDIANA From page one ON Futur® of W ises WHITE DOVE RECORDS away and we could sell small black things with holes in the Neither of the CBS executives could be drawn into middle for the sake of the music on them. But we have to putting a time limit on the public's current craze for 12- WD101 (7") operate in the market as it is. Putting the price up and inchers or coloured vinyl, picture discs, odd-shaped making the 12-inch singles freely available should stop the records etc. retailers'antagonism." Pointing out that these were promotional devices RRP on the unlimited editions will be £1.99, and Oberstein commented:" Suddenly we are not in the music T ? Oberstein added: "The only restrictions on numbers will business, we are back to selling plastic, selling packaging. be on the amount we can press." He and Mair said the But the gimmicks help to sustain airplay — because the manufacturers would be looking with interest to see what public buys them quickly; and the long disco cuts do 2.;, level of demand could be reached by a 12-inch release, but sound better on 12-inch because this format allows for they were aware that building stock was always an better bass response," %Lfi "f expensive business — and a risky one because "the big The manufacturers' attitude seemed best summed up as ■I ^ sellers are the most obsolescent". The question is how far an acceptance that all have to compete in the market as it 1; the dealers will be prepared to go in ordering big, £1.99 is, even if this includes producing gimmicks which the singles if there is no ceiling imposed by the record public want to buy, however much expense and irritation company. is caused to business and trade. nr\

Country festival From page one the festival's exhibition area. Oak Ridge Boys albums; RCA Daddy Was A Railroad Man V On the record company front CBS turned over business on Dottsy and sold. noted that Moe Bandy product Ronnie Milsap albums; and Emerald Among the other recc was selling 4-1 in favour of other collected continuous business on the companies present were Chrysa artists; K-tcI was whipping up strong imported Ronnie Prophet album VFM, Charly, Release, Westwo DISTRIBUTED BY: sales for its Marty Robbins and Just For You, soon to be released in and United Artists, while Harleqi County Super Stars releases on Britain. But the phenomenal reported a demand for both Brit Lotus; MCA received great demand business stemmed from the Drew releases and American imports a SPARTAN 01-903-4753 for its newly acquired ABC product, Taylor stand where a reputed 4,000 Cut Price Records struck especially the Mickey Newbury and copies of the Boxcar Willie album business with cut-outs. PAGE 4