ftsIl1?OXI INTERNATIONAL MUSIC REPORT Indie Image Drive Launched Global EMI Label Bows Jan. 1; By Victor Musical Subsids Oord Sets Management Shifts TOKYO - Victor Musical Industries, gardless of a company name. The LONDON - To paraphrase a now Staff Changes Inc. has announced a gross sale of essence of our effort will be to expand famous expression - the wind of Oord has instigated several staff 83.5 billion Yens (US $27.65 million) our horizon as a publisher, so that we change is now sweeping across EMI. changes which come into effect as for the six months ending Sept. 20, might live up to interests toward us This was realized at a special meeting from Jan. 1. As already reported and has a sale target of 90 billion from both within and outside of this of the trade press called by Gerry Joop Visser has been brought in to Yens for the following six months. company." Oord, newly appointed managing di- take charge of A&R to strengthen the when he out- Also announced were re- Name Philosophy rector of EMI Records artist poster with more artists signed organization of its operational struc- lined future policy plans of the com- directly to the company. Roy ture of which much emphasis was Asked if it would be better for pany. One of the main innovations is Featherstone becomes director of re- placed upon reinforcement of its sub- more independency, if it were not for the introduction in the New Year of pertoire with responsibility for artists sidiary companies without affecting the name, Victor, in the company the EMI label. All new artists will be and repertoire embracing pop, classi- their independency. name. Torio replied, "It would make signed to EMI and established artists cal, middle market and tape. He will Under the umbrella of Victor Musi- no difference. There are many will be persuaded to switch over thus also assist Oord in repertoire de- cal Industries, Inc. are Victor Music Williams and Johns in the world, and giving the company one major label- velopment particularly with regard to Publishing Company Incorporated some of them come from one family EMI-throughout the world. The in- American artists and labels. Alan (formerly known as Victor Publishing and others do not. Even in one fami- dustry is seen benefitting from and Kaupe becomes general manager of Co., Ltd. of Japan) engaged in music ly, you would find some successful welcome such simplification after the the promo division responsible to publishing and Vicarts Corp., han- and some unsuccessful. You can't plethora of labels which have flooded Oord for developing and implement- dling artist booking, both of which judge by the name." Admitting, how- the market over the past few years. ing a new promotional policy and companies have now new leaders. ever, that there is much left for his organisation. Reg Palmer, at present Assigned to head the publishing company to do as a true independent director of finance and administration arm, Paramount and Motown record publisher, he will devote his time, in Victor Musical assumes additional responsibilities for divisions, said, "A music publishing the meantime, to a campaign for "im- personnel, administration and retail company affiliated with a parent rec- age changing" of the company so as development. Oord plans to strength- ord company has an image for the to publicize how the company will be President's Talk en the company's international sales outside that it operates only for the remoulded. On an international front, division with a greater emphasis on sake of its parent company, and such the company will have a booth (for To Dealers the export business and on licensing to MIDEM a company does have a tendency the first time) at to expand TOKYO Mr. Yagisawa, president EMI Records product overseas. A new become, more or less dependent on its international transactions. - will be set up which Musical Co., has promo division record company with respect to reper- It is said that Victor Music Publish- of Victor Industry will co-ordinate all the company's toires and other general operations. ing Co., Inc. is among top five Japa- unveiled fundamental business policy promotional activities both trade and This is something we must change to nese publishers, representing hits at a meeting with dealers held on consumer. true independent publisher. No Komichi" by become a such as "Himawari Nov. 17, at Tokyo -Hilton -Hotel under Another important change has been We will, from now on, try to approach Cherish, "L'Aventura" by Stone & forces Victor Kai" in the division of the sales more people in the music business than Eric Charden, "Hurting Each Other" the auspices of "Tokyo which will be split into two camps, we did before for placement of our by Carpenters and "The Runway" by (association between Victor and deal- one concentrating on EMI product materials and joint -promotions, re- Grass Roots, among others. ers in Tokyo). and one on EMI distributed lines. "To contribute for the development See Big Gains Liberace Disk Deals Four Tops Cut of the record industries," Yagisawa Outlining these proposals, Oord HOLLYWOOD - Extending interna- said, "it's most important to manu- said he intended to increase EMI Rec- tional coverage and distribution of In Span, Ital facture excellent products which will ords turnover in the next 18 months Liberace product, American Variety please fans. And we have to keep a by some 50%. The company was al- International has set Festival Music HOLLYWOOD - The Four Tops, ex- ready pressing more records now of Australia to release all Liberace clusive recording artists for faith that music is indispensable far than ever before in the company's recordings on the AVI label in Aus- ABC/Dunhill Records, have recorded human beings, and that there is no history and Christmas sales look like tralia. Simultaneously, AVI vp and Spanish and Italian versions of their other means like music to mobilize reaching a top figure. manager Ray Harris set current hit song "Keeper of the Cas- has been named pro- general tle." The Dennis Lambert Brian/Pot- the mass of people. Dale Newton Quality in Canada to handle release of duction co-ordinator of Threshold in Canada, and Top Tape in Brazil. ter tune was translated into Spanish "The prosperity and development Records company set up by The Deals include all past Liberace prod- by A. Belgrano and into Italian by the music industry are assured if we, Moody Blues, according to chef Ger- uct on AVI labels, as well as the Albertello. manufacturers and dealers, co-operate ry Hoff. Newton will be working out entertainer's new album, "Candlelight The foreign language recordings of with each other." of Threshold's Cobham office but will Classics," featuring the theme from the song were cut in England during be setting up a London office shortly. "The Godfather" and other top stan- the Tops recent European tour. In He moves to Threshold from RCA dards recorded in classical style. addition to anticipated sales abroad, promo department. AVI recently completed negotia- the recut versions of the single will Happy End Following EMI's recent acquisition tions in England for European re- be serviced to Spanish and Italian of Affiliated Music Publishing Ltd. lease of Liberace albums with Ember stations throughout the United Cuts Album and its overseas companies EMI has Records. States. appointed R. N. White as group ex- ecutive -music publishing, effective In London immediately. White will be responsi- LONDON - Happy End, considered ble to L. G. Wood, group director, Nippon TV Net To Telecast by many as Japan's most creative records, for the planning and profita- group, returned home to Tokyo ble operation of all EMI's U.K. music rock publishing businesses and their vari- Presley Satellite Special from Los Angeles, where they com- ous overseas subsidiaries. Jimmy pleted work on their new album re- previously managing direc- Tours in the show since its Phillips, NEW YORK - RCA Record sonal interest corded entirely at Sunset Sound. Help- tor Keith Prowse Music, will now act and the Nippon Television Network announcement earlier in 1972. and he ing out on the album were such as a full time special adviser Corporation (NTV) have concluded The show will be viewed in other together with L. G. Wood and Ron an agreement for NTV to carry live Asian nations also, and through a American talents as Van Dyke Parks, White will form a management super- the one hour Elvis Presley satellite saturation presentation of Western Kirby Johnson doing horn arrange- visory board for reviewing EMI's mu- color TV broadcast which will be Europe, North America and other sic publishing policies. beamed from Honolulu, Hawaii, on parts of the world, will be seen by ments, Tom Scott on sax, Billy Payne Jan. 14, and carried live throughout more than half of the people of the on piano and Chuck Findley on Japan by NTV. world. trumpet. The record will be the fare- The show will be carried in prime Negotiations between RCA Record well release for the group who time on Sunday as part of one of the Tours and NTV began prior to Elvis' special programs commemorating the Nov. 17 and 18 appearances in formed Happy End because of mu- 20th Anniversary of NTV, and will be Hawaii. More than 2000 Japanese tual appreciation for Buffalo Spring- seen by one of the largest audiences journeyed to Hawaii to see those field and like that group each mem- ever to see a Jive television show in shows, indicating extent of Japanese ber is either going solo or forming Japan. interest in Elvis as the world's fore- Exec Statements most entertainment figure. new groups. Rocco Laginestra, president of RCA The Hawaiian satellite TV Special, Records, said: "This satellite show, a produced by RCA Records, will be M -S To first in the annals of the entertain- recorded by RCA and released as an Catalog EMI MGMT COMMITTEE: Gerry ment industry is one of the most excit- album throughout the world simul- Victor Musical Oord (seated), managing director of ing projects to come along in years, taneously under the title "Aloha from EMI, with members of the label's new and we are delighted its presentation TOKYO - Victor Musical Industry management committee (left to Tel- Hawaii." in Japan will be through Nippon Details of the agreement between Co., has entered an agreement with right) : Malcolm Brown, exec assis- evision which will afford it the Monmouth -Evergreen Records of the tant to Oord; Alan Kaupe, general largest possible viewing audience RCA Record Tours and NTV were manager of promo; Roy Feather- there." negotiated on behalf of RCA by Mel U.S., which brings the company ex- stone, director of repertoire; and Reg Yosoji Kobayashi, president of Ilberman, vice president of business eclusive right to sell latter's music in Palmer, director of finance and ad- NTV, said he expressed a keen per- and talent affairs. Japan. ministration.

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