NOVEMBER 1,1969 S1.00 BBOBIG*204UNIBZ740007K9A1300R BIG ALS RECORuSALES SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR WOPV5MESI 02903 siNNimpolosisionvisamatninemswohi The International MJsic-Record-Tape Newsweekly COIN MACHINE omr PAGES 59 TO 64 Tea Council's GiantPeace Festival, TV Sound Takes New Sound SearchGovt. Style, Set Cue From Disks ByCLAUDE HALL By ELIOT TIEGEL NEW YORK-One ofthe The promotion will be un- LOS ANGELES-The sound Jimmy Bowen's Amos Produc- greatest searches for record tal- veiled to the iced tea industry For August '70 of television and motion picture tions. ent will he launched nationwide Sunday (2) to Wednesday (5) at musicisabout to undergo a AndyWilliamsandAlan Feb. 1,1970,with Top 40 its Nassau convention. Radio sta- By FRED KIRBY radical change. Amos Engineer- Bernard,theexecutivepro- radio stations participating. tions are being invited to par- ing, a freelanceengineering ducers of the Saturday evening Sponsoring the drive to locate ticipate in the search. Only one NEW YORK - TheU.S. company,hasbeenhiredto hour program, came to Amos and spotlight new sounds and station per market will be in- government, music industry and oversee the musical sound of becausetheywere concerned talents will be the Tea Council volved, on afirst -come,first - other major industries will co- Williams about obtaining a recording in- operateina theweekly"Andy of the U.S.A., Inc., in conjunc- served basis. The search will in- massive"1970 Show" on NBC. And the com- dustrystandardof soundfor tion with Billboard Magazine. clude both large and small mar- United States Peace Festival," pany has just signed an agree- television. Prizes willrange from record kets. Some 200 or more radio scheduled for August on Indian ment with a major motion pic- MikeLietz,one of Amos' stations lands in Arizona. cmtracts, musical instruments, will be involved.Sta- three ture producer to handle all facets three engineers, has been hired afreetriptothefinalsin tions who have already volun- From one to million of music forWilliams'films. to mix all prerecorded music in Washington,D.C.,toappear- teered include WKNR in De- peopleareexpectedforthe Amos Engineering is a wing of (Continued on page 10) ances on nationwide television. troit, KTLK in Denver, WAKY weeklong free admission event, In addition, radio stations find- in Louisville, WMAK in Nash- which will feature top musical ing the top 50 groups or artists ville, and WPOP in Hartford. talentplusotherattractions. in the nation will be awarded Several thousand rock groups Billy Smith, young music pub- Dealers Credit Cards With prizes. (Continued on page 14) licist, who is chairman of the event,has been working with Bud Wilkinson,assistantto Stacking Up More Sales President Richard Nixon, on fed- By PAUL ACKERMAN Trans -BeaconBuys NAL eral cooperation after initial con- tactswithDanielP.Moyni- NEW YORK-Credit cards general acceptance of card plans NEW YORK - The North sorynotesandwarrantsof han, another presidential assist- aremarkedlyincreasingthe bydealersacrossthenation. American Leisure Corp., a tape NAL, for approximately 155,000 ant. total sales volume racked up by Here,allthe major cards are duplicator and distributor com- shares of Trans -Beaconstock. Thefestival'sboard of ad- stores. The result has been a honored by many dealers, with bine based here, has been ac- Additional shares may be paid visersinclude Tommy James, MasterCharge,theInterbank quiredby theTrans -Beacon over afive-year period based ArloGuthrie,JohnLennon, Card, most prominently men- Corp. Stanley A. Weston, presi- on operating results of NAL. Peter Fonda, New York Mayor tioned by merchants as respon- dantofTrans - Beacon an- NAL duplicates and distrib- John Lindsay and Patrick West, Sun 'Novices' sible for increased billings. nounced that an agreement, in utes8 -track stereo tape CAR- director oftheIntercollegiate In different sections, various principle, has been reached to tridges, cassettes and open reel Broadcasting System, Inc. Blazing Again cards are popular. In California acquiretheoutstanding com- tapes. Larry Finley, president of Emphasis will be on Ameri- (Continued on page 12) mon stock and certain promis- (Continued on page 90) (Continued on page 8) NEW YORK - This week Elvis Presley's RCA single, "Sus- picious Minds," moved into the No. 1 position on the Hot 100 U.S. Acts' Prices chart. Last week Columbia's Johnny Hit by Canadian Cash swept the Country Music By RITCHIE YORKE_ AssociationawardsinNash - ville. In addition, Cash recently TORONTO - The greatest won a gold record for "A Boy problem with the live pop en - Named Sue." tertainmentsceneinCanada, Cash is also hot via his Sun according to Rick Taylor, man - Records product now issued by ager of the Rock Pile Club in ShelbySingleton.DittoJerry Toronto, is that Americans con - (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 78) Disks Hoton1 -Mart Steam NEW YORK - Records are one eventually climbed onto the exploding out of individual mar- chart to become a hit "Morn- kets and zooming on the Hot ingGirl," by the Neon Phil- 100 Chart without a stopover harmonic on WB-7 Arts Rec- inanother market. According ords. to. asurveyofthefirst10 This time last year, records months of this year of the 91 generallyneededtwo -to -three AM Records has just released Joe Cocker's second album AVCO Embassy Records' ezciting new star, Eric Mercury, is on markets to get up enough steam inthe United States, entitled "Joe Cocker."The Prince of Action Records, 37 have made Wails offers Lennon & McCartney composition "She Came in his way to the top of the :harts with his first album, "Electric the chart so far and only two to make the chart. Some rec- Throughthe Bathroom Window,"Dylan's"Dear Landlord" Black Man" (AVE-33001). (Advertisement) broke out in a second market. ords took more. This is no longer and other tunes by John Sebastian, GeorgeHarrison and Of those two records that hap- the case. And, there's also con - Leon Russell. 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Schreiber of Audiodata Co. has In all areas, including pop, the formed a new company,Fa- will consist of companies which The formation ofthe new developed a compatable 4 -track listener has the extra dimension mous Music Co., to consolidate formerly comprised the Music company,accordingto Ju- systemthat can by used for of being surrounded by the re- its record and music publishing Division of Paramount Pictures, delson, was designed to facilitate disk, FM multiplex and tape. corded sound. operations.BillGallagher is a G&W company. Included are decision -making on the record Recordings under the Schreiber Tom Mowrey, former record president of the new company Stax-VoltRecords, DotRec- company and music publishing Systemalsocanbeplayed producer for Vox Records,is and Jack Widenmann will be ords, Paramount Records, Steed levelsand todevelopa new back onexistingtwo -channel Schreiber's associate at Audio - executive vice president. Galla- Records, and the music pub- profit center for G&W. stereo systems. data, which islocatedat120 gher willreportto David N. lishing companies, Famous William Stinson, executive Under the system, whichis Merriman St. Judelson, president of G&W. (ASCAP),Ensign(BMI)and vice president and general man- designed to surround the ager ofthemusicpublishing listener, material is recorded in firms, will remain in that post four tracks, then encoded into as will Jim Stewart, president, two tracks for disk, tape or radio Capitol Casts One EyeonRising and Al Bell, executive vice pres- use. ident,ofStax-Volt.Gallagher A small decoderisused at doesn't plan to make any per- theplayback end totransfer sonnel changes in the music or the material back to its original Profits, OtheronAcquisitions disk divisions but he and Wid- four tracks. However, if played denmann will be going to the back onatwo -tracksystem LOS ANGELES - Capitol's valued at about $6,600,000). "Theimprovementoflast Coast within the next few weeks without decoder, the recording fiscal report to stockholders at Gortikovalsogoldshare- year's earnings over the earn- tofamiliarize themselves with hastheregularstereosound itsannualmeetingOct. 21 holders that the boost in earn- ings of the previous year cannot the record company operations without the loss often associated showed that earnings and sales ings was due to "continued im- be expected to continue at the and to evaluate the distribution with playing stereo recordings both rosein the quarter just provements in products and op- same rate," said Gortikov.