w MUSIC & VIDEO WEEK SEPTEMBER 26, 1981

Virgin moves Albion forms into video

software VIRGIN RECORDS is the latest record company to launch a video agency video software label and the 23 first releases should be A NEW music promotion service says Roz Bea, who is administering available for purchase and through video is being set up by the scheme at Albion. rental from October 1 through Every month a new one-hour ADAM & THE ANTS: a distribution deal with what is claimed to be the UK's first 21 (20) Prince Charming music video agency. The company colour video cassette will be sent to (14) POLICE: Invisible Sun Videospace. is called A B See and is part of artist venues taking part and each tape 20 ALVIN STARDUST; The first two Virgin Video management, agency, record and will contain 14 to 18 songs, each 18 (151 Pretend releases are The Essential segment being titled with the artist's (12) LINX: So This Is Romance Mike Oldfield, a 70-minute film music publishing company Albion. 18 ORCHESTRAL The service will be in operation name. MTA SECRETARY Anhur Spencer 18 (20) MANOEUVRES IN THE of his performance at the from October and A B See reports Subscribers will be charged £50 Bolland at the Music & Video Week DARK: Souvenir Knebworth Festival plus an that more than 35 clubs, taking in per month and will initially get the Dealer Tour in Birmingham interests 17 110) GODLEY & CREME: Under interview at home in his Wo/verhampton dealers Peter Your Thumb Heaven and Dingwalls in London, first two tapes. When tape one is 114) TEARDROP EXPLODES: studio, and the Devo film The plan to subscribe. returned, tape three will be sent out. B/akeman and Phi! Summers in the 16 Passionate Friend Men Who Make The Music, a "With the current roster of clubs "There is no charge to either the work of dealers' association 14 (8) DEPECHE MODE: Just 50-minute programme which record company or the artist for this RAVRO. Can't Get Enough includes some of their promo who wish to subscribe, we estimate (16) CLIFF RICHARD; Wired For that there is a potential monthly service and it enables them to place 13 Sound films which are linked with audience of %m people and we video material that would otherwise 13 (13) ELECTRIC UGHT live concert footage by a hope to emulate and develop the be limited to possible exposure on Video show ORCHESTRA: Hold On specially written and filmed TV for the few weeks the record is in Tight narrative. success of the video pools that have 13 (18) SOFT CELL Tainted Love already been proved in the US," the chart," says Bea. 12 (-) MADNESS; Shut Up The retail price for both was success 12 (11) OTTAWAN: Hands Up cassettes will be £29.99 on an 12 (10) POINTER SISTERS: Slow unrestricted rental basis. THE VIDEO Software Show held at Hand Court says both MGM/CBS the Heathrow Hotel last week has 12 ROLLING STONES; Start The distribution deal with been hailed as a success by (19) Me Up Videospace, providing (15) ROSS/RICHIE: Endless unrestricted rental, represents and VCL can market ELO tape organisers Link House and there 11 Love a realisation that rental of the may be a repeat as early as 11 (8) DONKEES: Listen To Your BOTH MGM/CBS Home Video and continue to market the cassette as February, 1982. Radio titles would take place part of its 17-title UK launch. "We didn't expect quite such a 11 (9) HEAVEN 17: Play To Win whatever restrictions were VCL will be marketing the ELO Live 10 (7) BAD MANNERS: Walking imposed, says David Marlow. At Wembley video cassette as a An application by MGM/CBS for huge response from the retail trade In The Sunshine who is co-ordinating Virgin's result of two High Court judgements a similar injunction against VCL and I don't think the exhibitors did 10 (8) EXILE: Heart & Soul heard in the same court was also either," says Mike Kirk, 9 (-) BEE GEES: He's A Liar involvement in video, film and last week. (8) DOLLAR: Hand Held In TV production. In court last Wednesday VCL was dismissed and so both companies advertisement manager for the 9 Black & White Virgin will be handling all applying for a full injunction are able to sell the tape. exhibition programme. 9 (-) ELVIS COSTELLO: Good preventing MGM/CBS selling, Year For The Roses marketing and programming 9 GIDEA PARK: Seasons Of functions with the intention of advertising or distributing the title, (-) Gold establishing a label identity following a temporary ex pane WEA 'shock' over Marley attack 9 (-) HOLLIES; Medley injunction granted the previous 9 (121 JOAN ARMATRADING: and although the label is in a "SHOCK AND disappointment" were the official reactions from WEA I'm Lucky position to promote music Friday. International to last week's accusation from Chris Blackwell of Island 9 (-) THOMAS DOLBY:Europa & programmes on video, the Following a study of the that WEA is "cynically exploiting" Bob Marley's memory. The Pirate Twins complicated licensing agreement 9 (9) UB40; One In Ten company also intends to Fred Haayen, WEA International senior vice-president, stated that he 8 (9) HIGH-GLOSS: You'll Never become involved in creative between the copyright holder Jet had spoken to Blackwell when he began negotiating for rights to the Know programming and video Records and both MGM/CBS and material which will be on the WEA Chances Are LP (to be released 8 (16) MODERN ROMANCE: distribution of feature films. VCL, the injunction was discharged worldwide this month). Refuting points made by Blackwell Haayen Everybody Salsa allowing the US-based major to 8 (-) PACK: Muchas Graclas stated that the LP sleeve makes it clear the material is old; that the 8 (9) PRETENDERS: Day After tracks are full recordings, not demos; that all tracks have always been Day wholly owned by the executive producer, Danny Sims; that Marley's 8 SECRET AFFAIR: Do You Couple make court pledge in piracy case (-) Know 1 widow Rita has not told Sims, or any representative of WEA 8 (5) SLADE: Lock Up Your A COUPLE accused of pirating records from a specially constructed cellar in International that she objected to the LP. Daughters their council house gave further undertakings last week not to sell sound 8 (-J SPARKS; Funny Face recordings or associated artwork until the High Court trial of the case (see 7 (11) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Do It goes to Virgin for P & D Cadillac Ranch MW, Septembers). 7 (10) BUCKS FIZZ; One Of The undertakings were given by counsel on behalf of Donald and Jacqueline VIRGIN RECORDS and independent label Do It Records have completed a Those Nights Kane of Rowlands Gill, Newcastle, in a five-minute court hearing in London 7 (7) CENTRAL LINE; Walking last week. A similar undertaking on behalf of Frederick Lavender of the production and distribution deal which will eventually enable Virgin to produce Into Sunshine and distribute early Adam &■ The Ants material in the UK. This includes 7 (-) DEVO; Through Being Cool Townley Arms public house, Rowlands Gill, was also accepted by the judge. Adam's first LP, Dirk Wears White Sox. 7 (8) HAVANA LET'S GO: Philip Manning has already given a similar undertaking. Torpedoes The UK deal also includes Do It's current rosta, and a series of forthcoming 7 (10) IMAGINATION: In & Out releases will be available from Virgin via the normal CBS/Barlby Road outlet. Of Love Do It's back-catalogue will remain with current distributors Spartan until 7 (151 SMITH/SWEET: Everlasting NEW ALBUM FROM Love November 21, 7 (-) STAR SOUND: Stars On 45 Vol. 3 7 (-) TWEETS: Birdie Song Kingdom signs Schachner labels 6 (9) ANEKA; Japanese Boy NOT • THE 6 (9) HUMAN LEAGUE: Love TERRY KING'S Kingdom Records has signed a deal with jazz producer Robert Action 6 (5) ODYSSEY: It Will Be Schachner for his Who's Who In Jazz, Personal Choice and Gateway labels in Alright NINE • O'CLOCK the UK. 6 (7) REVILLOS: She's Fallen In Schachner owns Who's Who in partnership with Lionel Hampton and Love With A Monster Personal Choice with Joe Williams. The first releases include Carmen McRae, 6 (101 RICKIE LEE JONES: Woody & Dutch news; Ahmad Jamal, Art Blakey, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, and Lionel Hampton. 6 (-) THIS YEAR'S BLONDE: Platinum Pop 6 (-1 TUBES: Don't Wanna Wait NOT • THE - NINE • O CLOCK Mixed reaction to WHV scheme Anymore NEWS 6 (-) ART GARFUNKEL; Heart In FROM PAGE 1 New York 5 (-) BILLY JOEL; Soy Goodbye dealers would want to participate for at least 13 weeks and has based its sales To Hollywood programme on three month periods. 5 (5) CHRISTOPHER CROSS: It is gaining a concessionary rate for the first three months and will be Theme From Arthur passing on that concession to the dealer as an incentive. Product will be 5 (-) CREATURES: Mod Eyed Screamer available from PMA at the same time as from WHV. 5 (-» HALL ft GATES: Private 1 S Gold & Son managaing director Barrie Gold takes a different view: Eyes "There's no way we can handle the Warners scheme because of the 5 17) STEWART/GASKIN: It's administration involved. My Party 6 (5) GARY GLITTER: Then She "Obtaining the tapes from customers at the end of the rental period is Kissed Me > W-r * unrealistic and how would we pay the £50 on each tape that doesn't come 5 (-) GO-GO's; Our Lips Are back. We couldn't afford to be held liable for that. It's a pity because they have Sealed & five titles I want." 5 (-) LAURIE ANDERSON: Oh 6^3 Superman \ Gold feels that cut throat rental will severely hit the retail trade and declares: 6 (10) POLECATS: Jeepster | i PHIHIWI"! [TT-] "This £1 a night idea is ludicrous and a lot of shops won't be in business in six 6 (-) TIGHT FIT: Back To The months' time. Sixties Pt. 2 REB 421 HEDGEHOG SANDWICH ZCF421 "The retailers who just don't know the video business will be the one's to go. If they get a tape for £25 and rent It out 50 times, they will feel really pleased to have made £25, yet unless they make enough money to put new Figures denote actual logged plays 'HEDGEHOG SANDWICH' the Monday-Sunday period Featuring the single 'I LikeTrucking' stock in their shops, they will not last." preceding publication (7am to WHV intends to maintain its leasing plan, and marketing manager David midnight weekdays. 7am-7.30pm Album Released October 9th ORDER NOW Rozalla says: "We are convinced our scheme is the right one and even if only Saturday, 8am-7pm Sunday) 1,000 dealers were to take up the scheme, we would know that those dealers Previous week's plays in brackets. mmmiJM.u.ri.Uhhi} were the right ones and could make money for us and themselves. led bV Sham Track n9 (01 290 PRT LTD., 132 Western Road, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 3UT.Tel: 01-640 3344. "The public would go to those shops because they will want the titles we are 0°29)' ' providing." PAGE 4