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NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER 08120 March 16, 1974 $1 .25 A BILLBOARD PUBLICATION EIGHTIETH YEAR The International Music -Record Tape Newsweekly TAPE /AUDIO /VIDEO PAGE 32 HOT 100 PAGE 64 o TOP LP'S PAGES 66, 68 Cable Ruling Caytronics Sets Bill Bans Interstate Traffic Net of 5 Branches May Pry Lid Appeal Across the U.S. By Pub Wins By HALL By JIM MELANSON By ROBERT SOBEL MILDRED interstate trans- On Copyright NEW YORK -Caytronics Corp., NEW YORK -A U.S. Appeals Court decision handed WASHINGTON -A bill to make the a misde- struck a heavy blow portation, sale or receipt of pirated recording WASHINGTON The Supreme manufacturer and distributor of down Feb. 28 in Oklahoma has - author- under Section 18 of the U.S. Criminal Code that Latin music product, has completed against those unlicensed duplicators claiming meanor Court's ruling last week import by Sen. William E. Brock (R., setting up a network of five branch ization under the compulsory licensing section of the has been introduced of distant stations by Cable TV sys- such commercial transfer offices throughout the U.S. Copyright Act. The opinion, filed in the 10th Circuit Tenn.). The bill would ban any tems does not make them liable for the Denver, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico or receipt for sale or profit of any recording without copyright payments under the 1909 Located in Los Angeles, Court, embraces Kansas, Oklahoma, and supports a consent of the original owner. The Brock bill (S. 3107) an earlier truce in the San Antonio, Chicago, and Miami, and Colorado, in addition to law, may prod fines of up to $ I,000 and up to one year in each Caytronics' branch will main- 1972 Appeals Court ruling in Arizona for the 9th Circuit, would provide standoff between Cable TV and at this time. tain sales and promotional staff, as which includes virtually all of the West Coast states, jail. The senator had no comment copyright interests that has held up (Continued on page 16) warehouse facilities, accord- (Continued on page 16) the Senate copyright revision bill for well as presi- (Continued on page 39) ing to Joe Cayre, the firm's dent. Looking at the over -all picture U.K.'s TV Ad BuysSoarto$7.5 Mil from the firm's corporate headquar- Charity Fete ters here, Cayre stated that the By HENRY LEWIS I Staff Member) (Continued on page 26) Music Week into Hails Cook LONDON -In five years, ex- ing record sales comes from K -Tel, but more companies moved Pirie Scott in Arcade and Ronco, they also show small screen promotion, chief LOS ANGELES -A testimonial Carson penditures on television advertising the level of investment by those among them being A &M, Kinney, banquet honoring Billboard Publi- by U.K. record companies has shot Black Album Campaign record companies which have used Philips, Pye and Transatlantic. The cations, Inc. vice president Hal Cook up from zero to nearly $7.5 million a By EARL PAIGE TV advertising. next year, 1972, saw no great in- has been set for June 6 at the Beverly year, a figure based on rate-card cost to the information, it crease in the number of companies Hilton Hotel, with the music- appli- CHICAGO -Carson Pine Scott is of time buy. Now, record companies According was not until 1970 that record com- coming in -but it was perhaps the ance -radio -television (MART) using otherwise unavailable space in are spending more on TV than on panies made a serious stab at TV ad- most significant year, for it marked chapter of the City of Hope hosting. its main store. for a nine -day pro- press advertising. The money chan- Compared to today's out- the entry of K -Tel into the field. In The banquet was announced by motion through Saturday (16) of nelled into television as a method of vertising. the amount was paltry. Apple, all, K -Tel spent more than $2.3 mil- general chairman Stanley Gurtikov, soul and jazz LP's with an inventory marketing comes mainly from the lay, Pye and DJM Records were the only lion worth of time promoting four who said the purpose of the banquet of 13,500 pieces including over 1,200 three major TV merchandising com- companies to use TV that year-with LP's. That year, Arcade and Ronco was to "honor an exceptional man gospel albums, said buyer Mary panies, K -Tel, Arcade and Ronco. spending the most at $3,000, also entered the field, while CBS, and, in turn, the industry in which Yoksoulian, who racks through This is revealed by figures from Apple re- out of a combined total of $6,750. Purple and the Stereo Collectors he holds a position of outstanding Lieberman Enterprises. the Media Expenditure Analysis The following year, the amount of Club were among other major leadership." Highlights cf the event will be the search firm and supplied by the Brit- into TV advertising be- spenders that year. Arcade spent Cook will receive the "SDirit of personal appearances of the Spin- ish Bureau of Television Advertis- money going considerably larger. Total more than $835,000, while Ronco Life" award, in recognition of "his ners and Staple Singers in the State ing. Although the figures show that came spent on promot- time-buy cost was still only $65,000 (Continued on page 56) (Continued on vage 6) (Continued on page 70) most of the money Leisure Wear Co. Expands Tie -Ins to Disk Retailers By JOHN SIPPEL BOSTON -Landlubber leisure partments, is aiming for a total circu- wear, which hitched its marketing lation of over 3,000,000 with antici- wagon to rock music stars two years pated record /tape retailer outlets. ago through correlative promotion Allen said he will offer the guide to involving youth wear retailers, is set both independent and chain retail to expand its tie -ins to U.S. record music stores. retailers. Allen, who has worked closely Joe Allen, ad and public relations with the Allman Brothers since director for the firm, based here, at- meeting them at the Watkins Glen tributes a 33 percent overall sales in- extravaganza two years ago, piloted crease to Landlubber's rock music a test album promotion in four image. Allen is currently firming up areas, when "Brothers and Sisters" a program to give away the firm's was released. Retailers gave away a national Rock Music Concert Guide free copy of the LP with a Land- monthly through record /tape out- lubber garment purchase. lets. Seeks Premium LP Jim Stafford's debut album "JIM STAFFORD" (SE -4947) promises to 1974 is the biggest year yet for John Denver. He sings his platinas The four -page 8 -by -II -inch four That campaign worked well follow his recent hit singles "SWAMP WITCH" and "SPIDERS AND SNAKES" "Greatest Hits" album on THE 10-IN DENVER SHOW on the ABC -TV color supplement, which now circu- enough so that Allen now is working to the top of the charts. Both singles are in the album. Singer-songwriter- network tonight along with his goirg- for-gold !ingle, "Sunshine On My lates 1,558,000 copies through 1,019 on a national tape and record pre - musician -comedian Stafford is currently on a nationwide college concert Shoulder." John has two other platirum albums. "Rocky Mountain High" top youth clothing stores and de- (Continued on page 39) tour. "JIM STAFFORD," new, on MGM Records and Tapes. (Advertisement) and "Poems, Prayers and Promises" (Advertisement) (Advertisement) Tonight you can see John Denver sing his "Greatest Hits." The John Denver Show 9 :0O/8 :00 PM.Central Time on ABC-TV RC/1 Records and Tapes www.americanradiohistory.com ear tonight. nor; thLn forty million people a -e going tri see John Denver- sing his `' Greatest Hits" o1 The John Denver Show on ABC TV. Tomon-ow a lot of those people are going to want to bring him home. Thr-ts why today's the day to fill oit this crrde- form and call your local RCA distributor. T1-i-eat way _you'll be s. re to have enough John Denver albums on 1-and -o meet tomorrow's demand. JOHN DENVER'S TAKE ME TO TOMORROW GREATEST HITS ncn VICTOR Take Me to Tomorrow; Isabel; Leaving, on a Jet Plane; Take Follow Me; Forest Lawn; As- Me Home, Country Roads; take me to tomorrow penglow; Amsterdam; Anthem Poems, Prayers and Promises; -Revelation; Carclina in My Rocky Mountain High; For Baby Mind; Sticky Summer Weather; (For Bobbie); Etarwood in As- john deliver Jimmy Newman; Molly pen; Rhymes and Reasons; Follow Me; Goodbye Again; The Eagle and the Hawk; Sun- shine on My Shoulders Prod. Album No. Qty. Prod. Album No. Qty. Innde_: Tak.a Nb Htome,Caintry Rcads L.P. CPL1 -074 L.P. LSP -4278 _eat íng,tn 'Jet 'lane Follow Alf: S. 8 CPS1 -0.74 S.8 P8S -1564 Rc cky Mou 'stain Hi 3h Gocdb/e AÇain Cass. CPK1 -0074 Cass. PK -1564 POEMS, 'RAVERS ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH AND PROMISES Rocky Mountain High; Mother Poems, Prayers and Promises; Nature's Son; Paradise; For Let It Be; My Sweet Lady; ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Baby (For Bobbie); Darcy Far- Wooden Indian Junk; Gospel row; Prisoners; Goodbye Changes; Take Me Home, JOHN DENVER Again; Season Sui-e: Summer, Country Roads; I Guess He'd Fall, Winter, Late Winter, Early Rather Be in Dolorado; Sun- Spring (When Everybody Goes shine on My Shoulders; Around to Mexico), Spring and Around; Fire and Rain; The Box fs :e it i Prod. Album Jo. Qty.