08120 AUGUST 28, 1971 $1.25 A BILLBOARD PUBLICATION SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR The International Music -Record Tape Newsweekly CARTRIDGE TV PAGE 26 HOT 100 PAGE 60 Bi 0 ® TOP LP'S PAGES 62, 64 FTC Brief Seeks Action Nixon Economy Move: To Back Discrete System Chaos, Care, Confidence By CLAUDE HALL By JOHN SIPPEL By MILDRED HALL CHICAGO-A brief has been "discrete" quadrasonic advo- By RADCLIFFE JOE filed with the FTC and a pro- cates, led by James Gabbert and NEW YORK - President LOS ANGELES - The na- WASHINGTON - As this test move made by a faction of Brad Miller, opened a Thursday Nixon's new regulations on tion's biggest mass merchan- city's record -tape dealers and (19) session of the Fourth An- wage and price controls, a-ong disers see the Nixon wage -and - wholesalers see it, consumer nual Billboard Radio Program- with the new 10 percent surtax price freeze bolstering a sag- buys of records and tapes should WB Singles Aid ming Forum. on imported goods, have thrDwn ging economy and eventually go up as a result of the new The brief calls upon the Fed- music industry software seal- upgrading consumer spending. economic policies price freeze Action on LP's eral Trades Commission to re- ers on the East Coast into con- John Kaplan, vice president at least for the 90 -day period matrix al- LOS ANGELES - Warners- quire quadrasonic fusion. of marketing of the Randleman in which the consumer faces no Reprise is releasing singles from bums and radio broadcasts to Top executives of key com- Co., Detroit, said, "I feel that price hike. albums after the LP's have been state certain information. panies in this end of the business such measures should have been On imported recordings and in the market as an adjunct to On matrix product, the brief readily admit that they do not taken a long time ago." The the transistor items sold in most singles cut exclusively in that requires the words: "This re- (Continued on page 66) (Continued on page 66) retail outlets, they believe canny format. cording was electronically re- shoppers will buy the product Of a recent release of 20 sin- processed to simulate quadra- that came in before the 10 per- gles, eight were culled from al - phonic four -channel sound." cent import tax went into effect. (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 10) Folk Revival in U.K. Via In general, dealers find con- sumers are less tense and more optimistic about buying in view 5 Indie Labels, 50 Fests of the hold action on the here- June in Japan: 6% Output By IAN DOVE tofore totally unchecked infla- tion. They believe that record NEW YORK-The U.K. is Outlining this, Jo Lustig, U.S.- sales will not be particularly af- Hike, Sales Increase 7% experiencing a major revival of born manager of Pentangle, and (Continued on page 66) By BEN OKANO British contemporary folk mu- Ralph McTell-currently in the Billboard Japan/Music Lobo Staff Member sic, reflected in the fact that U.S. completing details of Mc- U.S. tour-said: number is an improvement over the May (apart from the major compa- Tell's debut TOKYO - The of folk artists, apart from Emphasis on blank tape records produced in Japan dur- figures, the result is lower than nies) there are five independent "British labels more or less devoted to finding steady work in over 5()0 Tape ing June increased by 6 percent, the figures for April. this week in the officials stated the music and that over 50 folk folk clubs in the U.K., are also announced the Japanese Phono- Association attractions. This Cartridge section gram Record Association, and that this is because there was fest_vals will be held throughout major concert during 1971. (Continued on page 8) sales were up 7 percent. not one major hit among Jap- Britain The actual total of records anese singles during the period. produced was 10,022,000 which Previously, sales figures for brought in 5.690 billion yen foreign records in Japan grew American Airlines and although this (Continued on page 10) ($15,761,300) Books Live Act Capitol Lops Field Mgrs.; By LAURA DENI LAS VEGAS-Live entertainment by a name performer has been contracted for the first time by an airline. American Airlines will introduce live Tower Takes Command entertainment in the air Thursday (26) when Frank By ELIOT TIEGEL Sinatra Jr., backed by nine men, plays four 20- lounge of a 747 as a move zation with district sales man- minute shows in the coach LOS ANGELES-In from Los Angeles. designed to "shorten lines of agers and district promotion it flies to New York a "Night Sky" has re- managers all reporting directly Sinatra has written song called communication," Capitol Barsie, Sinatra's man- organized its marketing organi- to their national chieftains here. in honor of the event. Tino Previously, district sales man- ager, arranged the deal. The singer closes at the agers reported to four division Frontier at 3 a.m. and then drives to Los An- 'Godspell' Solo sales managers. Under the plan geles, where he will board the morning flight. developed by Brown Meggs, the He will also feature material from his forth- Caster on Chart marketing vice president, the coming Daybreak LP, "Spice." All the musicians position of division sales man- will be paid, with an option which could have them doing additional shows on other American NEW YORK - Original ager has been abolished with Way to move, James. And moving is what James Brown is all cast albums of Broadway and the men either being reassigned about ... he never stops. Whether it be the way his records flights. off Broadway musical shows or terminated. fly up on the charts, or his famous stage performance, he is Sinatra and associates will return the next day are lacking the chart potency in constant motion, transmitting a level of energy no man or to Los Angeles as passengers, not entertainers. The naming of two national Pants" of a year ago. Bell Records Marvin Beisel as the machine could possibly match. His latest single, "Hot From there Sinatra goes to Hawaii for seven managers, is already a million seller and the album titled "Hot Pants" president Larry Utall puts this sales manager and John Stanton days and then to Sydney, Australia, for three and containing the original hit, ('olydor PD 4054; 8F 4054, to Los Angeles down to a "taste gap between in promotion, are a major in- CF ¿054) is making the same neteoric rise. weeks. Then he will come back legitimate musical fare and gredient in Meggs' plan. P.S. Let's not forget his latest chart bustin' Polydor single to record his second Daybreak LP, which may (Continued on page 66) (Continued on page 4) "Make It Funky" (PD2 14088). (Advertisement) have "Night Sky" in it. (Advertisement ) FROM THE DEAQ IlVTRODUCING NEWWDERSêPURPLE A New Group and a NewAlbum. 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Japan Nixon Reaction Field Men Assist Dealers FIRST INCREASE -Disappointment, Anger LOS ANGELES-FIND Service FIND's first quarterly catalog NEW YORK-The Sony Corp., By MALCOLM DAVIS International will begin service to is being completed by computer of America has become the first participating dealers Oct. 1. The print-out and will reach FIND major consumer electronics prod- TOKYO-Japanese reaction to mediate crisis will soon pass. Soft- delay of service to dealers resulted dealers about Oct. 1. It will con- ucts importer to raise selling prices President Nixon's announcement ware makers agree that no direct from the heavy amount of addi- tain over 45,000 items. The quar- on some of its products following ranges from disappointment to effects will be seen in local rec- tional inventory which had to be terly will be supplemented by the announcement of President anger. Naturally export-related bus- ord tape market. Warner/Pioneer included in the first FIND catalog. monthly additions and new re- Nixon's 10 percent import surtax. inesses such as automotive and executive T. Aoyago said the ef- FIND has concluded agreements leases weekly within the pages of Although other major importers electronics are experiencing rough fect may even be favorable if the with Ampex, Capitol, Columbia, Billboard. have not yet announced similar sledding in Tokyo stock exchange Japanese economy is forced down- the Kinney group, MCA, RCA, Dealers will get FIND kits price increases, it is expected that and overall stock market picture ward, the Japanese may shun more ABC -Dunhill, is expensive forms Buddah, Kama Su- around Oct. 1. They include: Spe- the Sony move will trigger a trend down, but government and banks of entertainment tra, Disneyland/Vista, A&M, Ever- cial Order desk units; customer in this direction. continue to support the dollar. for home oriented forms. est, Musicor, Bell and Howell, Although major broadcast spon- order forms; posters, window de- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111IIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Predictions here indicate the im - Polydor/DGG and many others.