New York, N. Y. (Continued from page 78) AUGUST Atlantic signs Mark ("I guess I shoulda put his lights out") Farner Elvis Presley (1935- 1977). . . . N.Y., N.Y. with an exclusive interview with Peter C. (does the"C" CBS sets billion dollar sales target for 1980 at its 1977convention stand for Chrysalis?) Leeds learns that he has purchasedBlondie's in London . . . Leber -Krebs announces formation of the Silver Cloud contract back from Private Stock . . . WEA holds itsfirst national label, but in December we're still awaiting their first release . . . sales meeting in Hollywood, Florida. The tradepress is conspicuous Andy Gibb hits the top of The Singles Chart with "I JustWant To by its absence . . . He's a unique kinda guy and that's whywe put Be Your Everything," a spot that he won't relinquish for three weeks Steve Martin's later to be certified gold albumon the cover ...... Island Records realizes that New York is where it's at and packs Fleetwood Mac equals Peter Frampton's chart milestoneof 17 weeks inits L.A. headquarters . . . WB to market Sire in the U.S. with a at #1 and shows no sign of relenting . . . Who the hell is William full slate of releases (new wave and otherwise) . . . RW's own White Wing? Lois Lane, Jane Berk, is sent to Bermuda to check out the firstpop SherylFeuersteinisnamed director, Phonogram publicity and

music fest to be held there and returns to write about it . . . Your quickly adopts a low profile. Where's Dudley? . . . Oh great. Sam columnist whose initials are B.T. sneaks away from the CBS Conven- Sutherland previews the Steely Dan Ipinhis best forgotten The tion on two consecutive nights to witness a burgeoningsuperstar Coast column, drawing comparisons to Homer andCharlie Parker. make his London debut. isstill unsigned at the time Isn't he an eclectic kinda guy? . . . of his August write-up butis by this time a familiar name to the OH JESUS CHRIST, NOT ANOTHER STORY ABOUTA PRIVATE readers of N.Y., N.Y. STOCK ARTIST! "Not yes, but hell yes!"a columnist whose initials WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS ANOTHER RECORD LABEL: Jon are D.M. replied after meeting with Robert Gordon. Jody Uttakon Tiven announces the formation of Big Sound Records. the case as usual, had nothing to do with arrangingthe interview... FIRST AND LAST TIME: Pat ("I'm Idi Amin's cousin, doncha know") Alan "Bad News" Wolmark experiencesWayne Phillipsat O'Lun- Baird makes an appearance as guest columnist. ney's. CONFIDENTIAL TO MIKE BONE: Why don'tyou take those dead A belated thank you to Seymour Stein, the only president ofa rats and stick 'em where the sun don't shine. record company with a six year old who knows the wordsto the COVERS: Andy Gibb, CS&N, Fleetwood Mac (witha Special Salute) SexPistols' "EMI," forhis Carol Bayer-Sager-Mayer-Prager-Feyer- and Barry White. Trager-Sayer-Zager-Player. Great, now take a walk. DIALOGUES: Miami Steve Van Zandt, Tony Muscolo andDon Anti, Lenny "Me, I'm Outta Here" Beer and Sam "You Guys Are Crazy"Norman Schwartz and Bob Pittman. Sutherland report on the "Industry's Bullish Growth . . ." GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE, PT. 2: To our Coastcoun- OCTOBER terparts we give a hoot and a Bronx cheer for their Jock Rock, PT. II The entire industry is stunned by the deaths of BingCrosby and lead in the 8/20 column . . . Members of the Rumour and Gentle three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd ina plane crash in Macomb, Mis- Giant visit Nut Central. Who cares? sissippi. QUOTE OF THE MONTH comes from Joe Walsh who, upon learn- Millennium scoresitsfirst number one single with Meco's "Star ing that the Eagles have been named one of the top ten mostpop- Wars" . . . Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Wonderare the big Rock ular celebs along with other TV, film and sports luminaries: "So Awards winners (no surprise there) . . . lands himself what?" a lead write-up in N.Y., N.Y. for weirdness beyond the call of duty. RW notes that Lifesongisabout to make a move to CBS and . . . Marc "01' Tin Ear" Kirkeby gets off on a new single by Dicco Jimmy'sisbankrupt in two separate stories . . . Elliot Goldman Fritz and his Sauerkrauts, a tune called "The Yodel named executive VP/GM, Arista just one month after his RW Dia- Gemutlichkeit) Pt. 1" . . . The first direct -to -disc recording made by alogue . . . Jim Delehant is named Atlantic a&r VP, David Carrico a major branch distributed label-Finnadar-is released. The music's becomes Private Stock VP. good and so is the cover with a nice shot by worldfamous photo- COVERS: Jimmy Buffett, Donna Summer, Andrew Gold, Alangrapher Nikki McGee. . . Pat Baird has not had any ink insome Parsons. time, so we'd just like to make note of the fact that shehasn't been DIALOGUES: Joe Smith in a two parter, Charles Koppelman, Ed- fired . . . Samuel "Sharp as a ball" Graham notes in hisreview of ward Cramer. Dwight Twilley: "At a time when boundlessly hirsutetypes seem to SPECIALS: NATRA, Gospel, Mexico '77 (whew!) be setting the hairstyling trends for Americanrock bands,it was interesting to see that only one member of DwightTwilley's and SEPTEMBER Andy Pratt's respective quintets sportedso much as a moustache WHOAAA DOCTOR: At an Elvis Costello concert at Dingwalls, Stiff at their Roxy appearance." Great Sammy, now takea hike. Records' then -major domo Jake Riviera was floored during an alter- Jim Mazza to head Capitol's new label . . . The Rolling Stones cation with Island's marketing man, John Knowles. That same night threw a bash and everybody came. Thescene was Trax in N.Y.C. at the North London watering hole, Beserkley Record chief Mathew and the occasion was to celebrate the release of theirdouble live Kauffman was escorted from the premises after allegedly relieving album ... Polydor taps Bob "Woodstock" Speisman. Good move.. . himself of some of his precious bodily fluids while standing againstCaption headline of the month: "Gross Gathering."... Dave Robinson the bar. What a business! and Jake Riviera announce an amicable Stiff split withthe former Crawler is spotlighted in a New retaining the rights to the name and allartists on the roster with Talent feature. . . RW begins a the exception of Elvis Costello and . . . Four out of five bi-weeklyfeature onthe newdoctors conclude: "The Coast column will lullyou to sleep without wave so that everyone willbe prescription." up to date on the latest news M.I.A.: Bob Ezrin. concerning groupslikeJohnny The Washington Post gets smartas it joins the list of publications and the Self Abusers, the Snivel- reprinting Record World chart information... RW answers the much ling Shits and the Vile Tones with asked question of the previous week, "What thehell is Henry Stone Nazi Dog . . Frank Zappa was doing here?" with the announcement of the CBSInternational pact on the verge of going to Phono- with TK . . . Mercury confirms its intention of forming a punk label gram . . . Our gal Linda Meierto be called Dip Records... doesn't talk to us anymore after THIS ONE'S SO WEIRD, WE JUST THOUGHTWE'D REPRINT IT IN we tell her to take a walk upon PART: The man who brought you the mood ring (whichcost 600 to printing her column item con- manufacture and retailed at one time foras much as $15)is back. cerning the Criminals. . . George Bob March of Psycho -Photography Inc., the marketingarm of Factors Stan getting the bad news Burns iscast as Mr. Kite in the Etc.Inc. (officially licensed by Colonel Tom Parker andthe Presley Robert Stigwood production of Sgt. Pepper . . N.Y., N.Y. scoops state to market Elvis Presley souvenirs), visitedus last week to show everyone, including the management of the group, when it reports off his wares, which include everything from 330iron -on transfers that Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is leaving . . . The Sex Pistols to a 24 carat gold coin that March claims is worth $1,000 . . . Stran- hold down three of the top four positions on the bogus new Newgest item in the lot: a 10" x 12" (or thereabouts) drawingof Presley Wave Top 20 . . . 01' Hary blows it. He's outta here! Alan "Pinhead" that looks more like Elvis Costello than it does the King. . . Wolmark, also known as the "New Newman," takes his place and "What business are you in?" was our first question ofMarch. sets trade journalism back five years. (Continued on page 154)

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