Cash Box Editorial Editor in Chief GARYCOHEN East Coast Editor New York PHIL DIMAURO JULIAN SHAPIRO Where Have All the Talents Gone? KEN TERRY Hollywood J.B
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Price* Spec'2attv Fourteen classic tracks other fancy stuff.Simply The definitive one. by one of the strongest two records' worth of Dave Mason’s“Certified Live performers rock has yet Dave Mason at his best-, On Columbia Records produced, unspoiled by live. and Tapes. overdubs, studio tricks or Produced by Dave Mason forTreucom A.G. ® "COLUMBIA <£ MARCAS REG. ©1976 CBS INC THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY i C4SHBCK1976 VOLUMEXXXVIII — NUMBER 26— November 13, GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Executive Vice President Editorial DAVID BUDGE cash box editorial Editor In Chief GARYCOHEN East Coast Editor New York PHIL DIMAURO JULIAN SHAPIRO Where Have All The Talents Gone? KEN TERRY Hollywood J.B. CARMICLE We’ve previously editorialized on the high turnover rate in the industry in general (Cash JOHN MANKIEWICZ LINDA CAUTHEN Box, Nov. 6) and for promotion men in particular (CB, July 17). But there’s still one more COOKIE AMERSON PAUL SIMMONS thought that deserves discussion: Where are the industry leaders of tomorrow? ROBERT ROHWER Let’s assume that tomorrow morning, with the right economic conditions, a fairiy decent DAVID BOYLES Research initial artist roster and a “reasonable” budget, company XYZ decides to enter the music HOWARD LOWELL, Director STEVE OSTROW industry. Where would the staff of that new company come from? BOB SPEISMAN LARRY CARLAT Ninety-nine times out of 100, the talent for that new label would come from other existing RAY JEFF record companies. Maybe in one case out of 100 would that talent come from outside the WAYNE MARECI JAN DUBIN industry, from a firm not directly involved in record manufacture and distribution. Art Director WOODY HARDING It seems that other industries not only draw on their own competitors for executive Coin Machine management, but they draw from other industries where the executives held similar Chicago CAMILLE COMPASIO, Manager positions, in, say, marketing, sales or public relations. Yet in our business, that concept is Circulation considered heresy. Is our industry so different, so removed from the norm, so special, THERESA TORTOSA Manager dealing with such a unique product, that talent from other industries just can’t cut it in the "PUBLICATION OFFICES NEWYORK record business? It certainly appears that way. 119 West 57th. N.Y., N.Y. 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 Isn’t marketing, selling or promoting a record the same as marketing, selling or Address: Cash N.Y. Cable - Box CALIFORNIA promoting something else? Are the business schools turning out MBAs whose degrees 6363 Sunset Blvd (Suite 930) Hollywood, Ca. 90028 read “Master of Business Administration in every business except the record business?” Phone: (213) 464-8241 NASHVILLE Are the case histories of companies involved in the music industry — and they include the JUANITA JONES BARBARA O'DELL $2 billion CBS Inc. and $% billion Warner Communications Inc. — that different? So 1511 Sigler St., Nashville Tenn. 37203 244-2898 Phone: (615) different, in fact, that qualified managerial talent “need not apply”? Can’t MBAs catch that CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO infectious “record fever” disease that so many of us have? Apparently not. 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, III. 60602 Phone: (312) 346-7272 Yes, the industry is dealing with a “unique product,” but maybe it’s less unique than we WASHINGTON, D.C. REBECCA MOORE is 2831 28 St. N.W. care to believe. Conventional business wisdom, as taught in the business schools, Washington, D.C. 20018 Phone: (202) 483-5533 supposed to be applicable everywhere. ENGLAND — KIM THORNE 97 Uxbridge Rd., London W. 12 What is needed is a synthesis between music industry fever and straight business Phone: 01-749-6724 ARGENTINA — MIGUEL SMIRNOFF knowledge. Are there any MBAs who would sacrifice a little job security in exchange for not Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 “B" Buenos Aires, Argentina wearing a suit and tie, free concert tickets and other fringe benefits? We think so. It’s just a Phone: 89-6796 " BRAZIL — H. GANDELMAN question of attracting the right type of individual to the industry. Av. Rio Branco, 156 Sala 627 Rio de Janeiro RJ CANADA — DAVID FARRELL 1946 BioorSt. W. Apt. 14 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P 3K9 Phone: (416) 766-5978 HOLLAND — PAUL ACKET Theresiastraat 59-63, The Hague Phone: 837700 ITALY — GABRIELE G. 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