cri news 87 Casablanca's Bogart To Keynote Disco Forum Continued from page 1 industry for two consecutive nights Barbara Jefferson, national promo- Billboard's Bill Wardlow will Ken Friedman, national promotion timely perspective to his keynote on his tv series. tion administrator, United Artists; head the session on "The Education director, Salsoul Records; Eddie topic since "Thank God It's Friday," Last year, Casablanca executive Paul Zarconi, program director, Of The American Public Regarding Rivera, president of International the film produced jointly by Casa- vice president Larry Harris deliv- WGCI -FM; and Ron Robin, pro- Disco." Joining the Disco Forum's Disco Records Center and publisher blanca and Motown, is currently ered the keynote speech at the third gram director, WBOS. director will be Norman Winters, of Spin Magazine; Jackie McCoy of drawing attention across the coun- Disco Forum. Jim Burgess, DJ with New York's president of the public relations the Long Island Record Pool; A.J. try. Three Casablanca acts, Donna Infinity disco, will lead the panel firm, Norman Winters & Associates; Miller, president, Southern Califor- The Casablanca soundtrack from Summer, Village People and discussion on current problems af- John Luongo, president of Boston nia DJs Assn.; Don Johnson, second TGIF reaches a starred number 23 Brooklyn Dreams, will appear to fecting disco DJs. Panelists will in- Record Pool, publisher of Nightfall vice chairman, DOW Disco Pool; in this week's Top LP & Tape chart, provide live entertainment at this clude John Hedges, president of San and music director of WBOS; and TK Records Ray Caviano; Arnie despite its hefty $14.98 list price. year's Forum along with other major Francisco's Bay Area Disco DJ Bob Caviano, executive vice presi- Smith, national director of disco Participants at Billboard Disco IV disco artists from other labels, in- Assn.; DJ Gary Larkin of G &B Re- dent of Astral Management, Inc. promotion, Casablanca Records; will be treated to a special screening cluding Gloria Gaynor, Tavares, port; DJ Cosmo Wyatt, publisher of Mark Kreiner, president of MK and Dave Todd, national disco coor- of the film which stars Casablanca Trammps, Chic, Peter Brown, Sal - Progressive Platter; and disco DJs Productions, will chair the discus- dinator, RCA Records. recording star Donna Summer and soul Orchestra, Loleatta Holloway, Manny Slali, Michael Graber, and sion on "Use Of Key Independent Joining Salsoul Records vice pres- features music from Casablanca art- Andy Gibb and T- Connection. Bobby Guttadaro. Promotion Personnel In The Evolu- ident Ken Cayre on the producer's ists Meco, Santa Esmeralda, Paul Ja- - The four-day affair, under the di- tion Of A Disco Hit." He will be Cory "Imports In The U.S. Disco Prod- panel will be disco producers bara among others. rection of Forum director Bill Ward - joined by panelists Tom Hayden, Morali, the uct Marketplace" will be moderated Wade, Bob Esty, Jacques The making of TGIF -which in- low, will feature 17 panels on topics president, Tom Hayden Associates; AVI W.M. Lewis by Mark Paul Simon, vice president, Records team of cluded the purchase and conversion of wide interest to the international Patrick Jenkins, president, Ad- Dennis Coffey, special projects, Casablanca Rec- and Laurin Rinder, by Casablanca of a Los Angeles disco industry. vanced Ventures; Starr Arning, na- Moulton ords. It will include panelists Ray Norman Harris, Tom and nitery into Osko's Dicso -is typical of Following is a list of panel moder- tional disco coordinator and oper- Mike Theodore. A moderator for the commitment of the firm to the ators and participants confirmed Caviano, vice president, special ations director for MK Productions; DJs this session will be named shortly. development of the disco industry. thus far for the event: projects, TK Records, and and Craig Kostich, director of na- TK's Ray Caviano will be joined Bogart recently spearheaded ne- "Radio And Discos Working To- Richie Rivera and Roy Thode. tional disco promotion, Far Our by Larry Harris, senior vice presi- gotiations with Merv Griffin which gether- Breaking Disco Hits" will be Dennis Franklin will chair the ses- Productions. dent, Casablanca Records, to co- led to Griffin focusing on the disco moderated by Tom Cossie of MK sion on "The Mobile DJs' Contribu- A panel on "The 12 -Inch Disco moderate the panel on "Disco Art- Productions and Record Logic tion To The Growth Of Disco." Single" will be moderated by Ray ists' Development." Panelists will in- Corp., with Roxy Myzal, music di- Franklin's panelists will be Jane Harris, president, AVI Records, and clude Jerry Wexler, senior vice presi- rector, WXLO. Panelists will be Brinton, in charge of Billboard's will feature panelists Bill Wardlow, dent, a &r consultant, Warner Bros. Elroy Expands Wanda Ramos, music director, disco charts; Sundance Kid, DJ and Stan Hoffman, vice president, Prel- Records; Norby Walters, president, WBLS; Ray Caviano, vice presi- record pool director, Seemingly Bet- ude Records; and Tom Cossie of Retail Norby Walters Associates; and Bob Operation TK Records; ter Productions; and mobile DJ Bert MK Productions. dent, special projects Caviano of Astral Management. NEW YORK -Elroy Enterprises Roy Perry, music director, WCFM; Lockett. Exploring the topic "Working opened its latest Record World store Relationship Between The Discos For further information, contact in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., last week, ex- And The Record Companies" will Diane Kirkland, Billboard, 9000 tending the chain to 11 outlets. The be moderator John Luongo of Bos- Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., 10th in the string was opened in Private Recording Of Piaf ton Records Pool, with panelists 90069,213- 273 -7040. March in Hicksville, L.I. Two more retail stores will be launched this year, says Roy Imber, Issued In U.S. As Album Elroy president, continuing an ex- NEW YORK -More private payment of the original 35 musi- pansion program that began in 1972 recordings may surface for legiti- cians at today's American Feder- `Phantom' Produces 3 45s mate release when the web numbered six. as a result of agreement ation of Musicians' rates ($660 each Continuedfrom page 4 The move is also positive state- reached here over 21 -year old Edith player, compared to the $66 they re- The new stores hew to the typical music ment about the album, Massey adds, Piaf concert tapes. ceived in 1957 for the live perform- draws from Bach, Beethoven Record World pattern -full -line Mozart. and a good reflection of the new atti- This is the view of Stephen Tem- ance). and record and tape inventory, print mu- Murphy on lyrics tudes at Private Stock. mer, who as a young engineer in Temmer shipped the tapes to collaborated sic and accessories. About 2,800 with Gene Pistilli, formerly Cash- "Yes, there is the Top 40 single New York recorded the late singer's France, where the two -pocket album of square feet in size, they do not offer man, Pistilli & West, who also ap- that has become the label's specialty, only concert in a major American was released late last year. But when audio equipment. pears on the disk as the Phantom. but there is also material for our auditorium, Carnegie Hall, for a Peters International, which secured "We are looking for controlled ex- Singing female lead is Rene Geyer, AOR people to work with credi- one -time European radio broadcast U.S. rights, learned about and heard pansion," says Imber, who adds that while B.G. Gibson, tour veteran of bility." in 1957. the original mono tapes -the French the chain will reach beyond the im- the "Jesus Christ- Superstar" road - As for the disco market, Uttal and The show souvenir has now been issue was in processed stereo mediate metropolitan area, but not -it show, has the third key role in the his team claim new strength there, released in a two-LP set in the U.S. opted to use the latter. so far that it would fail to benefit "love -triangle horror tale." coming off a major success with Mi- by Peters International, licensed The result is the disk now avail- Zager's All Chant." from "our effective advertising um- "After `A Fifth Of Beethoven,' we chael "Let's brella." from Pathe- Marconi, Paris. able here, carrying an $11.98 sug- The 12 -inch disco cuts from Temmer had kept the Piaf tapes in gested list. Its quality, says Peters' wanted to establish Walter with a Elroy also operates leased record wider Massey, "Phantom" have been specially his personal possession after the Pierre Bourdain, is far audience," explains and tape departments in 11 T.S.S. superior to mixed, and independent promotion broadcast, but after the singer's the French release. "and were delighted when we heard department stores in this area. the 'Phantom' masters. people are being used to focus on death in 1963, approached her label, Meanwhile, Temmer, now presi- that market and r &b. "We realized then that at least one Pathe, to see if there was any interest dent of Gotham Audio Corp., which When response is in from all sec- was in issuing them as a memorial al- imports professional studio equip- song disco -oriented, but another tors, declares Massey, the label will Image was perfectly Awards bum. ment, believes that other owners of appropriate for AOR, look to staged "Phantom" concerts where we wanted the artist taken Continued from page 61 The project was not consummated such private or unusual tapes may as a further promotion vehicle. until some two years ago, however, surface, Peters in- more seriously. And the ballad, `The Wilkins has still given years of dedi- encouraged by the It is also investigating use of the when Pathe considered it attractive Music Will Not End,' is definitely cated service. terest and concern for quality sound. most famous movie version of the enough to tackle the clearing of He himself intends to scan Top 40 material." "One thing we have to face con- his own Leroux tale, the 1925 Universal si- rights (four tunes had to be sub- for As he cerning what's happening with the tape library further recordings of considered singles sequenc- lent starring Lon Chaney. If pos- leased from Phonogram) and the interest. ing, the Private Image Awards now is that you've got Stock executive sible, this would be tailored to the al- some people involved who are mak- "could think of no other way. but a bum and featured in special media ing anti -semitic remarks. simultaneous release." presentations. "Then there's dissension within Favorable response from the la- "Phantom Of The Opera" has the Beverly Hills /Hollywood bel's marketing and promotion seen a contemporary rock setting Soul Sauce people was branch. This branch did nothing in unanimous, he contin- earlier this decade, when director terms of promoting the awards. Continued from page 60 "We're trying to get some of the ues. "It gives us that many more op- Brian de Palma used the story for his biggest names in Bing- There are also many other prob- cises at North Carolina's Shaw Univ. gospel," says portunities to cover, in a brief period "Phantom Of The Paradise" movie ham, "and we're broadening our lems." Ray was cited for his contribu- of time, as many markets as pos- starring Paul Williams. That sound- area in an effort to expand our gos- When asked if Wilkins could pos- tions in helping keep alive the black sible." track album was on A &M. pel audience to include au- sibly be pulled as the honoree of the musical heritage. other diences." event and would this affect the over- Charles and his troupe performed The firm recently released all presentation, Griffin says, "Al- a gos- at the Raleigh Civic Center as a part pel LP by jazz saxophonist Houston CONTRACT - VOLUME though I'm a paid employe, I really of Shaw's weekend convocation. Person called "Gospel Soul Of feel that if it is true or if people be- * * * Houston Person." It is Person's first lieve it is, the man has still dedicated gospel LP and he was backed by the PRESSING many years of his life to the civil Savoy Records has expanded its Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. QUALITY DECENT PRICES rights movement. He retired about artist roster with four acts: BC &M oHIGH - In addition to June releases by its Mastering'- Plating Pressing two years ago. Mass Choir of Nashville, Bill Spiv - - new artists, Savoy is to release a me- Color Separations Printing Jacket Fabrication "If I have anything to do with it I . ery of Cleveland, who wrote "Op- - - morial LP by the late Alex Bradford -Track Recording Studios will be willing to go down with Wil- erator" which was popularized by 2 Fully Equipped 24 tagged "The Best Of Alex Brad- ROOF" kins. And if we lose, we lose. I favor Manhattan Transfer, Detroit's Ruth "ALL UNDER ONE ford." Another LP included will be a sticking with and beside this man. Busbee, formerly of the Howard special release of the "Golden Gos- "As a black group we must under- Lemon Singers; and George Mays pel Jubilee," which contains some of stand that even if it is true, we all op- and the voices of Praise from the "greatest hits" by several gospel erate under pressures with pitfalls. Chicago. Qca artists. CUSTOM PRESSING The Image Awards show will be the According to Milton Bingham of largest stage production we have Savoy, "What we're doing is filling * * * 2832 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45225 ever had and I hope the people will our stalls with a variety of gospel Remember.... we're in communi- Phone: (513) 681 -8400 / TWX (OCA CUSTOM CIN) 810 -461 -2789 support it." acts. cations, so let's communicate.

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