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October 28, 1978 xWMfi 7 Lm ;*j»V U4- * H5s* 'Vi * W ml ; *, 1 pi* *93wBr jr 1 1 / fj, J5 >THE W I Z Motion Picture/So about it You've heard it before, and well say it again: throughout the world of rock and roll, there's never been anything quite like this. In celebration of "Bat Out of Hell" 's first PE 34974 birthday, let's look at the record to see why 1978 belongs to Meat Loaf, and why Meat Loaf seems to be growing bigger and bigger as the weeks go by: • Double-platinum-plus album sales. • Gold single, “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad’.’ • Over 15 million albums sold in the last 90 days. • Shipping at an average of 25,000 albums per day. • Additional 1.5 million albums sold internationally. • Total worldwide sales racing to sur- pass four million. ...and soon into 1979. The spectacular journey that took off with "Two put of Three Ain't Bad" now continues with the new Meat Loaf single, "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth. It s already a classic on hundreds of play lists all over the country. And in response to your continued sup- port, we're shipping it in anticipation of yet another Top-40 smash. “Bat Out of Her The double-platinum inaugural Meat Loaf album, with songs by Jim Steinman. Featuring the new single “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth V On Epic/Cleveland International Records and Tapes. Produced by Todd Rundgren. Management: David Sonenberg. Cleveland International Records is a division of the Cleveland Entertainment Company. ‘Epic” are trademarks of CBS Inc. © 1978 CBS Inc. P.O. Box 783, Willoughby, Ohio 44094, 216-951-0993/538 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, 212-935-8630 VOLUME XL — NUMBER 24 — October 28, 1978 THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY C4SHBCK GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher EDITORIAL MEL ALBERT The Loading Zone Vice President and General Manager STAN MONTEIRO The trend of late to ship more and more product and a variety of other reasons. Unfortunately, this Director ot Marketing may be satisfying some egos, but the practice does not always produce the desired results. DAVE FULTON seems to be putting a strain on the manufacturer- The psychological implications of this situation Editor In Chief retail partnership. Although the ongoing industry are not consistently working in the manufacturers’ J.B. CARMICLE General Manager. East Coast philosophy of insuring sales by shipping large quan- favor. For example as a store manager looks around tities is valid, there is a point at which “loading” to see huge JIM SHARP numbers of a specific album, he loses Director. Nashville becomes a burden for all involved. sight of the fact that the LP may be selling well. Con- PATRICK CLIFFORD, Acct. Exec. East Coast Retailers have commented recently they are will- sequently, in some cases, reports to the trades are CHUCK MEYER. Acct. Exec. West Coast ing to work with the labels, and even “bend” under missed. East Coast Editorial KEN TERRY, East Coast Editor pressure on specific projects. But they also said Some albums have enough industry anticipation CHARLES PAIKERT LEO SACKS when stacks of over-shipped releases sit in their that they demand large shipments, but fast and AARON FUCHS warehouses, they feel no push to return payment. furious re-order patterns can generate more excite- West Coast Editorial Labels, on the other hand, are pushing for ALAN SUTTON. Wesf Coast Editor heavier ment in the business than massive initial shipments. RANDY LEWIS quantities to go out for greater industry exposure JEFF CROSSAN PETER HARTZ JOEY BERLIN RAY TERRACE DALE KAWASHIMA COOKIE AMERSON EWS HIGHLIGHT Research KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager BILL FEASTER LEN CHODOSH N s HARALD TAUBENREUTHER MARK ALBERT Injunction listed in CBS, Jet Suit against Promo Records and J. PATRICK FAULSTICH SEAN THOMAS Morris Levy (page 7). JACK CHIPMAN Nashville Editorial/Research Annual DJ Week celebration draws crowd of more than 4,000 to BOB CAMPBELL TIM WILLIAMS Nashville (page 7). KEN WOODS DENISE MEEK Higher list prices for domestic LPs expected to make imports Art Director LINDSAY BOLYARD more competitive (page 7). Circulation THERESA TORTOSA, Manager ASCAP, BMI, SESAC hold annual awards presentations in PUBLICATION OFFICES Nashville (pages 52 and 58). NEW YORK 119 West 57th. N.Y.. N Y. 10019 Phone: (212) 586-2640 Italian critics vote awards for best LPs of the year (page 71). Cable Address: Cash Box N.Y. Telex: 666123 Bob Seger’s “We’ve GotTonite” and Ian Mathews’ “Shake It” are CALIFORNIA 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) leading Singles Picks of the week (page 22). Hollywood, Ca. 90028 Phone: (213) 464-8241 NASHVILLE Steve Martin’s “A Wild And Crazy Guy” and Ted Nugent’s 21 Music Circle East, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 244-2898 “Weekend Warrior” are leading Album Picks of the week (page CHICAGO 20 ). CAMILLE COMPASIO, Coin Machine. Mgr. 1424 S. 61st Ct., Cicero IL 60650 Phone: (312) 863-7440 Cash Box debuts Disco section (page 44). WASHINGTON, D C. JOANNE OSTROW 4201 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D C, 20016 ENGLAND — JON DONALDSON 1fOP POP DEBUTS NICK UNDERWOOD 25 Denmark St.. London WC 2 Phone: 01-836-1362/01-836-4188 SINGLES 57 YOU DON’T BRING ME FLOWERS — Barbra Streisand/Neil Diamond — Columbia ARGENTINA — MIGUEL SMIRNoTF Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" Buenos Aires. Argentina 21 52nd STREET — Billy Joel — Columbia Phone: 89-6796 ALBUMS BRAZIL — H. GANDELMAN Av. Rio Branco, 156 Sala 627 Rio de Janeiro RJ Phone: 231-3231 POP SINGLE NUMBER POP ALBUM Cable: COPIGAN CANADA — KIRK LaPOINTE 56 Brown’s Line HOT CHILD IN Toronto. Ontario, Canada M8W 359 THE CITY GREASE Phone: (416) 251-1283 Various Artists — — Nick Gilder — Chrysalis RSO HOLLAND — PAUL ACKET P O. Box 11621 (Prinsessegracht 3) The Hague Phone: (70) 624621. Telex: 33083 ITALY - GUIDO HARARI R&B SINGLE R&B ALBUM via Solari, 19 ONES 20144 Milan. Italy ONI NATION UNDER ONE NATION UNDER AUSTRALIA — JOCK VEITCH A GROOVE A GROOVE 4/58 Ramsgate Avenue — Bondi, Sydney, NSW Australia Funkadelic WB Funkadelic — WB JAPAN — Adv. Mgr., SACHIO SAITO Editorial Mgr., FUMIYO TACHIBANA 3rd Floor of Chuo-Tatemono bldg. SINGLE ALBUM 2-chome, 11-1, Shinbashi, Minato-ku, COUNTRY COUNTRY Tokyo Japan, 105 Phone: 504-1651 LET’S TAKE THE LONG I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY FRANCE — CLAUDE EM MONNET WAY 262 bis Rue des Pyrenees AROUND THE WORLD Waylon Jennings Paris, France 75020 Ronnie Milsap — RCA RCA Phone: 361-8534 Telex: 812787F WEST GERMANY — GERHARD AUGUSTIN Herzog Rudolf Str. 3 JAZZ GOSPEL 8 Munich 22 Phone: 221363 — 294761 Telex: 5-29378 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $80 per year anywhere in CHILDREN OF SANCHEZ FROM THE HEART the U.S.A. Published weekly by CASH BOX, 1 1 9 West Chuck Mangione — A&M Shirley Caesar — Hob 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019. Printed in the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. , and ad- ditional mailing offices. Copyright © 1978 by the Funkadeilc Cash Box Publishing Co.. Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX 119 West 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019 5 ctober Weeks Weeks On On 10/21 Chart 10/21 Chart 1 HOT CHILD IN THE CITY 33 STRAIGHT ON ON THE SHELF (Polydor PD 14510) 69 ‘ NICK GILDER (Chrysalis CHS 2226) 1 14 HEART (Portrait 6-70020) 39 7 D&M 2 KISS YOU ALL OVER 34 THEMES FROM THE PROMISES ERIC CLAPTON 75 : EXILE (Warner/Curb WBS 8589) 2 17 WIZARD OF OZ (RSO 910) 3 MAC ARTHUR PARK MECO (Millennium MN 620) 35 9 NEW YORK GROOVE ACE FREHLEY (Casablanca NB 941) 77 : DONNA SUMMER (Casablanca NB 939) 7 8 35 TIME PASSAGES 4 YOU NEEDED ME AL STEWART (Arista AS 0362) 46 5 HOT SUMMER NIGHTS ©© t ANNE MURRAY (Capitol 4574) 4 17 WALTER EGAN (Columbia 3-10824) 76 36 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED INSTANT REPLAY 5 WHENEVER I CALL YOU TO YOU DAN HARTMAN (Blue Sky/CBS ZS8 2772) 78 ! “FRIEND” OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (RSO RS 903) 26 17 3-10794) 5 14 HOW YOU GONNA SEE KENNY LOGGINS (Columbia 37 EVERYBODY NEEDS 6 REMINISCING ME NOW LITTLE RIVER BAND (Harvest P-4605) 3 15 LOVE ALICE COOPER (Warner Bros. WBS 8695) 84 : STEPHEN BISHOP (ABC AB 12406) 41 7 7 BEAST OF BURDEN THIS IS LOVE ROLLING STONES (RS 19309) 10 8 38 CHANGE OF HEART PAUL ANKA (RCA JH 11395) 74 - ERIC CARMEN (Arista AS 0354) 44 7 8 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE THE FUN TIME GERRY RAFFERTY (United Artists X-1233-Y) 8 12 39 EASE ON DOWN JOE COCKER (Asylum E-45540) 80 t ROAD Y.M.C.A. 9 WHO ARE YOU DIANA ROSS/MICHAEL JACKSON WHO (MCA 40948) 9 10 VILLAGE PEOPLE (Casablanca NB 945) 88 : (MCA 40947) 40 9 10 YOU NEVER DONE IT 40 STRANGE WAY SHAME LIKE THAT © FIREFALL (Atlantic 3518) 50 5 EVELYN 'CHAMPAGNE" KING CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (A&M 2063) 12 14 41 DANCE (DISCO HEAT) (RCA PB 11122) 59 2! 11 BACK IN THE U.S.A. 6.1 SYLVESTER (Fantasy 827) 47 10 CAN YOU FOOL 11 11 LINDA RONSTADT (Asylum-E-45519-A) 42 TOOK THE LAST TRAIN GLEN CAMPBELL (Capitol P4638) 85 I 12 HOW MUCH I FEEL DAVID GATES (Elektra 45500) 30 10 CUZ IT’S YOU AMBROSIA (Warner Bros. 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