DECEMBER 9,1978 RECORDS TAP AIUNG-MARK Zuropes L 99
DECEMBER 9,1978 RECORDS TAP AIUNG-MARK zuropes l Music Business Roper-A Morgon-Grompion Publication ■ 70p 99% Fruin unrepentant on London tests OF RECORD By TERRI ANDERSON A MARKETING EXPERIMENT run recently by WEA has proved DEALERS almost embarrassingly successful. There was puzzlement and indignation in the business and the retail trade when two previously unheard-of singles from the WEA stable charted in adjacent positions RECEIVE last week. But, as WEA md John Fruin told Goody (Atlantic LV 3) and No MUSIC WEEK MW, the chart entries are an Goodbyes by Curtis Mayfield (NOP Market Research) unexpected bonus, as a result of a (Atlantic LV 1, although Mayfield's marketing experiment which was product usually appears on aimed at achieving something quite Curtom). They entered the chart in different. the 64 and 65 positions respectively. The singles in question are The LV prefix stands for longer This week Number 1 Dee Jay, by Goody versions — both singles are 12-inch. MUSIC INDUSTRY news(pp 1- Their positions this week are 55 and 4), Tipshect 8, two pages of 65 respectively. retailing news 12, 13, First of the Feeling among dealers seems to be new disco coverage 14, CBS wages summed up by Alexander Muir, of Publishing 16, Broadcasting 18, Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline. International News 20, Talent He says: "So far as I can find out, 22, Needlctime 25. Classical 38, BONEY M's recent arrival in Dublin coincided with their version of Mary's Wayne's war LV 1 and LV 3 have not as yet been Riva feature 40, LP reviews 45, Boy Child topping the Irish chart.
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