Patrick Moraz Joins Yes Ounce of Polish, Professionalism Throughout His Presentation

CLUB REVIEW CONCERT REVIEW /111111.1111111111111111111111,1111111111111111111111 'Mini Meeting' ...,,,,1,1,,,,11111,1,1,,,,,,1,,,,1,,,,,1,,,,,11,1,,,,1 Honk, Comanor: Held by London Dick Clark Brings R&R to Las Vegas LAS VEGAS Dick Clark, Upon Cannon leaving the An Epic Event NEW YORK London Records - - veteran rock n' roll emcee, bet- stage, Jeff Kutash and the Greasy recently held a 'mini meeting' LOS ANGELES - Honk (Epic) ter known as "America's oldest Kids, a group of eight highly pro- involving all sales and promotion offered a livewire performance teenager, recently presented an fessional dancers, performed a personnel from the eight north- before a capacity audience on elaborate show before a capacity medley honed from the '50s and eastern states serviced out of the their opening night (8) at the audience at the Las Vegas Hilton '60s, complete with garb ranging company's main warehouse and Troubadour. Hotel (9). from mini -skirts to go-go boots. shipping depot in New Jersey. The six member group, three The dancers were a welcome Herb Goldfarb, London's market- Performers ad- of which are vocalists as well as dition to the show and fit in ing sales VP, has announced that The show featured Freddie musicians, opened their set with perfectly. this type of staff meeting will be Cannon, Cornell Gunter and the an energetic version of "Sea Cornell Gunter and the Coast- held in all of the company's major Coasters, Jackie Wilson, and Cruise," in which saxist Craig Buh- ers were the next to appear. sales/promotion centers to dance troup Jeff Kutash and the ler and guitarist Richard Stekol Gunter had the audience practi- "strengthen and consolidate the Greasy Kids. Clark presented 15 both demonstrated their musical cally rolling on the floor with his company's sales/promotion ef- year -old film clips of his re- expertise with fine alternate solos. "gay" dialogue and false eye- forts." Goldfarb states that by nowned "American Bandstand" The lashes. The group performed their excellent song arrange- localizïng these meetings regional show which included segments of ments spotlighted each hits "Charlie Brown" and "Along member and local problems can be more each of the artists performing, Came Jones," sounding of the group several times effectively approached. and of himself doing various nearly as good as they do on their record- throughout the set, which en- In addition to Goldfarb, other commercials which kept the ings (as far as vocal dynamics abled them to display individual London executives making pres- audience in hysterics. Clark main- were concerned), considering that competency as well as their entations at the meeting were Sy tained a remarkably good rapport one member of their group was equally dynamic abilities to com- Warner, sales manager; Bob with the audience as he remi- absent that night due to a loss plement each other in a group Small, director of advertising, and nisced and jested with them at in the family. situation. A wide range of mate- Don Wardell, director of promo- various points throughout the High Spot rial that went from up -tempo tion. Other key marketing person- show. was The highlight numbers to slower, softer tunes, nel from London as well as the The first act to perform of the set was made for a well-rounded set; the entire sales and promotional staffs Freddie Cannon, who appeared when Gunter, who has a rather band, without a doubt, per- of London Records Distributing on stage immediately after Clark, striking resemblence to Della formed each song with much Corp. and London Records New presented a film segment of him. Reese, strutted into the audience professionalism. England were in attendance. Cannon offered the audience a with his microphone while the like Coasters sang "Yakety Honk possesses a driving force tight set, including favorites Yak," hav- that kept the audience's undi- "Tallahassie Lassie," "Palisades ing various people sing a few vided attention at all times during Russo to Manage Park," "Land of 1000 Dances" (Continued on page 42) and "Where the Action Is," in the set. After a standing ovation, Manhattan Transfer which two go-go dancers joined the group came back to perform CLUB REVIEW NEW YORK-Aaron Russo has him on stage. Cannon was so a high -paced version of "Heat - signed a he was given wave," which had the audience long-term agreement well received that with Manhattan Transfer per- a standing ovation and came back Rats Rock the Line clapping and singing along en- for thusiastically. sonal management representation to perform his new MCA single, NEW YORK - The Good Rats on all areas of entertainment. "Rock n' Roll ABC's." (Warner Bros.) are a five -piece Opening the bill was Jeffrey ensemble who have played to- Comanot (Epic) who virtually gether for a long time, and every kept the audience in stitches Patrick Moraz Joins Yes ounce of polish, professionalism throughout his presentation. His and tight musicianship that they material consisted of pleasantly have accummulated during those laid-back acoustical numbers wo- years was on display at their re- ven together by witty dialogues cent performance (19) at the Bot- in between. The songs were of- tom Line. fered in a humorous vein, such Style as "Makin' It Natural," a tongue- Their style, for the most part, in-cheek tune in which Comanor is hard and tight, and the crowd vows to give up all his favorite enjoyed a fine sampling of tunes drugs and "go organic." Although from their debut album, "Tasty." the material was basically simple They opened their set with "Get acoustic tunes, he never once be- Back To My Music," which is came repititious. perhaps the most commercial Comanor employs a stage per- offering on the album and shows sonality that is truly inimitable, off the effectively gusty lead vo- and a very hip sense of humor cals of Peppi Marchello and the and wit, which along with his outstanding guitar expertise of hilarious stage antics, kept the John (The Cat) Gatto. Other high - audience thoroughly entertained. points of their set included (also Karen Fleeman from their "Tasty" release) "Papa Poppa," which is power -packed both lyrically and musically, and SPACE SALESMAN "Fred Upstairs & Ginger Snap- For National Music Newspaper pers," a tune which combines good music with good fun. Salary Plus Draw They're heavily electric and Great Opportunity energetic without being overpow- Must Know Record Ad Sales ering; vocally they achieve a delicate balance between sweet Write To: Patrick Moraz of Refugee is to loin Yes as their new keyboard player. Moraz has begun recording Yes' new album for Atlantic Records and will leave with Yes for an harmonies and powerful leads. Box No. 831 American tour beginning October 26. The decision to have Moraz join Yes ends weeks The Good Rats were Long Island's Record World of speculation as to who would replace Rick Wakeman. Moraz, Swiss born and well most renowned home-grown known in Europe for composing film scores, made his first appearance with Refugee band They are about to step 1700 Broadway last December at the Roundhouse. Though Refugee has disbanded, Moraz will still ... into the national limelight. New York City, N.Y. 10019 record a solo album later this year for release on the Charisma label. Pictured from left are: Steve Howe, Jon Anderson, Alan White, Chris Squire (sitting) & Patrick Moraz. Roberta Skopp

28 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 31, 1974