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Executives On The Move Hans Klopfer Named Manufacturing Manager for Capitol Records-EMI of Canada Hans Klopfer has been named to the newly created position of manufacturing manager for Capitol Records-EMI of Canada He will be in charge of the setting up and running of Capitol's disk pressing plant which is under construction and is expect- ed to be operational by the fall of 1976 Prior to joining Capitol, Klopfer was plant manager at the Columbia pressing and tape plant in Toronto

Stanley Greenberg Leaves Scepter - Stanley Greenberg, executive vice president of Scepter Records, has resigned his position effective last month. He has been with the company since 1961. Greenberg started as arranger and staff a&r person; he then became director of a&r, vice president of a&r and in January 1975, executive vice president He can be reached at his home: 353 South Wetherly Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90211; (213) 550-0765 Sweef Readies For U.S. Dates

LOS ANGELES — The first American which opens Jan 21 at the Memorial tour by Sweet has been confirmed for Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tenn. and BACK TOGETHER - Country Joe McDonald and Barry The Fish Melton have an- the first quarter of 1976, according to closes Mar 17 at Regis College in nounced the reformation of their band. , and have signed Capitol Records and Ed Leffler whose Denver, making 42 concert stops along v with Fantasy Records to record an album ne t summer. The announcement was firm, E L. Management, handles the way The tour is being booked Ralph Kaffel. president of Fantasy Records. McDonald records made by now for Fan- personal management for the group through ICM tasy as a solo artist: his first LP for the label is "Paradise With An Ocean View Melton Sweet's current release, "Fox On The Sweet is one of Europe's top grossing is signed with the Rockfield/UA label in Europe for an album release in January en- Run,” is currently number five with a concert attractions, having a five-year titled "Barry Melton - The Fish Country Joe and the Fish made a special New bullet this week on the Cash Box singles string of hit records including number Festival in Year’s Day appearance at the Crater Hawaii, which marked their first major " chart, following Ballroom Blitz," which one tunes in England. Switzerland, appearance since dispanding following their appearance at the Festival. also went top ten earlier last year A new Germany. Denmark, Australia, New L to rl Al Bendich Fantasy Records general counsel). Ralph Kaffel Fantasy Sweet LP is set for release later this Zealand and South Africa. Barry Fish " Records president). "The Melton. Country Joe McDonald month to coincide with the national tour Ampex Report » 9 — *.« Monty Python Breakthrough FM Radio Crucial gain from the sale of Ampex's Marina del Stations such as WMMR Philadelphia, ing record deals." back us By this time we had decided to Rey facility compared with a fiscal 1975 WNEW . WBCN, Boston, and in From the original ten stations the go with a company that was really in- second quarter gain of $1.0 million of Dallas began featuring cuts from the first number has now grown to over 130 sta- terested in us. in Python product, not as before taxes from the sale a European Buddah album, "Another Monty Python tions presenting Monty Python's Flying part of a package deal," recalled Miss facility Record" on a more or less regular basis. Circus. Early Python devotees such as Lewis. Pre-tax. earnings from continuing operations exclusive of non-recurring Boston even produced special spot com- the PBS station, Channel 1 3 in New York Python also get a degree of freedom mercials urging the locality to petition have shown three Python series whereas from the Charisma label in the UK. — re- earnings from royalties, licenses and set- their local Public Broadcasting Service latecomers such as are signing with them for the rest of the tlements, for the first half of fiscal year $6.5 million, station to screen the Python television moving into the first Python series. world but free to do their own thing in the 1976 were compared to shows that had been produced by the The Python Circus are officially pro- U S and Canada. Because Arista presi- earnings of $4.5 million from the first half BBC and from which the cuts were, by noncommercial television as an outlet dent Clive Davis was genuinely interest- of fiscal year 1975. For the first half of and large, taken," said Miss Lewis. for their humor. “It's certainly true that ed in Monty Python they signed with his the year, sales and other revenues from "Finally Columbia pictures picked up Python did not want to be on commercial label which gave them no trouble over continuing operations totaled $129.7 the first Python film, "And Now For channels. They feel that the noncom- die cutting or special engineering. million, compared with $1214 million a Something Completely Different" and mercial channels took a flyer on the year ago the college film market started picking group and should be rewarded," said Mogull Acquires Ozone Net earnings for the first six months of fiscal 1976 were $5.2 million compared up on it which in turn helped the records. Miss Lewis. NEW YORK — Ivan Mogull Music As- net for the comparable It’s a little amazing that a visually orient- Miss Lewis herself is particularly to earnings sociates has acquired the complete fiscal of 7 million; ed act was helped by radio. pleased with the progress of Python in period of 1975 $14 catalog of Commander Cody and his Lost — as previously reported — the "I can't think of anything like this hap- the U.S. because, she said. "Buddah had however Planet Airmens publishing company, million of pening before. signed the Charisma label and the first 1975 earnings included $13 Ozone Music, to sub-publish their pre-tax from a set- Monty Python’s Flying Circus was, of Python album was a throwaway at that non-recurring income material for the world excluding the tlement with IBM If the IBM settlement course, broken in the U S. via PBS time — it had no special meaning for us. USA, Canada and Scandinavia Repre- is excluded, the proper comparison television stations — originally ten were Neil Bogart, who was then with the label senting Cody was attorney Richard shows pre-tax earnings of $6.5 million needed by Time Life, who are responsi- put it out because it made me laugh It Hodge Ivan Mogull represented the this year against $4.5 million last year. ble for handling in did all right, sold around 10.000 initially BBC product the U S . Mogull group The acquisition covers During the first quarter of 1975 $11 to make money on the show. "For us," which wasn't bad considering how ob- material recorded by Cody on the Para- million repaid to lenders under the said Miss Lewis, “in negotiating a record scure the humor was." was mount label, as well as material currently credit and security agreement. In the deal it meant we could use the television From Buddah Monty Python, along on the Warners label. second quarter of 1975 further repay- outlets as a wedge when it came to mak- with the Charisma label, moved to Atlan- million to the tic who were not entirely happy with the ments of $13 were made Midland, Part "Matching Tie And Handkerchief" album Buddah Ways same lenders for a total debt reduction MCA Release * 9 because of an iexpensive) die cut sleeve NEW YORK — As of Dec 31, 1975, for the first half of 1975 of $24 million eludes Monroe’s own compositions and special engineering on the grooves. Midland International is no longer ad- "Jerusalem Ridge," "Ashland Break- "It was stalemate They didn't think it was ministering the Buddah Music Publish- Kerner/Wise *9 down," and "Mary Jane, Won't You Be commercial and were not prepared to ing companies. The complexities and difficulties of Mine" in addition to several other songs day to day life in the music business written by other artists. should, in the producers' opinion, never Stephen Sinclair makes his album de- drain the enthusiasm and life out of the but on the MCA label with “Sand And art form Kerner sums up the duo's Lonely Saturday Night." Sinclair is from London and co-wrote "Song And Dance philosophy of record production thusly: have only goal Man" with Michael Redway. His album “As producers, we one — artist includes "Too Shy," "Black Notes Keep and that is to help the by making records can. We're Getting In The Way" and "Don't Believe the best possible we fun In Fairytales” as well as tunes penned by always learning And we always have John Denver and Tom Snow. Sinclair's working The day that we stop learning disk was produced by Artie Butler with and stop having fun is the day we stop orchestral arrangements by Butler and making records.” Lee Holdridge. Finally, the third in the series of WORT Non-Format * w "American Graffiti” records, an LP en- a power output of 4000 watts and is a titled "American Graffiti Vol III," in- non-profit, non-commercial station on cludes "Surfer Girl" performed by the the educational band This programming Beach Boys, "Wake Up Little Susie" by idea is certainly not the newest and is the Everly Brothers, "Poetry In Motion" certainly being implemented by other by Johnny Tillotson, "Alley-Oop” by the REVOLUTION ON THE HORIZON — A&M/Horizon Records has signed the Revolu- stations in the country, in other markets. Argyles, Hollywood "Rave On” by Buddy tionary Ensemble The group's first effort for the Horizon label is due for release in But if WORT pursues the fervor and Holly, “The Birds And The Bees” of this kind of by early March Shown above tl. to r.) are: A&M/Horizon's director of promotion and spontaneity programming Jewel Atkins and "Donna” by Richie sales, Mel Fuhrman; Leroy Jenkins, Sirone and Jerome Cooper of the Ensemble and thought, it should prove to be an in- Valens Horizon s creative director, John Snyder. teresting 1976

26 January 10, 1976