General News 71 MOTION PICTURE REVIEW `No Nukes' Packed With Lifelines Closeup Births JACKSON BROWNE -Hold and lost but not without the hard les- Talent, Political Message Out, Asylum 5E511A. Produced by son learned. Sample lyrics: "Baby I Girl, Monique, to Jeannette and Jackson Browne, Greg Ladanyi. guess you know my story/ Baby I NEW YORK -The Warner Bros. Danny Goldberg, and directed by Ace Frehley July 9 in White Plains, For most Browne observers (this guess you know my side /It seems I've film "No Nukes," which premiered Schlossberg, Goldberg and Anthony N.Y. Father is lead guitarist with one included), his 1974 "Late For traded love for glory/ But I'm still not in New York Friday (18) with its na- Potenza, works well indeed. Kiss. The Sky" is a tough act to follow, al- satisfied" tional is opening set for this week, a The concerts themselves were * * * though the subsequent "The Preten- "That Girl Could Sing" recalls a concert film with a message. marathon affairs, each running for Boy, Michael Aron, to Linda and der" and the more recent "Running transitory, maybe idealized relation- The concert -actually there were - "Talk about celestial bodies/ five hours and more, and from this Mark Leviton June 28 in Los An- On Empty" (both successful sales ship. five in all -took place last September wise) did have share of classic And your angels on the wing/ She wealth of material the directors were geles. Father is a &r supervisor for their in Madison Square Garden. Among able to pick out the highlights. Some Warner Bros. Products. moments. wasn't much good at stickin' around/ the artists who appeared there. and Special of these were a "Mockingbird" duet "Hold Out" is no "Late For The But that girl could sing. " The tune who are seen in the film, are Jackson * * * by James Taylor and Carly Simon, Sky" but that's not meant to be a Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash. the Boy, William IV, to Tricia and Jackson Browne's "Running On slap. It, too, has more than its share Doobie Brothers, John Hall, Bonnie William H. Gilpatric III June 27 in Empty," Gil Scott -Heron's "We Al- of arresting elements and, judging Raitt, Gil Scott -Heron, Carly Simon, Framingham, Mass. Father, also most Lost Detroit" and James Tay- by its initial chart activity, could be Bruce Springsteen, known as Harvey Wharfield, is dee- James Taylor lor, Jackson Browne, John Hall. Browne's most commercially suc- and Jesse jay with Worcester WAAF. Colin Young. Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Graham cessful LP todate. The message is a campaign Nash, Phoebe Snow and Nicolette * * * Unlike "Sky," though, where the against the use of nuclear energy. To Larson joining the Doobie Brothers Boy, Mike Jr., to Susan and Mike sum of the parts was more than spread that word the performers for "Taking It To The Streets." Tippery recently in Bradenton, Fla. equal to the whole, "Hold Out" is played for free; from revenues the Father is general manager of Ku- ragged and unfulfilling in spots. gold And most rousing of all is Bruce already Elektra LP have gone ban's audio and record chain in Flor- The recognizable elements of Springsteen's first cinematic appear- to the cause, and so will the money ida. Browne's music are immediately earned from the film. ance, performing a new song. "The identifiable: a richly woven, rock/ The film could have been a disas- River :" a Springsteen favorite, Marriages folk texture of keyboards and elec- ter-a bunch of wimpy old folkies "Thunder Road," and a rock'n'roll tric guitars; Browne's piano setting preaching about something they classic, "Quarter To Three." If any Donna Summer, singer, to Bruce mood and pace; complex arrange- should know nothing about. But that isn't artist profit career -wise from Sudano in Los Angeles July 16. ments; the forward sound of key- the film it will be Springsteen. the case at all. "No Nukes," pro- Bridegroom is a member of the boards and percussion; hypnotic Jackson Browne: Some classic mo- duced by Julian Schlossberg and ROMAN KOZAK Brooklyn Dreams group and co -com- melodies; and finally Browne's ments but spotty in places. poser of "Bad Girls" and "Startin' meaty, philosophically -edged lyrics Anticounterfeit Jacket Utilizes Orange Edge Over." sung in soulful, often spellbinding also contains an echo in spots on * fashion. Browne's vocal bit of studio wiz- Continued from page 3 * * -a one could create, for instance, the The cast of players is altered ardry that seems too calculated. ventive against its improper use. fine lines between orange- and -white Dominic Frontiere, accordion somewhat from previous LPs on "Boulevard" is reminiscent of the other than utilizing the Continental player and scorer of motion picture To Block, the system represents "Hold Out." Russ Kunkel is on fast moving "Running On Empty" Group's paper machine." and television soundtracks, to "one of the simplest answers to drums, Craig Doerge contributes and while strong from a musical As to runs, Block says daily capac- Georgia Rosenbloom, one -time counterfeiting, which is finding ma- keyboards and string synthesizer, point of view. again the lyrics seem ity of the machine amounts to 500 singer who now owns the Los Angeles terial made on a paper machine that David Lindley provides electric gui- to stumble with the obvious mes- tons per day, or translated into Rams, July 21 in Tampa Bay, Fla. cannot be duplicated by others." He tar and lap steel (no violins), Bill sage: "Nobody rides for free/ Nobody recording industry terms, 51/2 million * * * contends that his company and the Payne assists with keyboards and gets it like they want it to be /Nobody' single paperboards per day. Continental Group have found such Stephen Campfield, local r &b pro- string synthesizer on several cuts, hands you any guarantee /Nobody. " Album Graphics charges an aver- a solution. motion manager for Warner Bros. in Doug Haywood and Rosemary But- "Of Missing Persons" is a haunt- age 17 cents of about per album the Los Angeles area, to Lisa Alexan- ler anchor with vocals, harmony and ing. beautiful ballad about the death He insists that attempts to dupli- jacket per 50,000 run. But, although der June 28 in Los Angeles. background singing, Rick Marotta of a friend (Lowell George ? ? ?) sung cate this type of board would invar- there are limits to "calibre reduc- * * * adds drums, high hat and toms on to a daughter. Browne gives it a com- iably meet with failure and would be tions" (the thickness of the jackets), Paul Atkinson, director of contem- several tracks and Browne plays passionate reading, while Butler easily detectable through a conven- Block says the increased costs would porary music at CBS Records, New acoustic piano and electric guitar. adds inspired vocal harmony. tional magnifying glass or, as one be minimized by adoption by the in- York, to Helen Coward July 16 in Although this LP was a long time "Call It A Loan," another roman- got used to seeing the orange im- dustry of a reduction in the thickness New York. in production, there are only seven tic ballad, has a hypnotic keyboard print, through the naked eye. "No of jackets from a current 22 points. * * * tunes on it. Understandable if sound as an underpinning that Browne doesn't like to "fill out" an works to effectively complement the Mark Snow, composer, to Glynis album. Musically it's a mix of rock- melancholy, piercing lyrics. "Oh -if Daly- Futterman July 5 in Brent- ers and romantic ballads. Produc- I'd only known/ What your heart wood, Calif. tion is slick and glossy. cost /Oh -can we call it a loan/ And a * * * Side one opens with "Disco Apo- debt that I owe / On a bet that I lost." Richie Gallo, A &M Records New calypse," an uptempo number that With an anthem -like quality. York marketing coordinator, to may contain some of the strongest "Hold On Hold Out" closes out the Dawn Kwarta July 4 in Smithtown, music on the LP. It features a new album and again the strength of the L.I. Browne vocal wrinkle, a falsetto, human spirit is heralded. It's upbeat and stunning vocal support from and complex, dramatically ebbing Deaths Butler. and flowing, with Browne departing But the lyrics seem forced and one towards the end of it to talk his lines Joseph A. Bohan, 80, life member has to wonder if the tune is ambig- rather than sing. of AFM Local 47 in Los Angeles, in uously titled considering the cele- JIM McCULLAUGH Albuquerque last month. He played brative feel of the song. drums in Ozzie Nelson's orchestra The ballad "Hold Out" turns to a throughout the 1930s and is survived familiar Browne theme -love won Cardiac Kills by his widow and two sons. * * * Ben Selvin, 82 Canada Study Shows Lyn Smith, 43, assistant secretary NEW YORK -Ben Selvin. who is of the CHUM radio group, of cancer credited with recording the first mil- Bill Watrous: He makes no bones about it -he wants to succeed with a big Sizable Home Taping July 9. She leaves her husband, a lion- selling dance record, "Darda- band. Continued from page 3 brother and her parents. nella," in 1919, died of a heart attack Is used by 18.1% and reel -to -reel by in his Manhasset, L.1. home Tuesday Trombonist Watrous & Big Band 12.9 %. (15). He was 82 years old. 18 To 34 -Year -Olds Slightly more than 33% of those Selvin began his career as a band Continued from page 37 get the radio stations to program the polled said that they usually pur- leader and recorded about 9,000 of Jim Cox, piano; Chad Wacker - big bands," he philosophizes, "the Target Of Elton LP chase blank tape in hi fi stores. A songs. Among his sidemen in early man, drums; Tom Child, bass, and nation's taste in music would change further 36% make their purchases in days were Benny Goodman. Tommy Dave Levine, percussion. "It's prob- radically." LOS ANGELES -A marketing department stores. Disk and music Dorsey, Eugene Ormandy and Ar- ably the best work I've ever done on He is bitter about Columbia Rec- campaign aimed at reinforcing and outlets represented only 17% of thur Fiedler. vinyl;" Watrous notes. "One of these ords, which signed his big band, re- expanding Elton John's buying pub- sales, the survey shows. Selvin joined the Columbia days I hope to record with my big corded it and, in his Words. "forgot lic -the 18 to 34 age group -is under- "The results reinforce the record Phonograph Co., later Columbia band." about it." Yet he is confident that. way. industry's vulnerability to the prac- Records, in 1927 as a music director. Famous Door president Harry somewhere along the way, perhaps The campaign will include radio tice of home taping," says Brian Former CBS Records executive pro- Lim, who produced the small combo with Lim's Famous Door label, the advertising in 24 major metropolitan Robertson, president of the Cana- ducer John Hammond, whom Sel- session, has been making disks 40 Watrous California big band will areas on Top 40 and AOR radio for- dian Recording Industry Assn. He vin hired in 1932, says Selvin "prob- years. "Bill's solo on 'Body And make records that will sell briskly. mats and television advertising on adds: "We are awaiting the results of ably supervised more record sessions Soul' will live through the coming Last weekend, at Donte's in the WTBS (channel 17) satellite cable a second, more comprehensive than anybody else in history." years just as Jack Jenney's trombone San Fernando Valley, it was stand- TV and on the WCN satellite cable study, conducted by Gallup, in a few Selvin was also an executive with is still remembered for 'Stardust'," ing room only as Watrous led his network. It will also feature point - weeks' time before determining Majestic Records, RCA Victor and Lim says. quartet in aurally exciting sets built of- purchase displays, including one - what action we might take." Muzak. After retiring he served as a Watrous believes the big bands around his wondrous trombone. foot by one -foot front boards, two - The poll released last week was consultant with the 3M Co. From must, in time, return to favor. He ad- It's a good gig to work." he ven- foot by two -foot album cover blow- conducted by Market Facts of Can- the time he gave his first violin re- mires Chicago and Bread "but most tures, "but it would be even better if ups and specially designed "21 At ada, and is the first of its kind under- cital when he was 8 years old, Selvin's rock is juvenile and musically soph- I had 17 men on the stand. One of 33" (the name of John's latest al- taken by this country's disk industry career in the music business spanned omoric. If only we could somehow these days that's going to happen." bum) mobiles. association. more than 70 years.