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MUSIC WEEK, JULY 28, 1979 Cheerful Bournemouth franchise Free TV plugs AFTER INTERVIEWING the five groups who applied to provide an Dury Independent Local Radio service for the Bournemouth area, the IAN DURY and the Blockheads Independent Broadcasting Authority has offered the contract to release their follow-up to Hit Me Bournemouth Independent Radio Limited, chaired by Lord Stokes. With Your Rhythm Stick this Lord Stokes — a former head of British Leyland — remains a week (July 27). Titled Reasons consultant to Leyland Vehicles, Is chairman and director of the British for EMI's To Be Cheerful (Part Three), it is Arabian Advisory Company and a director of National Westminster available in both 7" and 12'* Bank. Deputy chairman is Gordon Stevenson, managing director of a forms, both coming in picture local finance house, while the franchise group also includes Max sleeves. Bygraves — a Bournemouth resident — and Penny Seeger, assistant Catalogue numbers are BUY 50 and communications officer for Barclays International but formerly a Learning Tree 12 BUY 50. B-side Is Common broadcaster with British Forces Broadcasting Service in Singapore and As Much. Neither track is on the the BBC World Service and also a founder member of the local EMI WILL be getting "free" TV advertising for its ^bum based on recently released Do It Yourself Hospital Broadcasting Association. LP. Marketing plans for the The station should be on the air by the autumn of 1980. the Granada Television children's series, Learning Tree. The Lr, also single include advertbing in the Bournemouth is the eighth of the nine proposed locations in which the available on cassette, features 12 songs from the serjeswhichstartsa consumer music papers, radio company has been decided. The IBA is expected to appoint the new run from August 17, and Ian Page, who has written, arranged 5000 leaflets to dealers and successful franchise applicant for the remaining area — and produced the music, will be undertaking personal promotion for posters. Chelrasford/Southend — at the end of August. the record. The new Learning Tree TV series is being repeated for the third time, and after each programme there will Midem plans be a reference to the album's Decca re-releases Valens availability, and future reprints of for 6000 the book of the same name — which DECCA HAS re-released the THE ROGER Whittaker LP, 20 All has sold more than a quarter of a original version of La Bamba by Time Greats (POL TVS) now in the million to date — will also mention djeSsptes Ritchie Valens, a big hit both sides third week of a three-week Granada the album. In addition dealers are SEVEN MONTHS before the of the Atlantic in the late Fifties. News in TV campaign, has gone silver and is being supplied with browser cards. opening of Midem '80 in Cannes, The single has been issued with its the Radio 2 album of this week. Central character of the TV series, the organisers are having original Black and gold London book and record is a "wise old tree" difficulty finding more space to label design and features two tracks brief... IN AN attempt to make closer who talks and sings to two children accommodate the growing on the B-side, Come On Let's Go contact with dealers. Stiff's Dave about their environment and the number of exhibitors. This Is and Thai's My Little Suzie. Whitehead and Phillipa Thomas will conservation of it. Brian Berg of despite the creation of 324 square Catalogue number: HLR 10571. be embarking on a mini dealer tour EMI's commercial development metres of stand space between over the next ten days. Visiting division commented: "There will be the Palais des Festivals and the shops through London, the Home other Learning Tree releases if this neighbouring Malmalson. Counties and as far north as one is successful — and we are sure Already over 100 companies RCA HAS flipped the new single by Birmingham, they will be putting that it will be. Apart from being have booked their stands and the songwriter-guitarist Paul Brett. A- RCA NEXT month launches a special emphasis on the current good entertainment, the LP is also Midem office reports that most side was originally Brett's own special series of 12" EP's, singles by Wreckless Eric and Kirsty very important because it leaches companies want to increase their composition, 1999, a disco-styled containing four tracks each and McColl. children about ecology and the stand space and more than half track, but after radio stations started packed in full colour sleeves. RRP importance of it." the available space is now playing the B-side, a version of the will be £1.65 each. Included in the CITY BOY have a new concept Catalogue numbers are: album, allocated. Dave Brubeck song, Take Five, first series of releases are Bonnie album released on August 10 called EMI 6506; cassette, TCEME 6506. "Judging by the number of RCA decided to switch promotion. Tyler, Dolly Parton and The The Day The Earth Caught Fire Retailing prices, £3.45 and £3.65 reservations coming in every day The single is available in both seven Scorpions. (Vertigo 9102 036 LP, 7231 024 respectively. and 12-inch formats. cassette). The release is backed by we have every reason to believe full press advertising with teaser that more than 6,000 delegates THE FIRST 15,000 copies of Therm adverts in the music press. Dealer will participate in next year's THE LATEST release from Mighty Warfare, second single to be taken and point of sale material will MU — BPI talks event," said a Midem Diamond on Virgin's Front Line from the GTO album Hot Property, include a tee-shirt, posters, logos spokesman. label is set at a two-albums-for-the- will be available as a 12-lnch disco and a special prop to accompany the NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN the Nearly 30 British record and price-of-one RRP of £4.99. Released versions (GT12 253 and GT 253). album's theme. The LP features new BPI and the Musicians Union about music publishing companies have on July 27 the single album — Also available in the same format is material written by the band and was the latter's claim for a 40 per cent so far made their reservations for Deeper Roots (Back To The the new Billy Ocean single, produced at Compas Point in the rise in session recording fees were 1980. Channel) (FLD 6001) — will include American Hearts (GTO GT 244), Bahamas by Robert John Lange. A still in progress at presstime, but BPI a free dub album of the vocal tracks. which has been written by Buggatti single is also scheduled for release in director general John Deacon told DATES FOR YOUR Advertising back-up takes in Black and Musker. August. Music Week that he was confident Echoes, Sounds, NME and Melody that a settlement would be reached DIARY: by the end of this week. September 24 to October 18 Maker. "The negotiations are progressing," he said, "and both The Music Week CASABLANCA RECORDS now Tricia Barry dies sides are now discussing various Dealer Tour '79 has the rights to two early Donna alternatives among themselves." Summer albums, previously TRICIA BARRY, personnel manager of CBS' UK office for the last 12 available on GTO. Love To Love months, died suddenly last Tuesday (17). She had been with the company since You Baby and A Love Trilogy will January 1976. be rush-released in August at full- Ms Barry joined CBS as personnel officer, responsible for the recruitment STIff RECORDS. price after a sell-off period by GTO. up to middle management for the Soho Square departments, the studio and the Catalogue numbers: Casablanca sales force. She later became senior personnel officer and contributed to the CAL 2054/5. development of job evaluation, salary administration and staff training. Import war ■ o from page ome SINGLE BIIY49 96P particularly watchful with the trade area between Portugal and (Romford), another customer of upcoming release of the long- member states. Simons, gave an undertaking not to ^SINGLE 812BUY 49 96P awaited new Led Zeppelin album. In the action, Polydor and RSO import, sell or distribute the record. Records Inc are seeking to restrain The undertaking is effective until a (DAYGLO VINYL 6'PICTURE LABEL) Meanwhile, a copyright alleged infringement of their further hearing on Friday. infringement action brought by copyright in the Bee Gees album, A Polydor spokesman told MW\ Polydor against Harlequin Record Spirits Having Flown. Counsel said "We are taking the position that Shops and Simons Records will be that they were concerned about parallel imports, which are not used to test the legal status of recent Portuguese imports sold at authorised by us from Portugal are records and tapes made under lower prices than records made in illegal and we will take the licence in Portugal and imported the UK. It was Polydor's case that appropriate measures against such into this country. their sales were now suffering offenders to prevent such imports." Counsel for Harlequin and seriously and that the sales of the • SIMONS RECORDS gave a Simons (who claim to be the sole imports might affect chart placings, permanent undertaking in the High importer of the albums) told the causing further harm. He asked the Court on Friday not to sell copies of Judge: "We arc not dealing with judge to make a temporary order Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene LP pirate recordings. We arc dealing banning Harlequin and Simons from without the licence of Black Neon with a large number of records — importing, selling or distributing Ltd.