08120 EEB04 9GREENLYMONT00 NEWSPAPER MONTY AP4P3 GREENLY 03 10 3740 ELM CTY LONG BEACH CA 90807 A Billboard Publication The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment March 13, 1982 $3 (U S ) Labels Revamp Stocking Deals MATHIAS AMENDMENT RCA, WEA, CBS Seeking Deeper Catalog Commitment Betamax Bill Adds By JOHN SIPPEL LOS ANGELES -In a dramatic yearly consolidated ordering on se- log, with accounts receiving a 10` Audio Clause, Fee I confluence of program introduc- lected titles in its Red Seal classical discount and 120 days billing. By BILL HOLLAND tions, branch -distributed labels are catalog (see story, page 3). CBS is yet to officially commit to attempting to induce accounts to And at WEA, Henry Droz, presi- radical programs of the sort coming WASHINGTON -A new amend- ularity of the Betamax Bill, intro- make deeper catalog stocking and dent, confirms that the distribution from RCA and WEA, but it may not ment covering audio home taping duced in late November by Sen. consolidated ordering through on- giant will announce Monday (8) "a be far down the road. The company and the creation of a compulsory li- Dennis DeConcini (D -Az), as a con- going discount and dating opportu- much more flexible program than recently tested a classical program cense to compensate copyright own- sumer issue, the new amendment fo- nities. any thus far." The WEA program wherein dealers were urged to con- ers of music and recordings whose cuses significant Congressional and RCA Records has introduced a will operate on a monthly basis from solidate their monthly order for the works are being taped at home by consumer attention for the first time "Great Artists /Great Performances" a selection of 170 jazz- oriented al- third week of the month, receiving as consumers was introduced Monday on the substantial financial losses 72) program, tagged to three -times- hums and the entire Nonesuch cata- an incentive an additional 5% and (1) by Sen. Charles McC. Mathias (Continued on page an extra 60 days dating. (R -Md). The CBS test differed from the The legislation is an amendment NARM Pushed Congress To RCA program in that it offered mer- to the proposed Betamax Bill S.1758, Poised Pass chandisers an alternative if they re- that would exempt the private non- quired immediate delivery. In case commercial recording of copy- For Fast Stand Tougher Antipiracy Law of a rush special order, they could righted works on video recorders infringement. The On Home Taping WASHINGTON- President Rea- day (3). The bill should soon be include it on their regular order and from copyright would would also By IS HOROWITZ gan should soon be signing into law reported favorably to the full House they be shipped and billed Mathias amendment make home non -commercial audio is being a bill that would make it a very risky for passage. The Senate version, S. for a normal shipment. NEW YORK -NARM will taping exempt from infringement stand on a business to traffic in counterfeit or 691, passed by voice vote in Decem- RCA no longer ship its se- prodded to take an early The amendment has the co- pirate recordings and movies, as ber. With the defeat of a tack -on lected warhorse Red Seal titles laws. home taping levy by forces arrayed of Senate Majority new, stiffer penalties as high as amendment concerning another and except at designated periods of the sponsorship on each side of the volatile issue. Leader Howard H. Baker (R -Tn), it $250,000 and five years in jail go different matter, the so- called Beta- year, about 45 to 60 days following While the association has stated Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D- a stance at its into effect. max home- taping problem -Com- the order period. will consider adopting is WV), as well as Minority Whip Alan Congress should soon send the Pi- mittee leaders felt the amendment CBS understood to be research- upcoming convention (March 26- racy and Counterfeiting Amend- unnecessary and redundant in the ing the industry by sending out in- Cranston (D -Ca). 30), the controversy gained new im- medikcy Iasi week with the intro- ment Act of 1981 to the White House face of upcoming hearings on video terviewers from its Manhattan base. The new amendment follows now that the House Judiciary Com- and audio home taping -the coun- They are querying accounts as to weeks of meetings both in and out of duction of an amendment to the would mittee unanimously passed its ver- terfeiting and piracy act is almost as- how they may reciprocally benefit government by record industry offi- Senate home taping bill that sion of the bill (H.R. 3530) Wednes- (Continued on page 15) (Continued on page 72) cials and lawyers, and given the pop- (Continued on page 74) AM Stereo Gets FCC OK, But... WASHINGTON -AM stereo, viewed by some as salvation for the deepen- ing troubles of AM music stations, has received the green light from the FCC, but now faces the traffic jam of equipment manufacturers jockeying for mar- ketplace approval of competing systems. This process for selection of an AM stereo system will be, by its nature, a longer and more tedious process requiring the nation's 4,628 AM stations to wait patiently while manufacturers either work out a compatible system among themselves or, possibly, have the National Assn. of Broadcasters and the National Radio Broadcasters Assn. form a joint board to investigate the systems and come to a decision. (Continued on page 66) X -Rated Vidisks On The Way? By JIM McCULLAUGH SAN DIEGO -X -rated programs on the optical laser videodisk format may soon be a marketplace reality via custom pressing, suggested Pioneer Video president Ken Kai here last week during a closing session at the International WHITE NOISE ROARS ON RADIO! lay Ferguson's new album White Noise Jeff Lorber. It's A Fact. The cr_ssover powerhouse of 1982. Already, the Audio /Video Tape /Disk Assn. convention here. is making an impressive racket on AOR radio. More than 100 prime album title single is building a hitbm,nd foundation on R &B radio, and the LP questions and answers Wednesday (3) morning rock stations are featuring the LP, focusing attention on an astounding The disclosure came during has all the innovative energy that has taken Lorber to the forefront of all format five tracks! Check out "White Noise," " Tonite (Fallin' For Ya)," "Inside following a climactic "videodisk system" status report where three modern music. With a series or #1 jazz LPs under his belt, and the R &B Out," "I'm Down" and "I Come Alive." Produced by Michael Verdick and camps were represented. Officials with both RCA (CED) and new arrival hit "Monster Man," Jeff Lorber s now ready to soar even higher. On Arista Jay Ferguson on Capitol Records and Cassettes. (Advertisement) (Continued on page 66) Records and Tapes. AL 9583. = 1982 Ar sta Records, Inc. 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