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gramophone??? invented Who North True for happening Another - natural a Peterson Colleen STORY COVER INSIDE CENTS1, 60 1977 25, June 13 No. 27 Volume v scre e eeKi Adult -oriented music scoring for Polydor Order of Canada New posts for RCA's Belair, Polydor Records reports a record of con- to Louis Applebaum bum, titled The Sensational Fischer Choir, Andy Nagy, operations manager for central tinuing successes with sales and airplay in was promotedextensivelywithin-store and eastern regions at RCA Canada, has the Adult -oriented field. Having discovered Conductor, Composer, and administrator displays and Adult -orientedradio station announced three new appointments within the potential of this product, which general- Louis Applebaum has been appointed an promotions. The album currently reports the company. lycostsrelativelylittle Officer of The Order of Canada. Apple- and turns over 45,000 unit sales, 5,000 short of gold status. baum's long Roger Belair, a veteran of 17 years with easily, the company has embarked on an listof achievementsistoo A second release by the group, titled From RCA, has been appointed manager of pop aggressive, successful Adult -oriented market- numerous to do judgement to as he has The Fischer Choir With Love, was released simply coveredall and contemporary A&R. In this position, ing campaign. They feel that it appeals to aspects of the music recentlywithveryencouragingresults. entertainment world. Presently, however, he his main responsibilities will be negotiating a wide demographic scope, a set of buying Over its first two weeks, the album topped consumers which is often largely ignored, holds the post of Executive Director of the Polydor Canada's saleslists with 15,000 Province of Ontario Council for the Arts. and that with a selective release policy, the units moved, beating out such names as company can meet the needs of the market. As Applebaum received the Order, he Bachman -TurnerOverdrive andtheBee was met with a contingent of friends and Over thelast two years, Polydor has Gees over that period. released 25 Adult -oriented albums, and -re- bu'siness associates along with the Canadian ports 80 percent have generated consider- Brass. Somewhat taken back by pleasant Polydor's Lori Bruner reports: "When surprise he said, "Speechlessness isn't one able profit,led by a bouzouki recording Polydor Canada began ten years ago, one of byartistRoberto Delgado. The album, of my normal states but thisis one time its cornerstones was the tremendous James I'm caught without a ready word. Memor- whichoriginatedinGermany, has sold Last catalogue. Founded on Adult -oriented 30,000 units there, 15,000 units in Britain's able is a very apt word for the Investiture sales,thistraditionWas continued and inOttawa;this relatively strong Adult -oriented market, and Friday morningisover- strengthened over the years. Today, Adult - whelming." was never releasedin the U.S. In Canada, oriented releases from such artists as Last, salesreport 97,000 units, with platinum Delgado, Max Greger, Bert Kaempfert, the expected within a few weeks. Fischer Choir and others are eagerly antici- Polydor reports thisis not an isolated patedbyretailersandconsumers, and Patsy Gallant product the case. Another major Adult -oriented success represent one of the few stable elements in chani was the release last August of a compila- an industry known for its short memory to be released in U.K. ment tion album by the Fischer Choir. The al- and fluctuating turnover." instn AtticRecordsreportsthat product by prod Juno Award Winner Patsy Gallant will be creat distributedinthe U.K. through EMI. Her over Rejection recommendedon Muntz payment offer Roger Belair inter' artist and producer agreements and evaluat- direc Burlington -based sound equipment distri- According to Heaton, arrangements have ing production projects. He will be operat- such butor Muntz Canada Ltd., which was placed already been made to sell the company's ing regularly from Toronto and Montreal. dros in receivership last April, has made a pro- assets, trademarks and leases, but that the One of his first duties will be to represent N posal offering full payment of debts to its proceeds willlikely be insufficient to pay the company with the CR IAPavillion's ofJi unsecured creditors over a four-year term. secured creditors infull. With total debts talent and entertainment committee. coun However, the trustee under the proposal, reported to be roughly seven million dollars, His experience with RCA encompasses his p Hamilton chartered accountant W.J. Heaton unsecured claims amounting to 3.16 million has recommended to the creditors that the dollars to 400 creditors would not be re- proposal be rejected. paid at allif secured and preferred creditors Heaton stated in a letter to the creditors are not paidin full. This would wipe out Wizard makes giant strides that Muntz "will be unable to meet the the investment of shareholders. If you were guessing who that voice belong- and terms of the proposal or carry on as a going Muntz Canada is listed on the Montreal ed to on the Royal Bank radio and TV Wizar concern. Accordingly, Iwill be recommend- commercials-you were probably wrong. Amer ing at the meeting of creditors that the Stock Exchange. The last trade, made in March, was at 20 cents. If'snot a well-knownrecordingartist, entin proposal lodged with me by Muntz Canada although he has all the vocal attraction to Ltd. be rejected." If the proposal is rejected Muntz supplies home and automobile be one -it belongs to one of the partners at the June 15 meeting, the company is sound equipment to roughly 180 retailers, of Wizard Productions, Roland Parliament. deemed tohave made an assignment in including seven company -owned retail out- bankruptcy. lets and 45 franchise stores. President andCreativeDirectorof Wizard, Parliament has, in the disc jargon, paid his dues. In fact, he brings more than sixteen years of music experience to the Anthem'sFoot makes changes jinglebusiness. A graduate of Ryerson, he won the Don Hudson Award for Out- Anthem Records' A FootInColdwater ing, andrehearsing. What they emerged standing Creativity, but shucked the good are turning over a new leaf with their first with was a sound that would see guitarist life for the group scene and toured the U.S. album on the new label, Breaking Through. Naumann playinga more dominant role and Canada with his own seven piece band, jj After years as a five -man group, Foot has musically. Attic's Patsy Gallant Brandy. He finally decided to get in on the become four with a heavier sound that has Although somewhat reluctant of man- background scene and parlayedhis new giventhemembers a boostinmorale. agement agencies, the band signed with single From New York To L.A. willbe thinking into the Vice -Presidency of Janus Produced by the members of the band, Paul released in Britain shortly as will her album SRO Productions.Nextstop wastheir International Communications which gave Naumann(guitar), Alex Machin(vocals), signing with newly formed Anthem Records Are You Ready For Love as a result of him an invaluable insight into the creative Hughie Leggat(bass), and Danny Taylor and a recording studio, Sounds Interchange. negotiations between EMI andAttic end of the business resulting in him form- (drums), the album promises a departure Records, Gallants label. ing his own Wizard Productions. from their earlier work, and an emergence The band recently played the Forum Futureplansforthesingerinclude Producer/composer Don Tripe is another into a more guitar dominated sound. at Ontario Place for 11,000 fans, some of appearances on various CBC summer shows The new Foot sound began a year ago whom stormed the stage and caused $1,200 executive member of the winning Wizard as well as a Toronto concert appearance new when keyboardist Bob Horne left the band. team. Holder of Honours English at the damage to Foot's assembly. With audience in August. A new album will be recorded A A decisionhadto be made concerning reaction such as this, Anthem's release of during the summer after which she embarks University of Colorado and Honours Music their future. The boys turned down various A Foot In Coldwater's Breaking Through at the University of Western Ontario (Lon- on a cross -Canada tour for the fall. Present- Kym offers to leave the unit and play with other album could see the band finally breaking don), Tripe is already a recognized talent ly, Attic are releasing a disco -oriented re- a Do, more established musicians and instead re- through. on both sides of the U.S. Canada border. mix of Sugar Daddy, from Gallants album, Music treated to two months of pondering, creat- Anthem is distributed by Polydor. as a single. Last year he was a finalist in the Profession- alDivision of the American Song Festival A office. State's of Secretary the through expert an as qualified highly Although Festival Song American the of Division al single. a as distributed be to record a come will it Prague. in Arts Musical Profession- the in finalist a was he year Last on album, Gallants from Daddy, Sugar of mix from and -June mid by airwaves the hitting of Academy the from Music in Doctorate a border. Canada U.S. the of sides both - re -oriented disco a releasing are Attic ly, eking be will handiwork Their 1). (July Day holds credits, many among who, Kymlicka talent recognized a already is Tripe don), Present- fall. the for tour -Canada cross a on Dugh Canada year's this celebrate help to project Milan arranger/conductor respected highly (Lon- Ontario Western of University the at embarks she which after summer the during of ie commercial TV and radio suitable a with up the is shop Wizard the at man Anchor Music Honours and Colorado of University recorded be will album new A August.

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