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Paid Circulation This Issue 21,863, including 1,906 Overseas May 29, 1961 50 },o tr cIt B ILL B G 0 AR .... pr 1 cu tr. C 3 CO 1V1LJBIC r-- '-i WEE C !sl Music- Phonograph Merchandising Radio O .-4 -Tv Programming Coin Machine Operatic Q. .-e German Trade ASK KINDNESS Trend Grows for Indies TOWARD TRIPP Small to Hand DENVER -Local (KTLN) Raps 33 Disks deejay Joe Finan, who had his own payola probe prob- Products' Distribution to Larger Indies MUNICH, Germany -There is lems when he was with West- increasing disquiet in the German inghouse's KYW, Cleveland, In Past Few Months, Score trade over the 33 versus 45 sin - expressed some interesting of Independents Make Deals week - gir.s controversy in the U. S. Ger- thoughts last on the sub ject of fellow jockey Peter With Substantial Labels; Arrangements Show Wide Variety man diskeries and record dealers Tripp's recent conviction (see complain bitterly that the 33 sin- separate story in Radio -TV By JACK MAHER Distribution of outside labels has The independent distributor gle. is a gratuitous and entirety Programming section this been very successful for a number likes the procedure because it elim- NEW YORK -More and more of indies, most false issue which threatens to week) on- commercial bribery notably Am -Par's inates extensive bookkeeping on its small indie labels are setting dis- deal with Chancellor, and Liber- part, charges in New York City. tribution insures credit on returns, and dislocate the trade. of their product through ty's deal with Dolton and Era. In adds to the quantity of hot In his news letter to the indies, in- record Sentiment appears to large and stable thus Liberty's case it eventually pur- product it handles, and the be har- trade last week, Finan said, tensifying a dealer trend that started a chased the Dolton label. stands to profit because he can dening against the 33 single. The "As you know by now, Tripp while back. get has been Over the last few the product quickly when he needs it. majority of dealers appear to feel convicted and so months, almost a score of indie la- Proponents of small and have we all. I ant sorry one bels have set deals for large indie tie see in it nothing that however technically desirable distribution but benefit those Deals Vary man has to take the fall for all with substantial indies. for involved - is the 33 single, the problems in- of us. For those who have had Manufacturers (both large and The type of deals between large and volved in its introduction out- occasion to put him down, this United Artists has just taken on small), distributors and dealers. firms small labels for distribu- is at victory. the Boyd and Big Daddy labels, The small label's advantages are tion seems to vary as widely as the weigh any possible advantages. most a hollow number "I don't mean that I wish adding to the Musicor label it has obvious. It gets the powerful or- of labels involved. A deal However. most German diskery seems to everyone who was ever in- handled for a number of months. ganization of the large manufac- hinge, however, on the executives and disk dealers feel volved in either paying or Mercury is now distributing En- turer in production, distribution; relative action of the disk in its that the issue is bigger than the receiving 'consultation' fees sign, Clock, and Pioneer. Warner promotion and even bookkeeping region, and the bartering sense of were Bros. is the distributor for Val - behind the of disk. the disk executives involved. Some German trade, and t t it will be brought to the same sale a In effect, indie get a 5 sorry end. I lent, Challenge, Montclair and the label becómes an independent labels per cent deal, decided in the , with the don't. But I could others 10, some 15 per cent. Germ, goi along with the wish that hypocrisy of blast- Paso. King has taken on outside producer selling a finished prod- labels for The deals seem to fall into two ' ing Peter in conversa- distribution and is now uct for distribution on a national American de ion, whatever it is. private broad tion would give way to the handling Kent, Fairlane, Beltone, scale. categories. Usually, a major So indie will a far only one Carman diskery generosity of silence if not Huron and Four Star. Laurie has The large indie gains by the fact pick up hot item on a -Vogue producing 33 singles. one -shot basis, with an option usu- -k support. For some of you, I taken on the Le Grand label. At- that it often obtains a market-tested Its first release. in is '24 ally on the label's next release stereo, know perhaps a prayer lantic, for the first time. is distrib- product with whiik to work. by Mila Baci" with 17- silent the same the year -old -There but for the grace of uting an outside Label, Satteltto. Many of the larger li ckeries won't artist. The other category Parisian has the singing star Johnny Matti- God. go I." Ant-Par has just taken on Erroll pick up a record until it's getting big indie picking up the Garner's Octave label. strong local action. (Continued on puee 33) RCA 'Stereo Action' Clicks To Urge AFM's Backing NEW YORK -In a brief period eight were planned for this near. caught on at the dealer and con- of several months, RCA Victor has Yorke now plans a total of 15 for sumer level. There had been no successfully established its line of 1961. Next two upcoming are mass exposure via radio; in fact, Stereo Action albums. It is known "Crazy Rhythm," by Guitars Un- radio play was generally on mon- Of ASCAP War on Ops that each of the first four packages limited Plus 7, and "Future,' by aural equipment. Similarly, no which were released during Feb- Bernie Green. consumer advertising had been HOLLYWOOD - American convention, to be held June 12 -15 ruary and March sold about 35,- Federation of will be in Music In Motion scheduled until this month. "It just Musicians Atlantic City, to present a resolu- 000. Variations up or down from filled a vacuum." Yorke remarked, urged to throw its weight behind tion urging the Federation to team this figure were not more than 10 The Stereo Action line was and he added that the packaging the American Society of Compos- forces with ASCAP in getting the per cent. The first four packages RCA Victor's concept of "Music had much to do with consumer ers, Authors, and Publishers' fight necessary legislation passed by Con- were Marty Gold's "It's Magic," In Motion" and entails a deliberate acceptance. to collect performance royalties gress. Ray Martin's "Dynamics," Dick effort to move the sound of in- In recently debuted lines based for music played on juke boxes. AFM's interest in an ASCAP Shory's "Runnin' Wild" and Leo struments or voices from speaker to on a concept of sound, it has been ASCAP has been waging a con- victory indicates a possible future Addeo's "The Music Goes Round speaker to suspend the sound customary for the tinuing battle to amend the Copy- bid by the musicians' union for a and manufacturer to Round." Two subsequent between speakers, etc. The pack- establish a monaural counterpart right Act so as to remove the juke share of juke box money. This has Stereo Action albums, released in aging is de luxe, with detailed of the stereo version. RCA Victor box exemption, thereby clearing been long feared by some juke May, also give indications of being notes on stpdio equipment. and a has decided not to do this with the way for juke box performance box operators. The threat that solid sellers. These packages are track -by -track breakdown of the Stereo Action. "We don't need the collections. AFM might demand a slice of Keith music. Textor's "Sounds Terrific" mono version to get off the nut, AFM's Local 47 here instructed the juke box industry's take once and Vic Schoen's "Brass Laced According to Yorke, .::te line (Continued on page 4) its (Continued on page 28) With Strings." delegates to the Federation's According to Bob Yorke, divi- sion vice -president, Commercial Records Creation Department, the Capitol Lands schedule of Stereo Action releases Index to is being stepped up. Initially, Contents . General Programming Guide- Singles by Music -Phonograph LP Rights to C,' ^gory 25 Ir Merchandising TV PRODUCERS M, °s 22 18 T1 Cate.J, 20 Album Cover of the Week ....19 Two Musicals PLAN PUB FIRM Breakouts 27 Best Buys in Records 27 Music Pop Hits IS Charts Best Selling Phonographs & HOLLYWOOD - Capitol Rec- NEW YORK Goodson & Tape Recordées I9 ords, its - Best Buys in - stepping up drive for Tolman, producers of Record, 27 TV Best Selling Phonographs g Reviews Disk Deals for Den' .ars . .... 19 Broadwayy musicals, last week ac- quiz shows, are negotiating to New 19 Tape Recorders 16 LP Reviews 20 Dealer Products quired the original cast album Retailing Porn! start their own BMI publish- Bost Se!.irg Sheet tarsi_ in Single Record Reviews 27 19 rights to "Kwamina" and Noel ing company. It is Talent understood U. S. 2; Appearance Reviews b Coward's "Sail Away," making it that no deal has yet been com- Bubbling Undor the Hof 100 ..24 Coin Machine Operating ..35 the first label with three shows in pleted with AQ Radio -TV Programming BMI.