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J2P and P2J Ver 1 JULY 13, 1963 SIXTY -NINTH YEAR 50 CENTS Whither Bandstand Shows? oard The International Music -Record Newsweekly ne Cat Got Everybody's Tongue In Wake of Kintner Warning THE TREND MAY BE to fewer TV bandstand shows, but some By REN GREVAIT of those left are lively indeed, as Ed Hurst and Mickey Marto on the NEW YORK -Vague generalities, off -the -record -only comment and in some cases, stony silence, demonstrate on location of WRCV -TV's "Summertime greeted requests last week for comment from major and larger indie diskeries on warnings sounded by Pier" from Atlantic City. Future of bandstand shows is explored special counsel Earl Kintner at the recent ARMADA convention in Miami Beach. in Gil Faggen's story on page 38. In a meeting thrown open by ARMADA officials to representatives of all branches of the industry. Kintner advised that "the industry is shot through with illegalities," and that, "daily violations of the Robinson -Patman A c t" can bring cease and desist orders and stiff fines for violators. However, Jules Malamud, Record Firms executive of the National Asso- ciation of Record Merchandisers (NARM), which has gone on record in the past as being Work as Team against a Federal Trade Com- mission sponsored Trade Prac- tice Conference for the record industry, asserted: At Newport "Certainly, as a trade associa- tion, NARM feels its duty is to By JACK MAHER see that representatives of the element of the industry it repre- NEWPORT, R. 1. -A rare example of teamwork between major sents, operate in a legal recording firms characterized recording operations at the 10th annual manner." Newport Jazz Festival, which opened here Thursday evening (4) gate in the colorful Follow under clear skies and the promise of the biggest -Up Talk history of the Malamud also outlined a con- One of the most imposing versation he held with Kintner recording schedules in recent this week regarding a statement Newport history, reflecting the made by the latter during his ARMADA constantly growing importance DEPARTMENTS speech. Kintner af- in the disk scene of the "live," firmed, Malamud told Bill- on- location recording, was high- & FEATURES board, that pure rack jobbers lighted by the presence of a serve a "true distributor func- specially built, RCA Victor re- tion" and thus were to entitled cording studio on wheels. Hot 100 Chart...Page 22 a functional discount. Kintner's The trailer operation was un- point had been that where rack - Top LP's Chart...Page 24 ers also operated der the joint supervision of as retailers, George Avakian, for Victor, and they were faced with Pop legal Teo Macero, for Columbia. Other Music Charts problems similar to those of the Breakout Singles 26 distributor- retailer, rack jobber - All for One THE MILLIONTH ALL -STAR FESTIVAL LP sale was commemorated Breakout Albums 12 distributor and distributor -rack The two labels worked as a by a special golden disk presented P. P. Honor Roll of Hits 37 to Spinelli (r.) by Prince jobber. team cutting all performances. Hot Country Singles 18 Sadruddin Aga Khan. Participants include (I. to r.) Stanley Dave Kapp, Each firm will release product who rocked the 20 J. C. Right and V. A. M. Beerman, of U. N. High Commissioner's convention with his own speech by their own artists. Tapes by Hot RAE. Singles Office; the Prince; J. Breychat- Vauthier, chief librarian, United at the same open meeting. said other artists, recorded by the re- Hits of the World 30 Nations, Geneva, and Spinelli. (Continued on page 6) mote studio set -up, will be Double -Play Disks 49 turned over to the American Federation of Musicians, which -> Record Reviews will supervise assignment of the LP Reviews 10 tapes to the recording firms with Singles Reviews 26 which the various artists are as- sociated. ± Music & Record News Disk Zooms Past 8 U.N. Million Talent So far, artists recorded here Country Music 18 NEW YORK "All Star (52,700), Japan (51,258), and is "unrealistic who are seen as certainties for -The to expect the final Rhythm & Blues 20 Festival" Record passed the mil- Norway (50,000). Proceeds from net yield to meet all the finan- fall, winter, or early spring al- Music 16 lion mark in sales last month. the Scandinavian countries were cial requirements of the office." bum releases, include Thelon - Classical ious Monk, Dave Brubeck and Announcement was made by the exceptionally high, as the al- -> Departments U.N. High Commissioner for bums were higher priced than Nevertheless, "All Star Festi- the Paul Winter Quintet, all on International Music News 32 Refugees here last week. Net elsewhere. val" had been a great success, Columbia; Lambert, Hendricks profits on the record are ex- the Prince said, and he ex- and Bavan, Joe Williams, Radio -TV Programming 38 Notwithstanding plans for pressed heartfelt gratitude to Sonny Rollins, and the Joe Daly Phono -Tape Merchandising 4I pected to pass the $1 million continued sale of the "All Star mark in the near future. Pro- the artists, composers, musicians, Trio, all on RCA Victor; McCoy Coin Machine Operating 45 Festival" LP, committee feels it ceeds from sales in Belgium, the record industry, all those in Tyner and John Coltrane, both Bulk Vending 50 Denmark, Luxemburg, Norway, the record trade, and to the on Impulse, and Dakota Staton, the Philippines and Sweden voluntary agencies, who had as- United Artists. Buyers & Sellers sociated themselves with the alone total over $800,000. Other recordings made here Classified Mart 43 Pressing of the millionth copy Jack Ecoff Dies venture. and seen as possible releases are was marked by a presentation, Proceeds from the disk will (Continued on page 61 June 12, of a commemorative NEW YORK - Jack Ecoff, be used chiefly for the office's general sales manager Mills of I I I golden record which was placed material assistance programs in I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I in the museum of the library of Music, died of a heart attack Europe and Africa. Projects in- the Palais des Nations. Prince Tuesday (2) at South Nassau clude old -age homes. assistance Sadruddin Aga Khan, Deputy Hospital in nearby Rockville to handicapped refugees, re- PIANIST STEPPES BACK High Commissioner, made the Center. He was 65. Ecoff joined housing of destitute families lis- presentation to Pier P. Spinelli, Mills 30 years ago as a song ing in sub dwellings. l.ONDON- Soviet pianist Valdimir Ashkenazy has reversed -standard his decision to director of the European Office plugger in the Philadelphia In Africa, allotments will in- live in Britain. He has confirmed a change of mind of the U.N. area. He had served as general clude resettlement projects for and will make his home in the Soviet Union. Last April 16, Britain Top sales positions of the sales manager since 1941. Born refugees in Central Africa and had admitted the pianist to their country at the instigation of his album, as of June 7, were: in Vineland, N. J., Ecoff is sur- assistance to those repatriated to Iceland -born wife, a former London resident. Later reports from Federal Republic of Germany vived by his widow, Mary; a Algeria. An allocation will also the Soviet government reportedly sanctioned the move. The pianist (175,000), Sweden (170,000), daughter, Mrs. Myron Nunes of be made for Chinese refugees in refused to answer questions as to present plans, but promised that Netherlands (110,000), United New Haven, Conn., and two Hong Kong and refugee children a statement would he forthcoming. Kingdom (76,000), Switzerland grandchildren. from Tibet. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillll IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII www.americanradiohistory.com SUMMER SALES FORECAST.... Ling PEGGY MRR,OH THEMES I WILL FOLLOW HIM From CLEOPATRA The Rome Sound Stage Orchestra LPM / LSP-2766 LPM/LSP-2732 H T... H it's bigger than both of us IIÏßVILLE, Us. A. DAVE GARDNER DANCE TE 20 TOP TEEN TUNES THE ._vy. PEPPERMINT S Tf ATV$/ '1 SS v sT4 03\1411\ , 11WF3 N S' N 11:11411111111101'1;1r,1';I . uRO 'E PgERr"ENTPS AWA THE. 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The London ings held here last week by board members of the Society of Record American group, at last count, Dealers of America (SORD). In the first full -dress conclave of Auslander, amounted to nearly 60 different key elements of the SORD membership in close to a year, new U.
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