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DEDICATED TO THE NEEDS OF THEMUSIC RECORD INDUSTRY JULY 16, 1977 $1.75 D Who In The World: Waylon Jennings HITS OF THEWEEK SINGLES BEE GEES, "EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE"(prod. by ALBUMS O'JAYS, "WORK ON ME" (prod. by Kenneth AVERAGE WHITE BAND & BEN E. KING, group, Karl Richardscn & Albhy Ga- Gamble & Leon HufF) (writers: luten)writers: B. & R Gibb) (Casser- same "BENNY AND US." A natural combina- asrod.) (Mighty Three, BMI) (3:18). ole/Tlcrnm/Unichappell, BMI) (3:01). tion and one that can't miss with King The power of the chorus hook here handling thelead vocals and AWB Originally the B side of "Nights On should work on both pop and r&b Broadway,- this sons in its livever- laying down asolidrhythmic base. son seems a sure winner. The mel- listeners -his summer. The song is the Scrgs like "Get It Up For Love,- For- ody is group's strongest in several records, eigner's "Fool For Youand Lennon's itsmost attractive feature, and has a hard edge that should andtieperformance,ofcourse, "Imagine- are given spirited interpre- shines. RSO 880 (Polyiclor). contrast nicely with the r&b ballad tations while King's "The Message" is trend. Phila. Intl. 8 3631 (CBS). a tour -de -force. Atl. SD 19105 (6.98). THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, "LITT.E DARLING (I GEILS. NEED YOU)" (prod. by Ted Temple "YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE" (prod. by WAR, "PLATINUM JAZZ." The groups - grcup) (writers: Wolf-Justman) (Juke man),writers:Holland -Dozier -Hol- firs- double 1p since itslive set marks Joint/Walden, ASCAP)(3:05).The land) (5 -one Agate, EMI)(2:58). The this label switch. Alternating long and groups fondness for Motown orig- name has been shortened and the sl-crt numbers, the group gets a chance inals sound Icrgely remadeon thisfirst to stretchout instrumentally. is becoming more andmore single from the 'Monkey Island'1p. Despite prorou-ced, asisitsskillinhan- the title, they aren't really playing jazz, dling tnem-it's hard to Magic Dick does a creditable Stevie jus- expanding on the sound that has see how this Wonder number on harp, and brigit cover can missa repeat chart a fine made them a consistent platinum sell- performance. Warner Bros. 8408. composition should bring Geils back ing group.Blue Note BN-LA 690-J2 to the pop charts. Atlantic 3411. (1...rited Artists) (9.98). KISS, "CHRISTINE SIXTEEN" (prod. by group & SEALS & CROFTS, "THE LOVE THEME EddieKramer) FROM JMMAINE JACKSON, "FEEL THE FIRE." (wr ter:Simmons) 'ONE ON ONE' (MY FAIR SHARE)" (Kiss Scngs, ASCAP) ,(2:52).Ifthis Fc I owing the success of his "MyName group's top 40 breakthrough took (prod. by Louie Shelton & Charles Is Jermaine 'album,this member of Fox) (writers: Paul Williams & Charles the Jackson family has longer tian it should have, the hard- Fox) (WB, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane, come up with rocking quartet is ma<ingup for lost scree of his best songs yet. The open- BMI) (2:L2). Although not written by ing 'Feel the Fire'' burns with time. -I-is teen anthem rocks infec- Jim and Dash, the Fox -Williams a synco- tiouslyNotablelyriz:'She's been com- pated intensity and is contrasted bythe position captures much of the flavor ballad, "You Need To Be Loved." The arounc, but she's young and clean... of -he duo's hits, and should have Casablanca 889. a Tcwer of Power horns addsome well chart future. Warner Bros. 8405. placed jolts. Motown M6-88851 (6.98). 10CC. "GOOD MORNING JUDGE" (prod. by LITTLE RIVER BAND, "HELP IS ON THE WAY" STYX,"THE GRAND ILLUSION." The group) (writers: E. Stewart-G.Gould- (prod.by JohnBoylan & group) man) :Man -Ken, BMI)(2:54). With grcup from out of the mid -west has (writer: Glenn Shorrock) (Australian beenup and coming'' for some time, 10cc fi-mly established with thepop Tumbleweed, BMI) and erce, this rather outrageous tale (3:24).From a modifyingtheirsound and direction Jacksonville breakout this Australian and showing a marked improvement of shattered romance could beone group has become an FM rock staple of the year's most unusual hits.The with each Ip. This is their most realized in a year's time, and seems ready effort yet, utilizing driving musical jagged, slicing guitar work keepsup fora pop chart assault with this cur- one'srterest throughout the song. rents to create a flavor that approaches Mercury 73943. bright, positive rocker. Harvest 4428 the sophistication of some of England's (Capitol). ?regressive bands. A&M SP -4637 (6.98). _ .` AmericanRadioHistory.Com p I SD 19105 Produced by Arit Mardin andierry Greenberg. Ably assistedby Average White Bind . To PPo isI-4 11° -to rlre1 trt°irli Ic.aclir. .11111 '1,(11-Acto artir. F -VI frilli dill° ca .i4AI° igr*(ir* (AP 0-4 .(114.Ai* 4111- 2 6 AOAI (Ce. 1111a. .J.'.- arlitre. sa al.41 tirrwif eltiteft; 0 01_dice 1W. 064: wait .0 Oil0 0 Average White Band and Ben E King. A great collaboration. On Atlantic Records dg-' Tapes. -i 0 0 0 0 Oil RecordangCo,0 A Wol nto Comm...coo°, Co ft AmericanRadioHistory.Com Dedicated to the Needs Of the Music/Record Industry JULY 16, 1977 R LD Pickwick Completes NARMIRIAA Industry Product Code Structural Revamp Gets UPC Code Council Approval By SAM SUTHERLAND 1977) following the recent wrap- rized in a June report on the pro- WAYZATA, MINN. - Pickwick By SAM SUTHERLAND WASHINGTON - The UPC up meeting for the first phase of jectcompiledanddistributed International has completed a Code Council has approved, the project-the development of throughtheRIAA,thecoding major reorganization of its retail- "in principle," the proposed re- the basic code and preliminarycommittee had segmented the ingoperationsthatbringsall cordingindustryproduct code plansforimplementation-the basic ten digit code into a five - Pickwick owned, operated and beingdevelopedbythejointcouncil met to consider the re- digit manufacturer number (with leasedoutletsunder a single NARM/RIAA Industry Coding cordingindustryproposalon the fifthdigit used as the first managerial structure for the first Committee, pending further clar- June 28.Gortikov assessed the digit of the self-controlled selec- time in the company's operation. ification requested by the council three points on which the coun- tionnumber), a five -digitse- Stores previouslyadministered onthreeissues,accordingto cilis seeking further information lection number whose first digit (Continued on page 53) Stanley M. Gortikov, RIAA presi- as raising no serious obstacles to is thus shared with the manufac- dent, who conferredlast week thecodingcommittee'sbasic turer number, and afinaldigit CBS Convention with Tom Wilson, council chief,timetable for implementation ofreserved for configuration, with here. the code by the end of this year. the numerical code to be dropped Slated for London As reportedin RW (June 19, As outlined by Gortikov, thedown below theoptical, com- council's requests center on the puter -readable bar code for man- CBS Records will hold its an- Three New Albums finalconfigurationof the code ual reading in the OCR "A" font. nual convention in London, Eng- and the preservation of unused The council requires that the land from July 24 through July 30. manufacturer numbers. Two of resulting human readable code, 1 100 representatives Blast into Top 10 More than the threeissuescitedreferto which had been characterized as from the company will attend in- By LENNY BEER basic code practices: as summa- (Continued on page 22) cluding a large contingent from Ifthetoptenwasn'thot the CBS Records International Di- enough for anyone's taste in the vision. last few weeks, it definitely is now FCC Takes WBAI Case to Highest Court Jack Craigo, senior vice presi- as three super selling new albums dent and general manager, mar- blasted into the 6, By MICHAEL SHAIN WASHINGTON - The Federal allegedly profane language. keting, CBS Records, willserve 9, and 10 positions. Chart Communications Commission has WBAI appealed its censuring and as chairman ofthe convention Kiss (Casablanca) Analysis decidedunanimouslyto seek won a decision earlier this year andPaulSmith, vicepresident jumped past Barbra Supreme Court review of a lowerfrom the U.S. Appeals Court in marketing,branchdistribution, Streisand (Columbia) and Crosby, court ruling thatit has no legal Washington, which forbade the willactas vice Stills & Nash (Atlantic) to grab the CBS Records power toregulate "profane" FCC from regulating anything on chairman for thesix -dayaffair. six position while the latter two language on the air. The decision theairthat was notprovably (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 58) toappealtheso-called WBAI "obscene." The Supreme Court case was reportedly made over definitionof obscenity didnot the objections of the FCC's gen- fit the WBAI case-the FCC con- eral counsel. ceded that the broadcast did not THE BECUFE klikiLD ERIS NIX The WBAI case concerns the appealtolisteners'purientin - HEM New York City listener -sponsored terests-but rather was "patently radio station which aired a offensive" becausethewords * Sales June June June June Jul July * Salesluneune June June JulyJuly comedy routine by George Car- used referredto human sexual 4 11 25 2y 9 Index 4 11 1$ 25 2 9 150.0 lincalled"TheSevenWords and excremental functions. The You Can't Say On Television." lower federal court said there is 140.0 140.0 The commission reprimanded no basis in law for such language WBAI for broadcasting the Carlin regulation and that the FCC was 130.0 130.0 routine because it contained (Continued on page 53) 120.0 120. s 110.0 110.0 CBS Completes Best Second Quarter Ever NEW YORK-CBS Records has tions from the RIAA, 11going 100.0 100.0 announced a strong second quar- gold and three platinum, bring- ter in 1977, with June proving to ing the year's certification total 90.0 90.0, be the best month in the divi- to 21 gold and seven platinum 80.01 80.0 sion's history, topping the month records.