Announcing the birth ofathird sinale: From the mother of them all. « COLUMBIA, ,<^MAHCASRF.G PRINTED IN U S A *Also available on tape [HE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-RECORD WEEKLY Box, N Y / Telephone: JUdson 6-2640 /Cable Address: Cash Publication Office / 1780 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Editor in Chief EDITORIAL MARV GOODMAN Assoc. Editor ALLAN RINDE West Coast Editor JOHN KLEIN NORMAN STEINBERG ED KELLEHER FRED HOLMAN EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS To Get MIKE MARTUCCI How ANTHONY LANZETTA ADVERTISING BERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising Even More ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES STAN SOIFER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood WOODY HARDING Art Director Mileage MACHINE & VENDING Sales COIN ED ADLUM General Manager CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago LISSA MORROW, Hollywood From Super Acts CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. HOLLYWOOD HARVEY GELLER Hollywood, Calif. 90028 6430 Sunset Blvd., Columbia’s anticipation of Phone:(213)465-2129 From a purely business point of view, matter was early volume by initial NASHVILLE super stars mean super sales. Individ- this kind of JUANITA JONES designated pressing orders for the LP that the 806 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 ual artists and groups so 244-2898 could absorb over this Phone: (615) have made the once vaunted mile- marketplace period. CHICAGO stone of 1 million copies of an LP sold CAMILLE COMPASIO that The super-star, then, deserves super FI 6-7272 matter of course, so much so 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, III. Phone: (312) a sales meeting treatment from his label in the manner INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR we’d hate to be at a getting as much product out there CARLO NISTRI called to “explain” a super-star LP of 3 Cork Street, London W1 Tele 01-7342374 from the very beginning. that’s run its course at, let us say, as possible a million copies of an al- ENGLAND ITALY 700,000 copies. True, selling LAND BRUNO POZZA in the trade might DORRIS Yet, perhaps the time has come for bum is not, as some 3 Cork Street 5, Corso Europe in- say, “chopped liver,” but the industry London W1 Milan an exploration of how LP’s by the Tel. 01-7342374 Tel: 704691 in the glory of new sales dustry’s heavies can go far beyond shouldn’t bask HOLLAND strength, perhaps milestones when it’s been stated time GERMANY PAUL ACKET their present sales CHRISTIAN TOERSLEFF again that the potential of Theresiastraat 59-63 half again as much volume. We think and time Hamburg 56 2 The Hague record sales in the U.S. alone is no- Leuchtturmeg 30 is possible through a reevaluation Tel: 837700 this Tel: 34-91-94-86 where comparable to a market that BELGIUM of the impact of super-star LP’s on the Etienne Smet possesses more than 55 million phono- BRAZIL market. While it may still hold true that Verrieststraat 87 8- PEDRO FRAZAO Hugo LP’s may graphs, not to mention millions of Sint-Niklaas (wass) the peak sales life of most DE VASCONCELOS units. Speaking of Tel: (03) 76.48.80 days, this duration, track and cassette Rua Frei Caneca, 1 1, Apt. 13 span a period of 90 suggested to us that one Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil AUSTRALIA labels with super-star acts have in- tape, it's been Tel: 239.40 18 RON TUDOR efficient ways of combat- formed us, is considerably shorter for of the most ARGENTINA 8 Francis St., bootlegging and pi- Heathmont, Victoria their leading sellers. ting rampant tape MIGUEL SMIRNOFF albums featuring Tel: 870-5677 is for a label to get out as much Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 “B" Excitement and demand for these al- racy Buenos Aires, Argentina MEXICO soon as it can bums can peak 'Over a 14-day period. product as it can as Tel: 89-6796 SALVADOR ARREGUIN so as ANTONIO SENS to be that young- (super-star status LP's, at least) CANADA The reason seems Tiber 100 — 7 y 8 Pisos reach marketplace GREALIS to be the “first on the to have its product WALT Mexico 5, D.F. sters want RPM before the bogus disk/tape Tel: 25-39-52 11-62-96 block” to possess super-star albums saturation 1560 Bayview Ave. thief can hit the stands with his goods. Toronto 17, Ontario JAPAN and might defer the purchase of one Adv. Mgr. how- Tel: (416) 89-2166 time, but To strike a more positive note, SHOICHI KUSANO that’s released at the same the industry’s super-stars can FRANCE Editorial Mgr. is only available in large quantities at ever, FRANC G. LIPSIC MORIHIRO NAGATA greater sales penetration a later date. Columbia Records, for in- achieve even 32 Rue Du Moulin Joly 466 Higfashi-OIzumi their wares if their product receives Paris XI Neirimaku stance, reported that sales of Simon & of 023-90-06 Tokyo critical span of a Tel. Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled wide exposure over a to refer in the U.SA weeks. Then we may have SUBSCRIPTION RATES $30 per year anywhere Water,” had reached a remarkable 1.9 few 1 780 Broadway New York, NY. ‘ublished weekly by Cash Box, “super-duper Conn. 06105 U.5.A. to these heavies as 0019. Second class postage paid at Hartford, million copies sold nine days after the Publishing Co., Inc. All stars. 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