EijilNOVEMBER 4, 1967 SEVENTY -THIRD YEAR 75 CENTS The International Music -Record Newsweekly Labels Hold Boston Capitol to Back Labels Int'l Pop Fest Koppelman & Rubin Talent) Parties in Of By ELIOT TIEGEL Planned for N.Y. NEW YORK - Capitol Rec- Koppelman, co -owner of the ords will finance and distribute two -year -old independent disk All -Out Artist Hunt a series of pop labels formed producing firm /music publish- By HANK FOX by Charles Koppelman and Don ing combine, said Capitol's in- To Help Charity BOSTON - "Stand up straight -talent scouts Rubin. The affiliation marks vestment in the first of his new are watching you" is the advice circulating the record manufacturer's sec- labels, The Hot Biscuit Disc By CLAUDE HALL through this town and Cambridge. Record com- ond such deal with an out- Co., was over $1 million. Hot moving side interest. The Beach Boys' Biscuit's debut single, sched- NEW YORK -An International Pop Music panies and independent producers are 40 of the world's into the region, furiously signing local talent for Brother Records was launched uled for release in two weeks, Festival, featuring more than top artists and groups, is being planned for late a major onslaught of releases by Boston -based several months ago from the introduces a new New York Coast. (Continued on page 10) June next year in Central Park here. Sid Bern- groups due to hit the market in January. organizing Boston and Cambridge groups are stein, the promoter- manager who is At least six it more than scheduled for release in January, and the Festival, believes will draw already for a three -day event. many labels are keeping their plans for this area 200,000 people under wraps. Kusisto Will Go Full The festival will be operated on a non -profit MGM Records and its subsidiary, Verve, are basis, with all proceeds going to charity, he said. among the forerunners in the region. The com- Funds will come from $1 entrance donation, pany has signed contracts with four groups, and Throttle on 8- Tracks TV rights, and a souvenir booklet. Bernstein said more are expected. The groups are the Ultimate he'd already been offered $50,000 for the TV rights. He feels the festival could raise more than Spinach, Phluph, Beacon Street Union and Or- By RAY BRACK pheus. Elektra Records has been scouting Boston $500,000 for "a universally agreed upon cause." and Cambridge for six months. One group, the CHICAGO -On the strength of new statistics showing that 8- A board of governors will be established after Earth Opera, is set for January release; more track cartridge systems have won much greater consumer acceptance January to direct the festival. Sitting on the board groups are expected to be signed. The Butter is than expected, the automotive products division of Motorola, Inc. will be musicians, as well as record and music negotiating for record affiliation and the Velvet is developing a staggering variety of new tape cartridge products un- industry officials. This board will appoint a com- Underground is already established with Verve. der the assumption that adoption of 8 -track as the "industry sys- mittee to screen both new and established artists And it is known that Epic, ABC and Mercury are tem" is now a certainty. and groups for the event. Bernstein hopes to in- seeking Boston talent. The division, under vice -president and general manager Oscar vite such acts as the Cream and the Hollies, Also, several independent production com- (Continued as well as "great new groups panies are combing the area. One, Alan Lorber it yet on records, as well as artists of exceptional Productions, has set up a Boston office. And merit." others, such as Wes Farrell and Stan Catron's Everest's 'No. 13' to Possibly 40 to 50 acts would perform at the Bornwin Enterprises are heavily involved in Stormy festival in various symposiums and evening Boston -Cambridge activities. events. (Continued on page 8) Be Lucky Number for UJA (Continued on page 10). By FRED KIRBY NEW YORK The net pro- the Music Industries Division of ceeds from the sale of Everest the United Jewish Appeal of Records controversial premiere Greater New York on Monday recording of Shostakovich's (6) at the Americana Hotel. The "Symphony No. 13" will be do- black -tie affair is in honor of Hated by the company to the Sam Goody, head of the record United Jewish Appeal. retail chain. Solomon is flying Bernard C. Solomon, Everest in from his firm's Los Angeles president, will present a check office. The album is slated for for $2,000, representing about prominent display by key area three weeks of the album's dealers. sales, at the dinner -dance of (Continued on page 38) Cassette Rampage Forecast NEW YORK - By the end is expected to boost the market. of 1967, there will be four mil- By the end of 1969, Dr. lion cassette players on the mar- Steinhausen estimated there ket and 13 million musicasset- would be nine million players tes (pre -recorded music), ac- around the world and 30 mil- to Dr. Hans lion musicassettes in use. new of Arlo Guthrie, cording -Werner Verve /Forecast's rising young singer -composer, Richie Havens, America's feasting on the groovy talent Steinhausen, technical manag- The growth of sales of non- whose Reprise album, "Alice's Restaurant" (LP 6267), is a again tells it like it is on his latest hit single, "No Oppor- coastto -coast breakout for the folk -rock singer and talking ing director of both Philips' recorded cassettes, with about tunity Necessary -No Experience Needed" (KF- 5068). 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He also manufacture and distribution of eral manager, said, "The im- pointed out that the two com- Level In Honolulu RCA Victor records in the portance of this market makes panies will co- operate to make Global United Kingdom and Eire from it desirable for RCA to have its sure dealers are apprised of the HONOLULU -Warner Bros. - and LOS ANGELES -Monument Decca Records Co., Ltd. The own manufacturing and mar- changeover arrangements will a campaign Seven Arts Records, Inc., is with Records begin move becomes effective June 1, keting operation there." He said are adequately supplied to push r &b artists and mate- holding a series of meetings here 1969. RCA Great Britain, with the es- RCA Victor records. on the company's planned sales rial globally via its Sound RCA will build a record tablishment of its own Record program for military outlets RCA Victor has similar man- Stage 7 label. and pressing plant in the U.K. and Division, expanded into phono- and distributing set- to complete plans for its 10th ufacturing Because rhythm and blues establish its own distribution or- graph recording operations in in Italy, Canada, Mexico, anniversary world -wide conven- ups product is making impressive ganization. English Decca will 1966 in the British Isles. The Brazil, and tion, which will be held here Argentina, Chile sales internationally, label art- continue to manufacture and Division will assume complete Australia. set next July. distribute RCA Victor Records responsibility for making and ists are being encouraged to Among those attending are during the phasing -out period, selling RCA Victor records in world tours so Monument can Joel Friedman, marketing vice - promote artists and product di- ending May 31, 1969. British this market. record -buy- president; Phil Rose, interna- Decca has been handling the The termination agreement rect to the foreign tional director; and Stan Victor line since 1956. between English Decca and Col. Runs Fall ing public, according to Fred Cornyn, editorial manager. A In connection with RCA's RCA Great Britain provides for Foster, Monument president. special meeting with officials of new plans in the British Isles, an orderly transition of opera- "Holland is now alert to the Charles Brady and Associates, possibilities of the r &b market who presents the military in Catalog Pitch potential." explains Bobby sales of recordings in Europe Weiss, vice -president and direc- and the Far East, is included. Consolidated Electronics tor of Monument's International Also slated are the screening Division, "And now Germany, of a special promotion film on On Williams Scandinavia and South Africa new product and formulating a Acquired by Dubbings are beginning to open up for NEW YORK Columbia schedule with the Hilton Ha- NEW YORK Dubbings addition to its other configura- - r &b product." waiian Village for next year's - Records is running a full cata- Electronics, one of the nation's tions.