Cash Box Self Service Tape Guide (Turn The Page)... j /SONY In High Gear w/Japanese Market On Eve CBS { Of 2nd Spot In Global Disk Sales . The Split Look | Of Top 40 Radio ...Goldners Form Company. ..EVR: Close To A Consumer Reality . SSS Buys Red Bird, Blue Cat Catalogs . Mini Players, Four Inch Disks Bow On European Markets... STEVIE WONDER: BIG STEVIE WONDER Int’l Section Begins on Pg. 61 The inevitable single from the group that brought you “Young Girl” and “Woman,Woman.” "This Girl Is aWoman Now” byGary Puckett andThe Union Gap. « -COLUMBIA ^MARCASREG PRINTEOINUSA . THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-RECORD WEEKLY VOL. XXXI - Number 3/August 16, 1969 Publication Office / 1780 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 / Telephone: JUdson 6-2640 / Cable Address: Cash Box, N . Y GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Editor in Chief EDITORIAL MARV GOODMAN Cash Box Assoc. Editor JOHN KLEIN BOB COHEN BRUCE HARRIS Self-Service EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA Tape Guide ADVERTISING BERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES STAN SOIFER, New York BILL STUPER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood Much of the confusion facing first- 8-TRACK CARTRIDGES; Using the WOODY HARDING 3-unit tape consumers lies in the area same speed and thickness of tape Art Director of purchaser education. To assist as its predecessor, 8-track cartridges COIN MACHINE & VENDING store-owners, merchandising outlets include a major advantage in that a ED ADLUM and the prospective buyer himself, sensing device enables the tape to General Manager Cash Box offers this information chart progress from one track to the next CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago as a self-assistance guide. Posted in automatically. Using narrower tracks, LISSA MORROW, Hollywood stores, the sheet enables consumers the stereo-8 package divides its that pre-recorded album into programs. CIRCULATION to choose the configuration best 4 THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. suits their needs and provides a guide- Once mounted, the tape will playback 4- line for sales personnel. continually. In addition, the listener CHICAGO HOLLYWOOD CAMILLE COMPASIO HARVEY GELLER REEL-TO-REEL: Generally considered may select from four programs at any 29 E. Madison St. 6290 Sunset Blvd. the basic tape system, open reel given moment. Used almost entirely Chicago III. Hollywood, Calif. 90028 2, tapes have been available for 14 years as a playback medium, 8-track cart- Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 Phone: (213) 465-2129 as a pre-recorded music medium ridges are the leading tape form in ENGLAND (and longer for blank tape recording sales mainly because of the configura- DORRIS LAND 3 Cork Street purposes). Consumers are offered two tion’s advantage for automobile play. London, W1, England basic recording-playing speeds of The form, however, is extremely diffi- Tel: 01-734-2374 % inches per second (ips) and cult to record with and, like 4-track, I-V2 ips; but highest-fidelity 15 ips is mainly a playback medium. Eight- ITALY HOLLAND and 1-% ips speed for voice recording track cartridges offer the largest MARIO PANVINI ROSATI PAUL ACKET are also available. The least conven- amount of pre-recorded material. Galleria Passarella 2 Theresiastraat 59-63 Milan (Italy) The Hague ient tape configuration since it requires CASSETTE: Developed in the late ’50's Tel: 790990 Tel: 837700 threading and greater care, open reel as a two-reel system which eliminated GERMANY systems carry advantages of selectiv- MAL SONDOCK SCANDINAVIA threading, the cassette is now one of 1 SVEN G. WINQUIST ity. Tape thickness, length and mater- Josef Raps Strasse the fastest growing of the cartridge Munich, Germany Kaggeholmsvagen 48, ials enable the user to record up to Tel: 326410 Stockholm-Enskede, tape configurations. It is the smallest Sweden, Tel: 59-56 85 12 hours on a single reel and choose BRAZIL and lightest of tape packages and uses 122 40 a quality to match his needs or pocket- PEDRO FRAZAO thinner, non-lubricated tape which DE VASCONCELOS book. Pre-recorded product is fairly Rua Frei Caneca, 11, Apt. 13 AUSTRALIA runs at l-% ips. Though the best sell- RON TUDOR limited in pop & contemporary areas. Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil ing form in Europe, cassettes trail Tel: 239.40 18 8 Francis St., TRACK CARTRIDGE: 4-track tapes Heathmont, Victoria in sales behind 8-track in the U.S. ARGENTINA Tel: 870-5677 were invented basically for background MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Ability of cassettes as a recording MEXICO & automotive use. Unlike reels, these Rafaela 3978 medium, improvements in fidelity Buenos Aires SALVADOR ARREGUIN tapes are made up of an endless loop Tel: 69-1538 ANTONIO SENS and growing availability of pre-recorded in casing. Tiber 100 — 7 8 Pisos completely enclosed a Once CANADA y cassettes now point to a solid growth Mexico 5, D.F. mounted, the tape is set in motion at WALT GREALIS Tel: 25-39-52 11-62-96 in this area. RPM a constant speed of 3-% ips. Though JAPAN 1560 Bayview Ave. easy to handle and care for, 4-track PLAYTAPE: The tape industry's answer Toronto 17, Ontario Adv. Mgr. is Tel: (416) 389-2166 SHOICHI KUSANO system requires that programs be re- to singles, Playtape a two-track Editorial Mgr. corded one above the other (the sec- system operating at 3-^A ips with 4 FRANCE MORIHIRO NAGATA CHRISTOPHE IZARD 466 Higfashi-OIzumi ond channel is activated by the opera- monaural tunes on a cartridge. The 24, Rue Octave Feuillet Neirimaku tor). This makes amateur recording form has lagged behind others since Paris XVI Tel: 870-9358 Tokyo difficult and limits the configuration only one company is duplicating SUBSCRIPTION RATES $25 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. to playback-only purposes. Availabil- music for pre-recorded sales, but an Published weekly by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. Second class postage paid at Hartford, Conn. 06105 ity of selections is more limited in adapter enabling playtape to hook U.S.A. this configuration than in the other into 8-track systems might increase Copyright © 1969 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. cartridge forms. the format's acceptance. 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MICHAEL Ken Rogers & First Edition-Reprise 0829 9 13 DID YOU SEE HER EYES Peppermint Rainbow-Decca 732498 73 68 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART • Illusion-Steed 718 51 55 75 MAYBE THE RAIN WILL FALL — Jackie DeShannon-Imperial 66385 13 18 42 ABERGAVENNY Cascades-Uni 55152 81 LAUGHING Shannon-Heritage 814 47 50 76 EVERYBODrS TALKIN’ Guess Who- RCA 0195 15 22 43 YOUR HUSBAND - MY WIFE Nil&son-RCA0161 82 89 10 POLK SALAD ANNIE Brooklyn Bridge-Buddah 126 48 57 THISGIRLIS A WOMAN • Gary Puckett-Columbia — — Tony Joe White-Monument 1104 11 15 KEEM-O-SABE 44967 11 MY CHERIE AMOUR Electric Indian-United Artists 50563 59 85 78 DYNAMITE WOMAN Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54180 5 3 45 ALONG CAME JONES Sir Douglas Quintet-Smash 2233 78 83 12 WHAT DOES IT TAKE Ray Stevens-Monument 1150 24 24 79 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND Jr. Walker & All Stars-Soul 35062 10 5 BARABAJAGAL Anthony & Imperials-UA 50552 85 92 Donovan-Epic 10510 60 70 13 MY PLEDGE OF LOVE 1 COULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT — Joe Jeffrey Group-Wand 11200 14 14 47 MOON FLIGHT • Johnny Taylor-Stax 0046 90 Vik Venus-Buddah 119 23 23 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 81 1 TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN • Plastic Ono Band-Apple 1809 20 29 48 WHERE DO I GO/BE IN WHAT 1 AM Dean Martin-Reprise 0841 88 - 15 I’D WAIT A MILLION YEARS Happenings-Jubilee 5666 38 39 Grassroots-Dunhill 4198 17 21 COMMOTION 82 THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston-Apple 1808 86 93 LAY LADY LAY Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 64 71 • Bob Dylan-Columbia 44926 33 46 ODDS & ENDS IN A MOMENT Intrigues-Yew 1001 92 98 GET TOGETHER Dionne Warwick-Scepter 12256 63 75 • Youngbloods-RCA 9752 26 37 WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU WHEN I DIE • GREEN RIVER Motherlode-Buddah 131 61 82 THINK 1 AM Bill Deal & Rondells-Heritage 817 96 - • Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 34 52 OH WHAT A NIGHT Dells-Cadet 5649 62 85 THE TRAIN 19 SOUL DEEP 1910 Fruitgum Co -Buddah 130 87 - BoxTops-Mala 12040 21 26 53 CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD I DO Elvis Presley-RCA 9747 25 25 20 QUENTIN’S THEME Moments-Slang 5005 — — ^ Charles Randolph Grean Sound-Ranwood 840 8 8 YOUR GOOD THING I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE MARRAKESH EXPRESS Lou Rawls-Capitol 2550 65 76 Lou Christie-Buddah 116 — — • Crosby, Stills & Nash-Atlantic 2652 29 36 55 COLOR HIM FATHER LITTLE WOMAN 22 MOTHER POPCORN Winstons-Metromedia 117 41 16 Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 121 — — James Brown-King 6245 12 11 SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX - ; 23 CHOICE OF COLORS Tim Hardin-Columbia 44920 71 81 Mad Lads-Volt 4016 - Impressions-Curtom 1943 27 30 57 HEY JOE 90 THE YOUNG FOLKS 24 RECONSIDER ME Wilson Pickett-Atlantic 2648 40 40 Supremes-Motown 1148 89 96 0 Johnny Adams-SSS Int’l 770 18 20 MOVE OVER 91 GREEN FIELDS — — • WORKING ON A GROOVY THING Steppenwolf-Dunhill 4205 Vogues-Reprise 0844 5th Dimension-Soul City 776 30 34 59 ONE 92 I WANT YOU SO BAD SUGAR SUGAR 3 Dog Night-Dunhill 4191 28 B.