January 1, 1972 vitaf ng, M -O -R (Ed); Columbia M -O -R Concert etre"Generates Solid LP Sales... Warners, Col nnaborate On Issue Of Identical Guthrie Memor- Albums ... MCA Re -Inks With Who Co ... CBS o End Manufacture Of EVR Units; Eng., Japan Ties ANIE: KEY TO SUCCESS www.americanradiohistory.com PRESENTING THE ALBU FROM THE SINGLE THAT WAS ON THE CHARTS AS LONG AS OSTALBUMS. The Free, Movenent I've Foun&Someone Of MC)wn The single was on the follow-up, `The Harder I Try charts for six and a half months. (The Bluer I Get):' Imagine what the album The first Free Movement will do. album may have been a long time Not only does it contain in the works. "I've Found Someone of My Own',' But it'll be a far, far longer but also the chart -climbing time on the charts. Free Movement album is On Columbia Recordse and Tapes ®'COLUMBIA."® MARCAS REG. PRINTED IN U.S.A. The www.americanradiohistory.com THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY Cash Vol. XXXIII-Number 28/January 1, 1972 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 CHRISTIE BARTER West Coast Editor ED KELLEHER KENNY KERNER ROBERT ADELS TODD EVERETT RESEARCH MIKE MARTUCCI Research Director ANTHONY LANZETTA Assoc. Dir. BOBBY SIEGEL ADVERTISING STAN SOIFER Advertising Manager Account Executives Revitalizing M -O -R ED ADLUM, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood WOODY HARDING Art Director COIN MACHINE & VENDING ED ADLUM General Manager DON DROSSELL CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago SHERYL BAKER, Hollywood CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. HOLLYWOOD HARVEY GELLER-CHRISTIE BARTER 6565 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 525), Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) Hollywood 9-2966 NASHVILLE JUANITA JONES 806 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (ßi15) 244-2898 CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO A nagging feeling among many in There is no doubt that the structure 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Phone: (312) Fl 6-7272 the trade that millions of music fans of the pop song has changed. But, as ENGLAND HOLLAND are not being adequately served by we have pointed out here on several DORRIS LAND PAUL ACKET the recording industry certainly was occasions, the look of the rock song, 3 Cork Street Theresiastraat 59-63 London WI The Hague intensified when Columbia Records both music and lyrics, Tel. 01-7342374 does not have Tel: 837700 successfully staged a Middle -of -the to be worn by rock performers alone. GERMANY ITALY Road concert at Madison Square Gar- And we firmly believe that many CHRISTIAN TOERSLEFF GABRIELE G.{4BBATE 2 Hamburg 56 den on Friday, Dec. 17. Elsewhere Viale A. Doria 10 standards of the past or new songs Leuchttrum Weg 30 20124 Milano in Tel: 34-91-94-86 this issue, the direct response to structured along similar lines are the event in BRAZIL BELGIUM terms of stimulating re- adaptable to today's audiences. PEDRO FRAZAO ETIENNE SMET cording sales of the M -O -R acts in- All the way down the line in this in- DE VASCONCELOS Postbus 56 B-2700 volved is documented, as is the event dustry, from publisher Rue Frei Caneca, II, Apt. 13 Sint-Niklaas to artist to la- Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil Tel: (03) 76-54-39 itself (see Talent On Tel: 257-15-58 Stage section). bel to radio to wholesaler to retailer, AUSTRALIA While the trade will need more evi- there is a need ARGENTINA to offer M -O -R artists PETER SMITH dence-hopefully in MIGUEL SMIRNOFF terms of more and their music renewed energies in 40 Winters Belgrano Way 3252, Piso 4 "B" Doncaster 3108 stagings of this type of music-to de- getting them exposed. Just as there Buenos Aires, Argentina Victoria, Australia Tel: 89-6796 termine how far a company's creative is a need to expose rock talent live, CANADA JAPAN policy is to go in this area, the Colum- there seems to be justification in do- WALT GREALIS Adv. Mgr. bia event is certainly food for great ing the same with M -O -R talent. Such RPM SACHIO SAITO 1560 Bayview Ave. I-11 2-Chome Shinbashi thought. Is it not obvious that a na- showcases as Columbia's may be be- Toronto, 17, Ontario Minato -Ku, Tokyo Tel: (416) 489-2166 Tel: 504-1651 tion as diverse in taste and demo- yond the scope of smaller companies, but they are not beyond the FRANCE Editorial Mgr. graphics as this country must pos- scope of FRANK LIPSIK FUMIYO TACHIBANA sess a significant more than one firm pooling their re- 5 Rue market for pop mu- Alfred Dormeuil I -II 2-Chome Shinbashi sources in presenting 78 Croissy Minato -Ku, Tokyo sic other than similar events. Tel: 225-26-31 Tel: 504-1651 the sound of rock? We think the results of a steady Shouldn't the trade be made to un- SUBSCRIPTION RATES $35 per year anywhere in the diet of M -O -R exposure around the U.S.A., Published weekly at 34 N. Crystal St., E. 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Copyright under Universal Copyright willing to put its money on the Convention, lions of people? line for the sound of M -O -R music. www.americanradiohistory.com CashBox r PC 17,71 ushIàxTOPlOO January 1, 1972 TAKE IT SLOW GOT TO BE THERE 34 WHITE LIES, BLUE EYES 67 Ampex) 37 41 Lighthouse -Evolution 1052 (Dist: Stereo Dimension) 70 79 Michael Jackson-Motown 1191 2 3 Bullett-Big Tree (Dist: KNOWS ABOUT MY AMERICAN PIE 35 PRETTY AS YOU FEEL 68 EVERYBODY -Grunt 0500 (Dist: RCA) 35 36 Don Maclean -United Artists 50856 6 11 Jefferson Airplane GOOD THING 71 81 3 BRAND NEW KEY HAPPY XMAS Little Johnny Taylor-Ronn 55 & Plastic Ono Band with 42 63 Melanie -Neighborhood 4201 (Dist: Famous) 1 2 John & Yoko 69 ME & BOBBY McGEE Harlem Comm. Choir-Apple 1842 Jerry Lee Lewis -Mercury 73229 72 76 CHERISH 37 THEME FROM SHAFT David Cassidy -Bell 150 5 6 STAY WITH ME (MGM) 9038 (Dist: Stan) 17 5 Isaac Hayes -Enterprise Faces -Warner Bros. 7545 5 FAMILY AFFAIR 38 SUPERSTAR (Remember How You Sly & Family Stone -Epic 10805 3 1 71 YOU MAKE YOUR OWN HEAVEN Got Where You Are) I EVER NEED IS YOU AND HELL RIGHT HERE ON EARTH ALL Temptations-Gordy 711 18 16 Sonny & Cher -Kapp 2151 7 8 Undisputed Truth -Gordy 712 (Dist: Motown) 73 77 I WITNESS SCORPIO 39 CAN GET A JINGLE BELLS Lee Michaels-A&A 1303 39 40 Dennis Coffey -Sussex 226 (Dist: Buddah) 8 10 Singing Dogs -RCA 1020 - TO SPAIN LET'S STAY TOGETHER NEVER BEEN DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER Three Dog Night -Dunhill 4299 60 Al Greene -Hi 2202 (Dist: London) 15 22 Beverly Bremers -Scepter 12315 82 94 41 SOUR SUITE i I GIRL 74 THE HARDER TRY HEY Guess Who -RCA 0578 43 46 Donny Osmond -MGM 14322 11 15 Free Movement -Columbia 45512 77 84 ME THE WOMAN THAT YOU 10 AN OLD-FASHIONED LOVE SONG MAKE 75 PAIN Three Dog Night -Dunhill 4294 4 4 GO HOME TO Ohio Players -Westbound 188 (Dist: Janus) 78 85 SUNSHINE Gladys Knight & Pips -Soul 35091 (Dist: Motown) 53 62 LION SLEEPS TONIGHT Jonathan Edwards -Capricorn 8021 (Dist: Atlantic) 12 17 LEVON Robert John -Atlantic 2846 93 SUGAR DADDY Elton John -Uni 55314 55 73 77 CAROLYN Jackson Five -Motown 1194 14 20 44 LOOKING FOR A LOVE Merle Haggard -Capitol 3222 81 87 -Atlantic 2844 48 56 13 RESPECT YOURSELF J. Geils Band 78 SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS Staple Singers-Stax 0104 10 14 ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND War -United Artists 50867 83 Think -Laurie 3583 58 88 14 HAVE YOU SEEN HER 79 AIN'T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW -Mercury 73225 85 Chi -Lites -Brunswick 55462 9 9 46 ROCK STEADY Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager Aretha Franklin -Atlantic 2838 21 7 THIS TIME 15 YOU ARE EVERYTHING 80 AFTER ALL YOU Clayton -Ode 66020 (Dist: A&M) 84 89 Stylistic-Avco 4581 16 19 WITHOUT Merry Nilsson -RCA 0604 62 78 AM I LIVING FOR IN THE SEA OF LOVE 81 WHAT DROWNING 48 THE WITCH QUEEN OF Ray Charles -ABC 11317 86 Joe Simon -Spring 120 (Dist: Polydor) 19 24 NEW ORLEANS 82 THOSE WERE THE DAYS CLEAN UP WOMAN Redbone-Epic 10749 50 64 O'Connor And Jean Stapleton -Atlantic 2847 89 4601 (Dist: Atlantic) 20 26 Betty Wright -Alston 49 BABY I'M A WANT YOU FEELING ALRIGHT 18 STONES Bread-Elektra 36 12 Joe Cocker-A&M 1063 13 13 Neil Diamond -Uni 55310 50 DAISY MAE 84 SON OF SHAFT 65 ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds -Dunhill 4296 59 Barkeys-Volt 4073 87 SHOW 51 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO PRECIOUS & FEW 55 100 Honey Cone -Hot Wax 7110 (Dist: Buddah) 22 28 Donnie Elbert -All Platinum 2330 51 Climax -Rocky Road 055 (Dist: Bell) IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS 52 THE AMERICAN TRILOGY 86 AIN'T NOBODY HOME 46 49 Partridge Family -Bell 160 27 37 Mickey Newbury-Elektra 750 B.