09120 # 45036SNYDER008 1307 FEB76 NEWSPAPER 50 05 156 250052000410 R SNYDER DR 4%39 MARY ANN 4- J36 ANON OH A Billboard Publication The International Music- Record -Tape Newsweekly October 1 1 , 1975 $1 .50 RENEWALS TO HEIRS 40+ Discos `Posthumous' C'right Major Changes In Planned For Collegiate Talent Is Clarified By Court Eatery Firm Bookings By IS HOROWITZ By JIM MELANSON This Fall NEW YORK -Steak & Brew, 50- NEW YORK -Publishers may no By JIM FISHEL Tape Pilfer Tests location restaurant chain, is going longer claim renewal rights to com- disco. NEW YORK -There are some positions assigned by the writer but The firm is planning to open noticeable trends in the collegiate not or printed copyrighted until af- Are Inconclusive dance spots in some 40 of its units by NBC-TV Joining talent area this fall, like a tardiness ter his death, a U.S. appellate court By STEPHEN TRAIMAN the end of 1976, according to Mi- in securing acts, the presence of has ruled. NEW YORK -Results of limited chael O'Harro, formerly of the Dim- more outside promoters doing Such renewal rights are vested in Live Variety Field campus dates, rock appearing to be tape pilferage tests by GRT Music ples disco chain and now freelance the heirs, the court stated in a land- on the decline, while black music Tapes and the J.L. Marsh Musicland consultant to Steak & Brew. By BOB KIRSCH mark decision countering traditional Ten such locations are already (soul, disco, jazz, blues) and middle - chain are promising but inconclu- LOS ANGELES -The NBC -TV industry practice which has consid- firmed to open their doors to the of-the -road are gaining steam. sive, and GRT for one is committed network jumps into the live variety ered these renewals the prerogative dance public by the first of the year. According to many of the nation's to a more extensive test, probably show sweepstakes Saturday (11) of publishers under the "post- All of the clubs planned will be top booking agents, business on the early next year. with "Saturday Night," a contempo- humous" proviso of the Copyright known as Vamp's. college level has been stable this Both tests involved the display of rary comedy and music oriented Act. previously locked prerecorded tapes While the move is sure to add im- year with requests for more types of show set for 11:30 p.m. -1 a.m. music than ever Ownership of a whole range of in open browser boxes to determine petus to the disco bandwagon, it will before. The only an- The show thus becomes the sec- copyrights approaching their second some long- desired industry statistics also place Steak & Brew as one of the noying twist to this year's booking ond live variety show on weekend terms may be affected, although the on whether increased sales would leading contenders for the disco surge is the lateness of requests, network schedules, with "Saturday some coming less than two weeks court specifically exempted from its offset an anticipated upsurge in chain operators crown in the coun- be- Night Live With Howard Cosell" fore a proposed concert decision second -term renewals al- theft (Billboard, July 26). try. (Continued on page 5/) date. appearing on ABC -TV from 8 -9 "If there is any real trend this year, ready secured. The GRT program, conceived by Kansas City is exciting music p.m. it's the college's thing of tal- The decision rendered by the sec- Herb Hershfield, the division's exec- an buying marketplace. See special in this ent later and later," says Ed Rubin ond circuit appeals court here Sept. utive vice president, was to involve a Lome Michaels, producer of the on 29 -41. (Continued on page 73) (Continued on page 62) issue pages (Continued on page 20) (Continued on page 49) A &M Horizon Jazz Series Rates Pop -Type Campaign By ELIOT TIEGEL LOS ANGELES -A &M intends At this juncture, Horizon is being to treat its new Horizon jazz series called a series rather than a label, with the same intensity and dollars with A &M's promotional force, 'e l proferred to pop acts once the first by Harold Childs, working on !Iic five LPs are debuted Oct. 31. product. Once sales begin, Snyder John Snyder. 27, Horizon's creative anticipates hiring his own promo- director, freelance producer Ed Mi- tion director. chel and Mel Fuhrman, Horizon's Snyder is steering Horizon to a sales chieftain, comprise the trio broad repertoire base, although he working internally to prepare the emphasizes he wants artists who launch package which consists of play "serious music" rather than go works by Dave Liebman, Sonny into a studio and record LPs to fill Fortune, Thad Jone -Mel Lewis out a release schedule. The music hand, Jim Hall and Dave Brubeck- will not be pop jazz, he says, adding Paul Desmond. "the music should demand some in- iHL MINALLES have created a truly unique concept-oriented album Singer /songwriter DAVID BLUE has been through some changes in hi Snyder says A &M plans issuing volvement from the listener." with the release of CITY OF ANGELS (T6- 339S1), a words-and -music por- life since the halcyon Village days of DYLAN, OCHS, and HARDIN in the between 12 -15 LPs during the first Los Michel, fired from ABC last May early '60's and each new BLUE album has chronicled those changes. His trait of Angeles. year, with money spent on promo- new Asylum album, "Cumin' Back for More (7E- 1043), is yet another CITY OF ANGELS is a tour of the special craziness of the nation's after six years when new manage- tion and advertising. The label's slo- his number -two city, with particular emphasis on Los Angeles' effect on ment decided it didn't want his superb epoch in his life and is full of songs that represent yesterdays gan? "Jazz Is On The Horizon." A for newcomers. Songs include the single, "Love Machine," "Free Press," brand of avant -garde music any- and today. It will take another album to get into his tomorrows, but natural. now, BLUE'S "Comm n' Back for More" will do just fine. A single listen tells "Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A." and "Night Life." more, has worked on all five of the All the artists, except for Brubeck the story. DAVID can soon be seen in concert at Washington's Cellar Door CITY OF ANGELS is without a doubt the most powerful work yet from first LPs. in the initial release, are signed to (10/1812), Passaic, N.J.'s Capitol Theatre (10/17), The Boston Gardens THE MIRACLES. (Advertisement) He A &M. Snyder has additionally produced Liebman and For- (10/18), New York's The Other End (10/20 -22), Roslyn, L.I.'s My Father's signed two other players, Charlie tune who both play saxes and flute Place (10/23 -24), Connecticut's Yale University (10/25) and other dates Haden and Jimmy Owens. 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Inasmuch as the United Jr., d /b /a Transcontinental Invest- States ... is entitled to injunctive re- ments Inc., Judge Walter Nixon Jr. lief to enforce rights granted to it un- ordered the defendants to deliver for der the terms of the treaty, it should destruction all infringing recordings be entitled to an injunction or other and equipment owned by Brown. relief reasonably necessary to fulfill Although the U.S. Code does not its international obligations." specifically provide for such relief, Previously, the disposition of the according to the judge, the govern- infringing sound recordings and ment is it RIAA photos entitled to in order for the equipment presented a dilemma. In More than 40,000 pirated tapes seized in a raid by FBI agents at two warehouses owned by government to fulfill its obligations From Bust To Dust: some cases the request for destruc- Magistrate Paul Rosenberg, were carted to the city dump, unloaded under international law, to enforce Stein Bros., Baltimore, and ordered destroyed by tion of such material varied from domestic law, protect its revenues and crushed by a bulldozer. Warehouse owner Benjamin Stein, who pleaded guilty to three counts of copyright in- and protect its citizens whose eco- fringement, was fined $2,500 and placed on probation for two years, according to the RIAA.