82 News "THREE FIRMS JOIN FORCES I nsidelrock `Digital Domain' Market Blitz TVagaries: Rumor strong that CBS Records' salesper- acquire Big State Distributing, Dallas, where he has been sons will soon be peddling a Culture Club music video. general manager since his father, Bill, retired some years LOS ANGELES Sony and Mobile Fidelity -WEA, Sound Lab are Inquiry elicited a denial at 51 W. 52nd St.... RKO, beset ago, from Bud and Don Daily of H.W. Daily Inc., Hous- teaming up this month in a unique three -pronged distribution effort for by the loss of a dozen radio stations, has quietly opened its ton. Big State was opened in the early '50s by H.W. Daily, "The Digital Domain," the special demonstration Compact Disc released own home video division in Studio City. Helmed by Paul father of the brothers ... CassetteCards are being offered last month by Elektra Records. The collaboration between the three Foster, the wing will not only distribute some of the clas- by West Coast Innovations, Mission Hills, Calif. For $4, firms is aimed at blanketing both record/tape and audio hardware retail sic films in its archives, but is expected to go into original the home recording fan gets eight decorative, full -color locations with the -only release. CD production, which will include music videos, Track is spined cards which slip directly into the position of the Mickey Kapp, president of Warner Special Products, organized the told. Erstwhile industry promugul Chuck Thagard sur- original cassette graphic insert. distribution plan, mapped out in part during the recent Winter CES in faces there as national sales manager. Florida Gold Chain: Chains continue to locate more Las Vegas. A former Elektra executive, Kapp served as executive produc- Trade talk betwen distributors at both the MCA and units there, with Western Merchandisers counting five, er of "The Digital Domain" and conceived the idea for the program, 20th -Fox meetings concerned the increase in direct sales Musicland 11, Record Bar 16, and Camelot 21. Track which combines digitally produced music, sonic effects and test se- to mass merchandisers in 1984 ... Minneapolis appears found one-time Marcury/Faberge exec Dennis Genius quences to dramatize the capabilities of the configuration. to be the vortex of home video distribution, with Arthur running three stores there ... Dick Justham, co-founder With WEA to continue servicing conventional record/tape accounts, Morowitz opening a stocking branch there, replacing his of the DJ's Sound City Northwestern retail chain, tells Sony and Mobile Fidelity will key efforts to the universe of hardware pur- sales office ... Thwarted in an earlier attempt to schedule Track he is in the throes of bankruptcy reorganizaiton. chasers. Sony will supply disks to its network of dealers carrying CD Justham, a pioneer in sales and retail a board meeting in Florida in mid- February because of store administration players and related digital audio products, as well as to members of its in the conflicting NARM session in Phoenix, VSDA has cal - that area, has cut the chain down to seven, which he is Sony Digital Audio Club. endared a board confab during the NARM convention currently trying to sell off ... Scuttlebutt has Jules Biha- Mobile Fidelity, meanwhile, will distribute product to its account base, March 23 -27 in Hollywood, Fla.... National Video may ri, who is recuperating from a spell of illness, selling off which encompasses most of the high -end audio dealers around the be close to an acquisition deal with a major food store his music publishing and legendary blues and r &b catalog country. franchiser, Track is tipped. Ron Berger, founder of the for under a half-million . Disk carries a suggested list of $18.98. Portland, Ore. film, refuses comment, but does note NV Joyce Heider, 21 years with Zamoiski, Baltimore, be- has just signed its 700th franchisee. He says 225 are actu- fore that old -liner dropped records and tapes recently, has ally open, as lag time after a franchise sale can be lengthy. opened Great Day Distributing, Baltimore ... On March Bose Auto Cassette Plan: 7, Rockamerica Video links the top club with an FM rock Track accolades Noel Gimbel, who lettered his Sound station in 12 major markets. The stations beam the music Video Unlimited customers last week, admitting recent while the club simultaneously runs the video ... Expect Strong Response Reported rapid overexpansion had plagued his nationwide distribu- MCA Records to pact Bobby Womack soon, along with tion network but saying that all is well and on an even his duet partner, Patti LaBelle. Is New Edition, the NEW YORK-The initial direct - able two cassettes every eight weeks keel now. Gimbel was at the MCA Maui meet, but grape- Streetwise property, also ready to switch to MCA? mail response to a series of prere- in four musical categories. Each cas- vine had him axing several top company officials and re- ... "Get Closer," the 1982 Linda Rondstadt smash writ- corded cassettes especially made for sette selling for $13, uses chrome tape aligning his executive echelon ... L.A. producer Ken ten by Johnathan Carroll, published by Cherry Lane Mu- owners of the $1,200 Delco -GM/ with programming duplicated by Scott feted Sanctuary Production partners Andy Taylor sic, has hit the jingles jackpot as theme for a $10 million Bose music system for selected GM Resolutions of Burington, Vt. at a and Ron Smallwood last weekend, because of Small - ad campaign for Close -Up toothpaste ... Broadway cars has succeeded beyond expecta- "real- time" rate of 1:1. wood's birthday and the duo's concurrent West Holly- grapevine has Arthur Baker of Streetwise Records pon- tions, according to the project's man- wood office opening. The London pair manage Iron Currently a factory- installed op- dering a CBS Associated Labels deal, calling for five al- aging director. Maiden and just peddled heavy metal band W.A.S.P. to bums yearly. Baker, who just opened the new Shake tion Cadillac Sevilles and Eldora - Abe Wiesel, directing the activities on Capitol Records. Toronados and Down studios in the heart of Gotham's garment district, is of The Private Performances Collec- dos, Oldsmobile Chevrolet Corvettes, the system is to also producing the soundtrack for Harry Belafonte's tion, a division of Bose, says a mail- Acuff-Rose, Nashville's senior publishing firm, is re- to the new "Beat Street" flick and co-producing his spouse, Tina B, ing in mid -January to 45,000 owners be expanded this spring portedly up for sale, which the company neither affirms or denies. A spokesperson for Gaylord Broadcasting, with John Robie for Elektra ... After seven years as an of the high -end system produced a fa- downsized Buick Electras, Oldsmo- album rock indie which bought the Opryland entertainment complex last specialist in the Northeast, Joel Webber vorable response of 14 %, or more bile 98s and Cadillac Sedan DeVilles, has hung up his sneakers year and had been mentioned as a contender for the Fred to concentrate on his Uproar la- than 8,000 subscribers. which, according to Wiesel, should bel, which he hopes will become a management and pro- Under the plan, Bose makes avail- create a universe of some 100,000 Rose/Roy Acuff-founded company, denied any knowl- edge of negotiations. duction entity ... Latest rumor on the Warner/Poly- Delco -GM /Bose owners by the end Gram merger has Tuesday (21) circled as the big day. of the year. New Stones Clip In the works is a deal whereby Billy Emerson would Edited by JOHN SIPPEL Proves Too Hot Michael Jackson, Police Top NARM List 4 Continued from page Jackson," A &M; Diana Ross' "Ross," RCA; Sylvia's "Just Sylvia," RCA; Shelly West's Best selling movie soundtrack -"The Big For The lice's "Every Breath You Take," A &M; Kenny Donna Summer's "She Works Hard "West By West," Warner/Viva. Chill," Motown; "Flashdance," Casablanca; For Two Outlets Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Money," Casablanca. Best selling jazz album- George Ben- "An Officer And A Gentleman," Island; Stream," RCA; Michael Sembello's "Mani- Best selling country album by a group - son's "In Your Eyes," Warner Bros.; Al Jar - "Staying Alive," Casablanca; "Yentl," By LAURA FOTI Alabama's "Feels So Right," RCA; Alabama's ac," Casablanca; Bonnie Tyler's "Total reau's "Jarreau," Warner Bros.; Bob James Columbia. Eclipse Of The Heart," Columbia. "The Closer You Get," RCA; Merle Haggard & Earl Klugh's "Two Of A Kind," Capitol; NEW YORK -The video clip for Best selling album by a new artist -Bry- & Willie Nelson's "Pancho & Lefty," Epic; George Winston's "December," Windham Best selling original cast album -"Cats," the Rolling Stones' "She Was Hot" an Adams' "Cuts Like A Knife," A &M; Cul- Oak Ridge Boys' "American Made," MCA. Hill. Geffen; "La Cage Aux Folles," RCA. ture Club's "Kissing To Be Clever," Virgin/ Best selling country album by a male art- Best selling children's album was too hot for television, prompting Best selling classical album -Placido Do- -"Born To Epic; DeBarge's "All This Love," Gordy; Add," Sesame Street; "Care Bears rejection by one outlet and a special ist -John Anderson's "Wild And Blue," mingo's "Perhaps Love," CBS; Glenn Gould's Care For Duran Duran's "Rio," Capitol; Eurythmics' You," Kidstuff; "Mickey Mouse editing job by another. Warner Bros.; Willie Nelson's "Always On My "Bach: Goldberg Variations," CBS; Paillard Splash - Dream Are Made Of This," RCA; the dance," Disney; "Mousercise," According to Les Garland, pro- "Sweet Mind," Columbia; Kenny Rogers' "Eyes That Chamber Orchestra's "Pachelbel: Kanon," Disney; "Sto- Fixx's "Reach The Beach," MCA; Eddy ry Of Return Of The Jedi," Disney.