1 D National Distribution: The Pattern Of The Times (Ed) ... Canadian Copyr't Board OK's `Tariff' To Labels On Performances...1st Pirate Felon In U.S. Is Prosecuted & Jailed ... Capitol Shifts: Asher Exits Label; Davis To Coast Post ... Fantasy Pics CAT STEVENS: TEA -BONE STAKES ART AND RECOR 1:XS Dr--.PAR www.americanradiohistory.com MIMI MIL 31INULIC FROM 111E LONG-AWAI LUMillA DEBUT ALBU F THE RASCALS Felix Cavagere' Dino Danelli have e The Rascals into a powe' exciting musfeal gro-apo six members. Felix i sii writing his great music Dino is more dynamic thateii ever on drums. "Peaceful World" is The Rascals' debut album Columbia and has taken almost a year to mal.e. It's two great records of bea ful music that communie at every level. "Love Me" is the song that AM, Top -40 and FM underground frtatior s seem to have agreed on as the hit' sound. So "Love Me"It. is. The single is now being - he to every major station in the country. If you've wondered what - The Rascals have beer_ doing for the past year, relax_ They're back and they've taken an exciting new direction,. Columbia is proud b welcome them. /11 "LOVE Mr49-4540 WINE RAS ON COLUMBIA RECORDS* MUSIC OF OJR TIME FROM THE MUSIC COMPANY G 30462 A specially priced 2 -record set. Also ave lable on tape. www.americanradiohistory.com WI MI \1 iiñiïiim. 111111111 Main 11/11111\\ THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY Cash Box Vol. XXXII - Number 49/May 29, 1971 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 Assoc. Editor ED KELLEHER ERIC VAN LUSTBADER KENNY KERNER EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA ADVERTISING STAN SOIFER Nat'l Distribution Deals: Advertising Manager ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES ED ADLUM, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood WOODY HARDING Art Director COIN MACHINE & VENDING ED ADLUM The Pattern Of The Times General Manager CAMILLE COMPASIO, Chicago LISSA MORROW, Hollywood CIRCULATION THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. HOLLYWOOD HARVEY GELLER 6430 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Phone: (213) 465-2129 NASHVILLE JUANITA JONES 806 16th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 Phone: (615) 244-2898 CHICAGO CAMILLE COMPASIO National distribution of indie re- the desire of this vital force in the 29 E. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Phone: (312) Fl 6-7272 cording operations has emerged as creation of industry product to con- the business ENGLAND HOLLAND counterpart of the con- centrate on studio time rather than DORRIS LAND PAUL ACKET glomerate buy-outs of the late 60's. day-to-day administrative tasks. But, 3 Cork Street Theresiastraat 59-63 Due to a number of they, nec- London WI The Hague factors, chief like their counterparts not Tel. 01-7342374 Tel: 837700 among them the acquisition of most essarily involved in studio activities, GERMANY ITALY of the formerly indie operations dur- are taking a new consideration into CHRISTIAN TOERSLEFF GABRIELE G. ABBATE Viale A. Doria 10 2 Hamburg 56 ing the acquisition splurge and the account when going through with na- 20124 Milano Leuchtturmeg 30 disenchanting economy, the trade is tional This Tel: 34-91-94-86 BELGIUM distribution associations. BRAZIL ETIENNE SMET no longer confronted with a rash of is simply the state of the economy PEDRO FRAZAO Postbus 56 buy-outs that made weekly headline and the restrictions it places on going - B-2700 Sint-Niklaas DE VASCONCELOS Tel, (03) 76-54-39 Rua Frei Caneca, II, Apt. 13 news in the trades a few years ago. it -alone with the now vast administra- Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil AUSTRALIA Tel: 257-I5-58 In their place have come national tive apparatus needed to do business PETER SMITH distribution deals wherein most re- in the modern recording industry. Be- ARGENTINA 40 Winters Way MIGUEL SMIRNOFF Doncaster 3108 cording entities of consequence have yond this, each party to this arrange- Victoria, Australia Belgrano 3252, Piso 4 "B" taken on either long indies ment retains advantages Buenos Aires, Argentina MEXICO established of freedom Tel: 89-6796 SALVADOR ARREGUIN and/or new labels set up specifically to explore product development (the CANADA ANTONIO SENS for national distribution associations. label being handled) and greater po- WALT GREALIS Tiber 100 - 7 y 8 Pisos RPM Mexico 5, D.F. There is no question that smaller label tential to be part of a successful flow 1560 Bayview Ave. Tel: 525-39-52 II -62-96 Toronto 17, Ontario operations now prefer deals of this of product (the national distributor). Tel: (416) 489-2166 JAPAN sort, particularly those established by Needless FRANCE Adv. Mgr. to say, the temperament SACHIO SAITO "indie producers," who in the light of FRANK LIPSIK of the times can dictate a change in I -II 2-Chome Shinbashi 5 Rue Dormeuil these deals have become less Alfred Minato -Ku, Tokyo "indie" 78 Croissy the philosophy of the national distri- Tel: 225-26-31 and more "exclusively" involved in the Tel: 504-1651 butor alliance. But, as things stand SPAIN Editorial Mgr. acts that form their own label rosters. now, it is a prime motivating factor in JOAQUIN MERINO FUMIYO TACHIBANA Interestingly, some of the major indies Presidente Carmona, II I -II 2-Chome Shinbashi the flow of product. While there are Madrid 20, Spain Minato -Ku, Tokyo who were not gobbled up during the Tel. 270-2915 Tel: 504-1651 era of acquisitions are now busily en- numerous indie operations on the gaged in handling distribution for scene today, most of them owe their SUBSCRIPTION RATES $30 per year anywhere in the U.S.A.. Published weekly at 34 N. Crystal Sf., E. Strouds- others, with A&M and Motown as chief administrative functions to the few burg, Pa. by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., examples. operations which can claim the kind U.S.A. and additional offices. Copyright © 1971 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. With regard to labels run by pro- of in-depth functions that makes such All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. ducers, such deals continue to reflect an industry condition possible. www.americanradiohistory.com 1 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE DOUBLE LOVIN' 68 ITS SO HARD FOR ME Jackson 5 -Motown 1179 2 2 The Osmonds-MGM 40 56 TO SAY GOODBYE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS iBOOTY BUTT Eddie Kendricks-Tamla 54203 69 74 Aretha Franklin -Atlantic 2796 4 5 Ray Charles Orch.-Tangerine 1015 (Dist: ABC) 24 25 69 FLIM FLAM MAN BROWN SUGAR IT'S TOO LATE Barbra Streisand -Columbia 45384 73 82 oiling Stones -Rolling Stones 19100 (Dist: Atlantic) 5 9 Carole King -Ode 70 66015 (Dist: A&M) 59 84 70 I'LL ERASE AWAY THE PAIN 4 JOY TO THE WORLD PUPPET MAN Whatnauts-Stang 5023 72 75 3 Dog Night -Dunhill 4272 (Dist: ABC) 1 1 Tom Jones -Parrot 40062 52 71 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH CHICK A BOOM LIGHT SINGS THE NIGHT Daddy Dew Drop -Sunflower 105 (Dist: MGM) 6 7 5th Dimension -Bell 999 45 59 Joe Simon -Spring 113 (Dist: Polydor) 75 77 WANT ADS SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND The Honey Cones -Hot Wax 7011 (Dist: Buddah) 8 12 8th Day-Invictus 9087 (Dist: Capitol) 51 63 James Taylor -Warner Bros. 7489 7 LOVE HER MADLY INDIAN RESERVATION I DON'T WANNA DO WRONG Raiders -Columbia 45332 50 62 Doors-Elektra 45726 7 8 Gladys Knight & Pips -Soul 35083 (Dist: Motown) 89 ME AND YOU AND A DOG 42 GIVE MORE POWER TO THE HERE COMES THAT RAINY NAMED BOO PEOPLE DAY FEELING Lobo -Big Tree 112 (Dist: Ampex) 9 11 Chi -Lites -Brunswick 55450 29 29 Fortunes -Capitol 3086 86 97 IT DON'T COME EASY 43 I CRIED SOONER OR LATER Ringo Starr -Apple 1831 10 14 James Brown -King 6363 46 50 Grass Roots -Dunhill 4279 10 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND 44 LIFE 76 DONE TOO SOON Ocean -Kama Sutra 519 (Dist: Buddah) 3 3 Elvis Presley -RCA 9985 48 60 Neil Diamond -Uni 55278 81 SWEET AND INNOCENT 00H P00 PAH DO 77 SEA CRUISE Donny Osmond -MGM 14227 13 17 Ike & Tina Turner -United Artists 50782 55 67 Johnny Rivers -United Artists 50778 83 89 SUPERSTAR 46 FEELIN' ALRIGHT 78 I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Murray Head -Decca 32603 14 16 Grand Funk Railroad -Capitol 3095 49 55 Johnnie Taylor-Stax 0089 84 I'LL MEET YOU HALFWAY 47 WE CAN WORK IT OUT 79 CAN'T FIND THE TIME Partridge Family -Bell 996 19 35 Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54202 (Dist: Motown) 30 10 Rose Colored Glass -Bang 584 85 87 TONGUE 14 TIP OF MY THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS BAD WATER Brenda & Tabulations -Top & Bottom 407 15 24 Raelettes-Tangerine 1014 (Dist: ABC) 88 96 15 HERE COMES THE SUN HEARD IT Carly Simon-Elektra 45724 57 68 BRING THE BOYS HOME Richie Havens -Stormy Forest 656 (Dist: MGM) 16 22 Freda Payne-Invictus 9092 (Dist: Capitol) 16 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA 49 I DON'T BLAME YOU AT ALL CHICAGO Tin Tin-Atco 6794 17 21 Smokey Robinson & Miracles -Tamia 54205 (Motown) 37 18 Graham Nash -Atlantic 2804 - 17 WOODSTOCK HIGH TIME WE WENT 83 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROAD Matthew's Southern Comfort -Decca 32774 18 19 Joe tocker-A&M 1258 60 78 John Denver-RCA 0445 90 94 NATHAN JONES 51 THE COURT ROOM BEEN TOO LONG ON THE ROAD 21 33 Supremes-Motown 1182 Clarence Carter -Atlantic 2801 54 64 Mark Lindsay -Columbia 45385 - MONDAYS RAINY DAYS AND FUNKY NASSAU 85 SIGNS Carpenters-A&M 1260 27 41 Five Man Electric Band -Lionel 3213 (Dist: MGM) 92 98 Beginning Of The End -Alston (Dist: Atlantic) 65 76 20 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE 86 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Ross -Motown 1184 22 34 DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE ON ME Diana StoneyAWAY& Meatloaf-Rare Earth 5027 93 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds -Dunhill 4276 74 85 DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE WALK Wilson Pickett -Atlantic 2797 25 30 54 I AM .