Ç 1 ie KAL RUDMAN .44 PUBLISHER THE FRIDAY MORNING OlUARTERBACW A PROGRAMMING GUIDE EXECUTIVE MEWS • 1930 EAST MARLTON PIKE, F36 • CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY 08003 • (609) 424-9114 FIVIQB ALBUM REPORT November 19. 1982 BILL HARD, Editor Easy Choice OZZY OSBOURNE, "PEAK OF THE DEVIL", JET/EPIC Always glad to Just off the old Ozzvious Choice especially considering the tasteful one's recent Lp sales totals. 4e were initially surprised nct to hear "Flying High" and "Crazy Train", but he's one of the few artists where image is at least as important as songs. He could be whizzing in a bucket over his should2r and the kids would love it. As noted in several comments this week, those Sabbath classics are new songs to many of today's tecns and are bourd to stimulate whatever brain-cells remain in 25+ fans. L)ve the do. Chain Reaction J. GEILS BAND, "SHOwTImE"._ EM! It's a bit early to put the new Lp in a leagu2 with "Full House", but 114 adds and tons of accolades tell us programmers will go to the wall to ma<e this party special a classic...Les Cook, WILS-FM, "Rousing renditions of Geils classics that sh)uld bring fans flocking into the stores. We can program anything on the record. Our listeners want it bad"...Jack Daniels, WROQ, "One of the best produced live albums I've heard this year. They have such a party image, they can get away with about anything"... Paul Lemieux, WCOZ, "The J. Geils Band 'Showtime' exudes their live raw power from its first groove to its last. Should be a Christmas mo-fo saleswise and get massive airplay well into '83"...Bob Bittens, WHCN, "Few performers put out more energy and rarely does a live album come as close to putting that energy on vinyl as does 'Showtime"...Mark Miller, W4CK, "The band got more sound quality on that outdoor stage than most bands can get in the studio. 'Showtime' is the state of the art"...Ilyse Gottlieb, WRXL, "Isn't it rewarding to see the success of such hard working perfectionists. I'm thrilled with the album"... Jack Silver, KSFE, "Growing up on the north side of Chicago, the biggest party album in the neighborhood was Full House'. Now, two live Lps later, 'Showtime' ought to do the same for today's party crowd"... Trax: "I Do", 'Just Can't Wait", "Love Stinks" and "Land Of 1,000 Dances". NIGHT RANGER, BOARDWALK With all the trendrock hitting the airwaves, radio is thrilled to get behind this straight forward, hard chargingformula blockbuster. 44 stations jump in with both feet for #2 Most Added...Radio: Ron mtnnl, WOVE, "The record of the week is Night Ranger. It's not just a fly-by-night one cut band. This album has depth'...Dave Krusenklaus, WKQQ, "Wm are these guys? Where in the hell have they been? Obviously they have been studying formula rock techniqu2. I'm happy to say that we'll join the midwestern avalanche and flow with this record out-of-the-box"...Mike Lyons, WDIZ, "Night Ranger sounds like a combination of Deep Purple and Loverboy and helps fill a hard rock void"...Gloria Johnson, KGON, "Night Ranger's got the goods. Brad Gillis' guitar almost growls and 'Don't Tell Me You Love Me' has a clean exciting sound that jumps out"...Rob Roman, KLAQ, "A real nice clean sound. It fills the need for every rock and roller's diet. Well-produced and sounds great on the radio"...Ted Burton Jacobsen, KKRQ, "The Night Ranger record can't be denied. Simply put, a musically sound rock and roll effort. A joy to the ear" .....Don't Tell Me You Love Me" is out front with "Sing Me Away" right behind. ADAM ANT, EPIC The 43-29 Index move is second only to Golden Earring in the points gained department. Up a corresponding 46-33 Metro...#3 Most Added with 20 including: WCOZ, KOME, WMET, KLOS, WGRQ, KYYS...Comments: Bruce Goldsen, WRKI, "Based on the strength of MTV play and requests Adam Ant moves to heavy this week"... Bill Weston, WGRQ, "It's the Ant invasion in 3uffalo. Adam Ant right now is as big as those hugh 6-legged mutants in the old sci-fi flicks. MTV can be credited for starting this runaway snowball. Nearly top 10 sales with nrnimal airplay. 'Goody Two Shoes' goes right into heavy at 97ROCK"...Dick Bascom, WQXM, "Adam Ant continues the incredible sales move. Maintaining top 10 status and pulling top 10 phones. It's gonna be a big record, don't miss it"...Ron Nenni, WOVE, "Adam retail is up 17-12. Also moved up in rotation this week"...Greq Gillespie, KEZO, "Adam Ant is still holding up as a hot phone item for the women"... If you're still not convinced, the Checklist sill close you--none dropping, 11 maintaining, and 52 building including WIYY, WGRQ, KLOL, KQAK, WYSP, WMMS, WHCN, WIOT, KBPI, WSHE, KYYS, WQXM, KGB-FM, WLPX, and WFYV. "Goody Two Shoes" gains 59-33-16 in the past three weeks. TIPS: SAMMY HAGAR, "YOU LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY", GEFFEN In spite of Sammy's total album acceptance, Fe's not yet had that crunch-o single he needs to put his career in high gear. "Crazy" is that kind of song; it moves, it's nice and utempo, and rocks without that rough edge that so many adult hungry album stations avoid. Should be an automatic. DURAN DURAN, "HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF", CAPITOL Video? MTV? European sales? Sure...but even without all that, this song has the goods. Hooks galore, sexy lyrics, killer chrous, and that increas'ongly important modern rock twist. The remix sounds great, and we applaud Capitol for their timing in gcing after this potential giant. ATTENTION: The Thanksgiving week deadline for Radio Action and reports will be 8 PM, Tuesday, November 23rd and 3 PM, Wednesday, November 24th, E.S.T. Reco ,d Action reports will be taken only on Tuesday up until 8 PM. 1982 FRIDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK ALBU M REPORT INC ,TM -ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN U SA CHAIN REACTION CONTINUED PRETENDERS, "CHAIN GANG", WARNER BROTHERS A super first week of domestic release--#1 Most Added single with 50, including 8 Level I's: WGRO. WNEW-FM, KZEW, KGON, WYSP, WKLS, KQRS, and WDVE.. .Comments: Tim Smith, WLVQ, "The Pretenders come in this week with #1 requests. 'My City Was Gone' far outnumbering 'Chain Gang'".. .Ed Levine 1 WAQX, "We've been playing the import for several weeks and have been getting significant requests for 'Chain Gang'" David Hall, WKDF, "The Pretenders have once again topped themselves with 'Chain Gang'. This is easily their most commercially viable offering yet".. .Owen Holmes, WYMX, "Definitely a song for the radio to react to. Put it on the turntable and you'll see what I mean. The record exudes hit"...Dale Wolter, WMAD, "Billy Bremner was an inspiring choice as new guitarist for this tune. Chris Thomas' production gives it that extra push into the classic category. It will be played here for a long, long time"... As noted by Tim at WLVQ, don't overlook the flip side. PHIL COLLINS, ATLANTIC Phil's 117 adds convert into a robust #11 Index debut, #10 Metro...We log in max play mentions from 30 reporters, including KDWB, KFOG, KLOS, KQAK, WAPP, WAVA, DC101, WDVE, WLLZ, WMET, WMMR, WMMS, WPLJ, WCMF, WHCN...Top 5 requests WHCN, WSYR, and WLLZ...Strongest early retail: WQXM, KAZY, WLVQ, WCOZ, WMYK, WDHA, and WZZO...More raves: Ron Diaz, WYNF, "Phil Collins is snowballing into a huge album rock monster. Either solo, with Genesis, or anybody he chooses to work with, the finished product is perfect (or as close as possible) as is the case with 'Hello I Must Be Going''.. .Jose Diaz, WBLM, "The Phil Collins album is a true work of art. This guy has a really unique style thai—li7 7 refreshing on rock radio"...Warren Williams KATT "Phil Collins is a music machine in a class all by himself in terms of quantity and importantly quality"...Trax: "I Don't Care Anymore" debuts at #19, "You Can't Hurry Love" #47, and "Thru These Walls" 85-67. GOLDEN EARRING, POLYDOR The 47-22 Index jump makes Golden Earring the week's strongest Index gainer - New at #21 on the Metro list...#4 Most Added with 17 to take us to a total of 103 FMQB stations...Airplay: 40 steady, 12 ups: KLOS, KGB-FM, KZEW, WGRQ, WILS-FM, WYFE, KILO, WAPI, WKQQ, WROQ, WWCK, and WYFE...Heaviest Play: KISW, KISS, KDWB, KGON, KMET, KPKE, KRQR, WKLS, WYSP, KZAP, and WLAV-FM. "Twilight Zone" is up 28-13. HENRY PAUL, ATLANTIC Henry checks in WiTh 17 more reports for #4 Most Added and that boosts the 2 week total to 46 stations... We had a near miss Index and Metro, so expect solid chart placement in our next report...The single leads, followed by "Hold On". ..Comments: Les Cook, WILS-FM, "We have been graced with the finest album ever from Henry Paul. We'll be holding on to this one for a while"...The Doctor, WYFE, "Henry has come back real strong with 'Heat Of The Night' and Valerie Carter's help on the record sure doesn't hurt! Check it out. I think it's his finest." FRIDA, ATLANTIC We're totally convinced on the single,and the stats continue to make it easy to believe...44-38 on the Back Page, 45-41 Metro...A great add week--#15 with 15 led by WPLJ, WLPX, KLOS, KISS, KOME, KQRS, and WAPP...Airplay: 30 steady, 4 down, 6 up: WPLR, WHCN, KAZY, WMET, WNEW-FM, KILO...Checklist: 19 maintaining, 6 dropping, 24 building...Phones: WPDH, WDHA, KGB-fl', KBPI, WMET, WILS-FM, WCMF, KAZY, WYFE, KILO, KWXL, WAVA...Sales: WHJY, WLAV-FM...Both: KDKB, WLLZ, KPKE, WGRQ, KLBJ..."I Know There's Something Going On" jumps 36-24.